Mountain Xpress 01.08.14

OUR 20TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 20 NO. 25 JANUARY 8 - JANUARY 14, 2014

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Big ideas Big ideas (and lots of small ideas) have shaped the Asheville area. Xpress offers a short history of them and a special advertising section that gives local businesses a chance to mention what ideas they have for the future. What’s your big idea for our community?

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Rethinking mental health It was good to see that “Rethinking Mental Health: Local Practitioners, Groups Reject Mainstream Treatment” [Feb. 6 Xpress] was your fifth most viewed post in 2013.

In 1978, Judi Chamberlin published the book On Our Own: Patient Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System. In 2013, Allen Francis published Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt Against the Overmedicalization of Ordinary Life.

Psychiatrists today don’t have it easy. On one side are the pharmaceutical companies pushing their magic pills; on the other side are patients who are inclined to go off their medications.

“It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti Wishing you all a sane 2014.

— Mick Bysshe Asheville

The actual data on climate change This note is in reference to Michael Ivey’s letter “Carbon Dioxide Does Not Cause Global Warming” [Dec. 25 Xpress]. Mr. Ivey states, “Even

the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change admits that there has been no warming over the last 16 years.”

Please see the excerpt below, from the report “Climate Change 2013: The physical science basis working group 1 contribution to the IPCC fifth assessment report.” The IPCC is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was mentioned.

I thought people might want to see the actual data: Fig. SPM. 1a, Anomaly (C) relative to 1961-1990: “Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth’s surface than any preceding decade since 1850. In the Northern Hemisphere, 1983-2012 was likely the warmest 30-year period of the last 1400 years (medium confidence).”

— Tom Gallo Asheville

Global warming is real and must be addressed In response to the letter, “Carbon Dioxide Does Not Cause Global Warming,” [Dec. 25 Xpress] written

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since the 1990s, energy companies have been funding “studies” trying to cast doubt on anthropogenic (man-made) global warming.

Mr. Ivey, you say that CO2 has never caused global warming.

Interesting, because ice cores from past warming events thousands of years ago do indeed show that CO2 increases correlated with the increase in temperature, just as it is today — the difference being that the warming we’re seeing is happening at a much faster rate than ever. CO2 is gas — whether it is a pollutant is determined by how much is in the atmosphere. CO2, along with methane and other greenhouse gases, helps the Earth retain heat. When in balance it’s fine, but when there’s too much, as is now the case, it tips the balance and causes the warming we are seeing.

It’s amazing to me that, despite all the empirical evidence available (melting polar ice, receding glaciers, increasing incidents of drought and severe storms), people still want to deny this very real phenomenon. There are Pacific island nations that have, for the

first time in known history, been completely overwashed by high tides — tell them there is no warming! The ski industry in Europe is already trying to prepare for warmer winters, even (in some cases) going so far as to cover glaciers with giant “blankets” (for want of a better word) to keep their glaciers from melting.

I saw a report recently that noted that the United States is the only nation in the world — in the world! — where such a large number of people doubt the existence of something that 97 percent of climate scientists agree is a serious issue: Anthropogenic global warming is real and must be addressed before it’s too late, if it’s not already.

— Jim Cunningham Charlotte

Hot air As a conservative, I have always maintained a small carbon footprint out of respect. Now that “global warming” has morphed into the politically correct “climate change,” the Sheeple continue the dance.

Climate change is not a new, novel

phenomenon. 20,000 years ago, the ice age covered half of North America. And it will happen again.

Six thousand= years ago, the planet was much hotter. We disregard the fact that the Earth’s orbit around the sun never changes.

The massive earthquake off Japan on March 11, 2011, changed the globe’s rotation a minor degree but will affect our climate in the future.

For the past 15 years, the so-called “warming” has stabilized and the 2013 hurricane season was mild, as was the summer temp. The Pacific Ocean is cooling. These facts oppose the computer modeling.

There will always be climate change on this globe. It’s a hardened fact. On April 28, 1975, Time Magazine

coRRection In last week’s article “Wanna Help? Local Organizations Seek Volunteers for the New Year” we reported that the Council on Aging of Buncombe County’s Navigator program teaches seniors about the Affordable Care Act and how to use HealthCare.gov. Navigator is actually open to all ages. For more information or to attend a Navigator session, call 277-8288.

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alarmed us with threatening “global cooling.” Never happened.

Ninety-five percent of greenhouse gases occur naturally. The atmosphere is made up of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 1 percent other gases. CO2 is just 0.03-0.04 percent. Naturally occurring greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone.

When the doomsday predictions are trumpeted, just follow the money. Who did Al Gore sell Current TV to? Can’t be, you say?

Really! “I’m, I’m investing in something I believe in. I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuel.” — Nancy Pelosi. Yes, she actually said that.

“It is not possible to state that a certain gas causes a certain percentage of the greenhouse effect because the influence of various gases are not additive.”

— Science Daily.

— Fuller Moore Mountain Home

What are we to do?

I’ve long been an advocate of careful wisdom around newfangled technologies, no matter how

cool. Thus I’ve not become accustomed to using cellphones much, and despite the feeling that I absolutely have to have access to a GPS if I’m out on the road, I tend to stay away from untrustworthy “gifts” from the proverbial gift horse.

So what are we to do when the reports about the effects of certain wireless technologies on our human biology — our nervous and reproductive circuitry — upon which we depend for conscious enjoyment and regenerative capacities? When our lives have become wireless, when we don’t need cords anymore to connect us to the Internet or, in general, to our business and social connections, what are we to do about sustaining those connections in as real (rather than virtual) a way as possible? Or do we want to live a different kind of life, more separate from each other?

Maybe that’s it.

But it’s too late to ban these technologies. Although cities in Europe and the United States have banned wireless technologies here and there — particularly cellphone towers — because of what they perceive as clear evidence of the dangers, we who live in places and have the kinds of lives that depend on those technologies — how do we support

ourselves in our well-being? How do we make sure we will be healthy and not a burden on our families, our communities or ourselves? How do we make sure we will be able to produce healthy children and that we aren’t messing with Mother Nature just a bit beyond our ken?

I would love to see a forum in this city and the neighboring towns about intelligent balancing acts that add all the criteria into the planning zone when it comes to our communities and our neighborhoods. Please let’s not stop here!

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Setting the wheels in motion O

ur grandest local institutions, structures and policies all started out as ideas. Sometimes they were small ideas that blossomed in unexpected directions. Other times people were thinking big from the get-go. In these pages, we look at some of the ideas that have shaped the Asheville area in enduring ways.

In several cases, plans hatched a century ago continue to be cornerstones of our local identity and economy. The Biltmore Estate. The Grove Park Inn. The Blue Ridge Parkway. All seen as wild schemes by critics in their day, these internationally renowned institutions helped draw

1880: Rail lines are successfully extended up the mountain pass from Old Fort into Asheville.

countless travelers and billions of dollars to the area over the years, affecting nearly every resident in one way or another.

Other ideas have manifested in the form of epic cultural and political clashes, such as the slowly progressing integration of the local school system and the ongoing fight for LGBT equality.

Some of the ideas that have had the biggest positive impact in the long run have been thrust on us by those from outside the area, such as lawmakers in Raleigh who forced local officials to improve Buncombe County schools

after national media branded the system one of the “Dirty Dozen” worst in the country. Others, such as the preservation and revitalization of downtown, have been more homegrown.

And some ideas, while sounding good to some, are bad news for others: Witness the ongoing debate over building an Interstate 26 connector, which has polarized some business and neighborhood leaders for decades.

But regardless of where you stand on history’s local fault lines, the old saying seems as true now as ever: “You don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been.” — Jake Frankel X

1929: Plans for a city square fall apart due to disagreements between local government leaders, resulting in the two very different City Hall and Buncombe County Courthouse buildings we have today.

1900: Thomas Wolfe is born in Asheville, and goes on to help define American literature by writing about his local upbringing in Look Homeward, Angel.

1886: Separate white and black public schools are established in Buncombe County.

The Sisters of Mercy open a TB sanitarium and go on to form St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Grove Park Inn, 1915 N.C. Collection, Pack Memorial Library

1935: Construction on the Blue Ridge Parkway begins.

1889: George Vanderbilt begins construction of the Biltmore House.

1903: Timber magnate George Pack donates the land that will become Pack Square.

1880 1885: Mission becomes Asheville’s first general hospital.

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1889: Asheville’s first overhead electric trolley system — one of the most modern in the U.S. — goes into operation.

Timeline compiled by JAKE FRANKEL and DAVID FORBES

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1927: Buncombe County Junior College opens.

1920 Conceived by pharmaceutical inventor E.W. Grove, The Grove Park Inn opens in 1913.

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1929: E.W. Grove completes his next project, the biggest building in the region: the Grove Arcade.

1936: City and county reach an agreement to pay off Depression-era debt, which has the effect of preserving many of downtown’s distinctive buildings.

1933: Black Mountain College opens.

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1942: Grove Arcade closes when the federal government takes over the building due to World War II efforts.

2012: Sierra Nevada and New Belgium announce major new local breweries, further cementing the area’s reputation as a craft beer mecca

1988: 1987: Rev. Billy Graham opens The Cove conference center in Asheville.

RiverLink is born, helping pave the way for a revitalization of Asheville’s riverfront.

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College offers its first associate degrees.

Asheville’s first LGBT pride event is held.

1991: Monroe Gilmour hatches WNC Citizens for an End to Institutional Bigotry and pressures Biltmore Forest Country Club to open membership to minorities.

Local business leaders found the influential Council of Independent Business Owners.

Green Line, the precursor publication to Mountain Xpress, launches in October.

Julian Price launches Public Interest Projects, a catalyst for many downtown ventures, such as the Orange Peel.

1980: 11 key blocks of downtown are nearly demolished to make way for a mall but in the aftermath key real estate is preserved.

Whites Only, 1950

Mountain BizWorks gets its start as the Mountain Microenterprise Fund, training and funding hundreds of future small-business owners.

Andrea Clark Collection, N.C. Collection, Pack Memorial Library

1961: Desegregation of the city school system begins.

1950: Construction of a popular section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville is completed.

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1995: Jennifer Pickering creates the Lake Eden Arts Festival.

1983: State lawmakers create a local sales tax earmarked for improving public schools.

1978: Legendary inventor Bob Moog moves to Asheville.

1996: Wally Bowen starts the Mountain Area Information Network to help put the Internet within reach of thousands of underserved residents.

1969: Buncombe County Junior College evolves into the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

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2001: The Western North Carolina Green Building Council is founded.

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1976: Local leaders finally pay off the city’s Depression-era debt, burning the bond notes in a special ceremony.

1959: Funded by a local bond election, the Asheville-Buncombe Industrial Education Center opens.

2010: A public-private partnership overhauls Pack Square Park.

1990 1984: McDibbs’ founder David Peele launches the Black Mountain Music Festival, helping put the area on the national map as a music and arts destination.

2000 1994: Oscar Wong opens Highland Brewing Co., the first of many craft breweries in the area.

1992: Be Here Now opens, setting a new standard for local live music venues.

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2010 2000-2002: A group of farmers, agricultural professionals and citizens starts the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, a nonprofit that promotes the value of local farms and food.

2002: A restored Grove Arcade reopens, once again becoming the region’s largest commercial building.

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What was the big idea?

Written by JaKe fRanKeL and david foRbes

A seA chAnge: desegregAting the Asheville city schools “Less than 50 years ago in our community, our schools were segregated by race, and barriers for children living in poverty prevented many from participating in public education,” notes Kate pett, executive director of the Asheville City Schools Foundation. “Today, every child in our community goes to school, and it is our expectation that every child will be supported and nurtured in such a way that they can succeed, regardless of their circumstances outside of school, their special needs or even their giftedness.”

“This is a sea change,” she adds.

Desegregation of the city’s school system began on Aug. 24, 1961. “Without any fanfare five black students headed to class at what had been an all-white school,” according to an archived issue of the Asheville Citizen-Times. There were no protesters as the first- and second-graders made their way to Newton Elementary School on Biltmore Avenue, the paper reported.

But that was only the first step toward desegregating the school system in the wake of the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which stated that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” Decades of legal action and even violence followed.

Another key step was merging Lee Edwards and South French Broad high schools to create an integrated Asheville High School in 1969. o.L. sherrill, the new school’s co-principal at the time, reflected on the change in a historical report from the Center for Diversity Education. “There were lots of fear factors,” she recalled. “The mascots were changed. Team colors, school colors were changed. ... They decided they would have co-presidents for student bodies and most other clubs and activities.” Tensions festered, however, and on Sept. 29, a riot broke out, closing the school for a week, according to the report. A citywide curfew remained in place for six months.

Asheville City Schools began implementing a court-ordered desegregation plan in 1970, according to the Citizen-Times. And in 1988, a Civil Rights Act discrimination complaint concerning continued racial imbalance at some city schools led to a second desegregation order, which remains in effect today.

Despite some lingering tensions, however, Pett believes school integration has made a huge contribution to furthering the ideal of equality.

“Today, the Asheville City Schools are some of the most diverse places in our community,” Pett maintains. “Our middle and high schools particularly bridge the barriers of wealth and poverty and allow students to forge meaningful relationships with students from every neighborhood in our community. This is a tremendous success that is worth celebrating and protecting.” — Jake Frankel

‘reAching the lost” — the rev. Billy grAhAm

Billy Graham, receiving an “A” in appreciation for his contributions to Asheville and the area, at a 1973 Chamber of Commerce event.

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Among the area’s best-known residents, the Rev. billy graham has lived in Montreat since the 1940s, helping put Western North Carolina on the international map. Buncombe County Commissioner Joe belcher credits the acclaimed televangelist’s work as one of the biggest local success stories of the past century.

“Thanks to Rev. Billy Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, tens of thousands of individuals have been led to Christ,” says Belcher. “Their radio station, 106.9 FM, and training ministry at The Cove have also contributed to the economic development and history of Buncombe County.”

Opened in 1987, The Cove is a 1,200-acre Christian conference center in East Asheville that hosts leading Bible teachers from around the world and thousands of guests each year. The retreat brings to life Graham’s big idea of providing “a place where people could leave the demands of daily life, come to study God’s word and be trained to reach the lost for Christ,” according to its website.

Known as the “pastor to presidents,” Graham has counseled every commander in chief since Harry Truman. A celebration of his 95th birthday at the Grove Park Inn in November was a star-studded affair, with a guest list that included sarah palin, donald trump, Rupert murdoch and others. — J.F.

grAnd scAle: the grove PArk inn And grove ArcAde One of Asheville’s most important landmarks, the Grove Park Inn recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The striking granite structure was the brainchild of e.w. grove, who made his fortune with his anti-malarial Tasteless Chill Tonic. In the 1890s, the patent medicine was said to be more popular than Coca-Cola.

Like many others, Grove was drawn to Asheville from his Tennesee home by its reputation for healing: His doctors said breathing the clean mountain air could help his bronchitis. In 1909, he purchased 408 acres in North Asheville, a portion of which would become the inn property. He also developed the surrounding residential neighborhood and assorted other projects in and around the city.

To realize his grand hotel dream, Grove had 400 men working 10-hour shifts six days a week for a year, according to the hotel’s website. Granite boulders, some weighing as much as 10,000 pounds, were hauled from Sunset Mountain using mules, wagons and ropes. Once the inn opened, fresh water for guests was piped in 17 miles from Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi.

Over the years, the luxurious hostelry’s several owners have added multiple wings, a spa, a golf course and various restaurants. It’s helped put Asheville on the map as an international tourist destination, hosting 10 presidents (most recently Barack Obama) as well as innovators such as thomas edison and henry ford.

In the early 1920s, Grove began work on another influential Asheville landmark: the Grove Arcade. When the downtown structure opened in 1929, it was the largest building in the region, offering a mix of stores and office space that made it “the center of commercial and civic life in Western North Carolina,” according to the arcade’s website. Even as it was under construction, Grove asserted in 1927: “It is generally conceded that the Arcade building would do justice to a city many times the size of Asheville. It is by far the finest structure in the South and there are few, if any, finer in the country.” However, Grove didn’t live to see the building completed: He died later that year, and the 14-story tower planned to crown the massive complex was never built.

During World War II, the federal government took over the building, summarily evicting 74 shops and 127 offices, according to the website. The arcade later housed the National Climatic Data Center, which moved to the new downtown Federal Building in 1995. The city acquired the historic structure in 1997, and the renovated Grove Arcade reopened in 2002, once again becoming one of the region’s premier commercial buildings. — J.F.

E.W. Grove envisioned his downtown Asheville project, the Grove Arcade, as the center of commercial and civic life in Western North Carolina. The original plans called for a 14-story structure, but the Depression economy halted full completion. Photo by Hayley Benton

A lAsting legAcy: Biltmore estAte

George Vanderbilt’s grand vision for the Biltmore Estate helped define the area for more than a century.

Photo by Jake Frankel

Ever since construction began in 1889, Biltmore Estate has had an enormous impact on the Asheville area. george vanderbilt, the grandson of railroad and shipping magnate cornelius vanderbilt, pumped a fortune into realizing his dream of the ultimate country retreat. Along the way, the project cultivated a bustling community of craftsmen and other workers who helped lay the foundation of the local economy for many years to come. The neighboring Biltmore Village was developed as a place to house the thousands of workers needed to build the 250-room French Renaissance chateau, which was completed in 1895. Today, Biltmore Village is an upscale commercial center featuring hotels, restaurants and shops, flanked by the estate proper.

But the legacy of Vanderbilt’s big idea extends far beyond the immediate neighborhood.

Supervising architect Richard sharp smith went on to design commercial, civic and residential buildings across town, making a major contribution to Asheville’s distinctive charm. Opened in 1893, the Young Men’s Institute (now the YMI Cultural Center) was originally pitched to Vanderbilt as a project to benefit the estate’s black construction workers. Vanderbilt financed the Smith-designed structure, and in 1905 he sold it to an independent group. One of the oldest African-American institutions in the South, the YMI helps anchor the historic black neighborhood known as The Block.

Biltmore Estate’s roughly 125,000 acres stretched all the way to Mount Pisgah, helping preserve much of what’s now Pisgah National Forest. The Biltmore School of Forestry was the first such institution in the U.S., as Vanderbilt hired such pioneering figures as frederick Law olmsted, gifford pinchot and carl schenck to manage his vast holdings. Pinchot later served as the first chief forester of the U.S. Forest Service, helping put into practice nationwide the principles he’d practiced here.

Today the Cradle of Forestry, billed as “the birthplace of forest conservation in America,” commemorates the vision of Vanderbilt and the men he brought in to implement it.

In modern times, Vanderbilt’s descendants have transformed a portion of his extraordinary estate into one of the country’s premier tourism destinations, with a winery, a luxury hotel, restaurants, outdoor activities and more. — J.F.

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‘hinge on hell’ — city hAll And the BuncomBe county courthouse Big ideas are nothing new in Asheville, and few have affected the cityscape as much as the fight over the design of City Hall and the Buncombe County Courthouse. In the 1920s, Asheville was booming, as the once-sleepy mountain town doubled its population in less than two decades. Some civic leaders wanted noted architect douglas ellington to redesign the city’s central square, with stylistically similar, linked government buildings, a bus station and a park.

But strong wills, stubborn egos and conflicting ideas of what a civic building should look like derailed the plan.

Determined to have an art deco City Hall, fiery Asheville Mayor John cathey once publicly denounced a Chamber of Commerce panel that got in his way as “a bunch of jackasses.” edgar m. Lyda, who chaired the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, was equally set on a more traditional structure.

The falling-out produced the two starkly contrasting local government buildings we have today — and soured city/county relations for decades.

For an in-depth account of how this feud shaped Asheville, see: avl.mx/03w. — David Forbes

The more-traditionally-designed Buncombe Courthouse rises above Pack Square in 1928.

Photo from N.C. Collection, Pack Memorial Library

i-26 connector: to Build or not to Build?

A rendering of the current Interstate 26 configuration, dubbed “malfunction junction” for many years. Over the years, vying plans to replace it with a new design have encountered opposition based on cost, scale and how much damage they’d do to surrounding neighborhoods.

Discussed for decades, a proposal by the N.C. Department of Transportation to construct a new stretch of interstate through Asheville has yet to be realized. Over the past year, many local leaders have been pushing to advance the project, but it remains unfunded.

The project would involve major upgrades to existing sections of Interstate 240, as well as several miles of new roadway connecting Interstate 26 south of Asheville and U.S. 19-23 (the future I-26) north of town. The exact routes haven’t even been determined, though neighborhood activists have long worried about detrimental impacts on West Asheville and Montford. Previous proposals supported by the Chamber of Commerce would have have required the demolition of dozens of homes in the predominantly African-American Burton Street neighborhood.

Supporters say the road is needed to address safety concerns and boost the economy.

Tentative DOT projections call for construction to begin in 2020, though many hurdles remain before that can happen.

“It’s frustrating. We definitely need that,” says Buncombe County Commissioner david King. “I know there’s resistance for different reasons, but I’m optimistic.” — J.F.

Photo courtesy of Asheville Design Center

AmericA’s most PoPulAr PArk: the Blue ridge PArkWAy The Blue Ridge Parkway has had a major economic impact on Asheville, bringing millions of travelers to town over the years. It’s also given locals easy access to a wide range of outdoor activities. The 469-mile scenic road offers stunning vistas as well as hiking and biking opportunities. It stretches from Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the south to Shenandoah National Park in the north, passing through the heart of Buncombe County en route.

Construction of the ambitious project, a product of President franklin d. Roosevelt’s Depression-era programs to help stimulate the economy and put people back to work, began in 1935. But while federal funding was critical, key supporters such as Sen. harry flood byrd of Virginia, landscape architect stanley abbott and countless other politicians, landowners and assorted influential figures were instrumental in making it happen.

“It is the first use of the parkway idea, purely and wholeheartedly for the purposes of tourist recreation distinguished from the purposes of regional travel,” wrote Abbott, quoted in a 2010 Smithsonian magazine article. After an intense yearlong battle, Western North Carolina secured the roadway in lieu of an alternate route proposed by Tennessee.

World War II halted construction, however, and the popular section connecting Asheville to Craggy Gardens wasn’t completed until 1950. The final link, the Linn Cove Viaduct north of Asheville, wasn’t finished until 1987. Another popular section just south of town is also the parkway’s highest point: 6,053 feet near Mount Pisgah. — D.F.

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Starting in the mid-1930s as part of the New Deal, the Blue Ridge Parkway would take until 1983 to complete, when work was done on the Linn Cove Viaduct, pictured here. The scenic road is the country’s most-visited national park. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service

Worst to Best: BuncomBe county school construction ProgrAm Thirty years ago, conditions at the Buncombe County Schools ranked among the worst in the country, and in 1983 state lawmakers, believing that local officials weren’t meeting their responsibilities, created a 0.5 percent local sales tax earmarked for funding capital improvements for public schools.

Those revenues have been instrumental in funding the construction of 15 new school buildings and renovations at dozens of others. Many local leaders credit that state law and corresponding efforts by the school board with transforming Buncombe County’s school system from one of the worst in the country to one of the best in the region.

“Due to this spending mandate from Raleigh, the condition and quality of the 42 current Buncombe County Schools facilities are now envied throughout the region and the state of North Carolina,” says david gantt, chair of the Board of Commissioners. — J.F.

FlAttened: the mAll thAt neArly Ate doWntoWn Accustomed to a bustling downtown, it’s hard enough for today’s Ashevilleans to conceive of a central business district consisting mostly of boarded-up buildings. Try imagining a huge swath of downtown wiped out by a mall. But in another case of dueling big ideas, it almost happened.

“Ironically, one of the biggest successes in our community resulted from a giant financial failure,” observes david gantt, chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. “During the Depression, Asheville refused to join many other cities in the country [in defaulting] and decided to pay off its indebtedness instead. The money used to pay for the huge Depression debt service created an inability to participate in programs like urban renewal in the 1960s, which basically leveled the ‘old buildings’ and constructed shiny ‘new’ downtowns.”

The city had finally paid off its Depression-era debt in 1976. Some, including developer John Lantzius, maintained that the abundance of historic buildings represented a unique opportunity. But in 1980, malls were in their heyday and, desperate for revenue, many politicians and other local notables embraced a proposal to simply demolish much of the city center.

So the Downtown Commercial Complex proposal appeared poised to sweep the field — and much of downtown with it. The city was to spend nearly $40 million buying and demolishing 11 whole blocks of downtown, containing 85 buildings, to make way for a massive mall. Backers included the mayor, the heads of five major banks and many local businesspeople.

But other locals, particularly downtown business owners and tenants led by businessman wayne caldwell, came together as Save Downtown Asheville, arguing that the debt and the loss of historic treasures would devastate the city in the long run. Another group, informally known as “the Asheville 1,000,” coordinated their efforts to fight the project — and, in the process, formed important community alliances.

A 1981 bond referendum was overwhelmingly defeated; opponents such as attorney John powell said it would amount to “a $40 million mortgage on our homes and businesses.”

By the end of the struggle, even mall proponents acknowledged that it might have been for the best. Former Mayor gene ochsenreiter told the Asheville Citizen, “At least the town is now aware of the fact that we have a definite problem downtown. Now perhaps City Council will get together with city planners and devise a plan for [its] redevelopment.”

