Day: January 3, 2012
Instead of ban, Council committee recommends permit process for Occupy Asheville campers
A proposed ban on camping on city property — drafted in response to Occupy Asheville‘s encampment in front of City Hall — didn’t make it past Asheville City Council’s Public Safety Committee. Instead the committee directed staff at its meeting this afternoon to look at a permitting process for campers.
Live Twitter coverage of the Jan. 3 Buncombe Commissioner’s meeting
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will consider a number of issues at its first meeting of 2012, including a “Mental Health Services Report,” a proposal to rename the Smokey Park Bridge in memory of Capt. Jeff Bowen and a rezoning request. Follow live Twitter coverage beginning at about 4:30 p.m. here.
Live Twitter coverage of Public Safety meeting about Occupy Asheville camping rules
Asheville City Council’s Public Safety Committee will consider (and possibly modify) a proposed ban on camping on city property developed in response to Occupy Asheville‘s encampment in front of City Hall. Follow live Twitter coverage here.
Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler Jan. 4-10: Tinker Tailor Soldier—Devil?
Well, here we are with the first “Reeler” of the year. As I promised you, we get something tasty this week, and something that looks more than a little suspiciously like rankest Velveeta. The tasty is Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Solidier Spy. It’s a film that straddles the realm of art and mainstream, though it leans more toward the former than the latter (I say that having seen it twice now). However, it’s done well enough elsewhere that my guess is that it won’t just open at The Carolina and the Fine Arts, but may well be at the Regal Biltmore Grande, though that’s not confirmed. Also unconfirmed (if anybody really cares) is just who is getting the … well, we’ll call it mainstream release, The Devil Inside. Theoretically, some theater will be the lucky recipient.
Dancing in the new year: Scenes from the five-day Lindy Focus
Lindy Focus — a five-day dance extravaganza that takes place between Christmas and New Year’s — features workshops and nightly entertainment in the Lindy Hop, Balboa, Blues and Jazz Dance styles that were so popular in the 1930’s. Here are some highlights from the event, taken by freelance photographer Suzi Camarata.
Big Ideas 2012: Deferring the deluge
The local Sierra Club chapter has another big idea for 2012: bolstering Progress Energy’s coal-ash ponds in Skyland to avoid a disaster like the massive spill at Kingston, Tenn. back in 2008. The local utility’s two coal-ash ponds are unlined and contained by earthen dams; activists worry that toxic contaminants are leaching into local ground … Read more
