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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 […]
Showing Pritchard Park some birthday love
Trina Mullen, an organizer with the volunteer group Friends of Pritchard Park, says the downtown-Asheville park could use a little TLC. "Not a lot of love has come Pritchard's way from the community in the past few years," she says. "We'd like to change that." Proud of Pritchard: The Friends of Pritchard Park group has […]
Apocalypse WNC
The lights go out. Your car coasts to a halt while trains and subway cars careen into crashes and airplanes plunge to earth. Forget about the Internet, or using your radio, phone, refrigerator or microwave — they're all disabled. You're suddenly off the grid, because it's fried: Everything with electronic circuitry has shut off, and […]
Puzzled? This week’s Xpress has the wrong New York Times crossword
But don’t put away that pen yet: You can download the correct puzzle here
Stonewall at 40: Celebrating resistance
LGBTQ movement to mark anniversary of groundbreaking gay riots, this Saturday in Asheville
Win tickets to the Beer City Bash at the Orange Peel! ***UPDATE: We have our winners***
Take the Asheville Disclaimer Downtown Master Plan Challenge, and score a pair of passes to a night of brews and music
Day in the Life of Asheville “digital opening” Friday at Lark Books
See the best 100 images from almost 1,000 that were shot for the community photo project, and much more.
Grove Corner Market open for business in West Asheville
After losing its lease in downtown Asheville’s Grove Arcade last month, the Grove Corner Market wasted no time in setting up shop elsewhere. The grocery, which has kept its name, opened its doors June 3 at 771 Haywood Road in West Asheville (which formerly housed the Haywood Road Market). A grocery transported: Grove Corner Market, […]
MiniMoogseum installed at Orange Peel
The late, great Bob Moog left a legacy that continues to reverberate in the diverse sounds of thousands of musicians and bands worldwide. Now The Orange Peel is playing host to the MiniMoogseum, an interactive display that’s the predecessor to a more ambitious project honoring all things Moog. All things Moog: The newly installed MiniMoogseum […]
“MiniMoogseum” installed at the Orange Peel
Interactive display pays tribute to the late electronic-music guru Bob Moog, sets the stage for a permanent Moogseum in Asheville
Veteran local writer Bob Terrell dead at 80
Terrell, who wrote numerous books and thousands of columns and articles for Asheville newspapers, passed away on Sunday
A Firestorm of cooperation
The past year has been inhospitable to most new small businesses; even many of those that got off to a strong start before the recession kicked in have now found themselves ailing. One local business that’s bucked the trend is Firestorm Café & Books, and to hear the owners tell it, that success is due […]
Riffing on the Molton “Pigdemic” cartoon controversy
In today’s issue, Xpress contributors Asheville Disclaimer and Brent Brown revisit the Molton matter
Asheville, say “Cheese!”
In this town, a whole lot can happen in a single day. That’s part of the premise behind the third annual Day in the Life of Asheville community photo project. Starting at noon on Friday, May 22, scores of photographers—pros and amateurs alike—will disperse to varied locales and start snapping away, capturing as many facets […]
Get this week’s real Free Will Astrology
Due to an editorial error, this week’s Xpress carries a Free Will Astrology horoscope from a month ago. Click here to read this week’s offering from Rob Brezsny.
A look inside LEAF
The occasional thunderstorm didn’t dampen the fun at last weekend’s Lake Eden Arts Festival. Xpress captured the fun on film and video.
Asheville People’s Market coming to Lexington Avenue
Rosetta Star announces formation of Sunday flea-market style market
Return of the Big Iron
After being dislodged by a reckless driver and undergoing weeks of repairs, a signature piece of public art is back on the street in Asheville
URGENT: Asheville closing in on first place in Beer City USA poll; voting ends at 2 p.m. today
With just over a half hour remaining in the national Beer City USA poll, Asheville lags Portland by only 4 percent in the race for first place. Cast your vote here!
Grove Corner Market to relocate to West Asheville
The grocery store, located in Asheville’s Grove Arcade since 2003, plans to set up shop in the space soon to be vacated by the Haywood Road Market, which recently closed
