From MAHEC: Adverse Childhood Experiences Southeastern Summit 2017: The Art of Healing ACEs Asheville, NC – October 17, 2017 — MAHEC is hosting the 2017 ACEs Southeastern Summit, The Art of Healing ACEs, at the Asheville Renaissance Hotel on October 20-21 to build trauma-informed communities. Attendees will hear from Keynote Speaker Vincent Felitti, MD, co-investigator […]
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Fairy tale characters come to life this November when TheatreUNCA stages “Into The Woods”
From UNC Asheville: TheatreUNCA to Stage Sondheim Musical, “Into the Woods,” Nov. 2-4, 16-18 TheatreUNCA will kick off its 2017 mainstage season with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale musical, Into the Woods, with seven performances opening Nov. 2 in UNC Asheville’s Carol Belk Theater. Evening performances will take place Nov. 2-4 and 16-18 with curtain […]
MountainTrue announces 2017 award winners ahead of Annual Gathering, Oct. 25
From MountainTrue: MountainTrue is honored to recognize the following award winners at our 2017 Annual Gathering next Wednesday, Oct. 25: 2017 Esther Cunningham Award: Sky Conard 2017 Volunteer of the Year: Mark Cobb 2017 Volunteer of the Year: Greer Gunby 2017 Elected Official of the Year: Doug Dearth 2017 Partner of the Year: Asheville Greenworks […]
Fox Factory Holding Corp. joins Asheville cyclist community with new east coast facility
From the Economic Development Coalition Asheville-Buncombe County: Fox Factory Holding Corp. Announces New East Coast Bike Operations in Asheville, North Carolina Asheville, NC October 17, 2017 – In conjunction with the Buncombe County Commission and the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County (EDC), Fox Factory Holding Corp. (FOX) announced plans for expansion that will create about 47 […]
Native Pop art experience brings contemporary Native American artists to Cherokee Oct. 26-28
From the Sequoyah Fund, Inc.: Native Pop comes to Cherokee with their street, progressive, contemporary, pop artists from around Native America CHEROKEE, NC — Native Pop is a native art collaborative that combines contemporary art styles, bright vibrant colors and social commentary to highlight modern day Native America. The exhibit and accompanying workshops will be […]
Historian Ray Rapp talks Reconstruction, racial conflict and railroads Oct. 20 at Saluda Historic Depot
From event promoters: Rapp Presents “Final Spikes: Reconstruction, Racial Conflicts and Completion of the Railroads to the Land of the Sky” Saluda Train Tales SALUDA, NC — The completion of the Western North Carolina Railroad from Salisbury to Asheville in 1880 and the line from Spartanburg to Asheville in 1885 marked the end of the tumultuous era of rail construction, political corruption, economic […]
Dance performance ‘Supper, People on the Move’ at 22 London Rd., Oct. 27 and 28
Press release: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and Randy Shull and Hedy Fischer are pleased to host choreographer Silvana Cardell’s Supper, People on the Move at 22 London Rd., Randy and Hedy’s studio/exhibition space. Supper, People on the Move is a new dance performance inspired by themes of migration and the complex experience […]
Warren Haynes’ 29th annual Christmas Jam will be held Dec. 9
Press release: Warren Haynes’ 29th Annual Christmas Jam is once again taking over Asheville, NC’s U.S. Cellular Center on December 9, 2017, where an incredible line-up of artists will take the stage in Haynes’ hometown for a good cause in the spirit of the holidays. One of the most celebrated and longest-running live concerts in the U.S., […]
Art by the Tracks juried arts and crafts show in Black Mountain Oct. 28
Press release from Black Mountain Old Depot: The Old Depot Association in Black Mountain, NC will host their 20th annual juried arts and crafts show Art by the Tracks on Saturday, October 28th, from 10:00am-5:00pm along Sutton Avenue in downtown Black Mountain. This year Art by the Tracks will feature over fifty artists and fine […]
CompostNow expands Asheville service
Press release from CompostNow: CompostNow Inc, a composting services business, announces they will be expanding their residential doorstep collection service area in Asheville starting November 6th. The proposed expansion area will be south of I-40 covering neighborhoods along Hendersonville Road. The expansion is a result of CompostNow doubling their residential customer base in 2017 and an […]
Tony Award-winning play RED opens Nov. 3, at 35below
