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Are electric vehicles the answer?

The “Fracking and Electric Vehicles in NC” letter in your Feb. 5 issue is another example of the black-and-white thinking that gets us nowhere as we face the daunting challenge of global energy. Mr. Beharrysingh would have us believe that fracking=bad and electric vehicle=good, and thus our state politicians are misguided in supporting one while taxing the other. But this ignores a simple reality: The energy created by fracking fuels the electric car.

An EV is still a car — it takes energy, environmentally ravaging mining and cheap labor to produce it.

Unless you have a solar farm in your backyard, when you plug in your EV you’re drawing off of a power grid fed primarily by coal and natural gas.

EVs certainly have their merits, but they are hardly net zero and can be just as damaging to the environment as gasoline-powered cars.

Those who tout EVs as the environmentally friendly future of the automobile have fallen prey to the same marketing that would have us believe that organic beef is exponentially better for the environment — marginally better, yes, but we could make a bigger dent by simply eating less meat.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want fracking in my backyard! But we have been enjoying relatively cheap energy because fracking, coal mining, etc. are going on in someone’s backyard — often in poor communities where the high price tag of EVs is out of most people’s reach. These people have their noses at the “tailpipe” of the electric vehicle.

If we truly want to address the challenge of protecting our resources, our community, our neighbors, then we need to draw our attention away from the electric vs. gas debate (which is where energy investors want it) and toward options that reduce our dependence on the automobile.

— Melissa Oglesbee Candler

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Really, Gordon Smith, really?

Mr. Smith rhapsodizes about making affordable housing “a top strategic priority” in his opinion piece in last week’s Xpress [“These Three Things,” Feb. 5, Xpress]. Yet in 2010, after listening to at least two hours of folks and families from Royal Pines, including fixed-income and disabled veterans, pleading with City Council not to do so because so many in this working-class neighborhood couldn’t possibly bear the brunt of such an increase in property taxes, he and Brownie Newman, famous Democrats, cast votes for annexation. [Republican] Bill Russell and [Democrat] Jan Davis voted against. Mayor Bellamy voted against, claiming lack of sufficient funds to bring improvements to the area to justify annexation. Esther Manheimer and Cecil Bothwell, the only Council member who bothered to check us out for himself, changed their votes. I find Mr. Smith’s article nauseating to say the least.

— Diana LaSpada Arden

Why affordable housing matters It seems to me that an awful lot of folks I know in service industries

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have to work two jobs to just make ends meet. When you’re working 40 hours a week, you shouldn’t have to get a second job to afford to live in our city and stay out of poverty.

What about people with families?

All those additional work hours leave little or no quality time for parents to have with their children and other loved ones.

Some people don’t appreciate the value of a vital downtown and greater Asheville with mixed income levels housing. And then there is the NIMBY viewpoint. What folks don’t understand is that mixed income levels in our local housing brings a vibrancy and stability along with it.

When workers have housing they can afford, frequent moving is a lot less likely.

Of course it helps that our affordable housing plans are linked with smart growth principles.

Maybe it’s semantics that will give us the political will to provide much needed affordable housing.

Will “workforce housing” help with that perception and will it relieve the anxiety some have of affordable housing being in their neighborhood?

— Carmen Ramos-Kennedy Asheville

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WNC Alliance on Coggins development In her letter to the editor referring to the controversy over the proposed development of the Coggins’ property in Riceville [“There is No ‘Light’ Development,” Feb. 5, Xpress], Troy Amastar said she was “appalled that the Western North Carolina Alliance is no longer an advocate for conservation, but instead supports such developments.”

Her statement is incorrect. At this time, the Alliance has not taken a position on the development and remains a vigorous advocate for conservation.

For more than 30 years, the Western North Carolina Alliance has been a trusted community partner, marshaling grassroots support to keep our forests healthy, our air and water clean and our communities vibrant. We recognize this region’s natural resources and scenic beauty make it unique. Therefore, thoughtful and effective land use and transportation planning are essential to protect the region’s natural heritage and ensure a high quality of life for present and future residents and visitors. Growth brings important economic vitality to our region,

but it does not have to come at the expense of the environment.

Indeed, this region’s economic success and high quality of life depend on a healthy environment, and citizens and local governments can and should make smart choices about how and where we grow based on proven principles.

Projections show that Buncombe County will add another 70,000 people by 2030. These people will need to live, work, go to school and play somewhere. Tough choices will need to be made, but with good planning and policies, we can more effectively direct future growth so the areas we cherish are preserved.

— Bob Wagner Asheville Editor’s note: Bob Wagner is the co-director of the Western North Carolina Alliance.

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Asheville under glass BY coLLEEn KELLY mELLoR

One of the reasons I love Asheville so much is that I’ve met wonderful and unique friends. We’re a pretty eclectic bunch, too, representing all age groups and all lifestyles. (These are traits I highly recommend if you’re in friend-searching mode.)

And because we’re all so diverse, we like to create interesting, recreational “happenings.” With the Oscars fast approaching (the show airs March 2), I am reminded of one such event that took place last year when one of our friends hosted an Oscar party, honoring Hollywood’s awards to its supposed best and brightest.

My “best Asheville friend” (known heretofore as BAF), Cynthia, and I decided we’d meet at Greenlife grocery store, pick up snacks for the party and leave one car in the parking lot. Then we would go together, out to the hinterlands of Fairview, where the party was in full swing.

For the next several hours, we whooped it up, hysterically laughing, voting Siskel- and Ebert-style for Best Actor, Best Movie, whatever.

We even cast votes on paper ballots the hostess provided and tallied the results, booing and hissing when we differed with the consensus.

Apparently, during the course of the evening, my cellphone rang twice, but I never heard it. Too much going on. We tend to be a frenzied group. Anyway, we said our goodnights and proceeded home. Cynthia dropped me off at the parking lot, where I got behind the wheel of my own car, for the last leg of the short trip. Since I was 15 minutes away, I decided to call my husband, suspecting he was probably asleep on the couch. But that was so not the case.

His voice sounded frantic. “Where are you?” he said.

I replied, “What do you mean, where am I? I’m in my car heading home.”

He added, “Well, I’ve got the police here, and I’ve just filed a missing person report.”

I thought he was kidding, until he put an officer on the line. “Ma’am,” said she, “Are you all right?”

My night at the Oscars

“Apparently, Weaverville police contacted the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees an eminently larger group. Now, the whole regional force was out looking for me.”

I answered, “Yes, of course.

What’s the problem?”

Her reply: “Well, when your husband tried to reach you twice, he got worried and called us. He apparently feared you might have gone off-road, ending up in a ditch.

We’re in your kitchen right now.”

This thought sank in, as I imagined the patrol car in the driveway of our condominium complex, dome light pulsating, telling neighbors, “Something’s wrong.”

Mortified, I told them I was on Merrimon Avenue and I’d be right there.

I then called my friend who was in her car, behind me. When I told her what happened, Cynthia said, “Oh, yes, I saw two police cars tailing you (ever since I told her we should become a two-woman detective team, she’s been using SVU lingo) as you left the parking lot. I wondered what was up.”

Now, it wasn’t bad enough my husband called the Weaverville police (we live in Weaverville), but apparently Weaverville police contacted the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees an eminently larger group. Now, the whole regional force was out looking for me!

I know this because I next got a call from the Buncombe County dispatch officer who asked: “Ma’am, are you all right?”

At this point, I wanted to say, “No, I’m not all right. My crazy husband panicked and directed police everywhere to find me — all because I somehow missed the magical curfew he created in his head.”

More insane than that, they all responded.

Here’s my takeaway: In any other town or city across America, a person must be missing two whole days before officials do anything.

But not in Asheville (and that’s a

comforting thought, by itself). So be forewarned and check in with your husband or significant other if you find yourself out later than expected.

Otherwise, you, too, could become the inadvertent suspect vehicle in an OJ/Bronco-type chase coursing the normally quiet hills of Asheville with a band of police on your tail.

Fortunately, I wasn’t drinking.

Imagine the blowback if police suspected I was tipsy, pulled me over, had me walk that imaginary line and found me wanting. Surely, I would have been jailed (because, as I’ve shown, these folks don’t mess around). All because my hubby was in protective mode.

Colleen Kelly Mellor came to Asheville seven years ago for a quieter lifestyle, but that didn’t happen. On a mountain road, three years ago, her husband was hit head-on by a 12-year-old girl in a truck. He “died” following surgery (staff shocked him back to life), and they’ve been crawling back ever since. In this column Mellor hopes to share the journey of an older group of society — Western North Carolinians by birth or those newly here, by choice.

All offer the unique perspective of those honed on life. Read more from Mellors at mountainx.com X

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Past is prologue Phil Mechanic Studios goes on the market

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For more than a decade, Phil Mechanic Studios has been a pillar of the River Arts District and a key player in the greater Asheville arts scene. But while that legacy may be secure, the building’s future is now very much in question.

The five-story, 20,800-square-foot structure and adjacent parking lot at 109 Roberts St. went on the market Feb. 3, with a listing price of $1,995,000.

The announcement drew immediate reaction in the district and beyond. Artists, RAD residents and other community members expressed concern, confusion and even anger via phone calls, emails and social-media posts. Much of that concern was for the building’s current tenants, including The Asheville Dark Room, Blue Ridge Biofuels and 17 artist studios and educational spaces. But there were also broader fears of gentrification and the potential for drastic redevelopment plans. jolene and mitch mechanic, who’ve owned the building since 1998, understand the uncertainty their decision creates for both their tenants and the neighborhood. “It’s hard to think about,” Jolene concedes, “but this isn’t to say the building is going anywhere anytime soon.

Realistically, it may be two years before we get a good offer.”

And in this case, “good offer” doesn’t simply mean top dollar.

“I don’t want people to think this is about the money,” she reveals.

“We want to maintain what we’ve built. We’re going to protect these people.”

The Mechanics consider this a pre-emptive move to get a jump on what they see as inevitable. “At a certain point, it won’t be financially

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feasible for Mitch and I to go on,” Jolene explains, citing several factors: the steady rise (and near doubling, in some cases) of property values and rents in the district; rapid redevelopment; and the rise of a fertile, non-arts-based business sector.

By putting the building up for sale now, rather than a few years down the road, the couple hopes to allow enough time to find a buyer with an artistic, community-oriented vision similar to their own. Any sale, they say, will include a contractual agreement that protects their tenants against either immediate or shortterm eviction. Ideally, they hope to find a buyer who’ll agree to continue the current leases.

“It’s important to find somebody good to take this building and protect that legacy,” says Jolene, adding, “We have the hearts of philanthropists, but we don’t have the pocketbook.”

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FoR saLE: Longtime owners Jolene and Mitch Mechanic have placed this artist haven on the market but hope to find a buyer who will honor its heritage.

(Photo by Alicia Funderburk)

maRKEt vaLuE The building’s listing comes on the heels of a rapid succession of high-profile developments and property transfers in the RAD. In 2012, the city of Asheville bought and demolished the former icehouse on Riverside Drive; that same year, the nearby Wedge Studios sold for $1.5 million; and, late in 2013, 97 Roberts St. — a largely vacant building that houses a few artists’ studios — was sold for $2 million. Meanwhile, the major New Belgium Brewing facil-

ity, now under development, looms large over the district. Each such transaction enhances the neighborhood’s cumulative value, thus driving up prices. Against that backdrop, Phil Mechanic Studios’ $1.99 million listing appears to be in line with recent sales.

On the other hand, Buncombe County’s January 2013 property revaluation set the combined value of the building and parking lot at $608,000. “The assessment value is the market value at that specific moment,” based on both the building itself and the surrounding neighborhood, Tax Director gary Roberts told Xpress.

The listing price, however, also factors in the value of any currently unused space, as well as recent and projected neighborhood development, says the listing agent, Luiz Leonetti of Town and Mountain Realty.

pizza bakers since 1974 “We generated a value that would be suitable to the current market,” he maintains, noting the selling points that buildings such as 97 Roberts St. didn’t offer. These include a working freight elevator, three-phase power on all five floors, and a parking lot. In addition, Leonetti notes, the Phil Mechanic building is completely up to code and all 17 artists’ studios are rented.

EvoLution oF a nEighBoRhood Built in 1928, what is now Phil Mechanic Studios originally housed Pearce-Young-Angel Co., a South Carolina-based food distribution business. In the early 1970s, the company relocated to Greenville, S.C., and soon after, Mitch’s father, phil mechanic, bought the warehouse to store materials for his siding and construction company.

“Back then, the whole neighborhood was empty and really cheap,” says Mitch. “It stayed that way for decades.”

In 1987, Lewis and porge Buck opened Warehouse Studios (170 Lyman St.), bringing the first artists to the neighborhood. That building is now owned by RiverLink. But the neighborhood’s artistic transformation didn’t really get going until the mid-1990s. At that time, Asheville’s arts scene was still centered around downtown, but studio rents there, which had been as low as $50 or $60 a month, were beginning a rapid rise.

When Jolene and Mitch inherited their building in 1998, downtown’s arts scene was dissolving even as the River Arts District was taking shape. “Artists were coming to us to rent space, and here we had this big, empty building,” remembers Mitch.

Opening it up to artists, he says, was just common sense.

Painter and kinetic sculptor sean pace, better known as Jinx, was the first artist to set up a studio in the Phil Mechanic building; he also helped overhaul and reconstruct the space. “It’s undergone a lot of evolution,” he recalls.

Studios became available in 2000, but the project didn’t really gain traction until 2002. In 2005, Blue Ridge Biofuels launched its co-op-turned-worker-owned-business in the basement. That same year, Jinx and Jolene incorporated the nonprofit Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, the building’s primary gallery and arts space. The Pump Gallery soon followed.

Since then, Jolene has made both the building and Flood Gallery educational as well as artistic vehicles. Since the mid2000s, she’s spearheaded programming promoting the arts, humanities and critical thinking, while forging partnerships with Green Opportunities, the W.C. Reid Center, Eliada Homes and the Burton Street community, among others.

But without the artists, she maintains, it wouldn’t have been possible.

“People so underestimate what artists do for communities,” Jolene exclaims. “Artists will go into these shells and warehouses and make them beautiful,” enlivening cities and developing neglected areas. “They’re culture creators,” laying the groundwork for broader community opportunities.

BuiLding communitY Many of the Phil Mechanic tenants have been renting space there since the early 2000s, thanks in part to Jolene and Mitch’s system of in-house rent control. Studio rents are fixed the day a tenant moves in; they won’t increase until a new tenant claims the space. So while the neighborhood’s typical price per square foot has crept up from as little as $6 to the current $10 to $15, rents at Phil Mechanic Studios have mostly stayed below $5 per square foot.

“Jolene was one of the proponents of keeping the artists’ rents as low as possible,” says Roberts, “and she did that really well.” But now, he says, the economic landscape is shifting, making it harder to keep such spaces both thriving and cheap. New businesses are moving into the neighborhood and new owners with new goals and directions are moving in. And so for some, growth is simultaneously met with economic hardship.

“Rents will go up in this community,” Roberts predicts. “The city will continue to develop, and the building prices will continue to

go up.” And at a certain point, those prices will be beyond what many of the neighborhood’s original residents can afford. “Now, it’s a matter of how bad does somebody want it,” he observes.

On Feb. 3, Leonetti reports, the listing had more than 3,000 hits, and there were phone calls not only from Raleigh, Charlotte and Fayetteville but also from Georgia, Florida and even Michigan. Ironically, the very process that drove many artists from downtown 15 years ago may now be beginning to happen in the RAD. After putting more than a decade’s worth of blood, sweat and tears into the Phil Mechanic building, one might imagine that the owners would be conflicted about putting it up for sale. But in fact, neither they nor others connected with the space appear to be profoundly upset about the move.

“The building’s just an asset,” says former longtime tenant Jinx. “The character of the building is the character of the people.”

All current tenants received an email from Jolene in early January explaining the Mechanics’ intention to sell the building while protecting their renters. Many say it’s still too soon for them to have formulated any course of action.

“Obviously, we’re a little nervous about the building going up,” says woodrow Eaton, general manager of Blue Ridge Biofuels, “but Jolene has assured us that we’ll be taken care of.”

Bridget conn of The Asheville Darkroom echoes that sentiment, saying, “It might feel a little jarring at first, but I know Jolene will do the right thing.”

Jolene herself, meanwhile, says that while old warehouses and factories can be repurposed as exciting, functional and even experimental spaces, the real ideas always reside in the people, not the bricks and concrete.

“I’m not attached to the district,” she declares. “I’m attached to community, and community is people, not structures.” X

“People so underestimate what artists do for communities. Artists will go into these shells and warehouses and make them beautiful. They’re culture creators.”

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Advance and retreat Council members plot challenging course for 2014 By the time Saturday morning rolled around and lobbyist jack cozort stood before local officials, Asheville City Council members were well into their annual retreat.

Along with city staff, they’d been huddled in the U.S. Cellular Center banquet hall since Friday a.m., considering the issues facing Asheville.

Retreats like the Feb. 7-8 event are typically where big topics are brainstormed and discussed using what Mayor Esther manheimer jokingly dubbed “the chaos approach,” laying the foundations for policies that will be revisited later in the year.

But one pivotal moment highlighted a major challenge the city faces in addressing a number of problems: a dysfunctional relationship with the state Legislature that’s been marked by both public and legal battles. Council members asked Cozort how the city is perceived these days in Raleigh.

After a lengthy pause, he noted, “There’s a lot of difference between the way you’re perceived and the way you really are,” adding that the view held in Raleigh is “bad, very bad” for Asheville. “The perception is that you’re a bunch of liberal crazies who don’t know what you’re doing, and that you’re not doing a very good job running your city,” Cozort said, sighing.

“Despite the fact we have the lowest unemployment in N.C.?” responded Council member chris pelly.

“They don’t know that,” answered Cozort. He added that the city needs to do a better job of telling its side of the story and making legislators aware of its accomplishments, and he wished that the local legislative delegation had attended Friday’s session.

Manheimer, who worked in the Legislature as legal counsel and researcher from 1998-2002, said more legislation is now being crafted “under cover of darkness,” giving local governments less time to respond or fashion a compromise.

Cozort acknowledged that in the case of the legislation seeking to seize Asheville’s water system, the city “was up against the wall,” but in the future, he hopes more cooperation will be possible.

Meanwhile, if the retreat is any indication, Asheville will also face no shortage of local challenges.

Here are just some of the issues that emerged as major topics of discussion and possible action. aFFoRdaBLE housing Friday morning started off with some good news on this front: Staff, citing a recent study, said city government has been far more productive than comparable local governments across North Carolina in creating affordable housing units.

The same study, however, found that 47 percent of Asheville’s population is “rent-burdened,” meaning that housing costs and utilities con-

cecil Bothwell questioned whether that would be the best use of public funds, given the city’s current fiscal constraints. Council member jan davis sounded a similar note. povERtY

pLans and moRE pLans: Asheville City Council members Cecil Bothwell and Chris Pelly talk during the annual retreat. On the walls behind them are notes from earlier brainstorming sessions.

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suRvEiLLancE and Law EnFoRcEmEnt sume more than 30 percent of their income.

“We’ve got firefighters and police officers that can’t afford to live in the city,” said Vice Mayor marc hunt. He suggested revising the city’s rules to allow greater density in more parts of town, an idea that other Council members, particularly gordon smith, have also supported. Other ideas that came up included a “land bank” to reserve key properties in certain areas and waiving fees for affordable housing developments up front, rather than giving developers rebates later. tRansit Several Council members voiced strong support for Sunday service and extended hours for the city’s transit system. These, noted Smith, are major goals of both the ridership and the local business community.

The People’s Voice on Transportation Equality, a grassroots campaign to overhaul the existing system, recently made Sunday service a top priority.

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Hunt raised a whole new area to be added to the city’s strategic plan: a serious push to solve the “deeply entrenched cycle of poverty,” especially in public housing.

Specifically, Hunt wants the city to take a more active role in working with the Housing Authority and the Asheville City Schools to “disperse pockets of poverty” and improve public education.

Bothwell called the problem “a really gnarly knot” that’s bound up with larger issues of the war on drugs and the prison system.

“Middle-class people in Montford go buy drugs from poor people, but they aren’t the ones going to prison,” he noted.

Several Council members raised issues related to nonviolent crime and disorder in the city. Davis said Asheville needs to seriously tackle graffiti, female toplessness, panhandling and public drunkenness, particularly downtown. Manheimer said she’s heard more residents from all over the city complain about cars speeding through their neighborhoods.

One way to address those concerns would be to install more security cameras, which both the Police Department and city staff had flagged as a priority. Bothwell said he’s “generally against surveillance on civil liberties grounds,” but if cameras placed in specific “graffiti hot spots” or at intersections where speeding is common could catch criminals, it might be something he could support.

Smith, however, sounded more doubtful, noting that he has “a lot of concerns about surveillance. I’d need to know a lot more.”

In the coming year, staff will take these ideas and priorities into account when crafting the city’s budget and bringing proposals before Council. X

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Photo courtesy of the N.C. Collection, Pack Memorial Library

Missing pieces New African American Heritage Commission seeks to recover history Much attention has been paid to Asheville’s long, rich history, yet there are huge gaps in the story that’s usually told. On the city’s streets and in outlying areas, African-American residents built their own businesses and civic organizations into vibrant communities, raised families and buildings, masterminded a public school system, and played a key role in the city’s growth. They also planned, organized and fought for civil rights, often at considerable personal risk.

In earlier times slaves, whose labor constructed many local landmarks, were sold on the courthouse steps, within sight of where Ashevilleans now relax and play. Indeed, some of the very people whose names grace local road signs owned slaves (see “Bought and Sold,” April 9, 2013, Xpress).

Yet this history, and the vital contributions of the many AfricanAmericans who helped build this city, are mostly unknown to today’s residents, largely missing from the plaques and markers erected to inform both locals and tourists — and from the popular image of Asheville that’s presented to the wider world.

“When you look at what’s been contributed by this city and the people here, you would be in awe,” marvin chambers told the Buncombe County commissioners Feb. 4, as they were preparing to vote on establishing a CityCounty African American Heritage Commission. City Council had unanimously approved the idea on Jan. 14.

