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p. 46 A warmer place Headway Recordings has grown from a series of live shows into an independent label — a champion of experimental music. The musicians and artists involved with Headway make up an electric undercurrent in Asheville’s evolving music scene. So how did Headway find a rapt audience for outsider music?

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letters Who's really stealing your Wages?

I am writing in response to Jennifer Casey's Feb. 6 letter, "We Are Not All Made of Patience.�

I would like to take this opportunity to inform the author and the rest of the service workers of Asheville of their rights as employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. First, and most importantly, the customer who walks out on his tab is not necessarily "stupid" or "ignorant" to believe that the restaurant will cover the loss. If you earn minimum wage (which, as Casey stated, is essentially a little more than $2 an hour for tipped employees; the employer claims a "tip credit" for the difference), it is illegal for your employer to force you to pay for customers who walk out without paying their bills (or for improperly totaled bills).

If you earn above the minimum wage, your employer cannot force you to pay for his or her financial losses if the amount you're being forced to cover reduces your earnings below minimum wage.

To the author of last week's letter: I don't mean to discount your justified anger at the customers who decide to walk out. I simply want you to know that some of the anger in this situation (stemming from the perception that the customer is essentially stealing your wages from you) may be misdirected.

For more information on your rights and specific information about how much of your employer's financial losses you could be forced to pay, visit the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor's website at dol.gov/ whd (search for "tipped"), or call the hotline at

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go big or go home While I don’t agree with all laws/government mandates, I don't think wielding a gun to create my militia to protect my homeland is the right answer [“Diversity Is Perfection,� Feb. 6 Xpress].

People/guns have evolved, and so should our thinking. The Second Amendment has not caught up with the times. I don't need a bazooka to vote (exaggeration, calm down); I don't need a tank (yes, you can buy one online) to ask my neighbor to move a trash can. ...

I appreciate the freedom of speech in America and the right to vote, but I am unaware of anyone who has needed a gun to vote, though requiring voter ID seems pretty much like someone trying to take away the right to vote from minorities, the poor and the elderly. My 92-yearold grandmother doesn’t have a driver's license, and rarely gets out of the house. She made it a point to get out and vote this last election because she felt it was important. If the other seniors who volunteered to work the voting booth did not allow her to vote because she did not have proper ID, should she go on a shooting rampage with semi-automatic weapons to defend her right? That seems silly. In fact when I last voted there was a “no guns� sign at the library. Ironic, eh?

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deserve to be in the same article as the shooting in Newtown, Conn., or Aurora, Colo. We have to pick battles; let's go big or go home.

Sadly, I feel we are "shattering injustices" the wrong way. What injustices were "being shattered" and what “free-speech zone” was not being acknowledged in Connecticut that warranted that event?

We can all appreciate diversity, but diversity that leads to mass shooting in elementary schools we can do without.

— Mark Strazzer Asheville

arming teachers is insane Reading William Forstchen's argument in favor of arming teachers made me almost physically sick to my stomach [“Shooting From the Hip,” Feb. 6 Xpress].

Every month in America more than 2,500 people die from guns. That is very nearly the same amount as died in the World Trade Center attacks of 2001. Given this fact, it's astonishing that the burden is on the Ned Ryan Doyles of the world to prove that tighter regulations are necessary, and not on the Forstchens who fight for the status quo.

Although — scratch that — he's not quite for the status quo: He thinks elementary-school teachers like my sister-in-law should be trained and prepared to kill people in class.

The argument for arming teachers over applying common-sense conditions on gun ownership isn't unreasonable: It's insane.

— Devin Walsh Asheville

not your average confederate Someone has to have some serious white guilt if she thinks that some kids mocking H.K. Edgerton walking around with his rebel flag merits a letter to the editor [“Be Respectful or Be Gone,” Jan. 30 Xpress].

Who does not take some pause when facing a black man in full Confederate garb?

— Reena Patel Asheville

can't mountain xpress find an intelligent cartoonist?

I was happy to see the Jamie Cameron's Feb. 13 letter to Xpress criticizing "cartoonist" Randy Molton. Aren't cartoons supposed to be funny sometimes? Aren't they supposed to convey a touch of intelligent social commentary?

All Molton does is draw crude images characterizing the demographic he wishes to attack as being ignorant, slobbering, sub-human creatures. As Mr. Cameron noted, that kind of stuff was funny when I was in sixth or seventh grade, but not thereafter.

Molton's standard "cartoons" are reminiscent of the drawings that used to be printed in public newspapers in the early part of the 20th century, depicting blacks as subhuman. Those overtly racist "cartoons" used the very same elements used by the standard Molton cartoon: exaggerated physical characteristics and speech that are not

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really caricatures as much as mean-spirited denigration. Some section of the population found those cartoons "funny" also — not because they were actually funny, but because they enjoyed seeing such images of blacks because it reinforced and legitimized their own prejudice.

Of course, these days it's fine to trash the character of a certain certain section of the populace in public — as long as that demographic is white.

— Michael D. Ivey Asheville Randy Molton responds: Good points. But cartooning, like any art form, is subjective, and being a Southerner, I think that I understand the culture as well as anybody. Yes, my characters are grotesque.

That’s just how my style has evolved, even though one could argue that my characters look as though they haven’t.

you have a responsibility to be mindful A little less than two months ago I migrated to Asheville from New York City, as many did before me. I came for the spiritual vibe, to surround myself with positive people and take in the beauty of the Appalachians.

Relaxed and eased into this welcomed community from day one, I am now starting to tense up a bit as I pull out of my driveway.

Now maybe it's because there are folks from all around this great country who have settled here and perhaps brought with them the driving habits from which they came. Or simply folks are in a hurry. Well, I'm here today to plead with you to slow down (see, I'm not your stereotypical New York driver). For the most part, you're scaring some of us.

Driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway, I prefer the far-right lane so that those who choose to demonize the parkway can do so far away from me. However, again, I ask you, when you're on the parkway/highway, to just slow down. Take a look at the beautiful mountains and nature around you and get in tune.

You can still get to where you are going at 55 mph. On Merrimon Avenue: same thing, people — 35 mph, go slow, be mindful of other cars around you and stay safe.

You have a responsibility in this world to be mindful of others and that includes on the road. Tune in so you won't be the cause of tuning someone else out for good. Please. And thank you.

— Saundra Louise Penn Asheville

use tax dollars to support more students I enthusiastically support Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in our schools, but there are many issues with putting it in the location recommended by the Buncombe County school board.

The school will serve only 6 percent (400) of our high school students. Why not build STEM Learning Centers in our six comprehensive high schools? Can’t the school board maximize the dollars better to reach more students?

No other options were researched. Could we repurpose an under-enrolled school? We have excess capacity (more than 5,000 empty seats) in our schools and a five-year decline in enrollment. Why not put it in a nearby college campus as other school districts do? A Science and Math School satellite has been mentioned, but where is the follow through? What about virtual classrooms?

The current plan doesn't include music, arts or athletics. The program has four pathways: pre-engineering, computer science, food science/entry level food service certification and bio-technical/environmental science. We already offer some STEM classes in all of our high schools. Let's add Pre-Engineering Project Lead the Way classes which are already in our middle schools.

— Patsy Wright Gardin Asheville

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the best medicine Should prescription drugs be part of mentalhealth therapies? No, said a number of therapists in Tracy Rose’s Feb. 6 article, “Rethinking Mental Health.” Some readers disagreed.

In the piece, psychiatrist Daniel Johnson, a proponent of alternative treatments, said, “Unfortunately, and sadly, more often than not, medications do more harm than good.”

Faith Rhyne, a one-time patient of Johnson's, responded well to his methods and through her work with the Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective. “There’s something very reductionist about the conventional approach to mental health — that you have a chemical imbalance, and it’s a disease, and you have to take medication in order to fix that,” she said. Several readers contributed to the conversation, through letters to the editor and online comments, excerpted here. To read more and join the discussion, visit avl.mx/qe.com. — Jaye Bartell I am happy to see some psychotherapeutic (i.e., therapeutic group counseling) resources available instead of pharmaceuticals. We have been arguing over the effectiveness of psychotherapy for over a century now.

In the late 19th, early-20th centuries, mental illness was finally recognized as a disease rather than a moral or character flaw and the first, somewhat successful, attempts to treat it were pioneered through psychotherapy by Freud and Jung. ...

In the brief time I worked in substance-abuse therapy, I was informed that the most effective (albeit in single-digit percentiles) form of SA treatment was psychotherapeutic group and individual counseling, mostly within the framework of 12-step. (I would love to hear from anyone currently in the field to confirm or invalidate this. I never saw the numbers in print.)

Those clients who did succeed were the ones who proactively participated in such counseling. — Big Al Reductionist thinking in psychiatry has to do with Freudian model, not chemical/medical model. Rather than consulting patients it might be better to consult professionals with regards to the problems within this system. — A.B. I don't get the whole "reject this treatment" or that one. Absolutism rarely serves anyone well. While there is a tendency toward embracing the notion of better living through chemistry, i.e., a drug for every occasion or condition, some people with serious conditions rely on meds to function normally.

I'm all for de-stigmatizing mental health conditions as none of the sufferers asked for those conditions.

There is nothing self-inflicted about bipolar-ism or depression, but they are very much real, for the person and those around him/her. But, there is no single course of action that is going to have best results for every patient. — wareagle82

Art-making and playing a musical instrument, especially in ensemble, is a non-pharmaceutical approach that brings a body and soul back to itself. — Martha Shepp, via Facebook

homeless individuals receive psychoactive medications that turned their lives around when psychotherapy and holistic approaches were not available due to poverty.

— Martina Glasscock-Barnes, Letter to the editor

I am a psychotherapist who works in the trenches helping individuals in trauma recovery, [and] work with a substantial number of individuals who suffer from acute anxiety and depression. I utilize cuttingedge modalities that reach beyond traditional talk therapy in terms of comprehensiveness, depth and effectiveness, [and] believe in the vast potential to heal oneself through cognitive restructuring, nutrition, exercise and healthy living. ...

I applaud those in the medical community who strive to look beyond the limits of Western medicine into allopathic arenas as acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine, etc. And I am also from an extremely dedicated and bright medical family (which includes a highly respected neurosurgeon). I therefore have strong regard for the scientific method and the importance of the objective data it can provide.

While I agree that medications such as antidepressants have been grossly overprescribed, I do believe there is a place for medication in the treatment of brain disorders such as major clinical depression and bipolar disorder. Placebo or not, I have seen antidepressants and other psychotropic medication save lives and dramatically improve the lives of individuals suffering from severe brain disorders. I have seen psychotic

Any time there is a discussion about treatment for mental illness, everyone needs to be very careful to get the message across that people with a mental-illness diagnosis need to be encouraged to get the help they need to lead a productive life, with or without medication. For the people that medication helps, it seems cruel to denigrate its use. Everyone I know who takes medication would rather not, but they've found that it helps them. Usually, this is after years of trying not to take meds. Also, taking medication (if people choose to do so) is only part of their recovery. Lifestyle changes, counseling, positive social interaction, healthy diet, exercise, and good sleep habits are all part of the equation for people in recovery.

I am a volunteer for the Western Carolina affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which remains neutral concerning the use of psychotropic drugs. This seems to me to be a much more responsible position. NAMI is an excellent resource for people with a mental-illness diagnosis who are on the road to recovery. NAMI also has many programs for families and loved ones of people with a mental-illness diagnosis. I would very much like to see a follow-up article based on an interview with representatives from NAMI. — Paulette Heck, Letter to the editor

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money talKs for nonprofits, doing good maKes clear economic sense

by Kim mcguire As state lawmakers craft sweeping legislative changes, we urge our elected officials to consider the crucial economic and social impacts of Western North Carolina’s wide web of nonprofit services.

WNC’s 1,309 nonprofits contribute more than $2.9 billion to the state’s economy — much of it spent locally — according to the N.C. Center for Nonprofits. Statewide, nonprofits account for about one in nine jobs, the center reports. These groups help meet urgent community needs while addressing key long-term goals, and they deserve our elected representatives’ respect and investment.

The challenges facing our state and region are too big and complex for any one sector to address alone. Instead, strategic public policy, business leadership and cost-effective, independent nonprofit organizations need to work together.

Consider these key ways that local nonprofits deliver both a human-services safety net and significant economic benefits: supporting working families. More than 40 percent of American women are now their family’s primary breadwinner. Hundreds of child care centers stand ready to serve the growing number of North Carolina children under age 5 while their parents access an expanding job market. But state funding for child development has dropped dramatically, and more cuts are being considered. In Buncombe County, 786 children under 5 are already on the waitlist for child care subsidies, and that list will only grow longer. Will working parents have affordable child care so they can be productive and support their families?

Improving health and reducing long-term health care costs. Nonprofit community health centers provide thousands of low-income and disabled people with consistent preventive care — at a fraction of the cost of emergency room visits. Will North Carolina grow its health care offerings and cut ballooning medical costs by expanding federally funded Medicaid?

Building the arts economy. Arts and culture is a $140 million industry in our region, supporting 4,655 full-time jobs, according to the 2012 Arts and Economic Prosperity study.

Spending by audiences accounts for $60 million of that total, pumping vital revenue into local restaurants, hotels, stores, parking and other businesses. The result is a thriving cre-

on average, governments collect more than $7 in taxes for every $1 spent supporting the arts ative economy that has significantly boosted tourism, attracted new business and provided enriching educational experiences for youth.

On average, governments collect more than $7 in taxes for every $1 spent supporting the arts, a study by the National Governors Association found. Will our state invest in the arts to keep our economic engine running here in the cultural capital of Western North Carolina?

Conserving land and water. Conservation provides long-term economic benefits while ensuring that we have places to hunt, fish and enjoy our beautiful mountains. Local nonprofits are preserving farmland, boosting the homegrown economy and helping meet the growing demand for fresh, local food. Protecting scenic views and critical wildlife habitat strengthens our tourism and outdoor recreation industries while enhancing the quality of life that brings new businesses here. Will we protect our mountain landscape and expand the local farming economy?

Reducing incarceration costs. Putting people in prison is expensive — about $28,000 per inmate, per year. And over the next decade, the state’s prison population is predicted to increase by 50,000. Community-based, alternative sentencing lowers criminal recidivism, keeps families together and enables participants to work and contribute to the economy.

State funding cuts now threaten those programs, which previously enjoyed bipartisan support due to their strong reputation for costeffectiveness and tangible results. Will we invest in low-cost, proven rehabilitation programs or send nonviolent offenders to high-price-tag prisons?

To continue their mission of community building, local nonprofits need these commitments from our state leaders now: • When crafting the next budget, reverse the three-year decline in state support for nonprofits. (Two-thirds of N.C. nonprofits reported cuts in state funding during this period, while 93 percent saw increased demand for services.)

• When reforming the state’s tax structure, don’t put the burden on low-income people and damage our still-fragile economy. Maintain the sales-tax exemption for nonprofits; retain incentives for charitable giving to encourage private donations.

Today’s message from Raleigh stresses efficiency and effectiveness — and when it comes to return on investment, community-based nonprofits make smart partners. Typically, these groups do a lot with a little, leverage volunteers, match public support with generous private donations, and report clear results.

Feb. 26 is N.C. Nonprofits Day in the General Assembly, when groups from across the state will visit their legislators in Raleigh. Let’s hope those lawmakers remember that it’s government’s job to determine which nonprofit programs provide the best social and economic return — and then invest in them. X Asheville resident Kim McGuire is director of Western North Carolina Nonprofit Pathways, which provides training and support for the region’s nonprofits.

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Often, though no fault of their own, homeowners become delinquent on their payments to their mortgage holder or holders. Foreclosure may begin even though the mortgage company claims to be “working with the customer.”

A mortgage company foreclosing is not working with you! In a Chapter 13, foreclosure stops while the customer begins a re-payment plan to a Trustee. The Trustee’s payment includes future house payments in full plus a payment on the arrearages. When the plan ends in no more than five years, the homeowner is current and resumes payment to the mortgage company. There is no interest rate modification. The re-payment plan would also include car and credit card payments. While your attorney will discuss the details of the re-payment plan, the homeowner normally realizes a significant savings in total expenses.

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Borderline

Asheville fAmily lives the immigrAtion deBAte

By JoesPh Berryhill Editor’s note: The following story resulted from a five-year relationship between the author, an associate professor of psychology at UNCA, and the family in question. All names have been changed.

In May 2005, Angela Tapia stood on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River, waiting to cross to the United States with her husband, ernesto Galindo, and their two children, Pedro, 10, and Maria, 6. About 12 feet wide due to dry weather, the Rio Grande looked more like a small lake than a river. But none of them knew how to swim, and the “coyote” (slang for human smuggler) they’d hired to take them across was telling them to wade in, promising to return the backpack containing their possessions on the other side.

Angela hadn't given much thought to the perils of crossing the border. She and Ernesto had decided to emigrate mere weeks before, and she’d wrongly assumed it would be easy.

This Asheville family is part of a heated national immigration debate. Here is their story.

A home of one’s own Ironically, the impetus to emigrate was the family's desire to build a home on land they’d purchased in their own country (a common motivation for immigrants worldwide). Mexican salaries are much lower than here, unemployment is higher and loans harder to get. Houses paid for with U.S. savings are likely to be larger and nicer, with wood or tile floors instead of dirt.

Angela's sister, Bertha, who’d come to Asheville with her husband and two children in 2000, had said Angela and Ernesto could earn a lot more money here to finance their home. Now was the time, because Bertha’s brother-in-law, who’d briefly returned to Mexico, could help them cross the border, and she’d lend them money to cover expenses.

Despite having relatives in the U.S., Angela and Ernesto had never seriously considered coming here. But in Mexico City they lived

with his parents, sharing cramped quarters with up to 13 people. To bathe, they used a big bucket filled with cold water from a hose, to which Angela would add boiling water. Family members would stand by a drain and dump water on themselves from a plastic container.

Ernesto and Angela shared their double bed with the children. Life was hard, money was always tight — at times they could barely afford staples like tortillas and beans — and escaping the inevitable family conflicts seemed a remote dream.

Ernesto often helped his mother prepare food for her taco stand before taking the bus or riding his bike to the textile plant where he worked every day but Sunday. He made about $100 a week stitching emblems into baseball caps and T-shirts.

He’d earned a bit more delivering pharmaceuticals. But in 1999, a gunman put a pistol

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The author chronicles the story of undocumented immigrants “Angela Tapia” and “Ernesto Galindo” (not their real names), pictured here in their Asheville living room. To respect the family’s privacy, Xpress chose to avoid photographing their faces. Photos by Max Cooper

to his head, threatening to blow his brains out if he didn't turn over the 2,500 pesos (about $250) collected that day.

“God, take care of my children,” Ernesto prayed, but after his partner surrendered his weapon and Ernesto handed over the money,

the robbers fled. Ernesto left his job soon after; he later learned that a guard he’d worked with had been killed in a robbery.

But the family’s struggles continued, and after discussions with Angela, one day in April 2005 Ernesto said, “Let's go.”

CrouChing And Bending U.S. immigration policy has varied widely over the years. Before 1900, few Mexicans came here, though it wasn’t illegal.

But in the early 1900s, U.S. companies began recruiting Mexican workers to offset labor shortages in fields, mines and railroads. Stereotypes were common: Farm labor, noted George P. Clement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, involved tasks "to

which the Oriental and Mexican, due to their crouching and bending habits, are fully adapted, while the white is physically unable to adapt himself to them."

During World War I, the U.S. government encouraged Mexican immigration, and the postwar boom boosted the demand for workers. Between 1900 and 1929, the number of Mexican-born people in the United States grew from about 100,000 to 740,000.

JuArez And Beyond The family got up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday, and Angela packed an orange backpack as her sister had advised: a change of underwear for everyone and copies of the children's birth certificates.

After tearful goodbyes, they met the brotherin-law, Antonio, who’d arranged for a coyote to take them across. Antonio had a bad knee and didn't want to ride a bus for 1,200 miles, so the family took a plane (for the first time) to Juarez, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso.

With difficulty, they found the coyotes, who had them take a bus and followed in a car. Passing battered homes and stony faces in a city notorious for rape, murder and hundreds of drug-related shootings, Angela prayed, “God, let us arrive all right.”

Eventually they came to an isolated area; the coyotes collected $50, telling them to cross the river and then run till they reached a highway. The water reached the men's shoulders; Antonio carried Pedro and Ernesto held Maria.

On the American side they took off running. But instead of the street where the coyotes were to meet them, they found only the Border Patrol. "Don't move," the agents said, taking them into custody.

QuotAs And dePortAtions The U.S. Border Patrol was created in 1924; that same year, Congress established quotas restricting southern and eastern European immigrants, who were deemed inferior. "The United States is our land," declared Washington state’s Rep. Albert Johnson, a principal author of the act. "The day of indiscriminate acceptance of all races has definitely ended."

Yet there were still no quotas for Mexicans, thanks to Southern and Western legislators whose constituents needed cheap labor. Some Mexicans did cross illegally, but if caught, they were simply sent to a border station to pay the $8 fee.

The Great Depression, however, ushered in an era of Mexican deportations; over the next decade, thousands of immigrants were sent home, leaving some 377,000 on U.S. soil by 1940.

stAlled After being interviewed, fingerprinted and photographed, the family was transported back to Juarez and given bus tickets home. But a man they’d met in detention

said he and his girlfriend were coyotes who could house them for a day and then take them across.

Skeptical but lacking options, the family accepted. Two days later they were just about to cross again when the coyote shouted, "They're coming!” A Mexican police patrol approached, and the family dashed across.

After hiding for a few minutes, they walked past a ranch, hid again, crossed fields and orchards, and eventually ran into a friend of the coyote's. Having Ernesto and Antonio lie on the floor, he drove them an hour north to Las Cruces, N.M., where the coyote's in-laws lived. They proved reluctant hosts, however, fearing neighbors would get suspicious.

The journey stalled while Angela's sister wired the coyote $2,000. They spent a week in a cockroach-infested apartment nearby, wondering what to do next. Finally, Antonio heard about a young man who could take them to Santa Fe or Albuquerque in the back of a tractor-trailer, a roughly three-hour journey, for $7,000.

With tightened border security, unauthorized immigrants have been taking bigger risks. As Angela weighed the decision, she remembered an incident two years earlier when 19 of the 100 immigrants packed in an airtight tractor-trailer had died of intense heat, including a 5-year-old boy found in his father's arms.

Scared but determined, Ernesto and Angela pressed on. Nearly missing the departure because their ride was late, they joined about 70 people in the dark space; their children snuggled up and went to sleep. After six hours on the road and a night in a hotel, they boarded a Greyhound to Denver. Continuing through St. Louis, Memphis and Knoxville, they finally arrived at the Tunnel Road bus station on May 20, 13 days after leaving Mexico City.

The journey plus other expenses (such as a compact car with almost 300,000 miles on it) had cost $14,000. They were starting their new life with a bigger debt than they’d ever imagined.

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After focusing on deportations in the 1930s, U.S. policy shifted once more during World War II, as the Bracero program brought in temporary Mexican workers. By the early 1960s, some 450,000 guest workers were entering the U.S. each year, plus about 50,000 people granted permanent visas.

But in 1964 Congress, concerned that the Bracero program exploited workers, ended it over Mexico’s objections. A 1965 law capped visas for Mexicans at 20,000 per year.

Nonetheless, Mexican immigration continued at the well-established pace of about 500,000 per year — only now the vast majority were unauthorized.

A 1986 law heralded as the solution to illegal immigration granted amnesty to some 2.7 million people while establishing sanctions for employers hiring unauthorized immigrants.

Meanwhile, the number of Border Patrol agents jumped from about 1,500 in the 1960s to 10,000 in 2003 and more than 20,000 by 2009. Regular trips home once kept the number of immigrants in balance, but with tighter security, many now opt to stay here.

Meanwhile, most people who attempt to cross are ultimately successful. Between 1980 and 2008, the number of unauthorized Latino immigrants in the U.S. snowballed from about 1 million to 7 million.

settling in The day the family arrived in Asheville, Ernesto's brother-in-law took him to the restaurant where he worked. The owner hired Ernesto to wash dishes for $80 a week (less than the minimum wage). After stints at other restaurants he now works at a hotel, making about $8 an hour.

Angela got a job busing tables for $7.80 an hour. One day a customer gave her a dollar, which she pocketed; a waitress told the manager Angela had stolen her tip. Angela tried to explain that she’d thought the tip was

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Continuing ChAllenges Still, there are struggles. Athough Pedro completed a high-school driver's-education course, he still doesn’t have a license. If anyone asks why, he’ll just say he’s too lazy or hasn't had time. That kind of secrecy is common among unauthorized high-school students, even with their friends, according to Roberto Gonzales of the University of Chicago.

North Carolina used to issue driver's licenses to any adult who passed the exam, to maximize the number of safe, trained, insured drivers on the road. But after 9/11, the state restricted licenses to citizens and authorized residents. On Feb. 14, however, the state Division of Motor Vehicles announced that it will issue licenses to unauthorized immigrants with federal work papers starting March 25.

Meanwhile, Pedro now makes mostly A’s and B’s; he’s played soccer and serves in the JROTC color guard. A portrait of him in uniform, his face gravely serious, hangs in the family’s living room.

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for her, but her English was limited and she couldn't find the words. After getting fired, she went to a different restaurant, earning $6.25 an hour doing food prep and flipping hamburgers. She now works in yet another eatery.

The family paid its debt in a year-anda-half and then began wiring payments to Ernesto's father to start building their home; they also occasionally sent money to their families. Both Angela and Ernesto pay federal and state taxes; they file a joint return annually.

At first, Pedro thought every police officer he saw was going to grab him. Shaking off his disappointment at having to repeat the fourth grade, which he’d just completed in Mexico, Pedro soon took off academically, learning English quickly.

"He worked so desperately to interact," his fourth-grade teacher recalls. The Mexican schools seemed to have prepared Pedro well, and his parents were “just so respectful."

Still trying to master English, Pedro didn’t do well on the end-of-grade tests, but he was promoted and had a successful fifthgrade year, becoming a popular classmate.

Maria, too, had to repeat the grade she’d already completed. She struggled at first, enduring painful headaches that left her in tears. But her first-grade teacher saw the same strong drive in Maria, who did so well that she skipped second grade.

Maria placed out of English as a second language after two years, and Pedro after five. They often speak English to each other, even at home. In middle school, Pedro regularly made the honor roll; so does Maria.

She plans to do community service next year, and she’s thinking about a career in criminal justice. Neither reports encountering much prejudice from classmates.

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Pedro dreams of working in international business, where his Spanish would be an asset; he wants to attend college but isn't sure he can.

shifting sAnds A 1982 Supreme Court ruling requires public schools to accept unauthorized immigrants. Writing for the majority, Justice William Brennan said these people were encouraged to work for cheap wages yet denied the education that could prevent their ending up on welfare or in prison.

But at the college level, unauthorized youth face significant obstacles. Ineligible for federal financial aid, they must pay out-of-state tuition at most public universities. At UNCA, in-state tuition is about $6,000 a year, and out-of-state tuition nearly $20,000 — a $56,000 difference over four years.

About a dozen states have so-called DREAM acts that create a pathway to citizenship and allow unauthorized youth to pay in-state rates. A 2005 North Carolina proposal died after opponents launched a campaign arguing that unauthorized immigrants would take college slots away from U.S. citizens.

Last June, the Obama administration established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program by executive order, halting most deportations of unauthorized immigrants who came here as children and allowing them to attend college and work. But individual states still decide whether they’ll be eligible for in-state tuition or driver's licenses.

Participants must reapply every two years — and while Obama’s re-election protects the program for now, a future president could end it.

mixed feelings As Pedro and Maria wait to see what the future holds, their parents (who’ve worked more than seven years with less than a week's vacation) are still trying to complete their house in Mexico. A concrete-block shell with holes awaiting windows and doors, it has a living room, kitchen and bathroom on the first floor and three bedrooms upstairs.

Having grown accustomed to American life, however, the family has mixed feelings about leaving Asheville. Pedro used to think he’d return to Mexico, get his papers in order and then come back. But he recently applied for the DACA program, which would allow him to attend college and work here for at least the next two years.

"It would provide calmness," he notes, "and not so much worrying about what could happen." X Former Asheville resident Joseph Berryhill is on a leave of absence from UNCA.

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Here, Vice Mayor Esther Manheimer reviews water fees and costs at the finance committee meeting. Photos by Max Cooper

by david forbes Three City Council members got a glimpse of Asheville’s financial future Feb. 12 as they heard the first public report on the state of the city's budget.

When the Buncombe County Tax Department announced recently that its revaluation showed a 2 percent increase in property values in the city, Council members stayed mum, citing the need for more information from staff. That data came in the form of a report to Council's Finance Committee in advance of that evening’s formal session.

Initially the increase seemed like good news for the cash-strapped city government, promising new revenue if Council opted to keep the property-tax rate at the current 42 cents per $100 of assessed value. Taking that tack would bring in an estimated $1 million a year in additional revenue.

But it would also make many residents’ tax bills rise. That’s something Council has gone to considerable lengths to avoid — especially in an election year (for more information on this situation, see the Feb. 12 online report, “Asheville City Council's Tax Dilemma,” at avl.mx/q8). Neighborhoods such as downtown and West Asheville saw sharper increases in property values.

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To sidestep that kind of “sticker shock” for residents, local governments often resort to a “revenue neutral” approach. The tax rate is scaled back so the total amount collected remains about the same, except for what’s called “natural growth”: increases due to new construction and improvements to existing property.

But the city shouldn’t count on that new revenue just yet, cautioned lauren Bradley, Asheville’s director of Finance and Management Services. “This calculation is preliminary: It will probably come down a little bit” as residents appeal their new assessments, she pointed out.

The city may end up with about $750,000 in new property-tax revenue, Bradley predicted.

Meanwhile, the cost of everything from fuel to transit to health care has continued to grow, which could leave the city once again struggling just to break even, she noted.

“If all of these [costs] are built into the base budget, expenses would exceed revenues, and we would have to cut expenditures or raise revenues,” Bradley warned, though she later said the city won't know for sure until sales-taxrevenue figures come in later this month.

And while some city debt will be retired, she continued, “There still won't be a lot of wiggle

room: There's not much to talk about in terms of new projects.”

Yet another potential wrinkle is future state legislation that could further weaken the city's financial position, said Bradley. A proposal to abolish local business licenses would cost Asheville roughly $1.7 million per year, and the proposed transfer of water system management to the Metropolitan Sewerage District would lop at least $1.8 million in annual revenues from the city’s budget.

After Bradley's presentation, the three committee members (Vice Mayor esther Manheimer and Council members Marc Hunt and Chris Pelly) asked technical questions but made no comment.

“Expenditure pressures are still growing at a faster rate than the revenues are,” Bradley told Xpress after the meeting. “There's a lot of unknowns; it's still hard to estimate. We're already working on further belt-tightening strategies. We don't expect our revenue mix to improve anytime in the near future.”

A special Council work session is slated for late March, with staff’s recommended budget due in April. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

137, or at dforbes@mountainx.com.

portion of former cts property for sale by david forbes

going down: Demolition of the River Arts District’s iconic Ice House has begun. Asheville City Council voted on Jan. 8 to destroy the massive structure but leave intact its landmark smokestack. Photos by Max Cooper

obama talKs manufacturing, middle-class groWth at linamar corp. by caitlin byrd Less than 24 hours after he delivered the State of the Union address to the nation, President Barack Obama delivered a 20-minute speech to about 200-300 people at Linamar Corp., where he emphasized the importance of manufacturing jobs in relation to building a stronger middle-class.

