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May 17: Rewind to the '50s
Does music from the 1950s move you to tap your toes and swing your hips? If so, get ready to rock the night away at “Rewind to the ’50s,” a spring concert presented by the UNC-Asheville Reuter Center Singers on Friday, May 17, at 7 p.m.
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Beginning May 18: Pastel Exhibition Reflects Statewide Talent
The 2013 North Carolina Statewide Pastel Exhibition, “On Common Ground: Pastel Paintings From the Mountains to the Sea,” will be on display from May 18–August 18 at the Hickory Museum of Art.
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May 19: JOYride to LIVESTRONG
With her motto, “Don’t postpone joy," Asheville business owner and cancer survivor Laurey Masterton will kick off the inaugural JOYride at Carrier Park Sunday, May 19, at 1 p.m.
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Empire Strikes Brass Brings New Orleans Sound
Dixieland music hits the streets of Asheville by way of Empire Strikes Brass. This summer, enjoy several funky performances by this second line brass band.
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FEAST Expands Partnership with Local Schools
A program of Slow Food Asheville, FEAST attracts new staff and extends healthy eating programs at Vance Elementary School and UNC-Asheville.
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Cover Artist ~ Richard Baker
It was February 2010. Lying there hooked up to monitors, with doctors and nurses circling him, he knew it was a heart attack. A bad one. It was at that moment Richard Baker made himself a promise: “I vowed that, if I survived, I would finally begin painting full-time.”
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Feature Artist ~ Maria Andrade Troya
It’s 2,465 miles from her hometown of Quito, Ecuador to Asheville, but Maria Andrade Troya says she feels right at home here. “As a child of the Andes, I am most comfortable surrounded by mountains, which Asheville has plenty of!”
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Restaurant Feature ~ The Cantina
It’s no surprise when restaurant owner Sherrye Coggiola explains, “Our mission is to feed people.” After all, The Cantina in Biltmore Village (formerly known as Neo Cantina) has served Mexican-inspired fare to locals and visitors alike seven days a week since 2010. The Cantina also frequently caters off-site events (sometimes with as little as 24-hour notice.) What may be surprising, however, is that The Cantina feeds hundreds of people who may have never tasted its food.
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At Home ~ In a Tiny House
Matt LaVoie has always had a knack for DIY projects. You could say the building spirit ran in his family. His father, a mechanic, decided at age 45 that he would fulfill his lifelong dream and become a builder. But a heart attack forced him to quit doing the physical work, and so he became a building inspector. Tragically, he died two years later when Matt was only seven.
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Southwings ~ Earth and Water from the Air
SouthWings, an Asheville-based organization serving 11 southeastern states, helps monitor environmental degradation and assists in advocating for conservation, and it does that by taking people of influence on flights so they can see for themselves the effect of their decisions on the environment. It focuses primarily on coal operations, river systems, and oil industry pollution in the Gulf of Mexico.
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f/32 Photography ~ Majestic Grace
As the sun slowly rises in the east and trickles through the branches, I keep my eye on the winding road ahead of me. The road is only 11 miles long but, because of the twists and turns, loose gravel, and oncoming cars, it can take as long as 35 minutes to reach the valley.
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