Day: November 12, 2013
The ‘Good Kids’ School
Good things are happening at Community High. In the last academic year, the school met state-mandated progress goals for end-of-course test scores. And beginning this semester, the school has college-level Advanced Placement classes, something only a handful of alternative high schools in North Carolina offer.
The Biz
Openings Anjali Hot Yatra Yoga and Physical Therapy 780 Hendersonville Road, Suite 14, 785-1366 Iron Palm Bouldering 1636 Hendersonville Road, 575-2777 Junk Recyclers 26 Glendale Ave., 505-1108 Grand Opening Wednesday, Nov. 13 Studio A 344 Depot St., at Pink Dog Creative, 423-6459 Grand Opening Saturday/Sunday, Nov. 9-10, 10 a.m.-6 p.m, coinciding with the River Arts … Read more
The Biz: An antidote to scary closets
How do you market a product that's unlike anything else out there? You shoot a faux-horror commercial, of course, if, like local inventor Larry Donahue, you also happen to be a writer and filmmaker (his film, The Devil's Courthouse, played at the 2004 Asheville Film Festival). "It's been hard to get people to grasp what … Read more
Poetic justice
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security; to fair trials, to work, to rest and leisure. But food, clothing and housing don’t come up until Article 25 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That seems strange, considering that the rest won’t amount to much without a decent meal and a warm bed. … Read more
Ingles ‘infomercial’ has no place in paper
I really must take exception to the "infomercial" written by Ingles dietitian Leah McGrath in last week’s Mountain Xpress. This kind of misinformation has no place in the Xpress. Her first point disputing the statement: "I buy local because it's organic," is pointless, except as a defense for non-local food. Her second point, stating that … Read more
The Biz: Mad scientists
While they won’t be able to blow anything up in an office, Avi Silverman says that having a physical space is an important first step for the tinkerers, inventors, engineers and such who call themselves the Asheville Makers. He likens the group’s new “makerspace,” which officially opened its doors on Nov. 5, to “an artists’ … Read more
