March 10, 2015 – mountainx.com

Asheville Amadeus festival celebrates Mozart and local art

March 10, 2015 by Alli Marshall

The inaugural Asheville Amadeus Festival — which runs March 17-22 — sees the Asheville Symphony Orchestra team up not only with Highland Brewing Co., but also with local groups ranging from N.C. Stage Company and the Asheville Art Museum to the Blue Ridge Orchestra and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville.

Council bans e-cigarettes in Asheville transit buses, greenways and city facilities

March 11, 2015March 10, 2015 by Pat Barcas

Puffing on an electronic cigarette on an Asheville city bus, in a park, greenway, or other city facility such as the U.S. Cellular Center could now net you a $50 fine.

Kids contribution: Learning community, monarch activism in Black Mountain

March 20, 2015March 10, 2015 by Tracy Rose

A student contribution from the Kids Issue.

Durham Living Wage Project uses Asheville’s Just Economics as program model

March 16, 2015March 10, 2015 by Hayley Benton

On Monday, March 9, The News & Observer posted a story on Durham’s new living wage certification program — titled the Durham Living Wage Project, citing Asheville’s Just Economics as its model.

Kids’ contribution: Activism means help for those who need it

March 24, 2015March 10, 2015 by Xpress Contributor

A student contribution from the Kids Issue.

Conscious Party: Souls for solar

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 by Michael McDonald

First Congregational United Church of Christ of Hendersonville’s congregation is on a mission to find a way to get as far off the grid as possible.

Food Connection gets restaurants’ excess to those in need

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 by Kat McReynolds

Local Flavor AVL co-founder Flori Pate recently launched a new project aimed at community progress through collaboration. Food Connection, which consolidates hunger and food waste by redirecting surplus edibles, will hold a kickoff fundraiser at the Altamont Theatre on Friday, March 13.

Smart bets: Asheville Poetry Review 20th anniversary edition

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 by Alli Marshall

The anniversary edition launches at Malaprop’s on Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m. The publication’s editor and contributors will read at the free event.

ASAP holds its Community Supported Agriculture Fair this Thursday

March 13, 2015March 10, 2015 by Hayley Benton

Beginning at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, residents will get to shake hands with the growers responsible for the region’s farm-to-table cuisine, learning more about CSA programs and products. Afterward, fairgoers will gather at Early Girl Eatery for a buffet-style dinner of small portion local foods.

Alejandro Cartagena: Beyond the HOV lane

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 by Kyle Sherard

Alejandro Cartagena, a Dominican-born and Monterrey, Mexico-based artist, will give a lecture discussing his work at the UNC Asheville Humanities Lecture Hall on Tuesday, March 17.