Containments — a visionary, four-part dance piece conceived by local choreographer Julie Gillum — offers an intense evocation of self-imprisonment and psychic release. “I got to thinking about the actual word ‘containment,’ and when I looked it up, there were all kinds of wonderful descriptive terms,” says Gillum, offering these examples: “‘To hold,’ ‘to have … Read more
When Zone one contemporary gallery owner Connie Bostic approached painter Marie Hudson last year about exhibiting in the gallery’s upcoming Women of a Certain Age show (like Hudson, all the artists included were over age 60), her answer was a resounding “no.” “Actually, it wasn’t just ‘no’ — it was ‘Hell no!’” remembers Hudson. “I … Read more
Renowned dancer/choreographer David Parsons would just as soon delight a child as impress a seasoned dance enthusiast. Truth be told, he regularly (and spectacularly) accomplishes both missions in a single show — a coup made possible by Parsons’ unerring aptitude as a people-pleaser and by the roster of fine dancers employed by the Parsons Dance … Read more
Last year, Asheville City Council members didn’t have enough money to award the New Hope Community Health Center a portion of the federal Community Development Block Grant funds the city parcels out annually. Now they do. Asheville Community Development Director Charlotte Caplan told City Council members on Jan. 26 that New Hope representatives had been … Read more
Twenty-five people died in a fire in a North Carolina factory in 1991, because they couldn’t get out. Their escape was blocked by chained, locked doors at the Hamlet, N.C., chicken-processing plant where they worked. That’s the cold fact driving the state’s revised fire-safety code, says Jennifer Gullette of the North Carolina Department of Insurance. … Read more
It wasn’t a free lunch, but county commissioners were offered breakfast, free of charge, courtesy of the American Egg Board — and the staff of the county Finance Department, who won the meals in a KISS-FM contest. The breakfast invitation was delivered during the commissioners’ Jan. 26 agenda-review meeting. (Bill Stanley was the only commissioner … Read more
Mr./Ms. Intern goes to Washington Who says summer jobs for students have to entail waiting tables or slinging hash at the local greasy spoon? U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor is now accepting applications from college students interested in working as congressional interns in his Washington office this summer. The program will be divided into two six-week … Read more
