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To gain perspective on one’s life, sometimes a look skyward into the inky nocturnal abyss is all it takes to realize just how small we really are. “Life is more than about just meeting a certain deadline at work,” said dominic Lesnar, the president of the Astronomy Club of Asheville. “It’s great to see the bigger picture of how the world operates. This is the satisfaction of knowing your place in the universe and seeing how dynamic the natural world is.” The Astronomy Club invited a whole lot of people to look up
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LooKing up: The Astronomy Club of Asheville hosted 175 people Jan. 24 for a star viewing at Lookout Observatory at UNC Asheville. The new facility — a 50/50 partnership between the college and the club — boasts state-of-the-art telescopes. Photo by Pat Barcas
when it celebrated its second public stargazing event Jan. 24 at UNC Asheville’s Lookout Observatory, a newly christened facility that members hope will bring further interest in the heavens throughout the area. The event drew 175 science lovers — an extraordinary 300 people were initially expected and filled a waiting list just as long, but
the viewing was delayed a day due to cloudy skies. On the night of the viewing, weather cleared and visitors were treated to crystal-clear views of Venus, the moon, the Andromeda galaxy and the Orion nebula. Exclamations of “ooh” and “ahh” permeated the viewing structure as stargazers young and old took a peek through the telescopes. The club had its first official public stargazing at the new Lookout Observatory facility, at the top of the hill on the UNCA campus on Nov. 14 last year. The January viewing was the second fully publicized event at the Observatory, which is complete with warming room and four permanent state-of-the-art telescopes. The building and half of what’s in it was funded by the club and shares usage with the university. “It’s a 50/50 partnership with the university. They provide the infrastructure. The university and the club ... purchased their own equipment,” said Lesnar. “The interest for a public observatory has always been there. Now people can go and be treated to a guided tour of the night sky, all minutes from their homes.” The Astronomy Club has grown from a casual gathering of about 10 people half a decade ago to more than 100 members under outgoing President Bernard arghiere. The primary objective is outreach — educating individuals as well as school groups on the wonders of the universe through talks, gatherings, school events and firsthand observations through some very nice telescopes. In addition to events at Lookout Observatory, stargazing events are held at public places around Asheville about twice a month, weather permitting. “That’s Sirius, the brightest star in the sky,” club member jim hornaday pointed out during a recent public club gathering at Tanbark Ridge overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
“Nope, the brightest star is the sun!” shot back another stargazer and club member, dennis wilde, from behind his telescope. Such is the banter of this tightknit and well-educated group, but as much as they might seem to be know-it-alls, members are more than happy to let a perfect stranger saunter up to their highly calibrated, not-atall-cheap personal telescope and take a peek into the universe. They share their information in a nonthreatening way and don’t overwhelm with jargon. “There are two camps of amateur observers,” said Lesnar. “Casual observers, just people putting their eye to the eyepiece for the visceral excitement and the understanding of the natural world, and those into astrophotography. These are serious amateurs who want to share their views with others. Our club is open to all levels of experience.” Whether it’s the work of Neil Degrasse Tyson and his resurrection of the Cosmos series, the Mars rover and its stunning photos of the red planet, or the beckoning dark skies of the region, it’s clear that Ashevilleans have an ever-increasing appetite for science and observing the night sky. The Astronomy Club of Asheville is ranked No. 5 nationally as measured by NASA’s Night Sky Network in terms of events and attendance. Meetings are held the first Thursday of
FiELd tRip: The Astronomy Club hosts stargazing events at public places around Asheville, such as the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Club membership is $25 annually and comes with benefits, such as usage of club telescopes and books, and access to Grassland Mountain Observatory. Another Lookout Observatory sky viewing event is planned for the weekend of Feb. 20. For more information and to view a schedule of upcoming events, visit www.astroasheville.org. X
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every month at UNCA, with most sessions featuring a guest lecturer. In addition to the university observatory, as of Dec. 31, the group has accepted the donation of a 4.2-acre private observatory at a dark-sky site in Madison County called Grassland Mountain Observatory. The site is open to viewing by members only and has one of the largest permanently mounted telescopes in Western North Carolina. “We spend half our lives in the dark, but most of us can’t see in the dark,” said Arghiere. “This is really about having a sense of connection to what’s up there.”
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Location, location, location Asheville’s 2014 brick-and-mortar business development by the maps
Where were Asheville’s “hot spots” for brick-and-mortar businesses in 2014? Despite ample buzz about growth in downtown’s South Slope, local development was surprisingly modest, according to an Xpress analysis of city data. In fact, a heat map created by Xpress Web developer Kyle Kirkpatrick shows that downtown areas just north of Patton Avenue have been 2014’s most dense hot spots. Small but noticeable pockets of development are also evident on West Asheville’s Haywood Road, Merrimon Avenue, Tunnel Road, and Highway 25 near Biltmore Forest, Overlook Road and Sweeten Creek. The heat map aggregates business license data provided by the city of Asheville — specifically, new privilege licenses granted to 240 companies in dozens of business categories throughout 2014. Areas of the most highly concentrated development appear as red-colored zones, while less active districts are shades of blue, green and yellow. “That’s a unique data set,” says dave michelson, Asheville’s geographic information systems analyst, of the business license records. “A lot of the data we collect gets driven by the legal addresses that we use for 911, but for some reason the business license software doesn’t tie into that address list. ... It’s not as strict.” Michelson is charged with making sense of imperfect data sets quite often.
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“There’s always value,” he says. But limitations in the data “just makes it harder to do the analysis.” “Visualizing data is a real focus in the mapping world today,” adds Bruce daniel, creator of The Asheville Map. “The best maps are built on data that is curated with a sense of purpose, not simply the biggest data set or highest granularity.” Heat maps attempt to achieve this artful functionality by abandoning minutia in favor of overarching insight. And an interactive map at mountainx.com further allows readers to click on data pins, explore the information and share their findings and comments. For the interactive map, Xpress plugged those 240 businesses into a Google platform that allows readers to filter companies by license category. Roughly 40 percent of records represented retail businesses and 27 percent indicate restaurants. Notably, a relatively dense cluster of retail shops can be seen near Battery Park Avenue’s short stretch. (Check out another interactive map, color-coded based on license categories, at avl.mx/0od.) “But data isn’t the only determinant of a successful map,” says Daniels. “Cartography still combines art with science, and all too often I see maps that are lacking the former.”
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Over a dozen permits for businesses near Battery Park Avenue were obtained under the retail category. Xpress’ interactive maps use privilege license data from the City of Asheville to plot areas of relatively concentrated brick-and-mortar business development. All maps created by Kyle Kirkpatrick & Anna Whitley
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The city of Asheville provided 1,030 license records granted from Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 29, 2014, with many businesses accounting for multiple licenses. In order to convey location-specific insight, Xpress deleted records reflecting service industries — from dozens of new adult entertainers to a handful of plumbers — and itinerant retailers (e.g. market vendors and food trucks). Wholesalers, whose location often doesn’t indicate place of product consumption, were pulled out, as were duplicate records and businesses registered outside of Asheville. Some 240 records comprise the final data set. For a full list of categories, go to mountainx.com. For the purpose of color-coding the categorized Google map, Xpress assigned multilicense businesses one lead category and included additional categories in each business’ description (viewable when pins are clicked in the interactive map).
Privilege license addresses are one way to track brick-and-mortar business development geographically. The measured growth, however, doesn’t reflect new business entities in cases when an existing company adds a new product or service line that requires a privilege license. An existing convenience store, for example, would require a new privilege license to begin selling spirits, which may indicate a different type of business growth. Businesses expanding by moving into a larger space wouldn’t appear on the map (although they may indicate growth areas), since a simple change of address allows the company to forgo a new privilege license application. All data is subject to human error in collection and subsequent manipulation, and many industries are not subject to privlege licensing. X
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As Asheville City Council heads into an important election year, a variety of new local projects are in the works that aim to increase civic engagement. Local Web development team patrick conant and jesse michel recently built a new website that’s designed to give online commenters an in-person voice at Council meetings. The prototype site, MyCityCouncil.com, pairs the city’s live video stream of the meetings with a customized live commenting system. They’d also like to enlist a volunteer moderator who would attend meetings and monitor the online discussion. The moderator could then serve as a voice for those who
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couldn’t attend in person, asking questions or relaying thoughts to Council from those participating in the online discussion. “The idea is a natural fit for Asheville — our City Council places a lot of emphasis on community feedback, and our vibrant community members are willing to provide it more often than not,” says Conant, who along with Michel, is a former Xpress staffer. “We’re just trying to make it as simple as possible to get involved with local government.” Both developers are heavily involved with Code for Asheville, a group of volunteers who use their technical skills to try to improve the relationship between citizens and local government.
Conant is trying to get the word out about the new website in the hopes of attracting interest and participants for a test run. (Those interested in participating as commenters or moderators should email him at patrick@prcapps.com.) Meanwhile, members of the Asheville Politics Facebook group have been experimenting in recent months with posting live dispatches from Council meetings as they unfold. A Jan. 27 thread started by one of the group’s moderators, Rich Lee, quickly generated more than 250 responses to the meeting, including observations, opinions, links to related stories and snarky jokes. The purpose of the live online discussions, says Lee, meshes with the general goal of the 1,108-member Asheville Politics Facebook group. The hope behind both is to help people “overcome the steep learning curve of local government, a barrier to entry to people who aren’t dedicated observers, with constant steady conversation,” he explains. “Eventually you start to learn who the players are, what’s the history. And at the same time, it humanizes these influencers and decision-makers. They’re not this anonymous power over our lives, but our neighbors, people with day jobs and personalities. And they’re participating in the discussion too.” Lee’s interest in local government is also translating to a plan to run for Council himself, although he says he’s undecided whether he’ll mount a campaign this year or wait. “It’s just a matter of when,” says Lee, who works as a financial adviser for Edward Jones. “The feeling that Asheville is really at a tipping point in its growth, that the working class, service industry and creative community are coming under more and more pressure from high housing costs and low job opportunity. … It’s really pushing me to consider it sooner rather than later.” Council member gordon smith set a recent precedent for translating online engagement to electoral success in 2009 after raising his public profile as a regular blogger and commentator at the Scrutiny Hooligans website, among other online forums. In addition to the latest grassroots efforts at increasing engagement, a range of local journalists and others continues to post live dispatches and comments about Council meetings via Twitter using the hashtag #avlgov. And of course, a wealth of local media outlets continues to offer more traditional reports in print, online and over the airwaves. X
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Logging in? Grassroots group organizes against logging in Big Ivy
A grassroots group is organizing against a U.S. Forest Service plan that would make it easier to log in a popular section of Pisgah National Forest in Buncombe County. A U.S. Forest Service proposal calls for designating most of the Big Ivy area near Barnardsville as a timber production management area. Before finalizing the change, the Forest Service is accepting public feedback and will hold a Thursday, Feb. 5, meeting at 7 p.m. at the Big Ivy Community Center (540 Dillingham Road). An activist group called Friends of Big Ivy has launched a website (friendsofbigivy.org) and is organizing residents to show up to the meeting to speak out against the plan. “It’s good that we have a lot of people excited about trying to protect it,” says organizer Karin heiman, a consulting biologist. “More focus should be on recreation and scenic values and less on timber values.” The area is easily viewed from heavily-trafficked Blue Ridge Parkway destinations, such as Craggy Gardens and is a popular area for hiking, hunting and fishing, among other outdoor activities. The area was also a filming location for several movies, including The Hunger Games.
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In addition, Big Ivy is “one of the most important conservation areas in Western North Carolina,” says josh Kelly, a biologist for the local MountainTrue environmental nonprofit. “It’s fairly unique because of its combination of older forests and rare species. …. It’s some of the highest quality forest in WNC.” Big Ivy is home to more than 30 rare plant and animal species, including some that are federally endangered, says Kelly. It also encompasses more than 3,000 acres of old growth forests, which are very rare in the Eastern U.S. About 20 years ago, during the Forest Service’s last major planning process, Big Ivy was also slated for logging before activists successfully rallied against it. Heiman says she was surprised to see history repeating itself in the wake of the previous outcry decades ago, which she also helped organize. “I don’t know if they forgot about what happened in the past because we have a lot of new people in the Forest Service,” she says. The Forest Service argues that logging can actually help aid habitat for some plants and animals by creating younger forests, as well as providing economic benefits. But Heiman and other activists reject that argument. About 75 percent of the profits from logging would go outside the county, she says. “And if you look at the area as a whole, there’s so much early succession outside the National Forests, we don’t need to open up more early succession habitat within the National Forests.”
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Draft Management Areas for Big Ivy in the Pisgah Forest Plan Revision
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timBER ho! A draft plan by the U.S. Forest Service designates most of the popular Big Ivy area as suitable for logging. Map courtesy of Friends of Big Ivy
The Forest Service’s overall plan covers the entirety of the Pisgah and Nantahala National forests, encompassing more than 1 million acres around the region. The first draft of the plan calls for increasing the amount of total forest open to logging by about 30 percent, according to Kelly. However, the plan won’t be
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Benefits Mardis Gras Ball 458-7128, cwl-asheville.org • SA (2/7), 6pm - Tickets to this dinner and silent auction benefit the Children’s Welfare league student stipend Program. $250 per couple. Held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive tOast asheville 253-3227 • TH (2/5), 5:30-8:30pm - Tickets for this food, libations and silent auction event benefit the asheville art Museum. $30-$40. Held at Asheville Art Museum, 2 N. Pack Square
Business & teChnOlOGy a-B teCh sMall Business Center 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 3987950, abtech.edu/sbc Free unless otherwise noted. Registration required. • WE (2/4), 6:30-8:30pm - “What
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just in timE FoR tax sEason: Forget the most wonderful time of the year — how about the most stressful? As Ashevilleans prepare to file their tax returns, area nonprofits, including UNC Asheville, the Council on Aging of Buncombe County and the Buncombe County libraries, are here to help. Volunteers from the IRS’s VITA and AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide programs will offer free tax preparations for taxpayers with low- and moderate-incomes at several locations beginning in February. (p.17)
Entrepreneurs Need to Know About 3D Printing” seminar. • WE (2/11), 6-9pm - “How to Start a Nonprofit” seminar. • TH (2/12), 6-8pm - “Business Formation: Choosing the Right Structure” seminar. aMeriCan Business WOMen’s assOCiatiOn abwaskyhy.com • TH (2/12), 5:30pm - Monthly meeting with guest speaker David Hardy from The APEX Brain Centers. $25, includes dinner. Held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive MariOn Business assOCiatiOn 652-2215, hometownmarion.com • MONDAYS through (3/23), 6pm - “Am I Cut Out to Be An Entrepreneur?” business course. Free. Registration required. Held at Marion Depot, 58 Depot St., Marion sCOre COunselOrs tO sMall Business 271-4786, ashevillescore.org Registration required. Free. • MO (2/9), 5:30-8:30pm “Starting a Business Part 1” seminar. Held at A-B Tech Madison
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Site, 4646 US 25-70, Marshall venture asheville ventureasheville.com, 258-6137 • WEDNESDAYS, 9am - One Million Cups of Coffee: weekly entrepreneurs startup presentations. Held at RISC Networks, 81 Broadway Suite C
Classes, MeetinGs & events aBrahaM/hiCKs: laW Of attraCtiOn MeetinG (pd.) Live with joy! Uplifting, positive group! Understand vibration, and how to manifest in your life. Every Wednesday, 7pm, Free! (828) 274-5444. asheville Glass Center (pd.) Weekly course offerings in the art of glass blowing. Day, weekend, and evening offerings. A challenging medium expertly taught by our skilled instructors, one on one or group experiences. ashevilleglass.com, 828-505-7110 Business BasiCs fOr visual
artists (pd.) A-B Tech, Enka Campus, Tuesday, January 27, 12pm-2pm, $40. Call 398-7900 to register. Instructor: Wendy H. Outland, WhO Knows art. furniture PaintinG WOrKshOP (pd.) Wed. 2/4- 6pm, The Regeneration Station. Finally the classes you have been demanding are here! Grab a friend and that piece you’ve been waiting to turn into magic and come on down for an evening of fun, wine, and learning! Cost: $99 pre registration price for first 10 attendees. $110 at the door. Limited space for 1st class. To register, call Nikki at 828505-1108. JOin the aPPalaChian ChaPter Of dOWsers at their February 21st meeting with speaker Dr. Robert Gilbert of the Vesica Institute. Go to: www.appalachiandowsers.com/ februarymeeting or call 828-6852273 OrGaniC GrOWer’s sChOOl’s 22nd annual
sPrinG COnferenCe (pd.) March 7-8, at UNCA, offers practical, regionally-appropriate workshops on organic growing, permaculture, homesteading, farming, plus exhibitors, seed-xchange, kid’s program. Organicgrowersschool.org. Play the transfOrMatiOn GaMe (pd.) Open to unseen possibilities in understanding self and others. Go deeply/have fun. 6 hours. Be amazed at what is revealed! feb 13th or 28th. Pricing varies by group size. 828-788-5142. innerlandscaping@aol.com reneW yOur resOlutiOns! (pd.) Want a hormone-balancing, brain fog-clearing, tummysoothing detox with a side effect of Weight Loss? Join The 21 Day Essential Cleanse starting Feb 16th. 828-620-1188. WhiteWillowWellness.com affOrdaBle hOusinG PuBliC fOruM fOr MadisOn COunty 259-5728 • TH (2/5), 6pm - City of Asheville Community Development staff will present
information on the state of household growth and housing needs in Madison County and the region. Free. Held at Madison County Cooperative Extension Office, 258 Carolina Lane, Marshall asheville ChaPter Of the B COrP MOveMent newearthmuziq.com • TU (2/10), 6:30pm - “B the Change” information seminar on B Corp certification. Free. Held at New Mountain, 38 N. French Broad asheville natiOnal OrGanizatiOn fOr WOMen ashevillenow@live.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 2:30pm Monthly meeting. Free. Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. asheville tOastMasters CluB 914-424-7347, ashevilletoastmasters.com • THURSDAYS, 6:15pm - Weekly meetings for sharpening public speaking skills. Free. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St.
asheville WOMen in BlaCK main.nc.us/wib • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm - Monthly peace vigil. Free. Held at the Vance Monument in Pack Square. BaKer-BarBer slideshOW PresentatiOns 697-6224, cfhcforever.org • THURSDAYS, 1:30-3pm Images from a collection of historic WNC photographs will be viewed. Presented by the Community Foundation of Henderson County. Free. Held at Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville BunCOMBe COunty PuBliC liBraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (2/4), 7pm - Black Mountain Library Knitters, for all experience levels. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • WE (2/4) & (2/18), 5pm Swannanoa Knitters, casual knitting and needlework group for all skill levels. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa COMMunity dialOGues On raCe 419-0730, robertamadden@ yahoo.com • TU (2/10), 6:30pm - A fourweek series using films, group exercises and dialogue to discuss race relations. Location varies by week. Registration required. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Church Swannanoa Valley, 500 Montreat Road, Black Mountain COunCil On aGinG tax assistanCe coabc.org 227-8288For moderate- to low-incomes. •THURSDAYS, 10am-4pm - Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville. • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 10am-4pm - Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TUESDAYS, 9am-4pm - Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road. TUESDAYS, 10am-4pm - Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Doughtery St., Black Mountain d&d adventurers leaGue revtobiaz@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm Ongoing fantasy roleplaying campaign for both new and veteran players. Free. Held at The Wyvern’s Tale, 347 Merrimon Ave.
