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Catawba Partners with Appalachian Trail Conservancy for Small Batch IPL Release

Catawba Brewing March 6, 2017 Comments Off on Catawba Partners with Appalachian Trail Conservancy for Small Batch IPL Release

Catawba Brewing will release a Small Batch India Pale Lager (5.8% ABV) on Thursday, March 9, with a portion of proceeds benefitting the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Hiker Happy Hour (HHH) will be held at Catawba’s South Slope location from 5:30-7:30pm. Celebrate Spring with staff, volunteers, and members of ATC’s Southern Region (NC, TN, GA) at the last Asheville HHH of the season. ATC members who attend any Asheville HHH will be entered in the grand prize raffle for A.T. swag, including an ENO Hammock. New members joining on Thursday will be entered, too.

Flat Rock Playhouse Presents Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

Flat Rock Playhouse March 6, 2017 Comments Off on Flat Rock Playhouse Presents Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

The whimsical, world-famous candy man himself is back, this time in the mountains of Western North Carolina, as he takes the stage at Flat Rock Playhouse in their Studio 52 Family Series production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka. Opening March 24^th through April 2^nd at the Flat Rock Playhouse Main Stage, this timeless family favorite will sport a "delicious stage full of amazing characters, singing, dancing and acting for the inner child in all of us, with perhaps a few parenting lessons along the way," says Director Dave Hart.

Frostbite Ice Cream To Open Second Location

Staff Writer March 2, 2017 Comments Off on Frostbite Ice Cream To Open Second Location

Frostbite Ice Cream is an up and coming soft service ice cream shop that opened in November of 2015. Located in the parking lot of the newly remodeled Sky Lanes bowling alley on Patton Avenue, Frostbite serves freshly made ice cream made with local ingredients. In addition their soft serve offerings, the unique shop offers beignets, coffee, shaved ice, cotton candy and brownies.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time Headlines Three New Catawba Releases

Catawba Brewing March 2, 2017 Comments Off on Peanut Butter Jelly Time Headlines Three New Catawba Releases

Peanut Butter Jelly Time (5.7 percent ABV) makes its eagerly anticipated return on Friday, March 3. A light brown ale with a touch of wheat in its malt bill provides the bready base for the star ingredients. This one-of-a-kind beer was then aged on real whole roasted local WNC peanuts and Oregon raspberries, resulting in the wildly popular “sandwich in a glass.” PB&J will be available on draft and in new 4-pack tallboy cans in all Catawba tasting rooms and in distribution.

Workers Launch Campaign Petitioning To Keep Tips At US Cellular Center

Staff Writer March 1, 2017 Comments Off on Workers Launch Campaign Petitioning To Keep Tips At US Cellular Center

Workers at the US Cellular Center and the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium -- the largest multi-purpose event spaces in Asheville, NC -- are calling on the management to let concession patrons leave tips and allow concession workers to keep them. Check out the campaign here!

Beer

Hi-Wire Brewing Announces Plans for Birmingham, AL Location

Hi-Wire Brewing February 9, 2022 Comments Off on Hi-Wire Brewing Announces Plans for Birmingham, AL Location

The brewer’s first Alabama taproom, set to open in late summer, will join Hi-Wire’s roster of soon-to-be ten taprooms. With expansions underway at both its Biltmore Village Production and South Slope Specialty breweries in Asheville, two additional locations are scheduled to open this year – Charlotte, N.C., in the spring and Cincinnati near the end of 2022. Alabama marks the fourth state in which the award-winning brewery will have premises with six facilities in Hi-Wire’s home state of North Carolina along with out-of-state taprooms in Knoxville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, and soon-to-be Cincinnati, Ohio. Hi-Wire Brewing has opened three new locations since December of 2020 in addition to expanding its distribution footprint to a ninth state, Virginia.

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Hi-Wire Brewing Announces Plans for Cincinnati Taproom

Hi-Wire Brewing December 9, 2021 Comments Off on Hi-Wire Brewing Announces Plans for Cincinnati Taproom
Hi-Wire Brewing Announces Plans for Charlotte, NC Location

Hi-Wire Brewing October 7, 2021 Comments Off on Hi-Wire Brewing Announces Plans for Charlotte, NC Location
Brews and Bears at the WNC Nature Center is Back Just in Time for Summer

WNC Nature Center June 7, 2021 Comments Off on Brews and Bears at the WNC Nature Center is Back Just in Time for Summer
Celebrate 10 Years of Catawba’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time

Catawba Brewing April 1, 2021 Comments Off on Celebrate 10 Years of Catawba’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Catawba Valley Brewing Co. acquires Wilmington NC’s Skytown Beer Co.

