It’s a sort of chicken or egg question: Which came first — rock stars or rock-star fashion? Either way, music has been influencing dress for decades, from Elvis’ choice footwear and Gram Parsons’ suits during the Flying Burrito Brothers years to current trendsetters like Franz Ferdinand reviving nerd-sexy trousers and fitted jackets. During the mid-’70s, […]
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Fig
Flavor: Hearty European bistroAmbiance: Relaxed upscale simplicity The austere, one-word-noun trend of restaurant naming (i.e. Table, Chipotle, Dish, Feast) often implies a certain promise of singular importance. I’m not sure if that’s what the owners of Fig, a European-style bistro in Biltmore Village, intended, but it is clear they’re targeting a certain niche (as do […]
Bobbing for yesterday’s apples
“Everyone loves apples: Democrats and Republicans, saints and sinners,” says Tom Brown, a noted heritage-apple hunter based in Clemmons, N.C. If Brown’s right, Western North Carolina must have traditionally observed a veritable love fest every autumn. Not so long ago, Buncombe County and environs were still home to numerous apple orchards. Wilma Penland and Gerri […]
Nose dive
Letters to the editor
Surrendering to peace This past Sept. 11, I participated in a wonderful event in Pritchard Park called Peace on Earth Peace with Earth. It was attended by an estimated 700 people, who were writing a new story for human presence on Earth. It marked and celebrated the work and the life of Gandhi. It was […]
Children, behave
When you do try to get involved in matters affecting your own neighborhood, you get some sympathetic nods but no relief. These are hard times for citizens, regardless of where your loyalties lie. The amount of information coming at you is overwhelming, time is short, and when you do try to get involved in matters […]
Preserving land for tomorrow
There are places on this earth with a value far beyond anything you could ever build on them. No mosquitoes, no ticks and cool, pleasant weather. Apart from the fact that I had to crawl through a rhododendron hell for an hour and spend the day up to my ankles in muck, the trip to […]
Letters to the editor
Reflections of urban life I absolutely loved seeing local, urban art on the cover of the Aug. 30 Mountain Xpress. It is inspiring to artists in Asheville. However, I think it would help if Steve [Shanafelt, in the accompanying article, “Spray-Painting Is Not a Crime“] talked more extensively with people involved in these different murals, […]
The art of preservation
“Consult the genius of the place in all.” That was Alexander Pope’s famous advice to landscape designers in the 18th century, and it is HandMade in America’s advice to the booming local building industry today. What is the genius of this place? Well, many would say it’s the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. And indeed that […]
Learning to ‘Breathe’
Back behind the wheel: Folk-rocker Dan Bern takes a break from singing about politics and sets out on a new route with Breathe. photo by Judd Irish Bradley Breathe. That’s the title of folk-rocker Dan Bern’s new album, released just last week, and it’s a fitting one: These new songs offer more breathing room than […]
We *?%$*#-ing brake for Asheville
Keep on tr … well, you know: The Drive-By Truckers roll through town. photo by Danny Clinch Asheville’s a Trucker town. Not just via the glory road of a soon-to-be official I-26 corridor cutting through these mountains, but also by virtue of loving a rock ‘n’ roll outfit born on the warmer side of the […]
Hanging juries
Constance Humphries made the cut at the Grace Centre’s juried show with Mute #28, a haunting piece in acrylic and charcoal on canvas. Among artists, there’s no clear verdict on whether juried shows are a good idea or a spectacularly bad one. But visual-art patrons can begin to make up their minds about the method […]
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Getting high in WNC
photos by Melissa Smith A deep breath and you’re off. After hours of anticipation, the anxiety that was festering in the pit of your stomach has subsided, giving way to a rush of excitement. You watch in silent awe as the world around you transforms itself as you drift higher and higher. Altitude! It’s an […]
A Meadow Grows In Brooklyn
Still life with lamp, sofa, Richard Buckner: His new album is about the “ethereal meadow in my mind.” Drive by the bodegas on Flatbush Avenue, exit the Canarsie Line subway at Broadway Junction, or walk through the factories-turned-lofts in Williamsburg, and the borough of Brooklyn just isn’t the sort of place you associate with meadows […]
Riparian reflections
Even better than the movie Labyrinth: “Winding Path,” a creation in mulch and flags by Marty Cain. photos by Zen Sutherland Bureaucracies can be daunting, even to those accustomed to working within them. To artists, they can be downright terrifying. Coordinating a major event like the River Sculpture Festival, an outdoor contemporary sculpture exhibition at […]
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Boots, routes and border disputes
Writing’s on the rock: Ellicott Rock, along the Chattooga River, is history in plain sight. photo by Danny Bernstein The sign, which reads “Ellicott Rock,” points down and toward the river. No mistaking it — I drop my pack on the trail and scramble down. I reach the rock, marked “N G” to designate the […]
Letters to the editor
Making life more bearable I believe your article on the controversy surrounding Bartram’s Walk [“Bartram’s What?,” Aug. 9] contained the first printed concern I have seen about encroachment of development upon the habitat of the black bears in our area. For 15 years, I have lived and hiked on the Haw Creek side of Cisco […]
A sustainable agenda
At this writing, Asheville is three weeks into its 90-day, ride-for-free promotional campaign for mass transit. Already, ridership has increased by 66 percent. The buses are running full, and we’ve gone from people saying that no one would ever ride the bus here to actually having some concern about overcrowding. We know that Asheville is […]