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Hot Chocolate 10K and Kids’ Hill Climb
Hot Chocolate 10K and Kids’ Hill Climb Runners of all ages will hit the streets on January 24 for Asheville’s Hot Chocolate 10K and 1K Kids Hill Climb. Billed as the city’s flattest 10K, the race benefits the non-profit Isaac Dickson Elementary School PTO. The school’s PTO provides teachers and administrators with funding for teaching […]
Luckier than others
His first name is Sixto, but since the late ‘60s, he has performed under his last name only, Rodriguez. Yet unlike other one-name musical artists, a Prince, a Madonna, a Beyonce or a Liberace, his name isn’t a household word (unless your household is in South Africa, but that part of the story comes later). […]
Weaving your heart to your sleeve
Clothes that change color in response to your heart rate? Bed linens that glow to treat seasonal affective disorder, P.M.S. or migraines? Alarm clocks woven into your pajamas? Murmuring wallpaper? Did that picture just move? Joanna Berzowska’s “Krakow: A Woven Story of Memory and Erasure” uses electronic fibers to make parts of the scene fade […]
A failure of civic leadership
Now that the City Council vacancy farce has drawn to a close, it is high time to put an accurate label on it. How about “Authoritarian Disregard for the Citizens of Asheville”? Or maybe “Travesty of American Democracy”? Either or both seem to be appropriate and, unfortunately, accurate. When City Council took it upon themselves […]
Capitalism on campus
A struggling George Bailey once received a fat cigar and a generous job offer from banker Henry Potter. Potter pointed out that it would be in George’s self-interest to accept it and forget about that old savings and loan and all the little people it served. George Bailey turned down that deal. Western Carolina University […]
Ayn Rand—still a bad idea
Thank you for reporting on Western Carolina University’s instituting their Ayn Rand studies at the behest and endowment of the BB&T banking firm [“Capitalism on Campus,” Dec. 23]. Those who have read Ayn Rand do not need to be told that her writings represent the core of the collection of bad ideas that, up till […]
What’s ethical about egoism?
I am writing to comment on the article “Capitalism on Campus” [Dec. 23 Xpress]. The ethical philosophy of Ayn Rand is completely insane. According to Rand, an individual acts rationally only when he or she acts in ways that promote his or her own life. This is ethical egoism, and there doesn’t seem to be […]
For the record
First, I want to thank the people at Mountain Xpress for the kind review of my music [“Soundtrack,” Nov. 26] and for the benevolence of everyone I have spoken and worked with at the paper. [However,] there are some points I would like to clear up that were in the article and do not hold […]
A time to reflect
It’s been a really tumultuous time for our country recently—and also for Asheville and Buncombe County. So now we move forward, and while I’m filled with optimism both for our nation and for this city, I’m not ready to say “We have overcome” and forget the struggle that got us to this place. There are […]
The misery behind “Bright Ideas”
Jerry Sternberg’s commentary, “Bright Ideas” [Nov. 26, 2008] was a perfect example of a common, recently named malady: empathy deficit disorder (EDD). Sternberg muses on the inconveniences he dealt with as a teen when he was moving animals from a stockyard to his family’s rendering plant. His ordeal of transporting old, sick, diseased and disabled […]
Bittersweet Lane
On Jan. 1, 2008, I sat in my apartment in Kenilworth with friends, throwing cards and eating black-eyed peas and collard greens for luck in the New Year. I wasn’t thinking about how the Wheel of Fortune sometimes spins wildly, turning tides and yielding unexpected outcomes. Two weeks later, I traveled to southwest Virginia with […]
Growing art—and artists—in Asheville
First, thank you to Bill Thompson for not only pushing Asheville artists to grow creatively, but to also be aware of the mechanics that operate outside of the studio. He has consistently exposed our little city to a much larger picture from the moment he opened his doors. Also, I want to express my sincere […]
Into the Forums: The week ending Jan. 2, 2009
Who are WNC’s 50 most influential people? Whose economic advice is worth listening to and who’s to blame for the recession? Is the Asheville Mural Project under I-240 tacky? What songs are stuck in your head? Who can help Xpress with a Facebook app? What’s the U.S. Air Force’s take on social networking? … and more.
Buncombe County on a search for office, court space
Buncombe County officials are studying everything from leasing mall space to building a new building to fill an urgent need for more office and courtroom space.
Cranky Hanke and Justin Souther’s Best and Worst Picks for 2008
Here we are at the end of another year (which, you’ll agree, beats not getting to the end of another year). That means here I am with my seventh or eighth (I’ve lost track) Best of/Worst of lists, while my cohort in cinema Justin Souther offers up his second such list. This also means that […]
Old Farmers Ball
Jordy Williams and Kristin Pandolfi contra dancing. photo by M.-J. Taylor Looking for a different way to ring in the New Year? Join the Old Farmers Ball for a Harlequin Masquerade Contra Dance starting at 8 p.m. this New Year’s Eve. The dance will be held at the Fairview Community Center, which will be transformed […]
Welcome to A&E
It was a very good year for new music in WNC, and by the time you read this, WNCW will have the results of its Best 100 Albums of 2009. Malcolm Holcombe The year started strong with the sophomore release from local singer/songwriter/bearded fashionite/erstwhile Band of Horses bandmate Tyler Ramsey. Ramsey’s long contributed to other […]
Dancin’ Machines
At most indie rock shows you witness them: wearing specs and tight pants, swilling PBR, playing drums on their thighs, feet planted. But maybe not this indie show. “Of Montreal wants people to dance,” says Brian Poole (otherwise known as The Late BP Helium). Of Montreal’s shows, once quieter, have evolved into hip-shaking theatrics. “We […]
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Outdoors: The Practical Fly
When I was in fourth grade, my father gave me my first fly rod: a 9.5 foot, 7-weight Wright & McGill split bamboo. Along with this came a reed creel and a pair of hip boots. I don’t remember my initial reaction to the rod or creel, but I was head over heels with the […]