We called it home: Asheville’s African-American Heritage District takes shape
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Cover Design Credit:
Scott Southwick
Cover Photography Credit:
Joe Pellegrino
Beginning this year, various nonprofits will leverage grants to renovate and reconfigure three local buildings — all part of an effort to honor and elucidate the long-neglected history of Asheville’s African-American community.
arts
Asheville Fringe Arts Festival expands to a full week
One of the nation's fringier fringes celebrates its 17th year, Jan. 20-27.Smart Bets: We Shall Overcome
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receives a diverse musical tribute on Jan. 22 at Diana Wortham Theatre.Smart Bets: Steep Canyon Rangers
The bluegrass stalwarts welcome Hiss Golden Messenger for their annual homecoming show, Jan. 19 at the U.S. Cellular Center.Tellico releases its second album, ‘Woven Waters’
Tellico used a back-to-basics approach to recording, tracking live in the studio instead of layering individual performances. That approach is key to the record’s organic, you-are-there sonic quality.Smart Bets: Erin Foley and Jason Dudey
The veteran standups bring their Come Out Laughing Comedy Tour to The Grey Eagle on Jan. 19.Why There Are Words literary series launches in Asheville
Six poets and prose writers — Christine Hale, Luke Hankins, Mackenzie Kozak, Thoreau Lovell, Mark MacNamara and former North Carolina Poet Laureate Shelby Stephenson — will kick off the first…Smart Bets: Church Girls
The Philadelphia-based rock/punk quartet plays The Odditorium on Jan. 18.Submit student art, writing for 2019 Kids Issues
What would you do if you had superpowers for a day? Xpress wants to know! Submit student art, essays and poems by Feb. 8 to be considered for the 2019…
food
Beer Scout: CANarchy Collaboratory to open in former LAB space
The CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective — whose members include Oskar Blues Brewery and Cigar City Brewing — will bring new collaborative beers and ones from its portfolio to downtown Asheville…More WNC women are choosing careers as butchers
Women are becoming a force to be reckoned with in the historically male-dominated field.Small bites: Asheville Restaurant Week returns
Entering its seventh year, Asheville Restaurant Week begins Monday, Jan. 21. Also: Science Pub series returns; Chestnut hosts six-course wine dinner; Dobra Tea West Asheville leads a course on the…
movies-reviews
Screen scene: Local film news
The UNCA chapter of the International Socialist Organization hosts a screening of "Sorry to Bother You," December's Asheville Filmmaker Mixer is rescheduled and more.
news
Asheville Archives: The annexation of West Asheville, 1917
On June 9, 1917, the city of Asheville gained 5,000 new residents with its annexation of West Asheville.Polk County hosts nationally significant species diversity
“The vagaries of climate and geology and time and the dispersal mechanisms of plants and animals too — all of those things, just over vast eons of time, have given…New report examines health care disparities among transgender populations
Asheville-based nonprofit Campaign for Southern Equality, along with Western North Carolina Community Health Services, released a study last month detailing the health care experiences of transgender and nonbinary people. Transgender…Local nonprofits resurrect Asheville’s African-American history
Beginning this year, various local nonprofits will leverage grants from the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority to renovate and reconfigure the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, the YMI Cultural Center and the…Annual prayer breakfast to feature Green of the Little Rock Nine
Observances of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. kick off with the 38th annual prayer breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 19, presented by The Dr. Martin Luther…Van Duyn details priorities for upcoming legislative session
After Democrats broke the Republican supermajority in the N.C. House of Representatives and Senate in the 2018 election, State Sen. Terry Van Duyn believes her party colleagues in the General…Despite ‘physical anxiety,’ Council approves 416-unit South Asheville subdivision
“When I say I literally have physical anxiety about supporting this project, that is real and true,” said Council member Keith Young, citing his concerns over a lack of affordable…
opinion
Letter: ‘Immocrats’ and abortion rights
"The immigrant vote is a major threat to U.S. abortion rights and has already destroyed the March for Choice (replacing it with the March for Women’s Lives or Women’s March)."Letter: Respect King’s legacy and boycott UNCA speaker
"Speak up against class, racial, gender and religious hatred and those who promote it. Join the protesters outside."Raise the bar tab
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