Here’s your video preview of the Dec. 10 issue of the Mountain Xpress.
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Here’s your video preview of the Dec. 10 issue of the Mountain Xpress.
A new Asheville festival that aims to bring together creative minds for collaboration has announced the hiring of its executive director. HATCH director: Craig McAnsh, the new executive director of HATCH Asheville, is kicking planning for the festival into high gear. Craig McAnsh has taken the helm of HATCH Asheville, a mentoring event that was […]
Two months after several volunteers with Asheville’s low-power community-radio station quit over a dispute about the station’s management, some WPVM volunteers remain dissatisfied. Tune in to controversy: Several volunteers at Asheville’s low-power community radio station, WPVM, say they’ve left the station after structural changes promised in September failed to materialize. Photo by Jason Sandford. Barry […]
Here’s a sneak preview of the Dec. 3 edition of the Mountain Xpress.
Asheville City Council says it will choose the next person to fill a vacant seat, but that doesn’t mean you don’t get a vote — at least unofficially. Show City Council who you would choose by voting in the Mountain Xpress online poll.
Is the urban turkey phenomenon in Asheville growing out of hand?
In the November 2008 elections, Asheville City Council member Holly Jones ran for, and won, a seat on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. The win created a vacancy on City Council. Council members decided to fill the position by accepting applications, then interviewing a select few and picking one person to fill Jones’ unexpired […]
Solar power is hot. Across Western North Carolina, a wave of solar projects have been announced over the past few months. The YWCA of Asheville plans to install 30 solar-thermal panels on its roof to heat water for the nonprofit’s pool and showers, and in Haywood County, a seven acre “solar farm” featuring more than […]
The Asheville Civic Center will begin offering public ice-skating sessions beginning on Monday, Dec. 22, and lasting through Jan. 25. Civic Center Director Sherman Bass said he and his staff are still working out exact dates and times for the 75-minute public-skating sessions, which will cost $5. Skate rental will cost $1.50. Aside from the […]
Here’s your sneak preview of the upcoming edition of the Mountain Xpress.
Craig McAnsh has taken the helm of HATCH Asheville.
A project to install 640 solar panels atop the roof of the Fletcher Business Park to provide energy for heating water and heating and cooling the massive building will stand as the world’s largest such installation.
Thousands of people converged on downtown Asheville Saturday morning for the annual holiday parade that featured everything from big tractors and little tots to marching bands and church floats, funky chickens and cheerleaders. Oh, and Santa, of course.
In news headlines this week, the region’s weakening economy gets scrutinized; the Asheville chapter of the NAACP celebrates its 75th anniversary; Jackson County has a new outdoor-lighting law; and there’s a new comic shop in east Asheville.
Rebecca Willis is dancing all the way to the bank. Willis voluntarily dismissed her federal lawsuit against the town of Marshall last week after the town’s insurance company agreed to pay her $275,000 to settle the suit. She sued six years ago after the town banned her from the local dance hall for what it […]
For more than 60 years, Asheville’s Holiday parade has ushered in the holidays, and there have been few substantial changes along the way. This year, though, is different. Photo by Jonathan Welch The Asheville Downtown Association has taken over the role formerly held by the Asheville Merchants Corporation and is working with the city to […]
Here’s a preview of the upcoming edition of Mountain Xpress, which includes a cover story about the local observance of World AIDS Day.
Here’s the Asheville City Council’s action agenda for its Nov. 11, 2008, meeting. Agenda items include a transit commission update, a fuel update, and consideration of a conditional use permit for the project identified as Haywood Park Mixed-use Redevelopment Project, with 130,000 square feet of retail, office and ballroom space, 200 hotel rooms and 100 […]
In the headlines this week: Republicans are doing a lot of soul-searching after last week’s big election losses; the issue of alcohol sales at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino isn’t dead yet; and Asheville’s made a list of “surprisingly gay small towns.”
When Preston Cooper sings, people stop to listen.
Construction of Pack Square Park in the heart of downtown Asheville continues to move forward on several fronts, though negotiations concerning the planned $2.46 million pavilion, a key component of the new park, have delayed the start of that work. Photo By Jason Sandford The Pack Square Conservancy and contractor Beverly-Grant have not yet signed […]