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Family Fun in Asheville, NC
No place in the city offers more family fun than Asheville Treetops Adventure Park. This amazing place will appeal to family members of all ages. This is an attraction that offers the ultimate in excitement for vacationing visitors and Asheville residents alike. The park consists of 50 distinct challenges that allow visitors to have a blast rappelling, climbing, walking, running, jumping, swinging and zip lining in the treetops. Read more...
Asheville's Newest Outdoor Adventures: Asheville Treetops Adventure Park & Zipline Canopy Tours
If you're in search of outdoor activities in Asheville, look no further than the high flying family fun at Asheville Treetops Adventure Park and Asheville Zipline Canopy Tours. Located just minutes from downtown Asheville, these scenic attractions offer a customizable adventure that's as unique as the city they're in. Read more...
Registration Open for 2012 Anything That Floats Parade
Design and Build a Raft and Join Us in the 2012 Anything That Floats Parade! Read more...
Annual Wildflower Walk - May 7
Spring wildflowers don't last long! Come explore the abundant wildflowers of these amazing mountians with some of the best botanists around. FREE event. Read more...
Fun in the Mountains this Spring & Summer
Laughing Waters Retreat Center, one of the area's newest sustainable and holistic retreat centers, has a full calendar of affordable and interesting offerings that will entice people into the beauty of the mountains this season. Read more...
Hendersonville NC to Lake Jocassee Trout Fishing
Fished a full day bass and trout combination today with another guide from Wisconsin down on vacation in Hendersonville. We tried for trout early with no luck. Read more...
Fall Travel Packages for Asheville, NC
Fall is just around the corner in Asheville and we have some really exciting seasonal travel packages to share. Asheville can be enjoyed on any budget, but for those looking for a truly unique travel experience these packages will take your vacation to the next level. Read more...
Fall is In the Air - Corn Mazes in Western NC
Like clockwork, the first week of September has delivered crisp, cool mornings and fresh afternoon breezes. These are the first signs of fall in Asheville, to be followed shortly by the stunning fall foliage, pumpkin patches, corn mazes and a variety of other fun seasonal entertainment. Read more...
2nd Annual Asheville International Children's Film Festival (AICFF) Sets Dates Adds Venues
Creator and Artistic Director Tim T-Bone Arem has set November 1-14 as the time for this years expanding festival. AICFF is the largest children's film festival in the Southeast with offerings of 125 films from 30 countries. The categories to be screened are; features, documentary, animation and shorts. Read more...
Winter Sports Movie Night! Featuring Warren Miller's Off the Grid
Get ready to tear up the slopes with Diamond Brand's Winter Sports Movie Night featuring the film Off the Grid by Warren Miller. Read more...
Parent-and-Child Cooking at Terra Summer January 16 2010
Overcome the Winter Blues with Terra Summer's second parent-and-child cooking class! Read more...
Asheville Seasonal Sizzle - Asheville Update Episode 3
This week we cover last weekend's Asheville Seasonal Sizzle and a few interesting upcoming events including the 15th Anniversary Party at Highland Brewing Company and the upcoming Holiday Rides from LaZoom Tours. Thanks for watching! Read more...
SantaCon 2009 - Asheville Update Episode 2
Second in a weekly series of Asheville video updates. This week we covered SantaCon 2009 in Asheville. Read more...
MPAC's 4th of July Block Party in Weaverville
MPAC presents the 4th of July Block Party as a continuance of Weaverville's 15 year old celebration with average attendance of 31,000. This is going to be a fabulous event that also doubles as a fund / awareness raiser for a few organizations including the North Buncombe High School Band Boosters. Highlights are headlining music act - Jen and the Juice, a Firecracker 5K race, Asheville Aerial Arts, The Blue Ridge Roller Girls, Asheville Puppetry Alliance, and a variety of performers and of course... fireworks! Read more...
Family Farm Tour Highlights Asheville Farm-to-Table Legacy
Discover more about Western North Carolina's local food movement and agricultural history with the Family Farm Tour from the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) and its partners. Tour a wide selection of the area's most outstanding farms and gardens on June 27 and 28, 1 pm - 6 pm. Read more...
French Broad River Fishing Report - 4/22/2009
The river is rebounding nicely from all the rain this week. By the weekend it should be primo. Smallmouth are still pre-spawn and egg heavy, so from now until mid-May is the best time to catch a really big fish. Catch and release recommended Thru mid-May. Read more...
Paddlin the Nolichucky
Paddlin the Nolichucky is a two week monitoring, education, and outreach trip, starting on the North Toe River in Spruce Pine, NC and finishing at the mouth of French Broad River, 140 miles down stream. This paddling trip is design to monitor the water quality of the river, but to also educate the public about the challenges facing the river and highlight the river as a world class recreation destination. Read more...
Asheville Lightning Track and Field Team
The Asheville Lightning is one of the most respected and largest youth summer track and field teams in North Carolina, and every year has over 100 team members from Asheville and Western North Carolina. Read more...
