If you popped into the Harris Teeter on Merrimon Avenue for lunch earlier today, you might have been surprised to see a 7-foot-tall bloodied and battered chicken with some passionate activists in tow hanging around outside. Animal rights activists with the group Mercy For Animals held a demonstration in front of the grocery store in North […]
The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) is spotlighting several local businesses and organizations’ contributions to “Tomato Month,” an annual celebration of the staple crop around the Asheville area and part of the nonprofits “Get Local” campaign. Businesses celebrating this year’s Tomato Month include The Marketplace, which is featuring an heirloom tomato salad, a tomato vinaigrette […]
Longtime local recording business, Collapseable Studios, announces that it has closed. Press release from studio owners: Collapseable Studios, the popular, affordable destination for local recording artists since 1997, has closed its doors at 503 Haywood Road in West Asheville as it undergoes another metamorphosis. Aaron Price and Bill Reynolds founded the initially mobile studio in […]
Local confectioner Postre Caramels has announced that it will be launching an online retail store this Fall, according to a press release from the company. “After a successful product launch and placement of our Sea Salt Caramel Sauce in multiple retail accounts” across the Southeast, Postre Caramel says it will be bringing its “truly artisanal […]
Local bartender Brandon Grogan — who currently works at MG Road, but will serve from Buxton Hall Barbecue once the restaurant opens on Tuesday, Aug. 18 — is hosting a sneak preview of his specialty cocktail style during a guest shift at Rhubarb. He’ll be mixing at Rhubarb’s bar on Thursday, Aug. 13, from 10 […]
In a recent newsletter that calls chain businesses out as detrimental to Asheville’s downtown landscape, Asheville Grown Business Alliance director Franzi Charen asks Asheville residents: “Are we ‘planting the seeds of our own decline?’” In her plea, Charen reflects the growing pains other cities have experienced after introducing chains and multiple hotels into their downtown […]
At a small liberal arts college like Warren Wilson, it’s difficult not to build up personal relationships with the people you live, work and study with everyday. It also makes moving on from long-time staff and faculty a bit more complicated, as was demonstrated last Friday when college administrators announced several staff positions would be […]
Porch Light Counseling is now open at 263 Haywood Street downtown. The business — a collective of three therapists, including Heather Branham, Elizabeth Gillette and Ariel Shumaker-Hammond — focuses on relationship counseling, treating infertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety, LGBTQ and gender counseling, support through life transitions and infant/young child mental health, […]
One hot ticket on Friday night will be the dance party for a cause at The Orange Peel. 50 years after the historic US Voting Rights act became the law of the land, some groups are still working to increase voter opportunity and turn out. One such group acting locally is Democracy NC. As a fund […]
Les Femmes Mystique and Les Filles Charm bring back their “Hot August Nights” show for the second year. Held at Scandals on Saturday, Aug. 29, the event includes dancing, singing and a DJ. Press release from event organizers: Hot Summer Nights 2015 It’s the second annual Hot Summer Nights, and once again, you are in […]
Renowned artist William Wegman (you’ll recognize his weimaraner photos) is represented in Cubism and Other-isms, the newest exhibit at the Asheville Art Museum. The show is on view Friday, Aug. 22 to January 24, 2016, with an opening reception on Saturday, Aug. 23, 3-5 p.m. Press release from the museum: The Asheville Art Museum thrilled […]
Press release from Wild Wing Cafe: Wild Wing Cafe is hosting a watch party for American Ninja Warrior contestant and Asheville resident Miles Avery. Miles is the owner of Osega Gymnastics and a four-time coach for the U.S. men’s Olympic gymnastics team. At age 56, he is one of the oldest contestants. Wild Wing Cafe is inviting everyone […]
From Minority Enterprise Development Committee of WNC Press release: The Minority Enterprise Development Committee of WNC will hold the 32nd Annual Minority Enterprise Development Week September 14th through 18th, with a series of free events for entrepreneurs. A highlight of the week will be an Awards Event on Thursday, September 17 at 6 pm at Homewood, […]
From Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Press release: Western Carolina Rescue Ministries will be collecting winter outerwear for the homeless and others in need September 1st through September 30th. New and gently used winter coats and heavy winter mittens, gloves, and hats can be donated at any of the eleven collection points. All coats will be […]
The City of Asheville is eyeing new methods for accomplishing the stated goal of reducing solid waste by 50 percent over the next 20 years. A survey of citizens has been announced to collect community input. One possible system for the future could be to abandon the current flat rate for solid waste removal in favor of […]
This short week in property sales yielded several multi-million dollar sales. 1139 Cane Creek Road, a 10.35 acre estate in Fletcher, sold last week for $2.9 million along with an adjoining 31 acre swathe of land that went for a matching sum. A minimally developed lot at 100 District Drive, which does not show up […]
San Francisco-based online vacation-lodging middleman AirBnB seems to have set its sights on opening up Asheville’s restrictions on short term rentals, according to city council member Gordon Smith. Smith posted a message on the Asheville Politics Facebook page Saturday morning saying he has received a “deluge of emails” from potential visitors to the region expressing […]
Beginning August 22, the Asheville Art Museum will feature an exhibition of internationally acclaimed artist and dog lover William Wegman, Cubism and Other-isms. The exhibit will highlight work from over 25 years of Wegman’s life, including early black and white photographs and later digital renderings. Described as a “pioneer video-maker, wry conceptualist, performer, photographer, painter, […]
The Asheville Humane Society and Buncombe County government have completed a comprehensive review of Buncombe County Animal Shelter services, resulting in a lifting of a transfer moratorium in place on the shelter since July 16, according to a press release sent out by the county. The moratorium was put in place in response to the […]
UPDATE: Chance the Rapper will not be performing at Goombay Festival, according to an updated press release from event organizers. Instead, Chance the Artist will close out Sunday’s gospel lineup. “Created to celebrate the richness and diversity of the African diaspora and Asheville’s African American community,” the Goombay Festival attracts thousands to downtown’s Pack Square […]
Press release from LEAF festival coordinators: At the 1st Annual LEAF Downtown this past weekend, over 15,000 people gathered in Pack Square Park to celebrate communities, creativity, diversity, and families – a grand finale to two weeks of programming around Asheville focused on supporting arts education. LEAF Downtown included a Funky Cocktail Crawl, which launched […]
