The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design Moves Downtown The Center’s new 3-story home is situated in the heart of downtown Asheville’s thriving arts, music, and restaurant scene at 67 Broadway Street. The building, circa 1912, originally served as a garage, machine and repair shop, and automobile showroom before housingContinue Reading

2014 Winter Warmer Beerfest Get your tickets now and shake off those winter blahs with great brews from more than 30 regional craft breweries, awesome music and tasty food at the 2014 Winter Warmer Beer Festival at the U.S Cellular Center in downtown Asheville. A portion of the proceeds willContinue Reading

Cool Craft Holiday Market A one-stop shop for purchasing locally made items for the holidays. Gift givers can purchase quality handmade goods, and support our local economy. The Market takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 13-15. Friday, 5-8; Saturday 10-6; and Sunday 10-4 at HandMade in America, 125 S.Continue Reading

Benefit for the BeLoved Community An extraordinary literary and musical event takes place Sunday, November 17 at 7 p.m. Award-winning authors Ron Rash, Patricia Smith, Keith Flynn, and R. B. Morris read from their work, accompanied by Free Planet Radio, Bill Altman, Susi Gott Seguret, Jonathan Scales, Ten Cent Poetry,Continue Reading

wncBARNAROO The wncBARNAROO festival was created in 2009 by a local teenager’s desire to play music, but he lacked the venue. This teenager, Andrew Scotchie, is now a young man with a successful music career as the lead singer and song writer for The River Rats. His band travels locallyContinue Reading

WNCAP 2013 Raise Your Hand Auction and Gala The Western North Carolina AIDS Project’s annual Raise Your Hand Auction will celebrate its silver anniversary this year at the Doubletree Hotel-Biltmore on Saturday, October 12. With 250 ballroom seats available and tickets on sale now, the agency hopes to raise theContinue 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

Anything That Floats Parade Mermaids, Pirates, and River Spirits… Oh My! Calling all artists and ’out of the boat’ thinkers! We want you to gather your crew and join us on the French Broad River on Saturday, August 10 for the wildest and most fun-tastic event of the summer! BeContinue Reading

CD Release Concert for Bliss of Being An album of deeply relaxing and expansive music to dive into and return rested and in tune with your natural inner alignment. Musicians on the album include Adriana Contino – cello, Bob Hinkle, Dielle Ciesco, Kate Steinbeck, and Richard Shulman on piano. CellistContinue Reading