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A walk through time

Historic cemeteries offer glimpses into area's past

Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt

The power of the paper trail

Local activists who've used public records to hold government's feet to the fire

Jon Elliston, David Forbes and Jason Sandford | 30 Comments

Asheville City Council: New bricks for an old building

City Hall facing major repairs

David Forbes | 1 Comment

The Biz: WNC Business Briefs

Brian Postelle | 1 Comment

The Green Scene: Let it Bee

Natural beekeeping in Buncombe County

Robin Criscuolo

Arts & Entertainment

Cirque du homemade

Asheville's community-based Runaway Circus and the Loose Caboose

Jake Frankel

Piping hot

Scotland's traditional-meets-modern Battlefield Band returns to Asheville

Alli Marshall

Raising awareness for the cause — and the arts, and the music

PhilanthroPEAK wraps filming with a six-hour multimedia extravaganza

Dane Smith

Veteran cosmic rockers

For the Moody Blues, building the set list is a question of balance

Bill Kopp

Defined by faith

David Bazan at the Grey Eagle

Dane Smith

Smart Bets

Your guide to what's happening in music, theater and the arts in Asheville and Western North Carolina

Xpress staff

Opinion / Letters

Embrace the future

Google Fiber could revolutionize life in Asheville

Commentary by Gordon Smith | 1 Comment

Open here Perdue fulfills promises of transparent state government

Commentary by David Woronoff

Don't buy Republicans lies

Letter by Lloyd Kay | 2 Comments

We don't need the GOP to fix what they've broken

Letter by Jerry Edwards

A rhetorical question on war

Letter by DeWayne Barton | 2 Comments

End our wars to achieve real security

Letter by Kim Carlyle

City Council should revise handling of P&Z appointments

Letter by Anne Craig | 15 Comments

Make way for longboard commuters

Letter by Sunny Keach | 2 Comments

Counting on Council to do the right thing with appointments

Letter by Barry Summers | 2 Comments

Features

Outdoors: Up a tree

The perils of New Year's resolutions

Charlie Keller

The Dirt: A shared harvest

Crop mobs help lighten the load, teach valuable lessons

Mackensy Lunsford

Asheville Disclaimer: 03/17

• Operation Medicine Drop
• Social Media
• Briefs
• News that’s not news


Going green | Brent Brown

QB Shuffle | Molton | 3 Comments

Food & Drink

Spring has (almost) sprung

On looking forward to savoring the season

Kari Brayman

Porktastic!

Exploring the sweet and savory sides of bacon in Asheville

Mackensy Lunsford | 3 Comments

Small Bites

Asheville-area food and restaurant news

Mackensy Lunsford

Movies

Clue

Ken Hanke | 10 Comments

The Girl on the Train

Ken Hanke

Green Zone

Ken Hanke

Our Family Wedding

Ken Hanke

Remember Me

Ken Hanke

She’s Out of My League

Justin Souther | 5 Comments

Still Bill

Ken Hanke | 4 Comments

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Ken Hanke

NEWS
Jonathan Poston | 3 hours, 51 minutes ago

Imagine hiking almost 1,000 miles. You get to the end, take in the views ... then not long after, turn around and hike back. That’s pretty much what Scot Ward did. En route to accept an award in Boone for the feat, he stopped in Asheville to talk to Xpress.

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David Forbes | 18 hours ago

Word had circulated in online vote counts since early this afternoon that Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler will vote against health care reform legislation. Now, he’s has made it official.

A&E
Rebecca Sulock | 20 hours, 36 minutes ago

Mark ye olde calendars, ‘cause the Drive-By Truckers and Langhorne Slim will be playing in-stores at Harvest Records on Record Store Day, April 17.

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NEWS
Jon Elliston | 21 hours, 40 minutes ago

Two sizable collaborative projects — a multimedia package on the Burton Street neighborhood and the seven-part series “Worldwide WNC: Locals Going Global” — get the nod from the North Carolina Press Association

A&E
Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt | 22 hours, 55 minutes ago

The Trunk Show is an evocative and powerfully moving concert of modern dance by Moving Women. Now at N.C. Stage.

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NEWS
Jon Elliston | 23 hours, 24 minutes ago

Carolyn Comeau, an Asheville woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, made appearances in Washington, D.C., yesterday, with Democratic Party leaders

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Margaret Williams | 1 day ago

Twitter coverage of last night’s town-hall meeting; ***UPDATED WITH VIDEOS***

NEWS
David Forbes | 1 day, 1 hour ago

Asheville Chief Financial Officer Ben Durant is resigning to take a job at Elizabeth City State University, meaning the city must now conduct a nationwide search for a new budget point person while it faces a looming $3 to 5-million deficit in the next fiscal year.

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A&E
Alli Marshall | 1 day, 3 hours ago

There’s a good hour of extra daylight each night this weekend, and the vernal equinox (that’s the start of spring) is at the stroke of midnight on Saturday. Need any more reason to get out of the house and celebrate a bit? How about a weekend’s worth of entertainment, with no cover charge over $5.

NEWS
David Forbes | 1 day, 13 hours ago

At a press conference tonight, activists called for: excavating contaminated soil; bringing city water to the area; a congressional investigation; the state to investigate NCDENR’s role in cleanup; adding the original plant site to the federal Superfund list (while removing the Rice property from that list); and for compensation of the Rice and Robinson families.

A&E
Rebecca Sulock | 1 day, 18 hours ago

The choral society, joined by guest soloists and a chamber orchestra, perform the famed work. It will be Musical Director Lenora Thorn’s second-to-last production with the group.

A&E
Alli Marshall | 1 day, 21 hours ago

The Hurt Mountain Boys lead a night of mountain/country/roots/rock at Stella Blue on Friday.

A&E
Alli Marshall | 1 day, 22 hours ago

Reviews of the newest albums by Rafe Hollister and The Leigh Glass Band (both of whom perform this Friday).

NEWS
Danny Bernstein | 1 day, 22 hours ago

Introduced in honor of the scenic highway’s 75th anniversary this year, the Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act would authorize $75 million to purchase properties and easements along the route. Conservation Trust for North Carolina’s Executive Director Reid Wilson testified March 18 in support of the bill, speaking before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the importance of saving viewsheds on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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