“Asheville has a history that is beyond reproach compared to any other city in this state,” continued Chambers, speaking on behalf of a group of proponents who, for more than a year-and-a-half, have

a pLacE in thE citY: This 1960s-era view of City Hall and the Buncombe County Courthouse was shot in the East End neighborhood, one of several vibrant African-American neighborhoods whose history the new City-County AfricanAmerican Heritage Commission seeks to preserve.

planned and advocated for a joint city/county commission that would help preserve and promote local African-American history.

“As you make this decision, I want you to take a moment and think of the history that’s just a stone’s throw from here.” a Long Road Chambers was a key member of the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality during the city’s civil rights struggles in the 1960s.

Along with viola jones spells, al whitesides and other leaders, Chambers fought for civil rights both locally and throughout the region; today, the local businessman remains active in a number of civic organizations.

“I read about Ashe and I read about Vance and many others,” he points out.

“This is why we should be proud of who we are. These things are not taught to people today.” ashEviLLE nativE, civic LEadER and activist maRvin chamBERs

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“But you don’t read anything about the black Americans who contributed things here.”

At a time when schools were still segregated, Chambers remembers his teachers telling the story of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture and his global impact. His deeds, as well as those of local figures like E.w. pearson and isaac dickson, inspired the young student.

“These were the things we heard when we assembled,” Chambers explains, adding, “This is why we should be proud of who we are.

These things are not taught to people today.”

Many local folks don’t know that prominent civil rights leader Floyd mcKissick was an Asheville native, he notes. Nor do they remember the heroism of many local African-American veterans.

About a year-and-a-half ago, Urban News Publisher johnnie grant and deborah miles, the director of UNC Asheville’s Center for Diversity Education, invited Chambers and others to start brainstorming ideas for a commis-

sion that could begin to recify this lack of recognition.

Chambers, himself an Asheville native, says he feels a particular need to make younger generations aware of a history that’s in real danger of being lost.

“I’ve seen Asheville change,” he says. “These are the kind of things people need to know.”

In the ’70s, Asheville’s black communities were decimated by highway construction and “urban renewal” that demolished people’s homes, rending the social fabric and disrupting the transmission of the kinds of stories that Chambers and his peers learned from teachers and family members.

Interstate 240, he notes, struck many deeply rooted black communities in places like Haw Creek, Hill Street and West Asheville, including the Burton Street area.

“All those changes were made in and around the black community,” Chambers points out. “These were people who owned their own homes. My uncle lived on Hill Street, owned his own home. When the highway came through, it took his home, and he spent the rest of his life in an apartment.” ovERcoming thE past Numerous speakers, including local leaders, members of the public and representatives of the YMI Cultural Center, the NAACP, the WNC Historical Association and the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, voiced support for the Heritage Commission at Buncombe commissioners’ Feb. 4 meeting.

The focus wasn’t solely on the past: Some speakers emphasized the commission’s importance for the city’s future.

“The biggest tourism centers for Asheville are Atlanta and Charlotte, which both have the largest historically African-American communities in the South, and they are increasingly prosperous,” said the Rev. james Lee, a local minister who’s also the workforce development outreach coordinator at A-B Tech. “Cities such as Charlotte, Charleston, Birmingham, just to name a few, have created jobs through the development of strong storytelling centers.”

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‘a histoRY that is BEYond REpRoach’: Marvin Chambers, speaking on behalf of the commission, asserted that Asheville’s African-American community has a proud history that more people need to know about.

Photo: Max Cooper, Mountain Xpress

Photo by Alicia Funderburk

And marilyn Bass, who was Asheville’s first minority affairs director and has remained active in related efforts, said the hunger among city residents of all races to learn more about this history is evident. “I taught about this at the Reuter Center, and my class did not look like me, and there was a long waiting list,” she recalled. “This is not about educating only youth that look like me.”

After hearing from these and other speakers, the Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the new group. City Council and the county commissioners will each select three members, and those six appointees, in turn, will choose three more members to round out the Heritage Commission. In the coming months

— according to the resolution passed by both local governments — the commission will develop a plan to “identify, create, encourage, promote and implement projects that will recognize, increase and expand the awareness of the contributions of African-Americans throughout the city-county area.”

As for determining specific first steps, Chambers says that will be up to whoever gets appointed. “Young people especially, black and white, need to know that there are people who have made these contributions, economically and socially,” he emphasizes. “What you don’t understand, you build a resistance to. The same thing applies to people: They need to understand each other.” X

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Free water Commissioners approve public water service for CTS-area residents

Since 2006, residents living near the CTS of Asheville site have shown up repeatedly before local government officials, including the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Facing groundwater contamination from trichloroethylene, a known carcinogen, they’ve often criticized governments from the federal down to the local levels.

But at its Feb. 4 meeting, the consent agenda included $1.6 million to put residents of the area on city of Asheville water. While some of the residents were switched to city water (instead of possibly contaminated wells) after pollution was revealed to the public in the mid-2000s, others remained worried that the spreading contamination threatened their homes and families too.

The commissioners approved the move unanimously, and county staff noted that the installation would take about a year to complete due to the scale of the expansion. tate macQueen, an activist who’s long pushed for a cleanup, compensation for the residents and city water, this time came to thank the local government.

“For six years now we’ve been coming to meet you; at times I think you’ve seen the desperation in a father’s face, every time we’ve turned the tap on it’s been fear” MacQueen said. “Tonight I want to say thank you from the bottom of our collective hearts for making this happen.”

In other action, the board: • Unanimously approved the formation of a City-County AfricanAmerican Heritage Commission.

(For an in-depth look at the commission and its goals, see “Missing Pieces” elsewhere in this issue.)

• Heard a presentation about Moogfest, scheduled for April

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23-27. Moog Music’s brand director, Emmy Parker, said that the company made the choice to refocus the event more around knowledge and economic development, shift it to the spring and bring in international technology and science companies.

Moog hopes that the event will draw visitors to the area during the week and create a $30 million economic impact, increasing Asheville’s profile as an innovative destination, similar to the effect SXSW has had for Austin, Texas.

• Amended the county zoning processes. One change makes it easier for zoning and development requests to pass the Board of Adjustment, which determines whether a project meets the technical rules before it can proceed, if an exception should be granted or if a previous decision by local government violated those rules.

Those changes were part of an overhaul required by new state laws.

Late last month, the city of Asheville passed similar changes. They reduce the number of board members needed to issue a variance and require less stringent criteria to do so.

The changes make it easier to build projects and get exceptions.

The county’s rules are less strict or numerous than the city’s, but they will still make development somewhat easier than before.

Other changes allowed staff to directly propose alterations to rules, something that the commissioners supported as simplifying the existing process. These rules changes passed unanimously.

• The commissioners also created the “conference center/resort” zoning designation, which staff claimed will give more flexibility to a number of such businesses operating in the area. Commissioner mike Fryar, however, said that he was opposed to all expansion of zoning rules. The measure passed 6-1, with Fryar against. X

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130 miles northeast of Charlotte. … The Environmental Protection Agency says it was likely the nation’s third-largest ash spill.” — from the Charlotte Observer “DENR should have noted on Thursday, [Feb. 6], that testing of water samples collected downstream of the Dan River spill found total arsenic levels in two samples collected Monday did exceed state standards for human health, which is 10 micrograms per liter. [But] arsenic levels appear to be decreasing at downstream collection points. …

“DENR is recommending that the public avoid prolonged direct contact with the Dan River in the area of the spill until further notice.

“Downstream water authorities are still reporting that water is safe to drink, and that they are able to treat water at their intakes using normal water treatment processes.”

— from N.C. DENR (for more, go to the agency website at avl.mx/04r).

The Canary Coalition estimates that around 150 people gathered for a vigil at the First Presbyterian Church in Asheville on Feb. 3 to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline. Photo by Melissa Williams

a vigiL FoR KEYstonE xL The Canary Coalition, an organization that campaigns for clean air in and around the Great Smokies, estimates that about 150 people gathered for a vigil at the First Presbyterian Church in Asheville on Feb. 3 to protest Keystone XL, a proposed pipeline that would bring oil from Alberta, Canada, to a distribution center in Nebraska. The vigil was part of a national demonstration movement following the release of a State Department study on Jan. 31 that found the pipeline is unlikely to have significant effects on greenhouse gas emissions. A full video of the vigil is available from the Canary Coalition and can be viewed at avl.mx/04q. duKE EnERgY pLugs pipE, apoLogizEs FoR dan RivER spiLL Also on Feb. 3, the public learned that a busted 48-inch pipe had spilled up to 82,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River northeast of Charlotte, N.C. Duke Energy apologized for the incident while state officials acknowledged “an honest mistake”

in how they initially reported test results of arsenic and other toxins in the water. Gov. Pat McCrory — who was once employed by Duke — visited the scene while environmental groups called for clean up plans. Various groups raised concerns, including the possibility of groundwater contamination and the potential for spills at Duke’s 13 other coal-ash ponds across the state, including one 91-acre facility that serves the Asheville area.

Here are a few highlights that made the news: “Jason Walls, Duke’s district manager for the Asheville area, said the Dan River coal ash spill is no indication that something similar could happen here. ‘The coal ash dams at the Asheville plant, they remain safe and they are working as they were designed to work,’ he said.” — from the Asheville Citizen-Times “Duke Energy says it has installed a permanent plug in the leaking stormwater pipe that dumped tons of coal ash and wastewater into the Dan River about

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Kelly Martin of the Western North Carolina Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal initiative spoke at the Council of Independent Business Owners’ Feb. 7 meeting to address future goals and investments that could help wean the region off coal energy dependency.

While the investments already in place to prevent excess pollution from being pumped into the air have reduced regional air pollution, the process produces a solidified byproduct, coal ash — the same pollutant that made headlines recently, Martin explained. She asserted that while the cost of renewable energy sources will remain stable, we don’t know how far the prices of fossil fuels will rise over the next few decades. “So there’s actually a pretty compelling argument in the economics for locking in some of the cheaper sources of electricity in the long term,” she said.

“The transition [to clean energy] is one that is not happening overnight,” Martin said. “We can’t flip the switch and no longer rely on coal plants today, but if we make the accurate and appropriate investments now, we will be prepared when that time comes.” X

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gonE But not FoRgottEn: As part of Black History Month at UNC Asheville, the university will display “Slave Deeds of Buncombe County,” which includes the original bound book of bills of sale for enslaved people. The exhibit also includes recorded readings from the Federal Writer’s Project Slave Narratives. The exhibition can been seen through Feb. 28 during regular Highsmith University Union hours. (p.18)

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Benefits ‘Vagina Monologues” at unCa • SA (2/15), 5pm - Benefits the school’s V-Day campaigns and sPeaK up! group. In the Humanities Hall. $7. Info: anmaness@unca.edu or 251-6990.

ChilDren’s Welfare league MarDi gras Ball • SA (2/15), 6pm - Proceeds benefit scholarships and stipends for disadvantaged students.

Held at Crown Resort Plaza, 1 Resort Drive. $125. Info: cwlasheville.org. fanCiful flea MarKet • SA (2/15), 10am-4pm - All proceeds from sale of items and food benefit neighbors in need, a fuel assistance program.

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Held at Marshall High Studios, Blandhassett Island, Marshall. hearts for sart Valentine’s Party • FR (2/14), 7pm - Includes dinner and a silent auction. Benefits southern appalachian repertory theater. Held at Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway. $15. Tickets & info: sartplays.org. leaf sChools anD streets • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm Admission benefits this arts education program. Held at 5 Walnut Wine Bar, 5 Walnut St. $5. Info: theleaf.org.

Polar Plunge for Meals on Wheels • SA (2/15), 11am-2pm - Open to anyone who raises $150 to benefit Meals on Wheels of asheville and Buncombe County.

Held at Asheville Racqet Club, 200 Racquet Club Road. Info: 274-3361 or mowabc.org.

benefit loving food resources.

saluDa Valentine’s Party & Meal • FR (2/14), 5pm - Benefits construct of a new amphitheater.

Held at the Saluda Fire & Rescue Department, 199 Walnut Drive, Saluda. $25/$15 children. Tickets and info: 749-3789 or terrybaisden@tds.net,

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sCholarshiP ConCert Benefit • TU (2/18), 7pm - A house concert to benefit unCa music scholarships. $42.80. Location, tickets and info: rsvp@unca.edu.

• TH (2/13), 5:30-7:30pm - Crowne

Visit & Venture: a netWorKing eVent • TH (2/20), 5:30-7:30pm - For artists and entrepreneurs.

Donations and part of ticket sales

• TUESDAYS, 6pm - Open to inter-

Held at Renaissance Hotel. 31 Woodfin St. $8. Info: cortina@

Business & teChnology aMeriCan Business WoMen’s assoCiation Meeting Info: abwaskyhy.com.

Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive, in the Dogwood Room. Includes dinner. $25. asheVille MaKers ested non-members. Top Floor Studio Coworking, 9 Walnut St. Info: ashevillemakerspace.org.

asheVille sCore Counselors Seminars are held at A-B Tech’s Small Business Center, room 2046. Info: ashevillescore.org or 2420277.

• SA (2/15), 8:45am-noon - Seminar, “Introduction to Electronic Accounting.”

Free. exit strategies for Business oWners seMinar • WE (2/19), 1-3:15pm - Sponsored by Society of Financial Service Professionals. $20/ free for members. Held at WCUBiltmore Park campus, 28 Schenck Parkway, Suite 300. Info: 252-3684 or Mlewis6956@charter.net. gooDWill Career Classes Info and registration: 2989023, ext. 1106.

• ONGOING - Classes for careers in the food and hotel industries will include training and American Hotel and Lodging Association Certification.

Call for times. $25.

• TUESDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9am-noon - Adult basic education / high school equivalency classes. Registration required.

• MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 5:308:30pm - English as a second language classes.

Registration required. Free.

• ONGOING - Entry level computer classes. Call for times. Free.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 12:303:30pm - Medical office support career classes.

Fee waives for job seekers.

Registration required.

Classes, Meetings & eVents When WoMen Were BirDs: a BooK Journaling anD ConneCting exPerienCe (pd.)Join women who are curious, reflective and interested in sharing their voices regarding life’s contradictions and living life fully during uncertain times. Five Saturdays in March; 11 – 12:30; $100/ series. Contact Judith Mishkin Miller, LCSW, at jmishkinmiller@gmail.com

or (828)658-3409 for more information and to register.

WoMen in ConneCtion (pd.) A support and psychotherapy growth group for women 35 and older, who are looking for a safe and confidential space in which to evolve into the person and life they are seeking. Wednesdays, 1:45 – 2:45. $35/session. Facilitated by Judith Mishkin Miller, LCSW, BCD. Contact Judith for more information: (828)658-3409. jmishkinmiller@gmail.com.

Writing froM the toP of your heaD anD syMPhoniC Writing Classes start MarCh 4th (pd.) Writers of any level - tap into your creative genius. West Asheville.

Info: Nina – 254-3586 www. writingfromthetopofyourhead.com WholistiC self Care founDations - real healing through Daily ChoiCes (pd.) Free Classes, Thursdays 6-8pm, Beginning Feb. 20th • Series 1: Healing System for Diabetes, Weight Loss, Addiction, Candida, and Deep Cellular Healing. With Sean Kelly, Health Coach.

• 68 Grove St., Asheville.

Parking off Hilliard Ave. wholisticselfcare.com 2014 Beginners BeeKeePing sChool (pd.) March 1 & 2 at the Folk Art Center Auditorium, Asheville NC. $45/$55. Info and Registration at www. chbr.org or call (828) 7797047. Everyone welcome.

4 free BriDge lessons (pd.) The Asheville Bridge Room, River Ridge Mall, 800 Fairview Road is offering four Free Easybridge!™ lessons to introduce you to this fabulous pastime. • Lessons are for beginners and people returning to bridge after some years, or social players who want to learn modern bridge. • Starting Wednesday, March 5 from 9am-11:30am or 6pm-8:30pm. Partners guaranteed. Free parking and refreshments. To register or for more information, call Jef Pratt at (828)407-8654.

Ban the Boring Meeting! (pd.) The Mediation Center invites you to Ban

the Boring Meeting and Improve your Facilitation skills. Perfect for any agency or business leader.

• Friday, March 14 from 10am-4pm at 40 N French Broad Avenue, Ste. B (lunch included). • Register before February 21 for the early bird rate of $99. To register, visit our website: www. mediatewnc.org/training-2 60+ Men’s soCial grouP • TUESDAYS, 6pm - Meets at Hi-Wire Brewing, 197 Hilliard Ave. Info: 275-6396.

BreVarD College PuBliC JoB anD CaMP fair • TH (2/13), 11am-1:30pm - Camps and other summer employers will participate.

Held in the Porter Center.

Info: jobs@brevard.edu or 884-8249. eMergenCy BiKe MaintenanCe Class • WE (2/12), 6:15-8pm - Liberty Bicycles, 1378 Hendersonville Road. $40. Info and registration: drewc@libertybikes.com or 274-2453. feMfessionals Info: debbie@yourorganizingdiva.com.

• WE (2/12), 11:30am - February connection lunch. Held at The Cantina, 10 Biltmore Plaza. $25.

Registration required.

• TH (2/20), 1pm “Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking” workshop.

28 Schenck Pkwy #355, in the WCU building. $25.

Registration required. general Motors aluMni CluB • TH (2/20), 11:30am Gretchen Cummings of the Hendersonville Community Co-op will speak. Held at the Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road, Hendersonville.

Registration and info: 6924910. iKenoBo iKeBana, Blue riDge ChaPter • TH (2/20), 10am - Feb. program: “A Japanese Road Trip.”

First Congregational Church, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: blueridgeikebana.com or 696-3140.

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chEF jamiE hERnandEz will serve up contemporary Cajun treats at the Fanciful Flea Market.

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Not yo mama’s flea market what: Fanciful Flea Market from Madison Has Heart whERE: Marshall High Studios, Blanahassett Island, Marshall whEn: 10-4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 15.

Info: madisonhasheart.org whY: “Everyone reads about disenfranchised people but we see it,” write the organizers of Madison Has Heart. “We know it here in Madison County, at the gas pump and the grocery. They are not invisible to us.

They are our friends and neighbors.”

Madison Has Heart has a simple mission: Ensure that no family in Madison County is left out in the cold. The volunteer organization is working to raise funds to accomplish that end through the Fanciful Flea market, where all the proceeds will go to benefit Neighbors In Need, a fuel assistance program.

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The fundraising event will be a combination flea market, arts and craft show and plain ole party, organizers say. “We have some seriously fun stuff going on,” says Martha Abraham, coordinator for Madison has Heart.

That fun stuff includes music – from The Smoking Hots, Low Down Sires, Scott Bianci, Aaron Price and DJ Jr. James – and food. Pork & Pie’s Chef Jaime Hernandez and Zuma’s Joel Friedman will stock the event’s café with contemporary Cajun treats and sweets.

And then there is the flea market itself. Organizers says shoppers can find upscale clothes, furniture and home furnishings – all at bargain prices.

The public can also donate items to be sold at the flea market. For more information, go to madisonhasheart. org/event-participation.

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Pisgah astronoMiCal researCh institute Located at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman. Info: 862-5554 or pari.edu.

• FR (2/14), 7pm Presentations of love stories associated with the night sky. $20/$15 seniors and military/$10 children under 14. slaVe DeeDs of BunCoMBe County • Through FR (2/28) - A traveling exhibition of historical documents and recorded readings. Held in UNCA’s Highsmith University Union.

Info: mps.unca.edu or 2322417. tax assistanCe Local libraries will offer federal & state tax assistance until April 15. Attendees must bring required documents. Info: 277-8288.

• MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 10am-4pm - Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • THURSDAYS, 10am-4pm - Weaverville Library, 41 N. Main St. • SATURDAYS, 10:30am2:30pm - Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Not available March 15.

• TUESDAYS, 9am-4pm West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. • 10am-4pm - Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St. West afriCan DruM Class • SATURDAYS through (4/26), 4pm - All levels welcome. Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain. Free. Info: smirkelclown@yahoo.com.

DanCe Beginner sWing DanCing lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $10/week per person. • No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville. Details: www.swingasheville.com stuDio Zahiya, DoWntoWn DanCe Classes (pd.) Monday 7:30pm Burlesque • Tuesday 8:15am 30 Minute Workout, 9am Hip Hop, 6pm Beginner Bellydance, 7pm Bellydance 2, 8pm West African • Thursday 9am Bellydance Workout, 4pm Kid’s Dance, 6pm AfroBrazilian, 7pm

Intermediate West African, 8pm Womens’ Hip Hop • Sunday 3pm Yoga for Dancers • $13 for 60 minute classes. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue.www.studiozahiya. com :: 828.242.7595 english Country DanCe • 1st & 3rd SUNDAYS, 4-6:30pm - Hosted by Old Farmer’s Ball. Homewood Event and Conference Center, 19 Zillicoa St. Beginners’ lesson: 3:30pm. $6/ $5 members. Info: 2308449. line DanCe Classes • WEDNESDAYS, 9-10:30am - Held in the County Athletics and Activity Center, 708 South Grove St., Hendersonville. Registration required. $5. Info: linedanceclass.com or 890-5777.

MoVeMent MaKing WorKshoP • TH (2/13), 6-8pm Introductory level. Held in the Forum, Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square. $15. Info: communitychoreography.com. oPPortunity house 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. Info: 6985517 or opportunityhouse. org.

• MONDAYS (2/17) through (3/10), 6pm - Hula classes.

All fitness levels. $40/$35 members for four-week session.

WaynesVille reCreation Center 550 Vance St., Waynesville.

Info: 456-2030.

• WEDNESDAYS through (2/19), 7-8pm - Waltz classes. $10 per class. Info: 3161412 or 356-7060.

• MONDAYS through (2/17), 7-8pm - Texas 2-Step classes. $10 per class. Info: 316-1412 or 356-7060.

eCo asheVille green DrinKs A networking party that meets to discuss pressing green issues. Info: ashevillegreendrinks.com.

• WE (2/19), 6pm Presentation by automotive engineer Dave Erb. Meets at Green Sage Coffeehouse, 5 Broadway. Free.

riVerlinK eVents Info: riverlink.org or 2528474.

• TH (2/20), 11:45am2pm - A RiverLink bus tour of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers will meet at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave. $20/free for members. Registration required.

garDening southern aPPalaChian faMily farMs WorKshoP • (2/13), 9am-2pm Regulations and compliance for farmers markets.

