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Eleven years ago, Bear Rinehart was studying political science at Furman and had no idea that life after college was going to take him on the road with his band.
North Carolina Apple Festival , Friday-Monday, downtown Hendersonville. Street fair, arts and crafts, exhibits, apple products for sale, children's activities, open house, entertainment and more. www.ncapplefestival.org, 697-4557
All shows at the Peace Center, unless noted. Tickets for Peace Center shows at www.peacecenter.org or 800-888-7768.
TRYON -- Area residents Mara and Ford Smith will hold a book signing noon-2 p.m. Saturday at The Book Shelf, 90 Pacolet St. The autograph party will be for the couple's first novel, "Endangered," a suspense novel 20 years in the making.
Where did summer go? Seems like just yesterday we were whining about all that cold, snowy weather, and now summer has rushed through and is almost over.
Superstar entertainment Cee-Lo has been added to Asheville's Moogfest electronic music celebration, Oct. 29-31, organizers announced.
"Scotch Tomedy IV: Get Your Mind Out of the Butter," original sketch comedy by Scott Bunn and Tom Chalmers, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday, 35below, lower back level, Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. 254-1320. www.ashevilletheatre.org
Hidden from critics until just before its release, the dirty secret about "The American" turns out to be that it's an "art film." Heavens, no!
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ASHEVILLE -- When a group of hostages form an emotional bond with their kidnappers, it's called the Stockholm syndrome. So if that's the name of your band, who are the captors and who are the irrational captives?
LAKE JUNALUSKA -- Traditional performers from around Western North Carolina and east Tennessee gather behind the old wooden stage on the grounds of the Lake Junaluska Assembly this weekend for the Smoky Mountain Folk Festival.
Castell Photography is hosting "Pillow Talk," an exhibit of photo-based imagery from Denver artist Ben Isburg.
ASHEVILLE -- Matt Williams is a lot of things: musician, record company executive.
WEAVERVILLE -- Enrollment for music classes at Joyful Noise is now open. To learn more, plan to attend the open house 6-8 p.m. Sept. 20 at the First Presbyterian Church, 30 Alabama Ave. Observe private lessons 6-7 p.m.
In "Going the Distance," Drew Barrymore plays a quick-to-laugh, ambitious young hipster who loves cool indie bands, "Shawshank Redemption" and playing the old arcade games in bars.
"Machete" is insanely violent, insanely over the top and pretty much just flat-out insane.
I love Asheville. But I hate the phrase this city gave birth to: "That's so Asheville."
NEW YORK -- Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.
Outside of ESPN's launch of its college football coverage and a new episode of "Futurama," your best Thursday choices are scripted repeats. So if you're not watching the game, shift to a witch-fueled "Bones" (Fox, 8 p.m.
LONDON -- Did creation need a creator?
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses.
DUBLIN -- Axl Rose, it seems, needs a little more patience -- and a much louder alarm clock.
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Indiana State Police say a movie extra has been critically injured on the production set of "Transformers 3."
HENDERSONVILLE -- New to the N.C. Apple Festival line up of special events set for Labor Day weekend is an Organic Market, which will be open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 5 on Maple Street in front of the train depot.
Miranda Lambert made history Wednesday morning when she was nominated for nine CMA Awards, the most for a female country music artist.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Miranda Lambert made history Wednesday morning when she was nominated for nine CMA Awards, the most for a female country music artist.
WAYNESVILLE -- Mary J. Messer, author of the newly released Appalachian memoir Moonshiner's Daughter, will appear, along with her editor Buffy Queen, at the Historic Farmers' Market, during the day Sept. 4 in the HART parking lot, Pigeon St.
ASHEVILLE -- The Habitat for Humanity Home Store will hold its annual customer appreciation sale Saturday. From 10 a.m.-4 p.m., all merchandise -- including furniture, house wares, appliances, building materials and antiques -- will be 25 percent off.