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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
FLAT ROCK — It’s all about the songs in “Smokey Joe’s Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller,” the first large-scale musical production of the 2017 mainstage season at Flat Rock Play...
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Asheville’s Downtown After 5
Asheville’s Downtown After 5 will launch its 2017 monthly outdoor music series May 19 on North Lexington Avenue on a temporary stage near the I-240 underpass.
The shows run from 5 to 9 p.m.
Featured will be the High &am...
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By SHELLEY WRIGHT
Speciial to the Daily Planet
In Part One last month, we experience strange phenomena, find out more about our hotel’s haunted history from an employee who encountered it first-hand and hold a seance to find out who’s haunting Build...
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John Engels, founder and president of Leadership Coaching Inc., will lead the next UNC Asheville Family Business Forum presentation – "Succession Conversations: Who Says What to Whom, and How, and When?" – from 8 to 11:30 a.m.April 20 in the Sher...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
Two members of Asheville City Council addressed how to get approval to build a hotel in Asheville — following a tightening of developmental rules in the Unified Development Ordinance — during a M...
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Insecurity blanket
Q: I’m extremely insecure about my looks, though objectively, I know I’m pretty. I constantly ask my boyfriend for reassurance. He gives it to me, but feels bad that I feel this way. Now I’m worrying that I’m making such a...
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From Staff Reports
In an unusual step, Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell was publicly admonished by Mayor Esther Manheimer during a council meeting on March 14 for an email he sent that she said was tantamount to him exerting “undue influence”...
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From Staff Reports
Dr. Carl Mumpower, an Asheville psychologist, was elected chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party during during the party’s annual convention on March 25 at Reynold High School.
The convention drew a record turnout, party o...
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From Staff Reports
BLACK MOUNTAIN — The Buncombe County Democratic Party will be seeking new leadership when it holds its annual convention at 10 a.m. April 8 at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly here.
The convention is open to all registered Democrats.
D...
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From Staff Reports
The Buncombe County Board of Elections has set a hearing date to determine if Asheville City Councilman Keith Young is eligible serve on council after buying a house outside city limits.
The hearing was prompted by a complaint from ne...
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From Staff Reports
A downtown Asheville jewelry store’s billboard stating that “Sometimes, it’s OK to throw rocks at girls....” has ignited a firestorm from critics who say it is a sexist message
Spicer Greene Jewelers’ advertisement — off P...
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By PETE KALINER
Special to the Daily Planet
Pete Kaliner is the host of a daily radio talk show on Asheville’s WWNC (570-AM) that airs from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. This column features posts from his daily blog.
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The followin...
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Gentrification? It isn’t new for city’s black tesidents
Gentrification in Asheville isn’t a new occurrence; this has been a long -time coming for Asheville’s black residents.
Black residents of Asheville have ...
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Gladys Knight, husband give Canton a terrific lift
We thank Gladys Knight (an Asheville-area resident and Motown Records legend) and her husband William McDowell (an entrepreneur and Canton native married to Knight sinc...
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By CARL MUMPOWER
Special to the Daily Planet
“Conserve (v. kuh n-surv) To use or manage wisely; preserve; save.”
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atlinburg’s 2016 catastrophic fire tragedy killed 14 people. They’re busy cleaning up, recovering and making sure it never h...
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By D.G. MARTIN
Special to the Daily Planet
CHAPEL HILL — Where are Ruby and Jack Hunt when we need them?
Somebody needs to sit our political leaders down and guide them into talking to each other about how to get our state out of the HB2 mess we have...
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BY LEE BALLARD
Special to the Daily Planet
Believing is a gift, a blessing. Over the years, I’ve observed that believing people are settled, certain, content. Sometimes I envy them.
But myself, I’ve never been able to buy wrapped packag...
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By JEFF MESSER
Special to the Daily Planet
Jeff Messer is the host of a daily radio talk show on Asheville’s WPEK (880-AM, The Revolution) that airs from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. This column features posts from his daily blog.
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The fo...
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‘The Rat Pack’ show swings despite lacking Sammy fill-in
By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com HENDERSONVILLE — “The Music of the Rat Pack,” featuring hits by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin a...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
Once again, the pro show was a highlight of the 30th annual Heritage Classic Dancesport Championships, which featured competitive ballroom-style dancing from Feb. 28 to March 4 at the Omni Grove Pa...
