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The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy festival kicks off August 13, 2014 with Chris Porter, a top three contestant during Season 4 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Best known for his third place finish on the Season 4 of Last Comic Standing, Chris can also be seen on his ownContinue Reading

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Driving Miss Daisy, the Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Alfred Uhry, opens this month at Asheville Community Theatre (ACT). Driving Miss Daisy shares the story of the relationship between an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn over the span of 25 years. DrivingContinue Reading

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Four years ago Mark Jones blew audiences away when he appeared on the HART stage as Buddy Holly in “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.” Ever since HART Executive Director, Steve Lloyd has been asked repeatedly if he could bring the show back. Well, recreating a production is virtually impossible butContinue Reading

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Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Artists Brentano Quartet and Violist, Hsin-Yun Huang to Open Asheville Amadeus Festival in Collaboration with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra in March 2015. The Asheville Chamber Music Series (ACMS) will be presenting a distinguished roster of internationally acclaimed ensembles for its 2014-15 season, including the renowned Brentano QuartetContinue Reading

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Joyce Schlapkohl presents Reflections of Summer, on display August 1-31. “For many years, I studied, taught and painted in watercolor,” says Joyce, who is a past president of the Blue Ridge Watermedia Society and a signature member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina. “After a while, I felt aContinue Reading

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Music of Rachmaninoff, Gershwin & American Hymns David Troy Francis is an exciting, authoritative performer described by the Los Angeles Times as consistently absorbing, whether in lyrical repose or compulsive fury. Mr. Francis has recorded eight cds ranging from his unique arrangements of American Hymns to the world premiere recordingContinue Reading

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Asheville has been a nurturing community for artist Grace (Carol) Bomer. An arts review in the Asheville Citizen-Times once called her work “a silent form of poetry.” Thirty years later, Carol’s paintings are still a silent form of poetry suggesting metaphors that allude to the extravagant mystery of God’s grace.Continue Reading

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Local business, The Chocolate Fetish earned 15 medals at the International Chocolate Salon’s 2014 Awards Competition. The awards won include one Gold Medal, eight Silver Medals, seven Bronze Medals, and two Honorable Mentions. The medals recognize excellence in a variety of categories including Most Artistic Designs, Most Luxurious Chocolate Experience,Continue Reading

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Finger Painting Fine Artist Interviewed by Dennis Ray Rapid River Magazine: Tell us a little about your painting process. Amy Perrier: My painting process begins by staining the canvas with several layers of color. I then begin to finger paint more color on, rather rapidly. I usually have an ideaContinue Reading