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| Primary election night | On Tuesday, May 7, 2008, North Carolina held its primary elections. For the first time in decades, the election had an impact on the presidential primary. The primary election also whittled the field in a number of local races. | 15 photos |
| Hanson's walking tour in Asheville | From the Peel to the park and back: a barefoot walk with Hanson promotes an international cause. | 28 photos |
| May Day parade | A band of brightly clad people, many with their faces painted, gathered at Pack Square in downtown Asheville around 1:15 p.m. on May 1 to celebrate May Day. The gathering attracted the attention of the Asheville Police Department. Using a megaphone, APD officers warned the ragtag crowd to stay out of the street. At least six police cars, including a police-transport van, pulled onto Page Avenue and blocked off the street when the group amassed there in front of the Grove Arcade. At that point, one participant was handcuffed and led into the prisoner-transport van. | 14 photos |
| Merlefest 2008 | Merlefest 2008 was held April 24-27 on the campus of Wilkes Community College. More than 75,000 people attended the four-day festival, dubbed the largest folk music festival in the U.S. | 17 photos |
| Hillary Clinton in Asheville | U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, who is running against U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president, spoke in Asheville Thursday, April 24, at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in downtown. | 26 photos |
| Purple Ball Fashion Show | The Purple Ball Fashion Show in April 2008 served as a fund-raiser for The Asheville Area Arts Council. It also comes in advance of the group's June 14 annual ball featuring the color purple. | 58 photos |
| Clay Oven | Students at Isaac Dickson Elementary built a clay oven in April 2008 with artisans from Kleiwerks International, an Asheville-based organization that promotes natural building techniques. | 15 photos |
| The art of taxidermy | In this photo gallery, Xpress takes you into the beating heart of one of the country’s most in-demand taxidermy companies, which happens to be right here in our backyard. | 13 photos |
| The Innersouls | The Innersouls were Asheville’s pre-eminent funk band in the early 1970s. Check out the full article here. | 12 photos |
| Paws with a Purpose | Since 1999, the Asheville-based nonprofit Paws with a Purpose has been asking the question: “Just what can a good dog do?” The volunteer-staffed organization provides animal-assisted activities and therapies to individuals ranging from elementary-school age to Golden Age. Visits are provided free of charge. Visit www.pawswithapurpose.org for more information. | 12 photos |
| 2007: Year in Photos | Xpress takes its annual look back at the year that was, in quotes and photographs. Read the full article here. | 19 photos |
| 2007 Asheville Flim Festival | A few snapshots of the festivities from the Asheville Film Festival's 2007 events. | 12 photos |
| 2007 Holiday Cover Submissions | What’s your favorite part of the holiday season? When it snows? Eating so much you have to take a nap? Sitting near a fire? Drinking hot cider? Spending time with your family and your pets? We asked our readers to create artwork for our Holiday Guides - and here a few of the submissions. | 57 photos |
| 2007 Holiday Parade | The 61st annual Asheville Holiday Parade, which took place on Saturday, Nov. 17, has been hailed as one of the biggest and best such parades in recent memory. Shown here are some of our favorite moments from the parade. | 12 photos |
| Reflections in Cherokee | Thanksgiving is one of the rare holidays to acknowledge the contribution of the native people in American history. Of course, seen from the Native American perspective, the holiday is considerably more bittersweet. Conflicts with European settlers would soon see the once-strong native nations shunted into reservations, struggling to retain their language and culture. To get a hint of the modern-day Native American perspective on the holiday, Xpress photographer Jonathan Welch spent some time with residents in Cherokee, N.C., home to some 446 full-blooded Cherokees left in the reservation. | 8 photos |
| Hard Lox Cafe Festival | The Hard Lox Cafe is an annual food and heritage festival presented by the Congregation Beth HaTephila in Asheville. This year’s event, which took place in late October, was held outside of the Grove Arcade. | 5 photos |
| Mushroom Foragers | Images from Kent Priestley's "Fruit of the earth" article in the 10/17/2007 Xpress. | 9 photos |
| AMP Sketches | Design art that's being considered for the murals on the Lexington Avenue bridge. | 3 photos |
| Karl Rove at the 11th Congressional District GOP Convention | Photographs of Karl Rove's speech at the 11th Congressional District GOP Convention in Henderson County. Photos by Jonathan Welch | 12 photos |
| The Poetix Lounge: reBIRTH | Saturday April 21, 2007 Catalyst Productions latest effort "The Poetix Lounge: reBIRTH" featured spoken-word poets from across the region (including members of the Asheville Slam Team from the late 1990's, students from Western Carolina University, and Asheville High School). The event was a benifit for the Poetix arts-in-education program, Serving disadvantaged youth, as part of the regional Gang Violence Prevention Program. For more information, contact Graham Hackett via email: playwize@gmail.com Photos by Jonathan Welch | 21 photos |
| WNC Scenics | Photographs made in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Photos by Jonathan Welch | 30 photos |
| Momentary Musings | Photographs of commonplace scenes found throughout Asheville. Photos by Jonathan Welch | 40 photos |
| Street Poetry | Photographs of random self expressions found in Asheville. Photos by Jonathan Welch | 30 photos |
| Where In Asheville? | How well do you know Asheville? Photographer Zen Sutherland asks viewers to guess where in town he took these photos. | 29 photos |
| Asheville Graffiti | Local photographer Zen Sutherland shows us his collection of Asheville street art. | 50 photos |
| "Stop The Harm" Flashlight Vigil | City Councilman Carl Mumpower and others held an anti-drug use flashlight vigil on Thursday, Feb. 22. Xpress staff photographer Jonathan Welch was on the scene. | 19 photos |
| Asheville Mardi Gras | Photos by Jonathan Welch of this year's Asheville-style Mardi Gras | 19 photos |
| Buncombe GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner | Photos from the Feb. 19 event. Photos by Jonathan Welch. | 27 photos |
| New Year's Eve 2006 | Xpress photographer Jonathan Welch wanders from party to party to capture the last night of 2006. | 32 photos |
| Biltmore Underwater | Zen Sutherland's photo documentary of the 2004 flood in Biltmore | 13 photos |
| Asheville Street Scenes Vol. 1 | Xpress photographer Jonathan Welch captures the faces of Asheville. | 21 photos |
| Asheville Street Scenes Vol. 2 | Xpress photographer Jonathan Welch's ongoing series captures the faces of Asheville. | 26 photos |
| Asheville Street Scenes Vol. 3 | The third installment of Xpress photographer Jonathan Welch’s ongoing series on the faces of Asheville. | 25 photos |
| Art Cars of Asheville | Zen Sutherland’s photo essay on the most mobile canvas of all. | 31 photos |
| Some Asheville Faces | Keeping Asheville quirky are the faces of artists, shop owners, hippies, families and homeless. Zen Sutherland photographs people just being themselves, from downtown to West Asheville. | 33 photos |
