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Fly-fishing at the edge of opulence
Pretty in pink: The author takes it to the river in style. photo by Richard Bernabe “It’s all an illusion,” photographer Richard Bernabe said, directing me as I attempted to get both hands around a 20-inch brown trout that someone else had caught. To make matters worse, I was wearing a pink shirt (“makes for […]
Something to someone
Austen Mikulka, 22″x18″ acrylic on canvas, untitled. The Secret Lives of … , the current exhibit at LIFT Culture House in Cherokee, is nothing if not inclusive. Curator Leon Grodski is interested in art being tied into one’s everyday life, not a thing apart. “Some artists,” he points out, “show their work in museums, and […]
You can’t kill the Roches
Call this one “The Return of the Roches” — and mark your calendars. Indeed, not only are the Roche sisters — Maggie and Terre and Suzzy — out on the road again as a trio for the first time in almost a decade (they come to the Orange Peel on Thursday), but they’re also recording […]
Thank God for Steve Albini, and what comes after
Delivering us from the evils of bland Christian pop: Daniel Smith, far left, plys the secular waters of indie rock with and without his family. Daniel Smith says the goal of Danielson music is to take him “somewhere I haven’t been before.” That his latest disc — and some say his masterpiece — is called […]
Cartoons
Tough as nails
Plants that can tough out the hottest hot and the driest dry are the best. I admire them for their tenacity and ability to stand up to the elements, showing us that even plants of the hot-dry-tough type can be beautiful. During the early part of June, when temperatures soared and the skies were cloudless, […]
Can ‘your’ mom do that?
Crossing over: Ultra-runner Anne Riddle Lundblad does her thing at the Springmaid Splash 10K in Spruce Pine. photo by Lolita Buchanan Anne Riddle Lundblad is one of the most successful ultrarunners in the country. For the past 13 years she has lived and trained in the Asheville area. Lundblad’s specialty is the 100 kilometer, a […]
Letters to the editor
Listen up, musicians I moved here from Memphis with my band five years ago because I saw Asheville as an inspiring place with a receptive audience and a more nurturing music scene than many cities. That has not changed. Just look at newspaper listings of music venues in towns of comparable size, like Bristol or […]
No land for tomorrow?
Any fund-raiser worth their salt will tell you that it’s a whole lot easier to get somebody to donate money for a building than for an idea. And when it comes to doling out your tax dollars, a similar phenomenon seems to be at work. (Someone cleverer than I once dubbed it an “edifice complex.”) […]
Getting behind the Booty
Although road biking may be a little less exciting than mountain biking — for instance, there’s not much call for dodging rocks and trees with the reflexes of a 13-year-old video-game junkie — there’s a weekend road event coming up in Charlotte that should grab any cyclist’s attention: 24 Hours of Booty, slated for July […]
The road less rambled
Dodging the great beyond: PGroove contemplates their place in the dizzyingly changing jam world. “Perpetual groove” — hard to believe — is what the kids these days call jam. But it’s probably the most convenient label for a slew of bands like, and unlike, the Athens, Ga.-based PGroove. Some of these bands have about as […]
Stray Cat strut
Cash crop of crazy: Despite her erratic on-stage behavior, Cat Power’s fans still think she’s The Greatest. And a whole squadron of Memphis soul veterans agree. Until recently, even Cat Power’s most loyal fans probably had to wonder if she’d made the right career choice. Prior to her current tour, her shows have been more […]
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Letters to the editor
Stoneleaf’s virtue and genuine graces Among the strongest reasons that Asheville shows up on one index after another as one of the country’s best places to live is the cultural richness. This cultural diversity has received a huge boost in the last couple of years via the Stoneleaf festival, spearheaded by Charlie McIver, co-founder (along […]
A stitch in time
Thoreau spoke of lives of quiet desperation. Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. I don’t know that I agree with either of them. I may not have enough depth to understand what they were getting at, but I believe we are all spiritual beings capable of transcendent fulfillment. Some spend their lives […]
Letters to the editor
Here’s to The Peel, and to Jack and Lesley If there is one thing that Jack and Lesley Groetsch know how to do, it’s run a music club. You don’t spend years at the helm of the legendary Howling Wolf in New Orleans unless you can get the job done. Their vision of contributing to […]
Consider This
HIV/AIDS policy in North Carolina simply isn’t working. Despite the strictest eligibility requirement in the country, hundreds of people have waited years for life-saving drugs in our state. Thousands more aren’t even eligible for the waiting list, because they make more than 125 percent of the federal poverty line — a little more than $12,000 […]
Deny this
“Where Do You Hide Your Beauty?,” archival inkjet print, Alice Sebrell. Narrative art sometimes tells stories we don’t want to hear. But whatever the recent work of Alice Sebrell is relating, it is so deep and so pure you won’t know the ending from any first, careless look. This is not to say Sebrell’s work […]
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Getting wet within an hour of Asheville
The author takes his bad-ass self down the river. photo by Caleb Coaplen Even if you’ve never been in one, no doubt you’ve noticed the fleet of boats floating around on the tops of trucks and cars here. Asheville is undeniably a boating town, and there are countless river options within striking distance of the […]