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Hall Fletcher school restructuring needs more thought

The [Asheville City Schools] school district has proposed to convert Hall Fletcher Elementary into a fourtheighth grade STEAM school and Asheville City Preschool into a sister school for pre-K through third grade to accommodate for growing enrollment as soon as next school year. Restructuring is not just a logistical matter of space, as Hall Fletcher is not just a building. Hall Fletcher is a garden, a work of art, a chessboard, a music hall, a work in progress. It’s a community. When I walk into that school as a teaching artist, every person I pass asks how I’m doing. The principal pauses from helping a student to thank me. I feel noticed and appreciated, and I see the students feel that and thrive in it. Hall Fletcher has, by far, the highest percentage of students on free and reduced lunch in the district. The school has taken on various innovative programs to nurture students and lessen the achievement gap. Dividing the school as proposed would disrupt these programs and their long-term progress. As a further setback, NYU research shows that moving schools has long-term

negative impact on students’ academic performance. And while classrooms can be replicated, that sense of community those students are thriving in is not so easily relocated. The strength and heart of Hall Fletcher’s community could be seen at [last] Tuesday’s forum, as nearly 300 teachers, students, families, volunteers, neighbors and allies from other schools flooded the auditorium to support an undivided Hall Fletcher. Other options for restructuring, which can be found under the ACS Restructuring Initiative at ashevillecityschools.net, also consider repurposing the Montford campus that previously housed the Randolph Learning Center. These options bring their own complications, and chair of the board Peggy Dalman claimed, “There is no one that rises to the top.” It is not just the option but the process that the community is urging the board to reconsider. The process can better inform and involve the entire school district community. It can slow down, bringing in mobile classrooms if necessary or placing a moratorium on new out-of-district enrollment to allow more time for the restructuring process. Hall Fletcher is making progress that, several years ago, no one thought possible. Rather than breaking that up, let’s include its innovative,

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out-of-the-box thinkers in finding a solution. Rather than setback, let this be an opportunity for progress for the whole school district. The school board will hold another open meeting on Feb. 16. — Laura Boffa Asheville

Social programs offer opportunities to homeless

I agree that a lot of the services offered to homeless and impoverished people have the potential to foster dependency, but I don’t think that’s the only possible result [“Let’s Get Real: Homeless Need a Hand Up, Not a Handout,” Jan. 27, Xpress]. Giving homeless people the option of housing provides an opportunity to stabilize, recover or heal if that’s what they want and/or need. I don’t see how this is a bad thing. Many homeless people are dealing with issues that would break most of us: mental illness, addiction, histories of intense and repeated physical, sexual or emotional abuse, the loss of multiple figures of social and family support, etc. It is often a combination of these things. On top of that, you have to watch your back constantly. Your physical safety is regularly in jeopardy, and it’s pretty much illegal for you to live outside of a shelter. While there are basic services in place, you are right in that they fall woefully short of addressing the level of need. I think that [the writer is] totally on point with what [he is] saying about the lack of opportunity and how that it extends beyond the streets and into housing projects and poor neighborhoods/areas throughout the city and county. This is poverty caused by a history of social, economic and racial inequality and injustice that persists today. … [The writer’s] idea of the city providing opportunity to disenfranchised people through a street cleanup is a way of chipping away at poverty by presenting an opportunity. That’s what Housing First is for homeless people whose suffering is such that they are unable to recover their own agency in the present moment. … Housing is not the solution for everyone, and it does not need to be the end of the road for anyone. … While some people choose to be homeless and some people choose to manipulate the system, a lot of

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New Mexico program helps homeless with jobs The recent column by homeless person John Kloeckner [“Let’s Get Real: Homeless Need a Hand Up, Not Handouts,” Jan. 27, Xpress] is a good start for a discussion about homelessness. There are better ways to handle this problem, and one is already being tried in Albuquerque, N.M., under the mayorship of Richard Berry, appropriately called the Better Way program. Twice a week, a city van patrols the streets to find homeless people, who are offered work for $9 per hour, lunch included, for the day. These people clean up graffiti and litter, clear weeds and generally perform city maintenance. The program is highly regarded by all, including the homeless. More info can be found on YouTube at http://avl.mx/277. — Glen Reese Asheville

Brother Wolf helped in crisis I am employed by a local health care organization. On a recent morning, an older couple showed up at our facility. The husband had sustained an injury in a fall and was the caregiver to the wife, who was in a wheelchair. The determination was made that both patients needed to go to the emergency room as the needed care was beyond the scope of our facility. During their interview, it came out that there was a dog in their vehicle. It is common knowledge that I am a “dog person.” I was called in to assist with the dog. ... The woman was very upset and concerned for her dog, sobbing. She was reassured that the dog, Daisy Mae, would be well taken care of until she was returned to her.

When I approached the vehicle, the dog went ballistic. … Having had little experience in removing an unhappy dog from a vehicle and truly not wanting to be bitten that early in the morning, I texted Denise Bitz, founder of Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, requesting assistance. Her response was immediate: “Of course we will help.” Within 20 minutes, a Brother Wolf Animal Rescue staff member was at our facility. Armed with a leash, some peanut butter and dog cookies, he had the dog out of the vehicle and was petting it within five minutes more. BWAR agreed to temporarily house the dog until the determination was made as to whether or not the couple would be able to continue living independently and caring for their pet. Denise’s answer to me in my time of need is the same one that BWAR management, staff and volunteers have given thousands of times to the animals and citizens of Asheville and Buncombe County over the years. … The peace of mind … [given] to the woman whose whole world seemed, at that moment, to be falling to pieces is immeasurable. It would be my bet, however, that the tax monies saved by our municipality through the work done by BWAR in the sheltering, feeding, vet bills and care of the thousands of animals that have been placed into loving homes through BWAR is quite measurable. It is my feeling that any support that we citizens and our government can give to organizations such as Brother Wolf is an investment well worth making with incalculable returns. My thanks to Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. — Ed Cawley Asheville Editor’s note: A longer version of this letter appears online at mountainx.com.

Beach-Ferrara offers strong listening skills On March 15, we will vote for Jasmine Beach-Ferrara for Buncombe County commissioner, and we think you should, too. We have gotten to know Jasmine, her wife, Meghann, and their child over the past few years. We met first through league soccer and running endeavors, and have more recently enjoyed social engagements and campaign events.

CARTOON BY BRENT BROWN The first thing we both noticed about Jasmine is that she is an incredible listener. She made us feel comfortable and at ease: We actually didn’t know she owned a cellphone because we never saw her check it. She was always completely engaged in our presence, and we have observed this when she is with others, too. It is a trait that is becoming more scarce, and we think her listening ability will help her transition from an effective social leader to a political leader. As the child of a single working mom, she relates to people from all walks of life without any pretense. She has a strong background in working with underserved communities, and we believe this needs to be strengthened with the commissioners. As founder and director of the Campaign for Southern Equality, she has demonstrated leadership and fluency in LGBT issues across the Southeast. This experience and her personal story have made her fluent in other issues, such as ending childhood poverty, building healthy communities and shaping economic growth. As two people with a background in primary care for the underserved (Susan) and environmental

advocacy (Adam), we believe that Jasmine Beach-Ferrara will be an advocate for both causes (and many others) if she is elected. Please get out and vote on March 15! — Susan McDowell and Adam Griffith Asheville

Health Department may be needed for trash issue I am writing to respond and offer a few suggestions to Aila Sundelin of Leicester regarding her neighbor’s trash [“ ‘Common’ Trash Practices Need to Change,” Jan. 27, Xpress]. She mentions calling the Buncombe County Solid Waste and Environmental Control for her concern and getting the response, “That’s a common practice around here.” A better response is: “Your situation might require the assistance of the Buncombe County Health Department.” Disease can harbor in the conditions she mentions, and diseases can be transmitted. I have worked for a county health department and have inspected many sites similar to Ms. Sundelin’s description. One of the primary

responsibilities of health departments is to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. If they choose not to inspect the site, another possibility is to knock on your neighbor’s door, introduce yourself and ask kindly for them to clean it up. An offer to help with the work could form a lasting, respectful relationship. — Claude Chandler Marshall

Thanks for Give Local effort for local nonprofits I’m writing to thank the Mountain Xpress for launching its Give Local program, and in particular, to thank Susan Hutchinson for her leadership on this project. This new initiative helped raise thousands of dollars for 30 local nonprofits, including the one I work for — Homeward Bound of WNC. This Web-based philanthropy program raised $37,774 for our community. The idea is to attract new supporters to our causes, to make it easy for those who have modest budgets to still give and to encourage younger people to become philanthropists.

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What was refreshing about this giving initiative was the local flavor. The nonprofits that were chosen all do their work locally and are not supported by national charities. That means that the dollars we raised all came from our local community and STAY in our local community. This giving initiative is also unique because it provides incentives for donors, even for those making very small gifts. Local businesses like High Five Coffee stepped up to provide thank-you gifts to those making donations — even modest donations like $5. Our town is full of wonderful nonprofits providing all kinds of necessary services to our neighbors. We all work hard with limited funds to reach our goals and rely on our community to help us achieve them. Thank you, Mountain Xpress and Susan, for helping lead us to a new way to gain support for the critical work we do. And if you gave through this program, thank you as well. You are actively engaging in your community and making Asheville a better place to live for everyone. — Beth Russo Director of Communication and Annual Campaign Homeward Bound of WNC Asheville

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We’re often told that our state is sharply divided, yet there are many things we North Carolinians seem to agree about. And high on the list are romantic reminders of home: barbecue, sweet tea and James Taylor. Meanwhile, we do love our music, and we can prove it. But “The Old North State” has been North Carolina’s official song since 1927. Isn’t it time we designated a more modern tune? Not throw away our existing state song, mind you, but add to the mix by giving it a rock ’n’ roll buddy. James Taylor’s “Carolina in my Mind” has been called North Carolina’s “unofficial song,” with good reason. It casts a spell: You can’t hear its lyrics without being magically transported here, no matter where you are. Dozens of famous musicians have covered the song, which continues to be lovingly sung at homecomings, football games and sundry other events in venues from the mountains to the coast. (Sometimes it’s even misappropriated by South Carolina, which makes it even more important that we finally bring it home, where it belongs.) Our state seal bears the motto “Esse quam videri,” a Latin phrase meaning “to be, rather than to seem.” I interpret that as an imperative to be genuine — and nothing’s more authentic than this James Taylor tune. So it’s time we came together and made “Carolina in my Mind” our state’s official rock song. WHY THIS SONG?

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These days, you’re more likely to hear Taylor’s music played in the cereal aisle than on classic rock radio. But Taylor’s still a rocker through and through. In 2000, he was inducted into the both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. James Taylor is Western North Carolina’s answer to the Sasquatch. There are many legends about his having visited Asheville in the early 1970s to convalesce, staying in one of our more famous mental hospitals, but no real proof or photographs have emerged. Just stories and lore. The original version of “Carolina in my Mind” was recorded in 1968 for the Beatles’ Apple Records. Paul

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JAMES MACKENZIE McCartney and George Harrison even joined in during the studio sessions. The version you’re probably more familiar with — the stripped down, no drums, acoustic rendition we all recognize — wasn’t created until 1976. The beauty of this song lies in its simplicity. It compares a sunset to a burning sky, while the narrator is immersed in the homesick feelings Carolinians get whenever we’re away. The lyrics tell us that Taylor was in a dark place. Even though he was signing a big record deal in London, he missed his boyhood home in North Carolina. And when you hear that unforgettable guitar opening, you know exactly what he was writing about: Can’t you see the sunshine? Can’t you just feel the moonshine? Ain’t it just like a friend of mine To hit me from behind? That’s because we’ve all been there; we’ve seen the way the fog sets low over the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is our home, and this is our song. WHY JAMES TAYLOR? In the early 1970s, sandwiched between mind-expanding psychedelic rock and the nose-bleeding punk bands, there was this unassuming musical movement of singer-songwriters. They were quiet,

introspective, writing their own tunes and playing their own instruments. In 1971, James Taylor’s stoic face was placed on the cover of Time magazine. He was the leader of a new musical revolution. Kids were turning to nonelectrified instruments: banjos and acoustic guitars. Music stores were puzzled. What had happened to rock ’n’ roll? After the eruption of the 1960s sound and politics, Taylor represented a return to basics. Tall yet rugged, cerebral, he carried a new philosophy: the back-to-the-Earth sound. Granted, “Carolina in my Mind” is not as explosive as a flaming Fender set ablaze by Jimi Hendrix. It’s just truth and emotion: A silver tear appearing now I’m cryin’, ain’t I? Gone to Carolina in my mind TAKE ACTION TODAY In 1985, Ohio became the first state to adopt an official rock song: The McCoys’ “Hang On Sloopy.” Some band members, including a young Rick Derringer, hailed from Ohio, and the group found popularity around Dayton. Later, their song became a crowd favorite when the Ohio State marching band played it during football games. That enthusiasm helped propel the tune all the way to the state’s General Assembly. Another example is “Louie, Louie” by The Kingsmen, the eternal party rock anthem that’s now Oregon’s official rock song. Don’t be surprised that The Kingsmen are from Oregon. So where is North Carolina’s official rock song? It’s staring us right in the face! This beloved tune was written and performed by a talent that was sharpened and informed by a childhood spent in North Carolina. Who could say no to this? That old friend hitting us from behind? Isn’t it time we brought our old friend home? Find your representatives in the N.C. House and Senate and tell them we need to make “Carolina in my Mind” our official state rock song. Jim MacKenzie wants to know what book you’re reading, your favorite album, and to tell you he doesn’t own a cat.

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A PERSONAL TOuCH: Local businesses around Asheville, such as Dancing Bear Toys (above), play an indispensable role in driving the area’s economy and lending the city its unique ambiance. Through a combination of hands-on ingenuity, creative approaches and a strong sense of community, Asheville’s specialty shops and boutiques are a testament to the viability of independent, locally owned businesses in a world of big box chains and Internet megastores. Photo by Max Hunt

by max Hunt mhunt@mountainx.com Walk any downtown Asheville street and you’re likely to encounter some quirky storefronts offering unusual products. Together, these “specialty shops” or boutiques, most of them locally owned businesses, are a key component of the city’s distinctive flavor, attracting thousands of tourists each year and helping fuel the economy. But as Asheville’s national profile rises and more large-scale retail outlets look to stake a claim here, small businesses are taking steps to ensure that this city doesn’t become a victim of its own success. SuM OF ITS PARTS Just how important are boutiques and small businesses in general to

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Asheville’s economy? In 2013, “retail trade” trailed only “health care” in the number of people employed in the Asheville metropolitan statistical area, according to a U.S. Census Bureau business report. “Accommodations and food service,” meanwhile, was the fifth most common category and employed the third-most residents. Overall, 98 percent of businesses in the metro employed fewer than 100 people, and 95 percent had fewer than 50 workers. The abundance of locally owned specialty shops also contributes to the city’s unique character, says heidi reiber, director of research for the Economic Development Coalition, an arm of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. franzi charen, co-owner of Lexington Avenue’s Hip Replacements boutique and director of the Asheville Grown Business Alliance, agrees. “Our local businesses define the vitality of downtown,” she points out. “Out of the 1,448 businesses in the 28801

ZIP code, 88 percent have less than 20 employees, and 55 percent have one to four employees.” LESS IS MORE Perched at the corner of Haywood and College streets, Spiritex embodies the idea that less is sometimes more. Founded in 2005, the fabric design firm and retail establishment specializes in organic cotton apparel. “It’s a take on the traditional textile industry in North Carolina,” notes corey jones, operations manager and information technician. “It’s a small company, so we all pitch in.” The operation’s intimate scale enables it to have a hand in every phase of the production process and to develop close relationships with its suppliers and contractors. “Creating a sustainable lifestyle for the people involved in our production is important to us,” says Jones. “We know the

farmers that grow the cotton; we know the guy that runs the gin. Every step of the way, we can say, ‘Hey, Ted, how’s it going today?’” Down the street at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, General Manager linda-marie barrett says having strong relationships with co-workers increases overall efficiency. “We are fortunate to have an incredibly talented staff,” she says. “They make running a small business less of a challenge, because they work hard and understand the importance of our success.” That cooperative atmosphere, says Barrett, also extends to the other local booksellers. “Malaprop’s works together with our community of bookstores,” each of which has its own niche. “We find that through working together, we raise the profile [and] value of what we do in our community.” GROWING PAINS Not all small, indie businesses are clustered downtown. But wherever their owners opt to set up shop, it’s imperative that they fully understand the real costs of starting a business, notes walli ann wisniewski, who left a college teaching position to open The Tennis Professor on Merrimon Avenue last year. “However much money you have to open the doors of your business, multiply that by at least three times,” she recommends. The first few months, she notes, have been a learning process. “I didn’t know that I would be ordering spring lines as soon as I opened my doors in the fall. That was a challenge.” Understanding the ebb and flow of a seasonal market can be difficult, Charen concedes. “One thing I’ll never get used to is the fluctuations from month to month. Every year is different.” But her advice to new business owners is simple: “When I see them panicking because they didn’t have any business that week, I tell them to relax. They’ll come back.” Like many other specialty firms, The Tennis Professor banks on the personal, face-to-face connections and experience it offers customers, including the chance to try out merchandise before buying, with trained staff available to provide guidance. “We have over 30 rackets to play with through our demo program,” Wisniewski notes. “The larger sports chains that may carry gear don’t specialize in tennis, and our vendors supply us with a specialtystore line of product that bulk stores just don’t have.”

THINKING OuTSIDE THE BOx To survive amid intense competition, small businesses also need to be creative. The Regeneration Station in Oakley, for example, is the offspring of Junk Recyclers, owner tyler garrison’s online resale operation. Opened in 2012, the business “came about when he realized he needed a storefront to sell all the things he was picking up under Junk Recyclers,” says nikki allen, who manages The Regeneration Station. By refurbishing used items for resale, the storefront can offer a wide variety of products at a fraction of the usual cost. “Our business model gives us the ability to create a culture and integrate entertainment and shopping into an experience that brings customers back again and again: something you can’t find online or in a big-box store,” says Allen. “In addition, we can offer a better product at a cheaper price.” But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. The biggest challenge, she says, is “adapting our new, often rebellious ideas into existing molds of traditional business operation.” Limited resources typically require indie business owners to wear a variety of hats. “The hardest part of running a small business is that you have to be the expert in everything,” says jenny lane, co-owner of downtown clothing boutique f r o c k. She opened the Battery Park Avenue boutique with her mother, betsy bradfield, in April 2008. “We are in charge of marketing and promotion, regular social media posts, merchandising, setting the atmosphere inside the store, bookkeeping, inventory, communication with designers and vendors — it’s a lot!” The key, continues Lane, is to understand your strengths and limitations. “Standing out in our market is all about knowing our brand and representing it in everything we do. We can’t be the best at everything, but we can be the best at being frock.” uNDERSTANDING LOCAL NEEDS Several local businesses have felt sufficiently established to open a second location. Epic Cycles, a Black Mountain bike shop, launched its West Asheville store a little more than a year ago. “Haywood Road has one of the highest bicycle counts in the state,” reports head mechanic randy

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In an age when the Internet dominates many facets of American life, local businesses have taken various approaches to the digital dimension. At Spiritex, Jones estimates that online commerce accounts for almost two-thirds of total sales. “With all the involvement, time, energy and effort that goes into brick-and-mortar, the returns really aren’t that great,” she says. A website, on the other hand, gives customers a store that’s “open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all over the world, instead of 10 to 7 in Asheville.” The Internet also enables businesses without a large marketing budget to advertise effectively via social media. Malaprop’s, says Barrett, can “connect more intimately with our customers on various platforms — our email newsletter, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr —

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SIGN OF THE TIMES: Ceramic artist Laura Cooke believes that the camaraderie and vitality of Asheville’s arts community is indicative of what draws people to the city. With rising property values and redevelopment projects abounding in the RAD, however, the future of the arts community there is up in the air. Photo courtesy of Laura Cooke Ceramics bringing what we do and what’s available to our customers’ attention, which brings them into our store.” Other local businesses, though, have made a conscious choice to limit their online presence. “When you decide to go online, you have to understand that you are putting yourself in a place where you have to compete directly with places like Amazon.com,” notes Charen. Hip Replacements, she says, “hasn’t been convinced that’s a direction we want to take the store in. In fact, we’ve opted not to.” And f r o c k, says Lane, doesn’t offer an online retail site “for a couple of reasons. Local and personal is what we do: Why complicate it?” Many consumers, she believes, appreciate the intimacy that only face-to-face interactions can offer. “Visiting your local hardware, music, clothing or pet store is one way to expand your community and be a part of something. You see the same faces, and there’s a sweetness in that.” KEEPING ASHEvILLE REAL rik and elizabeth schell have operated Purl’s Yarn Emporium on Wall Street since 2010. Former customers, they bought the store from lindsey rey to keep it from closing. “I taught

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my husband to knit and he more than liked it, so we followed through on our crazy plan,” Elizabeth reveals. And despite the challenges of parking and rent increases as the city’s popularity grows, she adds, Asheville is still “a great place to own a small business.” “It’s so rare to have a downtown like ours that you can walk around, that includes original buildings, that isn’t — yet — completely overrun by chain stores,” she observes. “Businesses like ours help keep Asheville real.” laura cooke, who sells her ceramics out of the Phil Mechanic Studios in the River Arts District, says the strong support from her fellow artists has helped her business flourish. “Potters are always helping each other out — giving advice, firing kilns together, lending materials,” she reports. “They’re the closest thing I have to co-workers.” The thriving arts community, adds Cooke, also “speaks to Asheville’s commitment to handcrafted and local.” The building, however, was recently sold to Texas developer james lifshutz, stirring fears that rising property values and taxes could threaten RAD artists as well as downtown indie boutiques. In 2013, the adjacent Kent Building was sold for $2 million.

