WNC Vote Tracker website launches to track local legislation
On Oct. 2, Western North Carolina Vote Tracker launched. It's an online service that aims to help area voters follow legislation pertaining to six categories: economic security, education, environment, health and safety and women’s issues. “It’s really to help create more transparency and kind of lift the veil around the legislations affecting our area,” says […]
Clubland features: Crazyhorse and Colston, Hey Marseilles, Wild Belle
Electric company: King Britt
Leading up to the inaugural Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit, we’re running a series of Q+A interviews with the festival’s artists. Photo by Atuanya Priester.
Jungle Book swings onto ACT stage with unexpected cast
Sixteen actors aged 7 to 15 years old will perform the classic Disney production at Asheville Community Theatre’s Mainstage on Friday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Oct. 27.
Sound Check: Vienna Teng
Last Friday, singer-songwriter-pianist (and recent transplant to Detroit) Vienna Teng performed a sold-out show at The Altamont Theatre. Xpress spoke to her, in advance of the concert, about her final tour before she takes a day job.
LEAF highlights
Find the full weekend schedule at theleaf.org. Here, Xpress rounds up a few non-to-be missed acts (like the return of The Bluebrass Project, pictured here).
“Lurkin’”
Click through for the recently-released video by Jonathan Scales Fourchestra.
Good Reverberations: West Asheville’s The Mothlight opens
West Asheville’s newest concert venue The Mothlight held its grand opening this weekend, selling out its first Saturday-night show and giving music lovers a fresh hangout.
Sound Track web extra: Weaker Things
Local indie-rock outfit Comet West holds a release party for new EP, “Weaker Things” on Friday, Oct. 18 at The Mill Room.
Five (or more) questions with Quiet Life
The Portland, Ore.-based roots-rock outfit plays The Orange Peel on Monday, Oct. 21 with The Head and the Heart and Thao & the Get Down Stay Down. In advance, they talk about new album “Wild Pack” and touring the country in a van fueled by used vegetable oil.
Smart Bets: Fiesta Latina
The largest and oldest celebration of Latin American culture in the region returns this weekend. Swing Original Monks from Ecuador (pictured) performs, among many other acts.
Brothers in Arms: Sampling Asheville’s hip-hop scene
Brothers Davaion and Heath Bristol don’t just participate in the local hip-hop scene — they bring it directly to you.
This weekend on a shoestring
As always, Xpress brings you the best in low-cost weekend events.
RECAPPED: Charlotte Bobcats vs. Atlanta Hawks at US Cellular Center
Historically a mecca for failed sports franchises, Asheville managed to attract two NBA teams to the U.S. Cellular Center Tuesday, Oct. 8, in an odd preseason match-up. The game was part of the Charlotte Bobcats’ renewed efforts to build a fan base in Western North Carolina. Here’s what you missed.
Full metal racket
Kings of Prussia headlined a mixed-metal showcase at the Emerald Lounge. Band photo by Nicholas King.
Stephen King’s libretto coming to Thomas Wolfe
With more than 50 published novels and hundreds of short stories to his name, author Stephen King is obviously prolific. He’s also proven to be quite versatile, taking the jump into musical theater with Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, playing at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 13. While the idea of a libretto […]
Page turners
Magic words Just because there’s a princess, a witch and a guy called Dragon doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a fairy tale. Especially in the case of Lonely in the Heart of the World, a new novel by Mindi Meltz. “It’s being called fantasy, but I actually didn’t think of it as fantasy when I wrote […]
Hendersonville and Flat Rock
Growing up in Hendersonville, my friends and I would unkindly refer to our town as “God’s waiting room,” an allusion to its popularity among retirees. After high school, I went away to college, the big city and even Africa! In my absence, and to my great surprise, the town developed a spread of great restaurant […]
Black Mountain Bauhaus
Black Mountain College is known best as an innovative, experimental liberal arts institution that attracted such luminaries as John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham and Willem de Kooning, among others. Craft and design are not on that short list, but the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center intends to strengthen the craft connection with […]
Brevard
Modern-day Brevard is like a smaller, more laid-back Asheville. You’ve got your independent record store, a few ethnic food restaurants, craft breweries and enough outdoor attractions to keep you occupied all year. Did you know? There are at least 105 named waterfalls in Transylvania County. George Vanderbilt founded the Biltmore Forest School (aka The Cradle […]