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Food
Sugar & Snow Gelato is coming back to the RAD
The shop announced it will reopen this November inside The Wyre in the upper RAD. Did we mention there will be dessert pizza?
August 28, 2025 12:04 PM
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Grace Powers
workers on the utopian seed project farm
Food
Breaking new ground with the Utopian Seed Project
The nonprofit is digging deep to support regional agrobiodiversity and crop resilience.
August 11, 2023
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Molly Wilson
An amber lager is held by two people cheersing in front of Highland Brewing.
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Cheers to 15 years of Highland Brewing’s Clawhammer Oktoberfest
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Food
Where to find bubble tea in Asheville
Boba tea, bubble tea, or pearl milk tea — this creamy and chewy treat goes by several names, but it’s always delicious.
August 4, 2023
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Grace Powers
a cheeseburger from baby bull
Food
Prove your love for local food with a name change
Subway’s Name Change Challenge has us wondering — which local spot would inspire this much devotion?
August 3, 2023
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Molly Wilson
A detailed gingerbread house featuring a baker.
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Planning Christmas in July? Register for the ultimate gingerbread house competition
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A charcuterie board with meats, cheeses, nuts, crackers, honey, and more.
Food
Build a local charcuterie board
We’ve rounded up local spots for you to procure meats, cheeses, jams and jellies, crackers, olives, nuts, and more for your next charcuterie board.
July 6, 2023
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Emily Shea-Owen
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Food
Get a taste of Asheville as a flavor of ice cream
From beer to sourwood honey, here are what ice cream flavors you said best describe our city.
July 3, 2023
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Emily Shea-Owen
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Food
Try this: The Asheville Hot Sauce Challenge
June 29, 2023
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Laura Hackett
A can of Wishing Star Cold IPA sits next to a glass of beer on a countertop.
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What’s a Cold IPA anyway?
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Poppy handcrafted popcorn on shelves at Ingles Markets
Small Business
Inside Poppy’s $4.3 million expansion plan
Popcorn fans rejoice: A flagship store is heading to the South Slope.
June 14, 2023
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Grace Powers
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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
AVL Zwanze International Beer Day
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
The exterior of a brick building with a banner that reads "Buncombe County Helene Resource Center" in English and in Spanish.
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
Volunteers walk the Art Loeb Trail on Pisgah Project Day
Travel and Outdoors
Be a part of Pisgah’s largest volunteer day
Register for Pisgah Project Day to join hundreds of volunteers in completing improvement projects in the Pisgah Ranger District.
April 8, 2025
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Grace Powers
Asheville Bread Festival. Photo: @bishopse
Events
Your guide to spring festivals in and around Asheville
Consider this a bucket list for spring fun in the Land of the Sky.
April 7, 2025
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Grace Powers
Earth River Records' sign for Record Store Day 2025
Events
Stock up for Record Store Day in Asheville
Here’s where to score special Record Store Day releases, from Belly to Bowie.
April 7, 2025
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Grace Powers
Swannanoa River Road
City
Swannanoa River Road set to reopen this Friday
This essential road will reopen to traffic on the afternoon of Friday, April 4 after more than six months since Helene wreaked havoc on the corridor.
April 3, 2025
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Grace Powers