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Culture
🎵 Holiday classics + acrobatics at Cirque de la Symphonie
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Food
Cheers: We’re celebrating Drink Up Week — here’s how to join us
We’ll be toasting to the bountiful beverage industry across Asheville, NC from Monday, July 22 to Friday, July 26, 2024.
May 24, 2024
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Monica Garske
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Culture
Salvage Station’s property acquired by NCDOT for I-26 expansion
The music venue will have to vacate its space at the end of the 2024 season — here’s what you should know + how to help.
May 23, 2024
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Grace Powers
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Why Columbia, SC should be your next stop for creative inspiration
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Arts
ArtsAVL’s Creative Spaces report details challenges of the arts community
The findings from the report will be used to inform new initiatives and guide a 10-year plan for sustaining Buncombe County’s arts and culture.
May 14, 2024
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Grace Powers
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Food
Highland Brewing Company and local AAPI community members unite for a pint
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the brewery will release a collaborative rice lager.
May 13, 2024
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Molly Wilson
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Culture
Celebrate the Moogseum’s anniversary and the late Bob Moog’s 90th birthday
Get a hands-on education of the synthesizer pioneer’s legacy at these upcoming events.
May 10, 2024
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Grace Powers
Pianist Olga Kern posing in front of a piano in Steinway Hall.
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🎹 Legendary pianist to play two performances in WNC
Pianist Olga Kern will round out Asheville Symphony’s Masterworks Series + perform a solo recital at Brevard Music Center.
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Culture
Montford Park Players’ new season conquers the Wars of the Roses
This weekend, the group kicks off an ambitious summer project — staging nine of William Shakespeare’s plays.
May 3, 2024
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Molly Wilson
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Culture
10 local Instagram accounts to follow
We asked you to help us spice up our Instagram feed and now we’re returning the favor by sharing some unique picks.
April 30, 2024
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Grace Powers
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Summer events happening around Asheville
Make the most of the warm weather and sunshine with this list of the best local events and activities happening this summer.
April 29, 2024
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Molly Wilson
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Events
Earth Fare celebrates 50 years in Asheville
The city’s first health food store is celebrating its 50th birthday by offering you free cake.
April 14, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Travel and Outdoors
Be a force of nature on Earth Day in Asheville
Join the cleanups, crafting, parties, and promotions happening in honor of the world around us.
April 14, 2025
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Molly Wilson
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Food
Corner Kitchen preserves its history as it rebuilds
A fixture of the local food scene, the restaurant is preserving its history by placing time capsules in the wall as it rebuilds from Helene.
April 11, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Events
Your guide to Downtown After 5
Asheville’s free community concert series kicks off this week at its new location
April 11, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
The inside of Period Nirvana, showing shelves of reusable period products and a display of gifts in the center of the room.
Small Business
Period Nirvana opens in West Asheville, offering menstrual cycle care products
The new West Asheville shop is one of just a handful of physical period care shops in the world.
April 10, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Food
Meherwan Irani hosts the popular Bon Appétit web series, “Street Eats”
The Chai Pani chef and owner takes you to the streets of Mumbai in a viral video with the food magazine.
April 10, 2025
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Grace Powers
City
The story of Asheville’s Sister Cities
Find a little piece of home in these seven international cities.
April 9, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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Events
The Whale’s grown-up version of the Scholastic Book Fair
Imagine shopping at the iconic Book Fair again, but this time with grown-up money and a beer in hand.
April 9, 2025
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Bethany Osborn
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City
Long-term resource center for Helene survivors opens in downtown Asheville
The Helene Resource Center is open at 94 Coxe Ave. as Buncombe County reaches a key recovery milestone.
April 8, 2025
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Bethany Osborn