The Asheville City Council faced a packed chamber on July 24, with many there to voice their anger over the proposed involuntary annexation of three areas south and southwest of the city limits. The crowd was so big, in fact, that many were directed to an overflow room to watch the proceedings on TV. Immigration […]
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Pack Square Park land sale: “We screwed up.”
A little-noted sale of county-owned land adjacent to the Asheville City Hall has belatedly drawn heavy criticism from both local media and community activists. A piece of the park:Buncombe County sold a parcel that includes most of the grassy triangle on the left, including a magnolia and other trees, to Black Dog Realty. Photo by […]
A trip down memoir lane
Memoir is the new fiction, or so it seems when skimming the New York Times Best Seller list. The lone survivor of a Navy Seal operation describes his daring scape. A former child-soldier recounts his life in Sierra Leone. Even dyed-in-the-wool fiction writers (Nora Ephron, Barbara Kingsolver) have new essay collections (about aging and homegrown […]
Down a lazy river
When fishermen tell you that they plan to get out on the water “early,” they mean early in a very different way than, say, runners, mountain bikers or climbers. O captain, my captain: The author’s friend and guide to the French Broad, Kenneth Tucker, shows off a smallmouth pulled from the river. Photo by Jonathan […]
Rose Hill will blossom
In response to “Mourning the Mountain” submitted by Eva Scruggs of Leicester [Letters, July 11], I respectfully disagree with the statement that Rose Hill Plantation’s “developers are really just destroyers.” On behalf of the Rose Hill Plantation development: We understand and sympathize with individuals who are concerned about good land management in Western North Carolina. […]
BlogAsheville announces their 2007 draft picks
BlogAsheville updates their list of local bloggers, and we give you the details on WNC’s newest blogstars.
The big picture
It almost sounds like a film-school student’s nightmare: Create, from script to screen, an entire short film in 48 hours. That means everything—all the writing, the casting, the rehearsing, the acting, the filming, the editing, the post-production voice work and scoring—must be done at a hellish pace against ever-increasing fatigue. Team Smokey, last year’s 48 […]
Top Chef a la college
Most home cooks have a go-to dish that they’ve prepared so many times—often to the vocal dismay of whomever they’re feeding—that the recipe, long ago lifted from an instant-rice box or an in-flight magazine, is seared into their brains like grime on a frying pan. Even the most ambitious amateurs often resort to putting meatloaf—or […]
We’re not over the hill yet
I appreciated the recent opinion piece on Richmond Hill Park [“An Exceptional Treasure: Richmond Hill Park Is No Place for an Armory,” June 20]. I share the concern of the writer—that the ecological, cultural and educational value of this exceptional property far outweighs the supposition that the plan for a National Guard armory development at […]
Outdoor Journal
Cast of thousands: Every Wednesday through Sept. 5 -— weather permitting -— Diamond Brand Outdoors will offer fly-casting lessons at Fletcher Park, beginning at 6 p.m. and lasting an hour. Each program is limited to six participants, so call soon to reserve a spot. To register, call the Diamond Brand Outdoors Fly Shop at 684-6262. […]
Outdoor Journal
Roan if you want to: The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy will host a half-day hike through the Highlands of Roan on Saturday, July 10, beginning at 10 a.m. The hike will follow the Appalachian Trail from Carver’s Gap to Big Grassy Bald, taking in stretches of spruce-fir forest and Roan’s globally rare grassy-bald ecosystem. The […]
Blog Alert: Raphael.Doxos.com turns bitter against Floridians?
Typically, a visit to local writer Huw Richardson’s blog Raphael.Doxos.com reveals musings on a decidedly mystical and spiritual theme. Richardson is typically a broad-minded thinker on such topics, and seems willing to accept wisdom from any number of faiths, no matter where they originate. Except, perhaps, from Florida.
Making sense of Asheville’s economy
The eighth annual Asheville Metro Economy Outlook takes place this evening (Wednesday, June 27).
Asheville City Council
As the Asheville City Council continues incrementally reworking the Unified Development Ordinance, some proposed changes drive the discussion toward Council’s broader vision for the city. But with three Council seats up for grabs in November, the very ground on which City Council is building these amendments could shift. Five UDO amendments were on the agenda […]
How his garden’s grown
Some artists can only create if they have the finest materials—or at least the finest funds from fellowships, grants or corporate sponsors. Others will only exhibit their art in the most dedicated and pristine surroundings. “Forgiveness,” multimedia. DeWayne Barton is not among them. Once, art was not a thing apart but a part of daily […]
Outdoor Journal
Line item: If the Founding Fathers hadn’t been so busy throwing off the yoke of British imperialism, they might have found more time to toss a line in their favorite fishing holes. You can celebrate freedom on July 4 by enjoying a free day of fishing. That’s right—no license needed for the 24 hours that […]
Grass-roots organizers challenge partisan elections plan for Asheville
The Let Asheville Vote petition-drive organizers commandeered the front corner of a Merrimon Avenue coffee shop June 21 for a noon strategizing session. They had a rally coming up in City/County Plaza in three days, and they were still collecting ideas for speakers, musicians and signs. Leader Charlie Hume, an electrical engineer by trade, was […]
Gilding the Lily
I was thoroughly entertained (and not for the first time) by the well-crafted and insightful piece by Melanie M. Bianchi entitled “Lily Allen Gets the Last Laugh” [June 13]. Lest she be accused of being either too “blithely potty-mouthed” like Lily Allen, or of having her own social commentary too deeply “embedded” like Jane Austen’s […]
1408
The Story: An author of books that explore hauntings finds much more than he bargained for in room 1408 of an old hotel. The Lowdown: Largely unsurprising, but a finely crafted and effective horror thriller that succeeds in being creepy without being repellent.
Re-imagining the garden
During most of Homo sapiens’ time on earth, things didn’t change that fast. Thomas Jefferson, a quintessential man of the Enlightenment, rode to his 1802 presidential inaugural on a horse—the same transportation technology in use for the previous 2,500 years. Outstanding in his field: The author rearranged his thinking when he returned to his former […]
An exceptional treasure
The city of Asheville should pull the plug on plans to build a National Guard armory in Richmond Hill Park. It’s becoming increasingly clear that this is simply the wrong place to put such a facility. The land given to the National Guard in exchange for grading work includes several hundred feet of Smith Creek, […]