Purple Row (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Christian Friedrich promoted to Asheville Sheng-An Kuo was demoted to take Friedrich's place. Look in the notes section at the bottom for the mention of this.
BlogAsheville (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Faces of Asheville is an amazing community project that has been put into the world thru the visionary Jenny Bowen & her fearless helper Spyce. We're at beginning of year 2 (final year) for this amazing project & as always, are looking to involve as many Ashe-villians as possible. Our next part of the project will involve a Get Your Freak On Foto Booth that will make it's debut at this year's...
GreeneSpace (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
I made a very quick trip out to Asheville before school starts--been hearing a bunch about the place and, of course, it was everything I'd heard and more. Reminds me of Burlington, Vermont, Northampton, MA, and Portland, OR--the combination of restaurants and grunge and people with money, too. I'm looking forward to spending some more time out there in another year. But right now I want to talk...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Good review : Wroblewski, whose background is in the software industry, earned an Master of Fine Arts degree from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. , where he was taught by writers including Margot Livesey, Richard Russo and Joan Silber. The earliest reviews of his work have been incredible, notably a blurb by Stephen King that stated his intention to reread Wroblewski's novel, even...
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
No e-book angle here. But certainly an interactivity one. The award for the most honestly titled blog goes to Husband Wanted—apparently written in Asheville, North Carolina, a city most notable to me as the hometown of Thomas Wolfe. The TeleBlog makes no guarantees about Ms. HW, or those who would respond. Still, on a slow e-book [...]
News & Information (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The city of Asheville, N.C., has been named an Ambassador City by the National Association of Realtors(R) and the U.S. Conference……Read more
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
The neighborhood has that wrong-side-of-the-tracks feel about it, and sure enough, the railroad runs right through the middle and sometimes backs up traffic. Great hulking warehouses look slightly shabby; from a distance, the barbecue joint across the narrow road looks like ptomaine central.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The city of Asheville, N.C., has been named an Ambassador City by the National Association of Realtors(R) and the U.S. Conference of Mayors for expanding affordable housing. Asheville is receiving the designation in recognition of the Mayor's Affordable Housing Task Force, aimed at addressing the city's growing need for affordable housing....
Dogster For The Love of Dog Blog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Just a reminder of the ongoing contest for a free, two night stay at the dog friendly Ponder Cove bed and breakfast. To win Ponder Cove’s distinguished “How DAWGS Do Travel” Award it’s time to take keypad to paw and, in 100 words or less, write in the comments section of the original post why you [...]
1000 Black Lines (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ditto, Ashvegas: The other thing that is annoying the hell out of me in Asheville is all the road construction. Every street and sidewalk in downtown Asheville is currently impassable. Link Last night, I waited at the Transit Center 20 minutes to catch the bus home. Earlier this week, I waited 20 minutes for the bus heading to the Transit Center. Thinking I was late and had missed the...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
via Dirk the D, what a guy! | citizen-times.com | Scott Pilgrim: Slacker's life springs from hard work by West Asheville cartoonistBryan Lee O'Malley, 29, and his 25-year-old illustrator wife, Hope Larson, live and work in an old neighborhood in West Asheville. But success aside, they weren't living as much as they liked. So despite Scott Pilgrim's budding celebrity, despite Larson's...
Comic Book Conventions.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Art Spiegelman ( In the Shadow of No Towers ) speaks at the Asheville Art Museum on September 11th. Read more...
OUTLOUD (Free subscription) | yesterday
Good Morning Carolinas… it’s Wednesday, August 20th and time for my Best Bets for your Wednesday evening. In Asheville, Ms. Sinclair recommends the following parties happening in town tonight. Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues. It’s Ladies’ night with Ms. Jones and the Velvetones. Celebrate mid-week Wednesday with dance and martinis (or the other [...]
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | yesterday
Go Kay! I know you have made some trips to the mountains. But please don't forget NC does not stop at Asheville. There are a lot of us voters out here who are stuck in the middle of the red sea. These folks will vote against their own interest to vote red......Has anyone seen liz lately'?
Spanglemonkey (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hanging out in the Asheville airport and voila! Free internets! So I can say hello to y'all. I'm sitting in a big room filled with airport chairs and rocking chairs both, watching CNN and reading my book intermittently. Selena and...
