Hay, hay, hay: It’s time to start mulching ahead of the late-summer drought. Hay, leaves, wood chips, pine straw, partially finished compost, peanut hulls or whatever other dry organic matter you can dredge up will keep your plants happy. Grass clippings and other green material is okay, but keep it back from plant stems. Grass … Read more
There is such a thing as a free ride U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions from transportation sources rose 151 percent from 1960 to 2001, with the greatest increases in the Gulf South and the Southeast, according to The Carbon Boom, a recent report by Public Interest Research Group affiliate Environment North Carolina. At the same time, North … Read more
The second annual Wings and Strings WNC Wing Cook Off will be held Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 15, at Pack Square in downtown Asheville. The party begins at 5 p.m. on Friday with live music from local and regional acts, food, and drinks including wine and — of course — beer. The event … Read more
Flavor: Fresh surf, with a touch of turf for the landlubbersAmbiance: “Polished casual”Service: Very good, well-trained and knowledgeable I’ve finally given in. After the umpteenth recommendation for the Bonefish Grill from reputable sources – each and every one prefaced with some variation of “I usually don’t frequent chain restaurants, but … – I decided to … Read more
Time Enough For The Pain Take 20-plus teams of local filmmakers, fill them with cinematic dreams and desires, and then give them two frantic days to do the impossible — script, cast, design, shoot, score and edit a short film. Add in a random genre and a preselected prop, character and line of dialogue, and … Read more
When one thinks of the West, various iconic images come to mind — deer and antelope cavorting, ten-gallon hats, country line dancing, Wrangler jeans — though certainly not kilts or Canadians. But at least two groups performing at Waynesville’s international-dance festival Folkmoot aim to take back pearl buttons. “The wide-open spaces of the West, its … Read more
Delivering us from the evils of bland Christian pop: Daniel Smith, far left, plys the secular waters of indie rock with and without his family. Daniel Smith says the goal of Danielson music is to take him “somewhere I haven’t been before.” That his latest disc — and some say his masterpiece — is called … Read more
Call this one “The Return of the Roches” — and mark your calendars. Indeed, not only are the Roche sisters — Maggie and Terre and Suzzy — out on the road again as a trio for the first time in almost a decade (they come to the Orange Peel on Thursday), but they’re also recording … Read more
Austen Mikulka, 22″x18″ acrylic on canvas, untitled. The Secret Lives of … , the current exhibit at LIFT Culture House in Cherokee, is nothing if not inclusive. Curator Leon Grodski is interested in art being tied into one’s everyday life, not a thing apart. “Some artists,” he points out, “show their work in museums, and … Read more
