Wortham Center for the Performing Arts invites you to experience musical creativity with no bounds as renowned singer-songwriter Raul Midón performs on Saturday, April 15, at 8 p.m. Blind since birth, Midón lives in a world of sound, singing with the passion of the best classic soul singers and playing guitar with the instrumental chops of history’s most accomplished jazz musicians.
Asheville’s Center for Craft presents three new exhibits on display now through October 21. In the Center’s Bresler Family Gallery, the group exhibition Something earned, Something left behind is concerned with reconciling a history of craft and exclusion of POC narratives and displacement.
Buck dancing is a centuries-old folk dance of Southern Appalachian communities. Similar to clogging, buck dancing is a step dance with influence from primarily African American, Native American, Scottish and Irish dance forms.
One of the beauties of living in these mountains is the easy access to dark skies. Within minutes, one can drive to an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway and marvel at the majesty of the firmament. What a singular experience, or so I thought, until a recent trip to New Zealand.
Partnership for Appalachian Girls Education (PAGE) is a Madison County nonprofit program committed to offering meaningful learning opportunities for girls in order to help them achieve a bright and impactful future. “This is a big-picture mission that goes beyond just getting girls into college,” says program director Maia Surdam.
I received the frantic call from “Jerry the Inkman,” as we’ll call him, on a bright and warm Saturday morning. Jerry owns a small print shop in Asheville, a one-man operation, and he runs a couple of large-format digital printers. I used Jerry for road signs and posters, some more recently with subversive messages.
Created by vacationers on Bainbridge Island near Seattle in 1965, pickleball is a hybrid game with elements of Ping-Pong, badminton and tennis. Between 2020 and 2021, the sport grew by nearly 15 percent, now with an estimated 4.8 million players in the US according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association.
Hunting and fishing are great ways to introduce kids to the outdoors and to teach them to respect the natural world around us. Teaching our youth through first-hand experiences creates a greater understanding of how and why to better protect our environment.
The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine is available in both print and digital editionsWe are delighted you have chosen us to be your gateway—both through our popular print Asheville lifestyle magazine and our website—to the arts, culture, and communities that comprise the remarkable area that is Western North Carolina. In these pages, you will find behind-the-scenes stories about the region’s concerts, theatre and dance productions, festivals, restaurants, artists, and the multitude of locally-based businesses. We also enjoy bringing you features about the people and organizations who are caring for those in need, protecting our historic heritage, preserving our rich and diverse environment, and nurturing our cultural soul.
