Altamont Brewing in West Asheville is preparing to finally live up to its name and start brewing beer. The joint on Haywood Road has been operating as a bar since it opened last March. My colleague Tony Kiss aka The Beer Guy reported thusly on Altamont Brewing’s plans: The brewery part comes later, said partners [...]
Word on the street is that Lionsgate folks have been scouting Western North Carolina for film locations for the upcoming remake of Dirty Dancing. No word yet if any of the film will be shot around here. Fans of the movie will recall that the original was filmed around Lake Lure back in the 1980s. [...]
More action in the River Arts District. Congrats to loyal readers Fur and Kathy on their new shop: Hey Jason, We just wanted to drop a line to let you know about our new store opening in the RAD. Fast Lane Electric Bikes is an electric bicycle shop co-owned by long time Ashvillians Fur Banks [...]
Fun! Here’s the press release, from carolinamountaindog.com: The first annual “WestvilleMinster” Dog Show, a dog show for all dogs, will be held on Saturday, April 28 from 12 to 4 PM at Patton Avenue Pet Company, 1388 Patton Avenue in Asheville. For guests looking to add a new family member, there will be pet adoptions [...]
Integrative Family Medicine is keeping its overheard low by not accepting health insurance and thus offering holistic health care at super-cheap prices. From the clinic’s newsletter: The Integrative Life Program is our solution and we are confident that through exploring this model with patients and other health care practitioners we can further develop this solution [...]
Altamont Brewing in West Asheville is preparing to finally live up to its name and start brewing beer. The joint on Haywood Road has been operating as a bar since it opened last March. My colleague Tony Kiss aka The Beer Guy reported thusly on Altamont Brewing’s plans: The brewery part comes later, said partners [...]
Nice Storify roundup here via BlogAsheville: [View the story "New Belgium holds open house for Asheville input about big change in the RAD" on Storify]
From the Get Down’s page on Facebook: One of Asheville’s, and the East Coast’s, best music venues is in danger of shutting it’s doors,let’s not allow that to happen! Aside from struggling month to month to pay our normal operating costs, and trying to recover from all the legal issues that occurred last fall, we’re getting [...]
Press release here: During the month of June, the fishing will be good throughout the French Broad River Watershed, as more than 20 bars, restaurants and businesses will sell “fish” to their customers. Paper fish, that is – encouraging customers to “give of your liver to save the river.” For more than five years, the [...]
Here’s the letter that’s making the rounds: Dear Families, Parents, Students, and Staff, We are writing this e-mail to ask for your participation in providing a voice to help support Asheville Middle School. We as parents are extremely thankful for those teachers who are committed to education and value diversity. There are many great programs [...]
Here’s a nice note from loyal reader Rebecca: Jason, Coming out of a Page Ave office bldg in the wee hours Thursday morning, a couple of guys at a bright shiny outdoor vendor cart across from Basilica called out “Cuban coffee, is ready!” I walked over there thinking, sure, it’s Cuban coffee (not). But it [...]
Word on the street is that Lionsgate folks have been scouting Western North Carolina for film locations for the upcoming remake of Dirty Dancing. No word yet if any of the film will be shot around here. Fans of the movie will recall that the original was filmed around Lake Lure back in the 1980s. [...]
Press release here: The Western North Carolina Alliance seeks volunteers to participate in an invasive exotic plant management/control event on Wednesday, April 25 in Richmond Hill Park. Details: Who: Western North Carolina Alliance volunteer work day What: Invasive Exotic Plant Management/Control Where: Richmond Hill Park, Asheville When: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 Why: To restore native plant [...]
Press release here: Rachael Evans, Asheville native and author of the popular DIY blog, Lovely Crafty Home, has been featured in Natural Home & Garden’s May/June 2012 issue. The feature article, titled “Fab Floors,” focuses on Rachael’s beautiful, unique and environmentally friendly paper bag flooring technique. The floors are created by gluing and staining plane paper grocery [...]
Press release here: CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, an online investigative news journal covering Western North Carolina, has been awarded a $14,000 grant by the McCormick Foundation’s New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative. CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS is one of four women-led public-service news projects selected by McCormick to develop initiatives in the coming year. Winners were chosen from 227 proposals received in [...]
More action in the River Arts District. Congrats to loyal readers Fur and Kathy on their new shop: Hey Jason, We just wanted to drop a line to let you know about our new store opening in the RAD. Fast Lane Electric Bikes is an electric bicycle shop co-owned by long time Ashvillians Fur Banks [...]
Very cool. Press release here: The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is honored to announce that the Jargon Society, the highly significant small-press publisher founded in 1951 by Jonathan Williams (Asheville native, Black Mountain College alumnus, poet, publisher and photographer) is now under the museum’s auspices. The Jargon Society was founded by Jonathan [...]
Last week was just one of those weeks. One of those weeks where I was out and about waaay too much, but having a good time at it. It all really got rolling Thursday – weekends always get rolling in Ashvegas on Thursday – when I strolled up and down Depot Street. First stop was [...]
Fun! Here’s the press release, from carolinamountaindog.com: The first annual “WestvilleMinster” Dog Show, a dog show for all dogs, will be held on Saturday, April 28 from 12 to 4 PM at Patton Avenue Pet Company, 1388 Patton Avenue in Asheville. For guests looking to add a new family member, there will be pet adoptions [...]
Integrative Family Medicine is keeping its overheard low by not accepting health insurance and thus offering holistic health care at super-cheap prices. From the clinic’s newsletter: The Integrative Life Program is our solution and we are confident that through exploring this model with patients and other health care practitioners we can further develop this solution [...]
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