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Ashvegas movie review: Fast & Furious 6
Jason Sandford May 27, 2013

The latest chapter in the improbably resilient cars and criminals saga is an absolute mess.

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Asheville News
Local artist and writer teams up with Asheville dog tag maker to launch web comic series
Jason Sandford May 24, 2013

"This American Dog" will feature everyday insights from the pupper's point of view.

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Asheville food and drink
GRAVY! Biscuit Head opens with massive, mouth-watering goodness
Jason Sandford May 24, 2013

Can ya tell we're a little excited about gourmet biscuits in West Asheville? Yes. We are.

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Asheville News
Photos: Trolley crashes into Miles Building in downtown Asheville
Jason Sandford May 23, 2013

Neither tourists nor Mountain Xpress staffers nor Kim's Wig Shop wigs were injured in this Thursday afternoon wreck.

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Asheville News
Google Street View cars on the streets of Asheville
Jason Sandford May 23, 2013

Smile, you're on Google's camera.

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Asheville News
Nabbed! 10 years ago this month, small town cop Jeff Postell arrested notorious fugitive
Jason Sandford May 22, 2013

Postell was a Murphy town cop just making his rounds when he came across a Dumpster-diving Eric Robert Rudolph.

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Asheville features
City of Asheville: Thursday is Bob Moog Day
Jason Sandford May 22, 2013

Moog Music is donating moe than $25,000 in instruments to Asheville City Schools to celebrate the occasion.

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Asheville News
Asheville runners, take note: ‘Spirit of the Marathon II’ to screen June 12
Jason Sandford May 22, 2013

Carolina Cinemas will show the film June 12. Proceeds benefit fund aiding victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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Asheville food and drink
Posana Cafe in downtown Asheville opens after major renovation
Jason Sandford May 22, 2013

Word on the street is that Posana dropped $100,000 on the overhaul.

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Asheville features
Biltmore Estate photo shoot: TV starlet Bellamy Young poses for Southern Living
Jason Sandford May 22, 2013

Bellamy Young, a star of "Scandal," was posing for the September issue of "Southern Living."

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Asheville events
May 31 meeting set to hear public input on four River Arts District community projects
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

Asheville Design Center and OPEN Asheville want input on a new bus shelter and footbridge, as well as a couple of other projects.

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Asheville business, Asheville News
Sold: Asheville South Slope warehouse to Run Riot LLC
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

Run Riot plunked down $1.1 million for the former Standard Paper building on Banks Avenue as South Slope boils with development activity.

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Asheville News
Craigslist Asheville: Pub-cycle driver wanted
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

Looks like Asheville's first drink-and-ride beer trolley is getting cranked up.

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Asheville News
The Week in Film: Sequel Hell edition
Jason Sandford May 21, 2013

The Wolfpack and Vin Diesel return, but take heart: so do the Bluths!

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Asheville News
Ashvegas movie review: Star Trek Into Darkness
Jason Sandford May 20, 2013

J.J. Abrams' return to the Enterprise is big time, big money entertainment at its best...until it treads some very familiar territory.

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Asheville News
Beach Day, and their gorgeous surf rock sound, coming to Double Crown June 23
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

This surf/garage rock trio channels the classic sound of '60s girl bands. They're playing the Double Crown on June 23.

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Asheville Music
Big Sam’s Funky Nation kicks off Downtown After 5 in Asheville tonight
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

There's a fun moonlight bicycle ride through downtown following the concert.

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Asheville News
Ashvegas movie review: Gimme The Loot
Jason Sandford May 17, 2013

Adam Leon's graffiti tale is a fast and fresh experience too rarely seen in modern cinema.

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Asheville News
Buncombe County pays more than $1 million for 8 acres on Hendersonville Road
Jason Sandford May 16, 2013

The transaction may be part of a secretive economic development deal dubbed "Project X" that the county is pursuing.

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Asheville business, Asheville food and drink
Word on the street: New restaurant coming to Haywood Road
Jason Sandford May 15, 2013

Work to renovate this building near the Haywood Road/I-240 intersection is coming together.

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Asheville News
Asheville Citizen-Times: Winning $1 million lottery ticket sold at Ingles
Jason Sandford May 15, 2013

The winner bought the ticket at Ingles on Leicester Highway. So who's the lucky winner?

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Asheville News
Asheville’s newest brewery, Hi-Wire Brewing, will be ready for Asheville Beer Week
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

Hi-Wire's first tasting event will be held on May 31 at the Thirsty Monk.

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Asheville News
Ashvegas movie review: The Great Gatsby
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

Baz Luhrmann glitzes up 1920s New York "Moulin Rouge!" style, but can't fully overcome the classic novel's cinematic flaws.

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Asheville News
The Week in Film: Captain’s Log edition (Part 2…or is it 12?)
Jason Sandford May 14, 2013

Kirk, Spock & Co. square off against one of their own while a pair of smart indies vie for the leftovers.

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Asheville News
Biltmore Mall to be transformed into outlet center
Jason Sandford May 13, 2013

The new Asheville Outlets will feature "top manufacturers and retail outlets" and is scheduled to open next year, according to press release.