Held at 36 Davis Loop #1, Hayesville. Info: 389-8931 or southernappalachianfamilyfarms.com. tailgate MarKets • SATURDAYS: • 9am-noon - Jackson County Markets Market, 23 Central St., in the Community Table.

Through March.

• DAILY: •8am-5pm - WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road. Year-round.

goVernMent & PolitiCs Blue riDge rePuBliCan WoMen & BunCoMBe County rePuBliCan Men • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Registration required for optional dinner: 6 pm, $18.

Held at The Renaissance Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. Free.

Info: 230-1444.

BunCoMBe County DeMoCratiC Party Info: buncombedems.org.

• TH (2/20), 6-7pm - The legal director for the N.C. ACLU, will speak on the marriage lawsuit in N.C. Meets at 951 Old Fairview Road. henDerson County DeMoCratiC Party Info: myhcdp.com or 6926424.

• WE (2/12), 8am Henderson County Democratic Discussion Group will meet at Mike’s on Main, 303 N. Main St., Hendersonville.

• WE (2/19), 11:30am Henderson County Senior Democrats meet at 905 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville,

lanD-of-sKy regional CounCil Info: 251-6622 or landofsky. org.

• TH (2/13), 9am - The technical coordinating committee will meet at 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140. the frenCh BroaD riVer MPo A partnership between local and state governments that makes decisions about transportation planning in urbanized areas.

Info: brmpo.org.

• TH (2/13), 11am - A meeting of the technical coordinating committee. Held at Land-of-Sky Regional Council offices, 339 New Leicester Hwy., Suite 130.

KiDs free! BaBy sleeP solutions Classes (pd.) At the i play. Store with Sleep Consultant Meggan Hartmann.

Tuesday, February 18: • Infant Class: 10:30am. • Toddler Class: Noon. Call the i play. Store at 828-5752617 for more information.

RSVP required.

BlaCK Mountain Center for the arts Located at 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10am-5pm. Info and cost: blackmountainarts.org or 669-0930.

• THURSDAYS, 4:30-5:30pm - Beginners Hip Hop. Ages 6-10. Registration required.

• THURSDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm - Kids in Motion. Ages 3 to 5. Registration required. girls on the run A nonprofit teaching selfrespect and healthy living to girls. Info: gotrwnc.org.

• Through MO (2/17) Registration open for upcoming season. hanDs on!

318 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. $5 admission/ free for members, unless otherwise noted. Info: handsonwnc.org or 6978333.

• TUESDAYS, 11am - Mad Scientists Lab. $7, includes admission fee. little league BaseBall signuP • SATURDAYS (through 2/15), 10am-2pm - Open to boys and girls ages

4-18. Held at W. Asheville Community Center, 970 Haywood Road.

• SA (2/15), 1-4pm - A class on wood frogs and their conservation.

riVerlinK earth Day art anD Poetry Contest For preK-12 grade students. Categories: 2D, sculpture, photography, bookmark art and poetry.

Info: riverlink.org/earthdaycontest.asp.

• Through WE (3/19) Open to students throughout the French Broad Basin.

laKe JaMes state ParK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo. Programs are free unless otherwise noted.

Info: 584-7728.

• SA (2/15), 10am - A hike to discover predators and their adaptations. Meets at the Catawba River Area park office.

sPellBounD ChilDren’s BooKshoP 50 N. Merrimon Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: spellboundchildrensbookshop.com or 708-7570.

• TUESDAYS through (3/6), 10-11am - Artist Paige Childs will lead a six-week series of arts & crafts classes. Ages 3 to 5. $10 per session.

outDoors aDult league KiCKBall • Through SA (3/15) Registration 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 open for the “Assault on Black Rock” a 7-mile trail race up Black Rock, in Sylva. Proceeds benefit the Community Table, a nonprofit food pantry. $30/$25 advance.

Info: barwatt@hotmail.com or 506-2802.

BunCoMBe County healthy ParKs, healthy you 5K • Through (2/21) Registration open. $12/$7 children. Info: jay.nelson@ buncombecounty.org or 250-4269.

City ParK CleanuP Party • SU (2/16), 10am-3pm - Hosted by Buncombe Fruit & Nut Club at West Asheville Park, 198 Vermont Ave. Free. Info: fruitandnutclub.com.

CraDle of forestry eVents Route 276, Pisgah National Forest. Open daily, 9am5pm. Info: cradleofforestry. org or 877-3130.

southern aPPalaChian highlanDs ConserVanCy SAHC offers free or low cost hikes in the WNC area.

Info, registration and directions: Anna@Appalachian. org or 253-0095, ext. 205.

• SA (2/15), 10am - Fairview farming community hike.

Free.

• SA (2/15), 10am -Fourmile hike at Devil’s Britches on Cataloochee Ranch.

Free. sPring frisBee league registration • SU (2/16) through FR (2/28) - Info, game dates and costs: joseph.h.davis@ continental-corporation. com or ashevilleultimate. org.

Parenting Parenting WorKshoP for faMilies With DisaBilities • FR (2/14), 9-11am Sponsored by First Parent Center. $15. Registration and info: 277-1315 or firstwnc.org.

PuBliC leCtures BlaCK history Month at a-B teCh • WE (2/19), 3-4:30pm - Maggie Williams will discuss, Segregating the Police: Hiring Black Police Officers in Memphis. Held in Rhododendron 344. Info: 398-7852 or marthagball@ abtech.edu. henDersonVille sister Cities Presentation • TU (2/18), 6-7:30pm Japan from the Inside.

Held at the Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: hendersonvillesistercities. com or 693-9072.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

by Grady Cooper & Carrie Eidson

Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com.

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 wisdom. We guide you through the process of incorporating spiritual lessons into your daily life.

880AM.www.880The Revolution.com Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

Gala dinner for Children’s Welfare League: As part of the annual fundraising event to benefit disadvantaged students in Buncombe County, the Mardi Gras Ball will include an authentic Creole dinner and a signature cocktail bar. The Sunday, Feb. 15 event also includes a silent and live auction and a performance by the band In the Pocket. Photo courtesy of Children’s Welfare League. (p. 16)

Public Lectures at UNCA Free unless otherwise noted. Info: unca.edu.

• WE (2/12), 7:30pm “Archaeology of Paleolithic Crete.” Whitman room, Ramsey Library.

• TU (2/18), 7:30pm - “Food Security and Climate Change.” Reuter Center.

• TH (2/20), 5:30pm -”The Health Impact Fund: Enhancing Justice and Efficiency in Global Health”.

In Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.

TEDx UNCA • SA (2/15), 9am-6pm Various speakers on the theme, “Rethinking.” Held in the Lipinsky Auditorium. $10/$8 advance/$5 students. Info: tedxuncashevill. org.

Spirituality ADVANCE YOUR POTENTIAL (pd.) Bring your heart and hands together with Reiki.

Celebrate new growth with Reiki II class. • Saturday, February 22, 2pm-6pm, Reiki Master Isis Dudek.

Weaverville. Registration/ information: iamisis@juno. com

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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) 8084444” AMMA KIRTAN • THIS SUNDAY (pd.) With Brahmachari Ramanand. Sunday, February 16, 4pm-6:30pm, Masonic Temple of Asheville, 80 Broadway, Asheville, NC 28801. Spiritual Talk, Devotional Music (Kirtan), Arati (Worship with Light), Closing Prayers and Prasad.

Mata Amritanandamayi Devi inspires, uplifts, and transforms through her embrace, her wisdom and through her numerous charitable activities. Known as “The Hugging Saint,” Amma has embraced and comforted more than 32 million people all over the world. While Amma is widely regarded as one of India’s foremost spiritual leaders, Amma says that her religion is love. Br. Ramanand composes and sings many beautiful bhajans

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which he leads with Amma on Her travels around the world. • Free event and Free parking at Home Trust Bank. Information: (828) 775-4900. www.amma.org ASHEVILLE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION CENTER (pd.) Free practice group.

Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 252-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com • 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm.

Asheville Insight Meditation (pd.) INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started.

2nd & 4th Wednesdays.

7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 8084444, www.ashevillemeditation.com 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,

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Gurdjieff: The Fourth Way (pd.) In search of the miraculous? What are the possibilities of inner evolution?

New groups forming for those who wish to pursue inner work. (828) 232-2220. www.gurdjieff-foundationncs.org Mindfulness Meditation (pd.) “ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION Deepen your authentic presence, and cultivate a happier, more peaceful mind by practicing Insight (Vipassana) Meditation in a supportive community. Group Meditation.

Thursdays, 7pm-8:30pm.

Sundays, 10am-11:30pm. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation. com Mindfulness Meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Mondays, 6:307:30pm: Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living.

Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation.

Info: 258-3241. www.billwalz.com A Course in Miracles Study Group • 1st & 3rd SUNDAYS Held at a private residence.

Directions & info: 450-4704.

A Course of Love • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - A class on spiritual transformation. Held at 1765 Hendersonville Road.

Donations encouraged.

Info: 508-4013.

A Guide to Building Better Habits • SA (2/15), 10am-1pm - A presentation by American Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Nyema. Held at A-B Tech in the Rhododendron Building.

Info: meditationinasheville. org or 668-2241.

Center for Spiritual Living Asheville 2 Science of Mind Way. Info: cslasheville.org or 2317638.

• SUNDAYS, 11am “Celebration of Life.” Free.

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

• SU (2/16), 11am-noon - A discussion of the book 35 Golden Keys to Who You Are and Why You’re Here Key No. 34: You Have the Right to Spiritual Freedom.

Empathy Practice Group • TU (2/18), 7-9pm - Held at 386 Kenilworth Road. Free with donations encouraged.

Info: heartspeakpeace.com or 545-9681.

Forgiveness Meditation Class • SUNDAYS through (3/23), 7pm - Meets at Rainbow Community School, 574 Haywood Road. $8/$5 students, seniors. Info: meditationinasheville.org or 668-2241.

Grace Lutheran Church 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Info: gracelutherannc.com or 6934890.

• 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.

Registration required. $13.

Great Tree Zen Temple Located at 679 Lower Flat Creek, Alexander. Info: greattreetemple.org or 6452085.

• 3rd SUNDAYS - Yoga from 9-10am, followed by

a dharma discussion with Rev. Teijo Munnich from 10:30am-noon. Free.

Kirtan with Asheville Amma Satsang • SU (2/16), 4-6:30pm Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway. Free.

Kirtan with Sangita Devi • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Held at Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St. $10$15. Info: sangitadevi.com.

The Shambhala Meditation Center 19 Westwood Place. Info: shambhalaashvl@gmail.com or 490-4587.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - A Dharma reading and discussion. Free. Info: asheville. shambhala.org.

Tried Stone Missionary Anniversary Services • SU (2/16), 11am & 4pm 86th anniversary celebration services. Located at 100 Carroll Ave. Women’s Bible Study at The Cove • TUESDAYS through (2/25), 9:45am & 6:30pm - 1 Porters Cove Road. Free.

Info: thecove.org.

Spoken & Written Word Battery Park Writing Group (pd.) Mondays, 6:30pm, Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar. This group meets to write together and then share in a supportive atmosphere. • Free! Lisa at tokyotaos@live.com for more information.

Book Signing at Hotel Indigo • WE (2/12), 5-7pm - Elise and Phil Okrend discuss their book, Messages to the Heart, Reflections of Beauty and Truth.

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted.

Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n NA = North Asheville

Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 250-4752) n ss = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n sW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) • TH (2/13), 7pm - Book Club: The Boy at the Gate. fV • TU (2/18), 2pm - Book Club: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. na • TU (2/18), 7pm - Mystery Book Group: Dangerous Undertaking. BM • WE (2/19), 5pm Swannanoa Knitters, a casual knitting and needlework group. sW • TH (2/20), 2:30pm - Book Club: The Moons of Jupiter

by Alice Monro. ss City lights BooKstore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva.

Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: citylightsnc.com or 586-9499.

• FR (2/14), 6:30pm Martha Ezzard will discuss her book, The Second Bud: Deserting the City for a Farm Winery.

• SA (2/15), 3pm - A tribute to the Pete Seeger with musician and storyteller Lee Knight. firestorM Cafe & BooKs 48 Commerce St. Free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: firestormcafe.com or 255-8115.

• WE (2/13), 6pm - Book signing with David Webb, author of Judaculla Speaks Written in Stone.

MalaProP’s BooKstore anD Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: malaprops.com or 254-6734.

Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• TH (2/13) 7pm - A panel discussion of science fiction and YA novels.

• FR (2/14), 7pm - Speeddating for book enthusiasts. Registration required.

• SU (2/16), 3 pm - Tommy Hays presents work from the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA. • SU (2/16), 5pm - Mike Gerhardt will discuss his book, The Forgotten Presidents.

• WE (2/19), 7pm - Authors from the “The Lovestruck Tour.”

n.C. Poet laureate at a-B teCh • WE (2/12), 7 p.m.

- Reading by Joseph Bathanti. Held in Ferguson Auditorium. Free. Info: marthagball@abtech.edu or 398-7852.

the cycle of poverty. Info: jay@acsf.org or 350-6135.

• ONGOING - Volunteers need to tutor/mentor students (K-12). Shifts are available Mon.-Fri., 8am6pm.

sPellBounD ChilDren’s BooKshoP 50 N. Merrimon Ave. Free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: spellboundchildrensbookshop.com or 708-7570.

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

aurora stuDio & gallery A proposed art space for artists battling mental illness, addiction or homelessness. Info: aurorastudiogallery.com or 335-1038.

• ONGOING - Volunteers needed for planning fundraisers throughout the year.

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 lowincome housing. Mon.Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Info: childrenfirstbc.org, facebook.com/SuccessEquation or 768-2072.

ChilDren first/Cis MinD the gaP tour • TH (2/20), 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. st. gerarD house’s ConneCt PrograM • Through MO (3/31) - 10-week program teaches K-12 students how thoughts and actions affect social situations.

Held at 620 Oakland St., Hendersonville. $18 per week. Info and registration: jenniferlaite@yahoo.com or 693-4223.

‘BeCoMing a loVe & logiC Parent’ • MONDAYS through (2/17), 6-8pm - A six-week parenting course hosted

by Child Abuse Prevention Services. 50 S. French Broad Ave. Free. Info: mary@childabusepreventionservices.org or 2542000.

Volunteering asheVille City sChools founDation Works to create strong public schools and break

Big Brothers Big sisters of WnC Helps children thrive through partnerships with trained adult mentors. Info: bbbswnc.org or 253-1470.

• ONGOING - Volunteers age 18+ needed to accompany youth twice a month to free or low-cost activities. Volunteers age 16+ needed to mentor one hour per week.

• TH (2/20), noon - A volunteer information session will be held at United Way, 50 S. French Broad Ave.

Did You Know?

Charlie’s angels aniMal resCue A shelter and foster network for area cats and dogs based in Fletcher.

Info: wncanimalrescue.org or 885-3647.

• ONGOING - Volunteers are needed to foster a dog for 2 to 3 weeks. No costs involved.

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girl sCouts Carolinas PeaK to PieDMont Works to foster leadership and self-esteem in girls ages 5-17. Info: girlscoutsp2p.org or 800-672-2148.

• ONGOING: Volunteers needed age 18+, especially to be troop leaders.

Membership in Girl Scouts required.

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hanDs on asheVilleBunCoMBe Info: handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1.

• FR (2/14) - Volunteers needed to sort and pack food at MANNA Food Bank. Various times.

• SU (2/16), 1-2pm Volunteers needed to knit baby hats for newborns and adult hats for the homeless.

• WE (2/19), 6pm Volunteeers needed to bake cookies for patients staying at John Keever Solace Center.

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FEB. 25 IN ASHEVILLE FOR THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE I-26 AND N.C. 191 (BREVARD ROAD) INTERCHANGE TIP Project No. I-5504

The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting in February regarding the proposed project to modify the interchange at I-26/ N.C. 191 (Brevard Road) in Buncombe County. The purpose of the meeting is to present a new design option developed by NCDOT as a result of public input received at last April’s public meeting.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at The North Carolina Arboretum, located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way in Asheville.

It will be held in the Auditorium of the Education Center from 4 to 7 p.m. The typical entry fee charged by the N.C. Arboretum has been waived for anyone who attends the public meeting. Tell the guard at the Arboretum entrance that you are attending the meeting.

Interested individuals may attend this public meeting at any time during the above hours. NCDOT representatives will display maps and be available to answer questions and receive comments. Comments and information received will be taken into consideration as work on the project develops. Please note that there will not be a formal presentation.

The purpose of the project is to alleviate congestion at the interchange by increasing the interchange’s efficiency. The need for the project is to address lengthy backups along the I-26 exit ramps in the future. This project will require the acquisition of additional right-of-way. The project will re-route traffic along Rocky Ridge Road and portions of Wedgefield Drive.

For additional information contact Mr. Undrea Major, NCDOT - Project Development and Environmental Analysis Unit at 1548 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1548, by phone at (919) 707-6028, or via email at ujmajor@ ncdot.gov. Please submit comments by Friday, March 31, 2014.

literaCy CounCil of BunCoMBe County Works to increase literacy and English language skills. Info: volunteers@litcouncil.com or 254-3442.

• ONGOING - Volunteers needed for the Adult Education Program, which teaches basic reading, writing and spelling.

Previous teaching experience not required.

• ONGOING- Volunteers needed for the Augustine Program which works with low-income children reading below grade level. Previous teaching experience not required. loVing fooD resourCes A special needs food pantry providing food and other items to persons living with HIV/AIDS or in hospice with any diagnosis.

Info: admin@lovingfood.org or 255-9282.

• ONGOING - Volunteers needed for stocking, helping clients shop, driving, food box delivery, sorting, graphic design and office assistance. Hours: Tue.-Friday: 9am-noon, Sat. 9am-2pm.

Manna fooDBanK Processes donated food for distribution throughout WNC. Info: mannafoodbank.org or 299-3663.

• ONGOING - Volunteers need to work in the warehouse.

Mon.-Sat. daytime and Thurs. evening.

Mountain area health eDuCation Center Works for quality health care through professional training.

Info: volunteer@mahec.net • ONGOING - Volunteers with strong customer service skills needed for OBGYN practice and family health center in Biltmore. 6-month commitment requested.

ProJeCt linus Hand makes blankets for critically ill children. Info: 645-8800.

• ONGOING - Volunteers needed to create blankets. Knitted, crocheted, quilted, no-sew fleece or flannel blankets will be accepted. Info: 645-8800. riVerlinK Works for the economic and environmental revitalization of the French Broad River and its tributaries. Info: 252-8474, ext.

18 or education@riverlink.org.

• TH (2/13), 12:30-1:30pm & 5:30-6:30pm - Training session anyone interested in becoming an education program volunteer.

A background check is required. the rathBun Center Provides free lodging for patients & caregivers staying in Asheville for medical treatment.

Info: rathbuncenter.org or 2510595.

• ONGOING - Volunteers need to support and register guests.

Weekend shifts: noon-3pm, 3-6pm and 6-9pm.

WnC aiDs ProJeCt Provides resources and support for AIDS patients and their families. Info: wncap.org or 252-7489.

• ONGOING - Office/clerical volunteers need for data entry and computer-related tasks during daytime office hours Mon.-Fri. • ONGOING - Saturday morning volunteers needed to deliver food boxes to homebound men and women with HIV/AIDS in the Asheville/Buncombe area.

Good driving record and confidentiality required. yMCa of WnC Works to build strong kids, families and communities in mind, body & spirit. Info: ymcawnc.org or 210-2265.

• ONGOING - Volunteers needed for the Rise & Reach Mentoring Program. Mentees are students in the YMCA’s at-risk afterschool programs.

Background check required. yWCa Advocates for young women’s leadership and welfare. Info: 254-7206, ex. 219.

• ONGOING - Volunteers need for a variety of tasks in the child care department. 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. WeDnesDay, one week prior to publication.

Questions? Call (828)251-1333, ext. 365

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Take Back the Nightbell

Nightbell, a new Asheville hotspot, promises to be unlike anything you have ever experienced

debonair,” and “day-dreamy and Ambi a n ce morning-drunk, yet playfully •Described by Nightbell’s listless.” management team as • Liquid nitrogen will be used to “a classic speakeasyfreeze liquor into sorbet. Customers style nightclub/bar/ can also be frozen Han Solo-style and restaurantnightery/hotspot captured in a daguerreotype image. with a cocktail lounge/ • Many meals will just be flavor hideaway/after-hours joint resins served on blotter paper. twist” • Appetizers will be served on a bed • The management team of ligaments from free-range Siberian has gone to great lengths to bring a more sophisticated Above, a Nightbell tigers fatted on Tibetan Christians. air to Nightbell, importing bartender prepares a • Oysters will be served in different “moods,” the temperament of the craft cocktail. air from Paris, Prague and Rio de Janiero (“harvested • The kitchen and bar crew will make use during Carnival”). of high-tech toys, such as: • The decor is described by the owners as • foamers “industrial baroque,” with a hint of “factory • cotton candy classique” and a soothing “haunted• vacuum sealing machines slaughterhouse accounting office” vibe.

• T-shirt cannons • Nightbell is located on Lexington Avenue, • water-balloon slingshot • a dry cleaners’ rotating clothes but is only accessible through a missing hanger rack ceiling tile in a gas station bathroom located • bingo ball blower on Merrimon Avenue.

• mannequin-grade plastics • You will be seated by the ghost of a dead • trapdoors beneath bar stools flapper.• Cocktail tables will double as social • whipped cream delivered tables, or can be converted by request into through 1930s-era firehose dice-throwing tables, reading tables elbow • NASA toothpaste leaners, unsanctioned arm-wrestling tables, • electric shock therapy paddles and, when flipped upside down, the tables oyster-shucker is determined by lottery Fo o d & Dr i n k system scratch-off tickets at each table.

• Instead of ketchup, there will be flakes of function as pretend boats.

• Chef Katie Button describes Nightbell’s food tomato paste that will be applied like glitter as “whimsical and fun but sophisticated,” to each diner, and blown onto their faces by “mischievous and waggish yet mercurial,” a retired Hungarian acrobat hired specifically “fantastical and protean, though consistently for this purpose. quizzical,” “eccentric and impulsive, albeit • All food is based on classic American dishes

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“with a twist.” For instance, when you order deviled eggs, you will receive a rabbit fetus that contains a mock yolk formed from squash-infused carnival ice.

