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Xpress explores the life and death of the “Before I Die” wall on Biltmore Avenue, a fixture of the street since 2014. On the cover: The daughter of co-caretaker Joshua Martin puts her mark on the wall.

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Slim down food waste at landfill After reading “Filling Up: Buncombe County Looks for Ways to Extend Life of Landfill” in the April 3 Mountain Xpress Sustainability issue, I was concerned that throughout the four-page article, food waste was hardly mentioned as a culprit to the filling of our landfill.

The city of Asheville conducted a waste audit in 2013, finding 26% of trash we send to the Buncombe County landfill is compostable.

A common misconception people have is that food waste composts in the landfill, but due to its anaerobic environment, food almost mummifies, taking years, sometimes decades, to break down. All the while producing methane, which is 28 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

According to the USDA’s website, food waste is the single largest component going into municipal landfills, helping make landfills the third largest source of methane in the U.S. Finding another location for our next landfill is a daunting and scary thing to think about. The less we as individuals can send to the landfill, the better.

Choosing reusable over single-use items; intentionally buying products with less packaging; wasting less food and feeding others, animals or composting instead of trashing; and being more mindful about

what we are wasting can all reduce the amount we send to the landfill.

Restaurants can play a huge part in reducing landfill waste. Asheville and Black Mountain are lucky to have Food Connection, which recovers leftover, unused food that would otherwise be wasted and locally redistributes to people who need it. We also have Danny’s Dumpster, a commercial compost facility in East Asheville, and CompostNow, a privately owned household compost pickup company. It would be great if we could get private business to partner with the city or county to provide composting for all.

A group of concerned citizens formed Food Waste Reduction and Recovery WNC, which meets quarterly to learn what strategies are happening to mitigate food waste. We’re also in the works of planning a Regional Food Waste Summit happening in November.

Anyone interested in joining the conversation can find us on Facebook or email Meghan.ibach@gmail.com to get involved.

— Meghan Ibach Asheville

A quaint lack of understanding As an M to F transgender, I found Carl Mumpower’s latest letter [“LGBTQ Coalition Promotes Legislative Mischief,”

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April 17, Xpress] quaint in its complete lack of understanding of who we are and what we face.

We are not “trying to convert ladies’ restrooms into a full-access resource for those with a penis.” Nothing could be further from the truth. It is high time we end the idea that trans people are rapacious predators or perverts. All we want from the restroom situation is to be treated as the women (and men — nobody ever complains about F to M transgenders using the men’s room) we are, and to have a place to do our business in peace and afford cisgender people that same peace.

Nobody is trying to convert children into gender fluidity, Carl, we are just allowing them to express what they feel naturally.

Mumpower further accuses the LGBTQ community of padding its size. Is he saying if we are a smaller group, that makes us OK to be discriminated against?

Finally, he must be mellowing in his old age, because he writes that, “The original LGBTQ movement had a rightful mission of challenging the bias and abuse of those not fitting into nature’s clear preference for two genders.” (Not true, but that is the subject for another letter.) It is not much of a compliment, but I, for one, will take it.

— Willliam F. Stephens Asheville

LGBTQ supporters promote acceptance Carl, Carl — you certainly do turn a fine phrase [“LGBTQ Coalition Promotes Legislative Mischief,” April 17, Xpress]. However, those of us who support the LGBTQ coalition are not consumed with hate and smoke. The agenda, as I am given to understand, is simply understanding, and may I even suggest, acceptance.

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Learn about the Green New Deal There’s a good chance you’ve heard of the Green New Deal, an ambitious climate change proposal introduced by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

If so, you’ve also likely heard critics claim it’s based on scientific theory, not fact. And that it’s cost prohibitive, upward of $8 trillion or more. So, pardon the pun, you might wonder how on earth can we afford the Green New Deal? Well, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: • Natural disasters —- from hurricanes to wildfires to winter storms — cost the country $91 billion in 2018.

• Weather and climate-related disasters cost the U.S. a record $306 billion in 2017, the third warmest year on record.

• The Great Smoky Mountains wildfires in 2016 claimed 14 lives and cost some $500 million. Last year’s Hurricane Florence claimed 53 lives and cost an estimated $24 billion.

From 1980 to 2017, the U.S. has sustained 219 weather and climate disasters with an estimated cumulative cost of more than $1.5 trillion. How can we afford the Green New Deal? We can’t afford not to implement the Green New Deal.

Join us for a Green New Deal Town Hall on Saturday, May 4, 5-7 p.m. at the Rainbow Community School auditorium, 60 State St., Asheville. Hear your friends and neighbors discuss how climate change is already affecting them and learn what we can do to reverse this disastrous trend, creating green jobs and a healthy economy in the process.

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I have tried to read the movie reviews by assorted interested citizens, but I won’t anymore.

I am so disappointed [former Xpress movie critic] Scott Douglas was “thrown

under the bus” for reasons I don’t understand. As a movie fan, I appreciate an educated and critical reviewer who is also a skilled writer. I grew familiar with his perspectives and could compare his with mine, thus making the review more useful to me, as well as an enjoyable read.

Movies are an art form, meant to be reviewed by an experienced and knowledgeable critic. When I want an amateur review, I ask my friends or family members. Ken “Cranky” Hanke must be rolling over in his grave.

I hope the powers that be will reconsider this decision and bring Scott’s reviews back to the Mountain Xpress. Please!

— Sherry Luft Mountain Xpress reader for 20 years Asheville

Choice over vaccines is important In 2015, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey passed away at age 101. Perhaps not a household name, nonetheless, Dr. Kelsey was the person responsible for disallowing Kevadon — better known as thalidomide — from being distributed for sale in the U.S. Kevadon was a drug developed by the Merrell pharmaceutical company, which claimed that their testing revealed no adverse effects for pregnant women. It had been marketed in Europe with a claim, among others, to ease morning sickness associated with pregnancy.

In her governmental capacity, Dr. Kelsey withheld approval, requesting more documentation while withstanding the company’s unrelenting and increasing pressure. Evidence started to surface in Europe of the malformation of the limbs of newborns born to mothers who had taken Kevadon. Calling the evidence inconclusive at first, the company finally withdrew its application. There were also cases within the U.S., which revealed the same tragic consequences. This was in 1961-62, and stricter drug laws were put in place.

In [1990, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services established] VAERS — Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. All physicians and vaccine providers must report a suspected vaccineinduced injury and/or death — in 2016, it was estimated that only 10% of such cases are reported. [In] 1986, as a response to parents’ need to address vaccine injury, Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, which gave the vaccine manufacturer a liability shield. If parents wish to sue, they must apply to a federal claim court for injury compensation. Since 1988, approximately $3.3 billion has been paid out.