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news Asheville, notes Charen, is “so successful in some ways that people come here only to find high real estate prices and no place to live, or no living-wage jobs. You see more high-end boutiques in downtown now; that development has kind of moved on to the River Arts District, where you see this kind of gentrification creeping in.” In a Jan. 25 press release, Lifshutz, who developed the Blue Star Arts Complex in San Antonio, said: “Art is in the DNA [of the Phil Mechanic building], so it must continue to be featured prominently in the mix. What will the final mix be? My intent is to spend the next year or so figuring that out by way of a planning effort that will involve my consultants, the city of Asheville, current tenants and other stakeholders.” Cooke, meanwhile, says, “There is concern that I could be priced or forced out. Right now, I’m assuming I have at least a year. Hopefully the new owner will give us warning if he decides to take the building in a different direction, so we’ll have time to look for new space.” Following the money And as the city’s reputation as a regional tourist destination continues to grow, Charen maintains, supporting local businesses becomes ever more important. “Asheville’s hit the green light for the chain stores: They’re seeing the money.” With an influx of big chains, she contends, come rising real estate prices, cheaper foreign products and a loss of the very character that has attracted people to the city. “When you have chains come in, it creates this race to the bottom. The entire landscape changes for everyone.” To that end, Charen has taken a step back from direct involvement in running Hip Replacements in order to devote more time to the bigger picture. She was recently appointed to the Downtown Commission, and she’s also looking to focus more on Asheville Grown and on coaching other local startups. “One of the things I would personally like to start doing is consulting and working with entrepreneurs to help them with their businesses,” she reports. “I’m also interested in business succession [handing off a business or key leadership positions to someone new], especially in the manufacturing field — which, for me, is a key part of any local economy.” In addition, Charen wants to

bring more area residents downtown. “I’m grateful for the tourism industry, but we’d rather have our bread and butter be from the locals, because it’s more sustainable,” she explains. “Whenever the tourists stop coming, the chain stores are out of here, but our businesses and our employees are still going to be here.” And even if the individual enterprises are small, their collective economic impact is significant. “Local businesses,” notes Charen, “generate three times more value per dollar in the community than when you shop at a chain store. The secondary jobs — bookkeepers, Web designers, accountants and lawyers — small businesses hire locals to do that.” National chains, however, “centralize that stuff, and all that money leaves our community.” All together now Local indie business owners praise the work of groups like Asheville Grown and UNChain AVL (a recent project that’s taken a more assertive approach to the same concerns, organizing protests and lobbying City Council). “Programs like Asheville Grown and other like-minded ‘buy local’ campaigns are really drawing awareness to the huge impact of spending locally,” says Lane. Costelloe agrees, saying, “Ashevilleans really take the message to heart.” And for these entrepreneurs, “It really feels like we’re all on the same team. It’s not enough for one small business to make it, or even a handful. It takes a network to keep the local economy afloat.” Economics aside, adds Jones, supporting local businesses helps sustain the unique atmosphere that so many folks have helped create. “Why did we choose to live here?” she muses. “You really have to step back and think about that. It certainly isn’t because it had strip malls!” Charen concurs. “Tourists come here to experience what we have that’s different. With so many other places, we’ve seen it inevitably happen that they lose the interesting things that made it special and they become ‘Anywhere, USA.’ I hope Asheville won’t go in that direction.” X

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Nurturing the workforce City program helps local students target college, careers

COLLEGE BOuND: High school students in the City of Asheville Youth Leaderership Academy, pictured, are given access to summer internships, leadership opportunities and more to help prepare them for future employment. Photo courtesy of Erika Germer When raekwon griffin enrolls at Morehouse next fall, he’ll become the first member of his family to attend college. The Asheville High senior& credits the City of AUTOS Asheville NEW PRE-OWNED Youth Leadership Academy with helping him get there. HONDA: Rd CAYLA 242 gives Underwood high school students summer internships, community serPRE-OWNED: 195 Underwood Rd vice and leadership and Fletcher,opportunities, NC real-world experiences that bolster 828-684-4400 their résumés. To date, every one of its

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more than 140 participants has gone on to college, and “Close to 80 percent are still in college or have already completed their degree,” program coordinator erika germer reports. Nationally, she notes, less than 20 percent of first generation college students complete their course of study. CAYLA, says Griffin, “has been extremely helpful in figuring out my plans after high school.” The organization, he continues, “helps students

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find their career interest, develop professionalism and give back to the community, all through their internship.” City Council established the program in 2007, aiming to nurture local high schoolers professionally in hopes that they’ll eventually return to bolster Asheville’s workforce. “During their internships, CAYLA students are placed into an adult-centric world, where they encounter, often for the first time, the hidden norms

of the workplace: punctuality, open communication with supervisors, follow-through on real projects,” Germer explains. “By learning how to meet these expectations, students are wellprepared for future employment.” Recent UNC Asheville graduate gio figaro says his involvement with CAYLA helped lay the groundwork for his current career. “Networking through the program opened up an internship opportunity in the city’s Finance Department that helped me obtain the job I have right now,” says Figaro, who now works as an accounting technician at his alma mater. “Most college students don’t have three years of actual working experience under their belt as soon as they leave college, but this internship afforded me that opportunity.” After graduating from East Carolina University, fellow CAYLA alum anice smith returned to the mountains. She now works as a rehabilitation technician at Care Partners and a fitness associate at the YWCA of Asheville. “The biggest impression CAYLA left on me is the amount of support from people in the community,” she says. “It’s amazing that some people still remember me from my summer internships. I was able to obtain summer jobs with Parks & Recreation during my summer breaks from college because of the people I met during CAYLA. It’s great to have so many people in your corner to support and motivate you.” A NO-BRAINER FOR BuSINESSES About 20 Asheville-area businesses provide internships for the students in such sectors as health care, hospitality, technology and nonprofits. JB Media Group founder justin belleme says providing internships was a no-brainer for his company. “While in high school, I had several

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really amazing internship opportunities that helped me choose my career path and establish mentor relationships that were helpful in my college application process as references,” he reveals. Those experiences also enabled him to “build a résumé in high school, which helped with my confidence and college application and scholarship process.” alex mitchiner echoes those sentiments. “CAYLA put me in the right direction,” she says. “I never would have interned at any of the law firms or the district attorney’s office if I hadn’t been in that program, making those strong connections.” After graduation, the Western Carolina University senior plans to attend law school. Those internships and the contacts they provide also give students additional incentives to return home. CAYLA alum brianna rock, a senior at Berea College in Kentucky, says: “I’ve received possible job offers within Asheville. CAYLA has given me a reason to come back to Asheville: It has opened my eyes to opportunities in this area.” Her homecoming may not happen immediately, however: Rock says she wants to go on to medical school after she graduates. But the benefits of CAYLA aren’t limited to its student participants: Since 2007, the organization has provided about 3,000 hours of local community service. Those opportunities, says Smith, gave her a different perspective on the city. “I was able to feed the homeless, pick up litter off the streets and rivers, pack up boxes at MANNA FoodBank, mentor young children and a lot more. I would not have got a chance to get out and explore Asheville without the program. I learned a lot about the city I’ve grown up in through my experiences with CAYLA.” SCHOLARSHIPS AND MORE CAYLA also addresses other aspects of these students’ lives. “Every Friday during the summer, the entire class convenes for daylong workshops on a variety of experiential topics, such as understanding the link between emotions and spending, and the advantages of teamwork versus independence in completing a task,” Germer explains. Those lessons, she says, help students make key decisions like taking on debt to pursue a degree. While vocational school is an option with less financial obligation, CAYLA alum are interested in the

experiential lessons provided by traditional college. “Going to college is definitely more important,” maintains CAYLA alum jahni gilliland, who’s now attending Western Carolina. “You’re getting more than just knowledge for your career of choice: You’re gaining more knowledge about the world and the people around you, things simple job training won’t be able to offer.” But that doesn’t mean cost isn’t a concern. “The economics of attending a traditional college didn’t keep me from pursuing that course,” says Figaro. “However, it did make me focus heavily on obtaining scholarships and choosing a public school instead of a private school.” Making college affordable is also a priority for CAYLA. Besides helping students research and apply for scholarships, the program awards each graduate $2,000. Last year, notes Germer, the total value of merit-based scholarships awarded to CAYLA students since 2008 surpassed $1 million. “Due to their diligence in writing scholarship essays, the most fortunate CAYLA students are attending college without any student loans.” And despite fiscal constraints, City Council remains committed to supporting CAYLA’s mission. In the current fiscal year, the program’s $120,000 budget was mostly covered by Asheville ($97,000), with Buncombe County providing the rest. CAYLA has also received grant funding in the past. In addition to the cash awards, “The budget covers the 25 students’ summer wages, insurance, materials and field trips,” says Germer. Not surprisingly, claiming one of those 25 slots is becoming increasingly competitive. In March, ninth-, 10thand 11th-graders at Asheville High complete paperwork, submit essays, provide recommendations and get interviewed by a panel of CAYLA representatives. But for those who make the cut, it’s well worth the effort. “I’ve had so many great opportunities throughout my high school career thanks to CAYLA,” notes Griffin. “I had the opportunity to be a guest on a local radio show to speak about health awareness, as well as being able to be interviewed about my desire to provide equal opportunities for colored people by promoting social justice and civil rights.” For more information about applying to CAYLA or providing internship opportunities, contact Erika Germer at egermer@ashevillenc.gov. X

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FOR THE LOvE OF BIKES: Asheville on Bikes’ ninth annual Bike Love event Saturday will raise money for the nonprofit advocacy organization to work on bike-friendly policy changes. Above, a moment from last year’s event. Photo by Pat Barcas NEW & PRE-OWNED AUTOS

HONDA: 242that Underwood Rd Who knew heartbreak could be so good for local cycling PRE-OWNED: 195the Underwood Rd scene? Back in 2005, bike advocacy Fletcher, NC helped mike sule distract himself 828-684-4400 from the heartache of a tough breakappletreeautos.com up. Since then, however, Asheville on Bikes, the organization he subsequently founded, has become a well-known advocate on both local and state-level transportation issues. In support of the group’s work, the ninth annual Bike Love celebration will take place Saturday, Feb. 13, at ISIS restaurant in West Asheville. It’s not just about pushing for more bike lanes, either. Last year, the nonprofit helped get language removed from House Bill 44 that would have restricted municipalities’ ability to create bike lanes on state roads. Sule’s group played a lead role in assembling a coalition to defeat the bill. Partners

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as diverse as the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and Mosaic Community Lifestyle Realty came on board, and New Belgium Brewing Co. also put its resources behind the public relations campaign that urged residents to express their opinions to state Transportation Secretary anthony tata. At the same time, Asheville on Bikes was urging the DOT to consider transportation alternatives such as cycling and walking when planning the Interstate 26 connector. A petition drive put pressure on the state, and the nonprofit helped keep the public informed about the status of the campaign. Both of these issues reflect the challenges of local bike advocacy in the current political climate. “There’s only so much the city can do,” notes Sule. “To build a robust network, we

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really need our DOT to become leaders in active transportation.” In the meantime, other Asheville on Bikes projects were delivering more tangible results to the community. In 2015, the city created its first protected bike lane, sheltered by a 3-foot painted buffer, and installed on-street bike corrals. The nonprofit advocated for these changes, made presentations to City Council and developed a design concept. Asheville on Bikes runs an after-school bike program as well: The group hired two instructors to give bike lessons at Asheville Middle School and hopes to expand the program to two more schools this year. As far as Sule knows, he’s the only person in the state who’s employed full time as the director of a bike advocacy group. He’s assisted by a wide array of dedicated volunteers, including a board that he says contains “some of

the smartest, most focused people sitting in a room.” The Policy Committee, for instance, includes vaidila satvika, a project manager in the city’s Planning and Urban Design Department; matt fusco, a landscape architect with the U.S. Forest Service; and sealy chipley, the founder of Chipley Consulting. All that energy and organization have been channeled into this year’s edition of Bike Love. A VIP networking session/beer dinner sponsored by New Belgium will get things going. A silent auction will feature dozens of items donated by local and national bike companies; the group’s Facebook page (facebook. com/AVLonBikes) is updated daily, with new auction items added as they pedal in. The event will also give folks a chance to buy discounted Asheville on Bikes memberships. Normally $20, they’ll be available at Bike Love (or online in advance) for $15. Besides giving the group a financial boost, memberships provide political credibility when speaking with legislators. The music will begin at 9 p.m. compliments of The Digs, a keys/ guitar/drum trio whose members have played in the likes of Ween and Eagles of Death Metal. Joining them will be vocalist Ryan “RnB” Barber. Instrumentalist, producer and DJ Marley Carroll, whose work has been featured in Rolling Stone, on NPR and elsewhere, will round out the evening. And beyond the particulars, there’s a nice kind of symmetry at work here: Born out of a romance gone bad, an organization that’s helped foster Asheville’s growing affection for biking hosts a benefit event on the eve of Valentine’s Day. What could be more appropriate? X

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SUPPORT LITERACY: You can help support literacy in Asheville by becoming a trained reading coach. Read To Succeed volunteers provide one-on-one literacy tutoring for Asheville City School students living in poverty and reading below grade level from kindergarten through third grade. Read To Succeed is hosting a question and answer session Thursday, Feb. 18, from 4-6 p.m., at their Asheville office. Seating is limited, so please make reservations by contacting Diane Amos at 645-0359 or email volunteer@r2asheville.org. Photo courtesy of Asheville Read To Succeed (p. 26)

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Theatre Event,” benefit Parkway Playhouse. $45 Held at Nu Wray Inn, 102 Town Square, Burnsville Our Voice V-Day Dance benefit facebook.com/ events/952073088215494 • SU (2/14), 1:30pm - Proceeds from this valentines dance go to Our Voice. $10-$20. Held at Town and Mountain Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave. Our Voice Valentine’s Benefit whitehorseblackmountain.com • SA (2/13) & SU (2/14), 6:30pm - Proceeds from this dinner and live music show featuring Kelly McGillis and Kat Williams benefit Our Voice. Show starts at 7:30pm. $65 dinner and show advance/$30 show only. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain Puttin’ on the Ritz Benefit cantariaasheville.org • SA (2/13), 6pm - Proceeds from “Puttin’ on the Ritz” annual cabaret, pasta din-

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ner and silent auction benefit Cantaria: The Gay Men’s Chorus of Asheville. $30. Held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. REDs for ED Benefit 575-9525 • SU (2/14), 3-5pm - Proceeds from this wine tasting event benefit advocacy for public education. Registration required. $25 plus tax. Held at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. Ugly Lovers bwar.org • SU (2/14), 5-9pm - Proceeds from this art show and Valentine’s dance benefit Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. Free to attend. Held at Cotton Mill Studios, 122 Riverside Drive

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Compassionate Communication (pd.) 4-week series with Roberta Wall, certified Nonviolent Communication trainer. steps2peace.com. $100 (Scholarships Available) Mondays 6:30-8:30 March 7,14,21,28 at the Jewish Community Center. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Contact Polly (828) 775-6333. polly.medlicott@gmail.com. HANDS ON CULINARY CLASSES AT THE FARM (pd.) You want to, but you’re not sure how to go about cooking local, organic produce and meats. Chef Ferrari will awaken the Chef within you! The Farm, 215 Justice Ridge Road, Candler, NC 28715. 828-667-0666. info@ thefarmevents.com www.thefarmevents.com LINDA PANNULLO MOSAICS AND WORKSHOPS (pd.) The best instruction for all levels • Sacred Geometry/ Mosaic Mandala workshop, March 5-6, w/Dianne Sonnenberg • Building a Landscape with Texture and Color, May 14-15, w/Laura Redlen • Pets, Creatures and Imaginary Beings, April 16-17, Yulia Hanansen. More classes see website. Call Linda at 828-337-6749. Info and registration at Lindapannullomosaics.com ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL 23rd ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE (pd.) March 11-13, 2016, UNC Asheville. 70+ sessions per day: practical, affordable, regionally-focused workshops on growing, permaculture, homesteading, and urban farming. Trade show, seed exchange, kid’s program. Organicgrowersschool.org. PLANT SPIRIT Medicine (pd.) Fri., 2/19 @ 6:307:30pm. The Mysterious Healing Powers of Plants. Reconnect with nature and the power of plants. FREE. Talk by Alison Gayek. 101 Patton Ave. (downstairs from Jubilee) Call for details: 828-242-2314. RENEW YOUR RESOLUTIONS! (pd.) Want an Allergy-Busting, Hormone-Balancing, GutHealing, Anti-Inflammatory Detox with a side effect of Weight Loss? Join the Essential Cleanse, Feb 17th. 828-620-1188 www.WhiteWillowWellness.com

SPRING GARDEN SCHOOL WITH WILD ABUNDANCE (pd.) This 9 week course (held on Sundays starting March 6th) is a hands-on, whole system approach to gardening. Learn about soil science, crop rotation, companion planting & much more! 775-7052, wildabundance.net. American Advertising Federation of Asheville 551-6355, aafasheville.org • TU (2/16), 6:30pm - American Advertising awards gala. Free to attend. Held at Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB), 39 N. Lexington Ave. 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 TimeBank 348-0674, ashevilletimebank.org • WE (2/10), 6-8pm Community potluck and information session. Free to attend. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St. • TUESDAYS, 4-6pm Orientation session. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road Autism and the Pursuit of Happiness Conference empowerautism.com/events • SA (2/13), 9am-2pm - 3rd annual conference features speakers who are autistic self-advocates. Registration required. $25/$40 for two tickets. &nbsp; Held at MAHEC Education Center, 121 Hendersonville Road Blue Ridge Toastmasters Club blueridgetoastmasters.com/ membersarea, fearless@blueridgetoastmasters.org • MONDAYS, 12:15-1:25pm - Public speaking and leadership group. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • SA (2/13), 10:30am-3pm Tax preparation assistance with trained UNC Asheville

volunteers. - Available to households with incomes under $54,000, the elderly and people with disabilities or limited proficiency in English. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • MO (2/15), 10am-noon - Itchy Stitchers: knitting, crocheting and needlework group. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville

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Catawba Science Center 243 3rd Ave. NE, Hickory, 322-8169, catawbascience.org • Through (5/15) - Ocean Bound! exhibition featuring interactive exhibits. $8/$6 children. Department of Cultural Resources Western Office 176 Riceville Road, 296-7230 • TU (2/16), 9:30am - “Extra! Extra! Learn all About It” workshop that explores databases useful for accessing online newspapers. Free. Firestorm Cafe and Books 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 Free unless otherwise noted. Asheville Tarot Circle • 2nd SUNDAYS, noon-2pm - Discussion group on the tarot. Free to attend. Just Peace for Israel/ Palestine mepeacewnc.com • WE (2/10), 9:30am General meeting. Held at Black Mountain Presbyterian, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain OnTrack WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (2/10), noon-1pm “Dreaming of a Debt Free Living,” seminar. • WE (2/10), 5:30-7pm “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it.” Seminar. • SA (2/13) & SA (2/20), 9am12:30pm - “Manage Your Money Series,” seminar. • TU (2/16), noon-1pm “What to Do With Your Tax Refund,” seminar. • WE (2/17), 9:30-11am “Understanding Reverse Mortgages,” seminar. Held at the Hendersonville location. Register for location.

