arts and 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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Behind the rind: An inner look at the ‘Peel’

September 5, 2017September 8, 2017 Bailey Reinhardt 0 Comments arts and features, The Orange Peel, unca

Asheville’s famous venue The Orange Peel has hosted everyone from Bob Dylan to The Smashing Pumpkins. What is it that makes the self-described “social aid and pleasure club” so successful?

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Beat From the Street (April 17th, 2017)

April 23, 2017April 23, 2017 Larisa Karr 1 Comment arts and features, Asheville, Asheville style, avl, beat from the street, diversity, Dusty Albinger, fashion, Larisa Karr, local, nc, North Carolina, photography, profile, wnc

Derek Welch was originally a journalist who found himself prone to kicking along the roads in the Lower 48. Brett Morgan and Ashley Dillingham believe Asheville isn’t as freaky as it used to be.