Just Follow The Rabbit! is the theme for the 2016 Faerie And Earth (F.A.E.) Festival. The Rabbit is your guide to a magical and enchanting experience awaiting you during the weekend of May 21 & 22 at the Highland Lake Cove Retreat & Learning Center on 217 Rhett Drive inContinue Reading
The event will feature 5K/10K/20K trail races, live music, rock climbing and rappelling, children’s activities, food/arts/crafts vendors, Cherokee storytelling and demonstrations, and more. Attendees should note that the parking lot at Rocky Face Park will be closed during the event; however, ample parking will be available at Rocky Face BaptistContinue Reading
The 2nd Annual Get in Gear Fest, held Saturday, March 19, will benefit RiverLink, a local nonprofit that works to revitalize the French Broad River. The Blue Ridge Mountains are a mecca for hikers, bikers and paddlers alike, but not everyone realizes just how much of the adventure gear they’reContinue Reading
by Anna Lee Zanetti – Celebrate the National Park Service’s Centennial and experience America’s most visited national park on guided hikes with Friends of the Smokies. View breathtaking vistas, rushing waterfalls, historic homesteads and much more tucked away in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with the 2016 Classic Hikes ofContinue Reading
For those wanting to learn more about a trek on the Appalachian Trail (A.T.), now’s your chance! The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) will offer classes throughout Asheville in January and February for people interested in a long-distance hike. Courses will be taught by Hiker Education Accredited instructors, or individuals whoContinue Reading
Despite the whole range of electronic devices intended for our pleasure, it is hard to beat a good bike ride in the country. Many of us remember our first bike, the first time we learned to ride without training wheels, feeling as if we could go anywhere. Freedom. Bikes areContinue Reading
by Bob Hayward – Astronomers at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute point out that at 11:48 p.m. EST on Monday, December 21, 2015 the Sun will be at its most southern point in the sky for the year. This is the winter solstice and marks the first moment of winter.Continue Reading
“T-Rex and the Doomsday Impact” takes place Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI). The presentation will explore the catastrophic meteorite impact 65 million years ago that is thought to have caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs. The evening will include a tour of the PARIContinue Reading
The Swannanoa Valley Museum hosts the fourth annual Historic Haunted House Tour of one of Asheville area’s best kept secrets on Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24, 2015. Museum volunteers will lead tours of In the Oaks, a Prohibition-era county manor house on Montreat College’s campus in Black Mountain,Continue Reading
