Day: November 8, 2011
Bark and run for a good cause
What: A morning jog with a dog can be a refreshing start to the day, but throw in several dozen canines and runners, and you’ve got yourself a pack of do-gooders. The Trails and Tails 5K will benefit the Asheville Humane Society and the Buncombe County Sports Park. Serious runners are encouraged to race (without … Read more
Backward and forward
We’re living in a pretty backward time here in America. We define our excess by poverty and our poverty by excess. If you saw a tanned, thin man wearing torn clothes and driving an all-terrain vehicle 60 years ago, he was probably a farmer scrabbling to make ends meet. Today, however, there’s a fair chance … Read more
Armageekdon
It's possible that, like Encyclopedia Britannica, the Bible and any book of astrology, a reader can open John Hodgman's That Is All to any page and come face to face with a life-changing revelation. Such as, "If someone gives you a gift in KOREA, it is expected that you will first refuse it by throwing … Read more
John Fleer eyes Asheville
Asheville, we're about to get another feather in our culinary cap. John Fleer is looking at our area to open his first restaurant. You may have heard Fleer's name before; he was the executive chef of Blackberry Farm, an Eastern Tennessee resort, for almost 15 years — and simultaneously the general manager of the resort … Read more
Eyes on the street
Walk out in the street and ask anybody — ask the beggars or the tourists, the hippies or the Bible thumpers, the artists or the accountants — and they’ll tell you the world is going to hell. As a photographer, this means good things for me. I've been shooting pictures in Asheville for a decade … Read more
Vetting the vets
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting Nov. 1, 2011 CTS property owner withdraws appeal of condemnation Planning Board appointments postponed With Veterans Day approaching, the Buncombe County commissioners dedicated most of their Nov. 1 meeting to honoring those county residents who’ve served in the military and reviewing the local services available to them. After Commissioner … Read more
Please, Mayor Bellamy: don’t blame the messenger
If the Occupy Asheville movement has cost the city of Asheville any extra money in pay for our police, that responsibility lies with Mayor Terry Bellamy and not the Occupy Movement [”Fully Occupied,” Nov. 8 Xpress]. It is the mayor’s view that the movement is dangerous that has caused the larger problem. So far, her … Read more
Small Bites: Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council holds first meeting
Do we live in a “foodtopia”? Yes and no. While we have a thriving local-food movement, 29.9 percent of children in the region are “food insecure,” according to an August study on the issue conducted by MANNA FoodBank and Feeding America. Buncombe County fares just slightly worse than the state average, with over 50 percent … Read more
