Second Paranormal Weekend will feature dramatic ghost-hunting technology
Former Skid Row front man Sebastian Bach leads the newest production of Jesus Christ Superstar
Pete Zamplas | 01/08/03 |
Black artists confront, reclaim stereotypical images
Frank Rabey | 01/08/03
Thank flabby monks, not Jackie Chan, for the rise of kung fu
Rising jazz pianist strives to outgrow the prodigy label
Nicholas Holt | 01/08/03 |
Festival features art on the edge
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Reviews of Hank Williams III
The high points -- and the very, very low points -- of the last year in cinema
Martin Johnson, Steve Shanafelt | 01/15/03
Xpress' frequent guest reviewer picks her year's top flicks, and 2002's ultimate howlers
2002: The critics' year in movies
Marci Miller | 01/15/03
Madame Butterfly director dares to alter the tragedy's classic characters
Xpress Staff | 01/15/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Jennifer Carlile | 01/22/03
Daring to make Sept. 11 funny, New York comedian scores a hit
Reluctant singer moonlights as rock-solid rebel
Martin L. Johnson | 01/22/03
Painter's intensity is reserved for his work
Marsha Barber | 01/29/03
A streamlined Jayhawks to release streamlined new album
Connie Bostic | 01/29/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Frank Rabey | 01/29/03
Movie made in Marshall scores raves at this year's festival
An interview with Paul Schneider, star and co-author of 'All the Real Girls
none | 02/05/03
Barbershop chorus delivers valentines, desires an increase in membership
Singer/songwriter Greg Brown just gets more real as he goes
Martin Johnson | 02/05/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Frank Rabey | 02/05/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Steve Shanafelt, Nicholas Holt | 02/05/03
Australian singer makes good on a country childhood
Steve Shanafelt, Nicholas Holt | 02/12/03
New Age composer turns back to jazz
Martin L. Johnson | 02/12/03
Lush-voiced Neko Case bucks labels, soars high
Powerful movement company stresses magic over dance
Frank Rabey | 02/12/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Mere self-expression does not an artist make
'Jerusalem' goes where lesser songwriters fear to tread
Tom Kerr | 02/19/03
Today's black comedians go after widespread appeal
Nicholas Holt | 02/19/03
Five reads to snuggle up with this post-Valentine's Day
Martin L. Johnson | 02/19/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Carrie A.A. Frye | 02/19/03
Prog-rock pioneers progress into heavier territory
Confederacy buffs of all stripes trumpet Southern-centric movie
Frank Rabey | 02/26/03 |
Self-described rocker remains influenced by deeper roots
Martin L. Johnson | 02/26/03
Play emerges with new relevance in today's political climate
Group's hippie image belies hip-hop aspirations
Jennifer Carlile | 02/26/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Romeo and Juliet break character to spill secrets
Author goes home in two short-story collections
Tom Kerr | 03/05/03
Ivy League rapper will rhyme on demand
Canadian art rockers espouse cinematic politics
Martin L. Johnson | 03/05/03
Scotland's Old Blind Dogs give tradition a gorgeous makeover
Nicholas Holt | 03/05/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Frank Rabey | 03/12/03
Ireland's big day stretches out by four
Leo Kottke on getting chatty at shows, hand-to-hand combat and the virtues of spit
The Crucible could heat up crowds in any era
Frank Rabey | 03/12/03
To conquer budget constraints, Hendersonville was forced to get creative
Martin L. Johnson | 03/12/03
Local singer/songwriter Gavra Lynn is one complex chick singer
Connie Bostic | 03/12/03
Eclectic Nikki Talley has trouble with commitment
Frank Rabey | 03/19/03
Pedal-steel prodigy Robert Randolph finds salvation in song
Seeger meets Shahn, grows up to sing his praises
Frank Rabey | 03/19/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Martin L. Johnson | 03/19/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Steve Shanafelt, Martin L. Johnson | 03/19/03
Extreme-adventure films spark equal parts envy and excitement
Steve Shanafelt, Martin L. Johnson | 03/26/03
Local Hamlet is striking in its accessibility
Pete Zamplas | 03/26/03 |
The difference between Flea and Brad Pitt -- and why you should listen to celebrity war talk
Nicholas Holt | 03/26/03
Spring literary festival won't be a flowery affair
