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Valuable solar tax credits are set to expire It was heartening to read the story about First Congregational United Church of Christ’s commitment to get as far off the electric grid as possible. The stated goal is to completely offset their power consumption. Their fundraising event as described in the Conscious Party article [“Souls for Solar,” March 11, Xpress] was a great way to gather interested neighbors in the Hendersonville community to help with their effort.

One important piece of information that was not in the article is that there is a significant financial benefit to the donor to a nonprofit organization, such as a church. Donors not only accrue a charitable-donation deduction on their federal taxes, but North Carolina offers a 35-percent tax credit; yes, that’s real money, for renewable-energy installations.

The details: As of Jan. 1, 2008, the state of North Carolina has enacted among the most generous and accessible renewable-energy-technology incentive programs in the USA. Through this incentive, the state of North Carolina will return 35 percent of the cost of qualifying renewableenergy projects through tax credits.

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Donors also can deduct their contribution on their federal tax return as a charitable donation the same year of the donation. It is important to note that these credits are set to expire unless they are reinstated in 2015. For those of you in Henderson County, contact Sen. tom apodaca and Rep. chuck mcgrady and insist that these renewable-energy credits be reauthorized in this legislative session.

— Richard Fireman Mars Hill editor’s note: Thank you for calling attention to this issue. To learn more, see “The Business of Alternative Energy” by Pat Barcas in Xpress’ 2015 Get It! Guide on stands now.

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Twice now, I’ve noticed the good editors of our beloved weekly (and I mean that) defend themselves against vicious attacks for their treatment of alternative health therapies. In their latest defense, they’ve claimed their job is “to inform readers about what healing modalities are being practiced locally.” They clearly state that they “are not in a position to judge the scientific merit of healing modalities” [Editors’ Response to “’Stone Medicine’ In Recent Article Isn’t Backed Up with Science,” March 4, Xpress].

Exactly.

Of course, you could argue that they are not land-use experts or art experts or food experts or even political science experts. Yet they still report on issues involved in those topics. The point is: They don’t have to be experts about healing modalities. They don’t have to be experts at anything.

It’s not their job to be experts; it’s their job to be reporters.

The real experts, in medicine, for example, are accessible by phone or email. The good editors of the Mountain Xpress could

have, and should have, given the article more depth by interviewing some dispassionate health experts (if any exist) to give a full scope to the issue.

Instead, they presented the claims of healers as fact. What’s next? Creationists explaining their theories as fact with no rebuttal?

Developers espousing the virtues of their projects with no room for dissent? Political discourse from only one side of the table?

I love the Xpress and read it faithfully every week, but this is not a trend I will abide. Their stance on this issue is cheap and lazy. Yes, it costs more to do a thorough investigation of a complex issue like alternative medicine. But the eventual outcome is a hundred times more valuable to the community than a fluff piece on what passes for medical treatment around the city.

If you purport to be a newspaper, practice responsible journalism. If you want to publish feature articles that barely skim the surface of an issue, don’t pass off your articles as “news.”

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The people’s records Local initiatives help provide access to public records in WNC

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Public access to local, state and federal government information is often acknowledged as a basic right of citizens under American law. “I think local-government data is a national treasure,” jonathan feldman, chief information officer for the city of Asheville, told Mountain Xpress in a 2012 interview. Shining a light on the process and making it easier are key elements in regional initiatives and a national event, Sunshine Week, March 15-21.

Local organizations, municipal bodies and citizens groups across Western North Carolina have partnered to empower community members to play a direct hand in the management and accessibility of public records, and help create a virtual landscape where responsibility for the dissemination of these records is shared by everyone.

“If we do the right things,” says Feldman, “it leads to decreased cost of government, increased citizen services, more access to the information people want.” getting tHe Key to access “Democracy survives on openness and engagement in the public sector”, says angie newsome, executive director of one of the initiative’s leading groups, the Asheville-based news nonprofit Carolina Public Press. “It’s essential to providing oversight on what government agencies and officials are doing on our behalf.

Access to records are a key part of a vibrant democracy.”

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According to the N.C. Department of Justice, “The Public Records Law does not describe any specific procedure that a person must follow in requesting to inspect public records.” While a query can be made to any government employee within a department, “it is the custodian of public records who is specifically required to allow those records to be inspected.”

Generally, the custodian is the official in charge of the department one is requesting information from.

If that seems vague or perplexing, you’re not alone in thinking so. “Unfortunately, North Carolina law is pretty complex” when it comes to finding what one can access and whom to ask, says Newsome. “In a lot of cases, it can lead to frustration and distrust of government agencies by the public.” She cites such impediments as a lack of clarity in the state’s public access laws and the

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nonexistence of a third-party arbitrator between requesters and government bodies.

With the burden of deciphering a request and compiling relevant information falling on often overworked government employees, it’s easy to see where problems can arise. “I think many public officials don’t have the proper training to understand the laws around public records,” says Newsome. “People are afraid of releasing information they shouldn’t and find it easier to say

“If something is useful to staff to make into open data, we do it. ... If policymakers want to see it published, same. If we get a lot of citizen input that citizens want to see a data set published, we do it,” Feldman said in a recent interview with Government Technology.

He emphasizes the Three P’s in regard to providing public records: pragmatic solutions that ease the burden on public employees and save money and time; policy adherence and expanding the ways local government achieves policy goals; and the participation of the community in deciding what records are prioritized to be released and what the best format for that is.

Technological advances have provided the means to address some of the common problems of accessing data records, while simultaneously providing governmental offices with an easy, efficient way to gather and distribute information to the public.

One example is avlbudget.org, a collaborative project between the city and local tech group Code for Asheville. The site provides an overview as well as details about the Asheville city budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, organizing what would be a mountain of paperwork and statistics into an easy-to-understand, interactive display that anyone can navigate.

The site also provides access to the underlying metadata and statistics.

This type of technology “puts information in the hands of the public in a streamlined way,” says Newsome.

Transparent access is an essential duty for those in public service.

“We have a very strong commitment to providing access to information,” says scott barnwell, a member of the Code for Asheville brigade and an employee for the Asheville IT services department.

“From our perspective, it’s not just about following local and state statutes, but taking them a step further

Nonprofit media outlet Carolina Public Press seeks to use openwnc. org as a platform that might lead to a national reform on public records access.

towards more accessibility. It’s providing what the people want.”

The Budget Project also offers a model of how open-source data hubs can be expanded to include a large variety of public records and provide an equal medium that community members of all backgrounds can understand. “The AVL Budget Project has been a resounding success — where the city traditionally released a gigantic PDF document before,” says Code for Asheville co-captain patrick conant. “Most citizens have never reviewed the details of the city budget, simply because it’s difficult to navigate a document of that size.”

“This will fundamentally change access to public records,” say Newsome, “especially for rural communities around WNC where the means and accessibilty to electronic public records may not exist yet.” “of tHe peopLe...”

Recently, Carolina Public Press has teamed up with regional universities, media outlets, community organizations and municipalities across WNC to begin work on openwnc.org, a portal for compiling and providing

access to records across the region in a streamlined, user-friendly format. Slated to launch this summer, the website will provide access to governmental records for 18 counties in North Carolina, providing data on economics, crime rates, building permits and other userrequested topics.

Sites like openwnc.org (and the city’s already operational opendatacatalog.ashevillenc.gov) are a way to break down traditional barriers and offer a “self-service” option for people to seek out data, says Barnwell.

“We look at the open data catalog [for Asheville] as a preliminary first step towards larger electronic access,” he says. Currently, the city provides 30 data sets, which are updated daily to reflect the latest statistics and public records.

Barnwell adds that while some data formats are more difficult to compile, the city “tries its best to feed the all the information we can into the data hubs.”

Using open-source programming employed by many governmental bodies across the world, openwnc.org will operate similarly to Asheville’s city data hub but on a grander scale. The flexible, free nature of the program would allow community members to “vote up or down” requests for public records, helping officials to determine what data sets to prioritize for release, according to Barnwell.

The site would also provide a comments section and the opportunity to “follow” a particular data set or collection of statistics, much the way participants follow topics

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and people on such social media sites as Facebook and Twitter.

One of the most beneficial aspects of the proposed website would be its ability to process raw data and frame information in an efficient, visually understandable format. “The platform allows citizens to interact with the records,” says Conant. “You will also have the ability to share your visualization with others via a link, or by embedding it into another piece of content such as a blog post or article.”

Barnwell hopes the project will “provide tools to help visualize and graph data, which could make information more meaningful to the average person.”

Newsome and Carolina Public Press’ project partners hope that the initiative will lead to greater community involvement and inquiry into what local and state governments are doing, and that it will help form connections across WNC that can only lead to a stronger dialogue on common issues faced by communities here.

“The goal of this project is to have people go to openwnc.org and be able to research a topic, share data and facilitate discussion around it,” says Newsome.

“This discussion is already happening in a lot of places around the region, but the basic information about it is missing.”

Conant adds that “Open WNC will provide a regionalized source of data from a variety of sources, including cities, counties and universities” instead of a singlesource entity, as many current open-data efforts operate from.

While the promise of a digital warehouse of public records and data is exciting, there is still much

work to do before that becomes a reality. Factors such as what data to include and what gets uploaded first, as well as the costs of hosting and launching such an expansive site, remain to be sorted out.

Barnwell acknowledges that the process can be time-consuming but says that, ultimately, creating electronic access that is self-updating and visually appealing can not only drive public interest but also relieve public officials of responsibility for compiling relevant data, allowing them to focus on other important aspects of their jobs.

In the meantime, Newsome suggests that people can educate themselves on what information they’re entitled to and their rights in accessing that data: “People need to understand the laws in North Carolina regarding public access to data and records. They need to know how data is created, and what it means to them and their community.” X want to LeaRn moRe? wHat: To educate citizens, journalists, organizations and others, Carolina Public Press will host two Full Disclosure workshops focusing on methods for accessing public records. The workshops will be led by jon elliston, CPP’s open-government editor, and charles coble, a partner with Brooks Pierce law firm who specializes in media and communications law. Training will range from help understanding North Carolina public access laws to how to request and retrieve documents at local, state and federal levels. wHen: 9 a.m. to noon, Fri., March 20 moRe info at CarolinaPublicPress.org.

What are ‘public records?’

Under Chapter 132 of North Carolina’s Enacted Legislation Statues, public records are defined as “all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, artifacts or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by any agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions.”

With a few key exceptions (tax information, criminal investigations and anything that would violate personal privacy laws), this means that any record of a public meeting or ordinance, whether it be through the local school board, city government,or state legislature, is available for public review upon request.

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The future of transportation Asheville in Motion design charrette presents ideas for the city’s future For a city’s multimodal transportation system to be a success, moving from point A to point B should be not only safe and efficient, but there should be options for those who aren’t traveling via automobile.

The city of Asheville hosted the Asheville in Motion design charrette March 11 through 13, with a summary open house presented Saturday morning. The charrette brought together city officials with design firms Kimley-Horn, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Toole Design Group, Accessible Design for the Blind and Kostelec Planning.

All are tasked with the city’s goal to “create an effective and progressive plan that encourages healthoriented and sustainable transportation, reduce barriers to access transportation and connect residents and visitors with the places they want and need to go with improved safety, efficiency and accessibility.”

The brainstorming sessions are public-oriented and follow the guidelines of a charrette: they are focused on design and planning in a short amount of time.

Karl sutter of Kimley-Horn explained that the broad, citywide study was part of an informationgathering campaign, which was then presented informally to the public through visual aids at the charrette.

The study encompassed three things: 1. Taking a broad, overall look at the transportation maps for the city and asking, “What can be improved?” “Are there areas that are lacking in transportation routes?”

2. Taking a look at eight corridor types in Asheville that exemplify roadways you might find throughout the city, creating examples of future improvements to these areas like easing traffic, providing more pedestrian space or bike lanes, or a combination of these and other solutions.

3. Developing a methodology approach based on empirical data.

Sutter said this will allow the city

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to make fundamental decisions on how transportation dollars are allocated and spent, which should reflect the values expressed for the city of Asheville.

Data suggests that the values of Ashevilleans reflect a need for a broader choice of transportation, especially for those either not able or not wanting to drive a car. This notion has been voiced to Kimley-Horn through the public and city leaders.

“Solutions presented here — many of them are about having more options,” says mariate echeverry, transportation planning manager for the city of Asheville. “If you want to drive, you drive. But if

you decide you don’t want to own a car or can’t afford one, we want you to be able to have other options.”

These options can be as simple as installing a sidewalk so people can walk to work or planning a future bus route on a heavily trafficked area. Later this year, a draft plan will be submitted for public comment, and the full mobility plan is scheduled to go public this fall.

“The means by which people move around affects citizens and tourists that come here,” Sutter says.

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With state funding gone, what’s next for Advantage West?

Twenty years ago, Sen. Martin Nesbitt spearheaded an initiative that aimed to make sure Western North Carolina wasn't ignored when it came to bringing money, industry and jobs to the region. That initiative was the nonprofit agency Advantage West Economic Development Group, which covered a 23-county area, helped bring companies like Linamar and Sierra Nevada to WNC, worked with the film industry and set up the Blue Ridge Food Ventures program. But two years ago, state legislators and Gov. Pat McCrory announced the creation of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina.

"The [N.C.] General Assembly decided to go with a model that's

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... centralized and managed out of Raleigh," says tom alexander, Advantage West board president.

Along with the new model came first a reduction in state funding and then, last July, a total cut. The agency also lost director scott Hamilton last summer when he became the new president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based, 13-state Appalachian Regional Commission.

"It's honestly a challenge for Advantage West and the other six [similar, regional] partnerships in North Carolina," says Alexander.

"We've had to go back and reevaluate all of our programs and [determine] what's most effective for WNC." Both Alexander and Kathi petersen, Advantage West's interim director of operations, say the agency is committed to keeping its strongest programs alive by relying on partnerships, federal contracts, grants and other revenue, such as the co-packaging fees paid

by BRFV participants.

One component has already been lost: the WNC Film Commission. Although Asheville was recently named the No. 1 town in the U.S. for living and working as a moviemaker, and the region boasts a long list of films made here (from the historic Thunder Road to The Last of the

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Mohicans, Patch Adams, The Hunger Games and the soon-to-be-released Masterminds), the Advantage West board decided to relinquish control to the N.C. Film Commission based in Raleigh, Petersen reports. As of December 2014, a 25 percent state incentive for film, commercials and other projects is gone, she says, "and that is having an effect."

Alexander says he hopes legislators will revive some or all of the incentive, but for now, "going forward, it will be hard to attract [companies and projects] without it."

A few weeks ago, Advantage West completed the transfer of files — including an extensive database of locations and available crews — to the N.C. Film Commission.

A new initiative, on the other hand, highlights the agency's focus in recent years on smaller companies and entrepreneurs: Scale Up WNC, funded by a five-year, $1.2 million contract with the U.S. Small Business Administration, provides support to 30 entrepreneurs each year to "help expand growth-oriented businesses and strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem across the region."

Alexander calls it a "natural fit" for WNC and for Advantage West, which also has an ongoing loan program for startups.

Advantage West is one of just eight entities participating in Scale

Up programs across the country, Petersen adds.

But what will happen to other initiatives? As an agribusiness incubator, Blue Ridge Food Ventures has been a key resource for about 250 startups and other small companies since 2005, such as the jammaking, family-owned Imladris Farms. BRFV has a revenue stream from those who use its commercial kitchen and packing services, so that helps in ensuring its future, but that's not enough to make it selfsustaining just yet, Petersen notes.

"We've closed the [funding] gap considerably in recent years," says Alexander, "and we're doing everything we can to make it a breakeven venture."

Nonetheless, the regional agency's changing status presents a challenge. "We seem to be reverting back to pre-1994," says Alexander of the move to centralize business recruitment in the state. The way forward for the agency will rely on its staff and regional partnerships, he says. "Advantage West was [created] to help enhance economic development in the rural areas of our state, [and] it's evidence of regionalism at work." moRe info: advantagewest.org X

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Buzz Around Buncombe

The Bywater tweeted this photo on Wednesday, March 11, writing, “As of today, the Bywater will no longer serve Bell’s Brewing. We stand with @InnovationBeer. #avlbeer #avlnews #avl” Photo courtesy of Bywater

innovation bRewing gains nationaL suppoRt oveR LegaL dispute witH beLL’s bReweRy A recent story from the Asheville Citizen-Times unveiled a legal dispute between small Sylva microbrewery Innovation Brewing and the much larger Bell’s Brewing in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Sylva company applied to trademark its name — Innovation, the exact word Bell’s uses in its unregistered slogan, which appears on the company’s bumper stickers but not its bottles or packaging. The Michigan brewery claims two of its slogans, “bottling innovation since 1985” and “inspired brewing,” may cause confusion between the two companies.

The story of the microbrewery’s fight for its name spread to outlets across the

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nation, triggering both a petition and Go Fund Me page for the brewery’s legal fees. Petitioners from around the country signed the e-document with kind words about the strength of the craft beer community — some calling Bell’s out for “bullying” a much smaller company. “[The craft beer community] ... supports, creates and builds new ideas together,” signs Kody Thames, from Tempe, Ariz. “Attacking a small brewery across the country that will never affect your business or cause confusion with some stupid bumper sticker amounts to bullying.”

Following the social media push for a boycott, Bell’s vice president responded to the public’s outrage, claiming Bell’s offered Innovation numerous coexistence agreements, but the Sylva brewery rejected them all. Innovation’s owners, chip owen and nicole dexter, replied to Bell’s response point-by-point, claiming that Bell’s version of the story is far from the truth. The owners explained that the terms outlined in Bell’s offer gave no room for expansion, stunting Innovation’s growth should they go through with the trademark.

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At press time, 5,411 supporters had signed the petition and $4,849 had been raised for the cause. Innovation announced Saturday via Facebook that it sent Bell’s a coexistence agreement, ending the statement with, “Bell’s, we just don't think you should have filed [the dispute]. We believe that it lacks merit, and the impact has been an unfortunate, costly and lengthy heartache for all. Let’s settle it.” — Hayley Benton asHeviLLe city counciL bans e-cigaRettes fRom pubLic pRopeRty Puffing on an electronic cigarette in an Asheville city bus, park, greenway or other city facility (such as the U.S. Cellular Center) could now net you a $50 fine.

Asheville City Council voted unanimously at the March 10 meeting to regulate e-cigarettes to the same extent as traditional lighted cigarettes after receiving complaints about vapor on city buses.

“This measure is about not exposing people to vapor, just like traditional smoking bans,” said council member jan davis. “It will be banned in the same public facilities that smoking is currently not allowed in.” — Pat Barcas

bounty & souL pop-up food maRKet seeKs funding to go mobiLe Hunger-fighting nonprofit Bounty & Soul needs help to get rolling.

The organization has been running a pop-up food pantry and food security effort at three locations in Black Mountain since 2012, but it has been looking for a way to expand its reach since last spring.

“Our goal is to go mobile because right now we’re not even scratching the surface,” allison casparian, Bounty & Soul’s founder, told Xpress last April.

“It would allow us to get to the communities and the people who really have a hard time getting to the food.”

The organization’s mobile setup is designed to reach Buncombe’s rural areas — including a sizable population of seniors and low-income residents, eliminating the need to travel to the markets for assistance. The nonprofit seeks $2,500 through crowdfunding efforts to help cover the cost of driving the new truck from Miami to Black Mountain, as well as renovating the mobile space for food delivery. To check out the Go Fund Me campaign, visit avl.mx/0tl. — Carrie Eidson just economics inspiRes foRmation of duRHam Living wage pRoject The Just Economics Living Wage Certification Program, the largest in the country, has certified more than 400 Western North Carolina businesses as paying a “living wage.” The goal of the local program is to create a sustainable economy through a dedicated workforce.

On Monday, March 9, The News & Observer reported that Durham’s new living wage certification program — coined the Durham Living Wage Project, cites Asheville’s Just Economics as the model for its startup program. Twenty businesses and eight nonprofits have been certified through Durham’s program thus far, totaling a combined 692 employees now paid up to 70 percent more than the current minimum wage.

In a YouTube video, Just Economics Executive Director vicki meath and Living Wage Certification Coordinator mark Hebbard welcome Durham into the world of the living wage and congratulate the founders on their progress. “We’re excited to have you in the community and look forward to partnering with you guys in the future,” Hebbard says. — Hayley Benton X

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The news according to Twitter When it comes to beer in Western North Carolina, don’t tread on us. Word spread that Michiganbased Bell’s Brewery was calling on Sylva’s Innovation Brewing to withdraw its federal trademark application because its name copies the larger craft brewer’s slogan. One result: The No. 1 tweet of the week was a call of arms as the petition against Bell’s garnered 1,200 signatures in 15 hours (for the full story and latest updates, go to avl.mx/0ty).

beeR on tHe move Meanwhile, New Belgium Brewery moved massive tanks and fermentation vats into town for its new West Asheville facility: • New Belgium fermentation tank passing by our studio door! #riverartsdistrict avl.mx/0to #avlbeer — @StClaireArt • Da crane! boss da crane! FV's and BBT's going into place this weekend. #newbelgiumavl #avlbeer avl. mx/0tx — @NewBelgium_AVL

• Traffic jam in the #RAD brought to you by massive brewery tanks headed to @NewBelgium_AVL! #avlnews #avlbeer avl.mx/0tn — @bryluhn. Photo by Brian Luhn

wine, eaRtHquaKes and tRampoLines • Jump on it: Indoor trampoline park coming to Asheville this summer avl.mx/0tq #avlbiz #avlnews #avlent avl.mx/0tr — @MaryCaitlinByrd

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• Eight Earthquakes in two days just southeast of Cherokee, NC. Four today alone. #wnc #USGS avl.mx/0ts — @wxbrad

• Huffington Post: “The 9 Most Romantic Cities In The South” & #Asheville is #4!! #avlromance #avl avl. mx/0u3 — @AskAsheville

aRtsy paRty • AFD delivers memorial wreath to Bruce Duckett, son of Lt. A. Duckett, LODD 3/7/66.

Bruce also worked AFD! #avlnews avl.mx/0u1 — @AshevilleFD Photo courtesy of Asheville Fire Department

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K i d s issue

When Xpress asked local educators for ideas about the focus for the annual Kids Issue, two distinct and compelling ideas rose to the top: activism and a kid’s view of the world.

And when the call went out for submissions, we were pleasantly bowled over by the response. It turns out that Asheville area children and teens are every bit as passionate about their causes and views as the adults.

PERCEPTION: Caroline Sprenger, a ninth-grader at The Franklin School of Innovation, used pen, ink and colored pencil for this thoughtful work.

We received a cornucopia of art, photos, essays and poems from traditional public schools, charter schools and private schools as well as the home schooling community. The topics are wide-ranging — including the environment, animal rights, social media, buying local and more. Along with the volume of entries, we were impressed by the quality and thoughtfulness of the submissions as well.

This week, we focus on activism and issues that are important to local youth.

And be sure to check back in next week for more creative work from our local young people as we explore a kid’s view of the world. Enjoy!

WHAT DO YOU SEE? Owen Wild, an eighth-grader at The Franklin School of Innovation, drew a blind contour portrait (in which the artist closes their eyes and draws), then used watercolors to paint the result

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Activism What activism means to me is help for those who need it. It means doing our very best to notice and solve problems that exist in our own backyards, in our own communities. We need to be observant. Heads up, community: These problems exist, and they deserve our attention.

There are many good things in our community, but there are areas that could use improvement. For instance, in my school, we used about 250 Styrofoam meal trays every day, which cannot be recycled or composted. As the School of Ecology, my school’s student council, which I am on, agreed that this needed to change. We came up with the idea of using compostable trays and sporks to replace the Styrofoam ones. Some of us chose to be on a grant-writing committee that could help us get funds to support our project. Mrs. [Robbie] Lipe, our council administrator, told us about Donorschoose.org grants, and so we wrote a grant and put it on the Donorschoose.org website. Our grant goal was fulfilled in a matter of days! We recently spoke to the Asheville City Schools board members about our project, and we hope to inspire other schools to follow our lead.

Some other ways I have engaged in activism have been being involved in a march on Haywood Road to help slow drivers down and stop at crosswalks, participating in a series of rallies to promote fair pay for our teachers, and helping raise awareness about storm drains affecting stream quality. Other problems are the many homeless people, hungry children and more. These are not easyfix problems; they are ongoing. Alas, they cannot be completely solved, but that doesn’t mean that they cannot be helped. They can be helped little by little, step by step, with the support of volunteers and nonprofit organizations. I have engaged in activism many times, and I intend to continue giving some of my thought, worry and action to the problems in our community and in the world. I believe that all problems can at least be helped.

— Willamina K. Ingle, Vance Elementary School, fifth grade X

BALANCE ACT: Reynolds High School student Julia Briden depicts the tension between nature and civilization.

GOLDEN SUNSET SHADES: Sara Bassett, a student at The Learning Community School in Black Mountain, created this artwork and haiku as part of a class project to highlight the monarch butterfly’s plight.

Monarch Activism in Black Mountain The fall sun melts away the midmorning chill. Seventy-five kids from The Learning Community School stand in the town square with large paper monarchs on our arms: 90 percent of them are white, symbolizing the missing butterflies. We are preparing to “migrate” through Black Mountain, spreading awareness of the disappearing monarchs through the community.

Over the last decade, fewer and fewer of these butterflies have migrated from Canada to Mexico, due to environmental changes and the lack of milkweed (the only plant on which they lay their eggs) along their route.

In response to this startling decrease, Libba Tracy organized Bring Back the Monarchs last fall. The event included paintings, poetry and presentations by local

artists aimed at involving and educating the community about the disappearing monarchs and what we can do to keep this incredible butterfly from going extinct.

Overall, 250 schoolchildren marched through the town, representing the butterflies’ incredible 2,500-mile migration. The march ended at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts, where Tracy’s event was being held. Everyone who attended got a packet of milkweed seed to plant, a way we can all contribute to saving the monarchs.

Monarch haiku by students from The Learning Community School were also displayed at the Arts Center.

I trust that all this effort will bring some notice to the diminished monarch population, and things will start to change. A lot of what we, as humans, have done to the world makes us responsible for the disappearing butterflies. I hope that the participation of all these kids showed the community that we care. I want monarchs to be around throughout my lifetime. All of us need to act now to save them.

— Sara Bassett and Camille Ryan, The Learning Community X

FROM ONE TO NONE: Rachel Forehand, a student at The Learning Community School in Black Mountain, depicts the monarch butterfly’s diminishing habitat in her haiku and artwork.

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Our Voice of Change As a 13-year-old growing up in this culture, many may think I am carefree and oblivious to the problems of the world around me. Though that might be true for some my age, I know that’s not the person I am. I feel very concerned for our planet’s future, about the generations to come and the health of our ecosystems. In my mind, I have a responsibility to make a difference. I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we are treating our planet. There may not be a second chance.

When I was 10, my dad and I drove up to D.C., where I took part in my first protest, against the Keystone pipeline. I had never been involved in a big rally like that, and I can remember being so overwhelmed with emotions. I realized that I felt very strongly about this issue and wanted to take action.

The next summer, at age 11, I was the youngest person on the Walk For Our Grandchildren. It was a pilgrimage from Camp David to the White House, where I began to speak about my concerns for the world around me. I wanted to make a difference, and I knew I was in the right place. I was surrounded by so many people who spoke up about their feelings and shared their concerns for and gratitude to my generation.

Today, I still very strongly believe that we need to end the ways in which we are abusing Mother Earth. I love where I live. I love the owls that visit our willow tree in the summer and the rocks that I throw across our frozen pond. I want to help improve and preserve our local and global community. No matter what age, we all have voices that need to be heard. I believe that I can make a difference, and I know that if we are going to change, it will have to be an effort from all generations.

— Leigh Siler, The Learning CommunityX STOP POLLUTION: ArtSpace Charter School third-grader Keira Williamson was inspired after a class lesson on the artwork of social activist Keith Haring.

ANITA’S DOG: Sand Hill-Venable Elementary School second-grader Anita created this regal portrait of her canine pal.

Why It Matters? Student Voice for Animal Rights Since I am creating a blog about animal rights, the first question I have to answer is: “Why should people care about animal rights?” The answer is simple. Other animals are intelligent, emotional beings who deserve our respect.

As anyone who lives with companion animals would know, they are capable of feeling pleasure and pain like us. Despite this, other animals have long been abused, mistreated, and in general been viewed as somehow “less” than us. This supremacist attitude is the same one that was used to justify the exploitation of blacks, American Indians, Jews, and virtually every other group that has been discriminated against. Humans may be the most intellectually advanced species on the planet, but that does not give us the right to view other species as our property. Intellect should not be used as a measure of the worth of a sentient being’s life. As the philosopher Jeremy Bentham said, “The question is not, ’Can they reason?’ nor, ’Can they talk?’ but rather, ’Can they suffer?’”

Our civilization has created rules, the rules of morality that specify how we should treat each other.

These rules are not built into nature; we created them because we had the ability to empathize with the suffering of others and wanted to create a world where every person would have the opportunity to lead a full and happy life. Why should these rules not apply to other animals as well? Most people do not want to see another human, a cat, or a dog suffer. And yet we buy products made on factory farms where animals face a life of constant and horrible abuse. We buy cosmetics that were tested on animals who are subject to constant torture in laboratories. We go to circuses and buy movies in which animals were abused for our entertainment. We exterminate “pests” without a thought for their lives and the value they hold. Animal rights is about creating a better world for all beings where everyone has a chance to be happy.

For other articles on this topic, visit Evergreen’s Environmental Education blog at www.evergreenccsEE.com — Perrin Alaine-Sedano, Evergreen Community Charter School, eighth gradeX

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A Guide to Social Media I watch the girl position the phone in front of her face, and the shutter clicks.

She looks down at the picture, immediately puts a caption on it, and posts it on Instagram. That’s an everyday thing you see just walking around in town or at your friend’s house. It is something we have all gotten used to.

I have wanted Instagram for a long time now. There are so many good things about it, from being able to interact with your friends and meet new people to sharing what’s going on in your life and learning about others’.

But there are some cons, too. For one, it can be addicting: You can become obsessed with it and never want to put it down. Most families have rules about social media use, such as not being on it at the table during mealtimes, not having your phone on after a certain time, and many more. Some kids respect those rules; others are more reluctant to follow them. Nonetheless, they can help people use social media more intelligently.

There are more risks you should consider if you’re thinking about getting any social media app. One of them is the risk of cyberbullying, which occurs daily and can damage self-esteem. Another thing you should consider is that you never know who might be on Instagram and find something they can use to invade your privacy.

Keep in mind that you are always at risk. One thing you can do is avoid showing your face in any pictures you post. You can also think about not using your actual name as your username. Both of these things will help protect your privacy.

With that said, get social media apps if you want. I am a person who wants apps like Instagram, and I see the positives as well as the negatives. It’s your decision, so do what you think is best.

— Toria Hicks. The Learning CommunityX STOP CYBERBULLYING: Asheville Middle School artist Kate Wortas writes: “I drew this to help raise awareness of cyberbullying and to let people know they have to be kinder on the Internet.”

Buying Local: Does It Help?

The feel of Asheville is very different from most cities. Asheville is a little city with a lot of life. There are always street fairs and festivals going on, and the streets are lined with local business and restaurants. Asheville depends on these local businesses. I think that buying local helps the economy and the environment.

