High art to hip-hop: Asheville Amadeus festival returns

After the dance lesson, the social begins and the more practiced dancers roll in. The room can get packed during its zenith. Santana (as DJ Malinalli) plays not only salsa…

The Nile Project will visit Western Carolina University and the area on Monday, March 13, for a day of education, discourse and performance.

Asheville Amadeus — held Friday, March 10-Sunday, March 19 — is about music, of course, but it also includes art, wine, comedy, sing-alongs, theatrical productions and a symphony-meets-hip-hop EP.

SeepeopleS opens for '80s rockers Dan Baird and Homemade Sin at The Grey Eagle on Sunday, March 12.

“One thing we really try to do is honor the fundamentals that are so important to old-time and bluegrass music: the timing, the tones, the hard-driving rhythms,” says Stickley. Despite…

Lori Greenberg, who co-coordinated Celebrate Zelda!, views the three-day series, happening Friday-Sunday, March 10-12, as a way to spotlight the benefits of the arts for those struggling with mental health…

Evans will take his turn on the Town Pump stage on Saturday, March 11, at 9 p.m. and the group will play an encore performance at French Broad Brewery on…

The 2017 rendition, featuring Steve Samuels as Shylock and Devyn Ray as Portia, will take place on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., March 10-26,…

Dozens of collaborators — from restaurants to artists and stylists — make Open Doors' Art Affair into a "spectacle" of creativity, according to event chair Dosty Quarrier. The fundraiser's eighth…

UpCountry Brewing owner John Cochran talks about his journey from Terrapin Beer Co. founder to Asheville craft brewer.

With its ever-changing menu, The Remingtin Room will allow the chefs at Buxton Hall Barbecue to cut loose on Friday and Saturday nights. Also this week, Gan Shan Station announces…

Asheville chefs and restaurant owners are hosting dinners and coordinating initiatives in support of national groups like Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, NAACP and others.

The Asheville Project, a city program that helps employees with chronic health problems, makes improvements in their health while at the same time dramatically reducing costs.

Pack Library's Legends of Music film series focuses on Miles Davis, Mechanical Eye and Asheville Darkroom lead a workshop on Chemigrams and more.

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As plans move ahead for the Interstate 26 Connector project through Asheville, community members look back to reflect on the profound impact major road construction projects have had on the…

Regenerative farming methods that use cover crops and other techniques to build soil fertility and boost the resilience of crops to stresses like drought are taking root in North Carolina.…

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