Press release from the Blue Ridge Orchestra: The Blue Ridge Orchestra, joined by local piano prodigy Christopher Tavenier of Hendersonville, open their 2018-19 season with “Eleven Eleven: Remembering Armistice,” a tribute to our armed forces. Programmed by Music Director Milton Crotts in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Armistice, the concerts feature music associated with […]
Press release from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will host a family-friendly event celebrating wild turkey hunting on Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Depot on Asheville Highway in Pisgah Forest. The event offers a variety of activities and demonstrations for all […]
Press release from Indivisible Asheville/WNC: Indivisible Asheville/WNC will host a town hall meeting for local candidates for the North Carolina State House and Senate at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the Wesley Grant Southside Center, 285 Livingston Street, Asheville. All are welcome to attend this free event. For State Senate, David Wheeler (D, […]
Press release from Charles Crolley: Zoë Mihalas of Brevard, NC was recognized at the 2018 National Meeting of Trout Unlimited (TU), receiving the organization’s prestigious National Award for Distinguished Service in Youth Education. The award recognizes the fundamental importance of creating a new generation of conservationists in a manner that sustains TU’s conservation legacy, and […]
Press release from UNC Asheville: UNC Asheville’s Dance Program will present Moving Voices Oct. 27-29, a series of site-specific dances, as well as a community dialogue, in on- and off-campus locations. UNC Asheville Assistant Professor Celia Weiss Bambara, director of the university’s Dance Program, will co-direct and co-choreograph Moving Voices, along with visiting scholar Jana […]
Press release from the Folk Art Center: The Southern Highland Craft Guild opens its fourth and final exhibition for the 2018 year with Forging Ahead: A Blacksmith Invitational in the Folk Art Center’s main gallery upstairs. It features 36 objects from makers of the Western North Carolina chapter of Artist Blacksmith Association of North America. […]
Press release from Family-Friendly Affordable Buncombe: On Monday, October 15, local parents, alongside business, health, and nonprofit leaders, will hold a press conference to announce the official launch of Family-Friendly Affordable Buncombe. WHAT: Family-Friendly Affordable Buncombe Launch Press Conference WHO: Speakers will include Buncombe County parents, Executive Director of Children First/Communities in Schools Natasha Adwaters, Executive Director […]
Press release from Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: On Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 7pm, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) and UNC Asheville present the Asheville debut performance of eclectic string quartet Brooklyn Rider in the premiere of their new project Healing Modes. The healing properties of music have been […]
Press release from Ashveille Music Professionals: AMP (Asheville Music Professionals) is launching a database website Thursday, Oct. 25, which will be the go-to guide for anyone looking for bands, session musicians, professionals, festivals, business, etc in Asheville’s music community. We are releasing the database at our event AMP Rocks Asheville at The Grey Eagle on 10/25 […]
Press release from Meadowlark Motel: Commencing its first ever artist residency program, Meadowlark Motel is proud to welcome Mike Ogletree, former drummer for the super band Simple Minds, to the resort motel. Ogletree will bring his live music to many of the motel’s weekly events as well as play a big role in the motel’s […]
Press release from Mountain BizWorks: Asheville, October 11, 2018 – It is well known that Western North Carolina is home to exceptional outdoor recreation opportunities. Much less known is that these mountain landscapes have also inspired and are home to a thriving network of outdoor equipment companies. This may be about to change as a collaborative […]
Press release from the Folk Art Center: Returning this year for holiday shopping is the Southern Highland Craft Guild’s annual holiday sales. The first two Saturdays of December, members of the Guild will be selling their fine crafts at the Folk Art Center from 10am to 4pm. This opportunity allows shoppers to purchase handmade items […]
Press release from The Rotary Club of Hendersonville: On Friday October 5th and Tuesday October 9th, 24 members of the Hendersonville Rotary Club made deliveries of dictionaries to Third Graders across Henderson County. 1147 Public, Private, Charter, and Home School students each received their very own, brand new, reference book in the culmination of the […]
Press release from Interfaith Assistance Ministry: Interfaith Assistance Ministry, the largest provider of crisis services to Henderson County residents, will begin accepting turkeys, hams and holiday foods for its 2nd annual Holiday Food Drive on October 15. Last year, IAM provided holiday meals to over 441 children and adults who needed crisis assistance during the […]
Press release from 2018 Pink on the Green: Area businesses are participating in the first annual Pink on the Green Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday to benefit women in WNC who are going through cancer treatments. Golfers will tee off at 9am on Saturday all to raise money for Cleaning for a Reason, a non-profit […]
Press release from Sen. Richard Burr: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on the release of Pastor Andrew Brunson, who had been unjustly detained in Turkey for the last two years: “I am incredibly grateful that Pastor Brunson has finally been […]
Press release from Diana Wortham Theatre: One of Shakespeare’s classics comes alive in an exciting and educational presentation by Warehouse Theatre in The Tempest, Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., as part of Diana Wortham Theatre’s Matinee Series for Students and Families. The Matinee Series performances are open to families, homeschoolers, […]
Press release from Mission Health: Last year’s flu season hit hard close to home and across the nation proving to be a deadly epidemic killing 80,000 Americans in late 2017 and early 2018. Flu season peaked in early 2018 here in western North Carolina with five times as many flu cases in January and twice […]
Press release from the Southern Highland Craft Guild: The Southern Highland Craft Guild opens its fourth and final exhibition for the 2018 year with Forging Ahead: A Blacksmith Invitational in the Folk Art Center’s main gallery upstairs. It features 36 objects from makers of the Western North Carolina chapter of Artist Blacksmith Association of North […]
Press release from The Blood Connection: The Blood Connection is asking blood donors to make a blood donation as soon as possible to prevent interruptions to the blood supply. The weather impacts from Hurricane Michael caused school closings and other weather-related issues that have affected blood donations. Donors can visit a donation center to give blood […]
Press release from Western Carolina University: Hilarity Ensues with the play within a play, Noises Off, from the WCU School of Stage and Screen The Western Carolina University School of Stage and Screen, a department of the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts presents, Noises Off in Hoey Theater from November 8-11. […]