• SATURDAYS, 12-4pm & 5-9pm - Episodic fantasy roleplaying adventures with persistent characters. Meets every other week. Free. Held at The Wyvern’s Tale, 347 Merrimon Ave. finanCial PlanninG WOrKshOP 884-8840 • WE (2/4), 3-5pm - Discusses legal, tax, retirement and insurance issues for gay and lesbian couples. Registration required. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalists of Transylvania County, 24 Varsity St., Brevard hendersOnville Wise WOMen 693-1523 • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 1:30pm - A safe, supportive group of women “of a certain.” Free. Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville laurel ChaPter Of the eMBrOiderers’ Guild Of aMeriCa 654-9788, egacarolinas.org • TH (2/5), 10am-noon - Monthly meeting discusses needle art techniques used to create embellished letters. Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe MOuntain PeGGers 367-7794 • MONDAYS, 6-8pm - Noncompetitive cribbage group for all levels and ages. Free. Held at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave. MOve tO aMend Of BunCOMBe COunty 299-1242, movetoamend.org/ nc-asheville • MO (2/9), 7pm - Monthly planning meeting. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. OntraCK WnC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. • WEDNESDAYS (2/4) and (2/11), 5:30pm - “What to do With Your Tax Refund,” seminar. Free. • TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS until (2/12), 5:30pm “Homebuyer Education Series,” HUD-certified investment class. $35. • MO (2/9), 5:30pm “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it.” Free. tarheel PieCeMaKers Quilt CluB tarheelpiecemakers.wordpress.com • WE (2/11), 10am - Monthly meeting. Free. Held at Balfour
United Methodist, 2567 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. thOMas WOlfe MeMOrial 52 N. Market St, 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TU (2/10) through SA (5/30) Historical costume exhibit, “The Boarder’s Garb.” $5. tOastMasters 978-697-2783 • TUESDAYS, 7-8am - Works on developing public speaking and leadership skills. Free. Held at Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Center Blvd. unCa vOluntary inCOMe tax assistanCe unca.edu • SATURDAYS (2/7) until (4/9), 10:30am-3pm - Income tax preparation for incomes under $53K. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • THURSDAYS (2/10) until (4/9), 6-8pm - Income tax preparation for incomes under $53K. Free. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. veterans fOr PeaCe 582-5180, vfpchapter099wnc. blogspot.com • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - Weekly vigil. Held at the Vance Monument in Pack Square. Free. • TU (2/10), 6:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St. Western CarOlinians fOr PeaCe and JustiCe in the Middle east mepeacewnc.com • WE (2/11), 9:30am - General meeting. Free. Held at Black Mountain Presbyterian, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain Western nC huManists 550-7935 • 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 11am Brunch meeting. Free to attend. Held at Denny’s, 1 Regent Park Blvd.
danCe studiO zahiya, dOWntOWn danCe Classes (pd.) Monday 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Fusion Bellydance• Tuesday 7:45am Yoga 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wrkt 10:30am Bellydance • $13 for 60 minute classes, Hip Hop Wkrt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com
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:: 828.242.7595 sOuthern liGhts sQuare and rOund danCe CluB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (2/7), 6pm - “Hearts and Flowers Dance.” Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville
eCO asheville Green drinKs ashevillegreendrinks.com • WE (2/11), 5:30pm - “The Health Implications of Genetically Modified Foods.” Held at Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway friends Of BiG ivy friendsofbigivy.org • TH (2/5), 7pm - Anti-logging meeting with US Forest Service. Includes discussion of draft plan to cut in Blue Ivy. Free to attend. Held at Big Ivy Community Center, 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville sKyland/sOuth BunCOMBe liBrary 260 Overlook Road, 250-6488 • TH (2/5), 4-6pm - Create messages to encourage clean-up of CTS-polluted site. Free.
A singing surprise what: Singing Valentines & Roses fundraiser whERE: Various locations whEn: Saturday, Feb. 14, noon - 4 p.m. whY: The Celebration Singers of Asheville, a group of talented singers from second grade through high school, have banded together for the fourth year in a row to send singing Valentine’s, replete with roses and chocolate, to unsuspecting lovers in the Asheville area. grace avery, president of Celebration Singers of Asheville and owner of Charm’s Floral of Asheville, helped develop the idea for the romantic event after being serenaded one day at her flower shop by a barbershop quartet. “It was so beautiful and special. It just made our day, so we brainstormed with the kids to start doing that too,” recalls Avery. Surprise-givers have a couple of options to send to their amores: at the $40 level, your
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darling will receive a traditional love-song serenade, a single rose and a card; for $75, you’ll send everything at the $40 level, but with an upgrade to a dozen roses. Got a spare $100? That’ll get you a box of chocolates to include as well. “We will try our best to accommodate special requests such as delivery time,” notes Avery, but she encourages people to be flexible. Since Avery is donating the flowers and parents are volunteering their time to transport the student singers, all funds raised during the event will go to support the Celebration Singers of Asheville. Proceeds will be used to rent rehearsal spaces, pay royalties for songs, attend special conferences and tune the groups’ piano. For event information, check out the singers’ at singasheville. org. To place an order for a serenade package this holiday, call Avery at 424-1463. But don’t dally! The deadline for ordering serenade packages expires at the end of business on Monday, Feb. 9. — Michael McDonald
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WnC Green BuildinG COunCil 254-1995, wncgbc.org • SA (2/8), 1-4pm - “Green building tour” of the renovated W.C. Reid Center including Green Opportunities offices. Registration required. Free. Held at W.C. Reid Center, 133 Livingston St. • TH (2/12), 5:30-6:30pm Networking event for green builders and council members. Free to attend. Held at Urban Orchard, 210 Haywood Road, 828-774-5151 WnC sierra CluB 251-8289, wenoca.org • WE (2/4), 7pm - Presentation and discussion: “Using Climate Data to Create Business Opportunities” with Robin Cape from The Collider. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place
farM & Garden OrGaniC GrOWers sChOOl events 772-5846, organicgrowersschool. org • SA (2/7), 7:30pm - Peter Bane discusses his book The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town & Country. Free to attend. Held at French Broad Food Co-Op, 76 Biltmore Ave.
fOOd & Beer friends Of the Weaverville liBrary 250-6482 • TU (2/10), 7pm - “Getting to Know Wine,” discussion of wine varieties and pairings. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville leiCester COMMunity Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000 • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm The Leicester Welcome Table offers a hot meal and fellowship. Open to all. Free.
GOvernMent & POlitiCs Blue ridGe rePuBliCan WOMen’s CluB facebook.com/BRRWC • TH (2/12), 7pm - Henry Leissing discusses the U.S. Constitution, its significance and concerns in today’s environment. Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. BunCOMBe COunty rePuBliCan Men’s CluB 712-1711, gakeller@gakeller.com • 2nd SATURDAYS, 7:30am Discussion group meeting with optional breakfast. Free to attend. Held at Corner Stone Restaurant, 102 Tunnel Road
Kids GROWING GODDESS • JUNE 22-26 • JULY 6-10 (pd.) A nature-based Rites of Passage Camp (ages 11-14) celebrating the sacred time when a girl is becoming a woman. Through nature connection, supportive sisterhood, ritual, play and mentorship our true gifts emerge. Info: www.earthpatheducation.com Kids’ aCtivities at the liBraries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (2/4), 3:30pm - LEGO club for ages 5-12. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (2/6), 4pm - LEGO club for ages 5-12. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Rd., Candler • FR (2/6) & SA (2/7), 10:30am “Babies Love Books!” interactive program. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Rd., Leicester • SA (2/7), 10am - LEGO club for ages 5-12. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260
Overlook Rd. • SA (2/7), noon-4pm - “Altered Book Art for Teens,” creates art from old books. For grades 6-12. • MO (2/9), 4pm - LEGO club for ages 6 and up. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville rOllinG fOr readinG 776-0361, bookmobile@bcsemail. org A mobile early literacy program from Buncombe County Public Schools for children ages 3-5 and their parents. Free. MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS: • 10-10:45am - Held at Haw Creek Elementary, 21 Trinity Chapel Road • 1:15am-noon - Held at W.D. Williams Elementary, 161 Bee Tree Road, Swannanoa • 1:45-2:30pm - Held at Shiloh Community Center, 121 Shiloh Road WEDNESDAYS: • 2:45-1:30pm - Held at Fairview Elementary, 1355 Charlotte Highway, Fairview TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS: • 9-9:45am - Held at Leicester Elementary, 31 Gilbert Road, Leicester • 10:30-11:15am - Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • noon-12:45pm - Held at Johnston Elementary, 230 Johnston Blvd. • 1:15-2pm - Held at Emma Elementary, 37 Brickyard Road sPellBOund Children’s BOOKshOP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11-11:30am - Story Time for ages 3-7. Free. • SA (2/7), 3-4:30pm - Laurie McKay discusses her book Villain Keeper: The Last Dragon Charmer #1. For ages 7-12. Free. • TU (2/10), 3:30-5pm - Nick Bruel reads from two new Bad Kitty books. For ages 3-8. Free. tiny tOts CirCus PlaytiMe toyboatcommunityartspace.com • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 10am-noon - Circus-themed mini class, for babies and children up to age 6. $5 per child per class. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B What’s shaKin ashevilletheatre.org • SATURDAYS through (3/28), 10am - Singing and dancing class for 6 months to 4 years. $12 per child per class. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. WnC nature Center 75 Gashes Creek Road, 298-5600, wildwnc.org • WEDNESDAYS through (3/11), 10am-noon - “Critter Time For
Tikes & Tots,” learning about animals for ages 3-5. $12. Meets every other week.
OutdOOrs sWannanOa valley MuseuM hiKes 669-9566, swannanoavalleymuseum.org • SA (2/7), 10am-1pm - Valley History Explorer Hike, 3-mile hike through historic Riceville. $30. Held at Swannanoa Valley Museum, 223 W State St., Black Mountain • TH (2/12), 7pm - Interest meeting for the museum’s hiking and local history programs. Free. Held at REI Asheville, 31 Schenck Pakrway.
PuBliC leCtures CarOlina JeWs fOr JustiCe West carolinajewsforjustice.org • SU (2/8), 3pm - “History and its Burdens: The Place of African Americans in our Collective Historical Memory,” by Darin Waters. Free. Held at Congregation Beth Ha Tephila, 43 N. Liberty St. PuBliC leCtures at Brevard COlleGe 884-8251, raintrlh@brevard.edu • WE (2/4), 3:30-5pm - Great Decisions Lecture Series: “Syria’s Refugee Crisis.” Held in McClarty-Goodson Building. $10. • WE (2/11), 3:30-5pm - Great Decisions Lecture Series: “Brazil’s Metamorphosis Schools.” Held in McLartyGoodson Building. $10. PuBliC leCtures at Mars hill mhu.edu • WE (2/4), 7:30pm - Rev. William Barber, president of the NC conference of NAACP. Free. In Moore Auditorium. PuBliC leCtures at unCa unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted. • FR (2/6), 11:30am - “An African-American Woman’s Perspective on UNC Asheville.” Reuter Center. • FR (2/6), 11:25am - “Cold War and Its Legacy.” Humanities Lecture Hall. • FR (2/6), 11:25am “1848: Romanticism and its Discontents.” Lipinsky Auditorium. • MO (2/9), 11:25am “Medieval India.” Humanities Lecture Hall. • TU (2/10), 7:30pm - World
Affairs Council: “Brazil’s Metamorphosis.” Reuter Center. $10/free WAC members and UNCA students. transitiOn asheville 296-0064, transitionasheville.org • MO (2/9), 6:30-8pm - Vaidila Satvika discusses taking back underutilized streets to make more space for people. Free. Held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St.
seniOrs aarP sMart driver Classes 253-4863, aarpdriversafety.org Driving refresher course for ages 50+. $20/$15 AARP members. • TH (2/12), 8:45am Registration required: 708-7404. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road
sPirituality aBOut the transCendental MeditatiOn teChniQue: free intrOduCtOry leCture (pd.) Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation. Learn about the authentic TM technique. It’s not concentrating, trying to be mindful, or common mantra practice. It’s an effortless, non-religious, evidence-based technique for heightened well-being and a spiritually fulfilled life. The only meditation recommended by the American Heart Association. • Topics: How the major forms of meditation differ—in practice and results; What science says about TM, stress, anxiety and depression; Meditation and brain research; What is Enlightenment? • Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, asheville tM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or Meditationasheville.org an intrOduCtiOn tO MeditatiOn (pd.) Exploring the process of compassionately starting and staying with a meditation practice—what meditation is/ is not, how compassionate selfdiscipline differs from self-discipline, typical pitfalls and how to transcend them, and how to be for ourselves the kind and gentle support we’ve always wanted. Four weekly sessions, Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm starting February 12. www.mountainzen.org
asheville COMPassiOnate COMMuniCatiOn Center (pd.) Free practice group. Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 252-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com • 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:00pm. asheville insiGht MeditatiOn (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com astrO-COunselinG (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. aWaKeninG deePest nature MeditatiOn Class (pd.) Consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Healing into life through deepened stillness, presence & wisdom. Meditation, lessons & dialogue in Zen inspired unorthodox enlightenment. Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm - Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. (828) 258-3241, healing@billwalz.com, www. billwalz.com COMMunity hu sOnG (pd.) In our fast-paced world, are you looking to find more inner peace? Singing HU can lift you into a higher state of consciousness, so that you can discover, in your own way, who you are and why you’re here. • Date: Sunday, February 8, 2015, 11-11:30am, fellowship follows. Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828254-6775. (free event). www. eckankar-nc.org lOOKinG fOr Genuine sPiritual GuidanCe and helP? (pd.) We are in a beautiful area about 10 minutes from downtown Asheville, very close to Warren Wilson College. www. truththomas.org 828-299-4359 OPen heart MeditatiOn (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep
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peace of the Divine within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary. org
unitarian universalist COnGreGatiOn Of asheville 1 Edwin Place, 254-6001, uuasheville.org • WEDNESDAYS, 8am-9am - Contemplation Hour, open silent meditation/prayer. Free.
the Blue Mandala (pd.) February 18th, 6-8pmNew Moon Drumming Circle, donation ;March 13th,14th, & 15th The Liberty Series Preregistration required $495, $175 non refundable deposit; Ongoing Events: Tues-Sat by appointment- Intuitive Reading, Reiki, Massage, Access Consciousness Bars; Free Lending Library, online Store The Blue Mandala 1359 Cane Creek Road Fletcher, NC 28732 828-275-2755 www.thebluemandala.com
urBan dharMa 29 Page Ave., 225-6422, udharmanc.com • THURSDAYS through (3/26), “Introduction to Buddhism” class. $15 per class. Registration required.
eMBraCinG siMPliCity herMitaGe 338-2665, embracingsimplicityhermitage.org • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am-noon - Buddhist discussion and meditation. Free. Held at Dhamma and Meditation Center, 38 Joel Wright Dr. South Park Plaza, Hendersonville first COnGreGatiOnal uCC Of hendersOnville 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville, 692-8630, fccendersonville.com • SU (2/8), 9:15am - LENT: Part 1-Holy Interruptions: A Lenten Wilderness Training and Survival Kit. Free. GraCe lutheran ChurCh 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • TUESDAYS (1/13) until (3/3), 6pm - Discipline Bible Study series: “Invitation to Romans.” $13. Parish Of st. euGene 72 Culvern St., 254-5193, steugene.org • 1st FRIDAYS - Taizé service. Free to attend. PuB theOlOGy at the OPen taBle meetup.com/opentable • MONDAYS, 6pm - Open discussion of progressive theological issues related to biblical and other spiritual texts. Free to attend. Held at Scully’s, 13 W Walnut St. shaMBhala MeditatiOn Center 19 Westwood Place, 200-5120, shambhalaashvl@gmail.com • 1st THURSDAYS, 6-7pm - Public group sitting and Dharma reading/discussion. Free.
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sPOKen & Written WOrd BunCOMBe COunty PuBliC liBraries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (2/4), 3pm - Afternoon Book Club: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (2/5), 7pm - Book cub: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • TU (2/10), 1pm - Book Club: Stella Bain by Anita Shreve. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester City liGhts BOOKstOre 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • FR (2/6), 6:30pm - Will Harlan discusses his book Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island. Free. MalaPrOP’s BOOKstOre and Cafe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted. • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Salon series: Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature. • WE (2/4), 7pm - YA authors Megan Shepherd, Megan Miranda and Ryan Graudin discuss their works. • WE (2/4), 1-2pm - Autism Book Club: Poker Without Cards: A Consciousness Thriller by Ben Mack. • WE (2/4), 7pm - Malaprop’s Book Club: Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe. • TH (2/5), 7pm - Gregg Levoy discusses his new book Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion. • FR (2/6), 7pm - Jamie Mason discusses her novel Monday’s Lie.. • MO (2/9), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: Dissolution by C. J. Sansom.
• MO (2/9), 5:30-7pm Independent Publisher’s Night. • MO (2/9), 7:30pm - Stewart O’Nan discusses his book West of Sunset. • TU (2/10), 7:30pm - Lynne Truss discusses her book Cat Out of Hell. • WE (2/11), 10:30am-noon - Reading Group Choices, discussion & author speed dating. Registration required. • WE (2/11), 3:30pm - Nick Bruel discusses his book Bad Kitty: Puppy’s Big Day. • WE (2/11), 7:30pm - Azar Nafisi discusses her book The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books. • WE (2/11), 7pm - Salon: Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature. MetrO Wines 169 Charlotte St., 575-9525, facebook.com/MetroWinesAsheville • SA (2/8), 3pm - Storytelling performance by David Novak. $15. MOuntains BranCh liBrary 150 Bill’s Creek Road, Luke Laure, 287-6392, mountainsbranchlibrary.org • WE (2/11), 11:30am - Author Jeremy B. Jones discusses his book Bearwallow: A Personal History of Mountain Homeland. Includes lunch. $25. thOMas WOlfe shOrt stOry BOOK CluB 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TH (2/12), 5:30-7pm - “The House of the Far and Lost.” Discussion led by Laura HopeGill. Free. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St Wednesday Writer’s niGht 252-1500 • WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm - Open meeting for songwriters, poets, and word lovers hosted by songwriter Jenna Lindbo. Free to attend. Held at Laurey’s, 67 Biltmore Ave
vOlunteerinG BiG BrOthers BiG sisters Of WnC 253-1470, bbbswnc.org • TU (2/10), noon - Volunteer information session. Free. Held at United Way of Asheville & Buncombe, 50 S. French Broad Ave. For more volunteering opportunities, visit mountainx.com/volunteering
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Briefs Local hunters kill 700-pound pig, discovering too late that she had a great personality Asheville Tea Party successfully removes 123 voters it suspected of fraudulently voting while black and Democratic
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The Joy of a warm fire and a good book
There’s nothing I like more than sitting down on a cold evening in front of a warm fire and reading a good book. Right now I’m reading The Corrections, and it is such a good read; Jonathan Franzen, brilliant author. Perfect book for snuggling in a warm blanket, maybe get my trusty pipe as my sole companion on this relaxing read. Put a little of the Afghan Kush in the pipe and put the tired feet up for some well-deserved relaxing. Just me, my pipe full of marijuana and a fine bottle of Boone’s Farm. Sipping some wine, smoking my pipe, dancing naked online for a total stranger and of course reading The Corrections. I’m just a sucker for a good book and naked dancing and, of course, some good old-fashion mushrooms. Cuddling the pile of firewood next to the fire because it looks like a fuzzy turtle that needs love. Just naked on mushrooms, petting my firewood and laughing at the joke my wallpaper just told you. That’s the kind of relaxing evening I like. Warm fire, marijuana, Boone’s Farm, mushrooms, fuzzy turtles, funny wallpaper and a midnight screaming run through the forest, climbing a tree to escape the wizards. But that’s just me. I’m basically what you call an avid book reader. Asheville Disclaimer is parody/satire Contact: tomscheve@gmail.com Contrib. this week: Joe Shelton, Cary Goff, Tom Scheve
Asheville Aroma Tour already has competition on horizon ASHEVILLE, MONDAY — Local entrepreneur Trip Bannister is set to start a new tour based on the combined, plagiarized ideas of People of Asheville and the nascent Aroma Tour of Asheville. He calls it Buncombes Favorites: Stenches and Scintillators of the Olfactory. “I’m not married to the name,” said Bannister. “How it works is, we take a Segway tour — I’ll be damned, I’m ripping off three of these other ideas, and not just two,” Bannister explained. “Anyway, we go to different parts of town and place a scented burlap sack over your head and you take in a simulated odor, which is then explained by a scent concierge.” One section uncovers the nuances between transient persons of different neighborhoods: Pack Square: peppery. Lexington Ave. underbridge: Borboun. West Asheville: clove and burrito. Biltmore Park: invisibility/clean linen. “After the part of the tour that simulates tantalizing restaurant smells without going in to eat at any of them, we replace the authentic coffee smells with Folger’s Crystals, to see if you can tell the difference,” said Bannister. “Then to finish, we clear your sinus/palate with a pressurized saline nasal pump, and finally let you sniff a mint.” Given the successes of other Asheville tours, a tour of people and their odors could potentially have an aromatic niche that both locals and tourists may well tolerate.
Haywood schools issue new rules for e-cigarettes
• Students using e-cigarettes must discuss at all times the use of e-cigarettes. • Students using e-cigarettes must assume that students standing nearby have asked a question about e-cigarettes and answer the question without sparing any details or insights. • No sharing e-cigarettes because doing so pointlessly spreads germs. E-cigarettes may be shared only when being used to consume illegal substances. (The “Make it worth it” rule.) • Illegal drugs found in e-cigarettes will be confiscated and safely disposed of via vaporization in the vice-principal’s office. • E-cigarettes will be classified as drug paraphernalia, the same as marijuana pipes, blow torches or hash presses.
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launched a similar smartphone app, “Airpnp,” to connect people walking around select cities and needing access to a toilet, listing residents who make their utilities available, with description and price. Laurendine told the New York Post in January that New York City is a promising market (though his two best cities are New Orleans and Antwerp, Belgium). The prices vary from free to $20, and the facilities range from a sweet-smelling room stocked with reading material to a barely maintained toilet (with no lavatory), but, said one supplier, sometimes people “really need to go, and this will have to do.”