“While they could have gone any place in the world, they saw this incredible potential right here in Asheville. They saw the most promise in this workforce, so they chose to invest in Asheville, in North Carolina, in the United States of America,” he said.

Obama said this kind of work should be happening across the country. He offered a four-pronged approach to accelerate manufacturing jobs: Create more centers for high-tech manufacturing, reform the tax code to be more competitive, partner with local leaders to attract manufacturing jobs (especially when the town has lost manufacturing jobs and help workers get the training they need).

But Obama did not use a business to illustrate his point. Instead, he used the story of the Linamar quality technician he met during a tour of the facility: Jeff Brower. The technician used to work at Volvo Construction Company, but lost his job shortly after he and his wife discov-

a message from the president: “While they could have gone any place in the world, they saw this incredible potential right here in Asheville. They saw the most promise in this workforce, so they chose to invest in Asheville, in North Carolina, in the United States of America,” President Barack Obama said during a post-State of the Union stop at the Linamar plant in south Asheville.

ered they would be having twins — and Volvo closed the plant. But Brower went back to school and was eventually hired by Linamar.

“He decided it was time for him to change careers. He decided it was time to get some new skills. He went to [A-B Tech], took a class in automated machining. A few months ago, Jeff got his diploma. He graduated on a Wednesday, interviewed at this plant on Thursday. By Friday, he was working as a machine operator,” Obama said, adding, “That’s the American story. We

don’t give up. We get up. We innovate. We adapt. We learn new skills. We keep going.”

Speaking to Xpress after the presidential event, Bower said that he believes in Obama’s approach.

“The backbone of our country is manufacturing. I think that’s what we were built on, and I think we need to continue that,” he said.

“Anything can be done. This is America.” X Caitlin Byrd can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 140, or cbyrd@mountainx.com.

When Tate MacQueen drove past the former CTS of Asheville plant recently on his way home, a for-sale sign caught his eye. The 8.3-acre parcel on offer was originally part of the nearly 60-acre CTS property. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated other portions of the land, as well as contaminated areas in the neighborhood, as a Superfund site last year. MacQueen, who lives nearby, has been active in drawing attention to the continuing contamination caused by the company’s electroplating operations, which ended in 1987.

“The CTS [Superfund] site is located on a topographic high; the sale property is lower in elevation than the main site,” says MacQueen. Citing data that has consistently shown high levels of carcinogens such as trichloroethylene in the soil, water and air near the old plant, he explains, “I wanted to make sure everyone is aware.”

An EPA official, however, says tests haven’t shown any danger at the sale parcel. “There is contamination in the surface water, but they’re below levels that are a risk to trespassers or anything like that,” reports samantha Urquhart-Foster, the EPA’s remedial project manager for the case.

Located on Southside Village Drive and Mills Gap Road, the property is offered for $956,800 by NAI, a division of Beverly-Hanks & Associates. The listing touts the property as “perfect for office, retail or multifamily development.”

“If they do sell the property, we’d need to work with the new owner to coordinate sampling,” notes Urquhart-Foster. The EPA, she explains, “can continue to do investigation and action wherever we find contamination from the CTS site. ... We don’t have any information that there’s an immediate risk right now. We’re definitely following up. It wasn’t dropped from our radar screen.”

MacQueen and other neighborhood residents have complained that the case was consistently mishandled by local, state and federal officials over many years; some have asserted that there were active attempts to cover up the scope of the pollution. Several residents whose wells were contaminated have been switched to municipal water service, and the EPA is in the early stages of developing remediation plans. Although the plant buildings were demolished in 2012, a full cleanup has yet to occur, says MacQueen. Some residents are circulating a petition calling for CTS to clean up the site; and a legal action concerning a notification issue in the case is pending before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mountain Xpress reporter Rebecca Bowe broke the story of the CTS contamination five years ago, with much help from citizen activists. To view a timeline, go to timetoast. com/timelines/cts-contamination. For the latest news, check mountainx.com/cts.

David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

137, or dforbes@mountainx.com

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animals Community partnership for pets • 4th SATURDAYS, 10am-1pm Community Partnership for Pets will

offer spay/neuter vouchersTractor Supply Company, 115 Four Seasons Mall, Suite A, Hendersonville. free spay vouChers • The Humane Alliance offers free spay services for female felines.

Pick up a Dudley Fund voucher at Humane Alliance, Pet Harmony, BWAR, Friends 2 Ferals or Asheville Humane Society. Info and appointment: www.humanealliance.org or 252-2079. outward hounds • WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am-1pm - Brother Wolf Animal Rescue invites the public to take adoptable dogs on local hikes. Meets at BWAR, 31 Glendale Ave. Free. Info: www.bwar.org or 505-3440. sarge’s animal resCue foundation pet photo Contest • Through MO (3/25) - Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation will host a pet photo contest. Entry

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from oaxaca to asheville: Photographer Henry Stindt traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico to capture the festivals and ceremonies that make that region unique. A closing reception for his exhibit, The Mestizo Spirit, will be held in Brevard College’s Spiers Gallery on Friday, Feb. 22 (pg. 16)

forms available at The Dog House, Mountain Dreams Reality, Smoky Mountain Dog Bakery and Sarge's Adoption Center. Electronic submissions will not be accepted and photos cannot be returned. Info: www. sargeandfriends.org or 246-9050.

art ameriCan folk art and framing Oui-Oui Gallery is located at 64 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.amerifolk.com or 281-2134.

• Through MO (2/25) - Annual Miniatures Show.

• TH (2/21) through WE (3/20) Despite Your Double Dealing, works by self-taught Southern artists. annamaria bernardini • Through TH (2/28) - Acrylics by Annamaria Bernardini will be on display at West Asheville Library,

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942 Haywood Road. Info: avl.mx/p9 or 250-4750.

• FR (2/22), 5:30pm - Closing reception.

art at asu Exhibits take place at Appalachian State University's Catherine J. Smith Gallery in Farthing Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Info: 2627338.

• WE (2/20), noon-1pm - Local artist Mary-Ann Prack will present her exhibit Standing Still…in the Abstract: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings in Gallery A. • TH (2/28), 7pm - Polish artist Monika Kostrzewa will present a lecture on Sztuka: Contemporary Art of Poland in the Turchin Center lecture hall.

art at mars hill College Weizenblatt Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9am5pm. Info: www.mhc.edu.

• Through TH (2/28) - Silent Symphony: Land, Body, Water, works by Vadim Bora.

• Through WE (5/8) - An exhibit of playing cards will be on display in the Renfro Library.

art at brevard College Exhibits are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.brevard.edu/art or 884-8188.

• Through FR (2/22) - The Mestizo Spirit will be on display in the Spiers Gallery. Mon.-Fri., 8am-3pm.

art at unCa Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.unca.edu.

• Through SA (2/23) - Paintings, drawings and prints by Skip Rohde will be on display in the Highsmith Gallery.

• Through MO (3/4) - Paintings by Clarence Morgan will be on display in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. art at wCu Exhibits on display in the Fine Art Museum, unless otherwise noted.

Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Thurs., 10am-7pm. Free, but donations welcome. Info: www.fineartmuseum. wcu.edu or 227-3591.

• TH (2/21) through FR (5/10) Critology: Considering the Art of the Critic/Curator.

• TH (2/21), 5pm - Opening reception. arts CounCil of henderson County • Through FR (2/22) - The Arts Council of Henderson County presents The Art of Our Children, works by local students and their mentors.

On display at First Citizens Bank, 539 N. Main St., Hendersonville.

9am-5pm. Info: 693-8504. artspaCe Charter sChool • Through SA (2/23) - Art From the Heart: An Exhibition of Kindness will feature works by ArtSpace Charter School students on the theme of anti-bullying. On display at The Updraft Gallery, 84 Walnut St. Info: www.artspacecharter.org

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www.trueblueartsupply.com. madison County arts CounCil exhibits Located at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. Info: 649-1301.

• Through FR (2/22) - "Madison County Stories" will feature works by documentary photographer Rob Amberg, Madison County youth and Duke University students.

asheville area arts CounCil: the artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm.

Info: www.ashevillearts.com or 258-0710.

• Through SA (3/2) - My Name Is a Verb, painting and mural installation by Joshua Spiceland.

• FRIDAYS through (2/22), 9-11am - Artist business brainstorming sessions will feature one-on-one opportunities for artist entrepreneurs. Free or by donation. Call to confirm dates. asheville art museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: www.ashevilleart. org or 253-3227.

• Through SU (6/9) - The Philadelphia Story: Contemporary Figurative Work Drawn from the Academy will be on display in the North Wing.

• Through SU (3/31) - Survivors and Liberators: Portraits by Wilma Bulkin Siegel will be on display in the East Wing.

• Through SU (3/17) - Robert Morris: Mind/Body/Earth will be on display in the North Wing.

• Through SU (4/14) - In the Camps: Photographs by Erich Hartmann will be on display in the East Wing.

• Through SU (5/26) - Aaron Siskind: Abstract Expressionist Photographer will be on display in the North Wing.

• FR (2/22), noon - Lunchtime Art Break: In the Camps and Survivors and Liberators. Free with membership or museum admission.

• SA (2/23), 5pm - Preservationist and historian Clay Griffith will present "The Simplification of Life," a lecture on Asheville’s architecture during the arts and crafts era. $20 members/$25 nonmembers.

Reservations recommended. asheville gallery of art 16 College St. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com or 251-5796.

• Through TH (2/28) - Women of Myth, works by Elinor Bowman. bella vista art gallery 14 Lodge St. Winter hours: Mon., Wed., Fri. & Sat., 11am-4pm. Info: www.bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.

• Through MO (4/1) - New works

by Karen Margulis and Monika Steiner. blaCk mountain Center for the arts Old City Hall, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 11am-3pm.

Info: www.BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

• Through SU (2/24) - Chasing the Image, curated by James Thompson, will be on display in the

mountain heritage Center On the ground floor of Western Carolina University's Robinson Administration Building. Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm; Thurs., 8am-7pm. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: 2277129 or www.wcu.edu/mhc.

• Through TU (5/14) - Comic Stripped: A Revealing Look at Southern Stereotypes in Cartoons. n.C. arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

• Through SU (4/7) - Seeds Up Close, works by Nancy Cook.

• Through SU (5/19) - A Painter’s Journey, works by Ann Vasilik. n.C. stage Company Chase gallery • Through TH (2/28) - Works by Annette Griffin will be on display in N.C. Stage Company's Chase Gallery, 15 Stage Lane. Info: www. ncstage.org or 239-0263.

not so funny? Cartoons have a way of boiling cultures down to their essence, which can sometimes lead to broad generalizations. WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center will take a closer look at portrayals of the South as part of its Comic Stripped: A Revealing Look at Southern Stereotypes in Cartoons exhibit, on display now through Tuesday, May 14. (pg. 18)

Upper Gallery.

• SU (2/24), 2-4pm - Closing reception.

(wood) and Tom Shields (sculpture).

Info: www.barbarasammons.com.

Center for Craft, Creativity and design

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Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road in Hendersonville. Mon.-Fri., noon5pm. Info: www.craftscreativitydesign.org or 890-2050.

• Through FR (3/1) - Topography, textiles by Ismini Samanidou.

grovewood gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road.

Jan.-March: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 11am-5pm. Info: www.grovewood.com or 253-7651.

• TH (2/21) through SU (4/7) - Arts and Crafts Legacy.

• FR (2/22) & SA (2/23), 11am-4pm; SU (2/24), 11am-3pm - Yvonne Engler will present a weaving demonstration.

• FR (2/22) & SA (2/23), 11am-4pm; SU (2/24), 11am-3pm - Stained glass artist Judi Cahill will explain her inspiration and design process.

The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College.

Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: www.blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484.

• Through SA (6/1) - No Ideas but in Things, works by Black Mountain College alumnus John Urbain. blue spiral 1 38 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am6pm, and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.bluespiral1.com or 251-0202.

• Through SA (3/2) - Blues Haiku, linoleum-cut prints by Phil Garrett, and Americana — The Color of Appalachia, oil paintings by Billy Edd Wheeler.

• Through SA (3/2) - New x Three, works by Eleanor Annand (mixed media), Amy Gross (fiber sculpture), Charles Keiger (painting), Brad Sells

folk art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Open daily from 9am-6pm. Info: www.craftguild.org or 298-7928.

• Through TU (3/19) - Works by Valerie McGaughey (fiber) and Virginia McKinney (mixed media).

• Through SU (4/21) - Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts exhibition. friendly Competition • Through TH (2/28) - Sisters Francine Menor and Barbara Sammons will exhibit hand-painted folk art and digital photography in a joint exhibition at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St.

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haen gallery 52 Biltmore Ave. Wed.-Fri., 10am6pm; Mon., Tues. & Sat., 11am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.thehaengallery.com or 254-8577.

• Through TH (2/28) - Wintertide 2013, a rotating exhibition of Haen Gallery artists. handmade in ameriCa Located at 125 S. Lexington Ave. Info: www.handmadeinamerica.org or 252-0121.

• Through FR (2/22) - Flux: A Craft

Exchange, an exhibit exchange with Flux Studios of Mount Rainier, Md. haywood County arts CounCil Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC's Gallery 86, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: www. haywoodarts.org or 452-0593.

• Through SA (3/9) - Fluid Expressions, works by Dominick DePaolo.

• FR (2/22), 6-8pm - Reception. in/between: time in the desert • Through WE (2/20), 9:30am-4pm - In/Between: Time in the Desert, photographs from Peru by Eric Baden, will be on display at Warren Wilson College's Elizabeth Holden Gallery. www.warren-wilson.edu. kristalyn bunyan • Through TH (2/28) - Mono and transfer prints by Kristalyn Bunyan will be on display at True Blue Art Supply, 30 Haywood St. Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.kristalyncreations.com or

photography at west end bakery • Through SU (3/3) - A photography exhibit of landscapes, urban environments, barns and birds will be on display at West End Bakery, 757 Haywood Road. Mon.-Fri., 7:30am6pm; Sat. & Sun., 8am-3pm. Info: www.westendbakery.com. potters' workshop open house • SA (2/23), 10am-2pm - Catawba Valley Community College will host an open house to demonstrate pottery classes and introduce staff from the Potters' Workshop.

Held at 5845 Walnut Grove Lane, Hickory. Info: http://avl.mx/q3 or kellington@cvcc.edu. swannanoa valley fine arts league Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 West State St., Black Mountain.

Thurs.-Sat., 11am-3pm. Info: svfal. info@gmail.com or www.svfal.org.

• Through TU (2/26) - Epiphanies, Experimentation and Collaboration. transylvania Community arts CounCil Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am4:30pm. Info: www.artsofbrevard. org or 884-2787.

• Through FR (3/1) - Material World, a group fiber arts show.

auditions & call to artists appalaChian pastel soCiety • Through MO (3/18) - The Appalachian Pastel Society will

accept entries for its On Common Ground: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea exhibition through march 18. Info: www.appalachianpastelsociety.org. asheville Community theatre • WE (2/20), 6-8pm - Auditions for The Grapes of Wrath will be held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. Info: www.ashevilletheatre.org. art about women • Through SA (3/2) - Full Circle Arts will accept "art about women."

Entries must by hand delivered to 29 Second St. NW, Hickory, Feb. 28 through March 2. Info: www.fullcirclearts.org or 322-7545. blue ridge national heritage • Through MO (2/25) - The Haywood County Arts Council will accept pottery and clay submissions from Blue Ridge National Heritage area artists through feb. 25. Info: info@haywoodarts.org or 452-0593. brevard fine arts and Crafts showCase • Through SA (6/1) - The Transylvania Community Arts Council will accept applications for Brevard's fine arts and crafts showcase through June 1. Info: tcarts@ comporium.net or 884-2787.

Community Choreography proJeCts • Through MO (4/1) - Community Choreography Projects will accept anonymous "Note-able Secret" cards as part of its Secrets: Freeing the Hidden Story performance and exhibit through april 1. Info: www. communitychoreography.com.

Community supported art • HandMade in America will accept applications from craft artists for its Community Support Art (CSA) program. Info: www.handmadeinamerica.org. montford park players logo • Through FR (3/1) - The Montford Park Players will accept submissions for its new logo design through march 1. Info: www.montfordparkplayers.org. ms. wheelChair n.C. • Through FR (3/1) - The Ms. Wheelchair N.C. pageant will accept applications from women who utilize wheelchairs for daily mobility through march 1. Info: www. mswheelchairnc.org. something strange is brewing: teapot exhibition • Through FR (3/15) - Desert Moon Designs Studios and Gallery invites regional artists to submit work for a teapot exhibition through march 15. Info: http://avl.mx/qb . tC arts CounCil Applications available at tcarts@ comporium.net or 884-2787.

• Through WE (3/6) - TC Arts Council will accept applications for The Great Outdoors exhibit through

march 6. the autumn players • TU (2/26), 10:30am-2:30pm - The Autumn Players will hold auditions for its production of In Praise of Love at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. Info: www. ashevilletheatre.org. tryon fine arts Center sCulpture exhibit • Through MO (4/1) - Tryon Fine Arts Center will accept submissions for its sculpture exhibit and sale through april 1. Info: www.tryonarts.org or 859-8322. wnC theatre league unified auditions • FR (2/22) & SA (2/23) - The WNC Theatre League Unified Auditions will be held in A-B Tech's Ferguson Auditorium. Prepare 90 seconds of material. Check in: Friday, 5pm for child actors; Saturday, 9am for adult actors, designers, directors and technicians. Info: www.unifiedauditions.org.

benefits bike love • SA (2/23), 6pm - Bike Love, to benefit asheville on bikes, will feature "a meeting of the multimodal minds," including music by Jim Arrendell and The Cheap Suits and DJ Marley, a silent auction and more. Held at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 742 Haywood Road. $15/$12 in advance. Info: www. ashevilleonbikes.com.

Camp drag: bingo unChained • WE (2/27), 7pm - A bingo event to benefit wnC aids project will feature prizes and a cash bar.

Hosted by O.Henrys, 237 Haywood St. $20 admission includes two cards per game; additional cards for $2 or three for $5. Info and tickets: 252-7489. dine to be kind • TU (2/26) - "Dine to be Kind," a benefit for animal Compassion network's spay and neuter programs, will be held at participating restaurants. Info and locations: www.animalcompassionnetwork. org. heartstrings exerCise benefit • SA (2/23), 1-4pm - HeartStrings invites individuals and groups to attend spinning, Zumba and Boxing Blast classes to benefit the Western Carolina Medical Society's project access. $30. Participants are encouraged to raise additional funds. Held at Asheville Racquet Club, 200 Racquet Club Road. Info: www.mywcms.org. hike-n-soak • SUNDAYS, 9am - Shoji Spa, 96 Avondale Heights Road, will offer a guided hike on the Mountainsto-Sea Trail, followed by hot tubs, sauna and a cold plunge.

50 percent of proceeds benefit

southern appalachian highland Conservancy. $40. Info and registration: www.shojiretreats.com or 299-0999.

Just us for all • FR (2/22), 8pm - “How We Identify,” to benefit Just us for all, will feature art, spoken word and music by DJ Waltz. Held at Toy Boat Community Arts Space, 101 Fairview Road. $5. Info: www.facebook.com/JUFA.AVL. loCavoire benefit • SA (2/23), 6pm - A Locavoire fundraiser, to benefit sacred mountain sanctuary, will feature a sevencourse organic vegan meal and a concert of roots, Americana and world music. Held at the Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. $40 dinner and concert/$12 concert only.

Info: www.isnessdocumentary.org/ locavoire.html.

• SU (2/24), 6pm - An additional dinner and concert will feature world and classical music at Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St. $40 dinner and concert/$20 concert only. mission Children’s hospital radiothon • FR (2/22), 6am-9pm & SA (2/23), 6am-6pm - The KISS Country Cares for Kids Radiothon, to benefit mission Children’s hospital, will feature storytelling, activities and interviews in the food court of Asheville Mall, 3 S. Tunnel Road.

Info: www.missionfoundation.org. mountain of words writea-thon • Through FR (3/1) - The Mountain of Words Write-a-Thon, "just like a walk-a-thon but folks sponsor you to write," will host fundraising events at Malaprop's, Montford Books and More, Accent on Books and High Five Coffee Bar to benefit the asheville writers in the schools program. Prizes include a weekend writer's retreat at the Celo Inn. Info, registration and schedule: www.mountainofwords.org. musiC from the heart • FR (2/22), 6:30pm - "Music From the Heart," to benefit mission health, will feature Mayor Terry Bellamy and music by gospel singer Lowell Pye. Held at Asheville Christian Academy, 74 Riverwood Road, Swannanoa. Info: heart. mission-health.org. panCake breakfast • SA (2/23), 8-10am - A pancake breakfast, to benefit hominy valley Crisis ministry, will be held at Fatz Cafe, 25 Spartan Drive. $7. Info: www.abccm.org. polar plunge • SA (2/23), 11:30am-2pm - Polar Plunge, to benefit kids in the Creek, will feature a run into Lake Junaluska followed by a chili lunch.

Held at Lake Junaluska beach. $20/$5 students. Info: www.haywoodwaterways.org or 476-4667. song o' sky Chorus • TH (2/21), 7-9pm - song o' sky Chorus will perform at Blue

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Where: Writer's Bistro in the Renaissance Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. When: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 5-8 p.m. $20. wolfememorial.com.

Why: The Thomas Wolfe Memorial is more than a museum. It's a trove of artifacts that keep the memory of local literary giant Thomas Wolfe alive.

Where else can you walk through the rooms where Wolfe spent his childhood and see the setting and inspiration for classic books like Wolfe’s debut novel, Look Homeward, Angel?

Celebrate Wolfe's legacy with an evening of music, theater and food to benefit the memorial’s efforts to maintain Wolfe's "Old Kentucky Home."

Barbershop quartet Aire will bring harmony to the forefront while guests mingle and enjoy local hors d’oeuvres. Asheville Community Theatre will present a costumed dramatic interpretation of Wolfe's first novel, a rare chance to immerse oneself in Wolfe's world.

The Thomas Wolfe Memorial will also host a "write-in" for kids and adults on Saturday, Feb. 23. Writers of all ages are invited to compose literature in the home that inspired Wolfe, to benefit Asheville Writers in the Schools.

Mountain Pizza, 55 N. Main St., Weaverville, as part of the Third Thursday fundraiser series. Ten

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percent of the days proceeds will benefit the chorus. Info: www. songosky.org or www.bluemountainpizza.com. the produCt of the '80s party • TH (2/21), 8pm - "The Product of the '80s Party," to benefit asheville affiliates, will feature a fashion show and dance party. Held at Arcade Asheville, 130 College St. $5. Info: www.affiliatesofasheville. com. tie-one-on-athon • SU (2/24), noon-6pm - The TieOne-On-Athon will feature food, beer and fly tying contests, to benefit project healing waters, at 80 N. Lexington Avenue, Suite C. Hosted by Southern Culture on the Fly. $10. Info: www.southerncultureonthefly.com. work of heart • Through FR (2/22) - Work of

a-b teCh small business Center • FR (2/22), 10-11am - A comprehensive overview of creating business plans for new and expanding businesses will be offered at A-B Tech's Small Business Center, located on the Enka campus. Free. Info and registration: www.ncsbc.net. asap's business of farming ConferenCe • SA (2/23), 8am-5:30pm - An allday conference for local farmers, agriculture professionals and business and marketing specialists will be held at Warren Wilson College. $35. Info and registration: www. asapconnections.org/conference. html. fafsa form assistanCe • SA (2/23), 9am-noon - Brevard College will offer FAFSA form assistance in the McLarty-Goodson building, Room 102. Free. Info and registration: www.CFNC.org/ FAFSAday or (866) 866-CFNC.

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• TU (2/26), 2-4:30pm - A class on Microsoft Word for beginners will focus on creating, saving and printing a document, as well as using spelling and grammar checks. Previous beginner's classes required. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. Free. Info

adults with developmental, mental, physical and emotional disabilities, will be held at Satellite Gallery, 55 Broadway St. Info: www.thesatellitegallery.com or www.openheartsartcenter.org.

and registration: 250-4754. soCial networking and tweetup • WE (2/20), 6-7:30pm - PostNet of South Asheville will host a social networking event and TweetUp at Frankie Bones Restaurant and Lounge, 2 Gerber Village. Free.

Info: http://avl.mx/pz. tax assistanCe • Through MO (4/15) - Local libraries will offer tax assistance. Bring Social Security card, tax return, W-2 forms, etc. Info: 277-8288.

• MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 10am-4pm; SATURDAYS, 10am2pm. Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TUESDAYS, 9am-4pm - West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road.

• TUESDAYS, 10am-4pm - Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St. wCu business sChool info session • FR (2/22), noon-1pm - WCU will host an information session about its MBA program at 28 Schenck Parkway. Free. Info: 654-6533.

classes, meetings & events maC basiCs Classes at Charlotte street Computers (pd.) Mac Basics Classes at Charlotte Street Computers Mac Basics Computer Classes are being held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte Street.

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Class time is 9:30 - 10:30am.

Mondays in February - Mac OS X Basics, February 12th - Safari, February 19th - iCloud, February 26th - iMovie. iPad Basics will be held each Wednesday in February from 10:45am - 12:15pm.

Registration is just $9.99 at www. charlottestreetcomputers.com/ classes. new to asheville? (pd.) A great opportunity for women new to the area to make lasting friends, explore the surroundings and enrich their lives.

Contact us! ashevillenewcomersclub.com drawing/painting lessons $10/hr. (pd.) JDAA is offering art lessons Tuesday-Saturday. All levels welcome. Visit www.jdaa.net for details or email James at jwcd1@mac.com. ipad soCial at Charlotte street Computers (pd.) Wednesday, February 27th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Enjoy complimentary pizza and beer while mingling and trading tips and tricks with our staff and other iPad users.

We’ll share some of our favorite iPad apps and offer a surprise giveaway. This event is free, open to the public, and always lots of fun!

150th anniversary of the Civil war • ONGOING, 10am-5pm Henderson County Heritage Museum will observe the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with never-before-seen artifacts including military weaponry and uniforms at 1 Historic Courthouse Square,

Hendersonville. Free. Info: 6941619. apple Country woodCrafters • 4th MONDAYS, 6:30pm - The Apple Country Woodcrafters of Hendersonville meets at 5628 Howard Gap Road, Flat Rock, to fabricate wooden toys for children in need. Refreshments served. All skill levels welcome. Info: www. applecountrywoodcrafters.org. asheville anime Club • SATURDAYS, 3pm - The Asheville Anime Club features "geeky films and fun" at Firestorm Cafe, 48 Commerce St. Free. Info: www.firestormcafe.com or 255-8115. asheville Chess Club • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-10:30pm The Asheville Chess Club meets at North Asheville Community Center, 37 E. Larchmont Drive. Children's club meets from 5:15-6:30pm. $5 per session. Info: www.wncchess. org or 299-3715. asheville fm mixtape swap • 4th SATURDAYS, noon - A mixtape swap and monthly meeting will be hosted by Asheville Free Media at DeSoto Lounge, 504 Haywood Road. Bring a CD or tape to share and take one home. Info: www. ashevillefm.org. asheville radiCal mental health ColleCtive • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - This "radical mental health community for those who experience self/world in ways that are often diagnosed as psychiatric disorders" meets for social time and discussion at the Vendor's

Lounge in The Downtown Market, 45 S. French Broad Ave. Info: radmadasheville@theicarusproject.net. asheville sCrabble Club • SUNDAYS, 2-6pm - The Asheville Scrabble Club meets at Atlanta Bread Company North, 633 Merrimon Ave. Info: www.ashevillescrabble.com. blue ridge toastmasters • MONDAYS, 12:15-1:25pm - Blue Ridge Toastmasters offers "Speak Up Asheville" to develop speaking and leadership skills through Feb. 25. Weekly meetings held at Asheville Chamber of Commerce/ Lenoir Rhyne University, 36 Montford Ave., Room 317. Info: www.blueridgetoastmasters.com/ speechcraft. brevard College blaCk history month • Through TH (2/28) - Brevard College will host “At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality,” a Black History Month exhibit, in the J.A. Jones Library. Free. Info: library@ brevard.edu or 884-8248. building bridges • MONDAYS through (3/25), 7-9pm - Building Bridges seminar will focus on the "dynamics of racism and an exploration of how race has impacted our relationships, communities and institutions." Held at MAHEC, 121 Hendersonville Road. $30. Info and registration: www. buildingbridges-ashevillenc.org or

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Children first/Cis mind the gap tour • TH (2/21), 3:30pm - The Children First/CIS Mind the Gap Tour will call attention to issues in our community that hinder the success of children and families in poverty. Donations not requested. Info and registration: AdrienneA@Childrenfirstbc.org or 259-9717.

natural skin Care made easy • TU (2/26), 6pm - Learn how to pamper and nourish skin naturally with herbs, oils, body scrubs, essential oils and more. This hands-on class will include products to take home. Hosted by A-B Tech Enka. $30.50. Info and registration: www1. abtech.edu/ce/registration, course number CSP-4471-196BB.

western north Carolina Carvers • SU (2/24), 1:30-4pm - The Western North Carolina Carvers will host a meeting at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. Bring a piece of recent woodcarving or something to carve. Info and cost: 665-8273.

elevate sChool of life and art • Through FR (3/29) - Elevate School of Life and Art offers dance classes at 34 S. Lexington Ave. Dance apprenticeships for teens and adults available. $6 per class. 45 percent of proceeds go toward building a new community center. Info: www. elevatelifeandart.com or 318-8895.

sCottish Country danCe Class • FRIDAYS, 7:30pm - Featuring lively jigs, reels and strathspey social dances. "This is Scotland's ballroom dancing." Partner not required.

Comfortable, informal dress. Open to ages 11 and above. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. Free for beginners. Info: dancing.trees.designs@att.net.

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the enChanted wanderers • Through TU (2/26) - The Enchanted Wanderers will feature photographs of Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov and George Balanchine in UNCA's Blowers Gallery. Theatrical sketches and costumes will be on display Feb. 19-26 in the Blowers Gallery. Open daily.

Free. Info: 251-6336.

Community raCe disCussion • TH (2/21), 5:30pm - A community discussion on race will be held at Firestorm Cafe, 48 Commerce St. Free. Info: www.firestormcafe.com or 255-8115. fiber evenings • TUESDAYS, 4pm - Echoview Fiber Mill, 76 Jupiter Road, Weaverville, invites the public to bring knitting, spinning, weaving or other fiber projects for an evening of socializing and creativity. Free. Info: www. echoviewfarm.com. friends of hiCkory nut gorge • WE (2/20), 6pm - A public meeting of Friends of Hickory Nut Gorge will be held at Lake Lure Inn, 2771 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure. $20 membership. Info: wolfeyes20201@ bellsouth.net. gm alumni Club • TH (2/21), 11:30am - The WNC GM Alumni Club's luncheon meeting will feature Megan Piner, environmental programs coordinator for Henderson County. Held at the Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road. $16 for buffet lunch.

