Named by USA Today as one of the Top 20 Festivals in NC, Folkmoot is a ten-day event, held across the mountains of WNC in Waynesville, Clyde, Lake Junaluska, Maggie Valley, Canton, Cherokee, Franklin, Hickory, Asheville, and Hendersonville, plus a first performance in Greenville, South Carolina. The 2017 festivalContinue Reading
FRI, JULY 21, 2017 doors: 8:00 pm / show: 9:00 pm $22.00 – $75.00 The Grey Eagle Corey Feldman is launching a very ambitious world tour starting 1 city at a time right here in the USA. This will mark the 5th time the Iconic performer has toured the UnitedContinue Reading
Prestigious National Art Festival Comes to Pack Square Park during Downtown Asheville Festival of the Arts and Craft Marketplace July 1 – 2 Collectors and appreciators will find something for everyone from 100 regional and national artists Picturesque Pack Square Park will transform into an art-lover’s paradise July 1Continue Reading
Astronomers at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute announce that at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 3, the Earth, in its annual orbit around the sun will be at its farthest point from the Sun. Astronomers call this point aphelion. The average distance of the earth from the sunContinue Reading
There is a sheriff in the R&B world. He goes by the name of LamiGs Musico The Urban R&B Phenom. Once upon a time, LamiGs Musico was a thug rapper known as C.T. (Crunch Time) of Da Rados. After some time performing and a near fatal auto accident that almostContinue Reading
Diving into the rich, vibrant and controversial history of bluegrass music, If You Can’t Play, Get Off the Stage: Bluegrass in Western North Carolina and Beyond is the debut work from Garret K. Woodward, arts/entertainment editor for The Smoky Mountain News. The book features interviews, profiles, quotes and conversations withContinue Reading
The Western North Carolina AIDS Project is gearing up for their annual fundraiser, the Raise Your Hand Auction & Gala, to be held September 23rd at the Asheville Event Centre. The excitement was high last week as the 2017 Signature Piece winner was chosen in the juried competition. Pam Siekman,Continue Reading
By Dennis Ray In 2010, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin released Game Change about the 2008 elections, covering both parties and their primaries up through the general election. In 2013 they followed it up with Double Down about the 2012 election, focusing again on both political parties and their strategiesContinue Reading
The Fantasticks is a musical from the 1960’s with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play The Romancers (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who manipulate their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling inContinue Reading
