The Wild, Wild Best of WNC: Part One
Volume
26
/ Issue 2
Cover Design Credit:
Scott Southwick
We are pleased as all get-out to serve up Part I of the Best of WNC, our 25th annual compilation of what you, our readers, declare to be the cream of the crop of what this region has to offer. Yeehaw!
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Art & Craft Exhibition highlights black history and culture in Henderson County
Crystal Cauley has scheduled a second Black Art & Craft Exhibition for Saturday, Aug. 10, at Emanuel's Corner in Hendersonville. It will showcase art and craft, highlight local African American…Smart Bets: Tanya Solomon
The Brooklyn-based stage magician performs at The Odditorium on Aug. 11.Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears keep the blues relevant
When Lewis started writing his own material, his take on the blues reflected the influence of the more modern styles that had informed his musical sensibility. The result was something…Smart Bets: The Children of Dionysus
Asheville artist Elizabeth Albright's solo show opens Aug. 9 at ZaPow Gallery.Theatre review: ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ at Hendersonville Community Theatre
A pop icon upends small-town sensibilities and stirs up some latent sexual tension in 1958.Smart Bets: Linqua Franqa
The Athens, Ga. hip-hop artist plays The Mothlight on Aug. 9.Four-day Asheville Comedy Festival returns
The 51 comedians who made the cut for the 2019 Asheville Comedy Festival, previously known as Laugh Your Asheville Off, will perform at three venues (Diana Wortham Theatre, Highland Brewing…Smart Bets: The Ex-Optimists
The Asheville/Houston-based indie/noise rockers make their "local" debut Aug. 9 at Fleetwood'sfood
Asheville restaurants discuss efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle
From 5-gallon plastic buckets to drinking straws, local restaurants look for ways to keep plastics and other materials out of the landfill.Top Shelf Views: Vermouths from Spain and beyond
Traditional dry and sweet vermouths are only the beginning. While most vermouth is still made using neutral white wine as a base, some red wine-based varieties are gaining a foothold…Small bites: ASAP’s Local Food Experience returns
Entering its fourth year, ASAP's Local Food Experience returns to New Belgium Brewing Co. on Thursday, Aug. 15 from 6-8:30 p.m. Also: Hole Doughnuts hosts book signing; Soverign Remedies teams…living
Armadillos roll into Western North Carolina
Armadillos were first seen in North Carolina in Macon County in 2007, and the first confirmed Buncombe County sighting took place in July 2014 near Leicester. Although urbanization and relocation…Asheville’s Tractor Supply Co. hosts backyard poultry event
The drop-in event will offer information on everything from basic poultry care to homegrown food sources and keeping chickens for pest control.movies
Screen Scene: Local film news
Asheville-based filmmaker Emma Keehan enjoys festival success while two actors with local ties appear in Quentin Tarantino's new movie.news
Asheville Archives: Early motorists overwhelm downtown roads, 1919-25
On Aug. 29, 1920, The Sunday Citizen asked readers, "Why should the city provide places in the streets for the prolonged parking of motors?" Responses to the question varied.Summertime and the parking’s not easy
“There’s not a simple solution,” says Sage Turner, who chairs both the Downtown Commission and its Parking and Transportation Committee. “The reality is, at peak hours when everyone wants to…Asheville Archives: The failed paper heist of 1906
In 1906, Asheville tried what it could to lure Champion Fibre Co. away from building its new plant in Canton, desperate to bring the company's 1,000 new jobs to the…Step Right Up
ASHEVILLE, N.C.Yes we Can(ton)
Canton is a mill town — and that’s just fine with residents, who embrace its industrial smells and sights as part of the town’s heritage and identity. As new transplants…“In and Out the Bureaucracy”
ASHEVILLE, N.C.Dogwood Health Trust shares six-month update
While the trust’s professional leadership remains under consideration, board chair Janice Brumit confirms that its board has filled out its inaugural complement of 14 members from WNC. After the nonprofit…Tourism Development Authority weighs in on proposed hotel ban
The Tourism Development Authority discusses the proposed hotel moratorium during a July 31 board meeting.Buncombe commissioners begin 2040 strategic planning
The board tagged a higher overall population, greater burdens associated with chronic health conditions and obesity, growing racial gaps in academic achievement, a rising jail population, loss of farmland, higher…McHenry, Buncombe residents clash at Riceville town hall
The 10th Congressional District representative's constituents challenged him on issues including climate policy, Israel-U.S. relations and the behavior of President Donald Trump at his annual Buncombe County town hall on…opinion
Letter: Leaf pickup policy needs another look
"The city's policy of dumping leaves and other yard trash out of the plastic bags holding them and leaving the bags lying in the gutter is contributing to plastic ending…Letter: We all can support immigrants
"Here’s a different idea: What if some [local] hotel owners, Airbnb owners and people with an extra bedroom or two decided to welcome a few families who are at the…Letter: ‘Breast Is Best’?
"Imagine my delight to instead read an article encouraging the city of Asheville and its residents to support nursing moms in feeding their babies when and wherever they need!"Letter: A disturbing encounter in East Asheville
"Nothing like this, to my knowledge, has ever happened in the 20-plus years I’ve been walking dogs in Beverly Hills. So the incident is shocking."