Info: www.wncgmalumni.com or 890-5811. mah Jong • WEDNESDAYS, 1pm - Mah Jong will be played at Albert CarltonCashiers Community Library, 249

rad feedbaCk session Asheville Area Arts Council: The Artery. 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Info: www.ashevillearts. com or 258-0710.

•WE (2/20), 4-6pm - OPEN’s RAD feedback session invites the community to offer input on public spaces in the River Arts District.

Free.

youth outright • SU (2/24), 4-6pm - Youth OUTright will present a program for LGBTQ youth at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Meeting will feature Asheville Community Theatre's Jerry Crouch discussing LGBTQ characters in musical theater. Free. Info: www. youthoutright.org.

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singles meet and greet: 25-45 • TH (2/28), 7-10pm - Join Asheville Profession Singles at WXYZ Lounge (insdie Aloft Hotel) for a meet and greet with light appetizers. Free.

Info: www.meetup.com/AshevilleProfessional-Singles.

• FRIDAYS, 8pm - Hosted by Bar of Soap, 333 Merrimon Ave. Info: 255-7710 or www.facebook.com/ comedybarofsoap. sliCe of life Comedy • SU (2/24), 7:30pm - Stand-up comedy and booked open mic will include free snacks, drink specials and a raffle for charity. Held at Pulp, below the Orange Peel, 103 Hilliard Ave. $5. Info and booking: sliceoflifecomedy@gmail.com.

speCtrum wide Community party • SA (2/23), 2-5pm - Asperger's Adults United will host a spectrumwide community party in the downstairs room of Jubilee!, 101 Patton Ave. Free. Info: www.meetup.com/ AspergersAdultsunited.

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totally 80s weekend • FR (2/22) through SU (2/24) Beech Mountain's "Totally 80s Weekend" will feature 80s music, a retro costume contest and a freestyle jump competition. Info, locations and schedule: www.beechmtn.

beginner swing danCing lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person. • No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville. Details: www.

• FR (2/22), 7pm - The Homecoming Step Show will feature five step teams from across the state performing in UNCA's Lipinsky Auditorium. $8/$5 UNCA students, faculty and alumni. Info: msp.unca. edu. land of sky square danCe Club • FR (2/22), 11:30am - Land of Sky Square Dance Club will host traditional square and round dancing in UNCA's Reuter Center. Free. Info: olliasheville.com or 251-6140. performanCes at diana wortham theatre Located at 2 South Pack Square.

Info: www.dwtheatre.com or 2574530.

• TH (2/21) & FR (2/22), 8pm Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: La Pasión Flamenca, "a fierce and eclectic evening of Spanish dance." $35/$30 students/$15 children.

Info and tickets: 257-4530 or www. dwtheatre.com. saturday night danCe • SA (2/23), 6pm - The Old Farmer’s Ball and the YMCA of WNC present the Asheville Saturday Night Dance at 30 Woodfin St. Family dance, 6-7:30pm; contra dance, 8-10pm.

Info: www.ymcawnc.org/centers/

eco appalaChian trail hall of fame • Through TH (2/28) - Nominations for the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame will be accepted through feb.

28. Info: http://avl.mx/oy. fbr greenway Commission • MO (2/25), 5pm - A meeting of the FBR Greenway Commission will be held at Woodfin Town Hall, 90 Elk Mountain Road. Free. Info: www.riverlink.org. green business award • Through MO (3/18) - ECO will accept submissions for its Green Business Award through march 18.

Info: www,eco-wnc.org or 692-0385. riverlink events Info: www.riverlink.org or 252-8474.

• TH (2/21), 11:45am - A RiverLink bus tour of the French Broad and

Swannanoa rivers will meet at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave. $15/ free for members. Info and reservations: 252-8474.

• FR (2/22), 3pm - WWC instructor Frank Kalinowski will present "A Practical Solution to the Environmental Crisis: The Scope and Range of Environmental Politics." Held at the RiverLink office, 170 Lyman St. Free; registration required.

festivals purimpalooza • SU (2/24), 10am-3pm - A celebration of the Jewish holiday of Purim will feature carnival games, prizes, inflatables, a hamentashen contest, the story of Purim, holiday songs, food and drinks. Held at the Asheville Event Center, 991 Sweeten Creek Road. Kids under 6 only before noon. Sponsored by One Jewish Asheville. Free. Info: www.onejewishasheville.org.

film dvd release performanCe • WE (2/27), 5:30pm - A DVD release event will feature a film produced by WCU, along with a masked performance by children.

Held at Jackson County Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva. Free. Info: 586-2016. genetiC roulette • SA (2/23), 2pm - The Waynesville Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St., will screen Genetic Roulette, a documentary which provides "evidence that points to genetically engineered foods as a contributor to rising disease rates in the U.S.

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population." Held in the library's lower level. Q&A will immediately follow. Free. Info: www.haywoodlibrary.org. switCh • WE (2/20), 6:30pm - A screening of Switch, a "documentary that moves past the politics to deliver the straight answers on energy," will be held in UNCA's RhodesRobinson Hall, Room 125. Free.

Info: www.switchenergyproject.com.

• TH (2/21), 4pm - An additional screening will be held in A-B Tech's Ferguson Auditorium. Free. the interrupters • TH (2/21), 7pm - A screening of The Interrupters and a Q&A with co-producer Alex Kotlowitz will be held in UNCA's Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall. Free.

Info: msp.unca.edu. the real dirt on farmer John • WE (2/20), 6-8pm - Transition Hendersonville will screen The Real Dirt on Farmer John at Black Bear Cafe, 318 Main St., Hendersonville.

Free. Info: www.transitionhendersonville.com.

food & beer wine tasting: artisan gourmet market • THURSDAYS, 5-7pm - Wine tastings and appetizers will be offered at The Artisan Gourmet Market, 2 E. Market St., Black Mountain. Free.

Info: www.artisangourmetmarket. com or 357-5500. wine tasting: merry wine market • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm - Wine tastings will be offered by the Merry Wine Market, 108 W. State St., Black Mountain. Free. Info: www.themerrywinemarket.com or 669-9050.

government & politics asheville obJeCtivists • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Those interested in Ayn Rand and her philosophy of objectivism are invited to this inaugural meeting at Denny's, 1 Regent Park Blvd. Free.

Please RSVP: avlobj@att.net. bunCombe green party meeting • 1st MONDAYS, 6pm - Meetings held in The Fortune Building, 727 Haywood Road. Free. Info: www. buncombegreens.org. publiC safety meeting • MO (2/25), 3:30pm - A public safety meeting will focus on Cecil Bothwell’s civil liberties resolution at the Asheville Fire Station, 100 Court Plaza. Free. Info: www.occupyashe-

UMC 11 Rocket Dr. Asheville, NC 28803. Guests welcome. Contact: www.songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866-824-9547.

villenc.blogspot.com. transition blaCk mountain • WE (2/27), 7pm - Transition Black Mountain will meet to discuss the future of the town at Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St. Free. Info: www.facebook.com/ transitionblackmountain.

afriCan drumming Classes • TUESDAYS, 7pm - 33rd generation djembe player Adama Dembele, from Ivory Coast, West Africa, teaches African drumming to all skill levels at Studio Zahiya, 90 1/2 N. Lexington Ave. Ages 9 and above. Bring a drum. $12. Info: 537-0892.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Dembele teaches additional drum classes at Asheville Music School, 126 College St. Info: 252-6244.

Kids arbuCkle sCholarship • Through MO (4/1) - The Community Foundation of Henderson County will accept applications for the Arbuckle Scholarship through april 1. Info: Lhendersonhill@CFHCforever.org or 697-6224.

ams faCulty ConCert • SU (2/24), 3pm - "Rhythms of the Heart," featuring Asheville Music School faculty members Mariya Potapova (violin), Steve Loew (clarinet) and Elena Saladuka (piano) performing classical dance music

by Piazzolla, Ginastera, Brahms, Gershwin and more. Held at the AMS Performance Loft, 126 College St. Free. Info: www.ashevillemusicschool.com or downtownams@ gmail.com.

asu turChin Center workshops Info and registration: www.tcva.org/ workshops.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-4:30pm Room 13 after-school arts program invites kids to choose drawing and construction projects. Free.

• FRIDAYS, 3-4:30pm - Blazing Easels kids' workshop will be held in Turchin Center Room 3200. Free.

• TUESDAYS, 3-4:30pm - A drawing club for kids will be offered in Turchin Center Room 3200. Ages 6-12. Free.

Community foundation of henderson County sCholarships • Through FR (3/1) - The Community Foundation of Henderson County will accept college scholarship applications from Henderson County students through march 1. Info: www.

CFHCforever.org. first robot Clubs • THURSDAYS, 7pm - Ashe-Bots is a FIRST Robotics Team and nonprofit STEM-based program for high school students ages 14-18.

Group meets weekly at A-B Tech's Dogwood Building. Engineering and tech professionals are invited to mentor participants. Info: brookside891@att.net or http://avl.mx/ml.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 3-5pm - Buncombe County 4-H sponsors NXT FLL robot classes for serious beginners and experienced youth, ages 10-14, at 94 Coxe Ave. 4-H affiliation not required. Parental participation encouraged. Info: bearberry@charter.net or 258-2038. golden leaf sCholarship • Through FR (3/1) - The Golden LEAF Foundation will accept scholarship applications from rural N.C. students applying to college through march 1. Info: www.CFNC. org/goldenleaf. hands on!

This children's museum is located at 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville.

Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted.

Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 6978333.

• WE (2/20), 11am - Book 'n Craft will focus on Chyrsanthemum by

tie that fly: If you’re itching to get on the river and catch a fish, start your season indoors at Southern Culture on the Fly’s Tie-One-On-Athon on Sunday, Feb. 24. The public is invited to bring their vises and join in the fly tying to benefit Project Healing Waters, a nonprofit that fosters physical and emotional rehabilitation of veterans through fly fishing. (pg. 22)

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• TH (2/21) - Children are invited to make a "critter craft" related to dogs and hearts.

• WE (2/27), 10:30am - Crazy Chemistry invites children ages 3 and up to make volcanoes.

Registration suggested.

week pre-literacy program for 3-5-year-olds, will be held at various locations in Buncombe County.

Sponsored by Smart Start. Free.

Info and registration: marna.holland@asheville.k12.nc.us or 3502904.

JaCk roper • SA (2/23), 11am - Jack Roper will present comedy and magic at Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road.

Free. Info: 687-1218.

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musiC workshop • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon - Sonia Brooks hosts a music workshop for kids at Grateful Steps Bookstore, 159 S. Lexington Ave. Free; donations accepted. Info: www.gratefulsteps.com or 277-0998. pisgah astronomiCal researCh institute Located at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman.

Info: 862-5554 or www.pari.edu.

• TU (2/26), 6-8pm - Girls ages 9-14 are invited to participate in the SciGirls program. Students will learn about light pollution and participate in the GLOBE at Night campaign. $10. play and learn literaCy program • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 9am - Play and Learn, an eight-

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Info: www.thehealthadventure.org. wee trade Children's Consignment sale • FR (2/22) through SA (2/23) - Wee Trade children's consignment sale will be held in the WNC Agricultural Center's event center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher. Info: 6871414.

• ONGOING - Registration for Pop Warner football and cheer's 2013 season will be available online through June. Scholarships available to those in need. Games held every Saturday. Info and registration: www.popwarnerymca.org.

youth bridge • SATURDAYS, 10:30am - The Asheville Bridge Room hosts youth bridge for 6-8th graders at storefront C1 in the River Ridge Shopping Center, 800 Fairview Road. Free. Info: 658-9398 or lindan49@charter.net.

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youth sledding • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS until (3/1) - The Town of Beech Mountain offers free sledding for kids, featuring man-made and natural snow.

Held adjacent to the Visitors Center, 403A Beech Mountain Parkway.

Weekdays: 1-5pm; weekends and holidays: 9am-5pm. Free. Info: www. beechmtn.com or (800) 468-5506.

• Through WE (3/20) - RiverLink will accept submissions for its Voices of the River Art and Poetry Contest from children grades K-12 in the French Broad River Watershed through march 20. Info: www.riverlink.org/earthdaycontest.asp. super sCienCe saturday • SATURDAYS, noon-2pm - Super Science Saturday features hands-on activities with museum facilitators at The Health Adventure, 800 Brevard Road #620. All ages. Free with museum admission/$6.50 children.

music song o' sky show Chorus (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm Rehearsal at Covenant Community

appalaChian Jam Class • THURSDAYS, 6pm - An Appalachian jamming class will focus on playing traditional music as a group. All instruments welcome. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave. $10. Info: michael.ismerio@ gmail.com or (503) 808-0362. ben wilson • FR (2/22), 7-10pm - Ben Wilson (guitar, vocals) will perform at The Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville. $10 food or drink minimum. Info: www.classicwineseller. com or 452-6000. blaCk mountain Center for the arts Old City Hall, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 11am-3pm.

Info: www.BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930.

• SA (2/23), 7:30pm - Will Straughan (dobro, guitar) will perform with members of Red June and others. $10 donation. blue ridge orChestra Info: www.blueridgeorchestra.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Open rehearsals for the Blue Ridge Orchestra will be held most Wednesdays in the Manheimer Room of UNCA's Reuter Center.

Free. Call for confirmation. Info: www.blueridgeorchestra.org or 251-6140. brian hermanson • TH (2/21), 7:30pm - Brian Hermanson (clarinet) will perform in WCU's Coulter Building. Free. Info: 227-7242.

CeltiC Crossroads • TU (2/26), 8pm - Celtic Crossroads (Irish music) will perform in UNCA's Lipinsky Auditorium. $20/$15 UNCA faculty, staff and alumni/$7

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The conTinuing crisis • Quick study: Tyrone Harris, 26, reported for his first shift at Dunkin' Donuts in Morristown, N.J., in January and, seven minutes after receiving his name tag, was on his way out the door with $2,100 from his supervisor's desk, said police. (Apparently, the supervisor had opened the drawer a little too far, giving Harris a glimpse of the cash.)

• In a January submission to India's Supreme Court, an association of the country's caste councils begged for greater sympathy for men who commit "honor killings" of wayward females.

The councils denied encouraging such killings but emphasized that fathers or brothers who murder a daughter or sister are usually "lawabiding, educated and respectable people" who must protect their reputations when a female has a "forbidden" relationship — especially if she intends to marry within her subcaste, which the councils believe leads to deformed babies.

• Aubrey Ireland, 21, a dean's list senior at the University of Cincinnati's prestigious college of music, went to court in December to protect herself from two stalkers — her mother and father, whom she said had been paranoiacally meddling in her life. David and Julie Ireland put tracking devices on Aubrey's computer and telephone and showed up unannounced on campus (600 miles from their home), telling officials that Aubrey was promiscuous and mentally imbalanced. A Common Pleas Court judge ordered the parents to keep their distance.

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An estimated 3.2 million kids ages 5 to 12 take mixed-martial-arts classes modeled after adults' Ultimate Fighting Championships, according to a January report in ESPN magazine. Kids fight without regard to gender; blows above the collarbone are prohibited along with attacks on the groin, kidneys and back. The swaggering, Mohawked Derek "Crazy" Rayfield, 11, was described delivering merciless forearm chest smashes to a foe until the referee intervened, and the meek, doll-clutching Regina "The Black Widow" Awana, 7, won her match in less than a minute thanks to energetic use of armbar submission. Parental involvement appears to be of two types: either fear of their child's getting hurt or encouragement to be meaner.

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• Medium-Tech Warfare: (1) The mostly ragtag army of Syrian rebels fighting the Assad regime unveiled its first jerry-built armored vehicle in December. The "Sham II" is an old diesel car with cameras for navigation, a turret-mounted machine gun, flat-panel TVs for the driver and gunner, plus a Sony PlayStation controller to aim the gun. (2) Video transmissions from drone aircraft rose stiflingly to more than 300,000 hours last year (compared to 4,800 in 2001). With input expected to grow even more, Air Force officials acknowledged in December seeking advice from a private-sector company experienced in handling massive amounts of video: ESPN. • Dog trainer Mark Vette showed off his best work in Auckland, New Zealand, in December: dogs driving a Cooper Mini on a closed course.

Using knobs fitted to the dogs' reach, Vette taught mixed-breed rescue dogs "Monty" and "Porter" 10 discrete actions, including handling the starter, steering wheel, gearshift, and brake and gas pedals, and then put them behind the wheel on live television. Monty handled the straightaway flawlessly, but Porter, assigned to steer around a bend, ran off the road.

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Sanchez outran a pursuing security guard, losing some cargo en route, and made it eight blocks before police overtook him. Sanchez said he services cars part time and motor oil prices are just too high.

PeoPle wiTh issues Lawrence Adamczyk, 49, was arrested in Riverside, Ill., in January for loitering at Riverside Brookfield High School during a swim meet.

Police said he admitted being there to leer at boys (having been tipped off via "brainwave" messages from the singer Justin Bieber) and that moments before police arrived, he’d been engaged in a solo sex act while ogling the swimmers. Amazingly, Adamczyk wasn’t on any sex-offenders registry, despite arrests (and at least one conviction) for similar incidents in 2005, 2009 and 2011; he was on parole at the time of the Riverside arrest.

undignified deaThs After a 51-year-old man was found dead in Everett, Wash., in January with his heavier girlfriend (192 pounds) lying face down on top of him, sheriff's deputies said he’d been smothered by the 50-year-old woman's breasts. Neighbors said they’d heard the man screaming for the woman to get off him. X

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area students. Info: cesap.unca.edu.

251-6140.

Courtyard gallery open miC • MONDAYS, 8-11pm - Jarrett Leone hosts an open mic at the Courtyard Gallery in the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Musicians, storytellers, poets, filmmakers and other artists welcome.

Free. Info: 707-1859.

the altamont Located at 18 Church St. Info: www. myaltamont.com or 274-8070.

• WE (2/27), 7:30pm - Jazz concert with UNCA students and faculty.

dJembe lessons • MONDAYS, 7:30pm - Larry McDowell will offer djembe, dunn and hand drum lessons at the French Broad Grocery Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Free; donations accepted. grind Cafe 136 West Union St., Morganton.

Info: www.facebook.com/grindcafe or 430-4343.

• FR (2/22), 7:30pm - Centerpiece Jazz. $7.

• TH (2/28), 7:30pm - The Harris Brothers (Americana). $8. klezmer ConCert and danCe • SA (2/23), 7:30pm - A concert and dance with Bandana Klezmer will be hosted at the Burnsville Town Center, 6 South Main St. Eastern European desserts and coffee will be served. $10. Info: www.burnsvilletowncenter.com or 682-7209. performanCes at diana wortham theatre Located at 2 South Pack Square.

Info: www.dwtheatre.com or 2574530.

• SA (2/23), 8pm - John McCutcheon (folk singer, storyteller, multi-instrumentalist). $30/$25 students/$15 children.

• TH (2/28), 8pm - FullSet (Irish, roots). $30/$25 students/$15 children. persons, animals & things • FR (2/22), 10pm - Persons, Animals & Things (popular covers) will perform after hours at Franks Roman Pizza, 90 South Tunnel Road.

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pianoforte ConCert • SU (2/24), 3pm - The Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square, hosts pianist John Cobb performing Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder and New Liebeslieder waltzes. $14/$6 members. Info and tickets: www. ashevilleart.org or 253-3227. r.b. morris and heCtor qirko • SA (2/23), 7:30pm - R.B. Morris (poet, singer-songwriter) and Hector Qirko (blues) will perform at Madison County Arts Council, 90 S. Main St., Marshall. $15/$12 in advance. Info: 649-1301. reuter Center singers • SU (2/24), 3pm - The Reuter Center Singers will perform at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. Free; donations accepted for Loving Food Resources. Info: olliasheville.com or

unCa faCulty showCase • TH (2/28), 7:30pm - A showcase of UNCA's music faculty will be held in the university's Lipinsky Auditorium. $5/students free. Info: music.unca. edu or 251-6432. vienna boys Choir • TH (2/28), 7:30pm - The Vienna Boys Choir (international children's choir) will perform in Caldwell Community College's JE Broyhill Civic Center. $24/$15 children.

Info: www.broyhillcenter.com or 726-2407.

outdoors events at rei Located at 31 Schenck Parkway.

Info: 687-0918 or www.rei.com/ asheville.

• WE (2/20), 7pm - World Travel 101, presented by Hostelling International, will focus on budgeting, accommodations, packing tips and documents. Free. friends of the smokies info session • TH (2/28), 6:30pm - The Friends of the Smokies will hold an information session about its Classic Hikes of the Smokies series at REI, 31 Schenck Parkway. Bring a map of the Smokies' trails if possible. Free.

Info: www.friendsofthesmokies.org. lake James state park 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo.

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

• SA (2/23), 2pm - An intermediate 3.5-mile hike on the Mill’s Creek Trail will depart from Paddy's Creek Area office. Not suitable for small children.

public lectures great deCisions • WE (2/20), 10am-noon -The World Affairs Council of WNC and the National Foreign Policy Association present "The Intervention Calculus in U.S. Foreign Policy," with Air Force pilot Jerome Jones. Held in BRCC's Thomas Auditorium. $10.

Info: ww.brcll.com. --- 3-4:30pm - An additional program will be held in Brevard College's Myers Dining Hall. Registration required. Info: 884-8251.

• WE (2/27), 10am-noon - The World Affairs Council of WNC and the National Foreign Policy Association present "China in Africa," with Peter Chaveas, retired director of the Department of Defense’s Africa Center for Strategic Studies, in BRCC's Thomas Auditorium. $10.

Info: ww.brcll.com. --- 3-4:30pm - An additional program will be held in

Brevard College's Myers Dining Hall. Registration required. Info: 884-8251. publiC leCtures & events at unCa Events are free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (2/21), 7:30pm - “The Capitoline on Coins: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Roman Temple,” with independent scholar Grunow Sobocinski. Held in Ramsey Library. Info: ltaylor@unca.edu.

--- 12:15pm - “The Things They Carry: Growing up Poor in the World’s Richest Nation,” with journalist Alex Kotlowitz. Held in UNCA's Highsmith University Union Mountain Suites. --- 4pm Alex Kotlowitz presents “Bearing Witness: Storytelling and Human Rights” in Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall.

• FR (2/22), 11:25am - "Islam and the Modern World: the Ottoman Empire," with Rodger Payne, department chair and associate professor of religious studies. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 251-6808.

• MO (2/25), 11:25am - "Buddhism and Jainism," with Katherine Zubko, assistant professor of religious studies. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Info: humanities.unca.edu or 2516808.

seniors mediCare ChoiCes made easy • TH (2/21), 3-5pm - "Medicare Choices Made Easy" will be offered by the N.C. Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road. Free. Info: www.coabc.org or 277-8288.

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Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229. asheville Compassionate CommuniCation Center (pd.) 8 Week Course Starting March 13th 6:30-8:30. Learn ways to create understanding, connection, and deeper love in your relationships by learning Compassionate Communication (Nonviolent Communication). Great for couples!

252-0538 www.ashevilleccc.com asheville insight meditation (pd.) Practice/learn mindfulness meditation and ramp up your spiritual practice in a supportive group environment. We practice Insight Meditation, also known as: Vipassana, or Mindfulness Meditation, which cultivates a happier, more peaceful, and focused

mind. Our caring community environment provides added support and joy to one's spiritual awakening processes. Open to adults.

By donation. Wednesdays, 7pm8:30pm. Sundays, 10am-11:30pm.

Meditation, Dhamma talk, and discussion. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville, NC. Info/directions: (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com asheville insight meditation (pd.) Free introduction to Insight or Mindfulness meditation. 2nd and 4th Thursday. 7pm. Asheville Insight Meditation, Suite 200, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com AwAreness Group • This saturday (pd.)Come relax and be inspired with Crystal and Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing, Breathwork and Guided Meditation. Facilitated

by Isa Soler, LMHC, LPC, C.Ht. • Saturday, Feb. 23 , 3pm-4:30pm, Lighten Up Yoga. • 60 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville. Donations accepted. isa@awaretherapy.com open heart meditation (pd.) Experience easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart. • Free 7pm, Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 or 367-6954 http://www.heartsanctuary.org kriya yoga: lessons in ConsCious living (pd.) A progressive program of higher learning and spiritual practice in the Kriya Yoga Tradition. Starting Tuesday Feb. 19 and 26. 6:30pm to 7:55pm. Please call 828-490-1136 or visit www.csa-asheville.org the art of being human shambhala training level i (pd.) We all long for sanity, compassion and inspiration in our lives. This

program presents meditation as a way to contact our inherent dignity and wakefulness. Feb 23-25. Info: www.asheville.shambhala.org. awakening the inner muse (pd.) An expressive arts workshop based on: The 9 Modern Day Muses and the Bodyguard. Creative exploration about your personal myth/ journey. Saturday March 2nd 11am3pm Fee: $55 Lilla Khalsa, LPC & Art Therapist lillakhalsa@ymail.com 828 777-1962 a Course in miraCles • 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm - A Course in Miracles, a "truly loving, open study group," meets at at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road. Info: 712-5472. first Congregational ChurCh in hendersonville Fifth Avenue West at White Pine Street, Hendersonville. Info: 6928630 or www.fcchendersonville.org.

• SU (2/24), 9:15am - Adult forum: “The Thought and Writings of Ken Wilbur.” great tree zen temple • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS - Great Tree Zen Temple, a residential facility for women in the Soto Zen tradition, provides programs and practice for everyone, including families and children.

See website for full schedule, including monthly retreats and more. Located at 679 Lower Flat Creek, Alexander. Info: www.greattreetemple.org or 645-2085. kirtan with sangita devi • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - "Kirtan is bhakti yoga, the path of devotion, the path of the heart. It is a tradition and spiritual practice which brings us to a deep place of tranquility through chanting the divine names." Hosted by Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St. $10-$15

suggested donation. Info: toriabfree@gmail.com or nourishflourishnow.com. martin luther seminars • WEDNESDAYS through (3/6), 6:30pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 235 St. John’s Road, Suite #50, Fletcher, will host a nine-week seminar on Martin Luther and the early Lutherans. Free. Info: www.trinitylutherannc.org or 684-9770. modern-day meditation • MONDAYS, 8pm - "Experience a powerful meditation practice for this age that will help open your heart, deepen your connection, calm your being and clear your mind." All levels welcome; 18 and over. Held at 24 Arlington St. $10.

Info: neals@miracle.org. new seeds priory • WEEKLY - New Seeds Priory, a Christian-Buddhist practice community, offers a variety of weekly and monthly services in Black Mountain.

See website for schedule and location. Info: www.newseedspriory. weebly.com. the law of attitudes • SU (2/24), 11am-12:30pm “Everything that operates with this law is capable of performing miracles. What holds us back is our attitudes." Held at Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Road, lower level. Free. Info: www. eckankar-nc.org or 254-6775. thursday nite in Class • THURSDAYS, 6pm - This circle of spiritual friends gathers weekly for meditation, drumming, sweat lodge, vision quest and a celebration of creation. Free. Info and location: stevenmitch@charter.net. women's bible study • TUESDAYS through (2/26), 9:30am - A morning bible study will be led

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• SU (2/24), 3pm - J. L. Mashburn will present his book Asheville and Buncombe County: Once Upon a Time. asheville Community theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• TH (2/28), 7:30pm - "Listen to This: Stories in Performance" will feature original stories and songs.

Hosted by Tom Chalmers. $10.

n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • WE (2/20), 5-7pm - Swannanoa Library Knitters. sw • TH (2/21), 2:30pm - Book club: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. ss --- 6pm - Book club: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash. sw --- 7pm - Book club: Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund. fv • TUESDAYS, 11am - Mother Goose Time. Ages 4-18 months. fv City lights bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva.

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

• TH (2/21), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet, featuring Caleb Beissert. frenCh book Club • ONGOING - The French Book Club will meet in Hendersonville to read and discuss books in French.

Info and location: 435-1055.

blue ridge books Located at 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. All programs free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. brbooks-news.com or 456-6000.

• MO (2/25), 6:30pm - Ron Rash will read from his book Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories. Reserved seating available with purchase of the book.

grateful steps Publishing house located at 159 S. Lexington Ave. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. gratefulsteps.com or 277-0998.

• SA (2/23), 5:30pm - Georganne Spruce will read from her memoir Awakening to the Dance: A Journey to Wholeness.

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 (, 250-4756) n fv = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n ss = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 2506488) n sw = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486)

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

• WE (2/20), 7pm - Bonnie Willow will lead a presentation on Reiki.

• TH (2/21), 7pm - Dielle Ciesco will present her book The Unknown Mother: A Magical Walk with the Goddess of Sound.

• FR (2/22), 7pm - Birke Baehr will present his book of sustainable farming practices, Birke on the Farm.

• SA (2/23), 7pm - Jamie Mason will

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• SU (2/24), 5pm - Ron Rash will present his new collection of short stories, Nothing Gold Can Stay. $32 includes book.

• MO (2/25), 7pm - "The Politics of Food" book club: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.

• TU (2/26), 7pm - A panel discussion on eating disorders will honor National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.

• WE (2/27), 7pm - Dorothy FoltzGray, will present her memoir With and Without Her. • TH (2/28), 7pm - Holly Goddard Jones will present her book The Next Time You See Me. write-in at the old kentuCky home • SA (2/23) - Asheville Writers in the Schools and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial invite writers of all ages to compose literature in the house that inspired Thomas Wolfe. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 North Market St. Kids: 10am-noon; Adults: 1-4pm. Proceeds benefit Asheville Writers in the Schools. $10 adults/$5 children. Info: www. ashevillewritersintheschools.org or 253-8304.

sports adult kiCkball league • Through FR (3/15) - Registration for Buncombe County Parks, Greenways and Recreation's adult kickball league will be accepted through march 15. Info: jay.nelson@ buncombecounty.org or 250-4269. asheville pedal punks • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Asheville Pedal Punks will host a fitness ride for beginners; Departs from Tod's Tasties, 102 Montford Ave. Free.

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About a year ago, Logemann, looking for a way to make a few extra bucks, decided to turn a lifelong baking hobby into a business. She started the Ms. American Pie Company, selling her organic, handmade pies at the Transylvania Tailgate Market. Her business was certified as a retail bakery by the North Carolin Department of Agriculture, and she worked out of a friend’s commercial kitchen on nights and weekends with her husband’s help, all the while working fulltime as a freelance graphic designer.

Logemann’s pies were popular. She had many repeat customers, and some local restaurants were interested in wholesale purchases.

When the holidays rolled around, she was slammed with orders. But as Logemann tracked her income and expenses, she noticed something disturbing: She wasn’t making much money. So Logemann took Mountain BizWorks’ “Foundations” business planning course to find out why.

Bill Johnson, the class facilitator, suggested that she might have a volume issue and showed her how to run the numbers. “I must have gone through 10 scenarios for how to make the business more profitable,” explains Logemann. “But the only ways to make more than $8 per hour

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best choices: Leslie Logemann, founder (and baker) of Ms. American Pie Company in Brevard, made one of the toughest decisions a business owner can — close down and focus on another endeavor. were to open a storefront that was also a restaurant, or to do manufacturing and distribution.”

Neither of those options appealed to her. “I knew that if I expanded, it would take the fun out of selling something that’s handmade with love,” she says. Logemann also knew that if she didn’t expand, her business wouldn’t earn enough to support her.