As a secret rider to a homeland security bill, immunity was granted to vaccine manufacturer [Eli Lilly & Co]. In California, SB 277 passed, requiring mandatory school vaccinations. Leading pharmaceutical companies spent approximately $3 million lobbying the legislators, the state pharmacists and the governor.

Clinical trials generally examine short follow-up periods; however, autoimmune disorders may/can take years to evolve.

There has never been a comprehensive safety study that looks at the cumulative effects of multiple vaccines over time. As of 2013, the government recommendation for vaccines is 48 doses of 14 vaccines by the age of 6.

What is equally unfortunate is the fanning of a hostile and contentious “drumbeat” by the media, including, in some ways, the Mountain Xpress. The article in the Jan. 25, 2017, edition, with the title “Community Immunity” was, to say the least, quite unbalanced. In the more recent article [“Stuck: Rise in Immunization Exemptions Threatens Community Health, Doctors Say,” Feb. 6, Xpress], there seemingly was an attempt made to contact health care providers who have a different approach.

Under the circumstances, it does not take much to understand why such folks were not forthcoming, given the antagonism and viciousness that has surfaced around this issue. (And let’s keep in mind, the subject was chickenpox!) The tendency seems to be to vilify those who make an informed choice not to vaccinate, and this is surfacing on many levels. Let’s hope that vaccine providers are as informed to their substances as those who also make an informed choice.

Yes, health care is a social issue on many, many levels, and choice in health care is an individual one — not to be intentionally compromised by government or industry.

With all due respect for the sincerity of health care vaccine providers and the acknowledgement of the sorrow of attending to the death of an infant from pertussis, I would have to, unfortunately, indicate that there are those who have witnessed such sorrow as a result of vaccine inoculation.

It is not easy to navigate the ins and outs of vaccines and points of view on such, but it is important to be thoughtful about choice.

Mandatory edicts regarding substances to be injected into any person’s body is a concern not only for parents, but for everyone.

— Patti Corozine Burnsville

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BEFORE I DIE...

Asheville says goodbye to interactive art project

BY BROOKE RANDLE brandle@mountainx.com “Nothing lives long — only the earth and the mountains.”

— Cheyenne death song Death isn’t generally something people take lightly, but the “Before I Die” wall on Biltmore Avenue gave tourists and locals alike a fun place to ponder their own mortality. The concept was simple: Pick a piece of colored chalk from the little plastic tray and scribble your dreams, ambitions or, sometimes, jokes on the wall for all of Asheville to read.

“To me, it was a fixture of the Asheville landscape,” says Asheville resident Maggie Rainwater. “It was one of the first things I noticed when walking around town. It seemed like a gathering place for people.”

Tucked between the now closed Doc Chey’s Noodle House and Bender Gallery, the wall quickly became a beloved Biltmore Avenue attraction.

Throngs of folks would line up on hot summer days to share their philosophical thoughts, take photos and reflect on the countless musings that covered every square inch of space.

“All of my friends who would visit, I’d tell them to go there,” remembers resident TJ Bell.

But since the second week of April, the ever-changing array of multicolored messages and doodles no longer grace the plywood barrier. Instead, a solid expanse of forest green paint now covers the chalk-friendly paint and stenciled fill-in-the-blank lines that said “Before I die I want to... .” And as if that weren’t enough, the teaser prompts that once encouraged passersby to join the fun have been replaced by signs asking would-be writers to share their thoughts elsewhere.

Pete Libert, who works at the neighboring Manicomio Pizza, says the loss of such a seemingly integral part of Biltmore Avenue has taken many people by surprise.

“One lady came in and asked about it yesterday. She was looking for it specifically, and I sent her down there not knowing they’d painted over it,” says Libert. “I walked by it every day, and I liked to look and see what people wrote. I can’t do that anymore.”

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WRITING ON THE WALL: Joshua Martin, left, and Earl Lee Gray, better known as Happy, volunteered to clean the wall and provide new chalk for participants after the project surpassed its initial running time of six months. Photo by Robert Bradley TO DIE FOR New Orleans-based artist Candy Chang came up with the idea after losing a loved one. According to her website, she wanted to encourage people to think about their relationship with death. With permission from the owner, she created the original wall on an abandoned house in her neighborhood.

But the public response surpassed all expectations, and the project soon exploded into a worldwide phenomenon.

Since its inception, more than 4,000 walls have been erected in 78 countries and 35 different languages, the website reports.

Third Messenger, a local group whose focus is death-related activism and education, brought the Before I Die movement to Asheville in the summer of 2014.

Saïd Osio, the group’s co-director, says he wanted participants to connect with their feelings about death and dying in a positive and constructive fashion.

“I’ve been working in the end-of-life field, and it kind of propelled me into looking at it as an activist,” Osio explains.

“I was looking at it as overcoming deathphobic culture by having people engage in that conversation.”

Karen Ramshaw of Public Interest Projects, which co-owns and manages 37 Biltmore Ave., says that she and the other owners loved the idea of hosting the interactive art piece on the plain wooden fence that borders the vacant lot.

The idea, she recalls, “was not just that people would write on it but that it would spark conversation, that people would stand in front of the wall and read what other people had written and think about it for themselves.”

A SHARED MISSION Like other Before I Die walls around the world, the Asheville project was originally supposed to run for six months, notes Osio, but support from Ramshaw and the community kept it alive.

The property owners, he says, “were going to try to pull the plug a long time ago, and [Ramshaw] came to our rescue and championed it.”

As the wall stood in limbo month after month, Asheville resident Earl Lee Gray, a disabled veteran better known as Happy, stepped up as the unofficial caretaker. Gray regularly sat in front of it, and with Osio’s blessing he

began handing out chalk and cleaning the wall daily.

“That allowed it to keep going,” says Osio. “At that point we kind of disengaged from the wall and let Happy take care of it.” Keeping the wall cleaned off was a challenge, he says, “So when he wanted to take it over, we said, ‘Go for it.’”

Joshua Martin is among the many downtown visitors, workers and residents who took an interest in the project, and eventually, he decided to help Happy with the maintenance. “We connected and had a friendship; he was very inspiring to me,” says Martin. “He was in a wheelchair and could only wash the bottom half of it, so for a long time I was doing the top half.”

The shared labor brought the two men closer together, contemplating and laughing at the various responses as they worked.

“I would always read every single one before I washed it off,” says Martin.

