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Give!Local aims high in its seventh year

Mountain Xpress 01 Nov 2021

Since Mountain Xpress launched the annual campaign in 2015, the community has helped raise over $750,000, benefiting more than 100 area nonprofits ... Thanks to a partnership with Blue Mountain Pizza, 100% of your donation will go directly to the nonprofits of your choice ... The Give!Local 2021 Guide can be found inserted in this week’s Mountain Xpress ... .

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NC Music Hall of Fame hosts double induction ceremony

Mountain Xpress 20 Oct 2021

In anticipation of the 2021 ceremony, Xpress offers a look at this year’s inductees with direct ties to Buncombe County ... “I have a moment of pride and gratitude every time someone tells me that my music moved them, gave them courage, changed their life,” writes Roberta Flack in an email exchange with Xpress.

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Q&A; with Ruth Pittard of the ‘LOVE’ Project

Mountain Xpress 11 Oct 2021

On Wednesdays for the last three years, a few friends stand silently on the busiest corner in Black Mountain holding signs that say “LOVE.” They aren’t affiliated with any religion or political organization ... Now she lives in Black Mountain, where she is building a small, solar, net-zero house.

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Letter: COVID-19 vaccine resistance explained

Mountain Xpress 10 Oct 2021

For Mountain Xpress readers confused by the whys of vaccine hesitancy, may one highlight the reality of “pushback?” ... One finds neither compassion, confidence nor a call to action in any of the above ... .

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Discover Delicious Dining at Vinnie’s South

The Tribune Papers 07 Oct 2021

Eric Scheffer, well-known restauranteur, again developed a family-friendly atmosphere that allows friends and family to dine comfortably together ... Photo courtesy of Vinnie’s. Having been voted the Best Italian Restaurant 11 years in a row by Mountain Xpress, there were few worries that this new location would not attract customers and be popular ... .

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Letter: The power of literacy can change lives

Mountain Xpress 05 Oct 2021

We have a literacy crisis in our community, but our community is stepping up to change this. Recently, Mountain Xpress published an article highlighting a recent pilot program that Literacy Together completed in partnership with Youth Transformed for Life to provide tutoring at its summer camp [“It Takes a Village ... 1] ... — Marilyn Lindsley Cortes ... .

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Letter: Meaningful change can start with alternative education

Mountain Xpress 21 Sep 2021

I hope we don’t return to “normal.” The trappings of what we call “normal” in our current world are part of the causes of the anxiety and lack of trust in our government. Let’s rejuvenate the American dream in Asheville by taking positive action ... The Aug. 25 Mountain Xpress article, “Changing Classrooms ... There are alternative programs ... — Ed Sacco ... .

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Letter: Harriet Tubman statue resonates with WNC family’s history

Mountain Xpress 12 Sep 2021

1, Xpress] ... Both of my paternal grandparents were born on plantations near Grey Eagle, a place known as the town of Black Mountain for the past 128 years ... Thomas Calder has published a fine article about the book in Mountain Xpress [“90 Years in the Making.

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Citizen guide to land development coming in January

Mountain Xpress 08 Sep 2021

Residents wanting more of a say in Asheville and Buncombe County’s development process may benefit this coming January from a new Mountain Xpress guide to local government decision-making ... of development on the way Western North Carolinians live,” says Xpress Publisher Jeff Fobes.

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Q&A; with Erica Abrams Locklear, professor of English at UNCA

Mountain Xpress 05 Sep 2021

Growing up in Leicester, Erica Abrams Locklear imagined becoming a pediatrician one day ... Representing Mountain Food and People, a second book on Appalachian foodways. Abrams Locklear spoke with Xpress about the authors she loves to teach, how reading literature teaches empathy and “exploding the canon” one marginalized writer at a time ... .

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The delta-8 debate

Mountain Xpress 20 Aug 2021

Several Asheville-area residents whom Mountain Xpress reached out to said that while they enjoy delta-8 products and find them a great relaxation aid, they declined to go on the record about their use due to the stigma that surrounds cannabinoid products in many professional settings.

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Local chefs find excitement and calm on the river

Mountain Xpress 19 Aug 2021

And for some of these thrill-seekers, when they’re not playing with fire, they take to nearby rivers and streams, playing hide-and-seek with the elusive mountain trout. Xpress recently asked a few of these local chefs and fishing experts to share their angle on angling. Combining passions ... Va., where I grew up,” he recalls ... Serves. Four people ... .

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Letter: Public should support educators in job of guiding students

Mountain Xpress 16 Aug 2021

The Mountain Xpress article regarding critical race theory is important in regard to the values of our society [“Menace or Red Meat? Critical Race Theory Debate Comes to Buncombe,” July 21, Xpress]. Pauline Orban’s worry about schools’ handling racism is important. However, framing the term as “racism” is misleading ... esacco189@gmail.com ... — Ed Sacco ... .

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Secrecy surrounding Pratt & Whitney deal raises critical issues

Mountain Xpress 10 Aug 2021

My reason for writing is not to ask Mountain Xpress to investigate whatever environmental impacts this may create at the site or to inform the paper that the future occupant is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of weapons and weapons delivery systems.

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Xpress earns national award for 2020 voter guide

Mountain Xpress 26 Jul 2021

The work of Mountain Xpress to strengthen democracy at the local level recently received a nod from the national Association of Alternative Newsmedia ... These finalists truly represent the best of the best,” the AAN wrote in a July 12 press release announcing Xpress’ nomination as a finalist for the award.