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• Kathi Fedden filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit in December against Suffolk County, N.Y., police after her 29-year-old son, driving drunk in 2013, fatally crashed into an office. She reasons that the son’s death is the fault of the police officer who stopped him earlier that evening, and who must have noticed he was already drunk but did not arrest him. The officer, who knew the son as the owner of a popular-with-police local delicatessen, merely gave the son a lift home, but the son later drove off in his mother’s car, in which he had the fatal crash. • A generous resident (name withheld by KDKA-TV) of South Oakland, Pa., in seasonal spirit the week before Christmas, invited a pregnant, homeless woman she had met at a Rite Aid store home with her for a hot shower, a change of clothes and a warm bed for the night. The resident was forced to call police, though, when she went to check up on her guest and discovered her engaging in sexual activity with the resident’s pit bull. The guest, enraged at being caught, vandalized the home before officers arrived to arrest her.
• Kentucky, one of America’s financially worst-off states, annually spends $2 million of taxpayer money on salaries and expenses for 41 “jailers” who have no jails to manage. Research by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting in January noted that Kentucky’s constitution requires “elected” jailers, notwithstanding that 41 counties have shut down their jails and house detainees elsewhere via contracts with sheriffs. (Though the jailers may be called upon to transport prisoners from time to time, the 41 counties are mostly small ones with few detainees.) Several jailers have full-time “side” jobs, and one jail-less jailer employs five deputies while another has 11 part-timers. • a.K. verma was an “assistant executive engineer” working for India’s central public works department in 1990 with 10 years on the job when he went on leave — and had still not returned by the end of 2014, when the government finally fired him. He had submitted numerous requests for extensions during the ensuing 24 years, but all were denied, though no agency or court managed to force him back to work. (India’s bureaucracy is generally acknowledged to be among the most dysfunctional in Asia.) X
thE nEw noRmaL The website/smartphone app Airbnb, launched in 2008, connects travelers seeking lodging with individuals offering private facilities at certain prices. About a year ago, entrepreneur travis Laurendine
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Connections The mind-body wellness issue
In its two back-to-back wellness issues, Xpress explores the art and science of healing the whole person — body, mind and spirit. Last week’s issue looked at integrative medicine — a holistic healing approach that blends both conventional and alternative, or complementary, strategies. This Feb.4 edition focuses on the mindbody connection in holistic healing. Scientists now know that mind and body are inextricably linked, interacting in ways that can create either health or illness. Our thoughts and emotions have an influence on our physical health and vice versa. Mindbody medicine taps into the power of the mind to improve physical health; it also works with the body to achieve mental health. In this issue we present stories about several different areas where mind and body intersect to create healing: nicki glasser explores how ChiWalking and Running combine mindfulness with physical movement to create a more holistic, injury-free approach to exercise. Emily nichols looks at a mindbody approach to solving sleep
problems, and in another article, toni sherwood explores Somatic Experiencing — a bodycentered approach for healing psychological trauma. We also delve into neurofeedback and brain training, hypnosis for “opening” the mind to allow physical healing to occur, and traditional Chinese medicine’s mind-bodyspirit approach. We present the results of the mind-body portion of our wellness survey, too, highlighting the wide variety of mind-body therapies practiced in Asheville — from well-known ones such as yoga and meditation to many lesser-known ones, such as integrative body transformation and alpha theta peak performance training. As testimony to the broad range of therapies offered, one therapist commented on the survey that she had heard many clients say, “I knew I would find what I needed in Asheville.” Asheville is indeed fortunate to have such a vast array of mindbody modalities. Combined with its strength in traditional as well as integrative medicine, it embodies the best of what medicine can be. — Susan Foster, wellness editor
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At Willow Wellness and Recovery, we believe there are many roads to recovery. We chose our name because the willow is a majestic symbol of resilience, strength and hope; deeply rooted, it allows bending rather than breaking during the tumult of life’s storms. As colleagues and close friends fueled by the desire to offer quality, relationship-based care, we created an innovative, mindfulnessbased outpatient program providing integrative and comprehensive opioid dependence treatment for those struggling with addiction, substance abuse and cooccurring mental health issues. Our small office-based program utilizes a combination of buprenorphine and psychotherapy to treat the whole person. Unlike larger clinics, we
know each of our clients by name. The heart of our practice is supporting clients through mindful psychiatry and psychotherapy as they revision and rebuild their lives. In addition to our office-based buprenorphine program, our office provides individual psychiatry with Ilona Csapo, MD and psychotherapy with Kim Skelton, LPC, LCAS. We are excited to announce that for individual clients, both Dr. Csapo and Kim are able to accept BCBS insurance. We believe in the resilience of the human spirit and that change is possible. Whether it be in a mindfulness meditation group, a family group or meeting with the doctor, we are here to support you.
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You are getting sleepy ... very sleepy. This Hollywood hypnosis cliché — complete with a swaying pocketwatch dangling in front of a paralyzed rube — couldn’t be further from the truth. Ashevillearea practitioners say facilitating well-being through hypnosis is a very real way to deal with emotional and even physical pain. michelle payton, founder of the 750-member Asheville Area Wholistic and Integrative Professionals, says the mind is extremely powerful, and its powers over the body, seemingly limitless, are just beginning to be unlocked.
Clients contact her for everything from night terrors to balance issues to chronic pain. She says people should seek wellbeing through hypnosis after seeking traditional avenues. “I’ve had clients with recurring issues. They’ve had MRIs, blood tests, hormone tests, X-rays,” says Payton. “The doctors say there is nothing wrong, but the client still knows something is wrong. ... Obviously if it’s something physiological, no, we can’t fix broken legs, but the only other thing to say now is, what behavior needs to be replaced?”
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mind powER: “Hypnosis for well-being is like a guided meditation. If the person’s not acting on it, it won’t work,” says practitioner Dawn Westmoreland. Photos by Pat Barcas
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opEning thE waY: Hynosis gives clients “a chance to reuse a pathway in the brain that was good, and it starts to open other healthy pathways,” says Michelle Payton, right. Cheryl Sullivan, left, adds that hypnosis can “remove the roadblocks in your mind” to let healing occur. Photo by Pat Barcas
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Payton’s approach involves reminding ailing clients, who are always willing and in control, that they’ve felt well before. About 80 percent of the typical one- to two-hour session goes toward recalling memories of when the client was perfectly healthy. Hypnosis, she says, brings them back to a previous place in their mind where all was well, and avenues in the brain are then re-opened. “Where on the body are you feeling it? If it’s a place that feels not 100 percent of where you want it to feel, you replace that with what you want to feel,” says Payton. “What we’ve done is given you a chance to reuse a pathway in the brain that was good, and it starts to open other healthy pathways.” This type of wellness treatment can work where traditional medicine has failed. The idea is that the mind, overstressed, is blocking traditional healing from taking place. Hypnosis opens the mind and allows physical healing to take place. dawn westmoreland, retired after 20 years in the Air Force, got certified in hypnotherapy about
four years ago. She now works in Asheville as a life coach and wellbeing facilitator through hypnosis, and she has many clients come to her for stress relief. It’s important for there to be trust during a client visit for maximum effectiveness, she says. “You don’t just sit them in the chair and hypnotize them. You really are doing coaching in a sense, getting to the root of their problem, finding out what is causing this stress,” she says. Myths and mysteries about hypnosis do continue to propagate. Westmoreland says dispelling these is an action she performs willingly as part of her job. Stage hypnosis, or Hollywood’s portrayal of hypnosis, is for entertainment only, typically guided by very talented male performers who carefully pick people from the audience, she says. Wellness practitioners say stage hypnosis is real but has no basis in healing. “Hypnosis for well-being is like a guided meditation. If the person’s not acting on it, it won’t work. You have to be a willing participant. It’s not a magic pill,” says Westmoreland. “Years ago, hypnotists were marketing themselves, saying they could
control your mind. That was the worst thing they could do. People come here with misconceptions that I can get in their mind and make them do things they don’t want to do. That’s simply not true.” It boils down to mind over matter — suggestions that will benefit a person, she says. “It’s good energy. You’re working with powerful suggestions. I like to let clients come up with the benefits — what are the suggestions they want?” Westmoreland says. “If I tell someone they’re going to rob a bank when they wake up, no, they’re a moral person, that’s not going to work. Hypnosis just doesn’t work that way. They may wake up and come over and sock me.” The positive suggestions she drops can range from stopping smoking to weight loss, all with the added benefit of deep relaxation. After a hypnosis session, practitioners say it’s like coming out of a very deep nap. Other well-being sessions incorporate not thinking about a
time of wellness, but a time that may have caused a client’s current state of illness. cheryl sullivan got hooked on the feeling of being hypnotized and has since founded the Inception Point Institute in Asheville. Her wellness facilitation works through past life regression — recalling the root cause or origin of pain and suffering in one’s life, or even a past life. These deep-hypnosis sessions can have clients transcending time and recalling pain they experienced even while in the womb. “I’ve had a client tell me they were in psychotherapy for 20 years, and they told me this worked better in one hour,” she says. Sullivan cautions, however, that while this type of healing is very powerful, it does not take the place of the medical community. “The doctor might give you a pill, and it might not work. What I can do is remove the roadblocks in your mind so traditional healing can be let through. It’s very powerful, and the changes are lasting.” X
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After a traumatic car accident left her with nightmares and chronic pain, “donna,” a 36-year-old Asheville mental health counselor, started taking medication to help her sleep. “I would try to go a day or two without [sleep meds], and I would get so sleep-deprived I couldn’t function,” says Donna. Donna had been taking Adderall for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder since the age of 6. “With the anxiety that comes along with PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder], the Adderall turned that way up … which made the sleeping problems worse. I made the decision [to stop medications] for my personal health and the sustainability of my life,” says Donna, who prefers to use a different name to protect her privacy.
She sought treatment at Apex Brain Centers to help her stop both medications. Her initial evaluation consisted of brain mapping (a quantitative EEG, or electroencephalogram, of her brain waves), neurological testing and a health history. Over the course of five days, with three sessions each day, Donna underwent brain-training exercises involving timing, balance, eye movement, neurofeedback and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Nutritional support for her conditions was implemented as well. “The first two days I was tired. On day three, I hit a wall. I was really exhausted,” she says. “On day four, I woke up and everything was clearer. By the end of the week, I was going to sleep easily, literally colors looked brighter,
and my thoughts were more organized. I’ve been able to maintain sleeping without medication. … I haven’t gone back to Adderall at all, and I’ve been able to do the things I need to do.” Dr. michael trayford, a boardcertified chiropractic neurologist and the founder and director of Apex, says that brain training can help people who, like Donna, have emotional and cognitive disorders that have been treated with medication. “We’re overloaded with medication in our society,” he says. “We’re chasing symptoms with more medications. Conventional neurology is pharmaceutically driven, whereas brain training is functionally driven. When people go through our program, they remember better, sleep better and focus better.” Trayford describes brain training as a narrative between the mind and brain. “It bridges the gap between the two,” he says. “We’re not treating the mind per se, but we know we’re doing work on the mind because people have greater clarity and presence of mind. Even relationships improve because people recognize social cues better.” Brain training developed as a form of mind-body treatment as major advances were made in neuroscience over the last two decades, Trayford explains. Previously, scientists believed that people lose brain cells over the course of their lifetimes and that the brain does not regenerate new cells to replace the lost ones. “The discovery of neuroplasticity changed all that,” he says. “The brain has an amazing capacity to grow and change throughout life, even to regenerate cells, and that’s what we’re working with at Apex.” According to Trayford, brain training is useful for brain injuries as well as neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Lou Gehrig’s disease and dementia. It can also counteract the effects of normal brain aging, he adds. “People’s greatest fear is of a declining brain,” he says. “People are living longer with less quality of life. We add quality of life to years.” Trayford also uses brain training to help people achieve peak performance in athletic, academic and artistic endeavors. “Brain training improves awareness, alertness and concentration, which enables people to live up to their potential,” he says.
Neurofeedback (also called EEG biofeedback) is a type of brain training that “helps a client gain control of their nervous system in a way they consciously, before this, would not have been able to do,” says psychologist phil Ellis, director of Focus Centers of Asheville. “We’re all traveling on our way to try to improve our health, our cognitive processes and our ability to relax and control stress. … All these things are achieved by helping people manipulate their brain waves with instruments.” With neurofeedback, people learn how to move between brain states for optimal functioning, Ellis explains. Different people need different levels of these states to function well, he says. There are four main types of brain waves, he continues: beta, our normal waking state; alpha, our resting state; theta, a deep, contemplative state; and delta, a sleep state. “Alpha is calm and focused, theta is where past conflicts are resolved, and delta is where the brain repairs itself. The deeper you go, the more repair there is for the brain, from either stress or organic causes.”
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Psychologist mary ammerman, partner with fellow psychologist Ed hamlin at the Institute of Applied Neuroscience, describes these different brain states as higher and lower states of arousal. “The beauty of neurofeedback is the arousal model,” she says. “The nervous system has to be at the right level of arousal to do certain tasks. We want arousal to be flexible enough so we can do different tasks and stable enough to complete a task. Neurofeedback is yoga for the brain because it increases flexibility and stability of arousal. “Neurofeedback is a way of holding up a mirror to one’s own brain so it can get information about its performance,” Ammerman says. In this way, she explains, people learn to modify their levels of arousal. “Neurofeedback works with the brain’s ability to change itself. It’s like a game of hotter and colder, trying to get in the middle, in that alert but relaxed state. “When your brain is first wiring up [in childhood], it finds the best compromise it can and then stops,” says Ammerman. “It looks at shortcuts. The first compromise may not be optimal. For some people that is like speeding around town in a car with the emergency brake on. There are more efficient ways to learn to operate your nervous system. “Our mind is built as a defense mechanism, and from a survival standpoint, it’s more important to pay attention to the negative than the positive — to notice potential threats more than potential benefits” says Ammerman. “That’s why the Dalai Lama said happiness is a disciplined mind. We see it as necessary to have a disciplined mind to overcome the mind’s negativity and have peace of mind.”
sfoster@mountainx.com Neurofeedback can help people discipline their minds and achieve optimal brain functioning. “People have accepted that it takes effort to be physically healthy,” says Ammerman, “but what they don’t realize is that it also takes effort to be emotionally healthy.” The good news is that once people have made the effort to train their brains through a full course of neurofeedback, the changes are lasting, says Ellis. “Neurofeedback is a form of operant conditioning that creates permanent change,” he explains. “The brain learns. You train the brain, and it remembers. … People’s brain waves change, and even the MMPI [personality test] changes.” Neurofeedback is gaining more credibility in the health care field because of its evidence base, says Ellis. “We are trying to knock on the door of established health providers to get them to allow in instruments, which is kind of foreign in mental health and for those who administer medications,” he notes. “At the beginning, it was a hard sell to physicians that this was something more than simply another complementary, unproven, not-yet-fully-researched tool. … It wasn’t until ’93 that the American Pediatric Association endorsed it for certain conditions … as having a high level of efficacy, as high as similar medications.” At the same time that neurofeedback is making inroads into modern medicine, it is catching up to the ancient wisdom of Eastern philosophies, says Ammerman. “The wise people for thousands of years taught that calming your body and training your mind are the keys to mental and emotional well-being,” she says. “Now neuroscience is helping connect the dots for why this works.” X
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If we’re going to spend one-third of our lives sleeping, shouldn’t we get the maximum benefit from it, for our physical, emotional and psychological well-being? “Sleep is a normal biological process that allows one to transition from a wakened state of consciousness to a state of consciousness that supports biological restoration, psychological restoration, health and well-being” says Larry cammarata, a clinical psychologist who counsels people suffering from sleep problems and related emotional issues. How can we reduce the suffering and anxiety that many people with sleep difficulties experience? “An integrated approach utilizes treatments that are research-validated, as well as complementary and alternative methods to conventional medicine to find a solution,” he says. Each person has a unique sleep remedy, or set of cognitive and behavioral resources that support a healthy wake-sleep cycle. In other words, one treatment does not fit all, says Cammarata. “Where we begin depends on the person and their unique beliefs, behaviors and ways of relating to sleep and/or to their sleep problems,” he says. The integrated approach he uses includes mindfulness, behavioral and cognitive or psychological components. “I often see people who don’t want conventional methods of treatment” — these are people looking for an alternative to sleep medication as well as relief from distress, anxiety, or suffering, says Cammarata. mindFuL Living, mindFuL sLEEping One of the keystones of Cammarata’s approach is mindfulness — not only mindfulness meditation, which has proved itself to be as effective as sleep medication in resolving sleep issues by researcher Dr. Jason Ong at Rush University, but also through “awakening awareness of what one is focusing on throughout the day.” What we think about and what we
do during the day is inevitably interconnected to the quality and quantity of our sleep, says Cammarata. “What we perceive, how we talk to ourselves, how we relate to sleep, these are all areas where we can cultivate mindfulness.” As individuals practice mindfulness and grow their awareness into everyday living, they can increase their ability to make what Cammarata calls “pro-sleep choices.” Choosing to have more selfcompassion and reducing the worry and general anxiety entangled in a sleep issue are examples of these, he notes. With time, Cammarata says, the mindfulness approach helps to train the body, mind and emotions to prevent and handle stress stimuli more easily. This brings us to the behavioral component of sleep restoration and looking at “what behaviors a person has in relationship to sleep and nighttime in general,” says Cammarata. This can involve breaking a behavioral pattern, such as computer and television use, “clock watching,” late-night arguments and other activities that degrade a good night’s rest, he says. In some cases, Cammarata notes, physically restricting the use of the bed “for sleep and love-making only” and reducing “sleep- interfering arousal, such as light and noise” can be effective. Sleep even impacts our body’s ability to properly function. “Sleeping in a noisy environment has been shown to decrease immune system functioning, which is consistent with research findings correlating poor sleep with decreased immunity from illnesses,” he says. However, his most “secret peaceful weapons” to create healthy, normalized sleep-wake patterns are light and darkness. While he dislikes the idea of formulas, Cammarata says that “natural light during the daytime, complemented by sleeping in a completely blackened environment, will help support the natural melatonin production in the brain.” It works like this: By exposing yourself to natural light in the morning, your body knows it’s time to decrease melatonin production, creating an alert and aware state in the brain. Your brain literally wakes
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up. As the day passes and nighttime draws near, we need to lower our light consumption in order to encourage melatonin production, he explains. This increase in melatonin production brings about “the drowsy feeling” that precedes sleep. Cammarata notes that people who proclaim how quickly they can fall asleep may in fact be sleep-deprived. “Ideally, you would go to sleep when you are drowsy, when the nodding and blinking starts to occur, rather than when you are fatigued.” Falling asleep within 20 minutes is no big deal, but less than one minute may indicate deprivation, likely caused by fatigue, Cammarata suggests. When you push past the initial state of nighttime drowsiness, “the natural internal neurobiological and neurochemical limits are also being pushed,” says Cammarata. This has implications on the body systems that regulate our emotional, psychological and physical well-being. a cuLtuRaL aFFaiR? As Cammarata puts it, many people in “our culture have sleep deprivation and may not know it or admit it.” As we continue to push
past our bodies’ natural regulatory rhythms, we can become “habituated to our sleep deprivation,” he says. Adapting may mean “drinking more coffee or no longer perceiving our level of fatigue, making it easy to deny that there is anything wrong with our sleep.” We are caught up in what he calls “a hyperaroused culture.” While most clinicians are trained in the psychological or biological aspects of sleep problems, the impact of culture upon sleep is often not addressed. The amount of stimuli acting on the senses every day combined with our own predilection for doing-ness not only stimulates the body, but also the brain, he explains. “Sleep is a sacred state of consciousness,” says Cammarata. Together with his wife, Linda, Cammarata travels the world teaching mindfulness. “We see many different cultures and how differently they think about and relate to sleep.” He mentions that in the culture of countries like Bali, there is one day a year where everyone observes silence; it is a time when stopping and slowing down are revered.
