September 2, 2014 – mountainx.com

Buncombe commissioners approve $1.3 million for Enka/Candler sports complex

September 5, 2014September 2, 2014 by Cameron Huntley

After an hour-long discussion and seven stipulations, Buncombe County commissioners approved donating $1.3 million to help fund a new sports complex in Enka-Candler — although one commissioner described the proposal as a “little outside the norm.”

Black Mountain College Museum receives Windgate grant

September 5, 2014September 2, 2014 by Kyle Sherard

The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center announced on Tuesday afternoon, Sept 2, that it has received a $646,685 grant from the Windgate Charitable Foundation. The award places the 20-year-old nonprofit museum among a growing list of Western North Carolina art-and-craft institutions that have received funding from the Siloam Springs, Ark.-based organization.

About the right to bare breasts in public

September 3, 2014September 2, 2014 by Letters

Excuse me, but what’s the beef here (no pun intended)? Women want equal rights to bare their breasts in public because men can walk around without wearing a shirt? The point escapes me. Let me get this straight: Nature endowed women with two breasts, primarily to provide milk to nurture their young. Any other “titillation” … Read more

Smart bets: Julie Armbruster

September 3, 2014September 2, 2014 by Kat McReynolds

Painter Julie Armbruster uses mixed media to create human-animal hybrid characters . Armbruster’s latest show, Puddles and Projections will be featured in the F.W. Front Gallery at Woolworth Walk for the duration of September

Dual local exhibits examine the Gee’s Bend quilts through prints

September 2, 2014 by Kyle Sherard

It’s been 12 years since the art world first heard about Boykin, Ala. — better known as Gee’s Bend. This small, unincorporated community tucked deep within a river bend is home to the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective, a multigenerational group of African-American women made famous by the Houston Museum of Fine Arts’ 2002 show The … Read more

Smart bets: Mutual Benefit

September 3, 2014September 2, 2014 by Alli Marshall

Mutual Benefit are currently on tour in support of the re-release of the 2011 EP, The Cowboy’s Prayer, and will appear at the Mothlight on Friday, Sept. 5.

Smart bets: Dan Rice

September 2, 2014 by Kat McReynolds

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is proud to demonstrate its artistic legacy by presenting the work of alumnus and former teacher Dan Rice. According to the exhibit’s press release, Rice, who died in 2003, was an underappreciated painter who paid his rent by stretching canvases, mixing paints and building frames for his more acclaimed … Read more

The long hello: Permitting issues drag on for South Slope ventures

September 2, 2014September 2, 2014 by Jonathan Ammons

Driving by the old Standard Paper Sales building, you can see construction workers carrying equipment in and out and hear the sounds of loud machinery. Vortex had originally planned to open in the space in June, and four other South Slope businesses had their sights on the space for September. As the summer slips away, you can’t help but wonder what’s holding up those projects.

Smart bets: Creepoid

September 3, 2014September 2, 2014 by Kat McReynolds

If you’re going to check out Creepoid at the band’s Odditorium show, plan to spend at least half of the concert attempting to identify all of the ’90s rock icons conjured by the group’s most recent releases.

Get lit: Carolina Mountains Literary Festival returns to Burnsville

September 3, 2014September 2, 2014 by Rich Rennicks

Unlike larger book festivals, the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival deliberately sets out to create a “festival of ideas.” As anyone who has attended a previous festival knows (the gathering is now in its ninth year), events are informal, and are more akin to conversations than presentations.