Day: August 3, 2010
The full story about the benches
After reading the article [“Benched,” July 28 Xpress] and all the comments [online], I felt that there were a few things that needed to be said. The benches have been gone for over three months now, so it is weird to hear all the noise now. The smoking that was affecting our customers was the … Read more
The French Broad River: Are people eating the fish?
The article [“The Green Scene: Getting Off the Banks,” July 28 Xpress] could have done a better job in showing our human health linkages to the French Broad. The French Broad River is a drinking water source to over 1 million people. Not only does Western North Carolina draw water directly but so do people … Read more
“The boys in the back room” aren’t doing their job
I am glad someone is doing the work to go out and find out about polluters and what exactly they’re putting into our air, water and soil [“The Green Scene: Getting Off the Banks,” July 28 Xpress]. What you pointed out should be shocking to most people — the governmental agencies that are supposed to … Read more
Eatin’ In Season
With the exception of one winter spent working for Sears just after high school graduation, Ray Chambers has been farming his entire life. Family Farmin’: Ray Chambers farms approximately 40 acres, many of which were farmed by his father and grandfather. Photos courtesy of ASAP “As soon as it got to be warmer weather, I … Read more
Mountain Hopping
[Editor’s note: This week, Xpress debuts our new biweekly beer column, wherein our intrepid, brews-obsessed reporter takes on different facets of WNC’s brew culture. Mountain Hopping will be a dispatch-style exploration of the people and places behind the regional beer economy. Gonzo journalism? Maybe. But a first-person take outside the well-quaffed path. Mountain Hopping will … Read more
Into the mystic
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do,” Rumi said, and so does the life and art of River Arts District painter Spencer Herr. “Not You, Not Me, Just Us”: The artist is using human form fmore prominently in his new series, Working Man’s Mystic. Like most folk artists, Herr has had … Read more
