That’s some mad air, brah: Remember that Jeff Foxworthy joke – something to the effect of “you might be a redneck if one or more of your family members has died after saying, ‘Hey, watch this’”? Well, add this to that burgeoning category of high-risk antics: The state is warning boaters and thrill-seekers away from … Read more
“Most of us are contraptions that we made.” — Tom Waits, Los Angeles Times, 2004 Tom Waits makes a great character study. Like the misfits and oddballs he’s portrayed or inhabited over his three-decade career, Waits the Entertainer is a beguiling set of personalities welded and jerry-rigged together like used parts from different jalopies, and … Read more
Bored to death: At this point in the season, squash-vine borers are making their mark — sudden wilting of leaves on otherwise healthy plants. Examine the stem adjacent to the drooping leaf closest to the root and you’ll probably find a hole surrounded by frass — the polite name for bug poop. With a sharp … Read more
Found fashion • Who she is: Cen Cascadian • What she’s wearing: necklaces that range from a Victorian reproduction to a washer picked up on the highway; a rose pin crafted from fabric a friend gave her; a jersey skirt she cropped; and an embroidered scarf from a friend who, Cen laughs, “might not know … Read more
Every city has its legends. Its myths. Its mysteries. Who hasn’t heard of the baby gator that got flushed down a Brooklyn toilet only to emerge as a super-sized albino man-eater? Or was it in Hoboken? Or Fresno? And while tales of hook-handed murderers, spider colonies that hatch from bouffant hairdos, and the allegedly fatal … Read more
A film you can’t afford to miss Clean Water for North Carolina and Generation Engage realize how inconvenient it is for penniless eco-activists to shell out precious cash to see Al Gore’s new film about the frightening facts of climate change. That’s why the two organizations have partnered to offer a FREE screening of An … Read more
Poppies Gourmet Farmers Market recently opened on Market Street at Straus Park in Brevard. The huge store offers a full-service meat and seafood case, a deli, prepared foods to eat on-site or carry away, a bakery, an espresso bar and a garden department. A full line of groceries is also available, as well as a … Read more
Flavor: Upscale deli with modern American dining in the eveningAmbiance: Modern, comfortableService: Knowledgeable Who doesn’t love a good sandwich (besides the carbophobes, of course)? I, for one, am a sucker for a well-orchestrated one as a quick handheld lunch, but despair at the plethora of sub shops peddling generic meats and ghostly iceberg lettuce, to … Read more
All Right Lads, Get Your Kits Off Two words I never, ever expected to be putting together in a sentence: “Waynesville” and “naked.” And yet, Waynesville’s ever-interesting Haywood Arts Regional Theatre recently announced auditions for that most unencumbered of Broadway comedic musicals, The Full Monty. It may seem like an unlikely turn, given that Waynesville … Read more
