Happy Campers: Summer programs expand kids’ horizons (2018 Kids Issue Part 2)
Volume
24
/ Issue 35
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Camp Chosatonga
While some summer camps have added new offerings to appeal to the digital generation, many say the old favorites still make the best summer fun.
arts
Is Asheville losing its fringe and incubator art spaces?
“The way we do ensemble-created theater, the heart of what we do is being community-minded,” says Erinn Hartley of Anam Cara Theatre Company. “It’s hard to be in a city…Smart Bets: Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands
The Chapel Hill singer-songwriter and her band play The Crow & Quill on March 23.Smart Bets: Springtime Medieval Market
The Odditorium plays host to various demonstrations and nearly 40 artists and artisans on March 24.Eyes Up Here showcase brings women’s stand-up to Fleetwood’s
Producers Erin Terry and Melissa Hahn and comedian Mimi J Benfield discuss the impact Eyes Up Here has had on the North Carolina standup scene.Smart Bets: Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues
The blues legend plays The Phoenix & the Fox in Brevard on March 23.Smart Bets: Storms
The work of 25 artists will be on display at the Adler Gallery starting March 22.Conscious Party: Community dance party
The fundraiser for Asheville Primary School takes place March 25 at The Mothlight.food
A generous helping: Activism is the main course for some WNC cafes and breweries
Although many of the region's community-minded food businesses and breweries are known for their support of charities and causes, some were designed from the very beginning with a higher calling…New in the neighborhood: Growing North Asheville restaurant scene targets locals
Four food and beverage businesses with diverse concepts will launch in the neighborhood this spring.Small bites: Chai Pani reopens with a fresh look
After eight years, Chai Pani's original downtown Asheville location has gotten a makeover. Also: Asheville Food Truck Showdown returns; Villagers hosts a fermentation workshop; Women Vinters Wine Dinner comes to…living
Local advocates for size acceptance work to abolish fat shaming
Asheville professionals are part of a growing movement to promote acceptance of a greater diversity in body size and shape.movies
Screen scene: Local film news
Poison Free Asheville screens a documentary about mountain lion P-22 at UNCA, the Fine Arts shows a profile on Alice Walker and more.news
Asheville Archives: ‘These innocent little unfortunates’
On March 11, 1890, the the Buncombe County Children’s Home opened.Summer camps help kids come into their own
Summer camps offer children and teens opportunities to learn new skills and discover new aspects of themselves. While many area camps say they hew to traditional camp activities like campfires,…WNC’s industrial hemp growers reflect on experimental first season
Last year, a handful of area farmers planted the first hemp crops to be grown legally in Western North Carolina in over 70 years. That first crop was plagued by…opinion
Letter: What to do if we care about the city’s future
"Yet any economy beyond subsistence agriculture is built on skills that have to be learned over the long term. Those skills can be found in three ways ..."Avalanche
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ASHEVILLE, NCLetter: Misrepresentations of anti-gun activists
"City Council's resolution, worthless as it is, repeats the same ignorance expressed by the letter writer in that they think they can ban 'possession' of these semiauto rifles with a…Tending the teenage fire: Rites of passage can help boys enter world of adults
"For millennia, in societies around the world, elders and adults have known how to spot the signs of a teenager ready for initiation. But today in America, even though boys…