Seven Nations and Piper Jones Band are joining forces in a night of rocking Celtic music dedicated to the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. GMHG is a premier Scottish Highland Games held in Linville, NC every July, now in its 63rd year, with an incredible tradition as proponents of ScottishContinue Reading
Workshop contact: Sandra Hayes, HART Theatre, 828-734-5747, sandrahayes42@mac.com Scott Kyle, artistic director of the Bathgate Regal Community Theatre in Scotland, presents a one-hour student theatre workshop in Asheville on Tuesday, March 28. The workshop is held from 7-8:15 pm in the NCStage Theatre in downtown Asheville. The workshop is geared towardContinue Reading
The Asheville Symphony Orchestra (ASO) announced on Monday the six finalists for its music director position. The finalists are Jacomo Bairos, Darko Butorac, Nicholas Hersh, Rei Hotoda, Jayce Ogren and Garry Walker (biographical information below). Each finalist will visit Asheville and will conduct a Masterworks concert in the 2017-18 season.Continue Reading
Emoke Spring is springing and I am feverishly purchasing new books for the coming summer and fall. Our children’s books are going to be in the able hands of Amy. Erin can also help out since she loves children’s books. These recommendations don’t mean you can’t ask anyone else, butContinue Reading
The Curmudgeon by Peter Loewer – To most of the customers in The General Store of 2016, it was again obvious that until the coming November anything was possible. Who could possibly guess what would happen until then, including war, pestilence, treachery, treason, famine, floods, fires, the implosion of Google,Continue Reading
A Memoir by Signe Pike review by Marcianne Miller With language precise and economical, the title of Charleston author Signe Pike’s first book tells what to expect: Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World. The Who: a woman by herself. What: search for enchantment, specifically creaturesContinue Reading
