My friend in Marshall told me of the Rural Academy Theatre performing in Marshall, and although it was nightfall and hard to see, she still recommended it! So it was with interest I read that about this troupe in Mountain Xpress (see “Horseplay,” Oct. 9 Xpress). I tossed around the idea of trying to see […]
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Amped up
Downtown Asheville transforms into an oasis this weekend. That is, if your idea of a watering hole includes 50-plus electronic-music acts spanning multiple genres and generations. Along with eight venues, afterparties, panel discussions, interactive installations and several thousand of your closest friends. And that's exactly what this weekend's inaugural Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit has […]
Mayor Miall has a nice ring to it
If you drive a car, own property and pay taxes of any kind, buy groceries, balance your checkbook, and a myriad of other things ordinary working class people do on a daily basis, then I appeal to you. John Miall needs your vote to become Asheville's new mayor in November. John has the experience, desire […]
The great divide
The final question asked of Asheville's two mayoral and five City Council candidates did not focus on the usual inquiries raised during this municipal election. It wasn't about the economy. It wasn't about jobs. It wasn't about the police department — though it certainly touched on all of those matters. And it had nothing to […]
The Biz
Openings: Amish Country Market & Deli, 171 Weaverville Road. 484-9343 Blue Kudzu Sake Company, 372 Depot St., Suites 50 & 60. 350-7790. bluekudzusake.com Green Sage (third location), 70 Westgate Parkway. thegreensage.net SCORE A Store for Fans, 104 Broadway St., Black Mountain. 669-8286 More Décor Fine Consignment, 50 N. Merrimon Ave., Suite 101. 255-3575 Sage Gourmet, […]
Confident in Manheimer, Smith and Wisler
Yesterday, after an early morning class at West Asheville Yoga, I rode my bike downtown to watch the Campaign for Southern Equality’s We Do participants make their way to the Register of Deeds Office to be among the first same-sex couples in our community to have their marriage applications accepted by Drew Resinger. After this, […]
One king, two kingdoms
The LEAF offers a very different experience than the one promised by this weekend’s inaugural Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit. The first is a celebration of creativity in a pastoral setting, with styles ranging from Americana to world music. Mountain Oasis digs deeper into its chosen area, offering world-class electronic acts alongside a smattering of […]
Sound check
Jad Fair, guitarist and founder of post-punk outfit Half Japanese If you could collaborate with any other Mountain Oasis artist, who would it be and why? I've recorded two albums with Daniel Johnston, and we're planning to record again in January with Brave Combo as the backing band. I'm looking forward to it. It's been […]
BEER SCOUT: The tidings of fall
Seasonal beers are nothing new for Asheville breweries. Summer is better with a Green Man Summer Ale. Fall isn’t fall without a pint of French Broad’s Zepptemberfest. And of course, many anxiously await winter for the arrival of Highland Brewery’s Cold Mountain.
Calendar captions: life-sized chess, Girl Scout art exhibit, Tryon wearable art show
On the scare-dar
Celtober This is no mere Oktoberfest. It’s Celtober (and, for some participants, kiltober), and it’s back for a second year. The festival includes three days of Celtic, tribal, rock and fusion music at two venues. And two towns. Both locations, White Horse Black Mountain and Asheville’s Highland Brewing, offer up live music from Uncle Hamish […]
Wanted: Reader and freelance photographers
Xpress is looking for reader and freelance photographers. We want your photos — whether you’re a professional, amateur or citizen with a smartphone. We want to publish, online and in print, more photos of local people, places and happenings. Want to be the community’s eyes on the ground? Interested in sharing your pics? Please contact […]
Clubland features: Electrochemical, Old Flings, Burial Beer Co.
Worth waiting for: Fletcher’s Scott Waldrop crafts balsamic vinegars
Fletcher artisan Scott Waldrop crafts balsamic vinegar in the footprints of his wine-making ancestors. And what he produces … is worth waiting for.
Art meets Politics: Iranian Revolution poster art on display
About 200 posters from the Iranian Revolution are hanging in three locations in Asheville. An opening reception for the show was held at UNCA Thursday, Oct. 17, featuring a film screening and lecture by Dr. Hamid Dabashi, an Iranian-born scholar and cultural historian. By Kyle Sherard.
The great divide: Issues of race, justice, opportunity discussed at YWCA election forum
The final question asked of Asheville’s two mayoral and five city council candidates did not focus on the usual inquires raised during this municipal election. It wasn’t about the economy. It wasn’t about jobs. It wasn’t about the police department — though it certainly touched on all of those topics. And it had nothing to do with the Asheville Art Museum. (Photo by Max Cooper)
Asheville Disclaimer 10/16/2013
Friends doubt recent breakup between Fed, Pisgah Inn will stick following Inn’s back-and-forth compliance/defiance of government shutdown
East-west revival
"It's on fire," says Carrie-Welles Craven about the business growth near Wood & Spoon, the store she and her husband Mark Craven opened in September. Located on Clingman Avenue, close to the east end of Haywood Road in West Asheville, Wood & Spoon is about “good home finds." "West Asheville is making the turn around […]
Woodfin and Weaverville
Two of Asheville’s neighbors to the north — Woodfin and Weaverville — have truly come into their own in the past few years. Ensconced squarely between Asheville and Weaverville, Woodfin is quaint, blue-collar and sometimes overlooked. Everyone knows it’s there, but some don’t quite know where — just that it occupies some nebulously defined area […]
During peak season, reopen N.C.’s federal parks
As the seasons turn to fall, many of us here in North Carolina typically head to the mountains of the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests before the cold rolls in. However, as a result of the government shutdown, our national parks and forests all across North Carolina are closed to any and all visitors. Our […]
Want to go?
What: “Trapped by Poverty, Trapped by Abuse: Pursuing Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence,” a forum and fundraiser presented by Pisgah Legal Services. When: Reception at 5:30 p.m., forum at 7 p.m. Where: Diana Wortham Theatre, downtown Asheville. Tickets are $15 for the forum, $50 for the reception. For more information, visit pisgahlegal.org.