July 18, 2017 – mountainx.com

Tuesday History: Outrage over Langston Hughes’ unreported visit to Asheville, 1949

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 by Hannah Frisch

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

“I would like to ask you, the editor, what is the purpose of a newspaper? Is it not to report the news, to give its readers a full account of all important events, as soon as possible after they have taken place?” writes Anne Hunter Jenkins of Fletcher, N.C. in her 1949 letter to the editor.

Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings July 18-24

July 19, 2017July 18, 2017 by Scott Douglas and Edwin Arnaudin

**UPDATED JULY 19** Hi-Wire turns four, Wedge releases a new stout, Thirsty Monk celebrates Belgian National Day and more local beer news.

Small bites: Pottery, cuisine and philanthropy

July 18, 2017 by Thomas Calder

East Fork Pottery introduces the One Bowl Dinner fundraising series. Also: Edible Asheville hosts its latest FED Talk, Luella’s Bar-B-Que celebrates 10 years, Hickory Nut Gap Farm hosts a butchery class and Virgola opens in Biltmore Village.

Folkmoot returns for its 34th year

July 18, 2017 by Lauren Stepp

This year’s iteration, running from Thursday, July 20, to Sunday, July 30, features folk dance collectives from India, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Argentina, Russia, Israel, Taiwan and Wales. Traditional Appalachian and Cherokee groups will perform, too.

Letter: Stop glorifying Confederate monuments

July 18, 2017 by Letters

“There is a difference between memory and celebration, and most Confederate monuments are less about memory and more about the celebration of white supremacist control.”

Asheville Creative Arts stages ‘Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type’

July 19, 2017July 18, 2017 by Timothy Burkhardt

A group of barnyard bovines find a typewriter and use it to demand better treatment from their owner: This is the storyline of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, a children’s book by author Doreen Cronin and the season-closing production of Asheville Creative Arts. The show, which includes acting, live music, dance and puppetry, will open at The Magnetic Theatre on Friday, July 21.

Single premiere: “Chloroform Pillow” by Tam Tsu

July 18, 2017 by Alli Marshall

Tam Tsu holds an album release show at The Mothlight on Thursday, Aug. 3, with House and Land and Nathan Olson.

Smart bets: For Rumbough

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 by Emily Glaser

The full evening of dance takes place at The Academy at Terpsicorps on Friday, July 21, and Saturday, July 22.