May 15, 2018 – mountainx.com

Letter: A plea to fellow crossword lovers

May 15, 2018 by Letters

“Please for the love of everything holy and sacred, if you begin a crossword in the Mountain Xpress, take it with you, recycle it, tear the page off, make origami. But please never return it neatly folded to the rack.”

Small bites: Kitchen Ready Showcase Dinner spotlights New Orleans fare

May 15, 2018 by Thomas Calder

Kitchen Ready graduates are set to showcase their culinary skills in the program’s capstone project. Also: A Taste of the Vineyard raises funds for Big Brother Big Sister of Henderson County; Dobra Tea hosts tasting class; Villagers offers workshops in canning and fermented alcoholic beverages; The Asheville Club opens and White Duck Taco relocates in the RAD.

The Downtown After 5 concert series celebrates a major anniversary

May 15, 2018 by Timothy Burkhardt

Friday, May 18, the 30th annual Downtown After 5 concert series launches with an especially localcentric show: Asheville All-Stars, a super-group comprised of a rotating cast of Asheville’s favorite singers and musicians.

Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings: May 15-21

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 by Edwin Arnaudin

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation’s Find Your Pint beer series kicks off at Bhramari, Villagers offers a Fermented Alcoholic Beverages class and more local beer news.

Sarah Louise shares a new forest-themed record at The Mothlight

May 15, 2018 by Edwin Arnaudin

The Asheville vocalist and multi-instrumentalist plays a record release show May 17 at The Mothlight.

Letter: Don’t give political power to litter and rats

May 15, 2018 by Letters

“At the unconsciousness rate we are polluting our planet and the threat of nuclear annihilation by our militaristic world leaders, vermin will probably inherit Earth soon enough.”

Smart Bets: Welcome to the Bassooniverse

May 15, 2018 by Edwin Arnaudin

Pan Harmonia ends its 18th season with a pair of free local shows, May 18 and 20.

Asheville Archives: ‘A growing evil’

July 23, 2018May 15, 2018 by Thomas Calder

On April 26, the the Equal Justice Initiative, a private nonprofit, opened the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. The memorial features over 800 weathering steel monuments. According to its website, each structure represents a county in the U.S. where a “racial terror lynching” took place. Names of victims are inscribed on each … Read more