Arts & Performance

The women's trio performs their entire debut album, "Solid 8," at a record-release show Friday at Fleetwood's in West Asheville.

Stephanie Hickling Beckman wants to develop work from Black playwrights writing roles specifically for Black actors.

Family Voices is a program by Asheville writers in the schools where kids and parents have the opportunity to connect with each other and themselves through writing. Asheville youth and families worked together for 8 weeks earlier this year to create an anthology and a safe space for connection and growth. StoryCraft producer Sharissa Thomason documented the program for BPR, and put together this reflection.

Abby Bryant and her band are opening for Lucinda Williams Aug. 20 at Pisgah Brewing in Black Mountain

Tashi Dorji is a solo artist and experimental collaborator who has won a following with his improvisational music.

Mira Gerard is conscious of her father's complicated history as she rebrands the gallery with an emphasis on women and queer artists, along with artists of color.

BPR's Matt Peiken has a brief conversation with the mezzo-soprano before Sunday's performance.

"A Search for Safe Passage" was written to engage grade-schoolers who might someday choose to work toward curbing animal fatalities along the nation's highways.

Melanie Bianchi's new short story collection is titled "The Ballad of Cherrystoke," and it draws on the author's experiences of Asheville during the 1990s.

Ashten McKinney is the owner and, currently, primary exhibiting artist of Curatory Gallery, which they launched to promote underrepresented and marginalized creatives.