“Both Happy and I considered it part of the whole ritual — sort of washing them off and sending them out into the universe to possibly come true. It always felt like part of the process: the exercise and the impermanence of the art and the

chalk and life, and this whole concept of seizing the day and manifesting what you want in life now, before you die.”

CHANGING OF THE GUARD After years of declining health, Happy passed away in October 2016. Friends, neighbors and passersby celebrated his life in the best way they knew: by adorning the wall with chalk-written messages, flowers, cards and candles for weeks after his death.

“He was definitely a stabilizing force there. There was a lot of love for him in the community,” notes Martin.

That love coalesced, he says, into an impromptu group that was determined to keep the project going. With no formal organization or planning, says Martin, the supporters found opportunities — on lunch breaks, while walking to work or strolling home — to stop off and clean the wall or provide fresh chalk.

Despite those noble intentions, however, the little group of caretakers eventually unraveled.

“They had lives,” says Ramshaw.

“This was just something they were doing as volunteers. They weren’t get-

ting paid or anything, and nobody else in the community stepped up.”

ART PROJECT OR EYESORE? As the weeks and months rolled by, the accumulating layers of chalk rendered the colorful art and inspiring words illegible, and the wall fell victim to frequent tagging and vandalism.

Used needles began to litter the ground.

Gradually, neighboring residents and business owners began to see the wall more as an eyesore than an art project. “‘Before I Die’ was great; it just couldn’t get the maintenance it needed, and we don’t have the police presence on Biltmore Avenue to deter a lot of bad activity,” says Neal Reed, who’s managed the nearby Fine Arts Theatre for 18 years. “There was always a lot of really vulgar stuff on the wall, so who was going to police that? We don’t have the time.”

“I liked it originally when it first came and when Happy would clean it,” says Jeff Lazzaro, whose Double D’s Coffee & Desserts bus sits just a few doors

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IF WALLS COULD TALK: No dream was too big or too small for the thousands of tourists and residents who lined up on the Biltmore Avenue sidewalk to share their thoughts on the “Before I Die” wall. Photo by Joshua Martin down. “Now that he’s gone, it’s been an issue.”

With nowhere else to turn, Ramshaw reached out to the city for help. She says Public Interest Projects offered to pay to renovate the fence and add a fresh coat of chalk paint if the city agreed to take responsibility for cleaning and monitoring it, but the city refused.

“Karen had been in touch with us about the wall over the past few years, as had the Asheville Downtown Association,” says Downtown Development Specialist Dana Frankel.

“City staff looked into relocating the wall back in 2017 when there was a possibility of it being removed.” Those plans didn’t move forward, she continues, “since maintenance would still be the major challenge.” Frankel expresses gratitude for the company’s willingness to manage the feature on behalf of the community as long as it did.

Finally, feeling worn out by the responsibility and sensitive to neighboring business owners’ concerns, Ramshaw decided it was time to let the project go.

“For a while, we really tried to keep it clean, but it was a losing battle,” she recalls. “I said, ‘You know what? We just can’t do this anymore.’ It’s just not fair to the people on the street.”

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LETTING GO Since the wall was painted over, Ramshaw says her office has received emails and phone calls from folks who miss the artwork or simply wonder why it disappeared. For her, taking down the wall was bittersweet.

“It started off as a really good space.

There’s part of me that hated losing it, because it should have been a really great thing, but people get it,” Ramshaw says now. “I just feel like we don’t create a lot of opportunities to have meaningful conversations. The way the wall ended up, it wasn’t really about conversation.”

For Osio, the wall’s demise underscores one of the project’s central messages: learning to let go.

“We never intended to keep it going forever. I feel good about it because it’s a living tribute to an idea: ‘Before I Die’ is all about impermanence. That’s why we used chalk — an impermanent instrument,” he explains.

Martin agrees. “Everything that was ever written up there was washed off: Nothing lasts forever,” he points out.

“I’m hopeful that maybe the energy of it and the concept of interactive public art will come forward again in another project that we can all support. I’m feeling a little bit sad but more grateful for the chance to have been part of that.” X

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y5 Ma “It’s really important for us to take this stand with the fight against offshore drilling, but on our same consent agenda, I see that we’re applying for a grant for hybrid vehicles,” Roney said. “I brought this up at the Transit Committee last week that that seems to go in opposition to where our stated goals are for sustainability.”

Councilwoman Julie Mayfield responded to the comments by noting that the electric buses, made by South Carolina-based Proterra, have experienced difficulties with battery

DELAYS, DELAYS, DELAYS The public hearing on the hotly contested proposal to convert the Flatiron Building to hotel use, which was slated to come before Council during its April 23 meeting, was delayed until Tuesday, May 14, with less than an hour’s notice from city officials, frustrating some members of the community who had planned to speak on the issue.

“I had folks lined up to come here for this who rearranged their lives and so forth,” Nina Tovish told Council members before the motion to move the hearing was approved.

Mayor Esther Manheimer noted that the move was at the developer’s request and that delaying a hearing, even on short notice, was not uncommon. “It sometimes happens like that, yes,” she explained.

While city officials provided no further explanation of the delay, the Citizen Times reported that Jack Stevens, father of attorney Wyatt Stevens, had died earlier that day. The younger Stevens has been representing the Flatiron developers as the proposal moves through the city’s process.

Council also continued a public hearing on the resolution to adopt a policy for developing city-owned land for affordable housing to May 14. A hearing to consider conditional zoning for a mixed-use development on the former Sears property at 1 S. Tunnel Road was pushed back until Tuesday, May 28. X

life and length. The city mainly relies on 30-foot buses, and so far, the company has only supplied 35-foot buses.

Although the buses made a public debut in February with ceremonial loops around downtown, they have yet to be deployed in regular service.

Transportation Department Director Ken Putnam said that, while other companies do build smaller batteryelectric buses that would fit Asheville’s needs, cities across the country have been returning those vehicles due to performance issues. Putnam said that a transition to fully electric vehicles remains a goal, but he sees the addition of the hybrid buses as progress.

“We want to transition, but what we’re trying to do too is anytime we can get an advantage of a grant, we’re trying to apply for it so that we can take care of the immediate need to try to get buses in our fleet,” Putnam said.

Mayfield told Xpress after the meeting that staff members are working with Proterra to address the battery life issues and reaffirmed the city’s pledge to develop an all-electric bus fleet.

“As I said last night, the city is not stepping back from our commitment to transition the fleet to electric,” Mayfield said.

“We are all disappointed in this hiccup, but it will become easier as the technology and options develop.”

