Year: 2012
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Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler December 25-January 1: Short and (Maybe) Sweet
Merry Christmas and welcome to the shortest column ever. Well, it’s not my fault that the studios opted to open everything by Christmas, but it resulted in everything about this week’s releases being in last week’s “Reeler”—and, in some cases, even the reviews have run. In short, there is no news. Whether it is true that no news is good news remains to be seen. But, hey, what there is, you’re getting early.
Sound Track web extra: Xmas
Local experimental band Moue (Andrew Larson of Telecine and Lauren Carol Brown of Knives and Daggers) releases its debut album — a collection of Christmas songs. Hint: Chances are you’ll want to download this one.
2012’s greatest hits: The year’s top A&E, food and beer stories
Here’s a look at some of the most viewed A&E, food and beer stories on the Xpress website this year.
Christmas Eve candlelight services
Share the joy of Christmas at Christmas Eve services and celebrations throughout the area. (pictured: Candlelight service at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church on Merimon Avenue. photo by Bill Rhodes)
Accidentally awesome: The Dex Romweber Duo
Dexter Romweber started Flat Duo Jets back in the mid-80s. The Chapel Hill band influenced the likes of Neko Case and Jack White. These days, Dex performs with his percussionist sister Sara Romweber (Let’s Active). The Dex Romweber Duo plays The Grey Eagle on Friday, Dec. 28. In advance, Dex talked to Xpress about documentary films, N.C. bands, creativity and his real feelings about drum-and-guitar duos.
2012’s greatest hits: The year’s top news and opinion stories
Here’s a look at some of the most viewed news and opinion stories on the Xpress website this year.
This season: How do we bring it all together?
How do we put it all together at this time every year? Christmas. That is what I am thinking about.
State Troopers and firefighters brighten hospitalized kids’ Christmas
Local N.C. State Troopers and members of the Enka-Candler fire department brought toys to children hospitalized over Christmas at Mission Hospital. (photos by Bill Rhodes)
Federal Court jury finds owners at fault for Richmond Hill Inn arson, Citizen-Times reports
A federal jury has found the insurer is not liable for the $6 million claim, due to the owner’s “participation” in the arson. (pictured: an AFD firefighter hauls hoses at the scene of the 2009 fire, photos by Bill Rhodes)
Last chance for trees and elves
Pick out a last-minute tree and set the kids loose at an elf village during the final days of Tom Sawyer Tree Farm’s holiday festivities.
Thousands without power in WNC after wind takes out trees
It was a cold, dark first night of winter for many in our region, as high winds took out power all over Western North Caroilna. (pictured: a Progress Energy lineman working to restore power in 2010; photo by Bill Rhodes)
“Instantly Familiar Permanently Brand New”
New local band, Date Night, releases a video filmed and directed by Arlie Huffman and Jameykay Young.
Local gun stores struggle to keep up with ‘panic buying’
Driven by fears of new gun-control legislation, local firearms enthusiasts have engaged in what one gun shop employee called “panic buying” of guns, magazines and ammunition.
Who is MSD?
With the battle over the fate of Asheville’s water system, the Metropolitan Sewerage District is increasingly in the news, with accompanying questions about who the agency is and what they do.
Wild Things: Roasting Fennel Seeds
Lovers of Indian food will recognize the roasted fennel seeds mixed with candies that are offered as an after-meal digestive aid and breath freshener.
Annual memorial to those who died while homeless held
Celebrating the life and contributions of those who died while homeless in the past year in Asheville. (photo by Bill Rhodes)
CalCast: Dec. 21-23
Enjoy the holiday weekend at the Brevard Gallery Walk, an end-of-the-world bike ride and more. Podcast hosted by Kim Roney.
Disaster 2012 Web Extra: Remembering the 2004 floods
With speculation rampant across the world over the possibility of a mysterious cataclysmic event occurring tomorrow, Dec. 21 in conjunction with the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, Xpress took a look at more realistic local threats this week in the story “Tomorrow Never Knows: WNC Disasters Past, Present and Future.” As part of our research for that story, we compiled several photos from one of the biggest natural disasters to strike our region in modern history – the floods of 2004.