Stars and Pints Forever: Taprooms welcome back crowds
Volume
27
/ Issue 48
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Area taprooms look significantly different this Independence Day weekend compared with last year, but things aren’t completely back to “normal.” Patrons can still expect masked employees, plexiglass partitions at the bar and other safety measures at many local breweries.
arts
Local author examines his life growing up in the Jim Crow South
Local writer Robert “Zack” Zachary discusses his debut essay collection, Forgotten Stories Remembered.Recent A.C. Reynolds High School graduate selected for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra
The recent A.C. Reynolds High School graduate discusses his musical journey and where he hopes his latest opportunities will lead.Montford Park Players spotlight women writers in new show
Honor Moor, Barbie Angell and Kathryn Langwell reinterpret Grimm's fairy tales; Concerts on the Creek return to Sylva; plus more area arts news.food
Beer Scout: What to expect at local breweries this July 4 weekend
Certain safety precautions remain in place despite the lifting of statewide restrictions.What’s new in food: Summer rolls in with a fish fry on Fourth of July
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church hosts a fish fry to help raise funds for needed repairs. Also: biscuits with a purpose, cake at the WNC Farmers Market and Erin Jordan…living
Healthy pride
Western North Carolina is a health-conscious place, but one that hasn’t always been welcoming for the LGBTQ community. And without health and wellness opportunities that provide care, while also affirming…Q&A with Mac Franklin, director of horticulture at the NC Arboretum
Since he was a teenager in Charlotte, Mac Franklin knew what his life’s work would be. He began landscaping during high school and continued the career while studying art, industrial…news
Canton and Maggie Valley consider additional occupancy tax
House Bill 412 would enable the two Haywood County municipalities to levy a 2% occupancy tax on accommodations like hotels, motels and Airbnbs, which would then be managed by new…Biz Briefs: N.C. Employee Ownership Center prepares for business transitions
N.C. Employee Ownership Center prepares for business transitions Just as the COVID-19 pandemic is waning in Western North Carolina, local businesses face another, slower-moving economic crisis. According to data from…Asheville Archives: The influence of white supremacy in the women’s suffrage movement
In the summer of 1920, local residents disputed the merits and perceived risks associated with the passage of the 19th Amendment. Racism, rather than sexism, was a key factor on…ACS administration blocked staff from following state rules on meal program
“The school nutrition director was prohibited from implementing, completing and/or fulfilling various compliance requirements in the non-school programs," notes a report compiled by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction regarding…Asheville Council approves tax increase, gets crime update
During its June 22 meeting, Asheville City Council voted 6-1 to approve the $201.67 million operating budget for fiscal year 2021-22, which includes an effective property tax increase of 2…Local media win legal fees from Asheville after open-meetings suit
Xpress, along with the Asheville Citizen Times, Blue Ridge Public Radio, Carolina Public Press and Asheville Watchdog, had incurred nearly $4,200 in attorney fees after suing Asheville over its plan…opinion
Letter: Cawthorn’s inspiring story could encourage others
"This inspiring story could encourage people to achieve great things and to rise and overcome your limitations for success."Letter: We need creative responses to transform our institutions
"I believe preschool and primary grades of schooling are more attuned to children’s needs, but after that, the schools are geared more to fitting children into our dysfunctional and polarized…Letter: Homelessness is not a ‘lifestyle’
"Just as mental, physical and socioeconomic conditions are not lifestyles, neither is homelessness; it is an outcome of those conditions."Letter: Stop with the insular local mentality
"I’m tired of people here complaining about growth. Frankly, this small-mindedness reminds me of people in Maine who want to keep out 'outsiders from away.'”Forty what
Letter: The sorry sight of new Asheville construction
"So sad. The endless hotel and condo building. And, if you are in doubt as to how mindless and thoughtless it all seems to be, look at the architecture."Letter: Asheville deserves noise ordinance based on science
"Asheville deserves a noise ordinance based on proven science that will create a safer, healthier, more sustainable, more socially just and more livable Asheville for everyone."Ordinary noise
Letter: Get vaccinated — for yourself and rural hospitals
"I urge you to get vaccinated and take sensible precautions. Not only will this help ensure your health and the health of your family, it will ease the burden on…