Clown College

If you’ve ever dreamed of walking away from your desk to dangle from the trapeze, or of juggling the contents of the fruit bowl on your kitchen table, load up…

There are plenty of reasons to buy your tickets in advance for the inaugural Gnarnia Festival. To begin with, the first two tiers of early bird tickets have already sold…

Asheville-founded Afro-Americana fusion outfit Toubab Krewe knows a thing or two about festivals. They’ve done a few Jam Cruises. This summer alone they’re playing Afro Roots Music Festival, gathering of…

In recent years, Asheville’s underground music scene has benefitted greatly from an influx of well-established musicians, DIY label honchos and motivated show promoters. Arriving from all corners of the country,…

It is possible that this article is NSFW. Blowfly is nasty. Nasty and weird. For more than 40 years, the 73-year-old performer has sung tweaked versions of soul, rap, and…

Two of Asheville's world music super groups are set to share the stage at The Altamont Theatre. The two trios — Free Planet radio (with multi-instrumentalist/producer Chris Rosser and Grammy…

Now that we're well into summer (you can tell by the heat, the fireflies, the watermelon cravings), it's the perfect time for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Lucky for you,…

The N.C. State Historic Sites series 2nd Saturdays continues at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial on Saturday, July 14 with Asheville’s Land of the Sky Barbershop Chorus. The vocal performance group…

Naturalist George Ellison chronicles over 30 years of his life, marriage, family and work as a writer — all while living on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National…

Local singer-songwriter and guitarist Valorie Miller is set to release her sixth album, Turtle Shell. The project was recorded at Echo Mountain in a mere 10 hours. Guests on the…

Enjoy traditional Appalachian music as Steve and Jean Smith present a free dulcimer concert at the Hendersonville Library, 301 N. Washington St., on Wednesday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. Info:…

Feast for FEAST On Saturday, July 14, join Slow Food Asheville for beer and barbecue-studded fun at Highland Brewing Company from 4 until 8 p.m. The event is a fundraiser…

Through the past few decades, the public perception of chefs has shifted. Once a strictly back-of-the-house position, chefs are now considered rock stars in aprons shouting at underlings, and globe-trotting…

Feast for FEAST On Saturday, July 14, join Slow Food Asheville for beer- and barbecue-studded fun at Highland Brewing Company from 4 until 8 p.m. The event is a fundraiser…

Local brewers taste Sierra Nevada Beer Camp A number of WNC’s brewers and brewery owners were recently invited to Chico, Calif., to attend a special session of Sierra Nevada Brewing’s…

WHAT: Local Master Gardeners will hold a “Plant Clinic” to help gardeners identify plant problems and pests.  Area residents are encouraged to bring in plant samples for evaluation. An information…

Republicans Mark Meadows and Vance Patterson will face each other in a July 17 runoff election to see who will represent their party against Democrat Hayden Rogers in the fall…

Slogan: Life, Liberty & Less Government Profession: Small-business owner Residence: Cashiers Top three donors: House Conservatives Fund, Family Research Council Action PAC, Madison Project Total raised: $223,225 Top three endorsements:…

Slogan: Jobs – Prosperity – Now Profession: Manufacturer, small-business owner Residence: Morganton Top three donors: Self-funding ($271,000), dozens of WNC small donors ($18,000), no special-interest money Total raised: $289,000 Top…

Being the opening act can be a thankless task, what with playing to a crowd who didn’t come to see you and taking the less-glamorous early slot. But it’s also…

CarePartners CNA-featured in job-shadow video When CarePartners certified nursing assistant Kelly Robertson goes to work, she doesn't usually bring a film crew. However, in early May, that's exactly what happened…

Buncombe County struggles with a high suicide rate, and though old wives’ tales say that letting someone talk about killing themself will make them more likely to do it, local…

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Openings Asheville Adventure Rentals, 704 Riverside Drive 505-7371 Bellyak (body-boarding style kayak manufacturer/retailer), by appointment at 2000 Riverside Drive, Suite 21 505-7931 Laughing Mask Candies, 84 N. Lexington Ave. 505-4081…

I picked up your June 27 issue, looked at the table of contents and saw there was no “News of the Weird” or “Free Will Astrology.” I just put it…

Dear Representative Moffitt: we need your help over here in north Asheville badly. The clueless City Council wants to make Charlotte Street three lanes, even though it is one of…

The money used to purchase the property [across from the St. Lawrence Basilica] came from tax dollars. The income of the sale is less or equal to the original purchase…

Please stop insisting that McKibbon must build a hotel and parking! It sure feels like you are in collusion. The new plain and cheap-exterior Broadway Hotel, if built near the…

Pardee Hospital mistakenly blames its low patient-satisfaction rating on the old hospital at the main campus. [For more about the patient-satisfaction survey, visit http://avl.mx/hz.] Pardee mistakenly believes that the old…

Hats off to Asheville’s Frank’s Pizza on Tunnel Road for doing its part to cut back on Styrofoam trash. They have switched to plastic tumblers for drinks instead of those…

I think there's an important question that needs to be asked as we choose our next congressman. Is Mark Meadows the savior of the N.C. District 11 Republican Party, or…