HELP: Asheville's $500 Challenge - businesses please pay attention

Jeff Fobes, founder and Publisher of the Mountain Xpress has put $500 in to help Save the Fourth of July with our MPAC's 4th of July WNC Block Party. He is also challenging everyone else in Asheville / WNC to match it. We only need 15 more! Where will you be counted?!


Contact for donations is Randy@myMPAC.com, or by phone: 828-645-2030. Checks made payable to: NCMAYSA -  8 England Woods Drive Weaverville NC 28787

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Push Productions Fashion Show in Asheville Coming Soon - Meet Sonia Hendrix

PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION 2010: An entire year has passed by the city of Asheville since our first fashion show and now the time has come again for the 2010: Summer Edition of Fashion, brought to you by PUSH Productions, a local AVL entertainment production company, already notorious for the production of the 2009 PUSH Asheville Fashion show.

Last year, over 200 people came through the doors of, The Garage at Biltmore, to see what they were promised would be the best fashion show in town. PUSH 2009 presented 36 models, showcased 14 boutiques with three local designers vending, all from the Asheville community! The goal of the show was (still is), proving to students and citizens of Asheville that shopping local is not only affordable, but the only way to find the clothes that are meant to be worn by YOU. PUSH was supported by the Asheville Citizen-Times, Mountain Xpress, G-Social Media, 105.9 the Mountain, 98.1 the River, The Garage at Biltmore, Bouchon French Bistro, Phi Beta Lambda at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, and ComaGun Music. Since the conclusion of last year's show, word has certainly spread that PUSH ASHEVILLE FASHION is a smash hit that needed to be repeated. Well, ladies and gentlemen---the time has come!

Starting now, the 2010 production of PUSH Asheville Fashion is accepting all business inquires related to participating in the fashion show. To qualify to be in the show, your business MUST be locally owned/operated and in the Asheville area. The staff of PUSH Productions will be personally inviting businesses and local designers to participate, but still are requesting independent designers and store owners to submit applications to be in the show. Please include a personal statement about your business.

This year's 2010 fashion show will be twice the size with two runway shows; 15 local designers and 20 local boutiques, local sustainable jewelery tents, silent auction, burlesque, aerial performances, cocktail party, and dinner. Don’t miss out on this must-have opportunity to have your designer or business name splashed all over Asheville streets, blogs, newspapers, and radio--through a process of heavy promoting and campaigning in anticipation of the show.

Yours in Community Growth,
Sonia Hendrix

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Best of WNC Bash in Asheville NC

Sunday, October 25, 2009 from 6:00pm - 11:00pm at The Orange Peel on 101 Biltmore Avenue Asheville, NC

Come on and celebrate the best of WNC — voted by you! Come get wiggy with all the winning big wigs. We got food, music, performances and a town full of crazy fun folks, so let's celebrate all that madness! Skinny Legs & All will bring the heat with their red-hot performances of your favorite smokin' blues and rock tunes. If you haven't heard Firecracker Jazz Band, lace up your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie to some red-hot N'Orleans-style jazz. If you have heard 'em, you know what we're talkin' about.

Female sketch-comedy troupe LYLAS will give their irreverent take on Asheville and the Best of voting process.Montford Park Players will perform the lovers' quarrel scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Best of WNC-winning artist Gabriel Shaffer will be live-painting. And the fabulous Cookie LaRue will emcee, bringing her patented blend of irritainment and song.

If all that entertainment fabulousness has got you hungry, don't worry: We'll have heavy hor d'ouerves from more than a dozen winning restaurants, including the Lobster Trap, Mela, Doc Chey's, Jersey Mike's, Mamacita's, Asheville Brewing Company, Rosetta's Kitchen, Jack of the Wood, City Bakery Cafe, Wasabi, Laughing Seed, Tomato Cocina Latina and French Broad Chocolate Lounge. The food will be happenin' from 6 to 8 p.m., or until it runs out! Thirsty? We'll have beer specials from Pisgah Brewing!

The East-West Collective is sponsoring a massive raffle of sweet stuff from local Best of WNC winners. Tickets are $15 in advance or $17 at the door. Get 'em early from the Orange Peel box office, at http://www.orangepeel.net/ or at Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall Street (on the second floor of the Miles building, behind the Flat Iron). This is a benefit for MANNA FoodBank, so come show your support and party hardy with much wig-itude! Local Matters!

Asheville Beer City Bash 6/26 Be There!

BEER CITY BASH - BECAUSE OUR BEER SCENE IS SECOND TO NO ONE!!!

Host: Orange Peel, Bruisin Ales, Mountain Xpress, Asheville Brewer's Alliance

Fri Jun 26 from 8:00 pm to 2:00 am at The Orange Peel Social Aid and Pleasure Club located on the corner of Hilliard and Biltmore Avenues

A party to celebrate Asheville's designation as Beer City, USA (EAST). Ten bucks gets you 3 bands, 2 beer vouchers and giveaways! ONLY 750 TIX WILL BE SOLD!!! More info at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beer-City-Bash-AVL/98291172400?ref=mf

SEE YOU THERE!!!

(Thank you Julie for this information! www.Bruisin-Ales.com Yes!)