Save the earth, look good doing it If the terms “organic eco apparel” seem contradictory with “affordable,” Mars Hill-based Web store The oko Box (www.theokobox.com) is about to change that. Celebrating its grand opening, the online shop features clothing for men and women and offers a special section called “Under 50 Bucks.” Click that link … Read more
Trying to make Asheville into Edgeville: Fringe Festival performer Jenni Oldham is a longtime dancer with ACDT. Erin Braasch wants people to do the weirdest things. Demented things. Strange things. Deeply uncomfortable, highly personal things. And she wants them to do them on stage, in public. It’s her passion to make people expose themselves. No, … Read more
The West Asheville Library has caved to citizens’ demands and announced that, beginning Feb. 5, the branch will expand its hours of operation. Most notably, the library will now be open on Mondays – a day its doors have been closed in the past. Here’s the new schedule: Monday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tuesday 10 a.m.-8 … Read more
Stacy Mitchell, author of Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses, will speak at the Crowne Plaza Resort, One Holiday Inn Drive, on Thursday, Jan. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. “Mitchell’s book shows citizens’ coalitions how to fight big-box expansion,” says Heather Rayburn of Mountain Voices … Read more
Last night I went to hear Josh Rouse at the Grey Eagle. So did lots of other people which meant I couldn’t see him too well for all the tall people standing in front of me. But I sort of didn’t care. Sometimes, when I go to a show, I need to be able to … Read more
