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Beaucatcher Greenway poses runoff problems The new economy, as represented by its exemplars Uber and Airbnb, seems to have adopted the late Justice Scalia’s refrain, “Deal with it,” as its motto. Consider the owner of a property on a ridgeline who wants to (illegally) rent his house through Airbnb. Clearly, the rent he could charge would be higher after he has hired a couple of likely lads with a truck and some saws to (illegally) remove trees that were blocking his view of the sunset. The resulting mudslides start small — maybe the mud ends up covering the floor of a garage 300 feet down the hill and a quarter of a mile away. But they grow as each storm weakens the remaining soil on the hill. Eventually, of course, the hill ends up in the Gulf of Mexico, and our renter’s demands that “someone” protect his property go unanswered. Too far-fetched for you? Go look at the river after the next rainstorm. At the last City Council meeting, we heard a variant of the same sad story — a newly built house as

the cause of runoff that flooded an existing basement. Human nature means that there will always be cases like those. But would Council adopt policies with the same effects? Surely, Asheville is better than that. According to a recent discussion, Asheville has a sidewalk deficit of roughly 90 miles. By the time that’s dealt with, the city will have replaced something like 50 acres of topsoil with impermeable concrete — during a storm that dropped an inch of rain that could result in an extra 2 million or so gallons of water that would once have soaked into the ground to feed trees and vegetation diverted into drains or uncontrolled runoff. On a much smaller scale, the construction of Beaucatcher Greenway is apparently to involve the destruction of 85 mature trees and the construction of a couple of miles of impermeable concrete and asphalt trails on steep and unstable slopes. Asheville isn’t ours to destroy like that; we hold it and its beauty in trust for our children and grandchildren. Choosing to cut down mature trees and convert land into impermeable surfaces is an abuse of that trust —especially when obvious alternatives exist. — Geoff Kemmish Asheville

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This letter is written in response to Kari Barrows’ “Stress Test” piece [“Stress Test: Local Colleges Adopt More Holistic Admissions Policies,” Feb. 24, Xpress] about local colleges and universities that are reducing the amount of emphasis placed upon standardized admissions tests. Kudos to these institutions for taking this bold stance — it symbolizes the educational world’s realization that these assessments are not necessarily indicative of a well-rounded student’s chance for academic success. At Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville, we’re finding that the same is true for professionals who have completed their bachelor’s degrees. Recently, Lenoir-Rhyne opted to waive admissions testing in most of its 10 local graduate programs. However, applicants must document work or other experience that predicts the level of dedication and skill necessary for master’s degree studies. This has eased the admissions process for our applicants and, better yet, the quality of our student body has not been reduced by one iota. Here’s to boosting the importance of life experience and community involvement in gauging a student’s potential. The sooner that we, as educators, buy into the fact that people cannot necessarily be categorized by standardized testing, the more nimble we will be in helping to develop whole persons. — Michael M. Dempsey Dean and Director Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville

Beach-Ferrara supports universal pre-K I first saw Jasmine Beach-Ferrara speak during a Mountain Moral Monday gathering in 2014. I thought, “This is the kind of leader I have always wanted in my hometown.” Jasmine wasn’t just smart, strong and strategic, she was compassionate, and her kindness shone from the stage. When Amendment One passed in 2012, I mourned for my state. I felt defeated, betrayed. I was told it would likely take at least a decade to right this wrong. Jasmine wasn’t satisfied

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to wait. Thanks in no small part to her leadership at the Campaign for Southern Equality, marriage equality is a reality in North Carolina. She had a vision of what could be accomplished and made it happen. It’s that vision, coupled with her call to serve that will make her such an exceptional county commissioner. Jasmine has a vision of what Buncombe County could be. She sees hope, even amid crisis. Ending the entrenched childhood poverty in our county is a daunting task. But Jasmine is already putting forth ideas about where we can start: universal pre-K, her top priority as county commissioner. Under her leadership, the Campaign for Southern Equality became livingwage certified. She will push for affordable housing, strengthen funding for public schools and stand firm at each turn for full LGBT equality. Most importantly, she will do all of this with deep kindness and compassion for others — even those who oppose her. Jasmine refuses to believe that the politics of division are necessary to create policy that allows everybody in Buncombe County a chance to thrive. She is ready — and excited — to join with unlikely allies and find the places where our values overlap, not where they are at odds. I am voting for Jasmine BeachFerrara on March 15, and I urge you to do the same. — Rachel LaBruyere Asheville editor’s note: LaBruyere reports that she is working for Beach-Ferrara’s campaign to provide help with digital strategies.

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Smith’s vision: living wages, affordable housing I am writing to show my support for Gordon Smith for Buncombe County commissioner. Gordon Smith has been very supportive of the Asheville Small Home Advocacy Committee, an organization founded to make tiny homes more legally viable in the city, and we are making real progress. In the last few months, the City Council made it easier to build accessory dwelling units and is now discussing urban infill options. Years ago, my partner and I embarked on a unique journey as we built our very own 120-squarefoot home here in Western North Carolina. Our tiny home benefited us financially, professionally and personally. For that reason, Asheville SHAC was founded. Our affordable housing crisis can’t be fixed by tiny homes alone, but they are a piece of the puzzle. I believe that anyone who works in Buncombe County, regardless of job title, should be able to afford to live here. That is why I will vote for Gordon Smith, whose vision for our county includes affordable housing and living wages. Today, my partner and I blog and speak, in Asheville and around the country, about our tiny house experience. We are grateful for all of the opportunities we’ve had because we were able to think and live outside the box. We want to help others benefit from this lifestyle here in Buncombe County. Please, make your voice heard in our primary election. Vote on March 15 for Gordon Smith! — Laura M. LaVoie Asheville

Beach-Ferrara is antidote to political negativity People get discouraged by politics. They see candidates, especially on the national level, acting like children. Candidates call each other names. They lie. They act like if they don’t get their way, they will take their toys and go. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is the antidote to the disease of

c aRt o o n B Y B R e n t B R o w n negativity in politics. Jasmine is kind, compassionate and thoughtful. She values collaboration and works hard to engage all sides of a discussion to find common ground. In my interactions and work with her, Jasmine is never petty or egodriven, and she works hard to make everyone feel heard and respected. She approaches problem-solving with hard work, reasonable analysis, and input from all those affected. Jasmine leads with her core values and leads by example. There are big problems facing our community — school funding, dearth of affordable housing and living-wage jobs, and new obstacles created through state laws and budget cuts. Jasmine is the person to address these challenges to protect our community. Please vote for Jasmine this primary season to ensure Buncombe County has a county [Board of Commissioners] that works for working families. — Sarah Zambon Campaign manager for Jasmine Beach-Ferrara for County Commission Fletcher

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BY aBle allen, HaYleY Benton, ViRginia DaFFRon It doesn’t just seem earlier: The 2016 primary is upon us before the dogwoods have even had a chance to flower. Traditionally, North Carolina has held its primaries in May, six months before the November election. But this has meant the state has had little influence on selecting the eventual presidential nominees, who’ve usually been more or less decided by March. This year, however, N.C. will get its share of national attention on March 15, alongside delegate heavy hitters like Florida, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio. We’re the only one of those states that will assign its delegates proportionally according to vote totals rather than giving them all to the winner. And while this makes a win here less valuable, it gives each individual vote more weight, so competition will be fierce. Meanwhile, amid the din of presidential battles, there are also heated local races on the primary ballot. The 2016 Mountain Xpress Primary Voter Guide asks local candidates who they are, where they stand on issues and how they would govern. The guide covers only those candidates for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners who’ll appear on the primary ballot. Our October election guide will include those who didn’t face a primary challenge. For a look at the Republican contenders for state office, see “Race to the Chase” on page 18.

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What voters need to know Voters can either go to their normal precinct polling place on Tuesday, March 15, or visit one of the early voting locations before then (see box below for details). Either way, they’ll receive the primary ballot of the party they’re registered with. Unaffiliated voters can choose which party’s primary to vote in: Democratic, Republican or Libertarian. Under the state’s new voter ID law, people must bring an unexpired photo identification (such as a driver’s license, an ID card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles or a passport) with them to the polls in order to cast a ballot. Voters failing to do so may cast a provisional ballot, but they’ll have to present ID later. Voters ages 70 and older may present an expired ID, as long as it didn’t expire before their 70th birthday. “If you have acceptable ID, bring it. But if you’re unable to obtain one, you can vote by absentee, or our precinct officials will help you cast a ballot that will count,” Kim Westbrook Strach, executive director of the State Board of Elections, said in a March 2 media release.

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tHE PRIMARy BAttLEFIELD: Two Republicans are vying for the nomination for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners chair, which is elected countywide. Three Democrats are competing for a nomination that is unopposed by a Republican candidate to represent the central part of the county. Meanwhile, Mike Fryar, a commissioner from the district including the east and north part of the county, faces a challenge from another Republican, while four Democrats are campaigning to take on the winner this fall.

VotinG beFoRe MaRch 15th One stop early voting continues until Saturday, March 12 at 1 p.m. At one stop, unlike next Tuesday, same day registration and voting is available. And any Buncombe County voter can vote at any of the six locations. The downtown/central location in the Buncombe County Administrative Building, 200 College St., is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Remote sites include Asheville Mall - McAlister’s Entrance, 3 S Tunnel Rd.; Asheville Outlets - Near West Elm Store, 800 Brevard Rd; Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St.; Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Rd.; Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Rd., are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

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commission chair — Republicans The right chair?

MX: What direction would you take the county as chair? DeBruhl: We need to take a busiThe race to replace David Gantt,

who’s retiring as chair, has sparked a primary battle between two Republicans: District 3 Commissioner Miranda DeBruhl, who was elected to the board in 2013, and Chad Nesbitt, former chair of the Buncombe County Republican Party. Both candidates live in Leicester. DeBruhl is a smallbusiness owner and a registered nurse; Nesbitt is the general manager and vice president of WNC Parking Lot Services, a company his grandparents established in the 1970s. The victor will face Democrat Brownie Newman in November. Unlike the district contests, the race for Gantt’s seat will be open to all county voters in the general election.

MX: How would you cater to the needs of all county residents and represent different areas’ issues? DeBruhl: The question doesn’t

accurately reflect how our government functions; I would be ridiculed if I didn’t point out that the premise is wrong. The government should be fair, and catering to “all county residents” is a terrible political lie. The chair moderates the meetings with an appropriate, limited amount of power. We always need to be respectful and considerate of taxpayers, their money and their intellect. Closed meetings and secret documents should be exceptionally rare and within the limit of state law. Some of the secret meetings are an insult to taxpayers’ intellects. Nesbitt: By lowering our taxes and fixing it to where everybody’s making money. My vision is that everyone is making more money than what they’re making right now. Get government out of the way of local businesses. We’ve got businesses here that have been operating for over 70 years and can’t get a break from the zoning laws and policies that our county has come up with. I would get all of that stuff out of the way and repeal policies that past commissioners have put in place, so businesses can breathe and start giving raises and creating high-paying jobs.

ness approach: looking at the bottom line. Our decision-making should be deliberate: I’ve seen a hastiness in dealing with some of our business that we could avoid. The public should be given the opportunity for input, conducting meetings in a fair way and with as few “secret” minutes as possible. Nesbitt: I would take the county to the conservative level, and we will be lowering taxes. I’ll do anything I can to stop personal agendas. If it doesn’t pertain to lowering taxes or getting government out of the way so businesses can make money, I’ll do anything I can to keep it off the agenda.

MX: Do you support giving companies economic incentives to relocate/expand in Buncombe County? Should companies receive economic incentives even if not all the jobs they provide pay a living wage? DeBruhl: The problem we face is

this horrible game of incentives that’s allowed in our state. Not only are the jobs not always fair wage, quite often they aren’t for people from Buncombe County. Many businesses relocate some of their current employees to Buncombe County; we should put our residents first. We don’t require existing businesses here to provide a living wage, so it seems like a backdoor approach. The more important issue is actually employing local people, and if any preference of any kind is given, it should be given to a local company. Nesbitt: I don’t believe in giving tax dollars away. But if somebody wanted to build here or add onto their company, if we can do whatever we can do to keep permit fees and stuff out of the way, then I’m all for it.

MX: What neighborhood/area do you live in? What are those residents' concerns? DeBruhl: I live in western Buncombe,

and I work in both eastern and southern Buncombe. The residents share similar concerns about tax rates and the services they receive. Priorities are a problem,

MIRAnDA DEBRuHL County Commissioner, registered nurse electmiranda.com Endorsement: The only endorsements I have sought are from the individual voters. but they all want to feel like they’re getting fair value for their tax dollars. Nesbitt: I live in Leicester, and everybody’s concern is the way the county has zoned us. They’re pushing a lot of crime and Section 8 housing out our way. We’re concerned about the NCDOT widening Leicester Highway, and we’re concerned about our property values.

MX: Given the county’s financial state, would you consider raising property taxes in the next two years? Would you try to cut the budget? If so, in what areas? DeBruhl: We are faced with a sys-

tem of misplaced priorities. I don’t think increased taxes are needed or wanted. If I’m faced with a budget shortfall, you have to cut spending before you raise taxes. I think we’ve done a good job in some areas lately, but we need to expand on that. This is such a popular question, it seems,

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CHAD nESBItt General Manager and VP of WNC Parking Lot Services avl.mx/2c1 with reporters, but I just don’t agree with the premise. Nesbitt: We’re going to lower taxes and cut any duplicate programs the federal government already has in place (there’s a lot of that in health care). I wouldn’t give the nonprofits anything. That’s just a small portion of the budget, but that money could’ve gone back to the taxpayers or for raises for teachers or law enforcement and first responders.

MX: You’re sitting at the county’s annual budget meeting. All public safety and infrastructure needs have been addressed, and you have funding left for only two additional areas. Which two would you choose? DeBruhl: The premise is totally

false. That’s not how our process works. There’s really not a meeting like this question references. If there’s a surplus, then you put it into savings to replace what the liberals

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have taken out. And then you cut taxes. Nesbitt: What needs to be strengthened is the county taxpayer. If we don’t need their money, I’d give back to the taxpayers and also to first responders, law enforcement and teachers.

MX: What do you bring to the table that your opponent can’t? DeBruhl: Results, period. Across-the-

board results — and better hair. But the

serious answer is across-the-board results. Nesbitt: Strength. Most of us in the county are conservative, but we have a group of Asheville City Councilmen and others in the liberal bunch trying to take over Buncombe County. My opponent has never taken on the gang of liberals like that. These people want to constantly raise taxes, push their agendas. I don’t think she has the strength to put a stop to it, and she’s already voted to raise taxes.

We need someone to fight for the citizens out here, and that person is me.

MX: What are three achievable goals that you would champion in the next two years? DeBruhl: Open meetings, open public

records and lower taxes — all the things we’ve already tied into other answers. Nesbitt: First, lower taxes. Second, do whatever we can to get government

out of the way. It makes no difference what income bracket you’re in: I want to see everybody making more money. I’m really concerned about how the liberal gang of downtown Asheville is bullying businesses, especially in the hotel industry. They’re extorting these people out of the Tourism Development Fund. And third, put a halt to the bullying of business. We’ve had enough of it. X

commission District 1 — Democrats Winner take all This year’s District 1 race bears a strong resemblance to a certain children’s game: The music won’t stop until the general election this fall, but when it does, plenty of chairs could have new occupants. Three Democrats are competing for the spot vacated by Commissioner Holly Jones, who’s running for lieutenant governor. With no Republican opposition in this solidly Democratic district, the winner of this primary will almost certainly be elected in the fall. Brownie Newman, the other District 1 commissioner, is running for the chairman’s seat. If he wins, the county Democratic party will appoint his successor. History provides plenty of precedent for naming the District 1 runner-up to fill Newman’s seat. Meanwhile, the potential repercussions of the District 1 race could extend beyond the Board of Commissioners. If current Asheville City Council member Gordon Smith is either elected or appointed to a District 1 seat, Council will appoint a successor to serve the remaining year of his term.

MX: What are your top concerns regarding county residents’ health? What would you support to fix those problems? Beach-Ferrara: I support uni-

versal pre-K, which helps kids across every area of life, including their health. We need to continue addressing addiction, specifically the issues around heroin and opiate addiction. All first responders should carry and be trained in using naloxone to treat overdose. We must continue to support men-

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gORDOn SMItH Child and family therapist, Asheville City Council member gordonforbuncombe.org Top endorsements: WNC Sierra Club; WNC Central Labor Council

tal health initiatives as well as treatment and sobriety court. We have a growing elder population and must plan for services to meet their needs. Coleman: The county is doing great work in this area. We must continue to advocate for expanding Medicaid, and we should support nonprofits working on health equity and access to health services. The Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement program is a good

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JASMInE BEACH-FERRARA Executive Director, Campaign for Southern Equality; United Church of Christ minister jasmineforbuncombe.org Top endorsements: Equality NC; Cecil Bothwell, Asheville City Council; Ellen Frost, commissioner

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example of the kinds of nonprofits we need to partner with to support better community health. Smith: Poverty is my top concern. How much an individual or family makes is the best predictor of their health outcomes across the board. And Buncombe County is one of the most food-insecure places in the nation. It doesn’t have to be that way. I want to help to form an anti-poverty strat-

egy. Our community has a lot of resources and a lot of partners doing great work, and it’s time we coordinated that and set some goals to cut poverty across Buncombe County.

MX: What neighborhood/area do you live in? What are those residents’ concerns? Beach-Ferrara: My wife, my son and I live in the East End, a historic

African-American community. Many of our neighbors depend on public transit. Pedestrian safety is another big concern. Otherwise, the concerns are the same ones I hear throughout the community: strong public schools, living wages and affordable housing. Coleman: I live in Woodfin. Mayor Jerry Vehaun and Town Administrator Jason Young have endorsed me, because our area isn’t represented at the county level. People in Woodfin were upset when the commissioners recently zoned previously unzoned areas as R-3, allowing mobile homes. Of course, we share the same concerns as other county residents when it comes to affordable housing, jobs, education and the environment. Smith: West Asheville. People are concerned about the environment. We want a clean energy future and a great quality of life. We want more parks, greenways and safe streets as well.

MX: Given the county’s financial state, would you consider raising property taxes in the next two years? Would you try to cut the budget? If so, in what areas? Beach-Ferrara: I do not support rais-

ing property taxes. We have a strong bond rating and growing county revenue. We can make county services more efficient by restructuring services in response to changes in our population, and we can house county departments in stable locations to control costs and reduce disruption. If we need to make cuts, we should look at the commissioners’ salary, which is among the highest in the state. Coleman: The county has a AAA bond rating, and it is in pretty good shape. Given the struggles people face today, raising property taxes would only be an option if it were critical to the county’s survival. I’d leave the budget alone. We’re doing very well with the money we have, and cuts always disproportionately affect low-income people. I want us to look at a sales tax

to support the development of affordable rental housing. Smith: Working people and the middle class are struggling, and tax increases would only make that harder. We can better focus our existing financial resources on those things that give people a better shot at a good life. We can coordinate our partnerships better with nonprofits, employers and the municipalities to make all the county dollars stretch further.

MX: What can and will you do to address inequality in Buncombe County? Beach-Ferrara: I’ve worked with

the Campaign for Southern Equality to ensure equal treatment for LGBT employees. If elected, I will focus on income, racial and gender inequality. I will address income inequality through universal pre-K, which benefits kids throughout their lifetimes, and also helps parents enter or re-enter the workforce. We have strong leadership in our community for advancing racial equality, and I will promote greater communication between law enforcement and community members. I will advocate for assessing gender parity in salaries and providing paid family leave for all county employees. Coleman: Education is the key to addressing inequality. There are a lot of opportunities in this community, but many African-Americans have become so beaten down that they’ve given up. We need to give them hope again through a concentrated outreach effort. AfricanAmericans have also historically been dehumanized. Even when white people want to help, they still have a hard time seeing African-Americans as fully human. The term “minority” itself implies something less than. So I’m against that term. I’m a human being. I’m an AfricanAmerican. But I’m not a minority. Smith: There is something profoundly wrong when a quarter of our children in Buncombe County are living in poverty. Economic inequality is a

national problem, and we are seeing it here too. I’ll push for more living-wage jobs, more support of locally owned businesses and increased access to early childhood health and school readiness.

MX: What do you bring to the table that your opponents can’t? Beach-Ferrara: I grew up in North

Carolina as the child of a single mom, a public health nurse. From my childhood and my professional career, I’ve learned that good public policy helps people thrive, and bad policy harms people. We must make the political process more open to those who’ve been the target of bad policies, and those people must feel that their voices are being heard. Through my work with the CSE, I learned to listen to people who disagree with and may even condemn me. I will bring that capacity for empathy, which draws on my experiences and my faith, as an alternative to the shrill infighting and partisanship we see at the national level. Coleman: My platform is focused on affordable housing, living wages, education and the environment — clean water and clean air. I’m working to become a nonprofit affordable housing developer. We are also creating our own workforce through the Youth Build program. We will help young people get trained in the building trades so they can earn a good wage or start their own businesses. I am a co-founder of Just Economics, which promotes living wages in low-wage industries like restaurants, tourism and hotels. I founded Read2Succeed, which helps low-income students learn to read through one-to-one tutoring with volunteers. I have served on the board of Clean Water for NC for 10 years, and I’m proud of the work I’ve done to end early childhood lead poisoning. Smith: I’m a child and family therapist. I graduated from Warren Wilson College and Western Carolina University. I have a substantial knowledge of how the city and the county can work together better, and I have a demonstrated record of bringing progressive policies to life. Sustainability,

living wages, public transit, greenways, LGBT equality, racial equity and food security are all areas where I have successfully carried progressive policies forward from the community. I also have the support of community leaders like Franzi Charen, Jamie Ager, Dr. Eric Howard, Drew Jones, Jodi Rhoden, and I could go on.

MX: What’s your solution for growing living-wage jobs in Buncombe County? Beach-Ferrara: As a founding execu-

tive director of the CSE, I’ve created living-wage jobs. We’re paying living wages to the field staff working on my election campaign. If elected, I will pursue three specific strategies: first, use economic incentives to recruit living-wage employers. Second, recognizing that state legislation prevents local governments from factoring living-wage certification into contract awards, I will work to change this policy, which is an overreach of state government. Third, I will promote a robust public conversation to help current local employers transition to achieving living-wage certification. Coleman: I support growing Just Economics to help businesses that aren’t yet paying a living wage get there. The state’s refusal to allow us to require contractors to pay a living wage makes it harder, but it can be done. We succeeded in convincing the city to pay its part-time employees a living wage. Living wages benefit groups of people who typically vote in lower numbers. But whether you vote or not, I will fight for you. That’s my history. Smith: I’ll take the successful policies I’ve led at the city level to the Board of Commissioners: 1. Support locally owned minority businesses through Buncombe Community Capital, which will provide $1 million in loans; 2. Only living-wage jobs will be eligible to receive economic incentives; 3. Make sure Buncombe County is living up to its status as a livingwage employer; 4. I bring the understanding that housing and transportation costs are a critical part of what makes for a living wage. X

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Voters who appear outside their assigned precinct will vote on provisional ballots and their votes will only count for contests eligible to the voter’s residence. Polling locations open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. on election day. To find your assigned precinct voting location, visit http://go.usa.gov/cQ5cC.

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commission District 2 — Democrats

LARRy DODSOn Firefighter, firefighting instructor electlarry.com Top endorsements: Ellen Frost, commissioner; Cindy McMahon, Board of Education; Asheville Fire Fighters Association; Western North Carolina Central Labor Council; NC AFL-CIO

nAnCy nEHLS nELSOn Retired AT&T Bell Labs project manager electnancynehlsnelson.org Endorsements: I have the support of many residents in District 2, but did not formally seek endorsements during the primary.

The swing seat

Fryar is the vulnerable incumbent this year, and a primary challenge by fellow Republican Jordan Burchette makes Fryar’s hold on the seat even more tenuous. The winner of that contest will face the top vote-getter among the four Democrats contending in the primary. The crowded field suggests that Democrats believe the seat is winnable.

Ever since the state Legislature unilaterally switched Buncombe County from at-large to district elections in 2012, this district has seen close races. That year, Mike Fryar won his seat by 89 votes. The other District 2 representative, Ellen Frost, has been elected twice, with margins of 18 and 523 votes, and this fall could see another close race. Warren Wilson College will be an important place to watch in both the primary and the general election. Voter eligibility questions loomed large in Frost’s razor-thin margin of victory in 2012, and the new Voter ID law is expected to raise further issues concerning student voting.

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MX: What neighborhood/area do you live in? What are those residents’ concerns? Bissinger: We consider ourselves

Fairviewians, but I have a Fletcher address. I’ve been out north, east and southeast, and the concerns are pretty much the same: taxes and what they get for them. Most people want to pay less taxes, but they want to feel safe and want their property protected.

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MAtt kERn Homebuilder, organizer of French Broad Music Festival mattkernforcommission.com Endorsements: I have the support of many current and former elected officials who are choosing to stay neutral out of respect for my primary opponents.

Dodson: I live in the Beech Community in Reems Creek Valley. The biggest concerns I hear about are related to preserving the way of life out here and the beauty of the mountains. There’ve been concerns about logging and overdevelopment, though I have to say the concern I’ve heard most in the last year has been timely trash and recycling pickup. Kern: I live in Riceville. People are concerned about education and good jobs, the amount of sprawl and traffic we have now, the loss of farmland. Nelson: Reems Creek Valley encompasses people who’ve been there for generations and recent arrivals. The top issue is education; the second is knowing what county services are available and how to access them. Third is wise land development for a strong economy.

