This was a weekend of balmy weather, a bit short on news quantity, but long on downtown excitement, including the River District Studio Stroll. What follows is a summary of tweets that passed through the Xpress Twitter feed, on five different fronts, between late Friday night and 8 p.m. Sunday.
The “news”:
FRIDAY:
• damn .. wtf RT @RussBowenNews13: Breaking: Two people shot at Applebees in Hendersonville. h0zae 11:28 PM
•more on Applebee’s shooting in Hendersonville, names released bit.ly/anxTL h0zae 2:07 AM
SATURDAY:
•RT @AskAsheville:Struggling Artists tell their story which led to citation they received tonight twitvid.com/D02C8 Alicia & Jose talk to AVL Police / Park Ranger & get help on citation situation twitvid.com/ECBC1 J&A lost all in Miami. In AVL living in van, selling art,playing music on streets twitpic.com/pfdn7 fobes Nov. 14, 11:20 AM
• scenes from Veterans Day ceremony in downtown Asheville: bit.ly/2zTLso Ashevegas 3:45 PM
• downtown is packed with people on the street. the streets of AVL are the new mall;everybody wants to see, be seen fobes quoting: Ashevegas 5:07 PM
SUNDAY:
• New no-kill animal shelter, Pet Soup, opens off of River Road bit.ly/2kcGgX fobes quoting: BlogAsheville 10:55 AM
• Nearly 20 homeless people from AVL traveled today to Miss. to assist ongoing post-Katrina reconstrctn efforts fobes quoting: michaelfmuller 6:15 PM
Arts & Entertainment:
FRIDAY:
•Free performance by Teatro Latino de Asheville. 2pm Sat., UNCA Highsmith Union. Bilingual show. itswendylou quoting: wordnrrrd 11:13 PM
SATURDAY:
• Hey #Asheville! The movie Thunder Road was partially filmed near the Wedge … turn to TCM at Noon! fobes quoting: jenbowen 11:23 AM
• FB link: great image from last night’s Prom! event bit.ly/2yq22w BlogAsheville 12:46 PM
• Sat 1am: RT @ashevillein: weird people dressed like proms from bygone eras flooding the streets of W asheville… wft? fobes 1:01 PM
• RT @nowyouseethem: Playing a show in Swannanoa, NC at 9:00 PM today at Warren Wilson College bit.ly/2YI34y Fobes_news quoting: itswendylou 2:39 PM
• [River District] Paul with work: flic.kr/p/7fzU9B Two more: flic.kr/p/7fzUMB flic.kr/p/7fDPvY fobes quoting: ashevillein 5:10 PM
• jinx’s rubber chicken launcher flic.kr/p/7fH4SL fobes quoting: ashevillein 8:05 PM
• MAP Presents: Off The Map |Enacting Exhausted Language/Exhausting Enacted Language 11/24 Bobo bit.ly/2gbuam fobes quoting: gordondsmith 8:06 PM
SUNDAY:
• Avl Film Fest closes tonight. Winners, films to look out for today bit.ly/DVsAr BlogAsheville 8:46 AM
• Sweet, swoony Athens folk band Hope for Agoldensummer plays Phil Mechanic Bldg tonight 8pm, $5 bit.ly/1Dm7vh BlogAsheville 8:51 AM
• Shame it’s not a warm summer night for music like Agoldensummer plays bit.ly/2YIK4M BlogAsheville 8:54 AM
• the cloud she flees barefoot #zensphoto flic.kr/p/7fRveY fobes quoting: zenSutherland 1:33 PM
Food & Drink:
SATURDAY:
• #Avl blogger Marty W of Ephemera posts about a great local bread maker, Farm & Sparrow bit.ly/3acsck BlogAsheville 9:49 AM
• RT @ninemile:Oh it’s days like this that make us wish we had more outdoor seating.We should look into rooftop dining fobes quoting: bruisinales 11:16 AM
• Great news! RT@ RezazRestaurant: My new pizzeria “PIAZZA”will open end of this month. tinyurl.com/ylgv5x2 Fobes_news quoting: Ashevegas 2:48 PM
SUNDAY:
• Mother & Son Bistro & Bakery opens in Woodfin, in shopping center with Ace Hardware. Lots of desserts to vid: bit.ly/2zE1S7 fobes 6:32 PM
• Agreed. RT @bruisinales: Wishing for 36 dozen thai chili lime truffles from @chocolatelounge. They should be on @blueridgetogo. bmccall17 6:33 PM
The outdoors:
SUNDAY:• RT @h0zae: UNCA Botanical Gardens has a touch of color. post.ly/CfkZ fobes quoting: gatherlogic 2:32 PM
• French Broad River is still swimming temperature itswendylou 4:18 PM
• RT @HighlandBrews: Oh… Asheville, how we love thee!!! pic.gd/abd77c fobes quoting: bruisinales 6:09 PM
The environment:
• County Ext offers session on making Xmas ornaments from recycled materials. Nov 18 bit.ly/4wo9o fobes 1:21 PM
• RT @TotalBeverage: …and in the US, it’s “America Recycles Day” today. Got bottles? bit.ly/3AzZ2x fobes quoting: bruisinales 3:45 PM
More wknd outdoor doings: (VID) JT on Sliding Rock: “It was COLD!” 5min vid is painfully slow,but delivers @4min http://bit.ly/rDSFM #avlout