• An Andean shaman has been brought onto the team to bathe in horseradish and lightly breathe on the steak tartar right at your table — you can tell him “when”.

• Individual water droplets have been bottled in miniature “perfume misters” collected from antique dollhouses .

• One bar station will be devoted to handcarved ice, which is also available in the following styles: machine-cut, custom sliced, crushed, shaved, electric shaved, chopped with credit card, foot-pulverized vineyard style, or chipped by a Japanese machinist who commutes weekly directly from Japan.

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• The Nightbell team will feature a European DJ who describes the dance music that will be featured at the club as “indie-tronic,” though it will be mixed with music that is “disco-dub,” “electbient,” “acoustric dance folk-hop” and “classic Constantinople-era house blended with the sonic electrocardiogram of a sick hummingbird.”

• A dedicated full-time employee will monitor music volume • The Nightbell crew has attached tiny wireless speakers to Brazilian butterflies that will circulate around the room.

• There will be 2,000 individual iPads, each with one song track, which will be handshuffled at the DJ booth by a blind witch every 90 seconds.

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ASHEVILLE, MONDAY — Recent Asheville transplant Dina Springfield was reportedly disheartened upon her recent discovery that the results of a radical personal transformation were identical to a similar self-overhaul she performed in 2007.

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Local herbalists share their go-to herbs for winter wellness

• gui zhi (cinnamon twigs) — Different from cinnamon bark, gui zhi is a warming herb used to nourish the functional energy of the body, also known as yang qi, say Spilka and Welder. In Chinese medicine, this herb is categorized for its ability to “release the exterior” and dispel energy from the environment through the skin to keep one balanced, healthy and vibrant through the winter.

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When the climate in Asheville fluctuates between short-sleeves weather and frozen pipes in one week, it can be difficult to maintain a sense of balance and vitality in our lives. In Chinese medicine, winter is a period of quiet, stillness, reflection, water and yin energy. It is believed that ailments surface when the body and mind are out of sync with the natural waves of the season, and that bringing health back into accord with the time of year is the way to eliminate illness.

Luckily, Western North Carolina has an abundance of natural plant resources and herbal experts who can help people to tune into the energy of winter and the first hints of spring.

Xpress asked a few local herbalists to share their top three remedies for staying healthy and vibrant during this seasonal shift.

Each herbalist prescribed unique remedies, but elderberry and garlic were top contenders for most important herb for winter wellness.

Nearly all the herbalists recommended elderberry and half recommended garlic as a powerful healer.

While their suggestions may overlap, each herbal expert gave different reasons as to why these remedies are so special and how to best prepare them. appaLachia schooL FoR hoListic hERBaLism ceara Foley, director • Elderberry — “Elderberry is great for colds and flus and can also be taken preventatively.” says Foley. “I like to make a syrup from the berries and then mix with warming herbs such as ginger, cinnamon or orange peel.” The flower can also be prepared

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• huang qi (astragalus) — Huang qi is generally used in tea form and provides an internal energy lift. This herb is categorized in the “tonify qi category” for its ability to strengthen the functional energies of the body and to help protect the body from external pathogens.

caLLan wELdEn, left, and josEphinE spiLKa offer their herbal expertise at Daoist Traditions College of Medicinal Arts in Asheville.

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as a tea or used as a external compress to decrease fevers and inflammation.

mix the garlic with olive oil, nutritional yeast and a little salt.

• garlic — “Garlic is great for respiratory infections due to its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal nature,” she says. “In Chinese medicine, the lungs are associated with the color white and the pungent taste. Garlic, meeting both of these attributes, naturally resolves infections in this area.”

Foley adds that garlic is also good for the cardiovascular system, helping to prevent plaque buildup around the heart. A note on preparation: If you do choose to try garlic medicinally, use fresh, raw garlic and mince before ingesting for a more potent dose. If eating raw garlic seems too intense for your taste buds, Foley recommends two different preparations.

For a sweeter taste, mince a clove of garlic and mix it with a teaspoon of honey. For something more savory,

• pine — “Fresh pine needles are not only readily available but are also a great source of natural vitamin C,” says Foley. “Additionally, pine is an antiseptic, meaning it cleanses the body and can also prevent infections.” Foley recommends harvesting pine needles to make a pine needle tea for colds.

Preparing pine needle vinegar is a great way to cleanse your home after an infection has passed.

Additionally, “the resin of pine can be used as incense to re-energize your home, and pine essential oils can cure respiratory infections — specifically bronchitis.”

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• shu di huang (rehmannia) — Shu di huang is a black, sweet root that resonates with the energy of winter.

Shu di huang provides nourishment for the yin, or water energy of the body, which is where our resources are stored. Attention to the yin energy within the body increases quiet and stillness while moderating stresses caused by internal or external factors. gaia hERBs Bill chiofi director of herbal education • Echinacea — “Echinacea is a much more versatile plant than most people think,” says Chiofi.

Gaia Herbs harvests the flowering tops in the early spring to create an extract specific to helping support the immune system. In the fall, “the roots are harvested and used to make an extract rich in alkylamides, which supports the immune system at the onset of a challenge and helps to bring about the normalization of inflammatory processes.”

• Elderberry — Regarded as an “elder” plant in Native American herbalism, elderberry has been used collectively by many tribes as a tonic medicine and food to promote health and vitality. The

jEanniE dunn, director of Red Mood Herbs, recommends elderberry for cold and flu symptoms.

bush has been referred to as “the medicine tree of the common people,” says Chiofi.

• oil of oregano — “The volatile oils found in oregano contain potent phenols including carvacrol and thymol, which help to support a healthy microbial environment in the intestines and throughout the whole body,” says Chiofi. “The oregano leaf also acts as an antioxidant and contains the flavonoid rosmarinic acid that appears to normalize the chemical cyclooxygenase 2 (Cox-2).” Cox-2 is associated with inflammation in tissues.

REd moon hERBs jeannie dunn, director • Elderberry — Dunn says to be “careful not to eat too many raw berries, but as an herbal extract, elder is the wisest and tastiest, and it is also extremely supportive once one has fallen ill.” Dunn

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says that she uses elderberry when she has fever, cold or flu symptoms, and that it has alleviated nasal drips. Dunn notes that “young children love the taste, and it can be easily added to seltzer water, teas or used as a yogurt or breakfast cereal topping.”

• Garlic — Garlic is high in vitamins and minerals such as B-6, vitamin C, iron, calcium and selenium. Dunn recommends getting the benefits from his herb by preparing a honeygarlic lemonade, served warm.

• Plantain — “Although plantain is very resourceful for soothing burns and wounds, it can be even more resourceful internally for inflammation, cough and healthy lung system functioning.” says Dunn. “If you have ever chewed a little plantain, you probably noticed the demulcent qualities, the film that can coat the mucous membranes externally or internally, soothing inflammation on the skin or in the throat.” X

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• TH (2/11), 7am-6pm - Mission Hospital, 501 Biltmore Ave. • SU (2/16), 8:30am-1pm - Central United Methodist Church, 27 Church St. Appointment and info: 253-3316 ext 320.

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• 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 • 7pm, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road • 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.

BalanCe Point CollaBoratiVe Located at 263 Haywood St. unless otherwise noted. Info: balancepointnc.com or 348-6922.

• 3rd TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - New Voice, a support group for eating disorder recovery.

Care for aging Parents • MO (2/17), 5-6:30pm - For anyone caring for, or concerned about, an aging parent. 1 Hospital Drive, Room 4402. Info: coabc.org or 213-4815.

DeBtors anonyMous 12-step recovery on issues of underearning, debt and learning to live one's vision in life.

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Info: 631-434-5294. heart of reCoVery MeDitation grouP • TUESDAYS, 6pm - Integrates meditation practice with any 12-step recovery program. Held at Shambhala Meditation Center, 19 Westwood Place. Info: asheville.shambhala.org. inContinenCe suPPort • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1pm - Open to those suffering from or affected by any level or form. Info and location: WNCIncontSG@bellsouth.net.

MeMoryCaregiVers netWorK Support for caregivers of loved ones who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer's. Info: 645-9189 or 230-4143.

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Men's WorKing on life issues grouP • MONDAYS, 6-8pm - Meets at 90 Zillicoa Ave. Info: 686-5590 or 683-7195.

Mission health faMily grouP night • 3rd MONDAYS, 5:30pm - For caregivers of children with special health care needs and developmental concerns. St. Gerard House, 620 Oakland St., Hendersonville. Info: 213-9787. 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.

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• 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. 207. Info: namiwnc.org or 505-7353.

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Dinner for two Local restaurantowning couples dish about love and the business

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Food and love have long been linked in the popular imagination, but actually running a restaurant with your beloved partner seriously raises the bar. With the spirit of Valentine’s Day in the air, however, here’s a look at how the owners of five highly successful yet very different local eateries have managed to combine their personal and working lives in a notoriously stressful industry.

Like many restaurateurs, these couples were well-immersed in the culinary arts before taking the plunge into ownership. “It just felt natural to go into business together since we’d both been doing it for so long,” says Ashley Garrison of The Hop while bouncing the couple’s 10-month-old son, Finnegan, on her knee. Ashley and Greg Garrison both worked for the ice cream café while attending UNC Asheville, then wound up buying the now 35-yearold business in 2008. It’s done so well that they’ve opened a second location in West Asheville.

Meherwan and Molly Irani of Chai Pani, the popular eatery inspired by Indian street food, have a similar story. They met in college while working in Molly’s parents’ restaurant, and after pursuing other professional careers, Molly encouraged Meherwan to find his “true bliss.” Chai Pani opened in 2009, and the bar and lounge MG Road followed in late 2012. Meherwan believes the restaurant business has actually made the couple “closer and more in love with each other than ever before,” noting that he gets to discover another side of his life partner that he might not otherwise experience.

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togEthERnEss Eddie Hannibal and Natalie Byrnes of Glass Onion in Weaverville were both successful head chefs at Long Island restaurants before deciding to merge their love and Italian food into one shared endeavor. “As long as she always realizes I’m right, we’re fine,” Eddie jokes, peeking affectionately at his wife. The couple moved to the area early last year and opened their “global Italian dream restaurant” just six weeks later, offering an unusual, sophisticated take on traditional flavors.

Both Biscuit Head and the French Broad Chocolate Lounge evoke images of lines of people patiently waiting for treats that many would say “are so worth it.” Each restaurant’s owners admit to having been a bit leery at first, though they’re now “bigger than we could ever have imagined,” says Carolyn Roy of Biscuit Head. She says she actually laughed when, while they were renovating the space, husband Jason

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said they ought to plan for dealing with long lines.

The Chocolate Lounge has also had to grapple with the logistical challenges posed by popularity. “We’re currently working on a big plan to solve the capacity riddle,” co-owner Jael Rattigan reports. “We initially rented just the first floor of the building that the Chocolate Lounge is in and actually thought it was too big,” she says.

The similarities among these five couples? Good communication, respect, a positive attitude — and a little bit of luck. “We really thought we had the communication stuff down, but going into

business together helped us fine-tune our relationship more than we ever thought possible,” says Molly Irani, who saw her own parents struggle to maintain a healthy life balance while owning a restaurant. Glass Onion’s Eddie Hannibal says there have definitely been disagreements along the way, but as in any relationship, dealing with them maturely is the key.

“With each of us having been in the industry for so long, we do have different ways of doing things, but that doesn’t mean someone is wrong. We both have valid points, and between the two of us, we often come up with the perfect solution,” he says.

Many of these proprietors talk about the boundaries they’ve set to keep the business from consuming their family life. The Iranis originally set a “no talking about the restaurant after 8 p.m.” rule, though Molly admits that they’ve had to be flexible at times. Both the Roys and the Rattigans say they strategically set their businesses’ hours to make sure they could enjoy scheduled family time. “We have dinner

together every night, hang out and do homework with our son,” says Carolyn Roy, which wasn’t possible when her husband was executive chef at the Lexington Avenue Brewery.

And though the owners of both Glass Onion and The Hop say they don’t typically schedule family time in advance, they emphasize that quality time doesn’t necessarily need to be after hours. In fact, Ashley brings the couple’s infant son to The Hop every day, a luxury that many working mothers don’t have. thE haRd paRt But getting to this point has not been a breeze. It doesn’t seem that long ago, notes Molly Irani, that “we were working long hours, both busing tables and washing dishes as much as everyone else.”

But Meherwan, she says, kept his promise that they would eventually be able to focus more on their family life. And as restaurant industry veterans, Glass Onion’s owners say they rely on each other to remain positive during down times. “When it’s really slow, we can have a tendency to get cranky, but we get through it, because when things are good, they’re really good,” says Hannibal.

Each restaurant’s success has also required a few leaps of faith.

Hannibal and Byrnes moved from their longtime New Jersey home to Alexander, a town that’s almost a polar opposite, while Meherwan ditched his real estate career to follow his dream. But perhaps the most dramatic foray into the unknown was when Dan and Jael Rattigan bought an abandoned cacao farm in Costa Rica in 2004 and subsequently began rehabilitating it, with the dream of being able to use their very own chocolate in their creations.

While the love between these partners has a lot to do with their business success, having a solid support network also seems to play a significant role. All five couples expressed extreme gratitude toward their staff, friends and family members, who helped with things like loans, manual labor and general encouragement.

The Garrisons maintain that if it weren’t for their managers’ taking on bigger roles in the company, they wouldn’t have been able to have their son. Jason and Carolyn Roy agree that they “couldn’t have

swEEt dREams: Dan and Jael Rattigan bought a cacao farm in Costa Rica with the dream of creating their own farm-to-chocolate-shop business in Asheville.

done it without the Westers,” a married couple who now manage Biscuit Head and who previously spent countless hours renovating and decorating the restaurant. “Everyone who works here has become an extension of our family,” says Molly Irani. madE with LovE In the end, of course, the single most defining factor in these restaurants’ success is the food. “It’s made with love,” says Meherwan.

And while some of these couples say that holidays don’t provide much play time, since they’re typically so busy, they do look forward to sharing their love-inspired creations with customers. The Hop is offering customized “sweetheart ice cream cakes” for two, and the Chocolate Lounge will spice things up with an “aphrodisiac collection” of truffles.

The Glass Onion, noted for rich seafood dishes, promises exciting specials on the big day. Biscuit Head’s large portions and extensive selection of butters, jams and hot sauces are perfect for a flavor-sharing date, and Chai Pani’s authentic Indian comfort food never disappoints.

To be sure, these five restaurants aren’t the only local eateries owned by couples, but their stories offer guidance that’s applicable to just about any relationship. As Jason Roy sums it up, “We put a lot of love in this place, a lot of love in what we do, and we have a lot of love for each other.” X

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As one man sits down at the bar, Judi Murphy greets him with a smile.

“Hey, happy 2014,” she says. “I haven’t seen you in a while.” He smiles back at her. “I’m waiting for the end of January to celebrate the Chinese New Year,” he says. According to the Chinese calendar, this is the Year of the Horse, a year said to be filled with excitement, adventures and surprises.

With another customer, Judi and her husband, Carl, who have been married for more than 20 years, joke about their first date. Carl didn’t have enough money for the cab ride home when they were both living in New York City, so they had to take the bus.

To Judi, this was not so charming, but Carl felt differently. “I thought it was great,” he says as he peels a large stack of bananas for future smoothies and juices. Judi laughs.

Inside the Farmacy Juice Bar in the West Village Market, the sounds of Carl pushing carrots through the juicer and Judi’s laugh fill the small space. With the sun filtering in through the windows facing Haywood Road, the atmosphere is warm and bright. Customers almost forget about the snow on the ground and the frigid temperatures outside, especially with a colorful, nourishing drink sitting in front of them, reminding them of the warmer months ahead.

The Murphys have owned and operated the Farmacy Juice Bar in West Asheville for almost four years, and they seem to be naturals at it.

They talk to customers as if they’re friends, and they personalize each drink, giving you a little taste of your order first, asking you if you want more ginger or lemon. Since it opened, the business, which Judi calls “the little juice bar that could,” has been steadily growing. The Farmacy grew from being open two days a week to its current schedule of four days a week.

But when Carl and Judi moved here from Oakland, Calif., they never intended to start a juice bar. “We had friends who coaxed us into it,” Judi says. What they really had in mind when they moved to Asheville was to start a living-foods lifestyle center. “Over 20 years ago we got into this lifestyle,” Carl says. “To put it simply, we made a mission that what we’re here to do is to help people get healthy without the use of unnecessary drugs and surgery.”

Today they fulfill this mission through their offerings at the juice bar. With their juices, tonics and elixirs, the Murphys focus on nourishing, raw ingredients that are easy for the body to digest.

From Adam’s Apple juice made with beets and lemon, to the True Blue smoothie with blueberries, pumpkin, sunflower, lavender and other spices, Judi says, “we want your medicine to taste good.”

Most of their ingredients come from the West Village Market, and nearly all of the produce is organic.

But what is most important to Carl and Judi is that the food is “living.” Living foods are usually vegan, organic and uncooked. Or, according to Carl, living foods means that you are keeping the foods “as close to the way as Mother Nature and the earth provided it.” They also soak, dehydrate, ferment and sprout foods to promote probiotics and enzymes that help with digestion.

Carl and Judi adopted this living foods lifestyle after working with Dr. Ann Wigmore, who is considered the mother of local and living foods. After learning from Wigmore, the Murphys became teachers at her living-foods institute in Puerto Rico. “She made a very big imprint on our lives,” Carl says. “The lessons we learned there, we’ve incorporated into our lives.”

After operating their juice bar for almost four years, Carl and Judi are ready to expand this livingfoods lifestyle to reach more people through an education center. “We want people to be able to learn this so they can do it themselves,” says Judi. Carl adds, “People could learn

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skills they could take home with them for the rest of their lives.”

The education center would be a large space in the Asheville area where guests would be able to stay for a few days or even a few weeks.

Carl and Judi hope to offer a myriad of classes and programs that go beyond just living foods: Yoga, meditation, tai chi, acupuncture and other activities would also be available. “We hope to lessen your stress level through all methods,” says Judi, “but the main focus being living foods.” Carl imagines a garden on-site where they would grow their own food.

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Carl and Judi hope to open the education center by next summer once they find responsible people to manage the juice bar for them while they are pursuing their dream. In the Year of the Horse, Judi says, they will be “grabbing hold of those reins.”

Carl and Judi Murphy are hosting a fundraiser for their living-foods center through Go Fund Me. To contribute to this project, go to gofundme.com/ Farmacy-Juice-Bar. Farmacy Juice Bar is inside the West Village Market, 771 Haywood Road. Hours are WednesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. X

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Favilla will be one of 60 competitors in the specialty pizza category with his primavera pizza — the same recipe that took top honors in the specialty pizza category in the 2012 Asheville Pizza Showdown. His wife, Jeanette, will also compete, in the two-topping category. “He taught me how to make pizza, so I’m going to listen to him,” she says, adding, “He wants me to go with sausage and onion.”

The two met nine years ago in an Orlando, Fla., pizzeria. “I walked in looking for a job,” remembers Jeanette, “and he was working there.”

But she didn’t start making pizzas until a year-and-a-half after they opened their Patton Avenue eatery.

“Andy had been working 13 hours a day, every day, since we opened; he was exhausted. I knew he needed relief, so I told him to show me how to make pizzas. He thought I was joking.” But after making only four for her meticulous husband, Jeanette says, “Andy was amazed. He finally

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went home.” She’s been working at the restaurant ever since.

Andy began making pizzas at the age of 8. “They had to shoo me out of the shop,” he recalls. “By the time I was 11, I had a paying job at my uncle’s pizza place in New York.”

Like father, like son: 20-year-old Daniel Favilla is working in the family business, running the back of the kitchen. The Favillas also have three younger children, ages 5, 7 and 8.

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Favilla’s Facebook page advises applicants to just show up at the restaurant for an interview; no phone calls. But what if the perfect candidate is living in New York? “Then they should be smart enough to make that call,” Andy jokes. But Jeanette cautions prospects, “He’s very particular; he won’t take just anybody.”

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Small bites cREam oF thE cRop: Plant chef Jason Sellers’ nondairy frozen desserts are now available in stores across the U.S. under the Amy’s Kitchen brand.

Plant’s vegan ice cream goes nationwide The nondairy, frozen-dessert virtuosity of Plant Chef Jason Sellers is no longer accessible only to those who are lucky enough to be able to swing by his Merrimon Avenue restaurant for a pint. National organic convenience food brand Amy’s Kitchen recently introduced a new line of vegan-certified ice creams based on Sellers’ locally popular recipes.

The story is that one day last year the niece of Amy’s Kitchen co-founder Rachel Berliner stopped in for a meal at Plant on her honeymoon and was so blown away by Sellers’ coconut milk-based ice cream that she convinced Amy’s to market the dessert. After working extensively with Sellers on developing his recipes for mass production, Amy’s has rolled out four flavors nationwide — chocolate, vanilla, mint chocolate chip and mocha chocolate chip.

“We are playing to the classics at this point,” says Sellers of the company’s choice of introductory flavors. “ We are not going out on a limb yet; we’re starting simple.” But Sellers, who is known for dishing out adventurous varieties at Plant, says other flavors will certainly follow. He says the next move could be a fruit flavor, like strawberry or perhaps an “overthe-top chocolate” or salted caramel.

At around $6.99 per pint, the Amy’s brand version is at the high end of the frozen-dessert price

range, but Sellers says you get what you pay for. The ice cream, he says, is made with strictly premium, fresh ingredients and doesn’t incorporate ice crystals or air in the mix like cheaper brands, thus allowing for an extremely silky, rich consistency.

“We really didn’t set out to make a mediocre ice cream,” says Sellers.

“We wanted to make an amazing ice cream.”

The Plant-inspired Amy’s Kitchenbrand ice creams can be found locally at Earth Fare and Greenlife. vaLEntinE’s daY dinnER at thE vEnuE Marta Bodenhorst, owner and event planner at The Venue, has put together the downtown event space’s first Valentine’s Day dinner. The event will feature a cocktail hour with appetizers, a four-course meal prepared by Chef Steve Boeger and musical entertainment by members of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. Those who want to spring for a little extra fun can add an invitation package for $15 that includes a wine-bottle vase with three red roses and a personalized invitation. For another $25, The Venue staff will deliver it.

