Works Received 2012 [add_voting] [/add_voting]   Thank you to everyone who submitted work! This contest was made possible by the generosity of our sponsors: Asheville Lyric Opera, Bistro 1896, Creatures Cafe, Daniel McClendon Fine Art, Fine Arts League of the Carolinas, Frame It To-a-T, French Broad Food Co-Op, Green LightContinue Reading

Open publication – Free publishing – More art In This Month’s Issue: April 2012 Music: LEAF: May 10-13 (pg. 6); Amici Music (pg. 7); WomanSong (pg. 15) Stage Preview: Talking Heads (pg. 14); As You Like It (pg. 14); High Skirts: Illicitly Yours (pg. 14); NC Stage–Circle Mirror Transformation (pg.Continue Reading

by Bill Walz “Already we are the Buddha. There’s just no doubt about that. How could we be anything else? We’re all right here now. Where else could we be? But the point is to realize clearly what that means; this total oneness; this total harmony; and to be ableContinue Reading

Sometimes the “old” can be new again by Greg Vineyard Aaahhh, another Spring has sprung itself upon us. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but I admit that every March, the ritual of daylight saving throws me a little. I remember to change every clock except one, causing an annualContinue Reading

by James Cassara Welcome back to another go around at sharing some of my favorite recent discs. Among this month’s “something for everyone” offerings are a long forgotten live album from a largely forgotten band, a new hipster pop release, and a few bits of roots rock. As always beContinue Reading