The Silkroad Ensemble member performs Bach’s complete cello suites on violin, Dec. 12 at BMCM+AC.
New Stories
Set in Stone?
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Asheville Archives: Montreat Normal School launches, 1916
In 1916, tuition for Montreat Normal School (today’s Montreat College) was $225 per year, with scholarship options for those who could not afford to pay in full. The school’s early brochures placed a strong emphasis on character, as well as Christian studies.
Green in brief: Asheville coal ash landfill hearing on Dec. 19, bear concerns escalate
At 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19, a public hearing will take place in Room B of the Mission Health/A-B Tech Conference Center at 340 Victoria Road in Asheville regarding Duke Energy’s plans to build a 12.5-acre landfill on its property beside Lake Julian.
Acoustic Asheville: Nick Nace and Jon Latham
His debut full-length record, Wrestling with the Mystery, features 12 songs telling personal tales of woe and regret.
Mobile Society
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
In photos: Asheville Climate Strike turns out hundreds for Green New Deal
As world leaders met in Spain for a United Nations conference on climate change, Western North Carolina residents converged on Pack Square for their own environmental action on the morning of Dec. 6. Organized by Sunrise Movement Asheville in conjunction with six other area nonprofits, the Asheville Climate Strike for a Green New Deal called for government leaders “to take bold action and treat this like the climate emergency that it is.”
Sunrise Movement occupies City Hall over climate emergency
After months of haranguing City Council over the wording of a climate emergency resolution, over 40 protesters with Sunrise Movement Asheville occupied the government building on Dec. 6 to demand that Mayor Esther Manheimer and her colleagues pass the document as written by the climate justice group.
Carolina Beer Guy: Riverside Rhapsody opens in Woodfin
Blue Mountain brewers Mike Vanhoose and Joey Cagle have launched their own brewery.
Montreat expands cybersecurity plans despite Cooper funding veto
The North Carolina General Assembly voted to award Montreat College $20 million towards the establishment of an independent cybersecurity training center in October, but Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the money. The private, Christian liberal arts college’s boosters, however, say they won’t be discouraged in filling what they see as an urgent need for ethically responsible cyber operatives.
Letter: Make voices heard on climate emergency
“This is an emergency — we should act like it!”
Asheville restaurants struggle with the lunch slump
A number of local restaurants are choosing to do away with their lunch menus as midday service proves to be less financially viable.
Health roundup: Buncombe receives early childhood health report, musical garden opens at Charles D. Owen Park
While 12.7 African American babies die during the first year of life per 1,000 live births on average in North Carolina, that number is 19.6 per 1,000 in Buncombe County. Moreover, the county’s rate has doubled since 2012, when it was 9.8 per 1,000.
Letter: City Council needs to fight for climate action
“Council had the courage to fight the state over the election process. Let’s hope they find the courage to choose to fight over this life-and-death climate emergency.”
Everything in Moderation: Celebrating with Champagne
The French sparkling wine is rich in history and tradition and also surprisingly versatile.
Fraud effects linger in latest Buncombe County audit
During their Dec. 3 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners were told that while corrective measures to right years of financial mishandling are beginning to take hold, the county’s most recent audit still reflects the previous mismanagement.