Of note Local rock photographer Bo Post is exploring her musical side. Post is set to pen the music for the upcoming short film The Enigma: Tanner Hyde, a mockumentary about a “white-trash country singer.” The film, directed by UNCA student Margaret Lauzon, should debut in late May. Saturday March 2 is a day local … Read more
What do King Kong, Frank Langella flambe, spaceships and marauding cockroaches have in common? They’re all the product of cinematic trickery — the movie-making device commonly known collectively as “special effects.” And that was the topic of a forum — called, appropriately enough, “Special and Visual Effects” — presented by the Asheville Film Commission. The … Read more
Long before he invented the first practical synthesizer, won a Grammy or even moved to Asheville, Dr. Robert Moog was a child in Queens, practicing piano under the eye of his ambitious mother. She had visions of her son as a famous concert pianist. And while that didn’t happen, Moog’s name — much like that … Read more
Go see Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and decide for yourself what it means — if it means anything. As one of the play’s four characters laments, “Nothing ever happens!” Two men, Estragon (“Gogo”) and Vladimir (“Didi”), are waiting for Godot (even though they seem unsure just who or what Godot is). And while they’re … Read more
Like a cluster of Muses, a host of feminist visions held wordless sway over the tide of people coursing through the recent opening of From the Gut: A Feminist Fine Art Show. Those images — ranging from a collection of mermaids to contemplations of the vulva — hinted at the range of potential interpretations of … Read more
Asheville Police Chief Will Annarino was a popular guy at City Council’s March 5 work session. Three photographers and one WLOS TV cameraman fixed their lenses on the tall, imposing lawman as he made his pitch for cracking down on people soliciting money, jobs or rides from motorists on city streets. Annarino had Council members’ … Read more
On a split vote, the Buncombe County commissioners decided last week to prohibit recreational vehicles in mobile-home parks. That was the only controversial item at the board’s sparsely attended March 5 meeting. The proposal had been unanimously recommended by the county’s Manufactured Home Park Review Board (which is dominated by mobile-home-park owners and developers). When … Read more
Feeding hungry families “No one should have to worry about where their next meal is coming from,” proclaims MANNA Food Bank Executive Director Toby Ives. The Asheville-based organization, which serves 17 WNC counties, reports a 26.7 percent increased in food distribution in 2001, compared to 2000. Through a network involving more than 340 charitable agencies, … Read more
“Public employment, whether you like it or not … is not Joe’s Burger Shack.” — Asheville attorney John Hunter When Buncombe County Budget Director Ken Goble was fired in June 2000, the news hit with a splash. When he sued, claiming he’d been illegally dismissed, it created a few more waves — especially since the … Read more
Every year, I’ve attended at least one workshop that has absolutely blown my mind. I don’t have a favorite gardening book — I have about 20 of them. One is Gardening for Profit, written in 1886. The author, Peter Henderson, grew veggies year-round on his intensively planted farm in Jersey City Heights for his customers … Read more
