So—at last “they” have gotten rid of that great big thorn in their side. Cecil Bothwell was a kind of town crier, trying to wake us up day after day—one of those whistle blowers who, amazingly, was “allowed” to blow his whistle loud enough to be heard in the enemy camp. I shouted for joy […]
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Rehire Cecil!
I am writing to express my outrage and sadness at learning that Cecil Bothwell—many times winner of the Xpress’ “best journalist” award—[has been fired] for being too outspoken. I have always enjoyed and learned a great deal from reading Cecil’s insightful, thoroughly researched and beautifully written stories, and I believe many other readers feel the […]
Keep your role model
I wanted to voice my support for Cecil Bothwell’s investigative reporting and my dismay at the recent decision to terminate his position at the Mountain Xpress. For the past five years, I have taken my students from Warren Wilson College to meet with Cecil in your offices so he could give them a glimpse [of] […]
Curious? Furious? Publisher, editor respond
A lot of people are understandably concerned, upset or angry about the recent news of — as Cecil Bothwell so bluntly put it in his own press release to WNC media, as well as other friends and associates — his “sacking” by Publisher Jeff Fobes and Managing Editor Jon Elliston. If all we knew was […]
Asheville Storytelling Circle
Stephen Boyer, president-elect of Asheville Storytelling Circle Founded in 1995, the Asheville Storytelling Circle is a nonprofit organization dedicated to excellence in the oral tradition. ASC affirms various cultures through storytelling, and nourishes the development of emerging and established artists. ASC will host the local Tellabration! event Sunday, Nov. 18, starting at 3 p.m. at […]
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Artist profile: Julie Armbruster
Artist Julie Armbruster dresses down society with vivid colors atop her unique brand of gesso. While training in Italy, she realized it wasn’t necessary to kill animals in order to use them as muses.
A horrifyingly good time
Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther present their 13 favorite horror flicks, just in time for Halloween weekend.
End of a very naughty era
Since their first performance in 2003, Asheville’s all-female burlesque troupe, The Rebelles, have become one of the most popular acts in town. More than just a simple striptease act, the troupe forged its reputation on highly polished, politically charged shows that were as much satirical as saucy. And the crowds loved them for it, with […]
All Grown Up
“We’re an unusual band, and not everyone likes us, and there’s not some pop thing that we can access that would make [it] obvious,” says John Flansburgh, half of They Might Be Giants, tells Xpress. It’s an obvious statement from one of rock music’s most enduring curiosities. A tale of two Johns: Two-and-a-half decades into […]
The Sweet Onion
Flavor: Highbrow homestyle with pan-Asian detours Ambiance: Linen-sundress casual When some restaurateurs try to tart up homestyle food, their creations often shrink under all the special attention. Luckily, Doug and Jenny Weaver of Waynesville understand that if plain fried catfish becomes Cornmeal Dusted Catfish, the prettier-sounding catch had better still fill diners’ bellies. In fact, […]
Fire on the mountain
Weather patterns change. These days, we blame global warming and overdevelopment; in my youth, adults always wondered if the preacher had been properly paid. But whatever the reason, seasons aren’t what they were when I was growing up in west Buncombe County. Back in the 1960s, Enka/Candler was far away from the city of Asheville. […]
My waking nightmare
From the 1950s to the 1980s, the drinking water at Camp Lejeune (near Wilmington, N.C.) was contaminated with some of the most toxic chemicals known to humankind, including TCE, DCE, PCE, vinyl chloride, methylene chloride, chloroform, toluene and benzene. At least four of those chemicals can be found on the Agency for Toxic Substances & […]
Avoid the eggshells
You can put your trust in Elaine Lite to vote the way she’s promised to vote once elected on Nov. 6 to City Council. You won’t have to sit on eggshells during a Council meeting and wonder whether she’ll vote to turn your neighborhood into a high-rise hell or let a Texas corporation put a […]
The little station that could
Four years ago, if you had been scanning the Asheville airwaves, you might have discovered a new FM station at the right end of your dial. Packed in between corporate country and commercial classic rock was noncommercial community radio. Unpolished, repetitive and automated, the only live program was in Spanish. If you tried to pick […]
No more putting up with Asheville
When my wife and I still lived in West Asheville, I wondered about the sheer stupidity of the semiautomated trash pickup that cost two-thirds of the pickup crew their jobs. Oh yeah, cost saving through labor reduction. At least those two guys would sometimes pick up trash that fell. Now, we’re left with trash littering […]
A very loud silence
Asheville: Be careful what you wish for. On Tuesday night, [Oct. 16], City Council voted in favor of The Ellington. They say development will bring in gobs of money—and that’s true. What they do not tell you is that your property taxes will skyrocket. And so will rents—for small businesses and folks who live in […]
When health care lives up to its name
To most people familiar with the Xpress and its Web site, I am the annoying troll-of-a-poster who is always forcing his opinions and bad jokes on others, and it’s a roll that I relish (relish on a roll, how disgusting). To others I’m a guy who writes—in a (hopefully) not-too-smarmy voice—about music and bands that […]
Beware, the locusts
In response to the recent letter from Howard Talesnick [“Chained to Downtown?”, Oct. 10], what Mr. Talesnick and many Floridians (feel free to insert any other region or state) need to understand is that most of us do not want it the way it is where you are from. Please notice we are not moving […]
Another gated community?
When did the Asheville Civic Center become the city jail? That was the question on my mind and the minds of three other “prisoners” during intermission at the [recent] Crosby and Nash concert at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. Our crime? We went upstairs in the lobby to use the public restroom facilities. There were no signs […]
Practicing community
Imagine health practitioners practicing for the good of the whole instead of their egos! Guess what? Sliding scale, well-trained acupuncturists are now available—yep, here in our own beautiful Asheville. So for those of us who work the standard two to three jobs required to live here, this is great—no, stupendous news! It is called Asheville […]