“Making pies was fun and personally rewarding, but a business has to be financially rewarding,” she says. “Unfortunately, compliments don’t pay the bills.”

By the last class session, Logemann had made up her mind. After her classmates had presented their business plans, Logemann stood up and announced that she had decided to close her business. “It felt a little bit like failure, but it was

also a relief,” she recalls. “The best thing about it was that it felt like I had been armed with all the knowledge I could have to make the best decision I possibly could.”

It also turns out that she wasn’t alone; Johnson told her that he knew three other students with food-based business ideas who had recently come to the same conclusion. “That made me feel less alone,” says Logemann.

Her loyal customers took the news in stride.

Logemann sent each of them a note explaining her decision and mentioning that she would always consider 2012 her “year of pie.”

“Initially, a tiny part of me felt like I had let down my clients; they were always so appreciative, and pie makes people happy. But I think they’ll probably live," she says, laughing. "It’s just pie!”

Now, a couple of months after the end of the class, Logemann has no regrets. “I feel amazing relief. I don’t second-guess my decision for a minute because I know I did everything I could to make it work,” she says. “I also have a lot more personal time. Come this summer, I’ll have more weekends to go camping.”

Logemann is also taking what she learned in the class and applying it to her graphic-design business, logemannDESIGN. “I’ve started looking a little more at my bottom line, working more efficiently and being more selective about clients.” She’s even considering combining her two passions into one project, by designing a cookbook of the many recipes she’s created over the years.

“I’ll always bake for friends and family,” she says. “Now I can just practice ‘random acts of pieness.’”

Leslie Logemann can be found online at logemanndesign.com.

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Info: http://avl.mx/p2. events at rei Located at 31 Schenck Parkway.

Info: 687-0918 or www.rei.com/ asheville.

• TH (2/21), 7-8:30pm - A class on triathlon basics will focus on getting started, training and preparing for race day. Free.

• TU (2/26), 6-8pm - A class on bike maintenance will focus on bearing systems. $40/$20 members. valley of the lilies half marathon and 5k • Through SA (4/6) - WCU will offer a training program for runners interested in the Valley of the Lilies Half Marathon and 5K, scheduled for April 6. Free. Info and departure location: halfmarathon.wcu.edu or valleyofthelilies@wcu.edu. zumba ripped • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon Waynesville Recreation Center hosts Zumba Ripped at 550 Vance St. Free with membership or daily admission. Info: recprograms@ townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

theater appalaChian state university • WE (2/20) - ASU will host the Walnut Street Theatre company's production of Around the World in 80 Days, an adaptation of the Jules Verne novel. Held in the university's Valborg Theatre. 8pm. $15/$8 ASU students. Info: www.pas.appstate. edu. arts and entertainment talk • FR (2/22), 7-9pm - NYS3, 2002 Riverside Drive, Studio 42-O, will host an arts and entertainment talk with acress Sabrina Le Beauf.

Free. Info: www.nys3.com or (814) 648-0680. asheville Community theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/10) - BARK! The Musical follows "six canine characters for one day at Deena’s Doggie Daycare." Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $15$25. beneath shelton laurel • FR (2/22) & SA (2/23) - The WNC Historical Association presents Beneath Shelton Laurel, a reader's theater play about the Civil War massacre of civilians by the Confederate army. Held in A-B Tech's Simpson Lecture Hall. Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2pm. $10/$5 students. Info: www.wnchistory.org brevard College • TH (2/21) through SU (2/24) - Brevard College students will perform Anatomy of Gray, a story of "death, loss, love and healing in a unique coming of age story" set during the late 1800s. Held in

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the college's Morrison Playhouse.

Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $5.

Info: www.brevard.edu/productions.

asheville City sChools • The Asheville City Schools Foundation seeks volunteers to work with K-12 students as tutors, artists, mentors and coaches. Info: www.acsf.org or jay@acsf.org.

brevard little theatre Located in the American Legion Hall, 55 E. Jordan St., Brevard.

Info: www.brevardlittletheatre.com.

Reservations: 884-2587.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/3) - You Can't Take It With You, the story of "the zany inhabitants of the Vanderhof household, a joyous madhouse populated by lovable eccentrics, artists and anarchists." Thurs.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $14/$10 student. different strokes!

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (2/24) - Different Strokes!

Performing Arts Collective presents Neighbors, the story of "a liberal white couple who decide to sell their house to an affluent black couple." Performed at 35 Below, 35 E. Walnut St. Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. Info: www.differentstrokesavl.com. flat roCk playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock.

Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville. Info: www. flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731.

• MO (2/25), 1-3pm - Artistic Director Vince Marini will give a behind-the-scenes look at how Flat Rock Playhouse selects its productions. Held at BRCC Patton Building, Room 150. $30. hendersonville little theatre 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville. Info: 692-1082 or www.hendersonvillelittletheater.org.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (2/24) - Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's romantic tragedy. Fri. & Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $20/$10 children 18 and under. n.C. stage Company Info: www.ncstage.org or 239-0263.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/10) - The Understudy, by Theresa Rebeck, "a hilarious comedy about sour grapes, backstage love affairs and the lure of Hollywood glitz and glitter. Mon.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun. 2pm. $16-$28. tarzan of the apes • TU (2/26), 7:30pm - WCU will present a live radio production of Tarzan of the Apes in the university's Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. $10. Info: bardoartscenter. wcu.edu. the magnetiC field 372 Depot St. Info: www.themagneticfield.com or 257-4003.

• THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (2/28) until (3/23) - The Strange and Tragical Adventures of Pinocchio: Why Didn't I Just Stay a Damn Puppet?, a “morality tale in two inappropriate acts,” with John Crutchfield and Madison J. Cripps.

For mature audiences only. 7:30pm. $15 with low-priced previews Feb.

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openings dough market, 372 Merrimon Ave. 712-4350, doughasheville.com. livi’s pantry, 41 N. Merrimon Ave., 251-1958. livispantry.com.

Children first/Cis • Children First/CIS seeks volunteers for its learning centers and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing. Mon.-Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Volunteer for one hour a week and change the life of a local child. Info: www.childrenfirstbc.org or 768-2072.

smoke rings smoke shop, 105 Broadway St. 575-9553.

closings tomato cocina latina, 70 Westgate Parkway.

renovations and other changes dancing bear toys, from Tunnel Road to 518 Kenilworth Road. dancingbeartoys.com. ship to shore clothier, (photo by Lynne Harty) Haywood Road to 85 State St. By appointment only, 242-1378. shiptoshoreshop.com.

28 & March 1. theatre obsCura • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS until (3/2) - Theatre Obscura presents The House of Yes, a dark comedy and "suburban Jacobean play.”

Performed at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. 7:30pm. $15. Info and reservations: theatreobscura@ gmail.com or 351-4358. tryon little theater Performances are held at the Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Info: 859-2466, tryonlittletheater@gmail.com or www.tltinfo.org.

• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/2) - 9 to 5: The Musical, based on the film starring Dolly Parton. Fri. & Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $20/$10 children. western Carolina university • Through SA (2/23) - WCU students will perform Rashomon, the story

big brothers big sisters of wnC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building. The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors. Info: www.bbbswnc. org or 253-1470.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks volunteers to mentor 1 hr/week in schools and after-school programs.

Volunteers 18 and older are also needed to share outings in the community twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Activities are free or low-cost. Information sessions will be held feb. 27, march 14 and march 27 at noon.

of rape and murder in feudal Japan.

Held in WCU's Hoey Auditorium.

7:30pm. $15/$10 seniors, WCU students and staff. Info: bardoartscenter.wcu.edu or 227-2479.

volunteering appalaChian trail ConservanCy • The Appalachian Trail Conservancy seeks volunteers to lead hikes, register guests, support workshops and assist with parking at the 2013 Biennial, scheduled for July 19-26 in Cullowhee. Info: www.appalachiantrail.org/2013biennial. art on main • Art on Main arts and crafts festival seeks volunteers for planning, setup and tear-down. Info: acofhc@

hands on ashevillebunCombe Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• WE (2/20), 6-8pm - Cookie night invites the public to make cookies for hospice patients at CarePartners' John Keever Solace Center.

• SA (2/23), 10am-noon - OnTrack: Copy and collate packets for distribution to individuals and families that benefit from OnTrack's various financial assistance programs.

• MO (2/25), 5:30-7:30pm - Help tidy and organize the play rooms of the family visitation center.

• MO (2/25) - 7-8:30pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center, which provides free lodging for out-of-town families who have a loved one in an area hospital.

Supplies provided.

• TH (2/28), 11am-12:30pm - Shake and Bake: Cook and serve a homemade lunch to the men staying at the ABCCM Veterans Restoration Quarters and Inn. Both men and women are encouraged to participate.

• TH (2/28), 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank.

• TH (2/28), 4-6pm - Fair-Trade Stock-Up: Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit,

fair-trade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries. literaCy CounCil of bunCombe County Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: 2543442, ext. 204.

• Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a Second Language.

Tutors provide one-on-one or small group instruction to adults in our community. No prior tutoring experience required. Tutors will receive 15 hours of training as well as ongoing support from certified professionals. Info: literacytutors@ litcouncil.com make-a-wish • Make-a-Wish will accept "wish granter" volunteers at recruiting events in Boone on March 2, Monroe on March 5 and Gastonia on March 7. Info, locations and registration: alilley@ncwish.org. motherlove mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per month required. Info: 254-7206. pan harmonia • Pan Harmonia seeks volunteers to assist with chamber music concerts.

Volunteers receive two tickets to the concert. Info: office@panharmonia.org. partners unlimited • Partners Unlimited, a program for at-risk youth ages 10-18, seeks volunteer tutors and website assistance. Info: partnersunlimited@juno. com or 281-2800. rsvp volunteer Center: brevard • 3rd THURSDAYS, noon-4pm - RSVP Volunteer Center at Silvermont Opportunity Center in Brevard invites retired community members interested in volunteering to learn more about local opportunities. Info: www.landofskyrsvp.org. ywCa motherlove mentor training • SA (2/23), 9am - The MotherLove program uses volunteer mentors to provide support to teen mothers.

Mentor training will be held at the YWCA, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: 254-7206, ext. 116.

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“Aside from hormone therapy, there is a major need within the transgender community for primary health care that is sensitive as well as medically and culturally competent,” says Allister styan, who coordinates the WNCCHS program. “Not all transgender patients are seeking hormones,” he explains. “Some simply want access to a physician who will treat them with dignity and respect. Given that 19 percent of transgender people have been refused medical treatment due to their status and many are uninsured, this can be very difficult to come by.”

WNCCHS serves about 100 people in its program, and Dr. Jennifer Abbott sees many of them. “When I met our first trans patient, I was uncomfortable with hormone therapy because I had not had any training,” says the family physician. “But then I realized that since this patient was uninsured, there would be no one else to provide this care for him,” Abbott says.

Last summer, she served as medical director for the SouthEastern Transgender Health Summit, hosted by the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville. Approximately 100 medical providers, behavioral health providers, transgender people and business professionals attended the two-day summit. WNCCHS provided some scholarships for attendees, and Abbott remarks, “I felt it was very successful in [its goal], providing education about appropriate and gender-sensitive health and mentalhealth care to transgender people.”

The summit also allowed participants to gain support. “Last summer, I traveled to and attended the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, and when I returned I found out about the SETHS summit. I was ... overjoyed that my home town had something similar to what you see in larger cities.” says local activist Ben Baechler.

The summit and organizations like WHCCHS help address an overall concern voiced by Baechler, who observes, “In many ways I do feel connected to the gay and lesbian community, as a majority of my friends are a part of [it]. Though, on a whole I feel that many LGBTQ

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breaking the silence: “Some [transgender people] simply want access to a physician who will treat them with dignity and respect,” says Allister Styan, who coordinates a health-care program at WNCCHS. Photo by Max Cooper

organizations and causes have silenced the T.” The silence can extend to healthcare options for transgender people, but that’s changing.

Abbott acknowledges that on her own path toward learning more about what her patients needed, she started administering hormones without the specific intention of working primarily with trans people for other aspects of their care. “I read what I could online and in an older version of the [World Professional Association for Transgender Health] Standards of Care, and started with [one] patient. His transition went very well, and our numbers of patients grew after that.”

Styan adds that health care for Asheville’s trans population helps them succeed overall. Hormone treatment and general care are two routes for trans people to feel safe in their communities, Styan explains. “I think Asheville is more accepting of the transgender

community than many other places, mainly based on visibility.”

He continues, “Given the size of Asheville, this is a pretty significant number, [but when] the transgender community has higher numbers and greater visibility, there is likely to be more acceptance because people are forced to interact with us and witness our humanity, rather than holding ideas about transgender people that are solely informed by derogatory portrayals in the media.”

For more information about WNCCHS, contact Allister Styan at astyan@wncchs.org. X Basil Soper is a queer writer and the founder of Just Us For All, an Asheville-based group that aims to educate people about the LGBTQ spectrum, and to create change through community.

teddy bears donated to mission children’s hospital on valentine’s day by caitlin byrd On Valentine’s Day, a host of teddy bears found a good home when Kristie Worley donated them to the pediatric unit at Mission Children’s Hospital.

Last December, her daughter, Madeline “Maddie” Jones, died in a car crash. The community responded and Worley received hundreds of teddy bears in her 3-year-old’s memory.

“We want to bring hope and laughter to each and every child at Mission Children’s Hospital,” said Maddie’s aunt, Kim Metcalf, in a statement issued on behalf of the family.

“Although the loss of Maddie was tragic and our hearts are broken without her, we want this to be a positive and happy event to honor her memory. We want to focus on the good that will come because of the impression she left on those who knew and loved her. I can’t think of a better way to honor the memory of my beautiful niece than to brighten the lives of others, just as Maddie did for us.”

When Jones died, Worley and the family requested balloons and teddy bears in lieu of flowers to celebrate Maddie’s life and to reflect her spirit. After an outpouring of donations from family, friends and the com-

munity, Worley said she initiated “Teddies for Maddie” to thank the dedicated hospital staff who helped her during a tragic loss and to honor Maddie by bringing joy to other children at the hospital.

“Every child deserves to know they’re special. The teddy bears will mean so much to the children in our pediatrics unit, especially on Valentine’s Day,” said susan Mims, vice president and medical director of Mission Children’s Hospital. “Our hearts go out to Maddie’s family. We are honored to receive this special donation in Maddie’s name that will touch the lives of our patients and their families.”

Teddy bears can be donated year-round to Asheville Radiology at 534 Biltmore Ave., or to The Vein Specialists of Carolina Vascular at 1091 Hendersonville Road, Suite 101. Plans are under way to make “Teddies for Maddie” an annual Valentine’s Day event at Mission Children’s Hospital.

Send your health-and-wellness news and tips to Caitlin Byrd at cbyrd@mountainx.com or mxhealth@mountainx.com, or call 251-1333, ext. 140.

local nonprofit helps area’s homeless find long-lasting solutions by megan dombrosKi “Every time it is cold and I go into my own house, I think, ‘It is not OK that people in our community are sleeping outside tonight,’” says emily Ball, director of community engagement at Homeward Bound of Asheville.

With 482 people already housed and an 89 percent retention rate, Homeward Bound uses the housing-first model. “It is going to be really difficult for you to get employment or get sober or get your mental health sorted out or get healthy while you don’t know know where you’re sleeping tonight and it is February in Western North Carolina,” Ball explains.

Once people are in homes and have a basic level of stability and safety, Ball says Homeward Bound works with the individuals to become self-sustaining.

“If there are things in your life that would prevent you from staying in housing — like a severe, untreated mental illness, that has gotten you kicked out in the past — then we want to work with you on getting connected

to mental health care so that you can maintain your housing long-term,” she says.

In order to find grant money to get people into housing, Homeward Bound considers factors including income and likelihood someone will be self-sustaining in six months, 12 months, or if they have disabilities that may prevent them from ever being self-sufficient.

Homeward Bound staff usually find out this information when people come to the A HOPE Day Center, one of the programs they run; it is Western North Carolina’s only day center for people experiencing homelessness.

“A HOPE provides basic services, showers, mail and storage to folks,” Ball explains.

“When people come in for access to A HOPE, they are also talking to staff members and trying to figure out of these half-a-dozen avenue we have into housing people, is there one that will work for you and be a permanent solution.”

Megan Dombroski is a freelance writer, UNCA graduate and health advocate.

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wellnesscalendar Wellness asheville Center for transCendental meditation ("tm") (pd.) Free Introductory Talk: Thursdays. 6:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. (828) 2544350. www.meditationasheville.org pilates reformer Classes (pd.) 16+ reformer classes a week! Happy Body, 1378 Hendersonville Rd. Registration required, $25 drop-in. www.AshevilleHappyBody.com or 277-5741. gemstone therapy workshop linda lile, ph.d. (pd.) "One of the most talented natural healers of our time.” Carol Tuttle, author, Remembering Wholeness. Feb. 28th – Mar. 3rd. French Broad Food Coop, Asheville. $350 + $15 materials fee Info/Register: 828-658-1503, gr8blueheron@yahoo. com yoga detox retreat: Cleansing the body and spirit through fasting (pd.) March 22 – 24, 2013: Learn and experience the many amazing physical and spiritual benefits of juice fasting. In the yoga tradition, fasting is called Upavasa, which means to be closer to Sprit, to be in closer contact with our inner Self. At this retreat, we will focus on both the physical and spiritual rejuvenation fasting brings about. Through workshops on yoga, meditation, and the use of whole foods and super foods, as well as first-hand experience of a 24 hour juice fast, you will gain the insights and experience you need to improve your health and well being for years to come. In this retreat you will discover the secrets of how detoxing and eating natural super foods can synergistically improve health and well being. For more informaton and to register: www.pramawellnesscenter.org 828-6499408 Cost : $350 for double occupancy room the healthy vegetarian (pd.) TUES 2/26/13. 5:30-6:30.Jessica Enzo Certified Health Coach will be conducting a series that will focus on healthy vegetarian eating. Get information/strategies to be the best vegetarian you can be. Held at Rise ‘n Shine Cafe 640 Merrimon. $10 donation. For details: www.jenzohealthcoach.com human design, the bridge to universal peaCe (pd.) Facilitator Shari Billger. Learn your genetic imprint, the ultimate solution for self-knowledge and the healing of your relationships. March 15-16.

Asheville. Advance Registration Required. Katarinah.

615-275-8856. advanCed healing with lasers • TH (2/28), 5:15-6pm - Fairview Chiropractic, 2 Fairview Hills Drive, will host a presentation on advanced healing with lasers. Free; registration required. Info: 628-7800. asheville Community yoga Center Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com.

• MONDAYS, 5-6:15pm & WEDNESDAYS, 1:453:15pm - Women's Expressive Dance Wave. $5-$15 suggested donation.

• WEDNESDAYS, 4-4:45pm - Kids yoga. $5-$10 suggested donation. A parenting group will be held during kids yoga. Additional $5-$10 donation.

• THURSDAYS, 4:30-5:30pm - Qi Gong and Tai Chi basics. $5-$15 suggested donation.

• TUESDAYS, 6-7:15pm - Men's yoga. $5-$15 sug-

gested donation. avoiding baCk and spine surgery • TH (2/21), 5:15-6pm - Fairview Chiropractic, 2 Fairview Hills Drive, will host a presentation on avoiding back and spine surgery with advanced technology. Free; registration required. Info: 6287800. befriending our bodies • MO (2/25), 10am - THE Center for Disordered Eating will partner with Asheville Yoga Center for a three-part series of gentle yoga and meditation during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Free; donations to benefit the Center for disordered eating welcome. Info and schedule: www.thecenternc.org. eating disorders panel disCussion • TU (2/26), 7pm - It's Time to Talk About It, "an inspiring evening of education and dialogue about recovery from an eating disorder," featuring a panel of individuals sharing their experiences. A Q&A with the audience will follow. Hosted by Malaprop's, 55 Haywood St. Free. Info: www.malaprops.com. fletCher valley market • TH (2/21), 5:30pm - Fletcher Valley Market, 1151 Naples Road, Hendersonville, will host a class on enzymes for digestion and health. Free. Info: www. fletchervalley.com or 209-6920. free health sCreenings • TUESDAYS through (2/26), 8am-noon - Health screenings, including cholesterol, glucose, BMI, blood pressure and body fat percentages, will be offered at Mission Heart Tower lobby. Appointments requested, but not required. Info: www.heart. mission-health.org. gemstone therapy workshop • TH (2/28), 7-9pm - An introductory workshop on gemstone therapy will be offered at French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. $25. Weekend workshop for additional fee. Info and registration: gr8blueheron@yahoo.com or 658-1503. healing arts yoga • SATURDAYS, 10:30am-noon - ASU offers yoga in the Turchin Center’s Mayer Gallery. All levels. $10/$5 ASU students. Info: www.tcva.org/calendar/super/ id/853. healthy eating 101 • WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm - Asheville Family Fitness and Physical Therapy, 149 New Leicester Highway, hosts "a refreshing, informal class on all things health and wellness — especially food." $10/free for members. Info: www.ashevillefitspine.com. living healthy with a ChroniC Condition • WEDNESDAYS through (3/13), 4pm - Learn self-management skills to live a healthy life during this six-week workshop for those with chronic health conditions and their loved ones. Held at the Lakeview Center, 1 Rhododendron Road, Black Mountain. Free; donations accepted. Registration required: 251-7438.

• THURSDAYS through (3/14), 1pm - Additional workshops will be held in Hendersonville at Park Ridge Health (855-PRH-LIFE) and in Asheville at Vanderbilt Apartments, 75 Haywood St. (251-7438).

Registration required. lunCh and learn A wellness lunch and learn series will be offered at October Road, Inc., 119 Tunnel Road. Info: andreamorris@amorrisconsulting.com. Free.

• WE (2/20), noon-1pm - Jim Pitts, former president

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of the N.C. board of NAMI, will present "A Parent's Perspective on PSS and Recovery."

• TH (2/21), noon-1pm - Sharon Young, clinical director at Cooper Riis Healing Farms, will present "Seven Holistic Recovery Domains."

• FR (2/22), noon-1pm - Laura McIlvaine, training director at October Road, will present "Recovery/ Stress/Vulnerability Models." natural relief from pain, fibromyalgia and arthritis • WE (2/27), 6pm - Dr. Cory Noll will present a program on "Natural Relief from Pain, Fibromyalgia and Arthritis" at the North Asheville Library, 1033 Merrimon Ave. Free. Info and registration: 254-3838. red Cross blood drives 100 Edgewood Road. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org or 258-3888. Appointment and ID required for blood drives.

• WE (2/20), 8am-6pm - Battle of the Badges: First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. Info: 1-800-REDCROSS. • TH (2/21), 2-6:30pm - Blood drive: Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, 725 Asbury Road, Candler. Info: 667-3950.

• FR (2/22), 6:30-11am - Blood drive: Reuter Family YMCA, 3 Town Square Blvd. Info: 1-800-REDCROSS. • MO (2/25), 7:30am-3:30pm - Blood drive: Charles George V.A. Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road. Info: 298-7911, ext. 5736.

• TH (2/28), 7am-6pm - Blood drive: Mission Hospital, 501 Biltmore Ave. Info: 213-2222, ext.

2. --- 1:30-6:30pm - Blood drive: Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa. Info: 771-3065. rhythms, reCipes and re-awakening • TU (2/26), 7-9pm - "Rhythms, Recipes and Re-awakening" will be held at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. $10 donation. Info: www.jubileecommunity.org or 252-5335. sexual harassment awareness • TH (2/28), 7pm - A Sexual Harassment Awareness Speak-Out will provide information about prevention and defense against sexual harassment in UNCA's Karpen Hall. Free. Info: horvitz@unca.edu. veterans living healthy with a ChroniC Condition • WEDNESDAYS through (2/27), 1pm - Learn selfmanagement skills to live a healthy life during this six-week workshop for veterans with chronic health conditions and their spouses/caregivers. Held at the Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road. Free. Registration required: 298-7911, ext.

5056. wCu health and human sCienCes dediCation • TH (2/28), 10am - WCU will host a dedication ceremony for its new Health and Human Sciences building, featuring tours and demonstrations. 4121 Little Savannah Road, Cullowhee. Free. Info and registration: healthandhumansciences@wcu.edu or 227-7271. wellness events with dr. Cory noll Info and registration: 254-3838.

• WE (2/20), 6pm - "Stress Reduction, Weight Loss and Increased Energy." Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. Free. wudang taiJi • FR (2/22), 1-2pm - "Wudang Taiji Mother Form develops better health, balance and grace. It connects us with the natural world, improving physical, mental and spiritual awareness." Held at French

Broad Food Co-op Movement and Learning Center, 90 Biltmore Ave. $10 per class. Info: ednsue74@ earthlink.net or 505-1080. yoga for veterans • THURSDAYS, 4-5pm - Yoga for veterans, service members and their families will be offered by Happy Body Studio, 1378 Hendersonville Road. Free. Info: www.ashevillehappybody.com or 277-5741.

support groups adult Children of alCoholiCs & dysfunCtional families ACOA is an anonymous 12-step, "Twelve Tradition" program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: www. adultchildren.org.

• SUNDAYS, 3pm - A confidential study group based on the twelve steps of ACOA. Everyone welcome; no age or gender restrictions. Meets at the Clyde Town Hall, 8437 Carolina Blvd. Info: babeo2351@yahoo.com. al-anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area. Info: www.wnc-alanon.org or 800-286-1326.

• WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - "Daytime Serenity," Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. --- 7pm - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. --- 5:45pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. • MONDAYS, noon - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --- 6pm - "Attitude of Gratitude," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 7pm First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain. --- 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva. --- 8pm - "Al-Anon Spoken Here," Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. --- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road. asheville women's empowerment and disCovery • TUESDAYS, 6pm - A 16-step group for women overcoming dependencies/addictions of all kinds.

All women welcome. Meets above the French Broad Food Coop, 90 Biltmore Ave. Donations accepted but not required. Info: nicerhugs@gmail.com.

ChroniC pain support group • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Open to those with chronic pain, friends and family. Held at Unity Church of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road. Donations accepted. Info: 423-8301.

Co-dependents anonymous A fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.

• SATURDAYS, 11am - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. (use back entrance). Info: 424-6594 or 398-8937. debtors anonymous • MONDAYS, 7pm - Debtors Anonymous meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101.

Info: www.debtorsanonymous.org. depression and bipolar support allianCe • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Magnetic Minds provides self-help through weekly peer-facilitated meetings.

We strive to provide support, acceptance, informa-

wellnesscontinued tion and socialization, plus tips and techniques to manage challenges. Meets at 1316-C Parkwood Road, across from the West Asheville BB&T. Info: magneticminds.dbsa@gmail.com. eating disorders adult support group • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - THE Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St., provides free weekly support groups for adults recovering from an eating disorder. Facilitated by licensed professionals. Drop-ins welcome; no registration required. Info: www.thecenternc.org or 337-4685. food addiCtion group • MONDAYS, 2pm - It Works, a 12-step program for individuals struggling to overcome food addiction, meets at Pardee Hospital, 800 N. Justice St., Hendersonville. Info and directions: 489-7259. living with diabetes • TH (2/21), 6:30pm - Local author SuzinBean Sweeney will present her new book, The Grandiose Adventures of SuziB and Spot, "an inspiring tale about living with Type 1 Diabetes," at Mission Hospital's Reuter Outpatient Center conference room, 11 Vanderbilt Park Drive.

Appropriate for all ages. Info: jsteward8@charter. net. memoryCaregivers network: weaverville • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm - Free and open to anyone caring for a person with memory loss. Group meets at Weaverville First Baptist Church, Lower Level Fellowship Hall, 63 N Main St., Weaverville.

Info: 230-4143. nami support groups The National Alliance on Mental Illness supports recovery for people living with mental illness and their families. Free. Info: www.namiwnc.org or 505-7353.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - A Dual Diagnosis Support Group for those living with mental illness and substance abuse issues will be held at 3 Thurland Ave. • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 6pm - An additional Dual Diagnosis support group will be held at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. nar-anon Nar-Anon provides support to relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm - West Asheville Presbyterian

Church, 690 Haywood Road; enter through back door. Info: robinplemmons@gmail.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - First United Methodist Chuch, 204 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville. Enter through side parking lot.

Info: 891-8050. overeaters anonymous A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program.

• THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 277-1975.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: 424 W. State St. Open relapse and recovery meeting.

Info: 686-8131.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway. Info: 697-5437.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 252-4828.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari.

Info: 626-2572. smart reCovery • THURSDAYS, 6pm - This peer support group is dedicated to helping individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior (drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc.). Meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: smartrecoveryavl@gmail.com or 407-0460. the art of grief • 4th SATURDAYS, 10:30am-noon - The Art of Grief will "begin the healing process through clay work, journaling, collage and other expressive outlets." Held in ASU's Turchin Center, Room 3200. No artistic skills required. Supplies provided. $15. www.tcva.org/workshops. workaholiCs anonymous • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Workaholics Anonymous.

Info and directions: www.workaholics-anonymous. org or 301-1727. more wellness events online Check out the Wellness Calendar online at www. mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after February 28.

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Biker turned beekeeper Diane Almond, co-owner of Honey Bees and Heather Farm, wasn’t always a beekeeper. In a previous life, she was a biker chick with a penchant for fast driving. When she hung up her helmet for a life among the hives six years ago, Almond turned to natural beekeeping for her buzz. On Thursday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m., Almond will lead a class on “Our Precious Pollinators: Bees and Beyond,” which will focus on helping pollinators thrive in the garden.

What can you do to bring pollenloving bees and bats into your yard?

Wean your garden off pesticides, even organic ones, some of which can be just as damaging to pollinators. Go further by planting fall flowers like golden rod and aster to help nourish bees before winter. Almond will reveal the secrets and myths of bringing bees out of the hive and into your garden at this free class. buncombe. ces.ncsu.edu Farmers from Asheville to Spruce Pine bring the bounty of winter indoors at local tailgate markets. Photo courtesy of ASAP.

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If your squash mysteriously withers in the dark of night or your roses just won’t bloom, the Buncombe County Extension master gardeners probably have the answer. With their help, Xpress collected some of the quirkiest questions that have come through the group’s hotline, which is now open for business: 255-5522.

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Feed your face “Your skin is a living organism that needs to be fed,” proclaims herbalist Jaime Sparks. So why not throw a dinner party just for your skin? Learn how to transform healthy food into facial cleansers, scrubs and oils at an “herbal skin picnic” workshop, hosted by Small Terrain, on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 5-9 p.m. Increase your knowledge of plants, essential oils and carrier oils to help soothe a range of skin types and conditions. $70 includes three skin products to take home. smallterrain.com

Get on the tour Agritourism is on the rise and the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association wants to help farmers open their pastures to the public through the Growing Income with Farm Tours program.

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For more information, including the exact start and end dates of markets, contact the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

Info: www.buyappalachian.org or 236-1282. wednesdays • 11am-3pm - asheville City market south, WCU campus, 28 Schenck Parkway, Biltmore Park Town Square. saturdays • 9am-noon - haywood historic farmers market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville.

• 10am-1pm - asheville City market, Haywood Park Hotel atrium, 1 Battery Park Ave. • 10am-1pm - Jackson County farmers market, 23 Central St., Sylva.