To mitigate the overstimulation of our minds and bodies and the implications this has on our ability to experience the “sacred state of consciousness,” Cammarata has developed what he calls “The 5 R’s of SelfRegulation” — rooting, relaxation, respiration, rhythm and remembering. “Rooting refers to being harmoniously connected to your body as well as sources of social and environmental support,”says Cammarata. Rooting provides a degree of acceptance and stability to fully deal with a sleep problem as it truly exists in reality, Cammarata explains. Relaxation allows for a release or letting go of tensions accumulated in the body and mind, he explains. “One relaxing self-suggestion that can support sleep is, ‘My body is heavy and relaxed.’ Silently repeat this statement several times as you lie upon your bed, without trying to feel heavy or relaxed,” Cammarata suggests. Respiration involves breathing in a manner that calms and regulates the nervous system. Rhythm, meanwhile, refers to “the slowing-down of physi-
ological processes prior to sleep.” Cammarata says that one rhythmic practice to prepare for sleep is to “speak slowly and softly, move slowly and breathe slowly, allowing this slow rhythm to follow you into the bed in preparation for sleep.” After all, when have you ever heard of the admonition, “Hurry up and get to sleep?” Remembering means being mindful of all five principles throughout the day. “Mindfulness helps you to remember the intention, focus, practices and attitudes that can support you in your journey into restful sleep.” Ultimately, says Cammarata, it “is possible to solve sleep problems and decrease the suffering associated with impaired sleep.” He notes that the most important aspect of healing a sleep problem is “believing in your own ability to resolve the problem.” moRE inFo: dr. Larry cammarata, Mind-BodyWellness.org and MindfulnessTravels.com X
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In the health and wellness world, “mind-body connection” has become something of a buzzword. But in Chinese medicine, understanding the relationship between psychology and physiology is ancient — not trendy. mary “cissy” majebe, president of Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts in Montford, puts it this way: “From a Chinese medicine perspective, there’s really not even a distinction between the mind and the body. We are an integrated whole emotionally, spiritually and physically.” It makes sense that, as a holistic view of health has become more mainstream, Chinese medicine has enjoyed more popularity among people seeking help with conditions ranging from pain relief to infertility to vertigo. Majebe has been practicing acupuncture for over three decades and, perhaps more than any local person, has experienced firsthand the shift in the way acupuncture and Chinese medicine have been received by the Asheville community. “It’s sometimes mindboggling the changes that have occurred in 31 years,” says Majebe. “I think most everybody knows that in 1990, my offices here in Montford were raided by the North Carolina
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three years ago, I helped write the rules and regulations for credentialing acupuncturists at Mission ... and that shows just part of the changes that have happened.” She adds that physicians are now one of her largest referral bases. While its popularity is growing, especially with the rise in research connecting the ancient practice to biomedicine, Chinese medical theory can still be quite foreign to the average American patient. For instance, each organ, explains Majebe, has a connection to a specific emotion. The lungs, she says, are a prime example. “If we look at what happens when a person gets really, really sad, one of the things that a person will talk about is a stifling feeling in the chest. It feels like there is a weight on the chest, and it’s really hard to take a deep breath,” she explains. “Well, the Chinese saw this, and from our perspective, the lungs are associated with the emotion of grief.” The kidneys, she says, are associated with shock and fear. “Everybody has heard: ‘I was so scared I almost
peed my pants,’” she says. “In Chinese medicine, fear and shock basically impact the kidneys. And when that occurs, it is common to lose the ability to contain and hold the urine. So all of these things have basis.” But beyond the theoretical connections between organs and emotions, the underlying concept for mind-body medicine from the Chinese perspective is fairly simple. “Everything that is impacting on us physically is going to also have an emotional impact,” says Majebe. “When someone comes in to see me, and they have back pain and they’ve had back pain for five years, and their doctors have said, ‘Well, I think you might also be depressed.’ It’s like, well of course they’re depressed. You can’t have pain without it creating other issues.” This holistic viewpoint is why a typical intake appointment at an acupuncture office will include a long list of questions — some of which seemingly having nothing to do with the chief complaint. But getting a full picture of the patient’s health requires more information than a list of symptoms. “How would you think that you could help [a patient] to heal — whether it’s a pain disorder or a neurodisorder or any kind of disorder — if you don’t know who they are?” asks Majebe. “And this is something that is very similar to the family practice doctor when I was a child in the ’50s because the doctor knew the family. He knew the children, the parents, the grandmothers.” This goes beyond any sort of psycho-emotional diagnosis as well. “When you are seeing a Chinese medicine doctor, it’s not just about the emotions, but it’s about lifestyle. Do you live in a home where you’re loved and supported, or is all of your life a struggle? … All of these things impact on our ability to go out in the world and be happy in the world. So you can’t just talk about symptoms. You have to go beyond symptoms to know a person more in depth.” For that matter, says Majebe, the mind-body approach to health doesn’t cut it. “It’s not just mindbody, it’s mind-body-spirit,” she says. “And it’s not about religion. It’s about one’s own spiritual connection. From my perspective, we need to move to that awareness, rather than just looking at the mind and the body.”X
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treatment’s success, whether they use conventional or alternative therapies. Those who believe most strongly that they can get better are typically the ones who transform the most.” — nancy hyton, founder and director, center for holistic medicine “The mind-body approaches we use create shifts at the physical, mental and spiritual levels. All modalities are designed to contribute to [the] expansion of awareness/consciousness and assist the individual to begin to see life through a more positive, life-affirming lens. We see incredible transformations occurring in our model of ‘well care.’ Many lose unwanted weight, many gain vitality and energy, many feel happy and in love with life again. Many retrain their limited beliefs and find that everything in their life changes. They find a new lease on life and are excited about each new day.” — dr. mikra hamilton, director of transformation, synchronicity wellness
“The mind-body therapies I provide help my clients improve their eyesight and insight. My clients who used to wear glasses and contacts no longer rely on them as much, if at all, since they learn how to improve their own eyesight naturally.” — nathan oxenfeld, Bates method teacher, integral Eyesight improvement “Chinese medicine is a holistic therapy. It is very effective at treating and balancing the whole body. It is based [on] a theory that views the body as a network of energy meridians. The majority of these meridians are associated with an organ. Acupuncture, therefore, has an effect on the physical and energetic aspects of the body. By viewing and treating health issues in this way, acupuncture can have a positive effect simultaneously on both the mind and body.” — aimee schinasi, acupuncturist, people’s acupuncture “The Transcendental Meditation technique allows the mind to ‘transcend’ or spontaneously settle inward, beyond thinking, to a state of pure consciousness or restful alertness — a naturally harmonious and peaceful state of human awareness. Because of the natural connection between mind and body, when the mind becomes so deeply settled and harmonious, the body gains deep, rejuvenating rest. Hundreds of scientific studies show that this state of restful alertness gained during TM practice reduces stress, revitalizes mind and body and unfolds creative potential. People who practice regularly twice a day report heightened awareness, the growth of inner peace and happiness, and a higher state of well-being.” — tom Ball, director, asheville tm center “Clients become more clear about how thoughts, feelings, sensations and behaviors are connected, and this creates options for change, acceptance and/or release. Strategies are taught and practiced. Deep listening is healing as well. Typically, treatment goals that are mutually created are achieved.” — Lisa perry, counselor “Neurofeedback regulates disregulated brain waves. The brain has four distinct brain waves: alpha, theta, delta and beta. At any given time, these brain waves are in a
certain pattern, [which] can become disrupted from toxins, trauma and stress. What is happening in the brain will ultimately affect the rest of your body. The disregulated brain waves can result in different symptoms for each person. Once the brain-wave patterns are corrected and regulated, the physical body can experience healing, and the symptoms are alleviated. Most patients will experience normal sleep patterns, alleviation of anxiety and depression symptoms, more concentration, enhanced memory and a sense of well-being.” — dr. nicole d’ippolito Lindsey, chiropractor, Back in Balance “Attendees at the [annual] Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference educational events report increased wellness — both body and mind — through bringing the tools, practices and modalities offered into their lives. The women-only environment of these programs creates a safe and sacred space for [them] to learn and dialogue about physical and emotional issues that are common experiences [for] developing confidence and clarity about addressing dayto-day health challenges for themselves — as well as their families and communities.” — corinna wood, herbalist, southeast wise women “Acupuncture treatment stimulates the body in a way that enhances the rest-and-digest part of the nervous system. There is no active participation involved. The process of receiving acupuncture needles placed in the body creates this change in the nervous system, providing a greater peace of mind. Acupuncture is well-known for its effectiveness at eliminating pain and other physical discomfort. Chinese herbal medicine also works on the mental and physical level. Chinese medicine physicians develop an understanding and experience with how the physical and emotional experiences of a patient coexist. The physician is able to help the patient understand the connection between the physical and emotional states. This empowers patients to have more control of their physical and mental states.” — joshua herr, acupuncturist, chinese acupuncture and herbology clinic “The Council on Aging [of Buncombe County] is not a health services provider, but through our Senior Dining sites, annual Successful Aging event,
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and work at Battery Park and Vanderbilt Apartments, we support and provide (either directly or via assisted access) various ‘healthy aging’ opportunities. These include yoga, exercise classes (chair and traditional), therapeutic arts, meditation, creative movement and tai chi, among others, along with education on alternative therapies. Staff are also trained in fall-prevention education and healthy ideas (for depression intervention).” — wendy marsh, executive director, council on aging “We should approach any healing effort with a respect for how the mind and body complement each other. A total understanding of this interaction will remain a mystery for the wellforeseeable future. And yet we must deepen our understanding of how we use our minds and bodies to grow healthier and live our lives as a practice of these principles. This requires intention, discipline and commitment. It also helps to have an ally and planning partner in this process, which is part of the service I provide. “ — daniel johnson, psychiatrist, private practice “All disease starts with a mental thought. Change the thought process or the hidden beliefs, [and] the disease will spontaneously heal itself. We impact mental and physical. We focus on healing in the realm of health, wealth, relationships and career.” — Lynn villa, spiritual coach, centers for spiritual Living “Reiki is holistic as it balances the person on four levels — physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. It
sfoster@mountainx.com deeply relaxes and allows the body to heal naturally. Clients have reported relief from a variety of ailments, i.e., migraines, cancer, back pain, knee pain, ... Bell’s palsy, anxiety, depression and so on.” — odilia Forlenza, founder and owner, n.c. Reiki training center “In order for the body to heal, you must take the overwhelm/ stress off of the body/mind/spirit. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine are really effective at doing so. Once the overwhelm is taken off, Chinese medicine goes to the root of the imbalances and helps the body in re-engaging its innate healing wisdom. The body does the healing once it is in balance.” — whitney madden, acupuncturist, source for well-being “Mind-body therapies provide enhanced change in mood, greater ability to handle or decrease stress, and release of anger and fear that remain in the body from earlier trauma.” — Linda newman, psychotherapist, wellspring institute “The approach to wellness needs to incorporate all modalities of nutrition, fitness and mind/spirit. Without the full complement, wellness is incomplete. In our health optimization program, we inform clients that they will not achieve optimal response without having a solid base of optimized sleep and stress.” — daniel stickler, physician, private practice “Less stress, more energy, better sleep. Brain chemical balancing. Patients are better able to tolerate stress when it occurs with less physiological consequences.” — dr. Brian gualano, chiropractic physician, asheville chiropractic and wellness center X
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Healing trauma through Somatic Experiencing A head-on motorcycle collision in Thailand sent corey costanzo, co-owner of Still Point Wellness, on an unexpected journey. “It was the middle of the night and another motorcycle veered into my lane. It was really scary,” Costanzo recalls. “The other guy died.” To make things more frightening, unlike in the United States where people are innocent until proven guilty, in Thailand one must prove their innocence. This life-changing traumatic event catapulted Costanzo on his personal healing journey and an exploration into the mind-body connection. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in somatic psychology and eventually landed at the Esalen Institute in California, where he worked for six years. There, Costanzo met Peter A. Levine, Ph.D., founder of Somatic Experiencing, a body-awareness approach to healing trauma. malissa turney, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), first met Levine in 2002, when he came to Asheville to do a workshop in Somatic Experiencing for professionals. As an MFA graduate in psychology, Turney was working in a medical setting at the time, doing behavioral medicine. She was helping patients manage conditions such as chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, diabetes and asthma. But the traditional approaches felt limited. “It wasn’t reaching the depths of what was going on with them,” Turney says. Impressed with Levine’s technique, she joined the SEP training program the following year. “For many years, the body was left out of psychological treatment, but the mind and body are not separate,” Turney says, “I knew this was what I had to do.” “I didn’t realize I had trauma when I started the Somatic Experiencing training,” says practitioner Bonnie Freestone. “But I soon realized how much my nervous system was ‘disregulated’ and I had to work through it.” According to Freestone, trauma is defined by the nervous system and how the body responds to any given event. Trauma can mean different things to each individual and is very subjective.
insights to hEaLth: A traumatic event catapulted Corey Costanzo into a healing journey and career with Somatic Experiencing, a body-awareness wellness approach. File Photo
“One person may find someone screaming at them to be trauma,” Costanzo says, “whereas another person with what we tend to call ‘thicker skin’ may not think anything of it.” Part of this lies in our individual resilience; some of us may be predisposed to trauma, he explains. How our nervous system was shaped by primary caregivers plays a role. Also, our individual circumstances prior to an event can weaken our resilience; someone who is already going through a difficult divorce who then gets into an automobile accident may experience more trauma. “Trauma adds up in the system,” Freestone explains. “With trauma, normal defense responses go offline.” “Levine defined trauma as anything that’s too much too fast,” Turney says, “It can set up a hypervigilant response.” Suddenly the client is caught in a loop, feeling there’s a threat and looking for that threat all the time. Unlike traditional talk therapy, a Somatic Experiencing session may include periods of silence or guided imagery. “There tends to be a lot more space and quiet because it’s about focusing inward,” Freestone explains, “The practitioner creates the container so clients can feel sup-
port, nurturing and comfort as they explore their inner world.” “When the practitioner is working with someone, they’re looking at what’s actually happening in the person’s nervous system,” Turney explains, “For example, they may be breathing faster when they talk about a certain topic.” The practitioner tracks micromovements in the body, which may be unconscious to the client. Costanzo explains that Levine studied animals in the wild, noticing that when animals escape from a predator they tremble afterward, their whole body shaking. Then they would walk away. But humans tend to keep that energy locked in their body, he says. In one session Costanzo’s body started shaking as he relived the accident under Levine’s guidance, finally releasing the trapped emotion. “Somatic Experiencing is a bodycentered approach where we slow down the present-moment awareness,” Turney says, “It helps the system remember it can function in a way that’s more engaging of flow circuits, which involves the brain.” Costanzo explains that Levine would slow the traumatic event down — almost frame by frame going over what happened. But at any sign of disregulation, Levine would then stop and have the client track his body, pausing and regulating before con-
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tinuing. In this way the nervous system builds resiliency. “It’s so exciting to see people come out of defensive responses that they may have overridden for years,” Turney says. Those recovering from trauma often assume that hypervigilance, where everything feels threatening, offers them safety. But it’s actually safer to have a relaxed and settled nervous system that can help one differentiate when something is really wrong. Part of Somatic Experiencing is learning to listen to body cues as opposed to the so-called rational mind. “When it comes to survival and healing, the midbrain, or mammalian brain, is a lot smarter than the frontal lobes, or thinking brain,” Turney says. Costanzo has one more year of training to become an official SEP, but he practices Somatic Work and teaches Somatic Psychology. Often, a therapist will refer a client to him who has hit a wall with talk therapy. “Allowing space for a client to pay attention to anxiety can open up a different relationship with anxiety,” Costanzo says. “Spontaneous insights may arise.” All of these practitioners admit this technique is not for everyone, but many clients seem to enjoy it. “Trauma is such a scary word,” Freestone says. “But there’s a way in which this work is so gentle and effective. People are surprised by how nice it is to actually be in their bodies.” Turney agrees, “What I love about this approach is that all bodies have a blueprint for health and want to return to health. It’s more of a curious approach, encouraging one to connect with the world in a more present and aware way.” For Costanzo, the healing effects are apparent. “My body used to get tense just navigating a curved road, but now I can drive without that happening.” X moRE inFo: the somatic Experiencing training institute: traumahealing.org malissa turney: malissaturney.vpweb.com/default.html corey costanzo: stillpointwell.com Bonnie Freestone: powerinpresence.net
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The world headquarters for ChiWalking/Running occupy a quaint two-story house adjacent to Interstate 240 in downtown Asheville. “People think we’re a $5 million or $10 million business. We’ve had people come from other countries and they’re like, ‘This is it?’” says Katherine dreyer, co-founder and CEO of ChiRunning. danny dreyer, her husband and ChiRunning co-founder and president, nods his head and smiles in the background. “They can’t believe it,” Katherine says. But from these humble quarters springs an international movement that over the past 15 years has changed the way hundreds of thousands of people run. Countless people have reaped the benefits of the approach since the 2004 publication of the Dreyers’ book ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Way to Effortless, Injury-Free Running. It has since been translated into 10 languages and has sold half a million copies; it continues to sell well all over the world, Katherine reports.
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love to train somebody in Asheville to be a local instructor.” In addition. Danny is leading the official training program for the Asheville Marathon at Biltmore Estate on March 15. For locals there is also an “Asheville Corner” on the website, and Danny periodically offers talks at area venues like REI and Biltmore Park. In the past, the view on running was “you know how to run, just do it,” says Katherine. But since 1999, when they first started, there has been a trend toward education about running technique, she says. ”We have been blatantly ripped off by many other organizations, but I would say, overall, the company has grown worldwide.“ If he could have anything, Danny dreams of a future where the ChiRunning and Walking approach is taught in the school systems. “Because of the Body Sensing component in the program,” he explains, the chi approach could help with the biggest problems our country is facing— “a sedentary lifestyle with little or no thought being put into teaching a healthy lifestyle curriculum,” says Danny, referring to the high rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes (what he calls “avoidable lifestyle diseases”). “If people aren’t taught how to sense what’s going on in their body, how are they going to know when to stop eating, or stop smoking, or get up from their desk and walk around, or eat well?” he asks. Just imagine, he suggests, what people’s quality of life would be like if they did this from the time they were young. But for now the Dreyers are focusing on the more accessible goals. “We’re working toward expanding both our on-the-ground instructor program while at the same time producing an extensive network of virtual running and walking classes for those without direct access to a Certified ChiRunning or ChiWalking instructor,” Danny says. “The only thing limiting anyone from becoming healthy will be access to the Internet.” moRE inFo “An Introduction to ChiRunning: Performance Running for Everyone,” 6:30-8 p.m., March 4, REI (Biltmore Park Town Square) danny and Katherine dreyer, chirunning.com; chiwalking.com; chiliving.com or call 252-9828 X
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Hidden chocolate
Asheville’s sweetest treats are not always in plain sight
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Chocolate made my mom perspire. But she kept eating — and making it — anyway. She even let me (what was she thinking?) eat her chocolate sauce on pound cake for breakfast. So, eating chocolate morning, noon and night is not a stretch for me — or, it turns out, for my fellow Ashevilleans. We have our cacao fortresses — the French Broad Chocolate Lounge, the Chocolate Fetish and Chocolate Gems — but our sweet town also harbors countless hidden chocolate sanctuaries.
swEEt-natuREd: March Huot, owner of Truffle Nature, says he focuses on making chocolate because it is his passion. “I get pleasure out of watching people’s faces when they bite into what I do,” he says. Photos by Audrey Walsh
EYE-opEnERs For the kind of morning fix my mom provided, head to Laurey’s on Biltmore for baker martin Kaz’s chocolate bear claw (usually available on Thursdays), a flaky puff pastry with a chocolate filling. Ask for it heated and then relish a chocolate-lipstick mouth and searing happiness. “The filling is like a slightly liquid brownie with chocolate chips,” says Kaz, a proud, self-declared chocoholic. On Fridays, Kaz sets out chocolate chip pumpkin muffins. “All the chocolate chip pumpkin muffins in town are directly or indirectly my bastard children,” says Kaz, who brought his recipe to Western North Carolina in 1988. middaY LiFt If your sweet tooth resumes aching at midday, the fried chocolate-bacon beignets at King James Public House may be just the thing. Served all day every day, these beignets illustrate a basic food truth: Everything, even chocolate, is better with bacon. “The beignets are like fritters with a molten soft center, candied bacon on top and a garnish of blackberries and blueberries macerated in Old English Malt Liquor,” says executive chef and co-owner steven goff. And the beignets’ crown: dulce de leche, a mix of caramelized milk and sugar cooked into a toffee-like sauce.
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Another option: the chocolate budino (Italian for a puddinglike dessert) with whipped cream at Table on College Street. “It’s melted chocolate, sugar, butter and lots of eggs,” says co-owner jacob sessoms. “The egg binds the other ingredients so that the budino becomes cakelike. It’s our most popular dessert. People want chocolate — super-rich, dense, 100 percent chocolate.” For an on-the-run lift, try an almond butter brownie, a best-seller at Green Sage (on College Street, Hendersonville Road and Westgate Shopping Center). A blond streak of almond butter runs through the fudgy texture, its sweetness nestled within the dark chocolate. “It’s vegan and gluten-free, made with French Broad Chocolate Lounge organic Dutch-processed cocoa, tapioca and sorghum, which adds a nice sweetness and good texture,” says baker Rich przybylowicz, the general manager at the Westgate store. If you are brownie-ed out, Green Sage also offers a chocolate-carrot cupcake, a blend of house-made chocolate sauce and carrot cake batter, capped with confectioners sugar icing.
