Day: October 1, 2008
Fool me twice?
John McCain is given a free pass on his political, policy and character issues, while corporate interests scour things like Michelle Obama’s college thesis for any dirt they can find. Can you even begin to imagine what would be said about Obama had he returned from the war, traded in his first wife (disabled from … Read more
Anatomy of a gas crunch
Gas station after gas station with plastic bags tied over the pumps. Tense drivers stuck in hours-long lines. Packed buses and nearly empty restaurants. These have become familiar sights in Asheville and environs over the past two weeks during the area’s worst gas crisis in decades. Drained dry: Cars line down the street near a … Read more
Thomas Rain Crowe talks about destruction and change
Poet Thomas Rain Crowe talks about gated communities, weather changes, The End of Eden and how one person can make a difference. His new book, a collaboration with artist Robert Johnson, will be released Thursday at Blue Spiral 1.
Rounding up the citizens
Recently, community organizing has been in the news because one of the two candidates for president worked as a community organizer. There have been snickers, belittling comments and general disrespect for what a community organizer does. I think those who have that perspective are unaware of what community organizing is all about. When some people … Read more
Asheville contingent in the spotlight at Montana festival
A performance-art piece by Asheville fashion designer Brooke Priddy will take center stage Oct. 2 at a multidisciplinary arts-and-cultural event in Montana that a group of organizers plans to replicate in Asheville next April. Stitching together art and fashion: Asheville designer Brooke Priddy fashions a dress on a live model during a HATCHfest introductory party … Read more
Greene vs. Duncan: Irreconcilable differences
Two of Buncombe County’s most powerful officials are waging a very public battle over control of the Sheriff’s Office. A complaint from a resident that Buncombe County deputies were using their patrol cars to take their kids to school set off an initial round of sparring between County Manager Wanda Greene and Sheriff Van Duncan. … Read more
Asheville Neighborhood Congress 3.0
From Montford to Sunset Drive to Oakley, Asheville’s neighborhoods each have their own distinctive feel. But, says Mariana Bailey, co-president of the Coalition of Asheville Neighborhoods, they also have similar desires. The search for those fundamentals—and the methods to achieve them—are at the core of the annual CAN Neighborhood Congress. Since the first one three … Read more
