Video: half of Firecracker Jazz band performs outside Xpress’ offices before being run off by police.
Make your own stupid sock creature
John Murphy, author of Stupid Sock Creatures, leads a DIY Lark Labs Social.
This week on a shoestring
From the avant-garde to the well-thumbed, from CD releases to midday musicals, nothing on this list will run you more than five bucks.
College Street
Sandra with Lulu the dog. Photo by Jonathan Welch.
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Sad for us, good for them: Electro-anthem dance-partiers EAR PWR play their Asheville finale at BoBo on Friday, March 13. While our claim on the band is now tenuous (Devin Booze graduates from UNCA’s music technology program in May, and Booze and PWR duo-mate Sarah Reynolds are moving to Baltimore), we’ll take what we can […]
Everything turns out nothing like the plan
For Andy Herod, there was nothing like suffering through a good existential meltdown to get his creative juices flowing. A founding member of The Comas, Herod fled the successful indie rock band last year after a nine-year run, leaving his apartment in Brooklyn for several months of couch-surfing and soul-searching that eventually led him to […]
X-rays and Spectres
The mark of a brave artist is a willingness to take risks and challenge personal formulas. Often this evolution in creative process is as important to the work as its content. Such is the case with the latest assembly of artwork, entitled X-Rays and Spectres, by Asheville artist Lisa Nance. “I wanted to see what […]
Better homes
Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel, The Help (Amy Einhorn Books, 2009), is ambitious. It’s historical fiction, for starters. And it deals with race relations. And it’s 444 pages long. Momentous, important, warm, fun and quintessentially Southern: Stockett said she wanted to answer a question from her past that nagged at her: What did it feel like […]
SoundTrack: Rosbach’s Ode to Winter
Singer/songwriter Eliza Rosbach recently performed for an intimate crowd at BoBo Gallery, marking the beginning of a new female-dominated singer/songwriters gathering to be held on the first Wednesday of every month. These showcases will be hosted by Rosbach and will feature various guest artists. “Yay, female vocal musicians,” cheered Rosbach at the show. “If you […]
Edgy Mama: Can we get a little more child labor around here?
Experts say that chores help kids learn responsibility and build self-esteem. That’s great, but I need more non-negotiable child labor around here.
Morrissey cancels local show
British singer Morrissey cancels tonight’s Orange Peel concert.
Sarah and Ruth
Sarah and Ruth, near City County Plaza. Sarah’s dress is from a J. Crew discount store and her boots used to belong to Ruth. Ruth got her black jumper at a clothing swap. She made both bags (see below) and sells them locally. To purchase a bag, email ruth.ingram@gmail.com
Male cultural crisis film screens at Asheville Pizza
A documentary film that looks at the cultural phenomena of at risk youth, is set to screen at the Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company on Saturday, March 7.
Tribute to Patty’s
Elizabeth, photographed on Battery Park, bought her skirt at now-closed Asheville boutique Patty’s. Her satchel is from J. Crew.
Book Report: Literary events in March
Take your pick: A reading by a renowned poet, a selection of book clubs, new releases and an Akashic Books author coming to Asheville.
College Street
Sara’s hat came from Constance Boutique, her vest is from Target. Photo by Julie Tracy.
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
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The news spread faster than a drunken two-step: That longtime Black Mountain institution the Town Pump tavern was for sale. What would happen to the historic bar and community gathering spot? Town Pump changing hands: It seems fitting that the Xpress file photo of the decades-old tavern was undated and sepia-toned. “Maybe it’ll get cleaned,” […]
Writer’s block
You can’t help but notice it when driving across the Smokey Park Bridge into Asheville: A bright wall of color in the middle of the River District’s industrial landscape. It started when local guerrilla outfit Eyesore Studios asked about filming a graffiti-writing scene on one of the property’s old silos. Modernist developer Whit Rylee gave […]
King Khan and the Shrines
There may be better bands than King Khan and the Shrines: bands with calculatingly unparalleled prowess, capable of bloodless technical precision. But King Khan and the Shrines aren’t interested in that fancy-pants conservatory graduate stuff. Their playing is expert, but balances right on the edge of chaos. Should-be classics like “(How Can I Keep You) […]
Back from the island
Julian Koster’s devotion to the singing saw borders on the religious. “The first time I heard it I thought it was magic in every way, like a magician’s magic. I don’t know if I’ve ever been so taken with the sound of a musical instrument, and I love musical instruments a whole lot. I was […]