Bound not in competitionSaturday, 2:15 – 4:15 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre – upper (109 minutes) In one of her best and most nuanced (not to mention bravest) performances, Jennifer Tilly plays Violet, the mistress of mobster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), who seems blissfully unaware of his girlfriend’s interest in other women — something that comes to […]
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Features
All of the films below are in competition unless otherwise noted The Actress Saturday, 2:45 – 4:45 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre – lowerNorth Carolina Premiere (91 minutes) Centering around a 20-something, hormone-charged Perth, Australia household, the film features Tom — the desperate-for-a-girlfriend supermarket manager, Kevin — an office administrator with a constant itchy right hand, […]
Shorts
All of the films below are in competition unless otherwise noted After The Storm Saturday, 2:15 – 4 p.m. Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library Sunday, 2:15 – 4 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre – upperWorld Premiere (4 minutes) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, this film is intended to challenge American viewers to remember who […]
Documentaries
All of the films below are in competition unless otherwise noted Air Guitar Nation (not in competition) Saturday, 7:45 – 9:45 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre, Lower (81 minutes) Feature-length documentary about the year that air guitar swept America. From New York to Los Angeles and then all the way to Northern Finland, Air Guitar Nation […]
Animated
All of the films below are in competition unless otherwise noted Crosswalk Man Friday, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre – lower (6 minutes) A flashing crosswalk man spies a mysterious package left on the street and is lured into an evening of drinking, debauchery and danger. Director/Producer: Gina Kamentsky Production Company: Pixeltoon Germination […]
Student Films in Competition
All of the films below are in competition unless otherwise noted For Pete’s Sake Saturday, noon – 1:45 p.m. Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library Sunday, noon – 1:45 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre – upperWorld Premiere (7 minutes) A young woman races against the clock to rescue her wayward, drug-addicted brother in time to make […]
Educational Offerings
All educational offerings are free to the public. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Apple Computer Demonstrations Friday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. YMI Cultural Center Drugstore Apple is proud to support the Asheville Film Festival and will be on hand this year to give […]
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Campaign calendar • Thu, Nov. 2: “Judge for Yourself: Election 2006” featuring all 12 appellate-level judicial candidates and presented by the N.C. Center for Voter Education and UNC-TV, will air statewide at 8 p.m. on UNC-TV. • Sat, Nov. 4: One-stop voting ends at 1 p.m. Until that time, early voting is available at 10 […]
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Campaign calendar • Wed, Oct. 25: “Generating Solutions — A Candidate Forum on Energy and the Environment” takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pack Place in downtown Asheville. The forum is sponsored by Environment North Carolina, the new home of NCPIRG’s environmental work. Candidates for U.S. House District 11, N.C Senate District 49, […]
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Keep writing, I’m reloading courtesy Pack Memorial Library For most contemporary readers, the biggest affront posed by Thomas Wolfe’s 1930 novel, Look Homeward, Angel, is its length. Back in the day, however, Wolfe’s less-than-charitable treatment of his parents, siblings and townspeople in the book provoked anger and indignation. “How could he?” was an oft-heard wail […]
LEAF highlights
Worth a dozen words, at least: Art in front, festival in back, and Lake Eden in between. photo by Alli Marshall Friday, Oct. 20 • Denisa’s Wacky Games (kids’ event), 4-5 p.m.• Hing Windy (bluegrass), 4:30-5:30 p.m.• Chuck’s Magic Circle (karaoke for kids), 6-7 p.m.• Scrappy Hamilton (indie-pop), 6:30-7:30 p.m.• Vegetable Circus Juggler & Blue […]
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Campaign calendar • Fri, Oct. 13: The League of Women Voters and the 28th Judicial District Bar will hold a forum for judicial candidates at 4 p.m. in the fifth-floor courtroom of the Buncombe County Courthouse. The nonpartisan races covered are as follows: associate justice, Supreme Court (Judge Robin Hudson vs. Judge Ann Marie Calabria, […]
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Drug commish field trip Asheville’s Pisgah View Apartments public-housing complex is a quiet place in the afternoon when school’s in session. But as members of the Asheville-Buncombe Drug Commission took a short walking tour of the place following their brief Sept. 26 meeting at the complex’s community center, the beautiful autumn day belied the dangers […]
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Naming no names The mystery Web site lives on, and a lengthy media appearance by its sponsor hasn’t offered many clues as to its origins. The site — www.ncipprg.com — purports to provide “expert evaluation” of the effectiveness of North Carolina’s state legislators as prepared by the little-known North Carolina Independent Public Policy Research Group. […]
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Campaign Calendar • Wed, Sept. 20: Congressional candidate Heath Shuler will appear at the 11:30 a.m. Critical Issues Luncheon of the Leadership Asheville Forum at the Country Club of Asheville. The public is welcome; reservations are required (contact Terry Wooten at woot683@bellsouth.net or 683-0910). A $16 cost covers lunch — and there is a request […]
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Campaign Calendar • Wed, Sept. 13: Van Duncan, Democratic candidate for Buncombe sheriff, hosts a community meeting at the Black Mountain Library at 7 p.m. • Mon, Sept. 18: Candidates’ Forum on Health Issues from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center (236 Charlotte St. in Asheville). The forum, co-sponsored by the League […]
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The other 9/11 A half-decade after hijacked planes plowed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania countryside, the mention of Sept. 11 still has the power to evoke strong feelings. It spurs recollections of images seared into the mind: plumes of smoke from the collapsed towers or news clips of victims’ […]
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Campaign Calendar Another election season is about to hit its stride, and Xpress will publish a weekly calendar of campaign events to keep you in the know leading up the Nov. 7 vote. Candidates and organizations are invited to notify us of forums or events (see instructions below). Offices on the ballot in Buncombe County […]
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Welcome back, Margaret Writer Margaret W. Worley (1858-1923) roamed North Carolina’s mountains with a pen in one pocket and a squirrel in another. The squirrel became the star of a children’s book she wrote in 1904 called Little Mitchell: The Story of a Mountain Squirrel. The pen she used to write The Carolina Mountains, a […]
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Women in the wildwood The second annual Southeast Women’s Herbal Conference will bring several hundred women together at Camp Pinnacle in Hendersonville Sept. 22-24 to learn, explore and celebrate their healing connections with the earth, with plants and with one another. Keynoting this year’s conference will be teacher/author Starhawk, who’ll speak on “Earth as Teacher, […]
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Making money the new-fashioned way To eco-defenders who regard corporations with suspicion, or businesspeople who roll their eyes at environmentalists’ latest outcry, the phrase “natural capitalism” may sound like an oxymoron. Nonetheless, investors are buying it. The greening of the corporate world is “going incredibly fast,” according to David Wallace of the Asheville branch of […]