Press release: From Park Ridge Health: Hendersonville, N.C. (February 4, 2014) – Considering significant changes taking place in health care right now, it’s more important than ever to take charge of your health, live a healthy lifestyle, and know which screenings are most important for you. Park Ridge Health will host a free event covering […]
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CCCD accepting applications for museum internships
Press Release Center for Craft, Creativity & Design The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design is delighted to announce the 2014 Windgate Museum Internship program which provides $5,000 stipends to four undergraduate or graduate students who work under the direction of curators or directors in decorative arts or contemporary crafts collections, exhibitions and programs in […]
NC electric cooperative warns of utility bill scam targeting both individuals and businesses
Press Release From North Carolina Electric Cooperatives: RALEIGH, N.C. (February 5, 2014) – North Carolina’s electric cooperatives are warning members to beware of a utility bill scam targeting individuals and businesses statewide. Scam activity has increased significantly in the last few days. Cooperative members across North Carolina have received phone calls from imposters claiming to […]
Waynesvlle’s Old Armory to host indoor flea market
Press Release Town of Waynesville The Old Armory will have an indoor flea market this Saturday, February 15, from 7 am to 2 pm. This will take place every third Saturday of the month. The Old Armory is located at 44 Boundary Street in Waynesville. If you are interested in participation as a seller the […]
Malaprops to present ‘Fight for the Future’ tour on Feb. 13
Press Release From Disney Publishing Worldwide: WHAT: “Fight for the Future” tour – THESE BROKEN STARS authors Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner are on the road with some special guest authors joining them along the way. They will appear on an author panel at Malaprop’s Bookstore on February 13 at 7:00 pm along with authors […]
Area restaurants prepare for ASAP’s Get Local cheese month
Press Release From Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: ASHEVILLE, NC (February 5, 2014)—This February enjoy the abundance of Western North Carolina farmstead cheeses at Appalachian Grown™ partner restaurants during ASAP’s Get Local cheese month. Get Local participating restaurants serve up local cheeses all year-round, but they particularly shine in February when local produce can’t steal the […]
WCU spring enrollment highest in university history
Press Release Western Carolina University Spring enrollment at Western Carolina University is at an all-time high as the number of students at WCU this semester has topped 9,600 for the first time in university history. The spring enrollment record comes after WCU shattered its fall enrollment record in September, with 10,107 students (a 5 percent […]
Appalachian Grown restaurants spotlight farmstead cheeses for February
Press Release Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project This February enjoy the abundance of Western North Carolina farmstead cheeses at Appalachian Grown™ partner restaurants during ASAP’s Get Local cheese month. Get Local participating restaurants serve up local cheeses all year-round, but they particularly shine in February when local produce can’t steal the spotlight. Early Girl Eatery is […]
UNCA continues World Affairs Council series on Feb. 11
Press Release University of North Carolina Asheville Major General Rick Devereaux, former U.S. Air Force director of operational planning, policy, and strategy, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 in UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. His talk, “Defense and the Rise of New Technologies” is co-sponsored by the WNC chapter of the World Affairs Council, […]
Waynesville Parks & Rec to offer girls volleyball league
Press Release The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will offer a volleyball development league for girls in fourth through sixth grade. The league will meet every Monday in March and April, except April 21, at the Waynesville Recreation Center from 6 to 8 pm. The purpose of the league […]
Highland Lake Inn receives sustainability award from Henderson chamber
Press Release Season’s at Highland Lake Highland Lake Inn & Resort and Season’s Restaurant received the Environmental Sustainability Award from the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce at the 91st Annual Chamber Awards Dinner held at Kenmure on Jan. 31st, 2014. The award was presented by Vikki Bailey of Asheville Savings Bank. Before presenting the award […]
What’s Up Asheville: Wellness surveys, raffles and small business branding meetings
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce E-Newsletter Collecting Local Business Workplace Welless Policies & Best Practices As part of Buncombe County’s Community Health Improvement Process, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Buncombe County Department of Health & Human Services would like to find out what policies local businesses have in place that support employee […]
LEAF announces spring lineup with Bootsy Collins & the Funk Unity Band, Los Lobos and more
Press release LEAF announces spring lineup with Bootsy Collins & the Funk Unity Band, Los Lobos and more LEAF is thrilled to announce the stellar lineup of performing artists for the Spring 2014 LEAF Festival, taking place May 8-11 in Black Mountain, NC. “Free Your Funky Self” at the 38th LEAF Festival and experience multiple […]
Trash ‘n Fashion Show at Elkland Art Center in March
Press release Trash ‘n Fashion Show at Elkland Art Center in March Elkland Art Center, a community arts nonprofit located in Todd, is hosting the third Trash ‘n Fashion Show. We are teaming local businesses and organizations with artists/designers to create wearable art. Out of trash! On First Friday, April 4th at Strands, EAC will […]
Asheville Chamber Music Series to present The Ciompi String Quartet on Feb. 23
Press Release From Asheville Chamber Music Series: Asheville, NC (February 4, 2014) – The Asheville Chamber Music Series (ACMS) will present The Ciompi String Quartet, Sunday afternoon February 23, 2014, at 4:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at the corner of Edwin Place and Charlotte Street. Individual tickets are $35 and are available at […]
Mission Health begins offering new treatment for prostate cancer
Press release ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 4, 2104) – Mission Health’s Radiation Therapy Department has recently begun to offer a newly approved treatment for advanced prostate cancer that has spread to bone. The new therapy, Xofigo®, was approved in May 2013 under a special U.S. Food and Drug Administration program designed to get promising drugs that […]
Creative Collective Asheville to host open forum on Feb. 19
Press Release Hank Eder, Public Relations/Marketing Creative Collective Asheville (CCA) will host an Open Forum on February 19, from 7 to 9 pm, for professionals and freelancers in all creative fields. CCA is an emerging group with the goal of making Asheville a place where creative professionals and freelancers don’t just reside, but thrive. “Creative […]
Community Foundation of Henderson County announces Arbuckle scholarship
Press Release The Community Foundation of Henderson County The Community Foundation of Henderson County is pleased to announce the availability of The Pisgah Chapter of Trout Unlimited William L. Arbuckle Memorial Scholarship for the 2014-2015 Academic Year. A $1,000 award, the scholarship is offered for any student accepted to an accredited degree granting college or […]
Four Seasons Compassion for Life announces new philanthropy coordinator
Press Release Four Seasons Compassion for Life Four Seasons Compassion for Life announces the addition of Callie Walston, philanthropy coordinator, to its development department. A lifetime resident of Asheville, Buncombe County, Walston holds a 2006 bachelor’s degree in communications from Appalachian State University, and is a 2002 graduate of North Buncombe High School. She is […]
Harrah’s Casino donates furniture to Habitat ReStore
Press Release Asheville Area Habitat For Humanity This Sunday, February 9th, the Asheville Habitat ReStore will be making the first of fifteen trips to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and picking up five suites of furniture. The highest grossing casino in the Caesars network, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort will be replacing existing furniture with new furniture, […]
Montreat to host symposium on founder of Presbyterianism
Press Release Montreat Conference Center Tutor, priest, bodyguard, rebel, protestant minister, galley slave, exile, a leader of the Protestant Reformation, and founder of Presbyterianism: John Knox’s influence on the political and religious groundswells of 16th century England and Scotland reverberate in protestant theology, music, and social conscience these 500 years later. This year, in honor […]