Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Historic Biltmore Village announces inaugural event - April 4 and 5



Beer, Bites & Bands

Restaurants and breweries in Historic Biltmore Village have come together to create a new and unique event.  Two local breweries and 8 local restaurants have joined together to promote ”Beer, Bites, and Bands” to be held April 4 & 5 from 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM at the two brewery locations.   

On both evenings, customers will have the opportunity to sample craft beers from Catawba Brewing Company located at 19 Brook Street and French Broad Brewery located at 101 Fairview Street.  In addition to the beer, food from eight different Biltmore Village restaurants will be provided along with live music. 

On Friday night, at both brewery locations, food will be featured by:  Moe’s Original BarBQue, Village Wayside, Corner Kitchen and Fig’s Bistro. 

Friday night’s entertainment at French Broad will be Todd Cecil & Black South and
Eleanor Underhill & Friends at Catawba Brewing Company.

Saturday night’s fare will be provided by The Cantina, Katuah Marketplace, Ruth’s Chris and Rezaz.  Performing at French Broad on Saturday will be Tina and Her Pony, while John Henry’s Jazz Band will be performing at  Catawaba Brewing.

The ticket price of $25 per person, per night includes 3 flights of beer, food, commemorative T-shirt and music at both breweries.  Tickets are limited to 100 for each night. 

Tickets will be available at www.eventbrite.com and at the breweries.  For more information, please go to www.historicbiltmorevillage.com.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Hard-2-Recycle Collection in downtown Asheville - April 26th



Just in Time for Spring Cleaning!

Asheville GreenWorks is hosting another Hard-2-Recycle Collection in downtown Asheville Saturday, April 26th, at City Public Works Parking Lot,161 S Charlotte Street, from 8 am - 1 pm. Come clean out your houses, reduce waste and enjoy free public recycling.  No early or late drop-offs are permitted!

Items collected include: books, cardboard, electronics, batteries, Styrofoam, packaging, household appliances, used cooking oil, metal, pet supplies, various fabrics and clothing, prescription glasses, hearing aids, chips and snack bags, personal care and beauty containers.

The businesses and organizations that will collect the recyclables are Curbside Management, Biltmore Iron and Metal, Leading Green Distributing, Asheville Area Habitat ReStore, Blue Ridge Biofuels, Asheville Human Society, Asheville-Buncombe Comunnity Christian Ministry, Valley Springs Lions Club, City of Asheville.

Sponsoring organizations of this free public recycling event are  Asheville GreenWorks, Curbside Management, Biltmore Iron & Metal Company, Open Box Moving Solutions, and Leading Green Distributing.

Calling all film makers: April 1 deadline to submit films for New Belgium Brewing's "Clips" Beer and Film Tour



Selected films will tour the country playing in more than 20 cities

New Belgium is still accepting original, creative movie clips through April 1 to have their work showcased in New Belgium Brewing’s annual Clips Beer and Film Tour. Clips will travel to more than 20 cities from May to November. This marks the fifth year for the beer-toting, film-traveling, nonprofit-benefiting show that travels coast-to-coast.

The films should be less than five minutes and touch on (but aren’t limited to) these topics:
  • Craft beer
  • Advocacy or activism
  • Humor
  • Culture
  • Adventure
  • Art
  • Fun
Selected films and their respective artists are subject to fame and beer-fortune, with audiences from coast–to–coast seeing the chosen films. New this year, New Belgium will create a trophy-worthy beer, in custom-screen printed bottles, made exclusively for ALL selected film artists.

Clips is a national beer and film festival that invites guests to try New Belgium’s unique Lips of Faith series alongside popular classics, while watching short films by New Belgium friends and fans. Attendees get to enjoy a night under the stars with proceeds going to local nonprofits in each city. Since its inception in 2010, Clips has raised $366,893 for nonprofits nationwide.

To submit your film, click here and to watch a video about the Clips Beer and Film Tour and learn more go to http://www.newbelgium.com/Events/clips-beer-and-film.aspx.