The rest is history. — D.F.

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going PuBlic: the struggle For lgBt equAlity Asheville held its first gay pride event in 1988. It wasn’t publicized, there were no marches, and few photos have survived of the gathering behind what’s now Club Hairspray.

“Folks parked their cars so that no one passing by on the street could see or recognize anyone,” John Yelton recalls. “Definitely no press was alerted or allowed: It was a dangerous thing to do. Pride? Times sure have changed.”

Over the next quarter century, however, LGBT Ashevilleans would come out of the shadows, demanding equal rights with an increasingly public presence.

In 1992, a statewide pride march made its way through downtown Asheville. And in May 1994, mere months before Xpress‘ first issue hit the stands, 1,300 people crowded the Civic Center for an Asheville City Council meeting. Two weeks earlier, Council member (and future mayor) Leni sitnick had proposed a resolution protecting city employees from discrimination based on their sexual and gender identity, among other criteria. It had passed on a 4-3 vote. The hourslong debate on a second reading saw many locals condemn the LGBT community. Even Sitnick asserted that the measure “is not a gay rights ordinance,” and provisions explicitly protecting LGBT people were removed from the final draft in favor of more general protections. Even so, the measure was approved by the same narrow margin.

Flash-forward nearly 20 years, and the Council chamber was again the site of lengthy debates over LGBT rights. In 2010, some new Council members pushed for domestic-partner benefits for city employees. Supporters said it was a civil rights issue, while noting the LGBT community’s growing clout.

“The gay community votes with its dollars,” then Council member esther manheimer said as she voted in favor of the move. “And they are an economic force to be reckoned with.”

The fight was far from over, however, as the measure drew stringent objections from then Mayor terry bellamy in particular. Two years later, a more sweeping resolution supporting LGBT equality saw hundreds of people show up to debate the issue and Asheville’s changing values. Ministers such as the Rev. wendell Runion asserted that this was “not in line with the values of our community.” Bellamy, meanwhile, blasted her opponents, calling some criticism aimed at her “a lie from the pit of hell.”

But supporters also cited the city’s reputation for tolerance. Yvonne cook-Riley, a transgender Buncombe County native, said, “Asheville has afforded me the right to walk down the street without being attacked; to be with my friends and dress as weirdly as we want while having fun safely.”

And this time, the vote wasn’t close. Only Bellamy objected to the resolution, and afterward, LGBT supporters toasted “equality” as they marked a significant victory in a long war. Just months later, Ashevilleans ensured that Buncombe County was one of the few in the state whose voters rejected Amendment One, a statewide same-sexmarriage ban.

Local activists have also kept the pressure on outside the halls of government. In 2010, a series of alleged assaults on LGBT individuals led to the first We’re Not Bashful march.

The following year, Asheville became the headquarters of the Campaign for Southern Equality and the site of the inaugural event in its WE DO civil disobedience campaign, which has since spread across the Southeast seeking to overturn same-sex-marriage bans.

The Rev. Jasmine beach-ferrara, the group’s executive director, said Asheville’s history of activism made it an appropriate base for a regional struggle “that usually gets enforced behind closed doors, and the pain usually stays in the privacy of our own lives. But what’s happening right now is that we are making this story public.”

And ashley arrington, the community outreach coordinator of Blue Ridge Pride, stresses that while WNC’s more than 80 LGBT groups have made progress, many challenges remain.

“Youth homelessness, adoption laws, fair housing, gender-neutral bathrooms, health care and, yes, even racial equality in the LGBTQ community are still out there to be tackled, and they can and should be on a local level,” she points out. — D.F.

hitting the BrAkes: the Push For A develoPment morAtorium Development has been a common theme in many big ideas aimed at reviving a moribund downtown and propelling its continued evolution. But attempts to block or slow the pace of development in Asheville have also been a significant factor in the city’s political landscape.

Often, that opposition has flared up in response to specific projects, but activists have proposed an outright moratorium several times over the years, and bumper stickers supporting such a move can still be seen around town. The movement peaked in 2007-08, however, when groups such as the Mountain Voices Alliance and Asheville City Council member Robin cape sought to suspend all development in the city center until new guidelines were in place.

“There is nothing wrong with taking a pause to plan,” activist and former City Council candidate elaine Lite said at the time. “Do we want to maintain our quality of life? Why is bigger better?”

Emotions ran high, and even progressive activists and politicians who’d often fought side by side in prior political battles now found themselves at loggerheads during the bitter debate. At the March 25, 2008, City Council meeting, some residents, upset about Council members’ failure to support a moratorium, questioned Council’s integrity; Vice Mayor holly Jones shot back that those assertions were “slander.”

Even some progressive Council members feared that such a move might exacerbate Asheville’s housing shortage and rising cost of living; meanwhile, city legal staff noted that similar moratoriums in other areas had triggered lawsuits. In the end, the proposal failed to win sufficient support; if it had succeeded, downtown Asheville would look very different now.

The battle also presaged a split among local progressives that continues to this day. A 2010 proposal by Council member gordon smith and others called for overhauling the city’s development rules to allow greater density without City Council review of projects that included affordable housing. But the idea was fiercely opposed by many of the activists who’d pushed for a moratorium three years before. Lite, for example, said it was an attempt to “bypass the democratic process.” It didn’t happen then, but some on the new Council have already said that changing the rules to allow denser development is a major priority for 2014. Meanwhile, the pro-moratorium forces remain an important part of the city’s politics. — D.F.

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In 1992, the official North Carolina state LGBT pride march made its way through Asheville, marking a major step in the local community’s struggle towards public equality.

Photo courtesy of John Yelton

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crAnking the geArs Compiled by Jesse faRthing

“I lived downtown here in the early ’80s and walked to work.

Biltmore Avenue was dead at that point — totally dead. It probably wasn’t a safe walk for me to be doing at night. I think bringing businesses back to downtown in the early ’90s was the beginning of Asheville as it is now.” — Zoe Rhine, librarian at Pack Memorial Library.

“The city’s development of Pack Square made a huge difference downtown. It opened up the pretty-much defunct downtown area and gave it the potential for people to want to come downtown.

That goes back to the old historic buildings that were not wiped out back in the ’20s. Development started in the ’80s or early ’90s, and it changed it completely. Before that, it was all peep shows, X-rated movies and kind of a rough element — it was just kind of seedy. That had happened because Asheville Mall opened up and just sucked all the heart out of downtown.” — Oscar Wong, Founder, Highland Brewing Co.

“One [big idea during my administration] was the whole idea of sustainability and what that meant. It was not a word that was often used in those days, but it certainly applied to what I felt was important to keep in mind as Asheville grew.

“The second idea I had was the whole idea of supporting the viability and livability of downtown. Maintaining the architectural history, working to see to it that it became usable — and reusable — by recycling the beautiful buildings for modern-day use, and supporting the early visionaries who were willing to spend the time, spend the money and take the risks to make Asheville’s downtown the happening-est downtown on the East Coast.

“The third issue was building on Asheville’s strengths. ... Part one was supporting the businesses already here and helping them grow and stay successful. I saw art as a very important part of our economic engine. There were already artists here — great artistic visionaries like John Cram and Connie Bostic — I always felt that supporting the arts was crucial to creating that vision of Asheville.

“The second part was ... building on the existing strengths of our amazing medical community and incorporating into that medical community all of the complementary modalities that are so much a part of defining Asheville today.” — Leni Sitnick, Asheville’s first woman mayor

“The dirt that was taken from the [I-240] open cuts helped create Martin Luther King Park, and some of it went to McCormick Stadium as well.

“Another big idea was the Minnie Jones Health Center, which was started in public housing by a low-income African-American woman who was dealing with issues like HIV and AIDS — when that first started. She worked to make sure people with HIV and AIDS had access to adequate health care.

Today they are now called WNCCHS — Western North Carolina Community Health Services. The biggest thing is, [WNCCHS] partners with the county now, and they serve over 15,000 people on an annual basis. So, it started out just helping individuals, serving only a couple hundred people a year, to now a full-blown partner of the county.” — Terry Bellamy, recent Asheville mayor, executive director, ARC of Buncombe County. (File photo by Max Cooper)

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“Citizens for Safe Drinking Water’s push back in the early ’90s to not use the French Broad for our major water source not only affected that particular issue, but really is where the change to a more progressive political leadership in [Asheville] began. Before that, we really had more traditional, conservative, business-oriented leadership and more and more of a progressive outlook came into the political leadership, resulting in the kind of City Council that we have today. ... That is where it began — the galvanizing effort on that issue.” — Monroe Gilmour, social-justice activist

“In my view, the best ‘big idea’ to ever hit this area was when the officials, voters and taxpayers of the city of Asheville purchased and developed the watershed properties that deliver water to the Asheville water system.

The benefits of that investment have helped foster growth and prosperity to the whole region, and they should be applauded for their foresight. That some are attempting to rip those assets from the city qualifies as my suggestion for worst ‘big idea.’” — Barry Summers, Asheville resident and blogger for SaveOurWaterWNC

“The worst big idea was the idea of a downtown mall that would encompass the area from Haywood Street, crossing over Rankin, to Lexington with a huge, covered downtown mall. It got a lot of traction in the late ’70s and it got a lot of controversy, but was ultimately defeated. It probably formed the genesis of what became the downtown renaissance.

It was a bad idea that had a good outcome … that ultimately led to the wonderful downtown that we have today. I shudder to think what we would have if it were a covered mall.” — Charles Worley, former Asheville mayor; attorney, Worley & Scott

“I think the most recent idea that was very controversial but came out really positive was the open cut so that Asheville citizens and the rest of North Carolina could get around the area. It allowed the Interstate 240 to come through. That’s one of the ideas that we’re very fortunate to have had — if not, we’d have a bunch of tunnels underneath the mountain there. That’s one that I got to sit back and watch.

“It was such a controversial thing — but it was an important step for the community. A lot of people just didn’t want it — they thought the whole community was going to lose its appeal and that it would degrade the mountains. And it is an open cut, but I can’t imagine now having everything going through the tunnel on Tunnel Road. That just wouldn’t work now. But until that time, that’s the way you went.” — Mike Plemmons, director, Council of Independent Business Owners

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Big ideAs For the Future Entrepreneurs and other community leaders in Asheville and Western North Carolina have big ideas in mind for 2014.

In this special advertorial section, Xpress invited them to share their visions.

Whether it is an ambitious and growing local farmers market, a nonprofit committed to accessible after-school programming for working families or a planned Creative Sector Summit for Buncombe County artists, area organizations with big ideas are enriching our community in innumerable ways.

We hope that this collection of advertorials will illustrate the drive and diversity that are propelling economic growth and building community in our region.

Get ready for some of the big ideas that await us in 2014. X

Special advertising section

Goodwill Industries of NWNC

Most people associate Goodwill with our stores and donation centers, but beginning in 2014, we’ll begin showing folks in Western North Carolina another one of the many ways that their donations help our community. This year, we are launching ReCreations by Goodwill — a unique line of handmade designs that

celebrate the creativity of people with disabilities. Participants in Goodwill’s Community Access Program use materials derived from unsold donations to create beautiful works of art — clothing, accessories, seasonal décor and other innovative works — that will be offered for sale in Goodwill stores starting this spring.

or concentrate their time in one particular area.

Re-Creations engages participants in visual arts, repurposes unwanted items, and produces unique works of art that generate program funding to help people with disabilities. This Big Idea is coming soon to your neighborhood Goodwill.

Revenue from the sale of ReCreations will be used to support the Community Access Program, which serves adults with disabilities by assisting with vocational and social development. Program participants are involved in many activities each day, including community outings, volunteering, independent-living skills and art classes. They can choose to do a little of everything

1616 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28806 . 828-298-9023 jpierce@goodwillnwnc.org . goodwillartworks.org 18 JanuaRY 8 - JanuaRY 14, 2014

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Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Building Community Through Business

Asheville Frin ge Ar ts Festiv al The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, started by Susan and Giles Collard of Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre, is part of a worldwide movement. The first Fringe Festival was held in 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, when a group of artists excluded from an international performing-arts festival decided to create their own event on the “fringe” of the main festival. The Fringe Festival and the concept both grew exponentially, like an artistic virus. “Fringes” began popping up all over the world as people brought this big idea back to their hometowns. The Collards recognized the value of the concept and saw an unmet artistic need in Asheville: opportunities for local artists to explore the edges of their work, collaborate across genres and bring innovative performances to culturally adventurous audiences. Catch the Fringe excitement by attending multiple performances during the 2014 edition, which happens Jan. 23-26. For tickets, please visit the website.

20 Commerce St. Asheville, NC 28801 828-254-2621 info@ashevillefringe.org ashevil lefringe.org

At the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, we strive to create an environment where businesses and the community prosper.

Every day, our staff and partners work to foster opportunities for meaningful business connections, to advocate for a strong business climate, to pursue additional jobs and capital investment, and to enhance the community’s brand and image.

In 2013, we conducted the Business Walk, a face-to-face survey of hundreds of local businesses, to gauge the needs of the business community. The Business Walk identified a number of big ideas for improving Asheville’s business environment, including: • a robust transit system connecting downtown, Biltmore Village, the River Arts District and West Asheville; providing park-and-ride options for people from surrounding counties who work in Asheville; and offering Sunday service; • completion of the I-26 connector; • a comprehensive system of greenways and bike paths; • more flights to and from the Asheville airport; • a regional business park with shovel-ready sites; and • an Asheville that is free of graffiti, litter and aggressive panhandling.

These are a few of the issues the Asheville Chamber and our partners will be exploring in 2014. We’re building community through business: Join us.

36 Montford Ave. • Asheville, NC 28801 • 828-258-6101 member@ashevillechamber.org • ashevillechamber.org

Charlotte Street Kids The Happy Place Between School and Home Charlotte Street Kids is a full-service, nonprofit after school program located in North Asheville.

Our program was founded on one big idea: to be the happy place between school and home for hard-working families. Our big idea for 2014 is ACCESS! We want to provide quality after-school care for as many kids as possible, regardless of economic status, and here’s how we’re doing it: • In 2013 we partnered with Ira B Jones Elementary school to establish an on-site after-school program, providing free tuition to 30 percent of students enrolled there including transportation home.

• We collaborate with other kid-positive organizations, such as the YWCA for swim classes and Kids Growing up Strong classes to promote healthy selfimage and tolerance, and provide funding for families who cannot afford these essential programs.

• For the second straight year, we’ve hosted two AmeriCorps/Project Power service volunteers whose primary role is advocating for our at-risk students through academic support, help with life skills and making sure basic needs are met.

• Last summer, we teamed up with Just Economics of WNC and joined the ranks of community-focused businesses that provide a living wage to their employees. This makes us one of only four Living Wage Certified child-care providers in WNC, creating the magical formula of happy, loyal staff=great program=happy kids and families.

Come see for yourself what makes Charlotte Street Kids the Happy Place between School and Home!

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Barium SpringS—giving hope to children and familieS

Blue Ridge Biofuels

All children deserve a safe, nurturing home. Sadly, however, not all children have that. To address this fundamental need, Barium Springs strives to provide children and teens with a safe place to live through foster care and adoption.

To accomplish that goal, however, we need your help — specifically, we need more foster and adoptive parents! There are children in your county who need you. Won’t you provide a safe, stable, loving home environment so they can thrive?

If you or someone you know is interested in fostering or adopting a child in your community, please call us or visit us on the Web.

Blue Ridge Biofuels was founded on the commitment to increase our local communities’ sustainability and resilience.

We provide biodiesel fuel for on-road, off-road and home heating applications. Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine without modifications.

Our fuel is made from used cooking oil collected from area restaurants, which keeps this valuable resource in our region. We have placed

828-236-2877 bariumsprings.org • Find us on Facebook & Twitter

bins across Western North Carolina where residents can recycle used cooking oil, thus diverting it to fuel production instead of clogging sewer pipes and polluting the environment. Through the F3 Project: Field to Fryer to Fuel, we work with farmers to grow non-GMO canola, and we now have local cooking oil available for our restaurant clients. We plan to have canola oil available for retail

sale to home chefs in 2014.

Blue Ridge Biofuels is Living Wage Certified, and we provide an internship program and classroom presentations for area students. By eating at one of our client restaurants, recycling your used cooking oil, or running biodiesel in your car, tractor or oil furnace, you can become a part of the local-fuel economy and help us increase the sustainability of WNC.

109 Roberts St. . Asheville, NC 28801 . 828-253-1034 info@blueridgebiofuels.com . BlueRidgeBiofuels.com

We all love to see confidence in someone, and the quickest way we make that determination is to see if they’re smiling! It’s amazing how many people are selfconscious about their smile, and there are all sorts of reasons people don’t smile: cavities, old fillings, missing teeth or teeth that just aren’t pretty, and I’m not just talking about front teeth.

It’s heartbreaking, especially considering the fact that we have the technology to fix all these problems. For more than 20 years, I have restored people’s confidence by simply improving the smile, ranging from the most conservative methods to full-blown makeovers. Next to alleviating pain, there is nothing more fulfilling in my profession than to give someone back their confidence, and watching the slow transformation from holding hands over mouths while speaking to flashing bright, confident smiles makes my work very rewarding. It’s wonderful to be able to provide this service for our patients.

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To the discerning consumer, products with the Blue Ridge Naturally™ seal are safe, traceable and sourced from Western North Carolina, a region of distinction in the natural products industry. The Blue Ridge Naturally™ seal builds on the tradition of quality herbal and natural medicine in WNC, identifying for you potent natural products that you can trace and trust. The Blue Ridge Naturally™ -certified products are non-GMO, produced with the best manufacturing and agricultural practices, and truly contain traceable ingredients. The Blue Ridge Naturally™ Check Plus certification ensures that the product has been tested by a third-party lab for heavy metals, pesticides and microbials and meets safe levels per FDA and EPA limits.

ATTENTION GROWERS AND MANUFACTURERS: Are you aware of the increasing consumer demand for a third-party certification that can prove the traceability, authenticity and safety of natural products?

The Blue Ridge Naturally™ seal emphasizes your product’s local origin and superior quality by affiliating your products with the emerging WNC natural products industry.

Blue Ridge Naturally™ is a program of the North Carolina Natural Products association.

To become a supporter, visit nc-naturalproducts.org.

Asheville Area Arts Council Creative Sector Summit 2014: Creating Economic Vitality through Arts and Tourism Attention, artists: You can make sales without selling out!

More than 9 million visitors come through Buncombe County every year. Is your creative-industry business ready to turn those people into customers?

The theme of this year’s summit is “Arts and Tourism.” Arts, culture, entertainment and tourism have intertwined destinies in Asheville, and we hope to ensure that our artists and arts organizations make the most of this important opportunity. The Arts Council will present innovative ideas from across the nation, as well as opportunities and ideas that are happening here and now.

We are working with the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau to bring you a powerful new tool for patronage and promotion that will

be launched at the summit, and regional efforts are under way that will create new market opportunity for the arts and artists. Join us for great speakers, performances, workshops, networking and more!

Since 2010, the Asheville Area Arts Council, in partnership with the city of Asheville, has convened the region’s only creative-industry-specific annual conference, the Creative Sector Summit.

The top goals include a state-of-the-arts audit and creating an alliance of arts presenters.

346 Depot St. . Asheville, NC 28801 . 828-258-0710 info@ashevillearts.com . ashevillearts.com

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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College A-B Tech Launches the Asheville Center for Professional Studies Both as a native and as someone who has been involved in the Asheville business community for many years, I am thrilled about my new role as director of the new Asheville Center for Professional Studies, which is on its way to becoming the premier career and professional development training site in Western North Carolina.

This innovative learning organization specializes in executive leadership education, professional/technical CEU certification, performance improvement and career development. Our custom and open-enrollment programs are specifically designed to provide top-notch, quality training for corporate, professional and personal career development.

An initiative of the A-B Tech Education & Entrepreneurial Development Foundation, Asheville Center for Professional Studies leverages key partnerships with community leaders, industry and various experts to develop interesting, practical and relevant course offerings that are immediately applicable to real-world, on-the-job situations.

Another important aspect of the center’s appeal is Asheville itself. With its growing reputation as the ultimate travel destination, our city offers a wide variety of fun activities to balance the rigors of any professional development experience.

One of our first major course offerings is taught by Brian Biro, an internationally known motivational speaker who has led 1,400 events around the world for companies such as Microsoft and Lockheed Martin. Biro, who lives in Asheville, is offering this opportunity for the public to experience his Breakthrough Leadership course.

For more information or to register, visit our website, or call 828-398-7100.

— Katherine Morosani

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You can achieve 20/20 vision without glasses, contacts or surgery at any age.

This is not my big idea, however: It was put forth nearly 100 years ago by Dr. William Bates, an orthodox ophthalmologist who abandoned his lucrative practice in New York City to answer the question, “If glasses are a good medicine, why must they continually be strengthened, and why does eyesight worsen?”

After years of research, he found the underlying cause of most visual problems to be mental

My name is Nathan Oxenfeld, and I learned about the Bates Method after wearing lenses for 12 years. After working with a teacher for six

12½ Wall Street, Suite P . Asheville, NC 28801 . 910-859-1232 nathan@integraleyesight.com . integraleyesight.com

Azalea Mountain School Protecting the Sanctity of Childhood — Igniting a Love of Learning Azalea Mountain School is founded on a revolutionary notion: That in the midst of our high-speed world, children should be provided a timeless space in which to do their sacred work of growing and learning. We nurture the innate imagination, empathy and will in each child, as they learn through head, heart and hands.

Our world faces profound challenges that will require our future leaders to have flexible, creative thinking and deep moral courage. The way to meet this future is to provide today’s children with an education that nurtures their divine spark so that they are prepared to make their own unique contributions to the world.

How? By incorporating the arts, movement, nature and storytelling into a classical academic education inspired by Waldorf Education. Do you know any children who would learn more easily, if they could draw, sing, move and explore nature daily? Research supports the role of these key elements for academic success. Providing fun, engaging opportunities to learn in a safe, stressfree environment, reduces pressure while igniting a love of learning.

Azalea Mountain School gives children a fully Waldorf based education that protects the sanctity of childhood, nurtures an abiding sense of wonder, and fosters an evolving quest for truth.

We offer Parent-Child classes, Kindergarten, Grades and Middle School. Accepting NC private school vouchers for the 2014-15 school year.

Learn more at our Open House on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 10 a.m., or visit our website.

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strain and developed the Bates Method to cure nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, lazy eye, glaucoma and more.

months, I was back to 20/20. I got so excited about my own improvement that I became a certified Bates Method teacher and founded Integral Eyesight Improvement to help as many other people as possible improve their own vision. I offer vision training lessons at my office in downtown Asheville and teach weekly Yoga for the Eyes classes in the River Arts District. I also lead workshops and retreats.

For more info, please visit the website.

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Laura Ike Breema: The Art of Being Present We all need support to be more present, balanced and available each day, and to nurture ourselves in the midst of life’s demands. Breema is a comprehensive, holistic system that uses movement and touch, integrated with universal principles, to enable body, mind and feelings to work together in harmony.

By practicing body-mind connection in Breema’s nonjudgmental atmosphere, we become more familiar with the experience of presence, and our activity nurtures ourselves and others.

Contact Laura about Breema at the LEAF Festival and in Asheville, Savannah and Atlanta, or visit the website, the Breema Facebook page or The Breema Channel on YouTube.

Laura Ike has been a student of Breema for 20 years and has taught Breema workshops in the Southeast for the past 14 years. Breema provides balance in her busy life as a single mom and high-school biology teacher.

likebreema@gmail.com breema.com

The Bob Moog Foundation’s Big Idea

At the Bob Moog Foundation we are passionate about igniting creativity through the intersection of music, science, history and innovation.

This mission is a mirror reflection of Bob Moog’s pioneering legacy itself.

In Western North Carolina, our mission comes alive through 1,000 second grade students who will learn about the science of sound through the magic of music via Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool in 2014. Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool (DBSS), the Foundation’s experiential education initiative, began two and a half years ago in eight classrooms with 160 students in the Asheville City Schools.

Because of the exceptional results reported from teachers, parents, administrators and the kids themselves, we have been delighted to invest our resources in the Asheville community to expand this much needed curriculum so that it may inspire the future innovators of tomorrow.

In the 2013-2014 academic year we will serve 55 classrooms in Western North Carolina in Asheville City Schools, Buncombe County Schools, and Madison County Schools. The growth of DBSS is dependent on the teachers, who have enthusiastically embraced our program. We are proud to provide five training sessions to these educators, giving them a thorough understanding of the sonic landscape.

Bob Moog’s legacy is as powerful as it is vast; it should be used as an inspirational force for the greater good. Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool is a proven vehicle to awaken children’s interest in science at a time when our country needs it the most. Our big idea is to grow it nationwide.

2 Wall St., Suite 108 n Asheville, NC 28801 n 828-258-1262 info@moogfoundation.org n bobmoogfoundation.org

Misty Mountain Sanctuary Hello, dear friends in Western North Carolina and beyond. I’m Phillip, a fervently passionate crusader for changing our beautiful world for the better. This letter is basically my message to all of you that I am officially stepping into my life’s calling.

My family owns and operates a small bedand-breakfast, Kana’ti Lodge, and an organic/ permaculture homestead farm, Trout Lily Farm, in Madison County near the base of Max Patch bald. We are blessed to be located in a place that abounds with the natural beauty and energy that fills the soul/spirit with inspiration and wonder.

