AltWeeklies Wire
Biologists Enlist Fish to Fight Aquatic Weedsnew
Unchecked, hydrilla can fill lakes and ponds with dense, green curtains that choke out native species and snare boats and swimmers. But it appears to have met its match in another equally exotic species -- the sterile grass carp.
Mountain Xpress |
Kent Priestly |
08-23-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Into the Blogospherenew
Blogging is the new way to do news in Western North Carolina and around the world. Bloggers are part reporter/part diarist and run the gamut from politics to the arts and education.
Mountain Xpress |
Steve Shanafelt |
08-23-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
On a Mission from Jahnew
Back in the U.S. for the first time in a few years, singer Luciano is doing what he does best -- spreading revelations, and with considerable charm.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
07-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Materialnew
Writer David Sedaris says he's never regretted exposing the idiosyncracies of his family members to a global audience.
Mountain Xpress |
Melanie McGee |
07-01-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Summertime and the Reading Is ... Sleazynew
A reviewer's four top picks from small presses are not for the faint of heart.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-22-2005 |
Fiction
General Electric Writes Legislation for N.C. Congressmannew
Why would a North Carolina congressional representative introduce legislation to stall GE's clean-up of the Hudson River? And why would he let the company write it? Congressman Charles Taylor did just that.
Mountain Xpress |
Brian Sarzynski |
06-16-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Twisting The Knifenew
There's more to the perpetually misunderstood Robbie Fulks than what the alt-country press would have you believe.
Mountain Xpress |
Steve Shanafelt |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nothing to Prove: Why the Blakes Don't Even Have a Web Sitenew
Bluegrass and traditional musicians Norman and Nancy Blake have no commercial leanings, Norman says in an interview.
Mountain Xpress |
Melanie McGee |
06-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Portrait of the Inventor as a Humanistnew
A newly released DVD documentary offers a rare conduit into the world of Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesizer.
Mountain Xpress |
Chris Toenes |
06-06-2005 |
Music
Tags: Hans Fjellestad, Moog
Plummeting Pollinator Populationsnew
The demise of honey bees and other pollinators could have drastic effects on our food supply.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
06-06-2005 |
Gardening
A Real Slugfestnew
Learn to battle slugs with the powerful weapon of...coffee, and other tactics from the gooey world of slug control.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
06-06-2005 |
Gardening
Secret Army Training Raises Troubling Questionsnew
A late-night helicopter assault on the county courthouse last summer took citizens of Asheville, N.C., by surprise. Other cities have blocked such urban warfare training, but secrecy surrounds the U.S. military's proposals and plans for more of the same.
Mountain Xpress |
Jon Elliston |
04-22-2005 |
Policy Issues
Building a Mysterynew
Who is Eric Rudolph and how did he elude capture for so long? Where did he hide? Who helped him? Despite all the biographic and forensic details Schuster and Stone weave together, the fact remains that only Rudolph knows his full story.
Mountain Xpress |
Jon Elliston |
04-13-2005 |
Nonfiction
Lights, Camera ... Not So Much Actionnew
The North Carolina movie industry, once touted as the next big thing for the Tar Heel state, is dwindling. North Carolina is losing out to other states offering financial incentives, and to foreign markets.
Mountain Xpress |
Lisa Watters |
04-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Folkcatcher: a lyrical legacy -- the story of the Campbell Folk Schoolnew
The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N. Car., has turned 75 years old. Modeled on Danish folkehojskoles, the principal founder was the model for the lead role in Maggie Greenwald's film "Songcatcher." Courses at the school cover all the things folks make and do: crafts, music, cooking, etc.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
03-18-2005 |
History
