November 5, 2013 – mountainx.com

For a song: county commissioners vote on mental health, new attorney

November 5, 2013 by Hayley Benton

In a rather out-of-the-ordinary Nov. 5 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting, members of the board voted and came to unanimous decisions on matters of transportation, rezoning and a resolution for the Smoky Mountain LME board of representatives.

The grieving ritual: clearing the slate for future generations

November 5, 2013 by Jordan Foltz

Burkinabe healer, Sobonfu Somé comes to the Asheville area to lead a weekend grieving ritual Nov. 9 and 10. She will also lead a talk on Friday, Nov. 8, from 7-9 p.m. at Jubilee! in downtown Asheville.

Local hairstylist represents Asheville in national publication

November 5, 2013 by Hayley Benton

Asheville is on the national radar for food, beer, music, happiness, hippiness — and now hair.

Local hairstylist Katie Manselle was featured in this month’s American Salon magazine, which reaches an audience of about 800,000 monthly.

Young at heart

November 5, 2013 by Dewitt Robbeloth

Since opening Asheville's first yoga studio in 1981, Lillah Schwartz has practiced and taught yoga to hundreds of Asheville locals, many of whom have gone on to become yoga teachers themselves. Schwartz specializes in an alignment-based yoga tradition called Iyengar yoga, which focuses on the precise positioning of the body, as well as breath control. … Read more

Smart Bets: Telecine

November 5, 2013 by Xpress Staff

It's weird to describe noise-rock as cozy, but there's something to the guitar-bass-and-drums bombast of local trio Telecine that's strangely soothing. Maybe it's the fuzzy sweater hug of static at the core of each song. Maybe it's Andrew Larson's gentle tenor, or the rainy-day melancholy of the vocals that rise through the heavy churn and … Read more

Watermark

November 5, 2013 by Alli Marshall

You might think you know Shannon Whitworth. With her Americana roots and her Belk commercials and her pageant-pretty-turned-Bohemian looks. And then you listen to her new album, High Tide. It drifts on salty breezes, it aches and glimmers. Whitworth smolders on each beachy, swoony, retro-cool track. And you think, who is this? And why didn’t … Read more

Walking in community

April 6, 2014November 5, 2013 by Webmaster

Walk any day along the Hominy Creek Greenway (not to be confused with Hominy Creek River Park) and you’ll pass scores of walkers, nature lovers, runners and families. To me, this represents quite an achievement. For years, West Asheville residents have walked and jogged the narrow path cleared by the Metropolitan Sewerage District between Sand … Read more

Art Museum money is not a tax

November 5, 2013 by Webmaster

I have something amazing to say: I agree with Ken Michalove in his recent letter about voting to change government if you don't like it (see “Don’t Like Asheville Government? Vote.” Oct. 30 Xpress). Amen. But alas, there it ends. I am so tired of reading Mr. Michalove's false information about the Art Museum and … Read more

Smart Bets: Yamato: The Drummers of Japan

November 5, 2013 by Xpress Staff

Think of it as STOMP, only from Japan’s Nara Prefecture, and centered around the ancient art of Taiko drumming as opposed to making rhythms with janitorial equipment. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Yamato, though the years haven't slowed the percussionists’ frenetic pace nor dulled their athletic prowess. "The master drummers perform on a … Read more

With a banjo on his knee: One local instrument-maker’s search for perfection

November 5, 2013 by Steph Guinan

As with most artists and artisans, both the product and the method are tools for self-discovery: Jim Huskins has been making banjos since the early 1970s, and he shares with Xpress a little of what he’s learned.