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This week Asheville will be inundated by theater of the strangest kind. The 18th annual Asheville Fringe Arts Festival kicks off this week boasting around 50 shows through the week at 16 venues in town – the festival also provides pop up performances and artistic creativity that is very non-traditional. Fringe Fest board member Jen Murphy joined us last week to discuss what makes this festival so unique.
News team correspondent, Andrew Rainey, speaks with owner of Static Age Records, Jesse McSwain, about the vandalism of the Tina Turner mural with on the storefront on the second day of Hanukkah, and then speaks more about this hate speech with working class, antifacist, antiracist activist and contributor to the Asheville Blade, Matilda Bliss.
The holiday season is upon us, and KP Whaley had a chance to speak with Franzi Charen, Founder and Director of Asheville Grown Business Alliance about the release of 2020’s Go Local card and why our community economy depends on shopping locally.
In a continuing series, News Team Correspondent KP Whaley explores all of the aspects of the 2019 Southern LGBTQ Health Survey completed by the Campaign for Southern Equality. In this interview, KP discusses the issue of the survey respondents’ mental health with Ivy Hill and Wynston Sanders.
In a continuing series, News Team Correspondent KP Whaley explores all of the aspects of the 2019 Southern LGBTQ Health Survey completed by the Campaign for Southern Equality. In this interview, KP discusses the issue of the survey respondents’ physical health with Ivy Hill and Wynston Sanders.
The Make Noise show at Revolve Studio included performances by Asheville locals – Jake Pugh and Bana Haffar, with Brett Haucke from Chicago headlining.
Listen to the performances here:
Bana Haffar
Brett Hauke
Jake Pugh