Buying local is good for the economy in many ways. It helps artists and artisans show their work at festivals and open up their own business. These businesses are the best way to spur innovation and new ideas. People love new ideas. Small businesses give back more money to our community than chain businesses like Wal-Mart, Target and Kmart.

Buying local also helps the environment in many ways. Products from local businesses travel less distance than products from chain businesses, which are usually made overseas, often in China. Local products are usually handmade and of better quality.

Asheville has a buzz that I think partly reflects our buying local. When you can get coffee that’s made by your neighbor, put on socks that were handmade by your aunt, or write in a book that your best friend’s mom made, all of these things add up to our quality of life.

— Elle Brown, The Learning Community X

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Kids Camps Adventure & Travel ASHeVILLe PARKS AnD ReCReATIOn ADVenTuRe CAMP 749 Fairview Road, Asheville 251-4029 • ashevillenc.gov/parks outdoorprograms@ashevillenc.gov facebook.com/APRCA Activities include hiking, rafting, swimming, tubing, environmental education and camping. Campers must bring lunch and water daily and provide their own sleeping bag and pad. Space is limited. Fee: $200/session. City of Asheville residents receive a $10/session discount. Monday-Wednesday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; overnight campout on Thursday, pickup at noon on Friday.

At press time, both sessions were fully booked.

Goodbye Big Gulps In 2012, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the New York City Board of Health attempted to ban all sodas larger than 16 ounces from restaurants, fast-food chains, stadiums and movie theaters, but not from stores.

Recently, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the Board of Health had overstepped its authority. Since New York couldn’t pass the ban, Asheville probably couldn’t either, but we can do something about soda.

Studies show that whatever size soda is put down in front of someone, they will drink all of it. Soda is extremely high in calories from sugar, which causes weight gain and can lead to diabetes. So if we reduce the number of large sodas people buy, people will consume fewer calories, which will mean fewer people with Type 2 diabetes and other preventable diseases. In fact, soda is arguably the second-highest cause of death from preventable diseases, after tobacco.

Boulder, Colorado, is the country’s least obese city, with a 12.4 percent obesity rate.

The most obese city is Huntington, West Virginia, at 39.5 percent; New York is in the middle, at 25.4 percent. Asheville is comparable, with a 22 percent obesity rate, but that could go up or down. We’re just a little bit lower than New York: It’s time to take action.

Banning soda won’t fix everything. There are other factors that are also contributing to obesity, and if New York City couldn’t pass the soda ban, it probably won’t work for us. But there are a number of other things we can do to decrease the amount of soda we are consuming, such as creating a high soda tax, or putting warnings on soda machines and soda bottles. Who knows? Maybe we can beat Boulder.

— Ella Davis, The Learning Community X

Coed • Ages 8-12 • Weekly Full-day Adventure 1: June 15-19; Adventure 2: July 13-17 Note: Asheville Parks and Recreation holds many camps throughout the summer. Not all are listed here, so please visit mountainx.com to see all of the camp offerings from APR.

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WHAT ARE WE FEEDING OUR CHILDREN? Reynolds High School student Yana Babak offers her artistic take on the issue of genetically modified organisms.

BLACK MOunTAIn SuMMeR ADVenTuReS 101 Carver Ave., Black Mountain 669-2052 • avl.mx/0tb recreation@townofblackmountain.org sulzman.net/bmsa/Home.html Have a summer adventure filled with fun and friends! Black Mountain Summer Adventure Camp is a day camp for rising first- through sixthgraders. We will spend our days park-hopping, hiking, creek-walking, waterfall-finding, swimming, journaling, playing games, doing arts and crafts, going to museums, letterboxing and much, much more!

Coed • Ages 6-11 • Daily • Full-day June 15-Aug. 7

CAMP CReSTRIDGe fOR GIRLS P.O. box 279, Ridgecrest 28770 669-2613 • ridgecrestcamps.com rscamps@ridgecrestcamps.com facebook.com/campcrestridge @campcrestridge Ridgecrest Summer Camps — Impacting lives for God’s glory through discipleship and adventure.

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of N.C., our camps are designed for individual attention, maximum fun and the safety of each child. We facilitate camper growth, offering 25+ activities at each camp taught by solid Christian role models.

Girls • Ages 7-17 • Other Overnight/Full-day • June 7-Aug. 7

27 Resort Drive, Asheville • 2535874 ashevilleracquetclub.com thomasjr924@gmail.com A camp full of fun! Offered in weeklong sessions throughout the summer, the Adventure Camp features activities such as mountain biking, tree climbing, whitewater rafting and zip lining. Located on a 300acre property, the camp utilizes the on-site Asheville Adventure Center.

Campers will also enjoy swimming daily, crafts such as tie-dying and endless games.

Coed • Ages 8-14 Weekly Overnight/Full-day June 15-Aug. 14

CAMP RIDGeCReST fOR BOyS P.O. box 279, Ridgecrest 28770 669-8051 • ridgecrestcamps.com rscamps@ridgecrestcamps.com facebook.com/campridgecrest @campridgecrest Ridgecrest Summer Camps — Impacting lives for God’s glory through discipleship and adventure.

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of N.C., our camps are designed for individual attention, maximum fun and the safety of each child. We facilitate camper growth, offering 25+ activities at each camp taught by solid Christian role models.

Boys • Ages 7-17 • Other Overnight/Full-day June 7-Aug. 7

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K i d s Hotels in Asheville

CLIMBMAx CLIMBInG CAMPS 43 Wall St., Asheville • 252-9996 climbmaxnc.com/summer-camps stuart@climbmaxnc.com facebook.com/climbmaxnc Climbmax Climbing is once again offering a series of indoor and outdoor rock climbing camps. These fun-filled camps start at our downtown location where we can work on specific skills and techniques, and then for the last few days we will travel outdoors to Pisgah National Forest where we will enjoy a lot of outdoor rock climbing. Downtown days will be broken up with urban activities, including pottery painting and going to local parks. There are several camps to choose from that are designed to work with a suggested age range of campers.

Coed • Ages 6-18 • Daily • Full-day June 15-19; July 6-10; July 28-31; Aug. 3-7

DeeP WOODS CAMP fOR BOyS 848 Deep Woods Road, Brevard 885-2268 • deepwoodscamp.com deepwoods@citcom.net Founded in 1970, Deep Woods continues to provide a unique summer experience emphasizing hiking and backpacking, whitewater canoeing and rafting as river levels allow, and lesser amounts of mountain biking and rock climbing.

Our maximum enrollment is 14 campers ages 9-14, and five assistant counselors ages 15-18.

Imagine that you’re driving through Asheville with your kid, heading to the park on a beautiful day. Suddenly, looming out of the shadows, a giant metallic structure rises right next to the park, blocking out the sun.

Hotels are coming up all over Asheville, but do we really need them all? All over Asheville there are open spaces and crumbling structures that could be turned into parks — or a sevenstory hotel. The hotel looks terrible. Why don’t we make something important or pretty with that space, like doctors offices or a park with grass?

We want Asheville to look nice, so if you have plans to make a hotel, make one that complements its surroundings and reflects the creativity that makes this city special. Don’t build a giant square structure out of all one material. Sure, Asheville needs a few hotels, but not three right next to each other!

People build hotels so that Asheville gets more tourism and tourists can walk places instead of driving. In downtown alone, there are more than five hotels already, and three more are being built. I think we need more open spaces in Asheville.

— Sam Edwards, The Learning Community X GOING UP? ArtSpace Charter School eighth-grader Noah Sulzman used pencil in this detailed drawing.

MEADOW DREAMING: Reynolds High School student Ruby Mincher offers this dreamlike portrait of a woman and child.

Boys • Ages 9-14 • Monthly Overnight/Full-day • June 14-Aug. 22

MInDSTReTCH TRAVeL ADVenTuReS 3124 Landrum Road, Columbus 863-4235 • mindstretchadventures.com marklevin@windstream.net Founded in 1978, MindStretch Travel Adventures is not your typical summer camp. While we participate in camp kinds of activities during the days, the activities vary each day based on our adventure location. We choose different destinations each year, and many boys attend for several years. Trips vary from five to 18 days. Boys experience camp activities during the day but get to enjoy the luxuries of “home” at night with hotel beds and evening restaurant meals. Upcoming trips include Europe

by Eurail, North Carolina Mountains and Tennessee Mountains. Great fun, kid-sized adventures.

Boys • Ages 9-15 • Other Overnight/Full-day • June 14-July 30

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xPLORe uSA InTeRCuLTuRAL DAy CAMP 1 Town Square Blvd., Asheville 651-8502 • xploreusa.org info@xploreusa.org Intercultural day camp with foreign language classes and local educational and adventure activities with international teens. Activities include hiking and swimming at waterfalls, a trip to Carowinds, scavenger hunts, a ropes course, tubing, rafting, cross-cultural team competitions, community service projects, cultural workshops and more. $250-285. Free week and discounted “Xplore Family” rates available for host families. Xplore USA also offers two weeklong cultural trips to Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Fla. Coed • Ages 8-18 • Weekly • Full-day June 29-Aug. 13

Arts & Academics ARTSPACe CHARTeR SCHOOL MuSIC ADVenTuReS: IT’S BAnD-TASTIC! 2030 U.S. Hwy. 70, Swannanoa 298-2787 • artspacecharter.org meg.boerner@artspacecharter.org Music Adventures is open to prospective and current concert band members in grades five through eight. This camp offers the opportunity to play film music, jazz charts, marches, etc. Fees for two week instruction total $200. A limited number of scholarships will be available for those who qualify. Students must have their own instrument and will be asked to bring a lunch every day.

We strongly welcome students from the Asheville area and Buncombe County to participate!

Coed • Ages 10-14 • Daily • Half-day July 13-24

ARTSPACe CHARTeR SCHOOL TRASH TO TReASuRe: An ARTfuL JOuRney 2030 U.S. Hwy 70, Swannanoa 298-2787 • artspacecharter.org adina.cooper@artspacecharter.org Rising second- through fourth-graders will create various works of art using recycled/repurposed materials.

They will learn how to reduce waste, respect the Earth and let their imaginations run wild. Children will create

Charity Charities help starving, homeless, hurt animals and people every day. But without volunteers, these groups cannot help others. If you want to become a volunteer in Asheville, you should visit a local charity like Brother Wolf, Asheville Humane Society, Hope for Horses, Manna FoodBank, Vanderbilt Housing or the Asheville Health Center. You don’t have to dedicate your life to a charity, but you could spend some time there to improve another life. Charities hold this world together with love and care. You can help.

Charities need lots of support. In every issue of the magazine Highlights, they feature a kid who’s helping the world through a charity. These children are inspiring people. Schools could help create young volunteers by going to charities on a regular basis. You might be able to aid children like 6-year-old Jean Kerry, who gets one egg every day to make sure that he stays healthy, thanks to the charity Greater Good.

I know the world is a busy place and you don’t always have time to volunteer, but one hour a week could save or improve a life. If you want to join a charity, go the website or to their office. Don’t worry: Signing up is easy. As soon as you step into a charitable environment, your body starts to buzz with excitement and joy. The atmosphere is sparkling, glowing with care. They are welcoming and supportive, they never give up, and they’re not picky. A charity builds roots for unfortunate people. Supporting a charity doesn’t take much skill, but it does take love, care and a willingness to work hard.

— Johari Baschnagel, The Learning Community X

Dogs on Chains Have you ever seen a chain around a dog’s neck with the skin growing over it?

I have. It’s not a pretty sight, and it shouldn’t be a sight at all.

When dogs are left on chains, they can be cut by them if they move too quickly and the metal acts like a scissors. Dogs like to interact with other dogs they see, they like to sniff each other and say “Hi,” but chains restrict them from socializing. Also, dogs on chains don’t have enough space to go to the bathroom and might step in it. Chains can also choke a dog to death if it tries to jump over a fence and the chain isn’t long enough. Extreme weather can damage the dog’s skin if it is on a chain all the time and doesn’t come inside. And if a dog is on a chain and its owners stay inside, they may just forget about it. Dogs like to be with their owners and want to feel like they’re a part of the family.

Some of you may say, “My dog is very reckless and hyper all the time, so I have to put him outside.” But they might be reckless outside, too, so a chain is not the answer. You may say that you put the dog outside to help protect your house, but how is he supposed to do that if he can cover only half your yard? You may say that you’re allergic and have to keep them outside. In this case, try a hypoallergenic dog instead. An invisible fence, which can be cheaper than a wooden fence, can solve many problems. Another option would be going back home often to let your dogs outside during the day.

I think dogs should be treated fairly and be able to feel safe. If, one by one, people changed their acts, America could change for the better and keep dogs off chains.

— Taegan Kinch, The Learning Community X BOY’S BEST FRIEND: New City Christian School fifth-grader Noah Lytle painted this engaging pet portrait.

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K i d s individual works to keep as well as a group piece, which will adorn our school. Almost anything can become something with a bit of vision and creativity!

Coed • Ages 6-9 • Daily • Full-day June 15-19

ASHeVILLe COMMunITy THeATRe TAnGLeWOOD SuMMeR CAMP 35 E. Walnut St., Asheville 254-1320 ashevilletheatre.org chanda@ashevilletheatre.org avl.mx/0tc Tanglewood Youth Theatre has long been a successful and inspirational part of children’s creative education in Western North Carolina. Our theater camp has been extremely popular and is well-suited for any child interested in exploring the exciting world of theater. Our faculty represents some of the finest talent in the area, and we are thrilled to have them at Tanglewood. We are also proud to have been voted the “Best Visual or Performing Arts Camp.”

Coed • Ages 5-17 • Weekly • Fullday June 15-July 24

ASHeVILLe PARKS AnD ReCReATIOn BeyOnD-THePAGe COMIC CAMP 220 Amboy Road, Asheville 259-5483 • ashevillenc.gov/parks sjackson@ashevillenc.gov facebook.com/APRCA Explore the world of comics, cartooning and creating characters and adventures. Participants will focus on comics as an art form and learn about character and story development through creative games and activities. Youth should bring a water bottle, swimsuit and towel each day for water activities. Camp will be located at Carrier Park. Fees: $50.

City of Asheville residents receive a $10 discount. $25 for participants in Teen and Playground programs.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day On Jan. 15, 1929, something extraordinary was happening at 501 Auburn Ave. A baby boy had just been born, and he would grow up to be Martin Luther King Jr. He was born into a prosperous family, and they made sure he got the education he deserved. King was very smart, and after college, he attended seminary and later earned a Ph.D. at Boston University. During this time, he discovered his talent for public speaking and became a leader of nonviolent protests for black rights. Much of his inspiration came from Mahatma Gandhi, who led the struggle against British rule in India. King then started the American civil rights movement that ended black segregation altogether! I am inspired by him because he never gave up, he never stopped trying, because he knew that someday there was going to be peace between all people: that it’s not color that matters, but what’s inside a person.

I like that at The Learning Community School, the students and teachers go and help people on Martin Luther King Jr. Day instead of just being lazy on a day that was dedicated to someone who worked so hard for what he believed. This year I went to the Black Mountain Senior Home. I remember stepping into the lobby and feeling nervous, like I was going to forget the song and ruin the day both for us and for the elderly. When I went into the gathering hall, though, I knew I was wrong. These people were so happy to see us that I knew I couldn’t mess up, because they were just pleased that someone was there. I watched as they greeted us and saw their faces light up with joy. They said that they loved us, told us their names, and said to come and visit them again. I saw that this didn’t usually happen here, so they were very happy. Even though I never knew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I know that he left I HAVE A DREAM: North Buncombe Middle School a legacy of pure and true peace that seventh-grader Andreas Peregrina used watercolors inspires people today. for his portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. — Chilton Curwen, The Learning Community X KINDNESS: Owen Middle School seventh-grader Summer Thoma contributed this ink-pen zentangle hand sketch.

Coed • Ages 8-12 • Weekly • Fullday Aug. 3-7 Note: Asheville Parks and Recreation holds many camps throughout the summer. Not all are listed here, so please visit mountainx.com to see all of the camp offerings from APR.

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ASHeVILLe PeRfORMInG ARTS ACADeMy MuSICAL THeATRe CAMPS 210 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 253-4000 ashevilleperformingartsacademy.com theapaa@gmail.com facebook.com/ ashevilleperformingartsacademy @AvlPAA Put on a musical in one or two weeks. Two-week camps are The Lion King, Jr. (first EVER premiere in N.C.) June 15-26 and Into the Woods, Jr., July 13-24. One-week camps include Shrek, The Little Mermaid, Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan. Coed • Ages 3-16 • Weekly Half-day/Full-day • June 15-Aug. 7

fIReD uP! CReATIVe LOunGe ART CAMP 26 Wall St., Asheville • 253-8181 fireduplounge.com info@fireduplounge.com facebook.com/fireduplounge Art camp offering specialized instruction in a wide variety of media, including clay, pottery, mosaics, glass fusing, canvas painting and more.

Coed • Ages 5-12 • Weekly Half-day • June 15-July 24

GIRLS ROCK CAMP 38 N. French Broad Ave., Asheville 843-478-5241 girlsrockasheville.org girlsrockasheville@gmail.com facebook.com/www.girlsrockasheville.org @girlsrockavl Asheville’s Girls Rock Camp is a weeklong summer camp open to girls and trans youth ages 8-16. No experience is required, instruments and gear are supplied, and tuition is on a sliding scale. At camp, participants form bands, write original music and perform it in a showcase on June 27. Each day, campers attend band practice, instrument instruction, workshops and a minishow and Q&A session with a local female-fronted band. Online registration open.

Girls • Ages 8-16 • Weekly Full-day • June 22-26

JOyfuL nOISe COMMunITy MuSIC & ARTS CenTeR STRInG exPeRIenCe 2015 30 Alabama Ave., Weaverville 458-3490 • joyfulnoisecenter.org/ programs/summer-music-arts-camp joyfulnoisecamp@yahoo.com Advanced-beginner, intermediate and advanced string players will have fun exploring new ways of enjoying their instrument, playing in groups, trying other genres, playing with other young musicians and working with experienced teachers. Joyful Noise is proud to announce Amy Cann (fiddle/ violin/dance) and Chelsea LaBate (songwriting and composition) as this year’s artists-in-residence. 8:45 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $265 ($215 for additional family members). Partial scholarships available. Online registration is up and running!

Coed • Ages 7-12 • Daily Half-day • July 13-17

Our environment People always talk about how our environment is changing and how we’re decreasing litter and vandalism and preserving more land. Well, they’re right, but not every single person’s first thought in everyday life is to protect the planet. Each day, more and more of the Earth’s resources are used. I always hear that if we don’t protect the world, it will become brown and hard to live in. We are still fairly far from those times of extremity, but the people who care more about harmful products than about this Earth don’t understand that it will be my generation that lives in a planet that’s been damaged beyond repair. My generation will be living in the midst of a wasted future, even if it was partly left over from the past.

Even if a larger fraction of the people grow up to “not really care” or even consider the fact that our waste is destroying land, we might still be able to spread awareness. I do understand that as humans, we create. We cut down trees to make roads for travel, use up power for some things as simple as decoration, use gallons of water to keep things sanitary. We use these things to improve our civilization. It only gets to be a problem when we use too much.

The book and movie The Lorax tells a great yet exaggerated story that opened my eyes. The character The Onceler creates the “Thneed,” a product he feels everyone needs. But the fluff of the desirable truffula tree is the only source for his product, and it is costly. It takes too long to pick the fuzz the humane way, which lets readers know that business owners usually would rather have things done the quick way. There are really two ways to look at The Lorax: saying, “That will never happen,” or really understanding that these things are possible.

— Carly Campbell, The Learning Community X

JOyfuL nOISe COMMunITy MuSIC & ARTS CenTeR STRInG InTenSIVe 2015 30 Alabama Ave., Weaverville 458-3490 • joyfulnoisecenter.org/ programs/summer-music-arts-camp joyfulnoisecamp@yahoo.com This weeklong day camp for intermediate to advanced string players is a unique summer program combining intensive string education under master teachers with an eclectic interdisciplinary arts experience, trying other genres, playing with other young musicians and working with experienced teachers. Joyful Noise is proud to announce Amy Cann (fiddle/violin/ dance) and Chelsea LaBate (songwriting and composition) as this year’s artists-in-residence. 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: $325 ($275 for additional family members). Partial scholarships available. Online registration is up and running!

Coed • Ages 12-18 • Daily Full-day • July 13-17

SPRING CHICKEN: Eighth-grade ArtSpace Charter School student Audrey Walsh snapped this close-up of a rescued chicken investigating a dandelion.

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nORTH CAROLInA STAGe COMPAny THeATRe PRODuCTIOn CAMP 15 Stage Lane, Asheville 239-0263 • ncstage.org/blog/ nc-stage-summer-camps-2015 kelly@ncstage.org Camp based on The Phantom Tollbooth.

The camp culminates in a fully realized production at NC Stage for friends and family.

Your student will rotate through workshops in acting, voice, improv, movement, costume design, set design and more!

Coed • Ages 6-13 • Weekly Full-day • June 29-July 10

ODySSey CLAyWORKS KIDS CLAy CAMP 236 Clingman Ave., Asheville 285-0210 • avl.mx/0rr odysseyclayworks@gmail.com Camps meet Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon or 2-5 p.m. Beginner Wheel for Kids, ages 6-10 and 8-12; Under the Sea, ages 4-8; Animal Adventures, ages 4-8; Knights of the Round Table, ages 6-10; Super Sampler Clay Camp, ages 6-10; Advanced Wheel Throwing for Kids, ages 6-12; Animal Safari, ages 6-10; Musical Clay, ages 6-10; Create Like an Egyptian, ages 8-12; Here Comes the Sun, ages 4-8; Pottery for Teens, ages 11-15.

Coed • Ages 4-15 • Weekly Half-day • June 15-Aug. 14

PARKWAy PLAyHOuSe JunIOR PRODuCTIOn CAMP 113 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville 682-4285 • parkwayplayhouse.com/ education/performing-arts-camps mksmith@parkwayplayhouse.com facebook.com/parkwayplayhousejunior @PPHJunior

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Misconceptions of emotions/Beauty That girl, her name is McKenzie. No matter how beautiful she truly is, she’ll never believe it. When she gets home after work she walks into her small, pale bathroom, which looks as if it’s under reconstruction. There are large, black plastic bags, held together with a thick piece of duct tape, hanging from the top to the bottom of her mirror. If you ask McKenzie why, she’ll say, “My mirror is broken and I’m getting a new one.” Do you want to know the real reason? Because she despises herself so much that she covered her mirror so she wouldn’t have to look at herself anymore.

Hearing what others think of your appearance doesn’t matter even the smallest bit anymore. Maybe it’s because young people nowadays don’t see themselves as beautiful, because the idea and model of beauty are set so high. As a young female in society, I personally struggle with this issue. I find it so mind-boggling that children (and adults) in this generation don’t remind themselves of how brilliant their bodies truly are. We were blessed with such an amazing tool that we can use to do anything. But from what I see around me today, all that really matters is whether your eyelashes are long and whether your skin is clear, glossy and tan enough.

The pressures and expectations put on men and women by society are so harsh, and I feel so bad that we’re so labeled to do and act a certain way.

Boys’ emotions are supposed to be confined as much as girls’ hair is supposed to be held back with a bow.

When you think about it, it’s all sort of irrelevant, letting people with two eyes and an opinion take over the happiness and positive concept of yourself that you entered life with. If everyone would just be OK with who they are, then maybe McKenzie would take those bags off her mirrors.

— Emma Hubbard, The Learning Community X

PARKWAy PLAyHOuSe MuSICAL THeATRe InTenSIVe 113 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville 682-4285 • parkwayplayhouse.com/ education/performing-arts-camps mksmith@parkwayplayhouse.com facebook.com/parkwayplayhousejunior @PHHJunior Parkway Playhouse professionals are working together to bring you a summer intensive full of music, drama and dance. Campers will spend an hour a day covering each of the basics of musical theater and will get to perform a short “Musical Theatre Medley” at the Mount Mitchell Craft Fair in downtown Burnsville. Camp meeting times: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Performance Time TBD. Campers will need to pack a bagged lunch. Camp tuition: $120.

Coed • Ages 10-18 • Weekly Half-day • July 27-31

queeR ORIenTeD RADICAL DAyS Of SuMMeR (qORDS)

CONCENTRATION: Reynolds High School student Yana Babak submitted this work that blends a portrait with abstract elements.

339 Conference Center Drive, Browns Summit • 503-680-0763 • qords.org qordsinfo@gmail.com facebook.com/qords • @qordscamp QORDS is an overnight summer camp for queer and gender-nonconforming youth or youth of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex or asexual (LGBTQQIA) families, with special focus on youth in the South. Youth ages 12-17 form bands or hip-hop groups and write songs to perform at the end of the week.

They also attend workshops on issues related to creativity, gender identity and sexual orientation, and participate in hiking, climbing, dancing and crafts.

Coed • Ages 12-17 • Daily • Full-day Aug. 2-7

Parkway Playhouse directors take students through the process of putting on a professional production. During this camp, we will audition and cast a musical; learn blocking, choreography and music; build characters and props and learn all the elements of what it takes to put on a live production. Students will then perform their final product onstage at the historic Parkway Playhouse, celebrating 69 years this season! Meeting time: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-noon (ages 4-8); 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (ages 8-18). Camp tuition is $180 (ages 4-8); $220 (ages 8-18). Performances for this camp will be on July 17 at 6 p.m. and July 18 at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets for the shows: Adults: $11; students: $5.50.

Fine art classes in claymation, ceramics, clay sculpture, mixed media, realistic drawing, screen printing and block printing, acrylic and watercolor painting, drawing and comics, and stained glass mosaics for children in grades K-12, taught by certified art teacher Richmond Smith. Space is limited: Sign up soon to get the early bird discount!

Coed • Ages 4-18 • Other • Half-day July 6-17

Coed - Ages 5-18 • Weekly • Half-day June 8-Aug. 7

RICHMOnD’S STuDIO SuMMeR ART CAMP 16 Marne Road, Asheville • 777-3345 richmonds-studio.com admin@richmonds-studio.com

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ROOTS + WInGS SCHOOL Of ART AnD DeSIGn SuMMeR CReATIVITy CAMPS AnD DeSIGn STuDIOS 3 Angle St. or 573 Fairview Road, Asheville • 545-4827 rootsandwingsarts.com info@rootsandwingsarts.com avl.mx/0tf @rootswingsarts Our exceptional summer camps and design studios offer something for everyone. We collaborate with a variety of artists and art forms, including dance, music, film and more. Roots + Wings programs develop innovative problemsolving skills, creative and critical thinking skills, confidence, collaboration and more as we encourage every student’s creative voice. Sibling discounts.

Explore, Create, Play, Innovate! Online registration available.

Preservation

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I wake up to the sound of my sister’s alarm and crawl down the ladder from my top bunk. Even facing the window there’s barely enough sunlight to make out the rough edges of the trees surrounding our house. I push the door open and step out onto the porch. The cool air swallows me like a blanket. I reach out to the nearest leaf and feel the silky skin brush my fingertips. I am lucky enough to wake up to this picture-perfect scenery every day, a luxury most people in the world neglect. When was the last time you touched a tree branch and felt its bark scratch off the surface?

People don’t like the forest, I feel, because it’s disorganized and messy. In their all-butperfect lives, they think the city is the most efficient place to live. But the city is noisy; all you hear in the forest are the faint sounds of animal feet hitting the leaves. Sometimes you need time to get out of the city and hear yourself think. Sometimes you need to feel like you know yourself and not the person other people have made you.

Not everybody wants to live in a forest. However, I wish that everybody could experience it, maybe just to hike or to go one time when you’re 5. It’s a necessary experience. I know that everybody’s just interested in progress, not preservation, but our history is as important as our future. We must learn from our mistakes. Only 8.5 percent of America is national forest land. The trees help us breathe and sustain life on our planet. We have to plan for the next generation and not just think about ourselves. We need our trees.

— Olivia Kennedy, The Learning Community X

Coed • Ages 3-18 • Weekly Half-day • June 15-July 31

TRAnSyLVAnIA COMMunITy ARTS COunCIL MOunTAIn ROOTS POTTeRy CAMP 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard 884-2787 • tcarts.org tcarts@comporium.net During this weeklong pottery camp, students will have the opportunity to learn and practice basic hand-building skills including the pinch, coil and slab techniques. Morning session: 9 a.m.-noon, ages 6-10. Afternoon session: 1:30-4:30 p.m., ages 10-15.

Cost: $225 per camper.

Coed • Ages 6-15 • Daily Half-day • July 13-17

TRAnSyLVAnIA COMMunITy ARTS COunCIL SuMMeR ARTS CAMP 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard 884-2787 • tcarts.org tcarts@comporium.net Campers will spend a week exploring the visual arts, music and dance.

Morning session: 9 a.m.–noon; afternoon session: 1-4 p.m. Cost: $100 per child. To register, call or email the Arts Council.

Coed • Ages 5-12 • Daily Half-day • June 15-19

THEY’RE WATCHING! Reynolds High School student Ross Briden offers this eerie take on screen time.

Screen Time-Snatchers Kids these days are spending more time on electronic devices than ever before.

Studies show that too much screen time can affect grades, health and even how our brains work. The average 12- to 23-year-old spends 50 hours a week on a screen, iPad, computer, phone, you name it. Screens can also affect how we do math, how we write, how we read. If screen time can affect almost everything we do, then it could make our generation suffer. It would be hard to get a job if you can’t read, right?

Most parents tell their kids to go outside so they don’t turn their brains to mush.

But parents don’t realize how much time they themselves spend on screens for nonwork-related topics. My mom is checking Facebook and Pinterest just as much as I check Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Snapchat, Vine and Pinterest. Just because we have more social media doesn’t mean that we spend more time on them.

Parents should be limiting themselves just as much as they limit us. Screen time can take over adults’ lives, too.

Don’t let electronics take over your life! Warning signs include missing events such as parties and weddings, staying up late to catch a favorite TV show, eating full meals (not snacks) in front of the TV or computer, and going to bed with the TV on.

Fight against excess screen time. Make plans with friends regularly. Record shows so you get a good night’s sleep. Practice eating at the dinner table, away from the TV and computer, and take the TV out of your room. Also either turn off your phone or put it out of your room at night. Screen time can permanently damage your life, so use your time wisely.

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K i d s yWCA SuMMeR CAMP 185 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville 254-7206 • ywcaofasheville.org kathryn.dawkins@ywcaofasheville.org facebook.com/ywcaofasheville @ywcaofavl The YWCA of Asheville Summer Camp is a day camp for K-6 graders. Camp includes: Structured/Unstructured Activities, Reading and STEAM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), Gardening and Nutrition, Arts & Crafts, Swim Lessons/Free Swim, Field Trips, Nature walks/hikes and Water Fun. Our Summer Camp is 9 weeks; however, parents can choose which weeks they would like their children to attend. Camp is from 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m, with after-hours care. Children must arrive by 9:00 a.m. and bring a lunch. A nutritious afternoon snack is provided. Cost: $150/wk, vouchers are accepted.

Coed • Ages 5-12 • Other Full-day • June 17-Aug. 14

Athletics ASHeVILLe BunCOMBe yOuTH SOCCeR ASSOCIATIOn funDAMenTALS SuMMeR CAMP P.O. box 895, Asheville 28802 299-7277 abysa.org/camps/fundamentals shane@abysa.org ABYSA’s FUNdamentals Soccer Camp offers a games-centered teaching approach to soccer education, creating an exciting and entertaining environment designed to boost player learning. The FUNdamentals teaching method enriches players’ passion for soccer while teaching them the proper techniques for future soccer success.

