Arts & Features – The Blue Banner

Jack Antonoff brings bizarre sad pop to The Orange Peel

September 20, 2017 Erika Williams 0 Comments 9/11, arts and features, bleachers, concert, concert review, features, fun, gone now, jack antonoff, music, music review, review, show review, strange desire, The Orange Peel

Jack Antonoff’s latest solo endeavour, Bleachers, released their second album in June. On Sept. 12, Antonoff and company brought the powerhouse show to The Orange Peel.

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Crossing the Boundary: Basket making on the Cherokee Indian Reservation

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Erika Williams 0 Comments arts and features, basket making, baskets, Cherokee, cherokee indian reservation, features, museum of the cherokee indian, qualla, qualla boundary

The Qualla Boundary, better known as the Cherokee Indian Reservation, has been the home to tourism for more than a century. Part of this tourism is the ancient art of basketmaking, an art that is slowly dying out, but has recently made a resurgence.

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Indigenous experience examined through film

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Erika Williams 0 Comments agya boakye-boaten, arts and features, features, film, film festival, indigenous film festival, juan sanchez martinez, trey adcock

The Indigenous Film Festival will chronicle different experiences of indigenous groups around the world, sharing new perspectives with the student body and Asheville community to emphasize the importance of understanding diversity.

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Edna’s coffee shop provides great study atmosphere

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Erika Williams 0 Comments arts and features, coffee, coffee shop, edna's, edna's coffee shop, student discount

Located on Merrimon Avenue, Edna’s provides their customers with great service, a cozy atmosphere, and for UNCA students, a 10 percent discount.

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Fruit cake of music surf rock candy band *repeat repeat plays Asheville

September 14, 2017September 19, 2017 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments arts and features, music, music review, repeat repeat, review, show review, The Mothlight

Sarah Shadburne Assistant A&F Editor sshadbur@unca.edu Love knows no genre when it comes to Nashville based band *repeat repeat

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Beat from the Street (September 12th, 2017)

September 13, 2017September 16, 2017 Bailey Reinhardt 0 Comments Asheville, beat from the street, colour photography, downtown, Dusty Albinger, interview, Larisa Karr, nc, North Carolina, photography, portrait photography, Q & A, United States, US, USA

Larisa Karr Managing Editor lakarr@unca.edu Tyler Monroe-Karen, 24, jack-of-all-trades, originally from Gainesville, Florida What is your profession? “Everything.”

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Taylor Swift to address her ‘reputation’

September 13, 2017 Bailey Reinhardt 0 Comments

Amber Moser A&F Staff Writer amoser@unca.edu After three long years of waiting, Taylor Swift fans finally received the long-awaited

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Further to Fly embodies the journey of aspiring local artists

September 13, 2017September 13, 2017 Bailey Reinhardt 0 Comments

Emma Shock A&F Staff Writer eshock@unca.edu Chalk drawings and messages, both faded and fresh, trace their paths along the

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Cosplaying student shares part of her world

September 13, 2017September 14, 2017 Bailey Reinhardt 0 Comments ariel, cosplay, Disney, expression, hobby, new media, the little mermaid, unca student

Sophomore Crissa Berger enjoys a unique hobby which she uses to express her creativity: cosplay. It not only costs a lot of money, but requires originality as well.