by Max Hammonds, MD News Flash! The largest report on lifestyle and colon-rectal cancer ever published concludes that Americans can largely prevent the disease by maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active, drinking less alcohol, consuming only moderate amounts of red meat and avoiding processed meats. Really!?!? The American InstituteContinue Reading

Resolve to Have The Best Photos You Can! by Greg Vineyard Happy New Year! Every day is the right one to tackle resolutions. And when I don’t stay up late eating something I shouldn’t while watching some “bad” sci-fi flick where aliens eat our brains or whatever, I awake eachContinue Reading

JANUARY The DePue Brothers Band Thursday, January 19 at 8 p.m. Watch out, as in freight-train-a-comin’, for this band of classically trained brothers and their symphonic friends who seamlessly blend their classical virtuosi roots with Bluegrass, Americana, and Folk. Susan Werner & David Wilcox Saturday, January 21 at 8 p.m.Continue Reading

Antique Appraisal to Benefit WNCAP Have you ever wondered what that old peice of silver that Grandma left you is worth? Or if that old porcelain vase you picked up at a yard sale is a Ming vase worth a million dollars? Here is your chance to find out andContinue Reading

Concerts at St. Matthias Church January 1 – “An Afternoon in Vienna” concert of Strauss Waltzes. January 8 – Skylark Jazz Ensemble Concerts are held on Sundays at 3 p.m. The historic church is located in Asheville, just off South Charlotte Street at Max Street, on the hill across fromContinue Reading

by Eddie LeShure Liberated State was formed in the spring of 2010 when trumpeter Sean Smith and vibraphonist Jason DeCristofaro met one another at a jazz jam in Asheville. “Sean and I played a version of Butterfly together at the jam, and upon hearing each other’s musical approach we bothContinue Reading

by Eddie LeShure For almost 30 years, drummer/singer Russ Wilson has worked as a professional musician and made a name for himself performing many varying styles of music including Rock, Country, Gospel, Blues, R&B, Dixieland, Big Band Swing, Bebop, pit work for Broadway style shows and Symphonic music.  Of allContinue Reading

by Eddie LeShure Born in 1961 in Wayland, Massachusetts, art and music played a big part in Frank’s life from an early age. A local potter Margaret Hoenig taught classes for children that Frank attended, off and on, from age 6 through his teens. She was an incredibly inspiring womanContinue Reading