Autumn is almost here (four more days to be exact)—the perfect time to break out pithy novels, lengthy biographies and meandering memoirs. Something about cooler days and longer evenings makes reading that much more attractive. Looking for a good book? The next several weeks bring a wealth of literary events sure to inspire readers (and writers, too).
“To this day, I’m still not sure why I’m doing what I’m doing,” admits Rob Teter, singer/songwriter and guitarist for the Austin, Texas-based roots-fusion collective The Belleville Outfit. Generation Why Not? Young, talented and motivated, The Belleville Outfit parlayed one good gig into a career. What Teter and the other five members of his band […]
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Joshua Henkin, a writing teacher at Sarah Lawrence College, presents a local reading of his second book, Matrimony. The novel follows the lives of college sweethearts Julian and Mia over the course of 15 years.
The music of Xavier Rudd—full of pulsing didgeridoos and happy-hippie ditties like “Better People” and “Let Me Be”—has long been aligned with all things sunshine-y and beach-y. Not that the Australian multi-instrumentalist and pro surfer is penning new millennium versions of “Surfin’ Safari”: His reggae grooves have always underscored messages of humanity and environmentalism. Still, […]
This week is bonus week on Book Report: Two reviews. Local author Kendall Hale published her memoir and former MIT professor Steven Pinker stops by Malaprop’s. Get reading, people.
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
“LAAFF just comes together. It’s basically anyone who shows up,” explains Erin Scholze, Arts2People’s vice president. That freeform approach might sound unhinged when it comes to planning a festival, but for Asheville’s strictly local Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival, less (structure, that is) is more. LAAFF wants you: Come learn to juggle, make a […]
Wicker, the title of the debut solo CD by former Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band musician Josh Phillips, is a spin on the phrase “we care.” Which might be a hard sell amid the politically charged, hard-news-hungry post-9/11 cynicism—but from the disc’s opening organ strains on the song “You are Loved”, Phillips (fronting his […]
Trade used denim toward during this month-long event. (The used jeans benefit moms and teens in WNC’s Big Brothers and Big Sisters program.)
Award-winning poet Glenis Redmond returns with her third full-length collection of poetry.
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
“I write what I know,” explains bestselling author Jacquelyn Frank, who recently moved from New York to Asheville. “I write about certain things as I’m experiencing them.” While this isn’t an unusual claim for a writer – real-life experience has long been the jumping-off point for great fiction – Frank’s work is set in the […]
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
This week’s roundup includes a reading, but also a book group in the making, a couple of local awards, a film and a yoga workshop. Wondering what all of these have to do with literature? Read on…
Singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw drops buck-fifty words (“reciprocity,” “trajectory”) with the dexterity of a linguistics grad student, though his own university tenure was cut short. Hat trick: DeGraw keeps his trademark cap and trades his soft-pop for an edgier sound. “I didn’t fulfill my college pursuit of culture,” he told Xpress during a phone call from […]
During The Davids’ happy-hour set at the French Broad Brewery, mastermind David Clegg announces that the band isn’t really in its element. This is scary, because even sandwiched between the copper kegs and playing to a crowd of the work-weary, The Davids are a gale force. An alcohol and angst-fueled trio of heartbreak, irony and […]
The Asheville Sacred Music and Yoga Festival is all about the sacred, but the festive part still gets its due. Higher vibration: Sarod maestro K. Sridhar headlines the Spiritual Music and Yoga Festival. Photo By Neil Greentree “We don’t necessarily need Budweiser kegs to have a good time anymore,” says Sean Bookman, the event’s organizer. […]
This week’s Book Report is dedicated to local authors, regional reads and new releases.
Readings, book launches, benefits and festivals are all in the mix when it comes to local literary events. This list includes a few September dates worth putting on the calendar.
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