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Asheville News
CONFIRMED: New mixed-use building, parking deck planned for River Arts District
Jason Sandford May 10, 2013

A major new development is planned for the ever-changing River Arts District.

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Asheville News
RiverLink: Old Cotton Mill in River Arts District to be torn down
Jason Sandford May 9, 2013

The brick building was recently the site of an arson fire, one of a recent string of RAD arsons.

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Asheville arts
Hall Fletcher Elementary School mural to be dedicated June 4
Jason Sandford May 9, 2013

The mural is meant to help uplift students at the school, one of the poorest schools in Buncombe County.

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Asheville business
River Arts District motorcycle shop seeks public’s help after suffering water damage
Jason Sandford May 9, 2013

Hugh's Handbuilt is trying to raise $5,000 after a water pipe broke last week and damaged the motorcycle shop.

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Asheville News
Wall Street Journal: Asheville’s Grove Park Inn will shelter U.S. Supreme Court when Armageddon arrives
Jason Sandford May 8, 2013

A 1950s-era document shows the famous inn will house justices "in case of enemy attack."

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Asheville News
Asheville’s pitch to Ironman: Stunning natural beauty perfect for run, bike, swim
Jason Sandford May 8, 2013

Asheville officials and star athletes, including Olympic silver medalist Lauren Tamayo, make case for city to host the triathlon.

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Asheville News
The Week in Film: Old Sport edition
Jason Sandford May 7, 2013

Baz Lurhmann's take on the Fitzgerald classic contends with painters, Nazi children, the Internet, and Peeples.

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Asheville News
‘Project X’: Buncombe County to seek public comment on project it won’t talk about
Jason Sandford May 7, 2013

The Citizen-Times reports that county commissioners are planning to spend millions in taxpayers' money to secure the economic development project.

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Asheville News
Storify: Weekend storm floods waterways, triggers mudslides
Jason Sandford May 6, 2013

This Storify captures the damage caused by the weekend storm.

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Asheville News
Asheville’s title on the line as Beer City USA polling starts
Jason Sandford May 6, 2013

Will the Asheville dynasty continue?

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Asheville News
Ashvegas movie review: Iron Man 3
Jason Sandford May 5, 2013

Annoying characters; undefined motivations; willy-nilly action. Sure you want to see Iron Man 3?

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Asheville News
Big Love Festival has been cancelled due to weather
Jason Sandford May 4, 2013

Predictions of torrential rain and high winds has forced the cancellation, say organizers.

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Asheville Music
Vote now to help Kovacs and the Polar Bear play Hangout Festival
Jason Sandford May 2, 2013

Kovacs and the Polar Bear is one of 10 bands vying for the honor in a MTV competition. Voting is easy.

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Asheville News
The Week in Film: Kubrickian Conspiracy edition
Jason Sandford April 30, 2013

Delve into Shining lore, join a Romanian monastery, save the world in a metal suit, and/or encourage Middle East peace. The choice is yours.

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Asheville News
May Day protest march set for 4 p.m. Wednesday in downtown Asheville
Jason Sandford April 30, 2013

Forget dancing around a pole. In Asheville, this is a day to celebrate workers' rights.

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Asheville News
CRAP! Millions of gallons of sewage leaking into French Broad River
Jason Sandford April 30, 2013

The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that crews are working frantically to staunch the flow of effluvium.

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Asheville Music
Mountain Oasis fest will include Neutral Milk Hotel, Jessie Ware, Nine Inch Nails, Animal Collective, Bassnector, many more
Jason Sandford April 29, 2013

Today's announcement accounts for only about one third of all Mountain Oasis acts to be announced.

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Ashvegas movie review: The Big Wedding
Jason Sandford April 29, 2013

Perhaps never before have so many Oscar winners made such a pungent stink bomb together as they do here.

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Asheville business
Asheville Horse & Carriage Tours launches in downtown
Jason Sandford April 26, 2013

Horse-drawn carriages will ply the streets Thursdays through Sundays from now through June.

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Asheville events, Asheville Music
All Go West fest brings music to West Asheville
Jason Sandford April 26, 2013

The Critters, Marley Carroll, Quantic, RBTS WIN, Kovacs & the Polar Bear, Moses Atwood Band and Roadkill Ghost Choir are just a few of the performers.

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Asheville News
Ashvegas movie review: Mud
Jason Sandford April 26, 2013

Populated by colorful, mysterious characters and thoughtfully developed themes, Jeff Nichols' film is a steady delight and rich in the way only a strong Southern story can be.

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Asheville food and drink
Asheville Scene: Curate owners exploring options for new venture in Asheville
Jason Sandford April 24, 2013

The owners of the hugely popular Curate have their eyes set on something new.

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Asheville business
Word on the street: Publix scouting Asheville
Jason Sandford April 24, 2013

Fresh off breaking ground on its first Tar Heel grocery store in Charlotte, word has it Publix peeps are checking out the mountains.

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Asheville features
Blue Ridge Roller Girls return to action on Saturday
Jason Sandford April 24, 2013

It's an estrogen-fueled triple-header full of action at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown.

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Asheville arts
Will Asheville’s real ‘arts district’ please stand up?
Jason Sandford April 24, 2013

Now there's a Downtown Asheville Art District and a River Arts District. It's DAAD vs. RAD.

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