In Tune: LEAF Downtown celebrates its return
Volume
28
/ Issue 4
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Steve Atkins, foxcovephotography.com
LEAF Downtown returns Friday- Saturday, Aug. 27-28, after a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s theme is “concrete love.”
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LEAF Downtown returns
Following last year's pandemic-related pause, LEAF Downtown returns to Asheville for its sixth annual gathering.Ritch Shydner explores stand-up comedy history in two-part show
The veteran comedian performs "A History of Stand-up Comedy" Aug. 27-28 at Attic Salt Theatre Co.Around town: Cat Fly Film Fest returns with live events
The Cat Fly Film Fest returns with live events after last year's virtual gatherings. Plus, the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival offers a sneak peak, a South Carolina musician brings jazz…food
What’s new in food: Asheville Cider Crawl expands
Asheville Cider Crawl is set for Saturday, Aug. 28, plus the Omni Grove Park Inn hosts its 29th annual National Gingerbread House Competition, Metro Wines raises money for homeless pets,…living
Wellness in brief: Lawsuit alleges Mission Health monopoly
Lawsuit alleges Mission Health monopoly Six residents of Western North Carolina filed a class-action lawsuit against HCA Healthcare and Mission Health System on Aug. 10, alleging restraint of trade and…news
Asheville Archives: Literary expectations hound Thomas Wolfe, 1931
Despite public outcries over his 1929 debut novel, Look Homeward, Angel, local residents were still eager to know what Thomas Wolfe had planned next. As pressure mounted to deliver his…Q&A with Liz Harper, city of Asheville public records officer
Asheville city government’s decision-making should happen in the sunlight. At least, that’s the principle Liz Harper brings to her work as the city’s public records officer. Anyone who has asked…City equity office struggles amid staffing issues
The office finds itself without any permanent staff and has no public process for hiring new employees. The vacancies come after a wave of resignations, as well as public criticism…Buncombe County Schools enrollment drops as nontraditional options grow
Last school year, Buncombe County Schools saw an average daily membership drop of over 1,500 students, its biggest in the past six years and about 6.4% from its 2019-20 figure…Zack and Edwards offer contrasting views of crime, policing
Asheville Police Chief David Zack suggested that crime rates were beginning to stabilize as APD learns to cope with its staffing deficiencies. Republican Sen. Chuck Edwards, however, said Asheville's crime…Buncombe reinstates COVID emergency, indoor mask mandate
The requirement covers all “business establishments, offices and workplaces, public transportation facilities and vehicles, and any indoor place the public is invited or allowed to enter and gather,” with the…opinion
Letter: Act now to quell violent crime
"The city of Asheville and Buncombe County have about one year to quell their growing violent crime and nascent street gang problem."Letter: El Paso bests Asheville on transportation, crime
"Having spent time in El Paso, Texas, I am struck by interesting comparisons to Asheville."Letter: Support needed for environmental justice bill
"Western North Carolina will soon experience environmental degradation because of our legislators’ inability to act on climate policy."