January 29, 2015 – mountainx.com

Discussion delves deeper into racial disparity in Asheville schools

January 31, 2015January 29, 2015 by Pat Barcas

The meeting this week at Hillcrest Community Center, presented by the school’s parent teacher organization (PTO), mirrored a Jan. 20 session that focused on what can be done to include every student, faculty member, staff and parent at Hall Fletcher Elementary School.

How whole-person care helped two patients

May 27, 2015January 29, 2015 by Nicki Glasser

Carol Conrad From sick gut to happy wholeness “I’ve had problems with my stomach ever since I was a baby. All through my life I had tests, and no one could figure it out,” says Asheville resident Carol Conrad. She sought help from several angles —a gastroenterologist and a naturopath; different medications and supplements — but … Read more

Online initiatives aim to increase engagement with Asheville Council

January 30, 2015January 29, 2015 by Jake Frankel

As Asheville City Council heads into an important election year, a variety of new local projects are in the works that aim to increase civic engagement.

‘American Sniper’ an ‘endless abomination’

January 29, 2015 by Letters

I saw the incredibly violent American Sniper on M.L. King’s nonviolent birthday in a Biltmore Grande theater packed with other Ashevilleans. Director Clint Eastwood succeeded in depicting how brilliantly brave sniper Chris Kyle was tragically traumatized, and then murdered, in part by America’s Middle Eastern policy. The movie is mainly an endless abomination of kicking … Read more

Survey shows local support for integrative care

January 29, 2015 by Susan Foster

In order to assess the state of integrative and mind-body medicine in the Asheville area, Xpress invited health care professionals in the Asheville area to participate in a survey about their approaches to treatment. Of fifty-one respondents, half were individual health care providers. Other respondents listed themselves as clinics or health centers, hospitals, or educational … Read more

Hanke’s comment might prove hurtful to victims of child abuse

January 29, 2015 by Letters

Reviewing Inherent Vice [Jan.7, Xpress], Ken Hanke wrote, “I suspect there are people who can resist a movie with lines like, ‘He forced my little girl to listen to original Broadway cast albums while he had his way with her,’ but I am not one of those people. That is just one of the many nuggets of … Read more

Smart bets: Green Sunshine

January 29, 2015 by Alli Marshall

“For the eight-piece Tampa, Fla.-based funk/hip-hop band Green Sunshine, every show is a party,” says a press release. And that’s almost all you need to know. Except that members have stage names like Optimus Rhyme, Mowtown Tea and Sunshine Slim, and they’ve got matching green tracksuits. Together since 2008, the collective considers itself to be … Read more