Whisk Avl heads west. Also: Folkmoot hosts its Scottish Friendship Dinner, the Town of Fletcher celebrates its 18th annual Chili Cook-Off, and plenty more.
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Smart Bets: Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
The acclaimed live act heads to Salvage Station on Jan. 26.
The Get Right Band releases a live album
For Live in Asheville, the band revisited a handful of crowd favorites from their first three recordings. “Shut Yo Mouth” from Bass Treble Angel Devil is particularly notable.
Smart Bets: Chatham Rabbits
The husband and wife traditional folk duo play Isis Music Hall on Jan. 26.
Asheville Archives: The annexation of West Asheville, 1917
On June 9, 1917, the city of Asheville gained 5,000 new residents with its annexation of West Asheville.
In Photos: 38th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast
Sixty years ago, Ernest Green and his classmates were just kids trying to graduate from high school.
Letter: ‘Immocrats’ and abortion rights
“The immigrant vote is a major threat to U.S. abortion rights and has already destroyed the March for Choice (replacing it with the March for Women’s Lives or Women’s March).”
Smart Bets: Nathan Alling Long
The Philadelphia-based author reads from his newest collection on Jan. 24 at Malaprop’s.
Screen scene: Local film news
The NC Film Critics Association’s Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award goes to Lucas Hedges, The Purple Onion screens documentaries about hemlock preservation and more.
Letter: Respect King’s legacy and boycott UNCA speaker
“Speak up against class, racial, gender and religious hatred and those who promote it. Join the protesters outside.”
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Polk County hosts nationally significant species diversity
“The vagaries of climate and geology and time and the dispersal mechanisms of plants and animals too — all of those things, just over vast eons of time, have given Polk County this sweet spot,” says botanist David Campbell. His inventory of the county lists 32 significant natural heritage areas, as well as 127 rare or watch-list plant species found at those sites.
30 Days Out: a look at upcoming concerts
Two of the shows spotlighted in this issue feature multiple local artists headlining, and another has a local group opening.
New report examines health care disparities among transgender populations
Asheville-based nonprofit Campaign for Southern Equality, along with Western North Carolina Community Health Services, released a study last month detailing the health care experiences of transgender and nonbinary people. Transgender Health in the South centers on the experiences of a diverse focus group of people from transgender communities across six Southern states, including North Carolina. […]
Acoustic Asheville: Taylor Martin
His next local show is Saturday, Jan. 26, at Straightaway Cafe in Black Mountain, and it’s not unusual to catch him playing an open mic night when he doesn’t have a gig.
‘Pit of Despair’ plans could move forward at Jan. 22 Council meeting
Council members will consider whether to authorize City Manager Debra Campbell to pursue funding for a final site plan at 68-76 Haywood St. and 33-39 Page Ave. The estimated cost of such a design is $340,000, including $16,000 for an updated survey of the property.