Sean Potter | 03/26/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Cindy Burda | 03/26/03
Nickel Creek bites the bluegrass that fed them
The dark side of the blues-punk revival
Painter recasts famous works with images of the elderly
Martin L. Johnson | 04/02/03
Fugitive Polanski as Best Director far preferable to Eminem's best-song Oscar win
Connie Bostic | 04/02/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
An Ailey II dancer keeps working after the curtain falls
Activist singer/songwriter Dana Lyons arms cows, empowers humans
Rescuing Patty Hearst charts life with a schizophrenic mother
Frank Rabey | 04/09/03
Traveling zine gallery puts steam behind indie-media movement
Carrie A.A. Frye | 04/09/03
Acoustic Syndicate releases Terra Firma on Sugar Hill Records
Asheville singer/songwriter makes her mark nationally, puts down local roots
Hannah Curtis wants the Christine Kane life
Frank Rabey | 04/16/03
Habana Sax quintet navigates Homeland Security to bring modern Cuban music to America
Frank Rabey | 04/16/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Jennifer Carlile | 04/16/03
Good-time country-rock pioneers to bring sterling lineup to MerleFest 2003
Heritage-award honoree remembers the grave days of shaman-ruled stickball
Frank Rabey | 04/23/03
A fascination with early Christian history drives a pair of local artists
Tracy Rose | 04/23/03
Tireless Renaissance woman has a go at the gods
Connie Bostic | 04/23/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Carrie A.A. Frye | 04/23/03
Founder of Poets Against the War to speak on a local stage
For those seeking love, a Renaissance Faire works like magic
Cindy Burda | 04/30/03
Local women musicians squash apathy with uproar
Pete Zamplas | 04/30/03
Jennifer Carlile | 04/30/03
Local-music news, reviews and interviews
Frank Rabey | 04/30/03
Folk queen Linda Thompson refits her crown
Legendary producer tries to 'Shine' on his own
Frank Rabey | 04/30/03
'Intimacy' show explores the ties that bind
Monster trucks and the long-suffering men who love them
Connie Bostic | 04/30/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Frank Rabey | 04/30/03
DrugMoney finishes debut album in NYC, looks poised to waste competition
Women playing old-time music need an edge, says one local player
Frank Rabey | 04/30/03
Festival will celebrate the resuscitation of a once-failing district
Old-time meets an old soul
Contestants hone their skills for a Hank Williams-inspired songwriting contest
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Pete Zamplas | 04/30/03
Vega's restraint places her light-years above her peers
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Nicholas Holt | 04/30/03
Eden Fest headliners Bering Strait brought their American sound to Nashville from their home not far from Moscow
Local show spotlights two Russian artists, one of them local
Frank Rabey | 04/30/03
Bering Strait are among the headliners at the inaugural Eden Fest
Frank Rabey | 04/30/03
Local folkie views the top with a note of trepidation
Frank Rabey | 04/30/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Parodied Broadway star is lovingly repackaged
Saddled again with the alt tag, band leaders bristle
Kate Reynolds | 04/30/03
Artists respond to environmentalist's call with a mix of hope and death
Cindy Burda | 04/30/03
In improv comedy, missing a beat can mean killing a scene
Summer-theater company hangs its reputation on a homo-erotic thriller
Jamie Rohrbough | 04/30/03
'Rope' at Haywood Arts Repertory Theatre
The Hazard County Girls balance carefully between stereotypes
Nick Stubblefield's keyboard craft is all in the family
Prince Paul's anti-commercial tirade reveals a newly accessible sound
Frank Rabey | 06/04/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 06/04/03
Seminal band soldiers on, outliving many acts it once influenced
Veteran conductor leads local jazz students into a new era
Sean Potter | 06/11/03
Like their predecessors, river-district artists watch for floods -- and trends
Kate Reynolds | 06/11/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Connie Bostic | 06/11/03
Cherokee Heritage Weekend artists fight fakery
Luring fresh jazz to a tired market is a Coltrane-sized challenge
Jennifer Carlile | 06/18/03
Jazz vocalist Lucianne Evans is hungry for challenge, recognition
Tom Kerr | 06/18/03
Provocative play just misses the right spot
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
At what price can Asheville support professional dance?
