September Is Emergency Preparedness Month

Asheville City Council declared September Emergency Preparedness Month, and to celebrate, they're offering tips each week on their website.

Surreal Sirkus Returns to Pack Square for October Performance

Experience the mesmerizing revival of The Surreal Sirkus as Asheville's treasured performance art troupe brings back its unique blend of experimental theater, live music, and circus arts to reignite the creative magic of the city in the 13th Surreal Sirkus Arts Festival at Pack Square Park.

WNC’s Fall Foliage Is A Magnet for Tourists

We call it home, but visitors to our area see something more in the magical shift in the colors of the leaves. In this article, we delve into the allure of Western North Carolina's leaf-looking season and explore why it captivates the hearts of so many.

Affordable Housing Proves Too Costly – Again

As Asheville City Council continues to seek ways to build affordable housing on prime real estate downtown, they could not bring themselves to approve another proposal. Like others, its proposed means of paying for the subsidies were too out-of-scale and otherwise nonconforming with council's other visions.

Zelda Found Sanctuary And Tragic End Here

Zelda Fitzgerald, the iconic and enigmatic figure of the Jazz Age.

Community Meetings Scheduled for HCA/Mission Health Monitoring

Public meetings led by Gibbins Advisors have been scheduled in October and November in several communities across Western North Carolina served by Mission Health System. The first four meetings will be related to (1) Transylvania Regional Hospital (Transylvania County), (2) Mission Hospital, CarePartners and Mission Children’s Hospital (Buncombe County), (3) Angel Medical Center (Macon County), […]

Surreal Sirkus Returns to Pack Square for October Performance

Experience the mesmerizing revival of The Surreal Sirkus as Asheville's treasured performance art troupe brings back its unique blend of experimental theater, live music, and circus arts to reignite the creative magic of the city in the 13th Surreal Sirkus Arts Festival at Pack Square Park.

Pippin & Hamlet: The Requiem Are Sinister & Sumptuous

These two very different productions are both intensely immersive and delightfully dark.

‘Leave No Doubt’: West is Best in County

West Henderson won decisively at rival North Henderson, to emerge as the presumptive favorite as Henderson County football champion. The Falcons delivered on their coaches’ urging all last week to “leave no doubt” about who is best locally in 2023.

Monarch Butterflies Migrate Through Western North Carolina

Butterfly migration is an astounding event to behold; the peak of the migration in our area is usually late September/early October.