From the Swannanoa Valley Museum: Free Admission for everyone! We will be open Friday and Saturday of Easter Weekend, bring your friends and family. This year’s special exhibits include artifacts from the Roaring Twenties English Tudor estate In the Oaks and an examination of the North Fork Valley, a historic community displaced by the City of Asheville […]
With part of the $600,000 committed by the nonprofit Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, a youth conservation crew from the Conservation Trust for North Carolina will repair trails and campgrounds in the Highlands District, and a partnership with Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail will help build a bridge over the Boone Fork near Blowing Rock, N.C. The Parkway Foundation announced […]
The inaugural gathering of Asheville NOW’s “Power Hour” will be held Wednesday, April 8, at Avenue M on Merrimon Avenue and includes a screening of an hour-long documentary about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in which 123 women died.
HandMade in America hosts the annual Appalachian Women Entrepreneurs Conference on Wednesday, May 13. The focus this year is “Micro-Business in the 21st Century;” the event takes place at the Morris Hellenic Cultural Center, 227 Cumberland Ave. Press release from organizers: On Wednesday, May 13 from 8:15am-6:30pm HandMade in America (HIA) will be celebrating Appalachian […]
An unidentified group of people who say they “love Asheville” used red paint to rewrite a prominent Pepsi billboard near downtown Asheville last night, Tuesday, March 31.
Friday, April 3, 2015, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. For the ridge tops, it is a code GREEN air quality forecast day. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in this range. The […]
Foothills Deli & Butchery has announced the return of its “Butcher’s Table” series for 2015, beginning on April 16 with a special dinner at Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain. The event is part of Pisgah Brewing’s 10 year anniversary celebration, and will feature a locally-sourced, five-course meal prepared by Foothills butcher Tyler Cook and […]
Habitat for Humanity’s Asheville Area affiliate will host their Down Home benefit event for the second year in a row. The event takes place on Saturday, April 18, at 6 p.m., and features food and cocktails, live bluegrass music, a silent auction, contra dancing and a reading by local author Wayne Caldwell. Proceeds from the […]
This would have been a fantastic April Fool’s prank: Sam Beam of Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses have teamed up on an a collaborative covers album, Sing Into My Mouth. The news is, in fact, not a joke. The record, due out this summer, was recorded at Echo Mountain Studios […]
A community meeting will be held this afternoon to discuss the Blue Ridge Plating Superfund site off Glenn Bridge Road in Arden. The meeting is scheduled for 5:45pm at the Skyland Fire Department at the intersection of Miller Road and Hendersonville Road. The meeting will address perceived failings of Environmental Protection Agency officials to disseminate […]
From a press release: Diana Wortham Theatre holds annual raffle to benefit local children through its Youth Education Scholarships (YES) April 7 & 8 Diana Wortham Theatre is delighted to announce its annual raffle benefiting the Youth Education Scholarship (Y.E.S.) Fund, which enables local disadvantaged students to attend performing arts events at Diana Wortham Theatre, […]
All three varieties of Smiling Hara Hempeh (traditional, black bean and black eyed pea) will be available for the first time for customers to take home with them from the Asheville City Market on Saturday, April 4, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and for the remainder of the tailgate market season. Spring is here, and so […]
From a press release: Baudouin announces opening of new restaurant in Asheville French Quarter Lafayette, a Cajun & Creole-inspired eatery set to open in early May (ASHEVILLE, NC, April 1, 2015) Michel Baudouin, Chef/Owner of Bouchon and Crêperie Bouchon, announces the addition of a new restaurant, Lafayette, on North Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville. Lafayette […]
From an Organic Growers School press release: Growing Cities Earth Day film and panel discussion Asheville, NC — Organic Growers School will host the film Growing Cities, a documentary about urban farming in America, on April 22, 2015 (Earth Day) at Lenoir Rhyne University of Graduates Studies, at 36 Montford Ave, Asheville, NC. The film […]
From an Asheville GreenWorks press release: Asheville GreenWorks holds inaugural city-wide Neighborhood Cleanup Day April 18 ASHEVILLE – Environmental nonprofit Asheville GreenWorks is working in collaboration with the City of Asheville and Neighborhood Advisory Committee to spruce up the town just in time for Earth Day. Residents of every neighborhood are invited to the inaugural […]
Perhaps the most perfect summer play of all time, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream” is full of magic, romance and comedic sparring. The Montford Park Players holds auditions on April 18 and 19. Press release from MPP: The Montford Park Players, North Carolina’s longest running Shakespeare Festival, is pleased to announce open auditions for its […]
From the U.S. Forest Service: Temporary Trail Closures Announced Due to Wildfire in McDowell County Nebo, N.C., March 31, 2015 – An estimated 40 acre wildfire burning near the Ridgecrest Conference Center in McDowell County will require temporary closure of the Point Lookout, Kitsuma (#205) and Young’s Ridge (#206) trail systems. The N. C. State […]
From a press release: Hendersonville Tree Board partners with Grace Lutheran Church to plant trees (Hendersonville, NC) – Friday, April 17, will be the day that volunteers will plant 20 trees along Bearcat Loop Parkway. The Hendersonville Tree Board has partnered with Grace Lutheran Church, which owns land along the west side of the Loop, […]
From the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: Bat-Killing Fungus Continues in North Carolina ASHEVILLE, N.C. (March 31, 2015) — White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has killed millions of bats in the eastern United States, continues to affect bat populations in western North Carolina, although the declines associated with the deadly disease appear to be leveling off […]
If you’re looking for a fun way to introduce the sport of running to your kids — or strengthen that interest — you might want to check out the inaugural Blue Ridge Classic Fun Run Festival coming up in April at Reynolds High School. The April 18 festival promises fun races and other activities built […]
Join other plein air painters for weekly paint-outs. The gatherings, each with a brief demo, are held at various spots around Asheville. They’re sponsored by the Asheville Urban Landscape Project and take place every Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., April 7-May 19. Press release from event organizers: The Asheville Urban Landscape Project is sponsoring 7 “plein […]
