PRESS RELEASE CASHIERS, N.C. (March 24, 2014) — Executive Chef John Fleer announces the season opening for Canyon Kitchen at Lonesome Valley in Cashiers, N.C. The celebrated restaurant, located in the rustically elegant Jennings Barn at the foot of Cow Rock Canyon, will kick off the season the weekend of April 4. John and his […]
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Military support group sponsoring April 25 fishing event
Press release CHARLES GEORGE VA MEDICAL CENTER, Asheville – Operation North State, a North Carolina military support organization, is sponsoring the second “Top Shelf Fishin’ Festival” for 45 active duty military and Veteran wounded warriors from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 24 at Badin Lake in central North Carolina. The event matches experienced wounded […]
Hans On! announces April schedule
Press release Hands On! A Child’s Gallery, located at 318 N. Main St. in Hendersonville, has announced these events for April and early May. Tues. April 1 – Sat. May 3. Recycled Art o’ Rama! All ages; every day. In honor of Earth Day, April 22nd, Hands On! is dedicating the art area to recyclable […]
Performing Arts Center in Highlands presents the Malpass Brothers Saturday, March 29
Press release From PAC: PAC presents the Malpass Brothers Saturday, March 29, 7:30pm The Malpass Brothers’ momentum is growing as fast as their sideburns. They’re as authentic as country ham & red-eye gravy — and things just don’t get much better than that. NC natives, the Malpass Brothers — Chris, 27 and Taylor, 23 — […]
Brass quintet recital at WCU to include musical salute to 125 years of the arts
Press release From Western Carolina University: The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, quintet-in-residence at Western Carolina University, will give its spring 2014 recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in a performance that will help commemorate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the institution that became WCU. The program, titled, “Hodgepodge,” will feature works by […]
Fayetteville Observer (AP): 5 free things to do in Asheville
Hint: One of the free things to do in “artsy” Asheville is visit Max Patch. From the AP, via the Fayetteville Observer ASHEVILLE – This gem of a city tucked in the Blue Ridge foothills of western North Carolina attracts artists, musicians, foodies, outdoor enthusiasts and a fair share of modern-day hippies, all lured by […]
Spring fishing: N.C.‘s hatchery-supported trout waters open Friday, April 5
Press release Hatchery-Supported Trout Waters Open April 5 RALEIGH, N.C. (March 21, 2014) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open approximately 1,000 miles of hatchery-supported trout waters in 25 western counties at 7 a.m. on April 5. The season will run through Feb. 28, 2015. While fishing on hatchery-supported trout waters, anglers can harvest […]
AP: Virginia town hit hard by Duke Energy coal ash spill
From the Associated Press, as printed by the NewsDaily “Virginia City Downriver from Coal Ash Spill Suffers,” March 22 … At the Schoolfield Dam on the Dan [at Danville, Va.], the Environmental Protection Agency has found a 300-by-50-yard blanket of sludge up to 1 foot deep in some sections. The deposit is where the river […]
WLOS: Judge denies Duke Energy request to stay decision on coal ash
Previously reported by the Associated Press North Carolina regulators said Friday they have asked a judge to withdraw a proposed settlement that would have allowed Duke Energy to resolve environmental violations by paying a $99,000 fine with no requirement that the $50 billion company clean up its pollution. From the Associated Press, as reported on […]
AC-T: Asheville officials consider policies for dealing with graffiti
From the Asheville Citizen-Times “Asheville Examines Graffiti Policies” by Romando Dixson Since July 2012, city crews have cleaned or covered graffiti on public property in more than 14,000 cases at a cost of more than $91,000, but the city has yet to craft a policy for dealing with the issue on private property. Change may […]
Ralph Burns photography exhibition at Asheville Art Museum
Press release From Asheville Art Museum: On Saturday, March 29, the Asheville Art Museum is thrilled to be hosting an opening reception for local photographer Ralph Burns’s exhibition, Ralph Burns: A Persistence of Vision — Photographs 1972-2013. Burns has long been recognized as a documentary photographer whose images have captured the diverse and enigmatic nature […]
Parkway Playhouse Junior presents Willy Wonka, Jr. on Friday, April 11
Press release From Parkway Playhouse: Join Parkway Playhouse Junior In The Search For A Golden Ticket BURNSVILLE, NC: Parkway Playhouse Junior will present the wildly imaginative Willy Wonka, Jr. on April 11th at 7:30pm and April 12th at 3:00pm & 7:30pm at Parkway Playhouse. Tickets are available exclusively at the door and range from $5.50-$11.00. […]
AP: Dream house may be too modern for neighborhood
The Associate Press reports that architect Louis Cherry sees his new two-story house — with its exposed beams, masonry piers, deep overhangs and shallow-pitched roof — as a “contemporary interpretation” of the Craftsman-style homes that dot the city’s Historic Oakwood District in Raleigh. But to some of Cherry’s neighbors, the cypress-sided house at 516 Euclid […]
‘Out of the Ordinary’ art exhibition opens at The Bascom April 5
Press release From The Bascom: Artists transform everyday objects into amazing works of art in the exhibition, Out of the Ordinary, which runs from April 5 – June 15, 2014. Organized by Independent Curator Rebecca Dimling Cochran, the show includes pieces by eight internationally recognized artists who use worn and often discarded materials as the […]
AC-T: Three named as finalists for Asheville schools superintendent
The Citizen-Times reported Saturday that the Asheville City Board of Education announced three finalists Friday in the search for the district’s next superintendent. The three candidates are Ronald Hargrave of Statesville, N.C.; Jeff Cox of Sparta, N.C. and Pamela Baldwin of Laurinburg, N.C. The three were chosen from more than 100 applicants in a national […]
Parkway releases schedule: Fully open by May 9
Press release (Asheville, NC) – The Blue Ridge Parkway is pleased to announce its 2014 season opening schedule. The current schedule for open facilities is presented below and calls for most areas, unless noted otherwise, to be fully operational by May 9, 2014. Parkway staff is in the process of getting areas ready for a […]
Hendersonville’s Oakdale Cemetery named to Register of Historic Places
Oakdale Cemetery in Hendersonville. Raleigh – Ten individual properties and districts across the state, included Oakdale Cemetery in Hendersonville, have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, Gov. Pat McCrory and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources are pleased to announce. “One of the most enjoyable and fulfilling roles of being governor […]
Brevard College professor published in international science journal
Press Release Brevard College Brevard College Geology Professor Dr. James Reynolds has had a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences titled “Tectonic controls on the evolution of the Andean Cenozoic foreland basin: evidence from fluvial system variations in the Payogastilla Group, in the Calchaquí, Tonco, and Amblayo Valleys, NW […]
WCU to proceed with renovations to historic parts of campus
Press Release Western Carolina University The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees has given its unanimous approval to allow university officials to proceed with planning and design for renovations and additions to Buchanan Residence Hall and Brown Building in the historic upper part of the Cullowhee campus. Work on the 56-year-old Buchanan Residence Hall will […]
N.C. agency partners with EPA on joint approach to coal-ash cleanup
Press release from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources State environmental agency, EPA to pursue joint approach to coal ash clean-up RALEIGH – The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state intend to pursue a joint approach to an enforceable resolution of […]
Clean Energy for Us free energy audit March 26
Announcement from Clean Energy For US: Free Energy Audit Clean Energy For Us — Buncombe campaign Save money and reduce pollution! Sign up now through March 31, 2014 www.CleanEnergyFor.Us In partnership with Western North Carolina Alliance, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Self-Help Credit Union Informational Workshop March 26, 6-7:30 p.m. The Millroom 66 Asheland Ave. […]