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Culture
🎵 Holiday classics + acrobatics at Cirque de la Symphonie
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Culture
Different Wrld’s next chapter
The creative venue is on the move after its unexpected displacement, and you can help it continue its journey in a new space.
April 26, 2024
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Grace Powers
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Culture
20 birds to look and listen for this season
From the American Goldfinch to the Carolina Wren — these avians can be found all around the area.
April 23, 2024
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Brook Bolen
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Frolic among flowers at Bloom with a View
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How craft improves community well-being
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Arts
Story Parlor celebrates two years as a sanctuary for the arts
The creative space is a home for partners like Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Bilingual Birdies, The Campfireball, and many more.
April 22, 2024
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Grace Powers
Rows of plants at a booth from Bluff Mountain Nursery as people walk around tables.
Culture
Growing a community at the 34th Annual Asheville Herb Festival
For decades, this annual festival has celebrated the farmers and gardeners and growers who call WNC home.
April 19, 2024
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Molly Wilson
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Culture
Read the winning poem from our 2024 poetry contest
We challenged our readers to turn one of our newsletters into a poem — here’s what you came up with.
April 16, 2024
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Brianna Williams
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Culture
19 local gift ideas to celebrate motherhood
April 16, 2024
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Staff
Biltmore from above, with the grounds and estate visible. Four cyclists view the Biltmore estate from the edge of a lake. Abstract glass statues in Biltmore. A walkway with purple flowers.
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Try This: Experience Biltmore® as an Annual Passholder
Soak up all four glorious seasons + enjoy year-round special activities as a Biltmore Annual Passholder.
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Arts
Second Saturday Art Stroll joins a new creative journey
Participants in the event will now explore individual and collective identity through a monthly prompt.
April 11, 2024
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Molly Wilson
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Memorial Stadium renovations are complete
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April 3, 2025
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City
Echo Mountain Recording to close at the end of the year
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April 2, 2025
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Food
Asheville establishments considered for MICHELIN Guide
As the lauded list expands to our region, WNC restaurants will be contenders for the recognition.
April 2, 2025
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Grace Powers
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Food
Sweet Cub Soft Serve dishes out artisan ice cream on wheels
Three words: Ice cream nachos.
April 1, 2025
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Sports
Celebrating 8 years of the Ville to Ville relay
The 72-mile relay from Asheville, N.C. to Greenville, S.C. returns with record-breaking numbers.
March 31, 2025
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