If there was one vote this year that you wouldn’t expect Rep. Charles Taylor to miss, it was the one that came along late in the day on July 27. After months of intense wrangling by the White House, the House of Representatives finally voted on — and passed — the Central America Free Trade … Read more
“Goths and comic-book fans are not your normal targeted market, but everyone should know and love dance,” says Heather Maloy, artistic director of Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance. Her troupe’s latest offering, a balletic interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Masque of the Red Death, promises to lure just that audience via animated projections, horror elements and … Read more
Skeletons in the jukebox “Skeletons” provides a forum for local musicians, artists, record-store owners, etc., to erase cool points by expressing their unseemly affection for an unhip album from their past. Young MC — Stone Cold Rhymin’: by Jenny Greer of Jen and the Juice “I used to sneak out of my house all the … Read more
He looked and saw a lot like Mr. Magoo, he was a college dropout, and he often started lectures by relating experiences he’d allegedly retained from infancy. And yet Buckminster Fuller was awarded 25 patents, wrote 28 books and received 47 honorary doctorate degrees and dozens of major architectural and design awards, along with the … Read more
Ever since American Idol first infiltrated our TV sets back in 2002, most of us — or at least way more of us than would readily admit it — have come under the spell of those would-be chart-topping crooners. In the four years since Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino and Carrie Underwood were crowned … Read more
Flavor: French baked goods and light fareAmbiance: Bright and cheeryService: Congenial, if sometimes overwhelmed On a recent Sunday, I decided brunch would be best served in Paris. Feeling slightly askew from Bele Chere’s mild debauchery (and reluctant to revisit the scene of the crime), I headed down to the Paris Bakery and Café. The quaint … Read more
Get your shake on: Burgermeister’s just brought in their anniversary with a bang. Well, more like a shake. To celebrate two years of successful business in West Asheville, Burgermeister’s Kitchen and Tap has introduced hand-dipped milkshakes of the regular variety, as well as some more grown-up shakes, like Kahlua, Butterscotch Schnapps and Grand Marnier. Move … Read more
A sizable subset of my generation acted on our discontent with the perceived evils of Western civilization in the late 20th century by embracing our culture’s oldest myth. “We’ve got to get ourselves Back to the garden,” ran Joni Mitchell’s refrain. Like many others, I pretended I was a homesteader, bought some wooded land and … Read more
“If you have $300, you can go to Wal-Mart and get into the methamphetamine business.” That was the message Sheriff’s Capt. Lee Farnsworth delivered at the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ Aug. 2 formal meeting. Somewhat ominously, Farnsworth also asked commissioners if they ever brewed coffee in motel rooms when they traveled. “Motel room coffee … Read more