Campers will be placed in proper age groups and skill levels to ensure that all players benefit from developmentally appropriate activities, teaching and competition. Lunch and early bird options available.

Smoking I’m running down the trail with my hair flowing in the wind. I climb a tree to the top and jump down onto a big dirt pile, getting all messy. I leap over logs like hurdles, race through the beautiful green trees, and step onto the big boulders crossing the pond. But then I think for a moment: I couldn’t do all of this if I smoked.

I know that maybe your friends will be smoking and you want to be cool like them, but is it really worth giving up your life? I’m telling you: Don’t do it. Smoking can cause serious health problems. If you’re pregnant, it’s a terrible idea to start smoking, because it’s not only harmful to the mom, but also very harmful to the baby. Smoking is bad for your skin, which will become dry and turn wrinkly. Your teeth will rot. Smoking will stain your teeth. It can cause lung cancer, and it will be hard to breathe. Smoking can cause blood cancer. You can have heart attacks very easily. Smoking can cause bad vision. You will start coughing more often. Smoking will kill your tissue and your cells.

You want to travel, see different places, experience adventures and have fun. But smoking doesn’t allow you to do those kinds of things. Each time you pull one small cigarette out of a Marlboro pack, stick it in between your lips and inhale, seconds are being taken off of your life. Every year more than 480,000 people die from smoking. There’s a big difference between video games and reality. You do not have nine lives like in a video game. You have one life and one body, and you do not get a second chance.

— Fields Wright, The Learning Community X

This Land Is Our Land Have you ever wondered why bears and coyotes are roaming your property? It’s because they don’t have their own land any more. We have destroyed what was theirs and taken it for ourselves. We keep chopping down trees and demolishing boulders so that we, the humans, can build, build, build.

Did you know that only 20 percent of virgin forests remain in this whole world? North Africa, the Middle East and almost all of Europe have lost all of their frontier forests.

One way to help the Earth is to leave more wilderness space. We can do this by renovating buildings that aren’t being used anymore instead of leaving them there to pollute the area. People can live closer together, and that provides more land for animals.

We can start helping the world by chopping down trees that are sick and dying for the paper that creates books. People can also mill the trees that have already fallen.

We can help make the world a better place. Here’s an idea: What if we all used laptops and tablets instead? If we did this, we wouldn’t even need trees. We can preserve wilderness for creatures to live in with a no hunting, chopping or building rule. Humans can pick up the junk that people throw out their car windows so that animals can’t get sick or hurt by the pollution. These are some ways that we can save our environment.

There’s a song that many people know: “This Land Is Your Land.” The line “This land was made for you and me” means to me that creatures and humans are meant to live together. So get out there and help save the Earth and the animals — and even yourself.

We don’t own the land: It owns us. It’s time to make the world a better place to live in.

— Meadie Jernigan, The Learning Community X

HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, KIDS: Sand Hill-Venable Elementary School first-graders Lucas and Serenity painted these portraits.

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285 Livingston St., Asheville 259-5483 • ashevillenc.gov/parks sjackson@ashevillenc.gov facebook.com/APRCA A fun, fast-paced experience in various sports, learning skills and playing organized games of flag football, basketball, tennis, soccer, volleyball and more! Camp will be at the Grant Center. Fees: $50. City of Asheville residents receive a $10 discount. $25 for participants enrolled in Asheville Parks and Recreation Teen and Playground programs. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Coed • Ages 7-12 • Weekly Full-day • June 6-10 Note: Asheville Parks and Recreation holds many camps throughout the summer. Not all are listed here, so please visit mountainx.com to see all of the camp offerings from APR.

KOLO fLOW BIKe CAMP 1 Resort Drive, Asheville 707-4876 • kolobikepark.com/ kolo-flow-bike-summer-camp theflow@kolobikepark.com facebook.com/pages/Kolo-Bike-Park @koloflow Campers will ride on purpose-built mountain bike trails and skill elements designed for all levels of rider to experience flow on a bicycle. Kolo Bike Park is a great way for young riders to build confidence and skill in a controlled environment. Other activities include use of an outdoor swimming pool, off-bike games and indoor activities such a bicycle movies and games on bad weather days. The camp is for kids who can comfortably ride a two-wheel bicycle. Some offroad experience is recommended but not required. Rental bikes are available for an additional cost.

Coed • Ages 6-12 • Weekly Half-day/Full-day • June 15-Aug. 7

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K i d s PLAyBALL ASHeVILLe SPORTS CAMP 223 Hillside St., Asheville • 575-3000 playballasheville.com maxyplayball@gmail.com facebook.com/playballasheville At Playball Camp, experienced teachers use positive coaching methods to guide children through a world of sports with high-energy, creative lessons. They create countless opportunities to learn new skills, make friends and gain confidence. Each game and lesson focuses on something new like balance, coordination, speed and how to have fun while playing team sports like soccer, football, baseball, tennis, hockey and volleyball. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $40 per day or $180 for the week (sibling discounts available).

Coed • Ages 3-6 • Daily • Half-day Week 1: June 29-July 3 (ages 3-4); Week 2: July 6-10 (ages 4-5); Week 3: July 13-17 (ages 5-6); Week 4: July 20-24 (ages 3-4); Week 5: July 27-31 (ages 4-5); Week 6: Aug. 3-7 (ages 5-6)

Trashin’ needs a Bashin’ A fish swims up to the glossy, hard, plastic container half submerged in muck. It starts to wiggle in and then “humfp”: It suffocates.

This is what’s happening every day to land and sea animals all around the world. Once, when I was taking my dog for a walk, I saw a dead animal that had been cut while trying to get food scraps out of a can.

People should stop carelessly throwing away garbage into the street. It is bad for the ecosystem. Litter is a good place for insects that have diseases to breed.

It also wastes our natural resources. For example, when you throw away a glass bottle, you could be using that for a water bottle, storage container or flower vase.

That could save you money and time while making the environment better.

People drive down the streets and throw trash out the window all the time.

Maybe it goes down the drain and out to the ocean. But as you can see, when you throw away garbage, it might kill fish. When fish die, eventually there are no fish left to catch, and not a lot of little fish for big fish to eat. This will make it harder and harder to get that source of food, and it will mess up our ecosystem.

Littering might also cause wildfires. It happens when a spark catches on a piece of trash that was left lying on the ground at a campsite because somebody was just too lazy to pick it up. Do you know what forest fires lead to? That’s right, no more forest, and that is very bad for the environment.

So, in conclusion, all kids, adults and teenagers should cut down on littering!

— Jackson Zeh, The Learning Community X

uLTIMATe fRISBee SuMMeR CAMP 60 Ridgelawn Ave., Asheville 225-6986 • ashevilleultimate.org/ e/ultimate-frisbee-summer-camp 2015-summer-ultimate-youth-camp@ auc.ultimatecentral.com facebook.com/ UltimateFrisbeeSummerCamp Campers will learn the sport of Ultimate Frisbee in a fun, exciting and nurturing environment! They will learn important fundamentals and techniques to help each camper improve their skills and understanding of the sport. Campers will understand “The Spirit of the Game,” a governing rule in Ultimate Frisbee that is based on self-officiating. Campers will learn the game from 2014 World Ultimate Frisbee Champion and 2006 North Carolina Middle School Coach of the Year Mark Strazzer and other local players. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Coed • Ages 11-17 • Weekly Half-day • Grades 6-8: June 22-26; Grades 3-5: June 29-July 2; High school: July 6-10

unC ASHeVILLe SuMMeR SPORTS ACADeMy 1 University Heights, Asheville 251-6930 • uncasportsacademy.com tbrne@unca.edu • @ashevilledogs Youth Baseball Camp: June 15-19; June 22-26; July 20-24; Boys Basketball Camp: June 15-18; June 22-25; Volleyball Camp: July 14-17; July 28-31; Adult Running Camp: June 18-21.

Coed • Ages 6-13 • Weekly Half-day/Full-day

nature, Science & Technology ARTSPACe CHARTeR SCHOOL ROBOTICS CAMP 2030 U.S. Hwy 70, Swannanoa 298-2787 • artspacecharter.org steve.lipe@artspacecharter.org

RIVER WATCHER: North Buncombe Middle School eighthgrader Hannah Hatch painted this elegant watercolor.

Join the 2015 ArtSpace Robotics Camp for an exciting challenge in robotics programming! This weeklong camp offers an intensive, hands-on experience in robotics, ranging from simple machines to complex robots. Participants will experience fun challenges through a series of scenarios providing many opportunities to discover and expand their understanding and knowledge of the world of robotics, including design and function, gears and pneumatics, and programming and problem-solving. Campers will need to provide their own snacks and lunches. There is no before- or after-care provided, so camp is only from 9 a.m.3:30 p.m. Participants are signed in and out by a caregiver, so prompt drop-off and pickup are greatly appreciated.

Coed • Ages 11-14 • Daily • Full-day July 27-31

ASHeVILLe PARKS AnD ReCReATIOn WILDeRneSS WeDneSDAyS 498 Azalea Road, Asheville 259-5773 • ashevillenc.gov/parks kperez@ashevillenc.gov Explore, discover and learn! Come discover the great outdoors. Toddlers will experience hands-on environmental education and wilderness activities. Space is limited to 15. Camp will be at Azalea Park Picnic Shelter 3, 11 a.m.-noon.

Fee: $20. City of Asheville residents receive a $5 discount.

Coed • Ages 1-5 • Monthly Half-day • July 8, 15, 22 and 29

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SUWS of the Carolinas is a therapeutic wilderness program in Old Fort, NC. It is an integrated strengths based program that addresses the biological, psychological and social needs of adolescents with mental health, substance abuse and behavioral challenges.

FOR CLINICAL PROFESSIONALS Southeast Conference on Autism WEDNESDAY APRIL 29, 2015 8:30 a.m.—4 p.m.

ASHEVILLE, NC The Approach Program for Social Learning at SUWS of the Carolinas is proud to host Dr. Jed Baker at the Southeast Conference on Autism.

Dr. Baker is an author, international speaker and Director of the Social Skills Training Project.

Dr. Baker will describe how to handle meltdowns and design effective behavior plans to reduce frustration and anxiety. He will also provide detailed strategies to motivate students to learn, ways to teach social skills and help students generalize skills into natural settings.

Join us for a full-day conference. Breakfast and Lunch included.

Six CE Clock Hours will be awarded for full participation. NBCC Provider# 6617 $100 for Professionals

For more information or to register, please contact Roslyn Walker, Marketing Director, at 704-408-7791 or rwalker@suwscarolinas.com

A School of Global Leadership; Where Faith and Knowledge Meet the World.

Now enrolling Pre-K Through 8th Grade Visit Us at AshevilleCatholic.org or Call for Your Personal Tour at 828.252.7896 mountainx.com

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K i d s BRICKS 4 KIDz LeGO CAMPS Various locations • 606-4827 bricks4kidz.com/asheville wland@bricks4kidz.com facebook.com/Bricks4KidzAsheville Bricks 4 Kidz offers Lego-based camps all summer! Camps are held in several locations and run either from 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. You may sign up for one, or register for both, stay and eat lunch/play with a teacher. Themes include minecraft, Star Wars, Pokemon, robotics, moviemaking and more!

Coed • Ages 6-14 • Weekly Half-day/Full-day • June 15-Aug. 14

CAMP MuDDy SneAKeRS P.O. box 146, Brevard 28712 862-5560 campmuddysneakers.org info@campmuddysneakers.org facebook.com/muddysneakers Camp Muddy Sneakers is an exciting day camp in WNC that seeks to educate campers on the natural world through hands-on exploration! Our day camps are focused on getting kids outdoors to inspire curiosity, BLOWING IN THE BREEZE: North Buncombe Middle School eighth-grader Skyler George created this painting featuring the French Broad River.

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connect with nature, stay active and cultivate a sense of stewardship. We offer weeklong, full-day sessions for rising fourth- through seventh-graders (Trail Blazers) and weeklong, half-day sessions for rising first- through thirdgraders (Nature Explorers).

Coed • Ages 6-13 • Weekly Half-day/Full-day • June 15-Aug. 14

fIRefLy GATHeRInG KIDS CAMP 715 N. Fork Road, Barnardsville 777-8777 • fireflygathering.org aprilstolarz@gmail.com We aim to evoke a sense of wonder and curiosity in kids by building a greater connection to self, others and nature. Our kids program provides a comprehensive learning experience using the 8 Shields cultural mentoring model, which follows the cardinal directions to deepen connections with nature and one another. Primitive-skills instructors teach morning and afternoon classes. The program is part of the Firefly Gathering, the premier primitive- and natural-skills gathering in the country. In between classes there will be plenty of time to experience the fun and magical communal-tribe experience of swimming, music, dancing, active games, playing in the creek and more.

Coed • Ages 8-12 • Daily Overnight/Full-day • June 25-28

fOReST fLOOR WILDeRneSS PROGRAMS Run WILD! SuMMeR CAMPS 79 Maney Branch Road, Weaverville 321-536-5615 ontheforestfloor.org forestfloorwp@gmail.com facebook.com/ ForestFloorWildernessPrograms

Bullying I am an activist with bullying Activism is finding something that is a problem, standing up for something that shouldn’t be happening, not being a bystander.

For example, I am an activist with bullying.

I personally think that we will always have problems in our community that will call out for activism. One problem we have is bullying, and if we all work together we can start changing these problems.

Bullying is all around us and is usually happening every day at every school. Most people say that we can put a stop to bullying.

If we work together, we can stop bullying. It won’t stop all the way, but partially. I see bullying at my school at least three times a week if not more than that.

I think we all know that bullying will never end; all of us bully at some point in our lives. I have been bullied before. I think if we actually did somethingwhen bullying is occurring, something as easy as saying, “That’s not nice,” or if it’s at a school or at your job, let a teacher or your boss know that someone is bullying you. It’s easy as that.

Whenever I see an act of bullying, I let someone know, or if I cannot let someone know, I may say, “That is not nice. How would you feel if that was being said to you?”

— William Akrivos, Franklin School of Innovation X

Our trained nature-connection mentors will inspire your child to fully engage with the natural world. With our low child-to-instructor ratio, we will ignite their innate curiosity about nature and then stoke that ember as they become fully alive through their rich connection to the Earth and its myriad denizens.

Our curriculum includes outdoor safety and awareness, animal tracking, edible and medicinal wild plants, wilderness survival skills, bird language, ancient crafts, ecology, community and self-discovery.

Coed • Ages 6-12 • Weekly Overnight/Full-day • June 15-July 31

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March sale: Up to $750 in free organic bedding with mattress purchase.

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FRENCH BROAD RIVER RESIDENT: North Buncombe Middle School student Maycie Henderson sculpted this blue heron because she likes the bird’s peacefulness. She writes: “I hope that we can help the population of the blue heron stay the same, and I hope we can make a difference to the river. Who is with me?”

Now Enrolling!

Children 1–5 years old year round, full day and extended day programs

Our degreed and professional staff teach through hands-on and meaningful experiences in a warm, loving and exciting learning environment.

Discovery Montessori School believes: —Education is the process of discovery along with the aquisition of knowledge of skills, giftedness is demonstrated in many realms, play is the most important work of children.

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GReAT SMOKy MOunTAIn InSTITuTe AT TReMOnT DISCOVeRy, exPLORATIOn AnD SCIenCe CAMP 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, TN 37882 865-448-6709 • gsmit.org heather@gsmit.org facebook.com/GSMITremont @GSMITremont Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont hosts overnight discovery, exploration and science camps for ages 9-17. Located inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tremont Institute uses this 500,000acre classroom to provide transformative experiences that awaken the senses and encourage action. We create space for discovery, personal development and opportunities to unplug and explore. New this year: Firefly Camp Overnight for the wee ones (ages 5-8). Our dormitory houses 135, and a kitchen staff provides hot meals and snacks. The institute operates year-round, serving school groups, summer campers and adults.

Coed • Ages 5-17 • Other Overnight/Full-day • June 8-July 23

RIVeRLInK RIVeRCAMP 170 Lyman St., Asheville 252-8474 riverlink.org/learn/ education-programs/summer-camps education@riverlink.org Our summer camp is for students interested in exploring all that WNC’s rivers have to offer. Typical activities include tubing, swimming, rafting, environmental education lessons, wildlife biology, nature journals and art crafts. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Coed • Ages 9-14 • Weekly Full-day Session 1 (rising third- to fifth-graders): June 15-19; Session 2 (rising sixth-eighth): June 22-26; Session 3 (rising third-fifth): July 13-17; Session 4 (rising third-fifth): July 20-24

Reflecting and writing The following poems were written by seventh-grade students from Congregation Beth HaTephila in Asheville who recently took part in a poetry writing workshop with Tamiko Ambrose Murray. The theme of the workshop was issues of social justice.

In Our World

don’t miss our SPRING BREAK CAMP for K-5th!

March 30 through April 3

SUMMER 2015 Creativity Camps and

Design Studios

Weeks of June 15 - July 27 / Age 3 - 17 Register ONLINE Today!!!

In our world there is famine and war.

In our world some people are homeless and poor.

In this world people kick dogs In this world everyone is told, “You’re wrong!’

In our world people die alone every day.

In our world there is so much hate.

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We can change.

In our world there are opportunities to love.

In our world everyone can receive and give a hug.

In this world every animal can have a treat.

In this world there is enough food for everyone to eat.

In our world we can end war.

In our world we can have peace forevermore.

We can change.

In our world music will be heard everywhere.

In our world birdsong will float in the air.

In this world people always smile and wave In this world people will receive clothing that others gave.

In our world help can be found anywhere.

In our world hate will be a story that vanishes into thin air.

We can change.

We will change.

In this world.

— Julia Feiler

This Nature I Love This nature I love makes flowing rivers

Foster or Adopt Today!

This nature I love is home to birds in the trees This nature I love gives us rain in the summer, snow in the winter bees in the spring colorful leaves in the fall This nature I love should never be filled with smoke stripped of life without trees to climb, without birds to cherish, without grass to enjoy life on, without people to live life with.

The Children’s Home Society of North Carolina is looking for foster care or adoptive parents for children in need of safe and loving families. CHS has a 113-year history of bringing children and families together.

Attend and information meeting to learn more!

Tuesday, April 14 6:30–7:30 p.m.

West Asheville Library Meeting Room

942 Haywood Rd. Asheville, NC 28806

For more information, contact Alex Kelly akelly@chsnc.org or 828-722-8113

So I will always protect This nature I love.

— Rutledge Fogel

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K i d s Open Your Eyes Open your eyes Even if what is there is not what you wish to see

WnC nATuRe CenTeR OVeRnIGHT DeLIGHT She Dreams

Open your eyes And see past the colors of democracy to find common ground

she dreams ... of food of a full satisfied stomach

Open your eyes And see past the fiction and into the facts

she dreams ... and in her dreams there is no emptiness, no pain

See the rising oceans The innocent lives lost, See the endless summer, So that we may finally end This endless debate

she dreams ... of enough for all she dreams ... of walking and running of a stride that shows she can

Open your eyes So that future generations Will be able to wake up To the world renewed

she dreams ... of comfort of bread of soup

Open your eyes And see past the short term gain And into the long term loss Open your eyes And see past the the greed of your instinct And into the desires of your heart — Levi Harris

she dreams ... of strength and stamina for energy and happiness I dream ... for the world to have food and clean water I dream ... for world hunger to end — Hannah Jane Tracy

75 Gashes Creek Road, Asheville 259-8082 • wncnaturecenter.com/ Education/SummerCamps.aspx kmastin@ashevillenc.gov facebook.com/APRCA We present an evening of crafts, activities, a wolf-howling program and bonfire storytelling right on the grounds. Pitch a tent or stay in the Appalachian Station, and let us do the rest! Evening snacks with a continental breakfast. Any grade level and all family members welcome!

Thursday 7 p.m.-Friday 10 a.m. $35/ person ($5 discount for Friends of the WNCNC members).

Coed • Ages 3-99 • Other Overnight/Full-day • Aug. 6-7 Note: The WNC Nature Center holds many camps throughout the summer.

Not all are listed here, so please visit mountainx.com to see all of the center’s camp offerings.

Other A-B TeCH’S yOunG enTRePReneuRIAL SCHOLARS (yeS) CAMP 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler 398-7957 • abtech.edu/yes-camp dianehhendrickson@abtech.edu facebook.com/YES. SummerCampAsheville In a fun, interactive environment, campers will discover how entrepreneurship can be a viable career option for them. Highlights include meeting with a banker to apply for a mock loan, filming a commercial for their business and making a business plan pitch. This year’s special feature: 3-D printing! Both weeklong camp sessions meet at A-B Tech’s Small Business Center at the Business Acceleration Site in Enka. Cost: $75.

Coed • Ages 12-18 • Daily Full-day High schoolers: June 22-26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Middle schoolers: July 6-10, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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ASHeVILLe COMMunITy MOVeMenT MOVeRS AnD SHAKeRS SuMMeR CAMP 812 Riverside Dr., Asheville 254-6060 ashevillecommunitymovement.com office@ashevillecommunity movement.com avl.mx/0tg Mover and Shaker: One who wields power and influence in a sphere of activity. Our summer camp has weekly themes with many opportunities to learn new skills and nurture a love for physical activity. Activities include three gymnastics classes per week, theme-related workshops and field trips. Daily activity options include dance, basketball, ultimate frisbee, scouts, art, music, extra gymnastics time and more! We hope to provide each child the opportunity to find their unique passion.

ASHeVILLe PARKS AnD ReCReATIOn LIL fIn fRIDAyS 65 Gashes Creek Road, Asheville 259-5773 • ashevillenc.gov/parks kperez@ashevillenc.gov facebook.com/APRCA Toddlers will learn water safety and fundamental skills in a safe and fun environment. Parents are encouraged to participate with their toddlers in several guided practice sessions that will help them learn elementary swimming skills.

Space is limited to 15. Camp will be at Recreation Park Pool. Fee: $20. $5 discount for city of Asheville residents.

Fridays, 11 a.m.-noon.

Coed • Ages 1-5 • Weekly Half-day • July 10, 17, 24 and 31

Coed • Ages 5-13 • Weekly Half-Day/Full-Day • June 8-Aug. 18

LuLu’s Consignment

Now 2 locations to serve you!

Huge newly expanded kids area includes Melissa & Doug!

LuLu’s Kids • 3461 Hendersonville Rd. • Fletcher, NC (kids, maternity & clearance) LuLu’s • 3699 Hendersonville Rd. • Fletcher, NC (new & consignment furniture & decor, men’s & women’s)

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Don’t have an AVERAGE Birthday party this year...

Have a CLAYING AROUND Party!!

Call Today!

277-0042

1378 Hendersonville Rd Suite D - Asheville, NC

Across the street from Carolina Day School

K i d s Camp Hanger Hall 64 W.T. Weaver Blvd., Asheville 258-3600 hangerhall.org/summercamp jenb@hangerhall.org Coding Camp with Kizzi Danh, 6/15-19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., $230, fifth-ninth grade; Art Venturing with Laura Norris 6/29-7/3, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., $230, sixth-ninth grade; Dance and Show Production with Lisa Zahiya, 7/610, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $285, fifth-ninth grade; Biz Girls: Entrepreneurship with Lisa Zahiya, 7/13-17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $285, sixth-ninth grade; Crafty Hoopla with Kizzi Danh, 8/37, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $285, fifth-ninth grade; Lets Play! with Kristin Peppel, 8/10-14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $285, sixth-ninth grade.

Girls • Ages 10-14 • Weekly Half-day/Full-day • June 15-Aug. 14

Paint your own pottery Pottery Wheels • Handbuilding Mosaics • Glass Fusing Lilly Ollo Silver Clay!

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Those That Will Change Those that won’t change can only see black and white.

Those that won’t change will teach wrong.

Those who wait for change feel pain.

Those who wait for change feel hopeless.

Those who wait for change will wait in vain.

Those who want change will move on.

Those who want change will look back with fulfillment.

Those that will change can change the world.

—Adam Henegan

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Camp Spring CreeK 44 Walnut Ave., Spruce Pine 766-5032 • campspringcreek.org info@campspringcreek.org Camp Spring Creek creates an environment where dyslexic children become better readers, spellers and writers; discover their natural talents; and gain self-confidence and independence.

Coed • Ages 7-15 • Other Overnight/Full-day • June 14-Aug. 8

Fun for the kids 7 days a week!

i Can Be anytHing!

Summer CampS at tHe CHildren’S muSeum Of tHe upState 300 College St., Greenville, S.C. 864-233-7755 • tcmupstate.org/ explore/camps/summer-camps info@tcmupstate.org avl.mx/0th @TCMUpstate.org Join us for weeklong journeys into topics that inspire, delight and encourage your child to BE ANYTHING! It’s full STEAM ahead with age-appropriate activities in science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Lil’ Sprouts (ages 4-5), 9 a.m.-noon, $125/week; kindergarten, grades 1-5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $250/week.

Member discounts.

Summer Camp spots still open!

Coed • Ages 4-11 • Weekly Half-day/Full-day • June 22-July 31

Open Daily 10-5 828-259-8080 www.WNCNatureCenter.com

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K i d s Caught Between the Lines Caught between the worlds of my family and my friends.

Caught between the smiles and the frowns.

Caught between the way it is and the way it should be.

Caught between right and wrong.

Caught between imagination and reality.

Caught between hard work and slacking off.

Caught between living and surviving.

Caught between the lines.

Caught between happiness and sorrow.

Caught between the words I speak and the thoughts I think.

Caught between cheerfulness and exasperation.

Caught between excitement and anger.

Caught between poverty and wealth.

Caught between peace and war.

Caught between power and weakness.

Caught between fear and courage.

Caught between two sides of the same battle.

Caught between life and death.

Caught between the lines.

Caught between hope and fear.

Caught between show and tell.

Caught between hunger and want.

Caught between the worlds.

Caught in it all.

Caught between the lines. — Isaac Tuch

Join us for a 5 day Nature Based~Rites of Passage Ceremony, honoring the sacred time when a girl is becoming a woman.

Through supportive sisterhood, ritual and nature connection we help reveal each young woman’s inner gifts and glimmering authenticity. We aid each blossoming woman by nourishing our connection to community & nature.

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Growing Goddess: Spring and Summer dates May 23-24: Spring Welcome Campout June 22-26 Summer: 5 day overnight Rites of Passage Camp July 6-10 Summer: 5 day overnight Rites of Passage Camp *We recommend attending the Welcome Spring Campout before the Summer Rites of Passage Camp.

www.earthpatheducation.com

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LITTLe ROunD SCHOOLHOuSe fROM GARDen TO PLATe 114 Wesley Branch Road, Asheville 28806 • 484-1886 littleroundschoolhouse.com/ summer-program mail@littleroundschoolhouse.com Fee includes an organic meal and snacks as well as all craft materials. We’ll spend our week exploring the garden, harvesting food, cooking and creating yummy meals together. Each day we will try a new dish made with all local, organic food.

Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cost: $148.

Coed • Ages 3-6 • Daily • Half-day Aug. 4-7 Note: Little Round Schoolhouse holds many camps throughout the summer. Not all are listed here, so please visit mountainx. com to see all of the camp offerings from LRS.

HAPPY GIRL: Home-schooled Jessica Conard, 10, used colored wax pencils for her drawing.

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K i d s nORTH CAROLInA COunCIL Of TROuT unLIMITeD RIVeRCOuRSe COnSeRVATIOn & fLy fISHInG yOuTH CAMP 25 Wormy Chestnut Lane, Canton 859-6874 • rivercourse.org nctu.rivercourse@gmail.com Rivercourse emphasizes Trout Unlimited’s mission of conserving cold-water fisheries while, at the same time, teaching campers the basics of fly fishing. Volunteers instruct campers in specialized fields such as herpetology (amphibians), entomology (insects), botany, wetlands ecology, stream restoration techniques and environmental policy. In addition, fly fishing is covered in detail, with topics such as casting, fly tying, equipment and stream-side etiquette.

Coed • Ages 13-15 • Weekly Overnight/Full-day • June 21-26

UP CLOSE: Evergreen Community Charter School eighth-grader Maggie Allen offers this shot from a student nature-themed photo blog series.

She writes: “I really like close-up pictures because they show people that when you look closely at something, it looks much different. Most people just walk past plants and don’t pay any attention. If you have no idea what a plant is called or you don’t feel like you care, I strongly encourage you to look closer. You may be amazed at what you see.” For more, visit Evergreen’s Environmental Education blog at www.evergreenccsEE.com

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Special needs ASHeVILLe PARKS AnD ReCReATIOn THeRAPeuTIC ReCReATIOn enRICHMenT PROGRAM 970 Haywood Road, Asheville 259-5483 • ashevillenc.gov/parks llong@ashevillenc.gov facebook.com/APRCA An inclusive summer recreation camp designed for middle- and high schoolaged teens with or without mild to moderate cognitive or developmental delays who meet eligibility requirements. Activities include group games, arts & crafts, nature exploration and field trips. Camp will be held at the West Asheville Recreation Center, Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Offered in cooperation with F.I.R.S.T. Fee: $50/week for first child, $40/ week for siblings. $10 discount for city of Asheville residents.

Coed • Ages 6-13 • Weekly Full-day June 15-Aug. 13

ASHeVILLe PARKS AnD ReCReATIOn THeRAPeuTIC ReCReATIOn Teen SuMMeR PROGRAM 970 Haywood Road, Asheville 259-5483 • ashevillenc.gov/parks llong@ashevillenc.gov facebook.com/APRCA An inclusive summer recreation camp designed for middle- and high schoolaged teens with or without mild to moderate cognitive or developmental delays who meet eligibility requirements. Activities include group games, arts & crafts, nature exploration, and field trips. Camp will be held at West Asheville Recreation Center, MondayFriday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Offered in cooperation with F.I.R.S.T. Fee: $50/week for first child, $40/week for siblings. $10 discount for city of Asheville residents.

Spiritual & Religious CAMP HenRy 154 Suncrest Mill Road, Canton 225-6656 • camphenry.net camphenry@diocesewnc.org avl.mx/0u0 @camphenrync Located at the scenic Lake Logan Episcopal Center, Camp Henry offers campers a mix of games, leadership activities, environmental education and exploration, arts & crafts, singing, dancing, swimming/boating/fishing on the river and lake, worship, community building and fun. The camp, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of WNC, welcomes all persons to experience God’s love and Christian fellowship. The ACAaccredited facility also offers the Camp Henry Outdoor School, a wilderness expedition program in which participants spend one or two weeks learning how to safely and enjoyably travel in the wilderness. Each trip includes a day of rafting, a day of rock climbing and a multiday backpacking excursion.

Coed • Ages 5-18 • Weekly Overnight/Full-day • June 18-Aug. 1

Why Enroll at Franklin? Our Students say it best…

“The teachers - they engage a lot and help you understand.”

“The group work - when I work with other people I understand better.”

“I like that we get to ask a lot of questions. And we’re learning how to ask good questions!”

Teachers who care – engaging projects – collaborative work – inquiry.

This is what Franklin is all about.

