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Around town: Shakedown Sunday bids goodnight one last time
Shakedown Sunday comes to a close after five years; the ninth annual celebration of Zelda Fitzgerald; a three-month exhibition on an artist’s 30 years of linoleum prints; and more.
What’s new in food: Asheville Oktoberfest returns to Pack Square Park
Asheville Oktoberfest returns for first time in four years; Asheville Art Museum hosts a Hospitality Workers Date Night; Asheville Drag Brunch hosts The Wizard of Oz themed event; and more!
What’s new in food: Chef Elliott Moss opens Regina’s Westside
James Beard-nominated chef opens second restaurant in a matter of months along Patton Avenue. Plus, Asheville Art Museum opens exhibition focused on food; Tastee Diner opens for dinner; and more.
Wellness roundup: Mercy Urgent Care extends hours
Mercy Urgent Care, a nonprofit urgent care network, expanded hours at two locations April 23. The South Asheville clinic, 1833 Hendersonville Road, and the East Asheville clinic, 1272 Tunnel Road, are open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Around Town: UNC Asheville hosts free Indigenous hip-hop concert
UNC Asheville will host a free concert of Indigenous hip hop. Plus, two local kindergarten teachers team to write a children’s book, White Horse Black Mountain celebrates Stephen Sondheim and the Asheville Symphony presents American orchestral music.
Around Town: Well Played Board Game Café offers face-to-face interaction
Well Played Board Game Café offers variety of events for new year. Plus, an Asheville author plans to publish four novels in February, the Moog Foundation offers signed books and Ani Volkan will discuss printmaking processes at the Asheville Art Museum.
Around Town: Deck the Trees brings holiday spirit and community relief
Black Mountain’s Deck the Trees events welcomes in the holiday season. Plus, the Folk Art Center hosts the annual Holiday Seconds Sales, an Asheville artist sells painting for Ukraine and the NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition bring eight finalists to town.
From Asheville Watchdog: Trustee who criticized director is ousted from art museum board
Michelle Weitzman, the only trustee to speak publicly about employee complaints of mistreatment at the Asheville Art Museum, was removed from the museum’s board Nov. 15.
Around Town: Asheville Symphony embraces pop
The Asheville Symphony hits to road to perform at various local venues. Also, the Asheville Art Museum acquires work by Cherokee artists, local singer Jordan Scheffer celebrates her new album at Isis Music Hall and a mind-reading show comes to the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts.
Around Town: Museum exhibition highlights use of written Cherokee language
A new Asheville Art Museum exhibition explores how Cherokee artists incorporate the tribe’s written language into their works. Plus, a new novel uses Asheville as a character, a Christmas tradition returns to Flat Rock and the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts offers multiple takes on a holiday classic.
New art museum photography exhibition spotlights public lands
Assistant curator Hilary Schroeder discusses the behind-the-scenes work for AAM’s newest photography show.
Asheville artists grapple with the pandemic’s one-year anniversary
Area performance and visual artists ready new work that wrestles with one year of quarantine, while a new AAAC survey reveals dire times for many local creators.
New and upcoming arts exhibits
See some of the latest art exhibits now on view in and around town.
A&E Roundup: YMI, local artists celebrate Kwanzaa
Community leaders and local musicians bring the annual celebration of African American culture online, a local screenwriter’s film debuts online and more area arts news.
A&E Roundup: Buncombe libraries open at 50% capacity
Indoor library services return, the Asheville Art Museum launches a fund drive and more area arts news.
A behind-the-scenes look at Asheville’s Black Lives Matter mural
The lead artists of the giant downtown mural discuss planning and implementing the inspirational work.
Smart Bets: Museum From Home
The Asheville Art Museum, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and Smith-McDowell House Museum offer complimentary digital access to their exhibitions and programs.
New in nonprofits: Notable happenings in local organizations
For our nonprofit special issue, Mountain Xpress took a look at a spectrum of local nonprofits that have recently experienced significant changes or are in the midst of transformative shifts in management or focus. We also checked in on some of the largest grant funding awards our region has seen this year.
Asheville Archives: The Asheville Art Museum launches, 1948
On Dec. 26, 1948, several hundred people made their way to Charlotte Street to celebrate the grand opening of the Asheville Art Museum.
Letter: What does beer have to do with art?
“What on Earth does an art gallery and museum need a brewery in it?”