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good night swoon My food-science friends claim that the caffeine in chocolate interferes with sleep. But frankly, who can face sleep, with all its nightmare drama, without a bite or two of chocolate before lights out? If you share my habit, make a late stop at any number of Asheville groceries — West Village Market, Greenlife Grocery or Katuah Market, to name just a few — to pick up a Bake Hampton brownie. Intensely chocolate, dense and sweet, these come in seven flavors, including my favorite, salted caramel. And they fit neatly in your bedside table. “I got addicted to the French Broad salted caramel-dipped candies,” says susan woermann, owner of Bake Hampton, which she founded 21 years ago in East Hampton, N.Y., and later moved to Alexander. “I took that idea, read recipes and, through a lot of trial and error, came up with a salted caramel brownie — a wonderful seller.” If, on top of chocolate yearnings, you crave heat, try Woermann’s Mexican hot chocolate brownie (with a glass of water nearby). One day, Woermann ran out of ancho chili powder, the brownie’s original heat. She added chipotle pepper instead.
“It brings out a smoky dimension,” says Woermann. “You do get a kick, but I love the depth of it.” If it’s chocolate candy you’re after, swing by the Chop Shop on Charlotte Street or the Appalachian Vintner on Biltmore Avenue for a box of Truffle Nature Assorted Chocolates, creamy chocolates that range from intensely dark to milky. The business, only months old, was founded by marc huot, a chocolatier and pastry chef for 25 years who arrived in Asheville from Miami. “I decided to focus on chocolate because it is my great passion. I get pleasure out of watching people’s faces when they bite into what I do.” Huot also likes to work with chocolate from different places. “Right now, I love the one from Madagascar, which tastes like fruit and berries.” (It does.) His flavors range from hazelnut crunch — my favorite — to salted caramel. And the other pleasure of Huot’s chocolates is their artfulness — a gold leaf streak on one, sprinkled salt on another. The Aztecs thought that chocolate was the food of the gods, and their ruler Montezuma suspected that chocolate was an aphrodisiac. Believing this is easy: Asheville offers all the cacao needed for a crazy kind of love. X
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Eat no evil
A do-it-yourself attitude prompted an Asheville couple to launch No Evil Foods
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Vegetarians are familiar with the choice between salad sandwiches and lab-created mystery meat patties come lunchtime. But the times they are a changin’, and local pair sadrah schadel and mike woliansky of No Evil Foods have answered the call for plantbased but satisfying proteins. They call their products “plant meat.” Sound like an oxymoron? Not according to these two. And if you have tasted their fiery chorizo — also known as the El Zapatista — or their “chicken-esque roast,” dubbed The Prepper, then you might already be inclined to agree. “I think we have consistently proven that our products don’t fit into either of those categories of being vegetable meat or being the substance that wants to taste like meat,” says Schadel. “We are plant meat. We are meat. We provide that same satisfaction.” The duo started selling their product at farmers markets, and it now can be found on the shelves of local grocers like Katuah Market and French Broad Food Co-op as well as at restaurants like Wicked Weed, Nine Mile and Mellow Mushroom. No Evil Foods’ latest accomplishment is being picked up by Whole Foods, both locally and throughout the state.
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$12/ dozen Mon-Fri 3-6pm! (828) 575-9370 625 Haywood Rd • West Asheville Mon-Thur 3-11 • Fri 3-12 • Sat 12-12 • Sun 12-11 oysterhousebeers.com Surprisingly, it wasn’t a background in cooking or food science that motivated the duo to start their business. “We both come from a very punk rock, DIY background,” says Woliansky. “Growing up, I played in bands for a long time. And that whole spirit of do it yourself, do it on your own, at a certain point we just transferred that idea into a homesteading world and thinking about where our food was coming from.” That desire to eat consciously and healthily, paired with a concern for environmental impact of animal proteins inspired the product — as well as the name. Unlike some other meatytasting veggie products on the market, No Evil Foods makes its plant meats with kitchen ingredients like red kidney beans, organic tomatoes, lots of organic herbs and spices and highprotein flours such as chickpea flour. “I think for us it’s really important that our product is not created by a food scientist,” says Woliansky. “There are products out there that are more science-based, and we really think of ourselves as a more natural alternative to something like that. We try to
keep our ingredients as simple as possible. Our process is not in a laboratory. It’s in a kitchen, and that’s really important to us that we can do it that way, that it can be handmade.” Not being meat eaters themselves, Wolansky and Schadel enlisted the help of the Internet, as well as their meat-eating friends to get the recipes just right. “Sausage is just seasonings. There’s the texture as well, and we worked really hard to match that texture,” says Schadel, recalling lots of trial and error in making their own links. “So we scoured message boards and sausage forums trying to figure out what is the best Italian sausage blend. Then we applied that to a plant protein instead of an animal protein.” Because of its similarities to animal meat, they have noticed that customers are just as likely to be meat eaters as they are vegetarians. “It has that satisfying chew, it has that meaty flavor,” says Schadel. “So it’s kind of been a transitionary meat for people who aren’t identifying as vegetarians and vegans but who want to transition to a more plant-based diet either once a week or more long term.”X
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Laughing Mask Candies and the UNC Asheville Student Union — the freezer at the Gas Up is a test run of sorts for the company’s new frozen pops. “We’re sort of working out the kinks right now,” says Garrison, “and we’ll look at doing a full launch during warmer weather.” In addition, Greg Garrison says that if the stand-alone freezer at the Gas Up proves to be popular, they may consider expanding the concept to other gas stations. For now, look for Hopsicles at the Gas Up, 405 Haywood Road, 6:30 a.m.10:30 p.m. For more details about The Hop, visit thehopicecreamcafe.com. wintER maRKEts
thE hop LooKs to summER with hopsicLEs In early February, most of us are more likely to find ourselves curled up with a cup of hot chocolate than daydreaming about ice pops. But The Hop owners greg and ashley garrison are naturally ahead of the curve when it comes to frozen sweets. With the Jan. 30 introduction of a brand-new stand-alone freezer at the Gas Up on Haywood Road, the
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Garrisons rolled out a new prepackaged product aimed at kickstarting thoughts of summer: Hopsicles. Inspired by Mexico’s paletas, or fruit-heavy frozen pops, Ashley Garrison has been developing a primarily nondairy menu of Hopsicle flavors that will incorporate fresh fruits, spices and herbs. BananaNutella-fudge, peach-bourbon, blueberry-lime, strawberry-coconut milk and mint-lemongrass are a few of the varieties that Garrison has been working on. She’s also looking at doing a beer-cicle with a local Belgian or saison as well as spicy varieties that incorporate fruit and chili peppers. “The beauty of this is that you can just experiment and play with flavors,” she says. The additional space and equipment at The Hop Creamery, The Hop’s recently opened Haywood Road production facility and tasting room, is allowing the Garrisons to expand their business and investigate new products, Garrison says. While selling prepackaged vegan and dairy ice cream in pints and scoops is nothing new to The Hop — the company already has freezers at a few locations, including
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No one expects to find fresh, local tomatoes this time of year, but there are still plenty of reasons to head out to tailgate markets — especially when they are indoors. Two markets are operating indoors on Saturday mornings through the winter months, offering everything from winter greens to baked goods to fresh eggs: the YMCA Winter Market and the Asheville City Market. Previously at the Woodfin YMCA, the YMCA Winter Market has moved to the fellowship hall at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, and the Asheville City Market has moved inside the Public Works Building next to its regular outdoor spot at 161 S. Charlotte St. for the colder months. At both markets, it’s the early bird that gets the veggies. Be sure to arrive early if you want a chance at winter greens and vegetables. YMCA Indoor Winter Tailgate Market, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave., 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays through March 28. Asheville City Market, Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St., 10 a.m.-noon Saturdays through March 28.
toast ashEviLLE The Asheville Art Museum will host its annual Toast Asheville fundraising event on Thursday, Feb. 5, with toastworthy beverages flowing from a bevy local brewers, wineries and distributors as well as Asheville cocktail events production company Spirit Savvy. The evening will also feature tastings from area restaurants and a silent auction featuring art and gift packages. Tickets are $30 in advance for museum members and $35 for nonmembers or $40 at the door. Toast Asheville, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square. 253-3227 or ashevilleart.org taLKing diRtY happY houR Charlotte Street businesses Rose’s Garden Shop and Metro Wines are partnering to offer an unusual — and educational — sort of happy hour to help get garden lovers through the winter. During Talking Dirty Happy Hour on Wednesday evenings during February and March, guests at Rose’s will receive a complimentary glass of wine and geologist joe scott of Metro Wines’ Asheville School of Wine will be available to answer questions about the type of wine served and the vineyard soil that produced it. Shop owner and author Rose Bartlett will also be on hand to discuss her collection of plants, antiques and accessories. Talking Dirty Happy Hour, 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays through March 25, Rose’s Garden Shop, 211 Charlotte St. X
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Pitch for Pitchers A new event aims to help area entrepreneurs in the early stages of their big idea
I’ll be the first to admit that here on the beer pages the news is usually fun. To the extent that it intersects with business news, it’s generally about crazy-fast brewery growth: Expansions, new locations and more jobs are the norm. Yet to say the brewing industry here is typical would be a lie. It has nearly a 100 percent rate of success for its entrepreneurs. As Asheville looks at potentially losing Moogfest, an event that some saw as the city’s best hope for attracting tech entrepreneurship, it’s doubly important to recognize and support initiatives in town that foster a better community for startups of all stripes. And, despite the fact that it’s so closely tied to the breweries in Asheville, Pitch for Pitchers is exactly such an event. staRting smaLL Pitch for Pitchers was created by jordan miller, a UNC Asheville student; matt popowski, communications and marketing manager for the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce; Briar dehaven, digital optimization specialist at the Asheville Citizen Times; josh dorfman, director of entrepreneurship at Venture Asheville; and hadley Bergh, a recent transplant from Chicago. The premise is this: Up to seven people present their business ideas (which do not have to be related to beer or breweries in any way) and answer three questions about those ideas in one minute: 1) What’s the problem? 2) How does your product/service solve it? 3) Who is the customer? Presentations are timed, and the minute limit is strictly enforced — if they don’t finish, they don’t finish — and each is followed by two minutes of quick-fire audience Q&A. After all the presenters wrap
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up, each audience member gets to vote for his or her three favorites. The winner receives $50 and a free pitcher of beer. The runners-up receive free pitchers. While the whole idea might sound small since nobody is receiving significant funding for their ideas — this is no local “Shark Tank” — dismissing the event as insignificant misses the point ,according to Dorfman.. “Pitch for Pitchers fits into our larger strategy of building a high-growth ecosystem,” says Dorfman. “We want to enable talented individuals and investors to find each other and get to know each other, and [this event does that through] the content we’re creating and the venues that are hosting, which are already cool places to meet up.” In addition to fostering community among entrepreneurs and investors, there are other benefits to starting a small event series like Pitch for Pitchers. “We’re encouraging people to get up in front of a crowd and present their big idea,” says Dorfman. “That’s a skill that takes nurturing, development and some confidence. … It’s a steppingstone to what we view as getting to a place where one could consider pitching their idea to investors.” thE LaRgER EcosYstEm Dorfman says the tie to area breweries for this particular event is intentional. The breweries already act as a gathering place where people
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meet and share all sorts of ideas, and Dorfman says there is a clear benefit to connecting the event series to the strong entrepreneurial community we already have in brewing. “Sure, we hope that people stay after the event and hang out and discuss ideas,” says Dorfman. “But the brewing community is also a terrific example of an entire local industry that shares resources, collaborates frequently and where each member [views it as a benefit] to have the whole industry grow and succeed here. … Tapping into that culture is a very positive thing for the startup community to do.” As for the larger ecosystem of events, Dorfman sees Pitch for Pitchers filling a couple of needs: It’s the most informal of Venture Asheville’s event, and it’s held monthly in the evenings. Dorfman says Venture Asheville’s other events, both established and planned, are complementary: 1 Million Cups of Coffee is a weekly event series held in the morning, and Startup Weekend, which they hope to relaunch with another set of organizers, would happen twice a year (with the first event this fall). The next Pitch for Pitchers event will take place Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Wicked Weed’s Funkatorium, 147 Coxe Ave. The website is www.pitchforpitchers. com, and the event page on Facebook, which will be updated for future events, is www.facebook.com/pitchavl. X
Funk and Monk at Fonta Flora Fonta Flora Brewery has a big day planned for Saturday, Feb. 7. Co-owner and brewer todd Boera is releasing two of the brewery’s first sour ales in 500-milliliter bottles: Vestige Wither, which features local fennel, and Vestige Bloom, which features local kiwis. The brewery is also showcasing its recent renovations and releasing eight special variations of its imperial stout, Urban Monk. Varieties include black walnut, toasted coconut, cardamom and coffee flavors plus one aged with Defiant whiskey-soaked wood spirals and a top-secret variation, among others. Just 150 limited-edition, swing-top bottles, with custom screen prints from marcus thomas — aka the Urban Monk — will be available to-go. In the taproom, Asheville’s One Leg Up will be playing, and food will be available from Wisteria Southern Gastropub. X
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“We were going to make Goldie its own entity,” says caromia tiller, lead singer and keyboard player for local indie-soul act Goldie & The Screamers. “It didn’t work out that way. We’re all Goldie, and we’re all the Screamers.” And, adds bassist chandler Brewer, “It was the least vulgar band name that we came up with.” In fact, the name has that kind of off-kilter-but-instantly-familiar ring to it. It could be a joke. It could be retro. The truth about the new-to-theAsheville-scene band, which opens for Zach Deputy at The Grey Eagle on Friday, Feb. 6, is a bit of both. “People see us having fun onstage, really enjoying what we’re doing and not taking ourselves too seriously,” says drummer jacob coats. Enthusiasm goes a long way, but style and sound are key factors, too. Both Tiller and Brewer are self-professed soul music fans. In fact, despite his involvement with both indierockers Antique Firearms and avantrock outfit Shorty Can’t Eat Books, Brewer agreed to take on Goldie & The Screamers as “very much a side project.” But then the Dotson brothers (three-fifths of Antique Firearms) moved to Los Angeles, and the lead singer of Shorty Can’t Eat Books needed to focus on his family. Brewer’s schedule opened up. Plus, as the group discussed in its early days, there’s somewhat of a soul music void in Asheville. “It’s such a cherished style of music,” says Tiller. “All ages love
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voLuminous: Goldie & The Screamers started playing mostly covers. But as the band began to put its own spin on soul music, original songwriting became the musicians’ focus. Photo by Josh Rhinehart
it.” The vocalist is inspired by divas like Etta James and Aretha Franklin while the bassist favors Motown classics. But their playlist is no mere greatest hits rundown. Instead, Goldie & The Screamers have already recorded their takes on Dusty Springfield’s “Spooky” and Erykah Badu’s “Tyrone.” Original track “My Day Has Just Begun” morphed, at the band’s inaugural show, with Blackstreet’s “No Diggity.” An early attempt at writing in a soul style, “My Day Has Just Begun” seethes and sweats through its deep groove and emotion-drenched lyrics. Tiller’s voice is that of an old soul; her vocals seem to draw on decades of hard luck and esoteric torment. “Pretty Boy,” a song that Goldie &
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The Screamers submitted to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert contest, is both cozy and raw. It’s the calm after the tantrum, the particular ache of wanting and almost having. “When I first started the band, my vision was for us to be a throwback band,” says Tiller. “Very stylized, only doing old soul music and bringing people into that time and space again.” Early setlists were all covers, but the focus has shifted to songwriting. “Hopefully in a year, it’ll be mostly originals,” she says. But where many local groups shy away from cover songs, Goldie & The Screamers used those wellworn favorites as a means to learn the style of the music. “Especially
contemporary soul music,” says Coats. He was also in Shorty Can’t Eat Books and admits, “It was hardest to me, being a surf-rock [and] punk drummer, to play soul music true to form. I think I had to add my own version of whatever drum track was being played.” But Coats’ approach is indicative of the whole band’s evolution. What started as a side project became a main event and a canvas for the musicians’ (including guitarist jesse Lapinski) personal styles. “Initially we were really trying to do it like the original. Now, we’re doing the opposite,” says Tiller. “Any covers we bring into it we want to redo and make our own.” X
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From emotion to devotion Local musician and kirtan leader Luna Ray calls mantras — sacred syllables or groups of words — ancient science that allows people to open up. “It’s technology with which to wake up, to touch our hearts, to remind us of who we are,” she says. “The mantras are so powerful that even if you don’t know what you’re doing, you start chanting them, and they start to affect you. They start to touch into your heart.” But there’s more to Ray’s art form than staunch spirituality. “There’s an entertainment piece, but that’s how it pulls us in,” she says. “It turns into a devotion because we have these mantras, which are old and powerful.” Ray’s third album, Shining Through — which she launches with a show at The Altamont Theatre on Friday, Feb. 6 — was recorded at Sound
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Temple and Hollow Reed Studios in Asheville. Nationally known (but locally based) musicians River guerguerian (percussion), chris Rosser (keyboard), alvin Young (bass) and melanie Leenhouts (harmonium and backup vocals) all contributed to the recording; all take part in the album-release show. Shining Through, which Ray describes as a “blending of world grooves, beautiful harmonies and sweet melodies with a deeply devotional feel,” relies heavily on the influence of the Bhakti movement. Bhakti, a Hindi word, is the love of a worshipper toward his or her own god. Ray says her music can chan-
nel that love and bring it out of people through call and response. “It’s about emotion shifting into devotion,” she says. “Humans are erotic and sensual by nature, and humans love music. We’re using this modality of Bhakti, which is the path of love, the path of the heart and the mantras, and we’re finding the music that resonates through us. It’s a way to make music more sacred.” A seasoned performer — Ray has been playing for the past 10 years — she says her musical tastes vary from a background in folk music to a deep love of pop music in her youth, all the way to the Grateful Dead. “I think that’s sort of at the core of the music that resonates with me,” she says. “What will happen is there will be a mantra that I’ve been singing that’s really in my head, and I sit down with my guitar and I create a melody line that I enjoy and put the music to the mantra.” That makes for a dynamic live show and transformative recordings. Ray’s music centers on those centuries-old mantras that she builds on by adding rhythm, melody, percussion, guitar and vocals. She sings in both Sanskrit and English, and her shows evolve from slow meditations to fast, dance-worthy beats. Concertgoers can expect to leave energized. Although she tours around the country, playing mostly intimate indoor venues, Ray says Asheville remains a favorite spot. Still, she points out, off-the-beaten-path cities in the Midwest and South can offer great performance experiences as well because people may not be exposed to kirtan as much as they are in Asheville. “Some of the mantras are new to these people, which is really terrific,” says Ray. “They aren’t saturated, they’re open books. There’s a lot of curiosity and a real openness. People [with] a beginner’s mind take to it beautifully.” Playing in a city like Los Angeles, on the other hand, can either be a powerful or diluted experience. Because many people are already into practices like mindfulness and kirtan, they arrive with a set of
Luna Ray brings mantra-based music to The Altamont Theatre
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expectations. That can be a benefit “due to more experienced practitioners arriving and adding to the energy,” says Ray. “The more that you give to the practice of chanting, the more you get back, and the more everybody gets back.” Test that theory at the Altamont show. sam Katz, one of the new owners of that venue (he also handles booking and promotions), says there are plans
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to make the venue into more than a music space. “We’re injecting new life into it,” he says. “We’d love to turn it into a community space — there’s a beautiful hardwood floor perfect for yoga, tai chi and kirtan music. We’re open to anything.” Says Ray, “I’m excited to play [The Altamont], and I’m excited to play with the band. I’m mostly excited to honor the album, to give the album wings.” X
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FuLLY BooKEd: Reception for the ninth annual American Booksellers Association Winter Institute in Seattle. Photo courtesy of ABA
The American Booksellers Association holds its Winter Institute — an annual convention for 500 of the organization’s members — from Sunday-Wednesday, Feb. 8-11. First of all: Yes, it’s in Asheville — a major shift for the association, which usually hosts its event in a major city, near a hub airport. Secondly, if you’re not already registered for the highly anticipated event (it sold out within days of being announced last year), sorry, but you can’t attend. It’s a closed industry meeting. However, having to do with books, booksellers and the publishing industry, “we do attract an impressive powerhouse of authors,” says ABA CEO Oren Teicher. This year’s roster includes award-winning poet and essayist Wendell Berry, novelist and short story writer T.C. Boyle, North Carolina author and Appalachian Trail solo-hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis, illustrator Carson Ellis, Atlanta-based chef and cookbook author Kevin Gillespie, Scandinavian tech industry writers Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson, photographer Sally Mann, N.C.-born novelist and playwright Ian Weir and many others. Because those authors will already be in town, a number
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have also arranged to appear at Malaprop’s — and those events (see sidebar) are open to the public. Malaprop’s is just one of a number of local businesses that ABA members will visit during the Winter Institute. In fact, it’s the strong local climate of independent business that attracted ABA to Asheville. “It’s a slight challenge,” Teicher says of organizing the logistics and bringing in attendees. But this is not just any Winter Institute: It’s the 10th anniversary of the event. There’s the literary history of the area, and several of the presenters on the program are from Asheville. But “one of the things that we are doing in Asheville, that’s different from what we’ve done elsewhere, is we’re working very aggressively with lots of local businesses,” says Teicher. “One of the motivations for picking Asheville was this incredibly vibrant local independent business scene. There’s a wealth of resources available to us in Asheville to help enhance the program.” So important is that aspect of the city to ABA that the program launches with an “indie retail crawl of downtown
Asheville.” There’s also a trolley tour as well as visits to the Thomas Wolfe Memorial and the Biltmore Estate. Aside from those trips, the majority of the Winter Institute takes place at The Omni Grove Park Inn. There, keynote addresses, discussion groups, “rep picks speed dating,” presentations, learning sessions, Q&As and consultations pack the busy itinerary. Still, Teicher says that the 500 bookstore owners or managers, along with another 250 publisher representatives, vendors and authors, make up an “incredible community of people who thrive on getting together to talk to each other about best practices. The entire event becomes a massive schmooze-fest.” That’s a good thing: “It’s a valued three days of lots and lots of networking between stores. We put on what we think is a challenging, compelling program, but a lot of the value in this is just the opportunity for booksellers to be together.” While Teicher doesn’t offer specific numbers as far as economic impact, he points out that the event — which is sought after by convention and visitors bureaus around the U.S. — has sold out The Grove Park Inn and filled up the Renaissance Asheville Hotel. What’s more, the social nature of the gathering means many dinners out and get-togethers in local bars. And why not? Even though Winter Institute focuses on industry, it’s also a celebration. “There’s a popular wisdom out there that brick-and-mortar bookstores are fighting a losing battle,” Teicher says. “In fact, lots of our members are doing quite well. We had a good 2014 and a strong holiday season. Malaprop’s is a great example of the kind of creativity and entreprenurialism people are applying.” Learn more at bookweb.org/wi2015. X
Local Winter Institute events
Asheville Musicians Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference
Held at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, malaprops.com: • independent publisher night featuring Morgan Entrekin (Grove Atlantic), Michael Reynolds (Europa Editions) and Craig Popelars (Algonquin), on Monday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m. • stewart o’nan reads from and signs copies of West of Sunset, on Monday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. • Lynn truss reads from and signs copies of Cat Out of Hell, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. • Reading group choices, “an organization that recommends ‘discussible’ books to reading group members,” partners with Malaprop’s for “a morning of wonderful giveaways, yummy snacks and rounds of author speed dating with Maureen Corrigan, Reif Larsen, Margaret Lazarus Dean, mary norris, Eli Gottlieb, Joni Tevis, Chris Cander and Heidi Pitlor.” Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 10:30 a.m. Space is limited. To attend, RSVP by Friday, Feb. 6, to Mary Morgan at (608) 572-9496 or mmorgan@readinggroupchoices. com. • nick Bruel signs Bad Kitty: Puppy’s Big Day and A Wonderful Year, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 3:30 p.m.
