Day: July 16, 2010
The Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands day two
Artists from all over show their work July 15th – 18th at the Civic Center in downtown Asheville. Amazing works from jewelry to chairs to paintings and so much more! Check out a photo gallery from this event! Photos by Halima Flynt.
Busk Break: Lyric performs “Blue Skies”
Last week, the Xpressstaff was all in a tizzy thanks to a performance by Lyric (aka Leeda September Jones), but weren’t quite able to get a recording of the young songwriter and her band. Luckily for the rest of us, Lyric is no stranger to the downtown busking scene. Here she is performing her song “Blue Skies” on Pack Square.
Mountain Xpress takes 1st place for 2009 multimedia project
Mountain Xpress has won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies for its 2009 multimedia project, “We are Burton Street: The Neighborhood’s Stand Against D.O.T.” The group effort involved Xpress staff and a host of citizen contributors — using video, audio and articles to tell the story of how one highway project affected a small, traditionally African-American neighborhood in West Asheville, North Carolina.
The Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands day one
Photos from the The Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands opening day Thursday, July 15 at the Asheville Civic Center. The event runs through Sunday, July 18.
Photo by Jonathan Welch
Sunny days: Sunflowers in season
Temperatures may likely push 90 degrees today, as Western North Carolina remains hot and, overall, a bit dry (Buncombe joins much of the state in the lowest level drought conditions, “abnormally dry,” but some counties — including nearby Jackson, Swain and Macon — have dried out enough to be in level two, Moderate Drought). But a West Asheville sunflower brings a little morning cheer. Look for afternoon showers and muggy conditions later today, however. 
photo by Margaret Williams
