2. Asheville Contemporay Dance Theatre www.acdt.org
3. Asheville Ballet
Local video store 1. Orbit DVD
783 1/2 Haywood Road, Asheville, 251-1337 Two of the three winners in this category are under the same ownership: Orbit DVD and TV Local poet/author Eye Video Emporium. Congrats and thanks to Marc McCloud and his team for providing 1. Glenis Redmond www.glenisredmond.com WNC with enough rare indie films and mainA repeat Hall of Famer, Redmond continues to stream must-sees to fulfill all our movie-watchgain well-deserved praise and awards for her ing needs. moving verse and passionate performances. 2. Rosebud Video Congrats to Asheville’s reigning poetry queen 197 Charlotte St., Asheville, 250-9500 for retaining her crown. www.ashevilleballet.com
2. Graham Hackett/Catalyst POETIX www.poetixonline.com
3. Allan Wolf
www.allanwolf.com
Local graffiti artist 1. MOMS This mysterious gang of talented graffiti artists consists of “mostly pregnant dreadlocked ladies and single gutter punk moms,” claims a professed member of the crew under the condition of anonymity — though he is clearly not a member of the demographic he describes. Either way, they’ve clearly made their mark.
2. Ishmael 3. None/they’re vandals/they should be in jail/don’t encourage this Local stage company 1. North Carolina Stage Company
Local drag performer 1. Cookie LaRue Better known as Asheville’s best “irritainer,” Cookie LaRue makes no bones about her love of “Liza Minnelli-type substances” and bastardized folk songs (“Blowin’ in the Winds”). Recently completing the one-woman show Can You Dig It? (a live recreation of her 1972 Emmy-winning TV special), LaRue is reportedly at work on her new CD: Cookie LaRue: My Greates-tits.
2. Verba S. Deo 3. TIE Celeste Starr 3. TIE China Local trivia night 1. Jack of the Wood
2. Asheville Community Theatre 3. Montford Park Players
777 Haywood Road, Asheville, 225-9782
www.ashevilletheatre.org
www.montfordparkplayers.org
Local filmmaker 1. Chris Bower
2. Westville Pub
3. Mellow Mushroom
50 Broadway, Asheville, 236-9800
Local karaoke night
www.wewontbowdown.com After gaining indie cred for his sci-fi epic Moon Europa, Chris Bower has been hard at work on We Won’t Bow Down, a documentary about the Mardi Gras Indians. Although still trying to raise money to complete the project, raw footage has been screened at local events to rave reviews.
1. Fred’s Speakeasy
2. Chusy Jardine
2. TIE Temptations & the Red Room
3. Paul Schattel
2. TIE Mack Kells Pub & Grill
www.chusy.com
www.harrowbeauty.com
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108 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville, 254-2123
95 Patton Ave., Asheville, 252-5445 Trivia night at Jack of the Wood offers enough competition to make the game intellectually interesting and enough drinking to make it fun. Cheers to Jack of the Wood and its regular patrons for making this weekly game the right combination of friendly and fierce.
www.ncstage.org Housed in an intimate and classy downtown theatre, the North Carolina Stage Company wins again for another stellar season of quality dramas, classics and comedies. Bravo.
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3. TV Eye Video Emporium
122 College St., Asheville, 281-0920 Calling itself “the only smoky dive left in downtown Asheville” on its PBR-checkered MySpace page, the host of this weekly Wednesday night gathering promises to “transform you into a Karaoke Maniac.” Watch out — apparently the legions of those he’s converted are vast. 5A Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 252-0775 160 Tunnel Road, Asheville, 253-8805
BEST OF WNC HALL OF FAME: winners who have won 4 or more years in a row