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Elitist Bastards: Night Of The Man-Made Bastards

Posted on by Ken Hanke and Justin Souther

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther react nonchalantly to Rob Reiner’s Flipped, show limited enthusiasm for Resident Evil: Afterlife and have mixed feelings on the Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck “documentary” I’m Still Here. They also discuss a pair of classic Universal horror flicks—Man Made Monster and Night Monster—which will be screened at this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show, and show quite a bit of excitement about next week’s Asheville Film Society screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. There’s also a bit of gossip about the upcoming Ricochet Film Festival, followed by speculation on the quality of upcoming releases Alpha and Omega, The Town, Easy A and Devil.

Outdoors: Goaling for it

Posted on by Felice Lopez Bell

The day before my interview with the Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer Association for a coach position, I got hit in the face playing ultimate Frisbee. It hurt as only a flying disk can when it careens into your cheekbone at high speed, but my concern was the interview. Looking back on it, I realize that […]

Mtnhoppin

Posted on by Justin F. Farrar

Waynesville’s Go Grocery Outlet isn’t the kind of regional business you’ll see profiled in the glossy pages of WNC Magazine. Appalachian Chic, this place is not. Tucked in a dying strip mall off Route 276, The Go is a descendant of the mid-century supermarket, a ragged intersection of fluorescent track lighting, scuffed white linoleum and […]

An apple abundance

Posted on by Maggie Cramer

Hopefully you’ve managed to go pickin’ this apple season. If not, now's the time — or at least time to find baskets of juicy, crisp local apples at your farmers market. What can you do with the abundance of fruit? Local chefs and bakers suggest pies, cobblers, crisps, tarts, jams, chips, cider and applesauce for […]

Don’t “unschool”­; instead, light a fire in children’s minds

Posted on by Mary Ellen Phillips

I would like to thank Hannah Layosa (“Free Range: Arrested Development,” Aug. 25 Xpress, Letters], for writing about her experiences with unschooling. Sharing our childhood experiences, both positive and negative, helps us to see “through the eyes of a child” and shape an education that best meets children's needs. It is interesting that the author […]

The Profiler

Posted on by Becky Upham

The Suspect: Krista Detor Among her many influences, this singer/songwriter lists caffeine, alcohol, good news, bad news and weather reports. Seems to work … her writing has been compared to the likes of Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell. Her 2006 release Mudshow received raves on both sides of the Atlantic, and it reached […]

Not so fast

Posted on by Pat Whalen

Having worked on the 51 Biltmore hotel/parking garage project for four years, I was surprised by Cecil Bothwell’s recent commentary (see “Parking in a Money Pit,” Sept. 1 Xpress). I don’t believe Bothwell’s claims fairly represent it. As president of Public Interest Projects, I went to bed on Aug. 31 worrying about money, our downtown […]

Rappelling 9/11 fundraiser creates fallout for GOP

Posted on by Jake Frankel and Michael Muller

Nesbitt on the Rappelling Tower at the Bee Tree Fire Dept.
Last weekend, the Buncombe County GOP threw a fundraiser on 9/11 at the Bee Tree Fire Station in Swannanoa. The event featured participants rappelling down a 90-foot tower, with donors asked to contribute $100 per rappel. In its wake, the event and an associated video used to promote it have set off a storm of criticism. This post includes a brief video interview with BCGOP chair Chad Nesbitt at the event as he was about to rappel.

Senator Hagan visits small farmers at French Broad Co-Op Farmers Market

Posted on by Susan Andrew and Jonathan Welch

Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) took an hour or so Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 8, to visit with small farmers at the French Broad Food Co-op Farmer’s Market, at least partly in an attempt to reassure them that proposed federal legislation to tighten food safety standards will not affect them detrimentally, as some first feared.
Photo by Jonathan Welch

Local Matters: Standoffs and sidewalks

Posted on by Jake Frankel and David Forbes

In this week’s edition of the Local Matters podcast, Xpress staffers Jake Frankel and David Forbes discuss the recent police standoff and the special meeting of Asheville City Council to address pedestrian safety concerns.
The reporters recorded the conversation as they huddled at the site of the standoff on Otis Street, between the federal courthouse and the RBC Bank.

Elitist Bastards: Machete Sunrise

Posted on by Ken Hanke and Justin Souther

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther give a half-hearted nod to Going the Distance, heap significant praise on Machete, express ambivalence about The American, applaud Restrepo and appreciate Mao’s Last Dancer on its own schmaltzy terms. They also discuss the classic comedic horror film The Comedy of Terrors (this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show), and the upcoming Asheville Film Society screening of F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise. And if that wasn’t quite enough, they also reluctantly discuss this week’s opening films Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D and The Virginity Hit.

Doolittle, do much

Posted on by Par David Neiburger

Is it overstatement to say that late ‘80s/early ‘90s-era outfit The Pixies invented alternative rock? The sound that Nirvana pushed into the mainstream began largely with them, and hundreds of bands owe credit. Kurt Cobain was often quoted saying The Pixies’ first full-length album Surfer Rosa was his favorite all-time record and greatest influence. The […]