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www.franklinschoolofinnovation.org • (828) 318-8140 • info@thefsi.us

HOMIny BAPTIST CHuRCH PRAISeMAKeRS MuSIC AnD ART DAy CAMP 135 Candler School Road, Candler 667-4541 • hominybaptist.com hominy@bellsouth.net PraiseMakers is a weeklong day camp for children entering grades K-6 that focuses on worship arts, creative activities and performance with a team. The week consists of art projects and miniworkshops in drama, singing, instruments, liturgical dance and scenery painting, as well as daily outdoor recreation, spiritual formation and team building. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $40 fee includes T-shirt and crafts.

Friday evening concert at 7 p.m.

Coed • Ages 5-12 • Daily • Full-day Aug. 10-15

Coed • Ages 14-17 • Weekly Full-day • June 22-Aug. 13

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Schedule some quality time with your Kids!

K i d s Traditional ASHeVILLe PARKS AnD ReCReATIOn PLAyGROunD PROGRAM 34 Pearson Drive, 121 Shiloh Road, 30 George Washington Carver and 75 Rumbough Place • 251-4081 ashevillenc.gov/parks adains@ashevillenc.gov facebook.com/APRCA

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A supervised recreation program for youth. Activities include games, crafts, cultural arts and field trips. Camp will be located at Montford, Shiloh, StephensLee and Malvern Hills recreation sites, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Fee: $50/week for first child, $40/ week for siblings. $10 discount for city of Asheville residents.

Coed • Ages 6-12 • Weekly Full-day • June 15-Aug. 13 Note: Asheville Parks and Recreation holds many camps throughout the summer. Not all are listed here, so please visit mountainx.com to see all of the camp offerings from APR.

Mr. K’s Used Books, MUsic and More

Asheville’s lArgest Used Bookstore

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CAMP CeDAR CLIff P.O. box 9036, Asheville 28815 450-3331 • campcedarcliff.org camp@campcedarcliff.org facebook.com/CampCC @CampCedarCliff We offer seven weeks of outdoor adventure — zip line, climbing wall, swimming, archery, ropes courses, overnight camping, whitewater rafting, trail rides on horseback and more. Our counselors are positive role models who invest in the wellbeing and growth of each camper.

We have day camp for K-fifth grade, and one-, two- and half-week overnight camps for second-10th grade.

Coed • Ages 5-15 • Weekly Overnight/Full-day June 13-July 31

How Many Times?

CAMP CHOSATOnGA fOR BOyS 2500 Morgan Mill Road, Brevard 884-6834 • twofuncamps.com office@kahdelea.com facebook.com/KahdaleaChosatonga

CAMP KAHDALeA fOR GIRLS

How many times do they need to vote Before their voices are truly heard?

2500 Morgan Mill Road, Brevard 884-6834 • twofuncamps.com office@kahdelea.com facebook.com/KahdaleaChosatonga

The years have changed; The names have changed;

Chosatonga is a traditional summer camp nestled deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, providing a rustic and tranquil environment untouched by the busy life of urban America. We value Christian ideals while offering wonderful in-camp and mountain adventure programs such as rock climbing, mountain biking, whitewater paddling, backpacking, hiking, climbing wall, marksmanship, guitar, swimming, horseback riding, crafts, fun and much more.

And their pain remains the same.

Boys • Ages 8-18 • Other Overnight/Full-day Mini introductory: June 6-11 (ages 7-9); Main: July 3-Aug. 4; Full: June 6-Aug. 4; Junior 1: June 16-29 (ages 8-12); Junior 2: July 3-16 (ages 8-12); Junior 3: July 22-Aug. 4 (ages 8-12)

How many girls need to stand their ground

How many women need to complain of the load of discrimination on their backs that’s bringing them pain?

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How many coins need to slip through the cracks into their begging hands Before boys give up bills And pay can be equal?

before all boys can see that girls aren’t their toys?

How many more times do doors need to lock?

How many more makeup-hidden eyes need to fill with fear, Before liberty and freedom become more than just words,

Kahdalea is a traditional summer camp nestled deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, providing a rustic and tranquil environment untouched by the busy life of urban America. We value Christian ideals while offering wonderful in-camp and mountain adventure programs such as rock climbing, mountain biking, whitewater paddling, horseback riding, crafts, drama, guitar, marksmanship, swimming, camping, backpacking, hiking, fun and much more.

Girls • Ages 7-18 • Monthly Overnight/Full-day Mini introductory: June 6-11 (ages 7-9); Main: July 3-Aug. 4; Full: June 6-Aug. 4; Junior 1: June 16-29 (ages 7-12); Junior 2: July 3-16 (ages 7-12); Junior 3: July 22-Aug. 4 (ages 7-12)

And we can say justice for all is real?

— Isabella Wells-Fried

SUMMER FUN FOR THE CURIOUS CHILD!

TWO SINGLE WEEK SECTIONS

Please see our website for more information:

At Warren Wilson College near Asheville, NC

appalachianinstitute.org

An Arts and Academic Camp for Thinkers and Dreamers between 3rd & 12th grades

Contact Camp Staff at 1-800-951-7442 or Email us at:

$725/Week for Residential Campers

info@appalachianinstitute.org

$455/Week for Day Campers (Ages 8—12 years)

to learn more about our unique summer camp

Dates: July 12 - July 18 July 19 - July 25

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K i d s Voices of the river RiverLink hosts annual K-12 art and poetry contest The French Broad River is an important part of our regional ecosystem. And a nonprofit organization dedicated to its economic and environmental revitalization is giving kids the chance express themselves about this vital natural resource.

RiverLink is inviting all K-12 students of the French Broad watershed to participate in this year’s art and poetry contest, according to RiverLink Education Coordinator Alex Guyton.

Participants are invited to submit art or writing that describes what they see, feel, smell, hear and think when they are near the river. Submissions will be displayed in a month-long exhibit and judged by local artist and poets.

A submission form can be found on RiverLink’s website: http://riverlink.org/learn/education-programs/poetry-contest/.

All entries should be submitted to the RiverLink office with the form.

Winners will receive prizes from RiverLink and its sponsors and are invited to be recognized in an award ceremony April 18.

All participants will receive a small prize and recognition.

Hurry! The submission deadline is March 27.

ART AND THE RIVER: Past contest entries included Carson Ellis’ collage, left, and Logan Spector’s painting of a river resident.

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CAMP KAnuGA

THEATRE PRODUCTION SUMMER CAMPS!!

Join us in welcoming Jason T. Cook, MD

130 Kanuga Chapel Drive, Hendersonville • 692-9136 campkanuga.org campkanuga@kanuga.org facebook.com/CampKanuga @kanuga Established in 1931, Camp Kanuga is a traditional coed summer camp located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Our programs are designed to build independence and self-confidence in youth while teaching the importance of respect toward one another and the world around them. As a result, campers form lifelong friendships, experience new adventures and explore their faith in a welcoming Christian community. Accredited by the American Camp Association.

Beginner: Ages 6-13 -June 29-July 10

Coed • Ages 7-17 • Other Overnight/Full-day June 11-Aug. 10

Your student will work with a professional director, experiencing what itʼs like to be a professional actor, to put together a full length production open to NC Stage subscribers and the public!

Mon-Fri 12 PM- 5 PM $750

CAMP PISGAH - GIRL SCOuTS CAROLInAS PeAKS TO PIeDMOnT 570 Girl Scout Camp Road, Brevard 336-369-7427 camplikeagirl.org pisgah@girlscoutsp2p.org facebook.com/camppisgah @Camp_Pisgah At Camp Pisgah you can enjoy a newly built rock climbing wall and low-ropes challenge course, a junior Olympicsized swimming pool, a freshwater lake for boating or fishing, lush fields for sports and games, a petting farm and horse stables. Plus, we have acres and acres of nature therapy that’s perfect for trail rides, hiking and natural art projects! In addition, Camp Pisgah is renowned for its spirited weekly themes and innovative program sessions.

Based on The Phantom Tollbooth, and culminating in a full production—your student will rotate through workshops in acting, voice, improv, movement, costume/set design and more!

Mon-Fri, 9 AM- 3PM* $500 *Before and after care available for additional fee

Advanced: Ages 14-18-July 13-Aug 2

Dr. Jason Cook joins The Family Health Centers in October 2014 as our newest Primary Care Physician.

He is committed to helping patients of all ages feel their best. His special interests include pediatrics, sports medicine and dermatology.

Register online at ncstage.org or call 828.239.0263

Dr. Cook is accepting new patients at our Arden location at 2161 Hendersonville Road.

Girls • Ages 6-18 • Weekly Overnight/Full-day • June 16-July 28

CAMP RuACH 236 Charlotte St., Asheville 253-0701 • jcc-asheville.org/youth/ camp-ruach • seth@jcc-asheville.org facebook.com/campruach Camp Ruach is a unique Jewish daycamp experience open to all first- through eighth-graders. Each one-week session is an adventure, filled with swimming and sports, cooking and crafts, nature and gardening, dance and music — and ending with the celebration of Shabbat. We are a true community, creating unity from diversity while having the time of our lives.

Coed • Ages 6-14 • Weekly • Full-day June 15-Aug. 7

To schedule an appointment, please call (828) 258-8681

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Visit us at our NEW location, 3724 Sweeten Creek Road

K i d s eAGLe’S neST CAMP

KeySTOne CAMP

43 Hart Road, Pisgah Forest 877-4349 • enf.org • info@enf.org avl.mx/0tz @eaglesnestcamp

101 Keystone Camp Road, Brevard 884-9125 • keystonecamp.com office@keystonecamp.com

Located in Pisgah Forest, N.C., Eagle’s Nest Camp encourages boys and girls to live and grow simply, rooted by intentional experiences and connection to community. We emphasize developing the whole child in a compassionate, encouraging environment filled with activities that promote self-expression, personal growth, skill building and fun. One-, twoand three-week sessions available.

Coed • Ages 6-18 • Other Overnight/Full-day • June 6-Aug. 9

eMMAnueL LuTHeRAn SCHOOL SuMMeR ROCKS 2015 51 Wilburn Place, Asheville 281-8182 • summerrocks.org cmarino@elcsmail.org

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Developing Self Esteem

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Emmanuel Lutheran School offers a variety of day camps that include field trips, arts and crafts, sports, cooking, Spanish camp, a talent show and so much more.

The camp is held on our beautiful 8-acre campus. Your child will have two camps per week to choose from. There are also various activities for preschoolers, including water day, field day, music and special theme days. In our drama camp production, rising first- through ninth-graders can participate in Seussical Jr. Auditions will be held in our gymnasium May 26 and 27, from 6-8 p.m.

Coed • Ages 1-12 • Weekly Half-Day/Full-day • June 15-Aug. 7

HOMIny BAPTIST SuMMeR DAy CAMP 135 Candler School Road, Candler 667-4542 • kayriddle@bellsouth.net An active day camp featuring a daily field trip. Pool days, skating, movies, minigolf, nature center, indoor gym play and other activities are included.

Children must be able to participate in all activities, be responsible for keeping up with personal belongings, and meet their own care needs such as toileting, applying sunscreen (except to back) and clothes changing (at the pool).

Weekday program except for one week of vacation; parents provide lunch or lunch money. Registration fee: $40 per child. Tuition: $110 per week.

Coed • Ages 5-10 • Other • Full-day June 8-Aug. 15

Since 1916, Keystone Camp has encouraged and supported girls to become strong individuals. Teaching lifelong skills and values in a fun and nurturing environment is the hallmark of the Keystone Camp experience. We strive to develop the total girl on an individual basis, offering excellent programs in horsemanship, daily horseback riding, tennis, land sports, water sports on two lakes, gymnastics, arts and crafts, dramatics, rock climbing and hiking in Pisgah. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains is a place for girls where friendships bloom, where adventure waits around every bend, where imagination and curiosity flourish, and where summers are sweet and live long in your memory. In this magical place, the only thing you have to be is yourself.

Girls • Ages 5-17 • Weekly Overnight/Full-day • June 7-Aug. 7

ROCKBROOK CAMP fOR GIRLS 3460 Greenville Hwy., Brevard 884-6151 • rockbrookcamp.com office@rockbrookcamp.com • facebook. com/rockbrook • @rockbrook Established in 1921, Rockbrook offers a diverse program of horseback riding, outdoor adventure, whitewater rafting, ceramics, crafts, sports and many other activities. A friendly, noncompetitive environment helps girls better understand themselves and their relationship with other people and the natural world.

Two-, three- and four-week sessions; accredited by the American Camp Association.

Girls • Ages 6-16 • Other Overnight/Full-day • June 7-Aug. 13

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Summer Karate Camp is a fun-filled, skill-building summer for all kids ages 5-13.

Camp is open to everyone.

NO PREVIOUS TRAINING REQUIRED! Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

High Kick Camp: June 15–19 Spy Kids Camp: July 13–17 Nerf Wars Camp: August 10–14 Discounts are available for multiple weeks!

Early Bird Special before May 1!

Registration is open throughout the summer, right up to the last week!

Reserve your child’s space today!

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C A L E N D A R

MARCH 18 - MARCH 26, 2015

Calendar Deadlines In order to qualify for a free listing, an event must benefit or be sponsored by a nonprofit or noncommercial community group.

In the spirit of Xpress’ commitment to support the work of grassroots community organizations, we will also list events our staff consider to be of value or interest to the public, including local theater performances and art exhibits even if hosted by a for-profit group or business.

All events must cost no more than $40 to attend in order to qualify for free listings, with the one exception of events that benefit nonprofits.

Commercial endeavors and promotional events do not qualify for free listings.

Free listings will be edited by Xpress staff to conform to our style guidelines and length.

Free listings appear in the publication covering the date range in which the event occurs.

Events may be submitted via email to calendar@mountainx.com or through our online submission form at mountainx. com/calendar. The deadline for free listings is the Wednesday one week prior to publication at 5 p.m.

For a full list of community calendar guidelines, please visit mountainx.com/ calendar. For questions about free listings, call 251-1333, ext. 110. For questions about paid calendar listings, please call 251-1333, ext. 320.

Benefits After Hours Cabaret 2015 450-2120, artspacecharter.org • TH (3/19), 6pm - Tickets to this music, food and silent auction event benefit ArtSpace Charter School. $20 Held at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road Rockin’ on Wall St. avl.mx/0t5 • FR (3/20), 7-10pm - Tickets to this singing, dancing and silent auction event benefit Bounty & Soul. $15. Held at Jubilee Community Church, 46 Wall St. Strong Women not from Lake Wobegon 418-3114 • TH (3/26), 7:15pm Donations made at this storytelling event benefit Stories

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Whatddya think? Buncombe County and the N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a drop-in public meeting and input session to discuss possible additions to the greenway located near I-26, Brevard Road and Long Shoals Road. Are you an outdoor enthusiast? A supporter of multimodal transportation? Do you have questions or concerns? Stop by the meeting on Monday, March 23, from 4-6 p.m. at the N.C. Arboretum. Attendees are exempt from normal parking fees. Photo courtesy of Asheville on Bikes (p.54)

on Asheville’s Front Porch summer series. $10. Held in the Reuter Center at UNCA.

Business & Technology American Advertising Federation Asheville • TU (3/24), 11:30am-1pm - “Sound Business: Giving Your Brand A Voice,” using sound for marketing seminar.

Registration required. $20/ $15 members.

Goodwill Career Training Center 1616 Patton Ave., 298-9023, goodwillnwnc.org/ trainingCenters.cfm • MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS through (4/1), 12:30-3:30pm - Computer basics class. Free.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (4/2), 8:30-11:30am Computer basics class. Free.

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Marion Business Association 652-2215, hometownmarion.com • MONDAYS through (3/23), 6pm - “Am I Cut Out to Be An Entrepreneur?” business course. Free. Registration required. Held at Marion Depot, 58 Depot St., Marion Venture Asheville ventureasheville.com, 258-6137 • WEDNESDAYS, 9am - One Million Cups of Coffee: weekly entrepreneurs startup presentations. Held at RISC Networks, 81 Broadway Suite C WNC Natural Health & Wellness meetup.com/WNC-NaturalHealth-Wellness • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3pm Networking event for natural health & wellness practitioners. Free to attend. Held at Western North Carolina School of Massage, 131 McDowell St Suite 302

Classes, Meetings & Events ABRAHAM/HICKS: LAW OF ATTRACTION MEETING (pd.) Live with joy! Uplifting, positive group! Understand vibration, and how to manifest in your life. Every Wednesday, 7pm, Free! (828) 274-5444.

ASHEVILLE GLASS CENTER (pd.) Weekly course offerings in the art of glass blowing.

Day, weekend, and evening offerings. A challenging medium expertly taught by our skilled instructors, one on one or group experiences. ashevilleglass.com, 828-505-7110 BLACKBERG CREATIVE STUDIOS GRAND OPENING (pd.) Check out Asheville’s new craft store in the South Slope offering select supplies, classes, parties, and workroom rental; a variety

of crafts for adults and kids.

Free to attend. Fri, March 20th, 5-8pm. 120 Coxe Ave, Unit 1C. 828-989-9345 www.blackbergcreative.com DESIRE MAP WORKSHOP • APRIL 11-12 (pd.) Goals with Soul. Join the revolution of feeling good and living free! Light up your life and discover your core desired feelings. Information/registration: www.majesticunicorn.biz GIVE AND RECEIVE LOVE: THREE KEYS TO CREATING YOUR VERY OWN LOVE STORY! (pd.) (pd.) March 21st 2:005:00, OM Sanctuary. Join certified life coach, Caroline Wyrosdick-Webb, in a workshop that is sure to take your relationships to another level of love and understanding!

Gain skills towards creating a new vision for your Love Story. $50 or $70 per couple. create@carolinewyrosdick.com, www.carolinewyrosdick.com

LEARN TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL UKRAINIAN EASTER EGGS (pd.) Pysanky workshops in the River Arts District or your location. Visit AshevilleStudioA.com or call (828)423-6459 for signup + more details.

MATRIX ENERGETICS® ’WAKE UP IN THE MATRIX’ FREE INTRODUCTORY SEMINAR (pd.) Instructors: Dr. Richard Bartlett and Melissa Joy Jonsson. Learn to access transformation and infinite possibilities with Matrix Energetics® Fundamentals Intensive. Open your intuitive abilities further with Unplugged, also known as the Spatial Clairvoyance seminar. March 20-23; Crowne Plaza Tennis & Golf Resort Asheville, One Resort Dr, Asheville. www.matrixenergetics.com, (800) 269-9513

tHe ultimAte AntiinflAmmAtory detoX (pd.) Want a HormoneBalancing, Brain FogClearing, Tummy-Soothing Detox with a side effect of Weight Loss? Join The 21 Day Spring Cleanse April 13th. 828-620-1188 www.

WhiteWillowWellness.com AsHeville tAlent slAm bioflyer.wordpress.com • FR (3/20), 7pm - Local artist competition. $10. Held at Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern, 185 Clingman Ave. BAker-BArBer slidesHoW PresentAtions 697-6224, cfhcforever.org • THURSDAYS, 1:30-3pm Images from a collection of historic WNC photographs will be viewed. Presented by the Community Foundation of Henderson County. Free. Held at Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville BunComBe County PuBliC liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (3/4), 5pm Swannanoa Knitters, for all skill levels. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • FR (3/20), 1pm - “How to Download Digital Library Books,” workshop. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road • FR (3/20), 4pm - Black Mountain Knitters, for all skill levels. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain CounCil on Aging tAX AssistAnCe 227-8288 For low- to moderateincomes. Bring ID. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS through (4/15), 10am-4pm - Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • THURSDAYS through (4/15), 10am-4pm - Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • MONDAYS through (4/15), 10am-4pm - Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TUESDAYS through (4/15), 9am-4pm - Held at West Asheville Library,

942 Haywood Road • TUESDAYS through (4/15), 10am-4pm - Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain dAvidson’s fort HistoriC PArk Lackey Town Road, Old Fort, 668-4831, davidsonsfort.com • SA (3/21) & SU (3/22), 10am-4pm - American Revolution demonstrations and vendors. $5/$2 ages 6-10/free under 6. g&W investment CluB klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden Hendersonville WiseWomen 693-1523 • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 1:30pm - A safe, supportive group for women “of a certain age.” Free.

Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville ikenoBo ikeBAnA soCiety 696-4103, blueridgeikebana.com • TH (3/19), 10am - Monthly meeting. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville mountAin Peggers 367-7794 • MONDAYS, 6-8pm - Noncompetitive cribbage group for all levels and ages. Free.

Held at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 Merrimon Ave. oCCuPyWnC occupywnc.org • TU (3/24), 7-9pm - Info session and social gathering. Free to attend. Held at Signature Brew Coffee Co, 633 W. Main St., Sylva ontrACk WnC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (3/19), noon-1pm “Raising a Money Smart Child.”

• THURSDAYS, (3/19) until (4/2), 5:30-8pm - “Manage Your Money Series.”

• FR (3/20), noon-1:30pm “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it.”

• SATURDAYS until (3/21), 9am-3pm - "Homebuyer Education Series (2-part class). $35.

• TUESDAYS until (3/31), 5:30-7pm - “Money Buddies,” women’s financial management series.

• WE (3/25), 5:30-7pm “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it.”

• TH (3/26), noon-1:30pm “What to do With Your Tax Return,” seminar. rurAl HeritAge museum At mArs Hill 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill, 689-1304 • Through FR (5/29) - Qualla Arts and Crafts: Tradition and Innovation, Cherokee arts and crafts. Free. soCiAl JustiCe Coffee Hour 251-6400 • TH (3/19), 12:30pm Meeting with Heartbeat, an international youth nonprofit that uses music to overcome violence. Held in Laurel Forum at UNCA. Free. unCA voluntAry inCome tAX AssistAnCe unca.edu • SATURDAYS until (4/9), 10:30am-3pm - Income tax preparation for incomes under $53K. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. veterAns for PeACe 582-5180, vfpchapter099wnc. blogspot.com • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm Weekly vigil. Held at the Vance Monument in Pack Square. Free.

WCu gender ConferenCe 227-3359 • WE (3/18), 9am-5pm Covers the role of women in Appalachian history and music and the current impact of women on NC politics. Free.

Western nC HumAnists 550-7935 • 2nd & 4th SUNDAYS, 11am - Brunch meeting. Free to attend. Held at Denny’s, 1 Regent Park Blvd.

WnC CArvers 665-8273, wnccarvers.webs.com • SU (3/22), 1:30-4pm Sharpening techniques and tool maintenance. Free.

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Women’s History montH At unCA 251-6577, msp.unca.edu/whm Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (3/18), 7:30pm - “An Evening with Asheville’s Women Leaders: Past, Present and Future,” panel discussion. Held in Sherrill Center.

• TU (3/24), 6-8pm - “In My Own Words: What Feminism Means to Me,” student panel discussion. Held in Highsmith Union.

• TH (3/26), 12:30pm - Lunch-N-Learn: An African-American Women’s Perspective of UNC Asheville. Held in Intercultural Center.

• TH (3/26), 6-8pm - “The Loving Story: Interracial Dating in America,” student panel. Held in Highsmith Union.

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wHat: Rockin’ on Wall Street Bounty & Soul Fundraiser wHen: Friday, March 20, 7-10 p.m. wHeRe: Jubilee! Community Church, 46 Wall St., Asheville wHy: Bounty & Soul is a local nonprofit that creates healthier communities by providing fresh, healthy food, nutrition literacy and wellness resources to people in need in Western North Carolina.

Founded by executive director allison casparian, the organization grew out of the now-defunct Black Mountain Welcome Table.

“I saw a greater need to address food insecurity and provide nutritious food for meals and pantry items beyond the one meal people were getting at the Welcome Table, so we started a table to give away produce. This grew into seven tables. Then we started offering classes,” says Casparian.

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launching a mobile market. With a grant from a local Episcopal diocese, Bounty & Soul was able to purchase a refrigerated truck, but it needs significant retrofitting before delivering produce to those in need. “We need to pass safety standards by installing steps, railings and NSF-certified racks and apply decals. If we raise enough money, we’ll include a solar panel to run electricity for educational programs and cooking demos,” Casparian notes.

To raise those funds, Jubilee!

Community Church is hosting a night of dancing, singing and bidding to get the truck on the road.

Join pianist Darryl Van Leer (and his 21 costume changes) and bid on the evening’s silent auction, which will feature a two-night Lake Tomahawk vacation cottage package and a half-day fly-fishing expedition.

Tickets cost $15 at the door, and all event proceeds will be used to retrofit the produce truck. Tickets are available at the door or by visiting Jubilee! or Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe. — Michael McDonald

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Community CHoreogrAPHy ProJeCts Presents (pd.) “Creating Your Legacy Through Movement, Story and Performance,” an 8-week movement theater workshop. Begins Monday, March 23. All experience levels welcome. Workshop meets at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St., Asheville, 6:15-8:15pm. To register: communitychoreography.com studio ZAHiyA, doWntoWn dAnCe ClAsses (pd.) Monday 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Fusion Bellydance 7:30pm Bellydance• Tuesday 7:45am Yoga 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 •Wednesday 7:30pm Bellydance• Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wrkt 10:30am Bellydance • $13 for 60 minute classes, Hip Hop Wkrt $5.

90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595

soutHern ligHts squAre And round dAnCe CluB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (3/21), 6pm - “Welcome Spring Dance.” Free.

Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

food & Beer AsHeville vegAn soCiety meetup.com/ The-Asheville-Vegan-Society • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:30pm Meet-up to share a meal and discuss vegan issues. Free to attend. Held at Whole Foods Market, 4 S. Tunnel Road BunComBe County PuBliC liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• TU (3/24), 6:30pm Cooking demonstration with chef Donna McCrain. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester full CirCle fArm sAnCtuAry 367-1620, fcfsanctuary.org, kaylaw@fcfsanctuary.org • SA (3/21), 2-5pm - Vegan chili cook-off. $15/$10 children. Held at Whole Foods Market, 4 S. Tunnel Road leiCester Community Center 2979 New Leicester Hwy, Leicester, 774-3000 • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am1pm - The Leicester Welcome Table offers a hot meal and fellowship. Open to all. Free.

government & PolitiCs BunComBe County PArks And reC 250-6703 • MO (3/23), 4-6pm - Public input session for greenway additions to I-26 and Brevard and Long Shoals roads. Held at N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way

kids GROWING GODDESS • JUNE 22-26 • JULY 6-10 (pd.) A nature-based Rites of Passage Camp (ages 11-14) celebrating the sacred time when a girl is becoming a woman. Through nature

connection, supportive sisterhood, ritual, play and mentorship our true gifts emerge. Info: www.earthpatheducation.com kids love meditAtion (pd.) Sundays, 2-3 PM. 3/225/17 8 Week Series for kids ages 6-11. Join Amanda at Veda Studios for this fun intro to meditation. $10/ class. Register at vedastudios.com kids’ ACtivities At tHe liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (3/18), 3:30pm Makers and Shakers: Pinch Pot Party. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (3/20), 4-5:30pm - Teen Awesome Group planning meeting, 6th grade and up.

Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • SA (3/21), 11am - Sing along with Sonia Brooks.

Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road n.C. ArBoretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • SA (3/21), 10am-2:30pm - “Nature Play Day.” Admission fees apply. sPellBound CHildren’s BooksHoP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop. com • SATURDAYS, 11-11:30am - Story Time for ages 3-7.

Free. tiny tots CirCus PlAytime toyboatcommunityartspace. com • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 10am-noon - Circus-themed mini class for babies and children up to age 6. $5 per child per class. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road Suite B WHAt’s sHAkin ashevilletheatre.org • SATURDAYS through (3/28), 10am - Singing and dancing class for 6 months to 4 years. $12 per child per class. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St.

outdoors mountAintrue 258-8737, wnca.org • SU (3/22), 9am Moderate, 7-mile hike on Green River Cove Trail.

Register by March 20. Free.

Held at Earth Fare, 1856 Hendersonville Road fruit tree Pruning WorksHoP (pd.) with Bill Whipple. Sat. 3/28, 10AM. Unconventional techniques for growing fruit trees without chemicals - pruning a tree from whip to bearing, plus tool care and more. Bring your pruners for this mostly hands-on workshop. Free, but seating is limited. Must pre-register at 828-645-3937. Reems Creek Nursery, 70 Monticello Road, Weaverville, NC. www.reemscreek.com

PArenting fernleAf Community CHArter sCHool 606-6846, fernleafccs.org, info@fernleafccs.org • TU(3/24), 6:30-7:30pm Enrollment informational session. Held at Clarion Inn Airport, 550 Airport Road, Fletcher

PuBliC leCtures BunComBe County PuBliC liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (3/25), noon - “Hungry for History,” local history series with journalist Jon Elliston. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

• TH (3/26), 2:30pm Food journalist Mackensy Lunsford discusses food writing. Held at Oakley/ South Asheville Library, 749 Fairview Road frenCH BroAd mensA 575-2877 • SA (3/21), 7pm - Sydney Self, a 90 year old graduate of MIT, explains Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Free to attend. Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden PuBliC leCtures At unCA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (3/19), 11am-12:10pm - Panel discussion with Heartbeat members.

Humanities Lecture Hall.

• TH (3/19), 7pm - “How to Build a Number One Brand,” business and lifestyle discussion. Humanities Lecture Hall.

• FR (3/20), 11:25am “Drawing Lines: WWI and the Postwar Revolutions.”

Lipinsky Auditorium.

• FR (3/20), 11:25am “Women & Equality.”

Humanities Lecture Hall.

• MO (3/23), 11:25am - “On Science & Society in the Medieval & Renaissance World.” Humanities Lecture Hall.

• MO (3/23) & (3/30), 11:25am - Staging of Euripides’ Medea.

Humanities Lecture Hall.

• TH (3/26), 4:30pm STEM Lecture: “New Developments in Health & Wellness - Different Perspectives.” Reuter Center.

• TH (3/26), 7pm - Parsons Lecture: “The Shape of Space” Lipinsky Auditorium.

sPirituAlity ABout tHe trAnsCendentAl meditAtion teCHnique: free introduCtory leCture (pd.) It’s no secret that within everyone is a transcendental field of energy, creativity and intelligence.

What was missing? An easy way to access it. TM is an effortless, non-religious technique for going beyond the active mind to experience your inmost self.

Scientific studies show deep physiological rest, increased clarity and focus, reduced stress, improved brain functioning and a higher state of well-being. The only meditation recommended by the American Heart Association.

Learn how TM is different: Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville tm Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or meditationAsheville.org AkAsHiC reCords meetuP (pd.) MARCH 27, 7-9PM. Dialogue with your Akashic Masters and Guides with Kelly S. Jones in the next AkashVille Café Soul Gathering. $11, $22 or $33 www.KellySJones.net/events 919-200-8686 AsHeville ComPAssionAte CommuniCAtion Center (pd.) Free practice group.

Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 252-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com • 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:00pm.

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Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30.

Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

Awakening Joy and Compassion Raga Concert wHat: Spiritual director of Sufi Ruhaniat International Pir shabda Kahn (vocals) performs a classical North Indian Raga Concert with pandit Ramesh misra (Sarangi).

Tickets $25 wHen: 7:30 p.m.Friday, March 20 wHeRe: Rainbow Communtiy School Auditorium, 60 State St. Asheville wHy: Xpress asked shabda Kahn, what is unique about Raga music and the experience that it offers listeners? shabda Kahn: Here is a quote from my Grand teacher, Hazrat Inayat Khan that answers the question beautifully: “The first thing [a singer of Hindu music] does is to tune his tampura to give one chord, and while he tunes his tampura, he tunes his own soul. This has such an influence on his hearers that they can wait patiently for 15 minutes.