SCOtt BISSIngER Former sheriff’s deputy, law enforcement instructor scottbissinger.com Top endorsements: Sheriff Van Duncan; C. Max Queen, Board of Education; Chief Jeff Justice, Reems Creek Fire Department

MX: What are your top concerns regarding county residents’ health? What would you support to fix those problems? Bissinger: As of a year ago, we

had a higher percentage of mentally ill people in our jail than most counties in the state. These are good people, but they can’t get the medicines and care they need. How much are we spending to keep them in jail? Could we divert some of that money to treatment? Health and human services is the biggest part of the budget, and it’s fixing to get bigger, because state government has transferred that stuff down to the county level. Meanwhile, people are having to choose between buying groceries and medicines. Dodson: I've been a firefighter and EMT for 25 years, and about 80

percent of the service I’ve provided has been medical in nature. Those who call upon first responders for their medical needs are often those who can’t afford preventive medical care. I would support measures to increase wages and benefits for all Buncombe County workers, so people can better afford to care for themselves and their families. Kern: Education is the key to good health; I would like to see more pre-K education available in Buncombe County. I served on the board of the Verner Center, a pre-K facility, and they had a nutrition program called “rainbow in my tummy” that teaches children to eat fruits and vegetables, as well as things that especially the lowerincome children would never eat at home. We also need more community parks and greenways. Nelson: Health includes mental health, which kind of slops over into human services. The physical health system in the center of the county is strong, but when you get farther out, it’s different. The new Family Justice Center in downtown Asheville is an excellent idea, but how does somebody from Broad River or Leicester get there if they’re in an abusive relationship or their children are being abused? I want to look at things like extending mass transit, having a transportation hotline.

MX: Would you support measures to encourage job growth outside the city center? If so, what measures? Bissinger: I think the current

commissioners have brought in some some good companies and jobs. But we have these old buildings that are sitting empty and we should be hunting for somebody to fill them. It can’t be all service jobs. Dodson: Yes. The proposed Buncombe Community Capital Fund would help encourage growth throughout the county. The fund would use county and city funding to provide loans to small businesses, and small businesses mean jobs for locals throughout the county. Also, bringing high speed Internet to the county to spur tech industry jobs in smaller communities like Weaverville and Black Mountain. Kern: Absolutely. There could be incentives for using vacant industrial property. There’s the old Balcrank

plant in Reems Creek; the Beacon property in Swannanoa; another big manufacturing plant on Bee Tree Road. Abandoning these facilities has increased traffic and pollution, because most people are now coming to the city center for their jobs, versus working in their communities. Nelson: I support job growth throughout the county. District 2 has all of the municipalities in it except Biltmore Forest; they’ve been working hard on their own strategic planning. I support that, and I believe the commissioners are bringing in businesses that are good fits. I sat on the Weaverville planning board for 2 years, and I saw how Weaverville used its 2012 master plan, how they designated areas for different purposes. I want to make sure the municipalities are helping each other and that there’s an open line of communication to county staff.

whole issue. What about existing companies? Are you bringing in a competitor and giving them a bunch of breaks? I support some incentives. I’m a big believer in small business, and I’d like to look at things we can streamline to help them grow. If a good company doesn’t come, you’re getting zero tax dollars, so giving them a break for a few years is an excellent idea. We need living-wage companies; we’ve got an affordable housing problem. But if some company is 90 percent living wage, I’d have to look at it. Dodson: The New York Times took a look at economic incentives and found that there’s virtually no association between economic development incentives and any measure of economic performance. Companies choose locations for a variety of reasons; incentives are seldom the driving force. I’m not suggesting that we should stop offering incentives, but it’s something we should take a long, hard look at. And all jobs tied to incentives should be 100 percent of living wage at minimum. Kern: If we don’t do it, everybody else is doing it, and they’ll get the people we want. I think Buncombe County can be somewhat selective: We don’t need to have awful polluting industries come in. With housing prices so high, I don't think it’s too much to ask a com-

pany to pay $12 an hour, which is only about $24,000 per year. The biggest thing we can do to get people off public assistance is recruit good-paying jobs. Nelson: I support incentives. Companies like Linamar, AvL Technologies, GE Aviation are bringing very high-paying jobs, and their service-level jobs pay a living wage. Improvements are needed with workers in the food and hotel industries, especially with all the hotels being built in Asheville.

MX: Given the county’s financial state, would you consider raising property taxes in the next two years? Would you try to cut the budget? If so, in what areas? Bissinger: Raising taxes just doesn't

work. When you look at all the growth we’re experiencing, we shouldn’t need to raise taxes. We’ll have to add some resources, but we’re in a productive time. People are coming here; we’re increasing the tax base. We should be looking at duplicated services, working with the municipalities, looking for ways to reduce costs. DSS is huge: We have to look at what we can contract out, what’s most effective. Dodson: Whether we raise or lower taxes is mostly related to the needs of the people at any given time. At the same time, it’s a commissioner's duty to spend wisely and always look for ways to do more with less. The primary function of county government is to provide services, and I don’t support cutting services at this time. Kern: I have no intention of raising property taxes. The county just went through a tax increase, and we don't need another one. I've looked at the budget, about 75 or 80 percent of it is federal and state mandates. Just police protection and health and human services is 50 percent of the budget. We have a AAA bond rating, we have a fund balance. So we're in pretty good health, and apparently the county is getting ready to do a property reassessment. I don't see anything right now that looks like it needs to be cut, but I will definitely be looking for any ways to do things more efficiently. Nelson: No, I wouldn’t. Buncombe County is very strong fiscally: We continue to have a AAA bond rating, unemployment is low, and we pay less than 7 percent for debt. From a strictly business perspective, the county’s well run. But the state [needs to] step up to what it should be responsible for: accepting Medicaid [expansion] and

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getting back to funding public education, especially our teachers. I’m hoping the 2016 election will make some of that happen, so the property tax revenue could be used for different things. Right now, the county is supplementing teacher pay and building and renovating educational facilities. I would say the budget could be cut depending on our future relationship with the state.

MX: Should we consolidate the Asheville and Buncombe County school systems? Why or why not? Bissinger: That’s a perfect exam-

ple of duplication of services. They should be combined: not overnight, but there should be some savings there. It also gets abused: Kids go back and forth between the systems. We need one system that makes sure it treats everybody fairly. Dodson: This question has been debated for some time; I think we should be cautious about changing something that’s currently working. There’s much at risk here, and it’s not clear that consolidation would lead to the desired cost savings. I’m also concerned that some of our students might be underserved. My message to our representatives in Raleigh would be that consolidation would not serve the children of Buncombe County. Kern: I don't know. There’s obviously a human component there that we should all be respectful of. But if it makes sense to do so after I study the facts, I would definitely consider it. Nelson: Not for it. It wouldn’t save that much money, and the implementation would be extremely disruptive. Both systems are running very well right now, and only a small number of people would actually be displaced — not enough to warrant consolidation. I’d like to see them look for more ways to partner, beyond student transportation.

MX: What can and will you do to address inequality in Buncombe County? Bissinger: We have such a

diverse community, and there’s too much minority representation in arrests and in jail. The facts are there: There’s some unconscious bias. We should try to make county employees represent the entire population we serve. The county has done a good job of protecting employees from discrimination, but

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we’ve got to do a better job of setting an example and hoping the city and other big employers follow suit. Dodson: I believe our community possesses the resources needed to effectively fight economic inequality. We need to come together with a plan for providing opportunity to everyone. This will take leadership and vision, things I bring to the table as a commissioner. The big issues of the day are providing more affordable housing options, supporting education (including expanding pre-K) and higher wages. Kern: When I think of inequality, I think of economic inequality. It’s unbelievable how great the separation between the haves and the have nots has become in this county. But education lifts all boats: We’ve got to push for more pre-K for county residents. Kids who attend pre-K have much higher

graduation rates and are less dependent on government services. Nelson: Education is the remedy for inequality. When kids are exposed to exciting things, they look around and see people who are different from them and hear different ideas. That opens their eyes to the choices they really have. If poverty is anything, it’s a feeling of hopelessness. I think quality education can help change that.

MX: What do you bring to the table that your opponents can’t? Bissinger: I’ve spent quite a few

years working with the county to make things happen: building this domestic violence center, some youth programs, our summer programs. I bring insight into how county government operates: I understand the entire budget, and I believe in getting stuff done

collaboratively. Bring the stakeholders to the table and you can have an impact on things you don’t control. I’ve used that principle effectively in the sheriff’s office: You partner with people. Dodson: I've been a firefighter for 25 years. I'm an involved union member. I thoroughly believe in the democratic process and that when we come together, good things happen. This is why I’ve been so involved in organizing to get out the vote. I've also volunteered in schools, youth programs and building houses for those in need. I’ve demonstrated my commitment to service, my leadership and my ability to pull people together to get things done. I sincerely believe in listening to and involving others to solve problems. Kern: Experience. I’m the only one of the four candidates that’s a smallbusiness owner, and I have been for

over 15 years. I know what it’s like to make payroll and adhere to budgets. I’ve also worked for an affordable housing nonprofit, spent five years at the Verner Center and seven years on greenway boards and commissions. I have an MPA from Western Carolina. My resume sets me apart. Nelson: I’m the candidate with a business background in project management. When I got here, I talked with my neighbors and said, “I’m not from here. What can I do to be a good neighbor?” and they told me. I’ve worked on saving the farms, saving the cultural heritage, for the last 10 years. I sit on the county’s Land Conservation Board and the VA Hospital’s clinical research review board. As a commissioner, I’d be doing what I’m doing now, but with a different purpose: leading. X

commission District 2 — Republicans MX: Should we consolidate the Asheville and Buncombe County school systems? Why or why not? Burchette: No. Schools perform

better the more localized they are. Decisions are easier to make pertaining to the particular students they have. Fryar: This has been discussed, and I believe it would be unlikely to happen, as both seem to be functioning well at this time.

MX: What are your top concerns regarding county residents’ health? What would you support to fix those problems? Burchette: The county has

taken a commendable role in supporting residents’ health. But the county has been pretty wasteful on spending in other areas, and we need to cut back on that so we can support health and help people without insurance. Fryar: We have many resources available and continue working on these existing problems at this time.

MX: Do you support giving companies economic incentives to relocate/expand in Buncombe County? Should companies

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receive economic incentives even if not all the jobs they provide are living-wage? Burchette: No, I don’t. And I under-

stand that that’s not a popular stance. But “corporate welfare” is bad for small businesses. Most of the money Buncombe County gives out goes to large corporations that tend to employ a lot of people on a really small salary. No money is free: The people footing the bill are private citizens and small businesses. By scaling back on that, we'll enable small businesses to grow by cutting their taxes, and that’ll create more jobs. Fryar: I have never liked the idea of incentives, but until the federal government and/or state government addresses this issue, we are forced to make tough decisions in order to save and create jobs for Buncombe County residents.

MX: What neighborhood/area do you live in? What are those residents’ concerns? Burchette: I live in Fairview. People

are struggling to find jobs that pay a living wage. The way to fix that is to create a climate that nurtures smallbusiness growth. Fryar: The two concerns of many are the ever-increasing property taxes and job creation.

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JORDAn BuRCHEttE Assistant Branch Manager of Best Buy Metals, Baptist preacher (inactive) jordanBurchette.org Top endorsements: Asheville Tea Party; several Buncombe County pastors (listed on website).

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MX: Given the county’s financial state, would you consider raising property taxes in the next two years? Would you try to cut the budget? If so, in what areas? Burchette: I wouldn’t advo-

cate raising property taxes. In Buncombe County we spend more than we take in. That’s not our taxpayers’ fault. I would eliminate all funding to our greenways and private organizations. In the last couple of years, the board has given several hundred thousand dollars in education grants to fund private museums. Our government officials are paid far more than their counterparts elsewhere in North Carolina. These things add up to millions of dollars that could go toward more important things and relieve our citizens’ tax burden. Fryar: I do not support raising property taxes again, and there are many ways to prevent that from happening by being cost-effective and not adding more debt at this time.

MX: What’s one recent Board of Commissioners decision you disagree with? How would you have handled it differently? Burchette: I strongly disagreed

with Mike Fryar and the board’s decision to spend over $600,000 on principals and assistant principals. It’s a supplement and monthly bonus that goes only to the school administrators, not the teachers or other personnel. That funding continues even in the summer; it’s called an “extra duty pay.” In the summer, there are no extra duties. The teachers perform extra duties on a daily basis and don’t get the bonus. The Asheville Citizen-Times just blasted me saying I didn’t support teacher supplements, which is completely untrue. I don’t support money going to the

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administration, and I don’t support raising taxes to do it. The Board of Commissioners is supposed to be an oversight committee. Fryar: I was against spending taxpayers’ dollars on property without a commitment from a potential buyer.

MX:What do you bring to the table that your opponent can’t? Burchette: I like Mike, but the

difference between us is that I’m a full-spectrum conservative. In my world view, I’m conservative. As a commissioner, I would cut spending and create jobs. I’ll be willing to call out and expose some of the corruption and create transparency on the board. If there was a transparent conservative on the board, they would have called this out by now. Fryar: Experience. Not only have I resided in Buncombe County for 50 years, I also owned a business for 30 years and have served on the Board of Commissioners for almost four years. I’ve worked hard to create change before I became a commissioner and have continued to do so during my service to this community.

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MX: Would you support measures to encourage job growth outside the city center? If so, what measures? Burchette: I absolutely would.

I will fight to ensure that all of Buncombe County is friendly to small businesses, through cutting taxes, fighting corporate welfare and unneeded spending, and government regulations that make it hard for businesses. Fryar: I will always support bringing new jobs into other sectors of Buncombe County and have been working on this as one of my top priorities. X

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Race to the chase

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IDES OF MARCH: Buncombe County voters in the March 15 Republican primary will choose the Republican candidates for two N.C General Assembly seats. The winner of the House District 115 primary will face off against Democratic incumbent John Ager, while the primary winner of Senate District 48 will compete against Democrat Norman Bossert in the November general election to fill retiring Sen. Tom Apodaca’s vacant position. Photos courtesy of the candidates Two hotly contested local races for seats in the N.C. General Assembly feature various Republicans jockeying for a spot on the November ballot. The March 15 primary includes two Republican contenders for the state House’s 115th District and three for the Senate’s 48th District. The Democrats in these races are unopposed in the primary. n.C. HOuSE 115tH DIStRICt In the Republican primary, Black Mountain resident bob chilmonik goes up against Fairview’s frank moretz for the chance to unseat Democratic incumbent john ager in November. Chilmonik, who teaches business and computer tech full time at Asheville High School and part time at A-B Tech, has emphasized job growth and reducing corporate taxes to lure businesses to the region. “Businesses are attracted to states that have a low tax structure; modern roads; an experienced, well-trained workforce; and strong public schools,” he says. “The state overregulates small businesses at the federal, state and local levels with reports, surveys and, in some cases, ridiculous mandates. My goal is to reduce these obstacles by cutting taxes and attracting high-paying jobs to Buncombe County.”

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The educator, who previously worked for Nabisco and Heinz, also wants to restructure public education, emphasizing improved technological resources, competitive compensation packages for teachers and tailoring curricula to individual student needs. Chilmonik also calls for more transparency concerning public records, including those of publicly funded charter schools. “I strongly believe that open government reduces waste and unnecessary spending,” he says. “The public is paying the bill and has the right to see how the money is spent and to whom.” Moretz, a retired anesthesiologist and Air Force veteran who’s a part owner of Highland Brewing Co., has zeroed in on the need for health care reform, job creation, economic growth and more support for public schools statewide. “Health care accounts for 23 percent of the state budget, and currently, there is only one physician in the General Assembly,” he points out. “Likewise, education accounts for 57 percent of the state budget. I graduated from a public high school and from UNC undergraduate and medical schools, so I know the value of public education.” Moretz also takes a firm stand on health care, calling for dismantling the federal Affordable Care Act. Although he concedes that “There are limitations on what can be done on the state level to dismantle the affordable care system, I am letting voters know

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where I stand … so they can understand the principles I will use in any related opportunities.” Health care reform, he maintains, must involve all levels, from patient to government, working together. Similarly, he believes public education must fit the community each school serves. “Are the educational needs of a student in a rural school the same as those of one in an urban school?” Moretz asks. “The quality of education should be the same for all locations, but the curriculum should vary according to the students’ needs.” He also favors eliminating restrictions on businesses to stimulate job growth and wage increases for workers. If elected, Moretz says he would work to persuade “small, environmentally conscious businesses to locate here” through improved tax and regulatory policies. n.C. SEnAtE DIStRICt 48 In this race, three Republican candidates are facing off for the chance to lock horns with Democratic contender norman bossert, who’s running unopposed. All four contenders are setting their sights on the seat long held by Senate fixture tom apodaca, who’s retiring after 12 years of service. Republican dennis justice, a welder at Thermo Fisher Scientific who’s a former president of the Henderson County Republican Men’s Club, seeks to redefine some of his party’s

typical positions. “I decided to run for state Senate to help restore the concept of ‘Lincoln conservatism’ to the Republican Party,” he explains. “I’m aghast that the party leadership only seems to fight for more debt and corporate welfare.” Justice opposes the amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage, supports legalizing medical marijuana and wants to abolish for-profit prisons. Lincoln, he maintains, “would be aghast at how the party has made homosexuals the ‘boogeyman’ for everything wrong in America. The issue is not whether I personally agree with a lifestyle: The issue is about rights.” If elected, Justice says he’d focus on wiser spending in Raleigh, better teacher pay and mental health care, as well as funding for an arts center in downtown Asheville and a concrete domed arena at the WNC Agricultural Center. “When the Carolina Panthers can get $87.5 million from Charlotte taxpayers and we can’t get funding for a decent arts center in Asheville, we have a problem,” he says. “This is the danger of the ‘overlord mentality’ in Raleigh. There’s too many people in power who placate the ‘I’ve got mine’ crowd. The reality is, we have to find a way to work together or we’ll lose representation in Western North Carolina after the next census.” Republican lisa baldwin, a columnist for The Tribune Papers and a former Buncombe County school board member, says her familiarity with the state’s educational system and government, and her devotion to “preserving our precious liberty and freedom for the next generation,” make her the ideal candidate for the 48th District. Baldwin advocates free market educational reform, giving students more choice in what schools they attend, and rejecting the Common Core educational standards. “Community colleges are seeing remediation rates in excess of 50 percent,” she says. “It is imperative to replace Common Core with higher academic standards and encourage vocational ‘schools within a school,’ such as health care or STEM academies within local high schools.”

To stimulate private-sector job growth, Baldwin, a former economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, also calls for lowering taxes and reducing regulation of businesses unless it would affect public safety. “Specifically, I would like to see the 4 percent corporate income tax rate eliminated and personal income tax rates continue to go down,” she says, adding that E-Verify laws and the Protect North Carolina Workers Act must be enforced. Endorsed by the N.C. Police Benevolent Association and recipient of the John Locke Foundation’s 2012 Leadership in Public Service Award, Baldwin supports Second Amendment gun rights and would also push to implement zero-based budgeting for government agencies, forcing them to focus on core services. Citing biblical principles, Baldwin is pro-life and favors traditional marriage. The third candidate in this race, Flat Rock resident chuck edwards, says he’s chosen to run to fill a vacancy “that requires the need for strong leadership to effectively represent WNC in Raleigh.” Edwards, who owns seven McDonald’s franchises in the region and serves on the board of directors of Entegra Bank, says, “I’m the only candidate with real-world experience and involvement to grow the economy, create jobs, and develop and achieve large budgets.” He advocates “fiscal responsibility” in Raleigh, noting, “My business experience has taught me that efficiency measures, cost-benefit analysis and accountability must be in place in order to reduce spending. I intend to look for these things and work to install them where they are not present.” If elected, Edwards would also seek to “get the politics out of” the state educational system and “allow educators do their jobs” by replacing the Common Core standards, improving students’ workplace readiness, raising the pay for high-performing teachers and expanding school choice. A graduate of Blue Ridge Community College, Edwards says a key part of his platform is “being sure our voice is loudly recognized in Raleigh. I have spent my life building the economy and creating jobs in my own company, those I’ve been hired to help direct, and many organizations to which I belong. Any candidate will tell you they can do these things, but there is no replacement for actually having demonstrated the ability.” X

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olivia hensley was skeptical. Her probation officer had strongly advised her to attend a “call-in” session organized by Changing Together, an Asheville-based program that could help her get back on her feet following a robbery conviction. “I think if I hadn’t been pregnant, I might not have gone,” she says. But she did attend, albeit with low expectations, and heard people talk about how to avoid committing another crime, how to make something of oneself despite a troubled past. And when a single mother described how she’d rebuilt her life, it touched a nerve — and Hensley signed on. Just 19 when she was with friends who committed an unarmed robbery, Hensley was convicted along with them and was ordered to pay $22,000 in restitution. She was fortunate: Sentenced to probation, she served only 30 days in jail after falling behind in her payments. Still, Hensley saw little hope of ever paying off the debt, much less overcoming the stigma of having been convicted of a felony. Today, Hensley, 25, is a shift manager at Bruegger’s Bagels on Merrimon Avenue. She has custody of her son and two daughters, and

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she’s looking forward to moving up in the company. Changing Together is one of a growing number of crime deterrence programs aimed at helping felons avoid ending up back in prison. A project of The SPARC Network, a nonprofit with branches in Charlotte and Asheville, Changing Together works in partnership with local law enforcement. missy reed, the program’s director, is a former probation officer, victim advocate and investigator for the public defender’s office in Durham. “This is not a quick fix,” she cautions. “It’s a long path. We work with people who, almost all of them, have violent felony convictions.” StICk-AnD-CARROt APPROACH marcus blair, 28, went to prison on a drug charge and doubted he would ever be able to shed the stigma of his past. He started with Changing Together about 14 months ago and was hired at Bruegger’s a month later. “This is the first job I’ve ever stayed at,” he reveals. “They took a chance on me, and I appreciate that.” Also a shift manager, Blair, too, hopes to move up the ladder. “It’s been rough,” he explains. “I had four daughters and no job.” But

having people who believed in him — who would listen and then help him overcome obstacles — helped Blair start believing in himself. “I think people deserve a second chance,” says store manager tammie Zimmerman, giving Hensley a hug. Across the country, “focused deterrence” programs are springing up, offering people society had labeled as hopeless a second chance. Many are modeled on Operation Ceasefire in Boston, which uses a multipronged approach to redirect the lives of violent offenders toward more productive paths. In the early 2000s, notes Changing Times staffer tim splain, gang violence and shootings plagued Asheville. “In some neighborhoods, we saw a 400 percent increase in gun calls,” says Splain, a former Asheville police captain who’s now the director of domestic violence programs at Changing Times. “When you look at all the calls for service, you find that a very small percentage of people — 1 to 3 percent of your criminal population — drives the majority of violent crime. … We’re good at filling

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up prisons, but that’s not a good long-term solution.” Instead, Changing Together gives participants a message of hope. “We ask them not to commit any more violent crime, and then we offer to help them,” continues Splain. “It’s very stick-and-carrot: The violence has to stop, and we’re here to help you.” Providing tangible assistance, stresses Reed, is a key to these programs’ success. “It’s hard to ask people to stop violent behavior and then send them out with a piece of paper with some phone numbers. You have to connect them to what they need.”

program and has worked with Changing Together, speaking at callins and sharing his own story. “I am the population,” says Bailey. “I came out of prison in April 2004 after serving six years on cocaine trafficking charges. I worked a lot of low-wage jobs before I saw an ad for Project Re-entry.” Today, he helps people coming out of prison find jobs. Although most are low-wage, they’re a foot in the door that, as Blair and Hensley have seen, can lead to higher pay and greater responsibility if the person is willing to work. And for those who don’t rise through the ranks with that particular employer, a solid work history can help them get a better job elsewhere.

