PRESS RELEASE: Symphony of the Mountains Announces Their Summer Concert Series Symphony of the Mountains opens its 2016-2017 Season with the wildly popular Summer Concert Series July 22 at 7:30pm at Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock, NC; July 23 at 8:15pm at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise in Wise, VA; and July 24 […]
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Anam Cara Theatre Co. presents Barbed Wire Suit
PRESS RELEASE: ANAM CARA THEATRE CO. presents BARBED WIRE SUIT 7/29, 7/30, 8/5, 8/6, 8/11, 8/12 @ TOY BOAT ALL SHOWS 8PM Anam Cara Theatre Company presents Barbed Wire Suit An ensemble-created performance Inspired by the works of Flannery O’Connor and Jean Toomer Directed by Rachel Thomas-Levy Friday and Saturday July 29-30 and August 5-6 […]
Conservation of property on Blue Ridge Parkway protects water quality and habitat
PRESS RELEASE: On June 29 the Conservation Trust for North Carolina (CTNC) purchased a 50-acre property in Jackson County that adjoins the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Open Branch Headwaters tract provides a critical link between National Park Service (NPS) lands and other nearby protected properties. The property, near Parkway milepost 452, rises to 5,400 […]
David Joe Miller Presents: Spoken Word OPEN MIC
PRESS RELEASE: David Joe Miller Presents his ever popular, Spoken Word OPEN MIC! returning to the Buffalo Nickel, 747 Haywood Road, on Wednesday July 20th at 7pm. OPEN MIC! encourages ALL spoken word artists and enthusiasts to gather and listen as well as place their names in the hat for a chance to share their […]
Swannanoa Concert July 10 features joint winner of 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition
PRESS RELEASE: The 2016 Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival season continues this Sunday with Itamar Zorman, recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust award and joint winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition. The Waynesville series is sponsored by Haywood County Arts Council. All performances are at the HART Theatre at 7:30 […]
Small bites: Tuesday Tease at Trade and Lore
In this week’s food news, Trade and Lore launches evening events, Urban Orchard Cider Co. hosts a fundraising event focused on Lyme disease, The Imperial Life plans a bartending class, The Montford Pull Up opens on Montford Avenue and California vintner Guy Davis presents a wine dinner at Canyon Kitchen.
30 Year Celebration Salon: The French Broad River Paddle Trail,
PRESS RELEASE: The public is invited to RiverLink to learn about the French Broad River Paddle Trail and hear from three folks who have traveled the French Broad River from start to finish. Dr. Chris Lechner completed a solo journey on a stand up paddle board in May of 2015. He began at the headwaters […]
Local team brings new kind of pharmacy to East Asheville, free delivery to WNC
PRESS RELEASE: When pharmacists Todd Tamplin and Dean Clayton purchased a community pharmacy on Tunnel Road in 2005, they had no idea that ten years later, they’d be creating a whole new approach to community pharmacy. The new building, located at 805 Fairview Road, has high ceilings, large windows, and most notably, a pharmacist right […]
The YMCA of Western North Carolina’s Safety Around Water Program helps kids have the best summer ever
PRESS RELEASE: This summer the YMCA of Western North Carolina is offering Safety Around Water, a program designed to engage and educate parents about the importance of water safety skills and give more of America’s youth access to water safety lessons. According to data from the USA Swimming Foundation, 70 percent of African American and […]
Woodpecker Pie offers a handy little feast at The Mothlight
On June 25, after more than a year of planning, friends Vincent Gagnon and Matt Bailey officially opened Woodpecker Pie inside The Mothlight on Haywood Road.
Tuesday History: Impressions of Asheville, Part III
We continue with W.A. Shafor’s 1911 investigation into Asheville. For those who missed the previous posts, click here for Part I & Part II. As always, follow along with us each week to learn about different time periods in our city’s history, from various unique perspectives and views. Our continued thanks to Pack Memorial Library’s Special Collections, North Carolina […]
Three pottery camps offered at TC Arts this summer
PRESS RELEASE: Transylvania Community Arts Council and Mountain Roots will both host week-long pottery camps for kids this summer. Mountain Roots will lead camps on July 11 – 15 and again on July 25 – 29 at the TC Arts Council. Morning sessions will run from 9:00 am-Noon for ages 6-10. Afternoon sessions will run from […]
Mission Hospital receives Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI Accreditation
PRESS RELEASE: Mission Hospital’s Memorial Campus in Asheville, North Carolina recently received full Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI Accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care. Accreditation expires on April 18, 2018. Cardiologist William Maddox Jr., MD, is Mission Heart’s physician champion of the STEMI (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) program – responsible for advanced […]
An invitation from Hendersonville Fire Department
PRESS RELEASE: Dear Hendersonville Citizens, Thank you for your support of the City of Hendersonville. As Chief of The Hendersonville Fire Department I am asking for your assistance to provide input to our strategic planning process. We have taken the positive step of developing a strategic plan for the department in order to help us […]
Retiring superintendent honored with Order of the Long Leaf Pine, Congressional Record
PRESS RELEASE: Retiring Superintendent David L. Jones was honored for his 38 years of service to Henderson County Public Schools with the North Carolina governor’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine, and a Congressional Record read by Rep. Mark Meadows in the House of Representatives. North Carolina Rep. Chris Whitmire nominated Jones for the Order […]
Special fireworks celebration concert featuring WestSound
Press Release: The Music On Main Street concert series presents a Special Fireworks Celebration Concert on Monday, July 4th, featuring West Sound. Henderson County will launch an Independence Day fireworks display at sundown. The launch site will ensure premier viewing of the display from downtown Hendersonville and the Music On Main Street concert area. Enjoy the […]
Fireworks Safety
PRESS RELEASE: Each July 4th, thousands of people, most often kids and teens, are injured while using consumer fireworks. On a typical Fourth of July, there are more fires nationally than on any other day of the year, with fireworks accounting for two out of five of those fires, more than any other cause of […]
Small bites: Le Bon Café brings new mobile coffee option to Asheville
In this week’s food news, a creative new mobile coffee business gets ready to hit the streets, Salt & Smoke rolls out a permanent presence at Burial Beer Co., Hickory Nut Gap Farm hosts a probiotic drinks workshop and Foothills Meats Food Truck adds lunch hours.
Mission Health joins LR Partners Program
PRESS RELEASE: Lenoir-Rhyne University has entered into an exciting new partnership with Mission Health, based in Asheville, North Carolina, which provides Mission Health employees with tuition discounts through the LR Partners Program. Mission Health is the state’s sixth-largest health system and the region’s only not-for-profit, independent community hospital system governed and managed exclusively in western […]
Asheville ‘Taste of Southern Season’ store opens Thursday
PRESS RELEASE: Southern Season today announced that it will open its smaller format Taste of Southern Season store at 10 a.m. Thursday, a day earlier than planned. The 2,000-square-foot shop with onsite parking is located at 4 Swan Street in Biltmore Village. “The enthusiasm about the store pushed us to get things ready more quickly than we […]
Friends of the Smokies receives grant through HomeTrust Bank’s “90k for 90th”
PRESS RELEASE: Friends of the Smokies has been selected as the first place recipient in Haywood County for HomeTrust Bank’s “90k for 90th Community Support Contest.” Friends of the Smokies received $3,750 through the grant competition. Funds received will be used to support priority projects in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including trail maintenance, wildlife […]