Cane Creek Airsoft has set the stage for war as weekend warriors, gaming fanatics and ex-military battle it out for possession of the coveted nuclear bomb. It’s early morning in the mountains of Fletcher, North Carolina and the troops have assembled. Briefed shortly on the importance of safety they fall into teams and receive [...]
The second annual Walk A Mile In Her Shoes started this year in City-County Plaza and with beautiful weather, drew 350 people to the start. Participants ranged in age from 4-90 and styles were all over the map, from casual to formal. Understated, sensible shoes were in a definite minority. This is a flash/glam event, [...]
Bboy crews from around the Southeast gathered Saturday night on the ground floor of Asheville’s Masonic Temple to battle it out for a chance to win an all expenses paid ticket to New York where they will represent their region in an official BBoy Massacre. Contact photographer before downloading images or for licensing in [...]
Matt Parris’ cafe, Roots Cafe, is near the bottom of Chicken Hill – famous for its Trackside Gallery of graffiti artists. His big white boxy delivery truck was a target for passing taggers, and so Matt decided he’d invite the more creative taggers to cover the truck and have an artistic delivery truck and prevent [...]
She wants a place that loves food, but without the hassles they have run into downtown. Huh. Seems like a fit for West Asheville. And as a West Ashevilleite, I welcome it. And encourage everyone to get there if you can. Across from Haywood Rd. Ingles, today and tomorrow from 11:30 till the food runs [...]
Over 125 poetry fans helped select Asheville’s first Poetry Slam Team in nearly a decade. Eleven finalists with the highest cumulative score from previous jams were admitted as a field. Five would leave as the Asheville Poetry Slam Team. After a wonderful musical start by Alex Williamson (Deb O Naire) and a solid opening reading [...]
15 Volunteers heeded the cyber call of the French Broad River Keeper, Hartwell Carson, to help sample water for bacteria in the watershed. They met in a parking lot on Tunnel Road, next to Ross Creek, which flows into Kenilworth Lake, and then into the Swannoah River above Sweeten Creek. Raging in age from 8 [...]
A group of volunteers committed an act of guerrilla, or Girlilla, gardening today, cleaning up the traffic triangles on the corner of Haywood Road and Westwood Place. Led by Laurie Newman of Farm Girl Garden Design and ably assisted by Megan, Chris, Christopher and about 8 others, they cut weeds, trimmed perennials, removed various trash, [...]
Diet Riot, one of my personal favorite shows on Asheville FM, is calling it quits after tonights show. Both Heather and Christina are going on to bigger and better things, and exotic locales. I was able to get in and take some pictures on this special night. Their live musical guests were Zaq Suaraez and [...]
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