Citizen’s Awareness Asheville, an activist group pushing for reform in local law enforcement, will hold a press conference at 7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 14, to announce the formation of a police-review board and Copwatch program. The event will be held in City/County Plaza — not at Eaties’ Cereal Bar, as was previously reported.
A group of citizen activists say they’ve had enough and are poised to establish a police-oversight board—whether or not the city approves. Eyes on the police: Community activist Gene Hampton will announce the formation of a review board and Copwatch program. Photo By Jonathan Welch At press time, Citizens Awareness Asheville was planning a Nov. […]
After drawing crowds downtown and selling out multiple shows, the fifth annual Asheville Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, Nov. 11. The festival honored veteran actress Tess Harper (Loggerheads, Crimes of the Heart) with a career-achievement award. Celluloid heros: Awards-ceremony M.C. Matt Mittan mans the mic while Xpress movie critic and festival judge […]
Last night, the 2007 Asheville FIlm Festival announced its winners. They include winners, runners-up and audience favorites in the feature, documentary, short, student and animation categories, as well as the Daniel DeLaVergne award, which honors films for a sense of adventure, and the ETV Southern Lens Award, going to a film that captures Southern culture.
Movies at the Asheville Film Festival are selling out quickly. For a list of the sold-out shows, check the official festival site, which will be updated throughout the festival.
Atlanta filmmakers Brent Brooks and Tim Honigman, whose Art of Suicide screens in the Asheville Film Festival, were passing out fliers at Disneyland last week for the Los Angeles Film Festival when they decided they needed a new approach.
Wally Bowen was watching BCTV, the county-government access channel, when a poem titled “It is the Veteran” appeared on the screen during a brief segment on the planned WNC Veterans Memorial (see box). Bowen, who is executive director of the nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network, says he’d been considering buying a brick on the memorial […]
The Asheville Film Festival isn’t just a time for movies—it also offers roundtables, galas, forums and special events of all kinds. Phillip Seymour-Hoffman and Ethan Hawke star in Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, from legendary director Sidney Lumet. Xpress’ own Ken Hanke will be part of a Critics’ Roundtable on Friday, Nov. 9, at […]
Love it or hate it, money plays a major role in any election cycle — and local politics are not exempt. Anyone going into the polling booth tomorrow should take a second to look over the candidates’ campaign-finance records.
For those who still like horror movies even after Halloween’s gone by, next weekend will bring several horror flicks at the 5th annual Asheville Film Festival. Catch trailers for two of them – Blood Car and Murder Party, here.
Despite a slew of candidates, a city with an abundance of political activists and several high-profile issues, when the Oct. 9 primary election rolled around, voter turnout was low—very low. In fact, it was the lowest recorded by the Buncombe County Board of Elections since nonpartisan elections began in 1994. The last two primaries, in […]
The Asheville Film Festival, which runs Nov. 8 to 11, has several events focused on local filmmaking, including a slate of local works-in-progress, a series of spotlights and forums for local filmmakers. Down home at the ranch: The early days of protests at President Bush’s ranch are chronicled in Rebecca MacNeice’s Crawford, Texas. “The festival’s […]
With campaign season in full swing, political advertisements are everywhere, and it’s not always clear—to candidates or the public—which rules govern those ads. Who paid? A page from the Oct. 4 issue of the Asheville Tribune, which carried ads for Asheville City Council candidates Dwight Butner and Jan Davis but no indication of who paid […]
Already decided your three favorite Asheville City Council candidates and your position on the partisan-elections issue? Then go ahead and vote. Early, one-stop voting began yesterday.
An Oct. 11 forum on whether Asheville should switch to partisan City Council elections featured dueling views. Council attempted to make such a change back in June, but was stalled when a petition drive gathered enough signatures to force a Nov. 6 referendum on the issue. Council member Brownie Newman, who spearheaded the June attempt, […]
Tickets are on sale for the 2007 Asheville Film Festival, coming up Nov. 8 to 11. They can be purchased on line at www.ashevillefilmfest.com, or by calling the Pack Place Box Office at 257-4500. Tickets for individual screenings are $7 in advance and $8 at the door. Golden Blade III: The local kung-fu spoof that […]
The recent Asheville City Council primary featured 15 candidates, several divisive, high-profile issues, and a city with no small number of political activists. So why did so few people vote? The Xpress wants to hear from you.
The Sept. 30 shooting of two 17-year-old girls and a 12-year-old boy in Montford has raised serious questions about gang violence in Asheville. At a meeting on Oct. 5, members and leaders of the African-American community said that solutions to the problem will have to start at home. “I’m not here to blame—it’s time to […]
Contrary to reports Friday, Asheville City Council candidate Selina Sullivan remains in the race for today’s primary election, instead of dropping out after an arrest last week on charges of writing bad checks.
As tomorrow’s Asheville City Council primary approaches, you may still be making up your mind about who to vote for. Perhaps YouTube, a relatively new campaign tool, will help you make your picks.