• 10am-12:30pm - woodfin reynolds mountain neighborhood y winter tailgate, the LOFTS at Reynolds Village, Building 51.

• 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm madison County indoor winter market, Madison County Cooperative Extension, 258 Carolina Lane, Marshall.

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm bakersville farmers market, 11 N. Mitchell Ave. • 3rd SATURDAYS, 2-6pm - spruce pine farmers market, Mountainside Wine, 271 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine.

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• SA (2/23), 11am - A basic pruning primer for gardeners will explore the techniques and benefits of pruning. bullington gardens 33 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville.

Info:www.bullingtoncenter.org or 6986104.

• TH (2/21), 3-4:30pm - A class on the soil food web will focus on beneficial bacteria and the ecology of healthy soil. $12.

• TUESDAYS (2/26) through (3/12), 3-4:30pm - The Landscape Series will include "The Full Circle Approach to Sustainable Landscaping," "Four Season Garden Interest" and "Dealing with Slopes and Storm Water." $35 for three lectures. bunCombe County extension master gardeners Programs are held at 94 Coxe Ave. unless otherwise noted. Info: 255-5522.

• WE (2/20), 10am - A class on pruning in the mountains will discuss techniques for pruning trees, shrubs and vines. Free.

• TH (2/28), 6:30pm - "Our Precious Pollinators: Bees and Beyond" will be presented by Diane Almond at Swannanoa Library, 101 W. Charleston St. Free. Info: 250-6486.

• TUESDAYS, 10am-1pm & FRIDAYS, 9am-noon - The Master Gardener Hotline will accept phone calls about local gardening questions. Info: 255-5522. bunCombe fruit and nut Club • SU (2/24), 11am-4pm - Orchard Day at Montford Park will include information about fruit-bearing plants and a chance to care for more than two dozen plants onsite. The afternoon will also include games. Free. Info: raminws43@gmail. com. gardening for parrots • SA (2/23), 10am - Linda Patterson of Mountain Rainwater Systems will discuss the parrot's greenhouse and explain how to grow healthy veggies and herbs all year. Held at 434 Cedar Hill Road, Alexander. Free. Info: www.phoenixlanding.org. herbs for Children • TH (2/21), 6pm Learn about herbs commonly used for infants, toddlers and older children, along with creative methods of administration. The course will also cover homeopathy, flower essences and nutrition.

Held on A-B Tech's Enka campus. $18.75.

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4470-195BB. ikenobo ikebana soCiety The Blue Ridge Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana Society (Japanese Flower Arranging) meets monthly at St. John's in the Wilderness Parish House, Rt. 225 South and Rutledge Road, Flat Rock. Info: 696-4103.

• TH (2/21), 10am - The Ikenobo Ikebana Society will host a meeting and demonstration focusing on Ikenobo Ikebana in the context of Japanese history and culture. n.C. arboretum Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492.

• SA (2/23), 1-3pm - Alison Arnold will lead a presentation and outdoor demonstration of intermediate pruning. $25/$19 members.

• SA (2/23), 10:30am-noon - A class on creating attractive and sustainable kitchen gardens will focus on planting intensively, small-scale rotations, succession cropping and extending the planting season. $23/$18 members. oakley farmers market Call for vendors • Through FR (3/22) - The Oakley Farmers Market will accept applications from local farmers, food producers and crafters for the 2013 season. Info: www.oakleyfarmersmarket.com or 407-0188. seed starting 101 • SA (2/23), 9am - Sow True Seed, 146 Church St., will host Seed Starting 101: Successful Seed Starting and Transplanting for the Home Gardener. Free. Info and registration: 254-0708. small terrain 278 Haywood Road. Info: www.smallterrain. com or 216-8102.

• TH (2/21), 6-8pm - Tom Ross will lead a program on the effects of weather and climate on WNC gardens. $30 includes a copy of Weather Whys: Facts, Myths and Oddities.

• WE (2/27), 6-8pm - Tom Elmore will lead a program on soil blocks for vegetable transplants. $20 includes a block and seeds.

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tree seedling sale • TH (2/28) through SA (3/3) - Buncombe Soil and Water's annual tree seedling sale will be held at Jesse Israel and Sons Garden Center, 570 Brevard Road. Seedlings range from 25-75 cents. Info: 250-4785 or http:// avl.mx/q5. young agriCultural entrepreneurs • Rural young adults interested in starting an agricultural business are invited to apply for The NC Rural Center's “New Generation Ventures” program. Info: http:// avl.mx/q7. more gardening events online Check out the Gardening Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after February 28.

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THE CHEF CHEFS DEPART; RESTAuRANTS REORDER

by EmILy PAtRICk

On a recent night at The Admiral, a rowdy group from Haywood County bantered across the dining room with a pair of Asheville diners. They didn’t know each other, but everyone was fired up and happy to be talking. A round of Miller Lites for the visitors and a bottle of wine for the locals had softened the mood. The topic of their conversation? Swordfish-belly crudo. Neither party had eaten it before, and they were both intrigued by the dish.

The curiosity of diners and cooks alike is what The Admiral is all about, says Ivan Candido, who has worked in the restaurant’s kitchen for the last two-and-a-half years.

On March 2, Candido will become head chef at the Haywood Road restaurant. Elliott Moss, who has been with The Admiral since it opened in 2007, will move on to focus on his new restaurant, Buxton Hill.

So what does Moss’ departure mean?

“I don't think it's a big deal,” Candido says. He's not being cocky. For him, the restaurant's food program is a living, breathing thing that simply requires care. “The Admiral already has a name, so it's our job to keep it the same,” he says.

Jonathan Robinson, who co-owns The Admiral with bar whiz Drew Wallace, says he doesn't think diners will notice the change. “I think as long as you give them a good experience, it doesn't really matter what the chef's name is,” he says. “What Elliott started will always be a part of The Admiral.”

Robinson will continue to work with Moss at Buxton Hill, which they co-own. Their South Carolina upbringings will inspire the menu. Moss says barbecue and other Southern standards are part of the concept, but he's hesitant to reveal the details of the restaurant's ultimate design.

While he won't admit to it, Moss is one of Asheville's most well-known chefs. Since 2011, Xpress readers voted for him by name in the “top chef” category of the Best of WNC poll. And while he doesn’t want to comment on The Admiral’s future without him in the kitchen, he promises to return as a customer.

“That's my baby, and I have to leave because I want to do my own thing,” Moss says. thE bRAND vERSuS thE FACE Scott Adams remembers a time when chefs were not big names. They did not have lines of cookware. Their faces were not on soup cans. They did not blog. They stayed in their kitchens.

Among other things, Adams chairs the hospitality management department at A-B Tech. He tries to prepare his students for a culinary world in which television cameras and Twitter handles have become just as important as knives and whisks.

“You have to point to these shows,” Adams says. “Instead of the restaurant itself being famous or the owner of the restaurant being famous, it was the chef being brought forward.”

Now, a chef’s personality gets as much attention as the restaurant — and sometimes more. “It runs rampant in the industry, the brand versus the face,” Adams says.

In certain cases, he explains, a chef's name is the strength of a restaurant. The chef becomes the brand, and an eatery's marketing strategy becomes dependent on that personality. That strategy works well until a chef departs. “The greatest enemy of our industry is turnover,” he says.

But turnover doesn't mean failure. Adams points to The Market Place as a brand that has continued to evolve after a change in chef and ownership. “All we can do is hope for continued success,” he says, noting that the future of any restaurant is difficult to predict.

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Moving up the line: Like Elliott Moss (left), The Admiral’s new chef, Ivan Candido, learned his trade through on-the-job study. Photos by Max Cooper

A NEW LEASE, A NEW LIFE William Dissen, chef/owner at The Market Place, bought the Wall Street eatery in 2009. The former owner and chef, Mark Rosenstein, founded the business 30 years earlier.

Ivan Candido: head chef, book-lover, ramen-seeker

When Ivan Candido talks about cooking, his eyes go watery. He gets a weightless look, as though he might float away. “I have so many ideas,” he says with a contended sigh.

Candido will be the second head chef at The Admiral since it opened in 2007. The restaurant is known for its ever-changing menu — some dishes stick around only for a night. Although Candido will continue to switch up the offerings, he doesn’t plan to change the idea behind the food.

“People want to go eat at The Admiral when they expect different things,” he says. “I don’t want people to go there and expect, ‘I’m going to have fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy.’ Maybe they can have fried chicken with risotto and Texas Pete maple syrup.”

Like his predecessor, Elliott Moss, Candido is a self-taught chef.

He started working in kitchens five years ago when he moved to Asheville from Mexico City. From the dish pit of Savoy (now closed), he climbed the restaurant ranks.

“Here was the dish machine, and there were the chefs cooking, and I was doing dishes and watching them,” he says. “Everything I know is from working in the kitchen and watching other chefs.”

He’s a dedicated student of food.

In his spare time, he reads whatever he can get his hands on, and when he travels, he always looks for new ideas. “I go everywhere just to get new flavors of food,” he says.

Last year, he traveled to New York to learn more about one of his favorite dishes, ramen, a Japanese noodle soup. In addition to visiting trendy spots such Momofuku Noodle Bar, he sought out hidden delicacies in the malls of Flushing, at the end of the subway line.

He’s been at The Admiral since 2010, and the regular clientele have responded to his promotion to head chef with enthusiasm, he says. “I just want people to come and give me a shot,” he says. “Just because I’m from Mexico, I don’t want people to expect I’m going to cook Latin American food.”

Candido officially becomes head chef after Moss departs on March 1. He’s excited about his post, and he hopes diners will come in and say hello. “Right now, I just want to be there,” he says. “The Admiral is like heaven in a kitchen.”

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Rosenstein and Dissen explored different variations on a common theme. “The values of The Market Place have always been to be a part of the community and to try to work as locally as possible,” Dissen says. “But [Rosenstein's] Market Place is much different from my Market Place.”

The days of the white tablecloth are over, Dissen says. He's worked to make the restaurant more casual and accessible without alienating longtime customers.

He's spent a lot of time introducing himself to diners and explaining that he's the new owner. “I think it's important for whoever is acquiring the business to really do a good job of spreading the word about the mission of the new company,” he says.

But not every restaurant needs rebranding when a new chef steps forward. Adam Bannasch took over the kitchen at Zambra in 2005, a few months after Hector Diaz departed. (Diaz currently heads up Salsa's, Modesto, Chorizo and Bomba.)

Bannasch still gets calls for the former chef, even though almost a decade has passed since he left the restaurant.

But Bannasch says he isn't interested in eclipsing his predecessor and becoming a well-known figure.

At Zambra, the restaurant itself is the brand. Diners come for the expansive, lowlit dining room and the plates designed for sharing. The romantic atmosphere is more central to Zambra's identity than the chef behind the menu, Bannasch acknowledges.

mAChINE mAStER: Sous-chef Steve Goff tends Zambra’s moving parts, endeavoring to produce a consistent guest experience.

His low profile offers advantageous flexibility; diners don't expect to see him in his kitchen every weekend. Like Moss, Bannasch is opening a new restaurant.

He's starting Seven Sows Bourbon and Larder (with Mike Moore from Blind Pig Supper Club), set to open on Biltmore Avenue this spring.

He doesn't plan to leave Zambra completely, but he will rely more on his sous chef, Steve Goff, who will focus on maintaining the atmosphere that defines the restaurant.

Goff says Zambra's concept is somewhat independent from its chef. “Elliott [Moss] is more of the soul of The Admiral, whereas Adam [Bannasch] has built Zambra to be a machine on its own,” he says.

The way Goff sees it, the success of any staffing transition, whether at The Admiral or at Zambra, depends on consistency. “In a perfect kitchen,” he says, “You don't want someone to notice the difference.”

Emily Patrick can be reached at food@mountainx.com.

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A different sort of supper club Locavoire offers a night of vegan dining and live entertainment Not every town has a castle or a Masonic temple. Asheville has both.

Scott Franklin Manning, a recent transplant from Hawaii, thinks it’s high time you ate dinner in these architectural marvels. On Feb. 23 and 24, he’s kicking off Locavoire, an event series that’s part supper club, part concert, part venue experience. The evenings will take place in the Masonic Temple and in Homewood castle in Montford, respectively.

Locavoire could be Asheville’s first meat-free supper club.“It’s a great menu, and I don’t think it will scare away any meat eaters,” Manning says. He noticed a lack of vegan dinner events, and he was inspired to create a supper club without meat, dairy or alcohol.

“As a conscious, organic kind of hippie guy, I was scared,” he says, recalling his reaction to certain prix fixe menus. “Where are the vegetarians and the conscious, non-alcoholic vegans eating?”

If all goes well, Locavoire will happen monthly. The February dinners feature food from Suzy Phillips of the Gypsy Queen Cuisine food truck and William Najger of Eden Out meal delivery.

The menu includes seven courses and beverages from Buchi kombucha and Maté Factor tea.

Live music follows the meal. On the Friday, Feb. 23, The Human Revolution, The Ngoni Band and Obadayo will perform. The following night, Saturday, Feb. 24, Youssoupha Sidibe replaces the Ngoni Band. He’s known for his skill on the kora, a West African instrument with 21 strings.

Tickets for dinner and the show cost $40, all inclusive.

Tickets for the show alone cost $10 online and $12 at the door.

Doors open for dinner at 5:30 and for dinner at 7:30. For tickets and more information, visit isnessdocumentary.org/locavoire.html.

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CoNSCIouS AND oRGANIC: Scott Manning is organizing a series of vegan dinners in some of Asheville’s lovely locations.

Give your belly a voice Vote for Asheville as the South’s tastiest town Whether you prefer to nibble tapas at Cúrate or sink your teeth into a burrito at Mamacita’s, it’s probably clear to you that Asheville is the tastiest town in the South.

Now, the restaurants you love need your help. Spread the word about their greatness; vote in Southern Living’s The South’s Tastiest Town poll. The winner’s bragging rights will be pretty powerful: Durham, Charleston, Atlanta, Austin, Memphis, Miami and New Orleans are also in the running.

To celebrate the contest, Jacob Sessoms of Table and Brian Canipelli of Cucina24 are traveling to Durham for a collaborative dinner. Along with four Durham chefs, the pair will create a meal at Four Square on Sunday, Feb. 24.

For more information about the dinner, call Four Square at 919-401-9877.

To vote for Asheville as the South’s tastiest town, visit avl.mx/qc. Voting requires an email address, but the site doesn’t collect any other personal information. It’s a quick process, and you can vote once per day per email address. Hop to it; the poll closes at midnight on Thursday, Feb. 28.

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VegHeads drive-thru is getting a dining room, but you’ll have to go to Savannah to eat at it.

The Merrimon Avenue vegetarian restaurant will open a second location in Savannah’s historic district, a few blocks from iconic River Street. Chef and co-owner David Rowland will move south to open the new venture. “There’s not a vegetarian presence,” he says. “So we’ve got a great opportunity.”

Savannah is a pedestrian city, Rowland explains, so the second VegHeads will offer 30 seats and counter service instead of a drive-up window.

While the buildings will look different, both eateries will serve the same menu, which features hearty soups, salads, sandwiches and wraps. Items like the Mountain Burger, which features a lentil, bulgar wheat and veggie patty, will reflect the restaurant’s Asheville roots.

This expansion could be the first of several, Rowland says. He and his partners are considering Boone and Nashville for potential locations.

VegHeads is located at 705 Merrimon Ave. in Asheville and now at 35 Whitaker St. in Savannah. For more information, visit vegheadsasheville. com or vegheadssavannah.com.

After 10 ripe years in West Asheville, Tomato Cocina Latina has closed.

Owner Dore Molina says his location in Westgate shopping center proved challenging in ways he didn’t anticipate. “One of the reasons I went there three years ago is because our concept is totally different than what Earthfare has,” he says. But grocery shoppers didn’t seem to be thinking about dining out, and dinnertime business has been slow, he says.

Before Westgate, Tomato spent seven years on Patton Avenue (where Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack is now). Molina says he hasn’t decided whether the restaurant will have a third incarnation. “We’re going to take two or three months to figure out if we’re going to reopen somewhere else,” he says.

The restaurant’s windows sport the same question marks that papered the Haywood Park Hotel windows after Restaurant Solace closed, where Isa’s Bistro is now set to open. Both are owned by the same property management group.

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AIR’s Small Plate Crawl adds a new level of interaction to eating out It’s like bingo, but more delicious.

For three days, eat at as many restaurants as possible, and win prizes.

Nearly 30 restaurants are prepping for the second annual Small Plate Crawl, an event that encourages diners to try as many participating eateries as possible between Tuesday, Feb. 26, and Thursday, Feb. 28.

“Folks go from place to place and try out different things,” says Christine Sykes Lowe, the executive director of Asheville Independent Restaurants, the group that throws the party. “If that just happens to be one dish, then so be it. But if they decide they want to try something else and hang out for a little while longer, then that’s great too.”

Prizes aside, the deals are their own incentives. Restaurants offer specials at affordable prices, usually between $3 and $8, to encourage diners to get around.

After sampling a dish, diners receive a stamp for their visit. The stamps are collected in passbooks, which are available on the Crawl’s website. At the end of the Crawl, the restaurants collect the books. The number of stamps determine which prizes diners are eligible to win. The ultimate winners are determined through a drawing.

These prizes aren’t just keychains and koozies. This loot is worthy of competition. Last year’s grand prize was a vacation package at The Grove Park Inn. The event is perfect for groups of friends, Lowe says. “They could order one dish and split it between all of them, and they would all be able to get their passbooks stamped,” she says. In other words, stamps are cheaper for groups.

To print a passbook, view a list of participating restaurants and get more information about the crawl, visit ashevillesmallplatecrawl.com.

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The new gift box company makes it easy to send local goods throughout the country. “I think it’s a good cultural ambassador for Asheville so people can understand what’s going on here,” says Megan Kirby, who co-owns the company.

The boxes are also designed to create a buzz about Asheville’s artisan food producers. Each includes information about the items and their producers.

Walter Harrill, who owns Imladris Farm, sells jam through Asheville Goods. Widespread distribution could help grow his brand, he says. “The biggest challenge in my business is getting a sample in somebody’s mouth,” he says. “We get to wholesale some jam, which is always nice, but we also look for follow-up sales.”

The boxes come in different flavor profiles and include Roots and Branches crackers, Lusty Monk mustard, French Broad Chocolates, Dolci di Maria biscotti and more. Some products, such as West End Bakery biscuit mix, are available only through Asheville Goods.

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CSA FYI: trends, types and to-dos ASAP’S CSA FAIR

A quick guide to today’s Community Supported Agriculture programs

March is a great time to sign up for a CSA, as some begin in late April and farms can sell out of shares. ASAP’s CSA Fair on March 21 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Haywood Park Hotel Atrium, is an opportunity to meet CSA farmers face-to-face and learn more about their programs and products. Many of the farms represented in these pages will be there. You can sign up to learn more from farmers or bring your checkbook and subscribe on the spot.

Participating farms all have pickup locations in Buncombe County. The event is free and open to the public. A cooking demonstration and children’s activity are also planned. More information can be found at asapconnections.org and fromhere.org.

WhAt IS A CSA? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to enjoy fresh, locally grown food and connect with the farmers growing it. Family farms offering traditional CSAs provide the chance to sign up for a season and receive a steady supply of farm-fresh food.

Think of it using this business analogy: You pay a farm in advance for “shares” of its forthcoming bounty.

Then, throughout the spring and summer (sometimes fall and winter, too), you get your “return on investment”: a box of fresh fruits and veggies. Many CSA programs also include add-on options such as meats, eggs, cheese and freshcut flowers. Traditionally, subscribers pick up their CSAs once weekly at a convenient central location — on the farm or at a tailgate market, for example.

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CSA: A weekly supply, typically prepacked in a produce box, of farmfresh food — from produce to meat to eggs to flowers. The typical CSA season is spring and summer.

ChANGING CSA moDELS Today, a growing number of CSA farms are moving beyond the traditional model. Many farms now offer varied subscription sizes (learn more in the CSA glossary) and flexible sign-ups, including pay-as-you-go options.

One new model turning the traditional approach somewhat on its head is the “market-style CSA.” In this program, you still pay upfront, but the farmer doesn’t pack your box. Instead, you go to the farm’s tailgate market display and choose exactly what you want each week. The cost (often at an adjusted CSA rate) is deducted from your balance.

As we address with our business analogy, most CSAs are built on the idea of up-front investment to help with seasonal expense. But today, you’ll also find farms with weekly, monthly or other flexible payment plays, and still other farms that let you subscribe and unsubscribe month by month. Some farms also offer working shares, giving you a discounted subscription rate in exchange for lending a helping hand with farm chores.

Emerging CSA trends also include more flexibility when it comes to pickups. Many farms will deliver boxes directly to a workplace or community group. You can organize a group CSA

Full, or whole share: A full, or whole, share is the standard box of food provided by a CSA farm. Depending on the farm and your eating habits, a full share is likely to feed a family of four (two adults and two children). half share: Many farms offer a halfshare option, a smaller weekly portion of food for one- or two-person families or for those who don’t cook very often each week. Half-share not offered? Just buy a full share, split the cost with a neighbor or coworker, and take turns picking up your local food. You may also be able to find a farm that provides a full share every other week.

CELEbRIty ChEFS Do It: Above, William Dissen picks up his share at the market.

Below, a typical CSA share. Photos courtesy ASAP

though individual CSA farms or with the help of ASAP’s new pilot CSA outreach initiative, Mountain Community Supported Agriculture Association (MCSAA; email mike@asapconnections.org). Some CSA programs even offer home delivery, sometimes free, sometimes for a fee.

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Even if you’ve shied away from subscribing in the past, these new approaches from innovative farmers may make it the right time for you to become a proud CSA member. Be sure to ask a potential CSA farmer about their approach and what makes them unique.

Fall and/or winter share: The typical CSA season includes spring and summer, but some farms and programs offer an extended season to subscribers or may even only offer a winter option. Keep in mind that variety is a little more limited during the fall and winter. Boxes are likely to include greens, root veggies and winter squash. These shares may come on a weekly basis, or they may come less often and contain a larger amount of great local food to eat and store all winter.

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CSAs: a sampler The closest thing to owning a farm and growing your own food is having farmers bring you their bounty, freshly harvested from this local earth. The good news: You can do that readily in Western North Carolina with any one of dozens of seasonal CSAs, otherwise known as community supported agriculture.

In the next few pages, you’ll find a sampling of area farms offering CSAs this growing season. Don’t wait too long, though: Seasonal CSAs typically fill up early due to strong local demand.

straight from the source: Local growers like Paul Littman from Ivy Creek Family Farm supply fresh produce every week. Photo courtesy of ASAP

New Moon Herbs

All of the businesses that you see over the next few pages are Appalachian Grown Certified

by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, which means that they purchase or sell certified, locally grown farm products. ASAP works to promote the businesses that support our local agriculture, which in turn helps our local food scene thrive.

Join our CSA — it's fresh from the garden!

Our season runs from the first weeks of May for 22 weeks. Full shares are now available for the price of $550. Pickup is Thursdays at the farm in Fairview, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. We also offer limited pickup at the Asheville City Market on Saturdays between 8 a.m. and Noon.

To sign up, please visit our website, fill out the signup form, and send in your payment with choice of pickup.

• Nutritional, freshly harvested vegetables and berries • Lettuce all season long • The earliest and latest tomatoes • Greens all season long • Large variety of heirloom vegetables • All crops grown according to organic standards • Easy pickup either in town or at the farm

(828) 691-3154 • 85 Laurel Haven Road, Fairview NC 28730 • www.newmoonherbs.com mountainx.com • FEBRUARY 20 - FEBRUARY 26, 2013 41

Flying Cloud Farm produces vegetables, berries and flowers for local

markets. Our farming practices rely on cover cropping; amending the soil with OMRI-approved minerals and fertilizers; annual soil testing; crop rotation; beneficial insect habitat; and careful planning for insect and weed issues. We have a personal relationship with our customers and strive to be transparent about our practices and operations.

Our regular season CSA share is $500 for 20 weeks. Pickup is available Wednesdays or Saturdays, either at the farm or at one of the markets. Extended season shares and flower shares are also available. Find out all the details on our website.

• 100 CSA shares • Three weekly markets • Self-serve, on-farm produce stand • Flowers: bouquets, bulk buckets for events, and U-pick!

Flying Cloud Farm • Annie & Isaiah Perkinson 1860 Charlotte Highway • Fairview, NC 28730 • (828) 768-3348 perkinson.annie@gmail.com • www.flyingcloudfarm.net

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22-week season, extended-season upgrade, holiday boxes and flower shares. Whole shares ($500) or half shares ($375) are available for pickup on Wednesdays at the Weaverville Tailgate Market; Saturdays at the North Asheville Tailgate Market; or Thursdays at our farm (ask about our workplace delivery).

• Triple-washed produce • Shiitake mushrooms • Strawberries • Blackberries • 50 varieties of produce • Flower bouquets

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Nestled between Sluder Branch and Newfound Creek, First Blossom Farm’s fertile sandy bottom produces a plethora of beautiful and delicious vegetables, herbs, melons and strawberries. Until about a year ago, First Blossom’s two acres served as pasture for a Black Angus herd that can still be found roaming the property, recently put into conservation. Farmer/owner Veronica Sotolongo is dedicated to maintaining the lush soil’s integrity and fertility by using various green manures and carefully rotating crops. No synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides are used, and fossil fuel consumption is kept to an absolute minimum. Besides a small motor-driven walk-behind tiller and a weed eater, all equipment at First Blossom Farm consists of hand tools — a wheel hoe for cultivation, a digging fork for harvesting potatoes. Located in Leicester, just 10 miles from downtown Asheville, CSA members are welcome and encouraged to visit the farm any time.

• Generous and diverse vegetable CSA shares are available weekly, May-November (25 weeks), and include a recipe and newsletter.

• Small share (feeds 2-3): $375.

• Large share (feeds 4-6): $575.

• Several pickup sites and times, for subscribers’ convenience.

• Egg shares available, starting in summer.

• Winter storage shares available.

• Market credits available, to be redeemed at the French Broad Food Co-op Wednesday Tailgate Market.

Veronica Sotolongo • verosotolongo@yahoo.com • (828) 423-4065 220 Sluder Branch Road • www.buyappalachian.org/listing/first-blossom-farm

Our farm is located in Leicester on 70 acres of family land. The farm is home to a herd of Red Devon cattle, two Jersey milk cows, a flock of chickens, ornery barn cats and several acres of vegetable-growing bottomland. We strive to raise food that is healthier for all of us, and raised in a manner that is easier on the environment. We’ve been growing vegetables in WNC for 16 years and operating our CSA for 6 years. Our 22-week CSA share offers some of the best seasonal, fresh vegetables in the Asheville area. Full and small shares are available, as well as peak and extended shares. Please visit www. gaininggroundfarm.blogspot.com for current pricing, and feel free to call Anne with any questions.

(828) 545-2362 • 298 Sluder Branch Road, Leicester NC 28748 sluderbranch@yahoo.com • www.gaininggroundfarm-nc.com

Fiddlesticks Farm

Cane Creek Asparagus & Co.

Join Fiddlesticks Farm CSA!

The Cane Creek CSA with ASPARAGUS

We are proud to offer another year of CSA goods!

Come find us again this season at the Oakley Tailgate Market on Thursday afternoons, where we’ll offer the newly popular “market style” share for 20 weeks, starting in May. We’ll also offer the traditional box style, with potential delivery options negotiable. At Fiddlesticks we care about the environment and attempt to use low-impact farming practices, so you won’t find any Lance Armstrong tomatoes here.

Please call, email or send a text message for pricing or more information.

(828) 442-1008 • P.O. Box 298 Old Fort, NC 28762 fiddlesticksfarm@gmail.com • facebook.com/FiddlesticksFarm

Our small family farm is located in Fairview and has more than 10 years of CSA experience.

The only way to enjoy Cane Creek Asparagus CSA veggies is through a CSA Membership.

We do not grow vegetables for wholesalers or restaurants, or sell our veggies at farmers markets. All our efforts go to our CSA farm share members.

Our CSA members prefer every-other-week veggie boxes during our midApril through mid-November harvest season. Boxes are prepared and available six days a week, with convenient pickup locations. We use organic inputs but are not “certified,” nor are we “transitioning,” as we have never applied those chemicals to transition away from!

Help keep our farm an economically viable business. Join our CSA and enjoy a variety of fresh, quality, seasonal gourmet vegetables.

Visit our website to see photos of our past CSA box contents and answers to most FAQs.

828-628-1601 • P.O. Box 2012, Fairview, NC 28730 www.CaneCreekCSA.com

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Looking for something outside the box?

Try our Market Style CSA — instead of us deciding what you get each week, shop for your own share! You have the entire season to spend it. You have the freedom to pick out exactly what you want each week, and you can shop at both of our markets. Going out of town? Skip a week without worrying about it. Like all CSAs, you pay in full for your share upfront. We add a percentage to your credit based on the amount you invest. The bigger the share, the better the deal. For the best deal, find some friends to split a share with you. We can keep track of you individually. We keep track of the amount you spend — all you have to do is shop!

Shop for your share at the Montford Farmers Market and the Asheville City Market. Check out our website for all the details.

• Pint-size share: $300 ($315 credit at the stand)

• Standard share: $500 ($535 credit at the stand) • Super share: $700 ($770 credit at the stand)

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Paper Crane Farm

Full Sun Farm CSA

The proof is in the produce

Now in its 13th season, the CSA at Full Sun Farm continues to offer people a special way to connect with the seasons, food and the farmers who grow it. We offer three kinds of shares. The Vegetable Membership, includes 23 weekly Membership boxes of naturally grown, delicious seasonal vegetables and fruits. The box generally contains eight or more items, including staples (onions, potatoes, carrots, lettuce) and an ever-changing roster of produce such as strawberries, cucumbers, spring peas, tomatoes, melons, greens, winter squash and sweet potatoes, to name just a few ($525). The Working Membership provides 23 weeks of great produce offered at a discount in exchange for 32 hours of work on the farm ($375). The Flower Share Membership offers 20 weeks or more of beautiful flower bouquets ($125). In 2013, we’re offering 60 CSA memberships. The pickup times and locations are: Wednesdays at Montford Farmers Market, 2-6 p.m.

Saturdays at the North Asheville Tailgate Market at UNCA, 8 a.m.-noon.

Paper Crane is a small-scale farm located in Mars Hill, 20 miles north of Asheville. We cultivate 3.5 acres of unique produce focusing on diversity, flavor and color. We're devoted to time-honored agricultural practices, and our offerings are handcrafted and grown naturally. We strive to preserve the integrity of the land through thoughtful tillage and steady incorporation of organic matter.

CSA delivery, pricing, and pickup: We offer half, full, and “super” shares for $300, $500 and $700, respectively. Our CSA runs approximately 22 weeks, from mid-May to mid-October. You may pick up on Tuesdays at the West Asheville Tailgate Market (3:30-6:30 p.m.) or on Saturdays at Asheville City Market (8 a.m.-1 p.m.). For info, and to sign up, visit our website.

