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 [...]
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.
This year’s TedxAsheville (an independently organized TED event), was held in the Diana Wortham Theatre, on Sunday November 13th. The event ran from 1 till 6, in three segments with 2 intermissions designed to allow audience members to “engage” with each other in the atrium while being surrounded by both audio and visual art. The [...]
Viewed from above, Asheville is a city in a cul-de-sac of mountains. During the 1910′s and 2o’s the city experienced its largest growth spurt (being, at the time, the 3rd largest city in NC) and its when a lot of the buildings were constructed, usually with an Art Deco flair.
2011 marked the tenth anniversary of the Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival. Three blocks of downtown Asheville were devoted to a variety of street performers, food and drink vendors, crafts and activities for all ages. Among the performers at the three stages were 23 Skidoo, Unifire Theater, Paper Tiger and Stephanie’s Id.
The annual Bele Chere Festival kicked off Friday, continuing through the weekend. Generally attracting large crowds from all over WNC, Bele Chere features local, regional and national music performers, street musicians, artists and food vendors.
Downtown After 5, Asheville’s monthly street music festival continued July 15. This Friday featured the fusion jazz of the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra and guitarist Aaron Wood’s rock & roll band, with singer Kellin Watson. Despite the cloudy day, the crowd gathered to fill the street over the course of the evening.
Temperatures were hot and a good crowd turned out for The Big Crafty, a free and vibrant celebration of handmade crafts and wares held on Pack Square and inside the Asheville Art Museum. Local artists, crafters, musicians, food vendors and performers gathered, bazaar-style, under the banner of ‘handmade is good for the community’ and the [...]
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