Come engage in the rhythm and heartbeat of the Asheville Percussion Festival, June 15-21, 2015. Experience a creative musical landscape of infinite transformation through the symphonic heartbeat of rhythm, dance, and song where percussionists, dancers, and musicians of all traditions gather from around the globe to explore, create, and innovate.Continue Reading
at Asheville Community Theatre The New Yorker called this show “more fun than a chair-throwing episode of Jerry Springer set to music.” The New York Post added that it was “undeniable fun!” The Great American Trailer Park Musical is a wheel-spinning, mud-splattering good time of a musical that’s good-natured –Continue Reading
HART’s third show this season is the outrageous musical comedy Nunsense. Directed by Suzanne Tinsley and featuring some local favorites, Nunsense includes Leslie Lang, Lyn Donley, Karen Covington, Tabitha Judy, and Lea Parker. The show opened off Broadway in 1985 and holds the record as the second longest off-Broadway showContinue Reading
Clay Day features craft demonstrations and hands-on activities for children and adults. Celebrate Clay Day at the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Folk Art Center on Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clay Day has been a favorite happening at the Folk Art Center for more than 20Continue Reading
The 68th Annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands takes place at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Asheville, July 16-19 and October 15-18, 2015. Nearly 200 juried artists of the Southern Highland Craft Guild will be selling works of clay, metal, wood, jewelry, fiber, paper, natural materials, leather andContinue Reading
When you walk into Susan Marie Designs in downtown Asheville, you easily see in goldsmith Susan Marie Phipps’ creations her many years of experience in designing and hand making fine gold jewelry. The contemporary elegance of her stunning designs, which she skillfully forms with clean lines throughout, harmoniously unite nature’sContinue Reading
French Broad Artists Sahar Fakhoury, Sandra Brugh Moore and Virginia Pendergrass discussed whether their studio name might be misinterpreted to mean that the artists are French broads. But no, everyone knows the iconic French Broad River, which runs through the River Arts District right in front of their new studioContinue Reading
by Al Junek – A latecomer to the world of art, I am doing all I can, after a career in engineering, to make up for lost time. Unlike many who began painting at an early age, I discovered my art talent toward the end of my other career. OnContinue Reading
by Michelle Rogers – “Rio” by Duran Duran was playing as we entered Wasabi at 6:30 on a Thursday evening. It was still quiet enough to hear the music overhead. Soon, the restaurant would fill its tables and the bustling sounds of waitstaff and happy customers would envelop the music,Continue Reading
