The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has one of the richest college basketball dynasties in the country, but its other sports boast a wealth of success stories, too. Weaverville resident Tim W. Jackson has combined a trivia-buff’s eye for detail with a journalist’s knack for storytelling to write a book that celebrates all … Read More
The fourth annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event saw a lot of men gathered to wear high heels—some really high heels—and walk (or run) a mile up and down the hills of downtown Asheville to raise money and awareness for victims of sexual violence. The event is a product of Our Voice, the … Read More
The sun shines, the weather warms, and local crops promise to ripen soon. It’s almost time to begin the weekly warm-weather tradition of going to the local farmers’ markets to find your staples. Whether you’re looking for produce, plants, baked goods, or tinctures, you’re likely to find these and much more at any number of … Read More
The old house with a big porch at 377 Merrimon Avenue is rather nondescript. It looks like several other houses turned into businesses on that strip of commercial thoroughfare featuring businesses such as HomeGrown, Points of Light, and BlackBird Frame & Art. Inside on the first floor, however, is a shop that caters to a … Read More
Chocolate has a long history with romance, love, and sex. The Aztecs believed it to be an aphrodisiac, with Montezuma supposedly drinking 50 cups of chocolate a day. (And hey, the guy did have many wives and lovers.) When Europeans returned to their homeland, they brought chocolate and its purported benefits back with them. Supposedly … Read More
Letterpress Love is part one of a two-part article about the Asheville letterpress community and individual letterpress artists who have influenced its growth. Samantha Urbanick pulls a handful of wooden block letters from one of her hundred antique letterpress drawers and arranges them on the bed of her Vandercook press. She handles the blocks as … Read More
I was desperately hoping that a car wasn’t parked in Chicken Alley—20 more feet, and I would finally own a piano. Instead a slim man wearing a suit swaggered up Carolina Lane demanding, “Where are you going with that piano?” My boyfriend, Adam, quickly jumped in, “Oh we found it at the corner.” “It’s my … Read More
Local Asheville author Susan Blexrud, loves romance, the supernatural, and Civil War history. She’s poured all that passion and a dedication to historical accuracy into her latest Crimson Romance novel The Gettysburg Vampire. The story follows Abby Potter, a new theatre professor at Gettysburg College, who is determined to put on a holiday production centered … Read More
Asheville, you may have heard, has got some art. Whatever your taste—high or low; good or bad—the city probably has you covered. Its offerings are broad, comprising both tourist take-home fare and challenging street murals barely up for a month. Less familiar to casual observers, and even many locals, however, is the portfolio of artists … Read More
Fortunately for us, few towns are as rich with artistic resources as Asheville. In many places, Michael’s and Jo-Ann Fabric are the sole sources for fabric, jewelry making, and other handiwork supplies, and crafting potential is limited to the offerings of their shelves. (And yes, we have those, too.) Against that model, we stand out … Read More
It’s the season for giving, and we here at The Asheville Post would like to honor that sentiment by launching our Reach Out Asheville series and highlighting the wonderful efforts of the folks at Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina. We recently reported on the then forthcoming Make-A-Wish benefit concert at The Orange … Read More
Molly Walling had been married and raised a family. Now she was divorced, had an empty nest, and was wondering what the next phase of her life might bring. Then came the phone call in 2006 that would change her priorities—and her life. Her brother, Jay Fields, had been to an uncle’s funeral in Florida. … Read More