In This Month’s Issue: August 2013 On the Cover: Asheville Therapeutic Salt Cave (pg21) Unique Shops: The Tree and Vine (pg2); Just Ducky (pg3); Asheville Therapeutic Salt Cave (pg21) Fairs & Festivals: Village Art & Craft Fair (pg2); 36th Annual Sourwood Festival (pg6) Fine Art: Southern Highland Craft Gallery (pg4);Continue Reading
The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival The five-day multi-venue festival spotlights more than 40 of the nation’s funniest up-and-coming and established comics. Major TV network casting agents, talent bookers, and comedy club owners come to discover stand-up comedy’s next crop of rising talent. “Our goal is to showcase worldContinue Reading
Nearly 200 juried artists of the Southern Highland Craft Guild will be selling works of clay, metal, wood, jewelry, fiber, paper, natural materials, leather and mixed media. With styles ranging from traditional to contemporary, the Fairs showcase the rich talent, diversity and craft mastery of Guild members. The Craft FairsContinue Reading
In This Month’s Issue: July 2013 On the Cover: 41st Annual Biltmore Village Art & Craft Fair (pg29) Performance: Asheville Lyric Opera (pg3); HART (pg6); NC Stage (pg6); Magnetic Theater (pg39). Fairs & Festivals: Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival (pg7); Folkmoot World Music & Dance (pg8); Southern Highlands Craft Fair (pg19);Continue Reading
HART presents Two Musical Classics “Side by Side by Sondheim” will have performances June 28 & 29, and July 5 & 6 at 7:30 p.m., July 7 at 3 p.m., and August 3 at 2 p.m. “Brigadoon” will run Thursdays through Sundays from July 13 through August 4. Tickets: $24Continue Reading
Interview with Terri Karlsson, co-owner of The Tree & Vine interviewed by Dennis Ray The Olive Tree and the Grape Vine are ancient symbols of peace, sustenance, and merriment. The Tree and Vine’s primary products are fine, extra virgin olive oils and balsamic vinegars – fruits of the olive treeContinue Reading
by Bill Walz Ask me if I’m happy, and my answer is ‘yes.’ Ask me if I’m sad, and my answer is ‘yes.’ Life is so thick with all possibilities that when you enter into the moment in awareness, the reasons for happiness and sadness are all present, and youContinue Reading
Do What You Do And Be Who You Are by Greg Vineyard I recently noticed a car window sticker that expressed the following: “Music Isn’t What I Do, It’s What I AM.” I appreciate the sentiment about creative pursuits – and I also feel that the whole statement helps usContinue Reading
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist Everything you need to know can be learned at a poetry reading. I was early to Word Fest’s opening event. I was also on the wrong floor of the Asheville Center for Tourism, which is where Lenoir-Rhyne, Asheville Campus is located. (InContinue Reading