• azar nafisi reads from and signs copies of The Republic of Imagination, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m.
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Press on Vandercooked Poetry Nights celebrate the intersection of art and writing
If athletics and poetry seem like strange bedfellows, then you haven’t read Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s sports desk columns for The Best American Poetry blog. “Two days later it still feels awfully good to think about that game,” she wrote after the 2010 Super Bowl (New Orleans won). “And yet, like the jambalaya I made on Sunday, time makes everything deeper and a bit more complicated.” Could a non-poet have written so eloquently of football and a Cajun rice dish? Maybe. Probably not.
good inK: Poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi visits Asheville BookWorks. Photo courtesy of Calvocoressi
Calvocoressi also served as a Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University and authored two poetry collections, The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart and Apocalyptic Swing. And while the latter was inspired by her combined loves of baseball and jazz, it’s the mashup of poetry reading and printmaking that brings Calvocoressi to Asheville on Saturday, Feb. 7. She’ll take part in Asheville BookWorks’ triannual Vandercooked Poetry Night. The series, hosted by Asheville BookWorks founder/director Laurie corral and poet Landon godfrey, takes its name from the Vandercook press. Using that piece of equipment, the local art books studio produces a broadside — a posterlike sheet printed on one side only. Historically the broadside “was an announcement that would be posted on tavern walls,” says Corral. “It’s how you got the news.” “The limited edition letterpress broadsides highlight different
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printing methods, from traditional hand-set lead type to contemporary techniques like using photopolymer plates for deep impressions,” says the Asheville BookWorks website. These days the process is being used widely again, “in terms of the word, poem and imagery arranged on one page together,” says Corral. “It’s becoming a hot item that people want to collect.” Asheville BookWorks has produced seven so far — the broadside from each Vandercooked event is a poem by that evening’s featured poet. Local artist jessica white, founder of Ladies of Letterpress, has been tapped to create a design around one of Calvocoressi’s poems. Attendees to multiple Vandercooked nights can build a collection of the letterpress broadsides. The events, says Corral, “increase the public’s access to printing history, poetry and art ownership.” The print takes some time, and it’s a break-even venture rather than a moneymaker. But it underscores the intersection of the local arts and writing communities. “There’s so much visual imagery in poetry, but it doesn’t always necessarily translate to an illustration,” says Corral. “The imagery may allude to an emotion that we can express through abstract images or color. We consider all of these things when we come up with a broadside.” That, and poets love to have their work printed — an aspect of the event that makes it even more appealing to the writers who are invited to share their words. Godfrey books the poets, and while she casts a wide net, most of the featured readers have some connection to Asheville. Award-winning, North Carolina-native poet Tony Hoagland gave a reading to a full house in October. Upcoming Vandercooked Poetry Nights include Matthew Olzmann on Saturday, April 25, and Sebastian Matthews on Saturday, Oct. 3. X
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Miniatures art show “This is the most anticipated show of the year. Our artists love it, we love it, and our clients love it!” says Betsey-Rose weiss, owner of American Folk art gallery downtown. Now in its 11th year, the free annual Miniatures Show challenges artists to squeeze a whole lot of passion into a minuscule space — no more than 8 by 10 inches, to be exact. Originals by artists Lucy Hunnicutt, Liz Sullivan, Kent Ambler, Michael Banks, Karl Mullen, Cornbread, Darrell Loy Scott, James A. “Buddy” Snipe and Spencer Herr will be displayed for sale with affordable pricing due to the modest sizes. The collection will be on display at American Folk from Feb. 5-25, with an artists reception on Friday, Feb. 6, from 5-7 p.m. amerifolk.com. Miniature artwork by Snipe
A Chorus Line “A Chorus Line is a brilliantly complex fusion of dance, song and compellingly authentic drama,” reads a press release for the forthcoming Asheville Community Theatre production. Directed by Chanda Calentine and originally created by Michael Bennett, this Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical affords audiences “a behind-the-scenes look at an audition process as well as a celebration of what it means to truly be a dancer.” Shows run at ACT every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Friday, Feb. 6, through Sunday, March 1. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m., while Sunday productions are at 2:30 p.m. $15-25. ashevilletheatre.org. Photo of the ensemble cast, including actress Rebecca O’Quinn, center, by Studio Misha
Worldline The photos for local sci-fi rock band Worldline, on the group’s website, all evoke the fantastical otherworldly environs of planetariums, film sets or well-conceived theme parties. Suspended orbs and strands of fairy lights glow against dark backdrops. It’s no wonder that the project — conceptualized by producer/singer-songwriter Andrew Schatzberg — also lends itself to live art. Look for just such an event at UNC Asheville in March. But first Worldline puts in an appearance at The Mothlight — the band’s first show at that venue. It’s also Worldline’s first local performance since its album release extravaganza for Compass Sky last spring. “We’d love to see your faces, then melt your faces,” the band says on its Facebook page. Luxury Spirit and George Terry & The Zealots share the bill on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 8:30 p.m. $5. themothlight. com. Photo by Carrie Turner Photography
Hope Griffin “I’m ecstatic to finally deliver [Say What You Will] into everyone’s most patient hands,” says folk Americana singer-songwriter hope griffin of her upcoming EP release party. Not one to rush art, the Asheville performer has planned a two-hour showcase that draws heavily from her “four-year labor of love,” a potent six-pack spanning “soulful ballads to high-energy blues.” The musician’s earnest approach to lyrical storytelling aligns perfectly with her soothing, acoustic delivery of each song. Griffin, along with special guests Lyndsay pruett, jamie Leigh o’neil, andrew thelston, nick peterson and jim simmons, will hold her limited capacity-release party at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall lounge on Friday, Feb. 6, at 7:15 p.m. $8. isisasheville.com. Photo courtesy of the artist
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& Elizabeth, the female mountain music duo of Elizabeth Laprelle and Anna RobertsGevalt stop by Asheville’s urban farm and entertainment venue, The Landing, for a show on Saturday, Feb. 8. Photo courtesy of the musicians. (p.56)
asheville COMMunity theatre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (2/6) until (3/1) - A Chorus Line. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. $15-$20. MOntfOrd ParK Players 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • TH (2/5), 2pm - “Is Shakespeare Relevant?,” performance and lecture. Held in the Reuter Center at UNCA. Free. nC staGe 15 Stage Lane, 239-0263, ncstage.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (2/22) - Annapurna. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. $14-32/ $10 students.
art visual artist availaBle (pd.) experienced art instruction: Drawing / Markmaking / Watercolor Painting; Private, groups, homeschool, all ages. ArchiScapes: Architectural Portraits, make Excellent Gift Certificates. For more information visit www.mcchesneyart.com. arrOWhead artists and artisans leaGue 668-1239 • SU (2/8), 2-4pm - Watercolor paints workshop. Free. Registration required. Held at Arrowhead Gallery, 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort asheville MuseuM 35 Wall St., 785-5722 • WE (2/11), 1-5pm - Sales of works by artists from the HERArtistry exhibit. Free to attend.
asheville COMMunity theatre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • MO (2/9) & TU (2/10), 6-9pm - Open auditions for A Streetcar Named Desire. Visit website for details. • TU (2/10), 10:30am-2:30pm - Open auditions for readers’ theater production, Any Wednesday. Visit website for details. BlaCK MOuntain Center fOr the arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • SU (2/7), 11am & WE (2/11), 6pm - Front Porch Theatre holds open auditions for Steel Magnolias. For women ages 19-60.
MusiC asheville art MuseuM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • SU (2/8), 3-5pm - Pianoforte Series: Leslie Downs, classical piano. $14.
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Center fOr Cultural PreservatiOn 692-8062, saveculture.org • TH (2/5), 7pm - Keeping the Fires Burning Series: Donna Ray Norton and Melanie Rice Penland, ballad music. Registration required. $5. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock GraCe lutheran ChurCh 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • SU (2/8), 3pm - Buddy “K” Band, big-band swing. Admission by donation to Grace Lutheran youth programs and summer mission trip. hendersOnville ChaMBer MusiC series 808-2314, hendersonvillechambermusic.org • SU (2/8), 3pm - Kontras String Quartet. $20/free for students. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville
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the Writer’s WOrKshOP 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through SA (2/28) - Poetry contest submissions accepted. Contact for guidelines. $25 per every three poems.
BlaCK MOuntain COMMunity druM Class 545-0389 • SATURDAYS, 4-6pm - Covers traditional West African rhythms. Free. Held at Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain
MusiC at Brevard COlleGe 884-8211, brevard.edu/fineartsevents • TH (2/12), 7:30pm - Brevard College Wind Ensemble with Charlie Vernon. Held in Porter Center. Free. MusiC at Mars hill 866-642-4968, mhc.edu • FR (2/6) & SA (2/7) - J. Elwood Roberts Choral Festival. Contact for full schedule. Free. MusiC at unCa 251-6432, unca.edu • WE (2/4), 7pm - Blue Ridge Orchestra open reherseal. Free. In the Reuter Center. MusiC at WCu 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (2/5), 7pm - Old-Time and Bluegrass Concert and Jam Series: Darren Nicholson Band. Held in Mountain Heritage Center. Free. the landinG 68D Kentucky Drive • SA (2/8), 7pm - Anna & Elizabeth, mountain music. $10. tryOn fine arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • FR (2/6), 8pm - “To Nina,” Nina Simone tribute concert with Natalie Douglas. $30.
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refleCtiOns On CG JunG asheville GrOuP meetup.com/AshevillereflectionsCGJung • FR (2/6), 7:30pm - Out of the Shadows: A Story of Toni Wolff and Emma Jung, twowoman reader’s theater production . $8. Held at Cathedral of All Souls, 3 Angle St.
• Through SA (3/14) - Erotica Asheville, works by five artists focusing on themes of eroticism. BlaCK MOuntain COlleGe MuseuM & arts Center 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through SA (5/23) - poemumbles, 30-year restrospective of print works by Susan Weil. CrOW & Quill 106 N. Lexington Ave, 505-2866 • Through TH (2/12) - Surrealist paintings by Hannah Weaver. fOlK art Center MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, 298-7928, craftguild.org • Through SU (4/19) - Dynamic Narratives, works by women ceramic sculptors. handMade in aMeriCa 125 S Lexington Ave #101, 252-0121, handmadeinamerica.org • Through FR (4/17) - Emergence: Crafting an Identity, works by Haywood Community College alumni. Artists’ reception: Feb. 13, 6-8pm.
tOy BOat COMMunity art sPaCe 101 Fairview Road. Suite B, 505-8659, toyboatcommunityartspace.com • FR (2/6) & SA (2/7), 8pm - Accordion Time Machine presents Photosynthesis. $12/$10 advance.
n.C. arBOretuM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • Through SU (4/19) - Seeing with New Eyes, photography by Sharon Mammoser.
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siGnature BreW COffee CO 633 W. Main St., Sylva, 587-6300, signaturebrew.net • Through SA (2/28) - “Barns and Birds,” oil paintings by Cecil Bothwell.
art at Mars hill mhu.edu • Through TH (2/26) - Works by alumna Biljana Kroll. In the Weizenblatt Gallery. art at unCa art.unca.edu • Through SU (3/1) - Drawing Discourse, juried exhibition of contemporary drawing. • Through FR (2/27) - Little Importance, macrophotography by Daniel Mele. • Through FR (2/27) - Selma to Montgomery 1965: The Photographs of James Barker. In Karpen lobby. Artist’s talk: Feb. 5, 5:30-7:00pm. art at WCu 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • Through FR (3/27) - Tracking Time, works by Anna Jensen and Karen Ann Myers asheville area arts COunCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com Ashevile Area Arts Council • Through SA (2/28) - Buncombe Built, handmade instruments from Buncombe County. asheville art MuseuM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SU (5/2) - John Heliker: The Order of Things—60 Years of Paintings and Drawings, retrospective asheville lOft 52 Broadway St., 782-8833, theashevilleloft.com
the Center fOr Craft, Creativity & desiGn 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through MO (5/23) - Loving After Lifetimes of All This. the Grand BOheMian Gallery 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com • Through SA (2/28) - Heart & Soul, works by Donna Dowless and Amber Higgins. transylvania COMMunity arts COunCil 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • FR (2/6) through FR (2/27) - Wood, Wind & Water, multiple artists and mediums. Opening reception: Feb. 6, 5-7pm. uPstairs artsPaCe 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (3/13)- The Nina Simone Project: Celebrating Black History Month and Tryon’s High Priestess of Soul,work by Valeria Watson Doost, Linda Larsen, and Leigh Magar. zaPOW! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow. net • ONGOING - Art of the Book, art inspired by literary works. Opening reception: Feb. 8, 3-6pm Contact to galleries for admission hours and fees.
C L U B L A N D Wednesday, feBruary 4 5 Walnut Wine Bar Wine tasting w/ Gypsy Guitars (gypsy jazz), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 8pm Ben’s tune-uP Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm BlaCK Bear COffee CO. Spotlight (poetry slam or reading, open mic), 6pm Blue Kudzu saKe COMPany Bill Gerhardt’s Trio South (jazz), 6pm COrK & KeG “The Running of the Winos” w/ Jackomo (Cajun Mardi Gras party), 8pm dOuBle CrOWn Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm
Open mic & jam, 7pm the JOint next dOOr Bluegrass jam, 8pm the MOthliGht Beat Life: A Psychedelic Showcase w/ 10th Letter, Deku, Emerald Curtain, Musashi Xero & DJ Kutzu, 9:30pm the PhOenix Jazz night, 8pm the sOCial Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm Karaoke, 9:30pm the sOuthern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm tiGer MOuntain Sean Dail (classic punk, power-pop, rock), 10pm
isis restaurant and MusiC hall In the Lounge: Juan Benavides Group w/ Whitney Moore (flamenco, world, soul), 7pm Sol Driven Train w/ Dead 27s (Americana, roots, jam, rock), 9pm JaCK Of the WOOd PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm lazy diaMOnd The Replacement Party w/ Dr. Filth, 10pm lOBster traP Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 7pm MarKet PlaCe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm neW MOuntain FATE Jam: Camel City Collective & Melissa Reeves, 8pm
tiMO’s hOuse Spectrum AVL w/ Dam Good (dance party), 9pm
OdditOriuM Joe Buck Yourself, Delicious & Sawzaw (metal, punk), 9pm
fOGGy MOuntain BreWPuB Trivia, 8pm
tOWn PuMP Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm
Off the WaGOn Dueling pianos, 9pm
Grind Cafe Trivia night, 7pm
tressa’s dOWntOWn Jazz and Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm
hiGhland BreWinG COMPany Woody Wood Wednesdays (acoustic rock), 5:30pm
vinCenzO’s BistrO Lenny Petenelli (high-energy piano), 7pm
Olive Or tWist Cha cha lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 7:30pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm
irOn hOrse statiOn Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm isis restaurant and MusiC hall Eric Congdon (Americana, blues, singer-songwriter), 7:15pm
Wild WinG Cafe sOuth Karaoke, 9pm
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One stOP deli & Bar Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm One WOrld BreWinG Sarah Tucker (singer-songwriter), 8pm OranGe Peel Brett Eldredge w/ Ryan Kinder (country), 9pm
JaCK Of the WOOd PuB Old-time session, 5pm
185 KinG street Andrew Duhon Trio, 8pm
OsKar Blues BreWery Redleg Husky (folk, soul), 6pm
lazy diaMOnd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm
5 Walnut Wine Bar Hank West & The Smokin’ Hots (jazz), 8pm
PisGah BreWinG COMPany Aereo-Plain (newgrass), 6pm
lOBster traP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 7pm
altaMOnt BreWinG COMPany Willy Wales (old-time), 9pm
PurPle OniOn Cafe Chris Rosser (singer-songwriter), 7pm
MOJO KitChen & lOunGe DJ Molly Parti “Get Over the Hump-day” dance party (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm
asheville MusiC hall Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead, jam), 10pm
renaissanCe asheville hOtel Chris Rhodes (jazz, blues, R&B), 6:30pm
Barley’s taPrOOM AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm
rOOM ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm
BlaCK Bear COffee CO. Matt Jackson (acoustic), 4pm
sCandals niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm
BlaCK MOuntain ale hOuse Dan River Drifters (bluegrass, Americana), 7:30pm
sCully’s “Geeks Who Drink” Trivia, 7pm
Ginny McAfee (guitar, vocals), 7pm
Blue Kudzu saKe COMPany Trivia night, 8pm
sOuthern aPPalaChian BreWery Nitrograss (bluegrass), 7pm
Wild WinG Cafe Acoustic throwdown, 7pm
CataWBa BreWinG tastinG rOOM Old time jam, 7pm
tallGary’s at fOur COlleGe Iggy Radio, 7pm
Wxyz lOunGe at alOft hOtel Woody Wood (blues, folk, soul), 7:30pm
CluB eleven On GrOve Swing lessons & dance w/ Swing Asheville, 6:30pm Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm
the MOthliGht Caethua (record release) w/ Colby Nathan & Falcon Mitts (experimental), 9:30pm
CrOW & Quill Dr. Sketchy’s live burlesque figure drawing, 7pm
the PhOenix Bradford Carson Duo (modern mountain music), 8pm
dOuBle CrOWn 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm
the sOCial A Social Function (acoustic, classic hits, rock ’n’ roll), 8pm
MOuntain MOJO COffeehOuse Open mic, 6:30pm neW MOuntain Bridge Over Asheville (variety show of local artists), 7pm nOBle Kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm O.henry’s/the underGrOund “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm OdditOriuM Mermutants puppet show, 8pm Off the WaGOn Piano show, 9pm Olive Or tWist Swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm One stOP deli & Bar Trae Pierce & T-Stone (funk), 10pm One WOrld BreWinG Jam Samwich (jam), 8pm OranGe Peel Cold War Kids w/ Elliot Moss (indie-rock), 9pm POur taPrOOM Karaoke, 8pm rOOM ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm rOOt Bar nO. 1 DJ Ken Bradenburg (old-school), 7pm straiGhtaWay Cafe Redleg Husky (folk, soul), 6pm tallGary’s at fOur COlleGe
duGOut Alex & Anthony (folk, old-time, country), 9pm elaine’s duelinG PianO Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm feed & seed Rayna Gellert & The Brothers K (old-time, country), 7pm fOGGy MOuntain BreWPuB Singer-songwriter open mic w/ Riyen Roots, 9pm frenCh BrOad BreWery Jeff Ruby (singer-songwriter, acoustic rock), 6pm Grey eaGle MusiC hall & tavern Kevin Burke’s Celtic Fiddle Festival, 8pm hiGhland BreWinG COMPany DJ Marley, 5:30pm
the sOuthern Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm tiMO’s hOuse ’90s Nite w/ Franco Nino (’90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 10pm
BLooming BEats: “Lotus has crafted a unique musical style outside of simple genre limitations,” reads the band’s Facebook bio. “On any given weekend the band could be the only group with guitars at an all electronic music festival and then crash a traditional rock festival with their dance-heavy beats, synths and samples.” Lotus will perform with Kung Fu at the Orange Peel on Friday, Feb. 6, at 9 p.m.
