Bridget Bartlett doesn’t sling tapas – she sews cravats. And yet, “I look at [my job] as a serving position,” says the costume designer, who splits her time between Flat Rock Playhouse and the Ocala Civic Theatre in Florida. “I love the relationship I have with actors,” she says. “I love the hard work and … Read more
“This is not your typical cooking class,” says Barbara Swell, the kitchen pixie who’s just poured us each a cup of tea and tied on a brightly patterned vintage apron. “It’s more like being in Grandma’s kitchen,” she continues, and so begins “Lost Art of Pie,” part of a series of cooking classes Swell conducts … Read more
Nearly 100 million Americans will celebrate the New Year by making resolutions, a well-intentioned exercise in ridding oneself of pesky habits that inevitably reappear around mid-February. But according to studies (resolution #1: Stick to the facts, at least in print) easily obtainable online (resolution #2: Spend less time online), goal setters have a better chance … Read more
photos by Alli Marshall Piece of the sky: Little Eagle designer Kaorico Ago. “I don’t want a big business,” says Japanese designer Kaorico Ago when we meet for coffee at a local café. “I just want to keep to important things.” For the former kimono planner (who lives – when she’s not globetrotting – in … Read more
Another year, another couple hundred movies. Overall, it wasn’t a bumper crop – but as Spencer Tracy said of the fact that there wasn’t much meat on Katharine Hepburn in Pat and Mike, what there was was “cherce.” It helped that the studios – at least Sony Classics, Focus and the Weinsteins – were generous … Read more
A great movie is one that packs an emotional wallop and makes you want to see it again right away. By those criteria, 2005 was a banner year. Alas, it also had quite a few stinkers. The best 1. Capote. Breathtaking performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman caps a flawless, chilling look at the cost of … Read more
The Southeastern Film Critics Association recently issued its ranking of 2005’s best films. The association polled its 40-some members (our own Ken Hanke and Marcianne Miller among them) to compile this list of 2005’s top 10. 1) Brokeback Mountain 2) Good Night, and Good Luck 3) Capote 4) Crash 5) A History of Violence 6) … Read more
Docked by the Bay: According a press release from the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association (AIRA), Coral Bay Seafood Restaurant on Tunnel Road closed one week before Christmas without providing warning or severance pay for employees. The AIRA condemned the move in a Dec. 26 press release. “Everyone deserves an appropriate notice so they can better … Read more
It’s January, and a brand-new year hovers before us, brimming with all manner of possibilities. But before we catapult into the frenzy of 2006, it’s time to take a breather and reflect on the one that just got away. What do you remember about 2005? In Asheville, civic preoccupations included the continuing tug of war … Read more
