Displaced: The ongoing impact of redlining
Volume
26
/ Issue 32
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Jade Young
Urban renewal dramatically changed Asheville’s neighborhoods and streetscapes, and local scholars and residents are still working to understand and grapple with its legacy.
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Smart Bets: Traitor
Brett Neveu’s modern adaptation of Ibsen’s "An Enemy of the People" opens March 13 at The Magnetic Theatre.NIN drummer Ilan Rubin’s The New Regime plays The Orange Peel
The multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter discusses what it's like to be a musician in a time of limited attention spans.Smart Bets: Kelly Hoppenjans
The NewSong finalist headlines The Grey Eagle on March 11.Che Apalache brings Argentinian bluegrass back to North Carolina
The Buenos Aires-based collective plays a show at Isis Music Hall on Saturday, March 7.Smart Bets: Jacob Tobia
The gender activist reads from their new memoir on March 10 at Malaprop's.Smart Bets: Freekbass & The Bump Assembly
The funk innovators perform at Ambrose West on March 5.Album review: ‘I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone’ by Wednesday
There isn’t a title track, but the poetry of the album’s moniker warrants reflection. The names of the album’s eight tracks almost make up a story — that kind of…food
Everything in Moderation: Asheville beverage experts explore the world of sake
Although most people are familiar with the "table" sake served hot in restaurants, there are, in fact, seven classifications of the brewed alcoholic beverage, many of which are available in…Small bites: Asheville Wing War strikes again
The ninth annual Asheville Wing War returns on Sunday, March 8. Also: PennyCup Coffee Co. hosts Coffee Farmer Caravan; Asheville CSA Fair returns; and plenty more in this week's Small…living
Organic Growers School Spring Conference ushers in the WNC growing season
Now in its 27th year, the Organic Growers School Spring Conference welcomes growers and sustainability-minded folks of all types for a weekend of region-specific educational offerings, a trade show, seed…movies
Screen Scene: Local film news
The Women's Adventure Film Tour returns and The Grey Eagle hosts a Phish-centric evening.news
Asheville Archives: The East Riverside Urban Renewal project
In early 1967, the threat of increased property taxes initially delayed the East Riverside Urban Renewal project. By year's end, the prospect of losing $6.3 million in federal funds led…Mounting Obstacles Challenge
ASHEVILLE, N.C.Uprooted: Urban renewal in Asheville
As in hundreds of other cities throughout the country, urban renewal dramatically changed Asheville’s neighborhoods and streetscapes. Established by the Housing Act of 1949 to clear blighted neighborhoods, the federal…Teacher’s Pet
ASHEVILLE, N.C.Preserving the old ways
Becky Beyer, an ethnobotanist, wild food enthusiast and cultural historian, will lead a workshop on Appalachian folk medicine Saturday, March 14, at the Black Mountain Library.News briefs: Xpress wins for community coverage, Asheville school board affirms superintendent selection
Announced at the N.C. Press Association’s annual banquet in Raleigh on Feb. 27, Xpress’ wins also included a second-place finish in the General Excellence category for the state’s largest community…Asheville school board stands by its man
The Asheville City Board of Education and Gene Freeman responded to news reports that highlight concerns about transparency, possible conflicts of interest and an extended absence from Freeman's current school…opinion
Letter: A wish for West Asheville
"It suddenly occurred to me this afternoon to wonder why somebody hasn’t opened a movie theater in West Asheville."Letter: Shame on Asheville for its systemic racism
"Segregation and economic apartheid have been standard operating procedure for all my life in Asheville, and that has not changed."Letter: Two greats meet in Asheville
It was with great interest that I read of Langston Hughes’ visit to Asheville to speak at the Allen School for Girls in the winter of 1949, but left out…