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“Then he synthesizes and it all comes automatically. As he begins his song, it seems that it touches every person in the audience, for it is all an answer to the demands of the souls who are sitting there. He has not made a program for the music beforehand; he does not know what he will sing next. ... He becomes an instrument of the whole cosmic system, open to all inspiration that comes, at one with his audience, in tune with the chord of the tampura.” moRe info: tarana.wesley@gmail. com or 683-5296

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AWAkening deePest nAture meditAtion ClAss (pd.) Consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz.

Healing into life through deepened stillness, presence and wisdom. Meditation, lessons and dialogue in Zen inspired unorthodox enlightenment. • Mondays, 6:30-7:30pm: Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation.

(828) 258-3241, healing@billwalz.com www.billwalz.com CrystAl visions Books And event Center (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts.

Event Space, Labyrinth and Garden. 828-687-1193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com living tHe innermost HeArt W/ JeAnnie ZAndi (pd.) “It is absolutely possible to live from the surrendered heart in this world.”

Jeannie is known for fearless clarity, tender mercy toward humanness, and a juicy, poetic, humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living.

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One Center Yoga: 120 Coxe Avenue Suite 3B Asheville.

Suggested donation: $15~20. Contact moebruce@ mac.com 828.712.7370 oPen HeArt meditAtion (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine

within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org oPen HeArt WorksHoPs (pd.) Level 1, April 11, Level 2, April 12, 9am-5pm, 5 Covington St. These workshops are a beautiful way to connect with, feel and strengthen your spiritual heart, deepening your experience of living a heart-centered life. Register with Rana: 808-651-2458. ohworkshopswnc@gmail.com • www.wncheart.com Adult forum At fCC 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • SU (3/22), 9:15am “Conversation on Spiritual Practice: Hospitality.” Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville emBrACing simPliCity HermitAge 338-2665, embracingsimplicityhermitage.org • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am-noon - Buddhist discussion and meditation.

Free. Held at Dhamma and Meditation Center, 38 Joel Wright Dr. South Park Plaza, Hendersonville first CongregAtionAl uCC of Hendersonville 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville, 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • WEDNESDAYS until (4/1), 3:30-5pm - Discussion of Martin Borg’s Convictions: Manifesto for Progressive Christians. Free. sHAmBHAlA meditAtion Center 19 Westwood Pl., 200-5120, shambhalaashvl@gmail.com • THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Sitting meditation and dharma reading. Free. unitAriAn universAlist CongregAtion of AsHeville 1 Edwin Place, 254-6001, uuasheville.org • WEDNESDAYS, 8am-9am - Contemplation Hour, open silent meditation/prayer. Free. urBAn dHArmA 29 Page Ave., 225-6422, udharmanc.com • THURSDAYS through (3/26), “Introduction to Buddhism” class. $15 per class. Registration required.

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Blue ridge Books 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • SA (3/21), 3pm - William Everett discusses his new book Sawdust and Soul: A Conversation about Woodworking and Spirituality. Free.

Book & Print Arts ColleCtive memBer’s sHoW ashevillebookworks.com • Through FR (4/24) Renaissance: A Book & Print Arts Collective show. Free to attend. Held at Asheville BookWorks, 428 1/2 Haywood Road BunComBe County PuBliC liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (3/19), 2:30pm Skyland Book Club: Blue Angel by Francine Prose.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road City ligHts Bookstore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • TH (3/19), 10:30am Coffee with the Poet featuring Mary Ricketson. Free to attend.

• SA (3/21), 3pm - Deborah Edmonds discusses her book Fires Creek. Free to attend.

JungiAn Book signing And disCussion lalettow@gmail.com • FR (3/20), 7pm - Jungian Analysts, Massimilla and Bud Harris discuss their book Into The Heart of the Feminine: An Archetypal Journey to Renew Strength, Love and Creativity.

Free to attend.

Held at WNC School of Massage, 131 McDowell St Suite 302 literAry events At unCA unca.edu • SA (3/21), 2:30pm - Alumna Sarah Addison Allen reads.

Sherrill Center. Free.

• TH (3/26), 7:15pm Storytelling event celebrating strong women. Free.

Held in the Reuter Center.

2015 edition mAlAProP’s Bookstore And CAfe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Salon series: Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature.

• WE (3/25), 7-9pm - Carrie Rollwagen signs her book The Localist. oPen miC nigHt nothingsopowerful@gmail. com • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Free to attend. Held at Rejavanation Cafe, 909 Smokey Park Highway, Candler synergy story slAm avl.mx/0gd, tlester33@ gmail.com • WE (3/18), 7:309:15pm - Open mic on the theme “madness.” Free to attend. Held at Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road

volunteering AsHeville AreA Arts CounCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (3/20), noon-1pm Volunteer recruitment and orientation session.

Holmes eduCAtionAl stAte forest 1299 Crab Creek Road, Hendersonville, 692-0100 • SA (3/21), 10am-1pm Invasive species removal.

Reservations required. literACy CounCil of BunComBe County 31 College Place, Suite B-221 • WE (3/25), 9am - Volunteer adult tutor information session.

• TH (3/26), 5:30pm Volunteer adult tutor information session.

ProJeCt linus 645-8800 • SA (3/21), 10am-2pm - Make-A-Blanket Day, creating blankets for ill or

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riverlink 252-8474, riverlink.org • WEDNESDAYS, 1-4pm - Cleanup and plantings along the French Broad River. Registration required.

Held at Asheville Adventure Rentals, 704 Riverside Drive rotAry CluBs of WnC rotariansagainsthunger.org, rawlingswc@gmail.com • SA (3/21) - “Rotarians Against Hunger,” meal packaging event for MANNA Foodbank. Held at Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Center Blvd.

WnC nAture Center 75 Gashes Creek Road, 298-5600, wildwnc.org • TH (3/19), 5-7pm FrogWatch training to help scientists collect data and info on frogs and toads.

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Asheville’s new public ban on e-cigs deprives nonsmokers of the righteous throat-clearing and complaining that had filled their lives with renewed sense of purpose Proposed trampoline park worsens risks of harm to personal injury lawyers due to excessive giddiness

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Vance Monument facelift accompanied by call for monument celebrating Asheville’s African American culture, but without arousing obelisk size comparisons Graham County Sheriff bans sex offenders from attending church, sparking outrage among preachers who can no longer access their workplace Philadelphia’s “Michelangelo of buttocks enhancements” could face stiff penalty, following Dali-esque misinterpretation of patient’s ass

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Asheville man charged with possessing 50 pounds of marijuana has let down entire community Asheville, MondAy — Friends and neighbors are concerned after learning that a man they knew and trusted was arrested Sunday after members of a city-county drug task force found more than 50 pounds of highgrade marijuana in the basement of his home.

“Sure, I know Eddie. We grew up together,” said one distraught neighbor. “I never expected something like this. I don’t even know where else to get weed.”

Members of the community were stunned when learning of the arrest.

“I just started season two of ‘Peep Show’ so this is incredibly disappointing,” said City Council member Cecil Bothwell.

Family members of the man who authorities say had a sophisticated grow operation in his basement were in a state of shock.

“I raised my boy better than this,” said the mother of the accused. “This is just going to be a trainwreck down the supply line. Total chaos. A dark cloud has settled over the East Asheville Bridge Club.”

The accused man has stated that he has retained the services of an attorney who will handle order fulfillment until his release.

APD requests $20,600 from City Council for ‘covert surveillance equipment’ What will the money be spent on?

• Body mics to replace the 1940s-era “Golden Age of Radio” microphones currently in use • Discreet two-officer donkey suit • Large floor fans to block recording of office snoring by coworkers • Long-distance parabolic microphone to replace the grandmother who keeps telling drug dealers she can’t hear them so they need to speak louder • GoPro camera to strap on head of service horse for medium-speed hoof-chase footage • 1,000 drones disguised as doves to be released on World Peace Day • List of character names from “The Walking Dead” to try as Facebook passwords

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Using differential equations and “lattice-based” models, the statisticians demonstrated that infections would slow dramatically as fewer people became available to bite (but that, ultimately, we’re all doomed). The state most quickly wiped out? New Jersey.

LegisLatoRs’ waR on science • Nevada Assemblywoman michele fiore told a radio audience in February that she would soon introduce a bill reforming end-of-life procedures for terminally ill cancer patients, such as administering baking soda intravenously to “flush out” the cancer “fungus.” Before her election in 2013, she was CEO of Always There Personal Care of Nevada (which she describes as being “in the healthcare industry”).

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• In February, Idaho state Representative vito barbieri, at a hearing on a proposed bill to ban doctors from prescribing abortioninducing medications via remote telecommunication, asked expert witness dr. julie madsen about one alternative he had in mind: Couldn’t a woman just swallow a small camera, he asked, and then have doctors “conduct” a remote gynecological exam on her? Dr. Madsen quickly reminded Rep. Barbieri that “swallowed” things do not end up in that part of a woman’s body. inexpLicabLe The international sportswear retailer bjorn borg (namesake of the Swedish tennis player) created a promotional video game (now also sold separately) that encourages not mayhem and murder, but the vanquishing of one’s opponents with love — and “lovingly” stripping them down so that they can be outfitted in Bjorn Borg fashions. Said a company official, a player’s mission is “to liberate haters by undressing them with your love guns and (then to) dress them in Bjorn Borg clothing.” (The game also features “teddy bear smoke grenades” and a shirtless man resembling vladimir putin astride a bear.) big cRime • morrison wilson, 58, was convicted of assault in Belfast (Northern Ireland) Magistrates Court in February for using his admittedly “big belly” to “bounce” an aggressive neighbor lady out of his garden in a dispute. The lady was injured as she fell backward.

• In a March skirmish over a handicapped-parking space at a Walmart in Greenfield, Wis., ms. Kezia perkins, 32, was charged with assaulting a 71-year-old woman by, said a witness, “chest-butt(ing) her,” knocking her to the ground. Said Perkins, “It’s not my fault (she) bounced off my big (chest).”

(The euphemism “chest” was substituted by WITI-TV of Milwaukee.)

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At first glance, the 600-square-foot Bicycle Thrift Shop looks like a cubbyhole for discarded jerseys, muddied cleats and bikes that have been down a few trails. But a closer look reveals a gold mine for cycling enthusiasts on a budget who are looking to gear up, and the money raised from sales supports Trips for Kids WNC, a nonprofit that helps kids get outdoors.

“A lot of these kids wouldn’t have the opportunity to ride bikes in their community or places like DuPont [State Recreational Forest],” says Laura Rice, a board member and trek leader for Trips for Kids WNC. The regional group is part of an international nonprofit based in Marin County, Calif. “It’s a great way to get them outside and familiar with riding bikes.”

The local branch needed to raise money and awareness for its cause, so two years ago avid cyclist stephen janes opened the Bicycle Thrift Shop just outside Biltmore Village to fund programming, transportation and bikes for those who would not normally have access to cycling.

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HeLping Kids succeed: Stephen Janes, owner of The Bicycle Thrift Store and co-founder of Trips for Kids WNC, says the program helps provide a positive future for kids.

“It’s like our ongoing fundraiser,” says Janes, co-founder and board members of Trips for Kids WNC. After spending years in the child mental health field, Janes found himself at a crossroads, he explains.

In November 2010, he read an article about Trips for Kids in a cycling magazine and decided that developing the program in WNC was the right path.

Trips for Kids WNC is the only nonprofit in the area that exclusively offers mountain biking trips for children. The organization gets about 500 kids per year out onto the trails by partnering with local schools and youth organizations. Through private donations and grants, it provides the bikes, transportation and three volunteers for groups of up to 10 kids per adventure. Participating kids learn about safety, bike skills and trail eti-

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quette. Along the way, they build confidence and an appreciation for the natural world, Janes says.

He recalls one of the kids saying on a trip last summer, “It smells like trees!”

Rice, who helps organize trips in Henderson County, says she had two siblings on a trip last summer who were amazed that they could ride their bikes from Jackson Park to Patton Park.

Trips for Kids WNC partners with Henderson County Parks and Recreation to provide fourto six-week skills and riding clinics for local children for free. The sessions run during the summer, and participants must be in third, fourth or fifth grade.

The Bicycle Thrift Shop, meanwhile, gives Janes a chance to focus

on leading trips rather than spending time on fundraising. From bikes to tubes to jerseys, everything in the shop is donated. This ensures that equipment is affordable, which in turn helps more people gain access to cycling, he explains. If he hears of a family in need, it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for Janes to give them a bike for free.

It’s his love of cycling and the outdoors that drives his work. Rather than focusing on the immediate results of leading mountain biking trips, Janes said he trusts that the program will provide a positive future for the kids.

“That 25-year-old going through a tough time will look back to when he rode through the woods out of his comfort zone and will have confidence, respect for himself and know that he can succeed,” Janes says.

“That’s why I’m doing it — to plan for the future for kids.”

Janes said he is always open to talking with other programs and schools about partnering with Trips for Kids WNC. Eventually he hopes to grow the organization, but at the moment he is focusing on maintaining quality programming.

“For now we’ll keep doing what we’re doing,” Janes says. “It’s working, and kids are getting on bikes.” X

More info The Bicycle Thrift Shop is open year-round, Mondays and Wednesdays, 2-5 p.m. For more information about the shop and Trips for Kids WNC, visit tripsforkidswnc.com.

Wellness Attention CliniCiAns And eduCAtors (pd.) • Free workshop on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Tuesday, March 31, Asheville, NC, 8:30am-12:30pm, Asheville, NC. SUWS of the Carolinas (suwscarolinas.com) will host Amy Hendricks, Coordinator for the NC Fetal Alcohol Prevention Program. She will teach how alcohol exposure during pregnancy affects the developing brain, how FASDs present in individuals, and the

Galaya need for interventions for those with an FASD. • Full breakfast included. CEU’s awarded. Contact Roslyn Walker, 704-408-7791, rwalker@suwscarolinas.com suPreme fACe lift treAtment (pd.) The triple current technology combined with Dermalogica are used in this treatment to enable muscle toning, produce new collagen and elastin, and banish wrinkles. 75 min session - was $95, now only $75! 828-279-0470 renewal-skincare.com AsHeville Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TH (3/19), 10:30am - Yoga in the galleries. $12/$8 members.

AsHeville Community yogA Center 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • SA (3/21), 12:30-2:30pm - Intermediate/advanced Asana workshop. $20.

• SUNDAYS through (3/29), 5:30-7pm - “Intro to Yoga.” $40.

• SU (3/22), 11:30-2pm - Cleansing and detoxification workshop. $20.

AsHeville mindful living 551-1142, ashevillemindfulliving.com • TH (3/26), 7pm - The Connection, documentary, panel discussion and Q&A to benefit veterans. $5.

Held at Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. CounCil on Aging of BunComBe County 277-8288, coabc.org • WE (3/18) & (3/25), 2-4pm - “Medicare Choices Made Easy,” information session. Free. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road HeAring loss AssoCiAtion of AmeriCA 665-8699, hlaa.asheville@gmail.com • SA (3/21), 10:30am - Inaugural meeting. Free. Held at CarePartners Health Services, 68 Sweeten Creek Road JuBilee Community CHurCH 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • TU (3/24), 7-9pm - “Passionately in Love: 5 tools for a Wildly Successful Marriage.” $10 donation.

PoWerful tools for CAregivers seminAr 697-4891 • WEDNESDAYS until (4/8), 2-4pm - Self-care education program for family caregivers. $25. Held at Shaws Creek Baptist Church, 91 Shaws Creek Church Road, Hendersonville red Cross Blood drives redcrosswnc.org Appointment and ID required.

• MO (3/23), 10am-2:30pm - Appointments and info: 581-2200. Held at Asheville Christian Academy, 74 Riverwood Road, Swannanoa • TH (3/26), 10:30am-3:30pm - Appointments and info: 800-733-2767. Held at Black Mountain Fire Department, 106 Montreat Road, Black Mountain seCrets of nAturAl WAlking WorksHoP “Let your walking be your healing mentally, emotionally, and physically!” Sat, March 28, 9-5pm. $150. 70 Woodfin Place To register: SONWAsheville@gmail. com Raven 828-279-8300 tAoist tAi CHi soCiety taoist.org/usa/locations/asheville • WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-7pm & THURSDAYS, 9:30am - Beginners Tai Chi class. Donations required. Held at Center for Spiritual Living Asheville, 2 Science Mind Way • MONDAYS, 5:30pm - Intermediate Tai Chi class.

Donations required. Held at Center for Spiritual Living Asheville, 2 Science Mind Way Wellness events At unCA unca.edu • TH (3/19), 9am-noon - Western North Carolina AIDS Project offers HIV screening. Free. Held in Highsmith Union.

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AlCoHoliCs Anonymous • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org AsHeville Women for soBriety 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. AsPerger’s teens united facebook.com/groups/AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details.

BrAinstormers ColleCtive • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - For brain injury survivors and supporters.

CodePendents Anonymous 398-8937 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TUESDAYS, 8pm – Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 1340-A Patton Ave. deBtors Anonymous debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. dePression And BiPolAr suPPort AlliAnCe 367-7660, magneticminds.weebly.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4 pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road. diABetes suPPort 213-4788, laura.tolle@msj.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm - In Room 3-B. Held at Mission Health, 1 Hospital Drive eleCtrosensitivity suPPort • For electrosensitive individuals. For location and info contact hopefulandwired@gmail.com or 255-3350. emotions Anonymous 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7 p.m. – Held at Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road food AddiCts Anonymous 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6 pm - Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 1340-A Patton Ave. men Working on life’s issues 273-5334; 231-8434 • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - Contact for location.

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Healing from the hive Finding wellness among the bees by aiyanna sezaK-bLatt Send your sustainability news to green@mountainx.com

In a bowl-shaped valley tucked away in Spring Creek near Hot Springs, Lady spirit moon cerelli of BEe Healing Apiary tends to her hives. A renaissance woman in every regard, Cerelli is a military veteran, a fiber artist, a trained herbalist and a certified beekeeper, specializing in beekeeping free of pesticides, antibiotics or essential oils. She’s also an apitherapist.

Cerelli uses bee venom on nonallergic patients for the treatment of chronic health concerns including autoimmune deficiency, arthritis and muscular dystrophy. She places a bee on an acupuncture point of the body and WHAP! Once she strikes the bee, its stinger penetrates the skin and the venom sinks in. For gentler “micro doses,” Cerelli takes the stinger of a single bee and uses it to prick different points, mainly around the eyes and on some tiny scars, though she says all treatments are individualized.

Apitherapy, or “bee therapy,” is the medicinal use of bees and the products from their hives for health and wellness. Apitherapy utilizes everything from honey to pollen to venom to somatic experiencing, where body sensations are used to heal from trauma. Proponents of the practice claim bees and their products can address chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder and various diseases, including arthritis, multiple sclerosis, migraines and skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis and herpes.

But apitherapy is considered more anecdotal than scientific by much of the medical community.

Though researchers at Washington University have used synthetic melittin (an active compound in bee venom) to shrink or slow the growth

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tHe tempLe of tHe bees: “If there were a bee clan, I would be a devotee,” says Debra Roberts. “Really, I’m so struck by them, and my heart is filled with so much love for them.” Photo by Kathleen Soriano Taylor

of tumors in mice, the American Cancer Society reports that no clinical studies in humans show bee venom or other honeybee products are effective in preventing or treating cancer. Georgetown University Medical Center conducted a study on the beneficial effects of bee venom for treating multiple sclerosis but found insufficient evidence to support the claim.

Dr. ellison smith and his colleagues at Asheville Arthritis and Osteopeorosis Center note that bee venom has been show to reduce inflammation and pain in experimental models, but few studies have been done to determine its effectivness on humans. However, “there are also reports of arthritis and autoimmune diseases being caused by bee strings and venom,” they wrote to Xpress.

But jon christie, the owner of Wild Mountain Bees, an apiary in Woodfin, notes that there is “a wealth of healing in the hive.”

“There are benefits from honey for wound healing,” Christie says.

“The pollen profiles in the honey give you allergy benefits. Propolis

can be tinctured and poulticed and has anti-cancer properties and powerful wound-healing properties. It’s really good as a selective natural antibiotic.”

Cerelli asserts that bee venom is also effective for managing severe spinal stenosis and arthritis — in fact, she uses the method on herself. “The bees keep me walking,” she says.

As an example, she offers a story: One day while working in her bee yard, she dropped a frame of bees and was stung 40 times all over her body. Two days later, she fell and broke two bones in her right leg. The two events were “synergistic,” she says. Eight weeks later, when looking at the X-rays of her recovering leg, Cerelli says her surgeon made a strange observation: Her chronic arthritis had been significantly reduced. “How can that be?” her surgeon asked, to which Cerelli replied: “Honey, that’s what you call bee venom.”

While some may question the effect of the venom, one thing is certain — when a honeybee’s

barbed stinger is detached, as in the case of a sting, the bee dies.

This is why, Cerelli says, the treatment is only meant for severe cases. After the procedure, Cerelli will honor the bees by placing their bodies in water and saying a blessing for their life and their sacrifice, before offering them to the earth.

Is it justifiable to take a bee’s life to treat human pain, especially in the face of colony collapse disorder and dwindling honey bees? Christie notes, “You have to think of bees as a colony, as a super-organism, so [taking] a few bees out of that colony, I feel, is not detrimental to the health of the colony.”

Cerelli adds that other benefits from bees can be attained without harming the insects. “Honey prevents infection from bacteria, and it’s also hygroscopic — it draws out [infection], so the wound heals, helping the skin grow back to its original position,” Cerelli says.

“Their propolis, the most [powerful] of all, smells like cinnamon [but is actually] made from the resin from the trees. It’s anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-microbial.” a softeR appRoacH debra Roberts, founder of Holy Bee Press, is a North Carolina State Beekeepers Association master beekeeper, but she never harvests anything from her hives — not even honey. At her home in Weaverville, located high on a hill beside a thick line of forest, Roberts adorns her bee yard as if each hive were an altar. Prayer ribbons come alive in the wind, and crystals, seashells and stones create an atmosphere of reverence, as if one were stepping into a temple for the bees. For Roberts, keeping bees is not about collecting honey — it’s about the healing found in subtle, sonorous and odorous experiences.

“If there were a bee clan, I would be a devotee,” Roberts says.

“Really, I’m so struck by them, and my heart is filled with so much love for them.”

After experiencing a “health crash” in 2004, Roberts decided to attended “bee school,” hosted by the Buncombe County Beekeepers Chapter, and keep hives of her own. The bees, she says, were integral to her recovery. “I used to lay down in the bee

yard under the hives, and the bees would pass over my head carrying pollen,” she recalls. “I would smell the wonderful smells and just felt like that relationship was sacred.”

For Roberts, watching the bees, taking in their scents and listening to their steady hum, is meditative. If you think of medicine as something that brings peace and wellness, then bees are absolutely healers, she asserts. “The essence of beeness was just so medicinal for me,” she says. “It’s a combination of the smell of hives, the smell of new comb, when nectar’s in there and it’s ripening and capped.” Roberts says taking in the fragrances of the seasons throughout the year is one of her “most favorite things.”

HeaLing fRom mindfuLness Those wanting to learn more about apitherapy can study with Cerelli at a two-day intensive on Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21, at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Describing the course, Cerelli says, “It’s a classroom. Every product from the hive — beeswax, honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom — you will understand how it’s made from the bees, what the bees need to make it.

You will understand how to take that product and make your own products with it, and understand how it helps with the healing.”

More information on the healing properties of honey can be found when Dr. frank steele, surgeon and medical director at the Comprehensive Wound Healing Center at Valdese Hospital, leads a presentation at the Madison County Beekeepers Association meeting on honey’s medicinal effects for wounds and burns. The event is slated for June 15 at the Madison County Extension Center.

Roberts notes that being a successful beekeeper requires mindfulness and that mindfulness in itself can provide therapy and healing. “I realized that all these qualities were what the great spiritual traditions and practices ask of us: to be mindful and spirited,” she explains.

For Roberts, beekeeping has become a sacred practice. “It wasn’t beekeeping anymore; if anything the bees were keeping me,” she says. "We’re all in it together.

We’re different species but we’re sharing the same soil and air, and water and toxins.” X

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Sustainability calendar

AsHeville green drinks ashevillegreendrinks.com Free to attend.

• WE (3/18), 5:30pm - Appalachian Food Storybank, heritage food stories. Held at Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway • WE (3/25), 5:30pm - “Buying/Building a Green Home,” presentation. Held at Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway AsHeville greenWorks 254-1776, ashevillegreenworks.org • SA (3/21), 9am-5pm - “Green Adventure Day,” cleanup, restoration and tree planting.

Registration required. Held at Adventure Center of Asheville, 1 Resort Dr. BunComBe County mAster gArdeners 255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org • TH (3/19), 10am - “Pruning - Understanding the Basics.” Free. Held at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Office, 94 Coxe Ave.

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You’ve heard the word “sustainable” plenty of times. But what does it really mean? Part of sustainability is protecting the beauty that surrounds us in Western North Carolina — from our mountains to our rivers to our pollinators. Another piece is creating a strong, diversified local economy where employees receive fair treatment and living wages and businesses explore more conscientious definitions of success.

But sustainability also means branching out into green jobs and renewable energy sources. It means increasing our access to green space and local foods. And ultimately, sustainability means looking out for all members of our society, from high- to low-income communities, from children to elders — making sure access to quality jobs, education, nutrition, the environment and equal representation is shared by all.

In this guide you’ll find a directory of businesses and organizations that are invested in promoting socially and environmentally responsible practices. You’ll also find articles, profiles and howto’s exploring local groups and initiatives that are working to put sustainable concepts into action.

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greenfest At unCA 251-6627 All events are free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (3/20), noon-2pm - “Taste of the Earth,” local food environmental and sustainability practices. Held on Quad.

• SU (3/22), 6pm - Beneath the Waves, ocean conservation nonprofit, film night. Humanities Lecture Hall.

• TU (3/24), 12:15-1pm - “Land Use and Urban Agriculture Forum.” Held in RhodesRobinson 125.

• TU (3/24), 6-8pm - Coal Ash Stories, documentary and discussion. Held in Highsmith Union.

• WE (3/25), 4-5pm - “Energy Stroll,” energy efficiency campus tour. Held in Rhoades Hall.

• WE (3/25), 7-9pm - Renewable energy panel. Held in Highsmith Union. mills river fArmers mArket millsriverfarm@gmail.com • TH (3/19), 6pm - Annual vendor meeting. Free to attend. Held at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Station, 74 Research Dr., Mills River mountAintrue 258-8737, wnca.org • WE (3/18), 4:30pm - Information session on recycling in WNC. Free. Held at 611 N. Church St., Hendersonville Blue Ridge Community College • SA (3/21), 9am-4pm - Biological monitoring training. $5 Held at 180 West Campus Dr., Flat Rock • SA (3/21), 11am-1pm- Stenciling downtown storm drains. Free. Held at Twin Leaf Brewery, 144 Coxe Ave. tryon gArden CluB 749-3031 • WE (3/25), 1:30-3:30pm - Wildflower identification and use hike. $10. Held at Pearson Falls, 2720 Pearson Falls, Saluda

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Planting seeds for healthy eating Farm to School’s tastetest program steers WNC school children toward nutritious food choices

by pat baRcas

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The kids line up in the school cafeteria, each receiving a slab of cheese pizza, perhaps a scoop of corn, some fruit and a carton of chocolate milk.

The food materializes on their plate, but where does it come from?

For many children, the links between food supply and school lunch are murky at best. But the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Growing Minds Farm to School program aims to shine some light on the problem, helping forge connections that can lead to a lifetime of better health.

Since 2002, the program has educated more than 15,000 children in 120 Western North Carolina schools about local food and farms. ASAP says the program gives kids opportunities to learn about local food and farms in the classroom, cafeteria and community, including such activities as edible school gardens, farm field trips, classroom cooking with local food and locally grown food served or provided via taste test in the cafeteria.

“This is about knowing where your food comes from, and having a connection and relationship with it,” says emily jackson, Growing Minds’ founder and program director. “We’re trying to change the food eaten by kids, and their behavior, toward a healthier lifestyle as early as possible. This will benefit them for years and years.”

Last year, the program provided 16,045 taste test experiences in 39 separate tests. On this particular day at Hall Fletcher Elementary School, locally grown kale is on the taste test menu. ASAP intern amy marion, and volunteer sarah myers have prepared a cheese, apple and kale salad.

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They scoop the bright green mixture out of a large bowl, place it into small cups for the children, then dole them out to willing taste testers during the lunch break.

Small hands shoot up when students are asked who wants to taste the fresh greens. Marion, who’s coordinated a half-dozen tastings, says that kind of interest is not unusual.

“You’ll see their hands go up quite a bit. It’s really nice to see the enthusiasm and excitement. We’re looking for the kids just to taste to see if they like it,” she says. “It’s really fun, and when you get a thumbs up, it’s just adorable.”

Myers adds, “Most of the kids were really enjoying it, and others were just trying it. I think there were more positives than not, and that’s great.”

Students are sent home with surveys, information for parents and a sticker saying that they’ve tasted local veggies that day. It’s all designed to help the habit of eating fresh, locally grown greens, fruits and vegetables take root.

“I see the kids with their stickers, sometimes weeks later, saying how excited they were at the taste tests,” says julia Haman, who teaches Spanish at Hall Fletcher. “They do talk about how tasty it was, so that tells me the idea of eating locally sticks.”

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veggie deLiveRy: ASAP intern Amy Marion hands out samples of a salad made with locally grown kale to students at Hall Fletcher Elementary School as part of the Farm to School program.

Photo by Pat Barcas

But the taste tests, which are conducted on Fridays at area elementary schools, are only one aspect of the overall program.

The Growing Minds 2013-2014 Farm To School Report Card dishes up some impressive numbers: In 2013, nearly 8,000 children received 547 seed packets for gardens at 40 sites in 11 counties. Almost 14,000 recipe cards were distributed, and more than 1,100 people were trained through cooking classes and demonstrations. And 575 children took 10 field trips to seven local farms.

These activities plant seeds in the minds of young people.

“The main mindset is that children, like adults, need some message, and to have the experience of seeing the local food product and where it comes from. It sticks with

them. Then, when they’re out shopping with mom and dad at Ingles or going to a restaurant and they see local food, they know where it came from,” says Jackson.

Back at Hall Fletcher, two thirdgrade friends are all smiles after sampling their kale.

“It’s something new,” notes ana’ya Harper, who says she’s tried the leafy vegetable before, but it wasn’t this good. adreyona smith’s endorsement is even more glowing.

“It’s good. It made me want to take that whole tray and eat it.

I’ll try to get my parents to make it. I like the way they made it: It was mixed up and easy to eat. The best part was the kale and cheese together,” she observes.

Results like these are a win for local growers who are battling the constant onslaught of fast-food advertising aimed at families. The taste tests, like the overall Farm to School program, are working to change meal habits — one family at a time.

“When we integrate this local food mindset into education, it’s going to be a rare parent who is not going to do anything with this. It really gets attention,” says Jackson. X

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by Jacqui Castle

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From dirt to dining room Restaurant gardens give new meaning to farm-to-table cuisine Asheville restaurateurs are giving the term “locally sourced produce” a new meaning by picking up a shovel and digging in the dirt themselves. This translates to a farm-to-table journey that, for some, may only be a few yards.

This provides unrivaled source transparency for foodies invested in knowing where their grub is coming from. peter pollay, owner of downtown restaurant Posana, recently added the title of farmer to his resumé. Pollay grew up in New York City and spent the days of his youth surrounded by concrete and playing games on the pavement. Never having spent much time in nature, gardening was a completely abstract concept to him until recently.

