How about a little java on the cheap? To celebrate its one-year anniversary, Greenberry’s Coffee & Tea Co. will offer a cup of Joe for only 25 cents this Thursday, June 8. At that rate, it’ll cost less than a dollar to get super-caffeinated. Greenberry’s is at 1550 Hendersonville Road in Asheville; call 274-5656 for … Read more
Flavor: Home-style Southern favoritesAmbiance: Lovely historic dining room with a casual feelService: Friendly — as casual as the ambiance The roots of “the Block” – downtown Asheville’s small but vibrant center of black culture and commerce – run deep. The Block has laid witness to the ebbs and flows of the community’s pulse for more … Read more
Show review Cisco Playboys at Ed Boudreaux’s Bar-B-Que; Thursday, May 25: Four Stars • Genre(s): Western Swing, Cajun. • Be glad you stayed home if: Accordions and cowboy hats defy your notions of a rocking band. • Defining moment: The Playboys’ version of Harry Choates’ “Honky-Tonking Days.” I usually judge a band on what I … Read more
• “Big Al” Carter, the Washington, D.C.-based artist who designed and painted the big mural at the YMI Cultural Center, will have work in an exhibit at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, N.C., through Sept. 17. Recently, The Washington Post did a huge spread about the artist and his career as a public-school teacher, … Read more
Even Better Than A Philosophy Degree To all of you college-age cinemaphiles who were thinking about blowing your parents’ hard-earned money on going to some distant film school — have I got news for you! Now, you can blow your parents’ money and still go home on the weekends to do your laundry! Western Carolina … Read more
Boots Riley still believes a change is gonna come. Riley, the MC who slings rhymes for the hip-hop crew known as The Coup, was a community activist before he was a rhymer, and his passion for social change permeates many of his songs. Still triggering discussion: MC Boots Riley and DJ Pam the Funktress, of … Read more
Imagine avant-garde exhibits lasting longer than two days: By sheltering educational programs as well as gallery space, the newly renovated Phil Mechanics Building gets to showcase out-there art and enjoy nonprofit status. The newest addition to the river-district arts scene is by far its most ambitious. The Phil Mechanics Building has the potential to fill … Read more
