PRESS RELEASE: Each month this summer, the French Broad Riverkeeper and MountainTrue are partnering with a local brewery and outdoor gear manufacturer to brew a beer, organize a river cleanup, and paddle down the French Broad River. For the month of June, the collaboration was an obvious choice. Catawba Brewing Co. and Astral had already […]
A new Arden café spotlights fresh baked goods, specialty breakfast items, sandwiches and more.
Joe Wakefield’s creations come in many shapes – some look like people, others take on the dreamlike shapes of a Salvador Dali painting, while a few look like, well, your typical birdhouse.
PRESS RELEASE: Join us next Friday, August 12, for the opening of LURE: art/photography by Micah Mackenzie, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. In the Pink Dog gallery, in the turquoise section of the building. LURE is open August 12 – September 24. “As an artist, all I know to do is create from nothing. LURE […]
PRESS RELEASE: London District Studios will join forces with 24e Design Co. of Savanah, winner of the illustriose ARTS award for best independent retailer in the South East. The grand opening reception for the 24e Design Co. “store in store” at London District Studios is Friday August 13, from 5:30pm – 10:00pm at London District […]
When she was 27, Asheville resident Carol Hubbard survived a traumatic brain injury that nearly left her paralyzed. Back then, doctors wouldn’t recommend physical or speech therapy. “I couldn’t talk, couldn’t blow my nose, couldn’t tie my shoes,” she recalls. “It was a do-it-yourself rehab, but three years later, I was back in grad school.” […]
PRESS RELEASE: Tryon Fine Arts Center opens the 2016-2017 Main Stage Season with The Hot Club of San Francisco’s exciting performance, Cinema Vivant. October 1st at 8:00pm the community will have the opportunity to experience The Hot Club of San Francisco present their uniqueshow Cinema Vivant at Tryon Fine Arts Center. Cinema Vivant combines vintage silent films with live Gypsy […]
The results are in for 2016 Asheville Wine & Food Festival Wine Competition. For the third year in a row, the number of entries increased more than 20 percent over the previous year’s event. Teams of judges trained by the French Broad Vignerons determined the medalists through a blind tasting format during evaluation sessions held in […]
PRESS RELEASE: Bullington Gardens, a horticultural education center and public gardens, will hold its annual fall plant sale on Friday, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The sale features many fall-blooming perennials, mums, asters, shrubs and natives. Perennials will be offered at reduced prices. In addition, the […]
PRESS RELEASE: The Rural Heritage Museum of Mars Hill University has announced it will present an exhibition entitled A Cabinet of Curiosity: Selections from the Permanent Collection, August 9 to October 16, 2016. This exhibition presents a selection of late 19th century objects once used by Appalachian home-steaders in Western North Carolina. Objects on display […]
PRESS RELEASE: Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 96 of North Carolina’s counties in June and decreased in four. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 9.2 percent, while Buncombe County had the lowest at 3.9 percent. All fifteen of the state’s metro areas experienced rate increases. Among the Metro areas, Rocky Mount […]
PRESS RELEASE: United Way of Henderson County and FamilyWize announced today that local community members have saved $703,795 on prescription medications through the organizations’ partnership. The results were revealed in the annual Health Impact Report, a compendium of data reflecting the health and financial support offered by United Way and FamilyWize in its joint community […]
PRESS RELEASE: Twenty Wedge artists have been paired with local and nationally acclaimed poets to create a stimulating new show! This will be the Wedge Studios second in a series of themed shows which opens August 11th, 2016. In a building that turns 100 years old this year, The Wedge Studios has become one of […]
PRESS RELEASE: Twin Leaf Brewery and Zebulon Artisan Ales have come together to brew the next installment for the Brewing for Greenways collaboration series to support Friends of Connect Buncombe. Drifter’s Escape Lager,a craft-brewed light lager, will be tapped on Friday, August 19th at 6:00 p.m. at Twin Leaf Brewing, located on 144 Coxe Avenue, […]
PRESS RELEASE: The season finale of the popular 18th Annual Music On Main Street concert series will conclude on Friday, August 19th. The season finale features the sounds of Tuxedo Junction. Tuxedo Junction plays variety of music for all ages and musical tastes. This six member band plays classic music from 40s & ’50s swing […]
PRESS RELEASE: The City of Asheville is working with Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates on a study to examine downtown parking conditions and identify strategies for improvement. One strategy to consider as part of this effort is the introduction of a circulator or shuttle system. A circulator or shuttle system is a short and frequent transit […]
PRESS RELEASE: The 2016 Business Expo will run 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, August 10 at the WNC Agricultural Center, Expo Building. It is free and open to the public. 1 to 5 p.m. Business Expo Make connections and find business solutions. 5 to 7 p.m. Hamburgers and hot dogs provided, compliments of United Federal Credit Union. […]
PRESS RELEASE: DEFINITION OF PROJECT: To recognize and honor on a yearly basis present or former residents of Hendersonville and Henderson County for outstanding and lasting contributions to the growth and development of the community through a walk in the downtown area designated as the Walk of Fame and having as its beginning and ending […]
PRESS RELEASE: Have you ever wondered how to meet the gap that exists between what you can grow in your garden, and everything that you actually consume? Mark Dempsey has too. After earning a graduate degree in soil microbiology, Dempsey worked in grain production and research at Penn State University. While most of that work […]
“I wanted an excuse to play with seafood,” says Sarah Cousler, creator of Dive, a seafoodcentric pop-up dinner series happening in the Remington Room at Buxton Hall Barbecue.
Alas, alas! To travel from New Bern to Buncombe now would cause you many tears John, unless your heart is harder than I think it is.
