Day: November 9, 2010
Correction
Last week, we reported that Chai Pani is holding a benefit for India-based nonprofit the Meher Free Dispensary. We misquoted Isaac Clay, the event organizer, as saying that the service aids roughly 250,000 patients a year. In fact, the MFD provides help to approximately 25,000 a year. We apologize for the error.
Earlier this year, Warren Wilson College’s Katie Spotz became the youngest person (male or female) to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She did it to raise awareness about water issues, and Glamour magazine has named her Woman of the Year because of it.LIVE: Asheville City Council preview: Zoning and updates
Asheville City Council has a busy agenda for its Nov. 9 meeting, including a bevy of zoning decisions, updates on everything from the city’s carbon to economic stimulus spending, development policies, and considering (for the third time) new rules on cellphone towers. For live updates, follow Senior News Reporter David Forbes (@DavidForbes) via Twitter (#avlgov).
Win an iPad at the Xpress Best Of Bash!
Please join us for the third annual Best of Bash at the Orange Peel, Wednesday Nov. 17! The benefit party for Manna FoodBank will celebrate our Best Of WNC winners and feature performances by Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Sons of Ralph, Asheville Vaudeville and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, as well as a wide variety of tasty treats from participating Best of WNC restaurants. We’ll also be raffling off another Apple iPad. This post includes a video of our first Best Of 2010 iPad winner, Beth Yager Eckstein. Congrats!
Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler Nov. 10-16: Lions and aliens and runaway trains, oh my
From a serious moviegoing standpoint, the big titles opening this week are ones I’ve already seen: Four Lions and Inside Job. You’ll find reviews of both in this week’s Xpress (they were among the films I reviewed over the weekend from hell—10 movies in three days). Conviction, Morning Glory, Skyline and Unstoppable are also coming to town. That means six films will be vying for your moviegoing attention—not to mention your hard-earned spondulicks.
