Aiming higher by going lower

Posted on June 23, 2010June 23, 2010 by Gabe Chess

By July 1, 2013, Mission Hospital hopes to be down to zero. On March 26, the hospital's board voted to institute a "zero preventable harm" policy, meaning patients should not be negatively affected in any avoidable way during their stay. Aiming for zero: In March, the hospital's board voted to institute a "zero preventable harm" […]

Electric youth

Posted on March 3, 2010March 3, 2010 by Gabe Chess

Where can the under-18 crowd take their music? Asheville High School junior Nate Wilcox-Pettit smiles wide, when asked. "We can make it anything we want it to be," he says. "It can go anywhere." DIY: High schoolers DJ Salinger (seated) and Nate Wilcox-Pettit create their own music and their own venues. Photo by Gabe Chess. […]

Make a date for 2010 with local calendars

Posted on December 23, 2009June 20, 2014 by Gabe Chess

It's time to toss that boring calendar from '09 that you packed full of lunch dates, soccer practices and yoga classes, and to keep the date in the new decade with style. For several years, Xpress has being doing a roundup of local calendars, but never before have there been quite so many cool ones […]