I’m continuing my series of recapping the year that was 2010. Here’s my list of the top news stories for Asheville, a list there’s certainly debatable and certainly not comprehensive. What do you think the big stories of 2010 were for Asheville? Here’s what I’ve got, in no particular order: Obamas visit Asheville: President Barack [...]
Press release here: Hi Jason, We are gearing up for the sixth season of art classes at the River’s Edge Studio in the arts district of Asheville. I think it is some kind of record that an artist run learning center and gathering and exhibition space has survived in the ups and downs of the [...]
Passed along by loyal reader Gordon: Date: Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:59 PM Subject: Hatchery Studios Update! Hello! This is John Bryant from Hatchery Studios at 1 Roberts Street in the River Arts District. You’re receiving this email if you stopped by the building in the past few months or expressed interest in the [...]
The Asheville Area Arts Council is moving into new digs down in the River Arts District, and it’s asking the community to help it come up with a name. From the arts council on Facebook: A Community Arts Facility: for workshops, small-scale events, community meetings, display space for members, etc. etc… Ideas for a Name? [...]
Here’s another list that’s difficult for me to tackle: summing up Asheville’s year in food. I could try to list what I think are Asheville’s best restaurants, or best chefs, or best single dishes, but I’ll defer to the real foodies, the real experts, for that. Instead, I’ll take the survey approach and welcome your [...]
The frozen tundra edition: Top stories -The weather: Bitter cold temperatures gripped WNC for a second day on Monday, and an evening burst of snow made roads treacherous Monday night. A number of schools were closed and are closed again today. -Apartment fire: More details will come as an investigation into an overnight fire at [...]
Asheville, and Asheville’s River Arts District, couldn’t be hotter. Here’s the latest from the New York Times: What began with artists taking over abandoned warehouses has grown into what is now known as the River Arts District, thanks to its proximity to the French Broad River that cuts through this bohemian mountain town. “It wasn’t [...]
Press release here: Ash, The big news is that tickets for The 27th Annual Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacularare now on sale at www.themagneticfield.com. Presented by The Magnetic Theatre in The Magnetic Field (372 Depot Street in the River Arts District), the show will only have 12 performances on a pretty crazy schedule, December 8-22, due to Bernstein Family complications [...]
An early edition for Thursday: -Dobra Tea: Dobra Tea House is open on Lexington Avenue. Has anyone been? -Elumenati update: The Elumenati in West Asheville has a newly redesigned website. Awesome. -Young is done: David Young, co-owner of Fugazy Travel in Asheville and a former Buncombe County commissioner, says he won’t seek another term as [...]
A comment from loyal reader Luke, as part of the ongoing discussion about the changes happening in the River Arts District: I happened to run into these guys while walking in the district on Thanksgiving. I think they are planning to convert the hatchery to studios and “clean up” the area. The guy really seemed to [...]
The newest issue of Verve is hitting the streets as we speak. You can get a sneak peek online. The cover story focuses on The Magnetic Field, a new theater and coffee bar that’s opening in the biggest new development to hit Asheville’s River Arts District in years – the Glen Rock Depot collection of [...]
Some post-Thanksgiving info for you to digest: -Joey Flash engaged: Former WLOSer Joe Avary got engaged over the holidays. From ajc.com in Atlanta: Fox 5 reporter Kaitlyn Pratt became engaged to CBS Atlanta photojournalist Joe Avary over the Thanksgiving holiday. They met on the job last December in the Old 4th Ward, surrounded by flashing [...]
From loyal Ashvegas reader West is Best, in response to questions about why the graffiti wall on Roberts Street is suddenly off-limits. I recall someone telling me this summer that there was a plan to renovate the old Hatchery building nearby. I’ll try and track down more detail today: Level One Development plan submitted to City [...]
This is an interesting development. From the Asheville Citizen-Times: Graffiti artists are no longer allowed to use a “graffiti wall” in the River Arts District. The property owner recently placed “No Trespassing” signs on the property, which is located at 1 Robert Street. The Asheville Police Department will enforce all trespassing, graffiti, photo shoots or [...]
Review here: By Chall Gray On Thursday evening Tyler Ramsey played his now customary late-year solo show at the Grey Eagle. Ramsey has enjoyed a well-chronicled rise to stardom in the past couple of years, gaining notice for his solo output, and even more so as the lead guitarist of Band of Horses. The Grey [...]
Here’s another exciting announcement, this one from Asheville River Arts District: Hi Jason – My wife Jenny and I are VERY excited to be opening a new business in the River Arts District - Nourish & Flourish. This is our business in a nutshell (so to speak): Nourish & Flourish is a living, breathing, vibrant, [...]
Sounds like a cool event. Press release here: Asheville Americana favorites The Honeycutters open for Nashville veteran Tommy Womack on Friday, Nov. 19 at an intimate-but-public house concert in the River Arts District. Sara Day Events presents a cozy, community-focused evening of soulful music, friends and food for mind, body and soul. The $15/$18 ticket [...]
It’s Monday, and that means mapping out the week ahead: -New fences for the Wedge: Wedge Brewing is putting up a fence around its parking lot. Wedge owner Tim Schaller tells me he’ll be looking for welders to create decorative metal panels for the fence to match the funky metal art that his brewery location [...]
From Barbara Blake of the Asheville Citizen-Times: The new meditation labyrinth on Riverside Drive near the old Cotton Mill site, a project spearheaded by RiverLink, will be dedicated with a blessing ceremony at 2 p.m. today. People of all faiths will be urged to use the winding paths for meditation, conflict resolution and celebration. “In [...]
More of what’s going around: -Easel Garden: There’s going to be an “easel garden” set up at Pink Dog Creative on Saturday. Check it out as you tour the River Arts District Studio Stroll. -Fun at your local library: Celebrate the American Library Association’s third annual National Gaming Day at your local library, says Boing [...]
Some of what’s going around: -From the weekend: The Blue Ridge Roller Girls‘ season-ending bout was a big success, and they’ll keep rolling on next season. The Jar-e CD release party at the Lexington Avenue Brewery was packed out. Appalachia Rising at Bobo Gallery had so many dreadlocks that if you stretched them end to [...]
Here’s a quick question from a loyal Ashvegas reader: On a arts-related topic, Ash, maybe you could bring us up to date on two new theatre ventures that were supposed to be happening in Asheville: a coffe-house theatre (?) that was supposed to open this summer in the River District (?) and a dinner theatre [...]
Here you go: Moogfest Day III: A Bildungsroman (editors note: due to space concerns we were only able to include the chapter headings of this work.) By Chall Gray Chapter I: In which our we meet our narrator, driving intently toward the city, intently focused, ready for any eventuality. Chapter II: Our narrator arrives at [...]
Brilliance: Moogfest Day II: A Datum By Chall Gray Arrival: 6:30 p.m., the writer is running late because service was slow at the restaurant. The rumbling of Nosaj Thing forces itself down the tunnels and corridors of the Civic Center as though it were some type of sonic organism. Observation: The guy with the glowstick [...]
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