Thursday will mark the last day that both The Brothers Bloom and Easy Virtue—two of the very best films to come out this year—are in town at the Carolina Asheville. If you haven’t seen these movies, you should.
Year: 2009
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Join the bittersweet battle on the Cheoah River
On Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25, the Western North Carolina Alliance needs volunteers to help clear a section of the Cheoah River near Robbinsville of invasive exotic species such as bittersweet. Invasives threaten a native species, Virginia spiraea.
Downtown After Five
Festive attire at a recent Downtown After Five street party. Photos by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt
Edgy Mama: The swine flu cometh to summer camp
Last year, visions of natural disasters, girl-eating bears and murky ponds freaked me out. This year, it’s the interloper otherwise known as the swine flu.
Into the Forums
Another video from MX Boarders, City Council elections, the bank robber who notified 911 — and more, made their way, not only into MX’s Forums, but also this weekly round-up.
Video-a-Go-Go: The local video roundup
Looking for a lost turtle, Bascom Lamar Lunsford on camera, a way out of our economic mess, inside the Mellow Mushroom … and more, in this week’s review of Asheville-made or -focused videos.
Cries and whispers (and laughs): Review of Brighton Beach Memoirs
Cries and whispers (and laughs): Review of Brighton Beach Memoirs at Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre.
Asheville by way of Miami
Local (at least for the summers) artist Miguel Paredes introduces his Miami/N.Y., lush/urban, complex/stark collection of oils, acrylics, and mixed media on canvas at The Satellite Gallery.
Afterbirth of a Nation: The Feral Chihuahuas at the Asheville Arts Center
The Feral Chihuahuas: From “Gansta Rap for the Hearing Impaired” to “The Horrors of Gay Marriage,” a review of a recent performance.
Runaway bride
She was modeling the dress for a photo shoot on Walnut St. Check out the shoes in the final frame.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: What gives you your biggest moviegoing kick?
No, I don’t mean that moment that warms the heart of Woody Allen fans when Liev Schreiber’s foot makes contact with Mia Farrow’s face in the 2006 remake of The Omen. I’m after something else here. I’m curious about those things that give the act of watching a movie that certain something that elevates the experience beyond the movie itself.
Mountain BizWorks hires new executive director
The new chief executive officer of Mountain BizWorks tells Mountain Xpress about the best banking job she ever had and looks forward to a strategic planning period with the nonprofit that serves small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Free show! Blue Dragons at Pisgah Brewing Company tonight
You may have seen Mountain Xpress ad director James Fisher rocking faces off over the years with one of his many bands, including the legendary American Gothic. Catch him tonight with his new band the Blue Dragons.
Polka dots
Pack Square
image by Kathleen McCafferty
This weekend on a shoestring
Is it just me, or does a weekend that starts with a free festival seem somehow more auspicious than those weekends that don’t? (Even if you’re not a fan of this Friday’s Downtown After Five lineup, you can get your money’s worth—$0—in people-watching alone.) Beyond that, there’s free theater, a CD release and some of the area’s best-loved bands—including the reunion of Pure, on hiatus for the past 18 years. All for five bucks or less.
The one on the right
"We've got to spend less time fighting amongst ourselves," proclaims Timothy F. Johnson, the North Carolina Republican Party's new vice chair. "The Bible tells us that a house divided cannot stand. Well, a party divided cannot win. The first thing is to hopefully start fostering that unity." "A party divided cannot win": After a bitterly […]
Mount Zion to proceed with demolishing buildings
The Asheville Downtown Commission has approved the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church's plans to demolish two downtown buildings it owns. On July 10, the commission gave final approval on a 7-3 vote. Both structures are in The Block, the city's historically African-American business district: a 10,000-square-foot building at 40 S. Spruce St. (built in 1915) […]
Urban Outfitters’ downtown plans get mixed reception
Urban Outfitters plans to open a store at the corner of Haywood and College streets in downtown Asheville. Ken Masri, the director of store development, said the national retailer hopes to open in the former CVS drugstore site by this fall. Plans call for removing the building's façade to expose the original brick; the two-story, […]
Haywood Street property goes digital
High-tech computer modeling may play a significant role in negotiations over a much-scrutinized piece of city-owned property downtown. Visual aid: Several high-tech computer renderings are underway to help visualize what construction on this Haywood Street site could look like. Photo by Jonathan Welch The McKibbon Hotel Group wants to build a seven-story hotel on the […]
State approves water quality permit for The Cliffs
After months of controversy, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality issued a water-quality permit for The Cliffs at High Carolina on July 2. The permit brings the developer a step closer to proceeding with a golf-course community on a roughly 3,000-acre site between Swannanoa and Fairview. The construction and maintenance plans will affect about […]