Artists Selected for Eagle-Market Street Installation
The City of Asheville and Celebrating African Americans through Public Art (CAAPA) are pleased to
Black Asheville
AKA Sorority Presents Young Men of Excellence
Asheville’s Gamma Gamma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority introduced six young men to
Get Out: Haunted House
The YMI presents their first ever haunted house! Beginning Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 5
My Sistah Taught Me That to Host Fashion Show
The theme for this year is Black Girl Magic. Asheville-based nonprofit My Sistah Taught Me
African American Resilience Program at UNCA
A commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in
2019 Goombay Celebration
Bringing it Back to the Block, September 20, 21 & 22, 2019. Goombay Celebration will
Burton Street Agriculture Fair
Celebrating 107 Years of Community. The Buncombe County District Agricultural Fair was established in 1913
Fletcher Town Council Race
With less than a month left before the primary election for Fletcher Town Council, we
Hill Street Church Holds Installation Service
Hill Street Baptist Church of Asheville, NC held the fourth installation service in the church’s
Buncombe County Announces New Assistant County Managers
After a lengthy national search, Buncombe County Manager Avril Pinder announced that Dakisha Wesley and
Sharon Kelly West Reappointed to NC Commission for Public Health
N.C. Governor Roy Cooper has re-appointed Asheville community leader Dr. Sharon Kelly West to the
Henderson County Politics
Two prominent African American residents of Henderson County have announced their candidacies in this fall’s
