It’s not unusual to see serious athletes gobbling greasy cheeseburgers and washing them down with rivers of draft beer after a hard workout. But while the urge is understandable, it’s a bit like dumping tar into a racecar’s gas tank. The truth is, a body needs premium fuel, timed accordingly, in order to perform well. … Read more
The perfect first date?: Help save a species without leaving the comfort of your own car. Sound too good to be true? Read on, my friend: The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is looking for volunteers to help out with the statewide Calling Amphibian Survey, a gig (pardon the expression) that involves driving along established … Read more
Asheville City Council member Carl Mumpower‘s continuing campaign to beef up drug-interdiction efforts claimed the spotlight at Council’s Jan. 16 session. A heated e-mail exchange in the days leading up to the meeting (see sidebar, “The Straight Dope“) set the stage for Council to tackle the matter. Asheville police Chief William Hogan said his department … Read more
Before the breach: APD Chief Bill Hogan, left, and Council member Carl Mumpower inspected drug paraphenalia together last October. photo by Jonathan Welch Council member Carl Mumpower has found himself increasingly at odds with his Council colleagues, city staff and police Chief William Hogan over the city’s efforts to combat drug trafficking. But a recent … Read more
by Rebecca Bowe The eerie, springtime-in-January spell that marked the beginning of 2007 abruptly ended Jan. 9 when a snow flurry whipped through Western North Carolina. Schools were let out early; traffic slowed to a crawl. But the hostile weather wasn’t enough to deter some 40 or 50 people from attending Progress Energy’s open house … Read more
A different take: Human Rights Watch Film Festival A Chilean village displaced by a hydroelectric dam. An oil field’s crushing impact on a community in Azerbaijan. The scars of U.S. soldiers home from Iraq. Mass media may have made the world smaller, but somehow such human stories still fall by the wayside. The Human Rights … Read more
“Laid to Rest II,” Andrew Blanchard (cyanotype and silkscreen mounted on board, 11″ x 16″ x 3″). January is all about thinking big — I will lose 20 pounds! I will become a better person! — and the upstairs (artspace) in Tryon has caught the seasonal bug. Its New Year’s show features 70 works by … Read more
Sssshhhhhh …. Hope and Anchor is playing. (Photo taken at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, Dec. 2005 by Jenene Chesborough) Hope and Anchor is as low-key as the rubbed-down name of one of its three members, who goes by “sarahbrown.” “I always say ‘quiet’ first,” offers band mate Todd Weakley, asked to describe … Read more
