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News

Handwringing over HandMade

Many still shocked by former director's firing

Rebecca Sulock | 2 Comments

It's a grind: Police crackdown sparks calls for retooled skateboard ordinance

Brian Postelle | 14 Comments

The Biz: WNC Business Briefs

Brian Postelle

The Green Scene

From drafts to renewables

staff reports | 1 Comment

Arts & Entertainment

Lost boy

Local musician recounts his youth in an Irish orphanage

Alli Marshall

G-Force

Tireless songwriter, performer and Twitterer G.Love returns to Asheville

Alli Marshall

Stepping away

Ani DiFranco on raising her daughter, slowing down a bit and keeping true

Jennifer Gibson | 1 Comment

Songcatcher

Mother and son folk music collectors play Jack of the Wood

Alli Marshall

Spork

The original BMC spirit revisited in a new happening; Echo Early Music Festival reverberates

Rebecca Sulock

Smart Bets

Your guide to what's happening in music, theater and the arts in Asheville and Western North Carolina

Xpress staff

Opinion / Letters

The Gospel According to Jerry

Dutch treat

Commentary by Jerry Sternberg | 3 Comments

Eat out to aid the environment

Letter by Christopher Blake Burgher | 1 Comment

Happy ending to a hard time in Hot Springs

Letter by Jocelyn Long | 2 Comments

Buncombe needs Patsy Keever representing us in Raleigh

Letter by Steven Sarnie | 1 Comment

Tired of the Tea Partiers? We're brewing up a Coffee Party alternative

Letter by Matt Rawlings | 20 Comments

Recycling matters to all — and all should be doing it

Letter by Clay Watson | 2 Comments

Local options for disc golf are many — and there's more to come at Richmond Hill

Letter by Mike Brown | 1 Comment

Not sold on benefits of local banking

Letter by Billy Earnest | 1 Comment

Xpress' electronic-music section failed to touch on TOUCH Samadhi

Letter by Alexander Marano

Why is DOT pruning roadways beyond the need to do so?

Letter by Steve Abbott | 1 Comment

Jesus wouldn't judge others; neither should Rev. Ogden

Letter by Morgan Caraway | 3 Comments

Beware our codependent medical system

Letter by Amy Hamilton | 1 Comment

Features

Dig It!

Extension grants help local farmers grow

Margaret Williams

Outdoors: March movie madness

Film screening benefits Mars Hill cycling team

Jonathan Poston

Asheville Disclaimer: 03/10

• Google
• Shamanic industry
• Briefs
• Spamology


Passive-progressive | Molton

Food & Drink

Epicurious

Meet Hendersonville Epicurean blogger Laura Huff

Mackensy Lunsford

Small Bites

Asheville-area food and restaurant news

Mackensy Lunsford

Brews News

March madness

Anne Fitten Glenn

Movies

Alice in Wonderland

Ken Hanke | 18 Comments

Brooklyn’s Finest

Justin Souther

Going in Style

Ken Hanke

Make Way for Tomorrow

Ken Hanke

The White Ribbon

Ken Hanke

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A&E
| 21 hours, 6 minutes ago

This week’s issue of Xpress mistakenly pegs the event, which will pay tribute to the creative legacy of Black Mountain College, to the wrong date

A&E
Alli Marshall | 26 minutes ago

Feeling literary? Or like escaping the rain, drinking a jumbo-sized macchiato and listening to an astute author read to you? This evening through Sunday promise plenty of bookish opportunities.

A&E
David Forbes | 38 minutes ago

Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club, Choke and other novels will be at Asheville High Saturday, May 8, courtesy of Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café. Tickets are $30 and go on sale tomorrow.

NEWS
Mackensy Lunsford | 45 minutes ago

South Asheville continues to fill up with great restaurants—Green Tea Sushi is next.

A&E
Jason Sandford | 48 minutes ago

Menya is a group of three 20-something New York University undergrads whose bubbly brand of electro-pop will boost your heart rate and drop your thoughts into the gutter quicker than you can say, well, Menya. Check them out for yourself Friday at Club 828.

A&E
Alli Marshall | 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

Seduction Sideshow presents the Corney Island Carnival Sideshow Extravaganza on Saturday, March 20.

A&E
Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt | 2 hours, 42 minutes ago

Folk, Gothic cabaret and dark-punk band Hellblinki teams up with puppeteer Madison J. Cripps to present The Devil Takes All, a puppet rock opera and adventure through the dubious wonders of Hellblinkland.

NEWS
Jon Elliston | 2 hours, 53 minutes ago

Olive the otter has a new, male companion. WNC Nature Center’s video of their first encounter indicates that the two might get along swimmingly.

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NEWS
Brian Postelle | 4 hours, 21 minutes ago

Alternative 4B gets tweaked but remains in the game, according to ADC report.

A&E
Alli Marshall | 4 hours, 37 minutes ago


Sign, quoting WNC-based author John Ehle, on Patton Ave.

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NEWS
Jeff Fobes | 18 hours, 8 minutes ago

At about 7 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, Warren Wilson grad Katie Spotz left Senegal, rowing solo across the Atlantic. As of Feb. 28, she’s four-fifth’s across.

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NEWS
David Forbes | 21 hours, 28 minutes ago

City Hall renovations! Budget deficits! Bus system reforms! Public art! Google! Planning commission controversies! All this and more, in the latest live Twitter coverage from Asheville City Council ...

NEWS
Jonathan Welch | 21 hours, 58 minutes ago


Construction crews work hard replacing the Biltmore Avenue bridge that crosses the Swannonoa River, on Wednesday, March 10.
Photo by Jonathan Welch

A&E
Alli Marshall | 22 hours, 48 minutes ago


Ami Worthan (of Mad Tea Party) stops at Hi-fi Coffee Bar’s take out window, located in the Downtown Market.

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