Keeping the faith
Volume
19
/ Issue 23
Cover Design Credit:
Emily Busey, Photograph by Max Cooperarts
SMART BETS: Dana and Susan Robinson
SMART BETS: The Goodies
When the clock strikes 12
This magic moment
Clubland photos
Accidentally awesome
Multiple interpretations
State of the Arts
Calendar highlights
food
To the kitchen and beyond
Congratulations to the nine recent graduates of the GO Kitchen-Ready culinary training program. They officially completed the 13-week certification course on Dec. 19. Some of the students plan further training…Brews News: Oskar Blues is brewing in Brevard
CAN we get to know you? Below are the seven core beers that will be brewed in Brevard by Oskar Blues. All beers come in 12-ounce cans, except for Deviant…Get your Freak on: Wicked Weed plans a Dec. 28 opening
Chestnut stirs up the cocktail scene
It’s not hogwash: Seven Sows Bourbon and Larder comes to Biltmore Avenue
Glass-bottle good: Farm to Home Milk offers a modern delivery service
living
Release and relocate: The metaphysics of clutter
news
Small-business snapshot
Four years after the economic collapse we’ve dubbed the Great Recession, how is the Western North Carolina economy doing? Mountain BizWorks checked in with some local Chamber of Commerce directors…opinion
The Gospel According to Jerry
Editor’s note: This is the sixth “Life in Seely’s Castle” tale. All are available, with photos, at mountainx.com or gospeljerry.com. A lot of people let their hair down in my…Corrections: Mamacita’s and The Imperial LIfe
The owner of Mamacita’s and is John Atwater. An article in the Nov. 14 issue was incorrect. Table’s new bar, The Imperial Life, is closed on Tuesdays. An article in…Xpress is not here to tell us what to think or fear
This letter is in response to the Dec. 5 story, “No Easy Answers,” and the Dec. 22 followup, “Merchants Protest Dec. 5 Lexington Avenue Story.” I am in the process…“No Easy Answers” is shoddy journalism
The Dec. 5 article, "No Easy Answers: Lexington Avenue's Uncertain Future," paints Lexington Avenue as a street of violence, crime and gentrification. Do these things exist on Lexington? Of course…Don’t perpetuate fears and stereotypes
I’d just put down Michelle Alexander's book, The New Jim Crow, in which I’d been reading page after page of evidence of the many racial disparities and stereotypes in the…The white elephant on the avenue
David Forbes' Dec. 5 piece, “No Easy Answers: Lexington Avenue's Uncertain Future,” accurately and fairly framed many of the issues troubling downtown these days. I’m grateful that so much of…Xpress responds
In the past few weeks, we have received many letters and online comments about the Dec. 5 cover story, “No Easy Answers: Lexington Avenue's Uncertain Future.” We welcome such feedback,…Santa and the Giant Chimney