Looking for something to do that’s thought-provoking and (perhaps even better) free? In the creative writing world, Warren Wilson’s MFA program has earned a stellar reputation. This week, you’ve a chance to hear why. Graduating students and faculty will be giving fiction and poetry readings and they’re open to the public. Listen and learn: The […]
Luckier than others
His first name is Sixto, but since the late ‘60s, he has performed under his last name only, Rodriguez. Yet unlike other one-name musical artists, a Prince, a Madonna, a Beyonce or a Liberace, his name isn’t a household word (unless your household is in South Africa, but that part of the story comes later). […]
Weaving your heart to your sleeve
Clothes that change color in response to your heart rate? Bed linens that glow to treat seasonal affective disorder, P.M.S. or migraines? Alarm clocks woven into your pajamas? Murmuring wallpaper? Did that picture just move? Joanna Berzowska’s “Krakow: A Woven Story of Memory and Erasure” uses electronic fibers to make parts of the scene fade […]
SoundTrack
The French Broad Brewery and Tasting Room is a pretty innocuous establishment. Children, pets and Brews Cruise tourists pack the cozy space. Even so, singer/songwriter Lyndsay Wojcik—she of the Noxzema complexion and shiny locks—looks like she might be more at home at a horse show than on stage at a bar. And then she starts […]
This weekend on a shoestring
The combination of a tight budget and post-holiday cabin fever can get ugly. But before you Hulu.com yourself into a stupor, check out just how far you can stretch the change in your couch cushions with this round up of free (or almost free) entertainment.
Bad week for sculpture in Asheville
Merrimon Square sculpture defaced; RiverSculpture sculpture stolen.
Edgy Mama: Memorable moms of 2008
Here’s a video preview of this week’s Edgy Mama column.
Real men wear scarves
Seen on Patton Ave., Dec. 31, 2008 Seen on Haywood St., Jan. 5, 2009
Lexington Avenue
December, 2008 Brothers, both with neon streaks in their hair. On a coffee break outside Adorn Salon.
Two men, two styles
Holiday shopping in downtown Asheville
December, 2008
Downtown After Five
Scenes from a free Lexington Avenue street concert, held Oct. 25, 2008.
Looks from Lake Eden Arts Festival, October 2008
Purple Ball Fashion Show, April 20, 2008
Photo by Maggie West. View more images from the Asheville Area Arts Council’s Purple Ball Fashion Show here.