100 years of McCormick Field
Volume
30
/ Issue 36
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
City of Asheville, Buncombe County Special Collections at Pack Memorial Library
Asheville’s McCormick Field officially opened 100 years ago this week. To commemorate the anniversary, Xpress takes a look back at 10 of the more memorable moments in the history of the venerable ballpark — including a visit from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and NASCAR races.
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John Garland Wells explores century-old murder in new prose poetry novella
The Asheville-based author's "Hinterkaifeck" delves into the still-unsolved 1922 murder of the Gruber family in rural Bavaria.Laura Rikard on intimacy coordination in film, TV and theater
The co-founder of Theatrical Intimacy Education spoke at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.Asheville Art Museum honors early 20th-century landscape painters
In its latest exhibit, Honoring Nature: Early Southern Appalachian Landscape Painting, the Asheville Art Museum spotlights several early 20th century painters who captured the soaring vistas of the Great Smoky…Around town: Story Parlor reflects on upcoming anniversary
Story Parlor turns two, LEAF releases Gratitude Report, Downtown After Five returns and more!Theater review: ‘Witch’ at N.C. Stage Company
Witch is very loosely based on the 1621 English play The Witch of Edmonton by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and John Ford. In Silverman’s version, none other than the Devil…food
Fresh Dish: Mike McCarty on what chefs eat on their days off, and his first trip to the Crescent City
Mike McCarty, chef and owner of The Lobster Trap, chats with Xpress in the newest edition of "Fresh Dish."What’s new in food: Pop Bubble Tea kicks off second Asian tour
Pop Bubble Tea dives deeper into Asheville's Asian community and culture with the 2024 Poppy's Asian Tour. Also this week: Soprana Rooftop Cucina opens downtown, Cultura's latest Cease and Desist…living
AdventHealth announces hospital location in Weaverville
AdventHealth anticipates opening the new hospital in two to three years, spokesperson Victoria Dunkle says.news
Sustaining community: A conversation with local candidate Van Duncan
In February, former Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan surpassed the 8,295 signatures required to get on this year's ballot for chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Duncan, a…McCormick Field at 100: 10 memorable moments at the historic stadium
Asheville’s McCormick Field officially opened 100 years ago this week. To commemorate the anniversary, Xpress takes a look back at 10 of the more memorable moments in the history of…Sustaining community: A conversation with local candidate Parker Sloan
Incumbent Buncombe County Commissioner Park Sloan will run in an uncontested race for this District 3 seat. Sloan joined the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners in 2020, where he serves as chair…School library book bans come to Buncombe
Until recently, local school districts had largely avoided the national wave of book bans. Despite some activists making noise in local school board meetings last summer, there had been no…Sustaining community: A conversation with local candidate Amanda Edwards
Democrat Amanda Edwards announced her bid for chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners in October, where she currently serves as a commissioner for District 3. If elected in…Community members outraged by school-supply dumpster incident
The biggest sting seemed to be the timing: The dumpster in front the former Asheville Primary School arrived one day after the Asheville City Board of Education board voted to…Panel promotes collaboration for missing middle housing reform
The forum follows the November release of a more than 150-page report from Opticos Design, a California-based company that found that Asheville’s existing zoning ordinances and other regulations encourage the…Council greenlights Ferry Road mixed-income development
Hundreds of units of mixed-income housing are coming to a Ferry Road property, resolving years of uncertainty over the use of the land.Buncombe begins 3-month budget approval process
County staff reported sales tax revenue growth continues to slow from a peak in 2022 and occupancy tax collections are down 3% year-to-date compared with last year. That, along with…From CPP: Former attendees describe ‘nightmare’ at therapy camp in NC mountains. DHHS suspended admissions after 12-year-old died.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has suspended admissions to Trails Carolina, a residential therapeutic camp in Transylvania County, after a 12 year boy died there Feb.…opinion
Letter: Still waiting for justice
"Last month, Superior Court Judge Gary Gavenus rejected Chandler’s latest appeal — despite having found that prosecutors withheld favorable evidence and presented interview summaries with 'outright fabrications.'”Letter: Next up: Change Asheville’s name
"With this ruling, we must further the agenda to transform this place as only changing its name will accomplish!"Letter: A vote for increasing parking rates downtown
"The current meter rates are too cheap to encourage use of the city parking structures and lots."Letter: Opponents fail to make case against Haw Creek rezoning
"If The Meadows is built, a few people who have been lucky enough to look out at woods on others’ property will instead see yards and houses, like most of…What’s the harm?
Letter: Why locals get ‘emotional’ about Asheville’s changes
"But I watched this little city that I loved transform by the spending of millions on tourism and catering to all things tourist-oriented."Letter: Reparations Commission deserves more time to do its work
"The government should be doing all it can to support the commission in crafting recommendations to repair harm from the centuries of damage done by our government and society to…Letter: Mission’s deconstruction has been a team sport
"Though reality was hushed, Mission was in serious trouble way before HCA was given the checkered flag. Major hospital systems are rarely discarded because of how well they are run."Cliff notes