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SCULPTING THE FUTURE: Amari Owens, left, and Keyasia Morgan, right, visited Clay Works during a trip organized by Youth Transformed for Life. They got a hands-on lesson on using pottery as an artistic medium before crafting original sculpted representations of how they see themselves in animal form. Photo courtesy of Youth Transformed for Life WHAT: A dinner to benefit Youth Transformed for Life WHERE: Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 33 Livingston St. WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 13, 6-10 p.m. WHY: Four chefs are joining forces to create a romantic five-course meal in support of local teens. “The food will be plated with Valentine’s Day-specific colors, and the tables will have Valentine’s-inspired decor,” says Libby Kyles, director of the host nonprofit Youth Transformed for Life. Chefs Liam Rowland of GO Kitchen Ready, Gene Ettison of J. Lee Catering & Wine Co., Sherri Davis of SD’s Home Cooking & Catering Services, and Clarence Robinson of Cooking with Comedy will prepare the night’s fare. After eating hors d’oeuvres, guests can enjoy a spring mix salad; tomato bleu cheese bisque in a basil bread bowl; blackened chicken breast with Brussels sprouts and yellow rice; and to finish, buttermilk cheesecake. Musical performers Santos GlocalSoul and Kat Williams will keep affection in mind while planning their setlists, according to Kyles. For further entertain-

ment, her team has secured raffle and silent auction prizes like designer bags from Michael Kors and Coach, a men’s watch and cologne, tickets to the Biltmore House, a home decor package with an African bitak, restaurant gift certificates and more. According to its Facebook page, YTL “seeks to assist disadvantage teenagers, homeless teenagers and young adult offenders re-entering the workforce.” Proceeds from this event will support the organization’s GRACE for Teens summer program, which promotes multifaceted self-improvement through equestrian activities, arts classes (pottery, music, writing, etc.), community service and more. Plus, “participants are afforded the opportunity to partake in the regular antics of summer like swimming twice a week, bowling and skating,” Kyles says. Email ytltraining@gmail.com or visit ytltraining.wix.com/ytl-training for more information on the Sweethearts Supper or to purchase tickets ($36 individual/$66.50 couple in advance or $45 individual/$75 couple at the door). Raffle tickets can be added for $5.25 per raffle ticket. X

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Public Events at Mars Hill University 689-1307, mhu.edu • MO (2/15), 3-4:30pm - “Why does the United States execute more of its citizens than any country in the world?” workshop by Rev. Joseph B. Ingle. Registration required: kmeacham@mhu.edu. Free. Public Events at UNCA unca.edu • TH (2/11), 6-7:30pm - Black History Month: “#BlackLivesMatter vs. #AllLivesMatter,” panel discussion led by the staff of UNC Asheville Multicultural Student Programs and members of the Black Student Association. Free. Held in the Highsmith Union room 224. • TU (2/16), noon-1pm - Lunchand-Learn Discussion: “Vance Hall - What’s in a Name?,” discussion about monuments from a nation with a history of racism . Free. Held in the Highsmith Union Intercultural Center. Reynolds/Fairview Scribble Cribbage Club • WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm Scrabble and cribbage club. Free to attend. Held at Mountain Mojo Coffeehouse, 381 Old Charlotte Highway, Fairview Shiloh Community Center 121 Shiloh Road • SA (2/13), 1-3pm - “A Gospel Sound Celebrating our History from Then to Now,” black history month celebration and potluck. Free. Showing Up for Racial Justice showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, noon-2pm - Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road Tarheel Piecemakers Quilt Club tarheelpiecemakers.wordpress.com • WE (2/10), 10am - Monthly meeting with installation of new officers. Free. Held at Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 N. Market St, 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TU (2/16) through SA (2/19), 9am-5pm - Julia Wolfe’s Birthday Celebration. $5/$2.50 seniors/2 students.

Dance Studio Zahiya, Downtown Dance Classes (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7pm Bellydance/Hip Hop Fusion 7:30pm Bellydance

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8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 8pm Bellydance 8pm Hip Hop Choreo 2 •Wednesday 9am Latin Wkt 5:30pm Hip Hop Wkt 6:30 Bhangra 7:30 Bollywood 8pm Contemporary • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 5pm Teens Hip Hop 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10:45am POUND Wkt • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 Joyful Noise 649-2828, joyfulnoisecenter.org Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave., Weaverville • MONDAYS, 7:30-8:15pm Intermediate/advanced clogging class. Ages 7 through adult. $10 • MONDAYS, 6:45-7:30pm Beginner clogging class. Ages 7 through adult. $10. Swing Asheville swingasheville.com • THURSDAYS, 7:30pm - Beginner & intermediate swing dance lessons. 8:30-11pm - Open dance. Live music regularly. $7/$5 members. Held at Club Eleven on Grove, 11 Grove St.

Eco Asheville Citizens’ Climate Lobby citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/ NC_Asheville • 2nd SATURDAYS, 12:30-3pm Open meeting regarding climate change solutions. Free. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road Asheville Green Drinks ashevillegreendrinks.com • WE (2/10), 5:30pm - “Alternatives to Pesticides Coalition-Building a movement,” presentation and social. Free to attend. Held at The Spot, 76 Biltmore Ave. Hendersonville Green Drinks 692-0385 ext. 1004, facebook.com/ hvlgreendrinks • TH (2/11), 6pm - “Sensible Steps to Home Energy Efficiency,” presentation. Free to attend. Held at Black Bear Coffee Co., 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville

Farm & Garden Buncombe County Master Gardeners 255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org

• TH (2/18), 11:30am - Gardening in the Mountains Lecture Series: “Pruning Shrubs and Small Trees.” Registration required: 2555522. Free. Held at Buncombe County Extension Office, 49 Mount Carmel Road Living Web Farms 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 5051660, livingwebfarms.org • TU (2/16), 6pm - “Cultivating Climate Resilience in Your Community,” workshop by Laura Lengnick regarding agriculture for climate change. $10.

Food & Beer

Leicester Community Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm - Manna FoodBank distribution, including local produce. Free. Living Web Farms 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 5051660, livingwebfarms.org • SA (2/13), 1:30pm - “Charcuterie Intensive,” workshop on curing meats. Registration: form.jotform. com/60044153858960. $15. The Lord’s Acre thelordsacre.org • THURSDAYS, 11:30am - The Fairview Welcome Table provides a community lunch. Free. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old Us Highway 74, Fairview

Government & Politics

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 Henderson County League of Women Voters lwvhcnc.org • TH (2/18), 3-5pm - Monthly meeting. Free. Held in the Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room, 204 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville Public Lectures at Mars Hill 866-642-4968, mhu.edu • WE (2/10), 7pm - Public lecture by Dr. Bill Kreml, Green Party Candidate for President. Free. Held in Broyhill Chapel.

Kids Asheville Art Museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TU (2/16), 10:30-11:30am - Tot Time with fun activities for young visitors. $8/$7 students & seniors/ Free under 5. Asheville History Center 253-9231, smh@wnchistory.org. • SA (2/13), 2pm - Crafty Historian: 1880’s Victorian Tea Party with crafting and learning manners. Reservations required: goo.gl/ forms/OzSt2cHQ2N. $20. Held at Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road Attic Salt Theatre Company 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (2/20), 10am - Tricky, Tricky Trickster Tales. $5. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. Fletcher Library 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync. org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. Friends of the WNC Nature Center 259-8092, wildwnc.org, americorps@wildwnc.org • SA (2/13), 11am-3pm - “Critter check-up,” event for kids to bring a stuffed animal to for a wellness check up with Nature Center’s veterinarians. Regular admission fees. Held at WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road Joyful Noise 649-2828, joyfulnoisecenter.org • MONDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Capriccio String Orchestra for intermediate players. $10. Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road • MONDAYS, 6:15-6:45pm “Movement and Dance,” class for 5 and 6 year olds. $10. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave., Weaverville

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Spellbound Children’s Bookshop 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

Outdoors Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, 862-5554, pari.edu • FR (2/12), 7pm - “Leap Year and Calendar Curiosities,” presentation, campus tour and night sky observation. Registration required. $20/$15 seniors & military.

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Pisgah Chapter of Trout Unlimited pisgahchaptertu.org/NewMeeting-information.html • TH (2/11), 7pm - General meeting with speakers from Headwater Outfitters. Free. Held at Pardee Health Education Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville

• WE (2/10), 4-5:30pm - “Global Spotlight on the Syrian Refugee Crisis” presentations by WCU faculty. Free. Held in the Hinds University Center multipurpose room.

YMCA of WNC 210-2265, ymcawnc.org • SA (2/13), 8:45am - 3 mile easy hike on the Givens Estates Trail Loop. Free/$3 optional carpooling fee. Meets at YMCA - Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St.

Olli at UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (2/12), 2pm - “Medicare Choices Made Easy,” workshop in partnership with the Council on Aging of Buncombe County. Free. Held at the Reuter Center.

Public Lectures Olli at UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (2/12), 11:30am - OLLI’s Fab Friday Lecture: “Asheville’s African American Experience in the Civil War Era,” presentation by Gordon McKinney. Free. Held in the Reuter Center. Public Lectures at Mars Hill 866-642-4968, mhu.edu • MO (2/15), 6pm - “Why does the United States execute more of its citizens than any country in the world?” Lecture by Rev. Joseph B. Ingle. Free. Held in Belk Auditorium. Public Lectures at UNCA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted. • TH (2/11), 7pm - “Why Do We Misunderstand Living Under a Dictatorship? – New Ways of Thinking about the Salvadoran Military Government, 1930s to 1960s,” presented by Aldo Garcia Guevara, professor from Worcester State University. Held in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. • TU (2/16), 7:30pm - World Affairs Council talk: “Climate Change” presented by Tom Peterson, President of the Commission for Climatology Structure at the World Meteorological Organization. $10/Free for students. Held in the Reuter Center. • TH (2/18), 7pm - “Public Events, Private Lives: Literature + Politics in the Modern World,” public lecture by Sir Salman Rushdie. Held at Kimmel Arena. • TH (2/18), noon - “PostColonialism, Hybridity, and Rushdie,” lecture by Vanessa Guignery, professor of English literature at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon, France. Held in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Public Lectures at WCU wcu.edu

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Spirituality 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. 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. • Sunday, February 14, 2016, 11am11:30am, fellowship follows. Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (“Hops and Vines” building, lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-254-6775. (free event). www.eckankar-nc.org OPEN HEART MEDITATION (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 2960017 OpenHeartMeditation.com. SERENITY INSIGHT MEDITATION (pd.) A Burmese monk leads authentic Buddhist insight meditation, grounded in 40 years of practice. Beginners and advanced practitioners welcome. • Sundays, 10am-11:30am; • Mondays and

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Wednesdays, 6pm-7pm. (828) 298-4700. wncmeditation.com Cathedral of All Souls 3 Angle St., 274-2681, allsoulscathedral.org • WE (2/17), 7-9 - “Risk as a Spiritual Stance: Drawing on the Life of Reverend Pauli Murray,” presentation by Donnelley McCray. Free. Center for Art & Spirit at St. George 1 School Road, 258-0211 • WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm & 6:30pm - Sitting meditation and daily mindfulness practice. Info: kenlenington@gmail.com. Admission by donation. Central United Methodist Church 27 Church St., 253-3316, centralumc.org • WEDNESDAYS through (4/27), 6-7pm - Christian yoga and meditation series. Free. First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville, 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • FRIDAYS through (4/1), 10am “Great World Religions,” lectures teaching about Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. Free. • SATURDAYS (1/2) through (2/27), 11am-2pm - Basic meditation class. Admission by donation. • SUNDAYS through (2/28), 9am - “An Exploration of Living in Community With All of Creation,” book study. Free. Grace Lutheran Church 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • 2nd FRIDAYS, 1pm - Healing prayer gathering. Free. Mountain Zen Practice Center mountainzen.org • TUESDAYS, 7:15-8:45pm - “Zen Awareness Practice,” weekly meditation followed by group discussion focused on selected readings of Cheri Huber. Orientation required, contact for details: mountainzen@bellsouth. net. Free. Nourish & Flourish 347 Depot St., 255-2770, nourishflourishnow.com • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Kirtan with Sangita Devi. $10-$15. Prama Yoga and Meditation 712-9326 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm - All levels yoga and meditation class. Proceeds benefit the Women’s Welfare and Development Foundation. Registration required. $5. Held at Asheville Therapeutic Yoga, 29 Ravenscroft

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Sai Maa Enlightened Living Group 279-7042, facebook.com/ groups/1385824208412583 • WE (2/10), 6:30pm - Sai Maa Diksha blessing, reading, and “Violet Flame” meditation. Free to attend. Held in Suite 309. Held at Ravenscroft Suites, 29 Ravenscoft Drive Shambhala Meditation Center 60 N Merrimon Ave. #113, 2005120, asheville.shambhala.org • THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10-noon - Meditation and community. Admission by donation. The Cove 1 Porters Cove Road, 298-2092, thecove.org • TUESDAYS through (2/23), 9:4511:45am - “Love That Makes a Difference,” Bible study group. Free/$12 optional buffet. • TUESDAYS through (2/16), 6:308:30pm - “Portrait of a Disciple,” biblical study group. Free. Urban Dharma 29 Page Ave., 225-6422, udharmanc.com • TH (2/11), 7pm - Celebration of the year of the monkey with Vajrakilaya practice, Achi Solka, Guru Puja, and potluck. Admission by donation. • SA (2/13), 8am - Traditional Tibetan smoke offering (Sang offering) for the year of the monkey. Admission by donation. Held at a private residence, 68 Kentucky Drive

Spoken & Written Word Asheville Storytelling Circle 274-1123, ashevillestorycircle.org • 3rd MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets at Asheville Terrace, 200 Tunnel Road. Free. Black Box Storytelling Theater 808-1150, davidjoemiller.com • WE (2/17), 7pm - Open-mic hosted by David Joe Miller and Tom Chalmers. Sign-up at 6:30pm. Free to attend. Held at Buffalo Nickel, 747 Haywood Road City Lights Bookstore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • SA (2/13), 3pm - Ross Howell Jr. presents his novel, Forsaken. Firestorm Cafe and Books 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 Free unless otherwise noted. • Third WEDNESDAYS, 7pm ReVisioning History Book Group.

Free to attend. Fletcher Library 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm Writers’ Guild. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am Book Club. Free. Henderson County Public Library 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725 • TH (2/16), 6pm - Authors Visit: Presentations by authors Brian K. Mason, Dr. Ed O’Keefe and Susan Snowden. Free. Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted. • SA (2/13), 2pm - Marilyn Ball discusses The Rise of Asheville. • SA (2/13), 7pm - Jacar Press presents the anthology, Intimacy: Poems. • SU (2/14), 3pm - Ross Howell Jr. presents his book, Forsaken. • WE (2/17), 7pm - Ed Tarkington’s presents his novel, Only Love Can Break Your Heart. • TH (2/18), 7pm - Meredith Leigh’s presents her book, The Ethical Meat Handbook: Complete Home Butchery, Charcuterie and Cooking for the Conscious Omnivore. North Carolina Writers’ Network ncwriters.org • Through MO (2/15) Submissions accepted for the 2016 Doris Betts Fiction Prize. See website for full guidelines. • Through TU (3/1) - Submissions accepted for the Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition. See website for full guidelines. $15 per entry. SYNERGY STORY SLAM 1045 Haywood Road, 575-9299 • WE (2/10), 7:30pm - Open mic storytelling night on the theme “Badder Love.” Free to attend. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 3rd St. NE, Hickory, 304-0500 • SA (2/13), 6:30pm - Poetry Pickens, program covering poets of the Harlem Renaissance. Free. The Writers’ Workshop 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through (2/28) - Submissions accepted to the 26th Annual Poetry Contest. See website for full guidelines. $25 per entry. Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 N. Market St, 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TH (2/11), 5:30pm - Short Story Book Club: The Dark Messiah discussion led by Laura Hope-Gill. Free.

Sports AMATEUR POOL LEAGUE (pd.) Beginners welcome & wanted! Choose Asheville, Arden, Hendersonville or Black Mountain. HAVE FUN. MEET PEOPLE. PLAY POOL. 828-3298197 www.BlueRidgeAPA.com ONGOING – weekly league play KARAKIDO MARTIAL ARTS (pd.) Cultivate Power & Grace: Back to School Special Classes: Youth, Adult & “Women Only” * Parents ask about our After School Program Discount rates for students * Call for class time and rate: 828-712-1288. Asheville Ultimate Club ashevilleultimate.org, ashevilleultimateclub@gmail.com • Tthrough SU (2/28) Registration open for adult spring ultimate frisbee league. $40.

Volunteering Girls on the Run WNC 713-3132, gotrwnc.org • SA (2/13), 8:30am - Coaches training for the March-May spring season. Registration required: gotrwnc.org/getinvolved/coach. Free. Held at Henderson County Parks and Recreation Center, 708 S. Grove St., Hendersonville Homeward Bound of WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 3rd THURSDAYS, 11am “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required. Free to attend. MountainTrue 258-8737, wnca.org • TH (2/11), SA (2/13, TU (2/16), TH (2/18) - Paddle-n-Plant with the French Broad river keeper to prevent sediment erosion. Registration required: anna@ mountaintrue.org. Free. • 2nd SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm - Urban Forest Workdays: Richmond Hill Park invasive plant removal work days. Held at Richmond Hill Park, 280 Richmond Hill Drive Read 2 Succeed Asheville 16-A Stewart St., r2sasheville.org • TH (2/18), 4-6pm - Volunteer information session for literacy tutoring of ACS students living in poverty and reading below grade level in grades K through 3. Registration required: 6450359. Free.

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BY LESLIE BOYD leslie.boyd@gmail.com For many people, the coming of a new year means an attempt to live a healthier lifestyle, eat more sensibly and exercise more. Statistically, most people won’t stick with it. Anne Livengood, Avena Joyce and Katie JenningsCampbell hope to improve the odds. The women, owners of Soundbarre Studio in Asheville, have designed an eight-week boot camp that sets a goal of three to four classes a week for participants and engages local chefs to help them learn to eat well. “We want people to commit to change, and if they can do three or four classes a week for eight weeks, they’re more likely to stick with it,” Livengood says. About 40 women have signed on for the boot camp at the studio, which celebrated its first anniversary on Feb. 2nd. Set to upbeat music, barre workouts combine ballet moves with yoga and Pilates. The combination helps strengthen the body’s core and increase flexibility. As a typical hourlong class progresses, Livengood paces across the studio, encouraging participants to hold positions for a few more seconds, reach a little higher and bend a little lower. She assures them that their flexibility will increase with each session. The approach is low-impact, perfect

GO GIRL: Participants in classes at the Soundbarre Studio often leave inspiring messages for each other on the mirror. Photo by Leslie Boyd for women like Cassie Dardenne, who is seven months pregnant. She only had to modify two moves that usually are performed while on the stomach. Since the workouts are low-impact, Dardenne can continue taking classes until very late in her pregnancy. Barre is also ideal for people who have arthritis or other joint problems. The program works the arms, legs, abdominal muscles and glutes in a succession of exercises and ends with focused relaxation and light stretches. Although the routine uses some ballet moves, participants need no dance experience. In fact, although Livengood has worked in barre studios, she has no real dance training,

and Jennings-Campbell took just a few classes as a child. The workout pace moves somewhat faster than yoga and involves small stretching and strengthening movements — often just an inch or two once the women are in a position. The exercises also strengthen core muscles, which helps relieve back problems. And, like yoga, the workouts can improve balance, reducing the chance of falls in older people. One wall of the studio is a mirror, dotted with messages of encouragement from participants, such as “When women support each other, incredible things happen,” “Keep up the good work” and “I know you can do this.” One focus of the boot camp is encouragement of other participants, Livengood says. “We believe it works well to have women encouraging each other and working in community,” she says. “It’s amazing to see how supportive these women are,” JenningsCampbell adds. BALANCED, HEALTHY DIETS But exercise is just half the battle. Livengood says she had wondered how to help women learn about eating healthy and enjoying it; then the idea of engaging local chefs and restaurants came to her. “Asheville has some of the best food

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anywhere,” she says. “We have restaurants that serve local, organic foods. Who better to help women learn about healthy eating that some of these chefs?” Balanced, healthier eating doesn’t necessarily mean sacrificing, says Reza Setayesh, former owner of Rezaz and Piazza. “When your goal is to get leaner, you need to make some adjustments,” he says. “Notice I didn’t say sacrifices. You don’t have to sacrifice. You can eat very, very well and have a balanced and healthy diet.” Setayesh has offered participants a number of recipes that, he promises, are easy to prepare using fresh, healthy ingredients. “It’s very simple, really,” he says. “High, high amounts of vegetables — mostly greens — and fruits, white meats and white fish. It’s up to us to select the right ingredients and technique. You’ll see really fast results if you do this.” Other participating restaurants and chefs are Gan Shan Station (chef-owner Patrick O’Cain), Green Sage Cafe, Chestnut and Corner Kitchen (chefowner Joe Scully) and Smashbox Mobile Kitchen (owner Ashley Teran). “We live in Asheville,” Livengood says. “We can’t tell women it’s a bad idea to go out to eat. But they can make good choices when they do go out. We’re hoping to show them how to do it.” Setayesh says chefs generally are happy to work with customers to make meals healthier. “What we’re hoping is that the women who do this boot camp will keep up their workouts and sensible eating,” Livengood says. “We just want to help them kick-start their commitment.” X

