It’s the same old story: Girl meets boy, girl loses boy, girl throws herself on her father’s sword. OK, it’s the same old story if you’re attending a performance of Madame Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini’s famous opera about Cio-Cio San (Miss Butterfly) and her temporary marriage to an American naval officer, B.F. Pinkerton, who’s briefly stationed … Read more
Of note The artists formerly known as … The Asheville-based rock group last known as The Rugburners has just relaunched itself as The Licks. The band, largely inactive since Bele Chere, also recently announced plans to record a demo CD at Boogie Moon Studio in Fairview. For more information, visit www.licksplease.com. Front-row reviews What: Depravity … Read more
Reno — the one-named Latina lesbian monologist known for far-reaching, politically oriented cable shows and live performances — was scheduled for a gig less than a month after Sept. 11, 2001, at the New York City alternative-theater space Cafe LaMaMa. “On Sept. 20 the producer called and said we’re late on publicity,” Reno recounted in … Read more
It begins before the very first sip — before your mouth opens and the warm, dark liquid washes over your tongue, creeping into the nooks and crannies of your taste buds. It starts before the steaming hiss of the espresso machine fills the air, and before the apron-clad barista ever hears the words of your … Read more
It was just another too-familiar headline in the daily paper: Honeywell announces that it’s laying off 180 workers from its Madison County plant. That means 180 families begin the new year wondering how they’ll make ends meet. Many of those castoff employees will find other jobs of some sort — but probably not at comparable … Read more
Broadway Street, a four-lane stretch of roadway that runs north from downtown to U.S. 19/23, now has the distinction of being the first swath of land in the city to be designated a Neighborhood Corridor District. After a lengthy public hearing at the Asheville City Council’s Jan. 14 formal meeting, Council members appeared to have … Read more
It seems there’s no lack of public-health crises these days, and even the most energetic social reformer must decide which battles to fight. So Alan McKenzie will be turning his attention from the local campaign to clean up the air pollution jeopardizing area residents’ health to the national struggle to make medical care more accessible … Read more
Local shelter provides free pets to senior citizens A growing number of studies show the medical and psychological benefits to the elderly of having a companion animal to care for. One clinical research project at New York City’s Brooklyn College, for example, studied heart-attack survivors after their discharge from the hospital. The researchers tracked each … Read more
