Press release from Highland Brewing Co.: Early this morning, Highland Brewing Company mashed in a new collaboration brew – Rustic IPA – alongside Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and independent, family-owned hop and malt suppliers including Riverbend Malthouse, Briess Malting, Crosby Hop Farms, Roy Farms, and CLS Farms. The assembly of brewers and suppliers met at […]
Press release from PUSH Gallery: STREET/ART at PUSH Gallery -Friday, March 22 from 7-10pm “Finding your line” is an expression used by skateboarders, mountain bikers and trail runners to describe the instantaneous improvisational impulse which mediates the decision-making processes necessary for action. Street Skaters navigate a landscape finding compositions in a similar way an artist approaches the […]
Press release from N.C. Department of Transportation: A new restriction on a stretch of Interstate 26 in Asheville targets improved safety and reduced congestion. The N.C. Department of Transportation will unveil signs this week restricting trucks from the far left lane between the French Broad River and Long Shoals Road. The lane restriction should improve […]
Press release from festival directors: Dear West Asheville, All Go West sponsors, staff and volunteers, We’ve decided we cannot move forward with All Go West in 2019. It is an incredibly tough decision for us, after putting so much heart and soul into this event for 7 great years. It’s just not in the cards […]
Press release from Saluda Lifestyles: SALUDA, NC — Ozone Drive in Saluda, the main entryway to downtown from I-26, collects a lot of drink containers, plastic wrappers, and other litter. Volunteers with the Saluda Business Association pick it up every quarter from the roadway as part of the NC Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program. Seven volunteers […]
Press release from Great Smoky Mountains Association: CHEROKEE, NC – Poet, artist and teacher Elise Anderson will lead a Great Smoky Mountains Association creative writing workshop on Wednesday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to noon at Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee, N.C. Anderson was selected, along with Latria Graham, to be […]
Press release from Transylvana County: Get Set Transylvania is excited to announce a workshop featuring Dr. Mandy Cohen, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Director, alongside Dr. Jeanette Betancourt Senior Vice President of United States Social Impact for Sesame Workshop at Brevard College on March 21 from 8:30-2. Dr. Cohen will be presenting […]
Press release from UNC Asheville: Roger May, whose photographic portraits of Appalachia and its people have been featured in national and international media, will display some of his work and discuss the issues involved in depicting Appalachia, on Thursday, March 28. His presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, and is […]
Press release from Southern Highland Craft Guild: Makers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild are preparing for the launch of their 2019 special event programming at the Folk Art Center with the fourth annual Glass and Metal Day. As a non-profit organization, the Guild provides experiential learning opportunities for the public to cultivate awareness of both […]
Press release from Asheville Police Department: UPDATE: Leigh Anna Stewart has been safely located The Asheville Police Department is requesting assistance to locate Leigh Anna Stewart. Stewart was last seen on March 10 in East Asheville. She was wearing a tan, long knit sweater, jeans, and black/pink Nike tennis shoes. She carries a small, rose gold pocketbook. […]
Press release from District Wine Bar: Alycia Mondavi will stop by the District Wine Bar 3-7 p.m. Sunday, March 24, to sign her, highly anticipated and limited wine, Aloft. Only two events are scheduled in North Carolina, and only 18 barrels were made of this beautiful wine. 15- 3-packs/45 bottles are available. Presale is underway […]
Press release from Haywood County NAACP: Haywood County NAACP plans a pilgrimage to Montgomery to see the Equal Justice Initiative’s new Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that commemorates victims of lynching. One of the names there is from Haywood County. On March 4, 1900, in Haywood […]
Press release from North Carolina Department of Commerce: Madison County partners have come together to create a litter sweep with a twist. Sign up your group of four or more Madison County residents age 12 or older at one of our Supply Pick-up Centers and you could win cash for picking up trash. The Great […]
Press release from Oh, Henry Events: Asheville GreenWorks, a local environmental nonprofit, will host the Environmental Excellence Awards and Trashion Show on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 6pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore on 115 Hendersonville Road in Asheville, NC 28803. The Trashion Show is a recycled fashion show featuring over a dozen local designers […]
Press release from UNC Asheville: Roger May, whose photographic portraits of Appalachia and its people have been featured in national and international media, will display some of his work and discuss the issues involved in depicting Appalachia, on Thursday, March 28. His presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum, and […]
Press release from Get Off the Grid Fest: The Second Biannual Get Off the Grid Fest will be held over the weekend of Aug. 9-11 at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. Echoing the first gathering, which was timed with the total solar eclipse of 2017, the purpose of the upcoming event is threefold. Our […]
Press release from Bullington Gardens: HENDERSONVILLE: Bullington Gardens, a horticultural education center and public botanical garden, will hold its annual spring plant sale on three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 25, 26 and 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The event has been extended a third day to better accommodate customers. […]
Press release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce: North Carolina Main Street Champions will be recognized today for their commitment to downtown improvements and strong communities during a Recognition Ceremony in Salisbury starting at 9:00 a.m. (Mar. 14). Forty-three Champions will receive honors for contributions to their Main Street programs and downtown districts in […]
Press release from American Folk Art & Framing: The human face is capable of displaying an astonishing array of emotions. Curiosity is what many of the uninitiated express when first seeing a southern face jug, a tradition that has many beginnings. The upstate of South Carolina and the mountain regions of North Carolina and Georgia contribute […]
Press release from American Folk Art & Framing: The human face is capable of displaying an astonishing array of emotions. Curiosity is what many of the uninitiated express when first seeing a southern face jug, a tradition that has many beginnings. The upstate of South Carolina and the mountain regions of North Carolina and Georgia […]
Press release from Curren Podlesny: Curren Podlesny, a local high school senior at West Henderson High, has chosen to exhibit his photographic art from all over the world as his senior project, raising the subject of art censorship and how it affects society. The show will be open to the public and will be on […]
