Amped for Xmas: Christmas Jam returns
Volume
29
/ Issue 18
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
David Simchock Photography
After a three-year hiatus, Warren Haynes Presents Christmas Jam returns to Asheville. To celebrate, the concert’s founder and name-sake speaks with Xpress about the show’s history, as well as his own musical journey.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (Jam)
With the relaunch less than two weeks away, Xpress caught up with Haynes about the show's history, as well as his own musical journey.Around Town: Deck the Trees brings holiday spirit and community relief
Black Mountain's Deck the Trees events welcomes in the holiday season. Plus, the Folk Art Center hosts the annual Holiday Seconds Sales, an Asheville artist sells painting for Ukraine and the…food
Beer Scout: 7 Clans joins Biltmore Village brewing scene
The Indigenous, female-owned brewery is making fast friends in town, plus an update from the Asheville Brewers Alliance.What’s new in food: Foothills Grange opens in Black Mountain
Foothills Grange celebrates its grand opening on Sunday, Dec. 4. Also: Peruvian cuisine comes to the S&W Market; Morsel Cookie Co. opens on Rankin Avenue; and more!living
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Chamber of Commerce addresses water quality, development
On heels of a 2021 study that showed the power of the French Broad River as an economic driver, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce convened a panel to discuss…Buncombe tries to fix its property tax appraisal system
An action plan county staffers presented to the Board of Commissioners Oct. 18 includes steps to help owners of cheaper homes seek reductions if they think the county has valued…Local groups tackle gun violence
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Can Asheville draw on the past to build its future?
"Today, Asheville’s a tourist destination fueled by wealth-take-all capitalism beset with growing urban issues such as parking, pollution, land use, development, affordable housing, crime and allocation of tax revenues. Yet…Letter: One-party rule in Buncombe?
"I’ve also noticed the same complaints year in and year out — high cost of living, low-paying jobs, lack of good jobs, homelessness, etc. And yet, for some reason I…Bold Solutions to local problems
Xpress seeks student writing & art for 2023 Kids Issues
Attention, local kids and teens: If you could travel through time, where would you go? Some historic event in the past? Somewhere in the unknown future? Why? What would you…