Remember Lives Lost to Domestic Violence
Recently two members of our community were killed in domestic violence incidents. The Asheville Buncombe Coalition for the Prevention of Family Violence invites you to join us as we gather for a Silent Walk through downtown Asheville in honor of Donna Lewis, Bonnie Woodring, and all victims of Domestic Violence.
The purpose of the Silent Walk is to raise awareness of the impact of Domestic Violence in our community and mourn lives lost to Domestic Violence. Community members are invited to gather at the front lawn of the Buncombe County Courthouse at 12:30pm on Wednesday, May 21st to participate in the walk.
These recent deaths are a tragic reminder that Domestic Violence continues to be a hidden epidemic in our area. The effects of Domestic Violence are far reaching. On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends every day in America. (1) One in four women will experience violence at the hands of an intimate partner in their lifetime.(2)
1. Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003
2. http://www.nccadv.org
Asheville Myanmar Benefit This Friday
"Stand Up for Burma" features comedian Tom Simmons of Comedy Central, Showtime, BET, NBC and the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. Simmons is joined by Asheville comedians Greg Brown and Tom Chalmers.
Tickets are $15 and 100% of the show's profits are directed to the International Burmese Monks Organization, an organization already on the ground in Myanmar, bypassing the infamous refusal of Myanmar's non-elected ruling military junta to accept and distribute aid to its own people. Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on May 2, and a May 9 United Nations article says 1.5 million people are severely affected, 63,000-100,000+ may have been killed, and the region needs $187 million to keep displaced and starving adults and children alive.
Official show website here.
Laugh Your Asheville Off presents Tom Simmons: Stand Up for Burma
Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place
May 23rd, 8:0o p.m.
Tickets: $15.00
Recommended for mature audiences 18+
Please feel free to cross-post and spread the word about this benefit event.
The cicadas are here
The 17-year cicadas have arrived in Ashvegas. Have you seen them?
Labels: Asheville, cicadas
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Billy Jonas Tickets Go On Sale!
The AC-T is
reporting "Tickets are on sale now for Billy Jonas in concert at Vance Elementary on June 1. Doors will open at 3 p.m.
General admission is $5 for kids and $10 for adults. Premium tickets (first two rows) are $10 for kids and $15 for adults.
Tickets can be purchased at: Asheville City Schools Central Office, 85 Mountain St; The Haywood Road Market in West Asheville and The Toy Box on Merrimon Avenue.
The Vance Elementary PTO will hold a 2 p.m. pre-show party serving ice cream sundaes for $3. For more information e-mail kate.pett@asdheville.k12.nc.us."
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Billy Jonas is an amazing musician. Take your kid to see him. Do it.
You can hear Billy Jonas at his website or myspace.
BlogAsheville Hearts Billy Jonas!
Public Comment Period on Guns in National Parks
cross-posted from
MyWeaverville.comThere’s been a lot of debate about the issue of bringing loaded guns into National Parks, so here’s a chance to let the government know how you feel about it. The
Department of the Interior has opened the public comment period on the proposed regulations which would allow carrying loaded concealed weapons in National Parks. Go to
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-9606.htm for the full proposed regulation and to
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=090000648053d497 if you’d like to comment online. Comments will be accepted through June 30. More details:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, through the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service, proposes to amend regulations presently codified in 36 CFR part 2 and 50 CFR part 27, which provide guidance and controls for the possession and transportation of firearms in national park areas and national wildlife refuges. The proposed amendments would update the regulations to reflect current state laws authorizing the possession of concealed firearms, while maintaining the existing regulatory provisions that ensure visitor safety and resource protection such as the prohibitions on poaching and limitations on hunting and target practice.
DATES: Written comments will be accepted through June 30, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the number 1024-AD70 by any of the following methods:
- Federal rulemaking portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
- Mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: 1024-AD70; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 222; Arlington, VA 22203.
- Hand-deliver: 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 222, Arlington, VA 22203.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment–including your personal identifying information–may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Labels: guns, national parks
Y'all Rock
Hiya bloggerati.
Thanks to the folks who visit here for their bloggy linkage goodness and for their Asheville goings-on whatnottery.
We've had over 5,000 visitors each month since January.If your blog isn't on our radar, just email the Ruler at blogasheville@hotmail.com. He's sometimes slow, but it always gets done.
And if you're not cross-posting your goodies over here, why not? Anyone with an Asheville blog who's willing to follow a few simple rules can be a front-pager at BlogAsheville. Those of you who've been keeping the front page rolling, know that you rock.
Labels: blogasheville
Downtown Asheville Master Plan Kick-Off Meeting
[x-posted
A Year in Asheville]
Downtown Master Plan Meeting and Survey
By now you know that there's a downtown master plan being created to guide our city's future. They're asking folks to give their input through public meetings, the first of which takes place tonight.
The first public meeting for the Asheville Downtown Master Plan will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at the Asheville Civic Center Banquet Hall. This is the public kick-off meeting for the plan. Attendees can expect to hear about the Downtown Master Plan process, meet the consultant team and then break up into small groups to give input about what they see as issues and opportunities for Downtown Asheville.
Master Planners are asking folks to take a nifty online survey as well.
Here's the survey. Take it.Hey you bloggahs. Can you put the survey link up at your demesnes?
Looking for a summer read?