Asheville's Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers are truly, oddly all that
Two artists' inspirational lives shadow their work
Frank Rabey | 06/25/03
Shakespeare troupe is galvanized in a new direction
Connie Bostic | 06/25/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Resurrecting burlesque means burying powerlessness
North Carolina begins a daunting search for a new poet laureate
Margaret Williams | 07/02/03 |
Architectural sculpture broods on the decaying American Dream
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Cindy Burda | 07/02/03 |
Former Talking Heads collaborators surprised to find themselves playing only one day apart in Asheville
Singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey cracks the genre open, till it shines
Christopher Blagg | 07/09/03
Superjoint Ritual expected to attract an unholy mix of fans
Frank Rabey | 07/09/03
Arts festival to publicize embattled indigenous community
James McMurtry's Orange Peel show a guitar-y church of language
Tom Kerr | 07/09/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Frank Rabey | 07/09/03
Folkmoot performers bring the world to our door
The Tiki Man cometh, bearing news of a stylish life in the face of serious muttonchops
Tracy Rose | 07/16/03
'The Wind': a review
Frank Rabey | 07/16/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Frank Rabey | 07/16/03
What happens when writers become tourists?
More writers on Asheville
Carrie A.A. Frye | 07/23/03
Stripped-down production frees Chapman's voice
Carrie A.A. Frye | 07/23/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 07/23/03 |
Former stars fight cold reception on their home turf
Master fiddler-great stays busy grooming prodigies
New standards of summer-camp art affect whole communities
Pete Zamplas | 07/30/03
Works offer lost history, not recycling lesson
Sammy Cox | 07/30/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Connie Bostic | 07/30/03
SART brings the Southern-fried 'Steel Magnolias' to the stage
Chris Smither's blues-drenched songs simmer with subtle fire
New blood mixes with old at Shindig on the Green's unofficial jam sessions
Frank Rabey | 07/30/03
Two-artist dirt and Sky People exhibit covers emotional gamut
Christopher Blagg | 07/30/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Connie Bostic | 07/30/03
Isaac Hayes is just your average, iconic Renaissance soul man
Puppet show for adults suggests that not all sadness is shameful
Frank Rabey | 08/13/03
Chamber-music group makes pop fans change their tune
Frank Rabey | 08/13/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
New global food village marks a growing Goombay!
Artists and writers on working
Carrie A.A. Frye | 08/20/03
Play recalls comedy titan's better days
Carrie A.A. Frye | 08/20/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Local artist's daring doll photos are like darts to the subconscious
Artists play with the darker side of dolls
Frank Rabey | 08/27/03
Cuban dancer makes passionate imprint on local company
Connie Bostic | 08/27/03
Harvest festivals remain a surprisingly risky business
Martin L. Johnson | 08/27/03
Festival will feature local artists exclusively
Tracy Rose | 08/27/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Tracy Rose | 08/27/03
Forget the wholesome fun -- the Mountain State Fair offers big bucks
A decade down the line, Eddie From Ohio still serves dessert for the ears
Marsha Barber | 09/03/03
Local writer's racy crime novel stylishly misfires
Frank Rabey | 09/03/03
Annual dance showcase switches position, goes local
Tracy Rose | 09/03/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Kate Reynolds | 09/03/03
Great Smokies Craft Brewers Brewgrass Festival promises finely fermented suds 'n' sounds
Steve Shanafelt, Frank Rabey | 09/03/03
Frank Rabey | 09/10/03
Kaplan won't illuminate the dusky moods of 'Summer Sun
none | 09/10/03
Greenville painter's works burn with fashionable hellfire
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 09/10/03
If you can't say Enon, don't say eclectic
Connie Bostic | 09/10/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 09/10/03
Who is this band, and why do they keep following me?
