For all the high-energy, well-attended shows at the recent POPAsheville festival, it’s fair to say that half the fun was getting to the music venues—or, rather, commuting between them. That’s because the festival enlisted the LaZoom bus-tour crew to provide transit: Attendees got a free ride (and in many cases, free rides) on the purple […]
Author: Jon Elliston
Showing 232-252 of 349 results
The Thirsty Monk
With some 150 beers, Belgian pub opens in Asheville
Rocket Club slated for launch today
Three years in the making, new West Asheville bar plans to open at last.
Witnessing a dying breed of tree
See the online supplement to this week’s cover story on the demise of the East’s greatest hemlocks.
Match Mittan: Make others’ resolutions for them
Talk-show host Matt Mittan makes some resolutions in this week’s Xpress — but not for himself. What resolutions would you make for others as we enter 2008?
Save the day(s)
2007, it’s been nice and all, but we’re moving on. A whole new year is on the horizon, and with it, a slew of new locally produced calendar. Some of them hold universal appeal, but others, to be frank, are not for everyone. So here’s an overview of the ones Xpress learned of during a […]
Asheville: The coffee table book
The latest offering from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Asheville: A Photographic Portrait, is a hefty slab of a book that’s here just in time for the holidays. With more than 250 pages of color photographs on glossy paper, the volume shares slices of life ranging from area artists and businesses to natural wonders […]
The days of our lives
With the New Year right around the corner, local calendars are ready to help you keep 2008 straight
Askville: Queen bee
Did you hear the buzz? Rachel Reeser Photo By Allie Goolrick Shortly after the Asheville Holiday Parade pranced through downtown on Nov. 17, the judges named “Beelieve in Community”—a combined effort by Asheville on Bikes and the Buncombe County chapter of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association—the best in show. Winning for both “best spirit […]
Yule be glad you came
You may think you know what to expect at this Saturday’s Asheville Holiday Parade—it’s the same every year, right? They’ll be dancin’ in the streets: The Asheville Holiday Parade kicks off at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17. Photo By Jonathan Welch Wrong. “We have more creativity than we’ve ever had” exhibited at this year’s […]
See you in the funny pages
New Asheville City Paper to feature Cecil Bothwell
Think Asheville could use another free publication? You’re in luck.
Asheville City Council election results
The winners are Jan Davis, Brownie Newman and Bill Russell.
The future is now
A new wave of pop music set sail from England in the early 1980s, captained by bands like New Order, the Happy Mondays and Echo & the Bunnymen. Quickly crossing the Atlantic Ocean, it hit the eastern coast of the United States about the time Sam Herring was born in the coastal town of Morehead […]
Askville: Cartoon life
If there’s one day you can be anyone you want to be, it’s Halloween. And perhaps its no surprise that the holiday comes easy in a place like Asheville. Perseus (left) and Mr. Hero Boy Photo By Jon Elliston From time to time, the city seems to serve as a kind of simulacrum, in the […]
Askville: Prophet with a puppet
Maybe you’ve seen him: the guy calling down fire and brimstone on the Asheville City Council and whipping out a rainbow sock puppet named Charlie to drive the point home. Chris Chiaromonte (with CHARLIE) Photo By Jonathan Welch Or maybe you’ve encountered the red-robed, staff-bearing preacher on the street. Or seen his program, False Profit, […]
Put down your newspaper, turn off your computer and listen to the radio
Xpress takes its show on the airwaves this afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. on WWNC 570.
The best (and the rest) in Xpress
In our annual “Best of WNC” survey, readers told us their most- and least-favorite Mountain Xpress features. Do you agree with their choices?
The race is on
The dust has settled from the 15-candidate Asheville City Council primary, and six contenders remain standing.
Into the darkness
Asheville’s resident paranormal expert, Joshua Warren, has written many a book, hosted many a conference, hunted many a ghost. But if he’s getting tired of riding the fringe, it doesn’t show. In fact, he seems more eager than ever to illuminate the strange, and his latest endeavor—the Dark 30 traveling show—does so with help from […]
Love it or hate it
Technologies are funny things. Some make life easier, some make it harder, and some do both. Every technology has its fans and foes, and the relative benefits and costs of each new whiz-bang gadget or techno-fix are very much in the eye of the beholder. Accordingly, Xpress hit the streets of Asheville. Here’s what eight […]