Walls Can Talk: Local artist honors The Block
Volume
26
/ Issue 3
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Joe Pellegrino
Cleaster Cotton's installation "Going to Market," on the new 55 S. Market St. condominiums building, honors The Block - Asheville's historic African American business district.
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Alexa Rose co-bills at a singer-songwriter night
As she puts the finishing touches on 'Medicine for Living,' her album due in September, Rose is teaming up with duo My One and Only for a songwriter-focused show at…New art project honors The Block
Cleaster Cotton's latest art project, Going to Market, celebrates the history of The Block.Smart Bets: The FUNK Experience
Led by a trio of funk legends, the all-star ensemble plays Salvage Station on Aug. 17.Brittany Howard plays consecutive nights at The Orange Peel
The Alabama Shakes frontwoman discusses her immense personal growth while crafting her solo debut, "Jaime."Smart Bets: Bobcat Goldthwait & Dana Gould
**UPDATE: EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED** The revered standups tape a comedy special at The Mothlight on Aug. 17.Theater review: ‘The Lyons’ at SART
There's a universal truth or two that confronts us through the clever dialogue and well-placed gallows humor.Smart Bets: Moonlight Street Folk
The folk-foward Asheville ensemble plays an album release show at Isis on Aug. 16.Smart Bets: Collective Strength
Asheville-based artist Julie Armbruster's new show debuts Aug. 16 at Horse and Hero.food
Asheville Coffee Tours spotlights a robust local industry
The new business highlights a bean scene that's coming into its own.Carolina Beer Guy: 12 Bones Brewing settles into the South Asheville scene
Angela and Bryan King are working on building a reputation for craft beer with the new brewery addition to their popular barbecue restaurant.Small bites: The Bier Garden celebrates 25 years
The Bier Garden hosts a seafood boil to celebrate its 25 year anniversary. Also: TreeRock Social Cider House and Appalachian Chic Food Truck team up for slider and cider pairing;…living
WNC farmers experiment with resilient crops for a changing climate
Recognizing the importance of crop diversity in a changing climate, local farmers are working to develop new crops for Western North Carolina.news
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This fall, two Buncombe County high schools — T.C. Roberson and A.C. Reynolds — will begin using the Vitals app, which provides information about participating students' physical, mental and behavioral…Civil Service Board finds Byrd firing unjustified in rare closed session
Civil Service Board Chair Carol Goins voted against her colleagues in a 4-1 decision finding that former Asheville Police Department Capt. Mark Byrd's firing by former Chief Tammy Hooper was…Planning and Zoning Commission backs new mixed-use hotel
“I wouldn’t even call this a hotel project. I mean, yes, it is leaning more towards hotel than residential, but we are getting affordable housing downtown,” said commission member Joe…Commissioners deny Swannanoa rezoning in 4-3 split
Republicans Mike Fryar and Robert Pressley, as well as Democrats Amanda Edwards and Al Whitesides, stood against the 1.05-acre rezoning, while Democrats Brownie Newman and Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, along with Republican…Buncombe County plans for 2020 census
In a presentation at the Aug. 6 pre-meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Director of Intergovernmental Projects Tim Love said that the county misses out on roughly $1,600 of federal…opinion
Letter: Reclaim our rights as voters
"Let your state senator and representative, plus Tim Moore, speaker of the House, and Phil Berger, president pro tem of the Senate, know you support fair redistricts (vote411.org provides contact…Letter: Sharing progressive views at town halls
"Given that Asheville is a blue wavelet in a red congressional sea (N.C. Districts Nos. 10 and 11), I'm surprised Rep. Patrick McHenry still holds town hall meetings in Asheville."Letter: Not amused by Frost cartoon
"Ellen Frost doesn’t deserve that tacky cartoon by Randy Molton in the July 31 issue [Xpress]."Letter: Breastfeeding isn’t the only way
"While the awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding is — thankfully — high these days, the awareness of how hard and possibly untenable it can be for some women is…When neighbors attack: How Asheville Nextdoor discussions go south
"So much for the popular Nextdoor mantra, 'When neighbors start talking, good things happen'; a more accurate one might be, 'When judgmental locals start talking, local places get unfairly dissed.'"