Council had a full agenda, including a request by Mission Hospitals to add a five-story outpatient facility, consideration of an innovative plan to help citizens make Asheville more energy independent, a plea to run drinking-water lines to homes near the former CTS plant, and a request to amend the Glen Rock conditional use permit.
Year: 2010
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Review of SciFi-A-GoGo
Deep into its second decade, the neo-burlesque movement appears to be approaching a critical mass of performers that combine the traditional, early-twentieth century blend of comedy, music and striptease with a strong contemporary sensibility.
Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler Jan. 13-19: And still they come
After last week’s mixed—but better than usual for January—bag of movies, this week ought to have been a comparatively light one. Well, that wasn’t taking into account the Fine Arts opting to open both Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces and Tom Ford’s A Single Man, nor did it factor in Paramount going wide with The Lovely Bones.
Play ball! New Tourist owner coming to town
The Asheville Tourists, a minor-league team in the South Atlantic League, has been sold to the DeWine family of Ohio; son Brian DeWine is moving to town with his young family.
Asheville’s Idol
We’re not saying 17 year-old singer Jesse Barry is or isn’t a contestant on this season’s American Idol. We’re just saying tune in to FOX this Tuesday and Wednesday.
Steps for an energy independent Asheville
The Asheville Energy Independence Initiative proposes to increase efficiency and create jobs through city-financed loans.
From vampires to swans
Elizabeth Kostova, author of New York Times bestseller “The Historian,” launches her new novel, “The Swan Thieves” in Asheville tomorrow.
Asheville City Council preview: Jan. 12 meeting
Stream buffers and design review kick off Council’s new year
Edgy Mama: The future of parenting
Regardless of the fact that the world may end this year (or by 2012), I predict there will be some dramatic changes in parenting and family life.
Video a-go-go
Here’s this week’s round up Asheville video: the Lindy hop, the Chicken Stomp, aerial dance, stop-motion beer brewing and more.
New online map helps visualize North Carolina’s literary landscape
Use this online tool to find out what authors and books are associated with which counties or regions of North Carolina.
NEW UPDATES: Katie Spotz eight days into Atlantic rowing crossing
Eight days ago, Katie Spotz started rowing across the Atlantic. The Warren Wilson College student has taken on this gargantuan task as a way to raise money for The Blue Planet Run, a San Francisco based nonprofit funding safe drinking water projects for the billion people around the world in need. Well equipped for the […]
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Memorable moviegoing moments and the audience experience
I freely admit that this particular column has its roots in one of the very first Screening Room entries. Cut me a little slack. I’m coming to you from my bed of pain—OK, so at the moment it’s a chair of pain—with not one, but two throat infections.
Bothwell: decriminalizing drugs, publicly financed elections goals for 2010 “and beyond”
While Asheville City Council meets in retreat to discuss its procedures and goals for the coming year, new Council member Cecil Bothwell has announced 11 goals he’ll pursue in 2010, ranging from the sweeping (decriminalizing drugs, ceasing immigration enforcement) to the local (ceasing to build downtown parking spaces, simplifying the city’s development ordinance).
Managers to Asheville City Council: City’s at ‘financial crossroads’
Asheville City Council began its annual planning process Friday afternoon with a stark assessment from the city’s top management: The recession has exposed “structural weaknesses in the city’s financial foundation” that will require a long-term City Council strategy to repair.
“Asheville, NC 2010: A Financial Crossroads”
Asheville City Council began its annual planning process Jan. 8, 2010, with a stark assessment from the city’s top management: The recession has exposed “structural weaknesses in the city’s financial foundation” that will require a long-term City Council strategy to repair. In a white paper titled “Asheville, NC 2010: A Financial Crossroads,” City Manager Gary […]
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