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by JacQui castLe jacquicastle@gmail.com Asheville can offer moonstruck, candlelit Valentine’s Day dinners aplenty. Most local restaurants will be serving Valentine’s weekend, with many offering special prix fixe menus for the occasion. But for those looking for something just a little out of the ordinary, there are several Valentine’s Day events in Western North Carolina catering to those in search of a food and drink experience with an unusual twist. vALENTINES IN A vINEYARD

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For a romantic glass of wine, why not go straight to the source? Addison Farms Vineyard will offer a limited-seating Perfect Pairings dinner on Saturday, Feb. 13, featuring a selection of house-made wines, including a limited release of the winery’s 2013 cabernet franc. The meal will be a locally sourced four-course spread with welcoming bites prepared by chef corey marino of Catering by Corey. Cost: $75 per person. Reservations are required. 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, Addison Farms Vineyard, 4005 New Leicester Highway, Leicester. Details and reservations: addisonfarms.net/valentine-dinner

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Also on Saturday, Feb. 13, Hendersonville’s Burntshirt Vineyards will host a three-course dinner followed by dancing to the sounds of the Jamison Adams Project. Cost is $90 per couple. Reservations are required. 5:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, Burntshirt Vineyards, 2695 Sugarloaf Road, Hendersonville. Details and reservations: 685-2402 DINNER, DANCING AND FAMOuS WEDDING DRESSES Deerpark Restaurant at the Biltmore Estate will host a Wine and Roses Dinner Dance featuring a reception, fourcourse dinner, dessert and a bottle of wine per couple. For a touch of added romance preceding the festivities, guests can arrive early and check out the “Fashionable Romance: Wedding Gowns in Film” exhibition at the Biltmore House. The exhibit features 40 wedding gowns and suits worn as costumes in popular historical films such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Pride and Prejudice. Cost: $125 per person. Regular estate admission prices apply. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, Deerpark Restaurant at the Biltmore Estate, 1 Lodge St. Details: (800) 411-3812

Love and a time machine Now in his third season of hosting regular winter pop-up dinners that celebrate geographic locales and cultural identities, Knife & Fork chef Nate Allen has turned his focus — and his borderline-obsessive research — to the topic of historic feasts. For two evenings this Valentine’s weekend at his Spruce Pine restaurant, Allen will offer guests their choice of three epic meals, each of which will be staged in a historically accurate manner. Two of the choices, yet to be revealed, will be based on actual feasts from history — Allen is considering the funeral feast of King Midas, the coronation banquet of Charles I of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the enthronement feasts of various archbishops and other rulers. The third choice will be a wild-card dinner straight from the creative minds of Allen and his sous chef, Stewart Lyon. In addition, Knife & Fork will serve an a la carte Valentine’s Day brunch on Sunday, Feb. 14. Cost for dinner: $50 per person for dinner only, $75 per person with wine pairings. Reservations recommended. Dinners are 5:30-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, and Saturday, Feb. 13. Brunch will be served 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14. Knife & Fork is at 61 Locust St., Spruce Pine. Details and reservations: (828) 765-1511 or knifeandforknc.com Wild and artistic The Grand Bohemian Hotel will host a reception with renowned wildlife painter Stefano Cecchini followed by a private wine dinner with the artist at the Red Stag Grill’s Black Forest Wine Room. The reception will feature a viewing of Cecchini’s latest compilation of original wildlife paintings. The fourcourse dinner will offer entrées such as Chilean sea bass, porcini ravioli and elk loin. Cost: $149 per person. Reservations are required. Artists reception at 6 p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, Grand Bohemian Hotel, 11 Boston Way. Details and reservations: 398-5555 Sweets and brews Twin Leaf Brewery and pastry chef Meg Schearer of Whisk AVL are collaborating to offer a sweet — and affordable — Valentine’s Day treat for couples. Guests can share a handcrafted dessert — think pomegranate cheesecakes, six or a dozen chocolatedipped strawberries or sea salt dark chocolate tarts — and two 12-ounce

Twin Leaf beers. Cost: $11-$16, depending on dessert choices. By reservation or drop-in. 5-10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, Twin Leaf Brewery, 144 Coxe Ave. Details and reservations: 774-5000 Catawba Brewing Co. will partner with French Broad Chocolates to offer a beer and chocolate pairing at Catawba’s South Slope taproom. The evening is centered on the release of the brewery’s popular seasonal LeSexxxy Saison, and a total of four specialty beers will be served, each matched with a bar chocolate and a truffle. Local musicians Mike Carver and Mare Carmody will provide their blend of bluesy country as background music. Cost: $20 per person. 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, Catawba Brewing Co., 32 Banks Ave. Details: mary@ catawbabrewing.com

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fooD Seatings are at 5:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12 and 13, for Besame Mucho and Sunday, Feb. 14, for En Tango Mi Valentino! at Lex 18, 18 Lexington Ave. Details and tickets: lex18avl.com WEEKEND GETAWAY Prolong the romance by extending Valentine’s Day into a weekend mountain getaway on Lake Santeetlah at Snowbird Mountain Lodge. Now in its 75th season, the lodge will host a four-course Valentine’s dinner with Champagne on Saturday, Feb. 13, featuring fare sourced on-site or from nearby farms. Guests will check in on Friday to find flowers and sweets waiting for them in their room. The hotel’s rates include a gourmet breakfast, lunch and dinner each day. Cost: Rates vary widely based on room selection. Friday, Feb. 12, through Sunday, Feb. 14, Snowbird Mountain Lodge, Santeetlah Road, Robbinsville. Details and reservations: (828) 479-3433 or snowbirdlodge.com vINTAGE vALENTINE Built in 1924, the historic Princess Anne Hotel on East Chestnut Street offers an authentic backdrop for a Valentine’s Day dinner that embraces old-fashioned romance. In celebration of the lovers’ holiday, the inn will host Love Bites, a four-course dinner with wine pairings, in its Grande Dining Room. Expect the menu to feature amorous morsels such as beet confit with toasted walnuts, whipped goat cheese, micro arugula and honey vinaigrette and a herbed pappardelle and lamb bolognese with roasted wild mushrooms, basil oil and shaved Parmesan. Cost: $75 per person. 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, Princess Anne Hotel, 301 E. Chestnut St. Details and tickets: (866) 552-0986 X

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for the sweet tooth For some of us, Valentine’s Day is all about the box of chocolates — and other things pleasantly sugarladen. Here are a few honeyed offerings to please both your sweet tooth and your sweetheart. CITY BAKERY Heart-shaped sugar cookies are available all week at City Bakery, by the piece and prepackaged in festive bags. The bakery’s three locations are also offering chocolate-dipped strawberries Friday, Feb. 12, through Sunday, Feb. 14. 60 Biltmore Ave. and 88 Charlotte St. in Asheville; 18 N. Main St. in Waynesville SHORT STREET CAKES Enchant a loved one with Short Street Cakes’ Sweetheart Cake delivery special. For $25, your beloved will receive one 4-inch Sweetheart Cake (choose from strawberry, Mexican chocolate, sweet-potato spice, salted caramel or triple-chocolate ganache in regular or gluten-free); a single fresh stem flower from Flora Asheville; a personalized, handmade note card and free delivery within the 28801 or 28806 zip codes. Delivery available Friday-Sunday, Feb. 12-14. Orders must be placed by 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11. Call 505-4822. 225 Haywood Road.

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DOBRA TEA Stop by any of the three Dobra tearooms on Valentine’s weekend and savor a sweet chocolate and tea collaboration. All weekend, $10 will buy you two truffles by Lulu’s Chocolate and a pot of rose-infused black tea or jasmine pearls. 78 N. Lexington Ave. and 707 Haywood Road in Asheville and 120 Broadway Ave. in Black Mountain. THE CHOCOLATE LAB The Chocolate Lab is offering Valentine’s Day gift boxes featuring combinations of any of the Woodfin shop’s chocolates and truffles in an assortment of sizes. Prices from $4-$32. Advance orders are encouraged due to the popularity of the boxes. To order, call 774-5589. 2 Weaverville Road, Suite 201, Woodfin THE CHOCOLATE FETISH The award-winning downtown shop will offer its usual wide selection of chocolates to fill various-sized heartshaped boxes, which hold between one and 100 candies. In addition, in keeping with this year’s theme at The Chocolate Fetish, “Hearts on Fire,” an assortment of spicy chocolates will be available by the piece or as a collection. Flavors include the dark-chocolate and cayenne Ancient Pleasures truffle, habanero sea salt caramels and the new spicy pecan caramels. Also, Friday-Sunday, Feb. 12-14, The Chocolate Fetish will offer freshly

dipped chocolate-covered strawberries. 36 Haywood St. FRENCH BROAD CHOCOLATE LOuNGE For Valentine’s weekend, guests at French Broad Chocolate Lounge may choose one of three couples’ specials for $20: Two glasses of wine paired with either one raspberry-chocolate truffle torte or two truffles, or two glasses of prosecco paired with two lavender mini-eclairs. Also up for grabs are heart-shaped French macaroons, new chocolate bars straight from the factory, as well as a special truffle collection. 10 S. Pack Square TRuE CONFECTIONS True Confections in the Grove Arcade is featuring an array of valentine-themed treats, including chocolate-dipped heart cookies, chocolateraspberry heart-shaped tarts, chocolate-dipped strawberries and bittersweet chocolate truffles. 1 Page Ave. WELL-BRED BAKERY AND CAFÉ Strawberry eclairs, pink Champagne cake, chocolate-dipped strawberries, decorated shortbread hearts, raspberry swirl cheesecake, tiramisu, 5-inch decorated sweetheart cakes and decorated cupcakes are all on the menu at both locations of Well-Bred Bakery and Café. 6 Boston Way., Asheville, and 26 N. Main St., Weaverville X

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Clingman Café turns the page

THE FAMILY THAT BAKES TOGETHER: Clingman’s new owners, Debbie Bartok and her daughter, Marion Buhrmaster, are both experienced bakers and café owners. Photo by Thom O’Hearn Debbie Bartok grew up in South Asheville, but it took a trip to London to make her realize that her birthplace was changing dramatically. “About eight years ago, I was on a plane reading the in-flight magazine,” remembers Bartok, who was then living in Charlotte. “It said, ‘Asheville is the new Paris of the South,’ and I started laughing. I mean, growing up, we only went downtown to go to Tops for Shoes. That’s pretty much all there was.” Yet when Bartok got back, she decided to give downtown another shot on her next trip to Asheville. “I don’t know what to say besides I couldn’t believe it. It gave me a hankering to come back home.” Family history In September, Bartok and daughter Marion Buhrmaster bought the Clingman Café in the River Arts District. But despite being recent arrivals, they’re anything but new to either cafés or Asheville.

Growing up in Charlotte, Buhrmaster made frequent trips here to visit her grandparents, who owned the iconic Hot Shot Café in Biltmore Village. After training as a pastry chef at Johnson & Wales University, she and her mother and sister opened the Sunflour Baking Co. in Charlotte. “Sunflour was the first bakery/café I’d owned, but I’ve been a bread baker forever,” says Bartok. “We started it when Marion was just 22, right out of pastry school.” With a first business, notes Bartok, there’s a big learning curve that exposes the flaws in your business model. “We had so many different items at Sunflour, all of them made from scratch. It was a lot of freaking work!” Still, says Buhrmaster, opening a new restaurant gives you time to learn. “You could take time to catch up and learn on slow days. Here at Clingman, we started in leaf season, so we really had to rely on the staff,” she says. “They were the ones who had to tell us the little ins and outs, and all that stuff about your customers and your regulars.”

Baked in-house If you haven’t been to Clingman since the new owners took over, you’ll notice a big change as soon as you walk in: a large, custom-built pastry case displaying house-made baked goods. “We both have a real passion for providing food for people with alternative diets, so we’ve been making a lot of new baked goods, trying to give people options,” says Bartok. “The response has been overwhelming, to gluten-free in particular.” “One example is the Cling Bar, a play on our name and the Cliff Bar,” adds Buhrmaster. “It’s made with hemp seeds, chia seeds, amaranth, millet, peanut butter, oats, rye, barley, teff, raisins and chocolate chips.” The duo also started making muffins, which had previously been bought from an outside supplier. These days, the case is packed with creative muffin offerings like brown butter carrot and currant, ham and cheese, the Elvis (peanut butter and banana), Nutella swirl, pumpkin apple and vanilla cranberry.

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A delicate balance Bartok and Buhrmaster’s passion for healthy food and seasonal ingredients didn’t begin with the baked goods at Clingman. At Sunflour, the two initially refused to serve anything out of season. Customers, however, didn’t understand why the tomato slice suddenly disappeared from the sandwiches when the seasons changed. And though local and seasonal are concepts thoroughly ingrained in Asheville’s food scene, they haven’t necessarily been a big part of Clingman’s menu. Despite now having a farmers market a mere block away, many menu items haven’t changed in years. “We tried in Charlotte, but eventually we had to give up on some of the battles we were fighting,” Bartok explains. “We’re excited that, here in Asheville, people get it,” she adds, but it’s still a delicate balance: If you want to keep your customers happy, you can’t just make changes because you want to as owners. And Clingman has one of the most unusual customer bases in Asheville. “You’ve got the morning locals, who grab a coffee and a bagel sandwich or something else to take with them,” says Bartok. “By afternoon, it’s a different crowd: That’s when we get more tourists stopping in for salads and sandwiches. Later in the afternoon it changes again, and we get people stopping in for coffee and a sweet snack. … And in between all that, we get a lot of groups meeting up.” “For example, you might not expect it, but we get a ton of road bikers,” says Buhrmaster. For the time being, the new owners plan to add menu items without cutting any. “The menu will be too large for a while, but it has to be that way,” Bartok maintains. “We need to give people more choices and then see what falls through the cracks.” Meanwhile, the café’s longstanding practice of displaying locally made paintings and pots on its walls will soon expand as well. Buhrmaster’s brother-in-law is a carpenter, and she says they’re designing a new gridded shelf system so they can show off — and sell — more ceramics created by RAD artists. “We had to do a lot of work in the kitchen first, but we’re excited to turn our attention to that soon.” Clingman Café is at 242 Clingman Ave. in the River Arts District. Visit clingmancafeasheville.com. X

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Luella’s opens second location in South Asheville

FORWARD MARCH: Luella’s Bar-B-Que co-owner Jeff Miller, pictured with wife and business partner Ashley Miller, says he’s been scouting a second location since 2014. The new spot in Biltmore Park will replicate Luella’s existing menu with a refreshed ambiance once it opens in March. Photo of Jeff and Ashley Miller courtesy of Luella’s. Food photo by Mike Belleme Luella’s Bar-B-Que owners Jeff and Ashley Miller already have their hands full with a pair of newborns. And with the launch of Luella’s new location in South Asheville’s Biltmore Park, they’ll soon be juggling two restaurants as well. “We are hustling for a March opening,” Jeff says, calling his second spot “snug and intimate — very similar to how it feels when you walk into Luella’s on Merrimon Ave. But there are also some new ideas in terms of ambiance and lighting that are going to make it feel like a freshened-up Luella’s experience.” For starters, the second location will have more TVs, though it won’t be a full-fledged sports bar. The Millers are also “setting up the room in a way that is more friendly

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to live music than what we have on Merrimon,” says Jeff. The new spot, like the existing location, will accommodate roughly 100 diners using indoor, patio and bar seating. While menus will initially be identical, each location will offer a few unique dishes once operations are smooth. The South Asheville Luella’s will have two small smokers to accomplish this instead of the one large unit used on Merrimon. “We’ll be able to offer more cold-smoked items and change up our technique a little bit, which is what’s going to bring some of the variety to the menu down there,” Jeff says. The forward progress also represents a return for the barbecue joint, which opened in South Asheville in 2007 before relocating

two years later. “I knew we already had an audience that missed us,” Jeff says, calling the neighborhood’s residents very receptive to “bringing the core Asheville vibe south.” The Millers view the transition as a natural next step for the whole Luella’s team rather than a competitive reaction to Asheville’s uptick in new restaurants. “There are so many more places to eat, and many are barbecue places, which

are very good, but we have always experienced growth in every single year,” Jeff says, noting a 25 percent increase in sales over four years. Even in the commercial sphere, Asheville is a tight-knit community with a collaborative spirit, according to the restaurateur. “That’s what makes it a lot of fun to do business here.” Luella’s new location is at 33 Town Square Blvd. Visit luellasbbq.com for updates. Asheville Cocktail Week In its eighth year, the Asheville Wine & Food Festival is adding Asheville Cocktail Week to its lineup. Presented in partnership with Spirit Savvy Cocktails, the series is “a celebration of the art of mixology and craft spirits, combining the best talent and trends the industry has to offer,” says an announcement about the AWFF. It runs Wednesday to Sunday, May 4-8, and includes

events such as a bloody mary contest, cocktail theater, the Elixir bar competition, a Cinco de Mayo tequila tasting, a regional distilling expo, several cocktail-inspired dinners and other evening activities. Visit ashevillewineandfood.com for the full lineup or to buy tickets, which go on sale Monday, Feb. 15. Other Asheville Wine and Food Festival event tickets are on sale now. Local Provisions wine-pairing dinner Launched in late autumn by Southern chef Justin Burdett, Local Provisions is hosting a five-course meal with Vajra’s wines to celebrate the flavors of winter. Guests will first be served raw and roasted vegetables — some prepared using Burdett’s new roasting technique, which implements oyster shells and spent hops. Also on the menu are items such as Harkers Island oysters encapsulated in a smoked beet leather and finished with carbonated grape and sorrel; charred octopus in a mortadella broth with local greens and dried fig; pine-smoked duck; and to finish, local buttermilk and tarragon panna cotta with quince sorbet. Each dish comes paired with a Vajra wine, and Italian winemaker Francesca Vajra will discuss the products and processes of her family’s business. The dinner is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at Local Provisions, 77 Biltmore Ave. Tickets are $65 per person. Visit localprovisionsasheville.com for more information or call 424-7815 to make a reservation. Free scoops for The Hop Ice Creamery’s first birthday It’s been a year since The Hop augmented its two ice cream shops with a production facility and tasting room in West Asheville. “Between birthday parties, field trips, tasting days, break dancing and production, we have learned more about this business and what it is [and] will become than we could’ve ever expected,” co-owner Greg Garrison writes on Facebook. “We couldn’t have done it without the help of you, our customers, and this truly incredible community.” To celebrate, the Hop Ice Creamery will offer free kiddie scoops to everyone on Friday, Feb. 12. The Hop Ice Creamery is at 167 Haywood Road. The free scoop offer is valid 6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. Visit avl. mx/26t for details. X

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beer sco u t by Jesse Farthing | Send your beer news to beer@mountainx.com

Asheville Brewers Alliance hosts a different breed of beer festival These days, there’s scarcely a weekend when Asheville isn’t hosting a beer festival or tasting. That makes it hard to stand out from the crowd. Accordingly, the Asheville Brewers Alliance aims to make the upcoming AVL Beer Expo a little bit different. “We feel that folks want an alternative to the experience that most beer festivals provide,” says Kendra Penland, the group’s executive director. “The traditional festival is still a lot of fun, but we wanted to give craft beer lovers an opportunity to experience a closer connection with the brewers who make the beers they love, and a better understanding of the process.” Bringing together more than 30 breweries and 30 different beers, the Feb. 27 expo will also feature multiple panel discussions followed by audience Q&A.

