Arts & Culture
3 weeks ago
REVIEW: How scary is The Haunted Farm, really?

Answer: Very, very scary. As Halloween approaches this weekend, one of the best ways to spend the end of spooky season is a night at The Haunted Farm. Read more in our review of the scare attraction.

Entertainment
3 weeks ago
Scream scraps: The 5 worst horror movies of 2025 – 828reviewsNOW

With Halloween right around the corner, picking the perfect horror movie for your Samhain celebration is of the utmost importance. Whether you are a horror aficionado who has seen all the classics or a cultural connoisseur who likes to keep up with the latest releases, we have your scary movie trick-or-treating covered. Read on for a list of the tricks.

Entertainment
3 weeks ago
Jacob Elordi is electric in Netflix’s gorgeous, imbalanced ‘Frankenstein’ – 828reviewsNOW

It feels like Guillermo del Toro has been building toward this moment for his entire career. After constructing a dozen beautiful, gothic films featuring eccentric laboratories, empathetic monsters and crumbling mansions, he has finally been granted the opportunity to work with the ur-text of them all: “Frankenstein.” Read our review of the “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “The Shape of Water” director’s adaptation.

Arts & Culture
3 weeks ago
N.C. Arts Council awards $11 million in grants: Over $500 thousand for Buncombe Co.

The Arts Council awarded 24 different grants to Buncombe County alone, totaling $570,922 and supporting everything from the Asheville Art Museum to Claxton Elementary School.

Arts & Culture
3 weeks ago
Surreal Sirkus Arts Fest this Saturday: Experimental theater, live music and more

This weekend, the Sirkus is coming to town. This Saturday, the Surreal Sirkus Arts Festival will bring a day of experimental theater, circus performers, live music and over 50 art vendors to Pack Square Park.

Arts & Culture
4 weeks ago
Make-a-mask: Trackside Studios’ Clay Sayre to lead Halloween mask workshop

Sayre’s class, “Make a Monster Mask!,” will be held from noon to 4 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 24, in the Trackside classroom, 375 Depot St.

On The Town
4 weeks ago
Boo-vard: Halloweenfest 2025 set for this weekend in downtown Brevard

Everyone is invited to a haunting in the holler this weekend. Brevard will host its annual Halloweenfest this Saturday, complete with trick-or-treating, a costume parade and other spooky festivities.

On The Town
4 weeks ago
Things to do in Asheville & WNC: Oct. 24-26

Need weekend plans? Look no further than our weekend guide to Asheville and Western North Carolina, complete with everything from monster mask workshops to all day Halloween festivals.

Arts & Culture
4 weeks ago
Thomas Wolfe Memorial to host spooky story walkthrough this Saturday

This weekend, prepare for tales from beyond the grave at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial in downtown Asheville. Guests at the author’s Old Kentucky Home can expect to hear spooky stories of death, spirits and more, just in time for Halloween.

Arts & Culture
4 weeks ago
Prominent downtown Asheville art gallery names new director

Nicole McConville, an arts professional with nearly three decades of experience in the Asheville creative community, has been named as the new gallery director at Blue Spiral.