• Diverse offerings • Greens galore • Super fresh • Root crops • Crazy colors • Strawberries • Sunflowers • The staples • Heirloom maters • Friendly farmers • That too

(828) 575-4028 • 3754 Paint Fork Road Mars Hill, NC 28754 www.papercranefarm.sqsp.com

Alex Brown fullsunfarm@gmail.com • Full Sun Farm fullsunfarm@gmail.com

90 Bald CreeK Road (828) 712-2477 • www.fullsunfarm.com

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Lettuces of many varieties • Cabbage • Pak choi • Brussels sprouts Kale • Carrots • Radishes • Heirloom tomatoes Sweet corn • Green beans • Eggplant • Squashes • Peppers Large variety of flowers! U-Pick: Raspberries, Strawberries & Blueberries

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CSA questions? Visit asapconnections.org or contact us at 828-236-1282.

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CANE CREEK VALLEY FARM

Organic CSA Cane Creek Valley Farm is a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated farm located in Fletcher, N.C., since 1903. We offer our members and customers a wide variety of vegetables, herbs and fruits grown on 50 acres of USDA-Certified Organic farmland. We are passionate about our farm and producing highquality produce. Visit our website and reserve your 2013 farm membership today! We deliver to many locations for your added convenience. Our CSA boxes also offer the option of adding allnatural, free-range brown eggs (from Cane Creek Beef & Poultry) with any box size. We also offer all-natural, free-range beef and pork from the farm too. Our family farm continues to diversify and become more sustainable for the next generations because of the local, community support we receive. Thank you, and we hope you choose to join in 2013!

CANE CREEK VALLEY FARM, INC. 1448 Cane Creek Road, Fletcher, NC 28732 • (828) 338-0188 canecreekvalleyfarm@gmail.com • www.canecreekorganics.com

Aardvark Farm raises high quality, all natural, chemical free fruits and vegetables along the Cane River in Yancey County.

Our CSA program is going strong into its fifth year. The CSA season at Aardvark runs from early/mid-May to midOctober (about 22 weeks). Whole shares are $500. Half shares are $300.

Pickup dates are Wednesday afternoon at The Wedge Brewing Co., in Asheville’s River Arts District, or at the farm.

640 Monroe King Road • Burnsville, NC 28714 (828) 713-5986 • aardvarkfarm@gmail.com

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A WARMER PLACE

BY CHRISTIAN CHURCH The first Headway Recordings event was at Izzy’s Coffee Den on Lexington Avenue, where Headway’s founders worked as baristas. The downtown café featured Dean Inman’s project Sys-hex, along with future Headway/Bathetic artist Villages (Ross Gentry). “We played to about 10 people,” says Inman. “But 10 really receptive people.”

Though small, it was this group of artists, audience, promoters, and venue owners that laid the foundation for the community to come. For four years, that community grew into a powerful force for local experimental music, and Headway grew into an organization capable of sustaining that force.

Its purpose was to provide support for “an aesthetic outside the realm of the mainstream [that] needed a live audience and a venue,” says co-founder and musician Christopher Ballard.

If the typical sequence goes: band, record label, concerts, then Asheville’s Headway started backward. It began in 2008 as a series of live events — Headway Presents — at Izzy’s.

“Headway was pretty much a reaction to us feeling like the town was in a lull of venues for weirdo/ outsider music,” says Inman. “It just got to a point where we figured we might as well build it ourselves.”

ExPERIMENTAL LABEL HEADWAY RECORDINGS OFFERS AN INTERIOR ExPERIENCE

TAPE IT Headway’s operational motto, coined by Inman on a show flier, is “Ambient, Experimental and Uncommon Music.” And although the group isn’t opposed to setting up shows for more accessible styles like punk and metal, the members have always aimed to spotlight the experimental community first.

Noise complaints now prohibit Izzy’s from holding live shows, but other Lexington Avenue venues like Static Age Records, Broadway’s and pedal manufacturer Blackout

Effectors have kept the music series in a continued, if nomadic home. And in May of 2012, Ballard and Gentry were finally able to turn Headway Presents into Headway Recordings, thanks to the financial support of the community. (Inman has since moved to Colorado). “When you support Headway-booked shows, you’re partially funding an independent record label that is more than likely releasing an album by a friend of yours,” Ballard explains.

Headway shows resemble jazz or classical music in their live setting.

The performances emphasize subtlety in texture and mood, and often involve some form of live experimentation. In other words, you’ll find a listening audience. If you’ve been to a Headway show, you know the crowd typically sits rapt as a typical chamber-music crowd.

The formats of Headway releases seem to encourage the same involved, deliberate approach to listening.

At-home versions of the Headway experience command a similar focus.

Although Headway releases some digital versions, the label has so far released cassettes almost exclusively — a format even more rarefied than vinyl. The analog versus digital question may have many answers, but Headway’s catalog makes its position clear — that the tangible form of vinyl record and cassettes does produce a different, warmer listening experience than computer-based reproduction. Perhaps the material, physical mechanism of these formats ensures that one generally won’t listen by accident.

THE OBJECT OF MUSIC

ANDREW WILLIAMS (SKY LAKE) PERFORMS AT A RECENT HEADWAY SHOW. PHOTOS BY YEAGER ST. JOHN

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Many so-called boutique labels have attempted to promote the tactile listening experience (most notably, as relates to Headway, Factory Records and Fast Product of the ‘70s and ‘80s). The medium becomes a piece of art itself.

Forming amid the growth of postpunk in Britain in the mid-to-late ‘70s,

FINDING HEADWAY

UPCOMING SHOWS Mountains, David Daniell, Nest Egg, Villages at Broadway’s, 120 N. Lexington Ave. Feb. 22. 10 p.m. $10.

Lantern, Sheer Agony, cadaVernous, Ancient Whales at Static Age Records, 110 N. Lexington Ave. March 4. 9 p.m.

Moon Casale, Roses, Pilgrim, State Hospital Wilderness at Broadway’s, 120 N. Lexington Ave. March 21. 10 p.m.

Keep up with shows at headwayrecordings.com

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UPCOMING RELEASES Tashi Dorji - Desmanteler Cassette, April Villages - The Spilling Past LP, April

BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME / “SPLIT/UNION” / HWY 009

Nomeadze - self-titled Cassette, April Gardener - self-titled Cassette, May Kangarot - self-titled Cassette, May Pilgrim - Loyalty - LP June DJ Mr. The Best - self-titled Cassette, June Soft Opening / The N.E.C. Split 10” Vinyl, July Sys-Hex - 12” vinyl, September

HELP HEADWAY All of Headway’s releases can be streamed for free at headwayrecordings.bandcamp.com.

Headway is currently working to crowd-source funding for recording, packaging and distribution.

Donate and learn more at indiegogo.com/Headwayrecordings.

both Fast and Factory valued the object of the music, its form of distribution, as art. Factory assigned catalog numbers to everything from events it hosted to plastic bags with Xeroxed flyers inside.

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paper sleeve in order to destroy neighboring albums on the shelf. And every Factory release came with exquisite cover art, like Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, a graphic piece courtesy of house designer Peter Saville that shows a seismograph-type set of lines gathered to points at the center like a mountain range.

Placing such a high value on the look (and touch) of an album, and not just its sound, is something Headway has taken to heart. “Not only do we want to keep the aesthetic of the music interesting, we also place importance on format and packaging,” Ballard says. Even when the label strays from its vinyl and cassette foundation, as they

did when they released a Nomeadze album as a CD-R, they never lose sight of presenting the product as a work of art.

While the CD may lack the lauded “warmth” of vinyl and cassette, Headway compensated for the material difference with a booklet with art

by Will Isenogle, one half of the duo, along works by poet Jesse Crawford.

“The ornate packaging and classic formats are as beautiful, real and warm as the sounds contained therein,” Ballard says.

Adds Gentry: “It’s a big endeavor.

But it feels incredibly rewarding to put some awesome music on a physical format and share it with the world.

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HARD ROCK Though the sense of art and play involved in these types of releases may be thrilling, it’s rarely easy. “Chris and Ross have put in a lot of work to bring the experimental music scene to a new prominence in Asheville,” says Bhutanese avant-garde guitarist Tashi Dorji, Headway’s top-selling artist and whose cassette was the label’s first release.

Since then, Headway Recordings has put out four more albums, including the CD by Nomeadze.

Like Headway, Nomeadze is a collaboration between two members of Asheville’s experimental scene. Aside from making music

as Merryl, Isenogle also curated the past two Foogmess music festivals, a weekend-long tongue-incheek complement to the more visible Moogfest. And the other member of Merryl, David Grubba, makes music as Enea, and is one of the founders of Apothecary, a community art space that’s fast becoming the unofficial hub of local experimental music.

Navigating the logistics of physical releases for an independent label can be challenging, but it’s certainly not without its rewards.

“By curating shows and releasing music on their label, they have brought a lot of local musicians and listeners together,” says Dorji.

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KEEP ASHEVILLE (CONDITIONALLY) WEIRD Like Factory Records and other small, community-run labels, Headway doesn’t sign contracts with its artists. The label makes sure that as much of the money as possible from a release goes back into the hands of the musicians. The art-and-community-centric business model has won the group support in Asheville and beyond. For example, after losing Izzy’s as a venue, “When we had to find new venue space, it didn’t take long for folks to come to the rescue,” says Ballard.

But putting out music in Asheville is all harmony and buddies and pals. As many in the more experimental corners of the art scene have found, Asheville isn’t always as accepting of the weird as its residents purport. “In Asheville, it’s difficult to get people to come to a show that isn’t feel-good party music,” says Ballard. “Our artists are pushing the envelope, in keeping not only with the contemporary avant-garde, but with progressive

takes on traditional music as well.”

It’s that focus on the contemporary and modern that sometimes alienates groups like Headway from the larger Asheville scene. With Asheville’s focus on tourism, traditional and folk styles of art and music often take precedent over the less-accessible sounds of noise, experimental and non-crowd-pleasing forms of electronic music.

Still, Headway’s name is getting out more, with the strength of its releases and the commitment of its founders. “I think most people, whether they’re into the music or not, can look at what we’re doing and see that we’re passionate about it and completely dedicated to pushing it as far as we can,” says Gentry.

The core community remains intact, along with the ideals they originally held. And the years have only added to its numbers. New venues, artists, and organizations continue to manifest in Asheville.

Says Ballard: “As long as we continue to expose people to the immense talent this town has to offer, we’re following through with the goals we set for ourselves.”

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rogue soundWave by alli marshall For all the buzz surrounding Tame Impala’s recordings — both 2010 debut Innerspeaker and last year’s Lonerism — the band’s frontman/mastermind Kevin Parker says he doesn’t go into the studio with critical response in mind. “I only really imagine one person who would be listening to it and thinking it’s just the greatest thing ever,” he tells Xpress.

That fan, he says, is like a younger version of himself. “I just had such a romantic way of listening to music when I was a teenager,” he says. “For some reason your emotions are riding high and everything is magical.” Parker says, unironically, that music gave his life meaning. “I imagine the person who’s going to benefit from it the most,” he says.

“That kind of fuels my way of how I think about it.”

Beyond that one listener, Parker’s approach to recording (which he does mostly alone) is pretty wide open. While working on Lonerism’s neopsychedelic dream-rock tracks, he split his time between his hometown of Perth, Australia, and Paris, where his girlfriend, Melody Prochet, was living. “I never used to be patriotic in any way about the city I was from,” he says. “Over the last couple of years, I’ve grown more and more attached to Perth.” Of Paris, he says: “It’s this amazing, beautiful and inspiring city until you start to sort of scratch the surface of the headspace of everyone around. And then you realize everyone is really kind of depressed.”

Parker says that he started most of the album’s songs in Perth, along with most of the drum tracks, because, “Everyone has their own house and you can just set up a drum kit in the living room or bedroom or whatever. But in Paris I totally couldn’t do that. It was just an apartment.”

The exception was the song “Be Above It,” which he recorded in Paris. Unable to play percussion, “I ended up just taking a drum loop from a song on the first album,” so “Be Above It” came out different from the rest of the album.

“I like to think it sounds kind of electronic,” says Parker. “It’s the song that’s least like a normal song structure. It’s just a drum and vocal loop going round and round and things coming in and coming out.”

Experimentation has led to key parts of the Tame Impala aesthetic (“like you’re playing guitar inside a church, then you’re stuffing that church inside a box and exploding it,” was a description Parker gave in one interview). Parker tells Xpress that he discovered digital distortion “because that was the only thing I had” — necessity breeding invention.

“It sounds like something behaving how it’s not meant to. Which is really what distortion is,” says Parker. “Like tape distortion, back in the day when they first discovered it. That sounded totally rogue and unpleasant. And now people talk about tape distortion being a really wholesome thing and digital distortion being really terrible.”

But he knows that in another 50 years, what’s now rogue will become comfortably retro. And

tame impala’s Kevin parKer on distortion, remixes & cheesy pop songs

Who Tame Impala with The Growl

Where The Orange Peel

When Friday, Feb. 22 (9 p.m. Sold out. theorangepeel.net)

homeward bound: Tame Impala’s international success means lots of time away from Australia. “I used to have the cultural cringe,” says Parker. “[People think] Perth is just a normal city, but boring. But you spend a week in any other city and you realize how frantic, how fast-paced the rest of the world moves.” Photo by Maciek Pozoga.

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Parker is OK with that: He’s all about finding new ways to hear a song.

Take remixes. “I used to be kind of skeptical about them, and sometimes I still am,” the musician says. One of his favorites is the Erol Alkan remix of “Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?” from Innerspeaker. “I was trying to give it an electronic, hypnotic feel, when I was recording it,” says Parker.

“Because I had a drum kit and guitars and stuff, it was never going to sound like a dance track. I remember thinking that if someone ever remixed this, it was probably going to sound really cool. And that’s exactly what he did.”

Really, all of Tame Impala’s songs have multiple incarnations. Since the records are Parker’s solo projects, the translation to a full band for the live show sees the music reinvented. “It’s a challenge,” says Parker. “If I’m satisfied with the recording, then the only thing that I feel that I need to do with that song is bring it into a new form of being by playing it with my friends.”

And, although he admits to a certain urge to maintain control of the creative process, “for the songs to sound right when they’re being played by the band, everyone’s got to be feeling it; everyone’s got to be enjoying it,” he says.

Speaking of new perspectives on music, Parker also writes pop songs, in addition to his Tame Impala work and other projects such as Melody’s Echo Chamber (with Prochet) and a collaboration with Australian electronic duo, Canyons. There was a rumor that they were penned for pop star Kylie Minogue: not so. Instead, these are songs Parker has deemed “too cheesy” for Tame Impala, but instead of trashing them, he records quick demos just the same.

“I could so easily sing them myself, but I feel like it would be so much more satisfying to hear someone else sing them,” he says. “I sing something, I end up covering the whole thing in delay and reverb and effects because I can’t bear the sound of my own voice. If it was someone else’s voice, I could really push them up in the mix and make it a real pop song.”

See mountainx.com for the full interview. X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

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stripped doWn, amped up by alli marshall It’s a good thing for a band to test-drive new material on a receptive crowd, in order to work out the kinks before a tour/album release/ imminent world domination. If you’re The Get Right Band, you take said test drive over the course of 11 days in the pubs, clubs and beach bars of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Get Right Band is the local funkrock trio of singer-songwriter/guitarist Silas Durocher, bassist/vocalist Jesse Gentry and percussionist/vocalist Chris Pyle. The group formed out of roots-reggae outfit Soulgrass Rebellion. That Oso Rey-led group disbanded when Rey decided to tour less. The rest of the players — Durocher, Gentry and Pyle — wanted to tour more. They formed the Get Right Band “as a way to keep saying yes to opportunities” that were still coming in for the defunct Soulgrass.

“It took us a good six months or so to reformat our identity outside of Soulgrass,” says Durocher. “[The Get Right Band] had a show last winter at The Lab. For whatever reason, everything clicked that night. It was a much more rock ‘n’ roll and funk sound.”

In a way, the Get Right Band was forming long before its members dreamed up a name for their trio. Durocher and Gentry grew up together in Maryland. “Every band I was in through high school was with him — pop-punk, jambands, funk bands and all kinds of stuff,” says Durocher. Gentry had been living in the Virgin Islands when Soulgrass needed a bass player, so Durocher reached out to his childhood friend.

Gentry made the move to Asheville.

In some ways, Durocher and Gentry have come a long way from their Maryland pop-punk days. Shake, the Get Right Band’s just-completed EP, contains all of the rock and funk elements that Durocher described in the band’s sound.

But (and this might be surprising), the five tracks are as stripped down and spare as they are amped up.

“Part of it is coming from our big influences right now,” says Durocher, listing The Black Keys, Jack White and Alabama Shakes. “In the

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the view from here: The Get Right Band’s members have decades of friendship and more genres than they can count informing their sound. With new EP, Shake, they’ve polished their party vibe.

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“Voodoo Doll” is a dark and twitchy stomp, “Compliments” struts along heavy bass beats and slinky percussion. “Chromaticize” begins with the lyric, “When I walk into the party, everybody knows my name.” It’s equal parts insouciance and groove with rock melodies built on funk attitudes.

“We do jam pretty extensively, live, but for a five-song EP we felt like there wasn’t necessarily a place for that on the album,” says Durocher.

He points out that what might be a four-minute song on the album, can be extended to an eightminute song in the live show.

One challenge for the Get Right Band was selecting five songs for Shake (that title possibly a shortened version of the band’s “ass-shaking good time” slogan) out of a much more extensive pool of material. “I feel like we picked the songs for the whole vibe,” says Gentry. “[There’s] not really a story. But as you listen, from beginning to end, there are certain things that come in and out.”

A final element to the Get Right Band’s sound, aesthetic and journey makes itself known on the EP’s last track, “Touch the Holy.” That song is a laid back reggae number. It shimmies and lilts, all bright water and soft breezes. Durocher says it was written about being in the Virgin Islands — a place the band tours annually.

“On the road, the majority of what we listen to is reggae, and we’re really into dub,” the songwriter says. Some gigs allow for the band to plumb that influence. Other times they stick to their rock catalog. Durocher and Gentry say they no longer make set lists, they just play to the mood of the audience.

But the Get Right Band’s EP release party this week should also lend itself to opportunities to jam with the likes of Asian Teacher Factory and The Archrivals (both groups share the stage).

“It seemed like it would be a cool night,” says Durocher. That might be an understatement — the show is being billed as nothing short of a “dance party of epic proportions.” X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

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GROVE PARK INN CONFERENCE CELEBRATES ARTS AND CRAFTS IDEALS Asheville is hailed as an Art Deco capital, in the ranks with Miami for its architecture of that style.

But an older, lesser-known vein of architecture and design predominates. It’s one quietly woven throughout the city and carried on in modern incarnations — the Arts and Crafts Style.

It was a design motif, but also a lifestyle. And it’s often overlooked in Asheville.

The style’s most basic technical and ideological foundations resisted the machine-made. It was popularized by middle-class craftsmen in the latter half of the 19th-century as a response to the low-quality, factory-made goods that pervaded the market as the Industrial Revolution took hold of Western European and eventually the United States.

Its beginnings rest in discussions about wallpaper between English art critic and educator John Ruskin and William Morris, an artist and one of his students. European craftsmen, bent on staving off low-quality machined goods, became the style’s pioneers.

They wanted to uphold the traditional techniques in woodworking and craftsmanship that factory modernization threatened. Craft furniture, houses and their accessories were simplified for the lives of the rising middle class. The heavily embellished veneers and decorations that epitomized the Victorian period began to vanish, giving way to simpler ornamentation, or none at all. Metal fasteners were used as little as possible and the construction of an object soon became the source of decoration.

ARTS AND CRAFTS IN ThE VALLEy “In Asheville there’s a persistence of the Arts and Crafts ideals,” says Clay Griffith, an Asheville-based architectural historian. Our region still celebrates the handmade and the artisanal: you can see it in homesteading traditions, do-it-yourself lifestyles and household self-sufficiency. But it also lingers in the font choices and color schemes of hotels, cafés and area businesses, not to mention the very structures in which they reside. Witness the city’s abundance of oversized porches.

“The entire style is suited to the mountain setting,” Griffith says, calling the WNC movement “a reaction to urban congestion.”

Griffith is among a few dozen speakers and artisans featured at The Grove Park Inn’s Arts and Crafts Conference. The conference, now in its 26th year, is the nation’s largest educational expose of all things Arts and Crafts: books, furniture and woodwork, homes, textiles, pottery and the city itself. Even if you don’t attend the

seminars, lectures and workshops, the free-toattend antiques shows and booth-style displays will heartily suffice for the curious attendee or passerby, according to Bruce Johnson, the conference’s director and founder.

The Grove Park Inn is itself an example of Arts and Crafts architecture. It’s also among the most famous in the nation, largely because of the Inn’s collection of period furnishing — specifically, the Roycroft works.

Elbert hubbard, a writer and founder of the Roycroft Furniture Company in East Aurora, N.y., was sought out by Fred Seely (Edwin Wiley’s son-in-law) to supply the furniture for the new inn. hubbard’s son, Bert, signed a contract with Seely that included more than a thousand pieces of furniture, to be hand-built in a year’s time. however, after supplying only three sets of bedroom amenities, they outsourced the rest of the order to the White Furniture Company of Mebane, N.C., The Piedmont-based furniture makers used the true Roycroft pieces as models for the remaining order. Many of these original works are still in use in the wings and rooms of the original hotel.

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Period furnishings at the Grove Park Inn. Photo by Kyle Sherard

DEVELOPING A STyLE The Arts and Crafts Movement entered the Asheville valley in the 1880s. “Many of these ideas crept in with the railroad,” says Johnson.

“It came in with the outsiders.” Tourists came seeking recreational vacations, lured by fresh mountain air and a then-famed temperate climate. Many found permanent residence.

They brought with them many of the basic concepts and occasionally a few portable pieces imbued by the style. So did the scores of artisans, architects and engineers brought here to work on the Biltmore Estate. As they fanned out from the estate, they took with them their practices and design sensibilities. Enter the bungalow — a mainstay in Asheville domestic architecture.

“The Arts and Crafts Style was about neighborhoods,” Johnson says. Bungalow-style homes were built in small clusters in the valley, rather

than in the countryside or high in the mountains.

Minimal acreage combined with conservative square-footage eliminated the need for servants, which were thought necessary for grandiose 19th-century Victorian homes.

The style can be seen in earthen colors and two-toned siding, diamond-topped window panes, decorative exterior rafters and the bold exo-skeleton framing that outlines and traces the edges of homes in Montford, hillside, Albemarle Park and other neighborhoods. Add to that low, overhanging and even wing-like roofs and expansive, verandah-style porches sported by hundreds of homes in the city.

When you begin to notice the style’s characteristics, it’s hard to not see their ubiquity. That’s because the traits are, quite literally, all over the place. It’s unique to Asheville, but at the same time ubiquitous. “We kind of take it for granted because it’s everywhere,” Griffith says.

The Grove Park Inn’s 26th Annual Arts and Crafts Conference takes place this weekend, Feb. 22 through 24 and features seminars, discussion groups, walking tours, displays and demonstrations. For schedule and pricing, visit arts-craftsconference.com.

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mountains la pasión flamenca The romance really heats up the weekend after Valentine’s Day — that’s when the Spanish dance and music company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana makes a two-night stop at Diana Wortham Theatre. “Through the dynamic expression of dance, influences can be seen and heard from Africa, the Americas and the Middle East,” says press for the event. Artistic director Carlota Santana has been called “The Keeper of Flamenco” and has expanded the company with new music, dramatic works, a mixture of dance vocabularies and the integration of Hispanic-American influences.

Performances are Thursday and Friday, Feb. 21 and 22. 8 p.m. nightly. $35/$30/$15. dwtheatre.com. Photo by Lois Greenfield.

Centralia, the new release by Brooklyn-by-way-of-Chicago drone duo Mountains, is described as the band’s most fully realized to date. The sound of the twosome (Koen Holtkamp and Brendon Anderegg) is “defined by slow builds and subtle transformations, textures and melodic lines that evolve in a variety of ways to create grand soundscapes and acutely detailed compositions,” according to Mountains’ bio. Their East Coast tour brings them to Broadway’s on Thursday, Feb. 21. David Daniell and Villages/Nest Egg also perform. 10 p.m. $8/$10. facebook.com/GrandmaPresents. Photo by Hisham Bharoocha.

perpetual groove tift merritt Even though she now lives in New York, singer-songwriter Tift Merritt says she’ll always consider herself a North Carolina musician. “The only thing that’s more formative in my life than North Carolina is my family,” she tells Xpress. And, while Merritt’s most recent album is called Traveling Alone, it’s a theme and not a touring reality. “We’re having such a great time and I feel really proud of how we’re playing right now. I have a great group of people around me,” she says. Read a full interview with Merritt at mountainx.com. See her live at Grey Eagle on Thursday, Feb. 21. 8:30 p.m. David Wax Museum opens. $15. thegreyeagle.com.

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After 10 years, the jazz-prog-tranceR&B band known affectionately as PGroove is about to be a bit less perpetual. The quartet (Brock Butler on guitar and vocals, bassist Adam Perry, Matthew McDonald on keys and vocals and drummer Albert Suttle) from Athens, Ga., recently announced an extended hiatus, which makes their Saturday, Feb. 23 show at Asheville Music Hall one of the group’s last. At least for a while.

So revel in PGroove’s originals from their four albums, and their trademark covers (“everything from Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ to Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Bulls On Parade’”). 10 p.m. $12/$15. The Heavy Pets open. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo by Lance Bryant.

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the altamont theater The New Old Fashioneds (old-time, Americana), 9:30pm

monte vista hotel David Zoll (guitar), 6:30pm

the market plaCe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm

native kitChen & soCial pub Lester Grass (bluegrass), 8pm

timo's house Hip-hop w/ DJ Jet, C. Shreve, DJ Appaloosa, Martin Snoddy, Ho-Tron Beatz & Colston, 9pm

odditorium Gentlemen Callers (rock), 9pm one stop deli & bar Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm orange peel Tame Impala (psychedelic rock) w/ The Growl, 9pm paCk's tavern DJ Chops (dance, pop), 9pm phoenix lounge Jazz night, 8pm pisgah brewing Company Snake Oil Medicine Show (bluegrass, reggae) w/ Brushfire Stankgrass, 9pm red stag grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 8-11pm root bar no. 1 R.A.G. (acoustic rock), 9pm sCandals nightClub Dance party, 10pm Benefit for Miss LOS E.O.Y. (drag show), 1am south side station Karaoke, 9pm southern appalaChian brewery Jonathan Santos (R&B, soul), 8pm

treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Tasha Leif & Patrick Boland, 7pm Al "Coffee" McDaniel & Da Grind (blues, soul, R&B), 10pm vanuatu kava bar Ka-Duat (world, ambient, electronic), 9pm wall street Coffee house Open mic, 9pm wild wing Cafe Elijah Hooker & Caleb Johnson (rock), 9pm

saturday, feb. 23 5 walnut wine bar Ashvegas Players (hot jazz), 10pm allstars sports bar and grill Saloon 5 (rock, country, covers), 10pm asheville musiC hall Perpetual Groove (rock, jam) w/ The Heavy Pets, 10pm

clubdirectory 185 King street 877-1850 5 Walnut Wine bar 253-2593 altamont brewing company 575-2400 the altamont theatre 348-5327 aqua cafe & bar 505-2081 arcade 258-1400 asheville civic center & thomas Wolfe auditorium 259-5544 the asheville public (tap) 505-1720 asheville music hall 255-7777 athena’s club 252-2456 avery creek pizza & ribs 687-2400 barley’s tap room 255-0504 black mountain ale house 669-9090 blend hookah lounge 505-0067 blue mountain pizza 658-8777 blue note grille 697-6828 boiler room 505-1612 bobo gallery 254-3426 broadway’s 285-0400 burgerworx 253-2333 the bywater 232-6967 club hairspray 258-2027 club metropolis 258-2027 club remix 258-2027 the chop house 253-1852

the corner 575-2449 craggie brewing company 254-0360 creature’s cafe 254-3636 creekside taphouse 575-2880 adam dalton distillery 367-6401 dark city deli 257-5300 desoto lounge 986-4828 diana Wortham theater 257-4530 dirty south lounge 251-1777 dobra tea room 575-2424 the dugout 692-9262 eleven on grove 505-1612 emerald lounge 232- 4372 firestorm cafe 255-8115 fred’s speakeasy 281-0920 french broad brewery tasting room 277-0222 french broad chocolate lounge 252-4181 the gateway club 456-6789 good stuff 649-9711 grey eagle music hall & tavern 232-5800 grind cafe 430-4343 grove house eleven on grove 505-1612 the grove park inn (elaine’s piano bar/ great hall) 252-2711 the handlebar (864) 233-6173

athena's Club Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am bier garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am

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hangar lounge 684-1213 harrah’s cherokee 497-7777 havana restaurant 252-1611 highland brewing company 299-3370 holland’s grille 298-8780 the hop 254-2224 the hop West 252-5155 iron horse station 622-0022 Jack of hearts pub 645-2700 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Jus one more 253-8770 lexington avenue brewery 252-0212 the lobster trap 350-0505 the lower level 505-8333 luella’s bar-b-Que 505-RIBS mack Kell’s pub & grill 253-8805 the magnetic field 257-4003 mike’s side pocket 281-3096 monte vista hotel 669-8870 odditorium 505-8388 one stop bar deli & bar 255-7777 o.henry’s/tug 254-1891 the orange peel 225-5851 pack’s tavern 225-6944 pisgah brewing co.