79 Poplar Ridge Lane ❖ Hot Springs, NC 28743 ❖ 828-622-7398 mistymountainsanctuary@gmail.com mistymountainsanctuary.com

Having recently returned from my travels/“spiritual-walkabout,” I am taking over the family businesses to transform them together into Misty Mountain Sanctuary

— a place to help catalyze and cultivate a regenerative, modern-day human culture.

My focus is to create a center for experiential learning and connection, a heart-centered environment for holding gatherings, workshops and events of all kinds. With a passion for earth-based skills and knowledge, we plan to offer workshops on permaculture, organic gardening/farming, medicinal herbs, biodynamics, homesteading, health and nutrition, rites of passage, fire circles, nature walks and so much more!

I’m calling out to you, dear readers, to join me in our journey together as participants, teachers, donors, visitors and friends. How can we share our common visions, goals and life pursuits? This is my Big Idea for 2014: to connect with all of you out there. Blessings be.

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Art of the Feast BIG IDEAS

For personal and professional success Life is busy, yet stillness is essential to living life fully. We may set aside time to experience stillness by spending time in nature, doing yoga or other practices, but the challenge is sustaining it. The answer can be found in the elegance of every-day activities.

In the Art of the Feast, we utilize the simple act of preparing and enjoying a meal together to: • Learn how to replenish ourselves with the stillness that can be found in simply slicing a tomato.

• Experience the grace and support available when we bring this level of awareness to anything we create together as a group.

Supported by a beautiful retreat setting and experienced guidance, you are invited to “Come to the Table.” Here you will discover a way to nurture yourself and others with the exquisite ordinariness available in each moment.

Send thank-you cards ~ Contact the media when you have something interesting ~ Post on your business Facebook page at least three times a week ~ Don’t use a “contact us” form on your website ~ Make your phone number OBVIOUS on your website ~ Provide exceptional customer service ~ Become a better listener ~ Smile when you enter a room ~ Wear a name tag that people can actually read ~ Think visually ~ Post relevant information on your Facebook business page ~ Use humor often ~ Say what you mean and do what you say ~ Avoid clutter ~ Surround yourself with positive people ~ Indulge no one on your birthday ~ Do one thing every day that makes you happy ~ Keep promises ~ Network your business ~ Appreciate your customers ~ Fish from your own dock ~ Don’t be shy ~ Take pride in your work and promote it ~ Got publicity? ~ PR builds the brand; advertising supports it ~ Be friendly ~ Be kind ~

~ Be strategic in 2014~ “Like” Susan Kohl Public Relations Company on Facebook and receive FREE “PR on a Shoestring Budget” tips. Happy New Year! Susan

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Highland Lake Cove Retreat & Learning Center—Flat Rock, NC For info, please contact kerry@highlandlake.com or call 828-243-8918

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building community through education.

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hen we moved into our Montford home two years ago, we had just one staff member, Dr. Paul Knott, our founding director. Our classrooms hadnʼt been built, our faculty and staff werenʼt hired yet, and our students hadnʼt been recruited. He soon hired a couple of key staff, and a clear vision of the kind of strong community we wanted to help develop began to evolve. Since then weʼve worked every day to engage our neighbors with a new model for graduate education in a community setting.

In July 2012 our talented faculty arrived from across the region and the country to help us further develop our vision.

They immediately recognized Western North Carolinaʼs creative, entrepreneurial spirit and quickly established community relationships which continue to fuel our work.

Our classroom doors officially opened in August 2012 as we launched seven graduate programs and welcomed some pretty amazing, talented students. They brought with them experience, ideas and a true thirst for knowledge.

Since then weʼve added three new programs, and our community now includes over 150 faculty, staff and students.

In addition to students and their big ideas, our doors are also open to community organizations making positive change. Last year we were privileged to work with our Asheville Chamber neighbors and groups such as Green Opportunities, Our Voice, Leadership Asheville, The Wilderness Society and the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute.

COMMUNITY IS A REALLY BIG IDEA, AND WEʼRE EXCITED TO WATCH IT GROW. Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville 24 JanuaRY 8 - JanuaRY 14, 2014

36 Montford Avenue, Downtown Asheville (828) 407-4263 • asheville.lr.edu

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montford farmers market We have big ideas for our little mid-week market this year. By engaging our vibrant Asheville community we will host events for everyone from families to philanthropists, foodies to brew fans.

RECovER BRaNdS

The Recover mission is to produce the most ecologically friendly and socially responsible apparel possible and raise awareness toward environmental sustainability.

First and foremost, all of our products are soft, comfortable and durable. But in addition to that, everything that we make is 100 percent recycled. By using polyester from post-consumer recycled plastic bottles and recycled cotton from industrial waste, our process is the most ecologically friendly around.

Foodies - We will continue our seasonal market feasts with a spring, summer and autumn event, partnering with some of Asheville’s amazing chefs who are able to use the bounty of our market to create true culinary adventures.

Families – We are launching a kids’ corner of the market from 2-4, partnering with the Isaac Dickson Elementary School learning garden and bringing the importance of farm fresh to growing minds.

Community - Lastly, once a month, we are inviting a local brewery to the market with proceeds of the beer sales going to a community nonprofit. Our goal is to find like-minded organizations and support each other through these monthly market events.

We strive to constantly improve our products and manufacture the highest quality and most environmentally friendly garments on the market. Our product lines include shirts, hoodies, polos, dry fits and accessories such as tote bags and backpacks.

Recover specializes in wholesale custom apparel for retailers, businesses, events, races, festivals and much more. Tell your sustainability story by branding with Recover.

36 Montford Ave • Asheville, NC • montfordfarmersmarket.com

504 20th St. SE • Hickory, NC 28602 • 888-897-9243 info@recoverbrands.com • recoverbrands.com

ten thousand villages Ten Thousand Villages Asheville is Expanding Since 1992, Ten Thousand Villages in Asheville has shared stories of artisans around the world who create unique and highly skilled handicrafts. Through fair trading relationships, these artisans have the opportunity to make their dreams into realities. In rural Bangladesh, one such artisan is 27 year old Fahima. She had never been considered for employment before she became involved with RISHILPI Development Projects, a cooperative created to serve the needs of disadvantaged producers in the area. Now, Fahima is a supervisor of the palm leaf weaving program and can provide a home, food, and education for herself and her young son. Thanks to the fair income

and consistent work she receives through Ten Thousand Villages orders, Fahima is joyful about her present balance of work and family and is optimistic about the future.

In 2014, there will be even more opportunities to help us fulfill our mission of making dreams like this come true. After more than 20 years of bringing fair trade merchandise to Asheville, we are expanding our current location! Coming in February, we will increase our square footage to create space for more high quality handicrafts and the stories of the artisans who make them special. We hope you will join us during this time of exciting new possibilities!

Fahima, an artisan working with RISHILPI Development Projects in Bangladesh.

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contempoRaRY tRaditionaL: “Our Love is Here to Stay,” an exhibit featuring self-taught folk artists from the Southeast will run at Oui-Oui Gallery at American Folk Art & Framing through January 22. Artists featured include Michael Banks, whose painting “Tender Dogmatic” is shown here. (p. 26)

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Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat.: 10am-6pm; Sun.: noon-5pm. Info: amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through WE (1/22) - Work from selftaught artists from the Southeast.

AshEvILLE ArEA Arts COuNCIL GALLEry Located at 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Info: ashevillearts.com or 258-0710.

• Through FR (1/24) - A Girl and A Gun: Asheville Artists Cope With Love and Death, a multimedia exhibit.

AshEvILLE Art MusEuM Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted.

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Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/children under 4 free. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: ashevilleart.org or 253-3227.

• ONGOING - Rebels With a Cause, a traveling exhibition of artwork from the Huntsville Museum of Art. • Through SU (1/19) - Lasting Gifts: Black Mountain College Collection will feature works by students and teachers from Black Mountain College.

• ONGOING - Esteban Vicente: The Art of Interruption includes paintings, drawings and collages.

• Through SU (3/9) - Cityscapes, paintings by Ben Aronson.

• FR (1/10), noon-1pm - Lunchtime Art Break: Lasting Gifts AshEvILLE GALLEry OF Art Located at 16 College St. Mon.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm; Sun., 1-4pm. Info: ashevillegallery-of-art.com or 251-5796.

• Through FR (1/31) - Colors of Jazz by Eileen Ross.

BELLA vIstA Art GALLEry Located at 14 Lodge St. Hours: Mon., Wed., & Thurs., 11am-4pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.

• Through FR (1/31) - Works by Karen Jacobs and photographs by Paul Owen.

BLACK MOuNtAIN CENtEr FOr thE Arts Located at 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Info: BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

• Through (1/24) - Clay studio exhibit and ceramics sale in the Upper Gallery.

Free.

ELEMENts spA AND shOp Located at 29 W. French Broad St., Brevard. Hours: Sat.-Wed.: 9am-6pm.

Thu: 9am-7pm. Info: 884-2701 • Through WE (1/8) - Paintings by Karen Keli Brown.

FOLK Art CENtEr Located at MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Open daily from 9am-6pm.

Info: craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through TU (1/28) - Book arts by Annie Fain and fiber wearables by Martha Owen will be on display in the Focus Gallery. sEvEN sIstErs GALLEry Located at 117 Cherry St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Sat.: 10am-6pm; Sun.: noon-5pm. Info: sevensistersgallery. com or 669-5107.

• Through SU (3/16) - Acrylics and oils

by Bridgette Martin-Pyles. trANsyLvANIA COMMuNIty Arts COuNCIL Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: tcarts.org or 884-2787.

• FR (1/10) through FR (1/24), 9am4pm - "A Heart for Art," an exhibit of art by clients of Transylvania Vocational Services.

uNvEILING OF "trEE OF LIFE" pLAquE • TU (1/14), noon - A "Tree of Life" bronze plaque, created by artists from the Jackson County Green Energy Park and WCU, will be unveiled and attached to the Dillsboro historical mural, located by the Jarrett House, 518 Haywood Road, Dillsboro. Info: jcgep.org or 231-6965.

AuDItIONs & CALL tO ArtIsts

ADuLt shOrt stOry CONtEst • Through WE (1/15) - The Friends of the Black Mountain Library will accept submissions to their annual Adult Short Story Contest. Info and guidelines: 250-4756.

NCWN WrItING CONtEsts The North Carolina Writers' Network is nonprofit literary arts service for writers of all stages. Info and submission guidelines: ncwriters.org • Through (1/30) - Submissions will be accepted for the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize.

The winner, to be announced in April, will receive $1,000 and possible publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review. $25/$15 NCWN members.

• Through FR (1/17) - Submissions will be accepted for the 2014 Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition, open to residents of NC and NCWN members. $12/ $10 for members. trANsyLvANIA COMMuNIty Arts COuNCIL Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: tcarts.org or 884-2787.

• Through WE (1/15), 5pm Young artists may sign up for Transylvania Community Arts Council's Performing Arts Talent Competition, held Jan. 31. Ages 10-17. $5 application fee.

• ONGOING - Transylvania Community Arts Council is calling for artists to take part in 2014 exhibitions. Themes and entry deadlines: Interwoven, Feb. 4; Exploring outdoors, March 4; Animals in art, May 6; Potters of WNC, June 3; Art Mart, Nov. 10.

BENEFIts LEAF sChOOLs AND strEEts • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm Wine tasting and jazz, to benefit LEAF schools and streets, will be held at 5 Walnut Wine Bar, 5 Walnut St. $5. Info: theleaf.org or Jocelyn@theLEAF. org.

NIA DANCE JAM FOr MAINstAy • SA (1/11), 5-6:30pm - A dance event featuring Nia, a blend of martial arts and dance, will benefit Mainstay, which supports victims of domestic violence in Henderson County. Held at the Homewood Event Center, 19 Zillicoa St. $15. Info: 697-7449 or avl.mx/03y.

WINE tAstING FOr hOMEWArD BOuND OF WNC At MEtrO WINEs • WE (1/15), 5:30pm - Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St., will hold a benefit for homeward Bound of WNC, which combats homelessness by providing housing and stability support. $10. Info: metrowinesasheville.com or 575-9525.

BusINEss & tEChNOLOGy AMErICAN BusINEss WOMEN's AssOCIAtION Info: abwaskyhy.com.

• TH (1/9), 5:30-7:30pm - The group's January meeting will be held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive, in the Dogwood Room. Includes dinner. $25.

AshEvILLE MAKErspACE tECh tuEsDAy • TUESDAYS, 6pm - Asheville Makers, "a group for people who make stuff," meets weekly to discuss projects and welcome new volunteers. Held at Top Floor Studio Coworking, 9 Walnut St. Info: ashevillemakerspace.org.

GOODWILL CArEEr CLAssEs Info and registration: 298-9023, ext. 1106.

• ONGOING - Classes for those interested in careers in the food and hotel industries.

Hands-on training includes American Hotel and Lodging Association certification. $25.

• MONDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9am-noon General Education Diploma classes. Intake process

required.

• MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-8:30pm English as a second language class.

• ONGOING - Entry-level computer classes.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 1:30-4pm - Classes for those interested in medical office support careers. Fee waived for job seekers. sCOrE: stArtING sMALL BusINEss • WE (1/8), 5:45-9pm "SCORE: Simple Steps to Starting a Small Business."

Held at 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler. Free. Info: ashevillescore.org or 271-4786.

CLAssEs, MEEtINGs & EvENts FrEE ACtING CLAssEs At Nys3: thE sOuthEAst’s prOFEssIONAL ACtING CONsErvAtOry (pd.) Youth and Adult Classes: Acting Technique, Improv, Voiceover, Movement/Voice, Writing, Auditioning and Vocal Technique. Classes offer skills for either future classes, productions, film, voiceover, singing, or life. • January 20-30, 6-10pm. All levels welcome.

2002 Riverside Dr. Studio 42-O, Asheville. www.nys3.com • info@nys3.com 60+ MEN's GrOup • TUESDAYS, 6pm - A social group for men age 60+ for drinking, joking and discussing sports and other manly interests. Meets at Hi-Wire Brewing, 197 Hilliard Ave. Info: 275-6396.

ANNuAL stAtE OF DOWNtOWN LuNChEON • TH (1/16), noon - The Asheville Downtown Association's Annual State of Downtown Luncheon will be held in the banquet hall of the U.S. Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. $10/$15 nonmembers. Info: ashevilledowntown.org.

AppALAChIAN pAstEL sOCIEty • SA (1/11), 10am-noon - The Appalachian Pastel Society will meet at Grace Community Church, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River. Non-members welcome. Info: appalachianpastelsociety.org or 986-3653.

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bridal trade show, will be held in the US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. $8. Info: weddingfestivals.com.

BIKE MAINtENANCE CLAss • WE (1/8), 6:15-8pm - Liberty Bicycles, 1378 Hendersonville Road, will offer a basic maintenance class. $25. Info and registration: drewc@libertybikes.com or 274-2453.

CrIBBAGE GAthErING • MONDAYS, 6pm - A weekly cribbage game will meet at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave. All levels welcome. Free. Info: peter.ely@ gmail.com. pIsGAh AstrONOMICAL rEsEArCh INstItutE Located at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman. Info: 862-5554 or pari. edu.

• FR (1/10), 7pm - A presentation on the new observatory on the UNC-Asheville campus.

Registration required. $20/$15 seniors and military/$10 children under 14.

Raise a glass to ending homelessness what: A benefit for Homeward Bound of WNC, a nonprofit that works to end chronic homelessness by moving people into permanent housing and providing support to help them stayed housed. wheRe: Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. when: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 5:30 p.m. $10 with an opportunity for additional donations. Info: 575-9525 or metrowinesasheville.com. whY: “What we’ve found is that the solution to homelessness is getting people into homes,” says Beth Russo, campaign coordinator at Homeward Bound.

In 2005, Asheville and Buncombe County unveiled the “10-Year Plan to End Homelessness.” Homeward Bound, then known as Hospitality House, shifted its focus away from shelter housing, focusing instead on putting people into permanent

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homes and keeping them there, says Russo.

“When we get people into housing, we also give them wrap-around case management to give them support, instead of just giving them a place to live and wishing them good luck,” she says.

So far, the organization has placed nearly 800 people into permanent housing, and some former clients are now Homeward Bound staff members.

“That’s the proof right there,” says Metro Wines co-owner Gina Trippi.

“It just really shows what a great job they’re doing that their former clients are able to go on to successful lives and also choose to stay involved with Homeward Bound.”

Trippi says her store decided to partner with Homeward Bound in part because she was impressed with the efficiency of the organization.

“They’re really working to keep the cost down and put the money back into the program,” Trippi says.

“We really felt like their focus was on helping as many people as possible.” mountainx.com

rECEptION FOr Dr. rON FIshEr • TU (1/14), 4:30pm - A drop in reception to honor physician Ron Fisher as he retires from Med-West Heath Systems will be held at Mountain Trace Nursing Center, 417 Mountain Trace Road, Sylva. Info: fourseasonscfl.org. vEtErANs FOr pEACE Info: vfpchapter099wnc. blogspot.com.

• TU (1/14), 6:30pm - A meeting will be held at their headquarters in the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts Street.

Free.

WEstErN CArOLINIANs FOr pEACE AND JustICE • WE (1/8), 9:30am - Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East will meet at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, 117 Montreat Road. Free. Info: elizakeiser@aol.com.

WNC KNIttErs AND CrOChEtErs • MO (1/13), 7-9pm - Western North Carolina Knitters and Crocheters for Others will meet at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road. Free. Info: 575-9195. yOuth OutrIGht A group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 14-23 led by trained facilitators. Straight allies also welcome. Meets at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St.,

unless otherwise noted. Info: youthoutright.org.

• THURSDAYS, 5-6:30pm Poetry night.

• SU (1/12), 4-6pm - Part two of "Climbing Towards Confidence" will discuss sexual harassment and safety. Previous attendence required. Meets at Climbmax Sport Climbing Center, 43 Wall St.

COMEDy DIsCLAIMEr COMEDy Info: disclaimercomedy.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 9pm Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge open mic is held at the Dirty South Lounge, 41 N. Lexington Ave. Free.

• FRIDAYS, 7-8pm - Weekly stand-up at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. $10 includes a glass of wine. Info: disclaimercomedy.com.

DANCE BEGINNEr sWING DANCING LEssONs (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person.

• No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville.

Details: www.swingAsheville. com stuDIO ZAhIyA (pd.) studio Zahiya, Downtown Dance Classes Monday 7pm Bellydance 1 • Tuesday 8:15am 30 Minute Workout, 9am Hip Hop Workout Dance • Wednesday 5pm Beginner Bellydance, 7pm Bellydance, 7pm High Heels Hip Hop • Thursday 9am Bellydance Workout • 7pm Bollywood • 8pm Hip Hop • Sunday 3pm Yoga for Dancers$13 for 60 minute classes.• 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. • www.studiozahiya.com 828.242.7595.

DANCECLuB DANCE CLAssEs (pd.) • Monday, 6pm: Jazz/Funk • Tuesday, 6:30pm, Starts January 14: Dance & Sweat, "Soul Train", Learn original moves from "Soul Train"! • Wednesday, 6pm: Beginner Modern, Explore a new way to move! • Wednesday, 7:30pm: Burlesque, Feather Fans.

• Thursday, 10am: Booty Camp Exercise. • Saturday, February 8, 1-3pm, Workshop: Saturday Striptease Class with costume accessories and bubbly, $25! $9-$11/class. 114 N. Lexington Ave. 828-275-8628. IDoDances. com

ENGLIsh COuNty DANCE • SU (1/12), 4-6:30pm - Old Farmer's Ball will host an english country dance at the Homewood Event and Conference Center, 19 Zillicoa St. Beginners' lesson at 3:30pm. $6/ $5 for OFB members. Info: 230-8449 and oldfarmersball. com MOuNtAIN shAG CLuB • TUESDAYS - The club meets weekly at Fred's Speakeasy, 2310 Hendersonville Road, Arden. Free lessons from 6:307pm. Main dance from 7-10pm. $5. Info: mountainshagclub.com.

ECO AshEvILLE GrEEN DrINKs A networking party that meets to discuss pressing green issues.

Info: ashevillegreendrinks.com.

• WE (1/8), 5:30pm - The group will meet at Green Sage Coffeehouse, 5 Broadway.

Topic: "Landslides in Western North Carolina." Free.

• WE (1/15), 5:30pm - The group will meet at Green Sage Coffeehouse, 5 Broadway.

Topic is "Biltmore Estate’s Sustainability and Environmental Preservation." Free. urBAN FArMING sErIEs Local experts will teach workshops on backyard sustainability. Sponsored by the Hendersonville Community Coop, 715 S. Grove Street, Hendersonville. Info: 693-0505 or hendersonville.coop.

• SA (1/11), 12:30-2pm - "Basics in Bee Keeping" workshop, taught by beekeepers from Sweet Folly Farm in Etowah.

WNC sIErrA CLuB Info: wenoca.org or 251-8289.

• WE (1/15), 7pm - Chuck Pickering, president of agriculture and land planning at Biltmore Estate, will present "Biltmore Estate's Sustainability and Environmental Preservation." Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place.

FEstIvALs ELvIs BIrthDAy BAsh • WE (1/8), 8pm- "Blue Hawaii Birthday Bash," to celebrate Elvis Presley's birthday, including karaoke, a costume contest and Elvis-inspired food and drinks, will be held at Ben's Tune-Up, 195 Hilliard Ave. Info: benstuneup.com.

SPRING SCHEDULE Begins January 27th FOOD & BEEr ChILI COOK-OFF • SA (1/11), noon-2pm Fletcher Parks & Recreation will host a Chili Cook-Off at Veritas Christian Academy, 17 Cane Creek Road, Fletcher, in the gym. $5. Info: 687-0751.

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KIDs CELEBrAtION sINGErs AuDItIONs • TH (1/9), 5:30-6pm Celebration Singers of Asheville, a community children's choir, will hold auditions at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Open to ages 7-14.

Bring sheet music for a prepared song. Info: singasheville. org

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• SATURDAYS: • 9am-noon - Jackson County Markets Market, 23 Central St., in the Community Table. Through March.

• DAILY: •8am-6pm - WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road. Year-round.

This children's museum is located at 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted. Info: handsonwnc.org or 697-8333.

• Through FR (1/10) - World Braille Days will be celebrated during business hours. Includes braille related activities.

• TUESDAYS, 11am - Mad Scientists Lab. $7, includes admission fee.

• TU (1/14) through FR (1/17) - Curiosity Week. Self-directed curiosity activities all week.

WNC OrChID sOCIEty • SU (1/12), 2pm - WNC Orchid Society will meet at Asheville Eye Associates, 8 Medical Park Drive. Guest speaker: Mark Reinke will discuss “Decoding Dendrobiums.” Info: wncos. org.

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BLuE rIDGE rEpuBLICAN WOMEN's CLuB • TH (1/9), 6:30pm - A discussion of the Affordable Care Act will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, 31 Woodfin Street.

Free. Optional buffet at 6pm, $18. Info: 230-1444.

LAND OF thE sKy rurAL pLANNING OrGANIZAtION • TH (1/9), 10am - A meeting of Land of the Sky Rural Planning Organization's Technical Coordinating Committee will be held at the Land-of-Sky Regional Council offices, 339 New Leicester Hwy., Suite 130. Info: landofsky.org. thE FrENCh BrOAD rIvEr MpO A partnership between local and state governments that makes decisions about transportation planning in urbanized areas. Info: www.fbrmpo.org.

• TH (1/9), 11am - A meeting will be held at the Land-of-Sky Regional Council offices, 339 New Leicester Hwy., Suite 130.

hOME sChOOL prOGrAM • TU (1/14), 11am-12:30pm - The Asheville Art Museum, 2 N. Pack Square, will offer a program for home schooled students. $4. Registration required. Info: ashevilleart.org or 253-3227. rIvErLINK EArth DAy Art AND pOEtry CONtEst For preK-12 grade students.

Categories: 2D, sculpture, photography, bookmark art and poetry as well as grade level.

Winning art will be on display at in Holly Library at A-B Tech.

For more info on how to enter: www.riverlink.org/earthdaycontest.asp • Through WE(3/19) Submissions will be accepted for students throughout the French Broad Basin.

WNC NAturE CENtEr 75 Gashes Creek Road. 10am5pm daily. $8/$6 Asheville city residents/$4 kids. Info: 2985600 or wildwnc.org.

• WE (1/15), 10am-noon - The center will host "Critter Time for Tikes and Tots," to learn about animals. Ages 3-5 and parents. Registration: 2598082.

MusIC sONG O' sKy ChOrus (pd.) tuesday 6:45-9:30 pM song O' sky Chorus (Sweet Adelines International) Covenant Community Church, 11 Rocket Dr., 28803 Asheville's premier a capella barbershop-style chorus! We welcome all women who love to sing! www.songosky.org 1-866-824-9547 MusIC At uNCA Concerts are held in Lipinsky Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Tickets and info: 251.6432.

• WE (1/15), 7pm – Blue Ridge Orchestra will hold an open rehearsal in the Reuter Center.

