Kid approved: Music & theater for the whole family

The After Party — which Disclafani will present at Malaprop’s on Wednesday, June 8 — was inspired by the River Oaks community, a wealthy neighborhood in Houston.

Held each week at The Magnetic Theatre, Saturdays on Stage shows are appropriate for ages 4 and up.

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo returns to The Orange Peel with the stunning new all-ages album, "Infinity Plus One."

"I always think of a performance as one less time on stage — not one more," says the band's frontman Chris Vos. "So we try to play our guts out,…

Lake Street Dive doesn't play jazz; the band crafts upbeat, exuberant music. “As soon as we realized that we made songs that made people dance even a little bit,” says…

Galleries and artists' studio spaces open Friday-Sunday, June 3-5, and attendees are welcome to Friday evening's artist reception at the Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery.

The historic festival is at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheater on Saturday, June 4, from noon to 6:30 p.m., after which the Montford Park Players will perform "Much Ado About Nothing"…

Though U.S. tour stops are rare for the musicians, they open for Reed Turchi & The Caterwauls at The Altamont Theatre on Thursday, June 2.

"It’s going to be very sentimental – nostalgic for me anyway," band director says of the last major performance for EMBE. The event, which doubles as a CD release show,…

Local bartenders offer ideas and recipes for making cooling summer drinks using scratch-made syrups and simple ingredients.

Native Kitchen hosts a pig roast fundraiser for Our VOICE; Buxton Hall Barbecue highlights the art of pie-making; Sweeten Creek Brewing kicks off its Summer Picnic Series; Charlotte-based Tephra restaurant…

Fonta Flora Brewery's State of Origin festival and the Just Brew It homebrew tasting and competition showcase local brewers and ingredients.

Unlike conventional commercial greenhouses, Megan Riley's new passive solar greenhouse requires no supplemental heat or electrically-powered ventilation. Riley says the greenhouse provides an ideal environment for her plants, resulting in…

Former Asheville resident, activist and writer Basil Soper will bring a new project to Asheville June 7-8: Transilient. The photo documentary, co-founded with Johanna Case, will help show that transgender…

A documentary on Saluda's music traditions debuts, North Asheville Library screens underseen rock musicals and NYS3 hosts a week of workshops at deep discount.

The June 7 primary will decide which congressional candidates advance to November's general election. Buncombe County, part of the 10th and 11th congressional districts, historically has a significant drop off…

With the EPA set to implement a new remediation strategy at the CTS of Asheville Superfund site this year, some residents and public officials are cautiously hopeful that the long-standing…

This spring, a dozen students from Buncombe County Early College participated in an eight-week food literacy pilot program in A-B Tech's culinary arts department that focused on good nutrition, kitchen…

"Fred Park, not I, was the founder of this long-standing popular event, and he deserves credit for it."

"Hamilton ... was at this event as an individual and a protester, not on behalf of the Blade for any assignment we'd commissioned."

"There is no telling what will be the cost to society from HB2."

"Senate Bill 794 ... would allow exchanges to be run without liability, to educate individuals on proper harm-reduction techniques and to distribute overdose antidote kits."

"In this crazy system, if you earn little, you pay lots. Our governor refused federal money to expand Medicaid, and although I have a master’s degree and was a teacher,…

"Eminent domain as a legal concept is one of the last remaining vestiges of European feudal societies. Despite its popularity with the likes of Donald Trump, it has no place…