The event starts at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at The Venue, 21 N. Market St. Tickets are $150 per couple. Cocktail attire is recommended; black tie is optional. For reservations call 252-1101, ext. 305, or email corporate@ashevillevenue.com. moRE woK Chef Elliott Moss’ Asian-themed Monday evening pop-up effort, Punk

Wok, is now taking over Tuesdays as well. The once-a-week event at Wall Street late-night spot MG Road was so wildly popular that, according to owner Meherwan Irani, food was running out too early, so it made sense to add another night. MG Road will continue to open in its original incarnation Wednesday-Saturday and will be closed on Sundays.

Punk Wok hosted a culinary throwdown last month between Moss and Chef Angus Brown of Atlanta’s Octopus Bar. Irani says similar events can be expected in the future, including a meet-up with Atlanta celebrity chef Allen Suh sometime in March. A date has yet to be decided. nEw winE shop oFFERs cLassEs, paRtiEs Joni’s Artisanal Wine & Beer, the new wine shop in Biltmore Park, has added beer and wine classes on Tuesday evenings, as well as private wine-tasting parties. Classes are priced according to what type of wine or beer owner Jodi MahaffeyRauschenbach is featuring, and spaces must be reserved in advance. For Valentine’s Day, Joni’s is partnering with neighboring shop Blossoms at Biltmore Park to offer flower and wine gift baskets. Jodi’s is open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

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The week kicks off Wednesday, Feb. 12, with free coffee and $1 doughnuts all day. Chef Brian Ross will do a free lunchtime cooking demonstration on how to make pasta from scratch at noon on Thursday, Feb. 13, followed by free cookies and Farm to Home milk for kids 2-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, will feature a Valentine’s Day chocolate truffle tasting and demonstration. Saturday, Feb. 15, will bring all-day samples of wine, cheese bread and house-smoked meats, and Sunday, Feb. 16, will feature a French-toast Birthday Brunch.

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Looking in on Lookout John Garcia, owner and brewer of Lookout Brewery in Black Mountain, was used to a certain type of Black Mountain tourist before he switched careers. He’d see people in town because their family has a place in Montreat or Lake Lure.

Others he talked to were stopping to grab a bite to eat before going skiing or kayaking. That changed when he opened a brewery.

“In our first few months of business, the one thing that’s been so surprising is the beer tourism,” says Garcia. “Some of the folks that come in don’t give a damn about the mountain or rivers — they’re here for the breweries and beer.”

When Lookout opened in May 2013, Garcia wasn’t sure everything would work out. He still had a second job as a bartender at Black Mountain Ale House. But two weeks later, the brewery was making money, and Garcia hasn’t looked back. The brewery is now open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. almost every day and will soon upgrade its brewhouse to a 3-barrel system. “We’ve been able to hire two bartenders, a brewer, and a cellarman. … The community here in Black Mountain has been a big support, and the extended beer community [in Asheville] has just been amazing,” says Garcia. what to ExpEct Lookout now occupies two units at 103 S. Ridgeway Ave. in Black

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Ratebeer Awards for Local Breweries Ratebeer, which just held a meetup in Asheville, recently published its Best of Beer lists for 2013.

Western North Carolina did the state proud. Olde Hickory took home best beer for The Event Horizon, Foothills took home best brewery, and Asheville’s own Hi-Wire took home best new brewery. Wicked Weed shared top brewpub honors for the entire nation with Stone Brewing and Russian River Brewing among others. cREativE juicEs: Lookout Brewery owner John Grarcia, left, and brewer Chris Terwilliger, right, enjoy experimenting with inventive flavors, such as a white-chocolate stout they created for Valentine’s Day. Photo by Nathan Metcalf

Mountain, with one fully dedicated to the tasting room. There are about 10 seats at the wood bar and plenty of larger tables for groups. In the winter there’s a fire pit outside, and in the summer a garage door brings the nice weather indoors. Garcia and fellow brewer Chris Terwilliger can be seen at work through a window behind the bar. “We’re the monkeys behind the glass,” says Terwilliger.

The brewers keep at least eight beers on tap with plenty of rotating specialties. According to Garcia, the most popular beer is the Black Mountain IPA — a malty rye version of the style.

Allison’s Front Porch, the house pale, is a close second. As the name suggests, it was designed

by Garcia’s wife, Allison. “She was sick of me screwing around with different recipes for a pale ale. … It turns out her recipe is what people wanted all along,” says Garcia.

In addition to the pales, IPAs, ambers and stouts, Garcia and Terwilliger always have experimental batches flowing. At the time of writing there was a pilsner,

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a tart stout, two beers fermented with yeast from wild figs and an early preview of a summer beer flavored with grapefruit. “We want to keep creative. … What we don’t want is the same Oktoberfest as everyone else,” says Garcia.

Last year that meant a Thanksgiving IPA brewed with cranberries and pumpkin instead of an Oktoberfest. Then in December they created a champagne-like ale called Happy New Beer. Next, Terwilliger says to look out for a “white stout” for Valentine’s Day brewed with cocoa butter, vanilla, lactose and sugar—the key ingredients of white chocolate. The two also can’t wait for the hops harvest, when they add wet hops to the kettle within an hour of harvest for a truly local beer.

“They’re the best beers you’ll ever drink,” says Terwilliger. “Think of the difference between a tomato in summer and one in winter — that’s the difference when you make something this fresh.”

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Jade in Bottles Foothills’ Jade IPA was introduced on Super Bowl weekend in 2011 and is frequently found on tap around Asheville. However, 2014’s Super Bowl season is the first time fans of the unique IPA can find it in bottles. Look for it in 22-ounce bombers around town.

Submit Your Clips New Belgium’s Clips of Faith, which stops in Asheville every summer, has opened its call for submissions. Winners’ films will get shown coast-to-coast in 18 cities.

Winners also receive an exclusive beer from New Belgium that will be brewed and distributed only to the winners of the contest and a hand-forged Clips belt buckle. The deadline is April 1. More details can be found at: newbelgium.com/ events/clips-beer-and-film/submityour-film.aspx BrewDog Invades Thirsty Monk Scottish brewery BrewDog isn’t often found on tap in Western North Carolina. But Thirsty Monk has secured not one but five kegs of BrewDog’s finest for an event at the downtown location on Thursday, Feb. 13. Expect to see 5AM Saint, Libertine Black Ale, Cocoa Psycho, Punk IPA, and Dogma. Of course, Thirsty Monk will also have a limited number of logo glassware to give away with the beer.

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Unique boutique stores in and around Asheville Shopping means different things to different people. For some, it’s retail therapy. For others, it’s something to check off the to-do list. But as long as we have to shop, be it for fun or necessity, it’s nice to have a selection of boutique businesses catering to our quirky, individual wants and needs.

Happily, the independently owned, brick-and-mortar specialty shops in and around Asheville offer a wide range of products. Clothing, home

goods, furnishings, foods, gift items, decor, toys, desserts, fine wine, paper goods, jewelry and more can be found.

Even better, the proprietors of these stores are not only invested in the local community, they’re a wealth of knowledge when it comes to picking out the perfect something for that hard-tobuy-for someone.

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You visit an independently owned, locally based store where you meet the proprietor and purchase a scarf.

The scarf was made by a local knitter with wool sourced from sheep on a nearby farm. At the farm, the feed is grown from seed distributed by a local company whose packets were printed by a local letterpress printer. And on and on. This hyperlocal supply chain is still very far from the reality of today’s markets, but if a locavore fairy tale could happen anywhere, Asheville seems poised to be that happily-ever-after place.

Maybe it’s already happening.

There has been an upswing in awareness about shopping locally and the larger economic impact of buying from local, independent retailers. The idea of slow money is gaining public sentiment and support. And, along with increasing public awareness, the term “shop local” has become downright trendy. As Franzi Charen, the director of the Asheville Grown Business Alliance, explains it, “‘Local’ is a term, like ‘organic,’ that has been made popular through aggressive marketing campaigns. There are hundreds of campaigns and companies that bastardize the term.” Among examples of “localwashing,” she lists HSBC’s bid to

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be recognized as “The World’s Local Bank” and Barnes & Noble’s ad banner, “All Bookselling Is Local.”

“Because of the marketing and advertising power large corporations have, bolstered by corporate welfare and enhanced by the hunger of Wall Street, alternative options are often drowned out,” says Charen. “We have been hoodwinked that a healthy economy depends on us feeding the beast of Wall Street.”

With the big guys pitted against the little guys, and everyone competing for the same dollars in the marketplace, this could be a modern-day David and Goliath situation in the making.

National analysis shows that Asheville’s locally owned marketplace is faring quite well. The research firm Civic Economics, in partnership with the American Booksellers Association, studied metropolitan marketplaces across the country, comparing independent retailers with chain stores. In the 2011 report “The Indie City Index,” Asheville was ranked 53rd nationally in addition to placing in the top 10 for both our population category and in the South Atlantic region.

These figures are especially heartening considering that downtown Asheville’s vibrant shopping district almost wasn’t. In the 1980s, faced

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with the need to revitalize a moribund downtown, city leaders proposed a 700,000-square-foot mall, office tower and hotel complex that would have provided a facelift — at the cost of historic architecture and independently owned businesses. The grassroots organization Save Downtown Asheville Inc. fought and eventually defeated the plans for an urban mall. And even as that story has faded from the collective consciousness, a distaste for chains and big-box stores remains.

In a town that celebrates its uniqueness with “Keep Asheville Weird” bumper stickers, patronizing our independent businesses promotes local prosperity while celebrating the individuality we love. The economics of choosing local matters, but so does the unique collective identity that results from choosing T-shirts with screen-printed designs by Ashevillearea artists rather than, say, the same mass-market products everyone else is wearing. X

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But before you take that easy out, why not browse Asheville’s specialty shops for one-of-a-kind presents? It makes sense that, in a town with so much quirk and personality, the possibilities for giving are equally unique. Xpress went shopping, and here’s what we found: It’s no surprise that laughter erupts as shoppers peruse the wide variety of cards and gifts at write on (28 N. Lexington Ave.), where shop owner Richard Katzman says, “We specialize in humor.” The store carries the entire collection of The String Doll Gang made by Kamibashi, a locally based company that sources the handmade products from Thailand.

At only $10 each, these tiny dolls function as key chains, and each character has its own special power, such as Pyro, who “lights a fire under your bum.” With dozens of characters to choose from, you can surely find the perfect match for anyone on your list.

And then there’s Mr. Ellie Pooh, a collection of paper products from Sri Lanka. “Elephants became a nuisance as people encroached on their territory,” Katzman explains, “but now

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Write On also carries a wide selection of unique journals, some with recycled record albums or video jackets as covers, so you can be inspired by your favorite band or movie. ($8.99-$18).

For Tiffany and Orlando Hernandez, discussions of starting a family inspired opening up a toy store. The result was curio (2 Battery Park Ave.), which just completed its third Christmas season. The shop is arranged by age (from newborn to 13) and theme, focusing on toys and games that encourage creative imagination and fundamental play. Curio’s mantra is “for the cute and curious,” and it aims for a retro approach that’s a little nostalgic. Orlando admits he especially loves it when a grandparent comes in with a grandchild and says, “I used to play with that.”

Curio may surprise with its diverse selection for the kid in all of us. The Living Sands interactive display attracts a crowd of adults as well as children, all delighting in the texture of the pulverized seashells that can be sculpted into sandcastles or other shapes. Nontoxic and antibacterial, kits range from $25-$80.

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Recently opened boutique duncan & York (13 Rankin Ave.) specializes in unique gifts for men, women and children. Owners Lindsay York Woodruff and Stephanie Duncan Wilkinson often make buying trips to New York in search of items new to the market. One of their current bestsellers is The Secret Garden, a coloring book for grown-ups. Both meditative and creative, the book and set of colored pencils runs about $25. Another customer favorite are the loose-leaf Bellocq teas: organic, sourced all over the world, priced from $16 for a tin to $76 a set. Add a Tea Beyond teapot for $40, and it’s a perfect present for a teacher, friend, boss or any tea lover.

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Asheville’s love affair with Craftsman-style bungalows dates to the early 1900s. The modest, affordable homes could be built entirely from materials ordered from a catalog and were popular with working-class residents through the ’20s and beyond.

Bungalows are sought after today, thanks to their affordability and relatively easy maintenance. However, they tend to be of modest square footage — akin to that of a midsize apartment — making them difficult to decorate effectively. That’s where Asheville’s rich variety of specialty furniture galleries and shops comes in.

“My philosophy is that every piece must have not only beauty but function,” says Kim Hubbard, owner of k2 studio (59 College St.). The business’s niche, she explains, is catering to people with problematic spaces.

The store also promotes designs by local artists. “We do a lot of custom furniture — pieces that wouldn’t typically be in a commercial arena,” says Hubbard. “Dream it, and we can build it.”

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Many of k2’s offerings can be tailored for smaller spaces. Hubbard says some of the sofas in the shop come in “apartment-sized” versions as well as the larger display models.

She also suggests occasional chairs for smaller homes to maximize usage of space. “I think swivel chairs are really cool, too,” she says. “Especially in open-floor concepts, because that chair can act as a dominant chair at the head of a dining table, for instance, and then you turn it, and all of a sudden you’re in the living room — so it’s kind of two-for-one.”

Melissa Ness, a sales and design associate with Four corners home (1 Page Ave., inside the Grove Arcade) and sister shop mobilia (43 Haywood St.), says that furniture layout can make or break the efficiency of a home, whether it’s a small apartment, a bungalow or a larger space. “Although using small-scale furniture is important, it’s not the only aspect to keep in mind when trying to maximize the space in small [homes],” she says.

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As for other decorating tips, “Less is more when it comes to accessories,” she says. “One great piece of interest on a coffee table can often say a lot when it stands alone and isn’t competing with peers. Multifunctional furniture is always a plus, and area rugs can define a space if one room needs to function as two.”

The “less is more” philosophy applies to furnishings, wall decorations and other art in all aspects of decoration. Robert Nicholas, owner of splurge (37 Paynes Way, Suite 003), says the important thing is not to blend in, but to stand up and be bold with your decorating.

“I think the key is to find one mainevent piece,” he says. “Find a piece that you love, and your room will work around it.” When decorating, says Nicholas, you don’t need a lot of little things. If a large painting is positioned right in a room, that plus some furniture and soft light could be all that’s needed. Nicholas recommends large, mirror-type pieces to add warmth and make small spaces look bigger.

He also designs custom lighting for homes, noting that a light on a dimmer can easily adapt to changing needs, whether it’s soft accent lighting to accentuate a piece of art or bright light to play cards under.

“The other key thing — what we do, and what we represent — are things that are not mass-produced,” says Nicholas. “If you find something in here, chances are that you are the only one who is going to have it.”

Chris McMillan, owner of dwellings (9 Reed St., Suite B), agrees about the importance of reducing the number of decorations. “Singular, larger-scale pieces tend to give a little cleaner look for small spaces,” he says. “Instead of small bits of artwork on the walls, one big piece kind of unifies a room. You’re seeing it more and more when it comes to design.

There’s so much small space out there; it’s a much smarter idea.”

McMillan also favors decluttering a home to give it a clean look. Using cabinets for storage instead of open bookshelves, for example, keeps everything more focused. Having less for the eye to take in makes it easier for the brain to process a space, he says. “It gives you more of a Zen feeling in a room.” X

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If wine doesn’t make the world go ’round, it’s certainly a major player when it comes to extravagant fêtes and special events like weddings, graduations and retirement parties. And we happen to be living in the golden age of vino, according to Eberhard K. Heide, owner of the asheville wine market (65 Biltmore Ave.). “Wine took off in the 1980s, and everyone got on board,” he says.

It’s a trend that he attributes to the perfection of winemaking techniques, though results can be mixed.

“There are a lot of wines out there that aren’t so great,” Heide says.

“But if you know what to look for, there are many outstanding wines in the $8-$20 range.”

Walking into the shop with its warm wood floors and high ceilings filled with floor-to-ceiling shelves of wine, a shopper could be overwhelmed. But Heide says, “Most people find the selection comforting.” He attributes 20 years in business to his team’s signature method for calming customers.

“We know how to ask the right questions,” he says. From dinner parties with specific menu pairings to the dilemma of red wine and white carpets, staff members at Asheville Wine Market have heard it all and they know what to recommend.

Unlike many grocery stores where wine merchants purchase shelf space, Asheville Wine Market’s staff has the freedom to make its own selections.

All wines in the shop are living wines — temperature controlled throughout the distribution process to ensure that the living aspect remains intact.

“We respect wine,” Heide says. “We don’t mistreat it.” He adds that many customers find solace knowing their wine is tucked away in his climatecontrolled storage lockers long before an important party.

Speaking of the pre-party, as Cathie Robbins of origami ink (61

Haywood St.) sees it, guests arrive at an event with a level of expectation. “When you open that invitation, you’re getting a whole vision of what the event is going to be,” she says.

“It’s like a calling card.” The local artisan gallery and stationer specializes in distinctive designer lines such as Elum, Oblation Papers & Press and Twig & Fig. The shop also carries traditional favorites such as Crane & Company and William Arthur. “It’s limitless what you can do with your invitation, anywhere from simple to elaborate,” Robbins says. But this also means a lot of decision-making.

Her husband Jonathan likes to joke with newlyweds who come into the store, “If you can make it through the invitations, you’ll make it through the marriage.”

Pricing depends upon how many elements are required, such as an RSVP card or a map to the gathering.

One newer element is the website card, which directs guests to a URL where they can RSVP, find directions and explore additional information. “But not everyone is so Internet savvy,” Robbins says. “Especially elderly people.”

According to Robbins, much of the stress can be avoided by early planning. She suggests allowing two to three months for choosing the design, getting the invitations printed, having them shipped and delivering the envelopes to the calligrapher. “But then don’t forget you have to mail the invites,” Robbins says. She recommends posting a good eight weeks in advance of the event. Expert tip: Robbins suggests sending a save-thedate card up to a year in advance for parties and events where guests need to book hotels and flights.

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With weddings, as far in advance as possible.” she says. While the baker fashions sweet desserts for nuptials, that’s hardly the only occasion worthy of frosting and fondant. Birthdays, family reunions, sporting events and picnics have all been commemorated with sugary goodness. And while cakes take the cake, the shop owner is also proficient with opera squares, cream puff towers and cornucopias of chocolate-dipped fruit.

At Donatelli’s shop, design is at the heart of her process. “Whenever possible I love to meet with custom-

ers in person and share creative ideas.

They can bring in colors or flowers, and we talk about what they like,” she says.

Part of her method is to consider where a confection will be displayed. She then designs every element to ensure that the cake is best seen (and, of course, photographed) in that location. Donatelli hand-delivers everything and sets up all of her wedding cakes. “I don’t trust that to anyone,” she admits.

Perhaps the best stress-relieving advice, when it comes to party planning, is to leave it to the experts. As Donatelli says, “I do my best work when given creative license.” X

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Singer-songwriter Valerie June has been paying her dues for a long time.

So long, in fact, that she named her debut album, Pushin’ Against a Stone, a condition she’s just about ready to transcend. She brings her glorious voice and tight song craft to The Orange Peel on Friday, Feb. 14, when she’ll open for Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. June’s songs exhibit an idiosyncratic ear for melody and lyrical imagery, making her remarkable blend of folk, country, blues and gospel nearly universal in its reach.

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— about an hour east of Memphis — and cultivated that eclecticism without even realizing it. She learned to sing in the Church of Christ alongside 500 other vocalists. Folks in her church sang strictly a cappella.

“We had to use our voices as instruments,” she remembers. Such largescale, unadorned singing allowed the vocals to ring out in thick harmonies, creating a vast wall of melody. But it also left room for individual expression. “It’s so cool when people get off

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the groove and off the beat and the people just start singing what they feel,” she says. “It’s use your voice where you see fit, y’know?”

Although June had been singing all of her life, it wasn’t until she moved to Memphis after high school that she picked up guitar and ukulele. There, local musicians introduced her to wider styles from the Great American Songbook. Guitarist Andy Cohen turned her on to Mississippi John Hurt and Rev. Gary Davis — stalwart finger-pickers in country blues who would become some of the biggest influences on June’s playing.

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Another important introduction was the Carter Family, country music royalty. “When I heard them doing their versions of these gospel songs with the instruments behind them, I was like, ‘Wow, that’s really beautiful,’” June says. “They play and sing the same songs that I was growing up singing, but with a guitar. And it’s very simple, but it’s complicated at the same time.”

Pushin’ Against a Stone captures June’s range. There are country waltzes, folk tunes and some beautiful, steamy mid-tempo soul numbers. Most striking is her murder

ballad “Shotgun,” which turns the tables on the standard form. “So many of the murder ballads end with the woman being killed,” June says. She recalls thinking, “We need another version of this story.” The slow, solo slide guitar performance creates a haunting atmosphere, perfectly evoking the narrator’s conclusion that “If I can’t have you, nobody can.” Produced primarily by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Pushin’ Against a Stone features a stellar cast of musicians, including former Squirrel Nut Zippers frontman Jimbo Mathus.

Remarkably, Booker T. Jones — the former leader of Booker T. & the M.G.’s — not only plays his famous Hammond B3 on June’s debut record, he co-wrote two tunes. Soon after they met, Jones told June that he had a song he’d been working on for years but never finished. He suggested that she might be the one to write it with.

In her notebook, June found a skeleton of a song that she says fit perfectly with what he was playing, and the song “On My Way” was born. After completing it, June performed one of her new tunes for Jones, and he asked, “Can I play on that?”

June says she bonded with Jones because of their shared musical eclecticism, especially their love of country music, which, she says, sometimes seems weird when paired with soul or R&B. When they first met, June asked, “How did you go from doing Stax soul music to doing your country music thing?”

Jones told her, “Just put it out and go play music with whoever you want to play music with, and don’t let anybody tell you can’t put out a country song with a blues song right beside it.”