Free. st. MAtthIAs MusICAL pErFOrMANCEs Located at 1 Dundee St. Info: stmatthiasepiscopal.com or 285-0033.

• SU (1/12), 3pm - Dulcimer player and vocalist Sarah Morgan will perform. Free.

OutDOOrs ADuLt LEAGuE KICKBALL • Through SA (3/15) Registration is open for Buncombe County Parks, Greenways and Recreation's adult kickball league. Info: jay. nelson@buncombecounty.org or 250-4269.

AssAuLt ON BLACK rOCK rEGIstrAtION • Through SU (3/22) Registration is open for the "Assault on Black Rock" a 7-mile trail race up Black Rock, located in Sylva. All proceeds donated to the Community Table, a nonprofit food pantry. $30/$25 advance. Info: barwatt@hotmail.com or 5062802.

Classes for Kids Ages 5 & up Painting, Drawing, Clay, Fiber Arts 828-329-1329• 8-329-1329• register online at

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Ask about our Year-end Catch-up Special!

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ASTONISHING FINDS...

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ESTATE SALE

Thur., January 9 thru Sat., January 11 9am - 5pm EACH DAY

Proceeds benefit CarePartners Foundation and CarePartners Hospice

Hospice Thrift Store has special deals every Thurs - Sat

105 Fairview Rd • Below the Screen Door in Biltmore cpestatesales.org for sale times, dates & special offers

EvENts At rEI Located at 31 Schenck Parkway. Info: rei.com/asheville or 687-0918.

• TH (1/9), 7-8pm - A bike maintenance class will teach participants how to lube a chain, fix a flat and make minor adjustments. No need to bring bikes. Free; registration required.

LAKE JAMEs stAtE pArK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo.

Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 584-7728.

• SA (1/11), 10am - Park Ranger Jamie Cameron will lead a Junior Rangers meeting

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wisdom. We guide you through the process of incorporating spiritual lessons into your daily life. 880AM. www.880TheRevolution.com THE EMPTY CHAIR (pd.) We all have one in our life-your choice or someone else’s. We will focus on Regret and Loss after Separation.

Psycho-Drama role-playing enables you to experience in real-time a past situation which continues to disturb. The session will be in a comfortable, confidential, small group setting. • This Saturday, January 11, 10:30-3:30. $55. Franklin Harris, trained psycho-drama facilitator. hmailto:harrislf@ charter.net

Rock your body, rock your year: Get fit with Nia, a fitness technique that blends martial arts and dance, while helping victims of domestic violence in Henderson County through Nia Carolina’s fundraiser for Mainstay on Saturday, Jan. 11. (p. 27)

for kids ages 6-12 . Meets at the Paddy’s Creek Area bathhouse breezeway. Registration required.

• SU (1/12), 8:30am - Park Ranger Jamie Cameron will lead a birdwatching tour. Meets at the Canal Bridge Boat Access parking area.

Parenting Play and Learn for Infants and Toddlers • TUESDAYS, 10:30am & THURSDAYS, 10 & 11am - An 8-week series of pre-literacy classes for parents and children from Buncombe County.

Tuesdays, ages 3-12 months; Thursdays, ages 13-35 months.

Free. Info, location and registration: grace.ragaller@asheville. k12.nc.us. or 350-2932.

Spirituality 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.

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ASHEVILLE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION CENTER (pd.) Free practice group. Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 252-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com. • 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 5:00-6:15.

AQUARIAN CONSCIOUSNESS FELLOWSHIP (pd.) Metaphysical program inspired by spiritual growth topics of your choice. Meditation, potluck, St. Germain live channeled piano music. • Second and Fourth Wednesday.

6:30pm. • Donation. (828) 6583362.

Mindfulness Meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence.

With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm: Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living.

Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. Info: 2583241. www.billwalz.com Asheville Insight Meditation (pd.) Free introduction to Insight or Mindfulness meditation. 2nd and 4th Thursday. 7pm. Asheville Insight

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Meditation, Suite 200, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com Mindfulness Meditation (pd.) "ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION Practice Mindfulness Meditation (aka Vipassana or Insight Meditation) with a supportive group.

Group sessions: Wednesdays, 7pm-8:30pm. Sundays, 10am11:30pm. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville. (828) 8084444,www.ashevillemeditation. com" AIM Meditation Classes (pd.) "Ramp up your meditation practice with AIM’s Meditation’s Classes: Mindfulness 101 - Basics of Mindfulness Meditation, Mindfulness 102 - More advanced, intermediate class.

Class dates and times: www. ashevillemeditation.com/events, (828) 808-4444" Asheville Open Heart Meditation (pd.) Deepen your experience of living a heart centered life.

Connect with your spiritual heart and the peace residing within. Free, 7pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St., 296-0017, http:// www.heart-sanctuary.org Asheville Spiritual Radio • Saturdays, 1pm (pd.) “Guidance For Your Life” a talk show that explains spiritual

Coffee and Christ • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - "Coffee and Christ," a casual conversation about Christian cosmology, meets at Edna's of Asheville, 870 Merrimon Ave. Free. Info: MT1128@live.com.

Eckankar Center of Asheville Located at 797 Haywood Road, W. Asheville. Info: eckankar-nc.org or 254-6775.

• SU (1/12), 11-11:30am Eckankar Center of Asheville will offer a community HU song. Free.

Grace Lutheran Church 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: gracelutherannc.com or 693-4890.

• WEDNESDAYS (through 2/26), 5:45-7pm - “Death and Resurrection of the Messiah” class. Free. Optional dinner 4:45pm. $5. Registration required.

• TUESDAYS through (3/4), 6:15-8pm - Short Term Disciple Bible Study. $13. Register in advance.

Groce United Methodist Church • 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm- A Course in Miracles, an open Bible study group meets at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road. Free. Donations accepted. Info: 712-5472.

Kirtan Ceremony • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Kirtan with Sangita Devi will be held at Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St. $10-$15 donation.

Info: sangitadevi.com.

Sisters on the Journey • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm - Sisters on the Journey women's circle will focus on living genuine, wholehearted

and empowered lives. $10. Info and location: 13moons.info or 13moons@gmail.com.

Spiritual Development 101 • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm Spiritual Development 101 will teach participants how to develop spiritual gifts. Held at the Dove's Nest. Free. Info and directions: mountaintwin@ yahoo.com or 808-3879.

Spoken & Written Word Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm.

Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted.

Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/children under 4 free.

Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: ashevilleart.org or 253-3227.

• TU (1/14), 3-5pm - Discussion Bound book club: The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe.

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) • WE (1/8), 3pm - Afternoon Book Club: My Reading Life by Pat Conroy. WV. • TH (1/9), 7pm - Evening Book Club: Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall. FV • TH (1/9), 1pm - Afternoon Book Club: The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff.

FV. • FR (1/10), 10:30am-3pm Bargain book sale. PM • SA (1/11), 11am & TU (1/14), 7:30pm- Friends of the Weaverville Library will host an information session on e-books available from the library. Free.

WV. • TU (1/14), 7pm - Mike Green will discuss his travels to New Zealand. FV • TU (1/14), 6:30pm - Author Mary Ann Lyer will lead a discussion of how mind and body

affect health. SW • TU (1/14), 1pm - Book Club: Nightwoods by Charles Frazier.

LE. • WE (1/15), 5pm - Swannanoa Knitters. SW • TH (1/16), 2:30pm - Book Club: American Lion by Jon Meacham. SS. Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St. Free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: firestormcafe.com or 255-8115.

• SU (1/12), 1-3pm - A book signing and music event with Mean Mary, musician and author of Wherefore Art Thou, Jane?

Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: malaprops.com or 254-6734. Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (1/8), 6:30pm - Editors of Rag-Picker's Guide to Poetry, featuring poets from the MFA Program at Warren Wilson College, will discuss the book.

• WE (1/8), 7pm - Malaprop's Bookclub: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash.

• WE (1/8), noon- Autism Book Club: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon.

• FR (1/10), 7pm - Roger Hutchinson discusses his book, The Painting Table: A Journal of Loss and Joy. • SA (1/11), 3 pm - Children's Storytime Party will feature Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird and The Snowy Day

by Jack Ezra Keats.

• SU (1/12), noon-3pm - Eight local self-published authors will read from and sign their books.

• MO (1/13), 7pm - A writing workshop with Annie Fahy.

• MO (1/13), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn.

• TU (1/14), 5pm - Teen/ Young Adult Book Club: Every Day by David Levithan. Recommended for ages 14-17.

Spellbound Children's Bookshop 50 N. Merrimon Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: spellboundchildrensbookshop. com or 708-7570.

• SA (1/11), 2-3:30pm - Meet Bad Kitty, star of the books by Nick Bruel.

• SATURDAYS, 11-11:30am Story time. Ages 2-6.

JOHN’S thEAtEr MONtFOrD pArK pLAyErs Unless otherwise noted, performances are free and take place outdoors at Hazel Robinson Amphitheater in Montford. Donations accepted.

Info: montfordparkplayers.org or 254-5146.

• SA (1/11), 7:30pm & SU (1/12), 7:30pm - "An Evening of Shakespeare Fan Fiction," will benefit restoration of the Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre. $30 orchestra seating/$15 balcony seating. pErFOrMANCEs At DIANA WOrthAM thEAtrE Located at 2 South Pack Square. Info: dwtheatre.com or 257-4530.

• WE (1/15), 3:30pm - The Eisenhower Dance Company will teach children about dancing in an interactive performance. Recommended grades K-5. $7.

thrIvING ChILDrEN ChILDrEN FIrst/CIs • ONGOING - Children First/ CIS seeks volunteers for its learning centers and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing. Mon.Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Info: childrenfirstbc.org, facebook.com/ SuccessEquation or 768-2072.

ChILDrEN FIrst/CIs MIND thE GAp tOur • TH (1/16), 3:30pm - The Children First/CIS Mind the Gap Tour will call attention to issues that hinder the success of children and families in poverty. Free. Info and registration: AllisonJ@childrenfirstbc.org or 259-9717.

CONNECt prOGrAM rEGIstrAtION • Through (3/31) - Registration is open for St. Gerard House's 10-week Connect program, which invites elementary through high school students to learn how thoughts, actions and reactions affect social situations. Held at 620 Oakland St., Hendersonville. $18 per week. Info and registration: jenniferlaite@yahoo.com or 693-4223.

‘BECOMING A LOvE AND LOGIC pArENt’ • MONDAYS through (2/17), 6-8pm - Child Abuse Prevention Services will offer “Love & Logic,” a six-week parenting course. Held at 50 S. French Broad Ave. Free. Info: mary@childabusepreventionservices.org or 254-2000.

vOLuNtEErING AshEvILLE CIty sChOOLs FOuNDAtION • ONGOING - The Asheville City Schools Foundation seeks volunteers to tutor/mentor students (K-12) in need of support. Volunteer opportunities available Mon.-Fri., 8am-6pm.

Info: jay@acsf.org or 350-6135.

AurOrA stuDIO & GALLEry - spECIAL EvENts • ONGOING - Aurora Studio, a planned collective art space for artists affected by mental illness, homelessness and/or addiction, needs volunteers for planning fundraisers in 2014.

Info: aurorastudio-gallery.com or 335-1038.

BIG BrOthErs BIG sIstErs OF WNC The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors. Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way

building. Info: bbbswnc.org or 253-1470.

• ONGOING - Volunteers 18 and older are needed to share outings in the community twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Activities are free or low-cost, such as sports, local attractions, etc.

Volunteers age 16 and older are needed to mentor one hour per week in schools and after-school sites.

GIrL sCOuts OF CArOLINAs pEAKs tO pIEDMONt • ONGOING: Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont is in need of volunteers, especially leaders. Each troop is led by at least two adults.

Membership in Girl Scouts is required. Must be 18 or older.

Info: girlscoutsp2p.org or 800672-2148.

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LItErACy COuNCIL OF BuNCOMBE COuNty The Literacy Council works to increase literacy and English language skills. Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: volunteers@litcouncil. com or 254-3442.

• WE (1/8), 9am & TH (1/9), 5:30pm - Volunteer orientation.

Registration required.

• ONGOING - The center is seeking volunteers to tutor in three of its programs: Adult Education, which teaches basic reading, writing and spelling; English for Speakers of Other Languages, which works with adult immigrants; and The Augustine Project, where tutors help improve academic performance and self esteem in low-income children testing under grade level. Previous teaching experience is not required.

LOvING FOOD rEsOurCEs LFR is an all volunteer special needs food pantry that pro-

January Special 45 minute salt cave session & 45 minute massage Special price of $59 ( m u s t b e s c h e d u l e d fo r t h e s a m e d a y , c a l l fo r re s e r va t i o n s )

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Owners Retiring

New Books | Calendars Greeting Cards 9:30 - 6 Monday thru Saturday 1 - 5 Sunday afternoons

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citY chickeNs: The Hendersonville Community Co-op will host a series of workshops on urban farming beginning Saturday, Jan. 11. Topics will include bee and chicken keeping, composting and raised bed gardening. (p. 28)

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vides food and personal care items to persons living with HIV/AIDS or in Home Hospice care with any diagnosis. Info: admin@lovingfood.org or 2559282.

• ONGOING - Loving Food Resources needs volunteers Tue. 9-11am, Wed. 9-11am, Fri. 9am-noon and Sat. 9am11 and/or 11am-2pm. Help is needed with stocking, helping clients shop, driving, food box delivery, sorting, internet related tasks, graphic design and office assistance.

MANNA FoodBANk • ONGOING - MANNA FoodBank seeks volunteers to work in its warehouse.

Mon.-Sat. daytime and Thurs. evening shifts available. Info: mannafoodbank.org, mgruber@mannafoodbank.org or 299-3663, ext. 245.

MeMoryCAre AdMiNstrAtive support voluNteer • ONGOING - MemoryCare, a nonprofit dedicated to providing assessment, treatment and support for memory-impaired individuals and their families, seeks a volunteer administrative assistant 2-3 hours a week on Tue., Wed. or Thur. for general office duties. Info: alexander@memorycare.org.

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projeCt liNus • ONGOING - The local chapter of Project Linus, a nonprofit which donates handmade blankets to children in crisis, seeks volunteers to create blankets.

Knitted, crocheted, quilted, no-sew fleece or flannel blankets will be accepted. Info: 645-8800. riverliNk Info: 252-8474, ext. 11, volunteer@riverlink.org or riverlink.org.

• WE (1/8), 5pm - A volunteer information session, including a presentation on Wilma Dykeman, for whom the RiverWay in named, will be held at the Riverlink office, 170 Lyman St. the rAthBuN CeNter • ONGOING - The Rathbun Center, which provides free lodging for patients and their caregivers staying in Asheville for medical treatment, seeks volunteers to support and register guests. Weekend shifts: noon3pm, 3-6pm and 6-9pm. Info: rathbuncenter.org or 251-0595.

WNC Aids projeCt Info: www.wncap.org or 2527489.

• ONGOING - WNCAP seeks office/clerical volunteers to assist with data entry and computerrelated tasks during daytime office hours Monday-Friday.

• ONGOING - WNCAP is seeking dependable Saturday

morning volunteers to deliver food-boxes to homebound men and women living with HIV/AIDS in the Asheville/ Buncombe area. Food boxes are delivered each second and fourth Saturday morning, yearround. Good driving record and confidentiality required. yMCA reACh & rise MeNtoriNg progrAM • ONGOING - YMCA seeks adult volunteers to mentor a child once a week for one year. Mentees are students in the YMCA's at-risk afterschool programs. Training provided.

Mentors must pass a comprehensive background check.

Info: ymcawnc.org or 210-2265. yWCA Located at 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: 254-7206.

• ONGOING - YWCA seeks volunteers for its child care department to help prepare and serve meals and assist with classroom activities, including music, academic coaching and gardening. A background check, medical questionnaire, TB screening and a minimum age of 16 are required.

CAleNdAr deAdliNe The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m.

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Connecting without God Spirituality is often associated with a feeling of connectedness, but for many, connectedness doesn’t require that we believe in a spirit or higher power. 2013 saw the official formation of the WNC Coalition of Reason (WNC CoR), a group comprosed of five local, secular support groups that share the common mission of doing good in the world without theistic beliefs (pictured above, WNC CoR’s ‘Godless Alter Call” at Prtichard Park in September 2013).

Xpress spoke with Jennifer Lovejoy, president of WNC Humanists, and Geri Weaver, organizer of Recovering from Religion, to find out more: Mountain Xpress: why did wnc coR organize?

Lovejoy: We are social creatures and we need that support network, which is why so many people go to church. In 2011, [the Humanists] put up a billboard ... that had an American flag on it and just said “One Nation, Indivisible” — no “under God” — and it had our

phone number listed. I got a call from a man who lived outside of Greenville who had planned on killing himself before he saw this billboard because he felt like he was the only one in his community who didn’t believe in God. ... When I realized that there were people out there who felt that alone, I swore I would work as hard as I could to make sure nobody ever felt that way again. what is it like to recover from religion? weaver: Religion can be like an addiction, because all of your life is connected to it — your friends, family, your marriage — people have split up when one realizes the other is not a believer anymore. So when you realize that if people learn that you don’t believe, they won’t be your friend anymore — you need support. We offer somewhere that’s safe ... without a motive behind it ... [other than] helping people through it. And my focus is primarily on the families and children.

For more info, visit unitedcor.org/wnc.

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• Speed-walk past a busker. Open up your stride, ball your hands up into fists and swing your arms Nordic-skiing style as you blast past a downtown busker at full speed.

Local hospitality building boom raises ratio of hotels to guests to 17 to 1 Asheville standoff ends peacefully, according to disappointed WLOS reporter on scene An update on H.D. Wimbledon, Disclaimer Comedy’s sponsored fighter in the 2014 Original Toughman Contest Recent training regimen:

• Watching Talking Heads cover band • Pre-, post-gaming for Talking Heads cover band by watching Talking Heads concert film, “Stop Making Sense.”

• Consorting with cigarette-smoking degenerates while cursing McSweeney’s editors • Getting large tattoo of song lyrics in girlish font • Taking selfies while drinking beer • Shopping for overalls for his cat • Long-distance running

While many of these efforts reassure me that our sponsored fighter is a man on the brink of insanity, the long-distance running has me worried. For one thing, there are three oneminute rounds, so I’m not sure if the 12th mile of a 14-mile fun run is going to be the deciding factor when Wimbledon is windmilling punches from a crouched position with eyes closed. Perhaps the “runner’s high” mimics the “getting decked in the face by a redneck high.” Exiting the U.S. Cellular Center from the cheap seats on Jan. 31 with my tuxedo T-shirt stained red with fresh friendship will likely be my only ROI from this latest debacle.

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• Drink alcohol before exercising.

Drinking before exercising increases exertion by 200 percent. Trying to set a dead-lifting record? Has someone dared you to swim to the horizon? Long-jumping off the top of a waterfall? Try drinking alcohol, and you’ll be amazed at the results, or at the willingness to achieve those results.

• Talk about “vaping.” You can burn up to 100 calories an hour by talking without cessation about electronic cigarettes. Your heart rate will zoom upwards as you discuss the variety of flavors available

• Take up extreme scowling. While it is uncertain if it takes more muscles to smile or frown, it definitely requires more muscles to extreme scowl. Good training exercises include learning that a drug-and-alcohol halfway house is relocating to your neighborhood and reading the words “Progress Energy” in a newspaper headline.

• Write a list of platitudes. Nothing clears the mind and exercises the arm muscles like jotting out a list of platitudes. But first remember: simplicity is the key to happiness. Put pen to paper and go with the flow. There are no wrong answers. But don’t force it — good things come to those who wait.

What’s In & Out for 2014 Out: Getting excited about new grocery stores In: Realizing they just sell groceries Out: Snapchat In: Posting a signed Polaroid of your genitalia on the breakroom wall Out: Twerking In: Getting dog poo off shoes by jumping and clicking shoes together leprechaun style Out: Complaining about lack of diversity in Asheville In: Enjoying the soft, warm blanket of whiteness covering the city Out: War of 1812 In: World War I Out: Tribal fashion In: Indigenous dental care traditions

Olympic hopeful brother-sister duo skate for gold Brother and sister Nancy and Jeffrey Swider-Peltz, the children of four-time Olympian Nancy Swider-Peltz, Sr., are now, themselves, training to take speed-skating gold at the Sochi Olympics. Having quit football to dedicate himself to training for the Olympics, Jeffrey now spends hours a day skating laps closely behind his sister, as their mother coaches them to success. He recently transcribed the following thought journal from his training regimen: Who would have guessed I’d leave the gridiron for this relentless, monotonous skating behind my sister? Man, it’s true what they say: If you’re not the lead dog, the scenery never changes. Not bad, actually. Woah, was I just checking out my sister? Yikes. I guess after spending so much time “dog-friendly” close, I’ve gotten used to having my face… Just skate, Jeff, just skate.

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But not bad, really. Can a guy just admit that his sister’s rear end is attractive without getting all weirded out? That behind is hot! Dammit, knock it off, man- just skate your way to the gold, buddy. Superhot… Damn it!

It’s thick, but in the right way, y’know? Clearly, she works out. I’m going to stop thinking about it, now.

Right there in my face, hour after hour, but I’m … going to… stop… thinking about my sister’s sexy behind. Damn damn damn!

You could split logs on it AND it’s in spandex. No. I’m just skating while mom coaches us to success. There.

Whew! The fact that mom’s right there all the time makes it sufficiently sick that I can stop watching my sister’s behind, inches from my face, as she skates her way to sexytown. Gold. I said gold.

Out: Red lipstick In: Chapped, bleeding lips Out: Making a living In: Side braids Out: Lorde In: Justin Beiber (version three-point-oh-nohe-didn’t!)

Out: Duck Dynasty In: Hill people saying racist things loudly in a truck-stop diner Out: Selfies In: Telling a stranger how a camera works after asking them to take a photo of you posing in front of your bathroom mirror

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• Tension over digital security is such that an alarming disclosure made in 2004 (and largely ignored) can resurface on a website in 2013 and appear even more astonishing. At the height of the Cold War in the 1960s (and largely because of Pentagon-White House contentiousness), “safeguards” were installed to prevent rogue generals from launching nuclear war on their own.

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• Many medical professionals are certain that Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, 70, is a quack, treating cancer patients with expensive, non-FDA-approved substances, giving false hope to the terminally ill and in some cases diverting them from better-regarded treatments. However, according to a December USA Today investigation, Dr. Burzynski enjoys enthusiastic support from a small but dedicated group of patients, and neither regulators in Texas (where he’s licensed) nor two juries (who turned back indictments against him) have been able to stop him. FDA regulators have been inconsistent but appear to be becoming more aggressive following recent inspections of his facilities. (Dr. Burzynski manufactures his own proprietary drugs, charging patients who can pay about $10,000 a month.)

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“People think that a horse is useless if it can’t be ridden,” says equine specialist Shannon Knapp. “I find that patently false.” Knapp and her husband, Richard, a Parelli Natural Horsemanship instructor, bought their farmland in Marshall as a place to rescue and rehabilitate horses — many of which were deemed unridable. Now, the Knapps are proving just how useful horses can be. Having celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2013, Horse Sense of the Carolinas is an internationally recognized program and the leading resource for Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Equine Assisted Learning (EAP/L) in Western North Carolina.

“I knew what I was looking for,” Knapp writes in her recently published book, More Than a Mirror: Horses, humans and Therapeutic Practices, “a way to help people learn about themselves and incorporate horses in the process. I could pair unridable horses with people who didn’t necessarily need to ride them in order to learn from them.”

Since horses are prey animals, Knapp explains, they “have a highly developed sense of perception.” This skill makes them especially adept at reading and responding to clients in a therapeutic setting. “A horse can show you where you’re at,” says Knapp. Since many of the 28 horses at Horse Sense have survived challenging or abusive backgrounds, clients with similar experiences can see parallels within their own lives, according to Knapp.

Horse Sense’s EAP/L evolved out of Natural Horsemanship, a methodology that focuses on partnering with horses, building rapport and establishing trust as opposed to using force when handling and training them. Horse Sense draws extensively from Parelli Natural Horse

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shannon Knapp hugs a horse at the Horse Sense of the Carolinas farm in Marshall.

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Training and Natural Lifemanship Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Therapy (TF-EAP).

The approach is helpful in treating numerous conditions: depression, anxiety, grief, substance abuse, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism and neuromotor issues, to name a few.

Along with adults, children, families and couples, the staff at Horse Sense works with a range of special groups, including schoolchildren, atrisk youth centers, substance abuse treatment centers and veterans.

Curious to know how the process works, I venture into the horse

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arena with Knapp and therapist, Rebecca Odom. This is typical of a session at Horse Sense, which includes an equine specialist who interprets the horse’s behavior and a mental health specialist who works therapeutically with the client. On the opposite side of the arena, three horses move around “at liberty.” Knapp explains that this freedom allows them to interact naturally as herd animals without feeling trapped.

At first, I observe the horses from a distance. Then, I walk into the arena and introduce myself to each horse, paying attention to their responses.

“What happened for you?” Knapp asks when I return.

“One of them walked away from me,” I say. “The other seemed mildly interested, and the third stood very motionless while I petted her.

Overall, they seemed slightly curious but not very engaged.”

“If they could talk amongst themselves,” asks Knapp, “what would they say about you?”

“They might say something like ‘She seems nice, safe, not very invasive,”’ I replied.