As a self-admitted garden novice, Pollay decided to pull from the knowledge and resources of the community to team up with two garden-savvy women, Linda patterson and Laura Ruby. “Linda started coming to the restaurant. We starting talking to each other, and she has an amazing, beautiful, lovely, edible garden off of her own backyard,” says Pollay. After Pollay first laid his eyes on the bounty of food growing in Patterson’s plot in West Asheville, he was inspired to take the plunge and begin looking for land to cultivate his own vegetables and herbs.

“Over the past three years, Linda has always had it in the back of her mind, and when she hears of an opportunity of some land, she will look at it a little bit and say, ‘Hey Pete, this might be a possibility.’ We were just waiting for the right partnership,” says Pollay.

In the fall of 2014, Pollay and Patterson found the compatibility they were looking for with Ruby.

Patterson met Ruby while participating in Ashevillage Institute’s sevenmonth Urban Farm School program.

“We just had this really nice, comfortable connection,” says Patterson, “and when I saw that she had all this grass in her yard, I approached her with Peter’s idea and said, ‘How would you feel if I snagged that section and did a restaurant garden?’”

Ruby was thrilled. “It was like a dream. I have half of an acre, which is

gaRden staRts: Posana chef Peter Pollay grew up in the city with no gardening experience, but a partnership with two local women is allowing him to launch a new restaurant garden in West Asheville. Photo by Tim Robison Robison

a lot of space, and most of it is grass.

I’ve done edible landscaping for five or six years, so I am always trying to encourage people to chip away at the grass,” says Ruby. “Leave enough for the barefoot picnic and the kids in the yard, but the rest of it should be functional.”

In the future, Pollay envisions his garden expanding to accommodate everything that is put on a plate at Posana. For now, six garden beds will provide enough produce to add a bit of variety to the dishes. “Diners can expect to be wowed, because they are going to see garnishes on our plates that they won’t see anywhere else in town, because we are growing them ourselves,” says Pollay. “Really fresh, bright, vibrant food will be found throughout our menu.”

Pollay and Patterson haven’t locked in their decisions for everything they will be growing this season, and it seems that Pollay wants to ultimately plant just about everything in the seed catalog. As a jumping-off point, they plan to concentrate on unique varieties that one would not commonly find at a grocery store. “What I would love to see is the niche stuff, the funky stuff that you might only have a little of on your plate,” says Patterson.

Pollay, Patterson and Ruby encourage anyone who is interested in gardening to tap resources within their community. “There is so much unused land in the city, and that’s

where most of the people are, so why not utilize it to grow food closer to where the people are eating it?” says Ruby.

“Introducing variety and diversity in our food supply is huge too.” This approach requires gardening chefs to be savvy enough to adjust their menu based on what is in season and quick enough on their feet to alter the menu when the crop does not produce as expected.

Posana is not the only restaurant in town that is readying a garden for the upcoming growing season. Hannah eisenberg, barista at East Asheville bakery and café Filo, is using her gardening experience to give Filo an overhaul. “I have a background in community gardening, so I am taking on that role,” says Eisenberg. “We do a lot of herb gardening here, like lavender, mint and rosemary, and we use a lot of those in scones, muffins and cakes.”

“What I’m trying to do now is to take it more toward a food angle,” she continues. “We just got a really big pizza oven and we are going to start doing some big-time pizza, so we will use a lot of basil and different kinds of tomatoes.” Filo’s garden will also feature eggplant, various peppers and other pizza-esque produce.

A few other area eateries that will be picking up their garden tools this spring to grow a portion of their own produce include Sunny Point Café, Rosetta’s Kitchen, Mountain Mojo Coffee Shop in Fairview and Todd’s Tasties.

Posana is at 1 Biltmore Ave. posanarestaurant.com. Filo is at 1155 Tunnel Road. filopastries.com X

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baR waRs avL Everyone in Asheville — at least everyone who is 21 or older — will have an opportunity to help decide who makes the best vodka drink in the city in the upcoming Bar Wars AVL cocktail competition. The mixology battle, put on by local cocktail event promoter Spirit Savvy, sports a few changes as it enters its second year. Most noticeably, it has trimmed its list of competitors down to 10 from last year’s 16 in order to give each bar more attention, says organizer mary Rich.

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Bargoers will have two weeks — between Monday, March 23, and Saturday, April 4 — to visit as many of the participating bars as they like and try each bartender’s offering based on the theme “Iceland.” The only requirement for competing drinks is that they must contain Reyka Vodka. This allows contestants a bit more leeway than last year’s showdown, which asked bartenders to riff on the classic Daisy cocktail.

The public will be asked to vote for their favorites online, and the top four vote-getters will move on to compete at the Final Mix Off at Asheville Music Hall on Tuesday, April 7. “This is where it gets real,” says Rich. The final event will have a new theme and a roster of professional judges, including Dwayne Mitchell, Eater magazine’s 2014 Charleston Bartender of the Year; Stefan Huebner, Charlotte Magazine’s 2014 Best Bartender in Charlotte; and Asheville’s own donnie pratt of Cucina 24.

The competition is not just about fun and cocktails. Each bar will team up with a nonprofit organization of its choosing, and for every $10 “Icelandic Cocktail” sold, the bar will donate $4 to its partner.

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by Gina Smith for local charities, Rich says. Like last year, Town and Mountain Realty will write a check to the winning bar’s nonprofit partner matching the bar’s earnings up to $500.

Rich also hopes Bar Wars AVL will help highlight the talents of Asheville’s craft mixologists. “My hope for Bar Wars AVL is to bring more attention to the Asheville cocktail scene,” she says. “I’m proud of Asheville [bars], and want to keep them in the spotlight as real cocktail tastemakers.”

As of press time, this year’s competitors and their nonprofit partners are: Pulp — The Bob Moog Foundation; Aloft — Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue; The Junction — Asheville GreenWorks; Social Lounge — WNC Aids Project; Sovereign Remedies — Patchwork Urban Farms and Bountiful Cities; Laughing Seed Café — Asheville Humane Society; King James Public House — MANNA FoodBank; Zambra — Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. For details, visit spiritsavvycocktails.com. co-op community input meeting The French Broad Food Co-op will host a community input meeting on Saturday, March 21, to share visions and ideas for the natural grocery store’s planned expansion — an initiative that with its projected parking garage and other components has the potential to profoundly impact the south part of downtown.

Asheville City Council members, architects and co-op leaders will be on hand for the discussion. The meeting is open to the public.

3-5 p.m. Saturday, March 21, French Broad Food Co-op auxiliary building (formerly Build It Naturally), 76 Biltmore Ave. frenchbroadfood.coop

6 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, 455 Research Drive, Mills River. Details: Joe Brittain at 891-3332 business woRKsHops Barefoot Wine founders Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey will present two workshops for entrepreneurs at the UNC Asheville’s Family Business Forum on Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20. The couple,began their wine business in the laundry room of their house in 1986 and sold the Barefoot brand to E&J Gallo in 2005. At the March 19 event, they will discuss ways to build a successful brand with little money.

During the March 20 event, Houlihan and Harvey will offer tips for spouses in business together.

“How to Build a No. 1 Brand,” 7-8 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Humanities Lecture Hall, UNC Asheville, 48 Relic Lane. Free and open to the public. fbf. unca.edu/future-programs “Are You Married to Your Spouse, Your Business or Both?” 8-10 a.m.

Friday, March 20, Sherrill Center, UNC Asheville, Campus Drive. Free for Family Business Forum members, $80 for nonmembers. fbf.unca.edu/ future-programs X

miLLs RiveR faRmeRs’ maRKet vendoR meeting The Mills River Farmers’ Market is seeking new vendors of fresh produce, meat, cheese, bread, dessert items, value-added food items and health and body care products. Market organizers will hold a vendor information meeting on Thursday, March 19, for both past vendors and those new to the market. Vendor applications will be distributed, and changes to the market’s operating procedures will be a part of the discussion.

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Pedro’s Revenge at Sovereign Remedies: Stout, slightly sweet, with a complex bitter finish, this fantastic little cocktail struts Berheim’s wheat whiskey, Cynar (a fantastic artichoke liqueur) and Pedro Ximenez sherry.

A perfect tipple for a chilly spring night.

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Sierra Nevada opens Taproom Plus Pints for Patriots and Red Angel’s release

If you’ve been out to Sierra Nevada, you already know the brewery has set a high bar. It’s been called the Disney World, the Willy Wonka factory and the Biltmore Estate of beer. Still, based on the opening week, its new Taproom (also located at 100 Sierra Nevada Way) appears set to jump over that bar.

Sierra Nevada calls it a “showpiece for the brewery,” and it’s clear the space — which seats about 400 — will be a place to celebrate Sierra Nevada beer. Yet the Taproom also presents a menu that’s more than your average pub fare.

It all starts with a small, 20-barrel pilot brewhouse that greets you when you walk in. (OK, it’s small by Sierra standards, as 20 barrels per batch is still twice the size of in-town breweries like Burial.) Adjacent to the bar, the brewers working on this copperclad system will craft a variety of experimental beers — many of which will be exclusive to the restaurant.

These beers will account for some of the offerings flowing through the 23 taps. However, there will be brewery flagships — some served fresh from the tank — and seasonal releases pouring as well.

On the food side, the menu departs from what the brewery serves at the original Taproom in Chico, Calif.

In both locations, the dishes are beer-friendly, and many feature beer as well. However, the brewery says it didn’t want to drag and drop the California menu in North Carolina.

So Sierra Nevada hired chef brian Hough, formerly of The Stable restaurant on Biltmore Estate. Hough embraced both the strong points of the kitchen and the area’s resources to create the Taproom’s menu.

For example, Hough relies heavily on the wood-fired oven. In addition to the expected wood-fired pizzas, his team also roasts everything from clams and pork to cauliflower and carrots.

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beyond tHe paLe: Sierra Nevada’s new Taproom features 23 taps, including some exclusive to the restaurant. Photo by Thom O’Hearn

The full menu shares some similarities to the Chico restaurant to be sure — after all, what pub could survive without a signature burger — but the Southern influence is definitely present in Mills River. It’s safe to say the pig cheeks, the duck Reuben and the fried chicken and doughnut sandwich are not served in the California Taproom.

The restaurant and pilot brewery are open now, and seating is firstcome-first-served (no reservations).

Hours are are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. MondayThursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. FridaySaturday and noon-9 p.m. Sunday.

There’s also more to come around the corner. Outdoor dining, an organic produce garden and a live music venue are all scheduled to follow this summer. pints foR patRiots In April, Veterans Helping Veterans Western North Carolina is partnering with local breweries and bars on a citywide fundraiser they’re calling Pints for Patriots.

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There will be pint nights with a portion of proceeds going to the organization at Westville Pub on April 1, Oskar Blues on April 20, and Hi-Wire on April 23. Highland Brewing Co. will host a pint night on April 19 and host VHVWNC as the nonprofit for April — which means tips from tours go to the organization as well.

Additionally, several breweries will release special beers for the organization in April — again with a portion of proceeds going to VHVWNC, of course. Wicked Weed will release Pints for Patriots Pale on April 9, Asheville Brewing will release an American Farmhouse Wheat on April 16 and Hi-Wire and Twin Leaf will announce their beers and release dates soon.

While the organization focuses on helping veterans successfully reintegrate into society in a variety of ways, including providing affordable housing, the money raised in April will help support the final stages of construction

Wicked Weed’s Red Angel, the first beer up in a new four-beer series inspired by the brewery’s popular Black Angel, is already flying out the door. Described by the brewery as a “vibrant, blood-red sour ale,” it features 2.5 pounds of fresh raspberries per gallon and is aged in red wine barrels for nine months.

The beer went on presale on Feb. 28: 150 cases sold out in under one minute. However, the official release event at the Funkatorium (147 Coxe Ave.) will take place on Sunday, March 29, beginning at noon.

Again, the first 150 people are guaranteed Red Angel, but this time you can buy by the bottle or by case of six. So if more people buy bottles than cases, the brewery will have additional bottles to go around. The beer will also be on draft Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, at the Funkatorium. X

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High voltage Luzius Stone releases long-awaited Electric Dream album

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Almost two years to the day since Xpress first shared news of Electric Dream by Luzius Stone — the project of WNC native Justin Miles — that album finally gets a launch party. It’s been a long time coming. Miles met producer Nicolas Balachandran of Elephantom Studio in 2010 and moved to Germany, where Balachandran was then located, to record an EP. By 2013, it had expanded into a full-length record, with production help from Evan Bradford at Echo Mountain Studios. On Friday, March 20, Luzius Stone will finally take the stage at The Mothlight: “It will definitely be different from any other show,” says Miles. “I want it to be a party.”

The long-awaited release celebration will feature a white décor/ black light theme. The audience is invited to dress up: “I want it to be about freedom, about letting go and taking part in the show,” says Miles. Guest artists will include Cliff B. Worsham of RBTS WIN and Tim and Steven Scroggs of The Enemy Lovers. Steven will perform in Miles’ band, as will drummer Towne Mouse, who’ll also open the show.

But while this is the first time Miles has headlined in Asheville,

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it’s not exactly a debut for Luzius Stone. There have been a few smaller sets here and there, delivering Electric Dream’s rhythmic, lyric-driven songs to local listeners. And the album already has a much broader reach: It was issued online in November through Jamendo. “I did it to see what kind of success I’d have, releasing it for free,” says Miles.

Jamendo administrators loved the collection and featured it on the site’s home page. It’s already been downloaded 4,600 times; the track “Fire in the Sky,” a futuristic sonic jolt, has more than 64,000

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listens. The Jamendo release also put Miles in touch with an artist manager in France who’s interested in promoting the album.

The songs — from the bracing, The Clash-meets-The Matrix

opener “Go” to the uplifting and expressive “It’s On” — ask a listener to take notice. Miles’ sound is pop-informed, but his delivery downplays melody lines in favor of complex textures, kinetic rhythms and front-andcenter lyrics. “My first instrument is my voice,” the musician says. “It’s not about making a melody that sounds pretty, but discovering things that move me as I write.”

The album’s name references that spirit of discovery within the creative process: “It’s like electricity, like I’m a conductor for this dream to come through me,” says Miles. “I want to be a good conductor for it, because the light comes on if you’ve got a good conductor.”

Balachandran’s touch as a producer is also evident in Electric Dream’s melodic minimalism, a key element. That’s why “DNA,” with its percussive vocals, combusts and reforms and explodes again, while “Telescope” is starlit, orbiting warm soundscapes.

“Reminiscence” is as bullet-riddled as it is dreamy, and the organic-meets-synthetic palette of “Past Life” feels at once personal and anthemic.

Now in Los Angeles, Balachandran is working with power pop outfit We Are Twin, but he and Miles still regularly communicate about new Luzius Stone songs. Miles says he’ll be performing as-yet-unreleased material at his Mothlight show: “The new stuff is more aggressive, more intense,” he says.

“I’m always creating. I want to be progressing and writing the music that’s inside of me.”

Because so much time has passed since he composed the songs for Electric Dream, Miles had worried that he would no longer resonate with that material. “Some of the songs are from previous circumstances that I’m emotionally nowhere near now,” he says. “But by the time I got to the point of the release [show], I revisited them, and they became fresh and alive to me again.” X

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How to grow a novel from the ground Jamie Kornegay makes his literary debut with Soil

When Mississippi-based author Jamie Kornegay was working on his debut novel, Soil, he did what a lot of working novelists do: He wrote when he could. Aside from running a bookstore, Greenwood’s Turnrow Book Co., and having three children, there wasn’t a lot of time to write. Mainly he’d get up and work before 8 a.m.

But Kornegay also took weeklong writing trips to a friend’s isolated cabin outside Black Mountain. He was inspired but lonely; he missed his family. During one retreat in early 2010,

wHo Jamie Kornegay wHeRe Malaprop’s, malaprops.com wHen Sunday, March 22, 3 p.m.

when news of the devastating Haiti earthquake reached him, he found he couldn’t take it. He drove into Asheville to catch a movie. The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy’s cheerless, apocalyptic novel, was playing.

“The earthquake was so soul-crush-

digging deep: “I wanted to show a more true vision of the South, how people really are here,” says author Jamie Kornegay. For his debut novel, Soil, he follows organic farmer Jay Mize’s descent into paranoid delusion, which wrecks his family and brings him into conflict with a host of locals.

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ing, and the movie was so depressing,” he says. “That was the frame of mind a lot of this was written in.”

Yet Kornegay’s love of darkly philosophical literature goes back further, to the seventh grade, when

he first read Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. He reread it in college and understood it better, and then revisited it recently and realized its humor. Like his relationship with Dostoevsky’s work, Kornegay’s ability has grown, too.

Today, at 40, he finally feels he’s written a book worth publishing. He’ll present Soil at Malaprop’s on Sunday, March 22.

“Being a bookseller, you kind of see how many misses there are — even really good books, you don’t hear from the writer again,” Kornegay says.

“Once I got in, I wanted to stay there.”

So he wrote for years but didn’t publish, biding his time until he had a worthy tale to tell. At his work, at Square Books in the literary town of Oxford and then at Turnrow, he’d made contacts aplenty in the publishing industry. He didn’t want to lean on these connections just to release a flash-in-the-pan novel, though.

“I wanted it to be something that was worth expending that goodwill and capital on,” he says. Soil, a Southern Gothic tragedy set in the Mississippi hill country, is the result.

It follows organic farmer Jay Mize’s descent into paranoid delusion, which wrecks his family and brings him into conflict with a host of locals — including a womanizing deputy with a muscle car. The ease with which the narra-

tive unfolds, the depth of even the secondary characters and the humor that punctuates the often harrowing tale indicate a practiced, mature writer.

“I wanted to show a more true vision of the South, how people really are here,” Kornegay says. Much of what’s commonly known about Mississippi comes from its often unpleasant history or its elected officials’ political rhetoric, he says. Neither speaks to how everyday Mississippians think, talk and behave.

The landscape, too, is prominent in Kornegay’s book. The river is either just out of sight, lurking beyond Jay’s trees or flooding across his land, destroying his experimental farm.

“Nature doesn’t care how good your intentions are,” Kornegay says. “It’s gonna do what it wants. In fact, we are sort of an affront to nature.”

Though Kornegay’s organic farmer character is frequently at odds with traditional farmers, the author says there’s little head-butting in Mississippi. In fact, the local environment makes it hard to even try modern sustainable methods: it’s buggy and wet, things are too prone to rot. Kornegay doesn’t see a hard binary between organic methods and traditional farming, either — large-scale farmers love the land, too, he’s learned.

He’s gotten to know some through his writing. He’s even tried organic farming in his yard. It wasn’t easy “It takes a lot of guts to strike out on your own,” the author says. “Often it ends up as it did with Jay — you bottom out.” Yet Kornegay’s done with his novel what Jay didn’t in his farming: He’s been patient and he’s put in the work. And, with this debut, he’s succeeded. X

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Sorry not sorry Lisa Landry turns relationship woes into comedy gold “I have the worst taste in men,” says comedian Lisa Landry. “If you know a good man with a job and a sensitive vocabulary, I’ll ask if he’s got an unemployed brother with a substance abuse problem.”

The Louisiana native has culled material from her tumultuous relationships since her early stand-up days on the New York comedy circuit, and it’s been a successful formula. Landry was the first woman ever to place in the top three on Comedy Central’s annual “Standup Showdown.” She has starred in her own half-hour special, “Comedy Central Presents Lisa Landry,” and she’s made appearances on

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“The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” and “The Bonnie Hunt Show.” She’ll perform in Asheville as part of Funny Business at The Millroom on Friday, March 20.

Landry’s most recent recording, Use This Against Me, delivers frank insight into her acrimonious divorce. With her signature selfdeprecating humor, the sweet girlnext-door used her wit to transform an agonizing situation into hilarious comedy. But long after the album release, her painful journey continued. She’s spent the past three years at the whim of what she describes as a maddening, outdated institution, commonly referred to as family court. “I thought women in Saudi Arabia would be driving before I got out,” Landry quips.

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With her divorce behind her now, the comedian is ready to start anew. She recently relocated to Las Vegas, which she claims is quieter and more peaceful than her previous residence, Los Angeles. It’s also easier to get to the airport without all the traffic, a big consideration for a comedian on tour. “Everybody loves Vegas,” Landry says. “Except the tourists who lose all their money.”

For now, she’s focused on the comedy circuit, being a single mom and working on her next album. She’s even reconsidered her wardrobe: because she’s been performing in a lot of cold-weather cities, she’s traded in her miniskirts for now.

Landry will be performing sassy new material for her Asheville debut, but if you catch her at a restaurant or bar after the show, don’t be surprised if she’s toned down from her bubbly, outspoken onstage persona. “Some comedians are always on. I’m not one of them,” Landry says. She’s more reserved offstage for good reason: “Nobody appreciates quiet like a mom.” X

EPA Announces the Availability of the Administrative Record for the Blue Ridge Plating Removal Site, Arden, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces that the Administrative Record for the Blue Ridge Plating Removal Site located in Arden, Buncombe County, North Carolina, is available for public review.

The Administrative Record file includes documents that form the basis for selection of the removal action. A removal action is a short-term cleanup intended to stabilize a site that poses an imminent and substantial threat to human health or the environment. Documents in the record may include, but are not limited to, preliminary assessment and inspection report, test results, and the Action Memorandum. All interested persons are encouraged to review the documents.

The documents will be available for public review during normal business hours at the following location: US EPA 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303 Attn: Anita Davis

South Bucombe-SkylandLibrary 206 Overlook Rd Asheville, NC 28803 Attn: Marsha Lockwood

The Blue Ridge Plating Site is a former metal plating facility. The Site is bounded to the north by Glenn Bridge Road, to the east by a dead end road and to the west by a wooded area. The former process building is in disrepair and has been declared unsafe by the City of Asheville. mountainx.com

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‘Like butter to dance to’ Lindsey Kelley Dance performs Ladle Weiss at the Masonic Temple

Dancer and choreographer Lindsey Kelley came to Asheville in 2010 with a dream of founding her own dance company. Arriving in town with experience in modern dance and ballet, the Florida native immediately began working toward that vision. It wasn’t until the winter of 2013, however, that things really clicked into place. Kelley formed a quartet with three other local dancers and felt an immediate kinship.

“I knew almost instantly that this

certain group of ladies was pretty magical,” she says. “The timing felt right, our connection as artists felt highly compatible, and I was super eager to get my own thing started here in Asheville.”

Lindsey Kelley Dance’s debut performances were at the 2014 Fringe Festival and the 2014 {Re} Happening. Legend of the Shim Sham was the company’s first evening-length production.

This month, Lindsey Kelley Dance brings its latest production to the stage. The multilayered modern dance event Ladle Weiss will be performed at Asheville Masonic Temple on Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21. The local dance company’s previous performances have been energetic and fluid, at

new moves: Gaining ground in Asheville, local troupe Lindsey Kelley Dance has productions scheduled at the Masonic Temple and the {Re}Happening, with a regional tour in the works. Photo by Natasha Serrao Meduri

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for Colon Cancer Awareness times humorous and always expressive — the new work promises to be just as dynamic.

Ladle Weiss is an evening of modern dance in three parts. Opening the night is “Hot Like It’s a Trot,” a piece inspired by dance-theater and described by Kelley as “the most lighthearted work of the evening.”

Following is “Eidetic,” a new work set by Janice Lancaster Larsen, a dancer from Shen Wei Dance Arts in New York City. The music for this piece will be provided by local musicians chris stack and alina quu. Kelley says “Eidetic” is truly stunning and “feels super buttery to dance [to.]”

The headlining work is the titular “Ladle Weiss,” a six-section piece both choreographed and performed

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to various significant female figures in my own life,” Kelley says, “but also represents each dancer involved and our personal experiences with womanhood.”

On the LKD website, dancer amy borskey says, “I believe that all of us bring something unique and alluring to each of [Kelley’s] visions, and the final products are both intriguing and entertaining.”

Kelley is hesitant to be too expository when discussing her performances. “I like to allow my movement to speak for itself,” she says. “It’s easy to mask the actual choreography and strip the dancing away from a dance performance. LKD’s foundation is the dance itself, and the choreography is a true reflection of my individual expression, plus that of my dancers.”

The company will put in appearances at {Re}Happening, an annual fundraiser for the Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center at Camp Rockmont on Saturday, April 4. After that, Kelley would like to tour North Carolina, Florida and a handful of other U.S. locations. She also hopes to curate Asheville’s first dance festival this summer, with details to be determined. X

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With a maximum capacity of 90, Tim O’Brien and Andy Statman’s upcoming Asheville performance may feel more like an impromptu living room set than a traditional sell-out show.

But who’s complaining? The acclaimed roots musicians, O’Brien boasting a Grammy Award and Statman a coveted National Heritage Fellowship title, have been meeting up around the country for special one-off jams for years now. But Statman’s trio called upon O’Brien most recently to underline the band’s 2013 album Superstring Theory with a layer of gutsy guitar. “It’s a real honor to have them here in our community,” says Black Mountain Center for the Arts’ executive director gale jackson. “Who knows where they will go when they join forces on the stage?”

The multi-instrumentalists break out the strings for their hyperintimate set at BMCA on Thursday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. $65. blackmountainarts.org.

Photo of O’Brien courtesy of the artist

2014 was a prolific year for emcee and hip-hop producer Black Milk (also known as Curtis Cross) who polished his solo rap EP Glitches in the Break just months before releasing his sixth full-length record If There’s a Hell Below with his keyboard-bass-drums band Nat Turner. The Detroit-bred music veteran revels in mixing genres like hip-hop, rock and soul, and adapts readily to solo performances, joint ventures (check out his work with Mel, Danny Brown or Jack White for a treat) or band-backed gigs like his upcoming Asheville pit stop. Local neosoul quartet Goldie & the Screamers open the show with a special Erykah Badu tribute set. Both bands play Asheville Music Hall on Wednesday, March 25, at 9 p.m. $12/$16. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo courtesy of the artist

Kurt Braunohler “I think I might have figured out the dumbest way to make the world a better place,” wrote comedian Kurt Braunohler on his crowdfunding page. “I’ll be jetskiing from Chicago to New Orleans (seriously) in order to raise money to provide 500 goats and 1,000 chickens for African families in need.” Comedy Central Studios taped Braunohler’s “insanely stupid journey” for a Web series (avl.mx/0sg), and his foolish-yet-endearing side has also appeared on popular broadcasts like “Conan,” “The Tonight Show,” “John Oliver Presents,” “Chelsea Lately,” “New Girl” and “Drunk History,” among others.

Braunohler — who incidentally holds a world record for leading a 117-part allmeow cover of “Lean on Me” — brings his stand-up inland for a show at New Mountain on Wednesday, March 25, at 8 p.m. $18-$20. newmountainavl.com. Photo

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Haybaby What does it mean to be not just a hardworking band, but one of the top-10 hardestworking bands? Ask Brooklyn-based Haybaby, an indie-pop trio that ranked No. 9 on exactly that list by New York blog Oh My Rockness. But not only does Haybaby have an admirable work ethic, the group possesses some spooky insights into making an album: “We take the hard drive where the files are stored and bury it at dusk in an orphan’s grave, neither deep nor shallow, and then dig it up on the night a crow lands on the town steeple and caws six times at the moon,” the band wrote in a January Facebook post. “This is how we get that classic vintage snare tone.” Haybaby plays Broadway’s on Tuesday, March 24. Locals Total War and Wyla share the bill, along with Whiskey Bitches from New York City. 9 p.m., $3-$5 suggested donation. avl.mx/0s9. Photo courtesy of Haybaby

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• SA (3/21), 6pm - Terry Wetton, singersongwriter. Includes dinner. $27. Held at Thompson’s Store, 24 E Main St., Saluda st. JoHn in tHe Wilderness 1905 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 693-9783 • SU (3/22), 4pm - Secular and sacred violin, viola and piano. Donations accepted. ten tHousAnd villAges - montreAt 303 Lookout Road, Montreat, 669-1406, tenthousandvillages/montreat • SA (3/21), 2pm - Sahara Peace Choir annual benefit concert to benefit Helpmate.

Donations accepted.

sing-aLong: Formed in 2008 to “encourage support for peace talks among Muslims, Christians and Jews throughout the world,” The Sahara Peace Choir sings for tolerance, wellness and personal peace. The group will perform at Ten Thousand Villages in Montreat as part of a fundraiser for Helpmate.

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unity Center 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River, 891-8700 • TH (3/19), 6:30pm - Charley Thweatt “Love Remains,” acoustic. $20.

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Art AsHeville Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • FR (3/20), noon-1pm - Lunchtime (Moz)Art Break: Art and Music by Design. Admission fees apply.

Auditions & CAll to Artists oPPortunity House 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville, 692-0575, opportunityhouse.org • Through FR (3/27) - Submissions open for Black and African-American art exhibit. All artists and mediums welcome. Contact for guidelines. Free.

musiC AsHeville AmAdeus finAle ConCert (pd.) Performed by the Asheville Symphony, Sunday, March 22, 2015, 3pm. Featuring SevenTime Grammy winning pianist Emanuel Ax. Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. Tickets: 828-254-7046. ashevilleamadeus.com BLUE RIDGE ORCHESTRA • MOZART FAMILY ConCert (pd.) Saturday, March 21, 2015, 11am and 2pm.

• Asheville Amadeus: Mozart Family Concert, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, One Edwin Place, Asheville. $15 General Admission; $10 Friends of the Blue Ridge Orchestra; $5 Students.

• Tickets are also available (cash and checks only) at Soli Classica, 1550 Hendersonville Road, and Musician’s Workshop, 310 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville. Details and tickets for the Mozart Family Concerts: blueridgeorchestra.org AmiCimusiC 802-369-0856, amicimusic.org • TH (3/26), 7:15pm - “Jazzy Jews,” klezmer and

American jazz. Free. Held at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Home, 1617 Hendersonville Road AsHeville Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TH (3/19),6-8pm - Pianoforte Series: Homages to Mozart, classical piano. $18/$10 members.

BrevArd first united metHodist CHurCH 325 N. Broad St., Brevard, 883-9025 • SU (3/22), 4pm - FolkPsalm, bluegrass exploration of the Book of Psalms. $5 donation. diAnA WortHAm tHeAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TH (3/26), 8pm - Lúnasa, Irish/Celtic instrumentals. $30/$25 students/$15 children. first BAPtist CHurCH of AsHeville 5 Oak St., 252-4781, fbca.net • TH (3/19), 7:30pm - “Mozart March Madness,” vocal concert by UNC Asheville University Singers, Asheville Singers and Reuter Center Singers. Free. musiC At unCA 251-6432, unca.edu • WE (3/18), 10am-2pm - “Meeting Mozart: His Life and Music,” lecture and performance. Reuter Center. Free.

• WE (3/18), 2-4pm - “Meeting Mozart: His Life and Music,” lecture and performance. Reuter Center. Free.

• TH (3/19), 7pm - Performance from Heartbeat, international youth ensemble. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. $22/$13 campus community/$8 area students/free for UNCA students.

• WE (3/25), 7pm - “Music of the Holocaust,” performance and lecture. Held in Highsmith Union Alumni Hall. musiC At WCu 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (3/19), 7pm - Bodhran workshop, traditional Irish percussion. Held in Mountain Heritage Center. Free.

• TH (3/19), 7:30pm - “Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz,” multimedia Langston Hughes jazz poem.

