January 23, 2011 – mountainx.com

Learn how to help activate state arts funding

January 23, 2011 by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt

The arts advocacy workshop will be held at N.C. Stage, in downtown Asheville, on Monday, Jan. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. Why should you go?

Busk Break: Lyric performs “Rainfall” in front of the Woolworth Walk

January 23, 2011 by Steve Shanafelt

Asheville-based busker Leeda Jones (aka Lyric) performs “Rainfall,” joined by her band, in front of the Woolworth Walk in downtown Asheville.

HATCH Bash 2011

January 23, 2011 by Jonathan Welch

Photos from the HATCH Bash at the Hotel Indigo.

Photo by Jonathan Welch

Truck crashes into Greenlife, no one injured

January 23, 2011 by David Forbes

A truck crashed into Greenlife grocery around 1:30 p.m. today when it rolled out of park and back into the entrance. No one was injured, and the store is still open for business using its side door. According to the Asheville Police Department, there are no charges yet in the accident.

Photo by David Forbes

Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Where do you find the time?

April 6, 2014January 23, 2011 by Ken Hanke

I’m sitting here with Michael Curtiz’s The Sea Hawk (1940) playing off to the side. It’s a movie I’ve seen enough times over the years—starting at about the age of 15—that I can “watch” it without watching it too closely or getting distracted into watching the whole thing before I realize it. On my desk are two films—Kurosawa’s High and Low (1963) and William Friedkin’s The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968)—that I have to watch and review by mid-day Monday at the latest. I have this column to attend to, and reviews to write for The Way Back and Blue Valentine. And this is a light weekend comparatively speaking. I’m not complaining, mind you, but I also have a growing stack (literally and otherwise) of movies I want to watch, but when?

Edgy Mama: Why choosing not to vaccinate your child is a bad idea

January 23, 2011 by Anne Fitten Glenn

I’ve written about both sides of the childhood vaccination debate as objectively as possible over the years. I’ve chosen to vaccinate my kids, but until recently, I could, at least emotionally, understand why some of my friends and acquaintances choose otherwise. However, after researching the safety and efficacy of childhood vaccinations, talking extensively to doctors about the issue and learning about the recent outbreaks of deadly, but vaccine-preventable diseases like pertussis, I’ve realized I’m no longer objective.

The Beat: Grand Old Party in the House

January 23, 2011 by Jake Frankel

A look at what’s been making headlines: Republicans get set to take over Raleigh; Crimes abound in WNC; New bathrooms on the way to Pack Square; Shuler votes “no” on health care repeal and more.