At last year’s Happening, Elisa Faires played a prank. Together with partner Chandra Shukla, she taped contact microphones to the tables in the dining hall so she could record the sounds of people while they ate dinner. As guests dined on an elaborate meal prepared by Matt Lee (Lee will be preparing dinner again this […]
The year is 1951. Dusk has fallen. Strains of music and conversation echo across the campus of Black Mountain College. Students and faculty dine on vegetables harvested from on-campus gardens. In a nearby building, a dancer covered in iridescent powder moves in time to an ambient soundtrack produced on site. The year is 2010, and […]
Allow me to respond to Mr. Flaxman's recent letter bemoaning the proposed legislation in Congress to delete funding for public broadcasting, and urging folks to contribute to WCQS and UNC-TV [“Don’t Let Public Media Go to Static,” March 23 Xpress]. I contribute to UNC-TV because the News Hour with Jim Lehrer is "fair and balanced," […]
I was actually a little incredulous that Mountain Xpress published Diana Ronald-Szabo's letter, which beat the old "abortion is murder" drum [“Call Abortion What It Is: Murder,” March 9]. I was further surprised to see Erika Harrison's response in print [“Appreciate Those Who Protect the Right to Choose,” March 23 Xpress]. Neither the most Catholic […]
I find myself very confused by a huge contradiction in our city. We in the Asheville area see ourselves as forward-thinking, yet we continue to allow the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to come and perform in our city. Ringling Bros. has been cited almost continuously by the USDA for numerous acts of […]
My husband, Don, and I have been married since 1967. We have two children and four grandchildren. Don has been sick with multiple chemical sensitivities since 1988. He is now in the extreme stages of this illness. Let me tell you how it all began. He was an apprentice painter before he worked in pest […]
UNC-Asheville cannot afford to put on its Concerts on the Quad series this summer. My group is trying to save this tradition. For 20 years, people have been bringing their families, pets and a picnic to enjoy these concerts; more than 1,000 [would typically attend]. At this time we need $12,500 for four concerts or, […]
In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies podcast, Mountain Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther discuss current releases Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Sucker Punch and I Saw the Devil.
The cleverly titled event kicks off tonight in fun little Marshall (and features some works from Xpress production manager Drew Findley).
• Briefs
• This Month In History
• After patient wait, imprisoned SC horse buggerer finally released into lover’s hooves
• Gilbert Gottfried issues mea culpa
• Monthly column for divorced families in WNC Parent has inspired my wife
More than 100,000 tulips will bloom on the Biltmore Estate this spring, but that’s just one aspect of the annual Festival of Flowers, which runs April 2 through May 15. For instance, there’s live music every day in the Conservatory and Winter Garden. Visitors can visit the “Ask a Gardener” station, featuring the estate’s horticulture […]
Basic roasted chicken recipe.
For a self-proclaimed freethinker, Bill Branyon certainly seems unable to form his own philosophy [“We Still Cogitate,” March 9 Xpress]. He criticizes right-wing Christians while lauding the belifs (or non-beliefs) of Socrates, Nietzsche, Vonnegut, Ghandi and Marx … uh, that's Groucho Marx. Branyon and most fundamentalist hypo-Christians could still learn a bit from the teachings […]
Thanks to your paper, I now know the names of two of the people I might have seen in my rearview mirror, tailgating my bumper while I was driving 10 mph over the limit in the left lane and searching for a way to move over into a crowded right lane [“Drive, He Said” March […]
What would allow our North Carolina legislators to fulfill their campaign promises to create jobs [and] protect homeowners and the environment without new nuclear plants? They have a win-win opportunity if they adopt the new 2012 Energy Conservation Code, which would increase energy efficiency by 15 percent in new residential and 30 percent in commercial […]
Whole Foods Market of Austin,Texas, recently bought Greenlife Grocery’s two stores for about $15 million. When one reads the literature about Whole Foods, it is easy to lose count of the smaller, organic, green local food markets this $8 billion dollar, multinational corporation has bought out. I, for instance, didn't know that the $1 billion, […]
Thank you for being a customer of Greenlife Grocery, and thank you for your comments. The first thing I want to assure you is that Greenlife's quality standards in prepared foods remain steadfast: All products in our stores are made without the use of preservatives, chemicals, hydrogenated fats or artificial flavorings, colors or sweeteners. With […]
Do you like eating trout, drum and stripers? The vast majority of North Carolinians are about to lose their freedom to eat three of the most popular and delicious fish that grace this beautiful state’s waters. A small handful of rich elitists want our politicians to list the speckled trout, red drum and striped bass […]
It is a shame when North Carolinians must resort to annexation repeal bills to get their voices heard. It is time that we had meaningful annexation reform that provides for a vote for those wishing to be annexed and for those selected to be annexed. At no time should an annexation proceed without a vote […]
On May 1, known to most of the world as International Workers’ Day or May Day, the Asheville Grown Business Alliance is putting on a "Big Love Fest" downtown to "promote our vibrant local economy." While local capitalists celebrating themselves is always revolting, the choice to do so on a 120-year-old anti-capitalist holiday is a […]
When it comes to late ‘90s independent hip-hop, Lyrics Born is one of the most notable figures. He was a founding member of the legendary Bay Area Solesides Crew along with DJ Shadow, Blackalicious and Lateef. Several 12” singles on the independent Solesides label led to the creation of what would later be called the […]
