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BPR Arts & Performance News

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Tiffany Jackson muscled her way from opera houses to bodybuilding stages to Western Carolina University
Jan 25, 2023
Community shares the byline at new Asheville venue Story Parlor
Jan 12, 2023
Even off the dance floor, Louise Runyon seeks movement in her poetry
Dec 20, 2022
Lee Stockdale turns to poetry to work through and beyond family trauma
Dec 20, 2022
Multimedia installation in Pack Square amplifies local housing issues and the stories behind them
Nov 17, 2022
Asheville vocalist Jordan Scheffer has a clear vision about her emerging career
Nov 03, 2022
Dave Hartley of The War on Drugs gets local and vulnerable with his latest Nightlands album
Oct 26, 2022
Taking similar paths to Western North Carolina, former soap opera actresses find comfort evolving from screen to stage
Oct 20, 2022
Many regard LEAF as a music festival, but founder Jennifer Pickering has always known it's about community
Oct 12, 2022
Months into creating her latest work, sculptor Nina Kawar found she was marking her own journey
Sep 21, 2022
Claude Coleman will play music 'anywhere, everywhere, all the time.' His latest venture helps others make music too
Sep 14, 2022
'Disruption' is just the start of a shift in storytelling at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Sep 13, 2022
In Asheville Ballet's season opener, 76-year-old Ann Dunn creates meditation on opacity and transparency
Sep 07, 2022
Jon Stickley's bluegrass band ditched vocals and found its voice
Aug 30, 2022
Smoky Mountain Sirens have wrapped female empowerment into a big-sounding rock record
Aug 24, 2022
Founded as a platform for Black actors, Different Strokes founder wants to go further
Aug 18, 2022
Abby Bryant emerges from an upbringing in the church to define herself in secular music
Aug 16, 2022
For experimental guitarist Tashi Dorji, the song never remains the same
Aug 12, 2022
With Curatory Gallery, Ashten McKinney has created an outlet in Waynesville for artists on the margins
Jul 15, 2022
Rising Appalachia is a band, but the founding sisters say it's also a community
Jul 07, 2022
From intern to director, Lex Turnbull is determined to keep Asheville's Revolve a thriving community arts space
Jun 28, 2022
Author Mindi Meltz writes fairytales for adults, weaving the earthly and otherworldly
Jun 17, 2022
In Digital Era, Zine Publishers Haven't Stopped Expressing Themselves By Hand
Jun 14, 2022
Sound artist Laura Steenberge says her body knows when she's on the right path
Jun 07, 2022
Marshall couple imparts community as much as guidance in a new Appalachian Trail book
Jun 01, 2022
Kenn Kotara found quick success as an artist and has spent much of his career leaning away from it
May 18, 2022
Singer-songwriter Valorie Miller lived near a former chemical weapons plant in Swannanoa and wrote an album about it
May 03, 2022
More than four decades in, Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre still experimental
Mar 29, 2022
As pandemic protocols loosen, concert and theater venues struggle to balance safety moving forward
Mar 24, 2022
Secret Shame vocalist Lena Machina emerges from the shadows of her mind and microphone
Mar 02, 2022
Asheville artist Zander Stefani wrangles his anxiety one brush stroke at a time
Feb 10, 2022
Asheville playwright Jamie Knox has collaborators, some of whom speak from within
Feb 03, 2022
Stewart and Owen adapt, dance and roll with the pandemic
Jan 25, 2022
'Terrible' musicians John and Cinnamon Kennedy are driven to save peers from overdoses
Jan 12, 2022
Two new books are the fruit after many years of labor for Asheville author Heather Newton
Jan 05, 2022