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Sharon Jones, back on track Fans of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have been waiting a long time for that band’s new album. Give the People What They Want was set to come out last summer. But just days after Jones’ first single, “Retreat,” premiered on NPR, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Now, after only nine months, she’s ready to tour the U.S. and Europe in promotion of her fifth album. While nine months probably felt like a lifetime off the road for the celebrated soul singer, the rest of us can only marvel at the speed and grace of her recovery.

Released last month, Give the People What They Want channels the feel-good sounds of 1960s and ’70s soul that have become the hallmark of Jones’s performance.

As ever, her voice is the highlight.

Whether she’s pushing the limits of her vocal chords or softly crooning “Slow Down Love,” Jones’ phrasing is always impeccable. She pushes and pulls her melodies, setting up increasingly intricate rhythms alongside her backing band. The Dap-Kings, of course, help. Syncopated guitars and drum parts interweave into catchy song intros that lay the foundation for the primarily horn-driven tracks.

On “Stranger to My Happiness,” the saxes and brass set up a repeating riff for Jones, supporting her seemingly endless interpretations of the song’s melody.

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Some enchanted evening Valentine’s Day happenings in and around Asheville All events take place on Friday, Feb. 14, and are in Asheville unless otherwise noted. Find more Valentine’s Day happenings in Clubland and Calendar.

Three times makes it annual, so congratulations to the officially annual anti-valentine’s day pillow Fight.

For those of you needing proof that love hurts, stop by pritchard park at 5:30 p.m. Helpful hints: “Remember, no feather pillows! Also, take your glasses off before the fight, or they’ll get knocked off your head.” avl.mx/04e.

Celebrate your love of good books by finding like-minded readers (and possible romance) at Literary speed dating. The hourlong, fast-paced matchmaking session takes place at malaprop’s at 7 p.m. Send an email to erin@malaprops.com or justin@ malaprops.com to fill out a short questionnaire and register. malaprops.com.

No star-crossed love here: The pisgah astronomical Research institute (PARI) holds a special Valentine’s day event including a trip to the PARI Exhibit Gallery, an observing session and an evening of love stories associated with the night sky. The romantic tales, according to a press release, “all deal with shenanigans so memorable that they are remembered using the sky.

The stories come from around the world and are sure to provide an unforgettable Valentine’s Day experience.” Dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. The event begins at 7 p.m. with reservations taken until 3 p.m. the day of. $20/$15/$10. 862-5554 or pari.edu.

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Repertory Theatre holds its hearts for saRt fundraiser, with actors Jon Menick and Mary McGahren presenting selections from Pulitzer-finalist Love Letters.

Held at The Masonic Temple at 7 p.m. There were also be desserts, a silent auction and raffles. $15. sartplays.org.

There’s a lot to love about love.

There’s also a lot about love to laugh at. During two valentine’s day comedy shows, andy woodhull will “poke fun at dating and relationships, online dating, what it would be like to date a vampire, and pen pals with a significant other.” Woodhull has performed on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham and at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. “He won the Best of the Midwest Competition at Gilda’s Laugh Fest in 2010,” according to a press release, and his 2012 record, Lucy, was named a top comedy album of the year. Woodhull performs at The Millroom at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Atlanta-based standup comic Gilbert Lawand opens. $10/$12. ashevillemillroom.com.

“Isn’t it Romatic?” is the theme of white horse Black mountain’s jazz cabaret dinner concert. The Valentine’s Day show features vocalist Wendy Jones, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and Rich Wiley on trumpet. 7 p.m., $15.

Black Mountain Bistro serves dinner before the show, from 6:307:30 p.m. for $20 per person. whitehorseblackmountain.com.

Good things come in threes, like world/Americana trio the Billy sea. The local group, with Billy Cardine on slide guitar, River Guerguerian on percussion and Jake Wolf on bass, performs a show “celebrating the day of love” at isis Restaurant & music hall. Mary Lucey of The Biscuit Burners (who is Cardine’s wife) makes a guest appearance. 8:30 p.m., $12 advance/$15 at the door.

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The restaurant is open for dinner.

Reservations: isisasheville.com. the Bywater holds its second valentine’s prom, which includes a danceoff with “American Idol”style judging and a cash prize. 9 p.m., $5. bywaterbar.com.

“We’re going to be focused on hot love songs on this cold night,” says band leader jeff thompson. He, Michael Hynes and James Kylen make up a trio at trailhead in Black Mountain, where they’ll “perform an entire show dedicated to this most lovely, enigmatic and maddening of human emotions.” 9 p.m. thetrailheadrestaurant.com.

children perform. Not only does the band sound grittily romantic, it’s made up of half a dozen beardy, tattooed, unsuitable bachelors*.

10:30 p.m., $5. avl.mx/04d. *Xpress can not confirm bachelorhood.

Originally all based in Charlottesville, Va., Americana collective the hackensaw Boys are now spread out across Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and California. But on Valentine’s Day they’ll all be together, and they’ll all be at pisgah Brewing. The show takes place inside the taproom at 9 p.m.

Richardo’s Salvadorian Papusas is the food vendor. $10 advance/$15 day of show. pisgahbrewing.com. X

NC Stage is extending an invitation to writers, bloggers—legitimate hipsters—creative minds of all levels to attend a forty-minute selected scene rehearsal of the sexy, Tony Award Winning, Venus in Fur on Tuesday March 4th.

What do you want to see? Make suggestions to the director and actors, and then contribute your input and thoughts in an online forum for the run up to the final dress rehearsal.

Experience our chef’s tasting menu this Valentines Day. Bring your Love.

Romantic. Farm to Table. Italian.

Free Opportunity.

Space is Limited.

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We’ll be happy to have you.

Get in touch: Kelly Walker kelly@ncstage.org (828) 239-0263

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Heating things up on a wintery chilly night, the mothlight hosts the Be mine Burlesque show.

Local performer Deb Au Nare is joined by fellow burlesque artists Memphis Moonshine, Anita Powers and Ariel Vanator. Each brings two acts to the stage. Lucky Rigel 7 emcees. For ages 21 and older, at 10 p.m. $15. themothlight.com. “♥ Music Instead” is the suggestion/show name of Headway’s Valentine’s(ish) party, held at Broadway’s. Atlanta dream-pop outfit spirits and the melchizedek

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Up close and personal DJCIII Productions gets intimate with Glengarry Glen Ross

Jason Williams. “It’s modern, it’s kind of raw and it gives actors the ability to do things they can’t do in real life. They can exorcise those demons or have fun with it.”

The play covers two days in the lives of four desperate, amoral real estate agents and the lengths they’ll go — whether lying, cheating or stealing — to get ahead. But staging this tale of duplicity, malfeasance and “the failure of the American Dream,” as Williams puts it, has its share of unique challenges. Perhaps the biggest difficulty that Glengarry Glen Ross is best-known for its 1992 silver screen adaptation. Those looking for a simple rehash of the film are likely to be surprised: This is a different animal. “What a lot of people remember about the movie is the Alec Baldwin speech in the beginning,” Clancy says. “There are a lot of great lines that get repeated but are not actually in the play. Early on, we considered trying to get permission to use the Alec Baldwin speech. But the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to stay true to the original play, to do it the way that [Mamet] wrote it.”

According to Williams, none of the iconic roles belong to one actor.

Yes, 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. But Daniel Clancy, the coproducer and actor of local theater company DJCIII Productions, doesn’t count that particular hallmark as the impetus behind bringing the show to the Asheville Masonic Temple. The real reasons are much simpler.

“I’m just an actor who wanted to do this play,” Clancy says. “I never saw it on stage until last year. I actually went to New York and saw the production with Al Pacino. The show got panned by the New York Times, and it closed in a month. But I still loved it, and when I saw it on stage, I realized it was pretty feasible to do it in Asheville in a small space.”

Glengarry Glen Ross is set to run Feb. 13-15 and 20-22.

“In acting circles, it’s very popular because David Mamet writes so much for the actor,” says director

mad mEn: Glengarry Glen Ross covers two days in the lives of four desperate, amoral real estate agents trying to get ahead. The cast includes Anthony Abraira and Dan Clancy (pictured, from left).

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“This is a heavy ensemble,” he says. “It’ll be hard to compare with the movie, but a play is always different because of the

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feel of the audience and being able to interact and to feed off the energy.”

The Masonic Temple’s theater plays a role in that inherent interaction between the cast and viewers. “The space is odd because it’s laid out in a horseshoe,” says Williams. He explains that, traditionally, plays take place beyond the proscenium arch — the area surrounding the stage opening. That doesn’t work

in the Masonic Temple, with its circular auditorium. If the performance was staged as usual, it would be hard to see, so Williams is setting the drama on the floor. “I learned that I like to bring things out into the audience,” he says.

When Clancy saw Glengarry Glen Ross in New York, it was in a big, beautiful theater on Broadway. “I was sitting way up in the balcony in the back, and it just didn’t have that energy,” he says. “This show, you’re going to be in that restaurant, in that office right with these guys, and I think it’s going to be so powerful. It’s the kind of show that lends itself to an intimate space like that.”

For Williams, presenting a production so filled with unscrupled characters and Mamet’s trademark clever, bang-bang dialogue works particularly well in a small area. “If someone asks, ‘Why should I come see this production if the movie’s on Netflix and it has Al Pacino?’ it’s just the intimacy and having the actors in front of you, and the energy,” Williams says. “There’s not much like a good live theater production. I don’t want to say it’s religious, but in a way it can be. People are living these heightened lives right in front of you. Hopefully, it’ll drag you in and make you feel something.” X

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CoMeDy DisClaiMer CoMeDy Info: disclaimercomedy.com or 216-2331.

• WEDNESDAYS, 9pm - Pre-booked open mic. Held at the Dirty South Lounge, 41 N. Lexington Ave. Free.

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tinY tREasuREs: From Feb.6-25 American Folk Art and Framing will run its tenth annual Miniature Show, with works from artists within the boundary of nothing larger than 8 x 10.

art LAyeRS • AN exHIbIT of AbSTRAcT wATeRcoLors By MiCK Donelan (pd.) View now through Sunday, February 16, Junction Restaurant, 348 Depot Street, River Arts District, open Tuesday-Saturday, 5pm-closing, Sundays, 10:30am2:30pm. 225-3497 or theJunctionasheville.com CeraMiCs DeMonstrations at WCu • TH (2/13), 9:30am-noon & 1:30-4pm -With Potter Mark Hewitt. Held in the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. Info: jbyrd@wcu.edu or 226-3595.

DisCussion of DaVe the Potter, history of faCe Jugs • TU (2/18), 7pm - With ceramicist and historian Jim McDowell. Weaverville Library, 41 N Main St., Weaverville. Info: 250-6482.

PhilosoPhy of art • TUESDAYS (2/4) through (3/18), 6-7:30pm - A six session course. $35 /$25 members, per session. Held at Upstairs Art Space, 49 S. Trade St., Tryon.

art/Craft fairs art froM the heart • TUESDAYS - SATURDAYS through (2/14), 10am-3pm - Works by local artists and crafters. Held at the Visual Arts Center, 160 N. Main St., Rutherfordton. Info: 2885009.

auDitions & Call to artists asheVille art MuseuM • Through SA (3/1) - Submissions open for Prime Time: Annual New Media, which will display as part of Moogfest. Guidelines and info: ashevilleart.org.

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hiCKory DoWntoWn DeVeloPMent assoCiation • Through TU (4/1) - Submissions open for Downtown Hickory Art Crawl. Info: bsinclair@bellsouth.net or 322-1121.

MusiC ViDeo asheVille • Through FR (3/14) - Submissions open for Music Video Asheville. Selected entries will be shown at the Diana Wortham Theater in April. Info: musicvideoavl. com. 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 SA (3/1) - Submissions open for the 2014 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition. First place: $200 and publication in storySouth. $15/ $10 members.

• Through FR (2/15) - Submissions open for the 2014 Doris Betts Fiction Prize. First place: $250 and publication in the NC Literary Review. $20/ $10 members.

Pet PhotograPhy Contest • Through FR (2/28) - Submissions open for Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation's annual pet photography contest. Guidelines and info: sargeandfriends.org or 246-9050. transylVania CoMMunity arts CounCil • ONGOING - Submissions open for 2014. Themes and deadlines: Interwoven, Feb 4; Outdoors, March 4; Animals, May 6; Potters, June 3; Art Mart, Nov. 10.

Info: tcarts.org or 884-2787.

Writers' WorKshoP eVents WW offers a variety of classes and events for beginning and experienced writers. Info: 254-8111 or twwoa. org.

• Through FR (2/28) - WW will accept submissions for its 25th Annual Poetry Contest. $25.

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an eVening With an alBuM • TH (2/13), 6pm - Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. Held at The Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. $10 donation to benefit asheville Design Center. Info: facebook.com/eveningwithanalbum.

Dinner, DanCe anD roManCe at Broyhill CiViC Center • SA (2/15), 7:30pm - Dinner event featuring the Hickory Jazz Orchestra. 1913 Hickory Blvd., SE, Lenior. $15/$8 children. Meal not included in price. Info: broyhillcenter.com.

MarDi gras Blues shoW BanD • TH (2/20), 6:30pm - Held at the Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: henderson.lib. nc.us or 697-4725.

Piano anD VoCal JaZZ ConCert • SU (2/16), 3pm - With Misty Daniels and Michael Jefry Stevens. St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St. Free with donations requested.

Info: 252-6043 or 252-3924.

Valentine's loVe song ConCert • FR (2/14), 7 pm - Traditional love songs with Castlebay. Held at the The Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. Free. Info: folkharper@ att.net or 274-4018.

theater asheVille CoMMunity theatre 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• FR (2/7) through SU (3/2)- Cabaret. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $25/$22 seniors and students/$15 children.

• SA (2/15), 9:30am - Back-to-back screening: Feet Water and The Sultan's Wife (11am). $5 each. asheVille PlayBaCK theatre Info: ashevilleplaybacktheatre.org.

• SA (2/15), 7pm - Held at The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 433 Bone Camp Road, Marshall. $10/$5 youth. eVents at 35BeloW Located underneath Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. Info: 254-1320 or

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• TH (2/6) through SU (2/23) - Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. $15. eVents at tryon fine arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Box office hours: Tue.Fri: 10am-4pm; Sat.:10am-1pm. Info: 859-8322 or tryonarts.org.

• TH (2/20) through SU (2/23) - Fiddler on the Roof on the Veh Stage. Thu.-Sat.: 8pm; Sun: 3pm. glengarry glen ross • TH (2/13) through SA (2/22) - A play by David Mamet. Held at the Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway. Thu.-Sat.: 8pm. $20/$15 advance.

Info: facebook.com/GlengarryGlenRossAVL. henDersonVille little theatre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville. Info: 6921082 or hendersonvillelittletheater.org.

• FR (2/14) through SU (3/2) - A Streetcar Named Desire. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. $20/$15 ages 18-25/$10 students under 18. one-aCt Plays at BreVarD College • FR (2/14) through SU (2/16) - Presented by the theatre studies department. $5. Fri.-Sat., 7pm; Sun., 2:30pm. In the Porter Center. Info: smithbm@brevard.edu. theater at WCu Performances take place at the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, unless otherwise noted.

Tickets and info: bardoartscenter.wcu.edu or 227-2479.

• WE (2/12) through SA (12/15), 7:30pm - A Doll's House. Hoey Auditorium. $15/$10 faculty/staff, seniors and students.

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

• Through TU (2/25) - 10th Anniversary Miniature Show, works smaller than 8X10. Opening reception: Feb. 7, 5-7pm. art at BreVarD College Info: brevard.edu/art or 884-8188.

• Through FR (2/21) - Sculpture works

by Kyle Lusk. In the Spiers Gallery. art at Mars hill uniVersity Weizenblatt Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9am5pm. Info: mhc.edu.

• Through (2/28) - Body and Soul, featuring work by African-American artists. art at unCa Info: unca.edu.

• Through MO (3/17) - Drawing Discourse, a juried exhibition of contemporary drawing. In the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. art at WCu Exhibits on display in the Fine Art Museum, unless otherwise noted.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Info: fineartmuseum.wcu.edu or 227-3591.

• Through MO (3/31) - Good Thoughts Better, mixed media by Edward J. Bisese. arts CounCil of henDerson County • TH (2/20) through FR (3/7) - The Art of Our Children, works by Henderson County elementary student exhibition.

Showing at First Citizens Bank, 539 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Mon.-Thu., 9am-5pm. Fri., 9am-6pm. Free. asheVille area arts CounCil gallery 346 Depot St. Hours: Tues.-Sat.: 11am-4pm. Info: ashevillearts.com or 258-0710.

• Through (3/7) - In Public, artist curated exhibit of mixed media. Opening reception: Feb. 7, 6-9pm. asheVille art MuseuM 2 N. Pack Square. Hours: Tues.-Sat.: 10am-5pm; Sun.: 1-5pm. Admission: $8/$7 students & seniors/free for children under 4. Info: ashevilleart.org or 253-3227.

• Through SU (5/18) - Social Geographies: Interpreting Space and Place, mixed media.

• Through (3/25) - Blueprints: A Collaboration, cyanotypes. Opening reception: Feb. 7, 5pm.

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• Through FR (2/28) - New to the Third, mixed media debut works. eleMents sPa anD shoP Located at 29 W. French Broad St., Brevard. Hours: Sat.-Wed.: 9am-6pm. Thu: 9am-7pm. Info: 884-2701 • TH (2/13) through FR (3/7) Impressionist works by Linda Muir. folK art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Hours: 9am-6pm, daily. Info: craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through TU (4/29) - Works by five Southern Highland Craft Guild members. hotel inDigo 151 Haywood St. Info: boutiquehotelasheville.com or 239-0239.

• ONGOING- Paintings by Lelia Canter, Kathleen Kelley and Emily Shields explore human and animal relationships. transylVania CoMMunity arts CounCil 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.Fri.: 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: tcarts.org or 884-2787.

• FR (2/7) through FR (2/28) - Interwoven, fiber arts and basketry. Opening reception: Feb. 7, 5-7pm. uPstairs artsPaCe 49 S. Trade St., Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: upstairsartspace.org or 859-2828.

• Through FR (3/14) - Figurative paintings

by Mark Flowers.

• Through (3/14) - Changing the Focus, photography from the Carolina Camera Club.

• Through (3/14) - Paintings of Southern towns by Andrew Blanchard ZaPoW! 21 Battery Park, Suite 101. Sun.-Mon., Wed.-Thu.: noon-6pm; Fri:. noon-8pm; Sat., noon-9pm; Info: zapow.net or 575-2024.

• ONGOING - Creepy Cute, mixed media.

Opening reception: Feb. 8, 7-9pm.

Blue sPiral 1 38 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: bluespiral1. com or 251-0202.

• Through FR (2/28) - Tara, the TwentyOne Praises, works by C. Shana Greger.

• Through FR(2/28) - Surreal sketches

by Ronald L. Ruble • Through FR (2/28) - New Works, con-

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FROGZ You probably have to kiss a lot of princes to find a frog like this. FROGZ, really. The production of Portland, Ore.’s Imago Theatre combines dance, mime and acrobatics with masks, costumes and an original music score for “a carnival of the absurd, presenting universal themes in works that tantalize the senses and intellect.” According to a press release, “Animals take on human characteristics and inanimate objects like Slinkys engage in silly humanistic movements.

Penguins play musical chairs, largerthan-life alligators taunt the audience, orbs run wild, and huge frogs leap about in a madcap revue of illusion, comedy and fun.” Performances take place at Diana Wortham Theatre on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 13 and 14, at 8 p.m. $35/$30/$15/$10. dwtheatre.com. Photo courtesy of Imago Theatre

The Whigs “Get off the Internet and go see a rock show,” says the Facebook bio of Athensby-way-of-Nashville trio The Whigs. It’s especially good advice if the show in question is a Whigs show. Julian Dorio, Parker Gispert and Timothy Deaux perform like men on fire. Men who really like being on fire. And, though they’ve put in appearances on Letterman, Conan, Leno and both Jimmys, and they’ve toured with Kings of Leon, The Black Keys and Drive-By Truckers, they still attack their shows with the enthusiasm of three guys in a college town playing a really great house party. The Whigs will release a new album in April. In advance of that, they take the stage at The Grey Eagle on Friday, Feb. 14, at 9 p.m. Junior Astronomers also perform. $10/$12. thegreyeagle.com.

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Casey Driessen Asheville-based Casey Driessen is a fiddler in the way that Michelangelo was a ceiling painter. Exhibit A: In addition to solo work, Driessen was part of Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet. Exhibit B: His video from TEDxAsheville in 2012, when he presented the process behind his album The Singularity. The idea came to him while snowed in at a Vermont hotel. Combining the technology of pedals and electronics with organic beats like African rhythms and the pulse of his daughter’s heart, Driessen built his complex, nuanced sound. Exhibit C: Driessen holds a CD release party for The Singularity at Pisgah Brewing on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 9 p.m. $10/$12. pisgahbrewing.com. Photo by Sandlin Gaither

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TEDxUNCAsheville Subjects of past TED talks have covered all manner of business, art, technology and philosophy. CEOs, inventors, brainy fashion models and precocious kids have all presented unique thinking. Taking it one step further, the theme for this week’s TEDxUNCAsheville is rethinking. “Topics include the parable of the pan, rethinking community gardening and activism, techniques for living a happy life, student military veteran treatment and the death of the rock star,” says a press release for the conference, which is organized by students. The 15 speakers include five professors, five students and five local residents. TEDxUNCAsheville will be held in Lipinksy Auditorium at UNC Asheville on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $5/$8/$10. tedxuncasheville.org. Photo of Bethany Adams, courtesy of TEDxUNCAsheville

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WxyZ lounge Jason Daniello (singer-songwriter), 8-10pm

185 King street Carolina vs. Duke potluck, 6pm aDaM Dalton Distillery 3D: Local DJ party (electronic, dance), 9pm

friDay, feB. 14

alley Kats taVern Karaoke w/ Kimbra & Ron, 7:30pm

alley Kats taVern The Mix (96.5 house band), 10pm

altaMont BreWing CoMPany Hot Point Trio (gypsy jazz), 8:30pm

asheVille MusiC hall Umphrey's McGee after party w/ The Fritz & Captain Midnight Band (funk, rock), 10:30pm

Ben's tune-uP Karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 10pm BlaCK Mountain ale house Bluegrass jam w/ The Deals, 9pm

athena's CluB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Blue Mountain PiZZa & BreW PuB Open mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7-9pm

Blue Mountain PiZZa & BreW PuB Bob Zullo, 7-9pm

CorK & Keg Irish jam w/ Beanie, Vincent & Jean, 7pm

ByWater Valentine's prom & dance-off, 9pm

DouBle CroWn DJ Dr. Filth (country), 10pm

ClassiC Wineseller Sheila Gordon & Chris Minick (Carole King songs), 7pm

eMeralD lounge Wild Adriatic (rock 'n' soul), 8pm

CluB eleVen on groVe Red & Black Valentine's Day party (DJ jam, hip-hop, R&B, soul, funk), 9pm-2am

grinD Cafe Trivia night, 7pm highlanD BreWing CoMPany Corey Bullman (blues), 5:30pm iron horse station The Wilhelm Brothers (folk, indie), 5-8pm JaCK of the WooD PuB Old-time session, 5pm

swEEt and twangY: Carrboro Americana duo Mandolin Orange will be bringing traditional Southern Appalachian sounds to Isis Restaurant and Music Hall on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 9 p.m. Having just released their newest album, This Side of Jordan, Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz are making Asheville their next stop on a nationwide tour, with highlights including SxSW in March and Merlefest in April.

one stoP Deli & Bar Jimkata & Twiddle (jam, rock, electro), 10pm orange Peel Lord Huron w/ Superhumanoids (indie), 9pm sly grog lounge Open mic, 7pm southern aPPalaChian BreWery Todd Hoke (acoustic, Americana, folk), 6-8pm tallgary's Cantina Open mic & jam, 7pm the Mothlight Gardener w/ Ant'lrd, Aloonaluna & Difference Clouds (soundscapes), 8pm the Phoenix Jazz night, 8:30-11pm

To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed / To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue / Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Hayley Benton at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801. Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland / Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed / The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues / Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. This is a firm deadline.

