It’s hard to be on the streets of Asheville for more than a few minutes without seeing a “local food” bumper sticker. But how, exactly, does one define “local food”? A recent Xpress article noted that the Asheville Tourists now sell hot dogs made from animals raised in Buncombe County and sent to Pennsylvania for […]
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Thumbs down on Sotomayor
I don't want a new Supreme Court judge who speaks anything other than their own sincere beliefs. Yet with her recent defense of her membership in the Belizian Grove, Sonia Sotomayor has shown herself as intellectually dishonest. "The Belizian Grove is a constellation of influential women” is how their mission statement begins. There is no […]
Don’t call it a comeback
Random things
Weekly Asheville Disclaimer Page: 07/01/09
Beer City
Bar Beat: Battery Park Book Exchange
Drinking and books: It seems like a natural combination. How many times have you had a page-turner in hand but then thought, “Hmm, I need a drink.” Photo by Jonathan Welch Or, conversely, how many times have you been drinking a delicious cocktail, relaxing on a couch and thought, “You know, an excellent book would […]
Tiles go in at Pack Square Park
A Weaverville artist has begun the Pack Square Park installation of hundreds of clay stoneware tiles, including 400 brown and blue square ones created and signed by students in Buncombe County Schools.
Nickeled and dimed: Asheville fees increase
Whether you’re a an Asheville developer, a homeowner using water or dead and ready to be buried in Riverside Cemetery, the cost of living (and dying) in Asheville is going up.
Asheville fees increase for 2009-1010 fiscal year
Whether you’re a an Asheville developer, a homeowner using water or dead and looking to be buried in Riverside Cemetery, the cost of living in Asheville is going up. Wednesday, July 1, starts the new fiscal year for local government. After facing an initial budget shortfall of more than $5 million, Asheville City Council put […]
Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler for July 1-7: All this and Perry Mason, too
This week there’s a little something for everybody out there. The big offerings, of course, are Michael Mann’s Public Enemies and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (sometimes in 3-D, depending on where you see it—and your willingness to cough up the extra three to three-and-a-half bucks for that third dimension).
Xpress-rated: Video sneak peek at the July 1 edition
Here’s a video preview of the July 1 edition of Mountain Xpress. WATCH OUT FOR THE FIREWORKS!
URTV board will vote on new members tomorrow
The URTV board of directors will vote on new board members in a special meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 4:30 p.m. in URTV’s studios, according to a notice on the public-access channel’s Web site.
Video-a-Go-Go: The local video roundup
This week: be a fly on the wall on a party, make a virtual visit to Downtown After 5, see some 48 Hour Film entries, and much more
Edgy Mama: Fun and free (or almost) summer kid activities
Now that the joy of no school has faded into that perpetual, annoying chorus of “Mom, what are we going to do today?”, I’m searching for entertainment.
Into the Forums
In the Mountain Xpress onlines forums this week: celebrities dropping like flies, news from Nixon and Cheney, and much, much more
Sen. Hagan visits local leaders, pitches health-care reform
In a sit-down with Buncombe County Commissioners and Asheville City Council members on Friday, Sen. Kay Hagan endorsed public health care.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
So we’re back. Miss us much? As we write this, many of y’all are getting set for the Beer City Bash at the Orange Peel, so let’s jump right in …
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Bashing at the Monster Bash
Yes, it’s my annual outing to the Monster Bash, which, for anyone who doesn’t know, is an affair where folks like myself get together to debate such things as the merits of Bela Lugosi’s performance as the Monster in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. We do this to prove to the Trekkies and Star Warvians that they don’t have a lock on geekdom. It’s also proving to me that I’m getting too old for this.
Stonewall at 40: Celebrating resistance
LGBTQ movement to mark anniversary of groundbreaking gay riots, this Saturday in Asheville
My favorite Michael Jackson memories
Here’s what I think of when I remember the King of Pop. What about you?