The Steep Canyon Rangers have learned their lessons well
Grungegrass band aiming to destroy alt-country
Pete Zamplas | 09/17/03
'Backyard Fruit' shines between stereotypes
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Meet The Polyphonic Spree, ambassadors of bombastic, fantastic joy
Writer Larry Brown populates the road from Memphis to Mississippi
Frank Rabey | 09/17/03
There's nothing erotic about this nasty blood sucker
Carrie A.A. Frye | 09/17/03
A Q&A with the original Q&A guy
Marsha Barber | 09/17/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Carrie A.A. Frye | 09/17/03
Seeking the heart of local Hispanic culture, fiesta heads west
Musical celebrates true Southern womanhood
Seasoned hipster sloppily revisits a defining era of music
Marsha Barber | 10/01/03
She learned to sing in school -- fortunately, it rarely shows
Frank Rabey | 10/01/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Martin L. Johnson | 10/01/03
Seemingly dissimilar singers may have been separated at birth
Nicholas Holt | 10/01/03
Art professor's history enriches memorial
Drive-By Truckers keep the Southern Rawk in high gear
Connie Bostic | 10/08/03
Play passionately refuels old Streisand vehicle
Frank Rabey | 10/08/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Tracy Rose | 10/08/03 |
Drop-dead-loyal dancers show LEAF the most love
Nicholas Holt | 10/08/03
Drop-dead-loyal dancers show LEAF the most love
Xpress Staff | 10/15/03
Guild crafters work hard to prove they're not hobbyists
Frank Rabey | 10/15/03
'Soul Journey' narrates an orphan girl's road to success
Kate Reynolds | 10/15/03
New 'Dracula' exacts an unusual toll from its cast
Marsha Barber | 10/15/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Arts festival blows up, tries to keep riches of history in the forefront
Nicholas Holt | 10/15/03
Ex-cop Cornbread took up art out of aggravation
Bassist finds bliss in the surprisingly settled 'Comfort Woman
none | 10/22/03
Film critic carves feminist poetry out of slasher flicks
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | 10/22/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Dark-side investigator Joshua P. Warren draws international attention
Nicholas Holt | 10/22/03
Even sea cows get their say in Kid Koala's turntable cabaret
Tracy Rose | 10/29/03
Folk pals eagerly dash expectations with joint album
Nicholas Holt | 10/29/03
Books, photo exhibit demystify alternative lifestyles
Frank Rabey | 10/29/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
A critical look at grand-prize competitors
Nicholas Holt, Frank Rabey | 10/29/03
Apparently, Steve Earle cannot live by brilliant songwriting alone
Two exhibits feature women who fooled with their photos
Rob Trucks | 11/05/03
Book boldly mixes myth and brutal realism
Connie Bostic | 11/05/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Confessional novel basks in its own twisted glow
Nicholas Holt, Frank Rabey | 11/05/03
Native-American vocal trio flies high on multi-hued harmonies
Marsha Barber | 11/12/03
Reggae version of Floyd classic is a tight fit
Frank Rabey | 11/12/03
Painter's subjects simmer with dark mystery, sexuality, religion
Nicholas Holt | 11/12/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Connie Bostic | 11/12/03
Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center finally finds a home
Steve Shanafelt, Nicholas Holt, Frank Rabey | 11/12/03
Play brilliantly re-calculates family values
Marsha Barber | 11/19/03
Show about greed is unusually three-dimensional
Nicholas Holt | 11/19/03
Asheville Film Festival documentaries continue to have their say
Connie Bostic | 11/19/03
Martin Johnson | 11/19/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Canadian star's silly little love songs provoke inappropriate passions
Celebrated folk artist's influence still felt in the music world
Frank Rabey | 11/26/03
Artistic directors must put new dazzle in an old story
Trio of authors furnishes fresh glimpses of the region we call home
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Asheville on Broadway's theater production touches home
Arden nightclub's contests are steps toward international karaoke crown
Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander
Frank Rabey | 12/03/03
Poetic Asheville rocker Keith Flynn returns
Frank Rabey | 12/03/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Southern gospel - WNC's other roots music
Tracy Rose | 12/10/03
Tracy Rose | 12/10/03
Ex-wallflower helps his fellows blossom
Tracy Rose | 12/10/03
Separated by years, musicians bow to the same passion
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Marsha Barber | 12/10/03
Performers reflect on appeal of Asheville's hottest concert and biggest fund-raiser
Steve Shanafelt, Frank Rabey | 12/10/03
Frank Rabey | 12/17/03
Frank Rabey | 12/17/03
Alternative altars reveal underlying unity
Frank Rabey | 12/17/03
Outsider art finds broad audience
Connie Bostic | 12/17/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Further adventures in an unforgettable landscape
Sammy Cox | 12/17/03
Sammy Cox | 12/17/03 |
Disneyland veteran to play family-friendly First Night
Xpress Staff | 12/17/03
SCOTS grows ever truer to its own skewed vision
Kwanzaa should be a family affair
Frank Rabey | 12/17/03
Rebecca DeRosa | 12/17/03
And you can start tonight ...
Rebecca DeRosa | 12/17/03
Local arts and music news, reviews and interviews
Rebecca DeRosa | 12/17/03
Paranormal Conference is about showing, not telling
