Period furnishings at the Grove Park Inn. Photos by Kyle Sherard Asheville is hailed as an Art Deco capital, in the ranks with Miami for its architecture of that style. But an older, lesser-known vein of architecture and design predominates. It’s one quietly woven throughout the city and carried on in modern incarnations — Arts … Read more
From Oaxaca to Asheville: Photographer Henry Stindt traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico to capture the festivals and ceremonies that make that region unique. A closing reception for his exhibit, The Mestizo Spirit, will be held in Brevard College's Spiers Gallery on Friday, Feb. 22 Not so funny? Cartoons have a way of boiling cultures down to … Read more
Modesty’s the best policy: Local post-rock quintet Fictions claim to "make a lot of noise and the occasional song or two," but the band's atmospheric slow burners have a mounting intensity reminiscent of Explosions in the Sky's "cathartic mini-symphonies." Fictions plays The LAB's back room on Friday, Feb. 22. Behind the Mic Asheville FM hosts … Read more
The romance really heats up the weekend after Valentine's Day — that's when the Spanish dance and music company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana makes a two-night stop at Diana Wortham Theatre. "Through the dynamic expression of dance, influences can be seen and heard from Africa, the Americas and the Middle East," says press for the … Read more
Centralia, the new release by Brooklyn-by-way-of-Chicago drone duo Mountains, is described as the band's most fully realized to date. The sound of the twosome (Koen Holtkamp and Brendon Anderegg) is "defined by slow builds and subtle transformations, textures and melodic lines that evolve in a variety of ways to create grand soundscapes and acutely detailed … Read more
After 10 years, the jazz-prog-trance-R&B band known affectionately as PGroove is about to be a bit less perpetual. The quartet (Brock Butler on guitar and vocals, bassist Adam Perry, Matthew McDonald on keys and vocals and drummer Albert Suttle) from Athens, Ga., recently announced an extended hiatus, which makes their Saturday, Feb. 23 show at … Read more
Even though she now lives in New York, singer-songwriter Tift Merritt says she'll always consider herself a North Carolina musician. "The only thing that's more formative in my life than North Carolina is my family," she tells Xpress. And, while Merritt's most recent album is called Traveling Alone, it's a theme, not a touring reality. … Read more
Master beekeeper Diane Almond will share tips and bust myths about pollinators at the Swannanoa Library on Thursday, Feb. 28. Biker turned beekeeper Diane Almond, co-owner of Honey Bees and Heather Farm, wasn't always a beekeeper. In a previous life, she was a biker chick with a penchant for speed. When she hung up her … Read more
With love: Since Madeline "Maddie" Jones died in a car crash in December, her mother Kristie Worley(pictured above) has received hundreds of teddy bears in her 3-year-old daughter's memory. Photo courtesy of Mission Health On Valentine's Day, a host of teddy bears found a good home when Kristie Worley donated them to the pediatric unit … Read more
