In Xpress‘ 2004 primary-election coverage, our reporters asked the candidates a number of questions. For our print edition, we used a grid format and chose the five questions and their condensed answers that we thought would be most helpful to voters in sorting through the field. Here are the expanded responses from the three candidates … Read more
Ceramic artist Liz Sparks, one of the artists-in-residence at the Energy Xchange in Burnsville, is also a newly appointed member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. “To me, folk pottery is what’s made in Seagrove,” she continued during a recent interview. Seagrove, the North Carolina piedmont town famous for its large population of potters, is … Read more
Attending Folkmoot USA is like getting to tour the globe without fear of jet lag or parasitic giardia. It’s like Walt Disney’s dream for the “It’s a Small World” theme ride — only with way more authenticity. Now in its 21st season, Folkmoot — the Waynesville-based international-dance event — is still striving to bring the … Read more
Think you’re so important? OK, ever had a song written about you by a schizophrenic homeless guy with a round scar on his head from years of greeting people by head-butting them? All right, then. The shouted chorus to the late Wesley Willis’ manic “Urge Overkill,” in praise of fellow Chicagoans, the group Urge Overkill, … Read more
Jascha’s last stand No matter how you slice it, Jascha Ephraim is an unlikely local-music icon. Far from embracing the over-earnestness so common to members of the singer/songwriters’ club, Jascha is a self-mocking lyricist, his songs covering such vaunted themes as his ex-bandmate’s whistling (“Chompers”) and the dubiousness of his own rock-star daydreams (“Hebrew Screw-Up”). … Read more
In researching this article, I spent a lot of time in the bathroom. Not just my bathroom, mind you, but a whole host of johns, loos and crappers all across this fair city. It was not an assignment I looked forward to — after all, one can only get so excited about the prospect of … Read more
The serene green field outside Biltmore Estate will soon be transformed into a sea of 1,000 horses. And they aren’t coming just to crop the fancy grass. George Vanderbilt’s historic property is slated to rise neighing, pawing and sweating to life July 14-18, and again July 21-25, with two high-stakes installments of the Biltmore Summer … Read more
In midsummer, it can take a long time to walk the short distance from the street to Montford gardener Daisy Johanson‘s front porch. First you have to bask awhile in the sunrise shades of the gaillardia, Stella d’Oro lilies and golden yarrow that border the walkway. Then, halfway up the short flight of steps, you … Read more
When you think about summer activities, casting a vote in the primary election might not immediately leap to mind. But because state-level wrangling over the boundaries of legislative districts delayed the primary (usually held in the spring), that’s exactly what’s in store for North Carolina voters. This year’s primary happens Tuesday, July 20. Local candidates … Read more