669-0190 pulp 225-5851 purple onion cafe 749-1179

room Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, swing), 6pm grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band (funk) w/ Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, 9pm

blaCk mountain ale house The Old Boyz ("rag n' roll"), 9pm

grove park inn great hall Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm

blue mountain pizza Cafe Rocket Science, 7pm

harrah's Cherokee Twisted Trail (country, rock) w/ DJ Paul Gallo, 8pm-2am

boiler room Fictions w/ Mobility Chief & Comet West (rock), 9pm

highland brewing Company Jump Your Grin (blues), 6pm

Club hairspray DJ Bryan (dance), midnight

holland's grille Karaoke, 9:30pm

Creekside taphouse Moonshine Martini Band, 9pm

hotel indigo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm

elaine's dueling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am emerald lounge The Luxury Spirit (indie rock) w/ The Andrew Usher Band & Elk Tracks, 9pm frenCh broad brewery tasting

isis restaurant and musiC hall Asheville Bike Love w/ Jim Arrendell (dance), 6pm JaCk of the wood pub Goner (alt-country), 6pm Shane Pruitt Band (Southern rock, jam), 9pm

rankin vault 254-4993 red stag grill at the grand bohemian hotel 505-2949 rendezvous 926-0201 root bar no.1 299-7597 scandals nightclub 252-2838 scully’s 251-8880 shovelhead saloon 669-9541 smokey’s after dark 253-2155 southern appalacian brewery 684-1235 spurs 575-2258 static age records 254-3232 stingrays 926-4100 straightaway cafe 669-8856 tallgary’s cantina 232-0809 rocky’s hot chicken shack 575-2260 thirsty monk south 505-4564 timo’s house 575-2886 tolliver’s crossing irish pub 505-2129 trailhead restaurant & bar 357-5656 treasure club 298-1400 tressa’s downtown Jazz & blues 254-7072 vincenzo’s bistro 254-4698 Westville pub 225-9782 White horse 669-0816 Wild Wing cafe 253-3066

lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: The Campaign 1984 (hard rock) w/ The Hollywood Kills & Jonas Sees in Color, 9:30pm lobster trap Trevor Storia (jazz), 7pm monte vista hotel Blue Moon (jazz, country, rock), 6pm o.henry's/tug DJ Izzy, 10pm odditorium Floco Torres (hip-hop), 9pm olive or twist 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11pm one stop deli & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ Jay Franck (of Sanctum Sully) & friends, noon-3pm orange peel MiMOSA (electronic, dubstep, hip-hop) w/ Grandtheft, 9pm paCk's tavern DJ Moto (dance, pop), 9pm phoenix lounge Inner Session Trio w/ Bill Berg (jazz),

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8pm pisgah brewing Company Bloom & Burns Duo (jazz, fusion), 6:30pm purple onion Cafe The Lonesome Road Band (bluegrass, Southern rock), 8pm red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 8-11pm root bar no. 1 C2 (rock), 9pm sCandals nightClub Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am southern appalaChian brewery Red Hot Sugar Babies (jazz), 8pm straightaway Cafe The Zoodles (Americana), 6pm tallgary's Cantina Unit 50 (rock), 9:30pm town pump The Smith Outfit (country, rock), 9pm treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blues The Nightcrawlers (blues, dance), 10pm wall street Coffee house Wall Street LIVE feat: Jump (local music showcase), 7pm westville pub Bear Down Easy (bluegrass, roots), 10pm wild wing Cafe Derrick Dorsey Band (rock, country), 9pm

sunday, feb. 24 5 walnut wine bar The Roaring Lions (hot jazz), 7-9pm altamont brewing Company Sunday Funday Potluck & Pickin', 5:30pm asheville musiC sChool performanCe loft Faculty concert feat: Mariya Potapova, Steve Loew & Elena Saladukha, 3pm blue mountain pizza Cafe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues), 7pm boiler room International Mix-up (drag show), 10pm Club metropolis Venetian Carnaval, 2-7pm grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Wayne "The Train" Hancock (Western swing, honky-tonk), 8pm grove park inn great hall Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:3010:30pm

hotel indigo Ben Hovey (downtempo, trumpet, electronics), 7pm isis restaurant and musiC hall Jazz showcase w/ Billy B, 8pm JaCk of the wood pub Irish session, 5pm lobster trap Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm monte vista hotel Jared Gallamore (standards), 11am odditorium Motives (post-punk) w/ Microwave, 8pm one stop deli & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, noon-3pm pulp Slice of Life comedy open mic, 9pm purple onion Cafe The Honeycutters (folk, Americana), 6pm southern appalaChian brewery Marc Yaxley (classical, jazz, flamenco), 5pm straightaway Cafe Joe Halic (singer-songwriter), 6pm white horse English country dancing & live music, 3pm The Sahara Peace Choir feat: Stephanie Heidemann, 7:30pm

monday, feb. 25 5 walnut wine bar Gypsy Swingers (acoustic jazz), 8-10pm blaCk mountain ale house Karaoke, 9pm Courtyard gallery Open mic, 8-11pm grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Contra dance, 8pm grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:3010:30pm holland's grille Open mic, 8pm isis restaurant and musiC hall The Galen Kipar Project (folk rock, blues), 8pm JaCk of hearts pub Jeff Thompson, Pamela Jones & Gregory Scott (singer-songwriters), 6:30pm lobster trap Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 7pm

the bywater Bluegrass jam, 5-11pm the hangar lounge Karaoke, 10pm timo's house Jam night (multi-genre open jam), 10pm treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Russ Wilson's swing session, 8-11pm westville pub sCary-oke, 11pm Trivia night, 9pm

tuesday, feb. 26

pulp Voodoo Wedding (rock, Americana), 9pm

Karaoke, 9:30pm isis restaurant and musiC hall Impromptu Sessions (improv jam w/ rotating musicians), 9:30pm

sCully's Daughters of Atlantis (acoustic rock), 10pm

JaCk of the wood pub Old-time jam, 4pm

tallgary's Cantina Techno dance party, 9:30pm

lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Hello Hugo (indie rock, instrumental) w/ Perhaps & Sin Kitty, 9:30pm

the bywater Open mic, 9pm

lobster trap The K-Tones (jazz, blues, classical, rock), 7pm

tolliver's Crossing irish pub Trivia, 8:30pm treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Local showcase w/ Leigh Glass & the Hazards, 8:30pm

boiler room Disco Fever (drag show), 10pm elaine's dueling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am emerald lounge If Birds Could Fly (country, Americana) w/ Cal Oliver & Julie Slonecki, 9:30pm frenCh broad brewery tasting room CarolinaBound (folk, country), 6pm grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Drivin' n' Cryin' (Southern rock), 9pm

olive or twist Cadillac Rex (oldies, swing, rock), 8-11pm

grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm

one stop deli & bar Soul/jazz jam w/ Preston Cate, 10pm

harrah's Cherokee Karaoke, 8pm-midnight

5 walnut wine bar The John Henry's (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm

westville pub Blues jam, 10pm

phoenix lounge Rocky Lindsley (rock), 9pm

holland's grille Dr. Brown's team trivia, 8pm

altamont brewing Company Open mic, 8pm

white horse Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm

red stag grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 7-10pm

JaCk of hearts pub Old-time jam, 7pm

tallgary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm

JaCk of the wood pub No Strings Attached (bluegrass), 7-9pm Bluegrass jam, 9pm

asheville musiC hall Funk jam, 11pm blue mountain pizza Cafe Mark Bumgarner (Americana, folk, country), 8pm

wild wing Cafe Karaoke, 9:30pm

the dugout Karaoke, 8pm

Wednesday, feb. 27

the hangar lounge Karaoke, 10pm

lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Don Gallardo & How Far West (Americana) w/ David Earl & Dulci Ellenberger, 9pm

Club eleven on grove Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ The Low Down Sires, 8:30pm

adam dalton distillery DJ dance party (EDM, bass), 10pm

timo's house Blues jam, 10pm

Creekside taphouse Old-time jam, 6:30pm

lobster trap Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm

allstars sports bar and grill Karaoke, 9pm

trailhead restaurant and bar Kevin Scanlon's old-time jam, 6:30pm

good stuff Cereboca, 7pm

altamont brewing Company Roots in the Round w/ Ryan Barrington Cox, Josh Phillips, David Earl Tomlinson & Riyen Roots, 9pm

treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

odditorium Colossus (metal, rock) w/ Burns Like Fire & Black Daniels, 9pm

grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Ra Ra Riot (indie rock) w/ Pacific Air, 9pm grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm handlebar Tuesday swing dance, 7pm Gene Dillard bluegrass jam, 8:30pm isis restaurant and musiC hall The Tumbleweed Wanderers (bluegrass), 9pm JaCk of the wood pub Chompin' at the Bit (old-time), 10pm lobster trap Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm native kitChen & soCial pub Trivia, 7pm olive or twist Bluedawg blues jam, 8-11pm

odditorium Welkin Dusk (metal) w/ Shadow of the Destroyer, 9pm

one stop deli & bar Two for Tuesday feat: The Featured Creeps & Pawtooth, 8pm DJ Adam Strange, 10pm

phoenix lounge Howie Johnson Trio (rock, jam), 9pm

phoenix lounge Soleil LeBlanc (singer-songwriter), 8pm

apotheCary Nothin But Net w/ Subtle Body (ambient), Andy Loebs & Artifax, 9pm

vanuatu kava bar Open mic, 8:30pm

barley's taproom Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm

wild wing Cafe Jeff & Justin (acoustic), 8pm

blue mountain pizza Cafe Open mic, 7pm Creekside taphouse Open mic, 9pm

thursday, feb. 28

dirty south lounge Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm elaine's dueling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Ken Stringfellow (of Posies/REM/Big Star) w/ Greg Cartwright, 8pm grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm The B's (favorites by request), 8-11pm harrah's Cherokee Throwback DJ ('70s-'90s), 6pm-close holland's grille

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tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Jason DiCristofaro & His Vibraphone, 9pm

185 king street Blues Jam feat: Chuck Beatie, Jeff Sipe, Brian Phillips & Riyen Roots, 8pm 5 walnut wine bar The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm allstars sports bar and grill Dance night, 10pm barley's taproom Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm blaCk mountain ale house Ten Cent Poetry (folk, pop), 9pm blue mountain pizza Cafe Paul Calado (Americana), 7pm

olive or twist Heather Masterton Jazz Quartet, 8-11pm one stop deli & bar Brews, Bluegrass & BBQ w/ Kendall Huntley, 5-8pm Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba (West African, dance) w/ Makayan, 9pm orange peel Lotus (instrumental, electronic, jam) w/ Moon Hooch, 9pm phoenix lounge Bradford Carson (rock, jam, blues), 8pm pisgah brewing Company The Danberrys (bluegrass, old-time, folk), 8pm purple onion Cafe Swayback Sisters (folk, country, Americana), 7:30pm red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 7-10pm tallgary's Cantina Far Away Places (electric, ethereal, ambient), 9pm the market plaCe Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 6-9pm timo's house

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Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 10pm-2am

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm

trailhead restaurant and bar Zydeco jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

orange peel Grind (Alice in Chains tribute), 9pm

treasure Club DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am

paCk's tavern Scott Raines & Jeff Anders (acoustic rock, jam), 9pm

tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Female artists spotlight, 9pm westville pub Driftwood (roots, rock), 9pm wild wing Cafe Luke Combs (acoustic), 9pm

friday, march 1 allstars sports bar and grill Sharkadelics (rock, pop, covers), 10pm apotheCary Art Opening: Marissa Zarabzadeh, Zach Smith, Nick Scavo & Josh Reed, 9pm

pisgah brewing Company Simo (psychedelic rock) w/ Brother Nomad, 9pm

grove park inn great hall Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm

red stag grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 8-11pm

highland brewing Company Custard Pie (Led Zeppelin tribute), 6pm

straightaway Cafe Gabrielle Tee (singer-songwriter), 6pm

asheville musiC hall Thriftworks (electronic) w/ Paper Tiger & Splynter, 10pm

the market plaCe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm

athena's Club Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

town pump Tristan (rock), 9pm

bier garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am Club eleven on grove First Friday's w/ DJ Jam (hip-hop, R&B, soul), 9pm emerald lounge Total War (indie rock) w/ Gamenight, Ribbons & Morbids, 9:30pm good stuff Old-time jam, 7pm grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Red Baraat (bhangra, jazz, funk, hip-hop) w/ Billy Cardine, Jay Sanders & Jeff Sipe, 9pm grove park inn great hall Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm highland brewing Company Jeff Santiago y los Gatos Negros (rock), 6pm hotel indigo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm JaCk of hearts pub The Danberrys (folk, blues), 9pm JaCk of the wood pub Westbound Rangers (old-time), 5pm Sanctum Sully (bluegrass), 9pm native kitChen & soCial pub Unspoken Tradition (bluegrass), 8pm odditorium Temptations Wings (metal) w/ Scent of Remains & Through the Fallen, 9pm one stop deli & bar

tressa's downtown Jazz and blues Section 8, 7pm Whitney Moore (Latin, world, jazz), 10pm vanuatu kava bar Space Medicine (electro-coustic, ambient, improv), 9pm wall street Coffee house Open mic, 9pm

saturday, march 2 allstars sports bar and grill Saloon 5 (rock, country, covers), 10pm asheville musiC hall stephaniesid (indie pop) w/ Antique Firearms & The Old Ceremony, 10pm athena's Club Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am bier garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am boiler room Domination: All Saints Day, 9pm Club remix HoveyKraft w/ Lil Panda & Logos (trumpet, electronics, dance), 10pm Creatures Cafe Scratch River Telegraph Company (folk), 8pm double Crown The Carpenter Ants (gospel, soul) elaine's dueling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am

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phoenix lounge Jazz night, 8pm

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emerald lounge Joe Stump (neo-classical metal) w/ Deadlight Pulse & Leaving Venus, 9:30pm

grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Grayson Capps (singer-songwriter, blues, Americana), 8pm

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Director: richarD LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You) PLayers: aLDen ehrenreich, aLice enGLert, Jeremy irons, vioLa Davis, emma thomPson, emmy rossum, eiLeen atkins fantasy romanCe

rated PG-13

The Story: A nonconformist human boy in a small Southern town falls for an outsider/newcomer who happens to be a witch. The course of this love does not run smoothly.

The Lowdown: Surprisingly likable, adult and even witty teen romance of the fantasy variety. The old pros help, but the script and the young leads are very strong.

Well, this was a surprise. I hadn’t expected much of anything out of a movie from Richard LaGravenese, though that low expectation was based more on his directorial efforts (like Freedom Writers and especially P.S. I Love You) than his writing, which I’ve mostly admired (and, yes, that includes Rude Awakening). Turns out this movie is more like his better writing than his previous filmmaking. This is a surprisingly intelligent, witty and largely effective blend of teen romance and the supernatural.

You can, if you wish, think of it as Twilight for the thinking set, but that actually sells Beautiful Creatures short since it’s worlds away from the cosmic dumbness of Twilight. Naturally, that — and the fact that it apparently plays fast and loose with its popular young adult source novel — has helped cause the film to suffer badly at the box office, meaning that this theoretical three-film series is likely destined to stop here.

(Fortunately, the film is more or less a selfcontained story.)

I should note that I am not saying this is a great movie. It has certain problems that are kind of hard to overlook. There’s a clunkiness to some of its structure — especially concerning a pair of subordinate characters who get lost in the shuffle. I’m also left wondering what the deal is with hero Ethan Wate’s (Alden Ehrenreich, Tetro) father. Ethan lives with him, but he’s never seen and, though there’s some mystery about him, the film never follows through. Instead, it just forgets about him. (I suspect there was a longer cut of the movie.)

There’s also a mystifying scene where Amma (Viola Davis) is making Christmas dinner — mystifying because its placement in the film has this taking place before Dec. 21. Either this got shuffled around in post-production or she makes the slowest cooking turkey in the history of poultry.

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Jeremy Irons, Alice Englert and Alden Ehrenreich in Richard LaGravenese's surprisingly engaging Beautiful Creatures.

Brushing aside those problems, I genuinely enjoyed the film — and not just because of the plummy roles afforded the adult “guest stars” — mostly Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis and Emma Thompson. (Eileen Atkins — sporting a nice lavender rinse — and Margo Martindale are mostly there for atmosphere.) Oh, they certainly help. Irons and Thompson play smoothly amusing adversaries, while Davis affords the movie some much needed adult emotional resonance. For that matter — and despite similarities to Eva Green in last year’s Dark Shadows — Emmy Rossum adds a touch of sexed-up villainy, though her character is one who gets lost in the heavy plotting. Still, the leads are surprisingly good and have actual chemistry. Ehrenreich, in particular, comes off well as a kid who knows there has to be more to the world than his pokey little South Carolina town. (OK, so I don’t really believe he’s a teenager.) There are even intimations of something like depth, especially in a scene where, guided by Irons’ mental prompting of the boy’s subconscious, Ethan outlines his very probable and grimly depressing future if he stays in Gatlin.

Even if LaGravenese gets a little lost amid the characters and story threads, he has certainly blessed the film with genuinely witty, barbed dialogue that helps raise the proceedings far above anything you might reasonably expect.

His handling of the more elaborate effects scenes is fine, and it’s refreshing that he opted for practical floor effects whenever possible (the spinning dining room) rather than CGI. But much of what works is found in unstressed touches — like the atmospheric changes made to the plantation’s staircase and entry hall. Still, the

selling point lies in the way the characters are developed and how entertaining, believable and likable they are. This is not going to work for everyone. A critic friend of mine really objected to the final scene, while it — and its abruptness — put the film over for me. (Maybe I’m just more in tune with my inner 16-year-old girl than he is.) Opinions vary (just look at the film’s almost 50-50 split on Rotten Tomatoes) but I say give it a chance. Rated PG-13 for violence, scary images and some sexual material. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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The Story: A cowardly, cautious alien must rescue his brash, idiotic brother from Area 51.

The Lowdown: Harmless, uninspired animated pap with an unfortunately high dose of corny pop culture humor.

I’ve been tempted to cut Escape from Planet Earth some slack. After all, it’s mostly harmless and looks nice enough. Unfortunately, there comes a time when a movie becomes so “perfectly fine” and so top-heavy with mediocrity, that it finally topples ass-backward into awfulness. What we have here is an animated

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The promotional material reads, "From the producer of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister." That means "from one of the producers" and is perhaps faint praise in general anyway, but when your other option is to tout the movie as "from the writer-director of Legion and Priest," it's understandable. So what is it? Well, it has low-grade stars — Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton — in what appears to be an alien abduction yarn with flocks of suicidal birds. On the plus side, J.K. Simmons is in it. (PG-13)

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The Rock — excuse me, Dwayne Johnson — goes all serious action star in this one where he portrays a father out to save his son from 10 years in the slammer for a wrongful drug conviction. To do this, he has to go undercover to inflitrate a drug cartel. The studio promises it's a, "fast-paced action thriller." More daunting yet, it's "fact-based." For some reason, Susan Sarandon is in there somewhere. (PG-13)

movie that’s so aggressively middlebrow and pointless that it can be called nothing other than bad.

This should come as no surprise when you look at what the film is working with. You’ve got a firmly B- and C-list cast of voice talent (when you’re pawning off Brendan Fraser as a reason to see your movie, you’ve got problems) and a script that leans heavily on listless slapstick, direction and animation that lacks comedic timing and jokes with the occasional lazy pop culture reference. Escape from Planet Earth is precisely how not to make an animated movie: take your core audience of children and give them little more than half-cocked pratfalls, while the best bones that can be thrown to their parents are some lame jabs at Simon Cowell.

There’s no heart here, and even less in the way of brains: a combo that never works.

The film’s plot is almost workable, but its postmodern take on UFOs is a bit too much of a reverse take on the equally dreadful Planet 51 (2009). Nevertheless, there’s Gary (voiced by Rob Corddry) and Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser), two blue-skinned alien brothers who work as intergalactic adventurers. Scorch is the dim-witted glory hound out for fame, while Gary is the reluctant, nebbish brains of the operation who helps out at home from mission control. Scorch — with the aid of a cadre of sponsors and TV attention — brashly heads off to explore Earth, a seemingly dangerous world from which an alien has never returned.

He’s soon captured, and nerdy Gary — feeling responsible for his brother — decides to mount a rescue mission.

On Earth, we find out that an Army general (William Shatner) is kidnapping aliens and forcing them to invent high-tech consumer goods.

We meet a whole other slew of captives who are just as poorly drawn and one-dimensional as their headlining counterparts. Take away Escape from Planet Earth’s colorful visuals and you’ve got a movie that does the least amount of work to actually count as a motion picture. I’ve seen worse movies, but I’ve seen few that are more lazy than this. Rated PG for action and some mild rude humor. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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Director: John Moore (Max Payne) Players: Bruce Willis, Jai courtney, seBastian Koch, Mary elizaBeth WinsteaD, yuliya snigir, cole hauser ACTIoN

RATED R

The Story: When his son is arrested in Russia, John McClane goes to see what’s afoot and ends up involved in massive mayhem.

The Lowdown: It has Bruce Willis in his best remembered role. It has an R rating.

It has car chases and shooting and explosions. It’s also pretty awful.

The fact that A Good Day to Die Hard returns the Die Hard series to its R-rated roots — thereby allowing the use of "Yippee ki-yay, motherf**ker" — and the fact that it looks like it’s bound to make a decent chunk of money doesn’t change the fact that this latest entry is pretty dire. And I’m being kind. This thing runs 97 minutes. After about 20 of those minutes, I was asking, "Is this almost over?" (I knew it wasn’t, but hope springs eternal and all that.)

It’s the sort of film that may please those whose only requirement is that Bruce Willis is on screen, or those who only care if "shit blows up real neat." Otherwise, this is one tedious mess of a movie (and a noisy one at that). It manages to have only the barest of plots, yet somehow makes even that incoherent and undeveloped.

As if that weren’t enough, there’s the casting.

Well, there’s Bruce Willis. After that, the most recognizable faces are Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Cole Hauser (Cole Hauser????).

Some beefcake du jour named Jai Courtney — and his large and sinewy muscles — more or less co-stars as Willis’ son, Jack McClane (or John McClane, Jr.). I apparently saw him in Jack Reacher, but he made no lasting impression.

And any effect he has here, I will have likely forgotten before this review sees print. (I might remember, however, every time I see his first name that I think his last name should be "Guru Deva.") That’s more than I can say about the rest of the cast, especially the bad guys who, come to think of it, are pretty much the rest of the cast.

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The Lowdown: Purely schmaltzy melodrama from the reigning goofball king of it, Nicholas Sparks, that redeems itself — or at least is made interesting — by one supremely silly ending.

Counting Lasse Hallström’s Safe Haven, I’ve somehow managed (been bamboozled into is more accurate) to see the last four Nicholas Sparks adaptations. Beyond a raccoon that outacted Miley Cyrus in The Last Song (2010), I

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remember little about those first three films with Sparks’ penchant for Southern-tinged, syrupy melodrama. I can unequivocally say that this won’t be the case with Safe Haven, a movie so unintentionally goofy — and even a bit strange — that it’s been branded into my memory.

Even odder is that all this silliness doesn’t kick in until the climax. Up to that point, we’ve got the usual Sparksian odes to small town Southern living and egregiously schmaltzy romance. We start by following Katie (Julianne Hough, Rock of Ages), a woman seemingly on the lam for attempted murder who dodges the law by hopping on a Greyhound and taking up residency in a tiny North Carolina coastal town. There, Katie reluctantly begins to acclimate herself, getting close to local shop owner, Alex (Josh Duhamel), and a guarded woman named Jo (Cobie Smulders, The Avengers). As the film unwinds, we learn that Katie’s murder attempt was actually in selfdefense against her crazed, alcoholic, police-officer husband (David Lyons, Eat, Pray, Love) who’s searching desperately for her.

This goes almost exactly how you expect it will, as Katie learns to trust Alex and her evil, sweaty, beady-eyed husband is eventually knocked off. There’s nothing special about any of it, besides having a professional filmmaker in Hallström running things, even if he’s at the whim of a pretty lousy, clichéd script. That is, until we get to the finale, where Hallström, the script and some questionable decision-making all come to a head (if you’re the type to worry about spoilers in a Nicholas Sparks movie, this is where you should stop reading). Without delving into Hallström’s strange decisions, what he gives us is a climax that might just be trying to evoke Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear. You see, as the dust settles, we’re left with a tag scene where Katie finds out that her buddy Jo — and this seriously comes out of left field, and is only barely set up by the plot — is the ghost of Alex’s dead wife. We even get one of those Saw-style flashbacks, where the movie tells you how clever it’s been setting up this supernatural hullabaloo that has no business being in the movie in the first place.

The ending turns gooey Nicholas Sparks’ adaptation into — at least momentarily — toothless, bargain basement Almodóvar. It’s so harebrained that I nearly stood up and applauded.

If the rest of the film had been this loopy, we might have been onto something, but instead, all that remains is one weird exclamation point at the end of one cheesy romance. Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving threatening behavior, and for violence and sexuality. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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Here’s the pitch: John McClane (Willis) learns that son Jack (Jai Guru Deva) is in jail in Russia, so he ambles his way over there — after being warned by his daughter (Winstead) not to make a mess of things — to...well, if the film has any idea what he’s planning, it keeps it to itself. But, it hardly matters. Soon, things are exploding, cars are zooming around, papa McClane ends up in the middle of it, people are shooting at each other, billions of rubles in property damage occur and what passes for one-liners are being spouted.

None of it makes much sense — except for the idea that Jack is in the CIA and is trying to rescue political prisoner Komarov (Koch) — and nothing that happens subsequently really straightens out exactly who is doing what to whom and why.

The theory seems to be that all that matters is that there are bad guys to be shot by our heroes and bad guys shooting back at our heroes. There are double-crosses and triple-crosses, more property damage, a preposterous climax at Chernobyl, and a peculiar lack of apparent interest in any of this by the Russian government. There’s also a seemingly interminable slow-motion final shot of McClane, son Jack and daughter Lucy walking, bathed in the golden rays of a sunrise (or maybe a sunset). Why? Beats me.

Yes, the film will deliver the catch-phrase (eventually), but the trailer’s promise of a nod to the original film with some big set-piece using the famous "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is unfulfilled. That may be just as well since the direction by John Moore is about what you’d expect from the guy who made Max Payne (2006). His only idea of style here is to film the early scenes with a lot of zoom shots, making the movie look briefly like a 1960s action film. Why? That, too, beats me. Any of the earlier films would be a better choice. Rated R for violence and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Co-ed of Brevard, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Square, United Artists Beauctcher Cinema 7

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hAnsel & gretel: WitCh hunters JJJ

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Jean-Louis TrinTignanT, emmanueLLe riva, isabeLLe HupperT, aLexandre THaraud, WiLLiam sHinneLL Drama A husband tries to cope with his wife’s terminal illness. Highly-acclaimed in most quarters, this slow, humorless essay in human misery is not going to be to everyone’s taste and will appeal mostly to those already sold on the director’s style. Rated PG-13

ben affLeck, bryan cransTon, aLan arkin, JoHn goodman, vicTor garber Drama/Thriller The “true story” of the CIA’s attempts at removing diplomats from Iran during the hostage crisis by having agents and the diplomats pose as Canadian filmmakers working on the sci-fi picture Argo. A well-crafted, entertaining and intelligent crowd-pleaser that’s a bit too pat and Hollywood-ized to really transcend into greatness.

Rated R

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aLden eHrenreicH, aLice engLerT, Jeremy irons, vioLa davis, emma THompson, emmy rossum, eiLeen aTkins Fantasy Romance A nonconformist human boy in a small Southern town falls for an outsider/newcomer who happens to be a witch. The course of this love does not run smoothly. Surprisingly likable, adult and even witty teen romance of the fantasy variety. The old pros help, but the script and the young leads are very strong. Rated PG-13

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syLvesTer sTaLLone, sung kang, saraH sHaHi, Jason momoa, adeWaLe akinnuoye-agbaJe Action A hit man — with the reluctant aid of a straight-laced cop — is out for revenge when his partner is murdered. Run-of-the-mill macho action junk with no budget, jumbled action scenes and a needlessly convoluted plot. Rated R

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Jamie foxx, cHrisTopH WaLTz, Leonardo dicaprio, kerry WasHingTon, samueL L. Jackson Tarantinoesque Revisionist Excess A former slave and a bounty hunter team up to retrieve the ex-slave’s wife from a notorious plantation in 1858. Excessive and overblown in the grand Tarantino manner, the film is both deliberately shocking and provocative, while being extremely funny and a bracing blast of moviemaking for its own sake. Not to be missed. Rated R

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(voices) rob corddry, brendan fraser, saraH Jessica parker, Jessica aLba, ricky gervais, WiLLiam sHaTner Animated Sci-Fi Adventure A cowardly, cautious alien must rescue his brash, idiotic brother from Area 51. Harmless, uninspired animated pap with an unfortunately high dose of corny pop culture humor.

Rated PG

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bruce WiLLis, Jai courTney, sebasTian kocH, mary eLizabeTH WinsTead, yuLiya snigir, coLe Hauser Action When his son is arrested in Russia, John McClane goes to see what’s afoot and ends up involved in massive mayhem. It has Bruce Willis in his best remembered role. It has an R rating. It has car chases and shooting and explosions. It’s also pretty awful. Rated R

Jeremy renner, gemma arTerTon, famke Janssen, piHLa viiTaLa, derek mears Fantasy Action Fairy-tale stalwarts Hansel and Gretel have grown up, make a living hunting witches and are out to bring down the witches behind a series of kidnappings. A disposable, superfluous fantasy/action hybrid that’s slight, goofy and occasionally fun in a hokey kind of way. Rated R

Jason baTeman, meLissa mccarTHy, amanda peeT, T.i., genesis roriguez, JoHn cHo Raunch-com When a woman steals a man’s identity and runs up astronomical debts, her victim tracks her down in search of reparation.

Overlong, distasteful, strikingly unfunny and badly written. It’s not directed all that well either. Rated R

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naomi WaTTs, eWan mcgregor, Tom HoLLand, samueL JosLin, oakLee pendergasT Disaster Drama The true life tale of a family torn apart by a tsunami and the chaos that ensues. Occasional fits of spectacular filmmaking are too often undercut by schmaltzy tendencies and a too formulaic script. Rated PG-13

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HugH Jackman, russeLL croWe, anne HaTHaWay, amanda seyfried, sacHa baron coHen, HeLena bonHam carTer, eddie redmayne Musical Drama Film version of the immensely popular stage-show musical adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel. Fans of the show will probably rejoice. The uninitiated may feel differently about this extremely long, over-emphatic and self-serious film version. Rated PG-13

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suraJ sHarma, irrfan kHan, ayusH Tandon, gauTam beLur, adiL Hussain, rafe spaLL, gérard depardieu Allegorical Action Drama The story of a young man and a tiger adrift for 227 days in a lifeboat and their struggle to survive. Ang Lee’s film is a triumph of technical wonders and magnificent images, but how satisfying it is on thematic and dramatic levels is likely going to be a question of personal beliefs and baggage. Rated PG

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danieL day-LeWis, saLLy fieLd, david sTraTHairn, JosepH gordon-LeviTT, James spader Historical Drama President Abraham Lincoln attempts to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution while the Civil War rages and various political pitfalls loom in the background. A far too dreary, stylistically drab and solemn biopic that’s buoyed by a handful of strong performances, mostly from Daniel Day-Lewis. Rated PG-13

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Jessica cHasTain, nikoLaJ cosTer-WaLdau, megan cHarpenTier, isabeLLe néLisse, danieL kasH, Javier boTeT, Jane moffaT Horror Two little girls raised in the wilderness by a disturbed — and disturbing — spirit are taken to live with their uncle and his girlfriend.

Unfortunately, the jealous spirit goes with them. Atmospheric and creepy ghost thriller with solid performances and a persuasive evil — yet sad — spirit. There are some plot holes and some of the material feels familiar, but overall it’s a worthy horror picture — of which we get too few. Rated PG-13

The death of a beloved The death of a beloved pet can be as devastating as any pet can be as devastating asloss any loss we ever face, we ever face, and yet many pet owners are left to and yet many pet owners grieve alone because “it was just an animal.” are left to grieve alone because “it was just an animal.”

Pet Bereavement Support Group in Hendersonville

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Beginning Thursday, March 7, 2013

7:00 – 8:00pm,There 1stis NO and 3rdto Thursday CHARGE attend these sessions of every month beginning March 7, 2013 but registration is requested.

Grace Lutheran Church, Educational Building, Room 221 1245 Sixth Avenue West (corner of Hwy 64 & Blythe Street) Hendersonville, NC 28739

Four Seasons has now expanded its bereavement counseling and support services to include group sessions for those who are grieving the loss of a pet, and for those who anticipate such a loss in the near future. It is a safe, compassionate, and welcoming setting to talk about the animal you lost with those who have experienced the same thing.

Here are just a few of the topics we consider: • Is it unusual to feel so sad at the loss of a pet?

• What is “normal recovery time”, or is there such a thing?

• Euthanasia: when is it the best alternative? How to deal with the uncertainty and second-guessing that may follow, and how to explain the decision to young children.

