In the last installment of Junker's Blues, a handshake deal for a large collection of records goes bad when the junker receives a mysterious anonymous phone call. He's told there was a misunderstanding and that the LPs had never been for sale in the first place. This leads the junker, prone to fanciful narrative flights […]
Soundtrack
Bands must love Jack of the Wood: The downtown bar comes with a built-in crowd that often fills the venue to capacity on Friday and Saturday nights. But guaranteed crowd doesn't mean guaranteed supporters, so at a recent Honeycutters show, the relatively new country act made quick work of turning a room full of strangers […]
Brews News
Drum roll, please. The big beer news of the year (so far) for Asheville, of course, is that Lexington Avenue Brewery finally will open its doors — though, according to brewer Ben Pierson, they’re being coy about exactly when.
Freak out for a big break in the 2011 Freaks of Asheville calendar
Auditions for the Freaks of Asheville pageant will go down at Craggie Brewing in January.
Perfect timing: Asheville Winter Warmer Beerfest
There are 11 more weeks of winter, a thought which could drive anyone to drink. Luckily, the end of this month brings a beer festival geared toward exactly that.
Edgy Mama: Memorable moms of 2009
It’s time to look back on some of the memorable moms of 2009. These women aren’t necessarily listed here because I agree with who they are or what they stand for, but they’re moms who struck me as memorable in some way this year.
Video a-Go-Go: The local video roundup
This week: geocaching, amateur “ice surfing,” the Avett Brothers and more
Southern writer Nicole Seitz visits WNC
The author of A Hundred Years of Happiness reads from her new book, Saving Cicadas.
A Twitter chronicle of how Asheville brought in the new year
New Year’s Eve in Asheville, as chronicled by a sampling of tweets carried on Mountain Xpress’ #AvlNYE Twitter feed.
Street band
Langhorne Slim & band
Lexington Ave.
The case of the missing crossword clues … solved!
The New York Times crossword in this week’s Xpress is missing two clues; here they are
Grand opening for Downtown Market next Friday
Downtown Market, Asheville’s newest indoor market located at 45 S. French Broad Ave., will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Jan. 8. The market will open at 10 a.m., with the Chamber’s big scissors arriving at noon to do the cutting. The rest of the afternoon, enjoy free food, craft demos, live music and, of course, shopping.
Lexington Avenue Brewery is almost open
The long-awaited LAB will not debut on New Year’s Eve… but soon!
Holiday traffic
Sara Legatski outside her boutique, Parlour. Photos by Jonathan Welch
This weekend on a shoestring
Reasons to go out post-New Year’s Eve festivities:
1) That whole “hair of the dog” theory.
2) It’s a new year and you should begin as you mean to continue (i.e. entertained)
3) Xpress’ Weekend on a Shoestring has a whole list of budget-friendly events ready for your perusal.
Happy 2010!
Party like it’s (finally the end of) 2009
[Editor’s note: This roundup appeared in print, but a version was posted here that includes a few last-minute additions. Party on!] So long, 2009. We'll be sending you off in grand style — with champagne toasts and silly hats, with serious ceremony, with sparklers and slurry rounds of "Auld Lang Syne." Some of us might […]
Sallie Ford forges her own sound
A New Year's Eve party at the Asheville Civic Center should be quite the homecoming party for Sallie Ford. The Weaverville native (now hailing from Portland, Ore.) will open for the Avett Brothers, the Concord, N.C.-based band that dropped its first major-label album earlier this year to wide acclaim. Ford's just three years into her […]
Where to spend New Year’s Eve
*NEW EVENTS ADDED!* Here’s our New Year’s Eve roundup for Asheville-area events.
