“Green burial makes the earth smile.”
“And it’s real cheap, too.”
Contemplating your last move? Or helping someone who is? You may want to consider the natural mortuary alternatives offered by West Asheville’s Bury Me Naturally.
Author: Jeff Fobes
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Kudzu begone: Volunteers remove invasive plants on McDowell Street at St. Dunstans Road
Volunteers from UNCA spent part of their Saturday morning clearing invasive plant species from on the corner of St. Dunstans Road and McDowell Street
East meets west: Burundi’s batimbo drummers visit Asheville’s drum circle at Bele Chere (video)
After traveling 7,000 miles to be part of Folkmoot, Batimbo, a drummers ensemble from Burundi in East Africa, stopped by Asheville’s weekly drum circle on Friday during Bele Chere.
State releases ABC scores: Only two Buncombe schools pass
The only Buncombe County public schools that made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) this year under the state’s ABC program are Buncombe County Early College and Pisgah Elementary.
The sheer joy of stop-action: a video view of the denizens of 5 walnut and downtown, by Lynne Harty
Exuberance in stop-motion: A video-hats-off to the eclectic nature of Ashevilleans, by Lynne Harty.
Asheville has second lowest unemployment rate for N.C. urban areas
Asheville has the second lowest unemployment rate of all North Carolina urban areas, according to a report released on July 28 by the state Employment Security Commission. The report contains a series of charts and graphs illustrating trends in the state, by employment sector, urban area and county.
What’s not to find at Paris of the South flea market today?
Roving photographer Michael Muller got an eyeful of what’s for sale at the recently opened Paris of the South flea market.
Nice Moves: Motion Dance+Theatre’s summer residence (video)
Dance in the studio, dance in the woods, dance on the streets… A montage video of the 2011 Motion Dance+Theatre summer residency in Asheville.
The Asheville 48-hour film-fest entries are in
All this year’s entries are in. Want to see them? You can, on July 19 and 20.
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce names its new board of directors
The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce has named its 2011-2012 board of directors and appointed LaVoy Spooner, external affairs regional director at AT&T North Carolina, as chairman.
Food trucks to be discussed at Downtown Commission meeting (live coverage via Twitter)
Live coverage, via Twitter, of the Asheville Downtown Commission meeting today, June 8, regarding discussions about food trucks downtown.
Need a job? Linamar management job fair opens at noon today, July 5; 9 a.m. on July 6
Linamar Corporation is hosting a management job fair July 5, from noon to 8 p.m. and July 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the A-B Tech Enka campus.
Like they can’t help but be happy: The street musicians of Asheville (VIDEO)
“I want take people back in time to that first time in their life, when they’ve ever been swept away by music… I don’t care if there’s ten people in the crowd or ten thousand,” says video-maker Haley.
The results are in: WNC winners of Poetry Council of NC’s annual contests
Among WNC’s winners, young and old, is Nancy Simpson, who took honorable mention for her book of poems titled Living Above the Frost Line.
Sudden storm hits Asheville, destroys Art in the Park tent booths (Video)
Video and Twitter coverage of the sudden storm that struck Buncombe County this afternoon that downed trees, knocked power and destroyed tent-booth installations at downtown’s Art in the Park event.
Buncombe commissioners set to buy vacant Volvo plant for $7 million; but should they?
With the economy in the doldrums and real estate market in the pits, this might a great time to pick up a bargain. But for a new industrial plant? And is real estate investment the proper role of our county government?
Is North Carolina at risk? Apple’s data center reportedly uses protomatter quantum computers UPDATED
Apple Computer is using protomatter to run quantum computers at its North Carolina data center? “While many ethical scientists may consider proto-matter too dangerous and unstable to use, it can be very helpful at solving certain problems when it’s stable,” says former Apple employee Joe Moreno, who says experimental work is happening at the Hickory data center.
News & views from this weekend’s FANATICON2 conference, via Twitter & Youtube
Below the videos is a moderated feed of Tweets about the FANATICON2 conference taking place May 19-21 in Asheville, N.C. Fanaticon returns for its second year with “comics, collectibles, pop culture and more.” Unlike your typical summer fest, Fanaticon is mostly indoors. There’s less ziplining and corndog eating, more trivia (movie and trivia night is […]
Widespread community enthusiasm earned Asheville BeerCity USA title, says pollster Charlie Papazian
“The BeerCity USA poll is about community pride. Not just beer…. It’s about main street, grass roots, community support, not mainstream data and statistics,” writes beer-guru Charlie Papazian after Asheville won the third annual online BeerCity USA poll.
Twitter-feed coverage of Sunday’s Big Love Fest in downtown Asheville
Here’s what they’re saying, pics and videos they’re taking, via Xpress’ moderated Twitter feed (via hashtag #avlblf)…
WNC Wellness Review: Huffpost says Asheville’s great for health nuts; Red Cross offers CPR classes
In this week’s WNC Wellness review: New UNCA campus health center to open in April; Red Cross offers free CPR training; Asheville’s healthy food gets a write-up on Huffingtonpost; Midterms acupuncture at UNCA; & more.