AVL Beer Week: Official guide inside
Volume
24
/ Issue 44
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Asheville Brewers Alliance
While every week in Asheville’s thriving beer industry can feel like “beer week,” local breweries and allies go a step above for AVL Beer Week each May with special events and new creations. On the cover: Hi-Wire Brewing co-owners Adam Charnack, far left, and Chris Frosaker, center, share a brew with Bryna Frosaker and Abby Dickinson.
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The Cabbage School announces its first full weekend of workshops
The Cabbage School, which describes itself as a “rigorous skill based fool school,” takes inspiration from the rural craft school tradition and educational communities such as Rural Studio and Black…Musashi Xero teams up with RBTS WIN’s Mother Hood for a new hip-hop EP
According to Tyler Jackson, the album is not only conceptual in a lyrical sense, it explores his idea of “the other side” in a musical sense as well.Smart Bets: The Stump Mutts
The Asheville rockers play a benefit show for Everytown for Gun Safety on May 27 at Salvage Station.Smart Bets: Corey Flood
The Philadelphia dark-pop quartet plays Fleetwood's on May 25.ABSFest returns to Asheville for its 12th year
“Asheville loves the weird stuff” says festival founder Madam Onca O'Leary. This ABSFest showcases nearly three dozen performers; headliners include magician and storyteller David London and sideshow performer Alex Doll…Smart Bets: Creative Voices for Social Justice
The showcase of works by visual artist Joseph Pearson and young writers of color takes place May 25 at the YMI Cultural Center.Smart Bets: Full-Tilt Boogie at the Big Bang Diner
The "comedic love letter to all levels of pop-culture fandom” debuts May 24 at The Magnetic Theatre.Conscious Party: Live@Aloft
The monthly summer concert benefit series kicks off May 27 with performances by Rock Academy NC's bands.Album review: ‘We Made Ourselves a Home’ by The Rough & Tumble
Recorded in Nashville, The Rough & Tumble's first full-length album, We Made Ourselves a Home When We Didn't Know features nearly all new material. Indie label Rock Candy Recordings has…food
Rayburn family farm keeps local beer industry flavorful
Rayburn Farm, located in Barnardsville, grows herbs, spices and a few select vegetables for local breweries.Asheville per volume
ASHEVILLE, NCAVL Beer Week 2018: The Odditorium celebrates five years with new events and concoctions
“We always say, ‘It takes a village to run this place,’” says Amy Marshall, who owns the West Asheville venue with her partner, Tamy Kuper.AVL Beer Week 2018: Asheville beer industry nearing self-sufficiency for core four ingredients
Local water, barley, yeast and hops providers discuss their roles in keeping Asheville one of the nation’s top beer producers.AVL Beer Week 2018: Just Brew It promotes homebrew community, living wage at new venue
One of AVL Beer Week's standout events moves to Wedge at Foundation for 2018.AVL Beer Week 2018: Events highlight a range of craft beverages
Although the North Carolina Craft Beverage Museum is still in its development stages, it will have a presence at this year’s AVL Beer Week. Organizers will highlight the effort at…AVL Beer Week 2018: Breweries in Buncombe County
A rundown of breweries in Buncombe County by neighborhood.AVL Beer Week 2018: Collaborations, promotions and weeklong specials
Asheville restaurants and bars join the AVL Beer Week fun with special menu items, cocktails and more.AVL Beer Week 2018: Events listings
Celebrate AVL Beer Week with release parties, fundraisers, dinners, competitions and more at breweries and other locations throughout the Asheville area.Small bites: Blue Dream Curry House celebrates three years
Blue Dream Curry House will host an anniversary party with special plates and collaborative brews. Also: Bold Rock Hard Cider hosts a Memorial Day barbecue; Green Sage announces a new…living
Asheville-area meditators quiet cacophony of thoughts
Asheville-area meditation instructors offer tips for starting a meditation practice, discuss common misconceptions about meditation and explore its health benefits.Asheville GreenWorks dishes the dirt on home composting
The monthly events, offered at various local locations, provide useful information on outdoor and indoor composting methods, including composting with earthworms.news
Asheville Archives: Prohibitionists seek to reform Asheville, 1907
On Oct. 8, 1907, Asheville residents voted in favor of Prohibition.Storing power key to expanding use of renewable energy
The success of the county’s and city’s goals to increase their use of renewable energy, say local experts, hinges on the availability of battery storage — and lots of it.…Homebuyers stymied by Asheville’s high cost look beyond the city limits
With the real estate market in Asheville becoming tighter and more expensive, homebuyers are increasingly looking outside the city, and oftentimes Buncombe County, to find a home that fits their…18th annual Mountain Sports Festival returns Memorial Day weekend
The Mountain Sports Festival returns to Asheville’s Carrier Park from Friday, May 25, to Sunday, May 27, for its 18th year.Police accountability and transparency focus of City Council meeting
Amid calls for increased public access to policing data, Asheville City Council left the city's volunteer board dedicated to hearing residents' concerns about law enforcement in place for now. At…opinion
COVIDtown Crier: May 27, 2020
Whether one is wearing a mask or not, the haters are coming out of the woodwork. Be prepared with ready comebacks from this week's edition.Letter: The militarization of our children
"Personally, I say 'No' to the militarization of our youth despite good intentions. We can do better than that with the ideals that reflect peace or at least make war…Letter: Effect of ICE raids is shocking
"To hear of people in our community with no criminal records cowering in fear of going to the grocery store is shocking."Asheville can learn from Gatlinburg’s sustainability progress
"Most amazing is Gatlinburg’s pioneering waste processing plant, which attracts observers from around the world and turns the idea of recycling on its head."Letter: No rhyme or reason to development approvals
"I can’t help but wonder why they would say no to the East Asheville development but approve a another development that mirrors it in so many ways ..."