The Children’s Entrepreneur Market is an organization committed to teaching kids about money, sales and creativity through empowered entrepreneurship. The program, designed for 5 to 17 year olds, gives children an opportunity to hawk, sell and promote whatever products they want, from baked goods to handmade crafts.
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.
Charlotte Street eatery blends fresh Oaxacan corn tortillas, creative flavors and a laid-back neighborhood vibe
Looking for something to do this weekend? Try our weekend guide to the 828, complete with everything from film festivals, block parties and vintage markets to a Buddhist arts festival.
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.
Floodwaters about 15 feet high swamped the marketplace in Asheville’s River Arts District, wiping out the work of hundreds of artists and vendors