Asheville innovators create what’s next
- Volume 24
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Innovative ideas and approaches abound throughout Western North Carolina, which made selecting just eight innovative initiatives to highlight in this special feature a challenge. Representing a range of disciplines and endeavors, local innovators are moving our community forward in a host of ways.
arts
The Squirrel Nut Zippers bring their Christmas caravan to Asheville
The holiday tour builds upon the Zippers' 1998 Christmas Caravan album. “It was my favorite Zippers record,” Jimbo Mathus says, “because it has that great functionality to it, being a…Smart Bets: Kat Williams
The local singer will be backed by the Richard Shulman Trio at Isis Music Hall on Dec. 3.Valeria Watson addresses a dark past and bright future with her new installation
'Perhaps She Has a Pink Vest' opens Friday, Dec. 1, in the Asheville Area Arts Council’s Host Gallery.Smart Bets: Hand to Heart Holiday
The Big Crafty's first two-day event takes place Dec. 2-3 at the U.S. Cellular Center.Smart Bets: A Christmas Carol
The holiday tradition — now preceded by a Victorian craft festival — runs Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 2-17, at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater.Cary Cooper debuts ‘Case of the Hopefuls’ at The Altamont Theatre
Recorded over an intense three-week stretch this summer in Grand Rapids, Mich., to coincide with Cooper’s teaching duties at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the arrangements are constructed lightly,…Smart Bets: Emma’s Lounge
Asheville's self-described purveyor of “space-age folk-wave” plays its final show of the year on Dec. 2 at Salvage Station.
food
Front lines: Animal Liberation Front vs. Wild Abundance permaculture school
This fall, an international animal rights organization spearheaded a campaign to stop a small Western North Carolina permaculture school from hosting its annual home-butchering workshop.Sweet potato underground: The lowdown on WNC’s favorite fall and winter tuber
From root to leaf, this Western North Carolina root crop has culinary uses far beyond the traditional brown sugar and marshmallow holiday treatment.Small bites: Pull Up at the Peel Deli and Grill
Pull Up at the Peel Deli and Grill expands its lunch options. Also: East Fork Asheville hosts a cake-off; Sandy Mush Mountain Music and Square Dance returns; French Broad Chocolate…
living
Local agencies battle health woes of food deserts in WNC
Food deserts —areas where people do not have easy access to large grocery stores — can occur in both urban or rural areas. Food deserts exist in many areas of…Conscious Party: A Winter’s Tail
The Friends of the WNC Nature Center’s long-running holiday celebration returns Dec. 2 with a full day of family-friendly activities.
movies
Screen scene: Local film news
UNCA and Grail Moviehouse celebrate silent cinema, the Frame + Form Screen Dance Festival deadline nears and more.
news
Christmas tree farmers strike balance in production practices
Asheville loves its organic produce. But the same shoppers who scrupulously avoid conventional fruits and vegetables may not think twice about the practices used to raise another of Western North…Ambulance service gets initial thumbs-up from county
Buncombe County commissioners agree that more emergency transportation services would benefit the community, but differ on what the process should be for approving a franchise for Arden-based ambulance company.
opinion
Letter: Tired of Asheville hippie-crites
"I took my teenage autistic son trick-or-treating in West Asheville, off Haywood Road, and was so outraged by these jerks who dress and talk like hippies, who were bullying and…Letter: What our Sunday school teachers never mentioned
"Fox newsman Bill O’Reilly said he is 'mad at God' for failing to protect him from his $32 million sexual harassment lawsuit. You gotta wonder if ole Bill ain’t asking…A ride on the county
ASHEVILLELetter: McHenry favors policies that make life harder
"Polls indicate less than 25 percent of voters favor this bill. Once again, McHenry talks 'tax reform' but supports unpopular policies that make his constituents’ lives harder."Booked
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