GeekOut Convention WNC’s popular arts convention will celebrate all aspects of pop culture; from film, television, and animation to costuming, comics, and stage performance. Celebrity guest appearances and panels, two full days of tabletop and card gaming, a film and animation track, and workshops on independent filmmaking and writing forContinue Reading

The Bar of Soap and Del Vecchios Join Forces! What’s better than a cold, fresh craft beer while doing laundry? A cold, fresh beer with a slice of hot New York style pizza! Del Vecchios is now located inside The Bar of Soap and not only offers delectable food toContinue Reading

Asheville Talent Slam This exciting annual fund-raiser and talent competition is open to anyone at least 13 years old living in WNC who wants to strut their stuff in front of a live audience. Three winners will be awarded: $500 for first place, $300 for second place, and $200 forContinue Reading

Campaign to Save Mrs. Hyatt’s Music House For more than 60 years Neila Hyatt has been hosting bluegrass music in her Asheville home, known by many as Mrs. Hyatt’s Music House. Over the years, bluegrass legends and novice players alike gathered together for weekly jams in this warm and friendlyContinue Reading

Nature Center Welcomes 100,000th Guest The Friends of the WNC Nature Center are thrilled that the 100,000th visitor in 2012 walked through the doors at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 3, 2012. Betsy Archer and her son Milo, members of the Friends of the Nature Center, were excited to celebrateContinue Reading

Cookie Drive Each year Loving Food Resources organizes to collect and distribute homemade cookies to men and women living with HIV/AIDS as an expression of love and care during this season of giving. To participate, please bring four dozen homemade or bakery cookies to the Cookie Party on Friday, DecemberContinue Reading

The Asheville Bow-Wowhaus AIA Asheville, along with Fine Arts Theatre, Asheville Art Museum, Aloft Downtown Asheville, and Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, is sponsoring a design/build competition of doghouses to be auctioned on Saturday, November 10. This event will also include a screening of Michael Miner’s movie Romanza, the California ArchitectureContinue Reading

Zombie Pub Crawl Zombie Pub Crawl and Pre-Party starts at ZaPow Gallery on Sunday, October 14 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This party is all ages. Face painting, palm reading, live music, art viewing, zombie makeup, a raffle, and as much fun as we can fit into that space.Continue Reading

4th Annual West Asheville Garden Stroll On September 8, the Fourth Annual West Asheville Garden Stroll will showcase gardens adjacent to Haywood Road in East/West Asheville, an area bounded by Haywood Road, Michigan, Riverview, and State Street. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and kicks off atContinue Reading