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While the biggest news to come out of Asheville City Council’s April 23 meeting was what didn’t happen — a hearing to rezone the historic Flatiron Building for hotel use was continued until Tuesday, May 14 — Council members did take action through their consent agenda. Included in those six items was the approval for City Manager Debra Campbell to apply for a federal grant supporting the city’s purchase of two hybrid buses.

The total cost of those buses, according to a city staff report available before the meeting, would be approximately $1.5 million, of which Asheville would contribute $225,000 in matching funds.

In September 2017, the city received a $633,333 award from the same federal program to help offset the roughly $2.9 million purchase of five zero-emission battery-electric buses.

Although Council approved the motion, some members of the public considered the switch from batteryelectric to hybrid buses as a step backward in the city’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. City Transit Committee member Kim Roney, who spoke during public comment on the agenda, raised concerns about the city forgoing its proposed electric bus fleet for carbon-producing hybrid buses. She described the consent agenda, which also included a resolution to oppose offshore drilling, as a mixed bag of environment-related items.

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WNC Green Party hosts TDA members for hotel tax forum Dozens of community members filed into the bottom floor of Asheville’s Pack Memorial Library on April 24 for a public forum on the potential restructuring of hotel occupancy taxes, a multimillion dollar revenue stream managed by the quasi-governmental Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority.

Titled “Re-Imagine the TDA” and hosted by the Western North Carolina Green Party, the meeting included speaker Stephanie Brown, Explore Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau president and CEO, who represented the agency’s perspective on its role and the impacts of tourism.

“What if our community had direct control over those dollars that are produced?” event organizer Ben Williamson asked those in attendance. “[Brown] mentioned that 3.9 million overnight visitors come to our city each year. What if you knew that their occupancy tax dollars were going to directly address community needs? What might that look like and sound like?”

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IMAGINE THAT: The Re-Imagine the TDA forum allowed community members to share their concerns and questions about the effects of tourism in Asheville, as well as hear presentations about restructuring the use of occupancy tax dollars. Photo by Brooke Randle Brown explained that state law requires 75% of the revenue generated from the occupancy tax, which is charged to those renting accommodations in hotels or other lodging, to be invested in tourism advertising and marketing. The remaining 25%, she said, is allocated to a fund that manages projects designed to increase overnight stays.

Williamson countered that, under different laws, the more than $23 million in occupancy tax revenue raised last year could have been used to support community priorities like infrastructure, transit and affordable housing. He proposed a budget that would not allocate any money toward tourism advertising and marketing and argued that corporations and hoteliers should shoulder more — or all — of those costs. “Why not share the burden of advertising Asheville with these private corporations or let them take it?” he asked.

While the notion of restructuring the occupancy tax to fund priorities outside the tourism sector may seem revolutionary in Asheville, WNC Green Party Coordinator Andrew Kunza pointed out that cities in North Carolina and across the country use money generated from the occupancy tax for a variety of purposes. Some, he said, only use the money to fund public services and do not reinvest in tourism advertising and marketing.

“How money is spent affects people, and what money is spent on affects people. It has material consequences,” Kunza said. “This is state law. It ain’t the Ten Commandments, it’s not the Constitution. It’s not an impossibility to change these laws.”

Asheville City Council member and ex-officio TDA board member Julie Mayfield responded that challenging the current law may prove more difficult than proponents anticipate. Instead, she suggested two additional countywide taxes, including a tax on prepared food and drinks, to help offset the costs of public services and infrastructure. City officials have explored placing both proposals on a referendum in 2020.

“As we’ve said, the law can change, but going and doing a full frontal assault

on the law right now, or even probably in the next couple of years, would be a massive fight that would likely be extraordinarily unsuccessful with this legislature,” Mayfield said, who recently announced her 2020 candidacy for the N.C. Senate District 49 seat.

“The biggest dollar that we can get would be a food and beverage tax. That would help us capture tourism dollars in a way that the occupancy tax will never do. That’s the fight that I want to have if we’re going to have a fight with the legislature.”

A question-and-answer period followed the presentations, with public comments and concerns taken up by a panel including Brown, Mayfield, County Commission Chair Brownie Newman and activist Ponkho Bermejo with the nonprofit BeLoved Asheville.

Beyond how the occupancy tax is distributed, other issues raised by community members included the negative effects of tourism on minority communities, gentrification, overpolicing and a lack of jobs outside of the hospitality industry.

Brown said that while the agency remains obligated to follow the limitations of the current law, she welcomed the opportunity to engage with the community.

“We don’t have a chance to engage in these conversations very much, to admit the problems that we recognize with the growth of not only tourism but workforce impacts and residential growth,” Brown said. “But our job right now is to follow the law how it’s intended to be. I think that the community benefit is widespread and appreciated by a lot of people who depend on it.”

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by News staff | news@mountainx.com ROBERSON PLAYS HOST TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS Buncombe County Special Olympic’s annual Spring Games will welcome over 500 athletes at the T.C. Roberson High School stadium at 250 Overlook Road on Thursday, May 2, 9 a.m.1:30 p.m. The event is free and open to all community members, who are invited to cheer on athletes in events including runs, walks, relays, long jump, shot put, ball and bag tosses and ball rolls.

“Spring Games is our largest competition of the year,” said Karla Furnari of Buncombe County Recreation Services in a press release. “Like other local athletes, Special Olympics athletes need to hear the cheers and encouragement of their fans to reach their highest potential. They’ve worked hard all year, and this is a great way to celebrate before summer arrives.”

The rain date is Friday, May 3. More information is available at avl.mx/5xd.

CITY OFFERS BEAR TIPS With the return of warmer weather, bears throughout Western North Carolina are becoming more active. In the city of Asheville, that means it’s time to secure the trash, bring in the bird feeders, feed pets indoors and clean outdoor grilling equipment thoroughly.

According to Jes Foster, Asheville’s Sanitation Division manager, while the city is “researching ways to fund bear-resistant [garbage] cans,” there are no current plans to provide more secure receptacles citywide or in neighborhoods where bears are numerous. The city advises that two types of garbage carts can work with city trash collection trucks: a locking container that the owner unlocks before trash is collected and a type

FUN AND GAMES: At the Buncombe County Special Olympics Spring Games on Thursday, May 2, over 500 athletes will compete in a variety of events. The day begins at 9 a.m. with an opening ceremony featuring a law enforcement torch run. Photo courtesy of Buncombe County Recreation Services that unlocks itself when a sanitation truck arm lifts the container into the air.

