Radishes get a bad rep. But, they get their name from the Latin word radix, related to the word radical. The crisp root is much more than a medium for culinary students to practice their veggie-carving prowess. Prepared correctly, they pack a big flavor punch — and they’re even more versatile than you think. Radishes … Read more
This group show of photography examines the universal notion of home using regional and familial subject matter. Scott Huebner’s photographs of banal objects and everyday acts herald quieter and oft-overlooked moments around the home. Matt Brown photographs dogs in their rural Southern environs, and Phaedra Call-Himwich exhibits intimate portraits of a free-wheeling elderly woman from … Read more
This is what Steven Samuels learned while writing Love Among the Frankensteins: • There are a lot of bad Frankenstein movies out there. • Mary Shelley, who penned the original gothic novel, was a bawdy writer. • Low-brow humor and high-brow dialogue love each other. Love Among the Frankensteins revolves around Henry Victor Frankenstein Whale, … Read more
The passage of Amendment One by a majority of North Carolinians this week adds fuel to a fire burning in the bellies of civil rights activists nationwide who are working hard even today to ensure cases on marriage equality are soon heard by our U.S. Supreme Court. This law will, on the federal level, eventually … Read more
Part neighborhood walk, part art exhibition, the Kenilworth Artists Studio Stroll (started in 2008) introduces the creations and working spaces of 22 artists based in historic, hilly Kenilworth. Included on the route are 92-year-old flute maker Red Ute; husband and wife collaborators Ann and Sandy Batton, who make fantastical clay forms; and Robert Kline, who … Read more
While the upcoming Decline of WNC show isn't necessarily the one to which you'd bring your visiting-from-out-of-town-Mary-Kay-saleswoman-of-the-quarter-Aunt-Betty, it's still a show with a lot of heart. Four bands perform a benefit for beleagured West Asheville venue The Get Down. The lineup includes B.F.O. ('90s Asheville alt-rockers Biltmore Forest Overdrive), Maggie Valley-based metal group Vic Crown, … Read more
Winner of the 2009 San Francisco Comedy Competition, Tom Simmons' material ranges from his own young son to grocery shopping to politics. “I’m a likable misanthrope, a contrarian who believes we are doing it all wrong. And it’s just fun pointing that out through jokes,” he says in his bio. He's kind of a lovable … Read more
Now in its sixth year, the annual Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival returns, Friday-Sunday, May 25-27, to venues around Asheville, with a weekend’s worth of burlesque, circus arts, live music, fire performance and more. There are also workshops for the studious (everything from tassel twirling to hula hooping, for $20-$25 per session) and an array … Read more
If you have listened to TV news or seen the national print media since May 8, you have heard and read some of the most disgraceful, denigrating referrals to the state of North Carolina and North Carolina voters. Why? Because, by an over 60 percent margin, North Carolina voters passed a constitutional amendment that states … Read more
Now that Amendment One has defined marriage as between one man and one woman, what is the message the voters sent, not only to the residents of North Carolina, but to all Americans? The message N.C. conveyed to gays is that we don’t hate you. It’s just we don’t want you making a commitment to … Read more
