Last spring saw heated discussions, impassioned protests and even acts of vandalism around the formation of Asheville’s first ...

This month, I had the pleasure of interviewing Heather Edwards, a local pelvic physical therapist, an American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) certified sex ...

The exhibit runs Saturday, Nov. 15, through Tuesday, Feb. 17. Six trolls will be featured at the arboretum’s Winter Lights show from Saturday, Nov. 15, through Sunday, Jan. 4, where guests can ...

The gin-based Last Word cocktail is both a classic and a springboard for endless inventive variations; El Ultima Palabra uses tequila instead of gin — you get the idea. The Dutch Word uses either Bols ...

Thursday, July 10, 2025, is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and Buncombe County. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor activities.

Few Western North Carolina artists embody the spirit of true independent music better than Dave Desmelik. Since 1999, the Penrose-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has released a ...

This month, Adam Keene and Langston Kelly — a pair of musical and poetic story travelers known collectively as BecoMyth — will perform the three-part, immersive, genre-blending series We Begin in ...

As Lees grew older, the weight of this secret became harder to bear. In Lees late teens, when he received a draft notice ...

Joe Hooten, an eighth grade social studies teacher at Asheville Middle School and longtime local musician, has launched a guitar donation drive that’s placed dozens of free instruments into students’ ...

The Asheville Downtown Improvement District (ADID) launched in May. The initiative includes an 11-member team of community ambassadors who help maintain downtown’s cleanliness and de-escalate ...

The second half of 2025 is officially here, and with it a holiday that pretty much everyone who’s not a dog and/or has to ...

Movies in the Park is a cornerstone of our summer programming, designed to bring our community together through the joy of shared experiences,” says APR Director D. Tyrell McGirt in a press release.