Who: Those who are grieving the loss of a pet and those who anticipate such a loss

What: Pet Bereavement Support Group

When: 7:00-8:00pm The first and third Thursday of every month

Where: Grace Lutheran Church Educational Building, Room 221 1245 Sixth Avenue West (corner of Hwy 64 & Blythe Street) Hendersonville, NC 28739

There is NO CHARGE to attend these sessions but registration is requested. For more information…

Call: Clarke Poole at 828-458-9391, or Email: ClarkePoole@yahoo.com

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various Short Films The Oscar-nominated short films — both animated and live action — presented in one package. While this year’s live action short films are better than the animated ones, this is an overall worthwhile group of shorts — and essential viewing for Oscar-watchers. Rated NR

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maggie smiTH, Tom courTenay, biLLy connoLLy, pauLine coLLins, micHaeL gambon Comedy Drama Life at a retirement home for musicians and musical performers is disrupted by the arrival of a famous diva and the threat of the home being shut down if their annual gala isn’t a big success. A rather familiar story is given a first-rate treatment by an excellent cast and assured direction. Extremely enjoyable, especially for Anglophiles and fans of the stars. Rated PG-13

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JuLianne HougH, JosH duHameL, david Lyons, cobie smuLders Melodramatic Romance A woman on the run ends up in a sleepy coastal town while her past tries desperately to catch up with her. Purely schmaltzy melodrama from the reigning goofball king of it, Nicholas Sparks, that redeems itself — or at least is made interesting—by one supremely silly ending. Rated PG-13

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Jude LaW, mara rooney, caTHerine zeTa-Jones, cHanning TaTum Crime Thriller A young woman accidentally kills her husband, seemingly due to side effects from her antidepressant medication, but things are perhaps more complicated — and nefarious — than they seem. A beautifully shot, expertly acted, wholly professional murder thriller from Steven Soderbergh that misses greatness by being a bit too emotionally detached and slightly too rambling in its climax. Rated R

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bradLey cooper, Jennifer LaWrence, roberT de niro, Jacki Weaver, cHris Tucker, anupam kHer Romantic Comedy Unusual screwball romantic comedy about two very dysfunctional people. Richly rewarding, funny, fresh and touching romantic comedy that both adheres to the genre while taking it to new places. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence make for a very appealing couple — and get great support from the rest of the A-list cast. Rated R

WArm Bodies JJJJ

nicHoLas HouLT, Teresa paLmer, anaLeigH TipTon, rob corddry, dave franco, JoHn maLkovicH Rom-Com with Zombies A more sentient than average zombie falls in love with a human girl — with surprising (sort of) results. Intensely likable, if never quite remarkable, new take on the tired old zombie movie.

Purists may rail against it, but I’d raher have this than all umpteen Resident Evil pictures put together. Rated PG-13

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Jessica cHasTain, JoeL edgerTon, Jennifer eHLe, Jason cLarke, James gandoLfini, mark sTrong Fact-Based Drama The story of the ten year hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Efficient and professionally made, but not all that involving due to a lack of characterization and a detached approach. How you feel about its controversial and off-hand depiction of torture will likely play a role in your assessment of the movie. Rated R

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The ArTisT JJJJ Comedy drAmA rATed PG-13 In Brief: Last year’s Oscar winner for best picture is showing on Oscar afternoon at the Hendersonville Film Society — which, if nothing else, allows viewers to see if this year’s awards do a better or worse job of it. The film itself was — and is — a novelty for being in black and white and largely silent. It’s lightweight and likable, but if it’s more than that, I’m missing it.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Artist Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

FlyinG down To rio JJJJJ musiCAl Comedy rATed nr In Brief: The movie that introduced Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as a team, Flying Down to Rio is far from being an Astaire-Rogers picture (they play the comic second leads), but it’s a terrific musical of the period all the same. Fred and Ginger may be sidelined by an uninteresting romance plot, but there are three great songs, lots of pre-code comedy and costumes and some terrific visuals.

The Asheville Film Society will screen Flying Down to Rio Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

KniFe in The wATer JJJJ drAmA rATed nr In Brief: Roman Polanski’s first feature has become an art house staple and retains its importance in the filmmaker’s oeuvre. It’s a good, solid character study of three characters — an upwardly mobile (in Polish terms) couple and the brash young man they ill-advisedly take with them on their boat. It’s masterfully done and contains many of the elements of the mature Polanski, making it a key work, but it’s also rather slow going.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Knife in the Water Friday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District, upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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The PhAnTom oF CresTwood JJJJ old dArK house mysTery rATed nr In Brief: Atmospheric old dark house murder mystery with overtones of the horror movie — much like its title suggests — and an engagingly unusual flashback structure. It’s all about what happens when a retiring lady of easy (nonexistent really) virtue assembles a group of her ex-paramours to shake them down for a big haul to live on. Of course, she ends up murdered in the old dark house in the midst of a storm, but the question remains whodunit. And the solution is much different than what you might expect.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Phantom of Crestwood Thursday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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OFFICE SUITES Downtown Asheville. 1-5 office suites from 490 sq. ft. to 3,200 sq. ft. Modern finishes, elevator, central air. Affordable, full service rates. G/M Property Group 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT MARS HILL - WOLF LAUREL EXIT • 20 minutes North of Asheville. Land plus 3BR/2BA Modular home with Owner Financing.

75% financing offered to qualified buyer for

2BR/1BA APT - LEICESTER - NEWLY RENOVATEd Lg. master, Lg. utility room w/ washer and dryer, Central air/ heat pump w/ oil furnace backup. Appliances, garden space, deck, trash pick-up, water,

Female, 3 yrs, Domestic Shorthair/Mix

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EAST ASHEVILLE 2BR, 1BA. Wooded views, nice. Beverly Hills. • No smoking. Lease, deposit. • Pet considered. $750/month. 230-2511.

NEAR UNCA & GREENWAY! Peaceful, wooded setting for 2BR/1BA, W/D hookup, newly renovated. $675/month includes water. 1 cat ok w/ fee.

Year's lease, security deposit, credit check and references requried. Plenty of parking.

For appt call Graham Investments 253-6800.

NORTH ASHEVILLE • 3BR, 1BA. Townhouse style apt. 1 mile to downtown.

On busline. Sorry, no pets. $685/month. 828-252-4334.

NORTH ASHEVILLE • Townhouse style 2BR, 1BA. 1 mile to downtown. On busline. Sorry, no pets. $585/month. 828-252-4334.

CONdOS/ TOWNHOMES FOR RENT

HOMES FOR RENT 3BR, 2BA LOG HOME with basement. Hardwood floors, cathedral ceilings. Appliances included. 15 minutes from Weaverville; 25 minutes from Asheville. High speed internet. $985/month. Call 828-6491170.

When you come home, Reese would love to be waiting for you. This shy but very sweet calico is looking for a quiet home and companionship. Reese takes her time to build a relationship, but is very loving if you move slow with her. She could easily be alone all day or snuggle in the bed with you on rainy days. Come meet your new best friend!

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BLACK MOUNTAIN • SPECIAL • 2BR, 1BA. Heatpump, central air, W/D connection.

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WEST ASHEVILLE - CANTERBURY HEIGHTS • 48 Beri Dr. Updated 2BR 1.5BA. Split level condo end unit. 918 sqft. Fully applianced including W/D. Upgraded kitchen. Pool, fitness room. $740/month. Security Dep. Application Fee. Available 3/1/13. Mike 919-624-1513.

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COMMERCIAL/ BUSINESS RENTALS Asheville GreenWorks has a 300' office/studio space for rent at 357 Depot St. in the River Arts District. Contact susan@ashevillegreenworks. org or 828-254-1776. dOWNTOWN MARSHALL 18 offices for rent in Historic Building. Elevator, kitchenette, rooftop balcony. $325-$700/ month. 404-307-1372.

WAYNESVILLE, NC • Ideal office/warehouse/ workspace. Decor would support craft-oriented use, distributor or low-traffic store. 2,000 sq.ft. +/-. Base cost $900/month + costs.

CHEAP. 828-216-6066.

SHORT-TERM RENTALS 15 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE Guest house, vacation/short term rental in beautiful country setting. • Complete with everything including cable and internet. • $130/day, $650/ week, $1500/month. Weaverville area. • No pets please.

(828) 658-9145. mhcinc58@ yahoo.com

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT WEST ASHEVILLE • 2BR, 2BA Large Mobile. W/D connections. On bus line.

Excellent condition. Quiet park, only 3 -4miles to downtown. Accepting Section 8. Sorry, no pets. Only $495/month. 828-252-4334.

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MARS HILL - WOLF LAUREL EXIT • 20 minutes North of Asheville. Huge 3BR/2BA. Backs to forest area. Super quiet with decks and views.

2245 Roaring Fork Road off Exit 3 and Big Laurel Drive.

Great neighbors. Wood floors.

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CdL dRIVERS If you are a "people person" you could be a great tour guide! Training provided. Part-time with potential to full-time. 828-2518687. info@graylineasheville. com www.graylineasheville. com

WANT A FUN JOB IN THE OUTdOOR INdUSTRY? French Broad Rafting and Ziplines is hiring Raft Guides, Zipline Guides and office/retail staff for the 2013 season.

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AdMINISTRATIVE/ OFFICE ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM • Is currently seeking qualified applicants for the full-time position of Museum Registrar/ Preparator. Application submission guidelines are available atwww.ashevilleart.org. Please direct questions and application materials to: mailbox@ ashevilleart.org.

APOLLO FLAME • WAITSTAFF/HOSTESS Full-time.

• Fast, friendly atmosphere.

• Experience required. Apply in person between 2pm-4pm, 485 Hendersonville Road. 2743582.

CAFE LEAd Experienced front of the house lead needed for small town cafe in Chimney Rock. Full time with benefits. darlab@chimneyrockpark.com chimneyrockpark.com

MEdICAL/ HEALTH CARE

A-B TECH - LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (P/T) • SUMMARY: Organization and performance of laboratory policies and procedures to support biotechnology and life sciencerelated organizations, companies and individuals. • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1.

Associate’s degree in Biotechnology or Chemistry; 2. One or more years of experience working in a laboratory environment; 3. Experience in operating and maintaining laboratory equipment. • SALARY RANGE: $17.93 - $20.17/hr.

For more information and application instructions please visit https://abtcc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2042 CLINIC ASSISTANT • Needed at local holistic medical office. Detail oriented and self motivated. Background in healthcare and medical terminology is preferable. 40 hours/ week. Please send a cover letter and resume to emily@familytofamily.org.

HUMAN SERVICES

SALES/ MARKETING AdVANCE CONCERT TICKET SALES • $12.00 per hour guaranteed plus a weekly bonus program. We are seeking individuals for full and part time in our local Asheville sales office. • Benefit package • Weekly paycheck • Students welcome. Our employees earn $500-$650 per week with bonuses. No experience necessary, we will train the right people. Enthusiasm and a clear speaking voice are required.

Call today for a personal interview. 828-236-2530.

WORK FROM HOME SALES POSITION In Home Sales Position.Mortgage Protection.

Sales Leads Leads Leads. Commission Only. 75K 1st Year.

Contact Susan to schedule an interview with the HR manager. 828-686-5059 828-686-5059 career@sfgbusiness.com www. sfgbusiness.com

ACTT RN 1 Full Time Position in Mars Hill & 1 Full Time Position in Asheville, NC. • Actively participates as a part of a multidisciplinary treatment team to provide clinical expertise.

Attends daily staffings and updates team members with relevant information. • Will provide medical/medication management by coordinating consumer needs with health care providers, monitoring medication compliance and giving injection per prescriptions. • Coordinates internal psychiatrist schedule to assure clients are seen regularly. • Case Management by providing transportation for clients to access community resources. • Emergency services/ on call duty on rotation that may include commitment procedures, after hour assessments, crisis planning, and hospital

diversion. • Travel to community to see clients and provide needed assistance. • Education: Requires RN. Prefer Bachelor or Graduate degree in nursing. • Experience: Must have at least 4 years of experience working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. • Requires QP status according to 10A NCAC 27G.0104 or be an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) according to NCGS Chapter 90 Article I, Subchapter 32M. Please send resumes to info@octoberroadinc.com or fax to Human Resources at (828) 350-1300.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIdIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Cherokee County: JJTC Team Clinician Seeking Licensed/Associate Licensed Therapist in Cherokee County for an exciting opportunity to serve predominately court referred youth and their families through Intensive In-Home and Basic Benefit Therapy. For more information contact Aaron Plantenberg, aaron.plantenberg@meridianbhs.org JJTC Team Leader Seeking Licensed Therapist in Cherokee County for an exciting opportunity to serve as team leader. Case load is predominately court referred youth and their families receiving Intensive In-Home and Basic Benefit Therapy. For more information contact Aaron Plantenberg, aaron.plantenberg@meridianbhs.org Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must have Master’s degree and be licensed/ license-eligible. For more information, please contact Kristy Whitaker, kristy.whitaker@ meridianbhs.org Haywood County: Nurse Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Must be an RN. For more information, please contact Amy Wilson, amy.wilson@ meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org/ open-positions.html

CRISIS MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR • Eliada is in need of an experienced individual to provide planning, direction, and supervision to residential staff during evening and weekend hours of operation. • Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in a Human Services discipline or related field required; a minimum of 2 years experience working with the client population in a residential setting using a behavioral model; must meet QP requirements; position requires demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills; must be willing to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Please visit the agency’s website at www.eliada.org for more information or to submit an application.

27G.0104.

Please send resumes to info@octoberroadinc.com or fax to Human Resources at (828) 350-1300.

FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF NC has a very exciting employment opportunity in our Hendersonville office. • Therapist: As a fully licensed Mental Health Therapist, you will insure the highest quality care is provided to our clients. Responsibilities include providing assessment and therapy services for adults, children/adolescents and/or families in home, school and community settings. Two years post license experience is required. Joining our team makes you eligible for a competitive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should send their resume to jrobichaud@fpscorp. com.

HOUSING CASE MANAGER QMHP to coordinate housing/community services for homeless persons. Resume and cover letter to: cyninbuncombe@yahoo.com.

See www.hbofa.org for complete description.EOE.

LEAd RESIdENTIAL COUNSELOR • Eliada is in need of an experienced individual to provide structure and guidance to residential staff by role-modeling the effective implementation of the Eliada treatment model while maintaining a supportive and therapeutic environment for the student population. • Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services and 6 months of behavioral health experience; position requires demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills; must be willing to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended periods of time.

Please visit the agency’s website at www.eliada.org for more information or to submit an application.

MASTER'S LEVEL ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT TEAM QP - Asheville, NC. • Special Skills & Knowledge: Exceptional verbal and written skills are required to effectively express ideas and views when (a) speaking to groups, staff, outside professionals and corporate officers; (b) for preparing written reports; (c.) data input. Must possess initiative and judgment capabilities to organize and plan activities, systematize procedures, promote favorable public relations and make decisions affecting service delivery to consumers.

Must be flexible to adjust to changing conditions and the various details of the job. • Education: Requires Graduate degree within a professional Human Services discipline. • Experience: Prefer 1-3 years of experience working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Prefer QP status according to 10A NCAC

OVERNIGHT CAREGIVERS • You can make a difference!

Responsibilities may include: companionship and conversation, light housekeeping, dementia care, and personal care services. We offer flexible assignments based on functional matching factors, such as location and availability.

Individual responsibilities vary, as per client-specific needs and requests. We thoroughly screen all applicants for bonding and insuring purposes.

Compassionate, professional and dependable individuals will be considered. We have CNA, IHA and Companion positions available. Our multi-phase training will provide you with the tools you need to become a successful CAREGiver. Come work for the home care industry leader and Employer of Choice. Home Instead Senior Care • 828-274-4406 or hbauer@homeinstead.com. Applications by appointment only.

Must be over 21 to apply.

PRTF PROGRAM MANAGER • Eliada is in need of an experienced individual to provide overall management and supervision of their assigned PRTF cottage unit. • Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in a Human Services discipline and two years experience working with the client population in a residential setting using a behavioral model required; must meet QP status; position requires demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills; must be willing to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended periods of time.

Please visit the agency’s website at www.eliada.org for more information or to submit an application.

THE ASHEVILLE OFFICE OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES is seeking the following: QMHP to work with adults on our Community Support Team; Certified Peer Support Specialist to work with adults in the Center for Recovery, Education, and Wellness; QMHP to work with children and families on an Intensive In Home team. Please send resumes to csimpson@fpscorp. com

WE NEEd "THERAPEUTIC FOSTER PARENTS" • To find out more about becoming a foster parent call Debbie Trainings are free and held on a regular basis. The MENTOR Network debbie.smiley@thementornetwork.com

or recruit for one of our well established, senior associates.

Flexible hours, great work environment and a generous compensation plan with outstanding commission structures. Experience and degree preferred. Email resume to info.mmg@mtnmg.com PRN TREATMENT STAFF • Eliada is always in need of dedicated and reliable PRN Treatment Staff to work with our students as shift become available. All new direct care staff start out as PRN and have the option to move into full-time positions as they become available. The goal of all direct care staff at Eliada is to work with students and help them develop the skills necessary to be successful, contributing members of society. • Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in a Human Services discipline and previous mental health experience preferred; a high school diploma/GED/AA degree required. Please visit the agency’s website at www.eliada.org for more information or to submit an application.

PROFESSIONAL/ MANAGEMENT

A-B TECH - POLICE OFFICER • SUMMARY: The primary function is to provide an environment that allows students, staff, faculty and visitors to interact in safe and secure surroundings. The role is to actively support the educational activities of the college through safety, security and law enforcement services. These services will meet the highest level of approval and the candidate will constantly strive to anticipate the needs of the College community. • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1. One year or more of full-time experience with a NC law enforcement agency; 2. Must be at least 21 years of age; 3. High School Diploma or G.E.D.; 3. Basic Law Enforcement Certification. • PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: 1. AAS Degree 2. EMT 3. Law Enforcement Instructor Certification. • SALARY RANGE: $28,788 - $32,388. For more information and application instructions please visit https:// abtcc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2040 EXECUTIVE SEARCH CONSULTANT Recruiters needed for busy practice, serving multiple industries. Great opportunity to run your own desk

LOGISTICS COORdINATOR • Four Circles Recovery Center, a wilderness substance abuse recovery program for young adults, is seeking a Logistics Coordinator to assist with all logistical needs of the program with a focus on facilities maintenance and fleet management. Other duties can include, but are not limited to client transportation, gear and food ordering, organization and inventory. Must be at least 21 years old. Intermediate level of PC skills required.

Must be First Aid, CPR and NCI/CPI certified. Valid Driver’s License and a good driving record are required. We offer a competitive salary and great benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401k.

Please respond via email to jobs@fourcirclesrecovery.com.

LEAD EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST • Eliada is in need of experienced staff to teach subject matter and skills to the PRTF student population that will contribute to their academic and social development. The LES will implement a curriculum designed in accordance with the NC Division of NonPublic Education standards.

The focus of the curriculum is thematic instruction of reading and math skills via experiential, hands-on learning. • Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Education or Human Services and 6 months of experience in direct care or teaching; position requires demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills; must be willing to work a flexible schedule, including after work hours and availability for trainings and meetings.

Please visit the agency’s website at www.eliada.org for more information or to submit an application.

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CANOPY GUIdE Navitat Canopy Adventures is hiring for the 2013 season! Navitat Canopy Adventures, the most popluar zipline canopy tour in the area, is hiring for the 2013 season! Navitat is currently hiring for the following positions: Canopy Guide, Driver Guide, and Sales Guide. For more specific information, please go to: http://www.navitat.com/ employment/ Please attach your current resume, references, and a letter of interest by email to: avlemployment@navitat.com HANGER HALL is hiring a part-time music teacher to facilitate a fun, dynamic, choral based music class for 6th-8th grade girls for the 2013-2014 school year. Approximately 15 hours per week starting mid August 2013. Salary based on experience. Email a cover letter and resume to employment@ hangerhall.org.

HELP WANTEd • Make money mailing brochures from home. Free supplies. Helping home-workers since 2001.

Genuine opportunity. No experience required. Start immediately. www.theworkhub.net (AAN CAN)

ARTS/MEdIA BABY PHOTOGRAPHERS Baby photographers needed.

Please send resume, samples of work, and a list of your camera equipment to bbpglenviewhr@gmail.com.

COMPUTER/ TECHNICAL IT ENGINEER Community Action Opportunities in Asheville, NC is looking for a fulltime Information Technology Engineer to install, upgrade, support, configure, repair and replace stand-alone and networked computers, support communications, imaging and facility security systems and trouble-shoot routine user problems. • Work includes helping the I.T. Director with identifying and analyzing individual and agency-wide information technology needs,

problems and requests, researching and identifying options and recommending cost-effective approaches and solutions that enhance system performance and user productivity. • Work requires knowledge of Microsoft Windows networks, IP networking and advanced critical thinking skills.

• Work also requires the ability to communicate, clearly and respectfully, orally and in writing to a variety of users; meet deadlines; exercise discretion; protect customer and employee confidentiality; use sound judgment and work individually and on teams. • Work also requires the ability to demonstrate and support the Agency’s organizational principles: Teamwork, Communication, Quality and Respect.

• Education and Experience Requires: · Graduation from a regionally- or CHEA-accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelor in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field • Minimum of three years of relevant experience • Work with Active Directory Domain Services, file and printer sharing and Windows implementations of basic network services such as, DNS, DHCP, IIS, etc.

• Valid NC Driver License • Passing pre-employment background check and drug screen Prefer: • Experience with server virtualization (Hyper-V, Xenserver or VMware), Microsoft SQL Server, Google Apps, Cisco equipment and IP Office • Five years of experience • Relevant certifications such as MCSE and CCNA • Fluency in Spanish An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable. Salary $39,915 to $53,186 DOQ – plus a generous employer-paid benefit package. • Send resume with cover letter and three work references with complete contact information to: Human Resources Manager, 25 Gaston Street, Asheville, NC 28801 or admin@communityactionopportunities.org Applicants with incomplete submittals shall be disqualified. For more information: www.communityactionopportunities.org. Open until filled. EOE & DFWP.

HOTEL/ HOSPITALITY HOUSEKEEPER WANTEd FOR UPSCALE B&B Upscale B&B seeking F/PT housekeeper. Experience and references required. Compensation determined upon interview. Email resume to info@blackwalnut. com. No phone calls/drop-ins.

PART TIME HOUSEKEEPING • For Sun. Approx. 6 hours. References needed.

Located in Montford. 828-2542244-call after 11am for application.

RETAIL dO YOU LOVE HARLEYS? Do you love the lifestyle? Do you love the people & apparel? We are expanding our sales force. Apply in person. 20 Patton Cove Rd. Swannanoa, NC

SALON/ SPA MANICURIST NEEdEd! Busy downtown salon seeking manicurist. Weekends a must!

Apply in person at 58 College St. 28801

Xchange WANTEd MOVIE SEEKS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS Period movie shooting in Asheville seeks the following items/ props manufactured during years 1960 - 1980. • Vehicles, cars and trucks (drivable) • Electronics - TVs, stereos, telephones. • Stove and refridgerator • Transportable travel/ camper trailer. Also: portable moveable shed/cabin, hospital beds. Seeking local artists with available art. 206-337-3869. twmsartdept@gmail.com

Services EdUCATION/ TUTORING MENTAL HEALTH CLINICAL SUPERVISION Mental Health Clinical Supervision for LPCA, LCAS, CSAC, CCS. Contact: Linda Harrison, LPCS, CCS at Lharrison255@gmail.com

FINANCIAL INCOME TAX PREPARATION SERVICE Complete tax on time. Maximize deductions.

Get your refund fast. Electronics Filing/Rapid Refund. (828) 275-8704. 76 Peachtree RoadSuite 310.

HOME ROOTS TO ROOFS • Edible / Traditional Landscaping Interior/Exterior Painting Handywork. 336-324-9255 or rts2rfs@ aol.com

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freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You may have heard the thundering exhortation, “Know thyself!” Its origin is ancient. More than 2,400 years ago, it was inscribed at the front of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece. As important as it is to obey this command, there is an equally crucial corollary: “Be thyself!” Don’t you agree? Is there any experience more painful than not being who you really are? Could there be any behavior more damaging to your long-term happiness than trying to be someone other than who you really are? If there is even the slightest gap, Pisces, now is an excellent time to start closing it. Cosmic forces will be aligned in your favor if you push hard to further identify the nature of your authentic self, and then take aggressive steps to foster its full bloom.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In the coming weeks, I'm expecting your life to verge on being epic and majestic. There's a better than even chance that you will do something heroic. You might finally activate a sleeping potential or tune in to your future power spot or learn what you've never been able to grasp before. And if you capitalize gracefully on the kaleidoscopic kismet that's flowing your way, I bet you will make a discovery that will fuel you for the rest of your long life. In mythical terms, you will create a new Grail or tame a troublesome dragon — or both.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Jackalopes resemble jackrabbits, except that they have antlers like deer and tails like pheasants. They love whiskey, only have sex during storms and can mimic most sounds, even the human voice. The milk of the female has curative properties. Strictly speaking, however, the jackalope doesn't actually exist. It's a legendary beast, like the mermaid and unicorn. And yet Wyoming lawmakers have decided to honor it. Early this year they began the process of making it the state's official mythical creature. I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, because now would be an excellent time to select your own official mythical creature. The evocative presence of this fantastic fantasy would inspire your imagination to work more freely and playfully, which is just what you need. What'll it be? Dragon? Sphinx? Phoenix?

Here's a list: tinyurl.com/MythicCritters

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

In the course of her world travels, writer Jane Brunette has seen many wonderful things — as well as a lot of trash. The most beautiful litter, she says, is in Bali. She loves the "woven palm leaf offerings, colorful cloth left from a ceremony and flowers that dry into exquisite wrinkles of color." Even the shiny candy wrappers strewn by the side of the road are fun to behold. Your assignment, Aries, is to adopt a perceptual filter akin to Brunette's. Is there any stuff other people regard as worthless or outworn that you might find useful, interesting, or even charming? I'm speaking metaphorically as well as literally.

The Old Testament tells the story of a man named Methuselah, who supposedly didn't die until he was 969 years old. Some Kabbalistic commentators suggest that he didn't literally walk the earth for almost ten centuries.

Rather, he was extra skilled at the arts of living. His experiences were profoundly rich.

He packed 969 years' worth of meaningful adventures into a normal life span. I prefer that interpretation, and I'd like to invoke it as I assess your future. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Taurus, you will have Methuselah's talent in the coming weeks.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) The temptation to hide what you're feeling could be strong right now. You may wonder if you should protect yourself and others from the unruly truth. But according to my analysis, you will be most brilliant and effective if you're cheerfully honest. That's the strategy most likely to provide genuine healing, too — even if its initial effects are unsettling. Please remember that it won't be enough merely to communicate the easy secrets with polite courage. You will have to tap into the deepest sources you know and unveil the whole story with buoyantly bold elegance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) The word "chain" may refer to something that confines or restricts. But it can also mean a series of people who are linked together because of their common interests and their desire to create strength through unity. I believe that one of those two definitions will play an important role in your life during the coming weeks, Virgo. If you proceed with the intention to emphasize the second meaning, you will minimize and maybe even eliminate the first.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) People in Sweden used to drive their cars on the left-hand side of the road. But a growing body of research revealed it would be better if everyone drove on the right-hand side. So on September 3, 1967, the law changed. Everyone switched over. All non-essential traffic was halted for hours to accommodate the necessary adjustments. What were the results? Lots of motorists grumbled about having to alter their routine behavior, but the transition was smooth. In fact, the accident rate went down. I think you'd benefit from doing a comparable ritual sometime soon, Libra. Which of your traditions or habits could use a fundamental revision?

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When a woman is pregnant, her womb stretches dramatically, getting bigger to accommodate the growing fetus. I suspect you'll undergo a metaphorically similar process in the coming weeks. A new creation will be gestating, and you'll have to expand as it ripens. How? Here's one way: You'll have to get smarter and more sensitive in order to give it the care it needs.

Here's another way: You'll have to increase your capacity for love. Don't worry: You won't have to do it all at once. "Little by little" is your watchword.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Do you floss your teeth while you're meditating? Do you text-message and shave or put on make-up as you drive? Do you simultaneously eat a meal, pay your bills, watch TV and exercise? If so, you are probably trying to move too fast and do too much. Even in normal times, that's no good.

But in the coming week, it should be taboo.

You need to slowwww wayyyy dowwwn, Sagittarius. You've got ... to compel yourself ... to do ... one thing ... at a time. I say this not just because your mental and physical and spiritual health depend on it. Certain crucial realizations about your future are on the verge of popping into your awareness — but they will only pop if you are immersed in a calm and unhurried state.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) To make your part of the world a better place, stress-loving workaholics may need to collaborate with slow-moving underachievers.

Serious business might be best negotiated in places like bowling alleys or parking lots. You should definitely consider seeking out curious synergies and unexpected alliances. It's an odd grace period, Capricorn. Don't assume you already know how to captivate the imaginations of people whose influence you want in your life. Be willing to think thoughts and feel feelings you have rarely if ever entertained.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Gawker.com came up with colorful ways to describe actress Zooey Deschanel. In a weird coincidence, their pithy phrases for her seem to fit the moods and experiences you will soon be having. I guess you could say you’re scheduled to have a Zooey Deschanel-according-to-Gawker.com kind of week. Here are some of the themes: 1.

Novelty ukulele tune. 2. Overemphatic stage wink. 3. Sentient glitter cloud. 4.

Over-iced Funfetti cupcake. 5. Melted-bead craft project. 6. Living Pinterest board.

7. Animated Hipstamatic photograph. 8.

Bambi’s rabbit friend. 9. Satchel of fairy dust. 10. Hipster labradoodle

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUdICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF PICKENS dOCKET NO.: 2012dR-39-1245 NOTICE OF AdOPTION PROCEEdINGS TO THE dEFENdANT: “JOHN dOE,” BIRTH FATHER YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN THE FOLLOWING NOTICE: 1. That an adoption proceeding was filed in the Family Court of Pickens County on November 6, 2012, and in this Complaint you are alleged to be the father of a Caucasian female child born in Asheville, North Carolina, on October 29, 2012.

2. That the Plaintiffs in the above captioned Notice are not named for the purpose of confidentiality; however, the Court knows the true identity of the Plaintiffs and in responding to this notice, you are required to use the caption and the number 2012-DR-39-1245.

3. That if Notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond is filed by you with the Court within thirty (30) days of the receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings, you will be given an opportunity to appear and be heard on the merits of the adoption. To file notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond in this action, you must notify the above named Court at Pickens County Courthouse, 214 East Main St. Pickens, South Carolina, 29671, in writing of your intention to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond. The above named Court must be informed of your current address and any changes of your address during the adoption proceedings. 4. That your failure to respond within thirty (30) days of receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings constitutes your consent to the adoption and forfeiture of all of your rights and obligations to the above identified child. It is further alleged that your consent to this adoption is not required under S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9310 and that your parental rights should be terminated pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-7-2570 (7). This notice is given pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-730 (E). Raymond W. Godwin, Esq. (SC Bar #2162) Julie M. Rau (SC Bar #69650) 1527 Wade Hampton Blvd.

Greenville, SC 29609 PH (864) 241-2883 FAX: (864) 255-4342 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS Date: February 4, 2013

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