December 10, 2018 – mountainx.com

Theater review: ‘Sanders Family Christmas’ at SART

December 10, 2018 by Jeff Messer

‘Sanders Family Christmas’ is the sequel to the bluegrass gospel musical ‘Smoke on the Mountain.’ It runs through Sunday, Dec. 23, on the campus of Mars Hill University.

Letter: Does Asheville’s Visitor Center reflect diversity?

December 10, 2018 by Letters

“I recently walked around the whole area and found only one African-American face, and that was on one brochure, of what seemed like hundreds, for a county assistance agency. What does that say to a black resident or visitor?”

Show review: 30th annual Christmas Jam

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 by Edwin Arnaudin

A first-time Christmas Jam attendee’s dispatch from Warren Haynes’ latest musical celebration.

No room for the inn: The Gospel According to Jerry

December 10, 2018 by Jerry Sternberg

“The city allowed the builder to go through all the expensive steps required to get total approval from all regulatory agencies, and then several Council members announced their intent to vote against it because, in their great wisdom, they have made the arbitrary decision that Asheville already has too many hotels.”

Smart Bets: Jill Andrews

December 10, 2018 by Edwin Arnaudin

The former Everybodyfields member plays Ambrose West on Dec. 13.

From practical to crafty to offbeat, local retailers offer gift options in WNC

December 10, 2018 by Leslie Boyd

Give Amazon.com a rest — Western North Carolina is full of small, independent retailers, where the only thing cookie-cutter is the display of, well, cookie cutters.

Dissociative regression

December 10, 2018 by Molton

ASHEVILLE, N.C.