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Living room with a gallery wall on a mustard-yellow wall, featuring many framed artworks around a cursive text design, a beige sofa, and two lamps.
Business
1 month ago
Local coffee shop, arts nonprofit C.A.M.P. to close this May

Just over one year after opening, Coffee, Art, Music type Place, a coffee shop and arts nonprofit located off of Tunnel Road, has announced that it will shut its doors at the end of May.

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Community
1 month ago
Asheville locals push back on ‘no-go zone’ narrative

Interviews highlight a mix of pride, concern and calls for more housing instead of increased policing

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Arts & Culture
1 month ago
Different Strokes! produces latest work by local playwright Travis Lowe

This June, Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective will debut the latest play by local writer/actor Travis Lowe, “Love and Other Vices.”

Children jump into a pool from the edge as a lifeguard and another adult supervise nearby indoors.
Health & Wellness
1 month ago
YMCA offers swim lessons, safety tips for National Water Safety Month

As Asheville prepares for water hole adventures, public pool days and beach trips, the YMCA of Western North Carolina offering expanded swim education programming for all ages. May is National Water Safety Month.

Hendersonville Theatre sign on a stone building with an events board listing April shows and dates outdoors under a blue sky
Arts & Culture
1 month ago
‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at Hendersonville Theatre is a pop-punk pleasure

Hendersonville Theatre concludes their very funny take on William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” this weekend, with performances scheduled for 7 p.m. on April 24 and 3 p.m. on April 25-26.

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Community
1 month ago
UNC Asheville dedicates Oscar Wong Memorial Garden to late Highland Brewing founder

Oscar Wong, the late founder of Highland Brewing Company renowned as the “Godfather of Asheville craft beer,” was memorialized with a garden at the University of North Carolina Asheville this week.

Brick building façade with an arched red sign reading 'Biltmore Crossing Gemelli Italian' and smaller tenant plaques below.
Food & Drink
1 month ago
Italian restaurant Gemelli brings new life to historic Biltmore Village building

Gemelli Italian restaurant is serving up community and recovery in Biltmore Village. As the historic Asheville business sector rebuilds from damage caused by Tropical Storm Helene, Gemelli has brought new life to one of its oldest buildings.

Exterior view of Buncombe County Schools building with a circular logo and white lettering on red brick under a clear blue sky
Education
1 month ago
May 1 rally shifts Buncombe County Schools to teacher workday

Buncombe County Schools has announced that schools will close for a teacher workday on Friday, May 1, the date of a statewide educator rally in Raleigh, N.C., citing safety concerns.

Outdoor wooden stage with a banner reading 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' against a backdrop of green trees and a clear blue sky.
On The Town
1 month ago
State of Asheville stages: Montford Park Players

Over a year and a half after the widespread devastation of Tropical Storm Helene, which hobbled business, tourism and the arts across Western North Carolina, 828newsNOW takes a look at how the theater community has recovered. First up, the Montford Park Players.

Stage scene with two performers in historical costumes: a standing woman in a pink, ruffled dress and a kneeling person in a floral gown, on a dark backdrop with a green couch visible to the left.
Arts & Culture
1 month ago
‘Venus in Fur’ at Attic Salt is meta, intense, intimate theater

“Venus in Fur,” directed by Jeff Catanese and starring Kate McGunagle and Alex McDonald Villarreal, is an intimate, psychological two-hander about sadomasochism, 19th century literature and the power dynamics between actors and their directors.

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