Held in Bardo Center. $10/$5 WCU students.

35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/22) Tape. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. $15.

• TH (3/26), 7:30pm - Listen to This: “Meet the Parents: Couples Co-telling Tales of Family First Encounters.” $15.

AsHeville Community tHeAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/22) Amadeus. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. $32-$35.

AsHeville lyriC oPerA • WE (3/18), 7pm & 8:30pm - The Impresario, chamber opera. $20. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. BrevArd little tHeAtre 56 E Jordan St., Brevard, 884-2587 • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/20) until (4/4) - How Does Your Garden Grow, dark comedy. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 3pm. $16. diAnA WortHAm tHeAtre 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TU (3/24), 10am & 8pm & WE (3/25), 8pm - “Abraham.In.Motion,” modern dance. $8.50. flAt roCk PlAyHouse doWntoWn 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (3/29) - The Wizard of Oz - Young Performers Edition. Fri.: 7pm; Sat.: 2pm & 7pm; Sun.: 2pm. $18/$10 students. montford PArk PlAyers 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS through (3/28), 7:30pm - Private Lives. $17.69. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway

nC stAge 15 Stage Lane, 239-0263, ncstage.org • WEDESDAYS through SUNDAYS (3/25) until SU (4/19) - An Iliad. Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. $14-$32.

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AlCHemy fine Art 25 Rankin Ave., 367-7714, info@alchemyfineart.net • Through until (4/4), 12:30-5:30pm - Pathless Woods, animal and landscape works on sale to benefit the Asheville Humane Society.

Art At unCA art.unca.edu • Through MO (3/30) - Works by Members of the Fiber Arts Alliance. In Ramsey Library.

• Through FR (3/27) - In Her Father’s Eyes: A Slovak Childhood in the Shadow of the Holocaust. Held in Karpen Hall lobby.

• Through TU (3/24) - Three Makers Exhibition, sculpture. Held in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.

Art At WCu 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu • Through MO (3/23) - 2015 Jackson County Youth Art Month. Artists’ reception: March 22, 1-3pm. In the Bardo Arts Center.

Art in tHe AirPort 61 Terminal Drive, Fletcher • Through SU (6/7) - Locality, works by WNC artists.

Arts CounCil of Henderson County 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through FR (3/20) - Art Teachers Create.

Held at First Citizens Bank, 539 N. Main St., Hendersonville AsHeville Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SU (7/12) - Keep All You Wish: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum. Opening reception: March 13, 5:30-7pm.

AsHeville gAllery of Art 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TU (3/31) - Reflections: Interiors/ Landscapes/Cityscapes, oil paintings by Cheryl Keefer. trAnsylvAniA Community Arts CounCil 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through (3/27) - Of the Earth: An organic exhibition, mulitmedia. uPstAirs ArtsPACe 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • SA (3/21) through FR (5/1) - Boldly Abstract: Seven Notable Artists and Jon Jicha: Drawings about Drawing, abstract art.

Opening reception: March 21, 5-8pm.

Contact the galleries for hours and admission fees.

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WednesdAy, mArCH 18 5 WAlnut Wine BAr Wine Tasting w/Gypsy Guitars (gypsy jazz), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin jazz), 8pm

AltAmont BreWing ComPAny The Wilhelm Brothers w/ Michael Martin Band (folk-rock), 9pm

AltAmont tHeAtre Kirtan with Shabda Sangha (spiritual), 7pm

AltAmont tHeAtre Picture Show w/Ben Palmer (comedy), 8pm

AsHeville musiC HAll Melvin Seals and JGB (funk, jam), 9pm

BArley’s tAProom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

Ben’s tune-uP Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm

Beer City tAvern Karaoke w/DJ Do-It, 9:30pm

BlACk mountAin Ale House Gyspy Jazz Band, 7:30pm

BlACk mountAin Ale House Dan River Drifters (bluegrass, Americana), 8pm

Blue kudZu sAke ComPAny Bill Gerhardt’s Trio South (jazz), 6pm

Blue kudZu sAke ComPAny Trivia night, 8pm

Blue mountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Open Mic, 7pm

Blue mountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Rocket Science, 7pm

ByWAter Rotten Cores (punk, rock, country), 8pm

CAtAWBA BreWing tAsting room Old time jam, 7pm

CroW & quill Piano Karaoke! w/Uncle Shabby, 9pm

CluB eleven on grove Swing lessons & dance w/ Swing Asheville, 6:30pm Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm The Low Down Sires (folk, jazz, swing), 8:30pm

douBle CroWn Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm foggy mountAin BreWPuB Trivia, 8pm grey eAgle musiC HAll & tAvern Local Showcase: Hard Rocket w/Black Robin Hero & Jangling Sparrows, 7pm grind CAfe Trivia night, 7pm

iron Horse stAtion Kevin Reese, 6pm isis restAurAnt And musiC HAll The Moon & You & Friends (Americana, cello-folk), 7pm JACk of tHe Wood PuB Old-time session, 5pm

loBster trAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm

strAigHtAWAy CAfe The Big Deal (jam, bluegrass, folk), 6pm

moJo kitCHen & lounge DJ Molly Parti “Get Over the Hump-day” dance party (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm

tAllgAry’s At four College Open mic & jam, 7pm

mountAin moJo CoffeeHouse Open mic, 6:30pm neW mountAin Bridge Over Asheville (variety show of local artists), 9pm

lAZy diAmond Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

noBle kAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

leX 18 Patrick Lopez (Latin jazz piano), 7pm

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best of botH woRLds: Sidecar Honey aims to drive two distinct sounds into its music: a homey, Americana tune sporting a contemporary pop-rock vibe. And that’s the way the band likes it — “down-home roots with an original, modern edge,” the band adds to its bio. “But it’s the songwriting that makes this band something special — thoughtful Americana with pop hooks and rock propulsion.” Sidecar Honey performs at the French Broad Brewing Company on Friday, March 20, at 6 p.m.

tHe Joint neXt door Bluegrass jam, 8pm tHe PHoeniX Jazz night, 8pm tHe soCiAl Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm Karaoke, 9:30pm

o.Henry’s/tHe underground “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

tHe soutHern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

odditorium The Hotelier w/Heavy Hearted, Muscle & Bone (rock), 9pm

tiger mountAin Sean Dail (classic punk, power-pop, rock), 10pm

off tHe WAgon Piano show, 9pm olive or tWist Swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm one stoP deli & BAr Bosley w/Dub Kartel (funk, reggae), 10pm one World BreWing Mark Brut (singer-songwriter), 8pm Pour tAProom Karaoke, 8pm reJAvAnAtion CAfe Open mic night, 6pm room iX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm root BAr no. 1 DJ Ken Brandenburg (old school, funk), 9pm

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elAine’s dueling PiAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy mountAin BreWPuB Songwriter’s open mic night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm frenCH BroAd BreWery The Strangled Darlings (Americana, folk), 6pm good stuff Jim Hampton (country), 9pm grey eAgle musiC HAll & tAvern Horse Feathers w/David Ramirez (indie, folk), 8pm isis restAurAnt And musiC HAll ArtSpace After Hours Cabaret (benefit), 6pm JACk of tHe Wood PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm lAZy diAmond The Replacement Party w/ Dr. Filth, 10pm leX 18 Bob Strain (jazz ballads), 7pm

vinCenZo’s Bistro Lenny Petenelli (high-energy piano), 7pm

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

WHite Horse BlACk mountAin Wednesday Waltz, 7pm

mArket PlACe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

Wild Wing CAfe soutH Karaoke, 9pm

neW mountAin David & Valerie Mayfield (bluegrass), 8pm Four On The Floor w/The Tills, Impossible Vacation, The Blotz & Lake Lawn, 10pm

tHursdAy, mArCH 19 185 king street Cody Siniard (country), 8pm

o.Henry’s/tHe underground Gayme Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm odditorium Royal Sky (hip-hop), 9pm

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AltAmont BreWing ComPAny Stolen Hearts w/Red Honey (dirty-Southern-soul), 9:30pm

PisgAH BreWing ComPAny The Screaming J’s (honky-tonk, hot jazz, ragtime), 6pm

AtHenA’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

PulP Slice of Life comedy w/ Carlos Valencia, Mikee Steinberg, Nick Alexander, Jordan Scott Huggins & Cary Goff (stand-up), 9pm

Beer City tAvern Contagious (rock), 9pm

PurPle onion CAfe Michael Reno Harrell (folk, storyteller, acoustic), 8pm renAissAnCe AsHeville Hotel TLQ + 2 (rock, blues), 6:30pm room iX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm sCAndAls nigHtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sCully’s “Geeks Who Drink” Trivia, 7pm

tHe motHligHt Perfect Pussy w/Earth Mover & Kortriba (punk rock), 9:30pm

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oskAr Blues BreWery Redleg Husky (folk, soul), 6pm

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185 king street Devils & Dust (desert pop, Americana), 8pm

AltAmont tHeAtre Jamie Laval’s 4th Annual St. Patrick’s Celtic Celebration, 8am

soutHern APPAlACHiAn BreWery Raising Caine (country), 7pm

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tHe PHoeniX Bradford Carson (Americana, singer-songwriter), 8pm tHe soCiAl Thicket (country, mountain-rock), 9pm tHe soutHern Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm tHe strAnd @ 38 mAin The Don Juans, 7:30pm timo’s House ’90s Nite w/ Franco Nino (’90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 10pm tressA’s doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm urBAn orCHArd Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm vinCenZo’s Bistro Ginny McAfee (guitar, vocals), 7pm WHite Horse BlACk mountAin Peg Leg Sam (blues harmonica), 7:30pm WXyZ lounge At Aloft Hotel Lyric (funk, rock, soul), 7:30pm

BlACk BeAr Coffee Co. The Secret B-Sides (funk, soul), 6pm BlACk mountAin Ale House Ginny McAfee (country, folk), 7:30pm Blue mountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Acoustic Swing, 7pm Boiler room Rebirth IX (underground techno, house), 10pm ByWAter Dave Desmelik Trio (Americana, folk), 8pm ClAssiC Wineseller Ben Wilson (Americana), 7pm Cork & keg McKenzie, Willoughby & friends (blues, old country), 8:30pm CroW & quill Hot Point Trio (gypsy-jazz, jazz, swing), 9pm

dancing, 7pm lAZy diAmond Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm leX 18 Afternoon High Tea w/Bob Strain (classical, romantic piano), 1:30pm Michael Jefry Stevens Duo (modern jazz), 7:30pm DJ Cosmo Q (fusion-swing, dance party), 11pm loBster trAP Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 6:30pm mArket PlACe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm nAtive kitCHen & soCiAl PuB Hailey Whitters & Stephanie Lambring (singer-songwriter, folk, country), 7:30pm neW mountAin Soumu: A celebration of African dance, music & food w/ Zansa, Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba, 6pm Riverside Drive (dirty soul revival), 9pm Avl Dance Co-op: Spring Equinox edition, 10pm nigHtBell restAurAnt & lounge Dulítel DJ (indie, electro, rock), 10pm noBle kAvA Steve Karla (gypsy-jazz, jam), 8:30pm odditorium Bulgogi, Plankeye Peggy & Aquamule (punk), 9pm off tHe WAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm olive or tWist WestSound (blues, Motown), 8pm Live Latin Band, 11pm

elAine’s dueling PiAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

one stoP deli & BAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Mustacheville Presents: Spring Bling w/Endymion is the Moon, McDubbin & Selector Cleofus, 10pm

foggy mountAin BreWPuB Simon George & friends (jazz, soul), 10pm

orAnge Peel 7th Annual Wild South Green Gala, 7pm

frenCH BroAd BreWery Sidecar Honey (rock), 6pm

oskAr Blues BreWery The Wilhelm Brothers w/ Dina Hornbaker (folk-rock), 6pm

douBle CroWn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

good stuff Paul Cataldo (Americana, folk, roots), 9pm

PACk’s tAvern DJ MoTo (pop, dance, hits), 9pm

grey eAgle musiC HAll & tAvern Asheville Talent Slam, 7pm

PisgAH BreWing ComPAny The Zealots (Americana, indierock), 8pm

iron Horse stAtion Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

root BAr no. 1 The Willy Whales (old-time, roots, rock), 9pm

isis restAurAnt And musiC HAll CaroMia (blues, country, gospel), 7pm Acoustic Evening w/Shannon Whitworth & Barrett Smith, 9pm

sCAndAls nigHtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

JACk of tHe Wood PuB Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle w/Grassland String-Band (Americana, folk), 9pm

soutHern APPAlACHiAn BreWery StepChild (Americana, blues), 8pm

JerusAlem gArden Middle Eastern music & belly-

sPring Creek tAvern Chris O’Neill & Kezia Nell

sCully’s DJ, 10pm

(Americana), 8pm tAllgAry’s At four College Jarvis Jenkins (Southern rock), 9:30pm tHe AdmirAl Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm tHe motHligHt Luzius Stone w/VIA, Jellyrox & Towne Mouse (hip hip, electronic), 9:30pm tHe PHoeniX Jason DeCristofaro & Friends (jazz), 8pm tHe soCiAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm tiger mountAin Soul dance party w/ Cliff, 10pm toWn PumP Redleg Husky (folk, soul), 10pm toy BoAt Community Art sPACe Tales ’n’ Ales (storytelling), 8pm tressA’s doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues The Embe Marimba Band, 7pm Jam Boogie Band (funk, jam, rock), 10pm

BlACk BeAr Coffee Co. Ellen Trenka (singer-songwriter, folk, pop), 6pm BlACk mountAin Ale House The Mug (blues, rock, boogie), 9pm BlACk mountAin College museum & Arts Center Odeya Nini w/Archie Carrey & Aesc CPI (experimental, classical), 7:30pm Blue mountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Bob Zullo (acoustic), 7pm Boiler room Live Animals w/Illanthropy & The Ghost Of (EDM), 8:30pm ByWAter Buffalo Wabs w/The Price Hill Shuffle (Americana), 8pm ClAssiC Wineseller Joe Cruz (Beatles & Elton John covers, piano), 7pm

tWisted lAurel The King Zeros (blues), 8pm

Cork & keg Pleasure Chest (blues, rock ’n’ roll, soul), 8:30pm

vinCenZo’s Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

douBle CroWn Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm

WAter’n Hole Swamp Candy (blues, rock), 10pm

dugout Fineline (rock), 9pm

WHite Horse BlACk mountAin Jazz w/Wendy Pederson, 8pm

elAine’s dueling PiAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

Wild Wing CAfe The Sloantones (bluegrass, blues, funk, rock), 9pm Wild Wing CAfe soutH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm WXyZ lounge At Aloft Hotel Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 8:30pm ZAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sAturdAy, mArCH 21 5 WAlnut Wine BAr Mande Foly (electric African folk), 9pm AltAmont BreWing ComPAny Citizen Mojo (blues, funk, rock, soul), 9:30pm AltAmont tHeAtre The Dean Ween Group (acoustic), 3:30pm Jennifer Knapp w/special guest (folk, rock, pop), 8pm AsHeville musiC HAll Remembering Mikey: Michael Houser tribute, 10pm AtHenA’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm Beer City tAvern The Dr. Van (rock, funk), 9pm

foggy mountAin BreWPuB Paper Crowns (folk, Americana), 10pm frenCH BroAd BreWery Damian LeMaster & LeMaster Plan (folk-rock), 6pm good stuff Hope Griffin (singer-songwriter), 9pm grey eAgle musiC HAll & tAvern Dean Ween Group [SOLD OUT], 9pm HigHlAnd BreWing ComPAny Black Robin Hero (Americana, rock ’n’ roll), 7pm iron Horse stAtion Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 7pm isis restAurAnt And musiC HAll Del & Dawg (Americana, bluegrass, jazz), 9pm JACk of tHe Wood PuB Left Lane Cruiser w/Swamp Candy (blues, rock), 9pm JerusAlem gArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

lAZy diAmond Unknown Pleasures w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10pm

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strAigHtAWAy CAfe Hobos & Lace (folk), 6pm tAllgAry’s At four College A Social Function (country, rock), 9:30pm tHe AdmirAl Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm tHe motHligHt Hearts Gone South w/Solid Country Band (country), 9pm tHe PHoeniX Georgia Mid-life Chryslers (soul, rock ’n’ roll), 8pm tHe soCiAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm toWn PumP Saylyn (reggae), 9pm toy BoAt Community Art sPACe QORDS benefit (variety show, dance party), 7pm

Blue kudZu sAke ComPAny Karaoke & brunch, 2pm Blue mountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Gene Holdway (Americana, bluegrass, folk), 7pm BuriAl Beer Co. Jazz brunch w/ The Mandelkorn George Project (funk, soul), 12pm ByWAter Carolina Ceili (Celtic), 5pm Cork & keg The Paint Bug (painting w/ wine), 2pm

tWisted lAurel Free Flow (funk, R&B, soul), 9pm

grey eAgle musiC HAll & tAvern MESA Spring Forward w/Gary Jules (singersongwriter), 7pm

Wild Wing CAfe Karaoke, 8pm Wild Wing CAfe soutH Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi tribute), 8pm WXyZ lounge At Aloft Hotel Lyric (soul, funk, rock), 8:30pm ZAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sundAy, mArCH 22 5 WAlnut Wine BAr One Leg Up (gypsy-jazz), 7pm

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BlACk mountAin Ale House Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm

douBle CroWn Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

WHite Horse BlACk mountAin Red Herring Puppets, 2pm Yes The Raven (folk, indie), 8pm

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AsHeville musiC HAll Asheville Battle of the Bands, 4pm Steely Dan Sunday, 9pm

tressA’s doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues The King Zeros (delta blues), 7pm The Nightcrawlers (funk), 10pm

vinCenZo’s Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

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AltAmont tHeAtre Asheville Ecstatic Dance: first wave, 10am; second wave, 12pm

iron Horse stAtion Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm isis restAurAnt And musiC HAll Jazz showcase, 6pm JACk of tHe Wood PuB Irish session, 5pm The Wilhelm Brothers (folk rock), 9pm lAZy diAmond Honky Tonk Night w/ DJs, 10pm loBster trAP Crossroad String Band (acoustic, bluegrass, blues), 6:30pm moJo kitCHen & lounge Sunday night swing, 5pm odditorium Stand-Up Sunday (comedy), 8pm off tHe WAgon Piano show, 9pm

olive or tWist Dance lessons w/Ian & Karen, 7pm DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm one stoP deli & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Reggae Sundays, 9pm orAnge Peel Waltz Nightw/ Contraversial, 5:30pm Pour tAProom Open mic, 8pm

TJ Kong & The Atomic Bomb (post-apocalypse blues), 9pm lAZy diAmond Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm leXington Ave BreWery (lAB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm loBster trAP Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm

sCAndAls nigHtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

odditorium The Queers w/The Dimarcos & Future West (punk rock), 9pm

soutHern APPAlACHiAn BreWery Wayne Bodley (indie, rock), 5pm

orAnge Peel Die Antwood ([SOLD OUT]), 9pm

strAigHtAWAy CAfe Greg Terkelsen (piano, funk), 5pm

oskAr Blues BreWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm

tAllgAry’s At four College Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm

sovereign remedies Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

tHe PHoeniX Up Jumped Three (jazz), 12pm

tHe motHligHt Mike Dillon w/Hildegard (punk, percussion), 9pm

tHe soCiAl Karaoke, 9:30pm tHe soutHern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm tiger mountAin Seismic Sunday w/ Matthew Schrader (doom, sludge, drone, psych-metal), 10pm timo’s House Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm toWn PumP High Divers (rock), 9pm vinCenZo’s Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm WHite Horse BlACk mountAin Eric Taylor (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm Wild Wing CAfe Walking Dead Viewing Party, 9pm Wild Wing CAfe soutH Walking Dead Viewing Party, 9pm

mondAy, mArCH 23 5 WAlnut Wine BAr Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana, soul), 8pm

tHe PHoeniX The Wilhelm Brothers (folk-rock), 8pm

timo’s House Movie night, 7pm vinCenZo’s Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm

tuesdAy, mArCH 24 185 king street Barrett Smith (Americana), 8pm 5 WAlnut Wine BAr The John Henrys (jazz, ragtime, swing), 8pm AsHeville musiC HAll Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm BlACk mountAin Ale House Trivia, 7pm Blue mountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm BuffAlo niCkel Trivia, 7pm Cork & keg Honky-tonk Jamboree w/ Tom Pittman, 6:30pm

Beer City tAvern Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, variety), 7pm

diAnA WortHAm tHeAtre Kyle Abraham, 8pm

ByWAter Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm CourtyArd gAllery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm CroW & quill Michael Luchtan & Patrick Kukucka (Argentine tango), 9pm douBle CroWn Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Dave & Rebecca, 10pm good stuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

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AltAmont BreWing ComPAny Chris O’Neill, 8pm Old-time jam w/ John Hardy Party, 8pm

BlACk mountAin Ale House Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 7:30pm

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HigHland BreWing cOMPany Woody Wood Wednesdays (acoustic rock), 5:30pm

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irOn HOrse statiOn Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm isis restaUrant and MUsic Hall Trio Guggino (dinner music), 7:30pm Jack Of tHe WOOd PUB Old-time session, 5pm lazy diaMOnd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm lex 18 Spanish Wine Dinner w/Juan Benavides & Zeki (flamenco), 6:30pm lOBster traP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm MOJO kitcHen & lOUnge DJ Molly Parti “Get Over the Hump-day” dance party (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm MOUntain MOJO cOffeeHOUse Open mic, 6:30pm neW MOUntain Kurt Braunohler (comedy), 8pm Bridge Over Asheville (variety show of local artists), 9pm nOBle kaVa Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm O.Henry’s/tHe UndergrOUnd “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

WestVille PUB Blues jam, 10pm

OdditOriUM Ringwald w/Fashion Bath & The Spiral (punk), 9pm

WHite HOrse Black MOUntain Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm

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OliVe Or tWist Swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm

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5 WalnUt Wine Bar Wine tasting w/ Dave Perkins (jazz), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin jazz), 8pm altaMOnt BreWing cOMPany Dave Desmelik w/Josh Gibbs & Tom Godlesky (Americana, folk, singer-songwriter), 8:30pm altaMOnt tHeatre Open to the One: Colin You Home w/ Dale Allen Hoffman, 7pm asHeVille MUsic Hall Black Milk & Nat Turner Band w/ Goldie & The Screamers (tribute to Erykah Badu), 11pm

One stOP deli & Bar Ryan “RnB” Barber, 10pm One WOrld BreWing Brews & Beats w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8:30pm Orange Peel Smokin’ (Arena Rock tribute band), 9pm POUr taPrOOM Karaoke, 8pm reJaVanatiOn cafe Open mic night, 6pm rOOM ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

Ben’s tUne-UP Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm

rOOt Bar nO. 1 DJ Ken Brandenburg (old school, funk), 9pm

Black MOUntain ale HOUse Gyspy Jazz Band, 7:30pm

straigHtaWay cafe Circus Mutt (bluegrass, roots), 6pm

BlUe kUdzU sake cOMPany Bill Gerhardt’s Trio South (jazz), 6pm

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The Mothlight Jamaican Queens w/Fred Thomas & Absolute Fantasy (pop, trap, psychedelic), 9:30pm The Phoenix Jazz night, 8pm The Social Steve Moseley, 6pm Karaoke, 9:30pm

Evie Ladin & Keith Terry (folk), 7:15pm Jack of the Wood Pub Bluegrass jam, 7pm Lazy Diamond The Replacement Party w/ Dr. Filth, 10pm Lex 18 Bob Strain (romantic jazz), 7pm

Wild Wing Cafe South Scott Raines, 8pm

Black Pussy (rock & roll), 10pm The Buchanan Boys (country), 10pm

Wxyz Lounge at Aloft Hotel CaroMia (blues, country, gospel), 7:30pm

Nightbell Restaurant & Lounge Dulítel DJ (indie, electro, rock), 10pm Noble Kava Beat Life Lounge w/AVL Beat Life Collective (downtempo, hip-hop, electronica), 8:30pm

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O.Henry’s/The Underground Kings & Queens (drag dance party), 10pm

The Southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

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

185 King Street Charles Walker Band (funk, R&B, soul), 8pm

Tiger Mountain Sean Dail (classic punk, power-pop, rock), 10pm

Market Place Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

5 Walnut Wine Bar Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 9pm

Odditorium Sext Message w/Crazy Bag Lady & Ancient Whales (punk, garage), 9pm

Timo’s House Spectrum AVL w/ Dam Good (dance party), 9pm

New Mountain Asleep at the Wheel (western swing), 7pm

Altamont Brewing Company Bill Mattock (blues), 9:30pm

Off the Wagon Dueling pianos, 9pm

Town Pump Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm

O.Henry’s/The Underground Gayme Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm

Altamont Theatre Feufollet (Cajun, roots-rock), 8pm

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

Odditorium Onwe w/Nicholas Nicolas & Arch Rivals (rock), 9pm

Asheville Music Hall Ghost Owl (jam, electronic, rock), 10pm

Olive or Twist Free Flow (funk, Motown, R&B, soul), 8pm Live Latin Band, 11pm

Vincenzo’s Bistro Lenny Petenelli (high-energy piano), 7pm

Off the Wagon Dueling pianos, 9pm

Athena’s Club Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Urban Soil (Americana), 10pm

White Horse Black Mountain Wednesday Waltz, 7pm

Olive or Twist Cha cha lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 7:30pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm

Black Bear Coffee Co. The Honey Swamp Stompers (ragtime, jazz), 6pm

Orange Peel Father John Misty w/King Tuff [SOLD OUT], 9pm

Black Mountain Ale House Dirty Badgers (blues, rock), 9pm

Oskar Blues Brewery Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 6pm

Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Acoustic Swing, 7pm

Pack’s Tavern DJ MoTo (dance, hits, pop), 9pm

Orange Peel Dr. Dog w/mewithoutYou (rock), 9pm

Boiler Room Copestoned, The Beard, Binding Isaac & Romero’s Ghost (rock, metal, punk, grunge), 9pm

Pisgah Brewing Company The Captain Midnight Band (rock ’n’ roll), 8pm

Oskar Blues Brewery Travis Book of the Infamous Stringdusters, 5pm

Classic Wineseller James Hammel (jazz, pop), 7pm

Pisgah Brewing Company Screamin’ J’s (jazz, ragtime), 6pm

Cork & Keg One Leg Up (Gypsy jazz), 8:30pm

Purple Onion Cafe Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm

Double Crown DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

Wild Wing Cafe South Karaoke, 9pm

Thursday, March 26 185 King Street James Scott & Unicorn Party, 8pm 5 Walnut Wine Bar Hank West & The Smokin’ Hots (jazz exotica), 8pm Altamont Brewing Company Jon Stickley & John Cavanaugh (slamgrass), 9pm Altamont Theatre Dave Waite (comedian), 8pm Barley’s Taproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm Black Mountain Ale House Dan River Drifters (bluegrass, Americana), 8pm Blue Kudzu Sake Company Trivia night, 8pm

One Stop Deli & Bar Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Neo-Victorian Masquerade w/D&D Sluggers, the Last WordBenders, Endymion is the moon & McDubbin (variety), 10pm

Renaissance Asheville Hotel Chris Rhodes (jazz, blues, r&b), 6:30pm Room IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm Scandals Nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

Foggy Mountain Brewpub Sam Pains & Phillip Alley (folk, bluegrass), 10pm French Broad Brewery Junto (country), 6pm

Bogart’s Restaurant & Tavern Eddie Rose & Highway Forty (bluegrass), 6:30pm

Southern Appalachian Brewery Matt Jackson (indie, Americana), 7pm

Good Stuff Rusalka (acoustic, folk), 9pm

Catawba Brewing Tasting Room Old time jam, 7pm

TallGary’s at Four College Iggy Radio, 7pm

Highland Brewing Company Dank (rock, r&b), 7pm

Club Eleven on Grove Swing lessons & dance w/ Swing Asheville, 6:30pm Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm

The Mothlight Hannah Kaminer w/Sven Hooson (singer-songwriter), 9pm

Iron Horse Station Mark Shane (R&B), 7pm

Diana Wortham Theatre Lunasa (Celtic), 8pm Double Crown 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm Foggy Mountain Brewpub Songwriter’s open mic night w/ Riyen Roots, 8pm French Broad Brewery Mason Reed (folk, singer-songwriter), 6pm Good Stuff Andy Buckner (country, Southern rock), 8:30pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern Peter Mulvey & Lloyd Cole (singer-songwriter), 8pm Isis Restaurant and Music Hall

The Phoenix Dave Desmelik Duo (Americana, folk, singer-songwriter), 8pm The Southern Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm The Strand @ 38 Main Linda McRae (Americana), 7pm Linda McRae (folk-roots, Americana), 7:30pm Timo’s House ’90s Nite w/ Franco Nino (’90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 10pm Town Pump Searra Gisondo (jazz), 9pm Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm Urban Orchard Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm Vincenzo’s Bistro Ginny McAfee (guitar, vocals), 7pm

Southern Appalachian Brewery King Possum (folk, blues, Americana), 7pm

Straightaway Cafe Honeyboy & Boots (folk, blues), 6pm The Admiral Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm The Mothlight Wham, Bam! Puppet Slam!, 8pm The Phoenix Dynasty Electric (electronic rock), 9pm The Social Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm Tiger Mountain Soul dance party w/ Cliff, 10pm

Isis Restaurant and Music Hall Blue Highway (bluegrass), 9pm Jack of the Wood Pub Under The Willow w/The Harmaleighs (bluegrass, folk), 9pm Jerusalem Garden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm Lazy Diamond Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm Lex 18 Afternoon High Tea w/Bob Strain (piano), 1:30pm One Leg Up (Gypsy jazz), 7:30pm DJ Cosmo Q (fusion-swing, dance party), 11pm Lobster Trap Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm Market Place The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm Native Kitchen & Social Pub Jason Moore & the Trust Trio (jazz), 7:30pm New Mountain

Scully’s DJ, 10pm

Spring Creek Tavern Letters to Abigail (Americana), 9pm

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm

Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm

Crow & Quill Special Strength (jazz, trip-hop, experimental), 9pm

Scandals Nightclub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

Dugout Fineline (rock), 9pm

Scully’s “Geeks Who Drink” Trivia, 7pm

Root Bar No. 1 Joe Smith & The Going Concern (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

Town Pump Skunk Ruckus (hillbilly gut-rock), 9pm Toy Boat Community Art Space Accordion Time Machine, 7:30pm Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues Nikki Calloway & Friends (singer-songwriter), 7pm WestSound (blues, Motown), 10pm Vincenzo’s Bistro Steve Whiddon (classic piano), 5:30pm Water’n Hole Tonology (alt. rock), 10pm Wild Wing Cafe Andy Buckner (Southern rock), 8pm Wild Wing Cafe South A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm Wxyz Lounge at Aloft Hotel Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 8:30pm Zambra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

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tHE stoRy: Following a botched military action in Belfast, a young Brit soldier is left behind to fend for himself as he tries to make it back to his barracks. tHE LoWdoWn: Exciting and very effective war thriller set during “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland. More thriller than political, but very well done.

Theatrical feature directorial debuts don’t often come with more assurance than Yann Demange’s ’71 — a war thriller set in the year 1971 when “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland were at their height. But make no mistake, this isn’t really a film about “The Troubles” as such. If you go to ’71 hoping for some kind of enlightenment on that often perplexing, nearly 30-year conflict between Catholics and Protestants, you’re not going to get it. That may be just as well.

“The Troubles” is one of those things on which nearly everyone has an opinion, even if they know very little about it, and a movie isn’t likely to sort it out.

