Max Hammonds

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By Max Hammonds, MD The urinary bladder is a relatively small organ of the body, about the size of one’s fist, sitting just behind the pubic bone. It serves a very useful function – to catch and hold the urine produced in the kidneys and passed down by two longContinue Reading

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by Max Hammonds, MD – May 31 is World No Tobacco Day – which will have a variable impact, depending on which part of the world one lives in. In the United States, the number of smokers has remained steady at about 20% of the population. But this number isContinue Reading

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  Performance: Diana Wortham Theatre ..p4 Amici Music ..p6 Pan Harmonia ..p6 Asheville Symphony ..p7 The Knights ..p7 Magnetic 375 ..p8 Music: The Three Davids ..p8 Zoe & Cloyd ..p16 Colin Hay ..p22 David Holt ..p26 The Green Room Café ..p33 Fine Art: Grovewood Gallery ..p10 Virginia Pendergrass ..p11 MarkContinue Reading

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by Max Hammonds, MD – You look at your car keys. You choose to pick them up. Just like that – your arm reaches out and picks them up. Do you ever wonder – how does that work? How does the message get from your eyes to your brain andContinue Reading

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  Music & Performance: Free Planet Radio ..p3 Pan Harmonia ..p6 ACT – Bill Bowers; Oleanna ..p7 Asheville Fringe Arts Festival ..p8 Magnetic 375 ..p8 Larry Campbell ..p23 Chuck Brodsky ..p34 Fine Art: Ray Byram ..p4 Roberto Vengoechea ..p10 Points of Light ..p10 Carolina Mountain Artists Guild ..p11 Seven SistersContinue Reading

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by Max Hammonds, MD – The media are consumed with frightening medical issues – the most recent being breast cancer. Some articles are well-written and balanced. Some are more hype than substance. What is the current medical understanding on breast cancer – and what do we not yet know? FactContinue Reading

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  Special Events Hard Candy Christmas 2015 ..p4 Voorhees Family Art ..p4 ‘Tis the Season Holiday Fair ..p4 Asheville Faerie Arts Festival ..p32 Music & Performance: Alison Brown ..p6 Magnetic Theatre; ACT ..p7 Billy Jonas; Joshua Messick ..p8 Jamie Laval ..p22 Bow Thayer ..p29 BMCA ..p37 Fine Art: The WrinkledContinue Reading

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  Performance: Asheville Community Theatre ..p4 HART ..p6 Asheville Symphony ..p7 Music: Patrick Sweany ..p8 Alison Brown ..p27 Fine Art: Paint the Town; Art on the Lawn ..p9 Art on Main Festival ..p11 Of Time and The River ..p16 Richard Baker ..p17 Weaverville Art Safari ..p18 Susan Marie Designs ..p19Continue Reading