Bodhi Fest, a Buddhist arts festival, is coming to downtown Asheville this weekend with workshops and performances in the disciplines of dance, music and film.
The very first Asheville Film Festival will be held this weekend, complete with local, regional and national features, documentaries and shorts, as well as an Oscars-style awards gala, from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 15-17, at the Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St.
“Weapons” is a fantastic, novelistic and very scary new horror film from writer-director Zach Cregger. Read our review now.
The city of Asheville has invited the community to attend a free presentation on the Asheville Region Housing Needs Assessment. The event will run from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, Aug. 26 in the Thomas Auditorium at Blue Ridge Community College.
The Montford Park Players continue their 53rd season, “A Season of Lunatics, Lovers, & Poets,” with “Cyrano de Bergerac,” written by Edmond Rostand, translated by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard, and directed and adapted by Mandy Bean. “Cyrano” will run at 7:30 p.m., Friday to Saturday, Aug. 8-30, at the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St.
Caroline Rash, daughter of novelist and professor Ron Rash, recently published “Because the bullet arrives,” her debut work of poetry. Read our interview with Caroline Rash and Ron Rash about their family vocation and experimenting with poetic form.
The RAD Sip & Stroll will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9 all over the River Arts District, with open-air art markets and open studios presenting the work of hundreds of artists to the Asheville community.
FBRB will officially celebrate its comeback at a Grand Reopening Party from 1-10 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 9, at its 101 Fairview Road address, located just outside of Biltmore Village. The event also coincides with the 25th anniversary of the brewery and the release of its annual “Septemberfest” beer.
Surrounded by trees on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Southern Highland Craft Guild will celebrate all things wood this weekend with their annual Wood Day celebration.
Hi-Wire Brewing is throwing an all-day summertime celebration at their River Arts District location this weekend. Read what to expect at the Midsummer Bash!
