Sylva News

Patrons at Marco's Pizzeria in Asheville toast at the 10th annual Dining Out For Life fundraiser for the Western North Carolina AIDS Project in April.

Mountain BizWorks is closing its office in Hendersonville today and another in Sylva at the end of June, but that's not bad news for local entrepreneurs.

What: 'Outlander,' a play with music, by Gary Carden and Frank Lee. When: 7:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday through June 16.

Registration is from 8:30 a.m. until noon, and judging begins at 12:05 p.m. with an awards ceremony following the judging.

Brewer and author Eric Lars Myers appears Wednesday at Malaprop's in Asheville as part of Beer Week.

Nature writer and Citizen-Times columnist George Ellison and his wife and collaborator, Elizabeth, have published 'Permanent Camp: Poems, Narratives and Renderings from the Smokies' with The History Press.

Vinyl Brothers Big Band promises to fill the air with classic rock and soulful hits when it takes the stage 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday for the free Concerts on the Creek series at Bridge Park Pavilion beside Scott Creek, downtown.

May 21, 2012: Today, Mountain BizWorks announced that it will close its Hendersonville field office on May 31 in conjunction with the closing of its Sylva field office on June 30.

'Footprints in the Sand,' a new exhibit of mixed-media works by Patrick Berger, in on display through may 30 in Blowers Gallery in UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library.

A Sylva store operator is facing drug charges for selling synthetic marijuana that was banned in North Carolina last year.

Thursday, May 10 If you were at Big Love Fest last weekend, you probably saw a tall sideburned gentleman in pink pants and a straw hat belting out bluesy soul tunes from the main stage.