PRESS RELEASE: The Distinguished Young Women of Buncombe County Scholarship Program is proud to announce the 10 participants in the program for the Class of 2017. The final program will be held Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 7:00 at A.C. Reynolds High School. General admission tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students/seniors in advance […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: A person’s belongings and life experiences often inhabit his or her aspirations, heritage and personal identity. These belongings and life experiences are “archival threads.” They can run through a grandmother’s ring, a child’s drawing, a father’s hammer, or years of collected journals. But what do we do with these archival […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM ALL EYES MEDIA: Widespread Panic will be performing at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, NC on September 17th. Showtime is at 8:00 PM and doors will open at 7:00 PM. Widespread Panic’s 2016 Fall Tour kicks off on the East Coast and will head South for stops in Alabama, Georgia, North […]
PRESS RELEASE: The North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice (NCCALJ) is inviting public comment on its work to date at a public meeting on Thursday, August 18, at the Buncombe County Judicial Complex. Comments may be provided online or in person by signing up to speak at nccalj.org/interim-reports. WHO Citizens are invited […]
PRESS RELEASE: Reed Rossell, adjunct instructor and research associate in UNC Asheville’s Department of Environmental Studies, was awarded a 2016 grant of $5,000 from the North Carolina Appalachian Trail License Plate Grant Program to document and study the condition of rare seep communities along the Appalachian Trail corridor. These rare wetland plant communities form at […]
PRESS RELEASE: American Craft Week is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Rising Star Competition, naming 30 exceptional craft artists in the United States under the age of 30. The winners hail from all over the country. The state with the most winners is North Carolina with 7 young crafters, followed by Maryland with […]
PRESS RELEASE: Old buildings boarded up and in disrepair. Large anchor stores abandoning downtown for the new mall. A small mountain town with few cultural attractions. This is the view many people have of Asheville in the 1980s. But underneath, a renaissance was being chartered by citizens, social activists, businesses, and artists. This series of […]
PRESS RELEASE: On Monday, August 15 and Tuesday, August 16, vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, will campaign in Asheville and Fayetteville, where he will highlight Hillary Clinton’s 100-Day Jobs Plan to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. An economic analysis based on […]
PRESS RELEASE: Seven women, all in their 90s, gathered for a reunion Friday. They are among the last graduates of an institution that now only exists in their memories and through the legacy-preservation efforts of Warren Wilson College. On July 20, 1942, Eleanor Roosevelt visited Asheville to get a closer look at a summer program […]
PRESS RELEASE: North Carolina State Parks will hold its second Signature Centennial Celebration Aug. 27-28 at Mount Mitchell State Park, the site where the 100-year history of the state’s system of protected lands for recreation and conservation began in 1916. Visitors are invited to a daylong celebration Aug. 27 with traditional and bluegrass music, clogging, […]
PRESS RELEASE: Mission Hospital was recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a one of the nation’s few “high performing” hospital in the media outlet’s annual ranking of all U.S. hospitals. Specifically, Mission Hospital was one of only 63 hospitals in the nation to receive high marks in every one of nine separate inpatient surgical […]
PRESS RELEASE: The Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) has opened registration for the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program for the 2016-17 school years. Classes will take place at Canton Middle School on Tuesday afternoons from September 20 – April 18, from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Now in its sixteenth year in Haywood County, JAM is […]
PRESS RELEASE: Join Friends of the Smokies for Classic Hikes to Mt. Cammerer and Deep Creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) on Tuesday, September 13th and Tuesday, September 27th. The guided hikes are led by outdoor enthusiast and author Danny Bernstein. The two hikes offer participants the opportunity to works towards the ‘Hike 100’ […]
PRESS RELEASE: Asheville Gymnastics invites the community to its open house from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28. Children, parents, and adults can enjoy an afternoon of gymnastics, tumbling, parkour, and play. During the open house, team members and coaches will demonstrate advanced gymnastics, tumbling, and parkour. The open house will provide opportunities for participants […]
PRESS RELEASE: Thursday, August 25, 2016 7:00-8:30pm OM Sanctuary 87 Richmond Hill Drive THIS IS A FREE EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Enter to win a one-night retreat at OM Sanctuary! Including a complimentary 60-minute Integrative Counseling session with Yeye Omileye. Must be present to win. Come meet Yeye Omileye, and her husband Chief Olu: […]
PRESS RELEASE: David Joe Miller Presents his ever popular Spoken Word OPEN MIC! with his co-host Micah Mackenzie voted number one photographer five years running by Mountain Xpress. Also featuring a very special guest poet from Johnson City, TN, Jasmine Henderson! This will be our very first OPEN MIC at The Block off Biltmore at […]
PRESS RELEASE: Author Gary Sizer has released an audio version of his hit book,Where’s The Next Shelter? which recounts his 153-day odyssey thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. The audio book, available on audible.com, is yet another waypoint on Sizer’s journey of discovery that started with his first step at the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail […]
Press release: North Carolina State Parks Signature Centennial Celebration planned for Aug. 27-28 at Mount Mitchell State Park RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State Parks will hold its second Signature Centennial Celebration August 27 to 28 at Mount Mitchell State Park, the site where the 100-year history of the state’s system of protected lands for […]
Press release: LOCAL ART ORGANIZATION PROVIDES MANY BENEFITS FOR AREA ARTISTS Art League of Henderson County Offers Networking, Programs and Gallery Displays for Artists Hendersonville, NC – The art community is growing each year in Henderson County. Many new residents who move into the area are artists or patrons and seek out a place to […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS: AMS ROCK BAND w/ Andrew Scotchie @ Hi Wire + AMS POP BANDS Helping Others Benefit @The Hop The Shows: Thursday August 11 = busy day for AMS students. Two ensembles at two different locations. Come show your support! Hi-Wire Brewing- Big Top Hi-Wire Brewing will have a special release […]
Press release: David Dry Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Kyrgyz for Teaching Assignment David Dry, History Instructor at A-B Tech Community College, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to the Kyrgyz Republic in American History from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Dry will be […]
