Field of dreams: Minor leaguers aim for the big time
Volume
24
/ Issue 33
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Joe Pellegrino
Asheville’s minor league sports teams have come and gone throughout the years, but its long-established baseball team is now joined by minor league soccer and football clubs that are redefining the local sports landscape.
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Asheville Too: Arts community tackles taboo topic
The activist group Asheville Survivors Coalition has focused in recent months on bringing public attention to claims of unwanted sexual attention by anonymous women against artist Jonas Gerard. While some…Celeste Starr moves to O.Henry’s after more than 20 years performing at Scandals
After his 1994 graduation, Robb Smith left his hometown. Like a story from an independent gay movie, he jumped on a Greyhound bus bound for Asheville, where he started a…Smart Bets: Craft Your Commerce
The new workshop series begins March 15 at The Center for Craft and runs through May.Weeklong festival recognizes a Jazz Age giant and educates the community on mental illness
Now in its third year, and with more events than ever before, the weeklong Celebrate Zelda! festival, running Friday, March 9, to Friday, March 16, includes art exhibits, cocktail parties,…Smart Bets: Momentum Gallery exhibitions
Dual exhibitions pairing complimentary gallery artists open March 11.Combo Chimbita brings its brand of ‘tropical futurism’ to Asheville
“We don't sing in English,” Prince of Queens points out. “And we have some very not-mainstream ideas. But it's fascinating to go to places where you don't expect that music…New book explores how Pink Floyd recovered from the loss of Syd Barrett
After coming so close to the brink of failure, how did Pink Floyd recover? That’s a question Kopp tries to answer in his book Reinventing Pink Floyd, which he’ll launch…Smart Bets: OpenDoors Art Affair
The ninth annual gala and art auction is set for March 10 at Highland Brewing Co.Theater review: ‘Rumors’ at Hendersonville Community Theatre
The story is simple, yet becomes complicated when the titular rumors begin to fly. Deputy Mayor Charlie and his wife Moira are celebrating their 10th anniversary. They've invited four couples…Smart Bets: The Pauses
The Orlando-based “three-piece indierocktronica band” play The Odditorium on March 8.food
Mountain roots: Asheville digs into the culinary uses of kudzu
Although originally lauded for its ability to stop erosion, kudzu fell from grace when its vigorous vines started to take over the landscape of the South. But a group of…Carolina Beer Guy: West Asheville businesses unite for inaugural Cider Crawl
Over a dozen neighborhood businesses will participate in the cider-centric, self-guided crawl on March 10.Small bites: Rezaz hosts a grand reopening
After a major renovation, Rezaz has reopened with a new look and a fresh menu. Also: Noble Cider holds its third annual Chili Cookoff, The Inn on Biltmore Estate earns…living
Fair offers chance to get to know your CSA farmer
How to decide on a community-supported agriculture farm to which to subscribe? Enter ASAP’s CSA Fair on Thursday, March 15, 3-6 p.m. at New Belgium Brewing Co. Fifteen farms will…Local experts explore the truth about fat
Here’s the first thing you need to know about fat: It’s complicated. “Fat is confusing for everybody because we don’t agree,” says Taft Draper, a Hendersonville-based registered dietitian. “The body…How healthy is a plant-based diet?
As plant-based diets grow in popularity, vegans still field misconceptions on such topics as protein intake, athletic capacity and eating disorders. But what do local nutritionists say about a lifestyle that…movies
Screen scene: Local film news
Orbit DVD brings found footage video remixers Everything Is Terrible! to The Mothlight, Palestinian filmmaker and Asheville resident Yousef Natsha screens his documentary at The BLOCK off biltmore and more.news
Asheville Archives: Look Homeward, Julia Wolfe
Not only did Look Homeward, Angel result in Thomas Wolfe's own literary fame, but it also propelled his mother Julia to a level of local and national recognition.Dam removal projects restore WNC waterways
Whatever their original purpose, many local dams are now seen as ecologically problematic. Nonprofits, community groups and government agencies throughout Western North Carolina are now working to remove this legacy…Minor league sports teams make major plays in Asheville
Asheville has seen numerous minor league teams come and go throughout the years, but its long-established baseball team is now joined by minor league soccer and football clubs that are…Conscious Party: Trivia Challenge and Dance
The benefit for the United Way of Transylvania County and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4309 takes place March 10 in Brevard.Candidates line up for 2018 elections
The full slate of candidates for state and local offices for the May 8 primary election was finalized on Feb. 28 — with a few surprises.Bridge over troubled water: Asheville hears from McGrady
State Rep. Chuck McGrady asked Asheville City Council for its cooperation in helping the region’s water and sewer systems work together. But the air was fraught with vestiges of battles…opinion
Letter: Program expansion would help address food deserts
"The Healthy Food Small Retailer Program helps to fill this gap by enabling local store owners to supply healthy foods in low-resource areas at a reasonable cost."Letter: Curb gun violence via the voting booth
"How many children and teachers have to die and how many families must endure the worst tragedy imaginable before our government will act to stop gun violence?"Letter: In praise of stigma
"There should be massive stigma associated with selling or misusing opiates and other drugs for the same reason there is stigma associated with beating one’s wife; murder; molesting children; driving…Letter: Experience yields insights into elder care system
"During my mother’s stay at a [local] corporate-owned facility, she experienced a frightening array of poor-quality care, to the point where we had to hire a private-duty person to make…Letter: Heaven has gained a saint in Billy Graham
"Pastor [Billy] Graham's death has been a mix of joy and sadness. Joy in that he is finally home with God, and sorrow in that we no longer have him…