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U.S. judges shredding Constitution, Bill of Rights
Recent remarks by several presidential candidates from both major political party’s shows clearly that America no longer understands what our Constitution and the Bill of Rights stand for. ...
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Multimodal efforts need push
While Asheville has made much progress in recent years in providing multiple ways to interconnect places, it still has a long way to go.
We encourage City Council to keep the ball rolling with more greenways...
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By CARL MUMPOWER
Special to the Daily Planet
“Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.”
— Virginia Woolf
The Problem
eptember was not a good month for Asheville’s Waking Life coffee bar. Seems the hips...
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By D.G. MARTIN
Special to the Daily Planet
CHAPEL HILL — I know the kind of candidate the Republicans need to beat Hillary Clinton or any other Democratic candidate in next fall’s presidential election.
It is not any of those running now.
That p...
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By LEE BALLARD
Special to the Daily Planet
If anybody – anybody in the whole world – should be fanatic supporters of labor unions, it’s the working people of North Carolina.
In this space recently, we quoted what Forbes magazine had to say abou...
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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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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 following was po...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
CHEROKEE — He might be 89 years old, but jazz-pop singing icon Tony Bennett can still belt out classics from the American songbook by accentuating the positive — and reaching deep inside to exude s...
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By DAVE ROWE
Special to the Daily Planet
Once in a while an opening act will upstage the headliner. However, that is just what happened Sept. 26 at Asheville’s U.S. Cellular Center when little-known Nashville-based singer/songw...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
FLAT ROCK — The Flat Rock Playhouse’s production of the musical “Pump Boys and Dinettes” received a well-deserved standing ovation at the conclusion of its Oct. 10 performance.
And while it wa...
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From Staff Reports
“Beacon Blankets: Portrait of a Swannanoa Textile Mill” — an evening of film, music, and stories about the rise and fall of the Beacon Manufacturing Co. — will be presented from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20.
The progra...
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From Staff Reports
The 3rd Annual Asheville Faerie Arts Festival will return to the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Asheville on Nov 14.
The yearly event celebrates the holiday season with what are billed as some of the region’s best artists and m...
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From Staff Reports
Waking Life Espresso on Sept. 17-18 temporarily closed its one location at 976 Haywood Road in West Asheville, following regular protests in front of the business, sparked by recent revelations that owners Jared Rutledge, 31, and...
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First in a series of two stories
By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
SALUDA — The United States is mired in a slump and “the question is, how do we make America great, again,” William R. “Bill” Forstchen said during his keynote ...
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Pokey LaFarge, the most successful former Asheville busker, performed with his five-piece band and rocked a full-house audience at Grey Eagle Music Hall in Asheville on Sept. 18.
During the first set, he and his band played an extended version of his ma...
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This married man flirts (but that’s it)
I’m very attracted to my co-worker — a self-described “happily married man.” We are “friends,” but he always has a warm hug, an interesting YouTube video, or ...
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From Staff Reports
An update on area school construction was presented to the Council of Independent Business Owners on Sept. 11 during an issues meeting at Chick-fil-A in North Asheville.
About 50 people attended the meeting.
The update, includi...
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From Staff Reports
A 100-year time capsule was sealed into an empty cavity in the base of the Vance Monument on Sept. 18 in downtown Asheville, as a crowd gathered for the installation.
A 118-year-old time capsule, which recently was removed from ...
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From Staff Reports
Asheville city officials recently were greeted with a firestorm of backlash from street performers and their supporters upon revealing that they are exploring the idea of initiating designated downtown busker zones —marks on th...
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From Staff Reports
The City of Asheville’s top-ranking staff — as of late September — was reviewing an assistant city attorney’s emails to New Belgium Brewery, asking about employment opportunities.
Local news media revealed in mid-Septemb...
