PRESS RELEASE: This weekend IamAVL.com will be live streaming audio and video from LEAF’s Lakeside Stage! Friday October 21st – Sunday 23rd, you can watch acts like Beats Antique, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, Dar Williams, Balkan Beat Box and Many more! You can also search through their archives for previous LEAF performances, as well as find hundreds of great […]
PRESS RELEASE: The Cradle of Forestry will entertain audiences with the annual outdoor drama, “The Legend of Tommy Hodges,” on Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, Oct. 22 with shows at 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. During the outdoor performance, audiences will travel to the year 1906 and hear about the legendary Tommy Hodges, […]
“Julian Price: Envisioning Community, Investing in People,” won its first award, The Grand Jury Prize, last month at the Film Invasion L.A. Last week it picked up its second prize for Best Community Development Film at the New Urbanism Film Festival, also in Los Angeles, Calif.
PRESS RELEASE: For the past 10 years, the N.C. Transportation Museum has offered scenic day trips that combine railroading, history, travel, shopping, dining and fun. Traveling by train, excursion passengers can experience one of the finest pedestrian malls in the country with a trip to Charlottesville, Va. Oct. 29, or harvest festival delights during the […]
Press release from Warren Wilson College: Steven L. Solnick is stepping down from his post as Warren Wilson College’s seventh president to become the newest leader of The Calhoun School, an independent day school in New York City. Solnick, who assumed the presidency in July of 2012, will remain with the College until June 30, […]
PRESS RELEASE: With plenty of nice, chilly mornings and warm, sunny days the peaks and valleys at Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park are still showing an abundance of green foliage. But things are changing by the day here in Hickory Nut Gorge. Hints of fall color are topping the mountains of Western North […]
PRESS RELEASE: This week Buncombe County Recreation Services unveiled PlayPrints, an interactive addition for children and families to use at the outdoor play area at the Buncombe County Sports Park, in Asheville N.C. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and the North Carolina Recreation and Park Association (NCRPA) are installing PlayPrints across […]
PRESS RELEASE: On October 31, Halloween, well-known local artist Patrick Ballard will bring his musical talents to Jackson Farm and Petting Zoo for the first annual spectacular BOO AT THE ZOO. This non-scary Halloween event especially designed for younger children will offer a costume contest, hay ride, face painting, a surprise walk through the orchard, apple picking, monster mash dance, trick or […]
PRESS RELEASE: On September 30, 2016, local artist, Anita Funston, was awarded the gold medal, in Sculpture, at the North Carolina Senior Games SilverArts competition, in Raleigh, NC. Anita Funston lives in Henderson County. She has studied at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC and is a member of the Tri-State Sculptors Educational […]
This week the HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival returns to Pack Square, Hickory Nut Gap Farm turns 100, Dobra Tea adds a variety of hot chocolates to its menu and a The Byrish Haus and Pub opens on Patton Ave.
“I remember Asheville in the days when the Courthouse occupied the Square, centered about the Vance Monument,” writes Edwin Bedford Jeffress.
In 2011, Lara Nguyen began teaching at Warren Wilson College. She works in a number of mediums that include painting, drawing and performance-based and installation art. More recently she’s added murals to her repertoire.
“Unquestionably,” writes Judge Motz in the fourth circuits repeal of the voter ID law, “North Carolina has a long history of race discrimination generally and race-based vote suppression in particular.” Some argue this history remains largely unknown. Others argue voter fraud is the greater issue, not history.
PRESS RELEASE: Join Parkway rangers at 10:00 am on Friday, October 14th for an easy to moderate hike, approximately 2 miles round-trip to the Fryingpan Fire Tower. When the weather gets colder, nature gets bolder, warming the mountains with reds, yellows, and oranges. Come see our fall foliage and climb the fire tower stairs for […]
PRESS RELEASE: What: 7th Annual Mountain Classic Car Show When: Saturday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: Veterans Restoration Quarters, 1329 Tunnel Road, Asheville Ticket Prices: Free to attend; $25 per vehicle to register Info/Tickets: www.abccm.org Around 200 vehicles are expected for the 7th Annual Mountain Classic Car Show, a fundraiser for Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry’s services […]
The Grey Eagle hosts a taco competition, chef Katie Button celebrates the publication of her first cookbook, Siam Thai Restaurant opens in North Asheville, Living Web Farms offers a pair of workshops and Buxton Hall Barbecue brings back its femalecentric Velvet & Lace pop-up concept with the Harvest Moon cocktail series.
PRESS RELEASE: Join Parkway rangers at 10:00 am on Friday, October 7th for an easy to moderate hike, approximately 2.2 miles round-trip. Come find out how humans and animals get prepared for the coming winter. We will discuss how animals Leave No Trace and migrate across the landscape. Meet at the Mills River Overlook, Milepost […]
“Sold French Broad to Asheville Man,” reads the headline of a Sept. 15, 1905 article in the Asheville Citizen.
PRESS RELEASE: All are invited to join an interfaith dialogue about the climate crisis and peace at the Interfaith Peace Conference, Nov. 10-13 at Lake Junaluska. The conference features Jewish, Christian and Muslim speakers who will discuss the greatest threat to peace: climate change. “Climate change, global warming, ecosystem collapse – all these signal an […]
Horror is king at Asheville Community Theatre, The Magnetic Theatre and North Carolina Company Stage. Serial killers, axe murderers and mysterious fiends all take front and center, leaving a few bodies behind in the process.
In a PRESS RELEASE announcing a leadership change, Green Opportunities writes: Dear Friends and Supporters, On behalf of Green Opportunities, we are writing to notify our community that, effective September 30, 2016, George C. Jones, Jr. has departed his role as Executive Director. Beginning October 3, 2016, we are pleased to share that Student Development Director Joseph Hackett […]
