Xpress staffer Arenda Manning turns the tables on the Question of the Day, asking you for ideas for future questions. The winning question will be used in a future video, and will land the creator two tickets to the Mountain Xpress Best of Bash at the Orange Peel in Asheville on Dec. 2, 2011.
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Question of the Day: Who would you invite to Thanksgiving?
Xpress staffer Arenda Manning asks what famous or historical figure you’d invite to break bread with you and yours this Thanksgiving.
Local Matters: Going Postal
Reporter Jake Frankel and photographer Bill Rhodes discuss a recent public hearing about the proposed closure of a mail-processing facility in Asheville.
Question of the Day: What’s your favorite book?
Xpress staffers Lisa and Arenda want to know about your favorite book.
Local Matters: Coming and going in Buncombe County
Xpress news reporter David Forbes talks about a new interactive map detailing the migrations to and from Buncombe County.
Question of the Day: What’s your favorite joke?
Xpress staffers Lisa Watters and Arenda Manning ask for a little pre-Thanksgiving cheering up.
Video of the 2011 Asheville Holiday Parade
Xpress presents this brief overview of the annual holiday parade through downtown Asheville, which is now in its 65th year.
Busk Break: Hillcrest High-Steppin’ Majorettes and Drum Corps practice
The Hillcrest High-Steppin’ Majorettes and Drum Corps practice in the parking lot of Sim’s Futon Gallery in preparation for the Asheville Holiday Parade.
Local Matters: Small Bites … with added fursuit action
Xpress food writer Mackensy Lunsford reports on A Taste of Asheville, coffee trucks, the growing use of matcha (green tea) in local foods, and the expansion of the Asheville Pizza Company to a third location.
Question of the Day: You’ve just won $7 million, what do you do on the first day?
Xpress staffers Lisa Watters and Arenda Manning pose a question to our readers in this video: You’ve just won $7 million, what do you do on the first day?
Local Matters: Beer Buzz
Reporter Jake Frankel and beer columnist Anne Fitten Glenn discuss the state of beer business and culture in Asheville.
Question of the Day: Have you ever experienced awe?
Xpress staffers Lisa Watters and Arenda Manning pose a question to our readers in this video.
Busk Break: Dan Codispoti covers “Never Been to Spain”
Traveling busker Dan Codispoti covers the classic Hoyt Axton tune “Never Been to Spain” near Pack Square in downtown Asheville.
Rep. McHenry slams federal regulations, praises Asheville’s “unique cultural identity”
Rep. Patrick McHenry held his first public event in Asheville since the General Assembly redrew congressional districts to put most of the city in his 10th District, introducing himself to the Council of Independent Business Owners at the group’s Nov. 10 luncheon.
Busk Break: Nirvana for a new generation
Although this trio of buskers were still several years from being born when “About a Girl” was released on Nirvana’s 1989 debut album ‘Bleach,’ they don’t seem to have a problem getting into it.
Busk Break: Ian Moore performs “The Furniture Man”
Iconic local busker Ian Moore performs his version of the traditional tune “The Furniture Man” on the streets of downtown Asheville.
Popular talk-radio duo set to launch new “Matt and Agnes” show
Barley a week after parting ways with their longtime radio outlet, WWNC, talk show host Matt Mittan and producer Agnes Cheek are set to launch a new online media experiment at mattandagnes.com.
Busk Break: Eljebel performs “Bewildered”
Asheville-based busker Eljebel performs her original tune “Bewildered” in front of the Iron sculpture during Halloween weekend.
Busk Break: Adam Kobetich performs “Sally Ann”
Austin-based busker Adam Kobetich plays his version of the traditional tune “Sally Ann.”
Busk Break: Adam Kobetich performs “Odessa Bulgar”
Austin-based busker Adam Kobetich performs “Odessa Bulgar” in downtown Asheville.
Busk Break: Blue Cut perform “Pay Attention to the Rain”
Bloomington, IN,-based “family band” Blue Cut performed this original tune in advance of their Halloween Fest gig tonight at Jack of Hearts in Weaverville.