From a Press Release: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky: The Addams Family Opens Asheville Community Theatre’s 69th Season Asheville Community Theatre is opening its 69th season with the WNC Premiere of the musical comedy The Addams Family. Featuring an original story with both classic and new characters, The Addams Family is the perfect Halloween treat […]
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U.S. News & World Report ranks UNC Asheville as one of nation’s best
From a press release: U.S. News & World Report Ranks UNC Asheville as One of Nation’s Best UNC Asheville was ranked as the nation’s eighth best public liberal arts college in U.S. News & World Report’s new “Best Colleges 2015” rankings, released online today. UNC Asheville also is included on the U.S. News & World […]
CPP: Week before fracking hearing, Franklin forum attracts hundreds
From the Carolina Public Press: Week before fracking hearing, Franklin forum attracts hundreds by Gwen Albers FRANKLIN — When establishing rules for hydraulic fracturing, North Carolina looked at resources and other states’ best practices before determining that extracting natural gas from deep underground could be done safely, an official with the state’s Mining and Energy […]
Asia Wrap celebrates with grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony
From a press release: Asia Wrap is pleased to announce that it will hold a Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for its newly opened Restaurant at 10:00am on Tuesday, September 9. The restaurant is located at 1915 Hendersonville Road in Asheville. NC Representative Nathan Ramsey, NC Representative Susan Fisher, and Asheville City Councilman Chris Pelly […]
CPP announces new public records training: NONPROFIT DISCLOSURES
Via Carolina Public Press: Carolina Public Press, Western North Carolina’s only nonprofit online news service devoted to unbiased, in-depth and investigative reporting and educational opportunities to journalists, students and others, announces its third year of trainings about understanding state and federal public records laws. NONPROFIT DISCLOSURES, a new training program from Carolina Public Press, will […]
No confirmed outbreak of Enterovirus 68 in WNC
Press release from the Buncombe County Health & Human Services Department: Recently, hospitals in the U.S., particularly in parts of the Midwest, have been seeing more children than usual with severe respiratory illness caused by human enterovirus-68 (HEV68). The national media reported that several states, including North Carolina, have contacted the CDC for assistance in […]
Asheville Living Treasures: Isaac Coleman and Ray Kisiah
Press release from Asheville Living Treasures: Asheville NC – August 28, 2014: The Selection Committee of Asheville Living Treasures is pleased to announce the selection of Isaac F. Coleman and Ray L. Kisiah as Asheville Living Treasures. They will be officially honored at a free public ceremony scheduled for Sunday, October 19, in partnership with […]
Pan Harmonia announces concert with the Opal String Quartet, Oct. 24
From a press release: Pan Harmonia announces concert with the Opal String Quartet, Oct. 24 Pan Harmonia presents the Opal String Quartet Friday, October 24 at 7:30 PM in the intimate St. Mary’s Episcopal Church at 337 Charlotte in North Asheville. The Opal String Quartet will lend their passionate and incisive style to romantic masterpieces […]
Blue Ridge Parkway announces contract award for Pisgah Inn
Press release from the Blue Ridge Parkway: Asheville, NC – Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Mark H. Woods announced today that Parkway Inn, Inc. was awarded the concession contract to operate the Pisgah Inn at Milepost 408.6 for the next ten years. Parkway Inn, Inc. has operated the Pisgah Inn since 1978. The current contract period […]
LEAF, Children First to participate in State Department program
Press release: The Community Solutions Program is a professional development program for the best and brightest global community leaders.
New web app offers details on WNC trail systems
Press release from U.S. Forest Service: ASHEVILLE, N.C., Sept. 8, 2014 – The U.S. Forest Service invites national forest visitors to use the new NCtrails.org web application for planning their fall foliage adventures. Unveiled in May 2014, the searchable web application (web app) offers details on three popular trail systems in western North Carolina, as […]
5th annual Asheville Barnaroo, Oct. 4-5
From a press release: 5th annual Asheville Barnaroo, Oct. 4-5 Grassroots Youth-inspired music festival perpetuating the support, growth and development of local and regional youth music. BARNAROO is a one day family friendly music festival featuring more than ten local and regional bands. BARNAROO was founded by 16 year-old Andrew Scotchie and family in 2009 […]
AC-T: Incentives battle dims hope for landing big employer
Excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: State legislators’ decision not to allow North Carolina to offer more economic development incentives has jeopardized an attempt to lure at least one major employer to Buncombe County, a local recruiter says. The county Board of Commissioners during closed sessions in August approved offering local incentives to a new […]
AC-T: Impact of Hurricanes Frances & Ivan lingers 10 years later
Here’s an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: A decade later, the numbers remain astounding. Eleven deaths across Western North Carolina. One hundred and forty homes destroyed, another 16,234 damaged. More than $200 million in total damages, including $87 million in lost tourism. In September 2004, the remnants of Hurricanes Frances and Ivan, arriving nine […]
Asheville Free Media holds 5th anniversary dance party
From a press release: Asheville Free Media holds 5th anniversary dance party Asheville Free Media is celebrating 5-years of internet broadcast with Power Up: Enciendete! At the Orange Peel on Friday, September 12th, doors are at 8pm, and the music begins at 9pm. It takes two to tango, so we’ve invited our friends at Asheville […]
Weaverville feral kitty freed from mason jar
Posted on Humane Alliance’s and Brother Wolf’s Facebook pages: Brother Wolf Animal Rescue (Sept 4, 2014): Thanks to our community cat program, this kitten was saved just in the nick of time. As you can see from the photos, this poor little baby got her head stuck in a mason jar. Somehow, she managed to […]
Nantahala Outdoor Center named ‘Top 100’ specialty retailer
Press release from Nantahala Outdoor Center: Bryson City, N.C. (September 5, 2014)— Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) is named one of the Top 100 outdoor specialty retailers in the United States in the September issue of Outdoor USA Magazine. The magazine’s list of Top 100 Retailers recognizes the leading independent, outdoor specialty retail businesses for their […]
Flat Rock Playhouse presents the Music of James Bond, Sept. 11-21
From a press release: Flat Rock Playhouse presents the Music of James Bond, Sept. 11-21 Flat Rock Playhouse presents The Music of James Bond from September 11- 21 at The Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage. Popular songs like “Goldfinger,” “Diamonds are Forever,” “Skyfall,” and countless others will be featured in a night dedicated to the world’s […]
Randall Bramblett performs at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall, Sept. 20
From a press release: Randall Bramblett performs at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall, Sept. 20 Randall Bramblett Saturday, Sept 20, 9 p.m. Isis Restaurant and Music Hall 743 Haywood Rd. Asheville $15 in advance / $18 at door. General Admission. Doors 5pm, Show 9pm, 828-575-2737 (for reservations) Seated concert with limited tables available with dinner […]
Parkway Playhouse stages “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Sept. 20-28
From a press release: Parkway Playhouse stages “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Sept. 20-28 Fairies mix with mortals, a feuding king and queen unleash magical practical jokes on one another, spells yield improbable love affairs and a band of comical tradesmen wander into an enchanted wood and are transformed in the most unlikely and often hilarious […]
Writers at Home series begins Sept. 21
From a press release: Writers at Home series begins Sept. 21 Faculty members in UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program will read from their work in the next installment of the Writers at Home series. The reading begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 21, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville, and is free […]