LIVE FROM THE UNDERGROUND
A HISTORY OF COLLEGE RADIO Katherine Rye Jewell joins Davyne Dial to discuss her new book and the history and significance of college radio stations
Art, music, cultural events happenings in and around Asheville, NC.
Thomas Wolfe 1900-1938
Asheville’s own Thomas Wolfe “made it possible to believe that the stuff of life, with all its awe and mystery and magic, could by some strange alchemy be transmuted to the page” (William Gay). “Look Homeward, Angel is one of the most important novels of my life. . . . It’s a wonderful story for…
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
“We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion” ~ Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald A Broadway Street marker in Asheville, North Carolina hints at a famous yet tragic figure tied…
Needle “Exchange” Programs in Asheville
Todd Weatherly joins WPVM’s General Manager to discuss the reasoning and the unintended consequences of needle “exchange” programs Asheville has embraced needle exchanges as part of a comprehensive strategy, rooted in public health data, to deal with addiction and its effects on the community. The programs remain controversial but are firmly established locally as…
Moogseum
This nonprofit museum celebrates synth pioneer Bob Moog, who revolutionized electronic music as we know it
CITIZENS VINYL
Music has returned to Asheville’s iconic 1939 Citizen Times building, where Bill Monroe first unleashed his bluegrass sound over the airwaves of WWNC am radio station. Now home to Citizen Vinyl, the historic art deco floors………….