The Lovely Asheville Annual Fall Festival returns for a second year. Plus, former Kentucky poet laureate speaks at UNCA; a new book of poems from local author; and more.

The Lovely Asheville Annual Fall Festival returns for a second year. Plus, former Kentucky poet laureate speaks at UNCA; a new book of poems from local author; and more.
The Haunted Trail brings family-friendly fun to The Adventure Center Of Asheville. Plus, horror is on the bill at Cat Fly Or Die, a new trail and website honor an African-American builder and The Magnetic Theatre brings Frankenstein to life.
The three-day gathering reconvenes for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic at The Grey Eagle from Friday, Aug. 19-Sunday, Aug. 21. Plus: Tyger Tyger Gallery opens in the RAD; local poet Diamond Forde is a finalist for national fellowship; and more!
The North Carolina Film Critics announce winner of the Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award and other honors for 2019, and the next Asheville Filmmaker Mixer features local documentarian Paul Bonesteel.
Asheville Pizza & Brewing announces a new video contest, Kevin Patrick Murphy leads a free discussion on the business of acting and more.
The Swannanoa Valley Museum and History Center launches a Summer Historic Documentary Series and local actor Drez Ryan books a recurring role on a new HBO series.
The Cat Fly Film Fest returns for its third year with its most ambitious offerings to date.
Casting director Erica S. Bream will lend her expertise to the monthly Asheville Filmmaker Mixer and tickets for the Asheville Jewish Film Festival are now on sale.
Tickets for March’s popular Fly Fishing Film Tour go on sale, Morgan’s Comics organizes a Nerd Expedition to see “Alita: Battle Angel” and more.
The UNCA chapter of the International Socialist Organization hosts a screening of “Sorry to Bother You,” December’s Asheville Filmmaker Mixer is rescheduled and more.
Sierra Nevada hosts the Backcountry Film Festival, Pack Library commemorates the WWI Centennial with a documentary about Paris’ American Hospital and more.
The Reel Rock 13 film tour plays Diana Wortham, the monthly Asheville Filmmaker Mixer offers table reads for local screenwriters and more.
Mars Hill screens a documentary on Wendell Berry, the monthly Asheville Filmmaker Mixer features a panel of actors and more.
Asheville AIA and the Fine Arts Theatre screen a documentary on a high school design program in Bertie County and more.
Local filmmaker Andrew Shearer competes to have the Duplass brothers executive produce his film, Cat Fly hosts a Halloween film festival at Upcountry Brewing and more.
The Cat Fly and Asheville Jewish Film festivals bring a variety of movies to downtown.