Press release: ASHEVILLE, NC – January 6, 2016 Ray Spillenger: Rediscovery of a Black Mountain Painter Exhibition: January 22, 2016 – May 21, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, January 22 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., FREE Admission Curated by Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., Curator of American Art, Emeritus, Harvard Art Museums Gallery talk by the […]
Press release: DEQ announces 14 public meetings on draft coal ash pond closure deadlines RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, on Friday announced 14 public meetings on the department’s draft proposed classifications for each of Duke Energy coal ash impoundments in North Carolina. The hearings give the public an opportunity to […]
Press release: 1/14: Hendersonville Green Drinks: The Path Toward a Cleaner, Safer and More Affordable Energy Future Hendersonville, N.C. — MountainTrue Campaigns Director Joan Walker is the featured presenter of the next Hendersonville Green Drinks on Thursday, January 14 at Black Bear Coffee in downtown Hendersonville. New time and place! What: Hendersonville Green Drinks Where: […]
Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and Buncombe County. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. WNC Regional Air Quality Agency 49 Mt. Carmel Road Asheville, NC 28806 828-250-6777
PRESS RELEASE: One Center Yoga will host a Kirtan to benefit Ryan Conrad and Family with Osel & Friends on Saturday January 16, 2016 from 7:30-9:30pm. Ösel (Tibetan for clearlight) is a metaphor for the experience of being the non-dual basis of all existence. Words can only point to it, however, through deep listening it […]
PRESS RELEASE: John Wesley Coleman III with Spider Bags and The Sexpatriates January 15th at Lazy Diamond Austin’s John Wesley Coleman III incorporates his heady musings and witticisms with analog slacker rock. His new full length release, Greatest Hits, is now available on vinyl by local imprint Super Secret Records (The album is also available […]
PRESS RELEASE: We are thrilled to announce a call for submissions for the 9th Annual Music Video Asheville (MVA), the annual showcase to celebrate the collaboration of Asheville musicians and filmmakers. Submission acceptance begins on January 13. Last year, 65 local musicians and filmmakers submitted their Music Videos for consideration in this growing event. Thirty […]
From MountainTrue: Duke initally planned to replace the coal plant with a 650-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant and a new 45-mile transmission line that wold have cut through our mountains, farmlands and communities to a substation in Campobello, SC. But thousands of people spoke out and in November the utility decided to scrap the transmission […]
From Asheville City Source: Packing peanuts cluttering up your life? What about Styrofoam from holiday shipping? These items don’t go in your regular recycling bin but you can responsibility dispose of them during Asheville GreenWorks next Hard to Recycle event, coming up Jan. 16 in Asheville. They are accepting a lot of things that we […]
From Diana Wortham Theatre: Internationally Renowned Koresh Dance Company Brings Innovative Show, ev•o•lu•tion, to Diana Wortham Theatre on Friday & Saturday, January 22 & 23 at 8:00 p.m. One of Philadelphia’s top dance ensembles and a recipient of distinction from the National Endowment for the Arts, Koresh Dance Company performs the intense and intricately […]
Asheville authors Donna Cutting and Meredith Powell celebrate the release of their latest books with a celebratory event at North Carolina Stage Company on Friday, March 4, at 5:30 p.m. Cutting’s book, which deals with business relationships, is entitled 501 Ways to Roll Out the Red Carpet for Your Customers: Easy-to-Implement Ideas to Inspire Loyalty, […]
Press release from Oakley Elementary PTO: The Harlem Wizards are coming to Asheville, Friday, February 5th at 7:00pm. The evening promises to be a fun filled event that is great for kids and adults and will guarantee to put a smile on your face! This event is hosted by the Oakley Elementary PTO, and it […]
Press release: Holistic Healing Day Saturday January 23, 2016, 11am-3pm Center for Spiritual Living Asheville 2 Science of Mind Way, Asheville NC 28806 Unique opportunity to experience a wide variety of healing art therapies all in one place. The Holistic Healing Day will offer a sampling of massage, reiki, reflexology, energy healing, life coaching, body […]
Press release from the YMCA of Western North Carolina: Asheville, N.C., Jan. 7, 2016 – The first YMCA Winter Market of the season will be held Saturday, January 9, from 10am to 12:30pm, at Grace Covenant Church, 789 Merrimon Avenue in North Asheville. Forty vendors from throughout the region will be selling an array of […]
News release from A-B Tech Community College: Kristina Hyatt, a 2014 A-B Tech Dental Hygiene graduate, was named Miss Native American USA at a pageant held in August in Tempe, Ariz. She was also the winner of the 2011 Miss Cherokee pageant, representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. “I decided to enter the Miss […]
PRESS RELEASE: Protecting the Environment through Cultural Traditions: Sacred Groves of Sierra Leone and India, an exhibit of photographs by Alison Ormsby of the UNC Asheville environmental studies faculty, will be on view January 11 – February 26, in Blowers Gallery, in UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library. An opening artist lecture will be held in the […]
Press release from UNC Asheville: Former Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy will provide the keynote address, and Professor Dwight Mullen will present the State of Black Asheville lecture during UNC Asheville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week 2016, Jan. 15-22. These events, along with films, discussions and other activities through the week will be free and […]
Press release from the Gordon Smith Campaign: Asheville N.C.– City council member Gordon Smith, a child and family therapist and civil rights activist, has introduced a resolution to declare the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Asheville. (Full text of the resolution is included at the end of this release.) “People in […]
From a press release: Pardee Hospital announced today that Southeastern Fitness and Rehabilitation will manage two Pardee Rehabilitation locations, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Southeastern Fitness and Rehabilitation will manage operations at Pardee Rehabilitation’s new Turtle Creek location in South Asheville as well as its existing location at the Mission Pardee Health Campus in Arden. Southeastern […]
Press release from Kenilworth Presbyterian Church: 6th Annual Kenilworth celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! Monday, January 18 at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church 123 Kenilworth Rd. 28803. Potluck from 5:30-6:30pm in Kenilworth Center 4 Chiles Ave. (directly behind church) and the program will begin at 6:30pm in the church sanctuary. The program for the evening is “Seeking […]
Press release from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: A-B Tech Community College received continued funding from the N.C. Community College System for childcare services, which provides subsidy assistance for parents who are students at A-B Tech. The award for the 2015-16 academic year is $41,208 The college uses the funds to help remove barriers for […]