Press release: Mockingbird Theatre Productions in association with Asheville Community Theatre is excited to bring RED to Asheville’s 35below for the first three weekends in November. RED will be performed November 3 – November 19, 2017 with performances Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm. Tickets are available online […]
Spellbound Children’s Bookshop hosts NaNoWriMo event for young writers
Press release: It’s that time of year beloved by budding novelists. November is National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known as NaNoWriMo. Spellbound Childen’s Bookshop wants to encourage young writers. Through November 5th, interested writers from 6th – 12th grade can come in to sign up on Spellbound’s NaNoWriMoTriumphant Chart of Noveling Progress. The writing process […]
Gov. Cooper names new appointees for state boards and commissions
Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed 21 new members to five North Carolina Boards and Commissions. One of the appointees to the North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, Brett Schulthorp, is from Asheville. Also hailing from Asheville, is Hartwell Carson, who joins the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission. Natalie Berry of Hendersonville will be on […]
Dark Horse Theatre stages ‘The Midnight Area,” opening Oct. 20
Press release: There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. But wait. . . don’t stop there. Because beyond that is an even better dimension. The SIXTH dimension. The one we call. . . The Midnight Area. Join […]
Troxler announces new beehive grant program, availability of farmland preservation grants; application deadline is Dec. 15
Press release from N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: County governments, nonprofit groups and certified beekeepers pursuing farmland preservation projects and beehive grants have until Dec. 15 to apply for funding assistance from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund. This year’s request for proposals includes statewide general appropriations for traditional farm […]
Scary stories at Earthaven Ecovillage this Saturday
Press release: Deep in the woods, not far from where you sit, on the night of Saturday, Oct. 21, scary stories will be told at Earthaven Ecovillage. At 8 p.m., the children will hear stories just for them — stories that will help children deal with their fear of the dark and growing sense of […]
#I drive for breast cancer awareness event launch Oct. 24
Press release from Park Ridge Health and Asheville Chevrolet: Asheville Chevrolet would like to invite the public to join them this October for the #I Drive For event. #I Drive For is a fundraiser to help find a cure for breast cancer. For every “#avlchevydrives4” on Instagram and Twitter, the national Chevrolet Corporation will […]
City of Asheville to update its Transit Master Plan
Press release from the city of Asheville: With the goal of making Asheville’s bus transportation better, the city of Asheville will update its Transit Master Plan. The goal is to establish a fresh framework for future transit growth in our community. The Transit Master Plan will shape how and where transit service will be provided […]
Wall Street to be decked out in yarn; installation will be complete Oct. 18
Press release from Purl’s Yarn Emporium: Downtown geeky yarn store, Purl’s Yarn Emporium, along with multi-age stitchers of Asheville, have organized once again to create a temporary yarn installation (also known as a yarn bombing or yarn-storming) on Wall Street in downtown Asheville. This is the 6th time that Wall Street has been yarn-bombed and […]
Avadim Techologies, Heath Shuler host golf tournament to benefit Eblen Charities Oct. 17
Press release from Avadim Technologies: AVADIM TECHNOLOGIES / HEATH SHULER FALL GOLF INVITATIONAL HITS THE LINKS THIS TUESDAY (Asheville, NC) – One of western North Carolina’s most anticipated golfing event takes to the links tomorrow as the Cliffs at Walnut Cove once again hosts the Avadim Technologies / Heath Shuler Fall Golf Invitational. More than […]
Writer Aviya Kushner offers talk at UNC Asheville: “Translating Creation – Is it Possible?”
Press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville’s Visiting Writer Series will present a talk by columnist and author Aviya Kushner at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Kushner will use the Book of Genesis as a starting point for discussing the challenges of translating and interpreting the Bible, in a […]