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Besides sampling the beers, says Penland, festivalgoers will gain “a better understanding of the nuances of the brewing process and a more in-depth understanding of what it takes to start, run and grow a thriving craft brewery.” The event will be divided into two sessions offering different sets of panels, so attendees will either have to decide which topics they’re most interested in or spring for tickets to both sessions. The first one, which will run 1-4 p.m., will include panels on the origins of Asheville’s brewing scene, raw ingredients and lagers, and a special tasting of limited-release “big and bold” beers. Session two (5-8 p.m.) will include perspectives from brewers elsewhere in the state, as well as panels on North Carolina-grown ingredients and starting a brewery and a special tasting of limited-release wild and sour beers. “It’s a festival run by craft beer people, for craft beer people, with brewers, industry people and also consumers in mind,” says Burial Beer Co.’s Jess Reiser, one of the event’s coordinators. “We want to showcase the ABA and its members.” The nonprofit alliance, whose members range from breweries to bottle shops, advocates on behalf of craft breweries, promotes the region’s brewing industry, and seeks to improve industry standards, methods and working conditions. “We’re a very highly regulated industry,” notes Reiser, and her organization helps educate members about legislation, Alcohol Law Enforcement regulations and “the processes breweries need to go through, from throwing events to label approvals.” At the end of the day, she continues, “The ABA is trying to build and help businesses that make up a significant part of the local economy.” Vendors and partner organizations will have educational booths “where people can see the process from raw materials to distribution and into the hands of the beer drinker,” Reiser explains. And to give the expo a more intimate feel, each session will be capped at 300 attendees. “We don’t want there

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ALL TOGETHER NOW: The inaugural AVL Beer Expo, hosted by the Asheville Brewers Alliance, will bring together more than 30 Western North Carolina breweries for an intimate festival. to be a table in between the people and the brewers — the people behind the beer,” she says. For $25, attendees will get an 8-ounce commemorative glass, tokens for five 4-ounce pours or food samples, and access to all of that session’s panels. Additional tokens will cost $2 each. The beers themselves will be divided into five flavor profiles: malty, hoppy, roasted, tart and funky, and fruit and spice. The beers will include Blind Squirrel’s Nut Brown Ale, Innovation’s SoulVation IPA, Burial’s Triumph of Death Saison, Boojum’s Graveyard Fields Porter and Lazy Hiker’s Winter Porter. The Aloft Hotel is offering discounted room rates for festivalgoers, and Asheville Taxi will be giving out vouchers good for $1 toward the cost of a ride home. AVL Beer Expo hits The Venue (21 N. Market St.) on Saturday, Feb. 27. Hi-Wire catches the sour bug Sours are big and getting bigger as more and more craft beer drinkers embrace the

funk. Hi-Wire Brewing is about to join the party as it transitions its South Slope outlet to solely producing sour and wildfermented beers. No release date has been set yet, but Hi-Wire’s first sours could come as early as this summer. “Sour beers need time to age and perfect,” head brewer Luke Holgate said in a press release. “We want to let the barrels and the bugs do their jobs fully before we release a beer. As we continually taste our barrelaging sour beers, as soon as we come across barrels that are just how we want them, we will bottle and condition them until we are absolutely sure they are ready for the public. We have always been committed to quality at the brewery, and our sour program will be no exception.” Hi-Wire will continue to brew its core beers at the Big Top facility on Huntsman Place. With Hi-Wire’s sour program, Wicked Weed’s Funkatorium and Burial’s announcement that its Collier Avenue location will soon go exclusively sour and wild, Asheville’s South Slope is quickly transforming into a funky hot spot. X

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Endless love

SWEET TREATS: The Secret B-Sides perform their album Flowers & Chocolate in its entirety. The show at The Altamont Theatre also includes a chocolate sipping ceremony. Photo by Jason Briscoe

by Alli Marshall amarshall@mountainx.com When it comes to romance, local soul outfit The Secret B-Sides might have cornered the market. Already known for a R&B-meets-hip-hopmeets-otherworldly groove, the quartet underscores baby-making jams with a sense of humor. Sounds culled from the ’70s — thick bass, swaggering organ — share sonic space with musings of dinosaurs and flying saucers. For Valentine’s Day, the band ups the ante, serving up those otherworldly love songs with flowers and chocolate. It’s a romantic trifecta. “The first show we ever had was on Valentine’s Eve,” says frontman Juan Holliday. That was back in 2007 or so. The Flowers & Chocolate for Valentine’s Eve show, to be held at

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The Altamont Theatre Saturday, Feb. 3, is a chance for the Secret B-Sides to revisit that auspicious concert. But band anniversary aside, the show does not reference blossoms and cocoa-based treats in vain. The event begins with a Silvermoon-hosted chocolate sipping ceremony. The Secret B-Sides headline, performing their album Flowers & Chocolate, in its entirety (and all ticket-holders receive a copy of the CD). The local duo I, Star — a “chocolate-voiced songstress and her poetic emcee husband,” according to a press release — opens the concert. Worth noting: the vocalist, Stacey Aradhana Silvermoon, is also the chocolatier. As for the flowers, though there won’t necessarily be live blooms (hey, it’s February!), there will be flower projection art along with the music. The all-ages show starts at 8 p.m. Holliday, who’s been booking shows

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A weekend’s worth of Valentine’s Day celebrations

SERENADE: Violet Delancey performs new songs and celebrates Valentine’s Day at 185 King Street in Brevard. Photo courtesy of Delancey

closer to home since the birth of his second daughter, says there are sure to be kids at the event. “I hope it’s superdiverse,” he says of the crowd. And with an earlier start time, more revelers can make it out. $15 advance/ $20 day of show/$25 VIP seating. thealtamont.com/Valentines More to love • Here’s one kind of passion nearly everyone can get behind: the love of music. On The Mothlight stage, it’s expressed not in band form but through the burlesque revue I ❤️Rock ’N’ Roll, featuring performances by Queen April, Deb au Nare, Lune Noirr, Ariel Vanator, Anita Powers and others. Friday, Feb. 12, at 10 p.m. $15. themothlight.com • Chicago-based Comedian Andy Hull has a bit called “Vampire Love”

in which he refers to his girlfriend’s thought process as “a never-ending stream of crap.” He also talks about his wedding dreams, in which he marries Princess Leia and swims in a pool of guacamole. So it’s kind of a strange take on romance, but those pro- and anti-love can laugh along at Hull’s Valentine’s Show at The Millroom. Saturday, Feb. 13, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. $15 advance/$17.50 at the door. woodhullvalentines.eventbrite.com • Violinist Bella Hristova makes her debut with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Hristova, who was born in Bulgaria, recently recorded an album of solo works and has performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the City of London Sinfonia, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Korea’s Cheongju Symphony Orchestra and many others. Of the featured

EAGLENEST ENTERTAINMENT concerto, music director Daniel Meyers says, “Beethoven’s single entry into the genre remains at the pinnacle of music ever written for the instrument.” And it’s hard to get more romantic than the vio-

SONG AND DANCE: Local vocalist Kat Williams sings doo-wop to choreography by Jessica Barrett as part of the New York Studio for Stage and Screen’s event, V-Day Black Mountain. Photo courtesy of Williams

lin. The concert (which includes selections from Mendelssohn and Strauss) takes place at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Saturday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. $19.50-$59.50. ashevillesymphony.org • Though February can be chilly, it’s likely to get hot at The Grey Eagle — the venue hosts PROM! (aka a chance for adults to relive or do over those sweaty-palmed high school gym dances of our misspent youths). The original Memphis lineup of Reigning Sound plays the party (that’s sure to be better than whatever Journey cover band played your first prom), bookended by DJ sets. Saturday, Feb. 13, at 9 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show. thegreyeagle.com

• “When the clock strikes midnight / when illusions fall away / I’ll be runnin’ with the moonlight / oh, Prince Charming, don’t let me slip away,” sings Violet Delancey on the lead track from her new album, When the Clock Strikes. The record includes contributions from Nashville and Asheville greats including guitarist Bryan Sutton, steel player Paul Franklin and fiddle player Stuart Duncan. Delancey performs new songs and celebrates Valentine’s Day at 185 King Street in Brevard Saturday, Feb. 13. 185kingst.com • The New York Studio for Stage and Screen presents V-Day Black Mountain, “a celebration of women, sensuality and the performing arts.” Held Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 13 and 14, at White Horse Black Mountain, the experience begins with preshow doo-wop, with choreography by Jessica Barrett and vocals by Kat Williams. A performance of The Vagina Monologues, based on playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women, features actress Kelly McGillis. A funk, blues, Motown and disco dance party follows. There’s also a threecourse dinner option ($65) with a tableside serenade. The event benefits Our VOICE and is part of the global campaign One Billion Rising, “an effort to galvanize action to end gender violence against women and girls.” 6:30 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. show. $25 advance/$30 at the door. whitehorseblackmountain.com • “Partner Yoga is supportive and fun — especially when paired with chocolate,” says a press release from One Center Yoga’s two-hour class, Partner Up Yoga on Valentine’s Day. Husband-and-wife yoga teachers Carol and Michael More lead the workshop, which aims to “improve communication, trust, union and intimacy while fostering balance, flexibility, strength and gentleness.” There will be French Broad chocolates to sample after class. Sunday, Feb. 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. $30 advance/$35 day of event. onecenteryoga.com • It might be a challenge to explain to your date that no, going to the Ugly Lovers art show and Valentine’s dance is not intended as a personal statement. But once your sweetie agrees, there will be works for show and sale by Gus Cutty, Hannah Dansie, Alli Good, Julie Armbruster, Maxx Hawthorn-feist, Dustin Hinson, Nathanael Roney, Justin Rabuck, Rosy Kirby, Andy Herod, Noah Prinsen, Reba West Fraser, Courtney Leigh Johnson,

Jen Toledo, Denise Carbonell, Derek Dominy, Jason Krekel and Kristin Foley, music by DJ Dead Air Supply and — because this is a benefit for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue — puppies! Dressing up is recommended. The event takes place Sunday, Feb. 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. on the second floor of The Cotton Mill Building in the River Arts District. avl.mx/272 • It’s double the love at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall. The venue hosts Valentine’s Day Jazz with the Keith Davis Trio in the lounge on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 5:30 p.m. Only 50 tickets will be sold to the intimate concert. $10. On the mainstage, Sweet Claudette performs a country-meets-Motown Valentine’s Day Celebration. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. $10 advance/$12 at the door. isisasheville.com • And it’s triple the love at Lex 18 where two different shows span three days. On Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12 and 13, the Brittany Howe & Bob Strain Trio perform Besame Mucho, a 1920s and ’30sera Hollywood club-style dinner show, complete with dancers and love poems. On Sunday, Feb. 14, the Austin Piazzolla Quintet performs En Tango Mi Valentino. Shows are at 5:45 and 8:15 nightly. $145 per person, including dinner and drinks. lex18avl.com • Even if you’re going it alone, you won’t feel left out at Give Yourself to Love: A Levity Event. DJ Morphonic “seeks to make the dance experience one of transformational self-expression and a lot of good old fun,” according to show info. The evening, at New Mountain, also includes a group altar creation, chocolates and elixirs from Spectrum Nectars and self-love workshops. Sunday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. Free. newmountainavl.com • Local country band Hearts Gone South promises “a night of heartache, heartbreak and sweet, sweet love songs” at The Crow and Quill. The Honky-Tonk Heart Breaker Show, on Sunday, Feb. 14, starts at 8:30 p.m. “So whether you want to cry in your bourbon or dance with your sweetie,” says the band, this “is where you wanna be for a night of honky-tonk hooptydoo.” $5-$10 suggested donation. thecrowandquill.com For more Valentine’s Day events, visit Clubland, Calendar and mountainx.com. X

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CRAYONTASTIC: Linda-Marie Barrett, general manager of Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café, shows off some popular adult coloring books. Along with grown-up themes, the trend has also fostered coloring groups and meetups. Photo by Cindy Kunst As January came to a close, the topselling book on Amazon.com wasn’t the latest novel by James Patterson, Sandra Brown or John Grisham. That honor went to Swear Word Adult Coloring Book, a collection of 20 expletives presented in sleek cursive handwriting surrounded by a soothing scene of flowers, kittens, puppies and butterflies — all meant to be filled in with colored pencils. At a given moment, nearly half of Amazon’s top 20 best-sellers are coloring books designed for adults, often referred to as “experienced colorists.” Popular offerings feature scenes and characters from “Game of Thrones,” Star Wars and “Dr. Who” and have made the books a publishing force. According to

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Nielsen BookScan, which collects data on roughly 85 percent of the print market, exponential increases in adult coloring book sales are a big reason why the number of paper books sold in the U.S. rose from 559 million in 2014 to 571 million in 2015. GROWN-uP FuN “We love this particular trend — it’s creative, relaxing and easy,” says lindamarie barrett, general manager of Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café. “Before the trend, we carried adult and children’s coloring books, but not as extensive a variety. The variety has improved tremendously since publishers recognized this was a hot phenomenon.”

Barrett and her colleagues have been aware of the growing corner of the industry since spring 2015, but last fall publishers came out with a flood of new offerings. “Our customers love the more intricate designs and those that are specifically addressing stress relief,” she says. “Coloring books that are closer to what you see for children — those portraying people, animals or landscapes — are less popular. Mandalas, flowers [and] geometric designs are hugely popular.” Barrett adds that a cocktails and coloring book party at the store is in the works. It will add to an already strong set of social events offered by multiple Buncombe County Library branches. Enka-Candler Library manager leisa stamey started

hearing about adult coloring books last summer. “My initial thought was ‘how wonderful!’ — mostly because as a teenager I loved to color, and had all sorts of fancy coloring books,” she says. “I was thrilled to see that they were making a comeback.” Inspired by an article in Library Journal about a library coloring group, Stamey launched the Coloring Club for Adults in December. The goal of the program is to provide a quiet, relaxing atmosphere — aided by soft music — where adults may be creative, relax and connect with others over a shared interest. Coloring books, sheets printed off various websites and sets of markers and colored pencils are provided, but most attendees are veteran colorists who bring their own supplies. Newcomers remarked that they associated the activity with children, but once they started on a page, their self-consciousness disappeared. “I think people want an outlet that doesn’t require any screen time,” says Stamey. “People want to unplug and de-stress.” Fellow branch managers Carla Hollar (Swannanoa) and Regina Illig (Leicester) have since added their own programs. For the inaugural Coloring and Conversation in January, several coloring books, a large set of colored pencils, cookies and tea were provided by the Swannanoa branch’s Friends of the Library. “It was my idea of a way and a place for people to be able to come and spend an hour or so, with nothing else to do but concentrate on a fun activity,” Hollar says. The next Coloring and Conversation is Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 4 p.m. Longtime colorist Illig’s busy life doesn’t afford much time for artwork. For others in a similar situation, she’s organized a group activity at her library on Friday, Feb. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. Coloring pages and supplies will be provided by the branch’s Friends group, as well as coffee, cocoa and materials for making a vintage valentine. “It will motivate me to sit down and do this thing that I enjoy,” says Illig, who thinks the trend is here to stay. “Now that many adults feel they’ve been ‘given permission’ to use color in this way, the popularity of it will continue. They’ll discover the meditative, mindful qualities of ‘being in the moment.’” Color therapy Dr. Jonna Kwiatkowski, coordinator of the Mars Hill University

art therapy program, echoes Illig’s reading. The associate professor of psychology says that the immersive properties of coloring creates an opportunity for people to focus on the present and distracts them from their worries. “Coloring is a very relatable task, so it allows people to feel competent,” she says. “This can be important to getting an accurate assessment of creativity or making people comfortable enough to engage in an arts-based therapy.” In her work as a registered art therapist, Kwiatkowski’s faculty colleague Kelly Moore Spencer has used predesigned mandalas with clients to assist in decreasing anxiety or directing focus, but does not often use them as a stand-alone intervention. “It can offer a space where they can engage more openly in the therapeutic discussion,” Spencer says. “This is different than when clients generate their own art and are asked to reflect on the process and product that was created. However, in both cases, the art can serve as a catalyst for communication.” Though she’s fascinated by the adult coloring book trend and somewhat surprised that it has not taken off before now, Spencer says she’s uncomfortable with the use of the term “art therapy” to describe adult coloring books. That label is being applied to titles of books and kits as well as an entire series published by Disney. “Art therapists do not have ownership over the use of the terms ‘art’ and ‘therapy,’ but calling a coloring session by itself ‘art therapy’ is a conflation of a profession with a recreational activity,” Spencer says. “Registered art therapists have both a master’s degree and thousands of client-contact hours utilizing art therapy, which involves the use of specific psychotherapeutic techniques that are combined with art making. It is difficult for me to imagine that the challenging work and profound changes that I have witnessed with clients can be compared and labeled as the same thing as independently coloring in a coloring book.” Still, Spencer has seen the benefits of adult coloring books among friends and colleagues and encourages people to seek out and participate in activities that resonate most with them. Her hope is that the trend will begin to introduce more people to the healing power of art, and that if more intervention is ever warranted, they’ll consider going to an art therapist to help guide them through a more in-depth experience. X

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Construction zone Men at Work’s Colin Hay brings his solo tour to Asheville

WHO CAN IT BE NOW: Colin Hay, former leader of MTV-era pop sensation Men at Work, brings his engaging one-man acoustic troubadour show to the Diana Wortham Theatre. Photo by Beth Herzhaft

Anyone who came of age in the early 1980s — anyone who watched MTV back when it showed music videos — is familiar with Men at Work. Fronted by the engaging Colin Hay, the Australian pop-rock group was a

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fixture of the music video era, and the band’s catchy pop tunes earned it a 1983 Grammy for Best New Artist, while amassing sales of more than 30 million albums worldwide. Men at Work disbanded in 1985, but

guitarist/songwriter Hay launched a solo career shortly thereafter. His latest, Next Year People, is his 12th solo album. Hay brings his warm and textured musical storytelling to the Diana Wortham Theatre Friday, Feb. 12. Though he’s often thought of as an Australian artist, Hay was born in Scotland (he moved Down Under in 1967 when he was 14), and these days he lives near Los Angeles. Those years in Australia did influence his musical direction, though. “There were plentiful, fantastic bands in Australia in the 1960s and ’70s,” he says. “I used to go see bands on a regular basis. We would take notice of what was happening internationally, as well. Australia being where it was, it tended to suck up a lot of ideas from everywhere else.” Hay’s string of solo albums started with 1987’s Looking for Jack, and while it and the albums that followed received positive critical reception, they didn’t always sell in large numbers. Men at Work re-formed in 1996 and remained together until 2002; they toured but didn’t release any new music. By 2003, Hay was ready once again to focus on his solo career. The 2003 offering Man @ Work was a collection of Hay’s best-known songs presented in intimate, stripped-down versions (the album was reissued on vinyl in 2014). “Compass Records wanted that record to be a kind of a reintroduction to radio and so forth: ‘Remember this guy?’” he says. “The goal was to come out with something that was different yet familiar.” Man @ Work had the added benefit of recasting Hay’s ’80s-era work in a less dated, more timeless fashion. The musician’s newest record follows a similarly straightforward sonic aesthetic, albeit with all-new material. Next Year People is enjoying both critical and commercial success; the album reached No. 33 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart and No. 10 on the magazine’s Top Heatseekers chart. Hay’s early experience in music videos likely helped prepare him for another of his post-Men at Work pursuits: As early as the mid-1990s, he began appearing in small acting parts on Australian TV shows and films. In 2002, he made the first of four appearances on the TV comedy series “Scrubs.” “I got asked to do it. It wasn’t really something that I spearheaded,” he says. “The creator of the show, Bill Lawrence, asked me to come in and be on.” But Hay stresses music, not acting, is his primary focus. “I have an

[actor’s] agent in Los Angeles, but I never really call them ... and they very rarely call me!” Hay looks beyond his personal experiences to craft the slice-oflife musical vignettes on Next Year People. “You just draw from wherever,” he says. “If you let your imagination go, then sometimes the song takes over. It’s an amalgamation of a lot of ideas that pop up. You just have to be open to where the song’s going, to let the song speak.” The uncluttered arrangements of Hay’s songs allow the lyrics — his vocals are pleasingly front and center in the mix — to come through. Xylophone, electric sitar and subtle Latin flavors crop up in Next Year People’s 12 songs (10 tunes on the download version). Hay, who produced Next Year People, explains his approach to recording: “We put down a song in a very basic form. Anything else that goes on there has to be on for a good reason, otherwise we leave it off. I think there’s a lot to be said for leaving as much air as you can on the tracks,” he says. Hay’s current one-man concert tour features songs from Next Year People, plus a generous sampling of songs from throughout his solo and Men at Work catalog. He agrees that audiences react warmly to the old songs. “But not just the older songs,” he says. “Some songs mean things to people, whether they’re old or new songs. The old songs are very dear to me, but like anything, you want to move on and get people excited about the last thing you’ve done. I’m very fortunate that people have been coming with me; they’ve been supporting me on that journey. It’s pretty nice, really. “I think you have to keep making good records,” Hay adds. “You have to still be excited about making and recording music, and going out and playing it. Otherwise you should just stay home.” X

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Mummenschanz “Imagine four actors with props such as oversized rulers, beanbags, pipe cleaners and absolutely no sound or music. With shadow, light and sculptural masks, the actors engage with the audience and each other without ever needing to make a sound.” That’s Diana Wortham Theatre’s description of an upcoming performance by Mummenschanz, a theatrical group known as the “musicians without sound.” Founded in Paris in 1972, the company pioneered its own whimsical twist on costumed miming before hitting stages in dozens of countries. In its current form, the performance uses no set except a black background. That way, there’s little to distract from the visual messaging conveyed through bodies, shapes and movement. Diana Wortham Theatre stages the show on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. $42 adult/$37 student/$20 child. dwtheatre.com. Image courtesy of Mummenschanz

Callaghan and Erick Baker Pop songstress Callaghan is a risk taker when it comes to her music career. She swapped her home in London for one in Atlanta after her idol, musician Shawn Mullins, agreed (via a Myspace conversation) to produce her debut album. Later she embarked on a living-room tour of the states, determined to hand-deliver her country-tinged tunes to fans. Erick Baker was similarly tugged into showbiz after a promoter heard his cathartic voice and impassioned guitar playing at a songwriter showcase. That resulted in an opening slot for John Legend at Knoxville’s Tennessee Theatre, a 30-minute experience that ignited Baker’s ambition to perform professionally. The two musicians both play a set at The Altamont Theatre on Friday, Feb. 19, at 8 p.m. $15/$18/$30 for VIP seating. thealtamont.com. Image courtesy of the artists 46

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Ed Tarkington “I wanted to capture the feeling of growing up in a family that is both typical and strange, as most families tend to be below the surface,” says author Ed Tarkington, who recently released his debut novel, Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Narrator Rocky Askew’s childhood is marked by a void after his dangerously cool half-brother Paul disappears. Rocky gets involved with an older woman next door before a heinous double murder shakes their small Southern town and compels Rocky to reconsider the past. “It’s a coming-of-age novel,” says Tarkington, “but it is also a gothic tale with macabre undertones, a murder mystery in which the damsel-in-distress is also a suspect.” The Nashville-based writer presents his work at Malaprop’s on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. Free. malaprops.com. Author photo by Glen Rose

Unknown Mortal Orchestra As one YouTube user observes, Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s video for 2015 single “Multi-Love” reflects “how the world looks through your third eye.” To let fans dive deeper into the mind-bending visuals, director Lionel Williams designed an app to accompany the video. It allows users to construct, paint and stretch virtual 3-D objects across space and time and is “meant to represent the vacuum of space by impressing upon inter-dimensional unfolding, immaterial objects and time-driven reverberation of events,” he says. Like Williams, Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman Ruban Nielson is existentially inclined, though his music is much easier to follow — particularly the make-you-move, funky-pop moments that punctuate darker tracks. Lower Dens opens at The Orange Peel on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 9 p.m. $15/$18. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Neil Krug

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• 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-6pm - Self-guided open studio tour through the River Arts District with artist demonstrations and classes. Free to attend.

Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $25.

Salt Block Auditorium 243 Third Ave. NE, Hickory, 324-4906, saltblockfoundation.org • SU (2/14), 2pm - Tribute to the Harlem Renaissance: Documentary showing of Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance and performances from Ain’t Misbehavin’. Free.

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The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • TH (2/11), 6:30pm - “Showing/Making: Curator’s Talk with Garth Johnson,” presentation on the intersection of ceramics and media. Free.

dents. Held in the Schaefer Center.

Madison County Arts Council 90 S. Main St., Marshall, 649-1301, • SA (2/13), 7:30pm - Andy Buckner with Southern Soul Campaign. $11. Music at ASU appstate.edu • SA (2/13), 7pm - Dr. John and the Nite Trippers, boogie-woogie jazz. $30/$15 stu-

Music at UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • FR (2/12), 3pm - Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer, director and conductor of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. Free. Held in the Reuter

Auditions & Call to Artists

Center. Music at WCU

Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition lanierlib.org • Through TU (3/1) - Open submissions for annual poetry competition for adults and high school students. Contact for full guidelines: lanierlib.org. $10 per entry/$5 per entry for students.

227-2479, wcu.edu • SU (2/14), 3pm - Pam Tillis, country. $21/$13 students & children. Held in the Bardo Center. PubSing 254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Gospel jam and singalong. Optional snack time at 5:30pm. Free

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to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road

Asheville Symphony Orchestra 254-7046, ashevillesymphony.org • SA (2/13), 8pm - Masterworks concert with violinist Bella Hristova. $35.50/$24.50 youth. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St.

‘THROUGH THE NEEDLE’S EYE’: The Laurel Chapter and the Carolinas Region of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America are co-sponsoring the organization’s 20th National Exhibit, Through the Needle’s Eye. The exhibition showcases over seventy works that were created using a needle with an eye and were chosen by a panel of jurors from entries that were submitted from all of the United States. The showcase, which is being held at the Folk Art Center of the Southern Highland Craft Guild until Sunday, May 8, features both traditional and contemporary works that were created using a variety of embroidery and bead weaving techniques. Photo of Serendipitous Sunflowers by Sue Osterberg courtesy of The Laurel Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (p. 49) Art Art at WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • TH (2/18), 5:30-6:30pm - “Using Hand Drafted Architectural Rendering in Interior Design Digital Presentations,” presentation by artist in residence Tami Faulkner. Free. Held in the Bardo Center room 130. Asheville Area Arts Council 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • TU (2/16), 10am-noon - Artist Business Brainstorm: “Preparing Your Creative Business Records for an Accountant or Tax Professional”

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with Skip Rohde. Registration required. Free. Asheville Art Museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • FR (2/12), noon-1pm - Art Breaks Series: Discussion of the 2016 WNC Regional Scholastic Art Awards. $8/$7 students & seniors. • SA (2/13), 3pm - Up for Discussion: “Make It Shine,” presentation on art conservation by conservator Wendel Norton. $8/$7 students & seniors. River Arts District Artists riverartsdistrict.com

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Theater Asheville Community Theatre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org

Black Mountain Center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • SA (2/13), 7:30pm - Natalya Zoe Weinstein and John Cloyd Miller valentine’s concert. Bluegrass/folk/old-time. $15 plus tax.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (2/12) until (3/6) -

Cathey’s Creek Community Center Island Ford Road, Brevard • SA (2/13), 7pm - Carolina Blue, bluegrass. $5/$3 under 12.

1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org

Center for Cultural Preservation 692-8062, saveculture.org • TH (2/11) - “Reflections on Madison County’s Musical Heritage: An Afternoon and Evening with Joe Penland.” Class and lecture at 1pm in the Patton Building room 150. Evening concert and storytelling at 7pm in the Thomas Auditorium. $15 each/$25 for both programs. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock

Admission by donation.

Diana Wortham Theatre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • FR (2/12), 6:30pm - “Intersections Sing Together: Freedom Songs & Spirituals,” featuring storyteller Becky Stone and Beth & Jim Magill. $10/$8 children 12 and under. Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • Th (2/11) through SU (2/14) - Music on the Rock: The music of Barry Manilow. Thu.: 7:30pm.

Seussical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $15-$25. Hendersonville Community Theatre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (2/12) until (2/21) - All You Need is Love, three short plays by Sue Bargeloh. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm.

NC Stage Company 15 Stage Lane, 239-0263 • SUNDAYS through (2/21), 2pm - Jeeves Intervenes. $16-$40. The Autumn Players 686-1380, www,ashevilletheatre.org, caroldec25@gmail.com • SU (2/14), 2:30pm - We’re Not Done Yet: Wonder Women from 55 to 100, directed by RoseLynn Katz. Admission by donation. Held in the UNCA Reuter Center. The Magnetic Theatre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (2/11) through (2/27), 7:30pm - The Caro Savanti Experience! $24/$21 advance.

G all ery D IRECTORY American Folk Art and Framing 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • TH (2/11) through TH (2/25) 12th Annual Miniature Show, exhibition of paintings 9 x 7 or less. Ananda West 37 Paynes Way Suite 5, 236-2444, anandahair.com • Through TU (3/15) - Recent Work, paintings by Larry Turner. Art at ASU 262-3017, tcva.org • Through SA (8/6) - Julia Barello’s large scale metalwork installation, Strange Gardens. Held in the Turchin Center Mayer Gallery. • Through SA (3/19) - Faculty Biennial, multidisciplinary exhibit of faculty work. Faculty presentation: Thursday, Feb. 25, 7pm. Held in the Turchin Center. Art at Mars Hill mhu.edu • Through SU (7/31) - Appalachia a Century Ago, Craft through the Lens of William A. Barnhill, historical exhibition. Held in the Ramsey Center. • Through FR (3/4), 6-8pm - Julie Miles/Molly Sawyer Exhibition of the paintings of Julie Miles and the sculptures of Molly Sawyer. Reception: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 6-8pm. Held in the Wiezenblatt Gallery. Art at UNCA art.unca.edu • Through FR (2/12) - Drawing Discourse: 7th Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing. Held in Owen Hall. • Through FR (2/26) - Protecting the Environment through Cultural Traditions: Sacred Groves of Sierra Leone and India, photography exhibition by Alison Ornsby. Held in the Ramsey Library Blowers Gallery. • Through FR (2/12) - Art and photography exhibition by UNC Asheville and Virginia Commonwealth University students. Held in the Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery. • Through MO (2/29) - Gifted By Faith, painting exhibition by local artist Jenny Pickens. Artist reception: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 5:30-7pm. Held in the Highsmith Center Intercultural Gallery. Art at WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu Held in the Bardo Fine Arts Center Museum unless otherwise noted. • Through FR (5/20) - From Apartheid to Democracy, exhibit from the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa. Held

in the Hunter Library 2nd floor gallery. • Through (3/25) - John Julius Wilnoty stone carving exhibit. Reception: Thursday, Mar. 17, 5pm. • Through TH (3/18) - Architecture of Survival, exhibition of photography by Pedro Lobo & soft sculpture by Jarod Charzewski. • TH (2/18) through FR (5/6) Color + Theory : Past + Present, works by Josef Albers, Kenneth Noland, and Odili Donald Odita. Reception: Thursday, April 7, 5pm.

• Through SU (5/8) - Through the Needles Eye, embroidery exhibit from The Embroiderers’ Guild of America.

Asheville Area Arts Council 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (2/20) - Point of View Exhibition: The Asheville Stockyards, From Brownfield to Brewery curated by Ken Abbot. • Through SA (2/20) - ARC Gallery: Collage by Lisa De Girolamo.

100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • Through WE (4/17) Botanica, botanical monoprint exhibit by Sandee Johnson.

Asheville Art Museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SU (3/6) - WNC Regional Scholastic Art exhibition. • Through TH (6/30) - Appalachian Innovators: Women Makers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, 1930–2000. Opening reception: Friday, Feb. 12, 5-6:30pm. Asheville Eye Associates 8 Medical Park Drive, 258-1586, ashevilleeye.com • Through (7/1) - With These Hands: An Appalachian Barn Photography Exhibit by Bonnie Cooper & Don McGowan. Artists’ reception: Thursday, Mar. 24, 5:30-7pm. Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through SA (5/21) - Ray Spillenger: Rediscovery of a Black Mountain Painter, painting exhibition. Blue Spiral 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through SA (2/27) - Andy Farkas, wood engravings and handset type exhibition. Artist talk: Friday Jan. 29, 3pm. Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • Through MO (2/29) - Exhibition of collage art by Bob Fakanga. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road Folk Art Center MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, 2987928, craftguild.org

Jubilee Community Church 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • Through SU (2/28) - Expressions of the Heart, paintings by Laura Elliott and beadwork by Yona Fren chHawk. Reception: Friday, Feb. 12, 5:30-8pm. N.C. Arboretum

Odyssey Cooperative Art Gallery 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • Through MO (2/29) - Exhibition of the ceramic art of Anna Koloseike and Kate Gardner. The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through SA (5/21) - Recorded Matter: Ceramics in Motion, exhibit of eleven artists who integrate video into their studio practice. Trackside Studios & Gallery 375 Depot St., 545-2904, facebook.com/TracksideStudios375 • Through MO (2/29) - Bonjour and Bienvenue, exhibition of Virginia Pendergrass urban sketches.• Through (2/19) - Colors of Winter, group painting exhibition. Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 29, 4-7pm. Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • Through (3/5) - Preserving African American Art in the Foothills, exhibition. ZaPow! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 5752024, zapow.net • Through SU (3/13) - Fringe, official exhibition of visual art for the Fringe Festival with public David Bowie art submissions. Open submissions for David Bowie art (not for sale) during the exhibition dates. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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FEELING HUNGRY?: Midnight Snack, based in Asheville, “blends masculine rock tradition with a distinct feminine delicacy, … integrating elements of psychedelic-rock, indie-dance and baroque pop,” according to a press release. And on Saturday, Feb. 13, the band will chow down with Goldie & The Screamers and Philadelphia-based indie-folk rockers Mother Moses. The show starts at 9 p.m., so come hungry for harmony.

Wednesday, February 10 185 King Street Vinyl Night, 7pm 5 Walnut Wine Bar Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5pm Les Amis (African folk music), 8pm 550 Tavern & Grille karaoke, 6pm Asheville Music Hall Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm Ben’s Tune-Up Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7pm Black Mountain Ale House Play to Win game night, 7:30pm Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Open mic, 7pm Bywater Billy Cardine & North of Too Far Downs (acoustic), 9pm Double Crown Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm Foggy Mountain Brewpub Jack Victor & Zack Kardon (indie rock, pop), 9pm Funkatorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm Good Stuff Karaoke!, 6pm

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Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Legendary Shack Shakers w/ The WildTones & The Holwin’ Brothers (rockabilly, blues), 9pm Grind Cafe Trivia night, 7pm Highland Brewing Company Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm Iron Horse Station Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall The Core Wednesday Winter Residency (jazz), 7pm An Evening with Runa (Irish folk), 8:30pm Jack of the Wood Pub Old-time session, 5pm Honky-tonk dance party w/ Hearts Gone South, 9pm

O.Henry’s/The Underground “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm Off the Wagon Piano show, 9pm Olive or Twist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm One Stop Deli & Bar Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 6pm One World Brewing Redleg Husky (Americana), 8pm Oskar Blues Brewery Trivia, 6pm Room IX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

Lazy Diamond Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

Scully’s Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm

Lex 18 The Downton Abbey Vintage Banquet (ticketed event), 6:30pm

Sly Grog Lounge Sound Station Open-mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm

Lobster Trap Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm Mountain Mojo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm Native Kitchen & Social Pub Kozak & the Poets (folk), 6:30pm Noble Kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

Sol Bar New Mountain World Wednesdays, 8pm adbc presents AXIOM w/ Markum (electronic), 9pm TallGary’s at Four College Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Fort In The Sky (alternative jazz jam), 8pm

Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

THE JOINT NExT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8pm

LEx 18 The Patrick Lopez Experience (modern & Latin jazz), 7pm

THE NATIONAL Michael Kelley Hunter (blues, soul, funk), 9pm

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm

THE PHOENIx Jazz night, 8pm

MARKET PLACE Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

THE SOCIAL LOuNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

MOE’S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Typical Mountain Boys (bluegrass), 6pm

THE SOuTHERN Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

O.HENRY’S/THE uNDERGROuND Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am

TIMO’S HOuSE “Spectrum AVL” w/ DamGood & rotating DJs, 9pm TOWN PuMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10pm TRAILHEAD RESTAuRANT AND BAR Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, old-time, folk), 6pm TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLuES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

THuRSDAY, FEBRuARY 11 185 KING STREET Jeff Sipe Trio (soul, jazz), 7pm 5 WALNuT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm ALTAMONT THEATRE Francesca Blanchard (acoustic, singer-songwriter), 8pm BARLEY’S TAPROOM AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm BLACK MOuNTAIN ALE HOuSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band & Blue Plate Special, 8pm BLuE MOuNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PuB Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm BLuE RIDGE TAPROOM Beyond Chicken (Americana), 8pm CLuB ELEvEN ON GROvE Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm Mardi Gras Party w/ House Hoppers (jazz, blues, swing), 8:30pm CREEKSIDE TAPHOuSE Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm DOuBLE CROWN Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm ELAINE’S DuELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FOGGY MOuNTAIN BREWPuB Alex Krug harmony (folk), 9pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Chris Jamison’s Ghost (Americana, singersongwriter), 6pm GREY EAGLE MuSIC HALL & TAvERN Whitey Morgan w/ Tony Martinez (honkytonk, country), 9pm ISIS RESTAuRANT AND MuSIC HALL An evening w/ Songs of the Fall & Lawrence Trailer (Americana, bluegrass, country), 7pm The Feels perform Amy Winehouse & Erykah Badu, 8:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm LAZY DIAMOND

ODDITORIuM Mega Bog & Too Bad Disco (indie, punk), 9pm OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9pm OLIvE OR TWIST Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ Mike (eclectic mix, requests), 8:30pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Streaming Thursdays (live concert showings), 6pm Betaplane w/ goodbye terror & hello FANCYPANTS (post-rock), 10pm

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Mike Rhodes’ Fellowship (fusion), 6pm PuRPLE ONION CAFE Laura Blackley & the Wildflowers (Appalachian, country, blues), 7:30pm RENAISSANCE ASHEvILLE HOTEL Mikei Gray (soft rock, pop), 6:30pm ROOM Ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

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THE MOTHLIGHT Faux Ferocious w/ The Nude Party & Ancient Whales (punk, rock, psychedelic), 9:30pm

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THE NATIONAL Chalwa (reggae, roots), 9pm TIMO’S HOuSE Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm TOWN PuMP Laura Thurston (one-woman band), 9pm TRAILHEAD RESTAuRANT AND BAR Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve

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Burnside, 7pm TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLuES The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm TWISTED LAuREL Karaoke, 8pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOuNTAIN Film: Racism: A History, 6:30pm WxYZ LOuNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Stevie Lee Combs (Americana, folk, juke), 8pm

FRIDAY, FEBRuARY 12 5 WALNuT WINE BAR Resonant Rogues (old fashioned originals), 9pm ALTAMONT THEATRE The Clydes Album Release Party (Americana, bluegrass), 8pm ASHEvILLE MuSIC HALL Jazz Is Phish (Phish tribute), 10pm ATHENA’S CLuB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm BEN’S TuNE-uP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm BLuE MOuNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PuB Ben Phan (indie, folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm BLuE RIDGE TAPROOM Asheville Drum Circle (bring your drums!), 6pm BOILER ROOM Love is in the Air 2016 (slow jams dj), 10pm CLuB ELEvEN ON GROvE Montford Klondyke Bar Reunion (hip-hop dj), 9pm CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats (50’s & 60’s rock), 8:30pm DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Colin Hay w/ Heather Maloney (rock, new wave, country), 8pm DOuBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

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LOBSTER TRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm NATIvE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PuB Chris Jamison Trio (Americana), 7:30pm NEW MOuNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER The Marcus King Band w/ Dead 27’s, 8pm NO NAME SPORTS PuB Jeremy Pinnell w/ Carson McHone (singer-songwriter, country, honky-tonk), 8pm NOBLE CIDER Wayne Erbsen & The Haw Creek Travelers (old-time, bluegrass), 6:30pm O.HENRY’S/THE uNDERGROuND Drag Show, 12:30am ODDITORIuM Stella Blue presents Joe Buck Yourself, Delicious & Niah (metal), 9pm OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Danimal Planet (electronic rock), 10pm ONE WORLD BREWING ZuZu Welsh (rock, blues), 10pm OSKAR BLuES BREWERY One Leg Up (gypsy jazz), 6pm PACK’S TAvERN DJ MoTo (pop, dance hits), 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY CBDB w/ Backup Planet (jam, funk), 9pm PuLP Slice Of Life Comedy open mic, 9pm SANCTuARY BREWING COMPANY Hope Griffin (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SCuLLY’S DJ, 10pm SOL BAR NEW MOuNTAIN SOL Vibes feat. ike, Murkury & Blue Blazes (electronic), 9pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Murmuration (rock, improv), 6pm

SOuTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY King Possum (Americana, folk), 8pm

GOOD STuFF Band of Lovers (Americana, pop), 7pm Natti Love Joys (reggae), 9pm

SPRING CREEK TAvERN Blue Ribbon Healers (gypsy jazz), 8pm

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Bayou Diesel (dance, Cajun, zydeco), 7pm ISIS RESTAuRANT AND MuSIC HALL The Cheeksters (indie, pop, rock), 7pm Empire Strikes Brass Mardi Gras celebration (funk, big brass), 9pm JACK OF THE WOOD PuB The Alarm Clock Conspiracy (alt-country, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm JERuSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

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TIGER MOuNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Lowdown (rock, blues), 7pm

TIMO’S HOuSE Ixnee’ (breaks), 9pm

IRON HORSE STATION Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

TOWN PuMP Baked Goods (jazz, rock, funk), 9pm

ISIS RESTAuRANT AND MuSIC HALL Asheville Bike Love 2016 w/ The Digs, Ryan “R&B” Barber & DJ Marley Carroll (funk, DJ, soul), 6pm

