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Book Report: See You In A Hundred Years
Looking for a great book to set the tone for 2009? Regional author Logan Ward offers a thought-provoking and surprisingly funny memoir in See You In A Hundred Years, out in paperback for January.
Any reason for the season—the other new year
Once, when Asheville-based musician Andy Pond passed through customs into the Montego Bay airport, a member of the Mento band (which greets tourists) noticed his banjo case. “Going to Jamaica with a musical instrument makes people treat you differently,” Pond says. He suddenly found himself picking along with the band, welcoming fellow tourists—including the cast […]
New Year’s Eve on a shoestring
Strapped for cash but still looking for more New Year’s Eve excitement than Times Square via your soon-to-be-obsolete analog TV? WNC offers plenty of budget-friendly options when it comes to singing “Auld Lang Syne” and sipping bubbly.
Book Report: Cabins & Castles
This year saw the re-release of 1981’s Cabins & Castles, an historic retrospective of Buncombe County architecture. Need a late holiday gift idea, or something to buy with your Malaprop’s gift card? This might be just the book.
The big bang
Whether it’s champagne corks popping, fireworks exploding or midnight smooching, there are plenty of sparks to ignite your 2009. Xpress offers this roundup of festive events, ranging from the frenetic to the sublime. Your mission: Dig out your best noisemaker and silly hat and get ready to herald in the New Year. All events listed […]
Arrivals and departures
As TV viewers gear up for yet another season of American Idol hopefuls—those karaoke-schooled crooners who somehow believe their big break lies in a 20-second audition in front of dream-crusher Simon Cowell—one made-from-scratch band braces for its big break as well. Only for North Carolina’s The Avett Brothers, success has little to do with the […]
Eric Legge’s not-so-secret studio
In case you never noticed folk artist Eric Legge’s downtown Asheville studio and gallery, here’s your last chance before he moves shop.
Book Report: Runnel the Ice Bear
This week’s Book Report is all about The Adventures of Runnel, The Ice Bear, a children’s book for readers who don’t necessarily need lots of illustration with their holiday-themed fiction.
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
Book Report: Christmas Presence
Looking for a holiday read? Christmas Presence compiles the short stories and poetry of 45 regional women writers.
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
Gladrags
While many a band has claimed to defy labels and buck trends, Charlotte-based quartet The New Familiars does its eschewing with a grain of salt. It’s only rock and roll: The New Familiars aren’t reinventing the wheel, just their own folk-fueled sound. Photo by Daniel Coston. “It’s indicative of the iPod Generation,” muses founding member […]
Book Report: Orphan’s Asylum
This week’s Book Report takes a look at Mike Krecioch’s memoir of the eight years he spent as a resident of Chicago’s St. Hedwig Orphanage.
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
The winner’s circle
Every autumn, Western North Carolina locals do their civic duty and cast their votes for favorite businesses, services, foods, entertainers and more in 100-plus categories. We are the champions: Asheville’s stephaniesid and other Xpress reader favorites play a benefit for MANNA. “It really tells us we have great support from our fans. It shows they […]
Book Report: Promises of Change
This week’s Book Report is about local author (and Asheville Red Hat Society maven) Joan Medlicott and her soon-to-be-released next installment of the Covington Chronicles.
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
Handy craft
There’s a certain truth: “People like sitting in their cubicles and looking at cute things online,” says Asheville-based painter Moni Hill. Satisfying that desire, Hill (and dozens of other local artists) posts her work on e-commerce Web site Etsy.com. From the crafter to the cubicle: “People like to look at cute things online,” says artist […]
Book Report: The Woman’s Field Guide
Local motivational speaker, life coach and author Corrie Woods shares tips for living the bold life. (And it’s not just for women.)