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Culture
Create your own Asheville holiday Hallmark movie
We’re taking a page out of Mad Libs’ book to create our own holiday Hallmark films set in Asheville in honor of the new flick being filmed in our neck of the woods.
January 15, 2026 03:37 PM
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Grace Powers
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Retail
The best Valentine’s Day gifts for 2024
Shop Valentine’s Day chocolates, couple’s games, cookware, candles, and fuzzy socks to spread the love.
January 17, 2024
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Culture
Explore the Cherokee language through local screenings of ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak)
You’ve got two chances to see the documentary and hear from the activists + filmmakers who are working to save their language.
January 16, 2024
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Molly Wilson
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Culture
24 reader questions for 2024 in Asheville
Ask your questions, and we’ll do our best to answer them throughout the year.
January 11, 2024
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Grace Powers
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Culture
Asked: Your 2024 local predictions
Peer into the future and use your knowledge of our city to predict what will happen in 2024.
January 8, 2024
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Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto
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Events
Cultivating community at the inaugural Asheville Asian Culture Festival
The new festival aims to break barriers within the local Asian community and share the diverse array of cultures proudly.
January 8, 2024
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Molly Wilson
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Culture
Try this: AVLtoday’s Picture of the Year contest
We’re commemorating 2023 the best way we know how — highlighting local photos through our AVLtoday Picture of the Year contest.
January 3, 2024
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Emily Shea-Owen
City
Recycling your Christmas tree in Asheville
Out with the old, in with the new year.
December 22, 2023
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STAFF
Snowy sunrise on the blue ridge parkway
Culture
Asked: What are your Asheville resolutions going into 2024?
As we approach the new year and a season of change, we want to know what our readers and followers are wanting to accomplish or work on in 2024. Make your resolutions with us.
December 21, 2023
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Haley Bartlett
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Culture
Our favorite times Asheville made headlines this year
From national lists to major features, Asheville got plenty of time in the spotlight in 2023.
December 20, 2023
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Grace Powers
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Arts
Trade quilted creations at the Clean Slate Craft Swap
Let another crafter breathe new life into your unfinished projects.
December 18, 2023
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Grace Powers
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Asheville Tea Company brews up a comeback
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Bradford pear trees are pretty in appearance, but invasive as a species, bringing potential harm to native plants, trees, and crops in Asheville.
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Food
Watch Asheville’s culinary history featured on a new cooking show
Community advocate Shaniqua Simuel of Change your Palate celebrates our city’s culinary history on “The Rotating Chef.”
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