Growing a family: Eliada adds adoption services
- Volume 25
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Cover Design Credit:
Scott Southwick
Cover Photography Credit:
Summer Kremer
Another option for people who want to build a family of their own is available now that Eliada Homes, which has a long history of helping the most vulnerable children in Buncombe County, has become licensed to handle adoptions. On the cover: Rima Vesely-Flad and son Jaxson, whom Rima and husband Ethan Vesely-Flad foster-parented through Eliada.
arts
Local musician digitizes the music of poetry
“I don’t want to become Odysseus stuck on an island and say, ‘That was my music — the music of my high school years.’ There’s so much great music in…Crystal Hana Kim discusses her debut novel at UNCA
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, author Crystal Hana Kim will read from and discuss her debut novel If You Leave Me as part of UNC Asheville’s Visiting Writers Series.Declan O’Rourke will bring songs of the Irish famine to Isis Music Hall
As an artist, Declan O’Rourke is stirred by the way humans move through tragedy, meeting fear with hope, meeting trauma with resilience. His 2017 album, which he’ll perform in full…Smart Bets: Asher Leigh
The Asheville singer-songwriter plays a record release show Feb. 17 at The Grey Eagle.Mindshapefist releases its seventh album with an Orange Peel show
Live onstage, Mindshapefist’s sound is a whirlwind of guitars, bass and drums. But the band’s focus on vocals remains a part of the experience. “We’re proud of what we do…Smart Bets: Underhill Rose
The Americana duo plays a benefit show for Asheville Music School on Feb. 17 at Streamside.Smart Bets: Black Garter Revue
The Asheville burlesque troupe presents an anti-Valentine's Day show on Feb. 14 at The Grey Eagle.Theater review: ‘Footloose’ at Asheville Community Theatre
Footloose touches most intriguingly on an era when being free and expressing oneself with music and dance was bitterly frowned upon by certain belief systems.Smart Bets: Valentine’s Day at Fleetwood’s
The mass fake wedding extravaganza returns for a second year on Feb. 14.
food
Food fight: Where WNC schools stand in the battle against food waste
Statistics show that American schools throw away more than $1 billion worth of food every year. Asheville-area schools and organizations are taking some steps toward alleviating the problem.Top Shelf Views: Asheville bartenders talk about two-ingredient cocktails
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On Sunday, Feb. 24, Agya Boakye-Boaten, director of Africana Studies at UNC Asheville, will host his inaugural West African-themed dinner, Mukase, at West End Bakery and Café. Also: Cajun Cook-off…
living
YWCA launches 2019 diabetes wellness and prevention program
On Jan. 16, more than 40 participants embarked on a 30-week-long diabetes wellness and prevention program that promotes nutrition education and fitness to cope with and prevent Type 2 diabetes.…
movies
Screen scene: Local film news
Tickets for March's popular Fly Fishing Film Tour go on sale, Morgan's Comics organizes a Nerd Expedition to see "Alita: Battle Angel" and more.
news
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opinion
Letter: Give cave people some credit
"Why do we always assume that cave people (who were still learning to use tools, or were even good with tools, and — better yet — possibly good with each…Letter: We need to create healthy, secure children and young adults
"We all bear some degree of responsibility to inspire and ignite the imagination, instilling a love of learning and service to others that leads to active participation in our democracy."Letter: Narrow the gap of racial disparities with reparations
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"So if we are going to rise forth, let us begin to courageously open the gates of true intellect and research and let go of holding back hidden facts in…
