From a press release from Mountain Brook Vineyards: Mountain Brook Vineyards has earned two medals for its wines at the 2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, considered the largest competition of American wines in the world. The Competition saw a record 7,162 entries this year from 28 states. The event lasted four days, with a […]
PRESS RELEASE: North and South Carolina poets have two weeks left in which to submit entries for the 8th Annual Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition. Adult and high school poets are invited to submit entries with the chance to win cash awards. Asheville poet and founder and editor of Asheville Poetry Review, Keith Flynn, will make […]
PRESS RELEASE: The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD) is pleased to announce the recipients for the 2015/16 Craft Research Fund grants. This year, eleven organizations, curators, scholars, and graduate students will receive a total of $95,000 to support and expand scholarly craft research, exhibitions, catalogs, and projects in the United States, including the […]
Press release from MANNA FoodBank: MANNA FoodBank is celebrating this year, but it is not a typical celebration. This Friday, MANNA staff and volunteers are delivering the one-millionth MANNA Pack for Kids. The MANNA Packs for Kids program provides emergency food assistance to public school students throughout the 16 counties MANNA FoodBank serves in WNC. […]
Press release from Hughes Agency on behalf of MicKibbon Hotel Management: McKibbon Hotel Management, a leading hotel management company with more than 80 properties and owner and manager of Aloft Asheville Downtown, is pleased to announce that the hotel’s General Manager David McCartney has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the Asheville Downtown […]
Press release from Wild Abundance: Natalie Bogwalker, founder and director of Wild Abundance and the Firefly Gathering, has made it her mission to share tools, skills and practices that can reconnect us with the wild in meaningful ways. Essentials of Homesteading and Permaculture , the latest offering from Wild Abundance, is an experiential program crafted to help students […]
From a press release: Parents and family members of children with special needs experience a unique sets of challenges each day. The Family Support Network of Western North Carolina at Mission Children’s Hospital provides resources to help meet those challenges, and with recent recognition from the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care (IPFCC), they’ll serve […]
PRESS RELEASE: Are you ready to get inside the minds of police officers? Convict Lake: Behind the Badge does just that. Often heartbreakingly blunt and gruesome, you’ll live and feel the gamut of police work during the height of the 60’s hippie movement to present day. Written by local author, Mike Krecioch, he reveals what […]
PRESS RELEASE: Thoughts of Home – Cultural Identity and the Evolution of an Artist Asheville Area Arts Council 1 Page Avenue | Suite 143A | Asheville, NC | 28801 Monday – Saturday | 10:00am – 6:00pm Showcasing works by the late VADIM BORA and a sampling from colleagues in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia (the […]
PRESS RELEASE from Asheville Truffle Experience: The Asheville Truffle Experience returns in elegance and style this Friday and Saturday, February 19th and 20th, with multiple mouth-watering sessions spiraling out from the Haywood Park Hotel in beautiful downtown Asheville. Guests will plunge into the mystery of this ultra-prized ingredient, the magical Tuber melanosporum—otherwise known as the Périgord (Black […]
The Asheville School of Film is offering a variety of classes this spring aimed at giving students industry experience.
From Western Carolina University: WCU Fine Art Museum hosts exhibit by acclaimed Cherokee artist Wilnoty CULLOWHEE – An exhibition of works by renowned sculptor John Julius Wilnoty of Cherokee continues on display at Western Carolina University’s Fine Art Museum through Friday, March 25. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Wilnoty’s pieces are often complex […]
Previously lost work from Black Mountain College students will take center stage at an upcoming book launch.
Brevard College’s Juried Student Art Exhibition gives students from a variety of art disciplines the chance to showcase their work.
Membership enrollment is open for the Western North Carolina Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training is offering 2016 memberships
An upcoming talk will explore taking risks in your spiritual life. The event is Feb. 17 from 7:00-9:00pm at The Cathedral of All Souls.
The YMCA and Southern Conference Basketball are teaming up to host a shooting tournament for kids. It tips off Feb. 21.
From Deltec Homes: ASHEVILLE, N.C., February 10, 2016 – Deltec Homes of Asheville has won “Best Of Customer Service” on Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The prefabricated homebuilder, best known for their energy efficient and net-zero homes, was chosen by the more than 35 million monthly unique users that comprise the […]
From UNC-Asheville: UNC Asheville Celebrates Homecoming Feb. 25-27 UNC Asheville alumni and students, and friends of the university will celebrate Homecoming 2016 with a parade, Bulldog basketball and much more Feb. 25-27. The annual Homecoming Parade, with the theme “Once Upon a Homecoming,” will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27 on University Heights, […]
PRESS RELEASE: The North Carolina Writers’ Network 2016 Spring Conference will be held Saturday, April 23, in the MHRA Building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Registration is now open. Michael Parker, of Greensboro, will give the Keynote Address. Michael is the author of six novels, including All I Have […]
PRESS RELEASE: Saturday, February 27, 2016 – 2:30 – 5:00 pm – Free and Open to the Public at Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801 Rudolf Steiner’s Goetheanum, Gaudi, and Expressionist Architecture… Noted Professor Frederick Amrine of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan presents a highly visual slide […]
