The Ca$hevillains Cash Mob group is the latest savvy brainstorm to support unchained and independent business from the Asheville Grown Business Alliance, working with members of the Asheville Downtown Association and Asheville Event Planning and Staffing. Based on the idea of a flash mob, the ‘Cash Mob’ was originally started in Buffalo, New York, in [...]
GeekOut 2012, a homegrown geek festival including comic books, costumes, boardgame, swordfighting and roleplaying took place at the Renaissance hotel today. GeekOut has replaced Fanaticon as Asheville’s premiere geek culture event, and plans on expanding it’s offerings next year.
Just three short day’s after North Carolina voters approved Amendment One, banning Same-Sex Marriage in the state, Asheville based Marriage Equality group, Campaign For Southern Equality, drew a crowd of hundreds to the city’s offices in protest. CSE’s “We Do” campaign brings together Same-Sex couples to city halls across the state, in order to request [...]
Our Voice, Asheville’s rape crisis services provider, holds an annual fundraiser called “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” in which men from the community-politicians, business owners, etc.-do just that.
Poetry runs through all cultures. I was lucky enough to be witness to some of the youth poets of Western North Carolina on this sunny Saturday afternoon. Each of these students spoke with meaning and heart and idealism and intellect…all of the adjectives you can use to describe a passionate teenager. Remember that? When nothing [...]
One of the things I really love about living in Asheville is its wonderful arts community, which encompasses everything from street performance, freak festivals and circus cabaret to artisan crafts to fine arts and opera. I have never felt more immersed in a vibrant arts culture, and the great thing is that all the events [...]
Asheville Bloggers Society comes together with WNC Ad Guild at the Asheville Brewing Pizza Company.
Jon Reid’s show, Race to the Bottom sometimes does a live show on AshevilleFM to help people get involved and to generate buzz and donations. Intimately held at Bo Bo Gallery on Lexington Avenue, it was a sampler of music and comedy and talk from jazz duo The D Tones, Jonathan Scales, Ami Worthen, Juan [...]
The third annual Ballet Conservatory of Asheville presentation of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” was staged at Diana Wortham Theater December 16 and 17, 2011. These images are from the dress rehearsal, December 15. The dress rehearsal featured Elianah Vargas in the role of Clara, who also shared the role with Jullia Fleming in the final production. [...]
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