In scale and vision, Asheville hasn't seen anything like the new art market Marquee
Dec 21, 2021
Cherokee basketmakers weave the line between craft and art
Dec 15, 2021
Tema Stauffer provides the photos and leaves the narrative to her viewers
Dec 09, 2021
The Big Crafty returned as a boost to bank accounts and community
Dec 06, 2021
As Jangling Sparrows, Paul Edelman makes music to his own all-American beat
Dec 03, 2021
Asheville-area artists seek a collective voice on local issues through new coalition
Nov 29, 2021
With his eyesight worsening, painter Julyan Davis broadens his creative focus to literature
Nov 23, 2021
Music duo Okapi channels anger into heady music for higher consciousness
Nov 18, 2021
Bestselling author Wiley Cash reserves some of his most pointed writing for his Facebook page
Nov 09, 2021
Through faith and determination, retired Asheville native Fred Northup resurrects his biblical music
Nov 04, 2021
Painters Alicia Armstrong and Jeremy Russell bet on themselves in downtown's crowded gallery scene
Oct 28, 2021
Storyteller Gina Cornejo strives to draw sweat, from herself and her audience
Oct 19, 2021
While 'Searching for Jimmy Page,' on foot and on paper, Christy Hallberg grew into an author
Oct 14, 2021
As live music heats up, local venues are chilled by Covid-related challenges
Oct 06, 2021
Asheville Symphony Ignores Clouds Overhead, And Ahead, For Celebratory Comeback Concert
Sep 20, 2021
Christopher Paul Stelling Turns To The Quiet Of Isolation To Make His Introspective New Album
Sep 15, 2021
Buncombe Turnpike's Tom Godleski, As Playwright, Learns To Write For Theater
Sep 07, 2021
Under Stage Name Suruat, Asheville Rapper Taurus Lenoir Hopes To Flip Cultural Script
Sep 02, 2021
With New Work, Asheville Playwright Motivated To Counter Tropes Of Bipolar Disorder
Sep 01, 2021
Asheville's Cat Fly Film Fest Caters To Short Works On Small Budgets
Aug 24, 2021
Seeing World Through Child's Eyes Inspired Skidoo To Make Music For All Ears
Aug 23, 2021
'Duality Of My Brain' Guides Asheville's Indigo De Souza To Coat Downbeat Lyrics With Upbeat Music
Aug 16, 2021
Poet Glenis Redmond Fights Through Pain, Both Personal And Historical
Aug 11, 2021
Through Historical Fiction, Author Terry Roberts Strives To 'Keep A Sense Of This Place Alive'
Aug 05, 2021
Calliope Stage, Premiering In Sylva, Built To Disrupt Norm For Rural Theater
Aug 03, 2021
Artist Tarah Singh Looks For Hidden Truths Beneath The Masks Of Her Self-Portraits
Jul 29, 2021
New Asheville Sound Code Limits Volume As Council Leaves Room For Adjustments
Jul 29, 2021
Three Asheville Women, Busy In Other Bands, Answer Call Of The Smoky Mountain Sirens
Jul 22, 2021
Two Established Bands Behind Her, Anya Hinkle Claims Her Own 'Borderlands'
Jul 20, 2021
Wanna Get Away? Residency Retreats Cater To Creatives Craving Time To Think, Commune, Create
Jul 12, 2021
While Serving Visitors, New Director Wants Cherokee Indian Museum To Focus On Own Community
Jul 06, 2021
Asheville Standup Comedy Scene Built Behind The Scenes
Jun 24, 2021
Sights And Sounds From Friday's Opening Of GRINDfest
Jun 21, 2021
Everything On Hold. Wait, The Pandemic Is Over? Let's Perform
Jun 17, 2021
Traditional Chinese Music In Her DNA, Min Xiao-Fen Brings Western Daring To Her Asheville Move
Jun 15, 2021
From Stage To Page, Gavin Larsen Devoted To 'Beautiful Life' Of Ballet
Jun 03, 2021
Guided By Faith, Single-Mom Stylist, Author, Entrepreneur Finds Higher Calling For Voice
Jun 01, 2021
Through Visual Art Exhibitions, YMI Center and UCC Become 'Sisters In Reciprocity'
May 19, 2021
Asheville Native Struggled To Find Artistic Voice. He Found It After Serving Time In Prison
May 05, 2021
The Porch: What Is Our Collective Responsibility To Fund The Arts?
