Let it show, let it show, let it show

Toast this week to Art Fryar, who 30 years ago envisioned a nightclub that’s become an Asheville institution. “With brilliance and sheer ingenuity, Fryar and his knack for creativity contrived…

Haywood Arts Regional Theatre promises a “lavish production … a major spectacle with a cast of 40 and a nine-piece orchestra.” Shows are Dec. 7, 8, 14 and 15 at…

Toast this week to Art Fryar, who 30 years ago envisioned a nightclub that’s become an Asheville institution. “With brilliance and sheer ingenuity, Fryar and his knack for creativity contrived…

Anne-Fitten “Brewgasm” Glenn, Xpress's beer columnist, is moving on to more beer-filled pastures. She's officially taken up with Oskar Blues brewery in Brevard, where she'll be doing marketing work. Sadly…

In November, Noble Cider closed on a $40,000 loan from AdvantageWest. Some of Asheville's flagship start-ups have benefited from the same loan program, including Buchi Kombucha, Smart Foods Bakery and…

Throughout the nation, more people are buying cider: This year, sales increased by 65 percent, reports NPR. In October, Irish cider giant C&C group ponied up $305 million to buy…

Anne-Fitten “Brewgasm” Glenn, Xpress's beer columnist, is moving on to more beer-filled pastures. She's officially taken up with Oskar Blues brewery in Brevard, where she'll be doing marketing work. Sadly…

Asheville's restaurants regularly cause a national stir: this month, they're making it clear that they're the greenest ones around. Asheville is officially America's first Green Dining Destination. Two years ago,…

• A taunting message from me, The Radio-collared Red Wolf Killer

I'm generally proud of Asheville: We have great beer, some pretty good food and a lot of smart people here. Still, I don't always support local. Why? In short, because…

Let's entertain for a moment the notion that there is nothing strange going on in the atmosphere, and put aside for a moment the very grave implications of climate change…

It is not necessary to counter Michael Ivey’s Nov. 14 letter, “Global Warming is a False Belief,” with the data and credible evidence and general scientific consensus that human activity…

Michael Ivey’s Nov. 14 letter, “Global Warming is a False Belief,” certainly wins the prize for the most “creative” climate-change denial in a long time. In fact, his blaming the…

Thank you for posting the Nov. 16 Blogwire, “Reward Offered for Information Related to Fourth Red Wolf Death.” (See http://avl.mx/nh.) I fail to see the wisdom of continuing the night…

One was one too many! Now four radio-collared, endangered red wolves have been killed and still the nighttime hunting with spotlights in the red wolf habitat goes on. (See http://avl.mx/nh.)…

I am outraged that yet another endangered red wolf is dead. (See http://avl.mx/nh.) Not only is there no valid reason for the coyote hunt, but many of us tried to…

Well, the election is over, and we still have the same players as before. It’s time for “We the People” to do something to help break the gridlock and grease…