Since I started reviewing movies for the Xpress a few years ago, it’s been my policy (and a notion I picked up from Ken) to watch as many theatrical releases as possible, especially the great big blockbusters that clog up multiplexes every week. Part of this is necessary for building the movie fan’s greatest asset, a frame of reference, but also to understand what is happening within the world of film at large.

One can slay a thousand, but two can slay 10,000. It’s an old biblical reference that comedian Carl LaBove says he and his buddy Sam Kinison used as a guide after they befriended one another more than 20 years ago.

The Friday the 13th prom for grownups at the Grey Eagle, documented in classic portraits from Castell Photography

Women, Writing and Soul-Making: Creativity and the Sacred Feminine, Peggy Tabor Millin’s new book published by Story Water Press, encourages writers to claim their power and voice while exploring a feminine approach to inspire creativity.

Here’s your latest installment of Weekend on a Shoestring with Thursday and Sunday bookends. All for $5 or less.

The Avett Brothers announce this morning that the band’s New Year’s Eve show, which sold out within minutes, will move to the Civic Center Arena.

Since this week’s Mountain Xpress is the Green Living issue, I’m tackling the subject of living sustainably. And explaining why both polar bears and you are awesome.

This week’s creme de la creme: World-class didgeridoo/drumming, a postmodern “how to pick up women,” clogging, a motorcycle vlog, the Asheville Community Band, plus Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers.

Having been thwarted in my attempts to record Murders in the Zoo from TCM recently, I took advantage of the fact that the showing was in part to promote TCM’s partnering with Universal to bring out a box set of five loosely defined “classic” horror movies—part of their “Vault Collection”—that had yet to make it to DVD. I immediately ordered the set.

Don’t let the Visualizing Human Rights anti-conference slip by — the somewhat under-the-radar event features theatrical performance, installation art, animated film, spoken word and other interesting-sounding sessions. It’s all this Saturday at UNCA’s campus.

Starting today (Wednesday) with the holiday (just in case you have Veteran’s Day off this week) there’s so much to do that there really isn’t even time to pause for an intro. Entertainment for $5 or less. You know the drill.

Jennifer Elizabeth Daigle’s The Knowing is complex and addictive fantasy fiction.

While Rocky wouldn’t win the annual fattest cat in American title (there actually is such a contest), he’s so big that our vet likes to take him in the back to show off his hugeness.

A consortium of local groups and promoters has launched a Web portal offering free space for promoting groups, artists and events