At its Oct. 25 meeting, Asheville City Council voted to terminate Occupy Asheville’s encampment under the Lexington Avenue bridge by Oct. 28, while waiving fees the protesters had incurred. A request by protesters to get a curfew waiver to camp in public parks failed when only one Council member supported it.
Free and open to the public, the SYNTH Art Show will feature more than a dozen of the top concert-poster artists and graphic designers from around the country, each of whom have designed and donated one-of-a-kind, hand-printed, Moog-themed posters for sale inside the Moogaplex (aka Haywood Park Hotel). What’s more, proceeds go to support the Bob Moog Foundation.
Asheville-area citizens stand by their trees, as Shannon Tuch, assistant director at the city’s planning department, can confirm. When a contractor for the new Wells Fargo bank branch at Patton and Louisiana Avenues cut down the mature trees blocking the company’s new sign recently, Tuch started hearing “a lot of outrage from the community” regarding the cutting of a designated ‘Treasured Tree.’ Her office prepared a notice of violation tagged to a $2,900 fine against Wells Fargo — only to revoke it when the N.C. Department of Transportation got involved.
Oh, it’s a busy week, but before getting to that, let’s have a moment of silence for the passing of an old friend. Yes, it’s finally happened after 20 weeks—Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris is leaving us. You have till Friday to taken one last look. Otherwise, the week finds us with three for sure mainstream titles—In Time, Puss in Boots, The Rum Diary—and one possible mainstream title—Anonymous (it’s unclear whether its 250 venue release includes Asheville at this point). In addition, we have two art titles with Blackthorn opening at The Carolina and Love Crime opening at the Fine Arts. And then, there’s the impossible to classify The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) play late shows and midnights Friday and Saturday at The Carolina.
I am writing in response to Fred Flaxman’s commentary encouraging the community to oppose our local public-radio station’s license renewal with the Federal Communications Commission (see “Just Say No,” Oct. 19 Xpress). I would assert that WCQS-FM is our most essential source of information in Western North Carolina. The station covers 12 counties in the … Read more
This time of year, Michael Porterfield’s farm turns into one giant pumpkin patch. He grows other cool-weather crops now, too — from carrots to radishes — at New Sprout Organic Farms near the Ingles warehouse on the way to Black Mountain. But, he’s got an entire acre dedicated to the festive fall veggie. Some find … Read more
Find a last-minute jack-o-lantern at area farmers tailgate markets through this weekend. Hugh Wright of Arbor Studios is even slated to offer pre-carved, porch-ready pumpkins at Asheville City Market Saturday. Or, head out to roadside farm stands (perfect places to shop while on a leaf-peeping drive!) or area farm’s fields to pick your own. Visit … Read more
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners Oct. 18, 2011 meeting Retaining-wall ordinance tightened CTS condemnation hearing postponed In yet another attempt to maintain services while cutting costs, the commissioners unanimously approved leasing soccer fields at the Buncombe County Sports Park in Enka-Candler to the Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer Association. Under the agreement, the nonprofit will handle … Read more
Now is the time for voters in Buncombe County to separate fact from fiction regarding the vote for A-B Tech [“School or Scandal?” Oct. 19 Xpress]. A handful of political activists formed a political referendum committee to oppose the quarter-cent sales-tax investment. The name of the committee is STOP, an acronym derived from Sales Tax … Read more
