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Totally nuts: Acornucopia Project cracks into an abundant wild food source
Volume
24
/ Issue 31
Cover Design Credit:
Hillary EdginCover Photography Credit:
Joe Pellegrino
A network of local chefs, bakers and food artisans is working with the volunteer-driven Acornucopia Project to develop innovative culinary uses for WNC’s wild, native tree nuts.
arts
Arish Singh brings political comedy to Fleetwood’s
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That initial version of April B. & The Cool “started as a project for my senior seminar and just stuck," says frontwoman April Bennett. The group has been going strong,…Tesla Quartet reprises a 1945 Asheville premiere of a classical work
The Tesla Quartet — also featuring violinist Michelle Lie and Edwin Kaplan on viola — is firmly rooted in the classical idiom, but its members sometimes find their playing style…Smart Bets: RichGirl PoorBoy
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Asheville on Bikes' annual fundraiser takes place Feb. 24 at Salvage Station.Smart Bets: Aubrey Logan
The genre-blurring singer-trombonist plays Isis Music Hall on Feb. 24.Smart Bets: Sweet Megg
The Brooklyn-based artist plays jazz with a band of local musicians Feb. 24 at Crow & Quill.Theater review: ‘9 to 5’ at Asheville Community Theatre
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Nuts in the kitchen: Acornucopia Project envisions an edible future for WNC
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After 24 years in the industry, Asheville's oldest craft brewery embraces a new look.Small bites: The Wine & Oyster debuts in Biltmore Village
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Parental leave policies can assist parents in caring for newborns
Although the U.S. is the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't have a paid parental leave policy, two local companies are leading the way in ensuring that working…Organic Growers School diversifies in 25th year
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Screen scene: Local film news
Two community groups hold potluck supper screenings of a documentary on civil rights movement leader Bayard Rustin, the Bywater concludes its Swayze Crazy movies series and more.news
Asheville Archives: Emancipation Day
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On Thursday, Feb. 22, UNCA will host a free lecture, From the Mountaintop! The Civil Rights Movement in Appalachia.Mt. Zion must wait to build new education facility
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Letter: Thanks for letter about Meadows
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"I would imagine the North Carolinians who lived with generations of deprivation would have a very different opinion about what that flag represents. All that suffering for an anachronistic economic…Super-Merrimon
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