DouBle CroWn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage, soul), 10pm eMeralD lounge Crow Quill Night Owls & Szkojani Charlatans (ragtime, gypsy jazz, hillbilly folk), 9pm frenCh BroaD BreWery tasting rooM Traveling Broke & Out of Gas (Americana, folk, rock), 6-8pm

loBster traP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, electronics), 7pm oliVe or tWist Swing lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7-8pm 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8-11pm

CorK & Keg Juan Benavedes (flamenco, latin, jazz), 8:30pm

the soCial Karaoke, 9:30pm

haVana restaurant Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm

tiger Mountain thirst Parlour Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm

JaCK of the WooD PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

tiMo's house Release w/ Disc-Oh! (bass), 9pm

lexington aVe BreWery (laB) Joe Lasher Jr. (country, southern rock), 9pm

toWn PuMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm

loBster traP Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

trailheaD restaurant anD Bar Open jam, 6pm

MillrooM Bird in Hand CD release (folk-rock), 8pm

Vanuatu KaVa Bar Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm VinCenZo's Bistro Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm

thursDay, feB. 13

oDDitoriuM Open mic night w/ Harry of The Tills, 9pm oliVe or tWist Salsa lessons w/ Fabian, 7-8pm Salsa/Latin DJ, 8-11pm one stoP Deli & Bar Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Rims & Keys w/ The Resh French & Deejay Mason (electronic), 10pm

altaMont BreWing CoMPany Savannah Faith Smith (bluegrass), 9pm

PurPle onion Cafe Red Hot Sugar Babies (jazz), 7:30-9:30pm

asheVille MusiC hall Dopapod w/ The Mike Dillon Band (jam, funk, jazz, punk), 10pm

sCanDals nightCluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Ben's tune-uP Island dance party w/ DJ Malinalli, 10pm Blue Mountain PiZZa & BreW PuB Locomotive Pie (roots, folk, blues), 7-9pm CorK & Keg Open mic, 7:30pm Dirty south lounge The Toothe, Hermit Kings (rock, post-folk, Americana) & art contest, 9pm

southern aPPalaChian BreWery The Dan Keller Trio (jazz), 7-9pm the Mothlight Phil Cook & The Guitarheels w/ Minorcan (garage, folk-rock), 8:30pm the Phoenix The Moon & You (indie, folk), 8:30-11pm the soCial Caribbean Cowboys (surf-rock), 8pm

green rooM Cafe & Coffeehouse Olivier (jazz, blues), 6:30-8:30pm grey eagle MusiC hall & taVern The Whigs w/ Junior Astronomers (garage-rock), 9pm haVana restaurant Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 7pm highlanD BreWing CoMPany Raising Caine (country), 6-8pm iron horse station Ben Wilson (love songs), 7-10pm isis restaurant anD MusiC hall The Billy Sea (Americana), 8:30pm JaCK of the WooD PuB Shawn James & The Shapeshifters w/ County Graves (blues, folk, soul), 9pm MetroPolis K Theory w/ Dynohunter (electronic), 11pm MillrooM Andy Woodhull (comedy), 7 & 9:30pm oDDitoriuM Monster Prom w/ Zombie Queen, The Go Devils, The Warship Christ, The Blots & DJ Dr. Fuzz (rock), 9pm oliVe or tWist Cha cha lesson w/ Ian, 7-8pm 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11:30pm one stoP Deli & Bar Umphrey's McGee after party w/ Ultraviolet Hippopotamus (jam, rock), 11pm orange Peel Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings w/ Valerie June (soul, funk), 9pm Pisgah BreWing CoMPany The Hackensaw Boys (old-time, bluegrass), 9pm root Bar no. 1 Jerry's Bones (roots rock), 9:30pm

DouBle CroWn DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

tiMo's house Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 9pm

eMeralD lounge Lyric w/ Ryan Barber & Po' Folk (R&B, soul), 8pm

toWn PuMP Ten Cent Poetry (string duo), 9pm

sCanDals nightCluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

frenCh BroaD BreWery tasting rooM Stephen Evans (singer-songwriter, indie), 6-8pm

trailheaD restaurant anD Bar Open jam, 6pm

sCully's DJ, 10pm-2am

grey eagle MusiC hall & taVern Kevin Burke & John Carty (celtic), 8pm

tressa's DoWntoWn JaZZ anD Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm

southern aPPalaChian BreWery The Secret B-Sides (soul, R&B), 8-10pm

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sPring CreeK taVern Dub Cartel (reggae, dub), 8-11pm

Wednesday, February 12th

tallgary's Cantina Anti-Valentine's Day party w/ DJ Justin, 7pm

AVL Blues Jam w/Special guests Wild Adriatic and Jordan Okrend 8pm-12am **FREE**

Thursday, February 13th

Night before Valentine’s R & B Extravaganza w/ Lyric, Ryan Barber & Po Folk Friday, February 14th

Old Time Sweetheart Stomp w/ Crow Quill Night Owls & Szkojani Charlatans Saturday, February 15th

Dark Star Orchestra After-party w/Phuncle Sam Monday, February 17th

Simply Pickin’ Bluegrass Jam Wednesday, February 19th

thurs. feb 13

JOe lasher Jr.

backstage • 9:00PM • $6

the green rooM Bistro & Bar Leigh Glass & Corey Bullman (Americana), 8:30pm the Mothlight Be Mine Burlesque Show, 10pm the soCial Ashli Rose, 9pm

sat. feb 15

tiger Mountain thirst Parlour Dr. Filth (soul, psych, punk), 10pm

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toWn PuMP Matt Townsend (folk, singer-songwriter), 9pm

basK w/ baD DOg FOg, ONJ, backstage • 9:30PM • $6

thurs. feb 27

all star brOwn bag winners shOwCase

FeatUring Matt tOwnsend & JeFF tHOMPsON, RObeRtINO (RObeRtINO RUsseL), HaNNaH tHe k (HaNNaH KaMiner) backstage • 7:30PM • $5

sat. mar 15

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backstage • 9:30PM • $6

AVL Blues Jam **FREE**

toy Boat CoMMunity art sPaCe Pour Your Heart Out benefit w/ members of the Runaway Circus, Forty Fingers & a Missing Tooth Juggling, 8pm tressa's DoWntoWn JaZZ anD Blues The Lowdown (jazz), 7pm Lyric (funk, soul), 10pm Vanuatu KaVa Bar Seraphim Arkistra (electro-coustic, ambient improv), 9pm VinCenZo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm White horse Cabaret jazz w/ Wendy Jones, Michael Jefry Stevens & Rich Willey, 8pm WilD Wing Cafe A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm WxyZ lounge The Gypsy Swingers (gypsy jazz), 9-11pm

saturDay, feB. 15 185 King street The Nighthawks (blues, roots rock), 8pm alley Kats taVern Twisted Trail (country, rock), 9pm altaMont BreWing CoMPany Open jam w/ Chris O'Neill, 9pm

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Blue Mountain PiZZa & BreW PuB Gene Holdway, 7-9pm ByWater Tribute to Waylon Jennings w/ Raising Caine & Woody Wood, 9pm ClassiC Wineseller Eve Haslam, Simon George & Shannon Hoover (love songs), 7pm CorK & Keg Cisco Playboys w/ Lynn Netherton (classic country, twostep, swing), 8:30pm DouBle CroWn DJ Lil Lorruh (50s & 60s R&B, rock 'n' roll), 10pm eMeralD lounge Dark Star Orchestra after party w/ Phuncle Sam, 9pm frenCh BroaD BreWery tasting rooM Even the Animals (folk, rock, indie), 6-8pm green rooM Cafe & Coffeehouse Aaron Coffin (Americana, singer-songwriter), 6:30-8:30pm highlanD BreWing CoMPany Artimus Pyle Band (rock 'n' roll), 6-8pm iron horse station Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7-10pm isis restaurant anD MusiC hall Mandolin Orange w/ Locust Honey (bluegrass, indie), 9pm

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WxyZ lounge Ritmos Latinos w/ DJ Malinalli, 9-11pm

sunDay, feB. 16 altaMont BreWing CoMPany Bill Fleming CD release w/ Lisa Jacobi, Stuart McNair, Chris O'Neill & Don Bloodworth (songwriters, pedal steel), 4pm Ben's tune-uP Vinyl night (open DJ collective)

pinball, foosball, ping-pong & a kickass jukebox kitchen open until late

BlaCK Mountain ale house NFL Sunday w/ pre-game brunch at 11:30am, 1pm

504 Haywood Rd. West Asheville • 828-255-1109 “It’s bigger than it looks!”

Blue Mountain PiZZa & BreW PuB Locomotive Pie (roots, folk, blues), 7-9pm DouBle CroWn Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm grey eagle MusiC hall & taVern Tony Joe White w/ Aaron Woody Wood (blues, rock), 8pm

swing), 9pm lexington aVe BreWery (laB) Bask w/ Muscle & Bone, Bad Fog & ONJ (Americana, post-rock, psychedelic), 9:30pm oDDitoriuM UNCA Vagina Monologues after party w/ Pawtooth, Milky White & Karaoke (rock), 9pm oliVe or tWist 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8:30-11:30pm one stoP Deli & Bar Reggae Family Jam, 2pm Grits & Soul (bluegrass), 7pm orange Peel Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead experience), 9pm PaCK's taVern The Nightcrawlers (old school R&B, deep groove), 9pm Pisgah BreWing CoMPany Casey Driessen (fiddle), 9pm PurPle onion Cafe Overmountain Men (Americana, folk), 8-10pm root Bar no. 1 Shawn James & The Shapeshifters w/ M.P. Butler (rock, blues), 9:30pm sCanDals nightCluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am sCully's DJ, 10pm-2am southern aPPalaChian BreWery Taylor Moore Band (rock, Americana), 8-10pm tallgary's Cantina Southern Soul Campaign (Southern rock), 9pm the green rooM Bistro & Bar Letters to Abigail (Americana), 8:30pm the Mothlight Julianna Barwick w/ Vasillus (experimental, ambient), 8:30pm the Phoenix The Get Right Band (rock, funk, reggae), 9pmmidnight the soCial Karaoke, 9:30pm tiger Mountain thirst Parlour DJ Devyl's Hands (psychedelic, indie, metal, rock), 10pm toWn PuMP Point & Shoot (Americana, rock), 9pm toy Boat CoMMunity art sPaCe Asheville Vaudeville, 8pm tressa's DoWntoWn JaZZ anD Blues Ruby Mayfield & The Friendship Train (blues), 10pm VinCenZo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WestVille PuB Bear Down Easy (bluegrass, country, Americana), 10pm White horse Land of Sky (symphonic band), 8pm

hi-Wire BreWing Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 4:30-6:30pm hyPhen Locomotive Pie (roots, folk, blues), 2-5pm isis restaurant anD MusiC hall Jazz showcase, 6pm JaCK of the WooD PuB Irish session, 5pm loBster traP Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm MillrooM Andrew Scotchie and the River Rats, Sex Knuckle & more (rock), 4pm oDDitoriuM Adult poetry slam, 8pm oliVe or tWist DJ Mike Filippone (60s-90s rock, disco, karaoke), 8-11pm one stoP Deli & Bar Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am Nomadic w/ Mister F (rave), 10pm orange Peel Shpongle (psychedelic, experimental), 9pm PurPle onion Cafe Honeycutters (Americana, singer-songwriters), 6pm sCanDals nightCluB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am southern aPPalaChian BreWery Ellen Trnka (acoustic, Americana, blues), 5-7pm tallgary's Cantina Sick Sound Sundays (DJ), 8pm the Mothlight Other Colors (experimental pop), 9pm the soCial '80s night, 8pm toWn PuMP Stephen Lee (alt-country), 9pm VinCenZo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

MonDay, feB. 17 185 King street Trivia night w/ Spencer Jones & Evan Smith, 8pm alley Kats taVern Open mic, 8pm altaMont BreWing CoMPany Old-time jam, 7pm BlaCK Mountain ale house Karaoke, 9pm ByWater Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm CourtyarD gallery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm DouBle CroWn Punk 'n' roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm

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a voicE and a guitaR: Rod Picott’s voice will ring above his gentle guitar picking as he sings folksy, alt-country melodies to those inside the Altamont Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. Picott will be performing with Darden Smith, folk-Americana artist with a similar style.

eMeralD lounge Bluegrass jam w/ Mountain Feist, 8pm

iron horse station Open mic w/ Kevin Reese, 5-8pm

JaCK of the WooD PuB Quizzo, 7-9pm

isis restaurant anD MusiC hall Bluegrass session, 7:30pm

oDDitoriuM Open dance night, 9pm

JaCK of the WooD PuB Singer-songwriters, 7pm Kevin Scanlon (folk, old-time), 9pm

osKar Blues BreWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm the Mothlight Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band (rock), 8:30pm the Phoenix Jeff Sipe (funk, rock, jam), 8:30-11pm the soCial The River Rats (rock 'n' roll, blues), 8pm tiger Mountain thirst Parlour Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lil Lorruh & David Wayne Gay, 10pm VinCenZo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WestVille PuB Trivia night, 8pm

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alley Kats taVern Bluegrass Tuesday, 8pm altaMont BreWing CoMPany Open mic w/ Chris O'Neill, 8pm Ben's tune-uP Dance party w/ DJ Rob, 10pm

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MarKet PlaCe Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 6:30pm oDDitoriuM Comedy open mic w/ Tom Peters, 9pm one stoP Deli & Bar Sinners & Saints w/ 72nd and Central (folk, alternative), 8pm Tuesday night techno, 10pm sCully's Triva night, 9-11pm the Phoenix Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 8:30-11pm the soCial Big Generator (rock, blues), 7-9pm tiMo's house '90s night w/ DJ Ra Mak (90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 9pm tressa's DoWntoWn JaZZ anD Blues Lyric (acoustic), 8pm Travers Brothership (alternative, blues, soul, jam), 9pm VinCenZo's Bistro Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WestVille PuB Blues jam, 10pm White horse Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

WeDnesDay, feB. 19

Blue Mountain PiZZa & BreW PuB Patrick Fitzsimons (folk), 7-9pm

185 King street Barrett Smith, Mike Guggino, Mike Ashworth & Jeff Sipe (acoustic), 8pm

CluB eleVen on groVe Dance, 8:30-11pm

aDaM Dalton Distillery 3D: Local DJ party (electronic, dance), 9pm

CreeKsiDe taPhouse Bluegrass jam, 7pm

alley Kats taVern Karaoke w/ Kimbra & Ron, 7:30pm

DouBle CroWn Punk 'n' roll w/ DJs Sean and Will, 10pm

altaMont BreWing CoMPany Hot Point Trio (gypsy jazz), 8:30pm

Ben's tune-uP Karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 10pm

the Mothlight Sebadoh w/ Octagrape (indie-rock, punk), 9pm

BlaCK Mountain ale house David Earl & Friends (acoustic rock, outlaw country), 9pm

the Phoenix Jazz night, 8pm

Blue Mountain PiZZa & BreW PuB Open mic w/ Billy Owens, 7-9pm CorK & Keg Jackomo & The Running of the Winos Krewe (Cajun, zydeco, two-step), 7:30pm DouBle CroWn DJ Dr. Filth (country), 10pm eMeralD lounge Blues jam, 8pm grinD Cafe Trivia night, 7pm iron horse station Jesse James (Americana), 5-8pm JaCK of the WooD PuB Old-time session, 5pm loBster traP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, electronics), 7pm oDDitoriuM Primary Colors, Keenan Kid, Smokey Robinhood & Asher Hill (hip-hop), 9pm oliVe or tWist Swing lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7-8pm 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8-11pm orange Peel Lettuce w/ Tauk & KRAZ (funk), 9pm

the soCial Karaoke, 9:30pm tiger Mountain thirst Parlour Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm tiMo's house Release w/ Disc-Oh! (bass), 9pm toWn PuMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm trailheaD restaurant anD Bar Open jam, 6pm Vanuatu KaVa Bar Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

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VinCenZo's Bistro Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm

thursDay, feB. 20 185 King street Dust N' the Wynn (country, folk, soul, Southern rock), 8pm aDaM Dalton Distillery Bridging the Gap (old school hip-hop, vinyl night), 10pm2am alley Kats taVern The Mix (96.5 house band), 8pm

sly grog lounge Open mic, 7pm

asheVille MusiC hall Needle on the Record w/ Shinobi Ninja, Crazyhorse & Colston, Lyric & Hunter (hip-hop), 10pm

tallgary's Cantina Open mic & jam, 7pm

Ben's tune-uP Island dance party w/ DJ Malinalli, 10pm

thu 2/13 Fri 2/14

an Evening of irish Music w/ kEvin BurkE & john carTy 8pm • $15/$18

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vaLEntinE’s shoW thE WhiGs w/ junior astronomers

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Blue Mountain PiZZa & BreW PuB Makia Groove (reggae, funk, fusion), 7-9pm CorK & Keg Chicken Train (old-time), 6:30pm DouBle CroWn DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm eMeralD lounge Andy D w/ Golden Street Choir Boys and King Super & The Excellents (pop, rap, electrofunk), 8:30pm

DouBle CroWn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage, soul), 10pm

haVana restaurant Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm

eMeralD lounge Asheville Beat Tape Collective w/ MNDSGN, Panther God, 10th Letter, Peripheral Deflon & Deku, 8pm

JaCK of the WooD PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

frenCh BroaD BreWery tasting rooM JJ & The Bradshers (rock), 6-8pm

loBster traP Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

green rooM Cafe & Coffeehouse Carrie Morrison & Steve Whiteside (Americana), 6:308:30pm

MillrooM Emancipator after party w/ OG Status (dubstep, hip-hop), 10pm

grey eagle MusiC hall & taVern White Denim w/ The Districts (rock), 9pm

oDDitoriuM Hudson Falcons w/ The Dimarcos (punk), 9pm

haVana restaurant Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 7pm

oliVe or tWist Salsa lessons w/ Fabian, 7-8pm DJ (salsa, Latin, swing), 8-11pm

highlanD BreWing CoMPany The Blood Gyspies (jazz, blues), 6-8pm

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dRama mYstERY RatEd pg-13 thE stoRY: Domestic drama centering on the complex issues surrounding a woman’s divorce and purported remarriage. thE Lowdown: Just exactly how The Past missed a Best Foreign Language Oscar nod is a mystery of some note. This is a powerful and compelling drama — structured as a mystery — that’s on the short list of must-see movies.

Asghar Farhadi’s new film The Past doesn’t have the immediate impact of his Oscar-winning A Separation (2011), and it certainly hasn’t quite the same level of awards cache, but the further away I get from it, the more I think The Past might well be the better film. For me at least, it lingers more in the mind than A Separation. Despite being the Iranian filmmaker’s first film made in the West (France), it’s very much in the same mold as its predecessor — but without the specific political and sociological concerns. For that matter, several of its characters — including two of the principals — are Iranian. But the connections are much deeper than that. Once again, Farhadi is working in the realm of the domestic drama (face it, these movies are not that far removed from soap operas), and

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BéRénicE BEjo and aLi mosaFFa in Asghar Farhadi’s near masterpiece The Past.

once again, Farhadi takes a very plot-driven approach.

He also turns this story into a mystery — much more effectively than he did with A Separation — though it takes a while before that becomes completely apparent. Once it does, however, the film’s narrative becomes a series of startling but always believable shifts. What we think we know constantly turns into something else. In lesser hands, this might have been no more than a gimmick, but Farhadi is too shrewd to fall into that trap. Yes, he clearly enjoys continually pulling the rug out from under us, and he knows this structure creates a tension that makes the story compelling viewing (nothing wrong with that). But Farhadi is on record as being more interested in raising questions than in providing simplistic answers, and that’s what’s ultimately going on here. Even the film’s conclusion — something that could have been a standard, art-house lemon of an ending — creates its own (almost unbearable) tension. That tension holds even if Farhadi does what you think he will do. (Yes, you’ll have to see the movie to know exactly what I’m talking about.)

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The plot is built on Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) returning from Tehran to Paris to sign the divorce papers for his soon-to-be ex-wife Marie Brisson (Bérénice Bejo, proving that there’s much more to her than The Artist suggested). No sooner do the two meet than they settle into squabbling like the old married couple they are, but there’s more to it than that. True, Ahmad has come to Paris when he could have handled this through a lawyer, but what he doesn’t know is that Marie has an ulterior motive in getting him there. She wants to remarry, and she wants Ahmad to talk to her (not Ahmad’s) older daughter Lucie (the astonishing Pauline Burlet, La Vie en Rose) to bring her around on the topic. Neither the announcement of this new marriage, nor the idea of talking to Lucie appeals to him. For that matter, he’s not happy about staying at Marie’s house with her new boyfriend Samir (Tahar Rahim, A Prophet) for the duration.