I might also interpret my selfdescription as unassertive in terms of developing relationships with the horses. Exploring ways to develop relationships is the purpose of the therapy. “If you’re good at building healthy relationships with a horse, you’ll be good a building healthy relationships with people,” says Knapp.

The third step in the process is practicing new behavior. “We each have an energy dial,” Knapp explains. “Some of us need to turn it up for effective communication.

Others need to turn it down. We do this by applying different layers of pressure and seeing what works.”

Knapp demonstrates the different layers of pressure she uses to engage a horse, starting with simply staring at it from behind. When that doesn’t work, she rubs her fingers together to make a sound. Next she tries clapping. Then she tosses a handful of rubber gravel at the horse’s side. That gets the horse’s attention, and it turns toward her.

At this point Knapp backs away to release the pressure, allowing the horse to come to her of its own volition. “The horse always has a choice,” says Knapp.

When it’s my turn, I apply the increasing degrees of pressure until the horse comes to me and allows me to pet her. She even nibbles gently on my fingers. Afterward, I reflect on my experiences with Knapp and Odom.

The three-part session I’ve completed is called the Relationship Logic TM practice of TF-EAP. Later on, I observe a group of women from Pavilion Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center, who are in the

early stages of recovery, going through the same process.

“I wanted the horse to really like me,” says one client. “I just wanted to relate to the horse who came to me first,” says another.

“It really takes being persistent,” a third adds. The women also reflected on how they need to be more assertive in their lives.

A group of youths from prison might have a different experience, likely realizing they need to be less aggressive in order to connect with the horses, according to Knapp. In every case, it’s about realizing that you have choices in how to act in relationships.

Knapp knows from personal experience just how valuable this work is. She attributes her own rehabilitation from a 17-year struggle with substance abuse largely to her connection with her horse.

When Knapp sought treatment and joined a 12-step program, her relationship with her horse progressed along with her recovery. “[My horse] didn’t trust me,” Knapp explains. “From the out-

side I was accomplished. I had credits after my name. But my horse didn’t give a hoot about any of it. … I wanted to become someone my horse could trust.”

Her journey inspired her to research horse therapy programs, which led her to discover the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Associations (EAGA-LA ).

When I listen to Knapp address her Pavilion clients, I hear a true testimony of a woman who has turned addiction around, combined her recovery with a lifelong passion for horses, and found a path to help others.

“When I wrote my bucket list in the beginning of my recovery, it had none of this.” Knapp sweeps her arm towards her barn, arena, rolling hills, and horses. “Start small,” she tells them. “And dream big.”

To learn more about Horse Sense of the Carolinas, visit horsesenseotc. com. To volunteer or donate to the organization’s Youth and Veterans Scholarship Fund, email shannon@ horsesenseotc.com. X

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SLEEpLESS IN aSHEVILLE • EFFECtIVE AND NONADDICtING trEAtMENts FOr INsOMNIA, strEss AND ANXIEty (pd.) By Phil Ellis, Ph.D. • Tuesday, January 14, 6pm-7:30pm, The DoubleTree by Hilton in Biltmore Village, 115 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville. • Information/Registration: 828-2812299 x 1. www.FocusCentersOfAsheville.com pILAtEs MAt (pd.) Monday 6:30pm, Wednesday 1:30pm, Thursday 6:30pm, Saturday 10:30am.

Individualized, comfortable classes held at Happy Body. Call 277-5741. Registration suggested $12, details at www.AshevilleHappyBody. com yOGA (pd.) Tuesday 6:30pm, Wednesday 6am, Friday 6am & 8:30am, Sunday 9:30am. At Happy Body, 1378 Hendersonville Rd. Call 277-5741.

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AshevilleHappyBody.com AshEvILLE COMMuNIty yOGA CENtEr Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

• WEDNESDAYS through (1/29), 6-7:30pm "Yoga for Trauma," a four-week series, will teach techniques to manage the effects of stress and trauma. All levels. $40.

• THURSDAYS through (2/6), 6-7:30pm - "Yoga For Weight Loss," a 4 week series. $40.

CENtEr FOr spIrItuAL LIvING AshEvILLE Located at 2 Science of Mind Way. Info: cslasheville.org or 231-7638.

• MO (1/13), 5:30-7pm & WE (1/15), 5:30-7pm New beginner classes in Tai Chi. Info: asheville. nc@taoist.org or northcarolinausa.taoist.org.

EMpAthy prACtICE GrOup • TH (1/9), 7-9pm - HeartSpeak and Empathy Practice Group will hold a workshop to teach skills of communicating and listening. Held at 386 Kenilworth Road. Free with donations encouraged. Info: cathyholt@gmail.com or 5459681.

GuIDED MEDItAtION CLAss • FRIDAYS, 3:45-4:30pm - Hyphen Coffehouse, 81 Patton Ave., will host a guided mediation class, open to all levels. Donations encouraged.

We are living in a revolutionary time. You are here for a reason. Learn how to access your purpose with this ancient technique used by shamanic cultures around the world.

Sunday January 12th 6-9 pm Jubilee! 101 Patton Avenue Explore the Middle World $45 Attend additional sessions on Jan 26 (Lower World) and Feb 9 (Upper World), and all sessions are discounted to $33 each.

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LIvING hEALthy WIth A ChrONIC CONDItION WOrKshOps Sponsored by Land-of-Sky Regional Council, these 6-week workshops are for people living with a chronic disease and their caregivers.

Registration is open for the first two weeks. $30 suggested donation. Info: livinghealthywnc.org or 251-7438.

• THURSDAYS (through 2/13), 1-3:30pm - Held at Laurelwood Apartments, 650 Caribou Road.

Registration required.

• MONDAYS (through 2/17), 2-4:30pm- Held at CarePartners, 68 Sweeten Creek Road.

Registration required.

NEW yEAr, NEW yOu hEALth sCrEENINGs • SA (1/11), 11am-3pm - Health screenings including glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, BMI and vision will be held at Sam's Clubs on

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645 Patton Ave. and 300 Highlands Square Drive, Hendersonville. Free. Info: SamsClub.com. rED CrOss BLOOD DrIvEs Info: redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• Sa (1/11), 9am-1:30pm - Oak Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, 339 Flint Hill Road, Alexander.

Appointments and info: 777-0608.

• TU (1/14), 2:30-7pm - Skyland United Methodist Church, 1984 Hendersonville Road.

Appointments and info: 684-7283.

• TU (1/14), 1-5:30pm - Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave. Appointments and info: 407-4278.

• WE (1/15), 9am-1:30pm - Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville.

Appointments and info: 693-5605. tAOIst tAI ChI sOCIEty OpEN hOusE • SA (1/11), 1pm - The Taoist Tai Chi Society will host an open house. Free. Info: northcarolina. usa.taoist.org or asheville.nc@taoist.org.

WELLNEss EvENts At JuBILEE! Located at 46 Wall St. Info: jubileecommunity. org or 252-5335.

• TU (1/14), 7-9pm - QiGong meditation workshop, appropriate for all fitness levels. $10.

suppOrt GrOups ADuLt ChILDrEN OF ALCOhOLICs & DysFuNCtIONAL FAMILIEs ACOA is an anonymous 12-step program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: adultchildren.org.

• FRIDAYS: • 7pm - Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • SATURDAYS: • 8:30am - First Baptist Church, 312 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville • SUNDAYS: • 3pm - The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St. • 3pm - Clyde Town Hall, 8437 Carolina Blvd., Clyde • MONDAYS: • 7pm - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. AL-ANON / ALAtEEN FAMILy GrOup A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. Info: wnc-alanon.org or 800-286-1326.

• WEDNESDAYS: • 11:30am - Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville • 5:45pm & 7pm - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. • THURSDAYS: • 7pm - West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road • 7pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock • 8pm, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road, Fletcher • FRIDAYS: • noon - Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 300 East Main St., Brevard • 1pm - First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. • 8pm Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swann St. • SATURDAYS: • 9am &10am; - First Baptist Church Annex, 312 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville • 10am - First Methodist Church, 66 Harrison Ave., Franklin • 10am - Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • 10am - St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. • noon - First Baptist Church, 63 N. Main St., Weaverville.

• SUNDAYS: • 5pm - West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road.

• MONDAYS: • noon - First Baptist Church,

5 Oak St. • 6pm - Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, 77 Jackson St., Sylva • 8pm - Ledger Baptist Church, 208 Church Road, Bakersville. • 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock.

• TUESDAYS: • 10am - St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 109 Crescent Hill Drive, Arden • 4pm Grace Church, 242 Highway 107 N., Cashiers. • 7pm - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. • 7:30pm - St. Phillips Episcopal Church, 256 East Main St., Brevard • 8pm - Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St., Brevard.

AshEvILLE ALCOhOLICs ANONyMOus AA is a fellowship of men and women who share their experiences to solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

Info: ashevilleaa.org.

• ONGOING - Visit their website or mountainx. com/events for a full list of meetings in the WNC area.

AspErGEr’s ADuLts uNItED A.A.U. is a group of Aspies and those on the Autism spectrum that exists to help each other and create greater public awareness and community dialogue. Info: meetup.com/ AspergersAdultsunited • SA (1/11), 3:30-5:30pm - A meet up will be held at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. DEBtOrs ANONyMOus 12-step recovery on issues of underearning, debt and learning to live one's vision in life. Info: debtorsanonymous.org.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101.

DEprEssION AND BIpOLAr suppOrt ALLIANCE: MAGNEtIC MINDs • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm & SATURDAYS, 4-6pm - Magnetic Minds provides self-help through weekly, peer-facilitated support meetings. Meets at 1316-C Parkwood Road, across from the West Asheville BB&T. Free. Info: MagneticMinds.weebly.com or 367-7660.

EMOtIONs ANONyMOus: AshEvILLE • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Emotions Anonymous offers a 12-step program for anyone desiring to live a healthier emotional life. Held at Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road. Info: 631-434-5294.

GrACE LuthErAN ChurCh 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: gracelutherannc.com or 693-4890.

• THURSDAYS through (2/20), 3:30-5pm - New course on grief through Hope and Healing Support Group. Free. Register by Jan. 13: graceedu@bellsouth.net or 693-4890 x304.

GrAsp: AshEvILLE AutIsM suppOrt GrOup • 2nd SATURDAYS, 3-5pm - Meets at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 48 Commerce St. Must be 18 years or older and on the autism spectrum. Info: GRASP.org or meetup.com/graspasheville.

NAr-ANON FAMILy GrOups A group for relatives and friends who are concerned about the addiction or drug problem of another. Info: nar-anon.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - First United Methodist Church, 204 6th Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: 891-8050.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm - West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road.

NArCOtICs ANONyMOus OF WNC NA provides support to men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem.

Local helpline: 866-925-2148. Info: wncna.org.

• ONGOING - Visit their website or mountainx. com/events for a full list of meetings in the WNC area.

NAtIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENtAL ILLNEss NAMI offers support to people living with mental health issues and their families, friends and loved ones. Located at 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite.

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More often than not they do this with foods that dietitians typically caution clients to avoid or eat less of like cookies, chips, candy or other sweet treats or beverages. Manufacturers may add fiber (cellulose), some vegetables, vitamins or even protein and then they scream these attributes on FOP (Front of Packaging) like the headlines of a trashy tabloid, to attract customers. They might also call them “natural” or go to the effort or expense of sourcing organic ingredients so they can wear the USDA certified organic label.

However, if you look at the ingredients and the nutrition facts panel you’ll quickly figure out how the manufacturer “prettied up” the product but it’s still essentially “junk” food i.e. high calorie snack food or beverage.

A good example of this is a product that’s packaging proclaimed it as a “natural” and “non-GMO” chip made with vegetables. When I looked closely at the label and ingredients I saw these chips have just as much fat and calories and sodium as traditional potato chips. So even though these chips are made with vegetables - the amount of vegetables certainly doesn’t replace eating real vegetables in a salad or as a side dish.

The bottom line? Ignore the verbage on the packaging and read the ingredients and the nutrition facts panel to get the real story.

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Restaurant recap The year in restaurants, Part 2

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Several new restaurants popped up in 2013. Here’s the second of a two-part look at a few of them. the buLL and beggaR When Chef Matt Dawes, formerly of Table, and Drew Wallace, who owns the Admiral, teamed up to start the Bull and Beggar, the pair started an establishment that is unlike other restaurants. In its River Arts District location, next to Wedge Brewing, the Bull and Beggar has no sign to make its presence known. You either know it’s there, or you don’t. Under a bridge in an old warehouse building, the Bull and Beggar’s customers have been steadily growing in number, simply through word of mouth.

“For six months people were asking me what kind of restaurant it would be, and I couldn’t come up with an answer,” Dawes says. From wild hare shipped from Scotland to raw oysters to ham that has been curing in-house for four months, the Bull and Beggar offers a wide variety of high-quality meats, seafood, creative salads, a plethora of cheeses and more.

The kitchen is even open as late as midnight, if need be. Serving latenight double cheeseburgers, an offthe-menu item that is only available after 10 p.m., Dawes likes to be able to offer a late-night service to those in need of good food after dinner hours. “As long as they’re coming we’ll stay open,” Dawes says.

But they can’t do everything, the restaurant owners decided. When the Bull and Beggar opened in July, the restaurant offered brunch on Saturdays, but this proved to be too difficult, so Dawes and Wallace discontinued

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it. Says Dawes, “We’ve been doing a lot of things by ear, I suppose.”

RhubaRb Rhubarb in Pack Square is the first restaurant where Chef John Fleer has worked that does not require a reservation. As a James Beard Award-winning chef, he has worked at an isolated resort and a five-star restaurant, both of which were off the beaten path. Since he opened Rhubarb in October, every day has brought about a new surprise. “We did what each night would hold,” he says. “Being in the center of town makes each day exciting.”

Fleer has also learned from the ebb and flow of the city. “Not every day has been superbusy,” he says.

Rhubarb features what Fleer calls contemporary American cooking with a diverse menu. Rhubarb “builds a good niche of creative but

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in the Raw: Oysters, of course, are featured at the Oyster House’s new West Asheville digs. Photo by Alicia Funderburk

accessible food,” he says. “I’ve tried to be conscious to make sure the menu is fairly broad so that the prices aren’t superhigh.” Diners can come for inexpensive snacks and share plates like rosemary roasted pecans or the local cheese plate, or they can enjoy full plates like sunburst trout roasted in the wood oven, served with fennel and leek confit.

The menu evolves with the seasons, and in the warmer months, guests will be able to enjoy the patio seating, which, according to Fleer, “has got to be the best outdoor dining spot in town.”

uRban oRchaRd The family-owned business Urban Orchard had its grand opening Oct. 30, but the idea for this West Asheville cider bar started about five years ago. General Manager Josie Mielke, who is the daughter of the owner, is gluten-free and explored drinking cider a few years back along with her husband, who is also gluten-free.

“Back then there was no craft cider,” she says. “It was all sugary. We were pretty disgusted by it. So we decided to ferment our own cider.”

When her father’s building firm tanked with the economy during the recession, the family decided to start a small business centered on providing an “alternative to the beer craze,” Mielke says. “It offers an alternative to women and people who are not into beer at the same time.”

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beeR aLteRnative: Urban Orchard General Manager Josie Mielke inspired her family to start Urban Orchard when she began fermenting her own cider as a gluten-free beverage choice. Photo by Alicia Funderburk

sweet English cider and a ginger-infused Champagne, as well as other seasonal options on the rotating tap, like hot mulled cider.

Urban Orchard also offers a small selection of beer and wine, as well as your typical wine bar fare, which includes local cheeses and crackers. But according to Mielke, about 70 percent of the sales have been cider. “It’s definitely a new and interesting idea,” she says, and a good fit for Asheville.

“People like new and interesting things here.” oYsteR house When Billy Klingel decided to move his brewing company out of the Lobster Trap in downtown to its own location in West Asheville, he says it was his plan all along. The Oyster House now serves food and brews more beer

than its previous location would allow.

Klingel, who lives just a block away, is delighted by the new location, a stand-alone building across the street from Sunny Point Cafe.

“It’s the standard West Asheville beautiful architecture old-style,” he says. The Haywood Road building has its own parking lot. Klingel says, “You can’t beat it.”

Oyster House offers inexpensive pub fare like fish and chips and lots and lots of oysters, in lots of different ways, plus Klingel’s specialty Oyster House brews: the Oyster House IPA, the Moonstone Oyster Stout, the Caskconditioned Rum Barrel Aged Citra IPA, the Ole Dirty Blonde and more.

Since opening in September, Oyster House has quickly become a neighborhood bar in West Asheville.

“It’s a great spot,” says Klingel. “We see a lot of the same faces. X

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by Hayley Benton

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Cooperative cuisine A neighborhood unites for a community-owned restaurant venture Neighbors may share greetings and laughs, and they may share stories.

More concretely, they may even share a sidewalk, shrubbery or a fence.

However, neighbors don’t often share ownership of a community restaurant. But those are not the neighbors of High Vista, a golf-course community on the border of Buncombe and Haywood counties.

From pub pleasantries like burgers and fries to special-occasion fine dining for refined palates, the menu at High Vista’s community restaurant is expected to fire up all burners with help from Facility Manager James Smoke; chefs Ken Swan, Steven Hensen and Eric Porter; A-B Tech culinary program graduates; instructor Walter Rapetski; and Mark Schmitt from Food Enterprises. Not to mention the support and input of more than 200 community property owners.

“We’re officially a cooperative restaurant,” says John Denison, Food & Beverage board member at High Vista. “A big part of the story is that I went to A-B Tech and shared with them some of what we’re doing, and they thought it was fascinating. They have an excellent attitude about giving back to the community and being loyal to their graduates, and they put us in touch with their graduates operating here in the Asheville area.

gRoup effoRt: A-B Tech student Katie MacDonald, left, and her assistant Renée Hill make pastries for a fine-dining event held in High Vista’s Laurel Room in November. Photo courtesy of John Denison

“Asheville is a really food-centric town right now,” Denison explains, mentioning the growing food culture in the area was, in part, the community’s inspiration for this project. “Over the last 20 years, crazy things have happened from a food standpoint [in both] the quality of restaurants and

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the number, and A-B Tech culinary program is fueling the demand with their talent.”

The Robinson Pub and Laurel Room at High Vista, the community’s 9,600-square-foot former clubhouse and 3,100-square-foot banquet room respectively, are in the process of being tested out and will undergo major renovations within the first few months of the new year.

“We brought [A-B Tech graduates] in and had a fine-dining event at our location,” Denison explains. “A-B Tech kind of put together and helped us coordinate along with Vesta [a property and resort management company], the board and Mark Schmitt at Food Enterprises. We had a really outstanding event and got to roll out our new giant toy we’ve got here.”

But, Denison explains, the process for gaining ownership of the former clubhouse and banquet hall was not easy.

“Over the last few years, the community has been negotiating with the owner of the golf course to buy from him everything but the golf course, which would be the pool, the tennis courts, the restaurant and the banquet hall,” Denison says. “This has honestly been a multiyear negotiation, and we closed just before Thanksgiving.

“We branded ourselves the High Vista Amenity Association,” Denison says. “Technically, that’s like a property owners association — or similar to a home owners association — but it’s completely voluntary. So we got 200 households or lot owners in the community, which is the vast majority of households in High Vista, to join the High Vista Amenity Association.

“With that, we are now owners of the pool and the tennis courts, which is very common for people in a community,” he continues. “But at the same time we are also all co-owners of the Robinson Pub and the Laurel Room.”

Big renovations are in store for the kitchen that keep the menu in mind because, as Denison explains, “in conversations with A-B Tech, we learned before you build your kitchen, you design your menu. You want to make sure that you have your kitchen laid out in a way that is functional — the most efficient way to push out the food on the menu.”

Though ownership of Robinson Pub and the Laurel Room at High Vista may be limited to members of the Amenities Association, High Vista offers nonresident memberships for access to the community’s features as the ideas and innovations of the neighborhood continue to expand.

“At this point it’s open to the members and their guests,” Denison says.

“And because of our relationships with the golf course, it’s open to golfers. We might consider opening it to the public eventually, but right now … we are just out of the gate on this.”

High Vista’s commitment to taking charge of its neighborhood serves as a reminder that Western North Carolina is full of innovative individuals who continuously strive to put Asheville and the surrounding area on the map as an oasis of cultured cuisine in the South.

“So now here we are,” Denison says.

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by Mary Pembleton

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Grow Down for the little guy Black Mountain’s Grow Down Kitchen offers a space where food artisans can thrive

The Grow Down Kitchen is located in an unassuming building nestled on a side street in Black Mountain, directly across from the post office. As I navigate the street-side parallel parking, I am greeted by a gang of six or seven enthusiastic young men.

Friendly introductions are made as we enter the commercial kitchen these entrepreneurs share: a light-flooded space reminiscent of a cozy and modern mountain cabin, with clean lines, a stone fireplace and a stereo system.

According to owner John Braden, known around town as “Johnny B.,” the name Grow Down refers to a moving backward, a slowing down, toward a loca-vore way of life where canning and creativity reign. And the Grow Down houses no shortage of rousing local flavor. Its N.C. Department of Agriculturecertified kitchen produces the likes of Green River Pickles, Fire on the Mountain hot sauce, So Fine Chocolates, Highland Gourmet’s decadent vinegars and Charley King’s jerk sauces.

When I ask Joshua Reeves of So Fine Chocolates what drew him to his craft, he replies, “My stomach.” Reeves’ French macaroons are the kind of good that make you want to jump up and scream, “That is amazing!” when the little tasties hit your tongue.

Unexpected combinations of fresh and ambitious flavors like fig, ginger, balsamic and lime leaf scintillate. “I’ve been a sober alcoholic for 11 years of my life,” he says.

“I’ve learned to take pleasure in the simple things.”

Charles King of Charley King’s jerk sauces describes, in his island accent, his childhood in the Jamaican countryside. He grew up, he says, “very poor and was the

Rooting down: Grow Down Kitchen owner John Braden, or “Johnny B,” named his venture in the spirit of embracing a slower, more creative way of life.

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youngest of eight kids.” A picky eater from a young age, he says he learned to bring home wild birds and pick peppers and spices from the garden to season the meat to his liking.

“People would come into the kitchen while I was cooking when I was very young, maybe 10 or 11, and be amazed that it smelled so good, and they would taste it and be blown away. They told me, “You will be a chef. A top chef,’” says King.

His jerk sauces gained local fame when he operated a food truck that was often parked at Pisgah Brewery.

He now focuses solely on his line of sauces, which are available at local groceries throughout Asheville. He can be found in Grow Down’s kitchen once a week bottling sauces and developing a line of salad dressings.

Keenan Kulp, 23, of Fire on the Mountain hot sauces begins chopping hickory and cherry woodsmoked apples for his Sweet Fire blend. I pull on a wicked-stylish hair net at his request as he describes how his business evolved from a partnership with vendors at WNC Farmers Market, where he salvaged usable produce destined for the trash to put in his bellywarming recipe.

Kulp, who grew up canning and preserving on a Madison County farm, hopes to eventually create a large-scale nonprofit cannery to benefit local farmers and divert what would otherwise become food waste into a marketable product.

Braden explains that the Grow Down offers a more affordable option for food artisans who do not need the marketing and business development aspects provided by Blue Ridge Food Ventures. In a straightforward process, users reserve the kitchen on an as-needed basis, and the building is theirs for that time. Braden invites people who are passionate and serious about their craft, intending for the kitchen to be a launching pad for their success in the food industry.

As for his hopes for Grow Down’s future, Braden says he envisions lively community dinners with kids underfoot in the outdoor space behind the building, hosting food education classes, and a full kitchen schedule where he can see “good small businesses thrive.”

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by Micah Wilkinson

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Korean House Downtown eatery finally opens its doors after six-month delay

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After hiccups with inspections, installations and electrical wiring, Korean House on College Street is finally open after a six-month delay.

After “miscommunication” in the inspection process, co-owner Jayson Im says the opening of the restaurant “kept on getting delayed.” But finally, on Jan. 4, co-owners Jayson and his sister Kristina Im hosted a soft opening for friends and family.

“I was hoping to get it opened before the new year,” says Jayson. “It’s one of the busier seasons, and I wanted to get our name out there while people celebrate the holidays. ... But my biggest concern was that there’s been such a long delay. I just wanted to get this open as soon as possible.”

Jayson and Kristina are both from New York City, and after traveling to different major cities throughout the country, Jayson has noticed that “Korean food in my opinion is growing.” Korean House Chef Kristina Im’s dishes are vegetable-friendly, healthy and not oily or spicy, Jason says. “My sister and I really like Asheville and thought, ‘All right, how about we introduce [Korean] food to downtown?’”

With a large menu that offers more than 50 items, Jayson and Kristina tried to include as many options as possible. “If it’s a general Korean

in the house: Chef Ryan Park, Chef and owner Kristina Im, Chef Armando Zelaya and General Mager Jayson Im just opened Asheville’s newest Korean restaurant. Photo courtesy of Jayson Im

dish, the chances are we probably have it on the menu,” Jayson says.

Korean House offers eight different stone bowl dishes, which are the most traditional Korean specialties.

Sauteéd vegetables are served over a bed of white rice, and are often accompanied by an egg or meat. The restaurant also serves five kinds of dumplings, savory pancakes, soups, stir fries, grilled dishes and more.