friday, feBruary 6 185 KinG street Annabelle’s Curse, 8pm 5 Walnut Wine Bar El Duende (Latin jazz), 9pm altaMOnt BreWinG COMPany Phuncle Sam (Dead covers), 9:30pm altaMOnt theatre Luna Ray “Shining Through” CD release party, 7pm
tressa’s dOWntOWn Jazz and Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm
asheville MusiC hall Three the Dub Way: Bob Marley Birthday Celebration w/ Dr. Dubenstein, Desmon Hyson & Tuff Lion (reggae, dub), 9pm Lotus after-party w/ Metaphonia & Fat Cheek Kat (funk, jazz, brass-fusion), 10pm
tWisted laurel Jon Stickley & Friends (bluegrass), 9pm
athena’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm
urBan OrChard Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm
BlaCK Bear COffee CO. Carolina Wray w/ Rookie of The Year (American folk), 6pm
tOWn PuMP Brandon Reeves (Americana, roots, soul), 9pm
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BlaCK MOuntain ale hOuse Dirty Badgers (blues, rock), 8pm BOiler rOOM Rebirth VII (underground techno, house), 10pm ByWater Northside Gentlemen CD release party (bluegrass), 8pm
JaCK Of the WOOd PuB J.R. Wyatt w/ Through the Hills (Americana, folk), 9pm
ClassiC Wineseller The Moon & You (folk), 7pm
JerusaleM Garden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm
CluB eleven On GrOve First Fridays DJ jam, 9pm
lazy diaMOnd Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm
COrK & KeG The Resonant Rogues (gypsy jazz), 8:30pm
MarKet PlaCe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm
dOuBle CrOWn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm
neW MOuntain Darnell Boys (old country, blues), 10pm Lotus after party w/ Stooges Brass Band & Broccoli Samurai, 11pm
duGOut Unit 50 (classic rock), 9pm elaine’s duelinG PianO Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm fOGGy MOuntain BreWPuB Ashley Heath (folk, Americana), 9pm frenCh BrOad BreWery The Paper Crowns (Americana, rock), 6pm GOOd stuff Nate Hall, 9pm Grey eaGle MusiC hall & tavern Zach Deputy w/ Goldie & The Screamers (funk, singer-songwriter, soul), 8pm hiGhland BreWinG COMPany The Lazybirds (old-time), 6:30pm
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cLuB diREctoRY isis restaurant and MusiC hall In the Lounge: Hope Griffin CD release (singer-songwriter), 7:15pm Jim Arrendell’s tribute to Bob Marley, 9pm
irOn hOrse statiOn Ben Wilson (Americana), 7pm
niGhtBell restaurant & lOunGe Dulítel DJ (dinner music), 8pm Cpt. Hyperdrive (future funk), 10pm nOBle Kava Space Medicine (electro-coustic ambient improv), 8:30pm OdditOriuM Pleasures of the Ultraviolent, Killing Solves Everything, The Dimarcos, Random Conflict & Drunk in a Dumpster (punk), 9pm Off the WaGOn Dueling pianos, 9pm Olive Or tWist Lyric (oldies, swing), 8pm One stOP deli & Bar Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Lotus after-party w/ Soul Mechanic (progrock), 11:30pm OranGe Peel Lotus w/ Kung Fu (post-rock), 9pm OsKar Blues BreWery The Good Graces (indie-folk), 6pm PaCK’s tavern DJ OCelate (pop, dance, hits), 9pm
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rOOt Bar nO. 1 Grits & Soul (old-time, bluegrass), 9pm
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Betty Toker & Citron (bass), 10pm tiPPinG POint tavern Redleg Husky (folk, soul), 9pm tOWn PuMP Just the Crust w/ Nicole & Sean (bluegrass), 9pm tOy BOat COMMunity art sPaCe Accordion Time Machine (experimental theatre group), 7:30pm tressa’s dOWntOWn Jazz and Blues Regina Loveday, 7pm Jam Boogie Band (funk, jam, rock), 10pm tWisted laurel The Josh Daniels & Mark Schimick Project (string band), 9pm vinCenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm White hOrse BlaCK MOuntain Mande Foly (West African music), 8pm Wild WinG Cafe Crocs (acoustic), 7pm Wild WinG Cafe sOuth A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm Wxyz lOunGe at alOft hOtel Jamar Woods (pop, R&B, groove), 8:30pm
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BlaCK MOuntain ale hOuse The Good Ol’ Boyz w/ Woody Wood (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm BOiler rOOM In Dead Eyes, A World of Lies, Spearfinger & Severance (metal, punk, hard rock), 9pm ByWater Laura Blackley Trio (classic country, singer-songwriter), 8pm CataWBa BreWinG tastinG rOOM Redleg Husky (folk, soul), 8pm ClassiC Wineseller Joe Cruz (Beatles, Elton John covers), 7pm COrK & KeG Drayton & The Dreamboats (jazz, swing, classic country), 8:30pm dOuBle CrOWn Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm duGOut Flashback Sally (classic rock), 9pm elaine’s duelinG PianO Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm fOGGy MOuntain BreWPuB Hank West & The Smokin’ Hots (jazz, exotica), 10pm frenCh BrOad BreWery Wayne Graham (alt-rock, Americana, rock), 6pm GOOd stuff Low Willie (Americana), 9pm hiGhland BreWinG COMPany Andy Buckner CD release (country, Southern rock), 6:30pm irOn hOrse statiOn Mark Shane (R&B), 7pm isis restaurant and MusiC hall Classical brunch w/ The Asheville Woodwind Quintet, 11am In the Lounge: Dulci Ellenberger (folk, pop), 7pm New Madrid w/ Onawa & Aunt Sis, 9pm JaCK Of the WOOd PuB Appalatin w/ Zack Joseph Band (folk), 9pm
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MarKet PlaCe DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm neW MOuntain Sundy Best, 9pm Sundy Best after-party w/ Raising Caine (country), 10pm BomBassic: After Hours 3.0 (unofficial Humphrey’s McGee after-party), 11pm niGhtBell restaurant & lOunGe DJ Andy Rezrekt (dinner music), 8pm In Plain Sight (deep house), 10pm nOBle Kava
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DJ, 10pm sOuthern aPPalaChian BreWery Letters to Abigail (folk, Americana), 8pm
PisGah BreWinG COMPany The Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie-rock), 8pm
sPrinG CreeK tavern The Katy Didn’ts (Americana), 8pm
PurPle OniOn Cafe Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 8pm
straiGhtaWay Cafe Summer Jones, 6pm
rOOM ix Open dance night, 9pm rOOt Bar nO. 1 Thicket (mountain rock), 9pm
tallGary’s at fOur COlleGe Mile High Band (country, Southern rock), 9:30pm
sCandals niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm
the adMiral Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm
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Worldline w/ Luxury Spirit, George Terry & The Zealots (sci-fi rock, rock ’n’ roll), 8:30pm the PhOenix Dust ’n the Wynn (rock), 9pm the sOCial Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm tOWn PuMP The Paper Crowns (Americana), 9pm tOy BOat COMMunity art sPaCe Accordion Time Machine (experimental theatre group), 7:30pm tressa’s dOWntOWn Jazz and Blues The King Zeros (blues), 7pm Ruby Mayfield & The Friendship Train (blues,
soul), 10pm tWisted laurel White Water Bluegrass Company, 8pm vinCenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm White hOrse BlaCK MOuntain Sheila Kay Adams & The Scofflaws (folk), 8pm Wild WinG Cafe Karaoke, 8pm Wild WinG Cafe sOuth Andy Buckner Band (Southern rock), 8pm Wxyz lOunGe at alOft hOtel The John Henrys (jazz, swing), 8:30pm
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COMING SOON Wed 2/4 7:00 PM–AN EVENING WITH ERIC CONGDON 8:30 PM– BJ LEIDERMAN HOUSE PARTY
Thu 2/5 7:00 PM –THE JUAN BENEVIDES GROUP WITH WHITNEY MOORE 9:00 PM –SOL DRIVEN TRAIN WITH DEAD 27S
Fri 2/6 7:00 PM–HOPE GRIFFIN CD RELEASE 9:00 PM–A TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY: JIM ARRENDELL
Sat 2/7 9:00 PM–NEW MADRID W/ ONAWA AND AUNT SIS
Wed 2/11 7:15 PM–AN EVENING WITH CARSIE BLANTON
Thurs 2/12 7:00 PM –THE JUAN BENEVIDES GROUP WITH WHITNEY MOORE 9:00 PM –SWING, FUNK AND JAZZ NIGHT WITH THE LOW DOWN SIRES & DYNAMO
Fri 2/13 8:30 PM –DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE CD RELEASE
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Blue Kudzu saKe COMPany Karaoke & brunch, 2pm ByWater Valentines Craft Day, 5pm dOuBle CrOWn Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm irOn hOrse statiOn Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm isis restaurant and MusiC hall Jazz showcase, 6pm JaCK Of the WOOd PuB Irish session, 5pm lazy diaMOnd Honky Tonk Night w/ DJs, 10pm MOJO KitChen & lOunGe Sunday night swing, 5pm neW MOuntain The Steepwater Band, 8pm OdditOriuM Poet Radio & Knowne Ghost (indie-rock), 9pm Off the WaGOn Piano show, 9pm Olive Or tWist Bachata dance lesson w/ Wayne Tipton & Vanessa Lockhart, 7pm DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm One stOP deli & Bar Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am One WOrld BreWinG James Hemmel (singer-songwriter), 5pm OranGe Peel Waltz night, 5:30pm POur taPrOOM Open mic, 8pm PulP Slice of Life comedy open mic, 9pm sCandals niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm Miss Asheville Sweetheart & Asheville Sweetheart King Pageant, 10pm sOuthern aPPalaChian BreWery Circus Mutt (bluegrass, roots), 5pm tallGary’s at fOur COlleGe Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm the PhOenix Up Jumped 3 (jazz), 12pm the sOCial Karaoke, 9:30pm the sOuthern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm tiGer MOuntain Seismic Sunday w/ Matthew Schrader (doom, sludge, drone, psych-metal), 10pm
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Britany & Holly’s Pyjama Party w/ DJ Oso, 8pm vinCenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm
COrK & KeG Honky-tonk Jamboree w/ Tom Pittman, 6:30pm
White hOrse BlaCK MOuntain Rupert Wates, 7:30pm
dOuBle CrOWn Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Sean & Will, 10pm
Wild WinG Cafe Walking Dead Viewing Party, 9pm
GOOd stuff Old time-y night, 6:30pm
Wild WinG Cafe sOuth Walking Dead Viewing Party, 9pm
irOn hOrse statiOn Open mic, 6pm
MOnday, feBruary 9 5 Walnut Wine Bar Sankofa (world), 8pm
isis restaurant and MusiC hall Bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm JaCK Of the WOOd PuB Todd Cecil & Back South (swamp-blues), 9pm
altaMOnt BreWinG COMPany Old-time jam w/ John Hardy Party, 8pm
laurey’s CaterinG and GOurMet tO GO Ukulele jam, 5:30pm
BlaCK MOuntain ale hOuse Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 7:30pm
lazy diaMOnd Punk ’n’ Roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm
ByWater Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm
lOBster traP Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm
COurtyard Gallery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm CrOW & Quill Argentine tango w/ Michael Luchtan & Patrick Kukucka, 9pm dOuBle CrOWn Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Dave & Rebecca, 10pm GOOd stuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm Grey eaGle MusiC hall & tavern Contra dance, 7pm JaCK Of the WOOd PuB Quizzo, 7pm lazy diaMOnd Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm lexinGtOn ave BreWery (laB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm lOBster traP Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm One WOrld BreWinG Cameron Stack (blues), 8pm OsKar Blues BreWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm the MOthliGht Andre Cholmondeley’s 50th birthday (acoustic, electronic, rock ’n’ roll, ambient, experimental), 9pm the PhOenix Carver & Carmody (Americana), 8pm the sOCial Marc Keller, 6pm tiMO’s hOuse Movie night, 7pm vinCenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm
TUESDaY, FEbRUaRY 10 5 Walnut Wine Bar The John Henrys (ragtime, jazz), 8pm altaMOnt BreWinG COMPany Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8pm
tiMO’s hOuse Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm
asheville MusiC hall Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm
tOWn PuMP Sunday Jam w/ Dan, 4pm Chappell (tribal swamp boogie), 9pm
BlaCK MOuntain ale hOuse Trivia, 7pm Daryl Hance Trio (Southern rock), 9:30pm
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MarCO’s Pizzeria Sharon LaMotte Band (jazz), 6:30pm MarKet PlaCe The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm neW MOuntain B Local Gathering (B Corps info), 6:30pm Mike Rhodes Fellowship, 8pm OdditOriuM Odd comedy night, 9pm Off the WaGOn Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm One stOP deli & Bar Turntablism Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm One WOrld BreWinG Sweet Treats (Appalachian Americana), 8pm OranGe Peel Shovels & Rope w/ Carolina Rose (folk), 9pm OsKar Blues BreWery “Pop Quiz”-themed trivia, 6:30pm POur taPrOOM Frank Zappa night, 8pm rOOt Bar nO. 1 Cameron Stack (blues), 9pm sCully’s Open mic w/ Jeff Anders, 9pm tallGary’s at fOur COlleGe Jam night, 9pm the JOint next dOOr Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm the MOthliGht Mind Over Mirrors w/ Daniel Bachman & The Dead Tongues (electronic soundscapes, “psychedelic Appalachia”), 9:30pm the sOCial Jason Whitaker (acoustic-rock), 6pm tiGer MOuntain Tuesday Tests w/ Chris Ballard (techno, house, experimental, downtempo), 10pm tOWn PuMP Paco Shipp (guitar, rock), 9pm tressa’s dOWntOWn Jazz and Blues Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm vinCenzO’s BistrO Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm Westville PuB Blues jam, 10pm White hOrse BlaCK MOuntain Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm
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diREctoR: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (The Kid with a Bike)
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PLaYERs: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Batiste Sornin, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry, Alain Eloy dRama
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thE stoRY: A woman has a weekend to change the minds of her co-workers to vote for her to keep her job at the cost of their bonuses. thE LoWdoWn: Marion Cotillard’s Oscar-nominated performance is at the center of Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s frequently powerful new drama.
Yes, Marion Cotillard is very good in Two Days, One Night, but when is she not good? The questions in my mind: “Is it one of her best? Is it even her best this year?” Frankly, I think she was better in James Gray’s The Immigrant, which I also think is a better movie. (But The Immigrant just wasn’t the movie the Weinsteins chose to mount an Oscar campaign for this year — opting instead for The Imitation Game.) My biggest reservation with Two Days, One Night lies with its makers — Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. I know they are the darlings of the critical set, but their hand-held minimalism is a little too hand-held and minimalist for me. I didn’t like The Son (2002) at all, but I did like Lorna’s Silence (2008) and came darn close to loving The Kid with a Bike (2011). My feelings about Two Days, One Night are closer to those on Lorna’s Silence. That’s to say the boys from Belgium have made a
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FaBRizio RonGionE and Oscar-nominated maRion cotiLLaRd in Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Two Days, One Night.
good film here, but not, I think, quite a great one. That it’s built around a very good performance certainly helps. The film is essentially an indictment of how capitalism turns workers on each other to their company’s own ends. This is detailed through a very small-scale story concerning a Belgian solar panel plant that only has 17 workers. While one of them, Sandra (Marion Cotillard), was out on medical leave — being treated for depression — the company discovered that they did just fine with only 16 workers. In order to divest themselves of Sandra — who they suspect isn’t “strong” enough to come back to work anyway — they engineer a vote in which the other 16 vote for keeping her or losing their €1,000 bonus (about $1,200). Unsurprisingly, they mostly vote in their own favor, but Sandra’s boss offers a second vote — by secret ballot. The catch is that she only has the two days and one night of the title in which to tempt them to change their votes. This is a shrewd device on which to hang the movie since it provides us with a built-in sense of urgency. Sandra has to visit 14 people (two had already voted for her to stay) and convince them — and often their spous-
es — to change their votes over the course of this one weekend. It would be a daunting task for anyone, but it’s worse for Sandra, whose depression — despite copious amounts of Xanax — threatens to overtake and paralyze her at every turn. She doubts her ability. She doubts her worthiness. She finds it hard to imagine that anyone would give up the bonus just so she can keep her job. Yet she also knows that she, her husband Manu (Fabrizio Rongione) and their family can’t make do without her salary from the factory. It’s even debatable if she can get by without the structure and sense of self-worth the job provides. So she keeps on trying — even while wanting to stop and sometimes actually doing it briefly — against the odds. What makes the story work so well lies in the fact that — apart from the bosses — the film has no real villains. All of the characters have their reasons for needing that bonus, though some of them have considerably less admirable reasons than others. The film cleverly keeps you guessing what the next encounter will bring because the reactions are so varied. Some of it works better than other parts of it. There’s a sharply melodramatic turn
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late in the film that asks us to buy into a very improbable recovery. But on balance, it’s solid enough — and the so-very-right ending covers just about any shortcomings. I still don’t care much for the Dardennes’ minimalist aesthetic, but I can’t deny that the results here are frequently powerful. Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic elements. Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com
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Black or White HH diREctoR: Mike Binder (Reign Over Me) pLaYERs: Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Jillian Estell, Bill Burr, Mpho Koaho dRama
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thE stoRY: After the death of his wife, an alcoholic widower must fight for custody of his granddaughter. thE Lowdown: A well-intentioned courtroom drama that’s not as intelligent or prescient as it wants to be.
The road to hell is paved with remains of DVDs of well-intentioned movies. Add Mike Binder’s Black or White to that pile — a movie that wants to have a discussion about race but is too prone to wrongheadedness, melodrama and schmaltz to truly say anything. This is no surprise when you remember that director Binder was the man behind Reign Over Me (2007), a movie that just screamed importance and the desire to be taken very seriously but could never rise above the level of mediocre diversion. Black or White is similar in a lot of ways. It explores an important topic — race relations — but doesn’t really know what it wants to say. And when it tries to, I’m not sure that the voice to say it — a wellto-do alcoholic lawyer played by Kevin Costner — is the one to be doing it. Costner plays Elliott, a recent widower who — with his late wife — has taken care of his granddaughter Eloise (Jillian Estell) since her birth, when his daughter died in labor. The machinations behind this are a bit complex, since his daughter hid her pregnancy from her parents (something they’re convinced led to complications during birth) because she was 17 at the time, and the child’s father was 23-year-old black drug addict Reggie (André Holland, 42) from South Central LA, far afield from Elliott’s affluent neighborhood. With the death of Elliott’s wife and Eloise’s biological father long out of the picture, Reggie’s mother Rowena (Octavia Spencer) decides that Elliott, with his drinking problem, often angry demeanor and heavy work schedule, isn’t fit to raise the child by himself. At the same time, she also fears the child will lose part of her heritage — believing that Elliott’s poor opinion of her
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HHHHH = max rating son has skewed his opinion of black people. To solve this, she hires her other son (Anthony Mackie), himself a successful lawyer, to sue for custody. The film never really gets much deeper than a “why can’t we all get along?” attitude that unfortunately veers more toward the opinion that — as far as black people go — there’s “good ones” and “bad ones.” We have Rowena, who’s raised a steady, tight-knit family that’s sullied by one bad apple, Reggie. It never truly examines class, race and drug use, for instance. The film calls itself Black or White because it believes it’s operating in the middle ground (and because Binder has a tendency to lazily title movies after pop songs), but it’s not truly existing within the gray area it thinks it is. Without getting into spoilers, this becomes apparent in the film’s climax, which conveniently removes any moral complexity from the film while also being totally and — thanks to an appearance by the ghost of Elliott’s wife in Chekhov’s swimming pool — unintentionally funny. That the film wraps up with such a goofy, melodramatic concept shows just how lightweight the whole thing truly is. Rated PG-13 on appeal for brief strong language, thematic material involving drug use and drinking and for a fight. Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@mountainx.com
Project Almanac H diREctoR: Dean Israelite pLaYERs: Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Amy Landecker Found FootagE tEEn sci-Fi RatEd pg-13 thE stoRY: Things soon get out of hand for a group of teens who build a time machine based on schematics found in a basement. thE Lowdown: Nonsensical, pointless and meandering teen sci-fi junk, complete with pointless found footage conceit.
