Displaced: The ongoing impact of redlining

Brett Neveu’s modern adaptation of Ibsen’s "An Enemy of the People" opens March 13 at The Magnetic Theatre.

The multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter discusses what it's like to be a musician in a time of limited attention spans.

The NewSong finalist headlines The Grey Eagle on March 11.

The Buenos Aires-based collective plays a show at Isis Music Hall on Saturday, March 7.

The gender activist reads from their new memoir on March 10 at Malaprop's.

The funk innovators perform at Ambrose West on March 5.

There isn’t a title track, but the poetry of the album’s moniker warrants reflection. The names of the album’s eight tracks almost make up a story — that kind of…

Although most people are familiar with the "table" sake served hot in restaurants, there are, in fact, seven classifications of the brewed alcoholic beverage, many of which are available in…

The ninth annual Asheville Wing War returns on Sunday, March 8. Also: PennyCup Coffee Co. hosts Coffee Farmer Caravan; Asheville CSA Fair returns; and plenty more in this week's Small…

Now in its 27th year, the Organic Growers School Spring Conference welcomes growers and sustainability-minded folks of all types for a weekend of region-specific educational offerings, a trade show, seed…

The Women's Adventure Film Tour returns and The Grey Eagle hosts a Phish-centric evening.

In early 1967, the threat of increased property taxes initially delayed the East Riverside Urban Renewal project. By year's end, the prospect of losing $6.3 million in federal funds led…

ASHEVILLE, N.C.

As in hundreds of other cities throughout the country, urban renewal dramatically changed Asheville’s neighborhoods and streetscapes. Established by the Housing Act of 1949 to clear blighted neighborhoods, the federal…

ASHEVILLE, N.C.

Becky Beyer, an ethnobotanist, wild food enthusiast and cultural historian, will lead a workshop on Appalachian folk medicine Saturday, March 14, at the Black Mountain Library.

Announced at the N.C. Press Association’s annual banquet in Raleigh on Feb. 27, Xpress’ wins also included a second-place finish in the General Excellence category for the state’s largest community…

The Asheville City Board of Education and Gene Freeman responded to news reports that highlight concerns about transparency, possible conflicts of interest and an extended absence from Freeman's current school…

"It suddenly occurred to me this afternoon to wonder why somebody hasn’t opened a movie theater in West Asheville."

"Segregation and economic apartheid have been standard operating procedure for all my life in Asheville, and that has not changed."

It was with great interest that I read of Langston Hughes’ visit to Asheville to speak at the Allen School for Girls in the winter of 1949, but left out…