Allie, visiting Asheville from Philadelphia, takes 30 minutes to get ready in the morning. She owns 25-30 pairs of shoes, her favorite perfume is Ralph Lauren Romance and her favorite clothes are three sweaters from Anthology. She likes clothes with texture and drape, and her style is influenced by her major as a Fiberist. Allie […]
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Talking about “Klan Room Tableau”
Two days to catch a startling installation on the Ku Klux Klan.
Walker-Wilson and family announce mission trip
Greg Walker-Wilson, the executive director of the Asheville nonprofit Mountain BizWorks, announced Thursday that he would move his family to South America later this year to enrich his family’s life experience and extend his service work.
Asheville’s Downtown Master Plan: Time to comment
With tonight’s forum, the city of Asheville kicks off a three-week public-comment period on the Downtown Master Plan draft. Share your thoughts on this controversial blueprint for the future of downtown.
Everyday Vintage
Though Jessica didn’t buy any of her vintage pieces (lovingly-worn denim jacket and patinaed campus boots) locally, variations on both items turn up in second hand stores like Madam Butterfly (102 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville, 250-9124), Ragtime (20 E. Walnut St., Asheville, 225-8889) and The Honeypot (86 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville, 225-0304).
Book Report: Two new places to read and how to help a great cause with old CDs
This week’s Book Report is not about what to read so much as where to read. The former Reader’s Corner reopens as Montford Books & More this Friday and Battery Park Book Exchange prepares to welcome readers in a few weeks.
This weekend on a shoestring
So what if your budget is tighter than a wool sweater after a hot-water wash cycle? You still go out on the town and catch a band or two. This week’s roundup offers one great bargain and seven free-admission shows.
Development activist blasts Downtown Master Plan problems in report
Asheville activist Steve Rasmussen has released a report critiquing the Downtown Master Plan draft, asserting that its enforcement powers on development issues are weak and that much control would be turned over to unelected boards to the benefit of developers.
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
Absinthe in Asheville
This venerable and much-mythologized liquor is now at Zambra, and Bar Beat goes to investigate: with video!
If you only own three pairs of shoes, make ‘em count…
Landscape Architect Jeff owns three pairs of shoes. His Clarks (pictured below) are his favorite thing to wear. Jeff takes 10 minutes to get ready, he does not wear cologne and his style is based on comfort. Images and profile by Anthony Bellemare.
Buncombe Commissioners
In a tense 3-2 vote at their Jan. 6 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners endorsed alternative 3, a controversial route for the Interstate 26 connector through Asheville. “My late grandfather worked hard for that home”: Burton Street resident Stephen Waters, who said he will lose his family home if Alternative 3 is selected, […]
Commissioners consider consolidating county offices, televising public comment
It’s far from the easiest time to be a Buncombe County commissioner. As the economy sinks (and, with it, tax revenues), demand for the array of social services the county provides is rising. Those were just a few of the issues on the commissioners’ minds as they gathered Jan. 9 and 10 for their annual […]
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Pack Square Park pavilion construction delayed but still on tap
A $2.46 million pavilion planned for Pack Square Park will be built, the group overseeing the park’s construction decided Jan. 7, but construction won’t start until later this year. Postponed but not scrapped: A $2.46 million pavilion planned for Asheville’s new Pack Square Park will be built, but construction won’t start until next fall at […]
Let’s talk about the Downtown Master Plan
The draft document of the Downtown Master Plan has been public since last week, but Thursday, Jan. 15, is the official rollout date, when Asheville residents can hear—and comment on—details addressed in the draft, such as building-height and new compliance guidelines and the already-controversial Asheville Design District, a proposed new downtown-management entity. (View the document […]
Buncombe Law Library closed until April
The Buncombe County Law Library will be closed from now until April, according to County Manager Wanda Greene. Boxed up: The empty shelves of the Buncombe County Law Library, which will be closed until April for renovations. Photo by Jonathan Welch. “We have serious space limitations,” Greene said. “When we renovate it, the computers will […]
Bellamy reviews “State of the Downtown’
Mayor Terry Bellamy told members and guests of the Asheville Downtown Association gathered for a “State of the Downtown” luncheon Jan. 8 that the city has made real strides to make downtown better, but that more needs to be done. Since she took office in 2005, Bellamy said, the city has increased efforts to keep […]
Chamber seeks to defuse towing issue
As the city of Asheville continues to explore legal ways to rein in predatory towing (see “No Parking”, Dec. 10, 2008 Xpress), the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce may take the issue to downtown property owners. At a Jan. 6 meeting with Asheville City Council members, Chamber President and CEO Rick Lutovski proposed that his […]
Blue Ridge Savings runs afoul of feds
Asheville-based Blue Ridge Savings Bank, chaired by former Congressman Charles Taylor, is seeking to right its ship after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. recently ordered the institution to stop an array of “unsafe and unsound” banking practices. Bank blues: Federal and state bank regulators have ordered Blue Ridge Savings Bank to cease a series of […]
Citizen-Times dramatically revamps print product
The Asheville Citizen-Times introduced a dramatically slimmed-down product on Jan. 5. The move was forced by the bad economy, said Publisher Randy Hammer. In an explanation printed on the daily newspaper’s front page, Hammer enumerated the changes: • Hour-earlier daily deadlines were set to accommodate printing the paper at The Greenville News in Greenville, S.C. […]