While I rarely care for it, I can understand why a horror film would use the “found footage” conceit to ramp up
the believability of its scares. And I can see why a film like Chronicle (2012) would use the same approach to say something (even flimsily) about our constant documentation of our lives. But, like much of the found footage films that come out, I cannot understand — from any practical standpoint — why Dean Israelite’s Project Almanac adopts the approach besides the obvious and lazy idea of ripping off Chronicle and making very teen-centric sci-fi. Beyond this, the format lends nothing to the film, the characters or the story except being a constant, confusing distraction. Maybe this is for the best, since Project Almanac is a nonsensical, directionless and incredibly uneventful time-travel flick. The film’s reminiscent of Jeffrey Combs toward his nemesis in Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator (1985), “You steal the secret of life and death, and here you are trysting with a bubble-headed coed.” In Project Almanac, a small squad of teens steals the secret to time travel and uses it to see the band Vampire Weekend. If anything, the film’s a treatise on why randy, short-sighted teenagers shouldn’t be allowed out of the house, let alone wafting through the past. The film’s premise revolves around David (Jonny Weston, Chasing Mavericks), a genius high school kid who gets accepted to MIT but doesn’t get enough scholarship money to attend, forcing his mother (Amy Landecker, Enough Said) to sell their house to pay his tuition. David just getting deep into student loan debt like the rest of America would make the film nonexistent. Instead, while looking for a solution to the family’s financial woes, he stumbles upon plans for a time machine that his deceased father (Gary Weeks, The Spectacular Now) left in the basement. With the help of his friends (Sam Lerner and TV actor Allen Evangelista), David builds the machine, and they — along with David’s crush Jessie (Sofia Black-D’Elia, The Immigrant) — start traveling through time in small increments, eventually doing little more than partying, retaking chemistry tests and rigging the lottery. But, things soon get out of hand as time is fiddled with and disastrous happenings begin, with the main tension being between David’s need to fix these problems while maintaining his budding relationship
STARTING FRIDAY with Jessie, which only exists because of his own time-travel shenanigans. It’s obviously all very convoluted, but I’m far from convinced that the movie even understands what’s happening. Granted, time-travel movies are by nature tangled and complex, but they at least need to work within their own set rules. Project Almanac has none of that, instead it just piles up complications and contrivances with little in the way of internal or external explanation. Combine all of this with the found footage aspect (which it obviously cheats on constantly) and it makes for a movie that’s vapid and confusing on multiple levels. Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual content. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@mountainx.com
The Loft H DIRECTOR: Erik Van Looy (Loft) PLAYERS: Karl Urban, James Marsden, Eric Stonestreet, Wentworth Miller, Matthias Shoenaerts, Isabel Lucas, Rachael Taylor MYSTERY THRILLER
RATED R
THE STORY: Five men sharing a loft for purposes of illicit assignations find a dead woman in the bed and realize one of them must be responsible. THE LOWDOWN: Ridiculous, preposterous and pretty sleazy mystery thriller of the kind that only shows up in January.
Groucho Marx once said, “It’s better to have loft and lost than never to have loft at all,” but Groucho clearly hadn’t anticipated Erik Van Looy’s The Loft. Oh, I’ve seen worse movies, and I question if it really deserves that zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes (granted, there are only 17 reviews at this point) — surely, someone likes it — but the best thing I can say about it is that it’s so overwrought and takes itself so seriously that it’s ultimately pretty funny. By far the most startling thing about it is that anyone thought this story needed telling a third time — and not just one anyone, but a group of them had to come to this crackpot
conclusion. You see, Mr. Van Looy made Loft in Belgium in 2008 from a script by someone named Bart De Pauw. For some reason, Mr. De Pauw’s screenplay was then remade by someone else — again as Loft — in the Netherlands in 2010 (where Van Looy seems to have stepped in to shoot part of that version). Now we have The Loft (it grew the article crossing the Atlantic, I guess) with Van Looy again at the helm. Judging by stills from the first film, this appears to be a virtual shot-for-shot copy of the original. It also seems to have been sitting on a shelf since 2011 before skulking into theaters in the dead of winter this year. It’s easy to see why. The supposed advantage here is that this one is in English and has name actors for four of the five main characters. Only Matthias Schoenaerts (Bullhead, The Drop) carries over from the original. English is certainly a U.S. box office plus, but Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller and Eric Stonestreet have never carried a picture — something this is unlikely to change. It is not entirely their fault — even though Stonestreet seems to be overcompensating (again) for his role on TV’s Modern Family by being the most priapic heterosexual in this quintet of horndogs. The screenplay undermines this lot at every turn. You see, the whole premise is based on the fact that sleazy architect Vincent Stevens (Urban) has set aside the loft in question in his new building for his four friends and himself to use for encounters of the extramarital kind. Ah, but the best planned lays of mice and men (and these guys are definitely in the rodent family) often go agley — as poet Robert Burns puts it — and that happens here when the testosterone-fueled herd finds a dead woman handcuffed to the bed in their loft. Since the five are the only ones with keys to the place — not to mention the security code — it stands to reason that one of them “dunit.” But which one? Is it sleazy Vincent? Rabbity Chris (Marsden)? Nervous straightarrow Luke (Miller)? Blustering Marty (Stonestreet)? Full-blown psycho Philip (Schoenaerts)? Here’s the problem — long before the movie’s over you not only won’t care, you’d be happy to ship them all off to the chair.
The central problem with the film is that all of the characters — not just the men, but their barely sketched-in wives — are thoroughly reprehensible examples of humanity. Plus, the more we find out about them over the course of the increasingly absurd story, the more sleazy and creepy they become. That might have worked if the movie was played for black comedy, but, oh no, The Loft takes itself very seriously indeed. The only humor to be found is of the strictly unintended variety — there’s plenty of that toward the end when the silly, twisted plot’s climax won’t withstand even casual scrutiny. The Loft works strictly by cheating the audience with bits of misdirection through its fractured flashback approach to storytelling. I freely concede that the structure is sometimes pretty clever, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s completely unbelievable. For that matter, it’s all predicated on the incredible idea that the accused aren’t entitled to legal counsel until someone confesses. That none of these guys clam-up and refuse to talk without a lawyer is astonishing. OK, maybe it’s not as astonishing as the idea that this story needed telling a third time, but it’s pushing it. Rated R for sexual content, nudity, bloody violence, language and some drug use. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com
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Jupiter Ascending The fact that Warner Bros. hasn’t screened the Wachowskis’ latest for critics is hardly surprising since it’s pretty obvious that a large chunk of the critical populace is just waiting to pounce on it. It just seems it’s the thing to do. Anyway, the Wachowskis’ self-proclaimed “space opera” comes our way in all its gorgeous-looking glory this Friday. And considering the other choices, it seems the obvious choice. (PG-13)
Seventh Son As if determined to prove that winter is still upon us, we get the teencentric fantasy horrors of Seventh Son, which is trying to make itself look better than it probably is by suckering Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore into being in the cast. This is the stated premise: “In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) is a knight who had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), centuries ago. But now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning her followers of every incarnation, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world.” Seriously, that’s what it says. (PG-13)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water It’s the second big-screen outing of SpongeBob SquarePants and his buddies. As if to say, “What more do you need to know?” this is all the studio has to say: “SpongeBob SquarePants, the world’s favorite sea dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore to our world for his most super-heroic adventure yet.” So there. (PG)
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The Black Cat / The Raven HHHHH diREctoR: Edgar G. Ulmer (Bluebeard) / Louis Friendlander (Return of the Vampire) pLaYERs: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Jacqueline Wells / Karloff and Lugosi, Irene Ware, Lester Matthews hoRRoR Rated NR They were Universal’s “Twin Titans of Terror,” and during the first wave of horror movies, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi defined the genre. Of the six films they made together, the best are probably the first two, The Black Cat (1934) and The Raven (1935). Certainly, the first is the most twisted — to a degree that it’s remarkable that it got past the censors. At a brisk 65 minutes, it manages to include mass murder, Satanism, necrophilia, a human skinning and a chess game of death that beat Bergman by 23 years. The second, while a lesser film, is hardly lacking in outrageousness — of a kind that helped to provoke a moratorium on all horror movies the next year. And it’s all in the name of Edgar Allan Poe, whose short story and poem have nothing whatsoever to do with the films. (The films merely claim to have been “suggested” by Mr. Poe’s “immortal” classics. Poe’s opinion was presumably not asked.) The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Black Cat and The Raven Thursday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.
Boris Karloff (on the stairs) and Bela Lugosi (hand on hip) surrounded by dress extra Satanists in Edgar G. Ulmer’s classic horror film The Black Cat (1934), which is being shown with another Karloff-Lugosi thriller The Raven on Thu., Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina. Admission is free.
Gypsy Wildcat HHHH diREctoR: Roy William Neill (Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon) pLaYERs: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Peter Coe, Nigel Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Gale Sondergaard, Douglass Dumbrille campY Romantic advEntuRE Rated NR Though Maria Montez — usually co-starred with Jon Hall — is largely forgotten today, Universal Pictures parlayed her looks — especially her curvaceous body — and her limited acting skills into a popular series of highly Technicolored romance adventures in the 1940s. These garishly colored movies were appealing to wartime audiences. Today, we’d call them camp — and rightly so — but for a studio as small as Universal was then, they were big productions. (You can still see the corner cutting in little things like the fact that Montez has custom red leather gypsy boots, but the chorus girls are stuck with red shoe-store cowboy boots — never mind that we’re in some indeterminate Ruritanian kingdom in an equally iffy time period.) Roy William Neill’s Gypsy Wildcat is the best of the lot, though it’s unusual in that Montez shows less skin than usual (but is given dresses that accent her breasts). The movie — a bunch of nonsense involving an evil baron, a royal foundling raised by gypsies, etc. — is a lot like a particularly silly opera — something enhanced by Edward Ward’s grandiose musical score. (Ward had just come off the studio’s Phantom of the Opera, and the sound came with him.) But either in spite or because of the camp and the goofiness of it all, it’s very entertaining — and the presence of Leo Carrillo, Gale Sondergaard and Nigel Bruce (director Neill must have brought him in from the Sherlock Holmes movies) adds much. The Asheville Film Society will screen Gypsy Wildcat Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.
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Orphée (Orpheus) HHHHH diREctoR: Jean Cocteau pLaYERs: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Edouard Dermithe FantasY Rated NR Hardly the most prolific of filmmakers, Jean Cocteau at least hit the cinematic gong in such a way that it rattled the fabric of film for all time. The first was La Belle et la Bete (Beauty and the Beast) in 1946 and the second was Orphée (Orpheus) in 1950. It’s a hard call — and maybe an unnecessary one — to say which is the greater film. Both are quite perfect in their own ways, though as I get older I’m slightly more inclined to the mysteries of the latter. This modern (1950 modern) take on the ancient myth is less straightforward, more experimental, if you will. It is certainly a far stranger film — perhaps because it hasn’t the same distancing effect that the earlier film boasts with its period flavor and fairy tale basis. Whatever the case, it is one of the most hypnotic and wonderful movies ever made. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Orphee (Orpheus) Friday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com
Fracture HHHS diREctoR: Gregory Hoblit (Untraceable) pLaYERs: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz couRtRoom thRiLLER with tELEgRaphEd twists Rated R There’s nothing all that much wrong with Gregory Hoblit’s Fracture — except for the fact that it feels like a TV drama that found its way to the big screen by virtue of stars Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. It’s an agreeably convoluted two hours at the movies, but neither a very clever, nor terribly exciting one. While it contains two supposedly mystifying plot twists (neither of which are all that mystifying, and both of which the film blows far too soon), it’s essentially a cat-and-mouse game between Ted Crawford (Hopkins) and Assistant District Attorney Willy Beachum (Gosling). But to judge by audience turnout and the reaction to the film, this is precisely what the viewers wanted it to be, so no one can be faulted on providing it. Well, they can’t be seriously faulted for it in any event. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Fracture Sunday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
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A Most Violent Year HHHH
— and out of character — performance from Jennifer Aniston. Rated R
crime drama A man in the heating oil business deals with hijackers and corruption in his pursuit of expanding his business to the next level. A good — consistently entertaining and interesting — movie that hurts itself by trying too hard to be a great one. Definitely worth seeing, but it’s just not the masterpiece it was supposed to be. Rated R
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Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, Albert Brooks
Mortdecai HHHH Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany, Olivia Munn, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Culkin
Ben Whishaw (voice), Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman, Peter Capaldi Family comedy adventure A young bear from Peru tries to find a home in London. Thoroughly charming, gently funny, stylish, great to look at and with a wonderful cast, there’s just no excuse for missing this. Rated pg
The Wedding Ringer H
comedy Bumbling, snobbish, disreputable art dealer Charlie Mortdecai is blackmailed into helping find a stolen painting. A curious throwback to the kind of comedy made about 50 years ago, which has left a great many people baffled and even angry. The truth is that it’s a film of considerable wit and appeal — if you’re open to its retro silliness vibe. Rated R
comedy A friendless groom hires a professional best man to help him with his wedding. A likable Kevin Hart performance isn’t enough to prop up this tired, hokey comedy. Rated R
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(Voices) Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming, Sam Palladio, Elijah Kelley, Meredith Anne Bull animated musical adventure This retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has fairies and their dark, evil counterparts duking it out, accompanied by pop songs. A sanitized, airless kids movie that looks expensive but has no sense of whimsy or imagination. Rated pg
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Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Kyle Gallner, Jake McDorman, Ben Reed war drama Biopic Fact-based war drama about Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Clint Eastwood’s latest will please many, but it’s a simplistic movie with often slack direction and little to say beyond the obvious in a print-the-legend manner. Rated R
neo noir crime comedy drama A stoner private eye in 1970 L.A. becomes embroiled in a twisty and dangerous mystery. A determinedly complex and intentionally messy work that’s rich in strange characters, offbeat comedy and a deeply human element underlying it all. It won’t be to everyone’s liking, but this is a great film. Rated R
The Gambler HHHHS Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Michael Kenneth Williams drama An English professor with a horrific gambling problem finds himself owing a lot of money to a lot of dangerous people. While watching a man selfdestruct for 100 minutes might not sound like the most fun time one could have at the movies, a smart script and game cast make it worthwhile. Rated R
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Blackhat HH Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Leehom Wang, Viola Davis action After a rogue hacker melts down a Chinese nuclear plant, an imprisoned hacker is set free to help track him down. Occasionally far-fetched, sometimes idiotic and often run-of-the-mill action flick that tries to spruce itself up with some topicality. Rated R
Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Michael Happ Fact-Based drama The story of millionaire John du Pont and his ultimately murderous relationship with Olympic gold medalists Mark and Dave Schultz. A well-crafted, but slowlypaced prestige picture that manages to be fascinating and compelling, if never quite great. Rated R
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GEmINI (may 21-June 20): French Impressionist painter Claude Monet loved to paint the rock formations near the beach at Étretrat, a village in Normandy. During the summer of 1886, he worked serially on six separate canvases, moving from one to another throughout his work day to capture the light and shadow as they changed with the weather and the position of the sun. He focused intently on one painting at a time. He didn’t have a brush in each hand and one in his mouth, simultaneously applying paint to various canvases. His specific approach to multitasking would generate good results for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. (P.S. The other kind of multitasking — where you do several different things at the same time — will yield mostly mediocre results.) CanCer (June 21-July 22): In 1849, author Edgar Allen Poe died in his hometown of Baltimore. A century later, a mysterious admirer began a new tradition. Every January 19, on the anniversary of Poe’s birth, this cloaked visitor appeared at his grave in the early morning hours and left behind three roses and a bottle of cognac. I invite you, Cancerian, to initiate a comparable ritual. Can you imagine paying periodic tribute to an important influence in your own life — someone who has given you much and touched you deeply? Don’t do it for nostalgia’s sake, but rather as a way to affirm that the gifts you’ve received from this evocative influence will continue to evolve within you. Keep them ever-fresh. leO (July 23-aug. 22): “What happens to a dream deferred?” asked Langston Hughes in his poem “Harlem.” “Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun? / Or fester like a sore — / And then run? / Does it stink like rotten meat? / Or crust and sugar over — / like a syrupy sweet?” As your soul’s cheerleader and coach, Leo, I hope you won’t explore the answer to Hughes’ questions. If you have a dream, don’t defer it. If you have been deferring your dream, take at least one dramatic step to stop deferring it. virGO (aug. 23-sept. 22): Virgo author John Creasey struggled in his early efforts at getting published. For a time he had to support himself with jobs as a salesman and clerk. Before his first book was published, he had gathered 743 rejection slips. Eventually, though, he broke through and achieved monumental success. He wrote more than 550 novels, several of which were made into movies. He won two prestigious awards and sold 80 million books. I’m not promising that your own frustrations will ultimately pave the way for a prodigious triumph like his. But in the coming months, I do expect significant progress toward a gritty accomplishment. For best results, work for your own satisfaction more than for the approval of others. liBra (sept. 23-Oct. 22): Hall-of-Fame basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon had a signature set of fancy moves that were collectively known as the Dream Shake. It consisted of numerous spins and fakes and moves that could be combined in various ways to
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aQUaRIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1753, Benjamin Franklin published helpful instructions on how to avoid being struck by lightning during stormy weather. Wear a lightning rod in your hat, he said, and attach it to a long, thin metal ribbon that trails behind you as you walk. In response to his article, a fashion fad erupted. Taking his advice, fancy ladies in Europe actually wore such hats. From a metaphorical perspective, it would make sense for you Aquarians to don similar headwear in the coming weeks. Bolts of inspiration will be arriving on a regular basis. To ensure you are able to integrate and use them — not just be titillated and agitated — you will have to be well-grounded.
outfox his opponents and score points. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to work on your equivalent of the Dream Shake, Libra. You’re at the peak of your ability to figure out how to coordinate and synergize your several talents. sCOrPiO (Oct. 23-nov. 21): In 1837, Victoria became Queen of England following the death of her uncle, King William IV. She was 18 years old. Her first royal act was to move her bed out of the room she had long shared with her meddling, overbearing mother. I propose that you use this as one of your guiding metaphors in the immediate future. Even if your parents are saints, and even if you haven’t lived with them for years, I suspect you would benefit by upgrading your independence from their influence. Are you still a bit inhibited by the nagging of their voices in your head? Does your desire to avoid hurting them thwart you from rising to a higher level of authority and authenticity? Be a good-natured rebel. saGittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21): The crookedest street in the world is a one-way, block-long span of San Francisco’s Lombard Street. It consists of eight hairpin turns down a very steep hill. The recommended top speed for a car is five miles per hour. So on the one hand, you’ve got to proceed with caution. On the other hand, the quaint, brickpaved road is lined with flower beds, and creeping along its wacky route is a whimsical amusement. I suspect you will soon encounter experiences that have metaphorical resemblances to Lombard Street, Sagittarius. In fact, I urge you to seek them out. CaPriCOrn (dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the baseball film The Natural, the hero Roy Hobbs has a special bat he calls “Wonderboy.” Carved out of a tree that was split by a lightning bolt, it seems to give Hobbs an extraordinary skill at hitting a baseball. There’s a similar theme at work in the Australian musical instrument known as the didgeridoo. It’s created from a eucalyptus tree whose inner wood has been eaten away by termites. Both Wonderboy and the didgeridoo are the results of natural forces that could be seen as adverse but are actually useful. Is there a comparable situation in your own life, Capricorn? I’m guessing there is. If you have not yet discovered what it is, now is a good time to do so. PISCES (Feb. 19-march 20): According to the Bible, Jesus said, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Author David Foster Wallace added a caveat. “The truth will set you free,” he wrote, “but not until it is finished with you.” All this is apropos for the current phase of your journey, Pisces. By my estimation, you will soon discover an important truth that you have never before been ready to grasp. Once that magic transpires, however, you will have to wait awhile until the truth is fully finished with you. Only then will it set you free. But it will set you free. And I suspect that you will ultimately be grateful that it took its sweet time.
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