From UNC Asheville: TheatreUNCA to Stage Cormac McCarthy’s “The Sunset Limited” TheatreUNCA will stage Cormac McCarthy’s two-man play, The Sunset Limited, with four performances opening Nov. 9 in UNC Asheville’s Carol Belk Theater. Evening performances will take place Thursday-Saturday Nov. 9-11 with curtain at 7:30 p.m. One matinee will be offered at 2 p.m. on Sunday, […]
From Aloft Asheville Downtown: Aloft Asheville Continues 5-Year Anniversary Celebration with Tree Planting Asheville, N.C. (October 17, 2017) – Aloft Asheville Downtown announced today that they have partnered with Asheville GreenWorks to plant five apple trees at noon on Tuesday, October 24 as part of their ongoing 5-year anniversary celebration. Aloft Asheville Downtown decided to […]
From event promoters: Opening Reception at the Asheville School for Cindy Walton’s “Confluence: Abstraction & Landscape Coming Together” WHAT: The Asheville School, a nationally-acclaimed coed boarding school for students in grades 9 through 12, will hold an opening reception and exhibit of new paintings by local artist Cindy Walton.Walton has had a number of one-person […]
From the Campaign for Southern Equality: First Ever Asheville City Council Forum on LGBTQ Issues on October 25th What: Asheville City Council Candidate Forum: LGBTQ Legal and Lived Equality. This marks the first ever city council forum specific to LGBTQ issues in Asheville. Learn more about the final 6 candidates running for city council and […]
From event promoters: ASHEVILLE OUTLETS HOSTS FLEA FOR Y’ALL Sunday, October 29, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Marketplace Featuring Spectacular Finds ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (October 2017) – Asheville Outlets and OpenDoors of Asheville will host Flea for Y’all on Sunday, October 29 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Flea takes over the […]
From Hospitality House: High Country Turkey Trot 5K Registration Now Open Sponsorships and Naming Rights still available for the High Country’s largest 5K BOONE, N.C. – October 16, 2017 – For the seventh consecutive year the High Country Turkey Trot 5K will take place Thanksgiving morning on the Boone Greenway Trail at the Clawson-Burnley Park […]
From Alex Watson: Finding Restoration through Music By Alex Watson I have always been able to find refuge and restoration in music. It’s my therapy. There is safety and freedom from discrimination in the arts. This is where I find peace. My name is Alex Watson and I’m a concert pianist and resident of the […]
From RiverLink: The French Broad River will be celebrated in an upcoming art show and fundraiser, “Of Time and the River IV,” at the mysterious Zealandia Castle during the last weekend in October. The river was once a polluted obscurity, but now it’s one of the defining elements of our city. On a warm weekend, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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., […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. 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 […]
