June 21, 2015 – mountainx.com

Asheville 48 Hour Film Project comes to an end

June 23, 2015June 21, 2015 by Amber

The Asheville 48 Hour Film Project came to a close this evening, as far as the filming and editing are concerned, but the week’s activities are only just beginning for the public.

In photos: Water-balloon warriors cool off at the Battle of the Bywater

June 21, 2015 by Hayley Benton

The fourth annual Battle of the Bywater was packed with what may be “the biggest crowd we have ever had,” wrote the owners of the bar on Facebook — with cars lined up and down Riverside Drive (more so than usual).

Asheville Percussion Festival and Make Music Asheville host handpan artist Adam Maalouf and ‘kalimba man’ Kevin Spears

June 21, 2015 by Kat McReynolds

A recent performance by Maalouf and Spears was doubly significant for its association with both the fourth annual Asheville Percussion Festival and inaugural Make Music Asheville.

Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler June 10-16: I’ll See You in Jurassic World

July 14, 2015June 21, 2015 by Ken Hanke

We only get two movies this week — one so mainstream that it hardly needs mentioning, and one art title you may have heard of, but I’m not betting on it. Before we get down to cases here, it’s worth noting that the summer has not been the world-beater that was expected.

Screen scene: Local film news

June 21, 2015 by Edwin Arnaudin

This week in local film, the Directors Series continues at Carolina Cinemas, Asheville School of Film offers a summer filmmaking course for teens and a local inventor launches the RunPee app.

Day of mindfulness to be held at Asheville Insight Meditation Saturday, June 27

June 22, 2015June 21, 2015 by Melissa Sibley

A day-long mindfulness retreat will be held at Asheville Insight Meditation on Saturday, June 27. The retreat will explore mindfulness for “health, wellness, recovery and freedom from suffering,” says clinical psychologist Larry Cammarata, co-host of the retreat with Eddie LeShure, owner of Mindful Emergence.

Faces in the crowd: WNC crowdfunding initiatives

June 22, 2015June 21, 2015 by Kat McReynolds

Each week, Xpress highlights notable WNC crowdsourcing initiatives that may inspire readers to become new faces in the crowd. This week features a photo book capturing Hickory Nut Gap Farm’s storied past and present, a “Barnraiser” to help the farm build a kitchen and butchery on-site and a mobile app for mental wellness information hub MindPod Network.

Restless

June 22, 2015June 21, 2015 by Brent Brown

“Pity the nomad who finds his complaints of current residency conditions fall upon unsympathetic ears.”