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“If a resident does purchase a bear-resistant can, we do appreciate a call [at 828-251-1122] to notify the Sanitation Division,” said Foster in a press release.

Other “BearWise” tips offered by the city include: • Place trash and recycling on the curb on the morning of your scheduled pickup, not the night before.

• Freeze food scraps and place them in the garbage while still frozen on the morning of pickup to reduce bear interest. feed or • Never approach bears.

• Notify neighbors when you observe bear activity.

If you encounter a bear, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission advises: • Do not approach the bear.

Quietly move away and leave the area.

• If you are a safe distance away from the bear, make loud noises, shout or bang pots and pans together to scare it away.

• Give the bear a clear escape route.

HONOR FLIGHT TO WELCOME VETERANS HOME Local veterans from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars will visit Washington on Saturday, May 4, to visit memorials. Community members are invited to a welcome home celebration at the Asheville Regional Airport at 7 p.m. that evening.

“The welcome home for these veterans is one of the most memorable and moving parts of this whole trip,” says Jeff Miller, who founded Blue Ridge Honor Flight in 2006. “It means so much to them to have the welcome home they never got when they returned from the war, and it’s an amazing thing for bystanders to witness.”

According to a press release, the celebration will include a live band and a sign-making station for creating posters to greet the veterans.

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HIDDEN HIKING Buncombe lands offer nature close to home Some days, what’s most likely to take your breath away on a hiking trip in Bent Creek Experimental Forest or on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail is visible before you even get out of your vehicle.

That many Subarus and Toyota Priuses with “Tree-Hugging Dirt Worshipper” or “Hike Naked” bumper stickers shouldn’t fit into one trailhead parking lot or pull-off — and yet, amazingly, there they are.

It’s great that so many people want to get outdoors. It’s not so great for your

desire to get away from it all that they want to visit the same stretch of woods you do, all at the same time.

But some places in Buncombe County still offer outdoors solitude without a lengthy drive to Great Smoky Mountains National Park or an obscure corner of Pisgah National Forest. The following guide lists destinations close to home where you typically won’t meet someone at every turn.

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SHOPE CREEK: Water races over a small waterfall on Shope Creek near Riceville.

Photo by Mark Barrett

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Shope Creek

This roughly 1,600-acre valley in the Riceville area has small waterfalls, older trees in its upper reaches and a network of mostly unofficial trails on Pisgah National Forest land.

You’ll park in an area that was logged just a few years ago. Head uphill on the old logging road, and the scenery gets better and better as you go. After about a mile, a side trail leads a short distance to the right (east) to Forrest Falls, or you can stay straight to climb to the top of a ridge and a T-intersection with the unofficial Rock Payne Trail.

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with some nice views, or just turn around and use some of the other trails to make an easier loop back to your vehicle.

Online maps show a waterfall or two at the end of a trail up Wolf Branch to the northwest of the parking lot. The path traverses a large cutover area, and the waterfall closest to the trail is not worth the trip.

Getting there. The main trailhead, at the end of Shope Creek Road, is less than a 15-minute drive from Asheville’s Charles George VA Medical Center. Where the pavement ends, cross the creek on a concrete ford. The parking lot is a few yards ahead.

Navigating.

The local www.hikewnc.info website and outdoor gear retailer REI’s www.hikingproject.com both have information and maps for Shope Creek. The most detailed coverage is on Hike WNC.

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Warren Wilson College

The Swannanoa school has 25 miles of hiking trails. Two nearly flat ones wind through a strip of large sycamores, buckeyes and other trees along the north side of the Swannanoa River for about 2 miles. The paths lie next to the college’s farm fields, which are offlimits to visitors.

You’ll find the main River Trail West and River Trail East trailhead where Warren Wilson Road crosses the river.

No parking is available there, so you’ll have to find a visitor parking space on campus. River Trail West dips into

more remote, wooded areas and is the prettier of the two.

River Trail East’s other end is in Buncombe County’s Charles D. Owen Park. Look for a small, unmarked grassy slope at the west end of the park’s lower pond. The trail immediately crosses a small bridge, then a powerline right of way.

Getting there. The trails are in three main areas: In and around the campus, the Jones Mountain area half a mile south on Warren Wilson Road and the Berea area across Riceville Road from Berea Baptist Church. Park only where allowed and don’t block gates.

Navigating. A Google search for “Warren Wilson College trails” will turn up maps in several places.

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South of Black Mountain, this conference and retreat center features a wellmarked network of 15-20 miles of trails in an enclosed valley that rises to the high ridge that separates the Swannanoa Valley and Fairview.

Most notable is High Windy Trail, which rises 1,600 feet over 2.5 steep miles to the peak of the same name and a great view of the Swannanoa Valley and

Craggy Mountains. A gentler option is Carolina Loop. After parting company with High Windy Trail about a third of the way up, it runs through a cove hardwood forest likely to have plenty of wildflowers in early to mid-May. Getting there. The center is located at 84 Blue Ridge Assembly Road, Black Mountain. Turn off Blue Ridge Road, which runs between N.C. 9 and U.S. 70 on the southwest side of town.

Navigating. Before you start walking, park on the uphill side of the Blue Ridge Center main building, go inside and ask for a free trail map at the front desk. Note its instructions about where to park.

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MONTREAT: Graybeard Mountain, center, is at the northernmost point of Flat Creek Valley, which contains the town of Montreat and an extensive trail system maintained by Montreat Conference Center. Photo by Mark Barrett

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More than 40 miles of trails are maintained by the Montreat Conference Center. They’re no secret, but there is enough room to get away from the crowds.

There are great views to be had from a rock outcropping on Lookout Mountain.

The way up for normal people is to take the easy, 1.8-mile Rainbow Road trail, then climb steeply for about 1,000 feet on Lookout Trail. Those who think using a StairMaster is a fun workout can get there more directly by starting at the

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bottom of Lookout Trail and climbing for roughly 0.4 miles. Combine the two routes for a loop.

Old Mitchell Toll Road is a roadbed used by tourists decades ago to drive from Black Mountain to Mount Mitchell, with grades easy enough for a Model T. The classic Montreat hike is the 8.8-mile round trip on Graybeard Trail to the summit of Graybeard Mountain at 5,408 feet in elevation.

Getting there. Take N.C. 9 north from Interstate 40.

Navigating. A small but useful map of the trail system is available at the “Wilderness” section of montreat.org.

Area outfitters sell an excellent “Black Mountain” map put out by Pisgah Map Co. with much more detailed trail information.

rigorous.” The caution isn’t just to provide a little protection in case someone gets hurt and decides to sue: The 29-acre park boasts a nearly 500-foot change in elevation. Three of the trails — Trillium Trail, Walnut Way and Sassafras Circle — are indeed steep.

