Asheville News

Music can be both entertaining and edifying. A better you could be just one show away... The show this week: Marley Carroll's CD release party at The Mill Room on Asheland Avenue on Dec. 13. Starts at 10 p.m. It's the time of year when the media bombards us conflicting messages of holiday cheer.

Yearly, The Hop Ice Cream Cafe turns out Yule logs, made with the shop's handmade ice cream.

Photo by Jeff Tallman Late last month, multiple local publications reported that their boxes were missing from the streets of downtown Asheville.

Even after 62 years of the "The Nutcracker," the century-old story surprises Ann Dunn, head of the Asheville Ballet.

Greensboro based folk duo Lowland Hum announced it will perform fifteen shows in its home state in January 2014, calling the series their "North Carolina Love Tour."

About 40 people this month will spread out across Buncombe County with the challenge of counting every bird they see or hear.

Voices in the Laurel's annual Holiday Concert will be on Sunday December 15th, 2013 at 3pm at the Lake Junaluska Memorial Chapel.

Retired Master Gunnery Sgt. James R. Childers Jr. is an icon around the Onslow County Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans.

A city man is facing charges in what police describe as a brutal sexual assault in West Asheville.

ASHEVILLE - The Reuter Center Singers, under the direction of Chuck Taft, will present a series of holiday concerts beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday at their home base, the Reuter Center at UNC Asheville.

Here comes Santa Claus! Downtown was swarming with Santas, elves and even a Krampus or two as revelers flocked to bars and meetups for SantaCon Asheville on Saturday, Dec. 8. In previous years the event was cloaked in secrecy, with meet up locations and times a carefully guarded secret.

Tis the season for decking the halls and buying sweet nothings to show each other we care.

Local writers will again have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program workshops in poetry and prose beginning in February.

There was a time when there were many garden clubs in Asheville and many women who were members.

C.J. and Hilda Cody were known to their family and friends as a loving and happy couple who were looking forward to spending Christmas with their children and grandchildren.

I f it's true that any politician must endure endless rock-throwing, then outgoing Mayor Terry Bellamy has lived through her share.

Nick Campbell and Wages , recently posted this new video for their song, "Pull Through."

This guide to Asheville-area tailgate markets is supplied by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

I am a cyclist. For the last three years I have trained like cycling was my job.

It's that time of year when Scrooge, Tiny Tim and other Christmas characters make their annual stage appearances.