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CHILLIng StORIES Changing Together helps men like Blair gain parenting skills as well as job skills — and an understanding that they have a stake in the future. Research shows that stronger families make stronger communities, says Reed, and people who’ve committed violent crimes need to be reconnected to a community. Growing up, however, many participants in focused deterrence programs had no adequate models for the behaviors needed to live in community, says jackie latek of The SPARC Network. “Some of the stories we hear are chilling. When you’re in a dark place, it’s important to have someone point you toward the light.” Childhood trauma raises levels of the stress hormone cortisol and permanently changes the brain, but research has shown that with training and effort, people can learn to compensate for those changes and alter their reactions to cortisol. “Ours is not a culture that forgives easily,” Reed points out. “We’re just helping people understand that they can have another chance.” Often, it involves teaching someone who’s never held a job how to behave in an interview, how to talk to co-workers and bosses, how to cope with work-related stress. “You might believe that someone can flip burgers for a living, but McDonald’s won’t even hire some of our people,” Reed reveals. “And even after they’re hired, they have to function in that job.” Some focused deterrence programs start before a violent offender leaves prison. brent bailey was an early graduate of RHA Health Services’ Project Re-entry, which helps people both before and after their release. He now runs the

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HELPIng HAnD One of Bailey’s clients is lexie wilkins, who started with Project Re-entry while still in prison on drug charges. “I told Brent I would come see him when I got out,” says Wilkins. Despite having to live in homeless shelters for a time after his release, Wilkins hasn’t lost his determination to succeed. “I would apply for housing, and people would take my nonrefundable application fee and promise that my criminal record wouldn’t keep me from getting a place, but then I didn’t get the place.” Eventually, he did find housing and was awarded custody of his 5-yearold daughter. But with an income of about $1,000 a month and a $750 monthly rent, he’s struggling as he looks for a job with better pay. This year alone, notes Bailey, more than 900 people will be released from state prison in Buncombe County. Most will face similar situations, and unlike Wilkins, they probably won’t have a college degree. “If we want people to make it, we can’t leave them to do it on their own,” Reed maintains. “This is not a problem that’s going to go away. … I see people being successful, and it’s great stuff.” But without a helping hand, both Blair and Hensley believe they wouldn’t be where they are now. “I had help, but I feel like I worked my way up,” says Blair. “I succeeded.” Hensley, meanwhile, paints a darker picture. “If I hadn’t become pregnant and landed at that call-in, I’m sure I would be dead or in jail. Instead, I’m working and raising my children.” X

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‘Ban the Box’ movement helps felons find work brent bailey believes former prisoners deserve a fair hearing before being rejected by a prospective employer, and a growing number of businesses, nonprofits and local governments are getting on board with the idea. Both the city of Asheville and Mission Health System, two of the area’s biggest employers, have removed the box asking about criminal convictions from their initial job applications. Other North Carolina cities, including Charlotte and NEW & PRE-OWNED AUTOS Durham, have also taken this step. “You know they’re setting aside applications without even talking to people, HONDA: 242toUnderwood without getting know them,” Rd says Bailey, a former inmate who now runs Project Re-entry. “People deserve opportunities, especially after they’ve served PRE-OWNED: 195 Underwood Rd their sentences.” Fletcher, NC chris barnhart, who owns the two Bruegger’s Bagels shops in Asheville, has 828-684-4400 hired several people with criminal records. “The biggest reason is that we all make appletreeautos.com mistakes,” he explains. “It’s hard to get back on track if no one will give you a chance. Inmates, notes Bailey, are in the habit of getting up and working all day while they’re in prison, and most are willing to work once they’re released. Former Asheville Police Department officer tim splain agrees, saying, ”Some of the people with the roughest backgrounds make the best employees.“ Neither man is saying that employers don’t have the right to know an applicant’s background, but they believe that leaving the question off the initial application enables former inmates to present themselves in the best light before the employer learns about their convictions. “I had a lot of rejections after I got out of prison,” Bailey recalls. “I was able to look at them as redirections, though: Every ‘no’ was getting me closer to ‘yes.’” Many former inmates, however, get discouraged when they’re not even given a chance to meet a potential employer. “We don’t think people should have to suffer for the rest of their lives,” he continues. “We know the box is a screening tool, but if we don’t believe in redemption, then what are we doing?” X

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DEAtH AnD tAxES: When appraised property values drop below 85% of market values, the state of North Carolina requires municipalities to perform a revaluation. But county tax director Gary Roberts will have to wait a bit longer to undertake the effort, since County Commission declined to support his recommendation to voluntarily proceed with a revaluation in advance of a state directive. Photo from Flickr.com

County Republicans stave off property reappraisals for now Since 1988, Buncombe County has reappraised real property every four years, said county tax director gary roberts at the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, March 1. North Carolina requires counties to reappraise properties at least every eight years, but counties with populations larger than 75,000 must reappraise when values are less than 85 or greater than 115 percent of average market values, he continued. The county’s last reappraisal was completed on Jan. 1, 2013, but due to a strengthening real estate market, Buncombe County has now fallen below the 85 percent appraised-to-market-value ratio, which will trigger a mandatory reappraisal. Though Roberts has not yet “received the letter” from the state Department of Revenue, he assured commissioners that it is coming. Voluntarily advancing Buncombe County’s reappraisal schedule, he explained, would allow the county to proceed in an orderly fashion on its own terms. Roberts asked Commissioners to approve a new reappraisal cycle, with new valuations becoming effective on Jan. 1, 2017. But the board split in a 3-3 vote along party lines, with Democrats david gantt, holly jones and brownie newman voting in favor of the reappraisal and Republicans joe belcher, miranda debruhl and mike

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fryar opposed. District 2 Commissioner ellen frost, a Democrat, was absent from the meeting. Proceeding with a reappraisal would result in a fairer distribution of the tax burden, Roberts explained. Values in Asheville’s “hot” neighborhoods — which include Montford, West Asheville, Kenilworth, Beaver Lake, Kimberly Avenue and several areas of South Asheville — have climbed significantly since 2013. The value of some types of commercial property, including hotels, also have risen sharply. As some property values have shot up, however, others have remained close to their 2013 levels. Following a reappraisal, his department would notify property owners of their new value and provide a variety of opportunities for citizens to discuss and, if they wish, contest, the decision. “It stings a little bit, if you live in one of the neighborhoods where they’ve gone up, but it’s fair,” commented Newman. “If property values in my neighborhood have risen more than in the county as a whole, then I and my neighbors should pay our fair share. What tax rate the county decides to set, to determine how much revenue to bring in, is a totally separate question.” Jones commented that “this is not something that is going to happen this year. This would be starting the clock on the process. It would be prudent and professional for us to act now. We know that the letter is coming. If we don’t deal with it now, we’ll just be back here to deal with it when

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the letter comes, so I’m supportive of going forward.” Fryar, however, expressed concern for older property owners who live in areas once considered affordable, such as West Asheville. “Somewhere in our budgets we have to figure out how to make things work. We have to look out for the people,” he stated. Newman said he didn’t disagree with Fryar’s point, but continued that he also worries that “properties owners and homeowners in rural areas and small towns are paying more than their fair share based on the increase in property values in popular areas.” “I’m not comfortable with the timing of this,” added Belcher. “I think we should have more public input. I don’t have a problem if the state sends us a letter. Then we’ll do it.” DeBruhl declined to support the measure. “Unfortunately, I think we’re in a unique position and I’m seeing the writing on wall, so I’m concerned about this and I actually cannot support this at this time,” she said. With the final vote resulting in a tie along party lines, it seems likely that the Commission will consider the issue again in the near future when the full board is present. According to county attorney bob deutsch, the issue may be placed on the agenda of a subsequent meeting. Kathy hughes, clerk for the board, said after the meeting that the next date at which the item could be considered is April 5.

Mayor christine tolbert-norman of Bentol, Liberia spoke at Warren Wilson College on Monday in a panel discussion on the status of women worldwide. The event was in celebration of International Women’s Day. Tolbert-Norman is the eldest daughter of Liberian President william tolbert, who was killed in 1980 during a coup. Joining her on the panel were Asheville Mayor esther manheimer and activist Rev. jasmine beach-ferrara, who is currently running for a District 1 seat on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Asheville-based Seed Programs International has partnered with TolbertNorman to provide vegetable seeds to young women in the city of Bentol. The partnership aims to launch a cycle of self-sufficiency by providing participants with resources to feed themselves. Surplus vegetables can also be sold for additional income. The proceeds from produce are used for expenses such as garden equipment, school fees and supplies and health care, supporting participants in their efforts to overcome poverty. Tolbert-Norman is executive director for the Restoration of Educational Advancement Programs in Liberia. She has also worked as a school administrator and education system leader. X

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SwIngIn’ tIMES: Swing Asheville is doing its part to keep swing dancing alive and well in Asheville. Every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Club Eleven, the nonprofit group hosts dance classes where attendees can learn to Lindy hop, do the Charleston or even learn the Balboa — a lost form of swing dance that is making a comeback. Most Thursdays there is live dance music, and from 8:30-11 p.m., the dance floor opens up for everyone to dance. The cost is $7, or $5 for members of Swing Asheville. Photo by Heather Hambor courtesy of Swing Asheville (p. 29)

BEnEFIt christinegarvin.com • SA (3/12), 7:30pm - Proceeds from“Shake Off Winter: Dinner Theatre Cabaret,” with live music, cocktails and dance from Christine Garvin Dance benefit leaF schools and streets. $15/$12 advance. Held at The Block Off Biltmore, 39 South Market St. ELIADA “wHy” LunCHEOn eliada.org • Through FR (3/11) - Open registration for this informational Omni Grove Park Inn luncheon is for those interested in volunteering with or supporting Eliada Home. Proceeds benefit eliada Home. Registration required: truckman@eliada.org. Free to attend. gALA FOR HOPE ccdoc.org • SA (3/12), 6pm - Proceeds from this gala dinner with live music from Kat Williams benefit catholic charities programs that fight poverty in wnc. Free to attend. Held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive HEALtHy PARkS HEALtHy yOu 5k Run buncombecounty.org/parks • SA (3/12), 10:30am - Proceeds

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for the fun run. Held at Asheville Catholic School, 12 Culvern St. SOutHERn SOuL AnD ROCk AnD ROLL BEnEFIt acsf.org • TH (3/17), 7pm - Proceeds from this live music sampler from Muscle Shoals benefit the asheville city schools Foundation music education programs. $8/Free for kids. Held at Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern, 185 Clingman Ave. St. PAtRICk’S DAy FunDRAISER celticsoulcraft.com/2016/02/24/ st-patricks-day-fundraiser-yourinvited • TH (3/17), 7-10pm - Proceeds from this silent auction, storytelling and live music event with Jim and Beth Magill benefit writer Jude lally’s pilgrimage & research tour for her upcoming book. $10. Held at the Appalachian School of Holistic Herbalism, 2 Westwood Place vItALIty FItnESS BEnEFIt 125 South Lexington Ave. Unit 102, facebook.com/ events/460510997468217/ • SA (3/12), 9am-2pm - Donations at this community opening featuring sample fitness classes, massage, and performances benefit Our

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what: A humorous farm-to-table fundraiser for Organic Growers School where: UNC Asheville’s Brown Hall when: Saturday, March 12, at 5:30 p.m. why: Organic Growers School’s 23rd annual spring conference will, for the first time, include a farm-totable dinner component. And French food snob pierre geaux (an alter ego of local homesteading authority bill whipple) is hosting the event, if only to mount a soapbox in support of his passion: the terroir of local foods. “He will be in full character doing a comical skit, but also tying in this idea of how Organic Growers School really works to create the local movement

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for organic food and organic culture,” says conference coordinator sabrina wells, noting that these activities also boost the regional economy. Geaux’s theatrics, which include musical skits with a group of volunteers and “a few surprises,” according to Wells, will begin during a pre-dinner reception featuring local refreshments like pickles, charcuterie, cider and wine. Then, attendees will see what the delightfully arrogant French foodie thinks of three more courses envisioned by menu curator meredith leigh, a local author, former Organic Growers School executive director and current education and outreach coordinator for Living Web Farms. Her selections include a curly cress,

arugula and red mizuna salad with shaved fennel, tart cherries and pork cracklins, sourced predominantly through Living Web Farms; Hickory Nut Gap Farm’s beef short rib plus oxtail and pan jus (or a vegan option of chorizo-style seitan with mushrooms) with root vegetable hash and bamboo shoots au gratin; and for dessert, pistachio-crusted poached apple with goat cheese, honey and violet. All proceeds benefit Organic Growers School in its mission to “inspire, educate and support people to farm, garden and live organically.” Visit organicgrowersschool.org for more information or to secure tickets, which are available on a sliding scale from $75-$125 per person. X

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ballet, tap and Irish step dance. $10/$5 students. Held in the Bardo Center. 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.

FEStIvALS DAvIDSOn’S FORt HIStORIC PARk Lackey Town Road, Old Fort, 6684831, davidsonsfort.com • SA (3/12) & SU (3/13), 10am-4pm - Living history re-enactment with demonstrations. $5/Free under 13.

FOOD & BEER CALDwELL COMMunIty COLLEgE 2855 Hickory Blvd., Hudson, 7262200, cccti.edu • TH (3/10), 6pm - Culinary arts program Italian meal. $21. Registration required: broyhillcenter.com. $21 plus tax. Held in the Broyhill Civic Center. DOwntOwn wELCOME tABLE haywoodstreet.org/2010/07/thewelcome-table • SUNDAYS, 4:30pm - Community meal. Free. Held at Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. FAIRvIEw wELCOME tABLE fairviewwelcometable.com • THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old Us Highway 74, Fairview LEICEStER COMMunIty CEntER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm Welcome Table meal. Free. • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm - Manna FoodBank distribution, including local produce. Free.

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• TH (3/10), 6pm - General meeting to and discussion for Buncombe democrats over 50. Free. Held at the Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road CIty OF ASHEvILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. • TU (3/15), 5:30-7:30pm Greenway informational meeting regarding the French Broad River West Project. Free. • WE (3/16), 5:30-7:30pm - Public informational meeting regarding the Beaucatcher Greenway. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Audi SEnAtOR tERRy vAn Duyn votevanduyn.com • SA (3/12), 11am-noon - Coffee shop chat with constituents. Free to attend. Held at Edna’s of Asheville, 870 Merrimon Ave.

kIDS KIDFEST AT BELKS • MARCH 12 (pd.) Join Belk in the Asheville Mall for family-friendly fun during Kidfest on Saturday, March 12, 2016 from 12-3pm (fashion show at 1pm). Sign up to model in the fashion show and receive a shopping discount! 828298-4970 ext. 294. AnAM CARA tHEAtRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 10-noon - Tiny Tots Circus Playtime with aerials, clowning, balance and acrobatics. Children up to 6 years old. $5. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road Suite B ASHEvILLE ARt MuSEuM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TU (3/15), 10:30-11:30am - “Tot Time,” activities for young visitors. Regular admission fees apply. ASHEvILLE COMMunIty tHEAtRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (3/11) until (3/13) - Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.. Fri.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2:30pm. $5. AttIC SALt tHEAtRE COMPAny 505-2926 • SATURDAYS (3/5) through (3/19), 10am - Tale of the Pig. $5. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. BunCOMBE COunty PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • FR (3/11), 4pm - Teen Cosplay Club. Ages 13 and up. Held at Enka-

Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • SA (3/12), 10:30am - “S-T-R-E-TC-H Yoga Story Time,” for ages 3-6. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • SA (3/12), 11am-4pm - “ecoEXPLORE Kick-Off,” co-sponsored by the NC Arboretum, with animals and activities. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (3/16), 3:30pm - “Makers and Shakers: I Totally Built That,” 3D puzzle making for kids ages 5 and up. Registration required: 250-4720. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (3/17), 4-5pm - “Become an ecoEXPLORER,” co-sponsored by the NC Arboretum with activities related to botany for kids. Recommended for ages 8-13. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview FLAt ROCk PLAyHOuSE DOwntOwn 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 6930731, flatrockplayhouse.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/10) through (3/20), 7pm - James and the Giant Peach, Jr.. Fri. & Sat.: 7pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $18/$10 students. FLEtCHER LIBRARy 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. HAnDS On! CHILDREn’S MuSEuM 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • TH (3/17) - St. Patrick’s Day treasure hunt. $5. HEnDERSOnvILLE SIStER CItIES hendersonvillesistercities.org • Through FR (4/15) - Submissions of artwork, essays, poems, short films, and/or photography inspired by the theme “Peace through People” are accepted from students at Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County and in schools throughout Henderson County. See website for full guidelines: sistercities.org/YAAS. Free/$25 for film entries.

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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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HIStORIC JOHnSOn FARM 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, 891-6585, historicjohnsonfarm.org • TH (3/10), 11:30am-12:30pm - Lunch N Learn Series: Presentation by calligraphy artist Catherine Langsdorf. Bring your own lunch. Reservations required: 891-6585. $5. • TH (3/17), 11:30am-12:30pm - Lunch N Learn Series: “A History of Legos,” presentation by local artist Phoebe Blackwell. Bring your own lunch. Reservations required: 891-6585. $5. PuBLIC LECtuRES At unCA unca.edu • TU (3/15), 7pm - “Feminisms and Trans*Formation: Gender Liberation Through a Critical Trans Politic” presentation by TJ Jourian. Free. Held in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. PuBLIC LECtuRES At wCu wcu.edu • TH (3/10), 7pm - “Where Movements Meet: From the War on Poverty to Grassroots Feminism in the Appalachian South” presentation by historian Jessica Wilkerson. Free. Held in the Robinson Administration Building.

SEnIORS LEICEStER COMMunIty CEntER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester.Community.Center • MONDAYS, 4:30pm - Christian based yoga for seniors. Free.

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, March 13, 2016, 11am-11:30am, 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. 296-0017 OpenHeartMeditation.com.

ASHEvILLE SOunD HEALIng 776-3786, ashevillesoundhealing.com, info@ashevillesoundhealing.com • SATURDAYS, 11am & SUNDAYS, noon - Healing concert with crystal bowls, gongs and chanting. Free to attend. Held at Skinny Beats Drum Shop and Gallery, 4 Eagle St. 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. CREAtIOn CARE ALLIAnCE OF wnC creationcarealliance.org • TH (3/10), 5:30pm - Earth Sabbath Celebration “Flint: Lamentation and Hope” presentation by Dr. Crainshaw from Wake Forest University. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. 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. • SA (3/12), 4pm - Solar panel celebration with cash bar and live music from Straight from the Heart. Free to attend. gRACE LutHERAn CHuRCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • WEDNESDAYS through (3/16), 4:45-5:30pm - Lenten supper with soup, salad and desert. Followed by worship service at 6pm. $5/$3 children under 12. • THURSDAYS (2/25) through (3/17), 10-11:30am “Hymns for the Season of Lent,” study series. Free. • 2nd FRIDAYS, 1pm - Healing prayer gathering. Free. • WE (3/16), 6pm - Taizé Service of Prayer for Healing of the Nations. 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.

asheville.shambhala.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10-midnight, THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10-noon - Meditation and community. Admission by donation. St. MARk’S LutHERAn CHuRCH 10 North Liberty St., 253-0043 • WEDNESDAYS (2/17) through (3/16), 6pm - Lenten soup and sandwich supper. Followed by service at 7pm. Free. tHE nAMAStE CEntER Flat Rock Square, 2700 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 561-386-5963, thenamastecenter.com • WE (3/9), 7pm - Intuitive readings with Scottie Putnam. $20. • SA (3/12), 2pm - Intuitive reading workshop with Scottie Putnam. $20. • TU (3/15), 7-9pm - Intuitive readings by Johnna Rae. $10. uRBAn DHARMA 29 Page Ave., 225-6422, udharmanc.com • SA (3/12), 2pm - “Teachings on Dying and Death,” with Tibetan teacher Khenpo Choephel. $30/$20 members.

SPOkEn & wRIttEn wORD BLACk BOx StORytELLIng tHEAtER 808-1150, davidjoemiller.com • WE (3/16), 7pm - “Word,” spoken word event with guests Raymond Christian, Steve Shell, and Rhoda Weaver. $12/$10 advance. Held at Buffalo Nickel, 747 Haywood Road BunCOMBE COunty PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • SA (3/12), 3pm - West Asheville Book Club: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • MO (3/14), 6pm - “Civilian Conservation Corps Camps in WNC,” music and storytelling presentation by Bill Jamerson. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (3/15), 7pm - Fairview Evening Book Club: The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Susan Dworkin. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TU (3/15), 2pm - North Asheville Book Club: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TU (3/15), 1pm - Leicester Book Club: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TU (3/15), 7pm - Black Mountain Mystery Book Club: A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TH (3/17), 2:30pm - Skyland Book Club: The Lowland by

Jhumpa Lahiri. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road CALDwELL COMMunIty COLLEgE 2855 Hickory Blvd., Hudson, 726-2200, cccti.edu • TU (3/15), 5:30pm - Branches, literary arts magazine reception and reading. Free. Held in the Learning Resource Center. FIREStORM CAFE AnD BOOkS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • TH (3/10), 6:30pm - Zelda Fitzgerald literary reading. Free to attend. • SA (3/12), 6pm - Ariel Gore reads from her work, The End of Eve. Free to attend. • Third WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - ReVisioning History Book Group. Free to attend. FLEtCHER LIBRARy 120 Library Rd., Fletcher, 687-1218, l ibrary.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers’ Guild. Free. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club. Free. MALAPROP’S BOOkStORE AnD CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (3/9), 7pm - Tegan Wren presents her book, Inconceivable! and Samantha Bryant presents her book, Going Through the Change. • TH (3/10), 6:30pm - “Zelda Fitzgerald Day” with readings and presentations. • FR (3/11), 7pm - Jim Grimsley presents his book, How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood. • SA (3/12), 7pm - Bryce Palmyra presents his book, Things to Bring My Family When I Die: A Go-To Guide for the Southern Chef. • SA (3/13), 3pm - Matt Cushion presents his book, Last Words of the Holy Ghost. • MO (3/14), 7pm - Annie Novak presents her book, The Rooftop Growing Guide: How to Transform Your Roof into a Vegetable Garden or Farm. • WE (3/16), 7pm - Melissa Burch presents her memoir, My Journey Through War and Peace. • TH (3/17), 7pm - Dana Carpenter presents her book Bohemian Gospel, and Erica Wright presents her book, The Granite Moth. SynERgy StORy SLAM avl.mx/0gd • WE (3/9), 7:30pm - Open mic storytelling night with the theme “Jobs”. Free to attend. Held at the Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road tHOMAS wOLFE MEMORIAL 52 N. Market St, 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TH (3/10), 5:30pm - Short Story Book Club: The Company discussion led Ellen Brown. Free.

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vOLuntEERIng ASHEvILLE MARAtHOn & HALF ashevillemarathon.com/ • FR (3/11) through SU (3/13) - Volunteers needed with many dates and times. Contact for more information: mindy@idaph.net. 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. LAkE JAMES StAtE PARk 6883 N.C. Highway. 126, Nebo, 584-7728 • SA (3/12), 9am - Lake clean-up volunteering day. Registration required. Free. MOuntAIntRuE 258-8737, wnca.org • 2nd SATURDAYS, 9am-1pm - Urban Forest Workdays: Richmond Hill Park invasive plant removal work days. Held at Richmond Hill Park, 280 Richmond Hill Drive PROJECt LInuS 645-8800 • SA (3/12), 10am-2pm - “Make-A-Blanket Day.” Volunteers knit and crochet blankets for those in need. Held at Eliada Home, 2 Compton Drive RIvERLInk 170 Lyman St., 252-8474 ext.11 • WE (3/9), 10am - Volunteer information session. Free. wnC knIttERS AnD CROCHEtERS FOR OtHERS 575-9195 • MO (3/14), 7-9pm - Gathering to knit and crochet for those in need. Free. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road For more volunteering opportunities go to mountainx. com/volunteering

OM SAnCtuARy 87 Richmond Hill Drive, 252-7313, omsanctuary.org • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon - Meditation session. Admission by donation. 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 SHAMBHALA MEDItAtIOn CEntER 60 N Merrimon Ave. #113, 200-5120,

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The Square Wheel of Justice In February, New York's highest court finally said "enough" to the seemingly endless delays on a multimilliondollar judgment for negligence that occurred 23 years ago. Linda Nash had sued, among others, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for injuries she suffered when trapped in an underground parking garage during the World Trade Center terrorist act. (No, not the one in 2001, but the bombing eight years before that, which killed six and wounded more than 1,000). Nash was 49 that day and 72 now, and after winning a $5.4 million jury verdict in 2005, endured 10 more years of appeals. In its final, unsuccessful motion in the case, the Port Authority said it had spotted a technicality and that Nash should start over.

The Continuing Crisis "Nostalgia," Gone Too Far: Retired engineer Harry Littlewood, 68, watching workers tear down outdated public housing in Stockport, England, recently, rushed over to ask the local Stockport Council about recovering a "souvenir" since the teardowns included his residence growing up. The council agreed, and Littlewood was awarded the toilet he had used as a boy. "I never thought I'd see it again," he mused. He said he would probably turn it into a planter.

Latest Religious Messages • Evangelicals Applaud Sexual Predator: The Jacksonville (Florida) City Council was addressing a proposed amendment to its Human Rights Ordinance (one that would specifically protect gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders) in January when Roy Bay, 56, stood during the comment period and insisted that those kinds of lifestyle protections are what led him on a 20-year history of molesting one little boy after another. Gasps in the audience turned into cheers, however, when he reported that he had abandoned his bad self after becoming a "born-again child of God," and realizing that it was not "acceptable" to assault kids even though he was raised in such an environment himself. (Conveniently, the crimes are not

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by Chuck Shepherd prosecutable because of the statute of limitations. Fact-checkers, including FloridaPolitics.com, are still investigating Bay's claims.) • Local governments in Taiwan's Southwest Coast National Scenic Area in Chiayi province recently put the finishing touches on a 55-foothigh "church" in the form of a shoe made from more than 300 glass panels (and costing the equivalent of about $680,000). According to a BBC News dispatch, no religious services will be held there; rather, the church will be a destination for weddings and feature other events tailored for glass-slipperobsessed females. • Prosecutors in Spain finally filed charges this year against three women for a May 2014 protest that was apparently aimed at religious intolerance of homosexuality, and are asking that the charges against the women be labeled anti-Catholic "hate" crimes. One judge particularly noted the anti-Catholic props — rosary beads, prayer lace, canonical hoods, and a 6-foot-high plastic vulva constructed to resemble the well-known representation of the Virgin Mary. In January, judges called police to court to help identify the women in videos of the protest.

Unclear on the Concept Progressives' Anxiety Disorder: Several students at the Ivy League's Brown University complained (quoted in a February story in the student newspaper) that classroom work (ostensibly what Brown charges $50,000 a year in tuition for) was increasingly a burden, distracting them from their more important calling: organizing and protesting against various "injustices" on campus. Students were underperforming academically (and suffering health problems and anxiety issues) because, said the students, Brown still expects them to complete course requirements even though they are busy denouncing racist columns in the student newspaper and challenging the weakness of Brown's "diversity" policies (among other targets).

