If you’re looking for a women’s conference that offers a generous dose of herbal education mixed with camaraderie, empowerment and self-reliant living, then the Southeast Women’s Herbal Conference may fit the bill. The sixth annual conference, to be held Oct. 1-3 at Lake Eden in Black Mountain, draws women from across the Southeast to attend … Read more
Despite the beliefs and theories that reach through history, the meaning and purpose of dreaming is still mysterious: Are dreams a side effect of sleeping, the scattered reflections of the subconscious mind, warnings or a visual collage inspired by our hopes and fears? The unconscious mind in motion: Terpsicorps’ concert of contemporary ballet explores the … Read more
Mountain Xpress reported back in June on local wildlife-rehabilitation expert Sherry Johnson’s trip to the Gulf Coast to help clean up oiled birds and other wildlife directly impacted by the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster (see “Hands Across the Sand,” June 23 Xpress). But when Johnson and her husband tried to deliver the veterinary supplies donated … Read more
“Me and my friends dropped out of film school after our second year and moved back to Asheville,” Joe Chang tells Xpress, describing the Papercookie Picture Company he helped co-found. Less production company and more artistic collective, Papercookie was and is Chang's answer to the rigidness of the film-school experience. “We kind of got tired … Read more
"If it's not going to be fun for me, I'm not interested in doing it," says Danni Iosello. She can usually be found performing in Sin Ropas, the Marshall-based/world-touring indie-rock duo (Iosello plays percussion, her husband Tim Hurley plays guitar and sings), but, after an especially potent dinner of garden-grown pesto, Iosello went to sleep … Read more
Like a toddler with a leaky sippy cup, Dan Zanes casually dribbles a trail of notable names wherever he roams. For a decade, he’s been a family-music scion, buoyed by connections he made while leading thinking-man’s bar-rock band The Del Fuegos in the ’80s. Not just for kids: “Children’s music is particular to children’s experiences, … Read more
When Grammer School (sic) took the stage at The Orange Peel back in June — the last act of four finalists to compete for the title of WNC Magazine's Last Band Standing and winner of the opening slot at this year's Bele Chere — two things happened. One, they didn't win the competition. And two, … Read more
The Suspect: Here Come the Mummies This band calls themselves “More Undead than Dick Clark.” If that doesn’t scare you, imagine a sex-obsessed Weird Al Yankovic making a funk album. This bandage-wrapped band (usually performing with eight or nine members) dare you not to dance as they play gems like, “Attack of the Weiner Man,” … Read more
Beneath a hazelnut tree, Michael Gentry, aka the Sustainable Gourmet, has placed a table. Over the brightly colored tablecloth, he's laid out a spread of food, displayed in glass dishes and assorted pieces of pottery. Right there, in Asheville's edible garden, with the terra-cotta tiles of the city building peeking through the branches of an … Read more
