Black Mountain, North Carolina

• Asheville's Labor Day weekend offers symphony, Del McCoury, more
  

  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.

• Hot Picks: Things to do this week in the Asheville area
  

  It's been a few years since we last heard from Jaimee Tomas - she's been going to school - but the singer-guitarist returns tonight with a new act, The Jaimee Show, also featuring guitarist Forrest Smith.

• Keowee Chamber Music announces four WNC concerts
  

  "Mothers of Invention: Music by Women celebrating trio music of Louise Farrenc, French virtuoso pianist and contemporary of Robert Schumann; Hilary Tann, contemporary Welsh composer, and Undine Smith Moore, one of America's preeminent African-American composers of the 20th-century. "Come enjoy the dynamic artistry of Kate Steinbeck, flute; Kathleen ...

• Weekend shows you might not know about
  

  Friday, Sept. 3 Young Couples perform at the Rat Jackson CD release party at the Boiler Room .

• Epic mountain bike race returns to Pisgah National Forest
  

  Blue Ridge Adventures presents the second annual Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race Sept.

• MtnHoppina : Five local brews that make killer session beers
  

  If you're checking-out this post, then you've probably read my recent "MtnHoppin'" column on the growing session-beer insurgency.

• Fathers and sons bond in rugged Wind River wilderness of Wyoming
  

  Hauling 70-pound backpacks and seven days worth of food, four local father-son pairs ventured into the rugged wilderness of Wyoming's Wind River Range in early July, leaving behind their cell phones and Xboxes for invaluable time that will fuel story-telling for years.

• Saturday Dinner Classics at the White Horse
  

  "WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN introduces SATURDAY DINNER CLASSICS 9/11 - 5:30 pm dinner, 6:30 performance BY RESERVATION ONLY .

• Thank you, Xpress, for a great article on a great man
  

  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for the photographs and the Aug. 14 material, "A Quiet Visionary: How Julian Price Reimagined Downtown Asheville [ Xpress ]." I grew up with Julian as his neighbor in Greensboro.

• Pisgah's field of dreams
  

  Tradition/innovation: The Del McCoury Band may look traditional, but don't be fooled.

• The War on Drugs releasing 'Future Weather' (MP3), played Knitting...
  

  DOWNLOAD: The War on Drugs - Comin' Through The War on Drugs @ Knitting Factory Monday night It's been over two years since The War on Drugs released their debut album, Wagonwheel Blues , via Secretly Canadian.

• new releases
  

  NEW RELEASES BLUE CANYON BOYS MOUNTAIN BOUND No Label, BCBCD004 BLUEGRASS REGULATORS No Label, No Number BOBBY AND THE BLUE RIDGE TRADITION I LIVE FOR HIM No Label, No Number NED CRISP AND BOTTOMLINE TAKING THE BACK ROADS HOME Blue Circle Records BCR025 DALTON MOUNTAIN GANG No Label, No Number TIM DAVIS AND MATT HISER FLYING HIGH No Label, No ...

• Piano Men of Asheville at the White Horse, Sept. 3
  

  3. Aaron LaFalce and Dave Turner perform at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5. Here are the musician's bios: "Aaron LaFalce won third place in White Horse's Great Blue Ridge Talent Search.

• Sandwich shop's welcome fit for a king
  

  By Monica Chen mchen@heraldsun.com; 419-6636 DURHAM -- At King's Sandwich Shop, a tiny red and white building at the corner of Geer and Foster streets, old Durham and new Durham cross paths to take in the simple pleasures of a burger and milkshake.

• Arts notes: Events to check out around Asheville
  

  There's more new art to check out around WNC. Here's some do-not-miss selections: * 'Three Solo Exhibitions of Linda Cheek, Sterling Edwards and Jerry La Point' will be up at 16 Patton Fine Art Gallery , 16 Patton Ave., through Sept.

• Asheville-area tailgate markets loaded with late summer produce
  

  Here's a guide to Asheville-area tailgate markets, supplied by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

• An old house gets a second life
  

  As befits the house of someone who sits on the board of the Asheville Art Museum, Paul and Cherry Saenger's home in Biltmore Forest is full of art, contemporary and otherwise.

• Hot Picks: The best bets for the week in Asheville area entertainment
  

  The touching comedy 'Catfish Moon' opens a two-week run tonight at Haywood Arts Regional Theatre.

• More on the recent visit of 'Project Runway' personalities and fashionistas Santino and Austin
  

  I think I've pretty well pieced together the episode of the new reality show On the Road with Austin and Santino , a makeover show featuring former Project Runway stars Austin Scarlett and Santino Rice .

City Description

Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,511 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named for the Black Mountain range of the Blue Ridge range in the Southern Appalachians. The downtown area has many eclectic shops, attracting seasonal tourism, a main staple of the local economy. There are also many quaint bed and breakfasts. The town is near several Christian retreat areas including Ridgecrest and Montreat Conference Center. Singer Roberta Flack, former basketball player Brad Daugherty, and NFL quarterback Brad Johnson, and Roy Williams hail from Black Mountain. Black Mountain College was formerly located near the town. While the Black Mountain College and Arts Center is now located thirty minutes west in Asheville, North Carolina . Black Mountain is home of the Swannanoa Valley Museum {}. The Black Mountain Center for the Arts is located down the street from the Museum. In 2002 this small community raised 1.2 million dollars to buy the old Town Hall and convert it the Art Center. {} Black Mountain is the setting for the 2009 novel One Second After, which was written by

City Contained By:

• Buncombe County
• North Carolina

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 16.8349227172 km squared

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