Apr 29, 2021
With NC Relaxing Restrictions, Live Music Slowly Returning Inside Asheville Clubs
Apr 12, 2021
Black Mountain Photographer Documents Gender Stereotypes While Living Them
Mar 29, 2021
Momentum's Move And Renovation Adds Fifth Major Destination To Visual Arts Corridor
Mar 22, 2021
The Porch: Artists Coping With Their Mental Health Through A Year Of Turmoil
Mar 17, 2021
They Co-Created Epic Musical Theater During Pandemic. The Real Story Is Their Friendship
Mar 15, 2021
UNC-Asheville Students Express Trauma Over Past Year In 'Hindsight'
Mar 01, 2021
COVID-19NC: Bars, Variants & Vaccines
Feb 28, 2021
Carved From Civil Rights Movement, Joseph Pearson Still Wields Paintbrush As Weapon
Feb 24, 2021
Based Indoors, Magnetic Pivots Into Outdoor Theater Company During Pandemic
Feb 22, 2021
Claire Elizabeth Barratt's Performances Defy Bounds Of Time, Space, Audience
Feb 17, 2021
New Tax Laws To Ease Burdens On Independent Artists, Other Freelance Workers
Feb 15, 2021
Through Worsening Cancer, Artist And Teacher Lara Nguyen Compelled To Create
Feb 09, 2021
From Stage To Screen, Asheville Couple Investing To Keep Local Theater Alive
Feb 04, 2021
Painter Luke Whitlatch Redefines Artistic Success After Move From L.A. To Asheville
Jan 26, 2021
What Does A Performance Festival Feel Like Online? Asheville Fringe To Find Out
Jan 18, 2021
Mental Illness From Shadows To Light Through Asheville Photographer By Way Of London
Jan 13, 2021
In Hour Of Nation's Turmoil, Longtime Asheville Musician Sang Out Call For Unity
Jan 07, 2021
One Of WNC's Most Collected Painters, Robert Johnson At Peace With Terminal Prognosis
Jan 05, 2021
Carly Taich Prepared To Leave Music for Good. Then She Wrote Songs About Love
Dec 22, 2020
Asheville Painter Julyan Davis Removes Mask From Surrealism With COVID Series
Dec 17, 2020
Proposed Sound Ordinance Strikes Bad Chord With Asheville's Music Community
Dec 14, 2020
Waynesville Author Leah Hampton A Rural Activist, One Story At A Time
Dec 10, 2020
Former Rabbit Motel Renovated Into SoundSpace Rehearsal Studios
Dec 07, 2020
Two Holiday Productions Find Creative Ways To Work Around Pandemic
Nov 30, 2020
Jenny Pickens Paints To Remember The Mother She's Never Known
Nov 16, 2020
Word On The Street Now More Than Words For Asheville Youth Of Color
Nov 09, 2020
Word On The Street Now More Than Words For Asheville Youth Of Color
Nov 09, 2020
John Cram Saw Something In Asheville, Then Committed His Life to Showing Everybody Else
Oct 28, 2020
Sculpture Honoring Downtown Buskers Provokes Critics--Chiefly, Downtown Buskers
Oct 20, 2020
Once Home To Small Staff, Gallery And Studios, Arts Council Now Down To Director's Home Office
Oct 05, 2020
With Citizen Vinyl, Asheville Drops The Needle On State's Only Large-Scale Record Pressing Plant
Sep 28, 2020
Protest Murals Marked History. What Happens Once They Come Down Isn't Black Or White
Sep 23, 2020
A Member Of Two Successful Groups, Eleanor Underhill Devotes Solo Music To 'Darker' Self
Sep 01, 2020
He Studied Music At Brevard. Now In Machine Head, Jared MacEachern Is Bassist In Premier Metal Band
Aug 27, 2020
First Published Eastern Band Novelist Hopes To Raise The Bar For Rural Writers
Aug 19, 2020