A North Carolina Department of Transportation engineer told a group of independent businesses owners Friday, Jan. 10, that upcoming hearings could lead to construction on Asheville’s Interstate 26 connector project starting in 2020.
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Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music Present: Camp David
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music are partnering to showcase local musicians through a series of stripped-down performances for the web. This week Steven Brett and Rebecca Finley-Smith of Camp David perform “Old Strings.”
A venue with a vision
With the new year, Emerald Lounge quietly rolled out the first of its many changes. A new bookings and promotions partnership is one part of the evolution. The music room plans to deepen its support of local artists of all genres, among other initiatives.
Smart Bets: Antique Firearms
The local indie-rock outfit promises a “a high-energy, intimate party not to miss” at The LAB on Friday, Jan. 10, at 9:30 p.m. Cover is $7.
Martin Luther King Jr weekend events announced
The Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Asheville & Buncombe County has announced several events in celebration Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 20, including a film screening, prayer breakfast and march.
Winter Fell
Buncombe Commissioners approve incentives, new hires, zoning regulations
At their first meeting of 2014 on Jan. 7, Buncombe County Commissioners unanimously agreed to give $1.12 million in cash grants to Jacob Holm Industries to help it expand local operations. They also agreed to spend $213,726 to hire 17 new county workers at the Health and Human Services Department and approved new zoning regulations governing renewable energy facilities.
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music Present: Elijah Wyman of Decent Lovers (Round Two!)
In honor of Decent Lovers final Asheville show at the Moog Factory on Wednesday night, we’re rolling out this bonus video from our local music web series produced with Sherwood’s Music.
Bigs and Littles reunite: Big Brothers Big Sisters program hopes to reconnect participants
The Big Brothers Big Sisters program in Buncombe County will celebrate National Mentoring Month by reconnecting former mentors and mentees at “Reunite Now” on Jan. 23.
What was the Big Idea?
Desegregation, struggles for LGBT equality, revitalizing downtown, malls that never were and more Big Ideas that shaped the face of our city.
Asheville Disclaimer 1/8/14
Five can-do wellness tips for 2014
“The meditative process of creating music”
Foothills (Chase Hudson of 2PPM) performs an evening of experimental music at The Mothlight on Saturday, Jan. 11. Kane Pour, Difference Clouds and Paciens Trine share the bill.
2013 at the movies: For better or worse and sometimes both
Here at last are our picks for the ten best films of the year — and they’re sure to be the cause for much wailing and gnashing of teeth. One notable omission is sure to raise eyebrows and even hackles. I mean everybody is supposed to have 12 Years a Slave on his or her list, right? Here’s the thing (and I think I can speak for Mr. Souther, too), I have the utmost respect and admiration for the film. I think it is brilliant. I am cheering for Chiwetel Ejiofor to win that Best Actor Oscar, and I’ll be cool with it if 12 Years a Slave takes Best Picture. I think it’s a fine film and a powerful one, but something about the film feels just a little at arm’s length and keeps it from engaging me fully on an emotional level. That aside, here are the lists
Smart Bets: Mean Mary
Florida native Mary James didn't earn her stage name, Mean Mary, from kicking puppies or pantsing bandmates. It's all about her musical skills, namely her "lighting-fast fingers and raw, unmistakable vocal sound." James could read music before she could read words and co-wrote songs at age 5, according to her bio. She recorded her debut […]
Stand and Deliver
The Steep Canyon Rangers threaten to break some bluegrass rules with their eighth LP, Tell the Ones I Love. Following a succession of increasingly sparkling productions, the new album is the group’s most freewheeling affair yet — it may also be itsbest. The performances were captured live as the Rangers played together in a circle, […]
Rethinking mental health
It was good to see that “Rethinking Mental Health: Local Practitioners, Groups Reject Mainstream Treatment” [Feb. 6 Xpress] was your fifth most viewed post in 2013. In 1978, Judi Chamberlin published the book On Our Own: Patient Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System. In 2013, Allen Francis published Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt Against […]
Sunday morning meets Saturday night
“I was born and raised in a small town and grew up in church,” says vocalist Paul Janeway. “I feel bad, because it’s kind of a cliché now.” Then again, he’s in good company: Fellow Alabama natives Wilson Pickett, Martha Reeves and Percy Sledge also got their start in choirs. And taking a cue from […]
Cooperative cuisine
Neighbors may share greetings and laughs, and they may share stories. More concretely, they may even share a sidewalk, shrubbery or a fence. However, neighbors don’t often share ownership of a community restaurant. But those are not the neighbors of High Vista, a golf-course community on the border of Buncombe and Haywood counties. From pub […]
Smart Bets: Basil King
"Today I go back and forth between painting and writing, on two different floors of my house in Brooklyn," Basil King says on his website. "One feeds the other and in both I bring disparate things together." An immigrant to the U.S. from England, he discovered Black Mountain College at age 16. He went on […]
Personalized punch lines
Trucker-turned-comedian Julie Scoggins describes her comedy as observational — a day-to-day take on things. And, while she admits her husband is often the brunt of her jokes (“I can tell by how much he rolls his eyes whether it’s a keeper or not”), on a five-hour drive from her hometown of Charlotte to a performance […]
Grow Down for the little guy
The Grow Down Kitchen is located in an unassuming building nestled on a side street in Black Mountain, directly across from the post office. As I navigate the street-side parallel parking, I am greeted by a gang of six or seven enthusiastic young men. Friendly introductions are made as we enter the commercial kitchen these […]