Environmental leader Bill McKibben will speak at UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. Free, but limited seating. Info: http://avl.mx/72. A candlelight memorial vigil will honor World AIDS Day and the AIDS Memorial Quilt on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 7-9 p.m. Held at Pack Place, 2 South Pack Square. Info: http://www.wncap.org. Get … Read more
Older folks in our fair city are upset about the city no longer vacuuming leaves up in the fall. The city stopped the practice because the four vacuum trucks are old, costly to maintain, have a large carbon footprint, cost $75,000 to replace and are only used during two or three months a year. The … Read more
What: Let’s face it — you probably won’t be first in line at any big box store this Friday. Rather than wait all morning for a big screen TV, skip the shopping and glide through the air instead. Adventure America Zipline Canopy Tours will offer a special day of zip line excursions to benefit several … Read more
I received a call from Asheville GreenWorks today, informing me that the Adopt-a-Street signs for the WNC Atheists, which are posted on both ends of North Lexington Avenue, had been vandalized and would need to be replaced. I was also informed that Asheville GreenWorks had received threatening phone calls demanding that the signs be taken … Read more
Coming out of general anesthesia, Erin Salkin opened her eyes and looked around the hospital room, searching for the woman who could answer her question. She’d just given birth to her first child, Dylan, and she wanted to know if the emergency cesarean section doctors had performed meant she couldn’t have another child naturally, as … Read more
This is an interesting week. Everything—even the art titles—open on Wednesday, which is unusual, Thanksgiving or not. The three mainstream openers—Arthur Christmas, Hugo, The Muppets—are all of the family-friendly persuasion, which isn’t surprising at this time of year. What is surprising is that they’ve all been seen by some critics of note, and have all fared very nicely in the process. It will undoubtedly be noted that the bulk of the Arthur Christmas reviews are from the UK—its country or origin—and are therefore suspect. The problem with that bit of “conspiracy” theory is that the Brit reviewers love nothing better than trashing their own though some weird sense of cultural inferiority. Neither of the art titles—Like Crazy at The Carolina and Martha Marcy May Marlene at the Fine Arts—could even slightly be construed as family-friendly, especially the latter.
A controversial proposal to rename the Asheville Civic Center the “U.S. Cellular Center” is at the top of a busy agenda for Asheville City Council tonight.
