PRESS RELEASE: ORLANDO, Fla., April 20, 2016 – The Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) announced today at its 2016 Spring Convention that Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care – a not-for-profit urgent care organization based in Asheville, N.C. – has won the second annual UCAOA Humanitarian Award for the staff’s dedicated philanthropy work. The award was […]
PRESS RELEASE: UNC-Asheville’s 3rd annual Mindfulness Festival is happening this Saturday, April 23rd from 10 am until 11 pm on the University Quad. The event is free and open to all ages! Entirely volunteer-organized by students, it will feature a plethora of music, art, vendors, workshops, and activities related to self-awareness and community empowerment. […]
PRESS RELEASE: On Saturday, May 21st, the Asheville Skate Foundation is collaborating with Arts 2 People during the River Arts District Artists’ Studio Stroll (May 19th through 22nd) and alongside our friends with Burners & BBQ to host an EPIC party in the River Arts District, and we want YOU to be in on […]
PRESS RELEASE: Organic Growers School is teaming up with Bountiful Cities, Green Opportunities, and Asheville GreenWorks for a screening of the recent film “Can You Dig This,” featuring renowned “gangster gardener” Ron Finley. “Can You Dig This” will screen on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2016 at The Boardroom (2nd floor) at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Asheville […]
Warren Wilson announces: The Cold War, Russian oligarchs and a spy sound like the makings of a great movie. But, those are the genuine topics of David E. Hoffman’s bestselling books and underscore the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and longtime The Washington Post newsman’s accomplishments. Armed with a deep knowledge of the former Soviet Union, Hoffman […]
PRESS RELEASE: It’s a well-earned beer run, as the area’s hand-crafted running series, the Race To The Taps, returns for its second year. The first of this season’s four events is at 2:30pm Saturday, April 23 at Catawba Brewing Company on Banks Avenue downtown. The five-miler starts and ends in front of the brewery, with […]
PRESS RELEASE: Poetry is cool—just ask the young spoken word poets who will weave metaphors, imagery, slant rhymes and their personal truths into your heart at the 8th annual Asheville Wordslam, Friday April 29, 6:30-8:30pm at the Dr. Wesley Grant, Southside center, 285 Livingston Street. Reigning champion Francine Delaney New School For Children will be challenged by Asheville Middle School, […]
PRESS RELEASE: City of Asheville Asheville Police Department Public Assistance Requested in Identifying Credit Card Fraud Suspects Asheville, NC (April 19, 2016): The Asheville Police Department is requesting public assistance to identify two suspects involved in credit card fraud. On April 8th the two suspects broke into a vehicle parked at the YMCA on […]
PRESS RELEASE: What does it take to make your home environment healthy? Expert environmental home health specialist Rick Bayless of A Healthier Home, Hendersonville, serving western North Carolina, reviews the National Environmental Health Association’s guidelines. Learn the 7 key steps it takes to ensure a home environment is healthy. Free and open to the public. […]
PRESS RELEASE: People in Leicester (North Carolina) are being encouraged to think about the relationship they have with the city of Leicester in Britain and send in short poems about that relationship for possible inclusion in a new anthology that is coming out in October this year. To be eligible for inclusion in the anthology, […]
PRESS RELEASE: BREVARD – On Thursday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. the Brevard College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will perform in their spring concert, “Watching and Waiting.” The concert is free to the public. The choirs include students of a variety of experience levels, and include students from several different majors across campus. Using […]
PRESS RELEASE Faux Finishes for Painters Instructor Nadine Charlsen – Nadine is an accomlished scenic painter with years of theatrical experience painting amazing sets in NYC as well as an illustrious career as a college professor in theater and an award winning fine artist. She brings great techniques, uses special paints and more to this […]
PRESS RELEASE: One Center Yoga will host an Iyengar Yoga Weekend with Mary Obendorfer and Eddy Marks April 29-May 1, 2016. Get ready for another exciting and inspiring weekend of yoga with Mary and Eddy! Their dynamic teaching style and deep knowledge about asana and pranayama make them an irresistible duo. Mary and Eddy are Senior […]
PRESS RELEASE: Brevard 4th Friday Gallery Walks Kick-Off April 22 Enjoy an evening stroll in downtown Brevard, NC as you explore art, music, wine, and beer. Twenty five downtown art galleries, retail stores and restaurants will be participating in the 2016 Gallery Walks from 5pm– 8pm on the 4th Friday’s from April- November. The December Gallery […]
A larger-than-life-size bronze sculpture of the famous landscape architect who designed the grounds of the Biltmore Estate will be revealed this week in the Arboretum’s Blue Ridge Court.
PRESS RELEASE: World Peas Animation is excited to announce six weeks of Summer Camps in West Asheville around three exciting subjects: Minecraft Animation, Baking Adventures and Movie Making! Minecraft Animation Camp will enable students to build their own Minecraft themed set, with characters and props, which they will then use to photograph a stop […]
“I became somewhat disillusioned with the music biz,” says singer-songwriter Stephen Evans. “So music took a back seat to my relationship, school at UNCA and working as a bartender.” But in June 2015, after several years away from the industry, Evans released his debut album, “Something to Bleed.” On Tuesday, April 26, he will be […]
PRESS RELEASE: BURNSVILLE, NC: The celebrated Southern classic of family and friendship, Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling and directed by Andrew Gall, is set to open at Parkway Playhouse on May 7. Performances continue on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3:00pm, through May 21. Tickets range from $10 for students to $20 […]
PRESS RELEASE: Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Spellbound Children’s Bookshop on Saturday April 30, 2016. Bookstore Day marks its second year of celebrating independent bookstores nationwide on April 30th, with literary parties around the country. Spellbound Children’s Bookshop at 640 Merrimon Avenue will be celebrating with free refreshments and gifts for customers throughout the day, including stickers, […]
PRESS RELEASE: UNC Asheville’s Department of Art and Art History will hold its annual Spring Art Sale from 4–7 p.m. on Friday, April 22, and 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, located on the ground floor of Owen Hall on campus. The sale is open to the public. […]
PRESS RELEASE: Contact: The Village Potters 191 Lyman Street #180 Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: 828-253-2424 http://www.thevillagepotters.com http://www.facebook.com/thevillagepotters info@thevillagepotters.com GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY, JUNIOR EDITION, DEBUTS AT THE VILLAGE POTTERS One day workshops and three-week camps developed just for kids this Spring and Summer. The Village Potters is pleased to announce the return of children’s […]