Bright Ideas • According to a former spy for the Soviet Union, dictator Josef Stalin so distrusted his Communist China counterpart Mao Zedong during the

1940s that when Mao visited the USSR, Soviet engineers arranged to capture his bowel movements so that Stalin's scientists could examine them chemically to form a psychological profile. Spy Igor Atamanenko found evidence that other world leaders received similar treatment. Among the indicators: High levels of the amino acid tryptophan signaled the person was calm and approachable, and lack of potassium portended nervousness and insomnia.) • Williams Lake, British Columbia, has the most violent crime per capita for its size (pop. 10,800) of any town in Canada, and in February the city council unanimously passed a dramatic action plan: to inject "high risk" criminals with "GPS tracking" devices. The program was immediately denounced by privacy advocates, but that challenge is almost beside the point — since injectable GPS tracking does not even exist. (Councilors likely confused implantable microchips, which contain data but do not track, with GPS transponders, which track but only via sight-line contact with a satellite.)

Uselessness of the Miranda Warning • The three young men charged so far in the Feb. 17 murder in a South Carolina bowling alley made their first post-crime courtroom appearances memorable ones. According to a WYFF-TV (Greenville, South Carolina) report, Albert Taylor, 22 (and labeled as the shooter by police), seemed indifferent to the charges, but questioned the judge about courtroom cameras, appearing preoccupied. As he was being ushered out, he turned to address the camera and barked, "What's up, y'all? You can follow me on Twitter, follow me on Instagram, Snapchat." • Alex Smith, 38, asked a sheriff's deputy in Limestone County, Alabama, at 3 a.m. on Feb. 19 for a "courtesy ride" to a nearby Wal-Mart, and the deputy agreed, but following procedure, said he'd have to search Smith before letting him into the patrol car, and according to the subsequent arrest report, Smith, needing the ride, consented. The deputy then turned up a veritable drug supply store in Smith's pockets, his backpack and his duffel bags: drugs (meth, marijuana and black tar heroin), two syringes, a drug cooking spoon, two marijuana pipes, a meth smoking pipe, and a supply of baggies of the type frequently used for drugs. Smith was charged with drug possession and trafficking.

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (who left the company early, and like Bill Gates, became known for his philanthropy, which has been directed toward conservation projects including coral reef restorations) is the owner of the 300-foot yacht whose anchor in January accidentally crushed 14,000 square feet (about 80 percent) of the Cayman Islands' precious West Bay coral reef. Harm to the islands' ecosystem, worldfamous for its diversity, will not quickly be repaired, said officials. The MV Tatoosh's business in the area was not reported, but Allen was not aboard. Cayman Islands is a popular Caribbean vacation and diving spot (and, of course, tax haven).

The Aristocrats! Australian Neville Sharp brought his "A" game to a pub in the Darwin suburb of Humpty Doo in February and, in a Guinness World Record attempt, expelled a 110.6-decibel belch (which, if certified by Guinness book officials, beats the old record of 109.9 by a gentleman in the U.K.). Sharp gives all credit to his sister for teaching him, as a child, proper belching technique.

A News of the Weird Classic (December 2011) When Tattoos Aren't Nearly Enough: In some primitive cultures, beauty and status are displayed via large holes in the earlobe from which to hang heavy ornaments or to insert jewels or tokens, and BBC News reported in November (2011) that an "increasing" number of counterculture Westerners are getting their lobes opened far beyond routine piercing, usually by gradually stretching but sometimes with a hole-punch tool. The hard core are "gauge kings (or queens)," showing a "commitment" to the lifestyle by making holes up to 10mm (3/8 inch) wide. (Cosmetic surgeons told BBC News that they're already preparing procedures for the inevitable wave of regretted decisions. X

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sweeteR than honey Program helps WNC patients turn their health around BY sue wasseRman writestuff62@gmail.com steve hall never imagined a trip to the grocery store with his doctor would change his life. In fact, the Yancey County resident never imagined having the opportunity to be at the grocery store with Celo Health Center’s medical director, liz peverall, learning to read and understand food labels to better manage his health. The shopping trip was part of Sweet Inspiration — Learn How to Turn Your Health Around, a unique program created by Possibilities of Wellbeing co-founders geraldine plato and margot rossi in collaboration with Peverall. The concept for the 10-week program was to combine the best of Eastern and Western medicine practices. The combination offers a new perspective on issues such as prediabetes, diabetes and obesity, and helps motivate CHC patients to manage their health through proven and easy-to-incorporate diet and lifestyle changes. “Symptoms of illnesses such as diabetes can present themselves in a variety of ways,” says Plato, a certified integrative nutrition coach. “There’s no one-size-fits-all diet or approach. Participants hoped we would simply tell them what to eat every day. Rather than focusing on one standard, we believe it’s important to look at the whole person and understand that their age, stress level, food choices, sleep patterns, and social interactions, to name a few, all influence healthy outcomes.” Possibilities of Wellbeing’s mission is to champion individual and community well-being through health education, lifestyle strategies and integrative medicine. The Eastern and Western functional and lifestyle medicine approach set the fall program apart from others in the area. The Sweet Inspiration title makes great sense, says Rossi, a licensed acupuncturist and classical Eastern medicine practitioner. “Many things

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tuRn yOuR HEALtH AROunD: Geraldine Plato, left, and Margot Rossi of Possibilities of Wellbeing help people with diabetes, prediabetes and obesity manage their health through diet and lifestyle. Photo by Sue Wasserman in life are sweet beyond sweet foods,” she says. “Our goal was to help people realize that when they feel a yearning, they can focus on the metaphor of ‘sweet,’ such as the comfort and nourishment that comes from loving relationships, taking time to pamper themselves, joyful experiences, a satisfying career and more.” Each 90-minute session includes a brief medical review with Peverall and her staff, followed by hands-on presentations, cooking demonstrations, recipe sampling and a question-andanswer period. Classes cover a wide variety of topics, such as what diabetes symptoms tell us about our lifestyle, how stress and emotional wellbeing impact blood-sugar levels, how to eliminate cravings, understanding sugar and fat, tips on preventing neurologic problems, the role of the gut in maintaining health and how to read food labels. “We could see things coming together when one student realized her Mountain Dew counted as a food,” Peverall notes. “She had been very confused about what to ‘eat’ to help

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her diabetes until she realized that, although it was a liquid, the Mountain Dew she was drinking was a big part of her intake and did count.” Not only did the trio offer cooking demonstrations, they also brought in recipes they’d created. “We took great care that everything we prepared used ingredients that could be found locally and offered a good balance of healthy fats, protein and fiber,” Plato says. “We also showed participants how to replace less desirable foods with nutrient-rich choices that can be easily found on the shelves of most grocery stores.” “What I eat now doesn’t resemble what I ate before the class,” Hall says. “I never knew that warm foods or liquids served at room temperature helped my digestion. I didn’t know I could eat the right complex carbohydrates without having much impact on my glycemic index. Thanks to letting us taste so many recipes, I’ve added foods into my diet like beets and barley. Since they showed us how to make our own salad dressings, I don’t use store-bought dressings

anymore. I’ve been losing weight, and I feel better.” Helping patients shift blood-sugar levels and adapt new dietary or exercise habits was not the trio’s only goal. Since stress often influences eating behaviors and affects the complex process of digestion and blood-sugar levels, Rossi led mindfulness meditation exercises. She couldn’t have been more pleased by the response. “In one class we talked about managing pain through breathing,” Rossi says. Participants “were surprised to experience how relaxed they could feel by using a simple tool like breathing.” In addition, they were introduced to guided imagery and yoga practices to reduce stress and gain new perspectives for problem-solving. “I personally loved Margot’s imagery of floating higher and higher away from an unpleasant thought,” Peverall adds. The importance of spending time in nature was also emphasized. One of the benefits of the program was the feedback participants gave each other. “One patient would say they tried something new and share their result with the class,” notes Rossi. “Here was a group of people from different backgrounds, but they understood each other’s challenges and supported each other. The synergy was terrific.” That synergy was not only evident among the students. Although they’ve not begun planning, the trio hope to create more group workshops in the near future. “What’s great is that we’re all so different, and yet we reinforce and support each other’s ideas,” Peverall says. “I think patients walked away with a well-rounded perspective.” For more information on upcoming programs or to access a directory of complementary medicine providers in the community, visit possibilitiesofwellbeing.com. X

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wELLnESS ASHEvILLE tOO FAR OR CROwDED FOR yOu? (pd.) Reiki Master with 35 years’ experience including four other healing modalities. Release physical and emotional pain. Call 843-593-1953 for appointment. Lake Lure area. CAnCER PAtIEntS DESIRED FOR FREE HEALIng wORk (pd.) SA & SU (3/19 - 3/20) 9am-3pm both days. Cancer patients needed as clients for advanced hands-on healing students. Earth-based healing school. Free. Interested parties contact registrar@wildernessFusion.com. Black Mountain, NC. (828) 785-4311, wildernessFusion.com. gRAnD OPEnIng PARty! (pd.) Friday, March 11, 5pm8pm. 263 Haywood St., Suite 101, Asheville, NC 28801. • Free Chinese Medicine consultations, live music, food, beverages, raffle, “grab bags” (First 20 guests). mtsacupuncture.com mountains to sea acupuncture and Herbal medicine! ASHEvILLE COMMunIty yOgA CEntER 8 Brookdale Rd., ashevillecommunityyoga.com • SU (3/13), 12:30-2:30pm - “Coming of Age with Sustainable Practice,” workshop. $20. BunCOMBE COunty PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (3/16), 11:30am “Laughter Yoga,” yoga class for adults. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • WE (3/16), 6pm- “Take Charge of Your Health,” presentation about integrative and functional medicine. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. COunCIL On AgIng OF BunCOMBE COunty 277-8288, coabc.org • WE (3/16), 2-4pm - “Medicare Choices Made Easy,” information session. Registration: 2778288 ext. 310. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road HAywOOD REgIOnAL HEALtH AnD FItnESS CEntER 75 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, 452-8080, haymed.org • Through MO (3/28) - Open registration for the Freedom

from Smoking Group Clinic that runs (3/29) through (5/10). Registration: myhaywoodregional.com/iquit. $25.

- For brain injury survivors and supporters. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road

LEICEStER COMMunIty CEntER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community. Center • MONDAYS, 6pm - Christian based yoga. Free.

BREASt CAnCER SuPPORt gROuP 213-2508 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm For breast cancer survivors, husbands, children and friends. Held at SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Drive

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIvES redcrosswnc.org Appointment and ID required. • TH (3/17), 10am-2:30pm - Appointments & info.: 1-800-RED-CROSS. Held at South College, 140 Sweeten Creek Road

CHROnIC PAIn SuPPORt 989-1555, deb.casaccia@gmail. com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6 pm – Held in a private home. Contact for directions.

SuPPORt gROuPS ADuLt CHILDREn OF ALCOHOLICS & DySFunCtIOnAL FAMILIES adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings. AL-AnOn/ ALAtEEn FAMILy gROuPS 800-286-1326, wnc-alanon.org • A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. For full listings, visit mountainx. com/support. ALCOHOLICS AnOnyMOuS • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org ALzHEIMER’S DISEASE CAREgIvER SuPPORt gROuP cbaldwin821@gmail.com • 3rd TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road ASHEvILLE wOMEn FOR SOBRIEty 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. ASPERgER’S ADuLtS unItED facebook.com/ WncAspergersAdultsUnited • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2-4pm Occasionally meets additional Saturdays. Contact for details. Held at Hyphen, 81 Patton Ave. ASPERgER’S tEEnS unItED facebook.com/groups/ AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details. BRAInStORMER’S COLLECtIvE 254-0507, puffer61@gmail.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm

CODEPEnDEntS AnOnyMOuS 398-8937 • TUESDAYS 7:30pm - Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • FRIDAYS, 5:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood, Waynesville DEBtORS AnOnyMOuS debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. DEPRESSIOn AnD BIPOLAR SuPPORt ALLIAnCE 367-7660, depressionbipolarasheville.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road. DIABEtES SuPPORt 213-4788, laura.tolle@msj.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm - In room 3-B. Held at Mission Health, 509 Biltmore Ave. FOOD ADDICtS AnOnyMOuS 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Held at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School Road • SATURDAYS, 11am- Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 FOuR SEASOnS COMPASSIOn FOR LIFE 233-0948, fourseasonscfl.org • THURSDAYS, 12:30pm - Grief support group. Held at SECU Hospice House, 272 Maple St., Franklin • TUESDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm Grief support group. Held at Four Seasons - Checkpoint, 373 Biltmore Ave.

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MInDFuLnESS AnD 12 StEP RECOvERy avl12step@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7:308:45pm - Mindfulness meditation practice and 12 step program. Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4

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MOuntAIn MAMAS PEER SuPPORt gROuP facebook.com/ mountainmamasgroup Peer support group for pregnant and postpartum mothers led by birth professionals. • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1-3pm - Held at The Family Place, 970 Old Hendersonville Highway, Brevard

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gAMBLERS AnOnyMOuS gamblersanonymous.org • THURSDAYS, 6:45pm 12-step meeting. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St.

LIFE LIMItIng ILLnESS SuPPORt gROuP 386-801-2606 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - For adults managing the challenges of life limiting illnesses. Held at Secrets of a Duchess, 1439 Merrimon Ave.

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• WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave. West, Hendersonville • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road

gRIEF PROCESSIng SuPPORt gROuP 452-5039, haymed.org/locations/the-homestead • 3rd THURSDAYS, 4-5:30pm - Bereavement education and support group. Held at Homestead Hospice and Palliative Care, 127 Sunset Ridge Road, Clyde

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OuR vOICE 44 Merrimon Ave. Suite 1, 28801, 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • Ongoing drop-in group for female identified survivors of sexual violence. OvERCOMERS OF DOMEStIC vIOLEnCE 665-9499 • WEDNESDAYS, noon1pm - Held at First Christian Church of Candler, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler OvERCOMERS RECOvERy SuPPORt gROuP rchovey@sos-mission.org • MONDAYS, 6pm - Christian 12-step program. Held at SOS Anglican Mission, 1944 Hendersonville Road OvEREAtERS AnOnyMOuS • Regional number: 2771975. Visit mountainx.com/ support for full listings. RECOvERIng COuPLES AnOnyMOuS recovering-couples.org • MONDAYS 6pm - For couples where at least one member is recovering from addiction. Held at Foster Seventh Day Adventists Church, 375 Hendersonville Road REFugE RECOvERy 225-6422, refugerecovery. org Buddhist path to recovery from addictions of all kinds. • FRIDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Held at Urban Dharma, 29 Page Ave. • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Held

at Shambhala Meditation Center, 60 N Merrimon Ave. #113 S-AnOn FAMILy gROuPS 258-5117, wncsanon@gmail. com • For those affected by another’s sexual behavior. Confidential meetings available; contact for details. SHIFtIng gEARS 683-7195 • MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm Group-sharing for those in transition in careers or relationships. Contact for location. SMARt RECOvERy smartrecovery.org • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Info: 407-0460 Held at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Info: 9258626. Held at Crossroads Recovery Center, 440 East Court St., Marion • SUNDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road SunRISE PEER SuPPORt vOLuntEER SERvICES facebook.com/ Sunriseinasheville • TUESDAYS through THURSDAYS, 1-3pm - Peer support services for mental health, substance abuse and wellness. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road SuPPORtIvE PAREntS OF tRAnSkIDS spotasheville@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - For parents to discuss the joys, transitions and challenges of parenting a transkid. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. SyLvA gRIEF SuPPORt melee@fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 10:30am Held at Jackson County Department on Aging, 100 Country Services Park, Sylva t.H.E. CEntER FOR DISORDERED EAtIng 337-4685, thecenternc.weebly.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm – Adult support group, ages 18+. Held in the Sherill Center at UNCA. unDEREARnERS AnOnyMOuS underearnersanonymous.org • TUESDAYS, 6pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

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Asheville’s chief sustainability officer weighs in

BY aiYanna seZak-Blatt asezakblatt@mountainx.com amber weaver, the city of Asheville’s chief sustainability officer, is working ahead of time. She’s working with the year 2035 in mind, when the Buncombe County landfill will be at capacity, and toward 2050, when the city has promised to reduce its carbon footprint by 80 percent. However, with new hotels on the horizon and increased residential and commercial development affecting the region at large, the city faces a clear challenge in regard to environmental stewardship. What is being done to ensure that development doesn’t trump environment? For answers, Xpress, turned to Weaver. xpress: you have defined asheville’s guiding principles of sustainability as meeting a “triple bottom line” by balancing environmental stewardship, economic growth and social responsibility (the green queen: meet asheville’s new chief sustainability officer). what specifically is being done to address this three-point sustainability plan? weaver: Asheville City Council and city staff have made it a priority to encompass the “triple bottom line” balancing environmental stewardship, economic growth and social responsibility into the folds of the city’s operations as well as Council’s strategic operating plan. Council’s strategic operating plan captures Council’s vision for Asheville, [whose] focus areas include economic growth and sustainability, affordability and economic mobility, and a high quality of life. since taking your position as the chief sustainability officer, what do you perceive are the most pressing issues and greatest challenges that we face as a city? The city of Asheville has a municipal carbon footprint-reduction goal of 4 percent per year until an overall reduction of 80 percent is achieved by 2050. Presently, municipal city operations have been able to reduce [the city of Asheville’s] carbon footprint by 27 percent. However, it will take thoughtful, planned efforts by multiple departments to achieve our 80 percent goal. The Office of Sustainability is committed to these efforts and is always

SuStAInABILIty StEwARDSHIP: Amber Weaver, Asheville’s chief sustainability officer, says her department is working with other staff members to update the city’s 2025 plan to provide a framework for sustainable growth. Photo courtesy of the city of Asheville

partnering with other city departments to explore new best practices that can be applied to Asheville. The Office of Sustainability is also working with the city’s Planning and Urban Design Department to participate in the comprehensive planning process

to update its 2025 plan. The updated plan will provide Asheville with a framework for future sustainable growth, with a focus on remaining a place where people can prosper and enjoy a livable, healthy and sustainable community for now and future generations to come. The city of

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Asheville will be exploring climateadaptation planning, economic resilience and environmental stewardship — all pressing issues and challenges for our city to grow and sustain our future.

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g Reen sc e ne asheville is growing quickly. do you think that perpetual economic growth is a sustainable model in the first place? is it possible to experience economic growth without forsaking our commitment to preserving our environmental and natural resources? Cities across our nation are growing and finding solutions to challenges in and around urban planning. The city is beginning an 18-month process to update the comprehensive plan — the community’s vision for its future. To be successful, the update process will require input, feedback and visioning from everyone. Updating the comprehensive plan and working with city departments on the importance of preserving our environment and natural resources will help provide guiding principles on how Asheville can grow sustainably.

in 2014, recycling was not offered in public housing communities, including pisgah view, deaverview and Klondyke. was this addressed in 2015? what progress has been made with the funds provided by the community waste reduction grant awarded to the city to address this issue? The city of Asheville has partnered with the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville in order to develop a public housing recycling pilot project, which has been implemented in the 280 units of the Erskine, Walton and Livingston Street communities. The city was awarded a Community Waste Reduction and Recycling grant from North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in order to help fund this pilot project. The city’s intentions are to expand the program to all the residents within the pub-

lic housing community based on the success of the Southside pilot program. The city is presently considering an application with the NCDEQ for 2016 to help expand efforts. the city’s waste reduction goal is ambitious and hopes to curb the waste stream by 50 percent by 2035. what waste reduction strategies are being implemented to attain and move closer to this goal? The most recent enhancements were the addition of “Big Blue,” the full-size, single-stream roll carts provided to residents, allowing larger amount of recyclables to be collected. Curbside Management has also added some additional items to the collection bin: boxed soy milk and soup cartons that you can find on the shelves at the grocery store. Both of these practices enable residents to recycle more items that otherwise might end up in the landfill.

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• 2nd SATURDAYS, 12:30-3pm - Open meeting

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regarding climate change solutions. Free. Held at

• SU (3/13), 2pm - Rose growing advice and demon-

Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road

stration of how to prune roses. Free. Held at American

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• WE (3/9), 5:30pm - “Animal Justice - Unchained,”

540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438

presentation. Free to attend. Held at The Spot, 76

• MO (3/14), 7pm - Presentation about pollinators by

Biltmore Ave.

Phyllis Stiles of Bee City USA. Free.

CAROLInA JEwS FOR JuStICE wESt

BunCOMBE COunty MAStER gARDEnERS

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255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org

• SU (3/13), 3-4:30pm - Clean Energy Asheville: “A

• TH (3/17), 11:30am - Gardening in the Mountains

Report from Mayor Manheimer.” regarding the WNC

Lecture Series: “Planting for Pollinators,” presentation

Modernization Plan. Free. Held at Congregation Beth

by Meghan Baker. Free. Held at Buncombe County

Ha Tephila, 43 N. Liberty St.

Extension Office, 49 Mount Carmel Road

ELISHA MItCHELL AuDuBOn SOCIEty

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• TU (3/15), 7pm - Presentation about spring wildflow-

• Through TU (3/15) - Annual plant sale. Contact to

ers by botanist Tim Spira. Free. Held at the UNCA

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176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 505-1660,

258-8737, wnca.org

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• TH (3/10) - Paddle-n-Plant with the French Broad

• TU (3/15), 6pm - “Whole Soil Fertility Workshop,”

river keeper to prevent sediment erosion. Registration

with Author Ea Murphy. $10.

required: anna@mountaintrue.org. Free.

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ASHEvILLE CItIzEnS’ CLIMAtE LOBBy

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Over the last year, the city has offered Southside public housing the opportunity to recycle. The participation and recycling rate from the community has been outstanding. Asheville is also examining the pay-as-youthrow system. PAYT is a solid-waste management service based upon the volume, or amount, the resident throws away — the more you recycle, the less amount of trash you create, and the less a resident would pay from trash service. Finally, the city of Asheville and Buncombe County partnered in an organic-waste processing feasibility study focusing on organic waste generated by residential units in the city with the objective of determining the most cost-effective means of collecting, hauling and processing organic residential waste from the city. X

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• 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7-8am - Monthly breakfast with

Home,” presentation by EarthSmart Cleaning. Free.

presentations regarding agriculture. Admission by

Held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St.

donation. Held at the 4-H Center, Locust St, Columbus

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Container gardening contest seeks elementary classroom participation Elementary school kids in Asheville and Buncombe County will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty and learn some basic gardening skills during the fifth annual Container Garden contest, sponsored by the Men’s Garden Club of Asheville. More than 30 classes participated last year, accord-

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SEASOnAL REBOOt: 12 Bones Smokehouse owner Bryan King, left, and manager Thomas Parr, right, are pictured fresh off the restaurant’s annual winter break. King pays employees a stipend during the hiatus each year. Photo by Dan Hesse

BY Dan Hesse dhesse@mountainx.com Winter weather can slow down the pace of life and the number of tourists and locals eating out. Many Asheville-area restaurants take advantage of the sluggish part of the year to take a step back from the hustle and bustle and get some much-needed downtime. Others schedule deep cleaning, repairs and renovations so the store can be in top form when the weather warms and tourism thrives. The length of these breaks varies from business to business, as do the ways owners deal with their staff during the time off. 12 Bones Smokehouse implements an extended, planned closure every year. Co-owner bryan King says both 12 Bones restaurants keep hectic hours, and stepping away is necessary. “Both restaurants get hit hard in the tourist months,” he explains, and the break “is really a nice thank-you to the staff.” King and co-owner angela Koh annually close their Riverside Drive and Sweeten Creek Road locations for three weeks following New Year’s Eve. King knows hourly workers can’t survive without a paycheck for that long and gives all

