What I remember about food, as a kid, is that I preferred the things reserved for treats (cheesecake, white-flour pasta, Hershey’s miniatures)—and given the choice, I’d sit at the table all night rather than finish anything resembling a root vegetable. Hidden agenda: 18-month-old Beau Bianchi devours beets and apricots presented in cute mini-muffin form (right). […]
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Show review: Fleet Foxes at Grey Eagle
My only complaint about the Fleet Foxes set at the Grey Eagle last weekend was that the opening act should’ve been the headliner.
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
Book Report: Local authors to watch
Four new books by local writers are due out on bookstore shelves this spring and summer. Here’s a preview.
Fully furnished
If you build it, they will come—or so hopes HandMade in America’s Jenny Moore. The associate director of the Western North Carolina nonprofit, which promotes area culture, crafts and crafters, Moore says there’s a mixture of artistic styles in the mountains. Some artists are doing very traditional work, while others focus on contemporary styles. Contemporary […]
Top Drawer: Fashion news and views
Asheville Hardware (91 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 252-8088) is not just your one-stop shop for woodworking supplies, renovation materials and classes—the new business also sells great T-shirts. Here, sales clerk (and local artist) Kim Dryden models one. The store also sells a men’s long-sleeved version in black. Speaking of shirts, the Downtown After Five committee is […]
Founder of Kripalu Yoga comes to Asheville
Yogi Amrit Desai is famous to some, infamous to others. But in yoga circles his name is linked with one of most popular spiritual centers in the U.S. He’ll speak and lead a weekend retreat in Asheville this month.
Book Report: In A Dark Season
WNC-based author Vicki Lane is back with the latest in her Elizabeth Goodweather mystery series.
Trash talk
Erica Livingston is a long way from home. Sort of. She grew up in the North Carolina town of Ramseur (population 1,589), but for most of the past decade she’s hung her hat in New York City—the right home base for an up-and-coming actress. However, the roles Livingston lands reflect not the urbanized woman she’s […]
Top Drawer: fashion news and views
Rustic-furniture designer Mary Messer has been crafting culled-from-nature pieces for so long that she insists, “I’m not sure how I got started.” The Haywood County-based craftswoman adds, “I have just always loved different and unusual things. I get a picture in my head and I have to make it.” Messer’s inspiration comes from hiking the […]
Alena Hennessy’s art, now at Urban Outfitters
Flipping through the most recent Urban Outfitters catalog, I came across the work of one of Asheville’s most prolific artists.
Book Report for this week and beyond
A regional literary festival, the N.C. Haiku Society and area readings are all in the works.
Top Drawer: fashion news and views
Top Drawer wants to get into the minds of Asheville’s notable fashion forecasters, trendsetters and style icons. In this series, we ask boutique owners and designers what inspires them, and what tips they have to pass along. Larry Hopkins, owner and mastermind of Ananda Hair Studio (22 Broadway St., Asheville, 232-1017) is influenced by the […]
Show review: James Blunt and Eric Baker at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
James Blunt’s stop off at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium was filled with surprises, from the eclectic crowd to Blunt’s energetic and highly entertaining performance.
Phoebe Fabu sings the blues
Camp performer Phoebe Fabu teams up with local “irritainer” Michael Sheldon (aka Cookie LaRue).
Book Report: This week’s literary news
Readings, poetry performances and book releases are just a taste of what’s happening around the area.
Book Report: The Double Bind
Author Chris Bohjalian weaves themes of homelessness, suspense, and The Great Gatsby in his novel The Double Bind. Here, he schools Xpress on literary craft. (He also trots out some words that would rack up big points in a Scrabble tourney.)
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
Being Blunt
“I write songs because I have to, really, to document my own life and understanding of what’s going on and to process all those experiences.” So says pop artist James Blunt, sounding much like my former writing professor. (The professor claimed she rolled out of bed in the morning and wrote a couple pages before […]
Top Drawer: fashion news and views
Factory girl: Mod- meets- ‘80s- meets- futuristic. High-waisted jeans, red belt, skyscraper pumps and a just-made Angi West band tee. Singer/songwriter Angi West (www.angiwest.com) is a relative newcomer to the Asheville music scene. She released her debut album, Orange Thread in a Blue Sea, late last year, and has been racking up local dates at […]
It’s a nice day for a green wedding
“More couples are searching for ways to integrate environmental awareness into this most meaningful celebration,” says Josh Dorfman, the New York City-based host of the Lazy Environmentalist Web-radio program and online eco-resource guide. He’s talking about the trend toward eco, or green, weddings. If at first it seemed that going green was just a trend […]
