In a nail-biter that went in to overtime, the U.S. soccer team lost to Ghana 2-1 in today’s World Cup match. Asheville pubs were packed with disappointed soccer fans hoping for a U.S. win. Pictured here: Local resident Nick Dionne watching the match at Pack’s Tavern downtown.
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Book Report: The Devil’s Courthouse
Fast-paced, gripping, and filled with local lore, Lawrence Thackston’s The Devil’s Courthouse presents en engrossing Appalachian mystery.
Everyone’s a critic: WNC Chefs Competitions heat up
Tuesday, June 23, saw the battle of the Brians as Tupelo Honey and Cucina 24 went head to head at the WNC Magazine Chefs Challenge. The secret ingredient? Carrot. In this video, Xpress food writer Mackensy Lunsford, WNC Magazine Editor Eric Seeger and Blue Water Seafood’s Cody Stokes alternately bitch, savor and puzzle their way through the six courses. The video also includes behind-the-scenes shots of Sonuskus, Canipelli and team pre-gaming it up. Video by Jake Frankel.
Review of The Mousetrap
In typical Agatha Christie form, The Mousetrap, the most recent production at the Brevard Little Theatre, grabs the audience immediately and keeps them guessing until the final scene.
Elitist Bastards: The Good, The Bad and the Perfunctory
In this week’s podcast: Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther discuss new films Toy Story 3, Mother And Child, Jonah Hex and The Good, the Bad, the Weird; get chatty about the merits of Brian De Palma’s classic musical horror parody The Phantom of the Paradise and the often-overlooked Francis Ford Coppola drama Tetro; and speculate on upcoming releases Grown Ups and Knight and Day.
The Buzz: Whatever floats your boat
It's time once again to put together a team and "yacht" for RiverLink's annual raft race, one of the many activities planned for RiverFest 2010. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 14, from noon until 6 p.m., at French Broad River Park. The registration deadline for yachts is Wednesday, Aug. 11. Huck Finn's kind […]
Superior Poetry
Joe Zimmerman is an accomplished poet who resides somewhere in the Biltmore Forest, without permission. He has many accolades and credentials (and resumes) and has graduated from many prestigious poetry colleges, including (but not limited to) Harvard, Oxford, and Cal Polytechnic State and San Luis Obispo Community College. In his spare time he enjoys bird […]
Junker’s Blues: The Insides and Outsides of Smiley’s
It's been a while since we've done a Smiley's Flea Market update. While an ordinary citizen could effectively sum up the current state of Smiley's by saying, "It's still there," we here at Junker's Blues remain so obsessed with the place that you lucky readers are going to get a two-part column about my latest […]
You can’t dress it up and wish racism away
It is amazing that H.K. Edgerton does what he does as an African-American man — pay homage to a regime that stood for and defended the enslavement of my ancestors. What is so disturbing is not the fact that as a black man he chose to spend his day dressed in this manner, but that […]
Outdoors: Outstanding
Too many natural wonders, not enough time. That's how I felt when I read the list of winners in Land for Tomorrow's "Natural Wonders" contest. Land for Tomorrow is a diverse partnership of North Carolina organizations and entities committed to protecting critical land, drinking water and historic places. These groups include local governments such as […]
Speak out and challenge prejudice in all its permutations
We found [Jerry Sternberg's] Mountain Xpress commentary ["The Lessons of History"] interesting and important. Everyone knows the disgrace of Negro segregation, but somehow we are still surprised at times in reading the U.S.A.'s history of oppression. Few people may be aware of anti-Semitism in the South. Sternberg's examples sounded true in a town with respected […]
Praising Congressman Shuler’s office for helping with immigration issue
Ten years ago, following my marriage with my husband, I moved from Rome, Italy, to this beautiful and spiritual Asheville. … In 2003, I petitioned to the Department of Homeland Security for my adult children to join me. Six years passed [before] they … granted the approval to my daughter's case. For my son, there […]
Pondering the Gulf oil spill and getting Buncombians to ride more miles on bike
When I see photos [of the Gulf oil disaster's effect on Grand Terre Island, La.,] my commitment to live a life less dependent upon oil deepens. Grand Terre Island … is a lovely little slip of land off the coast of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana. It is accessible only by boat, contains the remains […]
Eatin’ in Season: Farm House Beef
A herd of Black Angus cattle grazes around a classic white farm house. In the heat of the afternoon sun, they come in from the the 100 hilly acres of pasture where they range, to take advantage of the shade under enormous old trees. This Madison County farm is where Carolyn Bradley grew up and […]
Featured Business: Appalachian Grown
Other Featured Businesses Appalachian Grown Cafe Azalea Cane Creek Valley Farm Earthperks Fiore’s French Broad Chocolate Lounge French Broad Food Co-op Hi-Fi Coffee Bar and Cafe Ingles Mela Poppie’s Market and Cafe Posana Cafe Roman’s Rosetta’s Kitchen Round Mountain Creamery Square One Bistro Sunny Point Cafe Table The Lobster Trap/Oysterhouse Brewing Company The Marketplace The […]
Featured Business: Cafe Azalea
Other Featured Businesses Appalachian Grown Cafe Azalea Cane Creek Valley Farm Earthperks Fiore’s French Broad Chocolate Lounge French Broad Food Co-op Hi-Fi Coffee Bar and Cafe Ingles Mela Poppie’s Market and Cafe Posana Cafe Roman’s Rosetta’s Kitchen Round Mountain Creamery Square One Bistro Sunny Point Cafe Table The Lobster Trap/Oysterhouse Brewing Company The Marketplace The […]
Featured Business: Cane Creek Valley Farm
Other Featured Businesses Appalachian Grown Cafe Azalea Cane Creek Valley Farm Earthperks Fiore’s French Broad Chocolate Lounge French Broad Food Co-op Hi-Fi Coffee Bar and Cafe Ingles Mela Poppie’s Market and Cafe Posana Cafe Roman’s Rosetta’s Kitchen Round Mountain Creamery Square One Bistro Sunny Point Cafe Table The Lobster Trap/Oysterhouse Brewing Company The Marketplace The […]
Featured Business: Earthperks
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Featured Business: Fiore’s
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Featured Business: French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Other Featured Businesses Appalachian Grown Cafe Azalea Cane Creek Valley Farm Earthperks Fiore’s French Broad Chocolate Lounge French Broad Food Co-op Hi-Fi Coffee Bar and Cafe Ingles Mela Poppie’s Market and Cafe Posana Cafe Roman’s Rosetta’s Kitchen Round Mountain Creamery Square One Bistro Sunny Point Cafe Table The Lobster Trap/Oysterhouse Brewing Company The Marketplace The […]
Featured Business: French Broad Food Co-op
Other Featured Businesses Appalachian Grown Cafe Azalea Cane Creek Valley Farm Earthperks Fiore’s French Broad Chocolate Lounge French Broad Food Co-op Hi-Fi Coffee Bar and Cafe Ingles Mela Poppie’s Market and Cafe Posana Cafe Roman’s Rosetta’s Kitchen Round Mountain Creamery Square One Bistro Sunny Point Cafe Table The Lobster Trap/Oysterhouse Brewing Company The Marketplace The […]