Posted in Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged Asheville, NC, Wedge Brewery, Wedge holiday hours on December 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Friends, we have a few important announcements:
-Oatmeal Stout comes out Saturday, 12/22
-Golem comes back on tap on New Year’s Eve
-We have long sleeve black tshirts and a few black hoodie, IPA sweatshirts available in the taproom
-We have some kegs of IPA available. Come in to reserve yours.
-We are open Christmas Eve, but closing early (like maybe 8ish)
-We are closed Christmas Day
-We are open New Years Eve but only until 10 p.m.
And, most importantly:
-Happy Holidays to you and yours!!!
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, This is Cool, Whole Community: Diversity, tagged Asheville, Bobo Gallery, NC, West African music and dance, Zansa on October 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Asheville-based band Zansa and friends have organized West African nights held every Thursday in November (except Thanksgiving) at Bobo Gallery. Start time is 8 p.m. and the evening includes West African drumming and dancing by a variety of folks. Toward the end of the month, they hope to offer West African dinner as well.
The first one is tomorrow night, November 1. Check them out!
“Zansa” is a street word from the Ivory Coast meaning “a blend” and newly-formed Asheville-based electric West African ensemble Zansa (featuring members of Afromotive) is just that. The group mixes modern and traditional styles, African and American sounds, folk and Afropop, rock and reggae. Adama Dembele, a 33rd-generation djembe player from the Ivory Coast leads the group.
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Education & Knowledge Sharing, Whole Community: Diversity, tagged art for everyone, Asheville, NC, Open Hearts Art Center; art and ability, whole community on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, Pollinate Collaborations Project, tagged Asheville, La Zoom Tours, Navitat Canopy Adventures, NC, tours of Asheville, Zip & Zoom Tour, zip lining Asheville on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two of Western North Carolina’s most unique businesses have wrapped into one amazing package experience: La Zoom Tours and NAVITAT Canopy Adventures offer visitors and locals a comedic bus tour of Asheville and zip line canopy tour for just $99! Call 828.225.6932 for reservations.
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged Asheville, blushin roulettes, bus tours, LaZoom Tours of Asheville, NC, private party rentals on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know you could rent the LaZoom bus for the most awesome parties ever? Um, yes. You can. And, you can put a band on there. And, it’s really fun.
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, tagged Asheville, Del Yeah, LAAFF, Labor Day Weekend, Music Video Asheville, NC, Pisgah Brewing, Wedge Brewery on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Asheville, once again, does not fail when it comes to providing amazing weekend fun. If I were in town this weekend, here’s what I’d be doing:
Friday, September 3–Best of MVA at Wedge Brewery, 8:30ish
Best of Music Video Asheville showing for FREE at the Wedge Brewery. That’s right some of your favorite local bands also have videos made by local filmmakers. MVA screens them annually (for the last three years) at MVA in February. The Wedge screens the “Best of” MVA this Friday at dusk. Best to get your lawn chairs set up by 8:15 ish.
Saturday, September 4–DEL Yeah Weekend at Pisgah Brewing, 3:00 p.m.
Buy Tickets $20 for advance, $25 at the door (if there are any left)
Emmitt-Nershi Band, Del McCoury Band and others TBA play at Pisgah Brewing in Black Mountain. Um, Del Yeah.
and…Outdoor Cinema at Wedge Brewing Co. Saturday is Paris Texas. Starting at dusk. Good eats from Bandido’s Burritos.
Sunday, September 5–Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival
Monday, September 6–float the French Broad
Just for fun, grab a tube or boat or air mattress and jump in. The water’s fine.
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, This is Cool, tagged Asheville, Asheville musicians, NC, Pritchard Park, Speedsquare, Washington Post on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image by Dominic Bracco II for Washington Post
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 16, 2009
In Asheville, music is everywhere. From church bells and buskers to pipe organs and drum circles, the city pulses with soundtracks as different as the experiences it has to offer.
On a warm summer night, I could hear the drums from blocks away. Instead of a steady bum-bum, though, the sounds drifting through Asheville’s downtown core made an exuberant cacophony: the thump-a-thump of hands slapping djembes, the ching-ca-ching of tambourines, the dong-dong of a cowbell and the shuff-a-shuff of shakers, the toc-toc of claves and the broo-roo of a didgeridoo, plus the sound of many hands clapping. It’s all part of the eight-year-old Friday night drum circle that takes place in Pritchard Park, a little landscaped triangle in the middle of this western North Carolina city.