Catawba Brewing February 12, 2021 Comments Off on Catawba Valley Brewing Co. acquires Wilmington NC’s Skytown Beer Co.

Music

Golden Shoals Comes to The Grey Eagle 5/12/2022

User Submission February 16, 2022 Comments Off on Golden Shoals Comes to The Grey Eagle 5/12/2022

Golden Shoals Gearing Up To Take Their Self-Titled Debut On The Road
Nashville, TN - Amy Alvey and Mark Kilianski have toured on foot—gig to gig with backpacks and instrument cases—for we

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Moogseum Announces Google Arts Exhibit

User Submission March 10, 2021 Comments Off on Moogseum Announces Google Arts Exhibit
SoundSpace @ Rabbit’s Now Open Inside Historic Rabbit’s Motel

Staff Writer January 13, 2021 Comments Off on SoundSpace @ Rabbit’s Now Open Inside Historic Rabbit’s Motel
ACMS PRESENTS THE CALIDORE STRING QUARTET

Staff Writer November 11, 2020 Comments Off on ACMS PRESENTS THE CALIDORE STRING QUARTET
Bob Moog Foundation Announces Trifecta Raffle

Staff Writer August 31, 2020 Comments Off on Bob Moog Foundation Announces Trifecta Raffle

Food

Asheville Tea Company Celebrates Five Year Anniversary

Melissa Dean September 21, 2021 Comments Off on Asheville Tea Company Celebrates Five Year Anniversary

Asheville Tea Company is celebrating five years with a new birthday brew and giveaway sweeter than a cool glass of southern iced tea. To celebrate their five-year anniversary, Asheville Tea Company is excited to release their official Birthday Party blend – a colorful rooibos blend with vanilla bean, oat straw, calendula and blue cornflower.

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Harvest Pizzeria to Open on the South Slope

Melissa Dean August 31, 2021 Comments Off on Harvest Pizzeria to Open on the South Slope
Citizen Vinyl & Session Café to Extend Hours this Week

Staff Writer June 1, 2021 Comments Off on Citizen Vinyl & Session Café to Extend Hours this Week
Asheville Tea Company Releases Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes

Melissa Dean January 26, 2021 Comments Off on Asheville Tea Company Releases Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes
Asheville Independent Restaurant Association seeks support through AIRfriends

Melissa Dean January 18, 2021 Comments Off on Asheville Independent Restaurant Association seeks support through AIRfriends

Art

Pink Dog Gallery Covid-19 Exhibition Updates

Staff Writer March 14, 2020 Comments Off on Pink Dog Gallery Covid-19 Exhibition Updates

Now extended through May 3, 2020:

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Montford Music & Art Festival Announces Early Info for 2020 Event

User Submission February 28, 2020 Comments Off on Montford Music & Art Festival Announces Early Info for 2020 Event
Holiday Pop-up Series at Firestorm Announces Artist Lineup for 2019

User Submission December 4, 2019 Comments Off on Holiday Pop-up Series at Firestorm Announces Artist Lineup for 2019
Uncommon Market Holiday 5th Year in Asheville

Staff Writer December 2, 2019 Comments Off on Uncommon Market Holiday 5th Year in Asheville
AVL RAD January 11 2020 Second Saturday

Staff Writer November 21, 2019 Comments Off on AVL RAD January 11 2020 Second Saturday

Equestrian

TIEC Competitions Opening to Public May 3 with Limited Capacity

Staff Writer April 28, 2021 Comments Off on TIEC Competitions Opening to Public May 3 with Limited Capacity

Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort (TIEC) will welcome the return of spectators beginning May 3 at 40% capacity thanks to a protocol easement in a

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Official Statement from Tryon Resort Covid-19

Tryon International Equestrian Center March 13, 2020 Comments Off on Official Statement from Tryon Resort Covid-19
2019 Tryon Block House Races Canceled; Races to Resume in April

Tryon International Equestrian Center August 21, 2019 Comments Off on 2019 Tryon Block House Races Canceled; Races to Resume in April
Tryon Block House Races Rescheduled for October

Tryon International Equestrian Center March 11, 2019 Comments Off on Tryon Block House Races Rescheduled for October
Ticket Sales Announced for 73rd Tryon Block House Races Returning April 13, 2019

Tryon International Equestrian Center January 9, 2019 Comments Off on Ticket Sales Announced for 73rd Tryon Block House Races Returning April 13, 2019

Hurry, We need more space! Asheville Humane Society is currently caring for OVER 30 pigs and p…

After a sold-out first year, the Running of the Goats 5k and Nature Walk returns on Sunday morning, …

The brewer’s first Alabama taproom, set to open in late summer, will join Hi-Wire’s roster of soon-t…

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue has a long-standing history of offering popular Puppygrams each Valentine…

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