This uncomfortable situation, however, is but the proverbial iceberg tip. Marie has left out certain key details — like the fact that she’s pregnant and that Samir’s

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wife Celine (Alexandra Klebanska) is in a coma following a suicide bid.

Again, these points are only part of the story — the part of it that Marie knows. There is much more than this, but the film cautiously and methodically doles these details out — not just because it makes for good drama, but because the other characters are harboring secrets that they haven’t shared. These secrets make up the latter part of the film, ultimately providing the probable solution to what really happened, but deliberately withholding the deeper emotions behind it all. Oh, there are hints and possibilities, but Farhadi leaves those aspects of the film for us to ponder — or perhaps be haunted by. It’s a brilliant move, only slightly marred by the fact that once the revelations start, Ahmad is effectively sidelined for so long that it’s a shock when he resurfaces at the end. A small quibble, but it’s there all the same. Even so, this is a must-see. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material and brief strong language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre.

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Director: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street) Players: (Voices) Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson animated adventure Rated PG The Story: An uninteresting Lego figure — living in a Lego world — is chosen to fulfill a prophecy that will free his people.

The Lowdown: A fun, often cute (and eventually sappy) movie that’s enjoyable but disposable.

Despite the overwhelming critical support and the huge wad of money it made over the weekend, I can’t shake the feeling that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie does little more than scale the heights of being perfectly satisfactory. It’s one of those animated, kiddie-adventure movies that is really

made for adults. (By “adults,” I mean twenty-somethings with a deep, heavy sense of childhood nostalgia.) And while I can’t fault anyone for liking the movie — it’s cute, but it’s a lot sappier than it needs to be — it’s the kind of film that is so reliant on pop culture references that it becomes incredibly specialized.

I don’t mind pop culture references, but a bunch of Star Wars jokes in 2014 is close to a comedic nadir. In this sense, the movie’s entire comedic sensibility often feels played out and even a little lazy. Thankfully, Lord and Miller throw enough against the wall for things to work occasionally, and its kindhearted nature makes up for a lot.

As far as plot goes, The Lego Movie is basically The Matrix with Legos. Chris Pratt (TV’s Parks and Recreation) is the voice of Emmet, a pretty uninspiring, dull and friendless Lego figure who works at a construction job in a nondescript city made of Lego blocks.

Of course, that all changes when he fulfills a prophecy and finds a strange, plastic Lego piece that will end the reign of President Business (Will Ferrell), the domineering leader of this Lego world who wants to quell disorder and creativity. What follows is a lot of basic action and adventure stuff with Emmet trying to save the world (which, given the animated style, can often be too busy and difficult to follow). Lego’s long history of corporate tie-ins supplies the pop culture cache. Eventually, the story dovetails into the metaphysical realm, and there is a heap of sentimentality and daddy issues that are never quite as emotionally affecting as they would like to be.

This ambitious but schmaltzy turn might be where a lot of people’s love for the movie comes from. For me, it’s asking for an emotional response it doesn’t deserve. (A good bit of this shortcoming probably has to do with relying on Will Ferrell to create poignancy — an approach that never works.)

Thankfully, the sum total is pleasant and enjoyable.

Unfortunately, it’s also wholly disposable. I’m not sure anyone is expecting some grand piece of filmmaking from something called The Lego Movie, and while the critical reception may be a bit overblown, the movie fulfills its modest aims as entertainment. Sometimes that is all you can ask for. Rated

PG for mild action and rude humor. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher.

The Monuments Men HHH Director: George Clooney Players: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville Fact-based War Drama with Comedic Touches Rated pg-13 The Story: Fact-based story of the men who rescued stolen art treasures from the Nazis in WWII. The Lowdown: Yes, it should have been great and it’s only pretty good, but it’s not the disaster many have painted. It’s solidly made and individual sequences are excellent, even if the whole doesn’t work so well.

Despite the general run of critical opinion, The Monuments Men isn’t a bad movie. Had it been signed by, say, Brett Ratner or McG, it would be judged as pretty good. But it’s from George Clooney, and we expect more than “pretty good” out of Clooney (whether or not we should). We also expect more from this cast. When we get “pretty good,” it’s easy to overreact. Is The Monuments Men a disappointment? Yes, it is, but it isn’t a crashing disappointment. For fans of Clooney and the actors — or WWII history buffs — it’s certainly worth seeing. That it should have been — or could have been — something wonderful ... well, that’s another matter.

I’m not sure what we expected, but what we got was a less eventful take on The Dirty Dozen (1967) mixed with a less cheeky Kelly’s Heroes (1970).

Think of it as Clooney’s Artistic Dozen, and you’re sort of there.

Instead of a team assembled from convicts, we have a team assembled from art experts. Instead of the team stealing a pile of gold from the Nazis for their own benefit, our heroes are out to save art stolen by the Nazis with an eye on returning it to its own-

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ers. Of course, all this is dictated by a historical narrative (well, more or less), and this seems to be where the film stumbles. The movie becomes rather tepid by being too respectful and too cautious. With this director and cast, it’s impossible not to feel that it should have been more playful than it is. Fleeting moments have that quality, and Bill Murray and Bob Balaban come off better than most. But even the things that strike that tone are often squashed

by Alexandre Desplat’s overbearing sub-John Williams score. In this regard, the movie feels like Clooney handed it over to the composer and said, “Make this sound like a Spielberg picture.” It’s not a good fit.

With all that working against it, The Monuments Men is still surprisingly entertaining in a minor key and on a less-than-grand scale. The basic story is sufficiently interesting by itself. And for everything that Clooney doesn’t quite make sing, there are individual components that he gets right. Most of the scenes involving Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett are good. Some of them are better than good. Even the overworked gag about Damon’s mangled French plays nicely. Hugh Bonneville’s big scene is solid, but it tries too hard. John Goodman and Jean Dujardin make an appealing team, and their scenes — both comedic and tragic — work. But Balaban and Murray steal the show on every level. They’re not only unfailingly amusing, but they have the movie’s most emotionally effective scene. It’s perhaps telling that the scene in question involves a homemade record of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (sung by an uncredited Nora Sagal), meaning it isn’t slathered in Desplat’s score.

Oddly, the player who comes off as the least interesting is Clooney himself. Clooney has tamped down his puckish charm and given himself most of the movie’s heavy lifting. That means he does a lot of speechifying about the importance of their mission.

It’s not bad — and Clooney is incapable of squelching his innate movie star charm — but it isn’t necessary to state and restate the importance of saving our cultural heritage. However, in the bargain, he has also given us a thoroughly professional — and somewhat old-fashioned — movie. That it’s a good bit shy of what it might have been is a pity, but it is not without its merit. Rated PG-13 for some images of war violence and historical smoking. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

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Winter’s Tale ‘girl rising’ sCreening at WCu • TH (2/13), 7pm - A discussion on empowering women and girls follows screening. Held in the A.K. Hinds University Center. Free. Info: jwhitmire@ wcu.edu.

ClassiC WorlD CineMa foreign filM series • FR (2/14), 8pm - The Last Wave. Held in the Courtyard Gallery at the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Free. Info: ashevillecourtyard.com. filM at unCa Events are free unless otherwise noted.

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• TH (2/20), 6:30pm - UNCA will screen Four Little Girls at the Highsmith University Union. Info:msp.unca.edu or 232.2417.

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Held at Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place. Free. Info: uuasheville.org. unCa BlaCK history Month filM series Held in the Highsmith University Center.

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• TH (2/13), 6:30pm - The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, episode three.

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Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (Ron Howard’s go-to writer) turns feature director with this adaptation of Mark Helprin’s novel. It boasts a good cast — Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Eva Marie Saint — and the trailer looks intriguing. The studio says: “Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, Winter’s Tale is a story of miracles, crossed destinies and the age-old battle between good and evil. “ OK, but the trailer looks better than that sounds. (pg-13)

Endless Love Though it sounds like it, Endless Love is not a remake of Franco Zaeffirelli’s legendary 1981 disaster by the same name. No, this is something “new” from the writerdirector of Country Strong, Shana Feste. It stars Alex Pettyfer (still looking for the role that will make him a star), Gabriella Wilde, Bruce Greenwood, Joely Richardson and Robert Patrick. According to the studio, this is “the story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.” Yep, that sounds fresh all right. (pg-13)

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About Last Night OK, so back in the 1980s, David Mamet’s play Sexual Perversity in Chicago got Hollywoodized in About Last Night. It wasn’t much of a movie, but since it’s so 80s-centric, it has gained a following. Fans are predictably up in arms over this remake with Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall and Joy Bryant.

That it’s directed by the same guy who made Hot Tub Time Machine says much. That it hasn’t been screened may say more. (R)

The Past See review in “Cranky Hanke”.

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Robocop The Brits and the Aussies have already gotten Jose Pahilha’s PG-13ified remake of Paul Verhoeven’s very R-rated RoboCop (1987), and they’re pretty much split down the middle as to its merits or lack thereof. In its favor is a supporting cast that includes Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish and Jackie Earle Haley. On the debit side is just about everything else. But, hey, it’s Valentine’s Day, and nothing says Valentine’s Day like a remake of RoboCop (pg-13)

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Vampire Academy HH diREctoR: Mark Waters (Mean Girls) pLaYERs: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne, Dominic Sherwood comEdY hoRRoR RomancE mish-mash RatEd pg-13 thE stoRY: Dire doings and romantic hijinks at a school for vampires. thE Lowdown: Muddled and not worth bothering to figure out, it’s simply another piece of the winter wasteland — and the groundhog predicted six more weeks of this.

It was almost touching to reach the end of Mark Waters’ Vampire Academy and find that it not only left itself open for a sequel, but seemed so certain of that eventuality that it set one up. This is what is known as unwarranted optimism. I grant you that 11:30 a.m. on a Saturday is not prime viewing time for such a would-be teen-centric cinematic experience, but considering that my wife, one other hapless critic and I were the entire audience, no one was beating a path to the door. While this afforded us a certain freedom to comment — not to mention laugh in inappropriate places — it perhaps doesn’t bode well for that sequel. However, Vampire Academy apparently cost little to make — the effects attest to this — and it may not take much to put it in the black.

Now, I can’t say I actually minded sitting through Suckula ... er Vampire Academy, but far too much of the entertainment (or perhaps more accurately, amusement) lay in marveling at how such a moronically simple story could be told in such a confusingly overcomplicated manner. The problem stems from the fact that the movie doesn’t set things up, but instead dumps the viewer into the thick of the story and slowly doles out the requisite information.

It’s a nice trick if you pull it off, but here it’s all Night of the Living Dead Expository Writing. Still, that might have worked to some degree if anything of real note or originality was revealed along the way.

The basics are very simple: There are three kinds of vampires as the film defines them. There are the Moroi,

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Cleopatra HHHS histoRicaL Epic Rated NR The Hendersonville Film Society is showing the restored (complete) 1963 epic Cleopatra as its director intended — as two separate films. Part One details Cleopatra’s (Elizabeth Taylor) romantic and political antics with Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison), and Part Two does the same with her and Marc Antony (Richard Burton). It does make for a better movie — or movies — but it’s still overlong, overproduced and, frankly, rather silly. That last is the nature of these ancient world dramas, though, so maybe that shouldn’t count against it.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Cleopatra Part One Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Last Wave HHHH occuLt thRiLLER Rated PG World Cinema is bringing back Peter Weir’s

occult thriller The Last Wave (1977). This is the film that brought Weir to even greater international attention than his Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) had. Seen today, it’s an imperfect affair that benefits from its intensely creepy atmosphere, but it suffers from a too-deliberate pace and a slightly arty tone. It’s still rewarding and interesting, however.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Last Wave Friday, Feb. 14, 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.

Funny Faces HHHHH musicaL comEdY Rated NR It’s got Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. It was directed by Stanley Donen. It’s filled with Gershwin songs (augmented with a few others by lesser lights). What’s not to love about the 1957 film, Funny Face?

Well, pretty much nothing. It’s colorful, glossy, tuneful, funny, romantic and it moves like lightning. Some carp about the age difference between 58-year-old Astaire and 28-year-old Hepburn (see also Bogie and Hepburn in Sabrina and Gary Cooper and Hepburn in Love in the Afternoon), but let them.

who are kind of the human-friendly Cullens of this world. They do not, however, feed on animals, but on willing groupies — probably made up of overzealous Twihards — who are neither drained, nor transformed. (Honest, I’m not making this up.) Then we have the Dhampir. They are basically familiars (like Dracula’s sidekick, Renfield), except they’re half-breeds who fight like escapees from a kung-fu movie in order to protect the Moroi. Protect them from what? The Strigoi, of course. These are the really nasty vampires who mostly sound like heavy phone-breathers and are out to kill off the Moroi. Why? Well, that I never got. There’s also a bunch of sub-magic characters with names that would make J.K. Rowling giggle.

Top this off with a bunch of transparent, vampire-royalty chicanery (really, if you can’t spot the surprise villain, you ought to be ashamed), lashings of unpersuasive teenage romance and high school shenanigans, and there you find the bitter truth: None of this was worth unraveling.

The film is mostly populated with nice-looking people you have never heard of. Probably the biggest name in the young person cast is Modern

Family’s Sarah Hyland as the school nerd. The bulk of the adult heavy lifting falls on Gabriel Byrne as an ailing Moroi royal, and he’s as good as the part requires him to be. Joely Richardson shows up twice (my guess is that both scenes were shot on the same day) as the inexplicably bitchy queen of the Moroi. Unlike Byrne, she barely bothers to try. (It’s not hard to understand why that may be.) The younger cast members do what they can, but they’re up against a script that gives them very little to work with.

On paper, this movie probably sounded promising — Mark Waters returns to Mean Girls (2004), only at a school for vampires. In practice, Vampire Academy falls flat. There’s no inspiration, no joy and not very much humor — at least intentional humor.

On the plus side, it looks nice (apart from the cheesy CGI) and is professionally made. That, of course, means that Devil’s Due is still the yardstick for 2014 crapfests. Rated PG-13 for violence, bloody images, sexual content and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

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The Asheville Film Society will screen Funny Face Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Spider Baby HHHH hoRRoR Rated NR Despite its full title, Spider Baby probably isn’t the maddest story ever told, but it’s in the running — at least as schlock exploitation film is concerned. Enjoyably trashy and occasionally downright amateurish, it’s the fairly silly story of a house full of folks suffering from some inexplicable form of mental degeneration that turns them into homicidal maniacs. They’re kept more or less in check by the old family retainer (Lon Chaney Jr. in a surprisingly touching performance) — at least till interlopers wanting the estate show up.

You can kind of fill in the rest, but only kind of, since this is seriously demented.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Spider Baby Thursday, Feb. 13 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.

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12 Years a Slave HHHHS Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o Biographical drama The story of Solomon Northup, a free black man kidnapped and sold into slavery. Powerful, brilliantly — and beautifully — made. It boasts a gallery of fine performances and should finally propel Chiwetel Ejiofor to the stardom he’s deserved for 10 years. It’s a fine film, but maybe not quite a masterpiece.

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Gravity HHHHS Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris (voice) sci-Fi suspense Two astronauts accidentally set adrift in space must find a way to survive and make it back to earth. Brilliantly made, impeccably acted, visually impressive and undeniably intense in its suspense. Gravity is a fine film, but is maybe too efficient for its own good. Rated pg-13

American Hustle HHHHS

The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) HHHHH

Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner

Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte

cheerfully amoral sometimes FactBased comedy drama Vaguely fact-based (Abscam) comedy drama about not-verybright 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

comedy drama An aging trendsetter, journalist and writer takes a look at his life and the special world he lives in. A great bursting Roman candle (literally) of a film, it’s a grand cinematic whirlwind that’s in touch with the past of Italian film but isn’t embalmed by it. There is nothing like it out there, and it’s truly stunning. Rated R

August: Osage County HHHH Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard 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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Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O'Hare, Dallas Roberts, Steve Zahn, Griffin Dunne 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 finely-crafted film into the realm of the must-see. It’s a strong work that refuses cheap sentimentality.

Rated R

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

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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

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug HHH Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Luke Evans 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

Inside Llewyn Davis HHHHH 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 movie with a remarkable soundtrack, but despite some obvious similarities, don’t expect another O Brother, Where Art Thou? Rated R

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit HHHS Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth

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Branagh, Keira Knightley spy thriller CIA agent Jack Ryan must travel to Russia in order to foil a plot to ruin the American economy. A solid, entertaining movie that does nothing great — making for a nice, if forgettable, spy thriller. Rated pg-13

Labor Day HHS Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg, Tobey Maguire drama A depressed mother and her son take in an escaped prisoner over Labor Day weekend in 1987. An overall wellcrafted film with quick flashes of something more that’s too stilted, unrealistic and treacly to work. Rated pg-13

The Lego Movie HHHS (Voices) Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson animated adventure An uninteresting Lego figure — living in a Lego world — is chosen to fulfill a prophecy that will free his people. A fun, often cute (and eventually sappy) movie that’s enjoyable but disposable. Rated pg

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

The Monuments Men HHH George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville Fact-based war drama with comedic touches Fact-based story of the men who rescued stolen art treasures from the Nazis in WWII. Yes, it should have been great and it’s only pretty good, but it’s not the disaster many have painted. It’s solidly made and individual sequences are excellent, even if the whole doesn’t work so well.

Rated pg-13

The Nut Job HH (Voices) Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph animated animal Kiddie Fodder Animated kiddie flick about park animals robbing a nut shop. Bland and boring, but nice to look at and mostly innocuous. Not worth the bother of sitting through, however.

Rated pg

The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2014 HHHH Various short Film Compilations of the Oscarnominated live action and animated shorts for 2014. This is being done as two separate showings with separate admissions. While nothing is quite up to last year’s live action winner, these are two solid collections of films — and your chance to be a truly knowledgeable Oscar-watcher. Rated nR

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ARIES (March 21-April 19)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

In her TED talk, science writer Mary Roach made it clear that human beings don't need genital stimulation to experience orgasms.

She spoke of a woman who routinely reaches ecstatic climax by having her eyebrows caressed, and another woman who reaches the big O simply by brushing her teeth. Then there's the woman who can simply think herself into coming, no physical touch necessary.

I can't guarantee that a similar aptitude will suddenly turn on in you, Aries, but the coming days could bring you as close as you have ever been. Right now you're a connoisseur of deep pleasure — a blessed bliss master.

Do you feel oppressed by Valentine’s Day? Maybe you’re single and reject the cultural bias that says being in an intimate relationship is the healthy norm. Or maybe you’re part of a couple but are allergic to the cartoonish caricatures of romance that bombard you during the Valentine marketing assault. If you’d rather consecrate love and intimacy in your own unique way, untainted by the stereotypes flying around, I invite you to rebel. Make this the year you overthrow the old ways and start a new tradition: Valentine’s Day 2.0.

Mock sappy, sentimental expressions of romance even as you carry out futuristic experiments in radically slaphappy love.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) "The fact that someone else loves you doesn't rescue you from the project of loving yourself," writes blogger Sahaj Kohli. Nothing else rescues you from that quest, either, I would add. Sooner or later, whether it's now or 20 years in the future, you will have to master this fine art. It's not enough to merely feel affection for yourself; not enough to seek pleasure and avoid pain. You've got to make extensive investigations to discover what it means to love yourself; you have to develop rigorous plans for how to accomplish it; and you must fire up a deep commitment as you actually carry out those plans. By the way, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to work on mastering this fine art.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) "Drunk with my madness, I shouted at him furiously, 'Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!'" So says a character in a prose poem by Charles Baudelaire. And now, even though I am neither drunk nor furious nor consumed with madness, I am whispering the same command to you. I hope you will respond by embarking on a heroic effort to make life beautiful everywhere you go. The astrological omens suggest that if you do, you will be inundated with practical blessings that are as valuable as money. This will also be an excellent way to drum up the kind of love you crave.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Here's what I wish for you during the Valentine season: to be happily in love with an intimate partner who loves you back. If that's not feasible, here's what I hope: that you are learning provocative lessons about yourself through your growth-inducing relationship with a close ally. And if you're not blessed with either of those experiences, here's a third alternative: that you cherish your fathomless longing for its own sake, feeling wonder and reverence for its wild power even if it's unfulfilled.

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potent links with people you care about.

It bypasses rational thought, stimulating chemical reactions in your respective bodies that enhance empathy and intimacy.

In practicing the art of love, it's one of the most potent moves you can make. This Valentine season would be an excellent time for you Leos to explore the frontiers of what's possible through prolonged eye contact. Start here: Cultivate a sincere desire to know what's simmering inside the souls of your dearest allies. With that as your driving force, your gaze won't be clouded by shyness or self-consciousness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) "I prefer an ecstatic orgasm to a lot of angst," says Filipino artist David Medalla. I hope you consider making that your battle cry during this Valentine season. It would be in rapt harmony with the current cosmic omens. There really is no need for you to get sidelined by anxiety or distracted by stress when the natural remedy is so easily available. In every way you can imagine, Virgo, fight off sourness and dourness by engaging in acts of joy and pleasure.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) In her poem "Implications of One Plus One," Marge Piercy marvels at the way she and her long-term partner keep finding new nuances in their lovemaking. "Ten years of fitting our bodies together / and still they sing wild songs in new keys," she writes. What's their secret? It's "timing, chemistry, magic and will and luck." What I wish for you this Valentine season, Libra, is that you will have access to all five of those ingredients as you reinvigorate your relationship to love. More importantly — based on the current cosmic omens — I predict you will have access to them.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Jesuit priest Pedro Arrupe touted the practical value of being totally in love.

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your imagination, will affect everything," he said. "It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude."

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Borrowing the words of Rumi (translated

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Feed your churning yearning. Try saying this, lifted from the book The Last Unicorn: "We are two sides of the same magic." And be sure to say this, paraphrased from Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh: "I love you in a way that will always make you feel free."

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) "People think a soulmate is your perfect fit," says author Elizabeth Gilbert. "But a true soulmate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back. ...

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