Standard Pizza Co.: Jim Coleman, who recently opened a New York-style pizza joint on Haywood Road, insists there's "nothing too fancy" about his pies. But, if pressed, Coleman will talk about an available topping that's anything but standard. "We do put bananas on pizza," Coleman says. "That's kind of weird." Photo by Jonathan Welch Coleman […]
Year: 2009
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Another military-industrial president in progressive garb
The best possible spin on Obama's plan to kill thousands of … Afghans is that he's a captive of our military-industrial complex. It may be political — and maybe personal — suicide to oppose the complex. The worst spin is that Obama believes that killing, maiming and impoverishing more people will create a friendlier Afghanistan. […]
Talking peace, preparing for war
The juxtaposition of President Obama's receiving a Nobel Prize for peace and his decision to continue the war in Afghanistan and send 30,000 more troops there brought to my mind one of Berthold Brecht's searing statements: "When the generals talk peace, they are preparing for war." — Eileen Walkenstein Asheville
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• What’s hot and what’s not for 2010
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2009
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Snowed-in doodle
“The News We All Make”: Join the discussion
Last week’s commentary, by managing editor Jon Elliston, mapped a new direction for Xpress’ evolution; weigh in online with your two cents
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Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler Dec. 30-Jan. 5: A nice breather
After weeks of heavy-duty release schedules, it turns out that nobody is opening anything on Jan. 1. In fact, if it weren’t for a press screening of The Imaginarium of Dr. Paranassus (which opens next Friday), we wouldn’t have any movie reviews in next week’s paper—something I can’t recall ever happening.
Power outage causes Christmas-morning sewer spill into French Broad river
An estimated 374,000 gallons drain into the river from the Woodfin water treatment station.
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Where to spend New Year’s Eve
*NEW EVENTS ADDED!* Here’s our New Year’s Eve roundup for Asheville-area events.
NC Green Business Fund calls for proposals; will disburse $8 million in 2010
North Carolinians are invited to submit proposals for innovative green building, biofuels and environmentally focused energy projects to the North Carolina Green Business Fund, which will be handing out $8 million in grants in 2010.
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Edgy Mama: What I learned in 2009
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Video a-Go-Go
The week in local videos: a whole lot more than Christmas
What’s news in Green Building
If you’re looking for news about green building — both local and national — you should be watching the fast-moving Green Building Twitter feed on the right side of the mountainx.com homepage. Here’s just a sampling of the sort of info you’ll find there.
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Singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt dies
Athens-based musician Vic Chesnutt (a frequent performer in Asheville) died on Christmas day.
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Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: In search of new Christmas traditions
None of the traditional answers for Christmas fare were appealng to me. (Much as I love Darren McGavin, I think I’m prepared to forego A Christmas Story for the rest of this life.) Even less traditional fare was quite right either. Even my standard of The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) wasn’t doing it for me, so I started casting about in my mind for possible new traditional Christmas fare.
Welcome Kathmandu Cafe, serving Nepali/Himalayan food in downtown Asheville
“Welcome to the world of dal, bhat and tarkari (lentil, rice and curry), a popular meal prepared twice daily in every family’s home throughout Nepal,” the menu declares.
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Sneak preview of PULP, the Orange Peel’s new club
Orange Peel marketing director Liz Whalen gives Justin Perkins and Teal Brown of Toubab Krewe a sneak peak of the venue’s new members-only liquor bar, PULP. PULP will be open for the first time during Toubab Krewe’s two-night New Year’s Eve run (Dec. 30 to 31). Video by Jake Frankel for Mountain Xpress.
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Angels Among Us
Students at Vance Elementary (with soloist Mars Mignon) perform Alabama’s “Angels Among Us.”
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This weekend on a shoestring
It’s a light week, entertainment-wise, because most of you will be hangin with the fam, OD-ing on eggnog and watching “A Christmas Story” on repeat. But, rest assured, before anyone’s eye gets put out with a Red Ryder BB gun, there are local shows in the works. At budget prices. And yes, Virginia, even on Christmas night. (Bonus: Dawn of the Dude — pictured — plays a not-to-be-missed farewell show.)
The right profile
Racial profiling — or even just the possibility of it — by those charged with upholding the law is an extremely sensitive issue, involving questions of potential prejudice, abuse of power and hidden motives. For law-enforcement personnel, trying to gauge whether illegal activity is taking place — often in stressful or ambiguous situations with the […]