The Art of Protest: Businesses express solidarity through murals
Volume
26
/ Issue 46
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Virginia Daffron
Downtown business owners took precautions last week to board up their windows after many were shattered following June 1 protests. Almost immediately, local artists saw possibilities — resulting in more than 20 memorial murals and messages of solidarity.
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Band of the Sky podcast series explores Asheville’s rock music history
Richie Tipton, Jeff Anders and the late Rocky Lindsley delve into Asheville's formative rock years with help from fellow musicians who shaped the scene.Local companies serving the music community tackle COVID-19 in their own ways
Management at Echo Mountain, Moog and d&b discuss various pivots to sustain their businesses during COVID-19.Local artists paint downtown storefronts to show support for protests
Gus Cutty, Kathryn Crawford, Ian Wilkinson and Dustin Spagnola have teamed with downtown businesses owners on the provocative art project.food
Asheville chefs turn their home kitchens into virtual cooking classes
When restaurant dining rooms closed, some local chefs found a new way and personal way to share their love of cooking.Asheville Strong collects local recipes to support Restaurant Workers Relief Fund
The digital cookbook raises money to support hospitality workers while keeping people connected to their favorite restaurants through recipes that allow them to recreate menu items in their home kitchens.living
Local beekeepers encounter their biggest hive yet
“It was the biggest hive I’ve ever seen,” says beekeeper Brandon Delcambre, about what he and his wife Kimberley uncovered in West Asheville during a hive relocation for their business,…news
St. Gerard House seeks to expand local autism services
Currently, 34 children come to St. Gerard each day instead of attending public school, but at any given time, there are more than 100 families on the waiting list, and…Asheville Archives: The Asheville Orthopedic Home combats the 1948 polio outbreak
In 1948, amid a growing polio outbreak, city residents contributed what they could to the Asheville Orthopedic Home, a local health center that cared for the region’s infected children.Aisha Adams on doing the work during a pandemic
Entrepreneur Aisha Adams urges community to broaden its efforts to promote equity beyond recent outrage and protests focused on police killings of black people. “I didn’t see people up in…Tenants worried as temporary evictions stay nears end
A last-minute decision to temporarily stay all eviction proceedings grants a momentary reprieve for renters unsure where their next paycheck will come from. But tenants fear they may lose their…Asheville water fees hit legal challenges
Two lawsuits filed in 2018, both of which reached final settlements on June 8, challenged several of the fees Asheville has used to raise money for repairs and updates to…Local server reflects on changes in restaurant industry
The work didn't stop for server Horus Runako when Wicked Weed was forced to stop in-person dining. After spending the last two months helping with delivery food and beer orders,…Religious leaders, public officials come together on Church Street
“We stand in prayer and solidarity against all forms of lawlessness and violence, whether it's the lawlessness and violence of rioters and looters or the police officers who engage in…Buncombe to pull back spending in 2021 budget
The proposed general fund budget of nearly $335.65 million marks a 1.1% decrease from the current fiscal year’s $339.46 million total. To support those expenditures, the county would use more…opinion
Letter: Learning how to talk about mental health
"Yes, it is true, we are told to say there is a stigma to mental health issues."Letter: A saintly act of charity
"I wish grocery stores in Asheville and Hendersonville likewise would supply funding to the main homeless shelters in Asheville and Hendersonville to help these standalones remain in business and to…Letter: Tillis has abysmal record on health care
"The senator’s actions speak louder than his words. His votes against health care are also votes against mental health."Letter: Save the Postal Service
"Privatization of the postal service would create separation from the citizenry it serves, undermine communication so essential to democracy and facilitate the movement to an authoritarian regime."Letter: We can afford Forever Free movement
"We folks who consider ourselves white or white-skinned need to donate a generation of support for all American people of color in the country."Letter: How riots help
"So transfer Asheville Police Department funds to housing!"Letter: No way to live in land of the free
"This lockdown has put more people in physical, mental, emotional and economic jeopardy than the virus ever could have."Letter: A more diverse workforce would help
"I believe that if you saw more nonwhites working in the high-end tourist business, especially downtown and in West Asheville, this would not have happened."Letter: Protesting is worth the risk
"My family may worry about our safety for a few weeks, but others in this country worry every single day — pandemic or not."Letter: Water-gate weakens bond between police and community
"Asheville citizens —protester or not — want, I think, the same things our police officers want: to be free to help those who need our care, to be treated with…Letter: Put a stop to tear gas injustice
"It is disheartening to see the citizens of Asheville and Buncombe County subjected to daily doses of tear gas by the Asheville Police Department under the direction of new Police…Letter: Police should have shown more restraint during protests
"I urge our city and county leadership to reconsider how we want our law enforcement agencies to be perceived in these particularly turbulent times."Letter: Local leaders’ prompt action protected public health
"A logical inference is that things would have been a lot worse, sooner without the prompt action taken by our local leaders."Letter: Asheville Police Department must do better
"We need to challenge the systems that disproportionately oppress black and brown bodies."Rage against the Aquafina
COVIDtown Crier: June 10, 2020
Crier reporters went behind the scenes this week to get perspective from the sources that actually matter regarding unrest in Asheville. No more lip service and empty analysisBottled up
J Hackett on wounds old and new
J Hackett spoke with Xpress on June 2 about his experiences as a black community leader during the coronavirus pandemic and, now, the protests and grief experienced locally in response to…