Turn it Up: Asheville’s music scene eyes its future influence
Volume
28
/ Issue 38
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Cindy Kunst
Asheville’s population was too low to qualify for a recent study of the best music cities in the U.S. But local musicians who reviewed the rubric believe Asheville’s reputation holds up to some of the study’s top-seated cities.
arts
Color Me Goodwill highlights upcycled fashion and homegrown talent
While other Goodwill organizations hold fashion shows, only WNC has Color Me Goodwill. “We wanted it to be local,” says Jaymie Eichorn, from the designers and models to the emcees,…Is Asheville truly one of the nation’s top music cities?
Asheville's omission from a recent Best Music Cities study prompts questions from local industry leaders.Celebrating Poetry Month with Mildred Barya
"Poetry is the language of the soul," says local poet Mildred Barya. "Before I knew what life was, before I knew what writing was, there was poetry."Around Town: Oak Street Gallery exhibit highlights a year of powerful images
First Congregational UCC’s Oak Street Gallery features an exhibit of newspaper collages. Also, a local author spotlights a little-known World War II story, high school students tackle gun violence and…food
Beer Scout: Sierra Nevada, Hi-Wire explore different sides of sustainability
Chris Frosaker discusses what goes on behind-the-scenes in Hi-Wire's expansions while the Sierra Nevada sustainability team offers an update on its work.What’s new in food: Zella’s Deli brings NY-style sandwiches to WNC
Located on College Street in downtown Asheville, Zella's Deli serves meatball subs and other sandwich classics. Also: Jeremiah’s Italian Ice opens on Merrimon Avenue; Gospel Ice Cream debuts at the…living
Community paramedics introduce medication-assisted treatment for opioid use
Buncombe County EMS has a new tool for helping an individual suffering from an opioid overdose: medication-assisted treatment, or MAT.Q&A: Ashley Featherstone of Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency
Growing up in Hendersonville, Ashley Featherstone assumed she would move away for work. “I was always told that you could never find a job here,” she recalls. “There are [fewer]…news
Asheville Archives: City loses its cool over ice shortage, 1919
For multiple days in August 1919, the city was without ice. During that time, the Asheville Ice Co. implored residents "to watch every possible source of waste and to make…One year after freeze, farmers, scientists talk the future of WNC apples
The late freeze in spring 2021 caused millions of dollars in damages throughout the region, as well as price hikes and supply chain issues for many local farmers and distributors.…Student-led activism: A deliberate approach to sustainability
Elizabeth Nesbitt, a junior at Western Carolina University and president of the school's Student Environmental Health Association, speaks with Xpress about reducing waste, encouraging others to take concrete actions to help…Student-led activism: The importance of social sustainability
Elias Goldstein is a senior at Warren Wilson College and co-leads the school's Community Oriented Regeneration Efforts work crew. Here, he speaks with Xpress about his college's sustainability shortcomings, the need…Unaffiliated voters redefine Buncombe rolls
As of April 9, nearly 83,000 Buncombe County residents — about 40.3% of all voters — had registered as unaffiliated, compared with about 75,000 Democrats (36.5%), 46,000 Republicans (22.4%) and…Controversial rule change allows bear hunting in 3 former sanctuaries
Critics of the rule change dispute that the bear population is growing uncontrollably. And they particularly oppose one of the hunting methods: using dogs to chase a bear to corner…2022 Primary Voter Guide: Asheville Mayor
Primary candidates in the 2022 Asheville mayoral election share their positions with Xpress.2022 Primary Voter Guide: Asheville City Council
Primary candidates for the 2022 Asheville City Council race share their positions with Xpress.Council discusses budget priorities, concerns in work session
Members of Asheville City Council discussed transit, parking revenues, personnel costs and weighed funding options for the newly approved updates to Memorial Stadium.NC-11 Republican candidates debate sans Cawthorn
The elephant has long symbolized the Republican Party. And at Rockin’ The Red, the GOP’s April 11 primary debate for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, there was indeed an elephant…opinion
Letter: Branyon will investigate incentives deal
"Bill will work to investigate how Raytheon Technologies’ subsidiary Pratt & Whitney was approved for almost $100 million dollars in varied tax incentives to build a fossil-fuel-intensive airplane parts plant…Letter: Biological diversity, contraception and density
"He knows that urban unit density helps car mileage, walking, bus usage and above all, affordability to frugal workers with far smaller footprints than lawyers, as do condoms by reducing…Letter: Ullman knows how to build coalitions
"She earned a reputation for building coalitions across broad ranges of interests — including housing, equity, transportation and climate action."Wilma’s disciples: Three generations of female environmental leaders
“Wilma Dykeman's shadow covered all of us and inspired us to speak out and support citizens who were becoming more and more concerned about water quality, air quality, land use,…Letter: Tourism survey raises questions
"Shame on the Tourism Development Authority for thinking we residents are so easily duped."Letter: Kudos for opposing ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law
"Legislation of this kind will only teach straight kids that it is OK to bully their trans and gay classmates even more."Parking not a lot