Reviving the Cherokee Garden

Author Sara Gruen gets lost in her books. “I wasn’t able to immerse myself completely with Water for Elephants,” she says of her 2006 best-seller that became a film starring…

There are a number of do's and don'ts when it comes to the third annual Carolina Sketchfest: Do buy tickets in advance (they sold out the first two years), don't…

The Virginian easily accepted an offer from longtime friend Bob Robertson of Asheville-based Mountain Roots Management to partner with Wild South for a trio of benefit shows across the Southeast.…

Despite churning out a steady stream of upbeat piano anthems, Mikey Wax turns the diva pop star stereotype on its head.

Thigh slaps, hand claps, finger snaps and foot taps typify Evie Ladin and Keith Terry's uniquely percussive performance style. The energetic pair marries old-time- and blues-inspired folk.

While visions of sugarplums danced in children’s heads worldwide this past Dec. 24, Asheville steel pannist Jonathan Scales sat at his in-laws’ house, entranced by a video of his trio’s…

Presented by Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre, "Salad Barre: A Dance Feast" calls upon a host of talented movers to satiate attendees' souls rather than their bellies.

Elements Real Food not only gives Roaming in the Raw its very own stationary kitchen, but will provide its owners with a home base from which to grow their health-focused…

Websites such as Groupon and local outfit Asheville Deal offer patrons an opportunity to try out, at a discounted rate, restaurants they might not otherwise venture into. It’s obvious what’s…

Cherokee is a community in flux. Decadeslong high poverty and unemployment rates are beginning to decline, but access to healthy food remains limited and cultural values seem to be changing.…

WHAT: An Evening of Spoken Word & Cello WHEN: Saturday, March 28, 6:45 p.m. WHERE: 35 Wall St., Asheville WHY: The aSHEville Museum, a women’s cultural museum contributing to the…

• The inaugural Montreat Film Festival is accepting submissions from local filmmakers through Monday, April 6. Entries must be shorter than eight minutes in length and reflect this year’s theme of…

Second Spring Market Garden offers fresh veggies year-round, Blue Ridge-Asheville Movement and Flow Arts Society hosts annual Waffle-Off Championship and Plant holds vegan cooking classes.

A few days after learning that Katuah Grocery will close at the end of the month, French Broad Food Co-op member-owners convened a March 21 community meeting to discuss expansion…

Despite efforts to tweak the store model and cut costs, new competition in the past year from national brands like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods made it nearly impossible for…

Perhaps not surprisingly, topics of discussion mirrored the diverse mix of folks who came together for the daylong event at A-B Tech’s Enka campus: small-business owners, investors, employees and assorted…

"Congratulations to David Whitehill for bringing Emmanuel Ax to Asheville and for creating the great occasions of Asheville Amadeus."

"I was the one driving 32 mph in a 35 [mph zone] on Biltmore Avenue last week. You were the one who pulled out right in front of me, nearly…

" I moved here 17 years ago, and drivers are much more rude and discourteous now then they were just a few short years ago!"

"I am writing because no one seems to be concerned about the 'ISIS' theater on Haywood Road. I mean, how obvious can you get? No one ever heard of ISIS…

"I realize that most of the Mountain Xpress readers are oblivious to the amount of censorship that occurs on the Mountain Xpress website affecting commenters of the opinion letters."

"The implication that chelation therapy was beneficial for Mr. Sites and that he was an 'empowered medical consumer' who 'reaped the benefits' of such therapy, is seriously misleading."

"Many nonreligious persons still enjoy the experience of getting together for fellowship and discourse without using religious language."

Have you noticed that prices are dropping and you can get more for less these days? We haven’t either, but our lawmakers are acting as if this were true. Our…

Locally, Smart Start of Buncombe County is leading the First 2,000 Days campaign and engaging our community in a conversation around the importance of investing our time and resources in…