Video A-Go-Go: Outdoor Thrill Rides, All Things Hemp, and a Well-Edited Night Out

Posted on by Steve Shanafelt

Each week the Xpress brings you a collection of spiffy, locally relevant videos. In this installment, learn not very much at all about the man behind The Green Race Movie, take a virtual zipline ride, watch some people box in the park, learn about the many uses of hemp and watch two women you probably don’t know on a well-edited evening out in Asheville.

Fanaticon 2010

Posted on by Michael Muller

Thousands of people turned out for Fanaticon, Asheville’s first-ever official comic book convention at the Asheville Art Museum on Pack Square. It ran from 10am to 5pm today.
Pictured above is Brandon Vinez of Asheville. For all you non-geeks, he’s dressed as The Flash. Be sure to also check out Halima Flynt’s great photos here.

Review of What the Butler Saw

Posted on by John Crutchfield

If the recent news of ecological catastrophe in the Gulf, or (closer to home) vandalism and hate crimes in Our Fair City have got you feeling a little down, take my advice: Give N.C. Stage a buzz and reserve a ticket for What the Butler Saw, the near-perfect farce by British playwright Joe Orton currently running at the little theatre on Stage Lane.

Busk Break: Gorgeous Doom’s Dumpster-Diving Ditty

Posted on by Steve Shanafelt

New Orleans-based bandGorgeous Doom have been busking downtown in Asheville this week. We were lucky enough to catch the trio version of the group trying out some new material across the street from Pritchard Park. This song doesn’t appear to have a title yet, but we do know the basic theme. According to banjo-playing singer Josh Cole, the song is about “eating out of the dumpster.”