The push for green jobs is well under way in Buncombe County and nationwide, and A-B Tech students are right in the thick of it. As part of the school's array of sustainability programs and initiatives, students in construction-industry programs, in particular, have been busy with both on-campus and community projects. Roof 'n' tumble: Blending […]
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Thanks for listening
We in Western North Carolina should be grateful that we have a representative in Congress who's a good listener. This is not a skill that's easy to come by. Good listening is a gift, often born of a family and spiritual life in which it was valued by significant people during one's early years. I […]
Talking bout my degeneration
After witnessing The Jesus Lizard with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Southern Culture on the Skids on Thanksgiving in 1993, Milton Carter came home that night and started punk band The Mathmatics (misspelling intentional). He enlisted his skateboard buddy Dougal Bailey on drums and guitarist David Cooper (replaced by Tom Cook a year later). Their […]
Bubble gum and gloom (but not so much witches-in-the-foggy-forest)
With song titles like "Neon Syrup for the Cemetery Sisters," lyrics such as "Iron lemonade, eat my face away" and themes of witches and bubble gum, Black Moth Super Rainbow makes the kind of music you'd expect from the mind of a mad daydreamer who had exiled himself to a smoke-filled basement littered with a […]
Sound Track
I have an aversion to hype. But Xpress-proclaimed "local rock hotties" Cobra Horse ― recipients of a significant acclaim in their short history ― can back that hype with ridiculous rock-and-roll. Cobra Horse kick out the jams at a recent Emerald Lounge show. Photo by Lydia See. During their most recent engagement at the Emerald […]
Spork
Here's a project that should be a boon for WNC media artists and professionals: A savvy online directory where artists can upload their portfolios, create profiles and get the word out about their skills. "We have such a huge amount of talent here," says Robert Zimmerman, whose company has developed the site. A grant from […]
Good and greasy
While area chefs have dutifully stocked their pantries with Hickory Nut Gap meats, Sunburst Farms trout and Spinning Spider cheeses, Appalachian food advocates say perhaps the most local of local foods is still missing from area menus. Photo by Jonathan Welch "People who like to eat out should see more beans with local history," asserts […]
Outdoors: Night strider
Around noon one June day, the urge for a night run hit me, and I dashed off an impromptu e-mail invite to the nearly 900 people on my "WNC adventure" list. Despite the short notice, I hoped a few fellow runners would meet me at the Hard Times Trailhead at Bent Creek. Arriving early, I […]
The Dirt: Pesky lessons
I stand cross-armed, staring at my hollyhocks. It's July. They should be blooming gloriously, but they're not. Why? Garden pests — or, more precisely, weevils, which I thought preferred roots, not leaves. Still, a pest is a pest, no matter what part of the plant it attacks, and this tiny, barely discernible insect has turned […]
Loving Asheville
Oh, Asheville. I love you, Asheville. You are my neighbors and my family. I dance these streets with you, I stand in defiance and celebration with you, I drink to your health, and I care for your well-being. I am from here, and I have never felt more a part of a real community than […]
Choice of wine word left a bad aftertaste
I read with interest the review of Santé written by David Forbes in the July 8 Xpress. The article certainly whetted my appetite to experience this apparently lovely little wine bar. Although it was well-written and offered an enthusiastic endorsement of Santé, I must say that the use of the term "aftertaste" when referring to […]
Ordinance against chaining dogs doesn’t target compassionate chaining
Dear Mr. Collins: I wish you had read my letter more carefully since you completely misrepresented what I had written in yours! [Letters, July 1] I never advocated a complete ban on chaining dogs in my letter, as you asserted — and in fact, I proposed to Council a law that has been met with […]
Conscience will protect the Basilica
I am writing this in the belief that our municipal government has already received a fiduciary and moral wake-up call in the shadow of the Pack Square debacle. Does Asheville government want to repeat the desecration of our treasured architectural, cultural and historic legacy — which was the dreadful permanent fate of Thomas Wolfe's home […]
Erwin Hills is fine without Woodfin, thank you
The forced annexation of Erwin Hills would add additional tax dollars to Woodfin's budget, but offers no reasonable return for these fees. We are left to feel like serfs who are told the king demands a higher tithe. I am not opposed to paying fair taxes, but with a weakened economy, this is not the […]
A moratorium on uglification, now!
Will someone please stop City Council and their puppet-masters from allowing such horrendously ugly buildings to be built? The iconic tourist expression for our town is Biltmore — as in "built-more," not "build-more." After the ugly butterfly-roof structure on South Lexington, the clunky replacement of the elegant Penny's building on Battery Park Avenue and the […]
Small Bites
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Mary Benson House
Kate and Covey Mary Benson House is a therapeutic home for pregnant and postpartum women recovering from drug and alcohol problems and their children. Since its inception almost 15 years ago, the Mary Benson House has provided safe harbor to hundreds of women and has played an integral role in the healthy births of their […]
Midnight in America
Walter Cronkite
Weekly Asheville Disclaimer Page: 07/22/09
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POPAsheville won’t happen in 2010
The organizers of POPAsheville have announced that the festival won’t happen in 2010.