Kudos to Jeff and Karen Lazzaro for trying to do something to clear our streets of cigarette butts [“ButtBusters: A Litter Bit at a Time,” Xpress, Jan. 30]. Being in the local transportation business, I spend the majority of my time transporting visitors around our community. With all the litter along the interstate, the drive […]
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Practically alive
The lion was big; that much was clear. He stood off about 200 yards in a scour between miles of unbroken savanna, tawny from the season’s drought. A fair breeze lifted the big cat’s mane. His nostrils flared, straining to catch a scent. Bill Fuchs and his wife, Linda, had come to Tanzania with their […]
Fool’s Gold
The Story: A down-on-his-luck treasure hunter ropes his newly ex-wife into searching for a sunken treasure. The Lowdown: Flat romance, lame comedy and a so-so adventure plot are brought even lower by an excessive running time. Mild compensation comes from the scenery.
The Gospel According to Jerry
The 65th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, got me reflecting on how much the 1942 attack changed my life—and changed Asheville. I have a particularly vivid memory of what happened that fateful day. My father had taken me and several of my little friends to the Isis Theater in West Asheville, where we […]
Twilight zone of funk
Maceo Parker is the last of a dying breed. As one of music’s last true superstar sidemen, Parker has played his signature stuttering and stammering saxophone lines all over some of soul music’s most beloved songs. That’s him accenting James Brown’s grunts on classics such as “I Feel Good,” “Out of Sight,” and “Papa’s Got […]
The Eye
The Story: A cornea transplant leaves a young woman with the ability to see ghosts, ghoulies and other things that go bump in the night. Personal problems ensue. The Lowdown: An amazingly dull take on an already overused concept.
The Magic Christian
The Magic Christian, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.
Strange Wilderness
The Story: A down-on-his-luck nature-show host decides to track down Bigfoot in an effort to save his television program. The Lowdown: An amateurish hodgepodge of gross-out gags, stoner humor and randomness that’s never even remotely funny or worthwhile.
Book Report: Are You There God? It’s Me. Kevin.
Charlotte-based writer Kevin Keck infuses his new memoir with humor, personality and maybe too much information.
The Biz
Downtown Asheville residents Jeff and Karen Lazzaro want to make one thing perfectly clear: They couldn’t care less whether you smoke or not. However, they do have a real problem with folks who dispose of their cigarette butts carelessly—especially those who should know better. The reasons are simple, they say. Cigarette butts are one of […]
The Green Scene
A half-dozen environmental groups say the state has mismanaged a fund established to ensure safe drinking water for residents using wells. Last August, the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources allocated $300,000 from the Bernard Allen Emergency Drinking Water Fund—the entire initial allotment for the fund—for a two-mile water-line extension that benefited just four […]
Raindrops
A welcome sound woke me at 2 a.m. one recent Saturday: Plunk … plunk … . I listened: It was faint and dull. It could be a raccoon fiddling with my trash-can lid (too faint for a bear, too loud for a mouse—we have both here). Plunk. Plunk. Pit. Pat pat pitter-pat. Rain hitting my […]
Small Bites
Restaurants hosting wine dinners typically offer their guests the finest of foods, the lushest of wines and sometimes even a commemorative corkscrew. But very few eateries give their well-soused patrons what they really need: A bed for the night. Who better to remedy the oversight than the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa? The prestigious […]
Meet the Spartans
The Story: A woeful comedic takeoff on last year's hit 300. The Lowdown: A truly witless attempt at parody that's about on par with slamming your finger in a car door for 90 minutes.
Asheville City Council
Despite numerous alleged incidents of serious police misconduct over the past couple of years, Asheville City Council members voted Jan. 15 against creating an official citizen-oversight board. Conceding that it is a “bit of a complex topic,” police Chief William Hogan nonetheless lobbied against the idea, citing several existing layers of police oversight and reiterating […]
The edge of the stage
Abstract and experimental art takes center stage in the fifth annual Asheville Fringe Arts Festival. From body-painted performers to shadow puppets, installation art to dance, the festival continues to chart the artistic terrain of the strange, the new and the original. The many artists involved in this four-day marathon of performances are asked to push […]
Takin’ care of business
Everybody does it, some more than others, but it takes a certain nonchalance to do the doo in the woods. Heck, a lot of people shudder at the mere thought of having to make do with a funky public restroom. Photo By Christian Gilbert And though all of us have sometimes mimicked other animals’ behavior—flapping […]
A woman’s best friend
When it comes to furry companions, a possum probably isn’t the first creature that springs to mind. A lot of animal lovers keep cats, dogs, gerbils, maybe even rabbits in their homes. But wildlife rehabilitator Sondra Allison specializes in possums—many of which have narrowly escaped becoming roadkill. Allison, whose volunteer gig has earned her the […]
Lost and Found
Lost a dog? Found a ferret? Two local Web sites help animal lovers deal with the horror of having a pet disappear or the heart-tug of finding someone else’s strayed companion. One enables pet owners to immediately announce a lost or found animal free of charge; another offers step-by-step instructions for maximizing one’s chances of […]
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Council nixes idea for citizen’s police-oversight board
Despite alleged incidents of serious police misconduct over the past couple of years, the City Council decided in a 5-2 vote at its Jan. 15 meeting to nix the creation of an official citizen’s police-oversight board.