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 […]
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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 […]
Weekly Asheville Disclaimer Page: 01/23/08
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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.
Good timing: Conferences converge
About six months from now, Asheville will be humming with a force to be reckoned with. For starters, more than a thousand women bent on changing the world will descend upon the city for the first Southeastern Women’s Conference, titled Time for Our Power! Meanwhile, creative transformation will be taking place throughout the city as […]
Buncombe County Commissioners
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners tackled four rezoning requests—a product of the county’s new zoning rules, approved last January. All except one passed unanimously. Turned down: The entrance to Wellington Mobile Home Park, whose residents convinced Buncombe commissioners to reject a controversial rezoning. Photo By Jonathan Welch That request would have rezoned the 62-acre […]
United under pop
Asheville is a city that prides itself on community and sharing. This weekend, that sentiment will spread to the local music scene as some 34 artists perform on three stages for the venue-based music festival known as POPAsheville. POP-stars: Clockwise, from top left: Ruby Slippers, The Cheeksters, EAR PWR, Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, Nevada, […]
Wurst-case scenario
Several weeks ago, I asked the editor of this section if I could write the occasional column on locally made sausage. The day before I made my request, I had passed a sign outside a produce stand in north Asheville that read “FRESH SAUSAGE,” and nearly caused a multiple-car pileup trying to drive off the […]
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
I was delighted to read Alli Marshall’s retelling of the story of Pwyll and Rhiannon in the Holiday Guide [“Holiday Folk Tale,” Dec. 19, 2007]. I was equally pleased to read Michael Newton’s letter to the editor [“Pwyll and the Celts,” Jan. 2]. I am from Wales, and Welsh is my first language. Our culture […]
Looking beneath the surface
This building is condemned! We have all seen this sight—a dilapidated building looking like it is going to fall in on itself, plastered with that ominous sign: Warning! Danger! This building is condemned. DO NOT ENTER! So we tread lightly around this building, making sure we are at a safe distance, noting that at any […]
Weekly Asheville Disclaimer Page: 01/16/08
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Asheville City Council: Jan. 15 meeting preview
Police Chief William Hogan will present his recommendations concerning a proposed citizen’s police-oversight board, and Council members will receive an update on an outside consultant’s evaluation of the Asheville Design Center’s proposed alignment of the Interstate 26 connector at their Tuesday, Jan. 15 meeting.
Friday forum recap
Although online for less than a month, the MountainX.com forums have become quite the internet hangout for our readers. Here are a few recent highlights.
Twilight of the giants
On a brittle morning last February, Will Blozan and his colleague, Jess Riddle, along with fellow arborists Jason Childs and Josh Kelley, drove west from Black Mountain to Cataloochee Valley, in the eastern part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The peaks that surround the valley—Mount Sterling and Mount Guyot—were a confection of frozen […]
The long goodbye
Efforts to end the long-running controversy surrounding Greenlife Grocery and its Maxwell Street neighbors have been plagued by repeated fits and starts and false hopes of a final resolution. But now that Superior Court has dismissed Maxwell Street resident Reid Thompson‘s lawsuit against the city and Greenlife has come up with a plan to take […]
Margot at the Wedding
The Story: Two battling siblings reunite for a wedding. The Lowdown: An uninspired, uninspiring and somewhat unpleasant film with infrequent flashes of humor and insight that aren't enough to compensate.
Book Report: Leaning with Intent to Fall
Former Xpress contributor Ethan Clark publishes his first full-length memoir.
20/20 hindsight
2007 is so last year. But before we dive into ‘08, Xpress takes its annual look back at the year that was, in quotes and photographs. You said it. You did it. And now it’s all here in a lengthy, if necessarily selective, digest of 2007’s high and lows as reflected in our pages. It […]
Tiki takes Asheville
“Asheville needs a yacht club,” Billy McKelvy declares inside the newly opened Asheville Yacht Club downtown. Photo By Jon Elliston Tiki bars typically thrive on their implicit promise to tranquilize its customers with fruity, high-proof drinks. Donn Beach, who launched the midcentury tiki craze from his Pacificana-seeped bar in Los Angeles, famously offered a cocktail […]