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Local Matters: Sidewalks, bridges and Shuler

Posted on by Jake Frankel and David Forbes

In this edition of the Local Matters podcast, Xpress reporters Jake Frankel and David Forbes discuss East Asheville sidewalk concerns with neighborhood activists Chris Pelly and Kim Engel ahead of tonight’s special Asheville City Council meeting on the issue. The duo also discuss last week’s City Council meeting (including the scope of the Hillcrest pedestrian bridge reopening and the controversy around the incentives granted to the Montford Commons development) and Congressman Heath Shuler’s recent visit to Asheville.

Elitist Bastards: White Zombies And Sucky Vampires

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 review Get Low, The Lottery, Nanny McPhee Returns,The Switch, Piranha 3D and Vampires Suck. They also discuss this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show double feature of the Béla Lugosi classics White Zombie and Island of Lost Souls, the Asheville Film Society screening of the George C. Scott cult classic They Might Be Giants, and the one-night-only screening of the remastered version of Ken Russell’s Tommy. And, just to top it off, they ponder the potential quality of soon-to-open films Takers and The Last Exorcism.

Four Views at Blue Spiral 1

Posted on by Ursula Gullow

A spectrum of abstract and narrative art is exhibited through Four Views, currently on display at Blue Spiral 1 in downtown Asheville.       The work of the four artists represented is impeccably crafted, as one expects from artists exhibiting at Blue Spiral. The gallery has garnered a high reputation for its stable of […]

Junker’s Blues

Posted on by Whitney Shroyer

“Take your pick, Frankie Boy, my loss will be your gain.” – Bob Dylan Over the past couple of years, a number of people have asked me whether I watched the show American Pickers on the History Channel. They were extremely surprised when I admit that not only did I not watch it, I’d never […]

Superior Poetry

Posted on by Joe Zimmerman

“Billboards” If you have more money than someone do you think that makes you a better person? Or does it just mean you’ve spent less on the things that matter? Like daily chocolate milkshakes (with whip cream) or a weekly deep tissue massage (with mud-facial) or a John Tesh box set (collector's addition) autographed by […]

A vocal stunt double of sorts

Posted on by Wendi Loomis

Marni Nixon’s career launched as an invisible star, singing for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, Deborah Kerr in The King and I and Natalie Wood in West Side Story. She has graced the stages of opera houses and concert halls worldwide and even won four Emmy Awards for Best Actress hosting Boomerang, a children’s […]

Fresh ideas

Posted on by staff reports

If you’re wondering what all the hoopla about TED and TEDxAsheville is (much less, what the monikers mean), ask local youth. They’re putting on a sister event to the second-annual local conference: TEDxNextGenerationAsheville, a free, four-hour conference scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 28. Xpress asked 18-year-old Estella Cumberford to explain the multimedia, interactive event. One of […]

Home is where the heart is

Posted on by Cinthia Milner

Inside/Out challenges our thoughts about home and garden, asking us to look outside the norm of glossy magazine spreads to consider the non-traditional home. Can a yurt be a home? How about an underground house, as in the case of my neighbor?  What about gardens? Are they restricted to plants, neatly laid-out and designed, or […]

A matter of health

Posted on by Jacquelyn Dobrinska

Back in February, Xpress launched an online “Wellness” column, inviting readers to participate in an ongoing dialogue that asks, What is wellness? Wade Inganamort has led the way in this Web feature: His weekly blogs and quick-hit reports on Twitter round up the wellness news in WNC (on Twiter, follow @MXWellness). This week, we’re launching […]

Another roadside attraction

Posted on by Maggie Cramer

Look into our crystal ball and you’ll see a future where you can plan a Southern Appalachian food and farm adventure — think a Tuscan getaway in your own backyard — with the click of a button! (Okay, with a couple of clicks. But, it will be easy, we promise.) At Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project […]

“Let’s get outraged,” indeed

Posted on by Naiya Cassidy

I'm going to keep this short and simple in response to [the letter] “Let's Get Outraged, Folks” [Aug. 18, Xpress]. Albert Einstein once said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." It's time to apply that wisdom to the problem at hand: the war on […]

“Have not” doesn’t mean “works not”

Posted on by Stephen Rinsler

Mr. Lewis writes about what he calls "single-family residence neighborhoods," apparently basing his comments on his own neighborhood [“Poor and Poorer,” Aug. 18 Xpress]. Implicit in his comments are some generalizations about "renters" and what he calls "have-nots." He notes that he has been troubled by "at least" five houses that have been rented to […]

Won’t you be my neighbor?

Posted on by Chas Jansen

I was glad to read “Sowing Deeper Seeds” [Aug. 4, Xpress] about the way Robert White and Lucia Dougherty have found gardening as a way of “leveraging the community” at Pisgah View Apartments. We read a lot about “sustainability” in Asheville these days. Some find the word overused — a buzzword. It’s like what Bill […]

Second-hand sympathy

Posted on by Billy Zanski Skinny Beats Drum Shop Asheville

After reading about Roman’s Take Out having a problem with smokers outside their business [”Benched,” July 28, Xpress], I realized I'm not the only one. I run Skinny Beats Drum Shop on Eagle Street. There is a stairwell next to my entrance, which is a common hangout for people to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. […]