Riding his bicycle through the Chicken Hill part of Asheville’s River District in 1998, Whit Rylee saw potential where others saw only decrepitude. During the next few years, he began restoration efforts, including the award-winning resurrection of the Parsonage, an Arts and Crafts cottage from the early 1900s. First, the public space: Architect Roberto Behar […]
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Brew’n’View market moves: The North Asheville Tailgate Market will relocate from the parking lot behind Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company on Merrimon Avenue to UNCA beginning Saturday, Aug. 4. “The area’s oldest and largest producer-only farmers’ market continues to expand and the move to UNC-Asheville will provide additional space for local farmers to sell their […]
Def: wordhouse (adj.) a darkly intellectual romp
Wordhouse, playing at the Asheville Arts Center through July 28, is superb. Written by Devin Walsh, directed by Adrielle Carlson and produced by long talks/little couch, the play deserves SRO audiences.
Energy panel holds second session
The WNC Community Energy Advisory Council will hold its second meeting on energy-efficiency strategies this Friday, July 20, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Greenhouse group seeks growth
Charles Clouse says he’d rather grow tomatoes than build condos on his West Asheville property. A jumping glass gas: A group of local agronomy experts hopes to reopen Emerald Acres’ former greenhouses in West Asheville. The facility needs maintenance work to stop the blowout of uncaulked glass panes. photo by Cecil Bothwell Clouse, who won […]
Where’s the dirt?: Local grub from local ground
In the old days most food was local, but in the modern era, it’s become more and more an interstate, even international affair. In 2005 the U.S. turned a little-noticed corner, becoming a net importer of food—a major milestone in the outsourcing of basic necessities. Yet even as imports have grown, interest in “eating local” […]
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Make it purty: The Buncombe County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will host a flower-arranging demonstration on Saturday, July 28, from 10 a.m. to noon at the WNC Ag Center Youth Building, gate #1. The demo, for individuals interested in entering the Mountain State Fair Flower and Garden Show, will include info on how to prepare […]
Asheville’s bridges to the future?
Self-described “presentation monkey” and city planner Joe Minicozzi offered members of the public a glimpse of the Asheville Design Center’s latest ideas for an I-26/I-240 bridge during an informal seminar July 9. Two dozen people attended the first showing of Minicozzi’s latest presentation, held at Pack Memorial Library’s Lord Auditorium, on how other cities have […]
Billy Graham declassified: The preacher and President Nixon
Newly released documents and tapes detail the Rev. Billy Graham’s back-room conversations with “Tricky Dick.”
Deal Buick property plans reviewed, debated
The third in a series of community meetings called by developers concerning the eight-acre parcel on Merrimon Avenue formerly occupied by Deal Buick property was held July 12. Despite a prior pledge to go back to the drawing board, new drawings presented at the gathering appeared to include no changes to previous plans.
“Cool Hands” at the Aston tennis court next Monday
Pro tennis star and sports television celebrity Luke Jensen will offer a tennis talk and clinics at the Aston Park Tennis Center, Monday, July 16.
Asheville’s bridge to the future?
Self-described “presentation monkey” and city planner Joe Minicozzi offered members of the public a glimpse of the Asheville Design Center’s latest ideas for an I-26/I-240 bridge in an informal seminar Monday night.
Nuestro Centro serves Hispanic community
“This was a dream for me for years and years,” says Maria Fore, a board member with Nuestro Centro, the new Hispanic community center in West Asheville. Fore worked as an interpreter at Mission Hospitals. “My cell phone was full of contact numbers for all sorts of services and organizations,” she explains, “and I found […]
Taking democracy to work
When Frank Adams talks to prospective clients, he frequently starts by citing the Magna Carta. Commonly remembered for its codification of civil liberties, the historic document also guaranteed—at least on paper—workers’ rights to such things as their jobs, tenancies, equipment and work vehicles. Today, Adams goes so far as to claim that “our rights as […]
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Not hot enough for you?: If you’re one of those folks who just can’t get enough of that sweet stuff your habaneros get behind, listen up. Hot peppers get hotter when they’re thirsty. Danise Coon, assistant director of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University, recommends cutting the plants’ water intake in half […]
Tell panhandlers where you’ll stick it
The Asheville Downtown Association held an informal ceremony to announce installation of its long-awaited donation drop boxes on Monday afternoon.
Two high-rise buildings slated for Deal Buick property
Developer Chris Peterson has revealed architect’s plans for two 12-to-13-story buildings on the property formerly occupied by Deal Buick on Merrimon Avenue in Asheville.
Homeless clowns take to the streets
Clowning is a noble pursuit, a nearly ego-free endeavor (after all, your identity’s hidden by paint) to brighten the planet. But, pity the poor Health Adventure Clown Troupe, which was recently cast out, so to speak. Don’t worry, be happy: Despite funding cuts, members of the Health Adventure Clown Troupe are putting on their happy […]
Planting seeds
A former baseball field at Asheville’s Pisgah View Apartments is finding new life as a community garden. The project has brought together activists, educators, students, Warren Wilson College, UNCA and local businesses. Let’s play ball? No, let’s plant beans: Volunteers (from left to right) Mellasia Skyes, Mattie Smith, Gwen Jamison, Shannon Zambricki, Robert White and […]
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Versus vampires: Garlic growers take note – garlic geek Tom Sherry of Whistlepig Farm in Hominy Valley offers these harvest hints. On average, garlic should be harvested when the outer three or four leaves are brown. Harvest earlier if you plan to store the garlic for months, harvest later if you plan to eat it […]
Brookings metro scholar offers broad-brush look at Asheville
Robert Puentes, a Metropolitan Fellow with the Brookings Institution, addressed a gathering hosted by the Asheville Downtown Association at UNCA’s Reuter Center Monday evening.