TOY BOAT COMMuNITY ART SPACE 3rd annual QORDS Love Who You Want benefit w/ DJ Deven Balsam (dance, drag show, silent auction), 7pm TWISTED LAuREL Live DJ, 11pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOuNTAIN Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8pm WILD WING CAFE SOuTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm WxYZ LOuNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Ben Hovey (live souljazztronica), 8pm ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

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185 KING STREET Violet Delancey (country, Americana), 8pm 5 WALNuT WINE BAR Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 6pm Grasshopper (reggae), 9pm ALTAMONT THEATRE The Secret B Sides w/ I, Star (r&b, soul, hip-hop), 8pm ATHENA’S CLuB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30pm DJ Shy Guy, 10pm BEN’S TuNE-uP Gypsy Guitars (acoustic, Gypsy-jazz), 2pm Savannah Smith (southern soul), 8pm BLACK MOuNTAIN ALE HOuSE Hustle Souls (neo-soul/blues), 9pm BLuE MOuNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PuB Matt Sellars (Americana, blues, roots), 7pm BuxTON HALL BBQ Lover’s Ball w/ DJ Harvey Leisure, 10pm CATAWBA BREWING SOuTH SLOPE Carver and Carmody (folk, rock), 6pm CLuB ELEvEN ON GROvE After-party for Darrel & Tonya Miller (old school hip-hop DJ), 10pm CORK & KEG Resonant Rogues (gypsy jazz), 8:30pm CROW & QuILL Super Lupercalia: Anti-Valentines Burlesque, 9pm DOuBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10pm ELAINE’S DuELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FOGGY MOuNTAIN BREWPuB Murmuration (funk/jam), 10pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6pm GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOuSE Deb Bridges, Denny Lee & John Burk (blues, jazz, pop), 5:30pm GREY EAGLE MuSIC HALL & TAvERN Prom! w/ Reigning Sound (garage punk, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PuB Savannah Smith & Southern Soul w/ David & Valerie Mayfield (Americana, bluegrass, folk-rock), 5pm JERuSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm LEx 18 Besame Mucho Valentines (1930’s torch songs, ticketed event), 5:45pm LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm LOOKOuT BREWERY Social Groove Experiment (funk fusion), 6:30pm MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm MARSHALL CONTAINER CO. Black Hearts Valentines Mixer, 6pm NATIvE KITCHEN & SOCIAL PuB Mia Rose Lynne (Americana, folk, bluegrass), 6pm NEW MOuNTAIN THEATER/ AMPHITHEATER Wintersplash: TreeHouse! Roots of a Rebellion, Bumpin Uglies, PMA (reggae, dub), 9pm ODDITORIuM Artificial Oceans, Onj & A World of Lies (metal), 9pm OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9pm OLIvE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm ONE WORLD BREWING The Come Holla At Us Stand-Up Comedy show (Atlanta comedians), 9pm OSKAR BLuES BREWERY Petty Cash (rock), 6pm PACK’S TAvERN A Social Function (rock, classic covers), 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Jeff Sipe Trio (jazz, fusion), 9pm PuRPLE ONION CAFE Letters to Abigail (country, Appalachian), 7pm ROOM Ix Open dance night, 9pm SANCTuARY BREWING COMPANY Hunnilicious (Americana, country, folk), 7:30pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

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THOMAS WOLFE AuDITORIuM Bella Hristova (Beethoven, violin), 8pm TOWN PuMP Band of Lovers (acoustic, pop), 9pm TOY BOAT COMMuNITY ART SPACE Joe Romeo & the Juliets w/ Community Center, Pierce Edens & The Lovebug Junkies (rock, folk), 9pm TWISTED LAuREL Live DJ, 11pm WHITE HORSE BLACK MOuNTAIN V-Day show: A Celebration of Women, Sensuality, and the Performing Arts, 8pm WILD WING CAFE

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SOuTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jason DeCristofaro Swing Band, 5pm

ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SuNDAY, FEBRuARY 14 5 WALNuT WINE BAR The Roaring Lions (Latin jazz), 7pm BEN’S TuNE-uP Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 8pm BLuE MOuNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PuB Larry Dolamore (acoustic), 7pm BYWATER Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer, 6pm CROW & QuILL Hearts Gone South (heart breaking honkytonk, 9pm DOuBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9pm

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MONDAY, FEBRuARY 15 185 KING STREET Open mic night, 7pm 5 WALNuT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (soul, r&b, jazz), 8pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm BEN’S TuNE-uP Eleanor Underhill (acoustic), 5pm BYWATER Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8pm COuRTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm

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ONE STOP DELI & BAR Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Sundays w/ Bill & Friends (Grateful Dead tribute, acoustic), 5pm

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LOBSTER TRAP Hot Club of Asheville (“swingin’ grass”), 6:30pm

OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9pm

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THE OMNI GROvE PARK INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

CREEKSIDE TAPHOuSE Trivia, 7pm

ODDITORIuM Erotic Poetry Slam, 7pm The Tills & Elvis Depressedly (pop, rock), 9pm

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THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Bernie Bash (open jam fundraiser & voter registration), 2pm True Noble & Bryan Divisions (hip hop, spiritual, psychedelic), 7pm

LEx 18 En Tango Valentines w/ Austin Piazzolla Quintet (nuevo tango, ticketed event), 5:45pm

MG ROAD Fire & Desire V-Day party w/ DJs Kipper & Hannah, 7pm

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Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

Tuesday Tease (“open mic” burlesque), 9pm

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Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

The Mothlight Disco Goddess w/ Future West, Endymion is the Moon (rock, acoustic, folk), 9pm

Odditorium Odd comedy night, 9pm

Highland Brewing Company Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm

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The National Open mic w/ Shane Livingston, 8pm The Omni Grove Park Inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm The Valley Music & Cookhouse Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm Tiger Mountain Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm Timo’s House Movie night, 7pm Urban Orchard Old-time music, 7pm

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Off the Wagon Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm One Stop Deli & Bar Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm One World Brewing Danny Knowles (singer-songwriter), 8pm

Jack of the Wood Pub Old-time session, 5pm Honky-tonk dance party w/ Hearts Gone South, 9pm

Sanctuary Brewing Company Team trivia & tacos, 7pm

Lazy Diamond Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

Sly Grog Lounge 1000 words storytelling open mic, 7pm

Lex 18 The Downton Abbey Vintage Banquet (ticketed event), 6:30pm

The Block Off Biltmore Jazz-n-Justice w/ Harvey Diamond & friends, 7:30pm

Sound Station Open-mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Word Night (trivia-ish), 8pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall The Core Wednesday Winter Residency (jazz), 7pm

Orange Peel Excision w/ Figure & Bear Grillz (bass music), 9pm

TallGary’s at Four College Jam night, 9pm

Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm

Sol Bar New Mountain World Wednesdays, 8pm adbc presents AXIOM w/ Carrera (drum n’ bass), 9pm TallGary’s at Four College Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm

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The Joint Next Door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

Mountain Mojo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm

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Noble Kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

The Social Lounge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

O.Henry’s/The Underground “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

Town Pump Dallas Baker and Friends (bluegrass), 10pm

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George Clooney (yes, he spends the whole movie in that outfit) in the Coen Brothers’ Hollywood comedy Hail, Caesar! — the first really good film of 2016

Hail, Caesar! HHHHH

Director: Joel and Ethan Coen Players: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehreneich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum comedy Rated PG-13 The Story: Studio head and “fixer” Eddie Mannix tries to hold things together — and keep them out of the papers — when a big star is kidnapped. The Lowdown: The Coen Brothers in a gleefully playful mood with a film that at once spoofs and honors the last days of the old Hollywood. It’s funny, savvy and yet a little sad. At least for the moment we have a bright spot in the bleak winter season.

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The Coen Brothers are back and does their presence ever help to lighten the load of the dregs of winter. Their latest, Hail, Caesar!, is being approached as one of their more lightweight affairs — presumably because it’s a comedy — but I’m not quite ready to go with that label, and even if I were, I wouldn’t be using it in a negative sense. No, I have a sense there’s more to the Coens’ Hollywood comedy than is apparent on the surface — something I think subsequent viewings will make evident. In a sense — because it also takes place at the mythical Capitol Pictures — it’s a more playful, less nightmarish continuation of their Barton Fink (1991). Hail, Caesar! is set a few years later and the Hollywood power structure has changed, and so

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have the movies. The political troubles of the House Un-American Activities Committee has darkened the scene, the world has become a more dangerous place with the threat of nuclear annihilation, and the very existence of the movies appears to be threatened by the encroachment of television. At the center of all this is Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) — a character based (loosely) on the MGM studio executive of that name. Not only is Mannix — a staunch Catholic prone to taking confession on a daily basis — the head of production at this ersatz MGM (mash-up at least three different studios), but he’s the studio “fixer” in charge of keeping the stars out of trouble, or at least out of the gossip columns and jail. Some of the potential scandals in the film are grounded in reality — the Scarlett Johansson storyline emerges from Loretta Young adopting the illegitimate daughter she had with Clark Gable — and others grounded in rumors that won’t quite die. In this regard, Hail, Caesar! is something of an insider film, and that may hurt it at the box office. It’s definitely a movie where the more you know, the funnier it is. Still, you don’t have to know these things in order to follow it. The central plot involves the kidnapping of star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) by a mysterious group (communist, it turns out) calling themselves “The Future.” (In point of fact, they’re mostly disgruntled red writers and not especially good radicals.) Whitlock’s disappearance comes at a time when he has one more scene — an important one — to shoot in the studio’s big religious epic Hail, Caesar! (subtitled “A Tale of the Christ” after Ben-Hur). Just as bad, though, is the fact that feuding twin gossip columnists Thora and Thessaly Thacker (both played by Tilda Swinton) are not only on the scent of the disappearance, but are about to dredge up an old scandal involving Whitlock. Along the way we also deal with DeeAnna Moran (Johansson), the studio’s Esther Williams figure, musical star Burt Gurney (Channing Tatum, who turns out to be surprisingly adept

at musicals), fussy (read: gay) director Laurence Lorenz (Ralph Fiennes), who is saddled with turning singing cowboy star Hobie Doyle (a very funny Alden Ehrenreich) into a real actor. And in the midst of it is Mannix trying to hold it all together while deciding whether or not to take a cushy job in the H-bomb business. Hail, Caear! is a both satire of and a love letter to old Hollywood in all its Technicolored overkill and silliness. It’s a kind of absurdist crash course in movie history, since many of the more ridiculous things we see — like a gathering of various religious scholars weighing in on whether the script of Hail, Caesar! will offend anyone — are really quite authentic. Yet there’s a certain endof-an-era melancholy hovering over it all, since it’s impossible not to realize that this wacky, strange, fantastic little world of Hollywood — with all its artifice and silliness and petty concerns — will soon no longer exist like this, and that the world is perhaps a little poorer for that passing. This is what makes Hail, Caesar! a good bit more than it might at first seem. Rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and smoking. Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

Pride + Prejudice + Zombies HH

Director: Burr Steers Players: Lily James, Sam Riley,

Jack Huston, Charles Dance, Lena Headey, Matt Smith action horror rom com Rated PG-13 The Story: The Jane Austen mainstay retold yet again, but this time with zombies…You know, for kids! The Lowdown: A one-note joke stretched far too thin at nearly two hours, Pride + Prejudice + Zombies lacks the heart — and braaaains — of its source material’s source material. I have seen author Seth GrahameSmith’s genre-mashing novels and their respective cinematic adaptations (Pride + Prejudice + Zombies, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter) repeatedly referred to as “high concept.” I can only assume that those applying such a label to these works are laboring under the misperception that the phrase suggests Grahame-Smith got very, very high before coming up with his concepts. Far and away, the greatest flaw of P+P+Z is its tonal dissonance. Obviously Regency-era romance is being tempered with horror elements in this film, and had it stopped there, it might’ve worked (though I highly doubt it). Showing a lack of restraint belied by the nature of the title itself, director/screenwriter Burr Steers has attempted to infuse his period melodrama with not only gore and jump scares, but also broad comedy, kung fu action tropes, and a dash of military intrigue for good measure. The resultant melange is every bit as unpalatable as the seeming incompatibility of its constituents, and far less interesting than the optimist in me had hoped. Like last year’s dismal American Ultra, this film jumps far too abruptly between action and comedy, violence and romance, leaving the viewer with a kind of empathetic whiplash from shifting emotional gears too quickly. Blame for the confusion to be found in P+P+Z must be laid squarely at the feet of writer/director Steers, whose most recent feature work consists of two Zac Efron vehicles that clearly did little to prepare him for directing horror or action sequences with anything approaching competency. Frenetic editing and graceless composition leave the audience largely in the dark as to whether or not the fight scenes are well choreographed, and victimized by PG-13 zombie snuff that’s every bit as bloodless as the

script. While the first act establishes its requisite exposition with admirable efficiency, things fall apart because the movie’s central joke has been set out in advance of the title credits, leaving a tedious slog through repetitive and predictable set pieces for the remainder of the film’s overlong run-time. The film is at its best when it juxtaposes Austen’s original verbal sparring with more literal physical conflict, but these scenes are not enough to justify the film on its own merits and almost made me wish I was watching another straight adaptation of the source material, a desire I never thought myself likely to re-experience. The cast here is at least game, though they seem to be divided into two distinct camps: those who know this film is silly, and those who do not. Lily James and Sam Riley, who play Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, have commendable chemistry to support the romantic plot, as well as the appropriate athleticism to handle the action sequences. But like the rest of the young cast, they play every scene with a stone-faced seriousness that the material simply doesn’t warrant. The elder statesmen of British stage and screen who comprise the remainder of our principals at least seem to be in on the joke. Charles Dance delivers a nuanced, if heavily tongue-in-cheek, performance as the Bennett girls’ beleaguered father, and Lena Headey is granted a solid oneliner here and there as zombie-slaughtering badass Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Matt Smith’s comedic sensibility almost overcomes the mediocrity of the material he’s been given in his absurdist portrayal of Parson Collins, but eventually he becomes too distracted chewing scenery to contribute anything of lasting value. Ultimately, and unfortunately, a proficient cast is trumped by deficient scripting and direction. What happens when you take three painfully slow films, epitomizing the weaknesses of three disparate genres, and screen them in superimposition? You get something along the lines of Pride + Prejudice + Zombies. The profusion of genre tropes stuffed into the story keep it from ever quite becoming boring, but they also fall far short of making it entertaining. As a public service advisory, I should note that this film is hazardous to the gray matter of living audiences as well as to any zombie hordes who may ingest same. Rated PG-13 for zombie violence and action, and brief suggestive material. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Scott Douglas jsdouglas22@gmail.com

Regression HHHS

Director: Alejandro Amenábar (The Others) Players: Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Thewlis, Devon Bostick, Aaron Ashmore, Dale Dickey psychological horror Rated R The Story: A detective investigating a child abuse case uncovers what appears to be a far-reaching Satanic cult. The Lowdown: By no means the disaster (at least artistically) it’s been painted as, this is an unusual horror movie — one that critiques and subverts its own genre, and one that seems to alienate a lot of people. Swimming against the critical tide (a lot), I’m going to be one of the few positive voices on Alejandro Amenábar’s Regression simply because I think it’s pretty good. Now, I’m not saying that this is a great movie, and I am certainly not saying that it’s on a par with Amenábar’s last tussle with the horror genre, The Others (2001). In fact, it’s pretty far removed from that brilliantly creepy ghost story, though I do suspect Regression was an attempt by the director to reclaim the clout The Others gave him. If so, it has failed spectacularly. After opening to blisteringly bad reviews in the UK, Regression got the Weinsteins’ dump treatment Stateside — four-walled into 100 theaters for one week to (barely) honor a commitment for a theatrical release. Neither this nor the critical abuse seems deserved to me. That said, I understand why it failed with audiences who expected a traditional Satanism horror picture — especially since the film spends most of its length in that mode, and is pretty effective at it. Now, this is where we come to a problem. Explaining what Regression is (and isn’t) inevitably lands us squarely in the realm of spoilers. Bear that in mind before reading on in this and the next paragraph. Even simply likening the audience reaction to that which many horror fans experience with Tod Browning’s Mark of the Vampire (1935) will say too much to the savvy viewer. Going further, I could liken it to John Boorman’s Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), which was as much a refutation of its parent film as it was a sequel. Put simply, what Amenábar has made is a film that uses the tropes of

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T HEATER L ISTINGS Friday, February 12 Thursday, February 18 Due to possible scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm showtimes with theaters.

Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. (254-1281) The Last Dinosaur (PG) 1:00, 4:00 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2 (PG-13) 7:00 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (R) 10:00

Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452) Carolina Cinemas (274-9500) 45 Years (R) 11:45, 1:55. 4:10, 6:55, 9:05 The 5th Wave (PG-13) 12:20, 2:50 The Big Short (R) 10:45, 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 The Choice (PG-13) 11:35, 2:05, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 Deadpool (R) 10:30, 11:45, 1:00, 2:15, 3:30, 4:45, 5:20, 6:00, 7:15, 7:50, 8:30, 9:45, 10:20, 11:00 The Finest Hours 2D (PG-13) 2:00, 7:20 Hail, Caesar! (PG-13) 11:20, 1:50, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 How to Be Single (R) 11:55, 2:25, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Kung Fu Panda 3 2D (PG) 12:10, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PG-13) 11:25, 4:40, 10:10 The Revenant (R) 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:25 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) 10:20, 1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 10:35 Where to Invade Next (R) 10:35, 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 Zoolander 2 PG-13) 12:15, 2:35, 5:00, 7:25, 9:55

Co-ed Cinema Brevard (883-2200) Deadpool (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00

Epic of Hendersonville (6931146) Fine Arts Theatre (232-1536) 45 Years (R) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, Late Show Fri-Sat 9:20 Where to Invade Next (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late Show Fri-Sat 9:20

Flatrock Cinema (697-2463) (R) Carol (R) 4:00, 7:00 (Closed Monday)

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mo v ies the Satanic horror picture to debunk not only that particular horror subgenre, but as a commentary on the mass hysteria such tales help to fuel. It is a movie that critiques the very genre that it inhabits — or at least the one it seems to. It’s also a movie that could not exist without that genre. The conundrum here is that Regression bites the genre that feeds it, alienating fans in the process. In truth, they were actually played pretty fairly, since the alternative solutions the movie seemed to be veering toward were far more groan-worthy than the more “troublesome” one that Amenábar provides. The more worthwhile complaint — certainly my biggest problem with Regression — is the sense that it either has to have a twist ending or else turn into a cut-rate riff on Alan Parker’s classic Angel Heart (1987). Thankfully, it has that twist, but it comes across less as a shock than as a relief. Not perhaps the best thing for a thriller, however unorthodox its actual aims may be. On the surface, Regression is a leisurely-paced thriller in which detective Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke) — with the aid of psychiatrist Kenneth Raines (David Thewlis), who specializes in “regression therapy” — tries to get to the bottom of a child abuse case involving Angela Gray’s (Emma Watson) claim that her father (David Dencik) molested her. What the investigation uncovers (partly through this therapy) leads to ever-darker stories of a Satanic cult that involves not only the father, but perhaps the rest of the family and other community members, including at least one member of Kenner’s own police department. As a thriller and a procedural investigation movie, there’s nothing wrong with Regression. The pace may be a little slow for some, but it’s reasonably solid and cleverly plotted in that everything we see works for what the movie appears to be, while fitting what it turns out to be. And it is hard to deny that its more horrific scenes are indeed horrific, with a dash of the truly bizarre that dovetails nicely with the film’s actual target. I enjoyed it far more than I didn’t — certainly more than many more highly regarded straightforward horror pictures. The scant audience I saw it with at the noon showing on Friday (not prime time for R-rated horror) seemed divided on it. One woman said it freaked her out, another said nothing, while a man who came in late bailed about 20 minutes before the movie ended (I think we may conclude he didn’t like it). Make of that what you will, but

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whatever you make of it, do it fast since there’s a better-than 90 percent chance it will be gone on Friday. Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual content and for language. Playing at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

The Choice S

Director: Ross Katz (Adult Beginners) Players: Benjamin Walker, Theresa Palmer, Maggie Grace, Alexandra Daddario, Tom Wilkinson romantic melodrama Rated PG-13 The Story: A hunky veterinarian falls for his dreamy neighbor before maudlin tragedy steps in. The Lowdown: Abhorrently dull cheese of the kind only Nicholas Sparks’ pedigree can whip up — schmaltzy and oozing with melodrama, and with zero chemistry from its leads. I just looked and this is the seventh Nicholas Sparks’ movie I’ve reviewed. How have I survived? And t’s not like I’ve been enlightened. They all run together into a pulsing morass of sweet tea and shirtless, rain-soaked beefcake and overwrought melodrama. There’s the one with a ghost — that one’s pretty weird. There’s the one with Miley Cyrus where she talks to a raccoon. I think Cyclops is in one, and then Lasse Hallstrom made a couple that weren’t the worst films ever. One even had Channing Tatum before I started liking him. That’s about all I’ve culled from this seven-fold slog. About the only thing special about the latest Sparksian effort, The Choice, is that I may not recall anything about it in the future. It’s probably the worst of the seven so far, which, of course, is really saying something. Worst in the sense that it’s the most tedious and — even for Sparks — formulaic of these things so far. Get this: A hunky veterinarian Travis (Benjamin Walker, In the Heart of the Sea), who is a sort of archetypical Sparks ubermensch with his gentle smile and sculpted abs, meets cute with his neighbor Gabby (Teresa Palmer, Warm Bodies), another blonde-haired, goodhearted Sparks cliche. But she has a boy-

