vday & anti-vday

You can spend February 14th (and the days preceding and after) staring into the eyes of your soulmate. Or you can spend it with the company of Chinese takeout and…

Emotions make for tricky adhesive, e.g.: Love will keep us together. Until it doesn't. And then, in the midst of the melancholy free-fall, you find yourself trying to deal with…

Love: 1. "Love Is…" by Chachillie 2. "When Love Comes Around" by Calico Moon 3. "When You's Gonna Be My Baby" by Choosy Beggars 4. "A Lover's Heart" by Jar-e…

Dear Famous Comedian, I'm a nice girl looking for a nice guy in this town, but I don't know how to meet them! Where should I go and how should…

It's almost Valentine’s Day, which means it's time for love songs. How about 69 of them? On Saturday, Feb. 11, eight local bands perform the entirely of The Magnetic Fields'…

The Suspect: Marc Broussard Son of Boogie Kings guitarist Ted Broussard, this singer-songwriter released his first album 10 years ago when he had just turned 20. He plays bayou-flavored blue-eyed…

Learn how “sharing economies” can promote sustainable communities at an Asheville Green Drinks meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave. Info: http://www.ashevillegreendrinks.com. Enjoy…

There's a specific color of rose for anything that a lover might want to convey. Red roses, of course, represent love. Yellow roses are given to signify friendship. Black roses…

a href=”“Just when you think this town couldn’t possibly get any cooler, another dog-friendly brewery opens its doors just a step away from one of your favorite migratory food trucks.…

Ride the Bar Hopper For the cost of a pint of beer, you can catch a shuttle ride from bar to bar throughout downtown and West Asheville (and it’s a…

Valentine’s Day, along with Mother’s Day, is one of the biggest nights of the year for restaurant sales. This year, Zagat (a restaurant guide that offers food news and ratings)…

There’s no reason not to go local when it comes to chocolate for Valentine’s Day. Here are (lucky number) seven opportunities: If you haven't had a chance to yet, drop…

After months of denying speculation that he wouldn't seek another term in Congress, Rep. Heath Shuler reversed course Feb. 1, saying he’ll retire from office when his term ends in…

Jones urges Asheville Middle School renovation Mandatory trash pickup discussed The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners huddled with staff Jan. 31 to discuss past accomplishments and current priorities. Here's a…

The water system wasn’t on the agenda, but east Asheville residents flooded City Council members with concerns and comments about it during a Jan. 31 community meeting. About 50 people…

A painful memory cloaked in cigarette smoke fires Owen High School junior Savannah Henderson’s determination to help extinguish tobacco use. “My grandfather started using at a very young age, and…

The cloud of acid rain that's been hovering over Western North Carolina for decades may turn out to have a silver lining after all. A seven-year lawsuit against the Tennessee…

What: You don’t have to travel to Spain to enjoy flamenco dance. Western Carolina University is bringing Spanish music and dance to the region with the "La Pasion Flamenca," featuring…

What: The leaves are down and the buds aren’t quite out yet. So how do you know what kind of tree you’re admiring? RiverLink has the key: a winter tree-identification…

• Mission Hospitals seeks to end contractual partnership with St. Josephs, explaining, ‘It’s not you, it’s me’ • Black Mountain aldermen seek removal of current ABC chair, citing her short…

Dear Asheville, At the risk of sounding gushy, I want you to know that you’re amazing. Gorgeous, smart, lovable: in short, everything I could ever ask for in a town.…

I wish to express my kudos to the wonderful work Project Access is doing to help people gain access to needed medical care [“Wellness,” Jan. 25 Xpress]. I am currently…

a href=”“Calling the Jan. 25 Mountain Xpress a “Wellness” issue is quite a stretch. There were only a few articles dealing with wellness — one detailed how Asheville became an…

Your recent Wellness issues were an excellent reminder of the pioneer role that acupuncturist Cissy Majebe played in launching the vibrant alternative therapy industry that now thrives in Asheville [Jan.…

Our Mountains and our area of Western North Carolina have always been known as clean and beautiful. Let us please make an effort to keep it that way. Studies show…

I never realized how big of a problem littering was in Asheville until I got a puppy. Taking her for a walk is a near-constant struggle to steer her away…

On Jan. 21 I attended Asheville Mardi Gras’ Cajun Cookoff with Art and Oddities Auction at Tressa’s and it was fabulous! The place was dripping in purple, green and gold,…

I am a sophomore at Asheville High School, an active member of the Teens Against Tobacco Use club and a recent hire at Youth Empowered Solutions. I recently read an…

I am a junior at Owen High School. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, many are thinking of special things to do for their loved ones. What’s more special…

As we face the uncertainties of climate change, the end of cheap oil and economic instability, we see towns and cities all over the world joining the Transition Movement. Asheville…