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Aloft Asheville Pool
Culture
From pools to swimming holes: 20+ swimming spots to cool you down
May 30, 2023 12:00 AM
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STAFF
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Arts
The Art of Food visits the Asheville Art Museum
Works from Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein are on the menu.
June 1, 2023
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Laura Hackett
Cacao
Entertainment
Amethyst Realm brings cacao and flow arts to the South Slope
This community safe space has big plans to get Asheville moving.
May 31, 2023
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Grace Powers
Nerd Pride Fest Asheville
Events
There’s a new, nerdier way to celebrate Pride in Asheville
Introducing: the inaugural Nerd Pride Fest.
May 30, 2023
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Laura Hackett
Racks of clothing at Asheville Vintage Market.
Culture
Your guide to Asheville’s vintage and secondhand clothing
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
May 25, 2023
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Grace Powers
Appalachian Mountain Brewery co-owners
Food
Appalachian Mountain Brewery celebrates a new chapter of independence
They’re the first craft brewers to buy themselves back from Budweiser.
May 25, 2023
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Grace Powers
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Culture
The story behind Brevard’s White Squirrel festival
Catch this year’s White Squirrel celebration May 26-May 28.
May 24, 2023
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Laura Hackett
Feed Me Foam drop-off site
City
How a local resident is making recycling foam easy
One man’s mission to divert plastic foam products from our landfills and give them new life.
May 23, 2023
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Grace Powers
Inside La Bodega
Food
James Beard Foundation’s Taste America comes to Asheville
Taste America brings chefs and diners together to celebrate the shared mission of “Good Food for Good.”
May 22, 2023
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Grace Powers
GrindFest sign
Festivals
GrindFest returns for Memorial Day weekend
Celebrate Black business in Asheville with food, fun, and educational events.
May 17, 2023
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Grace Powers
History
Celebrate the late Bob Moog’s 89th birthday with these local events
It’s gonna be a Moog-tastic week.
May 16, 2023
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Laura Hackett
People enjoying a picnic.
Entertainment
5 spots for the perfect picnic
It’s time to dust off the checkered picnic basket + blanket.
May 15, 2023
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Grace Powers
Cicada on a honeysuckle leaf.
Culture
Cicadas make an early appearance this spring
Expect to hear the cicada choir singing these next few months.
May 15, 2023
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Grace Powers
WNC Bigfoot Festival
Festivals
WNC Bigfoot Festival returns
Believers and skeptics alike: immerse yourself in the legends and lore surrounding the elusive Bigfoot.
May 11, 2023
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Grace Powers
One of the baby wolves
Culture
WNC Nature Center welcomes nine baby wolves
Congratulate American Red Wolves Oak and Gloria on being first-time parents.
May 11, 2023
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Grace Powers
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Entertainment
Where to take mom this Mother’s Day
From vintage markets to high tea, there’s an event sure to make mom feel special.
May 9, 2023
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Grace Powers
Happy Mothers Day
Culture
7 pieces of advice from AVLtoday readers’ mothers
In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re sharing the best advice readers have received from their moms.
May 9, 2023
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Grace Powers
Musician Béla Fleck holding a banjo.
Sponsored
🪕 Grammy Award-winning bluegrass legend Béla Fleck headlining Asheville Amadeus Festival
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Entertainment
Star Wars-inspired events for May the 4th
Feel the force with these special events celebrating the popular movie franchise.
May 3, 2023
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Grace Powers
The Peripheral - Jimmy's Bar
Arts
10 new film projects in the Asheville area
From a sci-fi thriller to a new docuseries about an epic American bike ride.
May 2, 2023
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Laura Hackett
Luis Martinez
Food
Celebrate Mexican culture at Luis Martinez’s OaxaPunk Pop-up
On the menu: tacos, tostadas, chile-spiced carrot cake, and “punkzole.”
May 2, 2023
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Laura Hackett
Kishi Bashi plays the violin in a field.
Sponsored
🎻 Catch this season’s final ALT ASO performance at Asheville Amadeus 2023
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Food
Recipe: a zero-proof Moscow mule
Use Ritual Zero Proof’s alcohol-free liquor to create a sip-worthy summer cocktail.
April 28, 2023
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Emily Shea
Kishi Bashi stands next to white horse in a wildflower field.
Sponsored
🪕 Experience all things Americana at the 10-day Asheville Amadeus Festival
With more than 25 partner organizations offering 40+ events throughout the 10-day festival, this year’s Amadeus Festival is the most ambitious in Asheville Symphony history.
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Culture
20 birds to look and listen for this season
From the American Goldfinch to the Carolina Wren.
April 20, 2023
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Brook Bolen
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Arts
Read the winning poem from our 2023 poetry contest
We challenged our readers to turn one of our newsletters into a poem — here’s what you came up with.
April 18, 2023
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Sarah Leonhardt
Cellarest Beer Project dog friendly
Culture
30 dog-friendly places in Asheville, NC
Explore these dog-friendly businesses that span from breweries and restaurants to where to stay the night.
April 14, 2023
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Laura Hackett
Table Asheville
Food
How to get into popular Asheville restaurants
Patience can be a virtue.
April 11, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
Poetry Month Asheville Malaprops
Arts
Check out these four local poetry readings
Here’s to National Poetry Month.
April 10, 2023
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Laura Hackett
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Tyger Tyger to host intimate, 35-seat dinner ft. acclaimed chefs and artists
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Education
How to submit to our 2023 poetry contest
It’s National Poetry Month, and our readers are invited to submit original poems in a special AVLtoday contest.
April 8, 2023
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Sarah Leonhardt
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