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friend (Tom Welling, The Fog), so things are slow to percolate, but love — and the script — say otherwise, and soon the two are making out in the kitchenette and falling head over heels for each other. Then we get to part-two of Sparks’ usual recipe: the melodrama. This one involves a car wreck and a tearful Travis, as we get to the “choice” of the title. Spoiler: Love rules the day in the end, however, so no worries there. That’s really it. The problems, of course, are numerous. There’s no chemistry between Walker, who shows up in every scene with a furrowed brow and Palmer, who’s mostly fine but doesn’t do much to warrant all this interest. There are a lot of beaches and summer fun and folksy nonsense in the manner we all expect from these efforts. It’s especially tedious this seventh time around, perhaps because these movies have hit rock bottom as far as talent goes. This isn’t exactly a murderers row here. I mean, they weren’t good movies, but at least the films Hallstrom helmed had a sense of style, pace and class, even when they were going off the rails in a storm of incredulity. The Choice has none of this, having replaced it with a noxious helping of schmaltz. There’s nothing surprising, entertaining or memorable here. Just a lot of people with perfect teeth and salon quality hair, the kind of characters I find impossible to relate to, no matter how dire and tragic their love story is supposed to play. Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some thematic issues. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Justin Souther j souther@mountainx.com

Where to Invade Next

HHHH Director: Michael Moore Players: Michael Moore documentary Rated R

The Story: Michael Moore goes on a world tour to see how other countries handle education, health care, banking, business, etc. — in search of ideas to bring back to the U.S. The Lowdown: Lighter than usual

Moore documentary that operates in a unusually upbeat manner for the usually more provocative filmmaker. Despite its provocative title, Michael Moore’s latest finds the filmmaker in an uncommonly cheerful and noncombative frame of mind — something that will not matter to Moore’s staunchest detractors. (I have never seen such an outpouring of hate than that which has sprung up in the comment sections of news reports on Moore’s current hospitalization for pneumonia, most of it from people hoping for his death. And all from the vantage point of safely anonymous screen names, of course.) The title Where to Invade Next is deceptive. The film has little, if anything, to do with our propensity to invade other countries and engage in conflicts, though a montage at the beginning suggests this is what we’re about to see. But, no, that merely plays to our expectations. Moore himself is the “invader,” traveling around the world in search of things other countries handle better — or at least differently — than the U.S. and “claiming” them for ourselves (complete with “planting” an American flag at each location). Where to Invade Next is cheeky, playful and mellower in tone than usual. It is even being billed as a comedy on its poster, but it should be noted that it’s billed as “Michael Moore’s Most Dangerous Comedy.” And the very fact that it’s presented in reasonably friendly terms (it’s less an attack on anything than a kind of wayward Valentine to the U.S. exhorting us to be better than we are) might indeed make it just that. (The approach somehow reminds me of John Waters saying that the most subversive thing he ever made was the 1988 PG-rated Hairspray, which contained all his themes but came across as “safe” — a debatable assessment.) What the movie gives you is Moore as his schlubby “everyman” self (or at least the persona he created) in an extended — quite possibly a little too extended — travelogue wherein he finds a variety of possible alternative solutions to our social problems. Viewers who remember Moore’s 2007 health care film Sicko will recognize this is in the same general vein. In particular, it resembles that film’s French segment, which was little short of a love letter to the country. Before going further, it should be

noted that Where to Invade Next is glib and deals from an obviously stacked deck. Moore visits schools, workplaces and even prisons, and each of them seems to be functioning more effectively on every level than we are. But Moore is hardly presenting an objective picture — or even claiming to do so. He’s taking one issue per location without attempting to take a broader look at the countries and the problems they face. The effect, of course, is that these progressive societies are not only doing it better than we are, but, as it turns out, all they’re doing in many cases is putting into practice concepts that originated in the U.S. That’s really what’s at the heart of the movie — and it’s what makes it sting a little, even if you don’t buy into Moore’s worldview. Yes, there are traces of Moore’s outrage in the film — income inequality comes in for its share of abuse — but the usual fat cat villains are not on display. What Moore has created here can only be called a hopeful film. It’s a tone of voice that has always been in Moore’s work, but never so front and center, and it makes for a pleasant change. Regardless, the film is a little bit of a step down for Moore in some respects. The gag of planting the flag wears thin pretty fast, and the film feels padded toward the end. In fact, it feels like it could have ended several stops shy of the full tour and been none the worse for it. But it’s still nice to have Moore back to remind us how entertaining documentaries can be. Rated R for language, some violent images, drug use and brief graphic nudity. Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre.

STARTING FRI D AY Deadpool Despite the R rating this latest from Marvel Comics is poised to be the weekend’s big deal. It’s certainly been promoted enough and the early reviews are very strong indeed (29 positive to four negative on Rotten Tomatoes). It’s actually being played up that it’s not family-friendly. What is it? Well, it’s “the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.” (R)

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How to Be Single At the other end of the spectrum is this barely promoted R-rated raunch-com with a low-powered cast — Dakota Johnson, Alison Brie, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Damon Wayans, Jr. Even the studio doesn’t seem to know what it’s about, since the blurb merely tells us: “A young woman searches for love in New York City in this romantic comedy based on the novel by Liz Tuccillo, and produced by Drew Barrymore.” (R)

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Zoolander 2 All right, so 15 years ago the original film was a minor hit. But it came out of nowhere. It was completely unexpected and at least seemed fresh. I suppose there’s an audience for watching Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson go through it all again, but, really, where’s the surprise this round? The studio says, “Ben Stiller returns both in front of and behind the camera for Zoolander 2, a comedy that finds the beloved model Derek Zoolander (Stiller) and his rival-turned-partner Hansel (Owen Wilson) facing a threat to their continued success.” (PG-13)

Where to Invade Next See review in “Cranky Hanke”

reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

Carolina Jews for Justice West carolinajewsforjustice.org • TH (2/18), 7-9pm - Just Economics documentary, Faces of Poverty, followed by panel discussion. Free to attend. Held at Congregation Beth Israel, 229 Murdock Ave.

Go Public - A Day in the Life of an American School District. Free. Held in Highsmith Union room 221. • MO (2/15), 6-8pm - Black History Month discussion: Film screening and discussion of America After Charleston. Free. Held in the Highsmith Union Grotto. • WE (2/17), 7pm - Film Screening: Midnight’s Children. Free. Held in Highsmith Union Grotto.

Film at UNCA 251-6585, unca.edu • TH (2/11), 6pm - Documentary Film Screening:

FILM at Mars Hill University 689-1307, mhu.edu • TH (2/11), 7pm - America’s First Forest: Carl

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Schenk and the Asheville Experiment, documentary. Reservations required: hfurgiuele@mhu.edu. Free. Held in the Radio Theatre. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville 1 Edwin Place, 254-6001, uuasheville.org • FR (2/12), 2pm & 7pm - Environmental & Social Justice Film Screening: E-Team. Free. White Horse Black Mountain 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain, 669-0816 • TH (2/11), 7pm - Movies That Matter: Racism: A History, documentary film screening. $6.

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OUTDOOR EDUCATION: Carl Schenck is pictured with one of his Biltmore Forest School students on a field trip to Marshfield, Ore. The documentary America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment will be screened Thursday, Feb. 11, at the newly reopened Mars Hill Radio Theatre. Photo courtesy of Mars Hill University • UNC Asheville hosts a free screening of Go Public: A Day in the Life of an American School District in room 221 of the Highsmith Union on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m. The 90-minute documentary examines the Pasadena Unified School District in California. avl.mx/26z • The Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies at Mars Hill University continues its semesterlong theme of exploring Southern Appalachian forests with a free screening of the new documentary America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment. The event will be the first in the newly reopened Mars Hill Radio Theatre, formerly the Mars Theatre, in downtown Mars Hill, on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. Due to limited seating, reservations are required. Contact Hannah Furgiuele at 689-1571 or hfurgiuele@ mhu.edu to ensure a spot. America’s First Forest recounts legendary German forester Carl Schenck’s work at the Biltmore Estate and how his efforts helped launch the American conservation movement. James Lewis, an executive producer, historical consultant and writer for the film, will participate in a postfilm discussion with former MHU professor of history Kathryn Newfont, who currently teaches at the University of Kentucky. mhu.edu/ramsey-center • The West Asheville Library presents a screening of The Iron Giant on Friday, Feb. 12, at 4 p.m. Free and open to the public. avl.mx/1z5

• The Carolina Cinemas is streaming the TED 2016 opening night session on Monday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. The event marks the first time TED has partnered with various cinemas to bring TED Talks to the general public. Tickets are $20 and available online and at the Carolina box office. avl.mx/26y • In conjunction with Salman Rushdie’s visit to UNC Asheville, the Highsmith Union Grotto hosts a screening of Midnight’s Children — Deepa Mehta’s 2012 film adaptation of Rushdie’s novel — on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. The film follows the lives of children born at the stroke of midnight as British rule ended and India and Pakistan were partitioned. Free and open to the public. unca.edu • The submission deadline for the inaugural Boone Film Festival has been extended to Friday, March 18. Films will be judged in Appalachian Culture, Appalachian Adventure and Appalachian Environment categories. Awards will be given to Best In Show Appalachian Region Film ($1,000 cash prize), Best Culture Film ($500), Best Adventure Film ($500), Best Environment Film ($500, sponsored by the Appalachian State University environmental sciences department) and Best Youth Film Submission ($250 and a scholarship prize to work with professional Wonderland Woods Productions on skills development). A winner’s showcase event will take place in Boone on a to-be-determined date in April. boonefilmfestival.com X

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High, Wide and Handsome HHHHS Director: Rouben Mamoulian (Love Me Tonight) Players: Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour, Elizabeth Patterson, Raymond Walburn, Charles Bickford, Akim Tamiroff MUSICAL Rated NR The AFS tried to run this last year, but the weather was against it. Maybe there’ll be better luck this time. ... Rouben Mamoulian did his most important work at Paramount, but he left the studio in 1933. In 1937, he came back for one more film: the littleseen and mostly forgotten High, Wide and Handsome. The film was an obvious attempt — with its period setting, its Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II songs and star Irene Dunne — to be the next Show Boat, which had been a hit for James Whale at Universal the year before. Although it formed the bridge between Show Boat and the Broadway production of Oklahoma! (which Hammerstein wrote and Mamoulian directed), High, Wide and Handsome was only a middling box office success. Theories abound as to why it didn’t click (the lack of a singing male lead or the fact that it had no songs to equal “Make Believe,” “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” and, especially, “Ol’ Man River”). My own belief is that it mostly had to do with the fact that Mamoulian was using techniques that had fallen out of favor — long, slow dissolves; optical wipes; and a blend of naturalism and intense stylization. And that seemed odd in 1937. These things are less of a problem now because we’re looking at it more as an “old movie” in general terms and aren’t thrown by it being out of step with 1937 movies. In any case, High, Wide and Handsome is a fine film, beautiful to look at, stylish and very entertaining. It gets better every time I see it, too. The Asheville Film Society will screen High, Wide and Handsome Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

La Ronde HHHHH

Director: Max Ophuls Players: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Simone Simon, Danielle Darrieux, Fernand Gravey, Isa Miranda COMEDY-DRAMA Rated NR Stylistically, the films of Max Ophuls are certainly of a piece, in a similar tone of voice. All of them could be summed up with the same phrase used by the narrator (Anton Walbrook) of La Ronde (1950) when he explains that the story is set in 1900 Vienna: “I adore the past. It is so much more restful than the present and so much more reliable than the future.” The mood of the film has much in common with the comedies of Ernst Lubitsch, yet it’s difficult to imagine him making a film quite like La Ronde. Lubitsch did let Maurice Chevalier directly address the audience on occasion in his movies, but those were just touches. Ophuls has built La Ronde entirely around the presence of an interlocutor (Walbrook), who also takes an active role in the proceedings (while wearing various disguises) and helps guide the action. The film simply follows the sexual progression of a series of characters: a prostitute (Simone Signoret) has a “knee-trembler” under a bridge with a soldier (Serge Reggiani), who then seduces a housemaid (Simone Simon), who then beds her employers’ son (Daniel Gelin). The son then becomes involved in an affair with a married woman (Danielle Darrieux), whose husband (Fernand Gravey) takes up with a dressmaker (Odette Joyeux), and so on. The stories are told in a light and stylish manner that is first and foremost playful. And despite the film’s subject — which is most definitely sex more than love — it’s hard to imagine anyone finding it offensive. The Hendersonville Film Society will show

La Ronde Sunday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Ordet HHHHS Director: Carl Theodore Dreyer Players: Henrik Malberg, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Birgitte Federspiel, Cay Kristiansen DRAMA Rated NR It is sobering to realize that Ordet (1955) — a film about madness, religious intolerance, a stillborn child, death and maybe a miracle — is probably Carl Theodore Dreyer’s sunniest film. That says a lot about Dreyer’s filmography, and while I do not doubt his greatness or his importance as a filmmaker, he’s not someone I care to spend a lot of time with. With Ordet, Dreyer took Kaj Munk’s play (previously filmed by another director in 1943) and adapted it to film in a manner that (for good or ill) largely preserved its theatricality. Oh, it’s been “opened up,” but it largely works on entrances and exits, with long takes and minimal shot breakdown. Plus, it’s done in Dreyer’s unadorned style where the sets are little more than empty rooms (if a thing isn’t functional, it’s generally not present). Whether this suits a story about a family where one of them believes himself to be Christ (and a really gloomy Christ at that), while another wants to marry outside their religion, and another awaits the birth of a child — with the patriarch hovering over all — is a matter of taste. I think it mostly works, and it’s an effective story about faith. Just remember that it makes Ingmar Bergman look like a barrel of monkeys. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Ordet Friday,

Feb. 12 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

The Man and the Monster HHHS Director: Rafael Baledón Players: Enrique Rambal, Abel Salazar, Martha Roth, Ofelia Guilmáin, Ana Laura Baledon HORROR Rated NR Long on atmosphere, short on logic, and generally a lot of fun — either despite or because of one of the dumbest werewolf makeup designs ever — The Man and the Monster (1959) is fairly typical of Mexican horror films of the late 1950s and early 1960s. These movies were given short shrift for years because they were mostly known in their truncated, badly dubbed versions shown on TV. In recent years, however, we’ve started to see decent prints in their original language. If they aren’t exactly a revelation, they’re a lot better than initially thought and, as far as I’m concerned, much better than most Euro-horror. The films started because actor-producer Abel Salazar decided he could cash in on the Universal horror pictures. (OK, so he came up with this notion pretty late in the day.) That’s what he aimed for — often, as is the case here, casting himself as the hero. If what he ended up with often had more in common with 1940s Monogram than Universal, it was still a game try, and certainly an entertaining one. Considering that his 1957 production, The Vampire (the film that started it all) lifted part of its plot from the 1942 Monogram film The Corpse Vanishes, it seems unlikely that Salazar was unaware of those movies. The

Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Man and the Monster Thursday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Scott Douglas.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Love is a fire," declared Aries actress Joan Crawford. "But whether it's going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell." I disagree with her conclusion. There are practical steps you can take to ensure that love's fire warms but doesn't burn. Start with these strategies: Suffuse your libido with compassion. Imbue your romantic fervor with empathy. Instill your animal passions and instinctual longings with affectionate tenderness. If you catch your sexual urges driving you toward narcissists who are no damn good for you, firmly redirect those sexual urges toward emotionally intelligent, self-responsible beauties.

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TAuRuS (April 20-May 20): Fifteenth-century writer Thomas Ă Kempis thought that real love can arouse enormous fortitude in the person who loves. "Love feels no burden," he wrote. "It attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible." As you might imagine, the "real love" he was referring to is not the kind that's motivated by egotism, power drives, blind lust, or insecurity. I think you know what I mean, Taurus, because in the past few months you have had unprecedented access to the primal glory that Thomas referred to. And in the coming months you will have even more. What do you plan to do with all that mojo?

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini novelist Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) was fascinated in "life with the lid on and what happens when the lid comes off." She knew both states from her own experience. "When you love someone," she mused about the times the lid had come off, "all your saved-up wishes start coming out." In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose that you engage in the following three-part exercise. First, identify a part of your life that has the lid tightly clamped over it. Second, visualize the suppressed feelings and saved-up wishes that might pour forth if you took the lid off. Third, do what it takes to love someone so well that you'll knock the lid off. CANCER (June 21-July 22): "No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved," wrote author Mignon McLaughlin. I think that may be true. The gap between what we yearn for and what we actually get is never fully closed. Nevertheless, I suggest that you strive to refute McLaughlin's curse in the coming days. Why? Because you now have an enhanced capacity to love the people you care about in ways they want to be loved. So be experimental with your tenderness. Take the risk of going beyond what you've been willing or able to give before. Trust your fertile imagination to guide your ingenious empathy. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here's the counsel of French writer Anatole France: "You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving." What he says is always true, but it's especially apropos for you Leos in the coming weeks. You now have a special talent for learning more about love by loving deeply, excitedly, and imaginatively. To add further nuance and inspiration, meditate on this advice from author Aldous Huxley: "There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving -- by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done." vIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you,'" said author Maya Angelou. She concludes: "There is an African saying: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt." With this in mind, I invite you to take inventory of the allies and relatives whose relationships are most important to you. How well do they love themselves? Is there anything you could do to help them upgrade their love for themselves? If their self-love is lacking, what might you do to protect yourself from that problem? LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Only love interests me,"

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declared painter Marc Chagall, "and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love." That seems like an impossibly high standard. Our daily adventures bring us into proximity with loveless messes all the time. It's hard to focus on love to the exclusion of all other concerns. But it's a worthy goal to strive toward Chagall's ideal for short bursts of time. And the coming weeks happen to be a favorable phase for you to do just that. Your success may be partial, but dramatic nonetheless. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "A coward is incapable of exhibiting love," said Mahatma Gandhi. "It is the prerogative of the brave." That's my challenge to you, Scorpio. In accordance with the astrological currents, I urge you to stoke your uninhibited audacity so you can press onward toward the frontiers of intimacy. It's not enough to be wilder, and it's not enough to be freer. To fulfill love's potential in the next chapter of your story, you've got to be wilder, freer, and bolder. SAGITTARIuS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "It is not lack of love but lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages," said Friedrich Nietzsche. He believed that if you want to join your fortunes with another's, you should ask yourself whether you will enjoy your conversations with this person for the next 30 years -- because that's what you'll be doing much of the time you're together. How do you measure up to this gold standard, Sagittarius? What role does friendship play in your romantic adventures? If there's anything lacking, now is an excellent time to seek improvements. Start with yourself, of course. How could you infuse more camaraderie into the way you express love? What might you do to upgrade your skills as a conversationalist? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Love isn't something you find," says singer Loretta Lynn. "Love is something that finds you." Singer Kylie Minogue concurs: "You need a lot of luck to find people with whom you want to spend your life. Love is like a lottery." I think these perspectives are at best misleading, and at worst debilitating. They imply we have no power to shape our relationship with love. My view is different. I say there's a lot we can do to attract intimate allies who teach us, stimulate us, and fulfill us. Like what? 1. We clarify what qualities we want in a partner, and we make sure that those qualities are also healthy for us. 2. We get free of unconscious conditioning that's at odds with our conscious values. 3. We work to transform ourselves into lovable collaborators who communicate well. Anything else? What can you do to make sure love isn't a lottery? AQuARIuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime," writes Chuck Klosterman. "It's easy. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. You'll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years." He concludes, "A lover like this sets the template for what you will always love about other people." I suspect that you have either recently met or will soon meet such a person, Aquarius. Or else you are on the verge of going deeper than ever before with an ally you have known for a while. That's why I think what happens in the next six months will put an enduring stamp on your relationship with intimacy. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sixteenth-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso described one of love's best blessings. He said your lover can reunite you with "a piece of your soul that you never knew was missing." You Pisceans are in a phase when this act of grace is more possible than usual. The revelatory boon may emerge because of the chemistry stirred up by a sparkly new affiliation. Or it may arise thanks to a familiar relationship that is entering unfamiliar territory.

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