The rest of the Best!
Volume
19
/ Issue 13
Cover Design Credit:
Carrie Lare, Photographs by Max Cooperarts
Smart Bets: Slice of Life Comedy one year anniversary
Smart Bets: Cajun Country Revival and Whiskey Shivers
Smart Bets: John Prine
Smart Bets: Oleander Tea Company
State of the Arts
Ska music persists beyond its checkered past
The sound of a city
food
Brews News
The Wicked Weed crew moved the rest of their new brewhouse into the brewery at 91 Biltmore Ave. The brewery should be up and running by the end of the…Brews News: Clean those glasses, people
If you hang around breweries and beer bars (which you probably do if you read this column), you’ve probably heard the term “beer clean,” usually in reference to glassware. I…Educators convene for the first Farm to School Institute
To keep the momentum from National Farm to School Month going, area teachers, early childhood educators, child nutrition directors, parents and chefs are all invited to attend ASAP’s Growing Minds…He believes the children are the future: Teach them to grow and let them lead the way
Foodwire
Changes afoot at Aloft: A new restaurant and new bartenders move in
Saying goodbye: Asheville eateries close up shop
Educators convene for the first Farm to School Institute
To keep the momentum from National Farm to School Month going, area teachers, early childhood educators, child nutrition directors, parents and chefs are all invited to attend ASAP’s Growing Minds…living
Let’s get together: WNC hospitals face financial pressures to merge
news
The county lines: Hot buttons and trends in this year’s commissioner races
A look at the issues and what’s at stake in this year’s Buncombe County Board of Commissioners elections. Early voting began today. (photo by Max Cooper)City within a city: Council approves downtown BID
Campaign Calendar for Oct 17
Thursday, 10/18 Reception honoring Rep. Tim Moffitt and Nathan Ramsey, with House Majority Leader Paul 'Skip' Stam, 1335 Cane Creek Road, Fletcher, 6:30 to 8 p.m. For reservations, call 230-2665.…Merchandising tips for the holiday season
Before you know it, Halloween will be past us, and the holiday season will be in full swing. As you begin to see festive displays popping up in store windows…opinion
Maximum fullness: The yoga of diabetes management
I came to Asheville to kayak the region’s amazing rivers. I came so I could see the mountains from the UNCA library’s steps and look forward to being on them…Career Day
Zombies
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• Room for rent in awesome communal house w/ awesome people!! - $650/120 S.F. (W. AVL)Maximum fullness
I came to Asheville to kayak the region’s amazing rivers. I came so I could see the mountains from the UNCA library’s steps and look forward to being on them…Beware sensationalist tactics — wherever they appear
Virginia Bower’s reaction upon seeing a full-page advertisement for the documentary film 2016: Obama’s America is understandable, but ultimately misguided and potentially damaging to this publication and the Asheville community…Lord save us from crypto-fascist liberals
Over the past decade I've seen so many stupid, silly, off-the-wall letters published in Mountain Xpress that I've come to think of Letters as a slight variation of the “News…To be the best, you must compete with the best
For the past several weeks, the owners, staff and customers of Favilla's N.Y. Pizza have eagerly awaited the results for the Best of WNC pizza category. Admittedly, we were disappointed…Asheville is lucky to have Liberty Bikes
I hope you might be able to help me recognize a recent exceptional experience that my friends and I from Colorado had with Liberty Bikes in Asheville. We were on…Regulators! Mount up
As a citizen of Asheville, it concerns me greatly that the presence of Progress Energy’s coal-ash ponds has continued to go unregulated and unrecognized by our local, state and federal…Attention: Asheville City Council
Why is it that when big business asks for something, you're always ready to give it? First, it was 51 Biltmore, then it was [approval for another] McKibbon hotel facing…Elections are not for sale
As a voter, I am terribly dismayed by the huge amount of money coming from corporate interests to many campaigns across the country. Super PACs and corporate money are damaging…I am voting for Patsy
I live in the newly carved 10th Congressional District, and I volunteered for Patsy Keever, drawn to her integrity, her vision of a kinder, better-intentioned and well-educated North Carolina, even…Sliding into home
In September 2004, Buncombe County was declared a federal disaster area in the wake of tropical storms Frances and Ivan. Twelve landslides were reported, and two structures — a home…Letters to the editor
Quite a slide Your “Slippery Slopes” articles [Nov. 22 Xpress] covering the concerns with the overdevelopment of our beautiful mountains hit on my growing heartbreak as I witness these rapid…