Timing is everything, especially when weather conditions change as quickly as they do in the mountains. Tuesday morning, Feb. 19, brought huge fluffy snowflakes to the higher elevations, quickly adding up to a couple of inches of snow. The whiplash of a day ended with a stunning sunset that was enhanced by concentric halos around the setting sun. 
If the typical sequence goes band, record label, concerts, then Asheville's Headway started backward. Headway began in 2008 as a series of live events — Headway Presents — at Izzy’s. Its purpose was to provide support for “an aesthetic outside the realm of the mainstream [that] needed a live audience and a venue,” says co-founder and musician Christopher Ballard.
Elliott Moss (left) and Ivan Candido at The Admiral. Photo by Max Cooper Ivan Candido: head chef, book-lover, ramen-seeker When Ivan Candido talks about cooking, his eyes go watery. He gets a weightless look, as though he might float away. “I have so many ideas,” he says with a contended sigh. Candido will be the … Read more
In May 2005, Angela Tapia stood on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River, waiting to cross to the United States with her husband, Ernesto Galindo, and their two children, Pedro, 10, and Maria, 6. About 12 feet wide due to dry weather, the Rio Grande looked more like a small lake than a river. But none of them knew how to swim, and the “coyote” they’d hired to take them across was telling them to wade in, promising to return the backpack containing their possessions on the other side. This Asheville family is part of a heated national immigration debate. Here is their story.
