Category Archives: Asheville Events

Asheville Arts Center Fall Semester

Published in Asheville Events on July 27, 2009

Asheville Arts Center - Asheville NCAsheville Arts Center has announced the beginning of its Fall Semester, which will run from August 17 – December 18, 2009.

It’s a fact that music, drama & dance lessons aid your child’s cognitive skills hugely as they develop. Whether you are putting your newborn into our Kindermusik program or your 7 year old in private music lessons, you’re raising a smarter kid. We can help!

The Asheville Arts Center is a school based on unlimited opportunities for students of all ages to explore their interests in music, dance and drama. We foster a love and appreciation for the arts through student-teacher relationships, which encourage and help you excel at your dream. We offer high-quality instruction and educational experiences because we are committed to the art of teaching and the teaching of the arts. It is our hope to build art and awareness in the community and provide a “home” for families to pursue their dreams.

Adult classses offered as well!

View & Register for Classes here:
http://www.ashevilleartscenter.com/classes.cfm

This is a great time to learn that instrument you’ve been wanting to pick up since forever, so don’t miss out on this opportunity!

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DIG Festival, August 20 and 21

Published in Asheville Events on July 26, 2009

DIG Festival 2009 - Asheville NC The Downtown Independent Groove Festival, a.k.a. the DIG Festival is coming to Asheville next month and I for one can’t wait. The festival spans 2 nights and includes a wide variety of musical acts appearing all over Asheville. Check out the lineup:

Night 1 – August 20, 2009

The Orange Peel – The Enemy Lovers, Chris Cates & The Master Plan, Kovacs & The Polar Bear.
Mo Daddy

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Bele Chere 2009 Wraps Up

Published in Asheville Events on July 26, 2009

Bele Chere 2009 - Asheville NC

Well, another year of the Bele Chere Festival has come and gone. Tomorrow the cams will all be reset to their previous positions and Asheville can go about its business. It was a fun year for the festival, even if sales were a bit down. We’re looking forward to next year!

On an administrative note, the site had some pretty good numbers over the weekend, but it seems the streaming server was struggling a bit with the load. We apologize for anyone that got the dreaded “failed to load” message, and we will strive to do better next year.

Bele Chere is by far the busiest time if year for the site, with thousands of people from all over the world checking in to see the festival live.

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Fund-raiser and birthday party for Pritchard Park

Published in Asheville Events on July 25, 2009

Pritchard Park Birthday Party - Asheville NCPritchard Park is having a birthday party on Friday, July 31. The party/fundraiser will run from 6:30 to 9:30PM at the S&W located at 56 Patton Avenue. The event is being held by The Friends of Pritchard Park, which is comprised of Asheville GreenWorks and the Downtown Asheville Residents Association (DARN).

A free birthday party will celebrate the park the following day. Proceeds from the events will benefit Pritchard Park. The fund-raiser will feature silent and live auctions. Live auction begins at 7:30 p.m.

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Welcome to Bele Chere 2009

Published in Asheville Events on July 24, 2009
Prepping for Bele Chere 2009 - Asheville NC

It’s official, Bele Chere 2009 has officially arrived! As usual, on this very special occasion, we have changed all our camera views to give you live shots of the action. Our robotic West Cam (affectionately known as RoboCam) is still giving all us Asheville natives a good view of traffic conditions around the Westgate Bridge, but it now gives you some nice zoom shots of the craft tents set up along Patton.

We moved the North Cam over to the West side and it is currently giving us a view of College Street and a bit of North Lexington. The South Cam is pointed a bit more down towards the Pack Square end of Biltmore Ave. Finally, the East Cam (another robotic camera which we call RoboCam II) is showing some close zoom shots of Pack Square.

If a camera doesn’t load for you, try refreshing your page.

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Catch Brushfire Stankgrass July 10 at Pisgah Brewing Co.

Published in Asheville Events on July 8, 2009
Brushfire StankgrassFor those who didn’t know, you can catch the awesome Brushfire Stankgrass tonight at the Pisgah Brewing Company. The show starts at 8’ish. It should be an awesome show. If you can’t make it, though, don’t worry, because they’re also gonna be at Carolina Mountain Ribfest at the WNC Agricultural Center tomorrow, July 11 at 5:30PM. You can check out a full listing of their upcoming shows on their website.

Hot on the heels of our performance at the Orange Peel on Wednesday night, we return to Pisgah for the ‘real deal’. Come hear what Brushfire is all about and have a great brew or two.
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Driving Directions

* Take I-40 to Exit 59 (Swannanoa).
* Go north down the hill to the stop light.
* Take a right at the light(US 70)and go about 2 miles until you reach a stop light just yards after crossing a railroad track.
* Left at the light (Grovestone Road).
* Go to the next light and take a right(Old US 70).
* Approximately 100 yards on your right will be Eastside Business park.
* Take a right onto Eastside drive, pass the through the old guard gate, and park on the left.
* Right behind your vehicle will be building 100.
* Come on in!

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Benefit for Asheville GreenWorks Thursday, July 16

Published in Asheville Events on July 5, 2009

Asheville GreenWorksIf you don’t know about Asheville GreenWorks , they are a volunteer organization working for a “Clean and Green” Asheville and Buncombe County. If that sounds like a good cause to you, we recommend you attend the benefit that is being held on Thursday, July 16 2009 in their honor at the Asheville Community Theatre .

Charlotte Street Computers is sponsoring a benefit for Asheville GreenWorks Thursday, July 16 at the Asheville Community Theatre. The event will feature a private performance of “

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