In the Spirit Issue: Everybody’s welcome at God’s Diner

“People are saying their deepest fears, people are challenging the system … but at the same time they’re also getting scored," says Justin Blackburn. "Not only is it this empowering…

The Skinny Beats Sound Shop owner discusses his approach to sonic therapy.

Asheville notables and special guest Marcus King pay tribute to Sly & The Family Stone on Dec. 22 at Asheville Music Hall.

The former Asheville-based roots rockers reunite for a Dec. 22 show at The Grey Eagle.

In creating a safe space, “we want the queer community to feel at home there, as well as the Latinx community, people of color, older people," says one of Hex's…

Asheville's premier “nerdlesque” troupe performs a night of Christmas-themed burlesque on Dec. 22 at The Crow & Quill.

Every time she has a date, she turns it into humor. Her way of dealing with love’s disappointments makes hope and a happy ending possible.

The Asheville/Atlanta duo brings its Celtic Christmas show to Isis Music Hall on Dec. 20.

Asheville-area brewery representatives name their favorite local and nonlocal beers from 2018, as well as standout industry accomplishments.

Data recently collected by the Asheville Independent Restaurants organization shows that WNC eateries contribute enormous amounts of money and time to the local community. But given the hospitality sector's notoriously…

Mealtimes can offer the ideal setting for establishing or expanding a mindfulness practice.

Bounty of Bethlehem continues its quest to provide a Christmas meal for residents in need. Also: O’Hole-y Night returns to Hole Doughnuts, Lookout Brewing Co. hosts Christmas Eve by Candlelight,…

Local author Rebecca Lile shares a message of God's love for everyone in her new children's book God's Diner.

Which local hospitals made the grade in The Leapfrog Group fall ratings? Plus, new urgent care clinics, breastfeeding program wins award and a new pet loss grief support group continues…

Joel Edelson only meant to sell books to pay for college. Instead, going door to door, he became the first Jew many of the folks in a rural area he…

A wealth of Christmas films will be shown this week at area breweries, libraries, movie theaters and event spaces.

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, The Asheville Citizen featured a weekly Monday column titled “Excerpts From Sermons Preached Here Sunday.”

“We have been shouting about climate change for a long time, but now, we feel like it’s going to take more messaging in a different way,” says Avram Friedman of…

According to the nonprofit Homeward Bound WNC, close to half of those experiencing homelessness in Buncombe County are veterans, a figure that also includes people benefiting from long-term transitional housing…

In his latest work, 'Tangled: Organizing the Southern Textile Industry, 1930-1934,' historian Travis Sutton Byrd explores the region's labor movements that would help lead to a nationwide textile worker strike.

A 170-room proposal on Fairview Road was voted down 6-1, with only Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler dissenting, while a public hearing on a 56-room project on Biltmore Avenue was continued…

"The word 'collaborationist' has lost its meaning in these eight decades since World War II, but our collective and collaborative silence and passivity is as damning as those who turned…

"Your first step can be urging your state representatives to pass N.C. House Bill 276. This bill creates a funded state program that can tackle this focused issue."

"As diverse as we are, let us seek harmony and unity and prove that America is better than our fear and division by spreading the seeds of compassion and justice…