Former UNCA student returns to alma mater to perform in ensemble

Ian Bracchitta joked that of the 30 different versions of “Duetto for Cello and Double Bass,” the one thing all versions forgot was a successful method to play and turn pages simultaneously.

Decades define fashion in today’s industry

Arguably an accurate indicator of the popular culture, economy and politics of a society, fashion can also be considered a gauge by which time is measured.

If someone stopped by the Highsmith lower lobby last Tuesday, they got an eyeful of blasts from the past.

Despite what the name suggests, Dark Star Orchestra is not an alternative group of violinists, cellists or bassists, it’s a Grateful Dead tribute band.

Aug. 23 and 24: Auditions

Maiah Redelfs held her script with shaking hands as she acted with her scene partner during the first night of auditions for Theatre UNCA’s Festival of Tennessee Williams’ Short Plays.

Asheville designers create art in fashion

Fashion is and is not an art form.

“I never consider what I do art. I never will.” These words of Steven Klein, one of the most famous and talented fashion photographers working today, are a deviation from traditional thinking. They are especially potent given that they come from within an industry that seems to forever challenge the world to accept it as a business that deals in art.

Colorful musicians, street vendors and stilt-walkers lined Market and Eagle streets in downtown Asheville last weekend during Goombay, the YMI Cultural Center’s free African-Caribbean festival. Though many of its spectacles were culture-specific, Goombay’s themes were often all-inclusive.