Melding together the ideas of interpretation, representation and traditional practice, Blue Spiral 1’s current exhibition, Ink and Imagery features the works of both well-noted and emerging artists in the field of printmaking. “I wanted to have prints that have imagery in them, hence the title … that was pretty high up on our list,” says […]
I want to thank my community for supporting me in achieving my goal to be able to pay back the organization who trained and gave me my service dog, Jimani. We had a fundraising event last Friday which was a huge success and lots of fun! To those who attended and to those who reached […]
While the world is full of “ladies who sing with the band,” it’s a rare treat to listen to a vocalist whose tone and pitch are artfully aligned as an equal instrument with the other musicians on stage. Equally rare is a band whose members have worked together without changing personnel for nearly 20 years. […]
It’s a tough time for the crumbling WNC Community Media Center. In the midst of a continuing struggle with Buncombe County over funds the nonprofit says it’s owed, the media center has vacated the facility that hosted URTV, the public-access channel it contracted with the city and county to run, and is no longer paying […]
Align your body and mind with ChiRunning and ChiWalking at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road in Asheville. Held on Wednesday, June 1 at 5:30 p.m. Info: nicole@chiliving.com or 252-9828. If you’ve always wondered how to make jam, put on your apron and try “Let's Start with Jams” at the Buncombe County Cooperative Extension, 94 Coxe […]
The Suspect: Dubtribe Sound System This pioneering electronic duo of Sunshine and Moonbeam Jones has been entrancing audiences with live house-music sets on and off for the past 20 years or so. Westword.com raves, “Their set last night is now in my top-five all-time musical experiences ever; I haven’t danced that hard in years.” Can […]
• Asheville’s creative sector release finger-painting as 1st-quarter earnings report
• Jones Elementary school enters healthy soup recipe into national contest
• Following ticket for 128-MPH NC joyride, Nascar Driver Kyle Busch apologizes via text sent during 130-MPH NC joyride
• Protester who chained self to tree downtown goes unnoticed for 5 weeks
• Asheville Chamber of Commerce performs internal audit of guns, drugs, loose cash
• Asheville Police Academy graduates 31 from 32-member class
Neon Heathens group show opening at PUSH Gallery.
In this edition of Local Matters—the Xpress weekly news podcast—reporters Jake Frankel and David Forbes discuss proposed changes to the Asheville Transit System, the fate of local public access station URTV and updates from the last session of Asheville City Council.
High-waisted cut-offs personalized with leopard-print fabric, red clogs, yellow frames. Seen on Biltmore Ave.
In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies podcast, Mountain Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther discuss current releases Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Double Hour and 13 Assassins.
House Bill 200, otherwise known as the State Budget Act, passed with a vote of 72 to 47 in the House and will now go to the Senate. If HB 200 stays in its current form, it will hurt North Carolina’s K-12 schools, public community colleges and universities, as well as schoolteachers and professors. Being […]
On Saturday, May 27, the Asheville Blue Ridge Rose Society Exhibition debuts at the North Carolina Arboretum and continues through Sunday, May 29. Award-winning roses of every color and size will be featured at this year’s exhibition, “A Day of Roses.” And experts will be on hand to answer questions and provide information about selection, […]
Ask David “Dread” Hinds where his band — the legendary British reggae stalwarts Steel Pulse — rates in the pantheon of rasta and “riddim” rockers both past and present, and he hesitates for a second. But only for a second. “Where would we set ourselves … do you really want to know? I'd set ourselves […]
House Representatives, I'd like to thank you for putting rich white kids first in North Carolina with your vote on May 3. It's about time! I am so tired of these hardworking, poor and minority children who go to school everyday trying to make their lives better in the only safe environment they know. I […]
The event kicks off Friday, May 27, at 5 p.m. and continues through Sunday, May 29. Admission to the Festival Village at Carrier Park is free. All races and events offer preregistration. Demonstrations and clinics, however, are first-come, first-served, so plan on arriving early. The competitive events vary in cost, availability and location. Advanced registration […]
The way singer Stacy Claude of Dehlia Low describes how she first met fellow vocalist Anya Hinkle, their encounter was clearly destined. “Anya had just moved to town and I was sitting at Jack of the Wood talking to someone, and she sang a Stanley Brothers song and I just stopped in mid sentence and […]
N.C. bills requiring insurance for autism remain in committee level “North Carolina House and Senate bills that would require all health benefit plans in the state to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder are lingering in committees as legislators grapple with the state budget. ‘We’re continuing to monitor these bills,’ […]
The cops were called on me this weekend by one of my neighbors. I won't say why my neighbors felt the need to call the cops, but I will say that three officers showed up at my door. After I explained the source of the problem to the officers they offered me some advice, some […]
I was the proud owner of a red and black Baccio scooter. I paid $600 for it (from my barely above minimum-wage income). I spent the whole year of 2010 walking around this town to get to school, my job, the grocery store, etc. I've been beeped at, yelled at, cussed at. Rain, sun, sleet, […]
On Saturday, June 4, MANNA FoodBank will host the 12th Annual Blue Jean Ball on the banks of the Swannanoa River. More than 20 restaurants, dozens of area businesses and four bands are making this signature Asheville event possible. Many articles and studies have been published regarding hunger in Western North Carolina, including a piece […]
