What: Throw a stone in any direction and you’ll hit traditional Appalachian music. Western North Carolina has more than its share of musicians, but it’s rare to see four legendary fiddlers in one place, on one screen. The premier of Four Master Fiddlers, a documentary about Paul Crouch, Arvil Freeman, Bobby Hicks and Roger Howell, […]
Year: 2012
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Couple in black
His and hers black outfits with lots of details (his plaid tie, her black and white scarf, his bike toe loafers).
Live Twitter updates on the WNC snow
Winter’s here as temperatures have dropped and snow is falling over the Asheville area. Follow live Twitter updates on the situation here.
Busk Break: Kerry performs “Bedouin”
Busking musician Kerry performs her original tune “Bedouin” outside Malaprop’s in downtown Asheville.
Buncombe Commissioners preview: 2012 edition
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will consider a number of issues at its first meeting of 2012, including a “Mental Health Services Report,” a proposal to rename the Smokey Park Bridge in memory of Capt. Jeff Bowen and a rezoning request.
Smart Bets web extra: Perpetual Groove
The Athens-based band plays two nights at Asheville Music Hall: Thursday and Friday this week. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets to each show.
From mural to canvas
Canton resident Laurel Tewes’ solo show kicks off the Gallery 86 season
What I did on New Year’s Eve
A short essay in tweets and pics.
Film seeks climate change solutions
Find like-minded people and learn about climate change at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville’s screening of Carbon Nation
Fourth Annual Lake Lure Polar Plunge
Unseasonably warm temperatures and 100 plungers graced the fourth annual Lake Lure Polar Plunge today, Jan. 1.
Julie Armbruster brings Professor Wunderbar to Izzy’s
The local artist celebrates the release of The Future of the Feline Infiltration Front, the final installment in her three-part, limited-edition zine, with an opening reception and release party at the downtown coffee house.
Review: Alabama Shakes at the Orange Peel
The Athens, Ala.-based retro soul band performed to a near-capacity crowd at The Orange Peel. Photos by Rich Orris.
Start off the new year with upcycling
Turn over a new leaf by sharing and reusing old clothes.
The Swannanoa Journal: Elephant Sanctuary
In partnership with Warren Wilson College’s Environmental Leadership Center, Xpress presents The Swannanoa Journal, short audio essays on regional environmental sustainability issues, written and recorded by WWC students. This week, Aundrea Kinney talks about her experience in the Tennessee-based Elephant Sanctuary.
Bees, chickens and recirculating aquaculture: Urban homesteading at Ashevillage Institute (video)
Shawn Jadrnicek shows how his runoff ponds connect to the greenhouse with a pond, which is connected to the chicken coop, while the bees buzz around the whole recycling aquaculture system.