That and a rainy forecast may explain why there was only one other

vehicle in the parking lot when I visited on a pleasant Saturday morning in midApril. Still, the 2 miles of trails are certainly walkable — go slow — and at the right time of year are lined with thousands of wildflowers. Large-flowered trillium and other blooms blanketed the slopes during my visit.

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borhood. Ask your smartphone for directions to 194 Rhododendron Drive, Arden. There is also an entrance, but no parking allowed, at the end of Deseret Drive.

Navigating. There is a trail map on the parks section of www.buncombecounty.org and on a sign in the parking lot.

Upper Beaverdam Creek

This drainage in Pisgah National Forest is just west of Bent Creek and north of the Blue Ridge Parkway, but road access is via Enka-Candler. The area has been logged and logged again, which means it’s laced with a sometimes confusing network of old logging roads, and some parts are less attractive than others.

Two routes stay on the valley floor, paralleling Beaverdam Creek, partly through areas with thick rhododendron and some hemlock trees. Another attractive route is Young Pisgah Mountain Road (F.S. 5006), a dirt road that gradually climbs about 900 feet in elevation over the course of about 4 miles. Hunters and other users keep paths open on the roads, but there are places with poison ivy, so consider wearing long pants.

You might be tempted to take the recently improved gravel road that veers off to the left (southeast) a short distance up the creek from the parking area. Don’t be, unless you like looking at tree stumps. Logging is currently ongoing and will be for at least a couple more months. One trail description mentions an old car it says was

UPPER BEAVERDAM: A tributary of Beaverdam Creek tumbles down the rocks after a recent rain. Photo by Mark Barrett stolen years ago, driven up the road, got stuck and abandoned. All I found was a hubcap.

Getting there. The valley is about a 15-minute drive south from Enka and Biltmore Lake. From Upper Beaverdam Loop Road, turn onto Bear Farm Road, a one-lane gravel road that’s not well marked. After you cross a concrete ford, you’ll come to a small parking area with gated roads.

Navigating.

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Walk wisely • Take a map and compass or a GPS. Navigation is absolutely crucial in the two areas on this list with unmarked trails, Shope Creek and Upper Beaverdam Creek.

• All of these areas are open to the public, but some are privately owned. Please obey the rules on parking, littering, keeping your pet on a leash and the like so their owners continue to let the rest of us visit.

• Bring water, food, a mobile phone and one more layer of clothing than you think you need. Let someone know where you’re going.

• Wear blaze orange during hunting season if you will be on national forest land.

Some Montreat and Blue Ridge Assembly trails border land open to hunting, so being visible is smart there as well.

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by Thomas Calder | tcalder@mountainx.com

‘Let us have a good road’ Black Mountain Highway opens, 1921

THE OPEN ROAD: In 1921, the Asheville-Black Mountain Highway, a subsection of the Central Highway (today’s U.S. 70), opened. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville In 1919, a movement was afoot for better roads throughout North Carolina. In the western part of the state, residents were particularly vocal about improving travel between Asheville and Black Mountain.

On March 30, The Asheville Citizen published a letter by local resident W.L. Wolslagel, who described the current roadway as “an abomination, as well as a disgrace.” He implored commissioners to “[l]et us have a good road and have it at once.” The results, he maintained, would benefit all:

officials “to lead the way into a new era of ... development.”

The paper applauded Porter’s ask, writing:

“That the farmer may market his crops without delay, that travelers may ride with some degree of comfort and not such a strain upon their vehicles, and that all of Western North Carolina may be benefitted I say again, let us have this road by all means.”

Commissioners paid heed. In June, funding for the project was approved by the state highway commission. Work on the new road was scheduled to begin within the next 60 days; early reports projected its completion that fall.

On July 15, 1919, The Asheville Citizen announced that the commissioners were seeking bids “for the construction of a macadam road, fourteen feet wide and rolled to a depth of seven inches.” But by August, the Highway Division of the Board of Trade adopted a resolution requesting Buncombe County commissioners find alternative options.

According to The Asheville Citizen, an investigation by the board determined macadam was “the most expensive road that can be built and entirely inefficient as a road surface.” Along with being a financial drain to the county, the investigation also determined that macadam wore down “tires and machines of automobile

Momentum for the movement continued to grow. The following day, The Asheville Citizen reported on a mass meeting organized by Black Mountain residents interested in upgrading the thoroughfare.

“This road has always been one of importance,” the paper noted, “especially since the establishment of the large religious institutions at Montreat and Blue Ridge, and road enthusiasts are highly in favor of improving it.”

In April, Buncombe County commissioners met with advocates to discuss the road project. During the gathering, one resident, Alexander Porter, implored the county

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“Good roads and publicity, Mr. Porter.

That is to be the slogan in the new period of Buncombe’s and Western Carolina’s history. Either that or ‘let well enough alone,’ which means stagnation and an era of cheap scratching the surface of our resources while other communities dig into rich subsoil and produce an abundant harvest.”

users” more quickly than concrete-based asphalt. The county ultimately decided to go with the latter.

After much delay, work finally began in October, with a new completion date projected for the summer. But by February 1920, the latest prediction appeared to go up in flames when a fire destroyed one of the construction site’s largest sleeping quarters. Despite the initial setback and shock, work soon continued.

That spring, however, more bad news arrived. On May 18, 1920, The Asheville Citizen reported that road construction was at a standstill due to a labor shortage.

Local residents, the article stated, “[were] too busy farming to stop and work on the road.”

Misfortune continued into the summer. By then, the labor issue had been resolved, but a new shortage of available railcars limited the delivery of required materials. On July 18, 1920, The Sunday Citizen informed readers that the project would close indefinitely. “[T]his announcement will be received with genuine regret by thousands of autoists and tourists who have been anxiously awaiting the time when this highway would be opened,” the paper wrote.

The shutdown proved short-lived.

Construction resumed that fall. On Nov. 28, 1920, The Sunday Citizen proclaimed that, barring inclement weather, the road would be finished by Christmas. Once complete, the article continued, motorists driving between Asheville and Black Mountain would be able to “travel every foot of the distance without touching a dirt highway.”

As with earlier predictions, Christmas came and went without seeing the project through. Spring 1921 unfolded in similar fashion.

But on June 21, 1921, motorists finally got their chance to traverse the region’s newest section of paved highway. The 20-month project, which stretched 7.79 miles, had cost the county and state $350,000. In that moment of celebration, though, neither cost nor delay mattered.

