Asheville News

It wasn't long ago that Heather Brannan spent her days in power suits and designer heels, planning and executing elaborate soirees at the Grove Park Inn and rubbing elbows with the affluent and elite from across the world.

In my twice-monthly blog 30 Days Out, I spotlight upcoming music shows and events of note.

Police say an Asheville man broken into a woman's home, threatened her with a gun and stole prescription drugs and cash.

A group of men from the Union Grove Amish Church in Hamptonville, N.C., were the driving force behind a barn raising this past week at Hickory Nut Gap Farm.

Get growing : Starting a farmers market may be no easy undertaking but there are some resources to get you started.

ASHEVILLE - The internationally acclaimed Irish fiddle performer Jamie Laval will provide special music at the 11 a.m. service Sunday at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road.

Just Looking: New Portrait Street Photography an exhibition of works by Asheville photographer Anthony Bellemare, is on view at PUSH Gallery through April 14. The opening reception is today - Friday, March 7, from 7-10 p.m. The collection highlights both familiar faces and the visual record of an attentive passer-by.

Posh Boutique Hotel, open for nearly a year, had its grand opening last month. But the building's history predates it by almost a century -- and started as a tribute to George Vanderbilt's cousin and very good friend, Clarence Barker.

Spring is fast approaching. That means WNC farmers will soon begin harvesting asparagus, greens and spring onions to sell at farmers tailgate markets and to pack directly for their CSA -- Community-Supported Agriculture -- farm share subscribers.

At 18 Lexington Ave., where Bobo Pho opened just last year, there's been paper over the windows for weeks.

The co-creators of The Big Crafty plan to open an indie art/craft boutique and gallery retail space on Patton Avenue called Horse and Hero.

Governor Pat McCrory has ordered all North Carolina state flags on state facilities to be lowered to half staff in honor of Senator Martin Nesbitt of Buncombe County, who passed this evening.

Here's the press release from the Asheville Tea Party via email from Chair Jane Bilello.

State Sen. Martin Nesbitt, who this week stepped down as minority leader because of illness, has died.

For most, takeout is now a regular part of life. And stats show Asian food is one of the more popular takeout cuisines.

From left, Barium Springs Home for Children CEO John Koppelmeyer and Homes for Children board chair Bill Wasulko shake hands on a merger that combines Barium Springs and Grandfather Home for Children into one entity.

Earl Ijames, N.C. Museum of History curator of African American history, will present a program on slavery and freedom twice on Saturday: at noon at the Mountain Gateway Museum in Old Fort, and at 4 p.m. in Asheville at the Western Regional Office of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, 176 Riceville Road in Asheville.

Hurricane Katrina sent a wave of New Orleans residents Asheville's way, establishing our fair city as the Little Easy to the bigger city's Big Easy.

The third annual Wing War competition takes flight this Sunday at Asheville Music Hall with local restaurants see who makes Asheville's best wings.

If there is a musical road running from the Carolinas to Texas, it is connected by bands like bluesy Americana outfit Amigo from Charlotte.