Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and communities. Here in North Carolina, from the mountains to the coast, we are lucky to have fresh, clean food grown by sustainable farmers in our backyard. Unfortunately, these farms are neither utilized nor supported to the full extent they could be. Hundreds of thousands of people in the […]
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There’s still time
Repairing broken streets and sidewalks, our decrepit transit center, updating key maintenance equipment, keeping taxes down — these are all things taking a back seat to funding yet another parking garage in the proposed budget, which allocates $12 million in capital-improvement funds over the next two years to build the parking garage. This action is […]
Next time, try waving
Who died and made you motorcycle God? [“Why on Earth Are You Waving at Me,” June 5 Xpress]. I have been riding for 40 years and enjoy acknowledging fellow bikers. The simple gesture is just that — a way to say, "Hey brother (or sister), I like your ride.” I have never had anyone tell […]
Shout it out
Mikal Cronin can’t help doubting himself. At seemingly every turn on MCII — the San Francisco garage rocker’s bright and buoyant sophomore effort — he’s questioning something he has just declared with certainty. “I want it now!” he cries with brazen intensity on “Shout It Out” before defusing his ardor with the very next line: […]
Finally timely
There is a profound difference between music that is ahead of its time and music that understands its time. Striking when the moment is right, solidifying growing trends into something iconic, that’s the stuff that breeds success in the near term — providing listeners with a sound they’ve only just realized they want. Breaking ground, […]
Project X: the mystery is gone
On June 11 the uncertain budget met the economic development project no one had been allowed to talk about: Council signed off on $1.5 million in tax rebates for a long-unspecified company (“Project X” in both city and Buncombe documents). The then-unnamed company promised to bring 52 high-paying jobs to the area by 2017. Before […]
Calendar highlights: June Jamboree, Grand Bohemian Gallery exhibit, Art in the Park
Clubland features: Neutopia, Blank Tapes, That’s a Thing
Psychedelic textures: Cody Sarabia and friends invite local art lovers to “indulge all of your senses in a surreal environment filled with audio/visual textures” during Neutopia, an art installation and potluck with musical performances by Minima Moralia, I Am Just a Pupil and Artifax. The multimedia smorgasbord unfolds on Saturday, June 22 at Apothecary. Summer […]
Farm & Garden: Garden tours and contests for kids
A garden-lover's paradise Lush, private gardens will open their arbors to the public for the Asheville-Buncombe County Master Gardeners Tour on Saturday, June 22. The "Follow Your Passion" tour will feature six Asheville gardens, including one school, two Bed and Breakfasts and three private homes. The afternoon is more than an array of ferns and […]
Oyster House Brewing opens today
The Haywood Road brewery opens for the first time today at 3 p.m. Oyster House launches with 12 beers on tap, three of which are originals.
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New food truck makes debut downtown
Ride on, brothers and sisters!
I read Norman Plombe’s letter, “Why on Earth Are You Waving at Me?” in the June 5 Xpress. … Why on earth would he want to project [his] grouchy jerkiness to the rest of the most sincere camaraderie that bikers continue to exhibit? We’re the last of the vehicular brotherhood. You see VW bugs flashing […]
Growth factor: Asheville-area investment pool grows every year
If there’s a word that every Mountain BizWorks investor uses to describe why he or she invests in Mountain BizWorks, it’s “local.” According to Stanley and Colette Corwin, “We invested in Mountain BizWorks because we wanted to invest locally, and to help create and grow local businesses that create jobs and build a resilient local […]
Block buster
For the May 30 cover story, Xpress reporters David Forbes and Jake Frankel used the East Chestnut Street neighborhood on the cusp of downtown and north Asheville to examine the broader situation of urban density, especially as it relates to housing development. Forbes article, “No Vacancy,” posed a question: “How does a rapidly changing city […]
Meet the players
Layne Redmond Primary Instrument: Frame drums What She’s All About: As both a player and a historian, Redmond is considered one of the foremost authorities on frame drums — essentially any drum with a width that greatly exceeds its depth; the tambourine is the most common modern example. Voted by DRUM! Magazine as one of […]
Beatific happening
In the eyes of River Guerguerian, there are few problems that can’t be solved by percussion. He sees the musical component as medicine for the world, an element that is shared by virtually every culture on the globe, connecting them despite their often polarizing differences. He sees ancient techniques alleviating the fatigue […]
Business Blotter
Openings Honour Stewart Gallery, 1 Page Ave., Suite 124 in the Grove Arcade. http://www.honourstewartgallery.com. 232-4260. (Pictured, “Citizen,” by Douglas Stewart, on view at the gallery.) Sugar & Snow Gelato food cart. Visit sugarandsnowgelato.com for locations and times. Closings Aqua Café, 122 College St. Taqueria Gonzalez, 747 Haywood Road. Renovations and Other Changes One Love Jamaican […]
Holder deserves respect, not censure
I have been an avid reader of Mountain Xpress (and Green Line before it) since the beginning. I have watched your staff struggle with issues of journalistic ethics. While I haven't always agreed with your decisions, I have always respected the openness with which you grapple with what are often complex problems. The latest controversy, […]
Our quality of life is at stake
What kind of mentality does it require for the N.C. Senate to pass a law restricting alternative means of transportation, legislation that could improve our physical and environmental health? Shouldn't North Carolinians seek more rail transit, bike and pedestrian projects? Our Senate has amended House Bill 817 prohibiting state funding of passenger rail service, as […]
Wanna go?
Billed as “the world’s first-ever Autism Pride week,” a quintessentially Asheville event honors “the autistic as subject, not object.” Held Sunday, June 16, through Saturday, June 22, at a variety of venues around town, APW promises a series of “cultural and social events that celebrate autistic people and support a sense of autistic community.” An […]
Beer Scout
Recently Opened: Lookout Brewing Address: 103 S. Ridgeway Ave., Black Mountain As Oyster House moves up from a nano-sized brewing system, another small-batch system has just come online out in Black Mountain. Housed in a small strip behind Lucky Bamboo Café, Lookout Brewing is easy to miss if you’re not, well, looking out for it. […]