Gaspard&Dancers, a Durham-based contemporary dance company, will perform at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, at 8 p.m. as part of the 2025 Asheville Amadeus Festival, a 10-day festival presented by the Asheville Symphony.
Wild Ones WNC is part of a national organization dedicated to promoting the use of native plants in landscaping through education, advocacy and collaboration with like-minded organizations.
The Southern Highland Craft Guild (SHCG) will host its fourth annual Pop-up Mini Craft Fairs on May 3 and June 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. On each of the Saturdays, 24 booths will be set up in the lower-level parking lot of the Folk Art Center.
The year was 1933, and America was paging through one of its darkest chapters. Nearly one-fourth of the nation’s workforce found themselves unemployed as the Great Depression ravaged the economy.
I recently met Ms. Champagne during a doctor’s appointment. I had to ask if that was her real name—and it was! I told her that it must be one of the most fabulous names I had ever heard, and I did ask her if she would mind if I legally changed my last name.
Wander through most neighborhoods and you’ll find squares of perfect green lawns and landscaping around the house with the same handful of beautiful flowers or deer-resistant bushes as the neighbors. Tradition and aesthetics drive the look of our current yards.
The Blue Ridge Orchestra (BRO) will perform its final concerts of the 25th Anniversary Season on Friday, May 2, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. as part of the biennial Asheville Amadeus Festival. Performances will be held at UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium.
Kellyn Carni’s debut novel Ricochet grew out of a prompt for a short story contest and draws upon a real-life event that has fascinated generations: the tragic story of Russia’s Romanov family
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