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hourly staff a seniority-based stipend and kicks in some extra money. “Everyone gets a bonus in addition to the paid time off, and it depends on performance, attendance and other factors,” he says. Managerial staff continues to draw salary during the winter break. Mellow Mushroom also had an extended closure this winter to renovate the store’s interior. gerry mahon, owner of the Asheville franchise, says he publicly announced a threeweek closure with hopes it would only be a two-week layoff. Salaried managers continued working, focusing on administrative issues, and Mahon says he devised a formula for paying hourly employees during the time off. “I took an average of what their income was the past two months and then cut that in half, and that’s going to be in line with what they would have made in the wintertime,” he says. Mahon also offered employees in need of extra work the opportunity to help with demolition and renovation on top of the payout. “It’s not protocol for people to do this kind of thing,” he says. “I don’t even consider it to be standard business practice, but I care about my employees and I felt like I had do something. I didn’t want them to go completely without.” Some restaurants use shorter breaks to knock out upkeep while giving staff some time away from work. Corner Kitchen

plans maintenance around the winter months, such as this year’s fiveday shuttering, which allowed for roof and HVAC repairs. Owner joe scully did not pay hourly workers, but he says they received plenty of advance notice. “It’s about communication,” says Scully. “We can’t really afford to give 45 people paid time off. It just wouldn’t work for us, being the type of business that we are, because our profit margins are so tight. As long as we communicate and are thoughtful about it, we have literally no problem with it whatsoever. As a matter fact people say, ‘Thank God I don’t have to work this week, it’s so slow anyway.’” rachel henry, a manager at Corner Kitchen, continues to draw salary during the closure, but confirms the break is much-needed for all the staff. “Sometimes in this crazy business we need someone to say, ‘Hey, take a vacation,’’’ she says, adding that often during the closings hourly employees are offered a chance to paint, clean and make money doing other work. ”Nobody has left the restaurant, not even any rumblings [of that],” says Henry. Scully says most hourly workers use the time to take a vacation, while salaried managers have the option to work that week with a lighter schedule. “They’re fine with it,” he maintains. “It’s in the very slowest time of the year, so it works out well for everyone. We get no negative feedback on it.” Nine Mile is another restaurant that uses the winter for a short, planned break to perform basic upkeep and cleaning. Owner and chef aaron thomas says he shuts down Nine Mile’s Montford and West Asheville locations for about five days annually. It’s something his staff knows is coming ahead of time, he says. “We give as much notice as we can and we always tell them, ‘If you guys need to work, we can find work for you guys, but it’s maybe a time for you to take a vacation, see your friends, your family,’” he explains. Thomas says he offers hourly staff options for things to do around the restaurant and even goes as far to offer yard work at his home if people need extra hours. “I’ve been in the position where you live paycheck to paycheck,” says Thomas. “It’s hard to make ends meet, and if you lose a week of pay it really, really sets you back. So I feel very strongly that when we close down, we try to

accommodate everybody financially.” Nine Mile cook and hourly employee tim burkhardt says the short closure is helpful with the logistics of planning time away. “We all have to work out our vacations, our days off, with each other,” he notes. “There’s a set schedule every week, so being able to have a straight week off without having to ask someone to cover a shift was a relief to me and to a lot of the back of the house.” While five-day closures are more feasible for unpaid time off, King says there’s no way he could retain his staff if his stores closed for three weeks without providing financial assistance. The paid time off also fosters loyalty. “I want people to want to work here,” says King. “We always say we want to have a place that’s inviting. If we can make it a desirable place, then we feel like we’ll get good people working here that care and are willing to work hard.” jessica dean, a six-year employee of 12 Bones, says the time off is a great part of working there. “It’s a paid vacation,” she says. “That’s pretty rare in this industry.” Mahon says he didn’t have any staff quit due to this winter’s closing, and he attributes that to the paid leave and the option to be employed helping with the renovations while the store was closed. “In my eyes, the idea of being a Mellow Mushroom is to fit into your community,” says Mahon. “In doing that, you have to be a good steward to your community.” Scully says planned, unpaid time off isn’t the issue; it’s unplanned closings that are detrimental to his staff. “If [a closure] were to happen as a result of a natural disaster or snow days, that’s no fun because people aren’t planning for it,” he says. “But if people can plan, then they like the idea of it.” michael pearce, an hourly employee at Corner Kitchen, has been with the restaurant for seven years and says the annual closing is not problematic for him. “Anytime you have a break, that’s money that’s not coming in, so it always has an effect,” he notes. “But we do very well here, so it’s never been an issue. It’s never been something I can’t come back from quickly.” Thomas says it’s basically up to his employees to decide what to do with their five-day hiatus: “If you want to work, we’ll find it for you. If not, hey, go have some fun.” X

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ceLebRation oF cRaFt National television series ‘A Craftsman’s Legacy’ spotlights the artistry of French Broad Chocolates Freshly returned from a cacaosourcing trip to Guatemala and Belize, French Broad Chocolates owners daniel and jael rattigan had the opportunity this winter to highlight their obsessively crafted product on a national platform. On Thursday and Friday, Feb. 25-26, PBS television series “A Craftsman’s Legacy” filmed a segment for its third season at French Broad Chocolates’ Asheville factory and shop. “Dan and Jael are creating chocolate in a very organic method and with a very hands-on approach.” says the show’s host, eric gorges, a Detroit resident who designs custom motorcycles. “They are actually creating chocolate directly from a bean, and they’ve gone and visited those farms and talked to the local farmers in different countries. They are developing relationships there. To me that really fits well with the spirit of our show.” The Rattigans say their business is part of a worldwide movement toward smaller-scale chocolate manufacturing. The Chocolate Lounge finished its transition into bean-to-bar production in the last year and a half, says Daniel, meaning that the chocolate the company produces is now scratch-made from cacao beans it imports. “We started out outsourcing all of our chocolate and phased in our beanto-bar production as much as we were able,” he explains. “At this point we are making 1,800 metric tons of chocolate per year, and the existing French Broad Chocolate Lounge pastry and confection operations comprise a majority of that. But it took us a while to get to the point where we could really make our own chocolate.” The couple’s original desire to work with chocolate came from time spent living in Costa Rica. “We

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GReat aMeRican VeGan chiLi cook-oFF “I have seen at least a couple of accounts over the last few months of folks winning chili cook-off competitions with a vegan chili,” says Full Circle Farm Sanctuary’s anne landry. “They just entered, and in some cases, didn’t even disclose that it was vegan until after they had won.” A victorious recipe free of animal products will certainly be the outcome at the upcoming Great American Vegan Chili Cook-Off that Landry is organizing to benefit Full Circle. With an open invitation to chefs and amateurs alike, she expects to round up 10-12 chili varieties, and local food businesses Eden Out, No Evil Foods and Nectar Café have already confirmed their participation in the contest. (See sidebar for tips on making vegan chili.) Entrants can compete in several categories — traditional, most creative, professional and amateur — all of which will be voted on by attendees. An overall champion will also be crowned. The smorgasbord of samples will come accompanied by Underground Baking Co.’s sourdough cornbread and an almond-based “cheeze dip” by Sama SPREAD. “Everyone is welcome,” Landry says, hoping that nonvegans will attend the event as well. One of her goals is “to open people up to the idea that they can eat delicious [vegan] food, very similar in every way — texture, taste and the overall experience — [to what] they’re used to in a nonvegan dish.” In a broader sense, the event is aimed at nudging veganism in all of its forms (including decisions surrounding clothing, consumer goods and investment vehicles, for example) further into the mainstream. Money raised will be funneled toward Full Circle’s current crowdfunding campaign, which was launched to help secure a larger, flatter piece of land to house Full Circle’s expanding roster of nonhuman residents. An anonymous donor is doubling all contributions up to the $50,000 mark. While the cook-off’s culinary

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tHE DAnCE AnD FOOD OF InDIA As part of Folkmoot’s celebration of cultural exchange, Waynesville belly dance educator and professional belly dancer meaghann lynn will perform a folk dance from Rajasthan while attendees partake of a buffet-style, vegetarian Indian dinner. “She will start with a traditional Rajasthani children’s game and then speak about the history of this dance,” reads an event description. “And, yes, attendees will also get to dance.” The community dinner is at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville, at 6 p.m. Friday, March 11. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for youths or $30 per family. For more information or tickets, visit folkmootusa.org/celebratedance-food-india/ or call the Folkmoot office at 452-2997.

HOLD tHE CHICkEn: No meat or animal products are on the menu at Full Circle Farm Sanctuary’s upcoming chili cook-off. Funds from the vegan event will support the expansion of founder and executive director Kayla Worden’s Burnsville-based organization, which currently houses nearly 50 creatures. That includes matriach hen Ophelia, who “was unwanted by her previous Asheville backyard chickener, since her egg production was in decline,” says Worden, pictured. Photo courtesy of Full Circle Farm Sanctuary competitors stand to win gift certificates from local businesses, there’s also a raffle for attendees with chocolates and products from a vitamin company among the loot. There will be live music during the event, plus, Landry says, “Sanctuary Brewing Co. is always open to folks that want to bring their furry and feathery friends as an escort.” Full Circle’s fundraiser is at Sanctuary Brewing Co., 147 First Avenue E., Hendersonville, 2-5 p.m. Sunday, March 20. The deadline for entering the chili competition is Tuesday, March 15. Tickets ($15) and information are available at avl.mx/29r.

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ExPERIMEntIng wItH SIngLE-HOP BEERS Single-origin coffee has inched its way into the spotlight, so why not single-hop beer? “With all the new hop varietals on the market these days, it’s good to know what they taste like in your brew,” says Hops & Vines owner alex buerckholtz. “Most beers, especially hoppy beers, use a combination of several hops during and after the boil.” An upcoming free educational workshop and tasting led by Buerckholtz, however, will focus on homemade and commercial beers that use just one varietal. The class is at Hops & Vines, 797 Haywood Road, Suite 100, 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15. For more information, visit hopsandvines.net. CHAI PAnI REDIRECtS ItS COMMunIty gIvIng Chai Pani’s Kids Eat Free program has come to an end, and the restaurant will instead partner with area nonprofits. “As our business has grown, our desire to contribute to our community has grown too,” reads a company press release. “The first Wednesday of each

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Tips for making vegan chili Full Circle Farm Sanctuary chili cook-off coordinator Anne Landry offers the following tips for bringing your best game when it comes to making amazing vegan chili: 1. Choose your basic approach. Will your chili be red, white or green? Or you can get really creative and go yellow or orange! (Hint: Last year’s chili cook-off grand champion winner was a white chili.) 2. Choose a flavor profile. Do you want sweet and fresh, mild, hot, smoky, rich and fruity or something completely different? 3. Choose components. Possibilities include beans, lentils, tofu, tempeh, seitan, barley, potatoes, sweet peppers, chili peppers and more. Prepared vegan meatlike products are good options too, such as chickenless strips, vegan sausages, beefless crumbles, etc. 4. Think of ways to kick it up a notch or add a unique twist. Additions such as beer, wine or other types of alcohol; exotic vinegars, unusual spices, cocoa or liquid smoke are a few ideas. Think umami. 5. Taste your creation and enlist friends and loved ones to test it as well.

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blue Ghost brewing opens in Fletcher When it comes to new breweries in the Asheville area, delayed openings are almost an expectation. Permit holdups, equipment malfunctions and slow construction are all constant hiccups on the road to opening day and that first pour. Just don’t tell that to erik weber and Zach horn, co-owners of Fletcher’s Blue Ghost Brewing Co. Blue Ghost was ahead of its admittedly vague target launch date of “spring 2016” when it hosted a grand opening celebration March 4-6. “We couldn’t be more excited to share with everyone what our families have put so much work into,” Weber says. “It feels surreal to finally be at this stage.” Weber and Horn followed through on their plans to make Blue Ghost a family- and pet-friendly neighborhood hangout. The brewery also has games for children and eventually will have a house-brewed root beer on tap. With the brewery’s debut, Horn and Weber unveiled Blue Ghost’s four flagship beers — an IPA, a stout, a blonde and a pale ale — along with several specialty brews they’ve been hard at work perfecting on the brewery’s 1.5-barrel system. The building was an empty shell when the pair found it, but Weber says it had “all the bones we really need” when they started work on it six months ago. He and Horn, along with their families, poured countless hours of work into transforming the building to meet their vision — including constructing the bar and seating with their own hands. But, of course, no project like this is ever finished. The men are planning to expand with a gourmet pizza restaurant and graduation to a 7-barrel system by early 2017. Blue Ghost Brewing is at 125 Underwood Road, Fletcher. gREEn MAn OPEnS gREEnMAnSIOn Speaking of expansion, Green Man Brewery’s new 20,000-square-foot South Slope facility, Greenmansion, opens to the public on St. Patrick’s Day — Thursday, March 17. The holiday is of special significance to the company since it released its first bot-

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nEw BREwS: With its debut the first weekend of March, Blue Ghost Brewing Co. became the town of Fletcher’s first craft brewery. Photo by Jesse Farthing tles on that date in 2013. For the launch, the brewery will host a costume competition and encourages guests to dress up as their interpretation of the legendary Green Man. The new facility includes a top-floor tasting room overlooking the production area, a sidewalk patio with two fire pits and a bottle shop and merchandise retailer on the ground floor. Green Man’s original South Slope taproom, nicknamed Dirty Jack’s, will continue to be open daily. The new location is the brewery’s third expansion since opening in 1997 as a small brewpub in downtown Asheville and comes hot on the heels of its recent increase in distribution to Florida. The Greenmansion is at 27 Buxton Ave. next door to Dirty Jack’s. PISgAH BREwIng CO. CELEBRAtES 11 yEARS On Sunday, April 17, Pisgah Brewing Co. will host an 11-year anniversary bash featuring Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, TAUK and the Marcus King Band. Tickets are on sale for a modest $11 — one dollar for each “year we have been lucky enough to remain open, doing what we love, making beautiful beer for beautiful people,” according to the event page. A $30 Hopster VIP ticket is also available, which includes a guided brewery tour and tasting, preferred parking, a commemorative poster and access to a private viewing area, private bar and

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private port-a-lets. Out of each ticket sold, $1 will benefit ArtSpace Charter School. In December, the school suffered extensive damage when heavy rain collapsed a nearby bank, flooding the building with a mudslide. Pisgah Brewing has grown into one of the area’s premier music venues and most recognizable brands since its humble beginnings on a 10-barrel system (without a taproom) more than a decade ago. Tickets are available at pisgahbrewing.com. BEER CIty FEStIvAL 2016 tICkEtS AvAILABLE The seventh annual Beer City Festival kicks off Asheville Beer Week on Saturday, May 28. The festival, which runs 1-6 p.m., transforms downtown Asheville’s Roger McGuire Green into a celebration of local beer, with live music and more than 32 breweries pouring. Tickets are $45 and include a tasting mug and unlimited samples from participating breweries, all of which are members of the Asheville Brewers Alliance. A portion of ticket sales benefits the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina. For tickets, visit beercityfestival.com. Designated driver tickets are available for $25. Asheville Beer Week 2016 runs May 27-June 4.

HI-wIRE PARtnERS wItH FOOtHILLS MEAtS Hi-Wire’s Big Top Brewery will soon be serving more than craft beer as it partners with Foothills Local Meats to open a deli in the Biltmore Village taproom. Foothills’ South Slope deli at Ben’s Tune Up served its last meals on March 4 in preparation for the move to the Biltmore Avenue space. Hi-Wire owner chris frosaker, who says the he has been looking for a food partner for the Big Top since the facility opened last July, calls Foothills the “perfect match.” The new deli is shooting for a mid-March opening starting with a dinner menu available during the Big Top’s regular hours, which are 4-10 p.m. MondayThursday, 4 p.m.-midnight Fridays, noon-midnight Saturdays and 1-10 p.m. Sundays. However, Foothills owner casey mcKissick says he’s planning to add lunch hours as spring rolls in. “I couldn’t be more excited about feeding people at Hi-Wire’s Big Top,” McKissick says. “The production facility is mesmerizing, and the taproom is comfortable, friendly and fun.” Hi-Wire Brewing Co.’s Big Top is at 2 Huntsman Place off Biltmore Avenue. X

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BY alli maRsHall amarshall@mountainx.com At first glance, composer and songwriter syd barrett — best-known for his role in Pink Floyd — and artist and writer Zelda fitzgerald — best-known for being married to f. scott fitzgerald — had little in common. But local event organizer jim macKenzie made the connection. He was at the “Tribute to Syd Barrett” at The Grey Eagle in November, a benefit for Aurora Studio & Gallery, when he realized that, like Barrett, Zelda also suffered from mental health issues. (She was a patient at Asheville’s Highland Hospital off and on for more than a decade, and tragically died there in a fire.) Because the Grey Eagle show helped to raise funds for Aurora Studio & Gallery, which provides a supportive art program to artists affected by mental illness, MacKenzie began to dream up another benefit event — one that would also draw attention to Zelda’s place in local history. The Celebrate Zelda! events, on Thursday, March 10, honor one of Asheville’s first resident celebrity artists. The festivities will help not only with raising funds for Aurora Studio & Gallery, but in fighting the stigma of mental illness. “When we think of icons of Asheville, Zelda belongs up there,” says MacKenzie. “She was one of the weird, different, outcast people who had the creative spark in them. If Asheville was ever looking for a patron saint, she fits the bill.” A self-proclaimed fan of the local literary scene, MacKenzie acknowledges it’s a bit of a boys club, with thomas wolfe and o. henry among the writers often mentioned. Zelda, who wrote, painted and danced — not to mention originating the quote, “She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring” — is almost swept under the rug. “There’s no public acknowledgement that she ever spent time in Asheville,” MacKenzie says. “I thought it was time to give her her due.”

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CREAtIvE SPARk: Zelda Fitzgerald poses for one of the portraits taken for the dust jacket of her novel Save Me the Waltz. The semiautobiographical account of her life was published in 1932. Photo courtesy of the University of South Carolina The observance includes a Zelda gaming competition throughout the day at Orbit DVD (the Japanese action-adventure video game is among Nintendo’s leading franchises), literary

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Firecracker Jazz Band. A proclamation, declaring March 10 — the day of Zelda’s untimely death — Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald Day, was scheduled to be read at the Tuesday, March 8, City Council meeting. “She was intelligent and creative and put forth a lot of art,” says lori greenberg, the program director of Aurora Studio & Gallery. “She was a strong force in terms of feminism and what it means to be your own person. And she’s from the South, which, in some ways, is even more profound.” Zelda was famously dubbed “the first American Flapper” by her author husband. “One of the most profound pieces of her writing, for me, is ‘Eulogy on the Flapper,’” says MacKenzie. In the essay, which appeared in Metropolitan Magazine, Zelda wrote, “The Flapper is deceased. Her outer accoutrements have been bequeathed to … several million small-town belles always imitative of the big-town shop girls via the ‘novelty stores’ of their respective small towns.” According to MacKenzie, Zelda meant, “It used to be a movement, but now it’s just fashion.” He adds, “She might have been the first pop icon to say, ‘It’s all given over to fame and image, so it’s just over.’” Even in her years as an inpatient at Highland Hospital, Zelda remained productive and creative. Her life has been well-researched and documented, both in biography and fiction — lee smith’s recent novel, Guests on Earth, is set at Highland Hospital and includes Zelda as a character. That particular treatment center, aka “Dr. Carroll’s Sanatorium” for its founder Robert S. Carroll, incorporated exercise, diet and occupational therapy. Carroll’s wife, a concert pianist, also ran a music school from their home on the grounds. “We run a program for artists just like Zelda who have experienced mental health or substance abuse issues,” says Greenberg. An addiction counselor, she founded Aurora Studio & Gallery in 2012 and began offering classes in 2013. “It’s a ther-

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CREAtE SPACE: “We run a program for artists just like Zelda [Fitzgerald] who have experienced mental health or substance abuse issues,” says Lori Greenberg, center, of Aurora Studio & Gallery. Celebrate Zelda! benefits the local arts nonprofit. Photo courtesy of Aurora Studio & Gallery apeutic art program, but it’s not art therapy,” she says of the halfday classes. The organization also displays the work of its artists in periodic exhibitions. Currently, Aurora Studio & Gallery can host up to 10 participants. A visiting artist offers instruction every other week, and the nonprofit depends on donations of materials (acrylic paint, watercolor paper and brushes are in high demand), food for participants (Roots Hummus has been an ongoing supporter), and even space. The organization is gifted the use of a room above the Lexington Avenue boutiques Funky Mutt and Mountain Lights by business owner susan durrence. The need for such programming far exceeds what Aurora Studio & Gallery can provide on its present shoestring budget. But Greenberg has high hopes for increasing services

in the future. “I’ve been getting a lot of referrals, which is exciting,” she says. “We’re looking at ways of networking with businesses and other small nonprofits so that we can expand.” X

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CHARACtER StuDy: Asheville-based artist Joel Herring debuted his Plucky Walker identity — a previous onstage incarnation — as Future Islands’ opening act during a local show. “Where the Plucky Walker songs allowed me to filter my experiences through a fi ctional character, [current act] Nervous Dupre offers an exaggerated version of my actual self,” the musician says. Photo by Gwendolyn Casebeer

Even as a child, joel herring had a hard time falling asleep, so while the other kindergartners napped, he would lie awake at the elementary school in Newport, on the Carolina coast, singing the mid80s hit, “That’s What Friends Are For.” It led to his first performance: At kindergarten graduation, he and his teacher sang a duet. Just a few years later, he got out of class to see

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his little brother sam herring — who currently fronts prominent Baltimorevia-eastern North Carolina synth-pop trio Future Islands — play the Big Bad Wolf. From an early age, the brothers were drawn to the stage. “We’ve always kind of fed off of one another,” Joel says. “There’s probably a slightly competitive edge somewhere under there, but for the most part we’ve enjoyed being each other’s col-

laborators and audience members.” These days, Joel lives in Asheville, where he has performed in projects like Electronic Rap Machine and Plucky Walker. The Herring brothers share the stage again on Sunday, March 13, at The Mothlight. There, Joel’s latest solo identity, nervous dupre, opens for Future Islands side project, The Snails. Three days later, Nervous

Dupre plays locally again, this time at The Odditorium. Joel has toured in the past with Future Islands, both as the opening act and merch guy, but he’s anchored in Asheville. He’s been here since 1998, and the town has fostered the evolution of his intersection of hip-hop, drama and performance art. And evolve it must: Joel holds himself to a high standard. “I was raised to believe that a band should bring a certain degree of spectacle to the stage,” he says. “I just don’t trust people who don’t have presence onstage. I doubt their conviction.” Years ago, when Joel first debuted his Plucky Walker identity as Future Islands’ opening act at Asheville’s since-shuttered New French Bar, it was a theatrical solo rap show requiring four costume changes in a 20-minute set. There was a shifting narrative, too: Joel would perform as an academic who had uncovered Plucky Walker’s oeuvre, or as a street preacher delivering his war buddy’s eulogy. Over time, friends convinced him he was in danger of pigeonholing himself as a novelty act, so he shed Plucky Walker’s theatrical elements. Nervous Dupre revisits the multicharacter performance, though the strong frame narrative has been replaced with open-endedness. “Where the Plucky Walker songs allowed me to filter my experiences through a fictional character, Nervous Dupre offers an exaggerated version of my actual self,” Joel says. “This new work allows stories and ideas to splinter and fragment, to lose their way, to contradict themselves.” A lot of inspiration for the Nervous Dupre show came from Joel’s involvement with Toy Boat Community Art Space, in repeat programs such as Dance Off and Ten-Minute Movies. Expanding into dance and theater — and working with collaborators at Toy Boat — has helped Joel lighten up and bring a sense of play back into his music. This isn’t the first time collaboration inspired Joel, either. In 2007 and 2008, both Herring brothers lived in Asheville. Sam had left Greenville, where Future Islands formed, and briefly lived in the mountains with his brother before moving to Baltimore. Joel’s old band, Electronic Rap Machine, had broken up, and he wasn’t performing much. “When Sam moved to town, he kind of lit the fire underneath me and tried to bring me into the fold,” Joel

says. The brothers formed the rap duo Flesh Epic, which did the trick. Their collaboration continues, both actively and passively. Joel was in The Snails briefly — for less than a week, he says — playing drums when the band still had a flexible, rotating lineup. And Sam’s dance moves, which gained mainstream notoriety after Future Islands’ much-viewed 2014 performance on “Late Show With David Letterman,” forced Joel to get creative onstage. The two share many stage moves, and many times Joel can’t remember which brother originated which one. He has to stretch his mind and think up new steps that Sam would never use, particularly before the brothers share the stage, as they will this week. Joel welcomes the impulse to change his act — it’s one of the reasons he performs in the first place. “The thing is, if I haven’t been writing — if I don’t have new material for a show — I can’t help but feel on some level that I dialed it in, that I didn’t put in the necessary work,” he says. “The audience’s response can’t convince me otherwise.” X

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Vision ReVision Trixie Whitley plays Asheville in support of Porta bohemica

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tRIAL AnD ERROR: “Before I could walk and talk, music was already the oxygen that I breathed,” says Trixie Whitley. But her professional path has been circuitous, from performing on her father’s albums and in Daniel Lanois’ supergroup Black Dub, to a recent successful collaboration with Gus Seyffert. Photo courtesy of the artist A little over a year ago, Belgian-born, Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist trixie whitley recorded an album’s worth of songs. These were intended as the follow-up to her 2013 debut, Fourth Corner. But after a break — during which she gave birth to her first child — she listened to those recordings and thought, “This just doesn’t seem right anymore.” With a totally new approach and new collaborators, the rock, soul and blues artist re-entered the studio and created Porta Bohemica, released in January. Whitley’s current tour brings her to The Grey Eagle on Saturday, March 12. “After touring the previous record, I was inspired by how the band was sounding live,” Whitley says. Her initial goal had been to reproduce “the live energy that I hadn’t felt like I captured on my first album.” Yet months later, she recognized that her vision had changed along the way. “And the material didn’t seem strong enough to be on my second album,” she says. “I needed to make more of a statement than just that. So I wrote a bunch of new stuff.” Whitley also found a new collaborator

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in gus seyffert, who has worked with Beck, Norah Jones, Danny Elfman and many others. In its finished state, Porta Bohemica has it both ways. Some of the tracks held over from those initial sessions — “Eliza’s Smile” and “Faint Mystery” — demonstrate the live-in-the-studio power of Whitley’s band. Whitley believes that on the other, newer tracks, she succeeded in opening up the palette and expanding more of the sonic direction. Though she’s only 28, Whitley has had a lifetime in music. “Before I could walk and talk, music was already the oxygen that I breathed,” she says. Daughter of the late singer-songwriter chris whitley, she began her performing career at age 11. Approached by a modern art museum, she began doing DJ sets. “At the time, they probably thought that it was a fun sort of performance art installation/experiment: ‘We’ll set up this child on a bunch of beer crates and have her spin this weird, experimental music!’” She learned a great deal from the DJ gig. “Those years were another extension of finding and defining my own

sense of musicality, and how I could translate that language to an audience,” Whitley says. At the same time, Whitley was learning to play her own music. “I started playing drums when I was 10 years old; a year later I got recruited by an avant-garde performance collective in Europe,” she says. “For several years, I went from one production to the next. Usually I was the only child.” Whitley believes those experiences were formative, “especially since I’m a self-taught musician and performer. I didn’t go to school for any of that stuff.” At 16, she quit the collective, quit school and moved to New York. “I was very aware it was going to take a lot of hard work and craftsmanship to stay true to my vision; it was going to be a long journey. I’m still on that journey,” she says. “It’s inevitably a challenging yet extremely fruitful path to go on.” After developing her skills on guitar (“I’m not and never intended to be a virtuoso guitarist; I’m not interested in shredding”) and keyboards, Whitley played and sang on three of her father’s albums. Then she joined daniel lanois in the supergroup Black Dub. Whitley began releasing music under her own name in 2008. “I think that part of me was very naive when I was doing those EPs,” she says. “I was just exploring. I did not want to confine myself to one linear style.” The new album, Porta Bohemica, is a more realized effort, one that makes full use of Whitley’s songwriting, contralto vocal range and musicianship. Those same qualities are on display — albeit in different ways — when Whitley is onstage. “The beautiful thing about live performance is that it’s more of a freewheeling thing. How do you allow unexpected moments to flourish into something that is beautiful? I share that with the audience. I really embrace that aspect of unexpected momentum and its visceral energy,” she says. “I don’t shy away from that element.” X who Trixie Whitley with Lonnie Holley where The Grey Eagle 185 Clingman Ave. thegreyeagle.com when Saturday, March 12, 9 p.m. $12

