“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” with Our Voice
Our Voice, Asheville’s rape crisis services provider, holds an annual fundraiser called “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” in which men from the community-politicians, business owners, etc.-do just that.
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07 Apr
{Re}Happening 2012
{Re}Happening 2012
One of the things I really love about living in Asheville is its wonderful arts community, which encompasses everything from street performance, freak festivals and circus cabaret to artisan crafts to fine arts and opera. I have never felt more immersed in a vibrant arts culture, and the great thing is that all the events [...]
22 Oct
Ashtoberfest 2011
Ashtoberfest 2011
The fifth-annual Ashtoberfest brought un-dead fun to nearly 3,000 attendees at a very different, and at first for some an unwelcome, venue, the Biltmore Square Mall. All doubts about the venue seemed to fade as corpses of all ages were seen shambling around the food court, the stores and shopes, and the parking lot. For [...]
21 Oct
First Meeting of New Food Policy Council
First Meeting of New Food Policy Council
The AVL/Buncombe Food Policy Council (AB-FPC) aims to create a broad action agenda to alleviate poverty, improve public health, expand local commerce, and further sustainability initiatives by addressing Food Security issues. In 1982, Food Policy Councils began and have since sprung up in communities across America. The organizers hope to base AB-FPC on successful models [...]
01 Oct
NC Big Sweep in Asheville
NC Big Sweep in Asheville
Asheville Greenworks and RiverLink sponsored a big clean-up effort as part of a state-wide Big Sweep on October 1st. Volunteers from UNCA, Warren Wilson, Haywood Community College, Mars Hill College, and others picked up roadside trash, and tackled a “dump site” under the Smoky Park Highway bridge. A 20yd dumpster was filled to overflowing just [...]
10 Sep
3rd Annual West Asheville Garden Stroll
3rd Annual West Asheville Garden Stroll
Fifteen Gardens prepared for visitors on a beautiful Saturday in West Asheville. The 3rd Annual West Asheville Garden Stoll kicked off with an environmental award to Doug ‘brother hug’ Barlow for his tireless work in getting the greenway going and a surpirse visit from Bill Whipple’s mother, ‘Dorothy’. Now, being Asheville, and specifically West Asheville, [...]
28 Feb
French Broad River Keeper Water Sampling
French Broad River Keeper Water Sampling
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 [...]
06 Feb
Volunteers Beautify West Asheville
Volunteers Beautify West Asheville
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, [...]
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