Crafty Concepts
Home, running Friday, July 5 through Saturday, Aug. 31 at Blue Spiral 1 gallery in downtown Asheville, will feature works that depict feelings, objects,…
Heritage Happenings
Heirloom Vegetables, Harvest Fests, and Other Happenings On Saturday, July 27, from 1:30-7pm, Patryk Battle of educational nonprofit Living Web Farms in Mills River…
Tools for Living
Couple finds fulfillment making globally coveted gardening accessories By: Mike Schoeffel When Ashe County-based Wheeler Munroe started making and selling fine leather tool belts, she was hoping…
Late Summer Color
Another Local Cloth workshop, Indigo Harvest — Saturday, Aug. 31, 10am-4pm, led by Eileen Hallman — shows folks how to go from freshly harvested…
Summer Fairs & Festivals
Summertime in Western North Carolina is filled with opportunities to learn new tricks in crafting, gardening, and where to shop for the latest items…
On the Savory Side
On Tuesday, April 30, Area Extension Specialized Agent Craig Mauney will lead a Container Gardening with Vegetables workshop, 3-4:30pm, including discussion on which species…
Niche Markets
Asheville’s artsiest neighborhoods and the greater region’s most charming towns get to shine every spring. The Weaverville Art Safari (Saturday, April 27 and Sunday,…
In Bloom April through June
The annual Biltmore Blooms event starts with tens of thousands of tulips in early April — but by Thursday, May 23, when the pageantry…
Happy Mediums
A bunch of genre-specific events this spring make the material difference. First up is Fire on the Mountain Blacksmithing Festival, a ringing celebration of…
WINTER BLUES (and Greens and Purples)
Sponsored by the Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild complete with cash awards, the juried Blue Ridge Fiber Show, titled “Fiber Connections,” will be displayed…