Oh, yes, the more you know going in, the better you’ll understand the background, but none of that is really at the heart of Demange’s completely nonpartisan film. Unlike such movies as

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JACK o'ConnELL as the young British soldier stranded on the wrong side of Belfast during "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland in Yann Demange's war thriller ’71.

Do You Believe? (Pg-13) 11:00, 1:35, 4:10, 6:55, 9:35 Focus (r) 9:30 The gunman (r) 11:45, 2:20, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05

Ken Loach’s Hidden Agenda (1990) and Paul Greengrass’ Bloody Sunday (2002), this is not a political film in any real sense.

Essentially, ’71 is a day — hardly an average day — in the life of a newly arrived Brit soldier, Gary Hook (Jack O’Connell). On his first day on the streets of Belfast, he’s in an army group sent out on a routine mission that turns into a riot, and in the confusion of it all, he’s left behind on the boundary between the Catholic and Protestant parts of the city.

As a British soldier, he is — to put it mildly — unwelcome by the Catholics, but he quickly learns that the Protestant “Loyalists” are skeptical of him as well. In either case, no one wants much of anything to do with him — unless they want him dead. What Hook discovers is that he’s on his own in what can best be described as an escalating nightmare he can’t seem to escape. His wanderings only make things worse, because — whether fully comprehending it or not — he has seen things that make him a threat to everyone on both sides. He has learned the danger-

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What interests Demange and first-time feature screenwriter Gregory Burke is a combination of the sheer terror of Hook’s plight and the amazingly convoluted relationships of the factions with all their duplicity and double crosses.

It’s less about anything than it’s simply a Belfast-set take on the old Hitchcock gambit of the hapless man on the run who can’t trust anyone — foes or theoretical friends.

Think of it as a gritty, lower-class variant of North By Northwest — minus romance and comedy — and you’re in the ballpark.

As filmmaking, it’s certainly exciting and accomplished, even though the ending gets too contrived for its own good. Demange keeps everything moving, and the danger is palpable every step of the way. Liverpool, Sheffield and Blackburn make acceptable standins for Belfast (even though noth-

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ing but Belfast really looks like Belfast). The performances are solid with Jack O’Connell (Starred Up, Unbroken) continuing to be an impressive screen presence. Just remember this isn’t so much about “The Troubles” as it is like being uncomprehendingly dropped into the middle of them. Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images and language throughout.

Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre. reviewed by Ken Hanke

Cinderella HHH DIRECTOR: Kenneth Branagh PLAYERS: Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter, Nonso Anozie, Stellan Skarsgård, Derek Jacobi FAIRY TALE RATED PG THE STORY: Live action version of the Cinderella story.

THE LOWDOWN: It looks terrific.

It’s also faithful to a fault — and that’s exactly the problem, since it makes it on the dull, unadventurous side.

Few movies have evaporated from my mind as quickly as this latest Cinderella is doing. Oh, the story hasn’t, but that’s because it’s not in any way significantly different from the story you heard while padding about the house in your Dr. Dentons. When all is said and done, it’s the same as the 1950 Disney cartoon — mercifully minus squeaky singing mice. Oh, this one’s got mice — painfully obvious CGI mice — but they neither sing, nor speak, nor do much of anything other than scamper around and get transformed into horses.

Perhaps someone reasoned that having them sing and sew would render the movie unbelievable.

For that matter, “Bibbidi-BobbidiBoo” is relegated to one utterance as a magical spell, and that suits me fine. But the story — well, as Ringo says in The Magic Christian upon hearing Hamlet say, “To be or not to be,” “I’ve seen it.” And you have, too, unless you’re too young to be reading this.

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So why are so many critics over the moon about Mr. Branagh’s film? (At the moment, 112 out of 134 reviewers have given it a positive review, and, no, that doesn’t mean they’re all crazy about it, but a lot of them are.) My best guess is that it’s because it really does look swell. OK, maybe the skin tones have been goosed a little too much toward orange, but that’s just the norm these days. The production design by Dante Ferretti (Martin Scorsese’s go-to designer these days) is magnificent. Sandy Powell’s (another Scorsese collaborator) costumes are stunning — if sometimes deliberately grotesque.

And Branagh makes sure that both are showcased to the max. In fact, apart from handling everything as if he was making one of his Shakespeare adaptations, that’s mostly what he does. Occasionally, he gets roused into doing something striking — like the swirling camerawork in Cinderella’s (Lily James) first meeting with the Prince (Richard Madden) in the woods. And there’s no denying that the shot of Cinderella in the coach when she arrives at the ball is stunning. But mostly it’s pretty staid and ... safe, like everything else in the movie.

I don’t actually blame Branagh — or screenwriter Chris Weitz (About a Boy) — for the movie’s stiffbacked parochial tone. They have, I assume, delivered the movie Disney wanted. And I’ll freely admit that the one child at the showing I saw (mostly peopled by older viewers) obviously adored the movie. (Bear that in mind, if you’re going with kids.) As a veteran of any number of versions and riffs on the story (my favorite remains the 1939 modernized screwball comedy version with Deanna Durbin, First Love), I was not so entranced. I felt like I was marking time while the picture went through plot point after plot point on its way to every set piece and well-known conclusion.

Branagh is also up against such a barrage of CGI effects — from mice to a Friendly Persuasion goose to lizards to pumpkins — that it’s a wonder that the movie feels even slightly human. Helena Bonham Carter shows up as the Fairy Godmother and briefly threatens to inject the film with some life, but it’s a passing moment. Every so often Cate Blanchett’s Wicked Stepmother starts to go full-Glenda Jackson in over-the-top villainy, but quickly dials it down — a

wasted opportunity. Am I saying Cinderella is a bad film? No, not exactly. It’s certainly pretty and has a few grace moments.

What I’m saying is it’s just kind of a dull straightforward take on Cinderella — and if that’s what you want, I’m sure it’s perfectly fine. Rated PG for mild thematic elements.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke

Community Screenings

Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church 249 East Main St., Brevard, 884-2645, bdrpc.org • FR (3/20), 7pm - The King of Kings, silent film with organ accompaniment. Donations accepted.

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’71 See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

Do You Believe?

The folks that brought you God’s Not Dead — which is to say Pure Flix Entertainment and writers Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon — are back with another faith-based offering. The blurb reads “a dozen different souls — all moving in different directions, all longing for something more. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they each are about to discover there is power in the Cross of Christ ... even if they don’t believe it. Yet.” In other words, it’s the Crash of faith-based movies. (PG-13)

Film at UNCA 251-6585, unca.edu • FR (3/20), 5:30PM - 300 Miles to Freedom, documentary. Humanities Lecture Hall. Free.

Film at WCU 227-2324 • MO (3/23), 3 & 7pm - The World Made Straight, locally made adaptation of Ron Rash novel. $10/$5 WCU students, faculty & staff Move to Amend of Buncombe County 299-1242, movetoamend.org/nc-asheville • MO (3/23), 7pm - Legalize Democracy, documentary with discussion to follow.

Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road St. Eugene’s Catholic Church 72 Culver St., 254-5193 • SU (3/22), 3pm - Don’t Call Me A Saint, documentary.

WNC Film Society wncfilmsociety.com • TU (3/24), 7pm - Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen. $12/$10 advance/$5 students. Held at Grace Center, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River • TU (3/24), 7pm - Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen, documentary. Held at Grace Center, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River

The Gunman Sean Penn seems to be going the Liam Neeson route with The Gunman, an “action thriller from Pierre Morel, the director of Taken, stars Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone and Mark Rylance.”

The distributor foolishly has allowed 11 reviews to get out — all of them unrelentingly negative. (R)

Insurgent The early response to Insurgent — or The Divergent Series: Insurgent — hasn’t been all that better, but it’s unlikely that Lionsgate is worried about reviews for this sequel to the $288 million (worldwide) grossing Divergent. This is presold stuff aimed squarely at its teenage audience. It is clearly this week’s box office big hope. (PG-13)

Leviatham See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

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Leviathan HHHH diRectoR: Andrey Zvyagintsev pLayeRs: Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov dRama

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tHe stoRy: A lower-middle-class man fights the system to save his land while struggling to hold his already splintered family together. tHe Lowdown: Grim and deeply pessimistic, the film is nonetheless compelling viewing and deserving of our attention.

Leviathan — the critically-lauded film from Andrey Zvyagintsev (believe me, I’ll be typing that name as infrequently as possible) — is long, slow and depressing. It’s as unwieldy a beast as the mythical Biblical monster that shares its name — and in some ways, just as horrifically fascinating. (Yes, the Book of Job is cited in the film.) It’s also intensely Russian, which perhaps explains the whole long, slow, depressing part in one word. Yet despite its Russianness, I kept thinking that I could see most of the characters and events transplanted to the U.S. with very little change. The concept of a bunch of guys whose idea of a good time is to go out to the middle of nowhere, shoot guns and get drunk is certainly as American as it is Russian. And while the corruption in Leviathan’s hopeless David and Goliath story is mostly specific to Putin and his government — and the Russian Orthodox Church’s complicity — it could easily be adapted to our own culture. Well, you’d have a hard time fitting in the symbolic whale skeleton since we don’t have the wreckage of an old, failed regime haunting us — maybe.

I am told that Leviathan is a great film. One critic seems to believe it’s a great work of literature (existentialist, no less), which perhaps betrays an ... unusual idea of cinema. Another has said it will only get better on repeat viewings. (Heaven forbid.) Personally, I think it’s a good — albeit specialized — film, but considerably shy of greatness — perhaps because it seems so very convinced of its greatness and importance. Zvyagintsev intro-

duced the film to an audience by announcing that he wasn’t going to tell them to enjoy it because he didn’t think that possible. He conceded that they might enjoy the first 80 minutes but not the last 60. I think that’s a nice way of telling the viewer that this is nasty medicine that’s somehow good for you. That may be true. Then again, I keep encountering the idea that Leviathan is often bleakly funny.

Like Force Majeure, the bleak I get, the funny I don’t. That, by the way, is not meant to put Leviathan on a level with Force Majeure. Leviathan is so much better than that.

On its simplest level, Leviathan is your basic “little guy fights city hall” yarn. If Frank Capra had made it in the 1940s, no doubt the ending would have found the populace rallying to the little guy’s defense. Well, Zvyagintsev is not Capra, and that’s not happening here. The premise has barely middle-class Kolya (Aleksey Serebryakov) trying to keep his small piece of desirable land from being taken (at a ridiculously low compensation) by the corrupt municipal government, which is headed up by the even more corrupt mayor (Roman Madyanov) — an avaricious bully and gangster-like beneficiary of Putin cronyism. Despite the help of his supposed best friend, Moscow lawyer Dmitriy (Vladimir Vdovichenkov), and the theoretical support of his wife, Lilya (Elena Lyadova), this is a losing proposition. It’s not just that Kolya is up against a stacked deck — and his own hot-headed nature and limited intellect — but the fact that, well, everyone in the entire town is pretty terrible. This, by the way, includes the church, which is busy flexing its post-Soviet muscles — and taking no chances with the new bosses.

No, it’s not a lot of fun, but it becomes strangely compelling as it winds its way to a conclusion that’s at once surprising and inevitable.

It is at its strongest in its later sections where it turns into a reasonably effective — if thoroughly downbeat — thriller in a pretty out-of-left-field manner. But in the nightmarish world of Leviathan, it’s hard to say what is and what isn’t out of left field — and where the truth, if any, lies. Rated R for language and some sexuality/graphic nudity.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke

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diRectoR: Edward L. Cahn (Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake) pLayeRs:

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Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer,

Horst Caspar, Gustav Diessl, Paul Wegener pRopaganda dRama Rated NR

Ray Corrigan sci-fi HoRRoR Rated NR Though it’s pretty indefensible as

Kolberg (1945) is famous — or more properly, notorious — as Josef Goebbels’

objectively good in any normal sense, It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) is

massively expensive propaganda flop. The idea behind this yarn about the

a towering classic of 1950s sci-fi horror cheese. It’s more fun, more memorable and certainly more influential than the handful of big-budget sci-fi movies of the era. After all, none of its pricier brethren can lay claim to being the template for Alien (1979). And, yes, it’s pretty much the same story — told in comic-bookish terms. You have a seemingly unstoppable monster stowing away on a space ship and making meals out of the humans aboard. It’s less sophisticated, yes, but it caused its share of nightmares in youthful viewers. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen It! The Terror from Beyond Space Thursday, Mar. 19, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

town of Kolberg organizing a resistance front to Napoleon’s army was that it was going to put the fight back into the German people. Well, not only was it too late, but it turned out to be such a downer that Goebbels found himself stuck with a gigantic turkey on his hands. (This would soon be the least of his worries.) He not only poured limitless funds into the movie, but he brought soldiers home from the front to appear as extras. (Who knows, the making of this movie may have shortened WWII and saved lives.) And for all that money and his dreams of making a movie to rival Gone with the Wind, what did he get? A big, lumbering behemoth of a costume picture. It’s undeniably huge, and it’s often nice to look at, but it’s more a curio than anything else.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Kolberg Sunday, Mar. 22, at 2 p.m.

Torch Song Trilogy HHHHS diRectoR: Paul Bogart pLayeRs: Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Karen Young, Eddie Castrodad, Ken Page dRama-comedy Rated R Harvery Fierstein adapts and stars in this film of his hit play. It’s often rather simply described as being about “a gay man’s search for love.” Well, yes, it is that, but it’s a lot more. Fierstein plays Arnold Beckoff, an unattached professional drag queen with a history of failed romances that he relates to us in the film’s opening while he prepares to go onstage. But the film consists of relationships — two specifically — he has after this point, not to mention his strained relationship with his extremely Jewish mother (Anne Bancroft). It’s by turns raucously funny, tender, defiant, sad and hopeful. It is a movie that rises to something like greatness on the writing and acting — and the charisma of its star. The direction

by Paul Bogart clearly shows the director’s TV show sensibility (it remains easily the best theatrical feature Bogart ever made). However, that may not be such a bad approach to the material — it’s slickly efficient without ever getting in the way. Bogart may add little to the film, but neither does he take anything away from it. The Asheville Film Society will screen Torch Song Trilogy Tuesday, Mar. 24, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Persepolis HHHHS diRectoR: Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi pLayeRs: (Voices) Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites animated fancifuL biopic Rated PG-13 Pretty amazing film version of Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical comic Persepolis about an Iranian girl growing up in the shadow of two oppressive regimes.

Though playful in tone, it’s a narrative that goes much deeper than one might expect. That said, this marks the fourth time this has been shown since the film’s 2008 theatrical run, and I really can think of nothing fresh to say about it. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Persepolis Friday, Mar. 20, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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Want to watch a documentary, learn about sustainability or gay rights, or support a local filmmaker? Here’s where to watch, discuss and donate.

• asheville brewing hosts the world premiere of outdoor adventure documentary the Long start to the Journey. The film by local production company Horizonline Pictures follows filmmaker chris gallaway on his attempt to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. Screening on Thursday, March 19, at 10 p.m. $5. ashevillebrewing.com

Filmmaker Richard Breyer in a still from 300 Miles to Freedom

• Born a slave in Virginia, John W. Jones fled north in 1844. Following the Underground Railroad, Jones made his way to Elmira, N.Y., where he became a homeowner and the sexton of the town’s First Baptist Church.

300 Miles to Freedom follows Jones’ journey. It screens at unc asheville’s carmichael Humanities Lecture Hall on Friday, March 20, at 5:30 p.m.

Free. calendar.unca.edu

• queer youth movie night, an event organized by Youth OUTright and PRiSM, launches with a screening of Milk. The film, which stars Sean Penn, tells the story of Harvey Milk — California’s first gay elected official — and his fight for gay rights. “tony schlarb will join us to introduce Milk and explain why he believes this is an essential film for queer and allied audiences,” says a press release. The showing takes place in the patton auditorium at blue Ridge community college in Flat Rock on Friday, March 20, 7-10 p.m. Refreshments are provided; free and open to youths ages 14-23. youthoutright.org • Asheville-based video production company industrious productions — the creative team of Rod murphy, adams wood and francine cavanaugh — recently won two addy awards. Ads “Cheap vs. Frugal” for Frugal Backpacker and “The Map to the Great Outdoors” for Diamond Brand took home gold and silver, respectively, in the best local ad category. industriousproductions.com • The beneath the waves film festival is “a global platform for ocean conservation, education, and discovery,” according to the unca student environmental center website. “Our mission is to raise awareness regarding critical marine issues, foster the advancement of science and promote the protection of our oceans.” The event, sponsored by the center and the UNCA Biology Club, is held at the carmichael Humanities Lecture Hall on Sunday, March 22, at 6 p.m. Free. unca.edu • The second film in the wnc film society’s current season is shining night: a portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen. The documentary “is a tribute to a living legend, celebrating the life and music of the artist who musicologist Nick Strimple has called ‘the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic,’” according to the Film Society’s website. Held at grace center on Tuesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. $12/$10 advance/$5 students. wncfilmsociety.com • UNCA’s biannual greenfest offers a number of events focused on sustainability.

Among them is a screening of Coal ash stories, four short documentary films on the toxic impact of coal ash on communities. emma greenbaum of the Asheville Beyond Coal Coalition leads a discussion following the viewing. Held at the university’s Highsmith mountain suites on Tuesday, March 24, 6-8 p.m. Free. unca.edu • Local filmmaker brian olson is in the process of making Honduras: the other Face, which explores regions of the Central American republic, along with innovations of its farmers. “We connect people with resources that would not typically meet in order to help people in areas that need support,” says Olson in an indiegogo campaign for the project. Olson is offsetting the costs of his documentary by importing Honduran coffee, but he seeks financial contributions for production expenses.

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diRectoR: Jaume Collet-Serra pLayeRs: Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Boyd Holbrook, Vincent D’Onofrio action

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tHe stoRy: A father and his estranged son must outrun his lifelong friend, a gangster whose son they had a hand in killing. tHe Lowdown: A competent, often entertaining action flick that gets bogged down with its need for heavy plot dynamics.

It’s time for our biannual Liam Neeson movie. This time around, Neeson’s reteamed with director Jaume Collet-Serra, who made the passably entertaining Non-Stop (2014) and Unknown (2011), the more middling films of Neeson’s cinematic tough guy renaissance. (For the record, it goes A Walk Among Tombstones (2014), the Collet-Serra films and the Taken franchise somewhere in the septic tank with all the heaps of cash it made.) At least, I think they were middling. I reviewed both of them and — according to the words I wrote at the time — minded neither of them, but I’ll be damned if I remember much of either one (besides Neeson playing a killer botanist in Unknown, of course).

My guess is that I’ll be saying the same about Run All Night one day. It has moments where it gets things right, but it is too emotionally involved — while also being clunky in that regard — to work. It understands the strengths of Neeson as action star well enough, eschewing the spy/assassin mold of the Takens by building a more noirish crime thriller around him, an approach that worked so well in A Walk Among Tombstones. The first 20 minutes of the film are a series of swirling contrivances, with Neeson playing Jimmy, an alcoholic with — thanks to years as a hitman for mob boss Shawn (Ed Harris) — a

dirty conscience and an estranged son, Mike (Joel Kinnaman, Robocop), who despises him. Mike, who’s a limo driver, picks up some shady characters who end up murdered at Danny’s (Boyd Holbrook, Gone Girl), who happens to be Shawn’s son. After Jimmy’s sent by Shawn to make sure Mike won’t go to the police, Danny ends up dead, and Jimmy and Mike must, well, run all night and fix things while dodging Shawn’s various goons.

As complicated and silly as the setup sounds — tangling up this many people by happenstance in a city as gigantic as New York is damned hard to buy — the plot settles down once the gears get turning. This is both a good and bad thing. As far as pluses go, the action scenes are exciting and well constructed. There’s a solid, nicely visceral car chase, while an extended action scene through a public housing high rise is well staged. In these moments, Run All Night excels.

Unfortunately, the movie wants to have some heft — gumming up its momentum with hoary meditations on the meaning of family and fatherhood. There’s Jimmy, who wants to protect his son, Mike, who hates his father; Shawn, who wants to avenge his son’s death to cure his sorrow; and Danny, who (at least before he gets offed) just wants his father’s respect. None of it’s particularly well drawn, and it feels incredibly simplistic, meaning — at the same time — that it’s not very interesting. It’s a whole lot of daddy issues in a movie that only really works when it’s going full bore, a combination that doesn’t wreck Run All Night, but certainly hinders things. Rated R for strong violence, language including sexual references and some drug use.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Justin Souther

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re entering a time and space known as the Adlib Zone. In this territory, fertile chaos and inspirational uncertainty are freely available. Improvised formulas will generate stronger mojo than timeworn maxims. Creativity is de rigueur, and street smarts count for more than book learning.

May I offer some mottos to live by when common sense is inadequate? 1. Don’t be a slave to necessity.

2. Be as slippery as you can be and still maintain your integrity. 3. Don’t just question authority; be thrilled about every chance you get to also question habit, tradition, fashion, trendiness, apathy and dogma.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): By 1993, rock band Guns N’ Roses had released five successful albums.

But on the way to record their next masterpiece, there were numerous delays and diversions. Band members feuded. Some were fired, and others departed. Eventually, only one original member remained to bring the task to conclusion with the help of new musicians. The sixth album, Chinese Democracy, finally emerged in 2008. I’m seeing a similarity between Guns N’ Roses’ process and one of your ongoing projects, Taurus. The good news is that I think most of the hassles and delays are behind you, or will be if you act now. You’re primed to make a big push toward the finish line.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The anonymous blogger at Neurolove.me gives advice on how to love a Gemini: “Don’t get impatient with their distractibility. Always make time for great conversation.

Be understanding when they’re moody. Help them move past their insecurities, and tell them it’s not their job to please everyone. Let them have space but never let them be lonely.” I endorse all that good counsel and add this: “To love Geminis, listen to them attentively and with expansive flexibility.

Don’t try to force them to be consistent; encourage them to experiment at uniting their sometimes conflicting urges. As best as you can, express appreciation not just for the parts of them that are easy to love, but also for the parts that are not yet ripe or charming.” Now feel free, Gemini, to show this horoscope to those whose affection you want.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You have recently been to the mountaintop, at least metaphorically. Right?

You wandered out to the high frontier and ruminated on the state of your fate from the most expansive vista you could find. Right? You have questioned the limitations you had previously accepted, and you have weaned yourself from at least one of your devitalizing comforts, and you have explored certain possibilities that had been taboo. Right? So what comes next? Here’s what I suggest: Start building a new framework or structure or system that will incorporate all that you’ve learned during your break.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to the international code of food standards, there are 13 possible sizes for an olive. They include large, extra large, jumbo, extra jumbo, giant, colossal, super colossal, mammoth and super mammoth. If I had my way, Leo, you would apply this mindset to everything you do in the coming weeks. It’s time for you to think very big. You will thrive as you expand your mind, stretch your boundaries, increase your territory, amplify your self-expression, magnify your focus and broaden your innocence.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough,” proclaimed humorist Josh Billings. That’s an exaggeration made for comic effect, of course. (And I think that some of life’s troubles also come from saying no too much and not saying yes enough.) But for you, Virgo, Billings’ advice will be especially pertinent in the coming weeks. In fact, my hypothesis is that you will be able to keep your troubles to a minimum and boost your progress to a maximum by being frugal with yes and ample with no.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your mind says, “I need more room to move. I’ve got to feel free to experiment.” Your heart says, “I think maybe I need more commitment and certainty.” Your astrologer

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you need a reason to think sharper and work smarter and try harder? I’ll give you four reasons.

1. Because you’re finally ready to get healing for the inner saboteur who in the past has undermined your confidence. 2. Because you’re finally ready to see the objective truth about one of your self-doubts, which is that it’s a delusion. 3. Because you’re finally ready to stop blaming an adversary for a certain obstacle you face, which means the obstacle will become easier to overcome. 4. Because you’re finally ready to understand that in order to nurture and hone your ample creativity, you have to use it to improve your life on a regular basis.

suggests, “Be a bit more skeptical about the dream lover who seems to be interfering with your efforts to bond with the Real Thing.” I’m not sure which of these three sources you should heed, Libra. Do you think it might somehow be possible to honor them all? I invite you to try.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Without your wound where would your power be?” asked writer Thornton Wilder. “The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living.” Let’s make that one of your ongoing meditations, Scorpio. I think the coming weeks will be an excellent time to come to a greater appreciation for your past losses. What capacities has your suffering given birth to? What failures have made you stronger?

What crucial lessons and unexpected benefits have emerged from your sadness and madness?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Creating is not magic but work,” says Kevin Ashton, author of the book How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery. In other words, inspiration is a relatively small part of the creative process. Over the long haul, the more important factors are self-discipline, organized thinking, hard work and attention to detail. And yet inspiration isn’t irrelevant, either. Brainstorms and periodic leaps of insight can be highly useful. That’s a good reminder as you enter a phase when you’re likely to be more imaginative and original than usual. I expect creative excitement to be a regular visitor.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes was a good Capricorn, born January 6, 1854. In the course of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 stories about his life, he revealed his exceptional talent as an analytical thinker. His attention to details was essential to his success and so was his expertise at gathering information.

He did have a problem with addictive drugs, however. Morphine tempted him now and then, and cocaine more often, usually when he wasn’t feeling sufficiently challenged. Let this serve as a gentle warning, Capricorn. In the coming weeks, seek more relaxation and downtime than usual.

Focus on recharging your psychic batteries. But please be sure that doesn’t cause you to get bored and then dabble with self-sabotaging stimuli.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): English is my first language. Years ago there was a time when I spoke a lot of French with my Parisian girlfriend, but my skill faded after we broke up. So I’m not bilingual in the usual sense. But I do have some mastery in the language of music, thanks to my career as a singer-songwriter. Having raised a daughter, I also learned to converse in the language of children.

And I’ve remembered and worked with my nightly dreams every day for decades, so I speak the language of dreams. What about you, Aquarius?

In the coming weeks, I bet you’ll be challenged to make more extensive use of one of your second languages. It’s time to be adaptable and resourceful in your approach to communication.

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Established Counseling Center seeking Licensed Therapist for part-time contract work including Batterer Intervention group. • Experience and work background in substance abuse highly desired. Please contact Bruce directly at (828) 777-3755 and email resume to trcbruce@gmail.com overnigHt CAse mAnAger Helpmate, Inc., a domestic violence agency in Asheville, seeks a full-time Overnight Case Manager to provide support during evening and nighttime hours to survivors of domestic violence. This is an awake position. Primary responsibilities will include monitoring security, providing emotional support to survivors, responding to crisis line calls and documenting service provision. Strong communication and crisis management skills required. Qualified candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree or 2 years’ experience in social work or related field, with preference for experience in domestic violence or related field, or a commensurate combination of work and experience. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. Email resume and cover letter by noon on 3/27 to HelpmateAsheville@gmail. com • No phone or in person inquiries – please. resident teACHer WNC Group Homes provides quality residential services for teenagers and adults who have Autism and Intellectual Developmental Disabilities. We are currently recruiting resident teacher for full- time 2nd shift, 3rd shift, and part-time mornings. WNC Group Homes’ success is possible because each team member knows every day matters, and works to make each resident’s life better. Visit our website for addition information and access to an application. WNC Group Homes, 28 Pisgah View Ave, Asheville NC 28803. www. wncgrouphomes.org suBstAnCe ABuse Counselor Mountain Area Recovery Center is growing and we are seeking a Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor for our outpatient facility located in Asheville. Criminal background check required for all final candidates. EOE. Please e-mail resume’ to rhonda. ingle@marc-otp.com or fax to 828.252.9512, ATTN: RHONDA INGLE. www.marc-otp. com

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ComPuter/ teCHniCAl mAC rePAir teCHniCiAn Local Living-Wage Certified company seeking Mac repair technician. Must be fluent with all supported Apple platforms, iCloud, laptop/desktop hardware and diagnostic/troubleshooting processes. 1-2 years professional experience desired. Certifications helpful.

Email resume to avlresumes@ gmail.com PC rePAir teCHniCiAn Local Living-Wage Certified company seeking PC Repair Technician. Must be fluent with all supported Windows platforms, PC hardware and diagnostic/troubleshooting processes. Desires candidate with 1-2 years professional experience. Certifications a plus. Email resume to: avlresumes@gmail.com

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serviCes BeAuty/sAlon AWArd Winning HAir stylist JoAn Anderson is noW At AttrACtions HAir design! Joan holds a Board Certified Color Degree and she was also voted East Tennessee Best Hair Stylist in 2007 and nominated for this prestigious award in 2005 and 2006. 828-251-1448 ext 303 www.attractionshairdesign.com

CAregivers COMPANION • CAREGIVER • LIVE-IN Alzheimer's experienced. • Heart failure and bed sore care. • Hospice reference letter. • Nonsmoker, with cat, seeks live-in position.

• References. • Arnold, (828) 273-2922.

Home imProvement HAndy mAn HIRE A HUSBAND • HAndymAn serviCes Since 1993. Multiple skill sets.

Reliable, trustworthy, quality results. $1 million liability insurance. References and estimates available. Stephen Houpis, (828) 280-2254.

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sPrAy foAm insulAtion • Close Cell Foam • Open Cell Foam. • And Fiberglass Insulation • Basement • Crawl space • Attic and Roofing.

Make your Existing Home a Green Home! (828) 337-7236. wncinsulation.com

AnnounCements AnnounCements Attention loCAl investors Looking for silent partner or partnership with an ownership stake for a new upscale cocktail lounge in downtown Asheville.

Please call 828-458-1837 for more details.

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sAlsA ClAsses W/ HeCtor gutierreZ & Jennifer stAlnAker Salsa Classes New 6wks starts Wednesday February 18th and then next New 6wks will start April 1st!!

Location at Extreme Dance Studio, 856 Sweeten Creek Rd, Asheville NC 28803. Beginners 7:30-8:30pm & Intermediate 8:30-9:30pm. $10/class or $40/6wks.

8286742658 JenniferWCS@aol.com www. facebook.com/2umbao sHoe mAking ClAsses Make your own all leather shoes! Beginning Shoemaking Class beginning April 10th. 10 week class/$550. For more info please visit https:// www.facebook.com/stalworth. shoemaker or email stalworth. shoemaker@gmail.com

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Personalized Natural Therapy Recommendations. LED Light therapy with customized frequencies will de-stress and rebalance!

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musiCAl serviCes AsHeville's WHiteWAter reCording Full service studio: • Mastering • Mixing and Recording. • CD/DVD duplication at the best prices. (828) 684-8284 • www.whitewaterrecording. com

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AsHeville Pet sitters Dependable, loving care while you're away. Reasonable rates. Call Sandy (828) 215-7232.

Graphic Designer Wanted Candidates must: • Have strong eye for design

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sACred sPACe PAinting: AsHeville's intuitive PAinting studio Workshops and Classes for Adults and Children. Awaken Passion and Aliveness through Painting! Next workshop Sat. March 21st, 10 to 4pm www. sacredspacepainting.com 828-252-4828 justpaint@ sacredspacepainting.com

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This is a part-time hourly position — with potential for full-time employment.

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Email cover letter explaining why you believe you are a good fit at Mountain Xpress, your resume, and either a URL to or PDF of your design portfolio to:

• Seat Caning

design@mountainx.com No applications or portfolios by mail and no phone calls or walk-ins please.

• Furniture Repair

• Antique Restoration • Custom Furniture & Cabinetry (828) 669-4625

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• Black Mountain

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