Day: July 3, 2012
Asheville loves a fashion show and the options are coming more regularly — plus, they’re getting more creative and more exciting. On the heels of ACT's Costume Drama and last month's Project Runway: It’s a Fashion Revival (hosted by the Jewish Community Center), the collaborative nonprofit Local Cloth: Farm/Fiber/Fashion Network and the Asheville Art Museum … Read more
Flowers, feathers, paper and tape
Fashion shows tend to be variations on a formula: Designers or boutiques send models draped in the latest apparel down the runway to the beat of something indie/pop-y/electro-dance-y. Costume Drama: A Fashion Show (part of DramaRama, Asheville Community Theatre's weeklong fundraiser) is shaking all that up. Costume Drama takes its cues from the fashion-forward reality … Read more
The tipping point
It's Friday night, and Carla Gilfillan is just starting her shift at Outback Steakhouse on Tunnel Road. She'll spend the next six hours juggling orders and handling the requests of several dozen people. By the end of the night, her pedometer will indicate she's clocked nearly 20 miles around the restaurant, refilling drinks, dropping off … Read more
Business Blotter
Openings Ace Hardware (new south Asheville location), 1888 Hendersonville Road, 676-0047 Blue Ridge Custom Floors (new show room), 1154 Sweeten Creek Road, 348-6977 Facebusters (custom statue busts), http://www.facebust.me 393-9030 French Broad Chocolates Factory and Tasting Room, 21 Buxton Ave. (pictured) Rec.ol.lec.tion (vintage store), 428-C Haywood Road 575-2336 Task Mania computer training classroom, 1200 Ridgefield Blvd., … Read more
What’s up with the conspiracy propaganda in the Xpress?
I recently opened the Mountain Xpress and was saddened to see an insert espousing conspiracy theories regarding the existence of the Illuminati and satanic cults. I am in full support of free speech and the freedom to advertise. I am a capitalist at heart and believe thoroughly in these ideas. I would be happy to … Read more
Moving pictures
June 26 meeting Ingles sign variance voted down Tobacco sponsorships banned from future festivals Staff studies aren't usually particularly controversial. But a proposed traffic-engineering study for the Charlotte Street corridor got some pushback at the Asheville City Council’s June 26 meeting. Some area residents said the $50,000 study is an unnecessary expense — and the … Read more
What about all of the other animals?
Kudos to Rusty Sivils for his well-written, heartfelt piece, “Dead Wrong,” regarding the slaughter of dogs and cats at animal shelters [June 13 Xpress]. However, I must take exception with his assertion that “we are all responsible for these animals’ deaths.” Many in the animal-welfare community have worked tirelessly trying to end this holocaust, and … Read more
The sticking point
Since 1994, the Needle Exchange Program of Asheville has been doing what it can to give community members access to harm-reduction supplies such as condoms, clean needles, cookers, cotton, alcohol swabs, antibiotic ointment, tourniquets and disposal containers. NEPA also gives referrals to HIV and hepatitis testing and counseling as well as substance-use/abuse treatment centers, and … Read more
