While local blogger Thunder Pig may be best known for “Blogging the Conservative Revolution in West Carolina,” he sets aside differences for a moment to cover A Taste of Scotland.
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Calling all turtle spotters
The French Broad Riverkeeper and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission want help finding rare softshell turtles in the region.
Facing the rock
Since crossing the finish line of my first 10K road race when I was 5 years old, I’ve only taken a few breaks from running. As a running coach, I’m always encouraging runners to cross-train to give their bodies and mind a break from pounding the pavement (or the trail), and I try to follow […]
Knocked Up
The Story: When an upscale professional woman gets pregnant thanks to a one-night stand with an unmotivated slacker, she decides to try to make a go of a relationship with him. The Lowdown: An often very funny film that goes on too long for its own good. Pay attention to the title and the R…
Literary evolution
There’s a rumor that when author F. Scott Fitzgerald took up residence at the Grove Park Inn, he weaned himself off hard liquor by downing dozens of bottles of beer each day. He also insisted on a room overlooking the main entrance so he could scope out arriving debutantes, and, in a drunken fit, shot […]
Freeze repercussions
There is an unseen world out there that we rarely intersect with. Even us gardeners, who like to think that we’re more connected to the natural world than, say, the average computer geek, do not very often run into the great web of life with its cascading waves of cause and effect. Deadly signals: Telltale […]
Where the fish are
Last summer I caught the trout of a lifetime. N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission I was working through the brush along a little stream in a remote part of Pisgah National Forest. It was late in the season, and I was fishing a foam beetle that’s seen the insides of the mouths of more fish than […]
Asheville City Council
Asheville City Council agreed at its May 15 session to begin the process of annexing three areas abutting city limits. The law won: Asheville City Council may boost the police budget by $1 million, providing for more personnel and additional tools to combat drugs and other crimes. photo by Jonathan Welch Unlike recent Council meetings […]
Asheville City Council highlights: May 15 meeting
Among other actions, Asheville City Council agreed at its May 15 session to begin the process of annexing three areas abutting city limits.
Spider-Man 3
The Story: Spider-Man is back for more adventures -- and personal angst -- with a new set of villains. The Lowdown: Unless you're a dyed-in-the-wool fan, this is an overstuffed, underdeveloped, overlong, lumbering behemoth of a movie that just never takes flight.
Citizen-Times publisher faces business critics
For Jeffrey Green, who’s been publisher of the Asheville Citizen-Times only since last fall, the city’s most heated debates have offered a quick trial by fire. Talking business: CIBO member Mac Swicegood, left, shows Asheville Citizen-Times publisher Jeffrey Green some of the newspaper’s recent cartoons that have rankled the business group. photo by Jon Elliston […]
Keep Asheville a sight to behold
I have been following the development of Asheville’s proposed Steep Slope Ordinance, which is within days of being considered by the Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission and then City Council. Many people worked hard to craft this ordinance, but as a resident who loves Cisco Mountain and the incredible variety of plants, trees and animals […]
The Italian
The Story: A Russian boy set to be adopted by an Italian couple sets out to find his real mother. The Lowdown: Small-scale drama with comedic touches that's enlivened by sharp characterizations and terrific performances.
Our house, that was where we used to sleep
Most of the homes on the dead-end West Asheville street are evenly spaced, single-family residences with front lawns, driveways and the occasional picket fence. But one house stands in stark contrast, with a massive array of solar panels sprouting in the front yard and terraced gardens all around. The inhabitants consider this tucked-away sliver of […]
Asheville City Council Alert: UDO public hearing
Several hotly anticipated amendments to the city of Asheville’s Unified Development Ordinance will be open for public hearings at City Council’s Tuesday, April 24, meeting, including language that would tighten review standards, allow public hearings for subdivisions and cap construction on steep slopes.
Blog Alert: Learn why “Real Men Don’t Improvise Quiche”
As strange as it may seem, one of Asheville’s most interesting bloggers also happens to be one that we rarely know how to cover. Until he wrote about ramps, that is.
Into the wild blue yonder: Air Force to train around Asheville
When you hear the thumping of military helicopters this weekend, don’t panic: It’s not a Red Dawn-style invasion — it’s Air Force training that will be going on from Saturday, April 21, through Thursday, April 26.
Racing backwards toward a bad idea
Asheville City Council has recently revived a “discussion” topic that was voted down seven years ago: building a racetrack on 51-acres of land adjoining the northern border of Westfeldt Park on Old Fanning Bridge Road, adjacent to the Asheville Regional Airport and directly in the French Broad River basin. What was a bad idea seven […]
You can dish it out, but …
I am starting to think “The Straight Dish” ought to change its name to reflect the nature of the column. Perhaps something like “The Partial Dish,” “The Opinionated Dish” or “The Straight Dis”? Mark Williams’ review of the North Star Diner [“North Star Diner: Restaurant Tackles Workaday Classics,” April 4] was so incredibly shortsighted and […]
Black Mountain College: The movie
For 24 years, Black Mountain College occupied the leading edge of American education. Now, a pair of young filmmakers has trained its lens on the experimental school and produced an hour-long documentary that debuts in Asheville this Thursday.
Shuler’s first 100 days
When Rep. Heath Shuler was sworn in back in January, it looked as though the neophyte lawmaker was destined to spend some time in the political wilderness. It didn’t help that he was returning to the city where a promising career as an NFL quarterback had quickly turned sour, making Shuler a pariah among rabid […]