On the day of its opening, The Asheville Citizen declared: “With the tearing down of the barriers ... the way is opened for closer co-operation between the cities of Western North Carolina; the tourist is given added encouragement to pass through this section; the death toll of accidents on dangerous curves and crossings is practically eliminated ... and another great step forward is made in the progress of this section of the state.”

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BENEFITS ASHEVILLE AIRPORT Terminal Drive, Fletcher • TH (5/9), 5:30pm Proceeds from the Red, White and Blue Gala, black-tie event with gourmet food, live music and silent and live auctions benefit Advent Health.

Tickets: adventhealthgala. com or 828-681-2421. $150 and up. Held at Signature Flight Support.

GREEN BUILT ALLIANCE DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT • SA (5/4), noon Proceeds from this disc golf fundraiser benefit the Green Built Alliance. $25.

Held at Lake Julian Park Marina, 406 Overlook Extension, Arden MADISON MAYFEST: A NIGHT AT RECLAIM • SA (5/4), 6-9pm Proceeds from Madison Mayfest: A Night at ReClaim, event with live music, food, wine and community activities benefit the Community Housing Coalition. Tickets: bit.ly/2IRn16p. $65.

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MOUNTAIN SPORTS FESTIVAL • FR (5/3), 5-10pm - Proceeds from Mountain Sports Festival including live music, demonstrations and raffle benefit Woodfin Wave (via RiverLink) and Streets to Peaks. Free, donations appreciated.

Held at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive OUR TURN TO PLAY SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON • WE (5/1), 11:45am1:30pm - Proceeds raised at the Our Turn to Play Scholarship Luncheon featuring keynote speech by sports broadcaster, Lesley Visser benefit scholarships for female athletes at UNC Asheville. Registration required: bit.ly/2IpZytK. Free. Held at UNC Asheville Sherrill Center, 227 Campus Drive ROCK AND ROLL TRUTH MUSIC FEST • FR (5/3), 5:30pm & SA (5/4), 4:30pm - Proceeds from this live music festival featuring 12 local rock bands and local food trucks benefit the Blue Ridge Humane Society. $15. Held at The Artisan of Flat Rock, 5 Highland Park Road, East Flat Rock

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SOUND EFFECTS BENEFIT CONCERT – AMS PERFORMS THE BEATLES’ REVOLVER • TH (5/2), 6-8pm - Proceeds from the seventh annual Sound Effects concert featuring Asheville Music School teachers and students performing the music of The Beatles, Revolver, benefit Asheville Music School. $18/$15 advance.

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SWANNANOA COMMUNITY YARD SALE • SA (5/4), 8am-1pm Proceeds from vending fees at this large community yard sale benefit the Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa. $10 to vend/Free to attend.

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Tickets: bit.ly/2XEXPUI. $40/$5 kids. Held at The Wedge Studios, 129 Roberts St. Y.E.S. FUND BENEFIT CONCERT • SA (5/4), 8pm - Proceeds from this concert featuring the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra benefit the Diana Wortham Y.E.S. Fund. $20 and up.

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Business Center small business week celebration. Registration required. Free.

• TH (5/9), 5:30-8:30pm How to Start a Nonprofit Entity, seminar. Registration required. Free.

ASHEVILLE OUTLETS JOB FAIR • SA (5/4), 1-3pm - Community job fair with retailers from Asheville Outlets. Free to attend/ bring resume. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road DEFCON 828 GROUP • 1st SATURDAYS, 2pm - General meeting for information security professionals, students and enthusiasts. Free to attend. Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road WNC LINUX USER GROUP • 1st SATURDAYS, noon - Users of all experience levels discuss Linux systems. Free to attend.

Held at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS EMPYREAN ARTS DROP-IN CLASSES (PD.) AERIAL KIDS (ages 5-12) on Wednesdays 4:30pm. INTRO TO PARTNER ACROBATICS on Sundays 6:30pm.

HANDSTANDS on Tuesdays 6:00pm and Thursdays 6:30pm.

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16TH ANNUAL TOURISM WEEK • SU (5/5) through SA (5/11) - 16th Annual Tourism Week, event with displays featuring NC heritage sites, attractions and accommodations.

Free. Held at North Carolina Welcome Center, 6178 I-26, Mars Hill

ASHEVILLE WOMEN IN BLACK • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm Monthly peace vigil. Free.

Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square DOCUMENT SHRED & DRUG TAKE BACK • FR (5/3), 9am-noon - Community document shred and drug take back event. Free.

Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden • SA (5/4), 10am-noon - Community document shred and drug take back event. Free. Held at Village of Flat Rock Town Center, 110 Village Center Drive, Flat Rock ISRAELI-PALESTINE JOINT MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY • WE (5/8), 6-8pm - IsraeliPalestine Joint Memorial Day Ceremony. Co-hosted

by American Friends of the Parent-Circle and Family Forum. Free. Held at Lenoir-Rhyne University, 36 Montford Ave. KOREAN WAR VETERANS CHAPTER 314 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Association, General Frank Blazey Chapter 314, general meeting. Lunch at noon, meeting at 1pm. Free to attend. Held at American Legion Post 77, 216 4th Ave. W., Hendersonville LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA • TH (5/2), 10am - Monthly meeting. Registration at 9:30am. Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist

Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATION & RESOURCE FAIR • SA (5/4), 9am-1pm Multicultural celebration and resource fair with community resource group tables, presentations and discussions. Potluck appetizer and dessert lunch.

Registration: bit.ly/ 2019MultiCulturalCelebration or 828-693-4890. Free.

Held at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Ave. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • WE (5/1), noon-1:30pm - Understanding Credit.

Get it. Keep it. Improve it. Seminar. Registration required. Free.

• TH (5/2), 5:30-7pm - Preventing Identity Theft, class.

Registration required. Free.

• TH (5/7), noon-1:30pm - Dreaming of a Debt Free Life, class. Registration required. Free.

• TH (5/9), noon-1:30pm Budgeting and Debt, class.

Registration required. Free.

PEACE EDUCATION PROGRAM • TUESDAYS through (6/18), 6:30pm - Find Peace in Your World, inner peace video-based drop-in educational program presented

by Peace is Possible NC. Information: pep.asheville@ gmail.com. Free. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon - Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP • 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 5pm - Spanish Conversation Group for adults. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. TRIVIA NIGHT • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Trivia night. Free. Held at VFW Post 9157, 165 Cragmont Road, Black Mountain

FOOD & BEER FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE • 2nd THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway 74, Fairview INFUSED IN HISTORY: A TEA EXHIBIT • Through SA (9/28) Learn about tea and tea history with displays and informative panels in each of Smith-McDowell House period rooms. Admission fees apply. Held at Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road YMCA OF WNC 828-210-2265, ymcawnc. org • WE (5/1), 5:30-7pm - Spring Produce, cooking class for adults.

