Celebrate the Best of WNC: Part 1
- Volume 27
- / Issue 7
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Scott Southwick
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Don’t we all want something to celebrate right now? Xpress’ annual Best of WNC awards deliver — spotlighting the Western North Carolina people, places and institutions deemed the best, as voted by our readers.
arts
Pandemic Arts series documents how WNC performers persevere
Deni and Will McIntyre's streaming series explores how area performers and venue owners are coping with COVID-19 challenges, both personally and creatively.Allan Wolf explores the Donner Party in his latest novel-in-verse
The Asheville-based author turns his attention to the Donner Party in “The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep."
food
Jewish Family Services breaks the Yom Kippur fast with breakfast for dinner
Sales of the catered Break Your Fast meals will support Jewish Family Services' holiday meal program, which delivers kosher meals to isolated seniors.Delayed but undaunted, new restaurants open for business
More than most new businesses, restaurants are vulnerable to vagaries beyond their control, and COVID-19 has created even more speed bumps on the path from "opening soon" to "now open."
news
Asheville Archives: Biltmore opens to the public, 1930
On March 15, 1930, the Biltmore Estate opened to visitors. Despite the nation's economic hardships, the new tourist attraction registered 39,052 guests between its launch and June 30, 1931.Health in brief: Asheville Yoga Center hits the market, website tracks impact of opioid crisis in Buncombe
Asheville Yoga Center, a pillar of the city's emerging "wellness district" in the area around South Liberty Street, is up for sale. The transition represents the next phase of changes…Buncombe County Election Services gears up for 2020 voting crunch
With fewer than seven weeks left until Election Day, the team at Buncombe County Election Services is prepared to ensure that every county resident can vote safely and securely.
opinion
Letter: Ideas to enhance our movie lives via Xpress
"I know I would certainly appreciate and enjoy reading those reviews more than the obscure offerings I see each week through your present offerings."Letter: Wells brings people together
"The attraction of the candidacy of Terri Wells for county commissioner is that of a person who realizes our immediate goals must be the same as our long-view goals: goals…Letter: We don’t need Cawthorn’s nonsense
"He’s supposed to be running to represent us, not Trump, and has zero knowledge of the needs of the people of Western North Carolina."Letter: Move needle back to moderate with Davis
"We do not need another extreme-right politician to further these misguided policies."Letter: Development rate isn’t ‘sustainable’
"Adding more population, cars and demand on natural resources is only going to bring extreme climate change right here faster."Letter: Cawthorn’s comments raise troubling questions
"But his visit to Berchtesgaden and his comments there raise troubling questions that he has failed to answer."Letter: Growing pains in Arden
"It’s going to cost gazillions to retool the economy, rebuild infrastructure and control COVID-19. That’s just the icing on the cake. The cake is global warming.”Winds of war
