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Cover Story
By Ursula Gullow - April 30, 2012

Paint It Black
Daniel McClendon's Abstracts
On a sleepless night in March 2011, artist Daniel McClendon had an epiphany. He grabbed a notebook and compiled a list of attributes he would like a new body of work to entail. Some of the things he wrote: “Use simple source materials. Use Black. Be selective with color. Work in a stream of consciousness.”

Culture

It’s News to Them - Brooke and Julie and the Newsworthy Drawing Club

It’s News to Them
By Naomi Johnson - April 30, 2012
Brooke and Julie and the Newsworthy Drawing Club

A Messy Business
By Leigh Wills - April 30, 2012
If you’re a runner, listen up: there’s a new type of race coming to Western North Carolina in June.

Hoedown Lowdown
By Leigh Wills - April 30, 2012
Foot-stompin’ fun. Dancing encouraged. That sums up the Hooterville Hoedown, a weekly gathering in Hendersonville.

What's {RE}Happening?
By Ursula Gullow - April 1, 2012
As an art lover, you may be used to observing art in a variety of standard settings â€” museums, galleries, or perhaps at an avid collectorâ€™s home. But on Saturday, April 7, be prepared to interact with art in a way once common in the swinging sixties but these days a rare treat â€” a genuine Happening.

Transform Your Trash
By Leigh Wills - April 1, 2012
Here's your chance to put those broken knick-knacks, old toys, and mysterious parts and pieces occupying your junk drawer to good use.

People

Building Hendersonville - Erle Stillwell’s Legacy

Building Hendersonville
By Norm Powers - April 30, 2012
Erle Stillwell’s Legacy

A Bold Life
By John Clausen - April 30, 2012
Tim Cochran

In the World of Serpents
By Norm Powers - April 1, 2012
When Rick Cary was in graduate school in Tennessee some years ago, a friend told him of the strange deaths of two young ministers of a religious congregation called Signs Following, one of a number of such independent, non-affiliated congregations throughout the Southeast bearing that name. The ministers had died after being bitten by venomous snakes that figured in the group’s services.

Uphill Battle
By Leigh Wills - April 1, 2012
When John Cash heads out with his bike the morning of April 28, he's expecting some ups and downs.

Art

Daniel Nevins' Long, Strange Trip
By Ursula Gullow - April 1, 2012
For more than 10 years Daniel Nevinsâ€™ imaginary narrative paintings were a favorite amongst Asheville collectors, and itâ€™s no wonder given the cherubic characters he placed within dreamy landscapes of flowers, clouds and rivers. Then, nearly three years ago, in a shift that happened literally overnight, Nevins began painting large works of voluptuous shape, color and movement.

One Billion Seconds
By Paul Clark - February 28, 2012
Asheville tile artist, once a fugitive, talks about his 30 years on the local scene

Wellness

Eat (and Grow) Your Vegetables
February 28, 2012
The only way to really know what's in your food is to grow it yourself.

Walk This Way
By Leigh Wills - January 30, 2012
If your New Year's resolution involved getting healthy and losing weight in 2012, there is a tried and true method that still exists for accomplishing that goal: just go for a walk.

Dining

Blasts from the Past - Three diners that revive the fabulous ‘50s

Blasts from the Past
By John Clausen - April 30, 2012
Three diners that revive the fabulous ‘50s

Big Tastes at Flat Rock Wood Room
By Cathy Horton - April 1, 2012
Their secret? It's the (dry) rub.

Stone Bowl
By Cathy Horton - February 28, 2012
Korean cuisine comes to Asheville

Dancing to a Different Drum
By Cathy Horton - February 28, 2012
Two of Western Carolina's most noteworthy chefs have joined forces to help make Dembele's dream a reality.

Music

Learning to Bend - Cellist/singer/songwriter Ben Sollee has that pioneering spirit

Learning to Bend
By Robin Tolleson - April 30, 2012
Cellist/singer/songwriter Ben Sollee has that pioneering spirit

Bach and Flamenco
By Robin Tolleson - February 28, 2012
Guitarist Marc Yaxley mixes it up

CD Reviews: Eric Congdon Eric Congdon
By Brent Fleury - February 28, 2012
A veritable "jack of all trades", Congdon does it all himself — guitars, dobro, mandolin, percussion and drones — on this self-titled release, and does it well.

CD Reviews: Nathan Dyke Lightbody
By Brent Fleury - February 28, 2012
A cornucopia of world music, Lightbody isn't simply a "world music" album.

Movies

Passion for Sushi
By Marcianne Miller - April 30, 2012
New Yorker David Gelb, in his feature film debut, has created a mouth-watering 81-mintue film tribute to one man’s obsession about his work.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
By Marcianne Miller - April 30, 2012
A devout Moslem sheik and a man who believes only in fish work together for an improbable dream.

John Carter
By Marcianne Miller - April 30, 2012
A former Civil War hero takes his skills to the planet Mars, where he finds aliens, adventure, and true love.

At The Movies: We Need To Talk About Kevin
By Marcianne Miller - April 1, 2012
If you can bear to sit through We Need to Talk About Kevin, you’ll be rewarded with a film you’re compelled to talk about afterwards. If you have children, you might take opposite sides on the nature vs. nurture controversy. What role do parents really play in the development of their children? Is there such a thing as a kid born bad? If you don’t have children, you might re-consider your desire for them. Yes, the film is that scary.