Two just-released hiking books ante up the best treks in our area and beyond.
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Maybe Scrooge was right
It’s not exactly a news flash: The “reason for the season” isn’t about fundraising for major credit-card companies. But, as local author James Cox points out in his satire The Christmas Curmudgeon: A Christmas Story for Guys (Infinity Publishing, 2007), plenty of people spend the holidays racking up massive debt, working themselves into a stupor, […]
Top drawer: fashion news and views
Local designers Paul Olszewski of Industree House (www.industreehouse.com) and R. Brooke Priddy of Ship to Shore (www.shiptoshoreshop.com) turned the recent Asheville Film Festival gala (on Saturday, Nov. 10) into their own runway show, complete with Hollywood-style glamour and plenty of paparazzi (including Xpress photographer Jonathan Welch, who shot these photos). Lowriders of Asheville delivered rock […]
Book Report: Meet Me In Paradise
Fear self-published novels? Michael Hopping’s new book may just change your mind.
Billy Edd Wheeler goes to the Hall of Fame. Again.
Local hit songwriter is honored by his home state.
The Traveling Vegetarian visits Asheville
This vegetarian food reviewer likes Asheville pizza and more.
Ripe for the picking
“My whole life, I’ve been kind of an outsider because of this dual citizenship,” says Jimmie Griffith, front man of Boone-based bossa nova-influenced trio, Banana Da Terra. Easy listening: This Boone-based trio makes groovy Latin music for the masses. Just imagine: As the child of a Brazilian mother and an American father, the musician grew […]
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Designer Kaorico Ago divides her time between Japan and the United States; Asheville in particular. Her line, Little Eagle is a global endeavor, sold between Western North Carolina and Kanagawa, Japan, that’s geared toward globe trekkers and the environmentally minded. Her flowing, oceanic-inspired pieces tend to wrap or drape rather than zip or hook. Natural […]
Book Report: Evolution in a Nutshell
Local author goes beyond the origin of the species.
Soul Food
“There’s a little trickle of soul music being cool again,” notes Asheville-based recording artist Jar-e. And then a sentiment that would make Groucho Marx proud: “Everyone’s going to be doing it and I’ll have to do something else.” Slim, with the tilted brim: Jar-e ponders the future of soul music … and the meaning of […]
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Local designer Ashley P. got her start as a student at Warren Wilson College. The school’s dorms encourage recycling with “free” boxes where students can discard clothing they no longer want or scoop up new finds. Ashley started trawling these boxes for materials she used in her patchwork creations. She started with quilts, then moved […]
Book Report: Book Release Party
Local poet Michael Boyko publishes his collection, The Hour Sets.
American Idol alum Elliot Yamin phones in
Idol‘s underdog soul singer wants to bring back R&B, help emerging bands, establish his own label and learn to play guitar. Well, maybe not all today.
Book Report: Pilgrims Upon the Earth
Bleak-lit author Brad Land moves from memoir to fiction.
Train in vain
Pat Monahan, lead singer of the band Train, is a seasoned professional, both as a vocalist and as a public figure. Which is why, on the phone with Xpress, he’s able to answer questions despite the fact his tone suggests he’d rather gouge his own eye out with a spoon than do yet another interview. […]
Top drawer: fashion news and views
Prettier than a They Might Be Giants lyric “With all this extra savoir-faire / What is left for me to prove, dear,” asked the absurdist alt-rock duo They Might Be Giants on their 1994 album John Henry. But Asheville’s Extra Savoir Faire fashion show, held at the Garage at Biltmore (101 Fairview Rd., Asheville, 545-4841) […]
Asheville in Paste
Local bands chalk up the mentions in a national music magazine.
Book Report: Roy Kesey at Malaprop’s
Short story author’s book tour brings him from China to Asheville.
Book Report: Local voices, local themes
Want history? Mystery? Intrigue? Romance? Activism? Local authors are bringing it when it comes to genre fiction.
Clean sweep
Though The Broomstars’ brand of skillfully executed, synth-fortified indie rock sounds anything but haphazard, the band’s inception was exactly that. Songwriter Jason Daniello was catching a shuttle at the Charlotte airport when the girlfriend of percussionist Clayton Jones saw Daniello’s guitar case and struck up a conversation. Living the Waffle House dream: If you want […]
Top drawer: fashion news and views
Wonder Woman: This 1970s-era icon is of-the-moment since title-role actress Lynda Carter is currently touring in support of her new album. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Halloween costumes reveal a lot about our personalities. French maids and sexy nurses might nod to sexual repression, fairies and princesses point to lost innocence, and animals tap into […]