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Kristina and Jayson were hoping to make Korean barbecue the main dish at the restaurant but have been having trouble installing the tabletop grills, where diners would be able to grill their own dishes. “We struggled so much trying to get that installed in this old building,” says Jayson. “I’ve decided to divide the product into two so that it’ll give me an opening without creating the grill part.” The tabletop grills should be completed in the next two months, he says.

Korean House occupies a large space on College Street and has two separate floors.The first floor will be used as the dining area, while the basement, which has individual booths and additional decorations, is a much more romantic setting. “They have totally different atmospheres,” says Jayson, who has been toying with the idea of turning the basement into a late-night bar or club.

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A different tack dinner for 50 to 60. It also makes for an intimate performance venue.

Woolley says she has hosted events there in the past, such as Drag Queen Bingo with Brother Wolf.

Both Wright and Woolley envision their relationship as more of a partnership. “I look at it from a business aspect,” Wright says. “I want to help someone with a vision they have and make it my own.” Woolley agrees. “Taking ownership goes a long way.”

Wright prides himself on taking a business to the top, as he did with his team at Tomato Jam in the WNC Chefs Challenge. For his catering business, the client will come first.

“I like being part of people’s memories, I want my food to be a memorable experience.”

Loretta’s Café and event space is at 114 N. Lexington Ave. lorettascafe.com X shaRed vision: Chef Dan Wright and Loretta Woolley are joining forces to create memorable food and events in the upstairs banquet space at Loretta’s Café.

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Chef Daniel Wright takes the helm of a new catering venture at Loretta’s Café

“We want to steal the show,” Loretta Woolley says of her new endeavor: a designated catering team at Loretta’s Café. With Chef Daniel Wright as director of catering she hopes to make this a thriving enterprise. “You need a good team to do the things you want to do,” Woolley says.

Woolley, owner of both Mayfel’s and Loretta’s Cafe, is realizing she must delegate and manage more.

“Balance is important; it used to be all I did was work,” Woolley says, having taken the previous day off to celebrate her 34-year wedding anniversary.

Wright, the 2013 WNC Chefs Challenge winner, says he had many offers before his final day at Tomato Jam Café in December.

Some were far more lucrative.

What sold him on Loretta’s was

a connection he and Woolley share with food and philosophy. “We eat to be together and tell stories,” Wright says. “There are very few times that people get together without food involved.”

Woolley agrees. “Daniel and I have similar culinary leanings. We both like good flavors and feel that food should be fun and enjoyed with people.”

The catering team plans to host parties, weddings, performances and charitable dinners — you name it. The caterers will service events anywhere, but are especially excited about using the event space above Loretta’s Café.

The building at 114 N. Lexington Ave. spans the block between Broadway and Lexington, with entrances from both streets. Woolley wants to create an intimate feeling in the 2,000-square-foot space on the top level. With its warm wood floors, exposed ductwork and 20-foot ceilings, there’s lots of potential. An elevator is available from the Broadway entrance, and there’s plenty of parking in the area, including a privately run lot across Lexington.

The space can host a buffet or cocktail party of 100, and a sit-down

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by Toni Sherwood

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Who’s your King Daddy?

The folks from Early Girl get set to open their new chickenand-waffle joint

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When restaurateur John Stehling wrestled with his sons, the loser was forced to say “King Daddy Master of Power.” Hence the inspiration for John and Julie Stehling’s new venture: King Daddy’s, their spin on a chickenand-waffle restaurant.

The owners of Early Girl Eatery have been planning a second restaurant for two years now but have had a hard time finding a location.

“We looked a lot and looked at other spaces that probably would have worked too,” John says, “but we live down on South French Broad, so we wanted it to be as close as possible to the house.”

The 444 Haywood Road location, in the same building as Second Gear, offers parking and will soon have an outdoor seating area. “The physical space is great, and it feels like a restaurant, like us,” Julie says. “It’s the right size, about 2,100 square feet.”

The Stehlings will be hands-on at King Daddy’s, as they have been at Early Girl. “Clint Thorman, one of our original managers from Early Girl who went on to work at Prune in New York, will manage the front of the house,” John says. “Joseph Welch, one of my two managers at

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Early Girl, will run back of the house with us. So yes, we will be running both restaurants, but it’s not just us.”

Although King Daddy will use local produce and cheeses, John says, “The chicken is the hard part.” No local chicken farmers currently offer wholesale, so the Stehlings will use Joyce Farms in Winston-Salem, as well as Springer Mountain Farms in Georgia, both of

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which are Certified Humane. They plan to feature chicken from local farms like Hickory Nut Gap Farm on occasion.

King Daddy will also offer vegetarian choices, including a beet burger served open-faced on a waffle. “We will have a grilled chicken choice and salads on the menu,” Julie says. “You can make it really decadent or not so decadent. You can do a gluten-free waffle with full fried chicken, so mix and match.”

But if you’re not sure what the chicken-and-waffles thing is all about, not to worry. “The first 10 times I went in a chicken-andwaffle place, I didn’t know what to do,” John says, “and then I realized nobody knows what to do, so you just do whatever you want.”

Starting Feb. 1, King Daddy’s will begin serving lunch and dinner, with small plates for later evening and a full bar.

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Stand and Deliver Steep Canyon Rangers push bluegrass forward

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The Steep Canyon Rangers threaten to break some bluegrass rules with their eighth LP, Tell the Ones I Love. Following a succession of increasingly sparkling productions, the new album is the group’s most freewheeling affair yet — it may also be its best. The performances were captured live as the Rangers played together in a circle, leveraging the booming acoustics of a studio built by The Band’s Levon Helm.

The Rangers (who play Friday and Saturday, Jan. 10 and 11 at The Orange Peel) made use of renowned rock producer Larry Campbell and included drums on several tracks — an outright taboo in the minds of many genre purists.

“The perception of what is and what isn’t bluegrass is very confusing,” says singer and guitarist Woody Platt. “It’s a bluegrass record. It’s got banjo and mandolin and bass, fiddle and guitar, a little bit of drums, some harmony singing and some songs. It’s just not in that same absolutely traditional formula on each song. But I really don’t think we decided that we wanted to get away from one thing or another.

We feel comfortable enough as a band, and we’re lucky enough to

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have fans who will just allow us to do what we do and still be our fans.

And that’s a good feeling, to feel like we’re not having to make a record to fit a mold.”

To that end, the Rangers started touring with a drummer, enlisting the services of good friend Mike Ashworth. In the North Carolina mountains, they find themselves surrounded by an increasingly varied music community, flush with jam bands and indie rockers, electronic gurus and avant-garde explorers. Tell the Ones I Love nods to this diversity by using drummer Jeff Sipe, a hallmark of the area’s jam scene. In their view, the only way for the music to thrive is for it

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theiR gRass is bLuish: From collaborations with a certain comedian and banjo player to a new album with very nontraditional drums, “We’re lucky enough to have fans who will just allow us to do what we do and still be our fans,” says Steep Canyon Rangers singer and guitarist Woody Platt.

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to continue to evolve, maintaining its time-honored convention while making room for more progressive strains. The band’s own adventurous blend wouldn’t be the same if its members lived any-

where else, says mandolinist Mike Guggino.

“Connections like that certainly influence us and open us up to other gigs and other sounds,” he says. “I don’t see how, in this day and age, you can help but absorb this information around you, all this music and media. There are so many festivals now, and clubs and venues. We’re lucky to be where we are, surrounded by so much music and so many good musicians and great bands of all kinds, not just bluegrass.”

That the Rangers stand apart from rigorous traditionalists makes sense. Since 2010, they’ve toured and recorded with Steve Martin, serving as the backing band for

organic juice & tea bar the comedian and banjo ambassador. Their collaborative album, Rare Bird Alert, released in 2011, earned a Grammy nomination and the International Bluegrass Music Association’s “Entertainer of the Year” accolade.

Striking while the iron was still hot, the Rangers forged their own LP, Nobody Knows You, for 2012.

That album won the Grammy for “Best Bluegrass Album,” the same award that Rare Bird Alert couldn’t haul in. With or without Martin, Platt and his pals now comprise one of the genre’s hottest groups, popular enough to serve as a gateway for uninitiated listeners.

They’re not alone. In recent years, North Carolina has nurtured some of the style’s most innovative talents. Raleigh’s Chatham County Line, friends of the Rangers who started about the same time, pepper their driving instrumentals with sharp hooks and moments of rock ’n’ roll abandon.

With other bands like Asheville’s Town Mountain and Chapel Hill’s Big Fat Gap pushing their own permutations, the state has become a breeding ground for forwardthinking bluegrass. In September, the Rangers hosted the first edition of the IBMA’s annual awards show, an affirmation of the area’s growing reputation.

“It was so exciting to be at IBMA this year in Raleigh and just see that happen,” Guggino says. “It was a home run. The energy that surrounded the event was amazing. We couldn’t be more proud to call North Carolina home, being bluegrass musicians.

“This is the center of the universe,” he adds.

It’s taken time for the Rangers to feel comfortable testing the genre’s rigid boundaries. They started playing together nearly 15 years ago while enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill. They listened religiously to beloved standards and honed their craft by creating renditions, but they’ve always been more energized about writing their own material. Since the very start, their records have included more originals than covers, allowing songwriters Graham Sharp and Charles Humphrey III the chance to refine their technique, a strength that’s never been more apparent than on Tell the Ones I Love.

The title track comes on like just another train song, an obligatory retelling of the wreck of the infamous Old 97. But the Rangers’ concerns are more spiritual than historical, positioning this doomed train as a triumphant chariot bound for glory. “Everything was made to break/ And the wheels are made of glass,” Platt sings with overwhelming warmth. “I can hear ’em groan and feel ’em shakin’/ Neath the weight of all our past.” Like Johnny Cash heading for Folsom, the drums chug powerfully, allowing fiddle, mandolin and banjo to tangle with carefree precision. It’s like “Mr. Tambourine Man,” if that lost soul had boarded a train car instead of wandering the countryside, a simple narrative built on complex themes that go well beyond pickin’ and grinnin’.

“I think it’s always good to be a little different,” Platt says. “If you keep putting out the same record, people are going to get tired of it. But if you can expect a little change — not a different band, just a different sound that’s still familiar but shows growth or change — I think it’s exciting for the people who like the music.” X

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Sunday morning meets Saturday night St. Paul and the Broken Bones returns to Asheville “I was born and raised in a small town and grew up in church,” says vocalist Paul Janeway. “I feel bad, because it’s kind of a cliché now.”

Then again, he’s in good company: Fellow Alabama natives Wilson Pickett, Martha Reeves and Percy Sledge also got their start in choirs.

And taking a cue from those greats, Janeway is telegraphing his gospel roots and considerable singing talent into the soul outfit St. Paul and the Broken Bones, which returns to The Grey Eagle on Saturday, Jan. 11.

“A lot of people discredit Alabama, but there’s the sense that, musically, we can do it better than anybody else,” says the frontman. His band also draws inspiration from The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Stax Records (based in Memphis in the ’60s and ’70s) and an American musical aesthetic that, he continues, “obviously, you haven’t seen a lot of in the past 30 years.”

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Soul music, says Janeway, “hasn’t been there all the time, but it’s something we dive into and have an appreciation for.” The blue-eyed soul of St. Paul and the Broken Bones exhibits the guitar swagger, the brassy horn hits and the seductive sway of the genre popularized in the ’50s and ’60s.

Janeway’s smoldering vocals are as permeated with Sunday morning as with Saturday night.

Also like some of his musical predecessors, Janeway was, at one point, on track to become a preacher. More recently, he “kind of fell out of love with the church,” though he notes that the experience of singing with his band is like being back in a house of worship. Indeed, it was the performance aspect that made the idea of a career in the ministry appealing. “I got the same thing from church that I get from playing a show,” Janeway says.

“We have shows to have this moment that you can’t capture on a cellphone and you can’t write about.

It’s the moment where you have this connectivity, and everyone in

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the room can feel it.” Those blissful, transcendent flashes don’t happen every night, the singer says. “But it feels pretty special to be the conductor of that, sometimes.”

Still, there’s more to a St. Paul and the Broken Bones show than a string of ecclesiastical moments. The band’s debut record, Half the City, spans the full spectrum of emotions. “Grass is Greener” throbs with lovesick

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Because that vibrant energy is central to the group’s sound, Half the City (due out Feb. 18) was recorded live, to tape, with very few overdubs. That meant there wasn’t much room for error — a particular challenge, since the band wrote most of the songs on the album in about a month’s time.

“It seems funny, because we play the songs all the time now,” says Janeway.

“But I do think we captured what it was at that time, and that live feel and the emotive thing is expressed through the recording.”

The band was formed by Janeway and bassist Jesse Phillips. “We were pretty decent at getting a verse or something,” Janeway explains, adding that they’d take whatever they came up with to the rest of the growing collective to flesh it out.

Drummer Andrew Lee wrote some horn parts; guitarist Browan Lollar contributed a song or two.

“I have to remember, that’s what I enjoy about this: sitting in a room and writing music,” Janeway says.

Already the project has taken on a life of its own, from the size of the band to the amount of attention the album is getting, even prerelease.

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them. I don’t like the lights on stage to be so bright because I want to be able to see people’s faces.”

As far as her creative process goes, Scoggins has a notebook with her at all times. “When something strikes me that has potential, even if it’s just a premise, I write it down. Irony makes comedy,” she says. The comedian then takes the raw material to writing sessions with friends. Wine may be involved. “I’ll go in with bits and pieces and I’ll say, ‘What do you think of this?’” If a bit is too much of a stretch or it’s too much effort to take the audience to the point

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boY’s cLub: Julie Scoggins rides a Harley and used to work as a trucker until she discovered her knack for comedy 15 years ago.

Comedian Julie Scoggins performs at The Millroom

Trucker-turned-comedian Julie Scoggins describes her comedy as observational — a day-to-day take on things. And, while she admits her husband is often the brunt of her jokes (“I can tell by how much he rolls his eyes whether it’s a keeper or not”), on a five-hour drive from her hometown of Charlotte to a performance in Pikeville, Ky., it’s her fellow motorists who are fueling her wit. “All the amateurs are out.

They’ve got their cars so loaded they can’t see, they’re talking on the phone while programming the GPS,” she says.

Even off the road, Scoggins (who has been performing for 15 years and will do two shows at The Millroom on Friday, Jan. 10) keeps a keen eye on those around her. She makes a point of getting to each performance early enough to go around and meet people. It’s a good business practice, but it also influences her performance.

“You’ve got to look at who’s in the room, look them in the eye and choose what you’re going to say to them,” she says. For her ,the connection to the audience is everything. “I talk to them, not at

where they get it, Scoggins throws it out. This method took her a while to establish. “Starting out, you try to write for the crowd. The longer I’ve done it, the more I realize you write your style, and your people will find you,” she says.

She’s been on “The John Boy & Billy Radio Show” for two years (Asheville residents can hear it on ROCK 104.9), and she appears on Sirius XM Blue Collar Radio.

Scoggins admits being a regular guest forces her to write. She doesn’t duplicate her material on the radio.

“Comics see things skewed — that’s what makes them entertain-

ing,” Scoggins says. “They say what people are thinking but are afraid to say.” And yet she often finds that her opinions are more unique than she realizes. “I’m shocked every day that not everybody thinks the way I do,” she says.

There are subjects that Scoggins generally avoids, such as politics, which are too polarizing. “Eighty percent of the people in the room won’t share my point of view,” she says. “Although Asheville would, and that’s why I love it.” Her last local performance was at The Grove Park Inn’s annual Comedy Classic Weekend last March.

This week’s performances will be her first with Funny Business at the Millroom. Special guest Cliff Cash played the Cape Fear Comedy Festival three years in a row and won Port City’s Top Comic 2013.

Local comedian Kelly Rowe, slated to host to performances, says she is excited to finally perform with Scoggins. She’s long been aware of Scoggins’ impact in Western North Carolina. “Julie has a sweet and honest Southern charm that draws people into her act,” Rowe says.

Like Scoggins, Rowe puts emphasis on constantly creating new jokes.

“I like to keep my material fresh and you have to get out there if you want to keep your writing fresh.”

To prepare for the Millroom show and get her creative juices flowing, Rowe takes trips to places she wouldn’t normally go: “I visit the mall sometimes and listen to people’s conversations. Then, when I’ve had enough, I reward myself with a giant cookie.”

In the endless search for comedic inspiration, Scoggins hopes to get her husband on board. “I told him that Jeff Foxworthy’s wife writes 50 percent of his jokes — you need to get with it, son.” X

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No good in goodbye The Jason Molina tribute comes to The Mothlight In the second verse of “Farewell Transmission,” one of the late Jason Molina’s finest compositions for his band Songs: Ohia, his voice starts to shake. “After tonight, if you don’t want this to be,” he sings, trembling on the word “be,” as if it’s all he can do to shape these words, to hear his voice admit the painful possibility.

It’s where the song stops being a lament about regret and becomes one about resurrecting the goodness in ourselves that we inadvertently let die. Despite the self-confrontation that begins the song, it’s an early bridge that delivers it to its determined optimism. The sentiment

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floats in with lyrics that now feel like a haunting from the other side: “I will try / and know whatever I try / I will be gone, but not forever.”

Indeed, Molina’s death last March from alcohol-related organ failure put a stop to one of the most startlingly honest, if little-known, musical voices of his generation. But, if his friends and collaborators have a say, the loss of Molina’s life won’t also mean the loss of his music. Members of Songs: Ohia and its offshoot band Magnolia Electric Co., plus their friends Hiss Golden Messenger (Hiss frontman Mike Taylor was a good friend of Molina’s), have planned a series of memorial shows called “Songs: Molina.” That project will stop at The

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Mothlight on Thursday, Jan. 9.

Magnolia Electric Co. guitarist Jason Groth met Molina in 2002.

The pair became so close that Groth refers to his late collaborator as one of his best friends.

“We’re not calling it Magnolia Electric Co. because it can’t be that without Jason,” he says. “But, we were all part of his [musical] family. We’re there to think about Jason and try [to keep] his songs alive. It’ll be helpful for us, as friends who are still grieving, to stand onstage and remember what it was like when he was there. ...

[We’re] trying to do what I think Jason would feel really honored and flattered by, which is to have his friends play his songs in order to remember how much we loved him, how much we still love him.”

Indeed, Molina touched countless musicians with his craft.

There were many fans shaken by his music. But there were also several incarnations of Molinaled bands. Before he developed a following for the project he called Songs: Ohia, there were other self-released recordings — Songs: Albian, Songs: Radix, Songs: Unitas. There were bands in which he played before venturing out on his own, then there was the incredible, hard-to-ignore evolution of the Magnolia Electric Co. Immediately following Molina’s death last spring, Groth and others worked to gather everyone with whom Molina had ever made music for a massive memorial concert in Molina’s Ohio hometown.

“Everyone [was there] from his band the Spineriders all the way through us in Magnolia Electric Co. and every version of that,” says Groth. “We were all able to be onstage that night playing his songs.”

But, that show in Ohio felt like an unfinished memorial. After all, Molina spent a good amount of time in Chicago. It was there where he built a band of studio players that would make up Magnolia Electric Co., and many of those players felt the memorial would not be complete without

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a show in the Windy City. So, they selected a date for the Hideout — an intimate 200-capacity room — for Jan. 11.

With musician friends and band members scattered around the country, the group decided to organize a short tour on the way to Chicago.

The decision to include Asheville on that route was obvious. For one, it’s on the way to Chicago. But also, Groth says, Molina always relished a visit to Western North Carolina.

“We had some amazing shows in Asheville. There was one show at the Grey Eagle that I look back on as one of the best nights of my life playing music,” says Groth. “It was packed, it sounded great, and

of course the Asheville people are awesome. Jason in particular loved going to Asheville.”

Then again, he says, “Every show with Jason was one of the best onstage experiences [you] could have. The songs are so good.

I was always surprised that Jason wasn’t more heralded, that more people didn’t take into account what a solid, classic songwriter he was. Maybe they did and just figured he was young and he’d be around. But now [that he’s gone] it’s even more obvious that these songs need to continue to live.” X

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Mean Mary Florida native Mary James didn’t earn her stage name, Mean Mary, from kicking puppies or pantsing bandmates. It’s all about her musical skills, namely her “lighting-fast fingers and raw, unmistakable vocal sound.” James could read music before she could read words and co-wrote songs at age 5, according to her bio. She recorded her debut album when she was 6. After a near-fatal car wreck, James fought to overcome a frozen vocal chord (which she did) while also starring in the documentary TV show Mean Mary’s Never-Ending Street and penning novels. Her most recent book is Wherefore Art Thou, Jane? Mean Mary gives a book signing and performance at Firestorm Café on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 1 p.m. Free. firestorm.coop.

Basil King “Today I go back and forth between painting and writing, on two different floors of my house in Brooklyn,” Basil King says on his website. “One feeds the other and in both I bring disparate things together.” An immigrant to the U.S. from England, he discovered Black Mountain College at age 16. He went on to work in San Francisco and New York, producing covers and art for poetry books since the late ’50s. In ’85, following “a series of disappointments,” King began to write in earnest. The 22 sections of his book, Mirage, follow his life story. The 22-minute film of the same name, created by Nicole Peyrafitte and Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, pays homage to that written work. King takes part in a reading and film screening of both forms of Mirage at Asheville Art Museum.

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Antique Firearms Asheville Vaudeville Come one, come all — Asheville Vaudeville kicks off the second half of its 201314 season with two shows at the Toy Boat Community Art Space. Watch as circus artists, jugglers, musicians, storytellers, puppeteers, burlesque dancers and more awe-inspiring (or at least laughter-inducing) acts carry on the historic vaudeville tradition while displaying some of Asheville’s most uniquely talented performers.

Headliners with names like Plankeye Peggy, Forty Fingers and a Missing Tooth and Catalina Mystique promise an unusually entertaining Saturday night. Keith Shubert of ToyBox Theatre hosts. Saturday, Jan. 11, at 7:30 ($15) and 10 p.m. ($12). toyboatcommunityartspace.com. Photo by Back Space Photography

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In the couple of years since local indie-rock outfit Antique Firearms landed on the WNC music scene, the band has kept busy. Concerts, record releases and, at the end of December, wrapping up a new music video. The band shows no signs of slowing down in 2014. “There are a lot of big plans,” lead vocalist and guitarist Bradan Dotson tells Xpress. “We just locked down multiple sets for this year’s Floyd Fest, which we’re extremely excited about. We’re also in talks with several other festivals of various sizes. We’re in the process of writing our third album. Recording starts next week.

Release date is still very much up in the air, but we’re not rushing this one.” In the very near future, they play The LAB on Friday, Jan. 10, at 9:30 p.m. It’s going to be “a high-energy, intimate party not to miss,” says Dotson. “We’ll be debuting a lot of new material from the upcoming album. We’re bringing in our friends Opposite Box from Chattanooga — these guys are one of the most fun groups you’ll see.” American Gonzos also perform. $10. lexavebrew.com.

