They move with precision: a huddle here, a handoff there. It's all done with single-minded purpose, keeping an eye on the prize. The only difference is the playing surface: a kitchen. Culinary kudos: A squadron of A-B Tech culinary students will be one of four teams competing in a prestigious national cooking contest. Led by […]
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Tiles go in at Pack Square Park
A Weaverville artist has begun the Pack Square Park installation of hundreds of clay stoneware tiles, including 400 brown and blue square ones created and signed by students in Buncombe County Schools.
Nickeled and dimed: Asheville fees increase
Whether you’re a an Asheville developer, a homeowner using water or dead and ready to be buried in Riverside Cemetery, the cost of living (and dying) in Asheville is going up.
Asheville fees increase for 2009-1010 fiscal year
Whether you’re a an Asheville developer, a homeowner using water or dead and looking to be buried in Riverside Cemetery, the cost of living in Asheville is going up. Wednesday, July 1, starts the new fiscal year for local government. After facing an initial budget shortfall of more than $5 million, Asheville City Council put […]
Xpress-rated: Video sneak peek at the July 1 edition
Here’s a video preview of the July 1 edition of Mountain Xpress. WATCH OUT FOR THE FIREWORKS!
Drop by drop
Oscar Wong sent all of it down the drain. All 6,000 gallons of it. Every drop — 193-1/2 barrels, or 375 pint glasses — of perfectly decent beer flushed away. It was 1994, and the fledgling Highland Brewing Co. was struggling to stay alive in the cramped, dank basement below Barley's Tap Room on Biltmore […]
Asheville economy down but not out
Through good times and bad, local economic forecaster Tom Tveidt has repeated a simple mantra: Asheville's unique mix of business and industry means the local economy's peaks and valleys never reach too high nor fall too low. But that hasn't held true for the current recession. "We're in the low lows this time," Tveidt told […]
Perdue speaks up for education at Asheville rally
Lisa Horak had just completed her first year of teaching when the Buncombe County Schools notified her that, due to proposed state budget cuts, her contract wouldn't be renewed. Sign here: Children were encouraged to sign posters, while their parents and others were asked to sign letters and petitions, during a June 18 rally at […]
Xpress-rated video
Here’s a video sneak preview of the June 24th edition of Mountain Xpress.
Mount Zion’s demolition of two buildings delayed
An Asheville church’s plans to tear down two old buildings it owns has been delayed for 30 days in hopes of saving the structures. Brink of extinction? Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church wants to demolish two historic buildings it owns on The Block. Havens for vagrants and homeless people, the brick structures are expensive to […]
New climate institute ramps up in Asheville
A newly established climate research partnership partially based in Asheville will begin working on projects this fall with an urgent focus: developing accurate, long-range climate-change forecasts. The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, announced May 27, will work as a nationwide collaboration of researchers and institutions. The institute will have a working site in Asheville […]
Xpress-rated: Video sneak peek at the June 17 edition
Here’s a video sneak preview of the June 17, 2009, edition of the Mountain Xpress.
Pack Place sign dismantled
A Moss Sign Co. crew on Thursday dismantled an electronic sign on Pack Square derided as a hideous stake in the heart of downtown Asheville by detractors, but seen as a critical outlet for advertising and supporting Pack Place’s member organizations.
“Consummate storyteller” Terrell dies
Remember the Asheville Tourists manager who called a trick play to strike out Pete Rose and win the game for the T’s? Photo courtesy Pack Memorial Library/North Carolina Collection Or the time a famous local racecar driver started at the back of a 36-car race at old McCormick Field facing the wrong way and then […]
Buncombe County Schools and 2009 state budget cuts
In June 2009, Buncombe County Schools sent a letter notifying its intention of increasing class sizes and eliminating up to 110 teaching positions in the school system to deal with the state of North Carolina’s budget requirements. The state is facing a $3 billion shortfall. Click here to read the letter.
Crafting new markets
A group of local entrepreneurs is banding together to promote a new and existing street and craft markets in Asheville. Organizers hope the effort to promote affordable, locally made arts and crafts will draw shoppers and tourists while supporting emerging artists and others struggling during the current recession. Craft works: A group of Asheville entrepreneurs […]
Askville
Let’s get one thing clear from the start: Cara Oshiver is selling poles. Pole-dancing poles. Portable pole-dancing poles. Cara Oshiver When the 30-year-old walked into the Mountain Xpress offices recently looking for someone to tell her story, though, it was her sincerity more than her sales pitch that grabbed our attention. Oshiver wants nothing less […]
Inspirational speakers wanted for Asheville edition of TED talks
Asheville fans of a California-based conference that shines a spotlight on fascinating ideas and inspiring thinkers have begun planning a similar one-day event here. TED (technology, entertainment, design), a California-based nonprofit, has sponsored a conference highlighting interesting speakers since 1984. The idea is simple: Spread great ideas and change the world. And the original focus […]
Mountains to sea, North Carolina brew stars in locally made road-trip documentary
What happens when seven guys, including four who comprise a band called Rat Jackson, hit 27 breweries and play five gigs during a two-week road trip from North Carolina’s mountains to its coast? Watch the movie Beer Y’all and find out. Cheers, mates: Asheville’s Curt Arledge and friends make a real fun film called Beer […]
Xpress-rated: Video sneak peek at the May 20 edition
Here’s your video preview of the May 20 edition of the Mountain Xpress.
HATCH Asheville revisited
Aimed at building the creative-arts community and mentoring young professionals, last month’s HATCH Asheville festival was a success, according to organizers and attendees alike. But as with any first-year event, there’s also room for improvement, they say. HATCH without a hitch: Last month’s HATCH Asheville festival, designed to boost the region’s creative economy and bring […]