Rick Lutovsky, president and CEO of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, plans to step down in September
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Help Asheville Affiliates help you
The Asheville Affiliates, a network of more than 3,000 young professionals, throws "parties with a purpose," raising a heap of dough for worthy local nonprofits. This year, the group will partner with four groups, staging a separate fundraiser for each of them. Which four nonprofits? That remains to be decided, and the door is still […]
How it’s done at 2-1-1: United Way’s new community-services directory
When there's an immediate emergency, most of us are primed to call 911. When there's a looming problem with emergency potential, a growing number of WNC residents call 211, the United Way's community-services help line. The help line: Above, Keith Young works the phones at the United Way's 211 line, which fielded almost 50,000 calls […]
The case of the missing crossword clues … solved!
The New York Times crossword in this week’s Xpress is missing two clues; here they are
The news we all make
When I was in journalism school a decade ago, we scrambled to keep up with advances in our field, many of them technological: digital cameras, Web-based research and publishing, and the like. But we were still following the same underlying model that had driven our profession for more than a century: We were the experts, […]
Teed off? The shifting state of the Tiger Woods brand
Tiger Woods has been in high demand among top-dollar corporate clients seeking a celebrity to help peddle their products. But amid the mounting scandal and media frenzy surrounding his personal travails, various national authorities are assessing and debating the current standing and value of his personal brand, and those opinions are all over the map. […]
Sweet Peas Hostel set to open in downtown Asheville
During an era when most new hotel-style lodging in Asheville has veered toward the higher end, a downtown business is poised to open a decidedly cheaper opportunity for overnight visitors: Sweet Peas Hostel, at 23 Rankin Ave., is slated to open on Saturday, Dec. 26. Bunks on the cheap: Steve Wilmans, co-owner, shows off some […]
Portraits from Prom!
The Friday the 13th prom for grownups at the Grey Eagle, documented in classic portraits from Castell Photography
Loco for locavores
Urban homesteading pioneer Jules DerVaes and Natural Food Resources co-sponsor potluck, documentary screening on Saturday, Nov. 14
LiveWire Asheville opens online gateway for area performing arts
After two years spent researching, developing and designing the project, a consortium of artists, venues and supporters last week launched LiveWireAsheville.com, which is intended to be a one-stop shop for info about Asheville-area performing arts. One of its main goals? To create a brand for Asheville's performing arts, and help better market the local arts […]
LiveWireAsheville.com: New online clearinghouse for area performing arts
A consortium of local groups and promoters has launched a Web portal offering free space for promoting groups, artists and events
See and be seen: What’s new in the Xpress Photo Gallery
From Halloween night to Blogapalooza to local tennis matches, food fests and art shows, here are the latest shots from our photographers
Asheville’s election results
Mayor Bellamy wins re-election with strong margin; Manheimer, Smith and Bothwell to join City Council in race that saw 19% voter turnout
Swannanoa says no to incorporation
According to a full but unofficial tally by Buncombe Election Services, 61 percent of Swannanoa voters have said no to incorporation
Asheville primary election results: The final numbers
Bellamy, Edwards advance in mayor’s race; top six in Council contest are Bothwell, Smith, Manheimer, Miller, Mumpower and Jackson
Making “Our Noise”: Merge Records founders at Malaprop’s Friday
Dynamic indie duo Laura Balance and Mac McCaughan tell the 20-year story of the “label that got big and stayed small”
Local elementary-school video in left-right tug of war
The video shows children chanting slogans from the Obama campaign — “Hope” and “Yes, we can!” — during a February PTA program
On circumcision, boobs, and chickens
Anne Fitten Glenn is a freelance journalist, busy mother of two, and blogger. (That's her on the cover of this issue of Xpress). You may know her as Edgy Mama — the name of both her blog (www.edgymama.com) and her parenting column in the Mountain Xpress, which has been a weekly feature for the past […]
Local b-boys on the move
Prepping for move to new south Asheville studio, b-boy dance outfit Hunab Kru will hold its final weekly training session at Stephens-Lee Recreation Center Wednesday night.
Mountain Xpress at 15: A special anniversary package
Celebrating a decade and a half of “local matters” with a special package of stories tracking the evolution of the publication — and the community it serves.
Week in, week out
As Xpress turns a page on its 15th anniversary, we've got a lot to look back on. Below are key moments in the paper's evolution from a scrappy startup to WNC's leading free weekly. The gang's (almost) all here: The Mountain Xpress staff, July 2009. On stairs, from left: managing editor Jon Elliston, arts reporter […]