WHAT: Town and Mountain Realty’s fourth annual Home for the Holidays fundraiser WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 20, 5-9:30 p.m. WHERE: The Orange Peel WHY: “Home for the Holidays is a great time for the whole family, with life-size Jenga, cornhole, face painting and a photo booth.” says Joy Lovoy, owner of host organization Town and Mountain […]
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Screen scene: Local film news
White Horse’s Movies that Matter series rolls on, Mechanical Eye hosts another Open Screening and “Love Actually” is shown for free on consecutive nights.
Local dance troupes go out with a bang in “Alice’s Winter Ashevilleland”
Taking inspiration from Alice in Wonderland, Christine Garvin and her troupes Les Femmes Mystique and Les Filles Charme present The Twelve Days of Alice’s Winter Ashevilleland, which debuts Saturday, Dec. 5, at The Orange Peel.
The Dave Rawlings Machine hitches new songs to folk traditions
The tour for the new Dave Rawlings Machine album, Nashville Obsolete, brings Rawlings, Gillian Welch and their band to The Orange Peel Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Smart bets: Slow Magic
With live drums at the ready, the DJ behind this DIY project takes the stage at the Orange Peel on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 9 p.m. Giraffage and Daktyl also perform.
Show review: Allen Stone at The Orange Peel
“When the right combination of people come together and the right groove is played, there’s an energy that can be felt by each and every person in the audience,” band leader Allen Stone said from the stage.
Give!Local kickoff: Very auspicious and very Asheville
Give!Local raised nearly $1,000 in its opening day and many of the nonprofits raised additional money at the kickoff event. Thirty nonprofits, their boards, two food vendors, three bands, a dinosaur and a ghost pepper all convened along with about 200 people from the public.
Conscious party: Give!Local blasts off
Free party at The Orange Peel to celebrate Asheville’s first Give!Local campaign THE MISSION: To raise funds and awareness for 30 worthy local nonprofits that make a big difference where we live. To make giving simple and fun, no matter how small or large the gift. THE METHOD: Offer contributors hundreds of fun and valuable incentives that […]
The Deslondes open for The Devil Makes Three at The Peel, Oct. 25
Country-soul artists The Deslondes are based in New Orleans, but the band has at least one Asheville connection.
Smart bets: Langhorne Slim
In support of new album The Spirit Moves, Langhorne Slim headlines The Orange Peel on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Smart bets: Beach House
They’re performing their new, nature-inspired meditations in more than 50 cities across the globe, including Asheville. Jessica Pratt opens the show at the Orange Peel on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 9 p.m.
Sylvan Esso’s Moog SoundLab video in advance of Asheville show
If you caught the band’s mostly sold-out debut tour, you already know it’s hard to listen to any Sylvan Esso song and remain sitting still. This version of “H.S.K.T.,” recorded at Moog Music as part of the Moog SoundLab series, is no exception.
Smart bets: Lord Huron
“I wanted this to feel sort of like an origin story from a comic book,” musician Ben Shneider told NPR about the track “World Enders.” Lord Huron performs at The Orange Peel Tuesday, Sept. 29.
The Lone Bellow makes its Orange Peel debut
Less than eight months after the release of the band’s acclaimed Aaron Dessner-produced album, The Lone Bellow plays Sunday, Sept. 20, at The Orange Peel.
N.C.-based Cypher Univercity movement grows in Asheville
Cypher Univercity was started in 2010 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh by MC Mike L!ve. The five year anniversary of the movement will be celebrated — along with the release of FTOLive, a new album from Free the Optimus — at The Orange Peel on Saturday, Aug. 29.
Screen scene: Local film news
This week in local film news, The Orange Peel screens “Merchants of Doubt,” BMCM+AC screens “How to Draw a Bunny” and New Belgium gears up for the return of its Clips Beer & Film Tour.
Show review: Slayer tears through The Orange Peel
The revamped Slayer is as popular as ever, as proven by the long line of black-and-blue-jeans-clad fans who lined up along Biltmore Avenue to see the legendary rockers play a sold-out show, Tuesday night, at The Orange Peel.
Smart bets: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
California-based kid-hop artist (and former Ashevillean) Secret Agent 23 Skidoo will be backed by Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band for an Aug. 1 show at The Orange Peel.
Jack Off Jill reunites for one show in Asheville
After talks of a reunion for three years, influential South Florida riot-goth band Jack Off Jill holds a weekend-long get-together in Asheville. The show date falls of the 15 year anniversary of the release of the band’s final album, Clear Hearts, Grey Flowers.
Screen scene: Local film news
This week’s roundup includes summer film series and special screenings. There’s also a locally scored showing of David Lynch’s Eraserhead.
Smart bets: Teatro del Gusto
Local bands open and close each segment of this body-inspired entertainment extravaganza, which will be hosted at the Orange Peel on Sunday, July 5, at 7:30 p.m.