Kentucky has the Bourbon Trail, California has its wine trails and Western North Carolina is poised to get a Cheese Trail, says Jennifer Perkins, one of the faces behind Looking Glass Creamery. Looking Glass cheeses have been featured in the Willliams-Sonoma 2010-2011 catalog, Cooking Light Magazine and on USAToday.com. There are several cheese-making destinations and […]
Mark Rosenstein, former chef and owner of The Market Place, left the realm of fine dining to pursue his next career: rediscovering and advocating for the family-cooked meal. He’s the project manager for the new Green Opportunities Kitchen Ready Training Program, a cooking-based family training series. Green Opportunities is an organization dedicated to improving lives, […]
Local faith-based publisher Grateful Steps releases a wide array of books, from children's books and photography to historical nonfiction and poetry. Selections from 2011 include YA novel The Old Shoes, adventure memoir Sharks On My Fin Tips and kid's book Sammy the Dragon. Located in Lexington Station (159 S Lexington Ave.), Grateful Steps does more […]
I must begin with a double disclaimer. I’m not a resident of Asheville or Buncombe County. I am also Not From Here, having moved (from Florida, of course) to our Madison County farm back in 1975. But I’ve watched downtown Asheville change from a boarded-up wasteland to the vibrant place that it is today, just […]
You've probably heard of Toms Shoes and their Soles4Souls program (for each pair of the comfy canvas slips-ons purchased, a pair is donated to a child in need). Well, Asheville's Sole Hope works in a similar way — helping needy children in Africa while also providing jobs locally. "We are based out of Asheville because […]
1. Have the Asheville Tourists win the championship for the community. 2. Make McCormick Field a place where the community gathers to celebrate good times, and comes together when bad times occur. For more about the Asheville Tourists, visit http://avl.mx/3j.
My big idea for 2012 is to continuously make folks aware that this community's well-being depends on all of us supporting local. Sending your hard-earned money to other states and out-of-state corporations is not supportive of our constant effort to make life in our state the best possible future. Education is my ongoing goal for […]
We have what you might call a pretty full slate this week—especially, if you consider the 3D re-issue of Beauty and the Beast. Otherwise we’re faced with two mainstream releases—Contraband and Joyful Noise—one borderline art title—The Iron Lady—and one bonafide art title—Carnage. This is that point in the year where the backlog of art titles is going to start flowing and keep hitting us in rapid succession. (There are two more art titles coming our way next week.) This year it’s even more intense since the studios pretty much stiffed us on the art titles at Christmas—even the more popular ones. Last year on Christmas Day you had your pick of The King’s Speech, Black Swan, True Grit, and even I Love You, Phillip Morris. This year it was down to My Week with Marilyn and The Descendants—and the latter had been out for a few weeks.
The Diocese of Charlotte, which runs Asheville’s Basilica of St. Lawrence, has offered the city of Asheville $2 million for Haywood Street property located across the street from the local landmark. Asheville City Council will receive a report on the deal tonight, Jan. 10.
Blue Water Seafood Company starts serving dinner tonight (Tuesday, Jan 10). The restaurant will also offer retail seafood sales later too.
Join Moira Bradford’s eighth-grade class from Asheville Middle School this evening at Malaprop’s, as they provide readings from their own stories on character transformation. Details within.
The side project of Disco Biscuits’ drummer comes to The One Stop on Thursday. Xpress has tickets to give away. Photo by Dave Vann.
In the wake of a raid at the Shogun Buffet on Brevard Road that sent 12 immigrant workers to jail last month, a Raleigh-based nonprofit is sponsoring a series of billboards across the state that aim to put a human face on immigration.
Austin-based musician Mike Gray explains the origin of his unique instrument, then covers Blind Willie Johnson’s “Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right.”
Want to sample some of what the Asheville food scene has to offer on the super-cheap? Heck yes, you do.
Why are city crews cutting down trees along Patton Avenue?
After 370 students showed up to the first UNC Asheville Health Fair, senior health and wellness student Emily Pineda decided to not only organize the event again, but to open it to the Asheville community this year. The fair will feature about 40 local health organizations and businesses in addition to about $500 worth of free health assessments ranging from therapeutic massages to eye care.
My band Mad Tea went to Elvisfest again this year, and lived to tell about it.
The local singer/songwriter hits the road, semi-permanently. But she’ll be back at the end of the month for a handful of shows.
The Asheville-based WE DO campaign — where couples try to register for marriage licenses as a way of demanding an end to laws prohibiting same-sex marriage — is expanding to South Carolina. On Jan. 17-18, three LGBT couples will request licenses in Greenville, S.C.
The North Carolina League of Conservation Voters scored Buncombe County’s legislators on their environmental votes for 2011. Rep. Patsy Keever ranked among the most “green” members of the Statehouse, and Rep. Tim Moffitt among the least.
