Shows: Asheville Area Focus

Al Bottego Asheville ABC Board 7/16/2023

The mission of local ABC Boards and their employees shall be to serve their localities by controlling the sale of…

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area 7/2/2023

The Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina is an initiative led by the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership,…

CooperRiis Healing Communities 6/25/2023

Healing in a Community CooperRiis (pronounced Cooper-Reese) is a non-profit residential healing community for adults with mental health challenges. Since…

Girl Scouts Peaks To Piedmont Jennifer Wilcox 6/11/2023

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts Peaks to…

Aura Home Women Vets Alyce Knafflich 5/28/2023

Did you know that homeless women veterans are the fastest growing homeless population in the United States? North Carolina has…

Asheville Police Chief David Zack talks about the Downtown Safety Initiative 5/21/2023

Asheville Police Chief David Zack talks about the Downtown Safety Initiative. Due to a number of incidents impacting public safety,…

Homeward Bound 5/7/2023

Homeward Bounds mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community through permanent housing and support.

Crossnore Communities for Children Big Hats & Bow Ties 4/30/2023

2nd Annual Big Hats & Bow Ties – Campaign (crossnore.org) Crossnore Communities For Children is recognized as a national model…

WNCAP Dining Out for Life & Irene Wortham Center Golf Tournament 4/23/2023

www.diningoutforlife.com/city/asheville/ On Thursday, April 27th, the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) will again host our annual Dining Out For…

ABC Raising The Bar: Board Chair, Robin Cape explains the ABC Board and how they serve our community. 4/16/2023

“The mission of local ABC Boards and their employees shall be to serve their localities by controlling the sale of…

Recent Headlines

8 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

This year’s song of the summer is a ballad, not a banger. Here’s what that says about us

For the past 14 weeks and counting, the top Billboard spot has been held by a love ballad: Alex Warren's "Ordinary." As Berklee College of Music professor and forensic musicologist Joe Bennett notes, the February release is "a fair bit slower than the mean average for the Hot 100, or for a historical song of the summer."

9 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Asheville History, Community, Lifestyle, Local, Music, On The Town

Appalachian Barn Alliance celebrates 10th annual Barn Day this weekend

The Appalachian Barn Alliance is a historical preservation society dedicated to cataloguing the barns of Western North Carolina, particularly in Madison County. For their 10th Barn Day, an annual celebration of barn heritage complete with barn tours, live music and a meal, the ABA will highlight their restoration work on the Smith Heritage Farmstead at the Bailey Mountain Preserve.

14 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local, Music, On The Town

September concert calendar: Live music in Asheville area this month

The Asheville area boasts a vibrant live music scene with venues catering to a wide array of genres, performers and taste. Read our calendar of shows coming up later this month.

15 hours ago in Entertainment

Julia Roberts, Anna Wintour, Ralph Lauren and more pay tribute to Giorgio Armani

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani's work spanned the worlds of celebrity, fashion and power. His death announced Thursday at age 91 has elicited an outpouring of tributes.

15 hours ago in Entertainment

Al Roker lends his voice and meteorology skills to the new PBS Kids animated show ‘Weather Hunters’

This fall, everyone's favorite weatherman is getting a kick out of launching his own educational cartoon TV show — "Weather Hunters," which premieres Monday on PBS Kids.