Edwin Arnaudin

1 week ago | mountainx.com | Edwin Arnaudin

With nearly 50 years of acting experience, Athens, Ga.-based writer/performer Stephanie Astalos-Jones has carved out a niche for herself with the one-woman show Disgruntled Fumes. “I once went to a poetry open mic, and the hilarity I found in the sincerity of bad writing, the poignancy of good writing and the mix of unusual characters made me want to create this show,” Astalos-Jones says.

1 week ago | crookedmarquee.com | Edwin Arnaudin

“Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name / And they’re always glad you came…” — Theme from Cheers, Gary PortnoyOther than bars and bowling alleys, there historically haven’t been that many public places where people can congregate, relax, and forget their worries without having to take out a second mortgage or risk injury.

1 week ago | mountainx.com | Edwin Arnaudin

Over the course of an intensive three-month workshop, Tara McCoy (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) instructed her Mud Dauber Community Workshop students in the art of Cherokee ceramics. On Thursday, May 29, the group’s creations will be debuted in the exhibition Didanisisgi Gadagwatli (ᏗᏓᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎦᏓᏆᏟ) at the Museum of the Cherokee People (MotCP) and kept on display through May 2026.

1 week ago | mountainx.com | Edwin Arnaudin |Kay West |Morgan Sykes

Western North Carolina’s foster care system struggles with a shortage of foster families, overwhelmed courts and limited resources for aging-out youths. Additionally, high turnover at the Department of Social Services worsens the problem, making the region one of the hardest in the state for foster kids to find stability.

1 week ago | mountainx.com | Edwin Arnaudin

While actor Ben Mendelsohn dominates the small screen in the Disney+ series “Andor,” Asheville-based chamber music organization AmiciMusic celebrates composer siblings Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn with a series local performances. Appropriately titled “Mendelssohn Mania,” the concerts run Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 1, and features local pianist Daniel Weiser alongside a pair of Baltimore-based musicians, violinist Andréa Picard Boecker and cellist Alicia Ward.