Secret Agent 23 Skidoo brings the hype to the red carpet. | Photo via Music Video Asheville
Music Video Asheville has been on repeat for 17 years now, showcasing the creative collaboration between our city’s musicians and filmmakers. And you can see the musical magic unfold on the big screen on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts.
After walking the “Asheville-style” red carpet, settle in for a screening of 25 music videos chosen from a panel of 30 industry professionals. Beyond bestowing awards for categories including Best Director and Best Music Production, the panel will crown a Judge’s Choice winner, earning a $500 cash prize.
Then, here’s where you come in. The audience will select a People’s Choice winner via text-to-vote, securing the artist 18 hours of local studio time and 100 vinyl records.
Is the next “Thriller” from an Asheville artist? You’ll have to go to find out — general admission tickets are $25.
Events
Events
Friday, Sept. 5
Goombay Festival | Friday, Sept. 5-Sunday, Sept. 7 | Times vary | Pack Square Park | Free | The fest returns to celebrate the richness and diversity of the African diaspora and Caribbean culture with a full weekend of wellness events, music, food, and ticketed activities.
Celebrating Weaverville’s 150th Anniversary | 7-8:30 p.m. | Weaverville Community Center | Free | The Town of Weaverville is one and a half centuries old, meaning an evening of memories, stories, and music is in order.
“Miss Julie” | Friday, Sept. 5-Sunday, Sept. 21 | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Attic Salt Theatre Company | $20 | The company returns with an adaptation of a Strindberg classic, following Miss Julie and her servant through a struggle of desire and ambition.
Saturday, Sept. 6
Historic Burton Street Ag Fair | 12-6 p.m. | Burton Street Community Center | Free | The fair pays homage to the neighborhood’s founder, Edward W. Pearson, with live music, games, food, and a basketball tournament on the brand new court at the community center.
Asheville’s Heating Up | 7-10 p.m. | The Mule | Free | Asheville Entrepreneurship Week ends with a bang, launching EarthBae Heated Apparel, one of the city’s newest startups.
Sunday, Sept. 7
103.3 Asheville FM Record Fair | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Harrah’s Cherokee Center - Asheville | $10+ | Add to your record collection all while supporting the community radio station.
Puppy Palooza: A Fundraiser for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue | 12-4 p.m. | The Mule | Free | It’ll be a doggone good afternoon with raffles, a dog bandana tie-dye station, doggie ice cream, dog treat vendors, a mobile pet spa, and pet caricature portraits.
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram | 8 p.m. | The Orange Peel | $33+ | Kingfish can seriously shred — see the Grammy-winning artist paving the way for modern blues on his “The Hard Road World Tour.”
Staff made a makeshift quarantine area for Anakin after the storm with a pool, sand pits, mulch, and toys. | Photo via WNC Nature Center
Cause
Friends of the WNC Nature Center has launched their annual campaign, aiming to raise $75,000 to rebuild the animal quarantine area that was washed away by Helene, this time on higher ground. The area is the first place new animals visit as they get medical assessments and begin to acclimate. You can contribute to the campaign online.
Opening
Periscope, a new cocktail lounge on the second floor of the S&W Market, is hosting its grand opening today, Sept. 5. The art deco-themed space is serving up craft cocktails, natural wine, and pie from Newstock Pantry. We’ll raise a Negroni to that.
Community
Recently launched startup Accessible Towns provides an online directory to help people with mobility challenges find accessible restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and experiences. Right now, the directory only includes Asheville locations, but it will eventually expand to more cities.
Real Estate
Asheville-based Compact Cottages recently debuted its prefabricated, foldable 349-sqft “Origami Home” at HUD’s Innovative Housing Showcase in Washington, D.C. The $91,400 home, which can be assembled in mere days, was created in response to Helene following its damage to the local housing stock. (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Plan Ahead
The fourth annual Gathering of the Pearl is coming up on Thursday, Sept. 18 at Highland Brewing’s event space. More than a party (with food, live music, and speakers), the event raises money for The Pearl Institute, a Waynesville clinic offering trauma-informed care and MDMA-assisted therapy. Learn more and get tickets.
Drink
The NC Craft Brewers Guild announced the winners of this year’s NC Craft Brewers Cup, and WNC breweries brought home some hardware. In Asheville, Salt Face Mule, Green Man, Diatribe, Highland Brewing, Twin Leaf, Riverside Rhapsody, Cellarest, and DSSOLVR all earned honors — now see which beers reigned supreme.
Try This
Vintage sweaters, wool skirts, black leather boots — find all of this season’s trending items for fall at your local Goodwill. Get a sneak peek at the newly reopened and fully-stocked Goodwill on Tunnel Road, then score $5 off when you spend $25 or more.*
Community
Hey AVL, love local businesses as much as we do? Nominations for our AVLtoday’s Best competition open on Sept. 15. Help us gather who is the best of the best in each of our categories. Stay tuned for more details.
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Shop
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Ohio-based Indie folk band Caamp was in town last Thursday for a sold-out show at Asheville Yards — but on Wednesday night this week, during a pit stop between Wilmington and Nashville shows, they came back around for a much more intimate, impromptu set at Foggy Mountain Brew Pub.
Look at more photos from the acoustic set, and you’ll see that the bar filled up pretty fast after this video.
The band is known for tracks like “Vagabond” and “By and By,” but according to the audience, they also took plenty of requests. Here’s to hoping another surprise set is in Asheville’s future.
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The fun doesn’t have to end here. After reading the newsletter, head over to our games page. Games refresh with new challenges every day at 6 a.m. from crossword puzzle to Sudoku to themed word search.
It snuck up on me this year, but DSSOLVR and Asheville Humane Society’s “Your Dog Here” fundraiser is back today, Sept. 5 and tomorrow, Sept. 6. A $25 donation gets your pup a photoshoot and a spot on the can art for the brewery’s “Your Dog Here” Amber Ale. Here are some pics from when I took my dog Maisie — she will indeed pose for treats.
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