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Band camp

Girls Rock Asheville holds a fundraiser and adult program

ROCk On: Ladies Rock Camp (March 11-13) raises funds for this summer’s Girls Rock Asheville Camp and lets adult women get in on the fun. Photo by Girls Rock Asheville Girls Rock Asheville provides the opportunity for young women to collaborate with peers, develop baseline musical instrument proficiency and rock out onstage in front of an enthusiastic audience. What’s not to love? But there are costs involved in mounting this ambitious program, which the Girls Rock Asheville organization has been putting on since 2014. As a means of raising funds — and also letting adult women in on the fun — the organization created Ladies Rock Camp, which runs Friday through Sunday, March 11-13. A few spaces remain open at press time, but there are other ways to be involved. You can support the camp’s work through tax-deductible donations (Girls Rock Asheville is a 501(c)3 nonprofit) and by purchasing tickets for the showcase performance on Sunday, March 13. lockie hunter, Girls Rock Asheville’s executive board member for fundraising and events, says the Ladies Rock Camp is “an intensive, three-day experience that provides an opportunity for women 21 and older to find their inner rocker for the weekend.” Taking part in a program that closely mirrors the structure and focus of Girls Rock Asheville’s summer camp for girls, Ladies Rock campers receive instrument instruction and take part in workshops on songwriting, yoga and self-care for performers, “women in rock herstory” and

more. No experience is necessary. The three-day camp culminates Sunday afternoon at The Mothlight, where campers will take the stage in groups they’ve formed and put on a musical performance. The show will be recorded so campers can take home a recording on CD. The Ladies Rock Camp event seeks to raise $4,800, and all funds go toward scholarships for Girls Rock Camp. X

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Freakwater

All in the Timing

After an extended hiatus, longtime frontwomen Catherine Irwin and Janet Bean reconvened for a minitour in 2014, and a taste for co-creating unpolished folk- and country-tinted tunes was revived. Scheherazade — their group Freakwater’s first album in 10 years (and eighth since forming nearly three decades ago) — builds on what Pitchfork describes in part as an enduring “Appalachian gothic tone.” The new work comes peppered with pedal steel, mandola, fiddle, alto flute and cello, thanks to a troupe of collaborators. Evan Patterson (Jaye Jayle) and parttime Ashevillean Morgan Greer (Drunken Prayer) also contribute guitar parts on Scheherazade, and those two acts open for Freakwater at The Grey Eagle on Friday, March 11, at 9 p.m. $15/$18. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Tim Furnish Horiz

All in the Timing was Attic Salt Theatre Company’s first production after relocating to Asheville in 2013. Now the play, which compiles one-act stories by David Ives, returns to coax a second batch of laughter. The comedic mosaic includes such imaginings as a man and woman’s many unexpected chances at romance, caged chimpanzees’ attempts to type Hamlet, a naive lady’s enrollment in a fake language class, a man’s hapless day in an alternate reality called The Philadelphia, a Marxist revolutionary’s repeated death by ax wound, a potential suitor’s concealment of his odd secret and an individual’s existential conversation with the two vultures eating him. The original cast revisits these bizarre situations at N.C. Stage Company, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., through Sunday, March 20. $14-$28. ncstage.org. Photo by Rodney Smith of Tempus Fugit Design

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Ariel Gore

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“My work as a writer, whether I’m focused on memoir or fiction or personal essay, is to keep on pushing out and digging down deeper to get closer to my most authentic voice,” says Ariel Gore. “Sometimes that means finding the word and the courage to tell a deeper truth, and sometimes it means slowing down and paying more attention to the rhythm of my language, to the cadence of my experience.” The author and Hip Mama magazine founder’s upcoming workshop will provide writers of all levels with inspiration and community feedback, pushing each “to a new edge” through experimental immersion. The course ($225) runs Friday-Sunday, March 11-13, at Firestorm Café & Books. There, Gore will also give a free reading of new material and her recent memoir, The End of Eve, on Saturday, March 12, at 6 p.m. literarykitchen.com. Photo by Ana June

The former frontman for Newfoundland-based Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle was terrified of what life would bring after his longtime group’s disintegration. “Touring in a band in a van or bus with a gang of fellow fools is not just a musical passion of mine. It has become my way of life,” he writes, noting that he used to thank his lucky stars from the bus bunk each night. Doyle has hit a new stride, though, having recently released his second solo album, So Let’s Go — a collection of Celtic folk-rock brimming with optimism and pep. Touring that music with some of Canada’s most talented supporting musicians, he says, feels like a second chance. Alan Doyle & The Beautiful Gypsies perform at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Wednesday, March 16, at 8:30 p.m. $25/$30. isisasheville.com. Photo courtesy of the artist

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Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com CREAtIvIty & DESIgn 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through MO (3/28) - Open call for emerging curators to take part in the Curatorial Fellowship. See website for full guidelines. Free.

COMEDy ASHEvILLE PuPPEtRy CLuB 367-4910 • Through (3/10), 7-9pm - Open registration for 8-week improvisational comedy class with Richard Eugene and Sheila Thibodeaux. Registration: facebook.com/ AshevilleImprovClass/. $10 per class.

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FIDDLIng AROunD FOR A CAuSE: Madison County’s finest fiddlers are coming together for a concert to benefit the Madison County Arts Council. This year’s show will be honoring master fiddler Arvil Freeman. “In the early 1950s, Arvil Freeman became a teen sensation while fiddling with The Sauceman Brothers on WCYB radio in Bristol, Va. The station was just across the state line from Freeman’s home in Madison County, N.C., and the signal could be heard over much of the North Carolina mountains,” says Brian Hunter of the Midnight Plowboys. There are two chances to catch a show, Saturday, March 12, at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Photo by Hannah Furgiuele courtesy of the Madison County Arts Council. (p. 56)

ARt APPALACHIAn PAStEL SOCIEty appalachianpastelsociety.org • SA (3/12), 10am-noon - General meeting and demonstration by Ron Laboray. Registration required. Free. Held at Grace Community Church, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River ARt At unCA art.unca.edu • Through FR (3/25) - The Tragedy of War: Japanese American Internment, exhibition on display from Kennesaw State University’s Museum of History and Holocaust Education. Opening reception: Tuesday, Mar, 1, 5:30pm. Held in the Karpen Hall lobby. ASHEvILLE AREA ARtS COunCIL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • TU (3/15), 10am-noon - Artist Business Brainstorm Session: “Ask Any Tax Question,” with Hannah Cole, enrolled agent. Registration required. Free. ARt LEAguE OF HEnDERSOn COunty 692-9441, artleague.net • SU (3/13), 4pm - “Taking the PEGS

guidelines: andrewhiler76@gmail. com. Free to attend. out of JPEGS,” presentation about how to submit art electronically to art galleries. Free. Held at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville HICkORy MuSEuM OF ARt 243 3rd Ave. NE, Hickory, 327-8576 • TH (3/10), 6:30pm - Photographer Jim Ruff presents “Morning Light” regarding mountain photography. Free to attend. MECHAnICAL EyE MICROCInEMA mechanicaleyecinema.org • SA (3/12), 11am-4pm - Phantomythography, multiprojection video installation piece exploring the fiction of memory and identity through the lens of a queer Southern space. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. PuBLIC EvEntS At wCu 227-7397, wcu.edu • TH (3/17), 10am-3pm - LEAD conference on regional arts. Registration required: wcu.edu/engage/community-resources/profdev/LEAD-Arts. asp. Free. Held in the Health and Human Sciences Building, room 204.

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RIvER ARtS DIStRICt ARtIStS riverartsdistrict.com • 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-6pm - Self-guided open studio tour through the River Arts District with artist demonstrations and classes. Free to attend. tRAnSyLvAnIA COMMunIty ARtS COunCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 8842787, tcarts.org • WE (3/9), 10am - “Drawing & Composition: The Figure in Environment Workshop,” led by Deborah Johnson Kidwell. Registration required. $40.

AuDItIOnS & CALL tO ARtIStS ASHEvILLE COMMunIty CHILDREn’S CHORuS 513-200-9447, www. facebook.com/pages/ Asheville-Community-ChildrensChorus/485447988153181, andrewhiler76@gmail.com • Through TU (3/15) - Open auditions for the 2016 spring season. For children aged 9-14. Contact for full

BLACk MOuntAIn CEntER FOR tHE ARtS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • SA (3/12), 10am - Open auditions for the May production of Dixie Swim Club. Contact for full guidelines. Free. • SA (3/12), 10am - Open auditions for mature women for The Front Porch Theatre’s May production of The Dixie Swim Club. Contact for full guidelines. BLACk MOuntAIn COLLEgE MuSEuM & ARtS CEntER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through TH (6/30) - Submissions accepted for the 8th Annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference. See website for full guidelines. RIvERLInk 252-8474, riverlink.org • Through (3/25) - Submissions accepted for the “Voices of the River: Music, Art and Poetry Contest.” See website for full guidelines. tHE CEntER FOR CRAFt,

254-7046, ashevillesymphony.org • SA (3/12), 8pm - Masterworks Performance: Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet. $22 and up. Held at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. DIAnA wORtHAM tHEAtRE 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TH (3/10), 8pm - Altan, Irish music. $32/$27 students/$20 children. HEnDERSOnvILLE CHAMBER MuSIC SERIES 808-2314, hendersonvillechambermusic.org • SU (3/13), 3pm - Chanté Piano Trio. $20. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville MADISOn COunty ARtS COunCIL 90 S. Main St., Marshall, 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com • SA (3/12), 3pm - 10th Annual “Fiddlers of Madison County.” $25/$20 advance. &nbsp; • SA (3/12), 7:30pm - 10th Annual “Fiddlers of Madison County.” $25/$20 advance. PAn HARMOnIA 254-7123, pan-harmonia.org • SU (3/13), 3pm - “Counterparts: Bassoon and Sax,” concert. $20/$15 advance/$5 students. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, 40 Church St. PuBSIng 254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Gospel jam and sing-along. Optional snack time at 5:30pm. Free to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road

tRAnSyLvAnIA COMMunIty ARtS COunCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 8842787, tcarts.org • THURSDAYS (3/3) through (3/24), 2-3pm - Irish song workshop offered by Aoife Clancy. Not held on Thursday, Mar. 17. Registration required. $20. zEn CEntER OF ASHEvILLE 5 Ravenscroft, zcasheville.org • TU (3/15), 7pm - Taiko drumming demonstration with Tom Kurai. $15.

tHEAtER 35BELOw 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/11) until (3/27) - Next to Normal. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $20. AnAM CARA tHEAtRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (3/4) until (3/18), 8pm - The Government Inspector. $18/$15 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road Suite B AttIC SALt tHEAtRE COMPAny 505-2926 • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/9) through (3/20), 7:30pm - All in the Timing, by David Ives. $14-$28. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. Held at NC Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane DIFFEREnt StROkES PERFORMIng ARtS COLLECtIvE 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • THURSDAY through SATURDAY until (3/19), 7:30pm - Glengarry Glen Ross. $18. Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. HEnDERSOnvILLE COMMunIty tHEAtRE 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • SU (3/13), 3pm - Annual membership meeting with potluck. Free to attend. tHE MAgnEtIC tHEAtRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • TH (3/17) and FR (3/18), 7:30pm - The Improbables (An Unlikely Comedy). $19/$16 advance. tHEAtER At wCu 227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • FR (3/11) & SA (3/12), 7:30pm Rogue Bergundy Crush. Free to attend. Held in Niggli Theatre. • TH (3/17), 7:30pm - Blackbeard’s Ghost and the Queen Ann’s Revenge, student production. $10. Held in the Bardo Fine Arts Center.

galleRY D iRectoRY ARt At ASu 262-3017, tcva.org • Through SA (6/4) - The Waterworks, sculptures by Jennifer Hecker. Held in the Turchin Center. ARt At BREvARD COLLEgE 884-8188, brevard.edu/art • Through (3/24) - Juried student art exhibition. Held in the Spiers Arts Gallery. ARt At MARS HILL mhu.edu • Through SA (5/31) - Margaret Morley photography exhibition. Held in the Rural Heritage Museum. • Through FR (4/15) - Exhibition of the sculptures of Michael Neil Jacobsen and the drawings of Michael Anthony Riesch. Opening reception: Wednesday, Mar. 9, 6-8pm. Held in Weizenblatt Gallery. ARt At unCA art.unca.edu • Through TH (3/31) - Women’s History Month Art Exhibition: The Struggle of Everyday Living, paintings by Sahar Fakhoury. Held in the Highsmith Building Intercultural Gallery. ARt At wCu 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu Held in the Bardo Fine Arts Center unless otherwise noted. • Through FR (5/6) - Color + Theory : Past + Present, works by Josef Albers, Kenneth Noland, and Odili Donald Odita. Reception: Thursday, April 7, 5pm. ARtS COunCIL OF HEnDERSOn COunty 693-8504, acofhc.org • FR (3/11) through FR (3/18) - Artists of Tomorrow, exhibition of the art of Henderson County secondary students. Reception: Friday, Mar. 11, 5:30-7pm & Friday, Mar. 18, 5:307pm. Held at Art House Gallery & Studio, 5 Highland Park Road, East Flat Rock ASHEvILLE AREA ARtS COunCIL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (4/2) - Thoughts of Home: Cultural Identity and the Evolution of an Artist Exhibition, exhibition of works of Vadim Bora and artists from the Caucasus Mountains of Russia. • Through SA (4/2) - Meridional Topography: A Painting Exhibition by Perry Houlditch. ASHEvILLE ARt MuSEuM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • SA (3/12) through TU (5/31) - Vault Visible, exhibition of photographs from the extensive museum collection. ASHEvILLE BOOkwORkS 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through FR (4/15) - The Elegant Statement, exhibition of 27 book artists and letterpress printers from across the US. ASHEvILLE gALLERy OF ARt 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TH (3/31) - New Horizons, painting exhibition by Anne Bonnyman, Cathyann Burgess and Johnnie Stanfield.

• Through TH (3/31) - New Horizons, exhibition of the paintings of Anne Bonnyman, Cathyann Burgess, and Johnnie Stanfield. BASCOM CEntER FOR tHE ARtS 323 Franklin Road, Highlands, 526-4949, thebascom.org • Through SU (5/22) - Exhibition of the paintings of Lucien Harris. Reception: Saturday, April 30, 5-7pm. BLuE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (4/29) - Kreh Mellick exhibition. • Through FR (4/29) - PhotoCRAFT, photography and object exhibition. • Through FR (4/29) - Southeast Contemporary Textile exhibit.

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JuBILEE COMMunIty CHuRCH 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • Through SU (3/20) - In Plain Sight, a photo journal of homelessness in Asheville benefitting the Haywood street congregation. MEtRO wInES 169 Charlotte St., 575-9525, facebook.com/MetroWinesAsheville • FR (3/11) through SU (3/13) - Painting exhibit by Lisa Casperson. Artist reception: Friday, Mar. 11, 5-7pm. PISgAH BREwIng COMPAny 150 East Side Drive, Black Mountain, 6690190, pisgahbrewing.com • Through TH (4/28) - Exhibition of the concert and festival photography of David Schimcock. A portion of proceeds from sales benefit leaF.

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PuSH SkAtE SHOP & gALLERy 25 Patton Ave., 225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • Through TU (3/29) - First Thoughts, multi medium group exhibition to benefit the Foundation in the River arts District. SAtELLItE gALLERy 55 Broadway St., 305-2225, thesatellitegallery.com • Through TH (3/31) - Jeremy Phillips painting exhibition. tRACkSIDE StuDIOS & gALLERy 375 Depot St., 545-2904, facebook.com/ TracksideStudios375 • Through SA (3/19) - 70s Vibe, group painting exhibition. tRyOn ARtS & CRAFtS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 859-8323, tryonartsandcrafts.org • FR (3/11) through WE (4/20) - Mixed media show. Opening reception: Friday, Mar. 11, 6-8pm. zAPOw! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow.net • SA (3/12) through (5/2) - Girls On The Run of WNC, multimedia art exhibition. Opening reception: Saturday, Mar. 12, 7-9pm. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees.

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cl u bla n d Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10pm

Wednesday, March 9

Double Crown Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

185 King Street Vinyl Night, 7pm

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5pm Les Amis (African folk), 8pm

French Broad Brewery Belle of the Fall (folk), 6pm

550 Tavern & Grille karaoke, 6pm

Good Stuff Doug McElvy (roots, singer-songwriter), 4:30pm

Asheville Music Hall Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7pm

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern That 1 Guy (experimental, future funk), 9pm

Ben’s Tune-Up Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7pm Black Mountain Ale House Play to Win game night, 7:30pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall An Evening w/ Hiroya Tsukamoto (cinematic classical guitar), 7pm Alarm Clock Conspiracy w/ Saul Zonana & Andre’ Cholmondeley’s Agenda (pop, rock), 8:30pm

Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Open mic, 7pm Bywater The Rondo Rigs w/ Billy Cardine ( acoustic jazz), 9pm

Jack of the Wood Pub Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Crow & Quill Toybox Theatre (bizarre puppetry), 9pm

Lazy Diamond Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

Dark City Deli Pool Tournament, 7:30pm

Lex 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (jazz ballads & standards), 7pm

Double Crown Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm Funkatorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm Good Stuff Karaoke!, 6pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern The Hip Abduction (Afropop, indie rock, tropical), 9pm Grind Cafe Trivia night, 7pm Highland Brewing Company Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm Iron Horse Station Kevin Reese (Americana), 8pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall An evening w/ Rupert Wates (folk, jazz, singer-songwriter), 7pm An evening w/ The Siamese Jazz Club and Adam & Kizzie (blues, jazz, R&B), 8:30pm Jack of the Wood Pub Old-time session, 5pm Lazy Diamond Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm Lex 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrel house style stride piano), 7pm Lobster Trap Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm Mountain Mojo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm Noble Kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm O.Henry’s/The Underground “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm Odditorium Kal Marks, Two Inch Astronaut, Obsideoneye & Film History (rock), 9pm Off the Wagon Piano show, 9pm Olive or Twist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby

MARCH 09 - MARCH 15, 2016

HIGH COUNTRY HEROES: Indie-rock band The Remarks wasted no time making some regional waves after forming in 2015 at Appalachian State University. The four-piece group’s blend of roots, pop music and psychedelia has made it “one of Boone’s most exciting rock groups,” according to the High Country Press, and has lead to opening gigs for Dick Diver and Sol Cat. The Remarks wend their way down to Brevard’s 185 King Street on Friday, March 11 for a 8 p.m. show with opener Clint Roberts.

Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm One World Brewing Redleg Husky (acoustic trio), 8pm Pisgah Brewing Company Experience Music AVL (rock, kids band), 6pm PULP L!VE Garbage & Zach Cooper (performing “The Sentence Live”), 9pm Room IX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm Scully’s Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm Sly Grog Lounge Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm TallGary’s at Four College Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm

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 & Andrew Brophy (bluegrass, old-time, Americana), 6pm Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm White Horse Black Mountain Berea College Bluegrass Ensemble, 7:30pm

Thursday, March 10 5 Walnut Wine Bar Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm Barley’s Taproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

The Block Off Biltmore Noah Stockdale (singer-songwriter, folk), 8pm

Black Mountain Ale House Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band & Blue Plate Special, 8pm

The Joint Next Door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

The Mothlight Diarrhea Planet w/ Shadow Show & Kitty Tsunami (rock ’n’ roll, punk, indie), 9:30pm

Blue Ridge Taproom Beyond Chicken (Americana), 8pm

The Phoenix Jazz night, 8pm The Social Lounge Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm The Southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

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Club Eleven on Grove Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm Creekside Taphouse Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm Crow & Quill

Lobster Trap Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm Market Place Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm New Mountain Theater/ Amphitheater Thriftworks w/ TBD & Live Animals (electronic), 9:30pm O.Henry’s/The Underground Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am Odditorium Dog Years, Heavy Hearted & Ghostdog (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 ShwizZ (funk, rock), 10pm One World Brewing Grand ole Uproar Duo (old-time), 8pm Oskar Blues Brewery Ross Wall (old-time), 6pm Pisgah Brewing Company Hellbender Barley Wine release party w/ The Screaming J’s (boogie woogie, benefit for Wild South), 4pm PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic w/ Tom Chalmers, 9pm Purple Onion Cafe Phil & Gaye Johnson (acoustic, Americana), 7:30pm Renaissance Asheville Hotel Chris Smith (acoustic, alt-country), 6:30pm Room IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm Sanctuary Brewing Company Caroline Morrison (folk), 7pm Scandals Nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

SLy gROg LOungE Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm SOutHERn APPALACHIAn BREwERy Big Block Dodge (groosin), 7pm SPRIng CREEk tAvERn Open Mic, 6pm tALLgARy’S At FOuR COLLEgE Open jam night w/ Jonathan Santos, 7pm tHE BLOCk OFF BILtMORE Open mic night, 7:30pm tHE MOtHLIgHt Strung Like A Horse w/ Skunk Ruckus (garage-grass), 9:30pm tHE PHOEnIx Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 9pm tIMO’S HOuSE Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm tOwn PuMP Joe Cat (Americana, roots), 9pm tRAILHEAD REStAuRAnt AnD BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

The Low Counts (rock), 6pm gOOD StuFF Stephen Evans (singer-songwriter), 6pm gREy EAgLE MuSIC HALL & tAvERn Freakwater w/ Jaye Jayle + Morgan Geer’s Drunken Prayer (alt. country), 8pm HIgHLAnD BREwIng COMPAny The Royal Suits (dance, Top 40, variety), 7pm IROn HORSE StAtIOn Mark Shane (R&B), 7pm ISIS REStAuRAnt AnD MuSIC HALL An evening w/ John Flynn (Americana, bluegrass, folk), 7pm An evening w/ Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Hass (Celtic, folk, world), 8:30pm JACk OF tHE wOOD PuB The Freeway Revival (rock, Americana), 9pm JERuSALEM gARDEn Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LAzy DIAMOnD Totes Dope Tite Sick Jams w/ (ya boy) DJ Hot Noodle, 10pm LEx 18 HotPoint Trio (Gypsy, swing), 6:30pm

tRESSA’S DOwntOwn JAzz AnD BLuES The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

LOBStER tRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm

twIStED LAuREL Karaoke, 8pm

MARkEt PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

FRIDAy, MARCH 11 185 kIng StREEt The Remarks w/ Clint Roberts (indie, rock), 7pm 5 wALnut wInE BAR Shake It Like a Caveman (rock), 9pm ALtAMOnt tHEAtRE David London (magician), 7pm ASHEvILLE MuSIC HALL Consider the Source (progressive fusion), 10pm

LuELLA’S BAR-B-QuE Riyen Roots (blues, rock, soul), 8pm

OnE StOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm OnE wORLD BREwIng Mother McCree’s String Band (jam band), 9pm ORAngE PEEL The SteelDrivers w/ Taylor Brashears [SOLD OUT], 9pm

PACk’S tAvERn DJ MoTo (dance, pop hits), 9pm PISgAH BREwIng COMPAny Von Strantz (Americana), 8pm SAnCtuARy BREwIng COMPAny Sean Bendula (singer-songwriter), 7pm

SCuLLy’S DJ, 10pm SOutHERn APPALACHIAn BREwERy The Howie Johnson Trio (rock, Americana), 8pm SPRIng CREEk tAvERn Kevin Reese (Americana), 8:30pm tHE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm tHE BLOCk OFF BILtMORE The Nitrogen Tone (jam, spiritual), 8pm tHE MOtHLIgHt Daniel Bachman w/ Wes Tirey & The Congregation (acoustic), 8:30pm

nEw MOuntAIn tHEAtER/AMPHItHEAtER Downlink & Dieselboy w/ Mantis (electronic), 9:30pm

tHE PHOEnIx Stepchild (classic rock), 9pm

ODDItORIuM Almost People, Best Good Pals & SHEEP (Punk), 9pm OFF tHE wAgOn Dueling pianos, 9pm

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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 Acoustic Swing, 7pm BLuE RIDgE tAPROOM Asheville Drum Circle (bring your drums!), 6pm BOILER ROOM POFOLK presents March Madness w/ DJ Blackout Green, 9pm CAtAwBA BREwIng SOutH SLOPE The Bluebirds (bluegrass, folk), 6pm CORk & kEg Jack Devereux & David Brown (old-time, Irish, fiddle, guitar), 8:30pm CROw & QuILL Ancient Warfare (brooding rock), 9pm DOuBLE CROwn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm DugOut Calvin get down (funk), 9pm ELAInE’S DuELIng PIAnO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FREnCH BROAD BREwERy

