Terms in our national debate come and go; some only stay long enough for a good laugh. “Peak oil” has left us. Other terms didn’t even stay long enough to enjoy. But a term that keeps cropping up in one form or another has something to do with the size of government. Evidently there is […]
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Save our teachers’ jobs
I am a student at Valley Springs Middle School. We recently learned that two of our favorite teachers’ jobs are in jeopardy due to the recent education-funding budgets proposed by the state. Eighty teachers in Buncombe County may not have jobs next year. This will make classroom numbers bigger and provide less time for teachers […]
Just Remnants
The prophet Isaiah’s idea of the remnant of the just is a moral concept with periodic weight, and I fear its time has come round again. Isaiah saw that when human beings violate the land ethic beyond a certain limit, God destroys the culture, preserving a remnant seed for the next attempt at a just […]
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The Western North Carolina Quilters Guild
The Western North Carolina Quilters Guild will carry on a 20-year tradition this June by displaying their creative passion for cloth and thread in the finished form of quilts. The guild has been in the area since 1982 and was founded as a nonprofit organization to provide an opportunity for area quilters to promote the […]
“Some people just don’t fit in. And they need rock music.”
The roots of the two-person blues-punk band, the harrowing sound of near-catatonic depression and the rescuing grip of rock ‘n’ roll are revealed in this interview with underground rock pioneer Don Howland. Howland’s been in Asheville for more than ten years, but you might not know it.
It tastes like a mixture of good living and dying
"I like cryptic stuff," says Don Howland. "I've always gravitated towards the obscure. And it's not just the obscurity of it I like. It's what makes it great, but still obscure. I don't think you lose the spirit of what makes rock and roll good when you stay obscure." A cult figure’s cult figure: Don […]
Artillery
It’s hard to be an art aficionado in Asheville without acknowledging the historical significance that craft-making and folk art traditions have on the creative work produced in this region. Western Carolina University recently launched an expansive Web site documenting the the Southern Highlands Craft Revival Movement of the 1890s through the 1940s. The site is […]
A Joelfest thank you
About two weeks ago, Joel Hutcheson, owner of Static Age Records and co-owner of T.V. Eye, discovered that he needed a very costly spine surgery. With the support of many local businesses, a benefit dubbed "Joelfest" was held on Saturday, May 23, at Izzy's new location in West Asheville. With raffle donations from many of […]
Lovely, lucky, poor Asheville
Lovely Asheville: You are a beautiful jewel in a mountain setting. People from all over the world come to visit you. You are a livable town, a small town with city facilities and friendly people. Lucky Asheville: You have survived waves of developers who have cut down your trees and systematically demolished your historic buildings […]
The Basilica can take it
Good grief. There is barely a plan before the city for the land acquired near the Basilica, and already the voices of doom are howling. If the Basilica was so keen for a park, then why, with the education building torn down, was an ugly surface lot put there instead of a green space? Oh […]
Preserve Basilica’s beauty
Dear mayor, members of Asheville City Council and fellow citizens of Asheville: Our beautiful city of Asheville made a huge step forward with the restoration of the Grove Arcade. The way it was done, with eye appeal and functionality, and keeping the overall dimensions of the building appropriate to the area, is to be applauded. […]
When mountain dialects die
When was the last time you heard such expressions as “Oh, Law,” or “You-uns have a nice day”? And if you’re lucky enough to encounter one of these turns of phrase, once common here in the Western North Carolina mountains, then listen carefully: Their days may be numbered. Linguists estimate that within less than 80 […]
North Carolina’s forgotten residents
Most citizens, even concerned ones, don’t understand where people with mental-health challenges go—as in live, manage their lives, hang out. Why, of course, they live with their families, right? Nope: Many don’t. Neither do they vaporize when the sun goes down. In North Carolina, most adults with severe and persistent mental illness are not homeless […]
Paws With A Purpose
Pet-therapy dog Maggie with pediatric patient. Photo by Jim Lawrence Paws With A Purpose pet-therapy teams are hard at work throughout Asheville providing a furry dose of unconditional love to the elderly, infirm and to ill or abused children. Since 1999, Paws With A Purpose has grown to 86 therapy-dog teams, each dog certified for […]
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Review of Like Mother at N.C. Stage
Like Mother is a play well-suited for most anyone who has planned a wedding, been in a wedding, hates weddings, loves weddings or simply has a mother who knows exactly how to show her love and support in all the most galling ways.
Tooth & Jaw
2009 MSF Schedule
Climbing Cycling Disc Paddling Dodgeball Running Event Time Location Friday Youth Ultimate Event 4:00 – 5:30 PM Festival Village Kid’s Event 5:00 -6:00 PM Festival Village Trail Running Race 5:00 – 7:00 PM Black Mountain, NC Disc Golf 5:00 – 10:00 PM Festival Village Kid’s Event 6:00 – 6:30 PM Festival Village Ultimate Event 6:00 […]
What’s hatching in WNC – June
Insect Time of month Patterns to Match type Eastern Green Drake Early Eastern Green Drake, Green Drake Biot Thorax, Coffin Fly, White Wulff, Corey’s Calftail sizes 8-12 Green Drake Emerger Nymph, Green Drake Cripple, Crow fly sizes 8-12 dry subsurface Olive Caddis Early Olive Elk Hair Caddis, Olive Egg layer Caddis Braid Pupae (olive) 14-18 […]
Junker’s blues
Watching the gas prices creep up past $2.30 is giving me flashbacks to those awful months in 2008 when gas was nearly five dollars a gallon. Those times were hard on everyone, including the junker. This is a nickel-and-dime game, and for a while, I was really wondering how I was going to continue to […]