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5 WALNut WINE BAr Hotpoint Trio (jazz), 5-7pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8-10pm

hIGhLAND BrEWING COMpANy Devil's Britches release party, 4-8pm IrON hOrsE stAtION Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 7-10pm

ADAM DALtON DIstILLEry 3D: Local DJ party (electronic, dance), 9pm ALtAMONt BrEWING COMpANy Hank West Jam Residency (jazz, soul), 8pm

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BLACK MOuNtAIN ALE hOusE Bluegrass jam w/ The Deals, 9pm

MILLrOOM Julie Scoggins w/ Cliff Cash (comedy), 7 & 9:30pm

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DOuBLE CrOWN DJ Dr. Filth (country), 9pm

OLIvE Or tWIst 42nd Street Band (jazz), 8:30-11:30pm

EMErALD LOuNGE Blues jam, 8pm

OrANGE pEEL Steep Canyon Rangers w/ Sam Bush (bluegrass), 9pm

GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN Kevn Kinney, Chuck Mead & Angie Aparo (country, rock, folk), 7pm

OsKAr BLuEs BrEWEry One Leg Up Trio (gypsy jazz), 7pm

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IrON hOrsE stAtION Jesse James (Americana), 6-9pm LOBstEr trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, electronics), 7pm

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Caribbean Cowboys, 8pm

thE sOCIAL Contagious (rock), 8pm

COrK & KEG Vollie McKenzie & Jack Dillen (Beatles covers, jazz), 6pm

tIMO's hOusE Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective Presents: Unity Thursdays, 9pm

tIMO's hOusE Hotpoint, Billy Litz & The Mountain City Rhythm Section (gypsy, jazz, Americana), 9pm

tOWN puMp Dustin Martin & The Ramblers (blues, rock), 9pm

tOWN puMp Phil Lomac (folk, rock), 9pm

trAILhEAD rEstAurANt AND BAr Open jam, 6pm

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FrENCh BrOAD BrEWEry tAstING rOOM CarolinaBound (folk), 6pm

trEssA's DOWNtOWN JAZZ AND BLuEs The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm

GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN Whiskey Shivers w/ Lera Lynn (folk), 7pm

WhItE hOrsE Kevin Gordon (folk-rock), 7:30pm

WhItE hOrsE The Belfast Boys, Michael Jefry Stevens, Kimberly Hughes, Bob Hinkle & more (Irish), 8:45pm

DOuBLE CrOWN DJs Devyn & Oakley, 9pm EMErALD LOuNGE Albert Adams w/ The Volt Per Octaves, Onawa & Tin Foil Hat (electro-pop), 8pm

hAvANA rEstAurANt Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm LEXINGtON AvE BrEWEry (LAB) Reasonably Priced Babies (improv comedy), 7:30pm

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LOBstEr trAp Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm ODDItOrIuM DJ Dr. Fuzz (rock), 9pm OLIvE Or tWIst Swing, Salsa & Bachata lessons w/ Randy Basham, 7-8pm DJ Mike Filippone (rock, disco, dance), 8-11pm ONE stOp DELI & BAr Phish n' Chips (Phish tribute), 6pm OrANGE pEEL The Machine (Pink Floyd covers), 9pm OsKAr BLuEs BrEWEry Cary Morin (fingerpicking blues), 6pm sCANDALs NIGhtCLuB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am thE MOthLIGht Songs: Molina A Memorial Electric Co. w/ Hiss Golden Messenger (folk-rock), 8:30pm thE sOCIAL

sAturDAy, JAN. 11 FrIDAy, JAN. 10 185 KING strEEt Aaron Burdett Band (folk, bluegrass, blues), 8pm 5 WALNut WINE BAr Gypsy Swingers (jazz), 9pm-midnight

185 KING strEEt Lee Griffin & Brian Phillips Blues Party, 8pm 5 WALNut WINE BAr Andrew Fletcher (piano, stride), 6-8pm Lyric (soul, funk), 9pm-midnight ALtAMONt BrEWING COMpANy Open jam w/ Chris O'Neill, 9pm

ALtAMONt BrEWING COMpANy Carey Fridley (blues), 8pm AthENA's CLuB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am ByWAtEr Aaron Woody Wood (singer-songwriter), 9pm-midnight CLuB ELEvEN ON GrOvE Salsa night, 10pm COrK & KEG Barsters (blues, old-time, country, bluegrass), 8:30pm DOuBLE CrOWN Greg Cartwright (garage, soul), 11pm

AthENA's CLuB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am BLACK MOuNtAIN ALE hOusE The Good Ol' Boyz w/ Woody Wood (rock 'n' roll), 9pm BOILEr rOOM Lords of Chicken Hill w/ Electric Ills, The Blots & All Hell (punk, rock), 9pm-2am COrK & KEG Deep River (country, bluegrass, swing), 8:30pm DOuBLE CrOWN Lil Lorruh (50s & 60s R&B, rock 'n' roll), 10pm

EMErALD LOuNGE Benihana Kenobi (hip-hop), 8pm FrENCh BrOAD BrEWEry tAstING rOOM

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(indie-folk), 8pm FrENCh BrOAD BrEWEry tAstING rOOM Jenne Sluder CD release party (acoustic), 6pm GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN St. Paul & The Broken Bones (rock, soul), 7pm hIGhLAND BrEWING COMpANy Jump Yur Grin (blues), 6pm IrON hOrsE stAtION Kevin Reese (Americana), 7-10pm JACK OF thE WOOD puB Riverbank Ramblers (Americana), 9pm LEXINGtON AvE BrEWEry (LAB) The Luxury Spirit w/ Madre & Comet West (alternative, indie rock), 9:30pm LOBstEr trAp Riyen Roots Trio w/ Kenny Dore (blues), 7pm ODDItOrIuM Prisoner w/ Autarch (punk), 9pm OLIvE Or tWIst 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8:3011:30pm

thE GrEEN rOOM BIstrO & BAr Billy Cardine & Casey Driessen, 8pm thE MOthLIGht Foothills w/ Kane Pour, Difference Clouds & Paciens Trine (experimental, soundscapes), 9pm tIMO's hOusE Hunter, DJ Whistleblower, Matty Harper, Cree & Suspense (hip-hop), 9pm tOWN puMp Billy Litz & the Mountain City Ramblers (funk, Americana), 9pm tOy BOAt COMMuNIty Art spACE Asheville Vaudeville w/ Plankeye Peggy & others, 7:30pm trEssA's DOWNtOWN JAZZ AND BLuEs Ruby Mayfield & The Friendship Train (blues, soul), 10pm WhItE hOrsE Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8pm

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OrANGE pEEL Steep Canyon Rangers (bluegrass), 9pm

5 WALNut WINE BAr The Crow Quill Night Owls (jugband, jazz), 7-9pm

OsKAr BLuEs BrEWEry Conservation Theory (bluegrass), 7pm

BArLEy's tAprOOM Skylark (jazz, swing), 7:30-10:30pm

pACK's tAvErN A Social Function (rock, hits, dance), 9pm

BEN's tuNE-up Vinyl night (open DJ collective)

purpLE ONION CAFE The Shana Blake Band (funk, R&B, soul, blues), 8pm

BLACK MOuNtAIN ALE hOusE NFL Sunday w/ pre-game brunch at 11:30am, 1pm

sCANDALs NIGhtCLuB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am sCuLLy's DJ, 10pm-2am tALLGAry's CANtINA Dance party w/ DJ Octave, 9:30pm

DOuBLE CrOWN Karaoke w/ Tim O, 10:30pm GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN Howe Gelb w/ Tracy Shedd (rock, folk), 7pm IsIs rEstAurANt AND MusIC hALL Sunday jazz showcase, 6pm LOBstEr trAp

cLub diRectoRY Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm ODDItOrIuM Adult poetry slam, 8pm sCANDALs NIGhtCLuB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am WhItE hOrsE The Harris Brothers (blues), 7:30pm

MONDAy, JAN. 13 185 KING strEEt Monday Night Laughs (stand-up comedy), 8pm 5 WALNut WINE BAr The Jeff Thompson Band (soul, rock), 8-10pm ByWAtEr Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm DOuBLE CrOWN Punk 'n' roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 9pm EMErALD LOuNGE Bluegrass jam w/ Mountain Feist, 8pm ODDItOrIuM Bingo night, 9pm OsKAr BLuEs BrEWEry Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm sLy GrOG LOuNGE Trivia night, 7pm WEstvILLE puB Trivia night, 8pm

tuEsDAy, JAN. 14 5 WALNut WINE BAr The John Henry's (ragtime, jazz), 8-10pm AshEvILLE MusIC hALL Funk jam, 11pm BEN's tuNE-up Dance party w/ DJ Rob, 10pm COrK & KEG Honkytonk jam w/ Tom Pittman & friends, 6:30pm CrEEKsIDE tAphOusE Bluegrass jam, 7pm DIrty sOuth LOuNGE Dirty Mouth (Americana), 10pm DOuBLE CrOWN Punk 'n' roll w/ DJs Sean and Will, 9pm GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN Fred Eaglesmith Traveling Steam Show (singersongwriter), 7pm IrON hOrsE stAtION Open mic w/ Kevin Reese, 6-9pm IsIs rEstAurANt AND MusIC hALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm JACK OF thE WOOD puB Dupont Brothers (folk), 9pm ODDItOrIuM Comedy open mic w/ Tom Peters, 9pm sCuLLy's Triva night, 9-11pm thE sOCIAL Big Generator (rock, blues), 7-9pm tIMO's hOusE Open mic variety show, 9pm trEssA's DOWNtOWN JAZZ AND BLuEs Lyric (acoustic), 8pm WEstvILLE puB Blues jam, 10pm WhItE hOrsE Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

WEDNEsDAy, JAN. 15 185 KING strEEt Barrett Smith, Mike Guggino, Mike Ashworth & Jeff

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Vollie McKenzie & Jack Dillen (old pop, jazz, Beatles covers), 7pm DOuBLE CrOWN DJs Devyn & Oakley, 9pm FrENCh BrOAD BrEWEry tAstING rOOM One Leg Up duo, 6pm GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN Blind Boy Chocolate & Milk Sheiks w/ Jessy Carolina & The Hot Mess, & Crow Quill Night Owls (jugband, jazz, stringband), 7pm hAvANA rEstAurANt Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm LOBstEr trAp Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm ODDItOrIuM Demon Waffle w/ Crazy Tom Banana Pants (ska), 9pm OLIvE Or tWIst Swing, Salsa & Bachata lessons w/ Randy Basham, 7-8pm DJ Mike Filippone (rock, disco, dance), 8-11pm

Sipe (acoustic), 8pm 5 WALNut WINE BAr Jamar Woods (soul, funk), 5-7pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin, jazz), 8-10pm ADAM DALtON DIstILLEry 3D: Local DJ party (electronic, dance), 9pm

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ALtAMONt BrEWING COMpANy Hank West Jam Residency (jazz, soul), 8pm

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St. Paul & The Broken Bones w/ Patrick Sweany & Band 9pm • $10/$12

Howe Gelb SUN 1/12 (of Giant Sand) w/ Tracy Shedd 8pm • $13/$16

TUE FRED EAGLESMITH TRAVELLING 1/14 STEAM SHOW 8pm • $15/$18

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BEN's tuNE-up Karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 10pm

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thE sOCIAL Caribbean Cowboys, 8pm

DOuBLE CrOWN DJ Dr. Filth (country), 9pm

tIMO's hOusE Asheville Drum and Bass Collective, 9pm

EMErALD LOuNGE Blues jam, 8pm

tOWN puMp Carolina Bound (singer-songwriter, Americana), 9pm

GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN Big Smo w/ Redneck Gypsies (country, folk), 7pm

trAILhEAD rEstAurANt AND BAr Open jam, 6pm

GrIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm IrON hOrsE stAtION The Wilhelm Brothers (indie, folk-rock), 6-9pm LOBstEr trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, electronics), 7pm ODDItOrIuM Open mic, 9pm OLIvE Or tWIst Swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7-8pm 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8:3011pm tOWN puMp Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm tOy BOAt COMMuNIty Art spACE Speedy Ortiz (garage-rock), 8pm trAILhEAD rEstAurANt AND BAr Open jam, 6pm trEssA's DOWNtOWN JAZZ AND BLuEs Shane Perlowin w/ Micah Thomas & Daniel Lannucci (jazz), 8pm

5 WALNut WINE BAr Hank West & the Smokin' Hots (jazz exotica), 8-10pm

ALtAMONt BrEWING COMpANy Bradley Carter (old-time), 8pm

CLAssIC WINEsELLEr The DuPont Brothers (guitar), 7pm COrK & KEG

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sCANDALs NIGhtCLuB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

BLuE MOuNtAIN pIZZA & BrEW puB Open mic, 7pm

BEN's tuNE-up Island dance party w/ DJ Malinalli, 10pm

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OsKAr BLuEs BrEWEry Salt & McFarland's Troubadour Revue (singersongwriter), 6pm

thE MOthLIGht James Wallace & The Naked Light w/ Cowboy Crisis & War Woman (folk, indie-rock), 8:30pm

ADAM DALtON DIstILLEry Bridging the Gap (old school hip-hop, vinyl night), 10pm-2am

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OrANGE pEEL Zoso (Led Zeppelin tribute), 9pm

BLACK MOuNtAIN ALE hOusE Bluegrass jam w/ The Deals, 9pm

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w/ Wild Moccasins • 9pm • $15/$18

ONE stOp DELI & BAr Phish n' Chips (Phish tribute), 6pm

trEssA's DOWNtOWN JAZZ AND BLuEs The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm WhItE hOrsE Cory Morin (acoustic, blues), 7:30pm

FrIDAy, JAN. 17 185 KING strEEt Unspoken Tradition, 8pm 5 WALNut WINE BAr The Blood Gypsies (soul, groove, jazz), 9pmmidnight ALtAMONt BrEWING COMpANy Salt & McFarland Troubadour Revue (folk-rock), 8pm AthENA's CLuB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am CLAssIC WINEsELLEr Leo Johnson (guitar), 7pm CLuB ELEvEN ON GrOvE DJ Jam (old-school hip-hop, R&B, funk), 9pm COrK & KEG Hotpoint Trio (jazz, swing), 8:30pm DOuBLE CrOWN Greg Cartwright (garage, soul), 11pm EMErALD LOuNGE Mammoth Indigo w/ Black Iron Gathering (indierock), 8pm FrENCh BrOAD BrEWEry tAstING rOOM Leigh Glass & The Hazards, 6pm GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN of Montreal w/ Wild Moccasins (indie rock), 7pm IrON hOrsE stAtION Barb Turner (R&B), 7-10pm JACK OF thE WOOD puB Swayback Sisters (folk, blues), 9pm

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shorty cant eat books backstage • 9:30PM • $6

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20 S. SPRUCE ST. • 225.6944 PACKSTAVERN.COM one-man band: Tin Foil Hat features the musical endeavors of Jared Hooker, vocal performance graduate of UNCA. On stage, he combines elements of alternative rock, jazz and classic video game sound effects to create an upbeat, electropop sound. Hooker will perform at the Emerald Lounge on Thursday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. for a night of “all sorts of music” also featuring The Volt per Octaves, Onawa and Albert Adams.

LEXINGtON AvENuE BrEWEry East Coast Dirt w/ The Alarm Clock Conspiracy, 9:30pm ODDItOrIuM Future Primitiff, Casper & the Cookies & Minorcan (rock), 9pm OLIvE Or tWIst 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8:30-11:30pm OrANGE pEEL Rebirth Brass Band w/ MarchFourth Marching Band (brass), 9pm OsKAr BLuEs BrEWEry Morgan Greer of Drunken Prayer (singer-songwriter), 7pm

tOWN puMp The Traveler's Club (bluegrass), 9pm trEssA's DOWNtOWN JAZZ AND BLuEs Jim Arrendell & The Cheap Suits (soul, funk), 10pm WhItE hOrsE Jesse Junior w/ Pam Jones, Nathan Hefner, Zack Page & Rick Dilling, 8pm

sAturDAy, JAN. 18 185 KING strEEt Malcolm Holcombe, 8pm

pACK's tAvErN DJ MoTo (dance, pop hits), 8pm

5 WALNut WINE BAr Andrew Fletcher (piano, stride), 6-8pm Hotpoint Trio (jazz), 9pm-midnight

sCANDALs NIGhtCLuB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

ALtAMONt BrEWING COMpANy Open jam w/ Chris O'Neill, 9pm

sCuLLy's TQ + 2 w/ Terry Lynn, 6-9pm DJ, 10pm-2am

AthENA's CLuB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

sprING CrEEK tAvErN Paul Cataldo (Americana), 7-10pm

BLACK MOuNtAIN ALE hOusE The Moon & You (Americana, folk), 9pm

tALLGAry's CANtINA Fine Line (rock), 9:30pm

CLAssIC WINEsELLEr Joe Cruz (piano), 7pm

tIMO's hOusE kuxxan SUUM, Shuhandz (techno, house), 9pm

COrK & KEG Old-time jam, 8pm

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Wed NOT SO SILENT CINEMA CLASSIC BUSTER KEATON COMEDIC 1/22 SHORT FILMS W/ BRENDAN COONEY’S ORIGINAL URBAN-AMERICANA SCORES $10 / $12 • 9pm

Fri AMY RAY FROM GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ‘INDIGO GIRLS’ 1/24 $15 / $18 • 8:30pm Every Sunday JAZZ SHOWCASE 6pm - 11pm • $5 Every Tuesday BLUEGRASS SESSIONS 7:30pm - midnite

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appaLachian spiRit: The Appalachian spirit shines all the way from Houston, TX in the Whiskey Shivers, bluegrass, country and old-time folk band, playing at The Grey Eagle on Thursday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. “A freewheelin’, trashgrassin’, folk tornado, The Whiskey Shivers take traditional instrumentation, soak it in gas and send it into outer space.”

DOuBLE CrOWN Lil Lorruh (50s & 60s R&B, rock 'n' roll), 10pm

pACK's tAvErN Three Cool Cats (rock 'n' roll), 8pm

FrENCh BrOAD BrEWEry tAstING rOOM The Bird & The Bear (folk), 6pm

pIsGAh BrEWING COMpANy Atlas Road Crew (rock), 9pm

GrEy EAGLE MusIC hALL & tAvErN Mickie James (country), 7pm

sCANDALs NIGhtCLuB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

IrON hOrsE stAtION Mark Bumgarner (classic country, Americana), 7-10pm IsIs rEstAurANt AND MusIC hALL Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen (bluegrass), 9pm JACK OF thE WOOD puB The Floorboards w/ Hearts Gone South (folkrock), 9pm LEXINGtON AvENuE BrEWEry Shorty Can’t Eat Books, 9:30pm ODDItOrIuM Benefit for Blue Ridge Husky Rescue w/ Sons of Ralph (folk, bluegrass), 9pm OLIvE Or tWIst WestSound (70s, 80s, Motown), 8:30-11:30pm OrANGE pEEL Donna The Buffalo w/ Whiskey Gentry (Americana), 9pm OsKAr BLuEs BrEWEry Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie rock), 7pm

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dRAmA With dARK comEdY ANd mUsic RAtEd R thE stoRY: A week of hard luck in the life of a moderately talented folk singer in the winter of 1961. thE LoWdoWN: The Coen brothers’ latest is one of 2013’s best films, but while it’s bitterly funny, it’s also a darkly disturbing film that’s likely to alienate some people. It’s a remarkable movie with a remarkable soundtrack, but despite some obvious similarities, don’t expect another O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Is Inside Llewyn Davis the last great 2013 film? Quite possibly.

It may also prove to be the most polarizing. Originally, it was set to go wide on Dec. 20, but it made the studio nervous. It’s the kind of film that is likely more loved by critics than the general public.

Actually, the first time I saw it (I’ve seen it three times now) was in an audience of five critics — and three of them disliked it intensely.

While I was not among them, I understood why. It is probably the Coen brothers’ most prickly and off-putting major film since Barton Fink (1991). There is not a single truly likable character in it. Plus, it’s a strange film experience with an ending that we may or may not have seen at the beginning. And if you’re expecting a film about folk singer Dave Van Ronk — despite

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oscAR isAAc in the title role in Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coen brothers’ latest dark comedy — and one of their most unsettling.

the fact that the Coens have said that Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is only based on Van Ronk in the loosest possible sense — this isn’t it. It’s a hard film to like, a harder one to ignore and an impossible film to assess at all until you’ve seen the whole thing. (If you walk out on it, don’t bother telling me you hated it.)

Despite the fact that Inside Llewyn Davis never leaves Llewyn Davis as it covers a week in his life, the film is really more about a time, a place and a musical movement than it’s about any one person or group of people.

Or maybe it’s about all the people in and around the birth of that new era in folk music.

All the same, we spend all of our time with Llewyn Davis for that one week in the winter of 1961.

Davis is an adequate but relatively unremarkable folk singer. He also has bad luck — most of which he brings on himself. He’s irresponsible, selfish, self-centered, undeservedly arrogant, and he resents just about everyone and everything. He was a part of moderately successful duo, but his partner jumped off the George Washington

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Bridge (a fact that greatly amuses John Goodman’s bitter and clearly unwell drug-addicted, jazz musician character later in the film).

Davis has no home and no real friends — only people on whose couches he can crash (or whose girlfriends he can seduce).

Some of his resentment is wellearned. He has a worthless agent.

Every time he actually tries to do what he perceives as the right thing, he either does it wrong or screws himself in the process. He loses a friend’s cat, then finds a cat and ends up stuck with it for reasons I won’t go into. He sells his rights to a song destined to be popular and produce residuals in order to pay for an abortion — only to learn he has credit with the doctor from a previous abortion that didn’t take place. His whole life is like this, and everything he does just makes it worse. If it all sounds grim, it is. But in the Coens’ hands, it’s also bitterly amusing and strangely satisfying.

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Pet Problems? bad dream. Everything that happens seems slightly surreal, and the film takes on an aura of something like The Odyssey. The Coens are very familiar with this ground, but Inside Llewyn Davis is much darker and much less playful than O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). And this odyssey only results in rejection, another bad choice and a trip right back to where things started — at least, maybe. The film’s ending is fascinating in that it’s not clear what we’re witnessing or where it leaves Llewyn Davis. He’s either unwittingly at the edge of the explosion of folk music (note carefully who is about to play when he exits the club), or he’s about to make another bad choice at precisely the wrong time. That’s left to you. An altogether brilliant, but far from cuddly film.

Rated R for language including some sexual references. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre.

August: Osage County HHHH diRectoR: John Wells (The Company Men) pLaYeRs: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard theatRicaL bLacK comedY dRama Rated R the stoRY: An astonishingly dysfunctional family gathers for the funeral of its patriarch.

Personalities clash, tempers flare, secrets are revealed. the Lowdown: Essentially, this is an overheated melodrama, but it’s enjoyably performed as dark comedy by a high-profile cast. It’s not a great movie, but it’s a lot of twisted fun, great dialogue and scenery chewing.

August: Osage County is good, and it’s certainly entertaining to no end as an overwrought black comedy of a theatrical nature. It’s also a scenery-chewer’s field day — maybe too much so, no matter how enjoyable all the dramatics and smashed dinnerware are. The previous films made

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from Tracy Letts’ plays — Bug (2006) and Killer Joe (2012) — had the advantage of a strong director at the helm in William Friedkin.

Strong directors, alas, seem to be out of fashion with Meryl Streep, who is more comfortable these days with filmmakers she can control. (A director less cowed by her Streepness might have warned her that Julia Roberts was walking away with the picture.) So instead of a Friedkin, we have John Wells — the guy who tried to make us all weepy-eyed over Ben Affleck losing his Porsche in The Company Men (2010). Let us call his contributions to the film of Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play workmanlike and move on to the twisted delights of the material.

In a way, the material here is not dissimilar to Killer Joe — minus the murderous and criminal elements, and with a considerably more polished (on the surface at least) and generally less stupid (but almost equally dysfunctional) family at its center.

The characters here are from a decidedly upscale Oklahoma family, more or less presided over by Beverly (Sam Shepard) and Violet (Meryl Streep) Weston. When the story starts, Beverly has drifted into the role of a genially philosophical dipsomaniac. Violet is an outspoken, pill-addled cancer victim who delights in outraging anyone she can — including the Native American caretaker (Misty Upham, Frozen River) Beverly has recently hired. This, however, is merely the overture to the grand opera that starts with the disappearance and death (apparently suicide) of Beverly. It’s this that brings the entire Weston clan

and their spouses, etc., back to the old homestead — and its unsparing (and slightly unhinged) matriarch.

Unsurprisingly, Violet is much better at playing queen bitch than grieving widow.

It isn’t just that all these relatives — most of whom don’t want to be there — descend on one place, it’s that they all come bearing issues, secrets and problems of their own.

Think of it perhaps as Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf on a much larger scale — with slightly soapy secrets instead of suggested depravity.

Before all the laundry has been thoroughly aired, we will have found ourselves wading through various forms of adultery, dubious paternity issues, assorted tales of generations of abuse and even a touch of incest.

For this lot — at least on the female side — it’s just another house party with the folks. The backbone of the clan — twisted though it may be — is very clearly maternal. The men are generally on the ineffectual side.

When one of them (Chris Cooper) does take a stand on something, it’s so out of character that it’s truly shocking.

How you’ll feel about it will depend largely on your taste for very loud and extremely theatrical melodrama served up as a dark comedy by high-class performers. If that’s not your cup of oolong, then August: Osage County is not for you. This is a free-for-all for broad performances, and while I’ve criticized Streep for pitching her entire pill-fueled, viper-tongued turn to the back row of the upper balcony, I can’t say it isn’t enjoyable in its utter lack of restraint. The truth is that her histrionics serve to make Roberts’ performance look restrained. In any other film, that is not a term I’d read-

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ily use. (It’s also Roberts’ best work since 2004’s Closer.)

Make no mistake, August: Osage County is not brilliant filmmaking.

For that matter, although Tracy Letts’ dialogue is excellent, I can’t say that the whole thing strikes me as particularly deep or meaningful.

It’s wonderfully bitchy soap opera allowed to run wild on a large scale.

In that regard, it’s satisfying and entertaining — and I’m not at all sure I think it needed to be any more than that. The Weinsteins — who were clearly baiting Oscar with it — probably feel otherwise, but that’s their problem, not ours. Rated R for language including sexual references, and for drug material, reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and other as yet undetermined area theaters.

Her HHHH diRectoR: Spike Jonze pLaYeRs: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Matt Letscher futuRistic comedY dRama Rated R the stoRY: Mildly futuristic story of a man who falls in love with his sentient computer operating system. the Lowdown: It doesn’t all work, and Her is more simplistic than its ambitions to be a profound statement on modern technology would like. But it’s more workable than its premise might sound — and there’s an emotional wallop to it

I’ve yet to develop the proper appreciation for Spike Jonze. His films always seem more smartassed than smart. They feel less like movies to be watched than movies to be discussed at cocktail parties and coffee bars as proof of intellectual credibility and basic hipness. While I have some serious problems with his latest, Her, it’s easily the Spike Jonze picture I’ve liked the best.

This is not to say that I think it’s anything like a great movie. Nor do I find it all that effective as a commentary on how we are being

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The Legend of Hercules This is what January normally looks like! A new movie shot in Bulgaria from a Finnish director (you’ve likely blocked from your mind) about a character from Greek mythology.

