Day: December 4, 2012
Bathetic Records and Headway Recordings celebrate Lazy Magnet album release
The experimental music scene in Asheville has seen exponential growth in the past year, thanks in large part to two local labels — Headway Recordings and Bathetic Records. This weekend, the pair combine forces to throw a local album release party for one of Bathetic’s most prolific (and indescribable) artists, Providence, R.I.-based Lazy Magnet.
LIVE: Updates from the Dec. 4 Buncombe County commissioners’ meeting
Amid an ongoing dispute over the District 2 election results, the new Buncombe County commissioners from other areas were sworn in yesterday, Dec. 3, and are scheduled to consider the controversial issue of setting their own pay at today’s meeting. This post contains live updates from the meeting via Twitter.
Taking the long view
Last May, Asheville Transit (now called ART, for "Asheville Redefines Transit") began implementing the city's Transit Master Plan, developed with significant public input beginning in 2008. As with any change, not everyone is entirely happy with the outcome, and some of that unhappiness has spilled out in public venom. Perhaps some explanation of the motivations … Read more
Blotter
Openings Hunter Nissan car dealer, 1340 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville. 697-2222 Nest Family Resource Center, 51 N. Lexington Ave. 258-1901. http://nestorganics.com (pictured). Closings Lowes Foods, 1378 Hendersonville Road. Trash, Inc. (closing by Dec. 31, ongoing sales until then), 711-B Biltmore Ave. 505-7855. http://trashincasheville.com. Renovations and other changes Maggie’s Galley Oyster Bar, closed pending relocation to 1374 … Read more
A word about writers’ gifts
Local poet Luke Hankins (who is the editor of Poems of Devotion and takes part in the reading event for that collection at Malaprop’s on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 5 p.m.) offers up a number of suggestions for the writer on your holiday list. Surprise: the ideal gift is not necessarily a journal. “I know … Read more
Baby, it’s local outside
Holiday shopping doesn’t have to mean throngs of crowds clambering for bargains and deals. Of course you know this: You live in Asheville. You’re schooled in keeping it local. You know what it means to have a calm, friendly experience while finding the perfect something for the someones in your life. You know why it’s … Read more