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Sat • March 12

185 kIng StREEt Goldie & the Screamers (soul, R&B), 7pm

Junto @ 7pm

5 wALnut wInE BAR Dos Jefes (rock), 6pm Latin dance party w/ Sol Rhythms (salsa, merengue, Afro-Cuban), 9pm

Sun • March 13

Reggae Sunday hosted by Dennis Berndt of Chalwa

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Tue • March 15 Team Trivia with Dr. Brown

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ALtAMOnt tHEAtRE David London (magician), 11am Nolatet w/ Brian Haas, Mike Dillon, James Singleton & Johnny Vidacovich (New Orleans music), 8pm ASHEvILLE MuSIC HALL Lose yourself to Dance Party w/ DJ Marley Carroll (dance), 10pm 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 Sidecar Honey (Americana, rock), 9pm BLuE MOuntAIn PIzzA & BREw PuB Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm BOILER ROOM Time Travelers’ Masquerade Ball and Drag Show w/ DJ Deven, 10pm

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CLuB ELEvEn On gROvE Time Travelers’ Masquerade Ball and Drag Show w/ DJ Vourteque & DJ Doctor Q, 10pm CORk & kEg Zydeco Ya Ya (zydeco), 8:30pm DOuBLE CROwn Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10pm

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CAtAwBA BREwIng SOutH SLOPE The Jangling Sparrows (folk, zydeco), 6pm

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ELAInE’S DuELIng PIAnO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FREnCH BROAD BREwERy Stray Local (blues, folk), 6pm gREEn ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOuSE Deb Bridges & Groove (blues, jazz, pop), 5:30pm gREy EAgLE MuSIC HALL & tAvERn Dr. Dynamite w/ Vince Junior (rock, funk, hip hop), 8pm Trixie Whitley w/ Lonnie Holley [CANCELLED], 9pm HIgHLAnD BREwIng COMPAny Junto (Americana, country, rock), 3pm Jody Medford w/ Cash Creek (country), 9pm IROn HORSE StAtIOn Dana and Susan Robinson (folk, Americana), 7pm ISIS REStAuRAnt AnD MuSIC HALL An evening w/ Robby Hecht (folk, singersongwriter), 7pm An evening w/ Mr. Sun (bluegrass, oldtime, jazz), 9pm JACk OF tHE wOOD PuB Sons Of Ralph (roots, bluegrass, country), 9pm JERuSALEM gARDEn Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

LAzOOM BuS tOuRS Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (kids, hip-hop), 11:30 am LAzy DIAMOnD Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm LEx 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (jazz ballads & standards), 6:30pm LOBStER tRAP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm LOOkOut BREwERy Handsome and the Humbles (alt-country, Americana, folk), 6:30pm MARkEt PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm ODDItORIuM Cepheus, Innerout, Onj & Art of War (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 StOP DELI & BAR Litz w/ Aarodynamics (funk, psychedelic, jam), 10pm ORAngE PEEL Corey Smith w/ Luke Combs (Americana, folk-rock, country), 9pm OSkAR BLuES BREwERy Amigo (alt-country), 6pm PACk’S tAvERn The House Band (rock covers, hits), 9pm PISgAH BREwIng COMPAny Raising Caine w/ Pierce Edens Duo (Altcountry, Americana, benefit for Helios Warriors), 9pm PuRPLE OnIOn CAFE One Leg Up (gypsy, jazz), 8pm ROOM Ix Open dance night, 9pm SCAnDALS nIgHtCLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm Time Travelers’ Masquerade Ball and Drag Show w/ DJ Vourteque & DJ Doctor Q, 10pm SCuLLy’S DJ, 10pm SOutHERn APPALACHIAn BREwERy Fin Dog (bluegrass), 8pm SPRIng CREEk tAvERn Andy Ferrell Duo (Americana), 8:30pm tHE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm tHE BLOCk OFF BILtMORE Shake off Winter: Dinner Theatre Cabaret (African, dance, jazz, burlesque), 7:30pm tHE DugOut Karaoke, 8pm tHE MOtHLIgHt The No BS! Brass Band w/ Chanterelles (brass, funk, R&B), 9:30pm tHE PHOEnIx Pretty Little Goat (old-time, string band), 9pm tHE SOCIAL Free Flow Band (old school funk), 9pm tIMO’S HOuSE Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 9pm tRAILHEAD REStAuRAnt AnD BAR Kevin Lorenz (guitar, all genres), 8pm

twIStED LAuREL Live DJ, 11pm

Sundays w/ Bill & Friends (Grateful Dead tribute, acoustic), 5pm

wHItE HORSE BLACk MOuntAIn Pierce Pettis (folk, country), 8pm

PISgAH BREwIng COMPAny Sunday Travers Jam (open jam), 5pm

wILD wIng CAFE Karaoke, 8pm

SAnCtuARy BREwIng COMPAny Vintage Vinyl, 7pm

zAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SCAnDALS nIgHtCLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

SunDAy, MARCH 13 185 kIng StREEt Sunday Funday, 7pm 5 wALnut wInE BAR Jason Moore & Trust Trio (funk, jazz), 7pm ALtAMOnt tHEAtRE An Evening With Joe Craven (folk, world, roots), 7pm BARLEy’S tAPROOM Roots and Dore (blues), 7:30pm BEn’S tunE-uP Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 8pm BLACk MOuntAIn ALE HOuSE Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel and Friends (jazz), 11:30am BLuE MOuntAIn PIzzA & BREw PuB Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm BywAtER Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6pm DOuBLE CROwn Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9pm gOOD StuFF Dana & Susan Robinson (folk, singersongwriter, Americana), 6pm gREy EAgLE MuSIC HALL & tAvERn The Goddamn Gallows w/ Husky Burnette (punk rock, metal, bluegrass), 8pm HIgHLAnD BREwIng COMPAny Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis “Chalwa” Berndt, 1pm IROn HORSE StAtIOn Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm ISIS REStAuRAnt AnD MuSIC HALL Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am Wendy Jones & RetroCurrent (jazz, folk), 5:30pm An evening of the blues w/ Chuck Beattie, 7:30pm JACk OF tHE wOOD PuB Irish session, 5pm LAzOOM BuS tOuRS Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (kids, hip-hop), 11:30 am LAzy DIAMOnD Mystery Lights & Breanna Barbara (rock, blues), 10pm LEx 18 The Thomas Wolfe Scandal & Immersive Mystery Dinner Theater (ticketed event), 6pm LOBStER tRAP Hot Club of Asheville (swingin’ grass), 6:30pm ODDItORIuM Painted Zeroes, Izzy True & Sentiments (rock, indie), 9pm OFF tHE wAgOn Piano show, 9pm OnE StOP DELI & BAR Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am

SOL BAR nEw MOuntAIn Machines: KRI & Ex Nihilo (electronic), 6pm SOutHERn APPALACHIAn BREwERy Henderson County Arts Council Meet and Greet Jazz Soiree w/ Elise Pratt, The Dan Keller Trio, & painter Billy Smith (jazz, live art), 5pm tALLgARy’S At FOuR COLLEgE Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm tHE BLOCk OFF BILtMORE Bernie Bash Before Primary Open Jam, 2pm tHE MOtHLIgHt The Snails w/ Nervous Dupre & Doc Ellis Dee (experimental, indie), 9:30pm tHE OMnI gROvE PARk Inn Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm tHE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm tHE SOCIAL LOungE DJ Kyusi on vinyl (old school trip-hop, deep house, acid jazz), 8pm tHE SOutHERn Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm tIMO’S HOuSE Bring Your Own Vinyl (open decks), 8pm

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HIgHLAnD BREwIng COMPAny Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 6pm

ODDItORIuM Truman, Under a Sky So Blue, Weak Wrists & In Words (punk), 9pm

IROn HORSE StAtIOn Open mic, 6pm

OLIvE OR twISt 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm

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SAT. 3/12 The House Band (rock covers, hits)

tHE MOtHLIgHt Moros w/ Swamprot & Pallor (death metal, sludge), 9pm

LOBStER tRAP Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm

tHE OMnI gROvE PARk Inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

MARkEt PLACE The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm

tHE vALLEy MuSIC & COOkHOuSE Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm

nEw MOuntAIn tHEAtER/ AMPHItHEAtER Tuesday Tease (“open mic” burlesque), 9pm

tIgER MOuntAIn Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

ODDItORIuM Odd comedy night, 9pm Night Windows & Comfort Creature (punk, indie), 9pm

wHItE HORSE BLACk MOuntAIn Take Two Jazz: Bill Bares & Russ Wilson, 7:30pm

tuESDAy, MARCH 15 5 wALnut wInE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm ALtAMOnt BREwIng COMPAny Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm ASHEvILLE MuSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm BACk yARD BAR Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm

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w/ Wes tirey & the congregation

the no bs! brass band w/ chanterelles w/ nervous dupre

3/15 tue 3/17

thu

3/18

fri

moros

w/ swamprot, pallor

free!

Discounted Growlers & Cidery Tours

plankeye peggy (album release) w/ wasted wine and more!

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BLACk MOuntAIn ALE HOuSE Trivia, 7pm

210 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC 28806

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OFF tHE wAgOn Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm OLIvE OR twISt Tuesday Night Blues Dance w/ The Remedy (dance lesson at 8), 8:30pm OnE StOP DELI & BAR Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm OnE wORLD BREwIng Trivia with Gil, 7pm ORAngE PEEL Mayday Parade w/ The Maine & Better Off (pop, rock), 9pm SAnCtuARy BREwIng COMPAny Team trivia & tacos, 7pm SLy gROg LOungE 1000 words storytelling open mic, 7pm tALLgARy’S At FOuR COLLEgE Jam night, 9pm tHE BLOCk OFF BILtMORE Jazz-n-Justice w/ David Serra (Latin jazz), 8pm

BLuE MOuntAIn PIzzA & BREw PuB Ionize, 7pm

tHE MOtHLIgHt The Bright Light Social Hour w/ Onawa (psychedelic, rock, blues), 9:30pm

BuFFALO nICkEL Trivia, 7pm

tHE PHOEnIx Singer-songwriter Night, 8pm

CAtAwBA BREwIng SOutH SLOPE Reverend Finster (R.E.M. covers), 6:30pm

tHE SOCIAL LOungE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

CORk & kEg Old Time Jam, 5pm

tRESSA’S DOwntOwn JAzz AnD BLuES Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm

CREEkSIDE tAPHOuSE Old School Low Down Blues Tues. w/ Matt Walsh, 6pm

uRBAn ORCHARD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm

CROw & QuILL Champagne Wilson & the Corkscrews (rowdy hot jazz), 10pm

wHItE HORSE BLACk MOuntAIn Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm

DOuBLE CROwn Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm

w/ onawa

the moth: true stories told live

BLACk BEAR COFFEE CO. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7pm

DARk CIty DELI Ping Pong Tournament, 6pm

the bright light social hour

Details for all shows can be found at

Customer Appreciation Day March 15th

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3/14 mon

North Carolina’s First Cider Bar Family Owned & Operated Seasonal, craft-made hard ciders and tasting-room delights from local farmers & artisans.

LAzy DIAMOnD Classic Rock ’n Roll Karaoke, 10pm LEx 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (jazz ballads & standards), 7pm

uRBAn ORCHARD Old-time music, 7pm

3/9 wed

JACk OF tHE wOOD PuB The Lost Fiddle Stringband (bluegrass), 7pm

SOvEREIgn REMEDIES Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

tIMO’S HOuSE Movie night, 7pm

20 S. SPRUCE ST. • 225.6944 PACKSTAVERN.COM

ISIS REStAuRAnt AnD MuSIC HALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm

gOOD StuFF Old time-y night, 6:30pm gREy EAgLE MuSIC HALL & tAvERn Pato Banton (reggae), 9pm

wILD wIng CAFE SOutH Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8:30pm

wEDnESDAy, MARCH 16 5 wALnut wInE BAR James Scott (West coast acoustic fingerstyle), 5pm Les Amis (African folk), 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 DARk CIty DELI Pool Tournament, 7:30pm DOuBLE CROwn Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10pm FIREStORM CAFE AnD BOOkS Timbre (folk, rock), 9pm FunkAtORIuM John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm gOOD StuFF Karaoke!, 6pm gREy EAgLE MuSIC HALL & tAvERn Mac Sabbath (Black Sabbath food parody), 9pm gRInD CAFE Trivia night, 7pm HIgHLAnD BREwIng COMPAny Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm IROn HORSE StAtIOn Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 6pm ISIS REStAuRAnt AnD MuSIC HALL An Evening with Lauren Sheehan (roots, Americana), 7pm Alan Doyle & The Beautiful Gypsies (folk rock), 8:30pm JACk OF tHE wOOD PuB Old-time session, 5pm LAzy DIAMOnD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm LEx 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrel house style stride piano), 7pm LOBStER tRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm LOOkOut BREwERy James Hammel (guitar, jazz, pop), 5:30pm MOuntAIn MOJO COFFEEHOuSE Open mic, 6:30pm

SLy gROg LOungE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm tALLgARy’S At FOuR COLLEgE Open mic & jam, 7pm Wu-Wednesdays (’90s hip-hop experience), 9pm tHE JOInt nExt DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8pm tHE PHOEnIx Jazz night, 8pm tHE SOCIAL LOungE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10pm

JACk OF tHE wOOD PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm St. Paddy’s Day Celebration w/ The Red Wellies & Celtic jam session (Celtic, jam), 9pm LAzy DIAMOnD Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm LEx 18 St. Patrick’s 1926 Irish Wake for Dr. E.W. Grove (vaudeville, ticketed event), 5:45pm

tHE SOutHERn Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

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

tIMO’S HOuSE “Spectrum AVL” w/ DamGood & rotating DJs, 9pm

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

tOwn PuMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10pm

O.HEnRy’S/tHE unDERgROunD Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am

tRAILHEAD REStAuRAnt AnD BAR Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon & Andrew Brophy (bluegrass, old-time, Americana), 6pm

ODDItORIuM PBR presents: St. Paddy’s Day Massacre (punk), 9pm

tRESSA’S DOwntOwn JAzz AnD BLuES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

OFF tHE wAgOn Dueling pianos, 9pm

wHItE HORSE BLACk MOuntAIn Wednesday Waltz, 7pm

March

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

THURSDAY

5 wALnut wInE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm

ORAngE PEEL Donna The Buffalo w/ City Of The Sun (zydeco, folk rock, country), 9pm

9PM SHOW

3.10

PANTHER GOD + LIVE ANIMALS

ALtAMOnt tHEAtRE Hustle Souls w/ Supatight (Southern soul), 8pm

PISgAH BREwIng COMPAny The Screaming J’s (boogie-woogie, swing), 6pm

THURSDAY

SOL BAR

BARLEy’S tAPROOM AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

PuRPLE OnIOn CAFE Marshall Ballew & Wanda Lu Paxton (singersongwriter), 7:30pm

tHuRSDAy, MARCH 17

BLACk MOuntAIn ALE HOuSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band & Blue Plate Special, 8pm

ROOM Ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

BLuE MOuntAIn PIzzA & BREw PuB Larry Dolamore (acoustic), 7pm

SCAnDALS nIgHtCLuB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

BLuE RIDgE tAPROOM Beyond Chicken (Americana), 8pm

SLy gROg LOungE Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm

CAtAwBA BREwIng COMPAny St. Patrick’s Day Bend and Brew (yoga, beer tasting), 4pm

nOBLE kAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

CLuB ELEvEn On gROvE Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm

O.HEnRy’S/tHE unDERgROunD “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

CREEkSIDE tAPHOuSE Singer-songwriter night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm

ODDItORIuM Passalacqua (Hip Hop), 9pm

CROw & QuILL Carolina Catskins (gritty ragtime jazz), 10pm

OFF tHE wAgOn Piano show, 9pm

DARk CIty DELI Irish Session Players, 7pm

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

DOuBLE CROwn Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

OnE wORLD BREwIng Billy Litz (multi-instrumentalist), 8pm

ISIS REStAuRAnt AnD MuSIC HALL An evening w/ Quiles & Cloud (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line (Americana, bluegrass, old-time), 8:30pm

ELAInE’S DuELIng PIAnO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FREnCH BROAD BREwERy Bluegrass Sweethearts (bluegrass), 6pm

THEATER

THRIFTWORKS

9PM SHOW

3.10

URBAN SOIL

FRIDAY

THEATER

9:30PM SHOW

3.11

DOWNLINK + DIESELBOY

SATURDAY

SOL BAR

3.12

THE BLIND SPOTS

8PM SHOW FRIDAY

SOutHERn APPALACHIAn BREwERy St. Patty’s Day with The Stipe Brothers, Dan Ruiz, Kent Rector & Jeff Hinkle (Irish jams, pop), 7pm

THEATER

9PM SHOW

3.18

EARTHCRY + PUSH/PULL + NUMATIK

THURSDAY

THEATER

FRIDAY

THEATER

3.24 SCARFACE ICON TOUR 9PM SHOW

SPRIng CREEk tAvERn Open Mic, 6pm tALLgARy’S At FOuR COLLEgE Open jam night w/ Jonathan Santos, 7pm

3.25 YHETI + CONRANK

tHE BLOCk OFF BILtMORE Open mic night, 7:30pm

9PM SHOW

tHE MOtHLIgHt The Moth: True Stories Told Live, 7:30pm

WEDNESDAY

3.30 9PM SHOW

tHE PHOEnIx Celtic Conspiracy (Celtic, traditional Irish), 7:30pm tIMO’S HOuSE Thursday Request Live w/ Franco Nino, 9pm tOwn PuMP Chris Jamison’s Ghost (folk), 9pm

ROOM Ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

gOOD StuFF St. Patrick’s Day celebration, 12pm Momma Molasses (country, folk, indie), 6pm

SAnCtuARy BREwIng COMPAny Jason Merritt (rock, pop, indie), 7pm

gREEn MAn BREwERy Grand Opening Celebration, 2pm

tRESSA’S DOwntOwn JAzz AnD BLuES The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

SCuLLy’S Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm

gREy EAgLE MuSIC HALL & tAvERn Southern Soul & Rock ’n’ Roll: A Sampler From Muscle Shoals, 7pm

twIStED LAuREL Karaoke, 8pm

tRAILHEAD REStAuRAnt AnD BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

THEATER

TWIDDLE + UNIVERSAL SIGH

Coming Up:

FRI - 4.15: SAT - 4.16: FRI - 4.22:

FRI - 4.29: SAT - 4.30:

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DOPAPOD + THE FRITZ DOPAPOD + TURKUAZ NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE RANDOM RAB + CLOUDCHORD JOHN BROWN’S BODY

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Pick of the week

Scene from Disney’s pretty terrific Zootopia.

Zootopia HHHHS DiRectoR: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush plaYeRs: (Voices) Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Tommy Chong, J.K. Simmons animateD antHRopomoRpHic cop BuDDY mYsteRY comeDY RATED PG tHe stoRY: A young female rabbit police rookie has 48 hours to solve a missing persons case with the aid of a possibly untrustworthy fox. tHe lowDown: Gorgeous to look at, clever, funny and with a solid and atmospheric mystery at its core. But there’s more here in the film’s timely

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and relevant thematic content. I can’t decide whether it’s ironic or apt that the wonderful Zootopia comes out the same weekend as the dreadful London Has Fallen. It is perhaps both, since Zootopia is the anti-London Has Fallen — thematically and artistically. Now, I’m not one to gush wildly over animated films — especially computeranimated ones. Oh, I’ve liked a few, but it’s rare that I put one in the must-see category, which is what I’m pretty much doing with Zootopia. (And bear in mind, I’m the guy who’s still trying to figure out why people loved Inside Out last year.) No, I did not go into the film expecting much. It looked like the standard-issue “Believe-in-Yourself” stuff that kiddie films have been feeding their audiences

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for years, and there certainly is some of that. Plus, the lead characters — especially Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) — looked just too bright-eyed and cute, and that is a minor issue. (As concerns Jason Bateman’s sly fox Nick Wilde, I went in thinking of Tim Burton’s claim he was fired from Disney for not being able to draw cute foxes.) But the truth is that just looking at the character designs — even looking at the scene stills — gives very little indication of what Zootopia looks and feels like while it’s moving. The film is stunningly beautiful and detailed, and boasts moments of genuine film noir atmosphere in its darker corners. (And, thank goodness, it has those darker corners). There really seems to be a solid world — or worlds — here. The whole concept of outlying areas being pockets of tribalism and the big city of Zootopia being a kind of melting

pot “where anyone can be whatever they want” is wonderfully rendered in Judy Hopps’ train journey from her family carrot farm to Zootopia. In fact, it is rather breathtaking. Similarly fine is the depiction of the fact that even melting pots tend to break down into factions where like seeks like, creating microcosm neighborhoods reflecting where the residents came from. The plot — or at least the setup — is no great shakes, with Judy coming to Zootopia to pursue her dream of being a police officer. Unsurprisingly, the fact that she passes training with flying colors (by learning to play to her strengths) doesn’t keep her from being dismissed by the other, larger police — generally rhinos, tigers, water buffaloes, elephants, etc. Worse, her boss, Chief Bogo (Idris Elba), makes her a meter maid. Determined to make

good — especially after being flimflammed by con artist Nick Wilde — Judy tries too hard and ends up with an assignment to find a missing otter. The catch is that she has 48 hours to crack the case or resign. It comes as no great surprise that Judy ends up teaming with Nick on this seemingly impossible task. More surprising is that the mystery element is pretty solid and well-developed — and, as previously noted, with a genuine film noir tone. It’s fast and funny and filled with pop culture references. And, yes, the joke that’s the core of one of the movie’s trailers about sloths running the DMV is even better in the context of the film (and there’s a great subsequent gag on the same topic). But the truth is that all of this — the self-realization, the mystery, the comedy, the gorgeous design — is actually at the service of a theme about the evils of racial profiling and stereotyping. And there’s nothing timid about it or the way it’s presented. It even goes so far as to delve into the root causes of prejudices as learned behavior. Amazingly, however, Zootopia never feels preachy, because this aspect of the film is an inherent part of its story. It all feels of a piece. While it’s true that children are not apt to understand the implications of it all, they may take away more than is casually assumed. It may not be the duty of an animated fantasy to be relevant — and some of the relevance may be happenstance — but it’s worth noting when one is. Regardless, it’s a very good movie with a very good message — in fact, it’s one of the best films to come along so far this year. Rated PG for some thematic elements, rude humor and action. Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

London Has Fallen S

DIRECTOR: Babak Najafi PLAYERS: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Angela Bassett, Radha Mitchell, Jackie Earle Haley OBNOXIOUS XENOPHOBIC RATHER DULL ACTION RATED R THE STORY: Super Secret-Service agent Mike Banning must save the president from terrorists at the funeral of the British Prime Minister. THE LOWDOWN: A brain-dead, obnoxious, toxic lump of xenophobia, flag-waving, stock footage, crummy CGI, dismal performances and worse writing. The jackpot of bad movies. I did not honestly believe it was possible to make a more muttonheaded piece of xenophobic, racist propagada than Antoine Fuqua’s Olympus Has Fallen (2013). Well, it is — as Babak Najafi’s London Has Fallen proves. And then some. I said of the first movie, “Red meat for the red-state minded — and something of an embarrassment for the rest of us.” That more or less applies here, but now we get a movie that feels like the action version of a Donald Trump stump speech — only less nuanced. That it’s kind of dull and very cheesy doesn’t help, but it does make a compelling case for Gerard Butler as our generation’s Charles Bronson or, worse yet, Chuck Norris. Yes, that is terrifying to contemplate. I used to think Butler was an actor I liked but who made some bad career decisions. I now realize that the times I’ve actually liked him are few and far between (I think it works out to five movies) and have concluded that his career mostly consists of bellowing and mumbling bad lines in worse movies. London Has Fallen is either the pinnacle or the nadir of his cinematic trajectory to date. This is especially noticeable coming hot on the sandal heels of Gods of Egypt. Much like its odious predecessor, London Has Fallen neatly sidesteps identifying the bad guys as representative of a clearly identified foreign power. Last time, it was renegade North Koreans. This time, it is some kind of Middle East faction never directly connected to any country. At one point, tougher-than-a-roomful-of-wildcats Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) does tell one of the endless parade of miscreants to “go back to F***headistan,” but I doubt you’ll find that country on any map. It hardly lightens the Islamaphobic tone of the movie

not to name the country but instead to pin all this on arms dealer Aamir Barkawi (Alon Aboutboul), who isn’t doing this in a fit of anti-infidel ideology, but as a simple (albeit ridiculously elaborate) revenge scheme. It seems the U.S. took out his daughter — along with an entire, presumably innocent, wedding party — with a drone strike meant for Barkawi himself. None too surprisingly, Barkawi is displeased by this rash, inhospitable action. That the most reasonable way to go about this is to arrange for the death of the British prime minister, infiltrate the London police force and the Royal Guard with trigger-happy bad guys, and gather all the big names in world government in one place to get at U.S. President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) ... well, that’s another matter. This, of course, is not a film that asks for deep thought — or any thought at all. The bad guys destroy more famous landmarks than an alien invasion in a 1950s sci-fi movie and kill off any number of heads of state. Ah, but they have not reckoned with the presence of Mike Banning, nor the grit of President Asher. You can probably take it from here, although how utterly cheesy the production values are (and how much stock footage has been used) may surprise and appall anyone not pining for the days of Delta Force movies. If the production values don’t do it in, the fact that director Najafi is unable to shoot coherent action sequences — even without resorting to shaky-cam and fastcutting — ought to. But we should also credit the lackluster performances and the terrible writing. Since the script can’t figure out how to tell the story, it’s spelled out for us in the unspectacular war room where most of the name cast — Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Jackie Earle Haley — spends the film. The things that Freeman-as-vice-president doesn’t tell us are delivered by Barkawi himself. How? Well, you see, he has somehow taken over the TV signal — you know, like in a comic book movie — and tells us what’s happening and why. Yes, the lunkheaded mess really is as dumb as that sounds. And, while we don’t get anything to quite equal Melissa Leo screaming the Pledge of Allegiance while being dragged around in her underwear in the first film, we do get Eckhart reciting his oath of office while having the crap beaten out of him by evil foreigners. So there. Rated R for strong violence and language throughout. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Co-ed of Brevard, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

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T HEATE R LISTINGS Friday, MARCH 11 Thursday, MARCH 17 Due to possible scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm showtimes with theaters.

Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. (254-1281) Norm of the North (PG) 1:00, 4:00 Trumbo (R) 7:00 Zoolander 2 (PG-13) 10:00

Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452) Carolina Cinemas (274-9500) 10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13) 10:50, 12:00, 1:15, 2:30, 3:45, 5:00, 6:15, 7:30, 8:45, 10:00 The Brothers Grimsby (R) 11:05, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:50, 10:30 Deadpool (R) 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Eddie the Eagle (PG-13) 10:55, 3:30 Hail, Caesar! (PG-13) 11:20, 1:50, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 The Lady in the Van (PG-13) 11:40, 2:00, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 London Has Fallen (R) 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 10:15 Only Yesterday (PG) 11:35, 2:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 The Revenant (R) 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:25 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (R) 11:50, 2:20, 4:55, 7:25, 10:05 The Witch (R) 1:20, 5:55, 8:05, 10:15 Zootopia 3D (PG) 12:50, 6:00 Zootopia 2D (PG) 11:30, 2:05, 3:25, 4:40, 7:20, 8:35, 9:55

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

Epic of Hendersonville (6931146) Fine Arts Theatre (232-1536) The Lady in the Van (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late Show Fri-Sat 9:20 Where to Invade Next (R) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, Late Show Fri-Sat 9:40

Flatrock Cinema (697-2463) (R) The Lady in the Van (PG-13) 4:00, 7:00 (Closed Monday)

Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15 (684-1298) United

Artists

Beaucatcher

(298-1234)

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The Other Side of the Door H DIRECTOR: Johannes Roberts PLAYERS: Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky, Suchitra Pillai-Malik HORROR RATED R THE STORY: After American expats living in India lose their son in a tragic accident, the boy’s mother seeks out supernatural aid in order to say goodbye. THE LOWDOWN: What’s on the other side of the bore? More boredom. Ideally, horror films are intended to be disturbing experiences. I just stubbed my toe, for free and in the comfort of my home, and the experience proved far more disturbing than The Other Side of the Door. Just two months into 2016, and I already find myself confronted with yet another actress from AMC’s The Walking Dead (Sarah Wayne Callies) trying to translate her small-screen B horror success into big box office. On the basis of these two pictures, I hope we’re not witnessing the nascent stages of a trend. The only thing I find genuinely surprising about this latest attempt is that it somehow managed to be even more tedious than January’s dismal Lauren Cohen vehicle The Boy. That film, at least, had the selfawareness to couch its Gothic melodrama in a suitable setting. Other Side, on the other hand, squanders its exotic locale and exploits Hindu mysticism as little more than set dressing. Were it not for the occasional Mumbai-establishing shot and the use of Aghori as boogeymen, this film could just as easily have taken place in Indiana as India. You know you’re in trouble when the most recognizable names in your cast are an actress best known for a basic cable zombie show and Jeremy Sisto. I spent a good 20 minutes trying to remember why I knew who Sisto was, not because I really cared, but because I had to keep myself occupied somehow while slogging through Other Side’s interminable second act. Sofia Rosinsky, playing the couple’s young daughter, deliv-

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ers a “performance” that epitomizes everything that can go wrong when a child actor is tasked with carrying significant scenes and led me to wonder if the girl knows how to pretend, much less act. Suchitra Pillar-Malik, playing the Fred Gwynne character in what amounts to a Hindu Pet Sematary, makes a passable effort to work with this abysmal script, but as the sole non-white principal, she’s obviously the first to die when things finally start to happen in the film’s back 20. The only actor in the cast who delivers his lines with any conviction or authenticity is Bruno the Golden Retriever, so of course he’s also killed off unceremoniously in the third act. When Hitchcock was discussing Sabotage with Truffaut, he mentioned a pivotal scene in which a young boy, sitting next to an old lady with a dog on a bus, is blown up. Hitch stated that the audience never forgave him for killing the dog, and such might have been the case here had the film not long since squandered any good will it might have garnered from the audience over the previous hour. A thoroughly amateurish production all around, Other Side fails on a variety of levels. The direction looks as though some exec turned a first-year film student loose with enough of a budget to send a second unit to India. The script is replete with the sort of baseline xenophobia and casual racism that underscores why imperialism has never been popular among the colonized. Director Roberts’ over-reliance on jump scares and tired horror cliches would challenge even the most stalwart genre completist, but it’s the script (co-written by Roberts) that drags the proceedings from bad to worse. Glacial pacing and unnatural dialogue, two of my cardinal sins of screenwriting, take a back seat here to the film’s insistence on telegraphing literally every plot point ad nauseam, up to and including a predictable stab at a twist ending that might’ve been impactful were I not already so sick of these characters’ incomprehensible decisions that literally any ending would’ve seemed a welcome mercy killing. If you’ve seen or read the aforementioned Pet Sematary, you could easily watch the first and last 15 minutes of The Other Side of the Door and have a full understanding of its narrative. In both cases, a protagonist breaks a mystical rule that leads him or her down a road of pain, suffering and existential dread. If this review was following the story arc of such films, and were I taking up the mantle of Fred Gwynne/ Suchitra Pillai-Malik as the wise sage issuing mystical prohibitions, I would tell you in hushed tones over a somber

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score that you must never, ever see The Other Side of the Door. “Sometimes, dead is better.” And sometimes, Pet Sematary is better. Rated R for some bloody violence. Playing at Carmike 10, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Scott Douglas jsdouglas22@gmail.com

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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DIRECTOR: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Focus) PLAYERS: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thornton COMEDY RATED R THE STORY: A journalist, bored with her career and life, becomes a war correspondent in Afghanistan. THE LOWDOWN: An unfocused comedy/drama that never settles on a tone, but which remains likable and watchable, thanks to a small extent to Tina Fey. It’s perhaps safe to say that, at this point in her career, Tina Fey is doomed to star in minor, likable comedies, ones that are enjoyable but never great, perfectly watchable but never truly memorable. Her filmography is peppered with these kinds of films and it’s hard to imagine her ever doing anything more. Or, maybe more accurately, needing to do more, since there’s a space in cinema for likable, watchable, enjoyable films. Fey’s latest vehicle, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (“WTF” in the military’s phonetic alphabet), falls firmly into this mold. Fey’s enjoyable in it, it’s occasionally witty and I was perfectly content watching it unfurl, yet, its various pieces never quite coalesce into anything better than perfunctory. Fey plays Kim Barker, whose memoir, The Taliban Shuffle, the film

is based on. Kim is a bored journalist, fitfully tired of both her job and her “mildly depressive” boyfriend (Josh Charles). She jumps at the chance to head to Afghanistan as a war correspondent, something she has zero experience with. Taking place while America’s second war in Iraq ramping up, Afghanistan is seen as some sort of secondclass war, one that the public is bored with, and which Kim’s bosses don’t want to send experienced reporters to cover. So with little experience other than her job as a copy editor, Kim heads off to Afghanistan. The plot follows a fairly predictable arc, as our protagonist at first finds herself — despite good intentions — bumbling her way through the country, often accidentally finding herself in the role of the Ugly American. But as the film progresses, Kim finds her place in front of the camera, while slowly grasping the full scope of the war she’s covering. In this sense, the film wants to work as a satire, but never quite has the teeth to make a truly meaningful point. Yes, war is hell, but in the world of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, it’s an accessible kind of hell, one that’s going to make all the right points but not really challenge anything. Unfortunately, this is simply the kind of film that directors Glenn Ficara and John Requa seemingly want to make. The movie’s scattered and humdrum approaches dull much of what Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wants to say. Kim’s complicated relationship with womanizing photographer (Martin Freeman) turns pat and convenient in the final reel. Her interactions with fellow reporter Tanya (Margot Robbie) transform into an unnatural rivalry that feels arbitrary and little more than a device invented to move the plot along. Nothing quite settles into place, either as a whole or as a consistent tone, undermining the film’s ability to make a coherent and pointed statement. As a comedy, it’s serviceable and occasionally clever, and that’s fine. But beyond that, when the film wants to say something important, don’t expect much. Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content, drug use and violent war images. Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@mountainx.com

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BunCOMBE COunty PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/ library • WE (3/9), 5pm - Afternoon Anime: Summer Wars. Ages 13 and up. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. MECHAnICAL EyE MICROCInEMA mechanicaleyecinema.org • TH (3/17), 7pm - “Bloodlust of the American Dream,” a night of cinema performances. $5. Held at The Art Incubator, 207 Coxe Ave. St. EugEnE’S CAtHOLIC CHuRCH 72 Culver St., 254-5193

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• TH (3/10), 7pm - The Stones Cry Out, documentary about Christian Palestinians’ experiences in Israel and the Occupied Territory. Free. tHE MAgnEtIC tHEAtRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • TH (3/10) through SA (3/12), 7:30pm - Asheville’s Reel Comedy: A Funny Film Extravaganza, produced and curated by Toni Sherwood. $10. unItARIAn unIvERSALISt COngREgAtIOn OF ASHEvILLE 1 Edwin Place, 254-6001, uuasheville.org • FR (3/11), 7pm - Dream On. Free to attend.

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Here it is, the follow-up, but apparently not sequel to 2008’s Cloverfield. Why not a sequel? Who knows. Actually, we know very little, except that it was directed by first-time helmer Dan Trachtenberg, it stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman, and it hasn’t been screened for critics. The studio blurb says, “A young woman wakes up after a terrible accident to find that she’s locked in a cellar with a doomsday prepper who insists that he saved her life and that the world outside is uninhabitable following an apocalyptic catastrophe. Uncertain what to believe, the woman soon determines that she must escape at any cost.” (pg-13)

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gHOSt StORy: Phantomythography: A Young Ghost Comes of Age, about“two girls caught in a never-ending game of chase,” will be shown as part of filmmaker O.K. Keyes’ installation and workshop on March 12 at Pack Memorial Library. Image courtesy of filmmaker O.K. Keyes • Twenty-five local or Ashevilleadjacent short films will be screened at The Magnetic Theatre for the inaugural Asheville’s Reel Comedy: A Funny Film Extravaganza Thursday, March 10, through Saturday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. The event is produced and curated by writer and filmmaker toni sherwood, who’s also the theater’s venue manager. Film festival winners, sketch comedy films and minimovies running from just under two minutes to 20 minutes make up the approximately two-hour program, which also includes an intermission. Selected Asheville filmmakers include shane peters, anne slatton, the team of director chris cassels and writer tom chalmers and the all-woman sketch comedy troupe lylas. Each night includes an audience vote for the consensus favorite film. The winner will receive an award and prizes from the event’s sponsors. Tickets are $10 at the door. themagnetictheatre.org • Mechanical Eye Microcinema presents Phantomythography & Glitch Perfect, an installation and workshop by filmmaker O.K. Keyes on Saturday, March 12, at Pack Memorial Library. Phantomythography: A Young Ghost Comes of Age is Keyes’ multiprojection video installation piece that, according to a press release, explores “the fic-

tion of memory and identity through the lens of a queer Southern space. A haunted forest is constructed through fragmented screens, upon which the distorted, disjointed narrative of two girls caught in a never-ending game of chase unfolds.” The installation runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the library auditorium. Glitch Perfect: A Free Glitchmaking Workshop explores whether a glitch is still a glitch if it’s done on purpose. Similar questions will be asked in this technical workshop on glitch art and the power of breaking. Queer Theory meets media art in this step-by-step process for creating one’s own glitchy GIFs using open-source software. It takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. in the library’s downstairs computer lab and is free and open to the public, though adolescents, teens and young adults are the workshop’s target audience. avl. mx/250

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The Brothers Grimsby

Au Hasard Balthazar HHHHS

No so much screened for critics as already out in the UK is Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest assault on cinematic tastefulness, The Brothers Grimsby, which also stars Mark Strong (as the other brother), Isla Fisher, Penelope Cruz, and Rebel Wilson. The foreign critics are split right down the middle. The studio tells us (in part), “Nobby (Sacha Baron Cohen), a sweet but dimwitted English football hooligan, reunites with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), a deadly MI6 agent, to prevent a massive global terror attack and prove that behind every great spy is an embarrassing sibling. Nobby has everything a man from Grimsby could want, including 11 children and the most gorgeous girlfriend in the northeast of England (Rebel Wilson). There’s only one thing missing: his little brother, Sebastian, who Nobby has spent 28 years searching for after they were separated as kids.” (R)

The Perfect Match

Almost out of nowhere comes this R rated rom-com starring Terrence Jenkins and Paula Patton — a film that almost no one seems to be talking about and no one has reviewed. With a blurb like this — “Charlie is a playboy who’s convinced that relationships are dead even though his sister, a therapist, tries to tell him otherwise. His best friends bet him that if he sticks to one woman for one month, he’s bound to fall in love. Charlie takes the bet because he believes that he’s immune to love...that is until he crosses paths with the beautiful and mysterious Eva. Turning on his irresistible charm, Charlie coaxes Eva into a casual affair but soon finds out that Eva has turned the tables on him” — it’s easy to understand why no one’s talking. (R)

Director: Robert Bresson Players: Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, Francois Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Philippe Asselin SYMBOLIC DRAMA Rated NR Gorgeous black-and-white cinematography marks every scene — indeed every shot — of Robert Bresson’s art-house perennial Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), a methodically paced, symbolic film that centers on the life of a donkey named Balthazar. That may not sound like the most appealing material for a feature film, but the key word is “symbolic.” This starts quite early when Balthazar’s new owner’s baptize the donkey, thereby implicitly (or maybe explicitly) imbuing the animal with a soul. It is through this that Balthazar can be said to be able to become saintly. His brief, happy existence in

Bottle Shock HHHS Director: Randall Miller Players: Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez, Dennis Farina FACT-BASED COMEDY-DRAMA Rated PG-13 A classic example of taking a fairly simple story and bitching it up by grafting on at least two, if not three, unnecessary, unpersuasive and largely inconclusive subplots, Bottle Shock raises the question of whether or not a pretty good movie can be killed by a really bad wig. In this instance, I’m going to say it can at least come darn close. Is this too much fuss over a wig? I don’t think so, because it’s more than distracting here — it makes it even harder to like Chris Pine’s already hard-to-like character. And liking that character is essential to the film. Getting past the tonsorial issue, what we have here

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is a beguiling story built around a charming (and surprisingly deep) lead performance from Alan Rickman as a semi-stuffy Brit who promotes his less-than-successful Parisian wine shop by staging a blind wine-tasting where French and California wines go head to head. (There’s no big drama. We know the Yanks come out on top from the onset.) Great, but the movie keeps going off on tangents that are hard to care much about. Rickman, however, gives a truly remarkable performance — one that makes the movie worth a look. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Bottle Shock Sunday, March 13, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Dracula’s Daughter HHHHS Director: Lambert Hillyer (The Invisible Ray) Players: Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill, Gloria Holden, Edward Van Sloan, Irving Pichel, Gilbert Emery HORROR Rated NR Dracula’s Daughter (1936) marked the end of an era: the last of the original 12 Universal horror movies that started five years earlier with Dracula (aptly enough). And it’s never really gotten its due. Sure, it’s not quite the big finish you might wish for. It’s not even the film that was originally planned (that would have been a bigbudget affair directed by no less than James Whale and starring Bela Lugosi). But the always-shaky Universal fortunes brought that idea to a grinding halt. (Legend has it that the studio actually paid Lugosi more not to be in Dracula’s Daughter than they paid him for Dracula.) What we got instead was a snappy, firstrate (if lower-tier) A-picture that had only one real drawback: no big-name horror star, which is almost certainly why it tends to be undervalued. In every other respect, it’s a pretty terrific horror

The Young Messiah

Based on a novel by no less than Anne Rice (the jokes write themselves), this is some kind of Christ: The Early Years concoction, complete with the traditional Anglicized Jesus (Adam Greaves-Neil) and the biggest star in the cast being Sean Bean. It, too, has not been screened and doesn’t appear to be the hot topic of the week. The blurb assures us that the story is both “inspiring” and “unique.” (PG-13)

his youngest days gives way to his generally miserable life as a much-abused beast of burden. Don’t get the idea that this is, in any way, a cute film in the Disney sense of animal movies. In other words, Brighty of the Grand Canyon this isn’t. This is a dark film about the unfairness of life and the suffering inflicted not just on animals, but on human beings, by other human beings. It very much deserves its art-house cred. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Au Hasard Balthazar Friday, March 11, at 8 p.m. in Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 828-273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

picture with the best hero (Otto Kruger) and heroine (Marguerite Churchill) of any classic horror. In fact, their roles — written by Garrett Fort in the (somewhat) style of a screwball comedy — pointed to a new, more adult direction for the genre. (How that would have played out will never be known, since this was the end of the line for the original Universal horror era.) It also had an impressive Countess Dracula in Gloria Holden, and a supercreepy henchman for her in Irving Pichel. Throw in stylish, fastpaced direction from Lambert Hillyer (who had proven himself adept at the genre with The Invisible Ray earlier that year) and a top-notch musical score from Heinz Roemheld, and you have a horror movie to remember. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Dracula’s Daughter Thursday, March 10, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Scott Douglas.

Queen Christina HHHHH Director: Rouben Mamoulian (Love Me Tonight) Players: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, C. Aubrey Smith HISTORICAL ROMANCE Rated NR Rouben Mamoulian’s Queen Christina (1933) is probably the best film the legendary Greta Garbo ever made. It’s certainly in the running, and has two of the most iconic Garbo moments in her entire filmography. The film is more or less a biopic of the 17th-century queen of Sweden, but it’s not that interested in history. Its interest lies in being a romance, and it certainly succeeds at that. It also succeeds in mountainx.com

making Garbo a much more human figure than was usually the case. But there’s more to the film than that (and Mamoulian’s brilliant stylistic approach). The film — taking advantage of its pre-code freedom — actually manages to not only touch on Christina’s bisexuality, but does some even more subversive gender-bending of its own. That’s certainly a surprise coming from conservative MGM. The Asheville Film Society will screen Queen Christina Tuesday, March 15, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

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HUMAN SERVICES $2000 SIGN ON BONUS RHA Health Services is accepting applications for its Intensive In-Home Team Leader opening in its Madison County location. Eligible candidates must be at least an Associate level Licensed Professional. Send resumes to kurt.wilder@rhanet.org and sfeutz@ rhanet.org ADMISSIONS AND MARKETING COORDINATOR Red Oak Recovery, a cutting edge substance abuse treatment program for young adults, is in search of an Admissions and Marketing Coordinator. Computer skills and great communication skills are required. Experience in event planning, calendar coordination, and courteous customer service are a must. Candidate must be energetic and willing to work in many areas throughout our large non-smoking campus. Experience in the substance abuse/mental health industry a plus. Candidates must be team players and be self-driven. Please email cover letter and resume to jobs@redoakrecovery.com AFL PROVIDERS NEEDED Seeking mature, competent care providers for in-home residential placements for I-DD population. Handicap accessible, ability to lift 80-100 lbs. Competitive pay. Call or Email Dawn at 828-281-9998 or dawn@rayoflightllc.com

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freewiLL astroLoGy ARIES (March 21-April 19): "He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace," wrote Leo Tolstoy in his novella The Death of Ivan Ilych. The weird thing is, Aries, that this seemingly crazy strategy might actually work for you in the coming days. The storms you pray for, the tempests you activate through the power of your longing, could work marvels. They might clear away the emotional congestion, zap the angst, and usher you into a period of dynamic peace. So I say: Dare to be gusty and blustery and turbulent. tAuRuS (April 20-May 20): Quoting poet W. H. Auden, author Maura Kelly says there are two kinds of poets: argument-makers and beauty-makers. I think that's an interesting way to categorize all humans, not just poets. Which are you? Even if you usually tend to be more of an argument-maker, I urge you to be an intense beauty-maker in the next few weeks. And if you're already a pretty good beauty-maker, I challenge you to become, at least temporarily, a great beauty-maker. One more thing: As much as possible, until April 1, choose beauty-makers as your companions. gEMInI (May 21-June 20): To have any hope of becoming an expert in your chosen field, you've got to labor for at least 10,000 hours to develop the necessary skills -- the equivalent of 30 hours a week for six and a half years. But according to author William Deresiewicz, many young graphic designers no longer abide by that rule. They regard it as more essential to cultivate a network of connections than to perfect their artistic mastery. Getting 10,000 contacts is their priority, not working 10,000 hours. But I advise you not to use that approach in the coming months, Gemini. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be better served by improving what you do rather than by increasing how many people you know. CAnCER (June 21-July 22): "I sit before flowers, hoping they will train me in the art of opening up," says poet Shane Koyczan. "I stand on mountain tops believing that avalanches will teach me to let go." I recommend his strategy to you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Put yourself in the presence of natural forces that will inspire you to do what you need to do. Seek the companionship of people and animals whose wisdom and style you want to absorb. Be sufficiently humble to learn from the whole wide world through the art of imitation. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The marathon is a long-distance footrace with an official length of over 26 miles. Adults who are physically fit and well-trained can finish the course in five hours. But I want to call your attention to a much longer running event: the Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race. It begins every June in Queens, a borough of New York, and lasts until August. Those who participate do 3,100 miles' worth of laps around a single city block, or about 100 laps per day. I think that this is an apt metaphor for the work you now have ahead of you. You must cover a lot of ground as you accomplish a big project, but without traveling far and wide. Your task is to be dogged and persistent as you do a little at a time, never risking exhaustion, always pacing yourself. vIRgO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In old Vietnamese folklore, croaking frogs were a negative symbol. They were thought to resemble dull teachers who go on and on with their boring and pointless lectures. But in many other cultures, frogs have been symbols of regeneration and resurrection due to the dramatic transformations they make from egg to tadpole to full-grown adult. In ancient India, choruses of croaks were a sign of winter's end, when spring rains arrived to fertilize the earth and bestow a promise of the growth to come. I suspect that the frog will be one of your emblems in the coming weeks, Virgo -- for all of the above reasons. Your task is to overcome the boring stories and messages so as to accomplish your lively transformations.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Your anger is a gift." So proclaims musician and activist Zack de la Rocha, singer in the band Rage Against the Machine. That statement is true for him on at least two levels. His fury about the systemic corruption that infects American politics has roused him to create many successful songs and enabled him to earn a very good living. I don't think anger is always a gift for all of us, however. Too often, especially when it's motivated by petty issues, it's a self-indulgent waste of energy that can literally make us sick. Having said that, I do suspect that your anger in the coming week will be more like de la Rocha's: productive, clarifying, healthy. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-nov. 21): "Even now, all possible feelings do not yet exist," says novelist Nicole Krauss. In the coming weeks, I suspect you will provide vivid evidence of her declaration, Scorpio. You may generate an unprecedented number of novel emotions -- complex flutters and flows and gyrations that have never before been experienced by anyone in the history of civilization. I think it's important that you acknowledge and celebrate them as being unique -- that you refrain from comparing them to feelings you've had in the past or feelings that other people have had. To harvest their full blessing, treat them as marvelous mysteries. SAgIttARIuS (nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Look at yourself then," advised author Ray Bradbury. "Consider everything you have fed yourself over the years. Was it a banquet or a starvation diet?" He wasn't talking about literal food. He was referring to the experiences you provide yourself with, to the people you bring into your life, to the sights and sounds and ideas you allow to pour into your precious imagination. Now would be an excellent time to take inventory of this essential question, Sagittarius. And if you find there is anything lacking in what you feed yourself, make changes! CAPRICORn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): According to a report in the journal Science, most of us devote half of our waking time to thinking about something besides the activity we're actually engaged in. We seem to love to ruminate about what used to be and what might have been and what could possibly be. Would you consider reducing that amount in the next 15 days, Capricorn? If you can manage to cut it down even a little, I bet you will accomplish small feats of magic that stabilize and invigorate your future. Not only that: You will feel stronger and smarter. You'll have more energy. You'll have an excellent chance to form an enduring habit of staying more focused on the here and now. AQuARIuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of the legal financial scams that shattered the world economy in 2008 was a product called a Collateralized Debt Obligation Squared. It was sold widely, even though noted economist Ha-Joon Chang says that potential buyers had to read a billion pages of documents if they hoped to understand it. In the coming weeks, I think it's crucial that you Aquarians avoid getting involved with stuff like that -- with anything or anyone requiring such vast amounts of homework. If it's too complex to evaluate accurately, stay uncommitted, at least for now. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "I wish I knew what I desire," wrote Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, born under the sign of Pisces. "I wish I knew! I wish I knew!" If he were still alive today, I would have very good news for him, as I do for all of you Pisceans reading this horoscope. The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever -- EVER! -- for figuring out what exactly it is you desire. Not just what your ego yearns for. Not just what your body longs for. I'm talking about the whole shebang. You now have the power to home in on and identify what your ego, your body, your heart, and your soul want more than anything else in this life.

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