Alan Reynolds simply wanted to keep the chickens out of the blueberries. The solution, he reasoned, was a chicken tractor, a self-contained, bottomless mobile coop of sorts for domestic birds. Photos by Leigh Reynolds You may have heard of chicken tractors before. They were popularized by Joel Salatin in the 1980s as an option for … Read more
My continuing hiking adventure began with a flash of inspiration on an icy morning. "You know, I could do 1,000 different day hikes and write them down; all the ones we've already done would count toward the goal. I could put them in a book: It would be something for the family," I said to … Read more
Join Xpress Senior Reporter David Forbes as he covers tonight’s Asheville City Council meeting from city hall — on Twitter.
Click through to get a live feed or get the coverage by following the hashtag #avlgov. The meeting begins at 5:00 pm. Tonight’s minutes can be found here and for a live video feed, click here.
Here’s a surprisingly interesting week for this late in the summer. Two “art” films of note — Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky and The Killer Inside Me — open at the Fine Arts and the Carolina respectively. And at least two of the mainstream releases — Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Eat Love Pray — hold potential interest, while the third — The Expendables — has undeniable curio value.
Two benches at the intersection of Haywood and Walnut streets were reversed last week: They’re now back to back instead of facing each other. A city spokesperson says the step was taken when, after investigating complaints of drug dealing and other criminal acts, the police “found that certain people were using the positioning of the benches to view and discreetly communicate police activity to one another.”
