Country and gospel musician (and Avett Brothers progenitor) Jim Avett is currently on tour in support of his new album, Second Chance. A list of recently announced shows culminates in the Union Grove BBQ Festival and leads off with a performance in Asheville.
Excited about the new greenway coming to the River Arts District? So is American Trails. The national nonprofit recognized the city of Asheville and New Belgium Brewing with a Partnership Award for the French Broad Greenway.
Earlier this month, US Forest Service finish acquiring a sizable tract of land in Caldwell County . The land was purchased for approximately $3,300 per acre in two separate years. The expansion of Pisgah National Forest is being touted as a victory for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), by Senator Richard Burr (R) […]
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design holds an artist-led project as part of its summer programming. Ceramic artist Michael Strand, textile artist Carole Frances Lung and metalsmith Nick Dong bring “making out of the studio and into the public realm,” according a press release. Press release from the CCCD: The Center for Craft, Creativity […]
Fronted by Grand Ole Opry veteran Kate Lee and mandolin prodigy Forrest O’Connor and backed by guitarist Jim Shirey, Wisewater plays a contemporary folk set in Isis Restaurant and Music Hall’s upstairs lounge on Friday, June 5. The Nashville-based band, notable for its members’ virtuosity and sweet male-female vocal harmonies, has shared the stage with […]
Local theatrical divas Liz Aiello, Carol Duermit, Katherine Sandoval Taylor and Beverly Todd all perform as part of FORTE, a cabaret production at Crest Mountain Dinner Show. The performance is on Wednesday, June 3. Press release from Crest Mountain: Well-known WNC theatrical divas, Liz Aiello, Carol Duermit, Katherine Sandoval Taylor, and Beverly Todd have joined forces […]
Experience Music, a local organization which facilitates the tutelage of young musicians in the Asheville area, has announced a joint show with local legends Phuncle Sam on Friday, May 22 at Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, NC. The event will feature Infinite Vortex, a six-piece rock n’ roll band made up of Experience Music’s […]
The Altamont Theatre’s Country Music Tribute series includes Hanks A Lot: a Tribute to the many Hanks of Country Music and Sweet Dreamers: a Tribute to Patsy Cline among others. Press release from the venue: Country Tribute Shows Hanks A Lot: a Tribute to the many Hanks of Country Music! Friday May 22nd doors at […]
In its first eight months of operation, Asheville Angels investor pool has provided more than $200,000 in capital toward three start-up companies, the latest of which are ActivEd Inc. of Greenville, S.C., and Baebies Inc. of Durham. The group is composed of more than 40 members who meet each month to “evaluate, invest in and […]
A stripper, an agoraphobe and tollbooth collector all walk into a trailer park in Central Florida … it’s not a joke, it’s the setup for The Great American Trailer Park Musical, onstage at Asheville Community Theatre from Friday, June 5-Sunday, June 28. From a press release: The New Yorker called this show “more fun than […]
Yesterday the annual strive not to drive week festivities, promoted by the active Asheville on bikes group, carried on with a competition between three hand picked contestants. A driver, a biker and a pedestrian all ran the same errands to see what the quickest way to get around downtown asheville and run errands really is. Mountain […]
In a statement released this morning, Tuesday, May 19, Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, said the plan to close Duke Energy’s coal-fired plant in Asheville is “the right thing for its customers, public health, and the environment.”
Duke Energy announced that it will be retiring its Asheville power plant within four to five years. The company will invest $750 million to build a 650-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant and install solar generators at the site, but local environmental groups say the proposal “is inconsistent with the clean energy vision we have called for.”
The Crest Mountain Dinner Show will kick off its Summer Concert series with FORTE: A CABARET on Wednesday, June 3, 7 p.m. at Crest Mountain Pavillion (30 Ben Lippen School Road) in Woodfin. The cabaret performance will feature a 3-piece band and four well-known WNC theatrical divas: Liz Aiello, Carol Duermit, Katherine Sandoval Taylor, and Beverly Todd. FORTE had a […]
From a press release: Blue Ridge Community Health Services (BRCHS) is offering a Lunch and Learn on Wednesday, May 27, to those interested in touring the medical facility, hearing about the history of the organization, and learning about community health centers and the Affordable Care Act. The session is open to the public and will […]
If you work downtown you don’t always have the time or the budget to eat at one of the many eateries that are within walking distance. You set the good intention of bringing in your own lunch every day but that doesn’t always happen either. So as a downtown worker bee myself, I was happy to learn of […]
Registration for the 2015 Beer City Cup — the largest independent sanctioned adult soccer tournament in the country — will open on Monday, June 1. The tournament itself will take place on Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6. The application fee is $450 in June but goes up to $550 in July. The tournament […]
The City of Asheville’s Beaucatcher Greenway project now has an informative website with maps, drawings and images providing a general overview of the project as well as going into more detail on the greenway’s various sections, trailheads and design. It also offers a projected timeline for the project as well as the history of Beaucatcher Mountain. The projected timeline for the project […]
MetroWines’ Drink Like a Girl program, led by beer blogger Anita Riley, will host a free beer tasting on Friday, May 22, from 5-7 p.m. A representative from Hillsborough’s Mystery Brewing Company will be on hand at MetroWines to talk about the brewery and its beers, which are the feature of the event. Visit metrowinesasheville.com […]
The Montford Park Players will hold auditions for the theatrical group’s production of As You Like It on Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, with musician and singer auditions scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, from 5-9 p.m. The production, directed by Adrian Suskauer, opens Friday, Sept. […]
A newly licensed community motivated radio station, AshevilleFM starts transmitting Monday morning on 103.3. The station has been broadcasting on the internet since 2009. Programming includes both news/talk and music. From a press release: 103.3AshevilleFM Goes Live on the FM Dial in Buncombe County Beginning on May 18th Asheville, N.C. (May 12, 2015) – 103.3AshevilleFM, a […]
