On a Thursday morning in February, stand-up comedian Cathy Ladman was scrolling through the Notes app on her phone, stopping to read aloud her most nonsensical self-reminders — comically brief and vague, joke-adjacent, but with long-forgotten punchlines. “I mean, here I just wrote a title: ‘Forgetting Things.’ That’s it. That’s all I wrote. Ridiculous!” she […]
Wortham Presents
Mark and Maggie O’Connor — Live from the Old Steeple
Live from the Old Steeple presentsMark and Maggie O’ConnorAired: 10/21/23 | Rating: NR Mark O’Connor has been a musical sensation ever since he became the youngest person to win the Grand Master Fiddler Championships at age 13. Nearly 50 years later, he’s a six-time winner of the Country Music Association Musician of the Year award, […]
Grammy Award winners Mark and Maggie O’Connor play Diana Wortham Theatre
The soul-filling, award-winning music of Mark and Maggie O’Connor comes to downtown Asheville, Friday, March 8, at 8 p.m. The duo kick off their Spring tour at the Wortham Center in an evening featuring new vocal songs from their recently released album project, Life After Life, as well stunning violin duos and Mark’s high-octane acoustic […]
New Zealand-based Indian Ink Theatre Company presents interactive show “Mrs. Krishnan’s Party”
You’re invited to Mrs. Krishnan’s Party, an innovative, collaborative, interactive show that turns audience members into welcomed guests! A theatrical gem created by New Zealand-based Indian Ink Theatre Company, Mrs. Krishnan’s Party is a heartwarming and humorous exploration of human connections and cultural celebration. Co-founded by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis, Indian Ink has been […]
Deeply rooted in Japanese culture, Drum Tao bridges the gap between traditional and modern
Every morning, before the sun illuminates the sky over southern Japan, the members of Drum Tao pound their feet in rhythmic succession against the rugged terrain — the blackened silhouettes of the Kyushu Mountains towering above the horizon, creating sharp, contrasting shapes against the early dawn. By the time the musicians arrive back at Tao Village, […]
Drum Tao brings the thrilling rhythms of Japan to downtown Asheville, Feb. 13 & 14
The thrilling rhythms of Japan come to downtown Asheville when Drum Tao 夢幻響 takes the stage, Tuesday & Wednesday, Feb. 13 & 14 at 7 p.m. in Diana Wortham Theatre at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts. Step into a world of electrifying beats and mesmerizing rhythms with Drum Tao, a sensational Japanese taiko […]
