The action of the play takes place during what is to be Esther Greenwood’s final ten seconds of life, stretched out by magnificent hallucinations recapping her life and demise.
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Splat! at Pritchard Park
photos by Jonathan Welch
It’s a fact of participatory art: Kids participate, adults photograph. On Sunday, July 11, with music for a never-made David Lynch film, a blank canvas, a performance artist painted in white (at least at the beginning), lots of tempera paints and kids with helping hands, “Splat” began.
Scene from Shindig on the Green
One of a series of photos by Derek Olson of the Saturday, July 10, Shindig on the Green.
Gift of Gab not so fab; Secret B-Sides bring heat to the ‘Shroom
Last night at Mellow Mushroom, Gift of Gab didn’t do justice to his often well-deserved name or reputation. Instead of high-powered hip-hop eloquence, the emcee delivered barely intelligible blather over iPod instrumentals. His set was overshadowed by a much better performance from local opening act, Secret B-Sides.
WNC Chefs Challenge competitions keep rolling out delicious surprises
The treats keep coming at the WNC Chefs Challenge competitions. This week, when event emcee and all-around character, Bob Bowles, announced the secret ingredient, a cheer rose from the crowd. What could be more fun than battle bacon?
Elitist Bastards: Airbenders, Vampires and Centipedes … Oh My!
In this week’s podcast, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther examine: current and upcoming releases The Last Airbender, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Micmacs and The Human Centipede; smile wryly at the classic Vincent Price horror film The Abominable Dr. Phibes; champion the upcoming Asheville Film Society screening of The Fall; and show some enthusiasm for soon-to-open flicks Predators, Despicable Me and Winter’s Bone.
Bound for summer camp: A benefit for local foster kids
The Downtown Market will partner with the Buncombe County Department of Social Services to host a free wine-and-cheese event and raffle on Friday, July 9. All proceeds will benefit DSS enrichment programs that provide the opportunity for children in foster care to attend summer camp and specialty programs that could not be afforded otherwise. According […]
This curious notion of kicking people to normalcy
Ever wonder what goes on in the mind of an artist? Asheville actress Elisabeth Gray and her director, Oxford classmate Anthony Wilks, sat down in the lobby of 35Below surrounded by Luke Hayne’s American Nostalgia quilt show to share a bit of insight while cooking up Gray’s next performance. Her own one-woman show: The play […]
Artillery
When local painter Anna Jensen overheard a man in a restaurant tell his server, “There are no tomatoes in the corn salsa,” she thought about the game “Telephone,” and how pronunciations and meanings of words are altered over time. Thus the name for her current exhibit at PUSH Gallery was born: There Are No Potatoes […]
Junker’s Blues
In the last episode, the Junker, while digging around the outdoor tables at Smiley’s Flea Market, learns that a new shop has opened in the generally fruitless indoor booths. This shop is rumored to have large numbers of his favorite type of junk, old records. Anxious to beat the other wax-hounds to the new stash, […]
They do the mash
Like seemingly everything these days, Chicago-outfit Hood Internet started out as a blog. It was March 2007, and Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell (both members of art-pop band May or May Not) found themselves with extra time on their hands. As a joke they began doing some mashups of their favorite—and most absurdly opposite—artists. The […]
Security or scapegoat?
If you’ve lived in Asheville long enough, you probably know to hold your breath when you’re driving on I-240 between downtown and West Asheville. The traffic, too, can be frustrating, whether it’s the westbound drivers coming in from 19/23 who don’t realize till it’s almost too late that the far-right lane leads into Westgate Shopping […]
Recent “The City” cartoon offensive and bigoted
I am writing to comment on one of your recent cartoons [“The City,” June 23 Xpress]. While I am an advocate of the First Amendment, and certainly enjoy intelligent and creative commentary, opinion, lampoons, and cartoons, I found this particular effort to be in poor taste at best, and ignorant, juvenile and cowardly at worst. […]
Keep your hate and faith to yourself
I would like to comment on last week’s letter from an “Uncle Remus” in Hendersonville [“On Religion, The Gulf Oil Spill, and Our Hypocrisy,” June 30 Xpress]. If people seem to be steering away from Jesus, perhaps what they are really steering away from are fanatics who preach fire and brimstone. Any religion gets a […]
Faith or fanaticism? Don’t force your apocalypse on me!
This letter is in direct reply to Frank “Uncle Remus” Elliott’s recent letter, “On Religion, The Gulf Oil Spill, and Our Hypocrisy” [June 30 Xpress]: Frank, I appreciate your viewpoint, and I’m proud you had the motivation to speak your mind when it seems that no one’s will is strong enough to stand up for […]
“Thiefdom,” my friend John Payne and the Gulf Coast oil spill
I understand this idea of accepting our share of the blame for the catastrophe in the Gulf. We all buy plastics, drive cars, heat and cool homes, and consume more than we should. How can we not feel responsible, especially when we knew something like this Gulf gusher would happen? And we knew our energy […]
Asheville has too many highways, not enough bike lanes
I was very pleased to read the letter last week from Raven Kelly that finally linked the Gulf oil spill with our misplaced transportation planning [”Pondering the Gulf Oil Spill and Getting Buncombians to Ride More Miles on Bikes,” June 23 Xpress]. Cheap, shoddy urban planning that omits sidewalks and bike lanes/bike paths has been […]
Intelligent urban development, affordable housing could benefit Asheville’s economy
Asheville used to be a well-kept secret, but sometime in the past decade that changed. The secret is out, and people from across the country are moving here. More people bring benefits but also creates serious urban issues that can impact negatively on our quality of life. Suburban sprawl, more cars on roads not designed […]
Eatin’ in Season
Summer is officially here, and so is local summer squash. The blossoms and bold hues of the many available varieties of squash began brightening up area farmers markets in June, and remain a market staple through September. Squash Casserole from Early Girl Eatery Ka-bloom! Squash blossoms aren’t just for show. They’re yummy lightly sautéed of […]
Bouchon Street Food brings fast food done right to Lexington Avenue
Downtown Asheville’s street-food selection continues to grow; Bouchon Street Food turns out French-style hot dogs, crêpes and more. Photo by Michael Muller
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