Longstanding structural needs at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium were the sole agenda item for a special meeting of the Asheville Civic Center Commission on March 26. And a unanimous vote gave Civic Center Director David Pisha a letter of support for bringing the workhorse entertainment venue up to a more serviceable level. Pisha was on […]
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Mellows harshed at RatDog show
Hippies beware: Council member Carl Mumpower was not the only official to observe drug activity at the recent RatDog concert in the Asheville Civic Center.
Xpress Asks: Was the music ‘Ratdog’ good?
Has Council member Carl Mumpower finally crossed the line … into music reviewing?
Civic Center advocate takes a back seat
Max Alexander, chair of the Asheville Civic Center Commission for nearly three years, has voluntarily turned the commission reins over to John Broadbooks, former vice chair. Alexander will continue to serve as a commission member.
Mumpower on Civic Center concert: Drugs bad, Ratdog good
As he pledged to do in an e-mail dispatch last Friday, Asheville City Council member Carl Mumpower made an appearance at the Ratdog/Bob Weir concert at the Civic Center’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium that evening. He reported afterwards that the auditorium “smelled like an Amsterdam hash bar.”
Buzz-killer? Asheville Council member Mumpower to sniff out drugs at Civic Center tonight
Among the special guests at tonight’s Ratdog concert at the Asheville Civic Center’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium will be one Carl Mumpower, a member of City Council.
What do Buncombe’s commissioners want?
At its annual retreat on Tuesday, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners spent a hefty chunk of time going over a “wish list” of items board members felt deserve attention in the coming months, years. It’s an illuminating and long index, and deserves a reprint here.
Harry Connick Jr.: At least I didn’t buy the poster
I’ve never been a Harry Connick Jr. fan, but after last night’s concert at the Thomas Wolfe auditorium, I kind of am. I just can’t help it.
Blog alert: Ashvegas vs. Toughman
Over the weekend, downtown Asheville hosted the Original Toughman Contest, turning the Civic Center into a brawl-lover’s paradise. While no Xpressers appear to have attended, the mysterious local blogger known as Ashvegas managed to catch the event.
Pride through pugilation: The Original Toughman Contest
Living in a place like downtown Asheville, it can be kind if easy to lose perspective on what the rest of the country finds entertaining. Sure, there are those of us who like to dissect the latest arthouse flick, debade hidden bias in Chomsky’s latest tome, and spend the odd somber evening taking in a butoh performance. And yet, there are those who prefer their distractions to be less erudite, and more … well … concussed.
Asheville City Council
After years of haggling, stacks of recommendations and a whole roster of committees and task forces, the Asheville City Council found itself on June 13 facing the specter of yet another Civic Center study. In response to some Council members’ concern about the cost of the options endorsed by the Civic Center Task Force, city […]
Asheville City Council
Fresh from a weekend retreat where they outlined priorities for the coming year, Asheville City Council members bulled their way through a host of topics at the Jan. 24 formal session. Two new residential proposals — including a downtown high-rise condominium development — sailed through the approval process, greased by design details that Council found […]
From Hope to headache
June 23, 1974, was supposed to be a day of civic pride and an auspicious beginning for the just-completed Asheville Civic Center. After years of rancorous debate and political foot-dragging, the last brick was finally in place, the paint was dry — and the house was packed for the much-anticipated first show. The headliner was […]