It stars some beefy boy from the Twilight movies and the trailer is hysterically awful. Be ever so grateful for this 2013 releases we’re only now getting. (pg-13)

Joaquin phoenix and amY adams in Spike Jonez’s interesting, if not entirely successful, Her

dehumanized and isolated by the very connective devices that ought to be bringing us closer together.

There is a great film to be made on the topic, but this isn’t it. In fact, 2013’s little seen Disconnect comes nearer the mark. (Then again, I don’t really have any desire to be told what’s wrong with the world by a writer-producer of Jackass movies and TV shows.)

What works for me about Her is less its high-concept story than the believability of its emotions. The film’s sense of pain and loneliness and the need for human contact comes through as very authentic and touching, even while its more fantastic elements often do not.

Jonze’s decision to set his story in the near future makes it fall into the realm of a cautionary tale, but it doesn’t entirely convince. Apart from presenting a world in which everything is improbably clean (it feels like one of those 1950s musicals with soundstage streets that have never been walked or driven on), Jonze’s future is mostly marked by men wearing pants with waistbands up near their armpits.

The look seems wholly arbitrary, and is akin to polyester zoot suits in search of the long coats and watch chains.

Our main character is Theodore Twombly (a typically too-mumbly Joaquin Phoenix), whose wife (Rooney Mara) is divorcing him — an event we’re meant to believe has sent him into an emotional tail-

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spin. Theodore, however, is such a numb character that it seems there must be more wrong than that. He makes a living crafting handwritten personal letters for inarticulate people to give to their loved ones. (Apparently, handwritten anything is so rare in this future that no one recognizes anyone’s handwriting.) In a sense, he’s already so used to the concept of synthetic romance that he’s the perfect target for the operating system that will transform his life and propel the story. This operating system that calls itself/herself Samantha (brilliantly voiced by Scarlett Johansson) is the perfect match for lonely, awkward Theodore.

Samantha has the ability to grow, change and develop into a more complex “being,” which turns out to be the problem.

No matter that there’s an inherent “ick” factor to the whole thing, it’s surprisingly easy to believe that Theodore falls in love with Samantha, and that she responds to his feelings. Less easy to believe is that the only person who seems at all bothered by this is his soonto-be ex-wife, who is apparently the sole Luddite in the film. That everybody else goes along with it is, I suppose, a comment on our switched-on, constantly connected world where actual human interaction and text coming over the phone are of equal import (except that it’s hard not to feel that the

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text takes precedence). Fine. I get that, but I don’t really buy the idea of a couple blandly going on a double date with a guy and his phone. This is one of several problems I have with Her. (Consider, for the moment, the ramifications of publishing a book of your work-for-hire love letters, which the film never does.) And yet ... the emotions of it all come through, and the ending is devastating in its humanity. That counts for much.

Rated R for language, sexual content and brief graphic nudity. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and other as yet undetermined area theaters.

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diRectoR: Peter Berg (Battleship) pLaYeRs: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana waR action Rated R the stoRY: Four Navy Seals in the Afghani wilderness are ambushed by Taliban forces. the Lowdown: Its inherent nastiness and fits of being little more than an ’80s action movie throwback keep the film from reaching its lofty intentions.

With its platform release and studio push, Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor was obviously groomed for awards season. In theory, this makes sense in the context of the critical success of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). While I wouldn’t call myself a fan of those movies, Lone Survivor is nowhere near their league. Unfortunately, director Berg is a bit of a lightweight behind the camera. I’ll readily admit that I enjoyed his Battleship (2012) for what it was — a dumb, junky and occasion-

ally entertaining sci-fi flick. Lone Survivor, despite its more lofty aspirations and real-life underpinnings, isn’t very far from the same kind of goofy cinema, turning into more of an ode to overcooked ’80s action movies than the very serious — and very patriotic — movie it poses as.

Based on the nonfiction book Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell — who’s played here by Mark Wahlberg — it’s pretty easy to tell where the film is going. Of course, the movie takes two hours to get there. Luttrell is a Navy SEAL who, along with three other soldiers (played by Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch and Ben Foster), is sent into the mountains of Afghanistan to take out a Taliban leader (Yousuf Azami). There, they encounter some wandering goatherders and decide to let them go free, a decision that sends the Taliban after them in full force, far from the protection of the U.S. military. For a moment, the film attempts to get into more complex territory, raising questions as to what’s appropriate in combat (like letting innocent civilians free even if it means possible death).

These philosophical concerns, however, are soon dropped in a hail of bullets, explosions and patriotism. The last two-thirds of the film is basically one extended action sequence. The way Berg handles this is both boorish and problematic. The entire ambush led by the Taliban has the feel and bloodiness of torture-porn, as these men are shot, blown up, broken, cut and knocked down mountains. There’s an almost fetishistic way in which Berg films the action — from the wide-angle shots of massive guns to the splattery manner of the bloodshed. The climax is something out of some old Chuck Norris film, with random explosions and stuntmen launched over parked cars.

All of this is immediately followed by a tug-at-your-heartstrings moment that’s a Coca-Cola away from turning into that old Mean Joe Green commercial. There’s no emotional center (our heroes are merely sketched in, despite attempts at humanizing them early on), so Lone Survivor never packs the tearjerking wallop it truly needs.

Its coda (set to a corny Peter Gabriel cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes”) proves the film has its heart in the right place. It’s just too blunt and nasty to follow through.

Rated R for strong bloody war violence and pervasive language. reviewed by Justin Souther

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diRectoR: Christopher Landon (Burning Palms) pLaYeRs: Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh, Renee Victor, Noemi Gonzalez found footage hoRRoR Rated R the stoRY: A pair of inner-city teens find themselves embroiled in a demonic haunting. the Lowdown: More of the same boring nonsense from the Paranormal Activity franchise

After skipping its normal Halloween release date and taking more than a year off, the Paranormal Activity franchise is rearing its boring, stupid head once again. Here, it pops up in January, a month notorious for awful films dumped by studios to hide away in the post-Christmas box office slump. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is no different. Directed by Christopher Landon (son of Michael), the film attempts to spin off from the franchise’s first four films by going in a new direction, but offers absolutely nothing new when it comes down to content, structure or style.

The film isn’t totally without merit, introducing a cast of Hispanic characters that breaks up the usual parade of affluent white people that usually populate these movies — even if it dabbles in a bit too many stereotypes. This, however, doesn’t keep the movie from being wholly predicated on a couple of guys carrying a camera around all the damn time. In this case, we’ve got our protagonists Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) and Hector (Jorge Diaz) who have a brand new camera and a possessed downstairs neighbor.

After an apparent murder and some breaking and entering, Jesse soon learns he’s been cursed at birth by

a coven of witches, which imbues him with superpowers and a pimply complexion.

All of this — especially Jesse’s apparent telekinetic powers — is supposed to ratchet up the film’s action (and totally not remind you of Chronicle (2012)). Instead, it results in a bigger special-effects budget and a horrendously staged action sequence. This is supposed to lead to the big finale that dovetails with the plot of the original Paranormal Activity (2006). That worked for me. I stopped watching these things after the second one.

This doesn’t keep Landon and company from screwing even this up since The Marked Ones obviously takes place about six years after its predecessor. Of course, these movies have always been more about low production costs and a quick payday. Expecting anything more is foolish. Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, graphic nudity and some drug use. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher.

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Here at last are our picks for the 10 best films of the year — and they’re sure to be the cause for much wailing and gnashing of teeth. One notable omission is sure to raise eyebrows and even hackles. I mean everybody is supposed to have 12 Years a Slave on his or her list, right? Here’s the thing (and I think I can speak for Mr. Souther here, too), I have the utmost respect and admiration for the film. I think it is brilliant. I am cheering for Chiwetel Ejiofor to win that Best Actor Oscar, and I’ll be cool with it if 12 Years a Slave takes Best Picture. I think it’s a fine film and a powerful one, but something about the film feels just a little at arm’s length and keeps it from engaging me fully on an emotional level. That aside, here are the lists — expanded lists and the 10 worst films of the year will be online.

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8. the great beauty (La Grande Bellezza) I’m glad I caught Paolo Sorrentino’s amazing film in time for this list. It was supposed to open this week but got moved back, which means there’s a wonderful banquet of a movie to look forward to.

9. american hustle Another of the year’s exercises in excess — and probably the most inherently appealing in a broad sense. I don’t think I’m supposed to like both it and Wolf of Wall Street, but there’s nothing you can do about it. And that soundtrack is killer.

10. about time Richard Curtis’ supposedly final film (hopefully, he’ll rethink that) isn’t as grandiose as his other two films — Love Actually and Pirate Radio — but it comes close to making up for it in charm and cleverness.

JusTin souTher’s Top 10

1 1 the great gatsby Anyone who is surprised by Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby in the top slot just hasn’t been paying attention. I’ve said it’s the film to beat for months — and no one did, though some came close.

In a year of movies about conspicuous consumption — depicted with conspicuous excess — I think this did it best. Better still, it made the topic understandable, even romantic.

2. in the house Fracois Ozon's film is probably the cleverest, slyest, most literate and most playful film of the year. It is a richly rewarding experience unlike anything else. Beautifully made and acted and as near to perfect as you’re going to get.

3. the wolf of wall street Yeah, it’s nasty, but it’s also grotesquely funny — and terrifying. In terms of filmmaking, really, it’s hard to beat. Scorsese at his best?

No, maybe not, but the wow factor is undeniable in his craftsmanship and artistry.

4. the Lone Ranger Yeah, what about it? Gore Verbinski's film was unfairly dismissed and trashed before it was even seen. Apart from everything else, it was the best action film of the year — and whoa — it was even about something. A few years from now, it will get a fair reassessment.

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inside Llewyn davis The Coen brothers’ portrait of New York’s ’60s folk music scene is a bleak, funny, occasionally touching and often complex character study, like Charles Portis butting heads with Samuel Beckett. A fascinating film either by itself or within the context of the Coens’ canon.

2. frances ha As much star/co-writer Greta Gerwig’s film as it is director Noah Baumbach’s, Frances Ha mixes the former’s usual bitterness with the latter’s sweetness. The result is a touching little movie about growing into adulthood and the losses and gains that come with it.

3. in the house Structured like a thriller, Francois Ozon’s In the House is a smallscale journey into the depths of the human heart. A refreshingly literate, wonderfully intelligent film that’s simply a fantastic piece of filmmaking.

4. the place beyond the pines In a year defined by tales of the American Dream gone awry, The Place Beyond the Pines has been mostly overlooked. Perhaps there’s a reason — I really shouldn’t like this movie, and I definitely shouldn’t like it as much as I do, but here I am. A towering, ambitious movie that should fall apart but manages to hold itself together by sheer force of will.

5. mud This journey into the modern South might have been exploitative in the hands of many, but Jeff Nichols creates a tale — grand in its scope — about looking for love in all the wrong places. The film has a welcome sense of heart, humanity and dignity.

6. the Lone Ranger Lambasted by critics and shunned by most moviegoers, Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger is a flashy, gigantic film that reminds me why I fell for the movies in the first place. A true event that will age better than the reputation that precedes it.

7. american hustle A cross between ’70s crime flick and David O. Russell’s usual meditations on dysfunction, American Hustle is both funny and surprisingly human. It also contains the year’s best collection of performances.

5. inside Llewyn davis Perhaps the bleakest film the Coen brothers have ever made. It’s also one of the most darkly funny with an atmosphere of time and place that is second to none.

8. dallas buyers club A film that easily could have been gimmicky Oscar-bait transcends thanks to Matthew McConaughey’s ongoing career renaissance, a surprisingly excellent turn from Jared Leto and a whole lot of T. Rex songs.

6. byzantium This is a rarity because Byzantium didn't even play here, but it should have. Singlehandedly, the always underrated Neil Jordan rescued — and slightly reinvented — the vampire movie from the abyss of Twilight. And he made a beautiful, longing, painfully romantic film in the bargain.

9. the world’s end If there’s anything working against Edgar Wright’s The World’s End is that it’s maybe too complex — at least on one watch. A funny, layered look at friendship, addiction and arrested development, all wrapped up in a sci-fi flick.

7. stoker Chan-wook Park's Stoker got lost in the shuffle and came too early in the year to get much chance for reassessment. But then this elegantly paced thriller —

10. the wolf of wall street A depraved, nasty, over-the-top look at greed and success — and how we all want it no matter what. Stylish, clever and bitterly funny.

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Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Min Tanaka samurai fantasy adventure A group of disgraced samurai set out to avenge the death of their master. A mix of samurai-movie basics and occasional fantasy elements that combine to make a boring, unmemorable flick. Rated pg-13

American Hustle HHHHS Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner cheerfully amoral sometimes fact-based comedy drama Vaguely fact-based (Abscam) comedy drama about not-very-bright people trying to out-con each other. Funny, cynical and even a little demented, David O. Russell’s latest boasts incredible turns from its high-powered cast, a genuine sense of the late 1970s and a pop soundtrack to die for.

Rated R

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues HH Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner comedy Buffoonish, loud-mouthed news anchor Ron Burgundy tries to rebuild his reputation on a cable news channel. A generally unfunny rehash of the first Anchorman that only occasionally works when it’s being satirical. Rated pg-13

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Frozen HHHS (Voices) Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk animated fantasy A newly crowned queen — with the ability to freeze things — plunges her country into perpetual winter. It’s certainly dazzling to look at, but apart from the presence of two female leads and no real male hero, it’s pretty standard Disney fare, decked out in a largely forgettable, but occasionally irritating, songs. Not a bad movie, but far from a great one. Rated pg

Grudge Match S Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Kevin Hart, Jon Bernthal dramatic comedy Two ex-boxers in their 60s renew a 30-year-old rivalry in the ring. A one-note comedy and a half-baked melodrama that’s too long and too dumb.

Rated pg-13

Her HHHH Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Matt Letscher futuristic comedy drama Mildly futuristic story of a man who falls in love with his sentient computer operating system.

It doesn’t all work, and Her is more simplistic than its ambitions to be a profound statement on modern technology would like. But it’s more workable than its premise might sound — and there’s an emotional wallop to it. Rated R

Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug HHH

theatrical black comedy drama An astonishingly dysfunctional family gathers for the funeral of its patriarch. Personalities clash, tempers flare, secrets are revealed. Essentially, this is an overheated melodrama, but it’s enjoyably performed as dark comedy by a high-profile cast. It’s not a great movie, but it’s a lot of twisted fun, great dialogue and scenery chewing. Rated R

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Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse, Ben Schnetzer, Nico Liersch, Barbara Auer wwii drama Story of a young girl living with a foster family in Nazi Germany. Oldfashioned, a little stolid and safe, but well made and generally effective drama with some terrific performances that make up for most of its shortcomings. Rated pg-13

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fantasy adventure Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and his dwarf companions travel through Middle Earth to breach the lair of a deadly dragon. Yet another overlong Tolkien adaptation, this one suffers from a sense of corner-cutting and a lack emotional center or any real dramatic arc. Rated pg-13

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman futuristic action thriller Sequel to The Hunger Games. Mostly an improvement on the first film — until it gets to the action centerpiece of the game, whereupon it not only spins the same wheels, but relies too heavily on the assumption that you have seen the first movie. Rated pg-13

Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O'Hare, Dallas Roberts, Steve Zahn, Griffin Dunne

Inside Llewyn Davis HHHHH

fact-based drama Fact-based story of a Texas homophobe who contracts AIDS and almost inadvertently becomes a major force in the gay community in battling the disease — if not in exactly orthodox methods. Brilliant performances from Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto propel this finelycrafted film into the realm of the must-see.

It’s a strong work that refuses cheap sentimentality. Rated R

Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund drama with dark comedy and music A week of hard luck in the life of a moderately talented folk singer in the winter of 1961.

The Coen brothers’ latest is one of 2013’s best films, but while it’s bitterly funny, it’s also a darkly disturbing film that’s likely to alienate some people. It’s a remarkable

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Lone Survivor HHS Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana war action Four Navy Seals in the Afghani wilderness are ambushed by Taliban forces.

Its inherent nastiness and fits of being little more than an ‘80s action movie throwback keep the film from reaching its lofty intentions. Rated R

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom HHHS Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa biopic The life of Nelson Mandela, from young activist to prisoner to president of South Africa. A run-of-the-mill biopic, with all the problems that entails, which doesn’t shy away from the pricklier aspects of Mandela’s life but fails to properly illustrate his importance. Rated pg-13

Nebraska HHHHS Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach. Mary Louise Wilson, Rance Howard drama comedy A delusional old man insists on traveling to Lincoln, Neb., to claim his “winnings” in a contest he hasn’t actually won. A sometimes unpleasant look at smalltown life that’s nicely balanced by a warmly human — and sometimes very funny — take on family relations and how little we know of each other. Another awards-season keeper.

Rated R

Out of the Furnace HHH Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard drama After the murder of his brother, a steelworker sets out for revenge. A generally humorless piece of awards-bait that — despite a pulpy foundation — is just too selfserious to be entertaining. Rated R

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones S Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh, Renee Victor, Noemi Gonzalez found footage horror A pair of inner-city teens find themselves embroiled in a demonic haunting. More of the same boring nonsense from the Paranormal Activity franchise. Rated R

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first and in some ways the best (certainly it made the most money) of the famous series of nine movies made by producer Val Lewton at RKO in the 1940s, Cat People (1942) offered audiences something a little different in that it suggested more than it depicted its horrors. (Ironically, it also introduced a new kind of shock effect — one still in use today.) The story of a young Serbian immigrant (Simone Simon) who believes she will turn into a cat (panther) should her husband (Kent Smith) make love to her wasn’t quite like any horror movie before — nor was the film’s psychological approach. The style would soon become its own formula — just as predictable as that of those it was trying to supplant — but here it’s fresh and effective.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Cat People Thursday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

F for Fake HHHH essaY fiLm Rated NR World Cinema returns this week with Orson Welles’

F for Fake (1973), the great filmmaker’s last properly completed work. Welles’ look at two famous fakes is a playful film — as much a feat of cinematic sleightof-hand, laced with autobiography as anything else. At the time, Welles thought he’d found a brand new medium in this “essay film” format, but it didn’t pan out that way. By itself, however, F For Fake has much to recommend it.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present F for Fake Friday, Jan. 10, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com.

The Ruling Class HHHHH tRagic bLacK comedY dRama musicaL fantasY Rated PG The second film in the Asheville Film Society’s two-part tribute to Peter O’Toole finds the actor in what is probably both his best role and film. Peter Medak’s 1972 film version of Peter Barnes’ play The Ruling Class — an almost unclassifiable movie in terms of genre — is one of his truly great films. O’Toole plays Jack Gurney — the 14th Earl of Gurney — a genial lunatic who believes himself to be Jesus Christ (“When I pray I find I’m talking to myself”). Since that doesn’t conform to society’s norm, the idea is to make him “sane like the rest of us” — a concept that has very dark results.

Alternately funny and horrific, the film finds O’Toole at the height of his powers.

The Asheville Film Society will screen The Ruling Class Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Secondhand Lions HHH famiLY comedY dRama Rated PG: It’s impossible to deny that Secondhand Lions (2003) is sugary to the point of of needing a diabetic warning. This contrived and manipulative tale of a neglected boy being foisted on a pair of grumpy old uncles who were ignorant of the kid’s existence is meant to warm the viewer’s heart and invoke a tear or two. Apparently, it works on a fair number of folks, though not enough to make it turn a profit or to keep if from stopping Haley Joel Osment’s movie career pretty much dead in its tracks. All I’ll say is it’s not unwatchable, but it’s a goodly distance shy of what it means to be.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Secondhand Lions Sunday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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aRies (maRch 21-apRiL 19)

capRicoRn (dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Deep bronzes, smoky cinnamons and dark chocolates will be your lucky colors in 2014.

Mellow mahoganies and resonant russets will work well for you, too. They will all be part of life’s conspiracy to get you to slow down, deepen your perspective and slip into the sweetest groove ever. In this spirit, I urge you to nestle and cuddle and caress more than usual in the coming months. If you aren’t totally clear on where home is, either in the external world or inside your heart, devote yourself to finding it. Hone your emotional intelligence. Explore your roots. On a regular basis, remember your reasons for loving life. Stay in close touch with the sources that feed your wild soul. tauRus (apRiL 20-maY 20) For years, French painter Édouard Manet and French poet Stéphane Mallarmé hung out with each other every day. Mallarmé referred to their relationship as “the most complete friendship.” They influenced each other to become better artists and human beings. I’m guessing that in the coming months, Taurus, you’ll thrive on that kind of stimulating companionship. Having such regular contact with a like-minded ally might even be an important factor in ripening your intelligence. At the very least, I predict that soulful friendship will be a crucial theme in 2014. You will attract blessings and generate luck for yourself by deepening your ability to cultivate synergistic bonds. gemini (maY 21-June 20) St. Peter’s Basilica is a very old church in Vatican City. It contains a life-size bronze statue of St. Peter that’s at least 700 years old.

Over the centuries, countless visitors have paid their respects by kissing and touching the feet of the idol. The metal composing the right foot has been so thoroughly worn down by these gestures that the individual toes have disappeared, leaving a smooth surface.

You will have a similar kind of power in 2014, Gemini. Little by little, with your steady affection and relentless devotion, you can transform what’s rigid and hard. canceR (June 21-JuLY 22) Big rivers don’t travel in straight lines. Their paths are curvy and complicated, with periodic turns and bends. In some places they flow faster, and in others they’re slower. Their depth and width may vary along the way, too. Your own destiny is like one of those big rivers, Cancerian. In some years, it meanders for long stretches, slowing down as it wanders along a crooked course. It may even get shallower and narrower for a while. But I expect that in 2014, you will be moving more rapidly than usual. You will be traveling a more direct route, and you will be both wide and deep.

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Would you be interested in a motto that will help set the tone for you in 2014? I’ve got a suggestion that’s in alignment with the astrological omens. It’s from a poem by Margaret Atwood. Try saying this and see if it works for you: “Last year I abstained / this year I devour / without guilt / which is also an art.” If you choose to make this affirmation your own, be sure you don’t forget about the fact that devouring without guilt is an art — a skill that requires craft and sensitivity. You can’t afford to get blindly instinctual and greedy in 2014; you shouldn’t compulsively overcompensate for 2013’s deprivations. Be cagey and discerning as you satisfy your voracious hunger.

Leo (JuLY 23-aug. 22) “In games there are rules,” writes science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, “but in life the rules keep changing.” This is always true, of course, but I think it will be an especially poignant truth for you between now and your next birthday. During the coming months, you may sometimes feel as if every last law and formula and corollary is mutating. In some cases, the new rules coming into play will be so different from the old rules you’ve been used to, they may at first be hard to figure out. But now here’s the happy ending: It may take a while, but you will eventually see that these new rules have an unexpected logic and beauty that will serve your future well. viRgo (aug. 23-sept. 22) I predict that you will commit no major acts of self-sabotage in 2014. Congrats! I also foresee that you will be exceptionally careful not to hurt or damage yourself. Hooray!

More good news: You won’t be as critical of yourself as you have sometimes been in the past. The judgmental little voice in the back of your head won’t be nearly as active. Yay! Even your negative emotions will diminish in frequency and intensity. Hallelujah!

Whoopee! Abracadabra!

LibRa (sept. 23-oct. 22) The citizens of Iceland love literature, but many are not content to simply read. One out of every 10 Icelanders writes and publishes a book at some time in his or her life.

I know it’s unrealistic, but I would love to see at least one in 10 of all my Libra readers do the same in 2014. I think you’re ready to make a big statement — to express yourself in a more complete and dramatic way than ever before. If you’re not ready to write a book, I hope you will attempt an equivalent accomplishment.

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scoRpio (oct. 23-nov. 21) I’m hoping you will find a new teacher or two in 2014, maybe even a mentor. Not a guru who tells you what to do. Not an exploitative “expert” who claims to know what’s right for you, or a charismatic narcissist who collects adoration. What I wish for you, Scorpio, is that you will connect with wise and humble sources of inspiration ... with lifelong learners who listen well and stimulate you to ask good questions ... with curious guides who open your eyes to resources you didn’t realize you needed. In the coming months, you are primed to launch a quest that will keep you busy and excited for years; I’d love to see you get excellent help in framing that quest. sagittaRius (nov. 22-dec. 21) In 2014, it’s possible you will be given a cabbage farm or a petting zoo or some bequest that’s not exactly in close alignment with your life’s purpose. But it’s more likely that the legacies and dispensations you receive will be quite useful. The general trend is that allies will make available to you a steady flow of useful things. Your ability to attract what you need will be high. In the coming months, I may even have good reason to name you an honorary Scorpio.

You might match those Great Manipulators’ proficiency at extracting the essence of what you want from every situation. aquaRius (Jan. 20-feb. 18) The coming months will be a good time to meditate on the concepts of happy accidents and benevolent trouble. Go ahead and throw constructive mischief into the mix, too, and maybe even a dose of graceful chaos. Are you game for playing around with so much paradox? Are you willing to entertain the possibility that fate has generous plans for you that are too unexpected to anticipate? There’s only one requirement that you have to meet in order to receive your odd gifts in the spirit in which they’ll be offered: You’ve got to be openminded, eager to learn and flexible.

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Hi, I’m Aubree! I am a high energy fun loving girl who is eager to please. I am looking for a human who can spend some time teaching me doggy manners and giving me lots of exercise. I offer lots of love and promise never a dull moment!

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