Former Ashevillian and all around good guy Patrick Finn has a novella for you to read...get it
herereview excerpt:
Patrick Michael Finn has written a fierce and frightening, often gorgeously described, swirling, pulsing, sweating runaway car crash of a novella that reminded me of the darker works of Denis Johnson and Hubert Selby. A Martyr for Suzy Kosasovich is an unsparing look at the other side of the American dream; the collective rage that passes for friendship in some corners. While Finn's characters are often short-sighted and mean-spirited, his luminous writing and knack for telling detail makes their story relevant and unforgettable. --Tom Barbash, author of The Last Good Chance.
Asheville coffee shop update. Work with us Dripolator!
A few weeks back I posted an article on
the best coffee shops to work from with your laptop. One of the negatives I gave about the Dripolator was the lousy two hour rule. It was posited that Dripolator had lifted this insane limitation, but the girl sitting behind me at the moment begs to differ, as she got the dreaded "Ooops! It looks like you ran out of time" splash screen.
C'mon Drip. Help us out. When someone just spent $10-15 to sit and do homework while dining on rather pricey coffee shop food that person should be able to finish what they came to do.
Possible solution:
When a loyal customer runs out of time, allow them to go to the counter and buy another drink and have their account reset. "It doesn't work like that" you say? Well it should.
Otherwise I hear there is a great place called The Green Sage just up the street. I haven't tried it yet, but you wouldn't want me to head over and get hooked now would you? :-)
Labels: Asheville, coffee, green sage, The Dripolator
Housing Market in USA Today
In case you didn't manage to snag one from your fifth-grader
here's the link to the USA Today story on the housing market that features Asheville. Excerpt:
"The market started falling apart every place else, and we were just chugging right along," says Tom Tveidt, director of research at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce.
But this year — belatedly but unmistakably — the housing slump struck the Asheville area. Though home prices haven't fallen drastically, sales have. The primary cause has been a drop-off in out-of-state buyers.
"We're a destination market," says Terry Horner, president of the Asheville Board of Realtors. "It's a desirable place to live."
Labels: Asheville, housing
Asheville Transit System to run extra buses to UNC-Asheville for Michelle Obama visit.
Heads up: Use the bus to get to UNC-Asheville tonight. It's easier for everyone involved... especially you, since you won't have to get stuck in traffic or fight for a parking spot.
In anticipation of heightened traffic on Friday night due to Michelle Obama’s visit to UNC-Asheville, Asheville Transit System will run a bus every 15 minutes from the downtown station at 49 Coxe Avenue next to the U.S. Post Office, from 4:30pm to 9:30pm.
“The extra route is on top of the regular bus service UNC-Asheville receives,” said Mariate Echeverry, interim transit manager “We want to reduce traffic congestion, decrease the chance of accidents, and make parking at the University more available for people with disabilities.”
"The last bus leaves UNC-Asheville at 12:45 am., so there is little chance of anyone being stranded,” said Echeverry.
University and City of Asheville officials are urging people to use the Asheville Transit System for Michelle Obama’s Friday night visit. Supporters are expected to flood onto campus in the early afternoon, backing up traffic and making parking for students and faculty nearly impossible.
“It’s better for visitors if they use public transit – not only because of space limitations, but for the environment as well,” said Yuri Koslen, Transportation Planner at UNC-Asheville.
For additional information about bus routes to UNC-Asheville, call 253-5691 or visit www.ashevillenc.gov/transit.
Labels: Asheville Transit, ATS, Bus, Obama, Public Transit
Dazzling Urbanites
The hottest "absurdist folk-punk collective" band in town,
Sirius.B, will rock this Saturday, May 3rd at The Rocket Club in west Asheville. They were voted "Best Unknown Band" by the readers of Mtn. X last year, and the gig is to announce the release of their new CD "Dazzling Urbanites".
You can buy tickets here (special deal if you order the CD and ticket at the same time). To get a feel for the band, you can check out the tunes at their website, or read what Mountain X reporter Alli Marshall had to say:
"Absurdist folk-punk collective Sirius.B may be fairly new to the Asheville music scene, but their sound harkens back to an earlier era. Or eras, perhaps."
The group is a scene unto itself, for starters. They packed their Saturday, Oct. 13, appearance at Bobo Gallery with a collection of punk street musicians, belly dancers, arty types in granny dresses and well-coifed fashionistas. Booties were shaking. Exotic dance steps were being executed. It was rather what one would imagine Athens, Georgia’s 40 Watt Club to have been like in the early days of R.E.M.
Only with more gypsy leanings. And Pancho “Chris” Bond’s sometimes snarling vocals would likely have frightened shy ‘80s Michael Stipe."
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"I have to say it. There's a certain sense of unpredictability (perhaps staged, but palpable, nonetheless) and an undercurrent of righteous anger to Sirius.B's songs. Take the raucous, irascible "Francophile": emotive, danceable and fiery."
[...]
"Sirius.B, it’s worth noting, is far prettier than the Pogues. Or Gogol Bordello. On the whole, they may well deserve some sort of prize for being Asheville’s most aesthetically pleasing band — that is, if everyone could just get past their impressively irreverent, combustible, three-ring circus of sound."
This band is the hottest thing in town, and their opening act,
Bootstraps Burlesque will undoubtedly warm up the room most salaciously.
"Bootstraps Burlesque is dedicated to the proposition that Burlesque Arts are created wild. We are endowed by our own sheer guts to the inalienable right to have a sassy good time.
Dinah Might is the cultivar of the field of flowers known as Bootstraps Burlesque. Bringing skilled dancers to the stage for creative explorations of the wider world of endertainment, she strives for quality from the pasties up."
B
uy your tickets before you come to save a couple of bucks, and bring your dancing shoes.
Labels: rocket club, sirius b
