arts
Smart Bets: Cappadonna
Smart Bets: Night of the Living Print Media
Smart Bets: A Very Krektone Christmas
Clubland highlights: Ugly sweaters, pre-jam jamming and finding Common Ground
Photo by Woody Feffer Eye of the beholder: Broadway’s celebrates the season with the fourth annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Dance Party, featuring entertainment by Kipper Shauer and Dr. Awesome (Jason…Holiday highlights
From one world into another: Sparrow Pants sets sail
“The front line of what it is to be human”
Homing in: Warren Haynes brings local acts to the Xmas Jam stage
food
The Bull & Beggar and Buxton Hill The Admiral spawns two new restaurants
First tacos, now pizza
Sabor Bustaurant rolls onto The Lot
It’s time for Boca’s cameo
Tacos are it
Zia Taqueria of Charleston is coming from the shore to the mountains and bringing its Tex-Mex cuisine with it. Owner Kevin Grant recently leased the former Dolores and Jose Mexican…French Broad Food Co-op starts a Friday market
The Wednesday tailgate market at French Broad Food Co-op is over for the year, but local farmers and producers will gather on Fridays through the winter months for a smaller…Get schooled in beer
Some of the more hedonistic college students like to joke that they're majoring in beer. But now, they actually can earn a degree in beer and other craft beverages. A-B…living
The giving tree: Simple gifts can fulfill big needs for local seniors and disabled adults
news
Newswire: Residents seek safety solutions for Rumbough Place
Bringing it all back home: Local networks yield jobs, build community
The most successful buy-local initiatives and partnerships “are those where everyone recognizes that having thriving downtowns, neighborhoods serving business districts, a strong base of independently owned businesses and ongoing opportunities…The spiritual side of the nut-butter business
Will work for pay: New board maintains same commissioner compensation
opinion
Local Anesthesia
Against The Rules
Innovation: It’s not just for geniuses anymore
“Innovation is the key.” We hear these words of wisdom all the time, don’t we? And we nod our heads in agreement, remembering our pocket computers and the communication devices…Magnolia Park mural correction
In the Dec. 5 Letters section, we neglected to name artist Hannah Dansie in the photograph showing the Magnolia Park mural in progress. The Dec. 5 cover photo of the…Is there a job worth sticking around for?
I totally agree with Thad Eckard's Nov. 28 Opinion piece, “Think Before You Spend.” I agree that paying a living wage to employees is only fair. The minimum-wage rate for…The “new representation” is anything but
Even though the voters of Asheville do not want their water system taken from them, it appears that means absolutely nothing. I attended the meeting on Nov. 30 at the…Murals don’t paint themselves
On the cover of the Dec. 5 Xpress, you printed a picture of a mural of Screamin' Jay Hawkins. You credited the photographer, but not the artist who painted the…Educate yourselves about “chemtrails”
Noticed the “Frankensky” over Asheville lately? Those white streaks in the sky are chemtrails (chemical trails), also known as stratospheric geo-engineering. Unlike jet contrails, which disappear in a few minutes,…