Registration required: 828575-2939 or lfurgiuele@ ymcawnc.org. $25/$15 members. Held at Fletcher YMCA, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher • TH (5/2), 5:30pm - Spring Produce, adult cooking class. Registration required: 828-575-2939 or lfurgiuele@ymcawnc.org. $25/$15 members. Held at Ferguson Family YMCA, 31 Westridge Market Place, Candler

FESTIVALS 13TH ANNUAL SPRING GREEN BASH • SA (5/4), 5-9pm - 13th Annual Spring Green Bash, outdoor event featuring live music by the Aaron Burdett Band and beer.

Free to attend. Held at Green River Adventures, 111 E. Main St., Saluda CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA • SU (5/5), 5-7:30pm Cinco de Mayo fiesta with Mariachis and food. Free to attend. Held at 500 Mill St., Sylva

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Gondolier Restaurant, 1360 Tunnel Road CHARLOTTE STREET ROAD DIET • WE (5/1), 8:30-10am & 5:30-7pm - Follow-up meetings to the Charlotte Street Road Diet. Free.

Held at Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St. CITIZENS-POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free.

Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room, Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St.

meeting. Free. Held at St. David's Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva

DISTRICT 11 CONVENTION • TH (5/2), 6:30-8pm District 11 Convention: officials and candidates speak, district reports, district leadership elected and resolutions voted upon, discussed and passed. Open to the public but only elected delegates vote. Held at Woodfin Community Center, 11 Community St., Woodfin

MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA • MO (5/6) 6pm - Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, general meeting. Free to attend.

Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St.

GREEN NEW DEAL TOWN HALL • SA (5/4), 5pm - Town hall to discuss a Green New Deal. Information: bit.ly/2DA9HzY. Sponsored by Sunrise Asheville.

Free. Held at Rainbow Community School Auditorium, 58 State St. HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MONTHLY BREAKFAST • 1st SATURDAYS, 9-11am - Monthly breakfast buffet. $9/$4.50 for children under 10. Held at Henderson County Democratic Party, 1216 6th Ave. W., Suite 600, Hendersonville INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUND-WNC • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - General

PROGRESSIVE WOMEN OF HENDERSONVILLE • FRIDAYS, 4-7pm - Postcard writing to government representatives. Postcards, stamps, addresses, pens and tips provided. Free to attend.

Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville VETERANS FOR PEACE • TUESDAYS, 5pm Weekly peace vigil. Free.

Held at the Vance Monument in Pack Square. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT • SA (5/4), 2-4pm Women in Government, event featuring presentations by five women holding leadership roles in government and public service. Sponsored by League of Women Voters and the Girl Scouts. Registration: bit.ly/2UQ5brw.

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KIDS APPLE VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD & MUSEUM • WEDNESDAYS, 1-3pm & SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm - Open house featuring operating model trains and historic memorabilia.

Free. Held at Apple Valley Model Railroad & Museum, 650 Maple St., Hendersonville ASHEVILLE ACES Aston Park, 336 Hilliard Ave. • Through TH (5/2) - Open registration for the Asheville Aces beginners tennis tournament for kids with autism taking place Saturday, May 4. Registration: ACEingAsheville@ gmail.com. $15.

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Registration: avltennis. com by Friday (5/2). $15.

• SUNDAYS, 3-4pm - New players learn fundamental tennis skills through six weekly clinics, ages 7-17.

Registration: avltennis. com. $40 fee includes instruction, a racquet and towel.

• SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - One hour clinic and one hour of open play for middle school.

Registration: avltennis. com. Free.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 11am-noon - Storytime + Art, storytime and art project for preschool students. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • 1st WEDNESDAY, 4pm - After school craft throughout the school year. Children ages 5 and up. Registration

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Free. Held at Enka Middle School, 390 Asbury Road, Candler YOUTH ART CLASS

MAY THE COURSE BE WITH YOU: Green Built Alliance’s third annual spring Disc Golf Fundraiser takes place Saturday, May 4, at noon at Lake Julian Park’s 18-hole course.

Registration is $25. The after-party includes free food and drinks for participants as well as a tournament-branded disc and opportunities to win a cash purse, tickets to LEAF or the Biltmore Estate. All proceeds benefit Green Built Alliance’s community initiatives and resources. To register, visit avl.mx/5yk. Photo courtesy of Pat Barcas. (p. 18)

required. Free. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 4-5:30pm - Heroes Unlimited, role playing game for grades 6-12. Registration required. Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • MONDAYS, 10:30am - Mother Goose Time, storytime for 4-18 month olds. Free. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

FLETCHER LIBRARY • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free.

Held at Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road, Fletcher MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • WE (5/1), 10am - Storytime, Joy Resor presents her book, Designed to Shine.

Free to attend.

• WEDNESDAYS, 10am Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9. Free to attend.

PLAYDATES • MONDAYS, 9-10am - Playdates, family fun activities. Free to attend.

Held at Whole Foods Market, 4 S. Tunnel Road UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE & BUNCOMBE COUNTY 828-255-0696, unitedwayabc.org Homework Diner Program a strategy to support students and their families with tutoring, building parent-teacher relation-

ships, a nutritious meal, community resources and workforce readiness. Free.

• THURSDAYS, 5:30-7pm - Homework Diner. Free.

Held at Owen Middle School, 730 Old Highway 70, Swannanoa • MONDAYS, 5:30-7pm - Homework Diner. Free.

Held at Erwin Middle School, 20 Erwin Hills Road • TUESDAYS, 5-7pm Homework Diner. Free.

Held at Asheville Middle School, 211 S. French Broad Ave.

• SATURDAYS, 10:30-noon - Youth art class. $10. Held at Appalachian Art Farm, 22 Morris St., Sylva

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK AT CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Join a Park Naturalist for a moderate Spring Wildflowers hike just in time for Mother’s Day on Saturday, May 11 from 9:30am-12:30pm.

Preregistration required. Info at chimneyrockpark.com BEAVER LAKE BIRD WALK • SA (5/4), 8am - Bird walk. Free. Held at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary, Highway 25

MIGRATORY BIRD FESTIVAL • FR (5/4), 10am-3pm - World migratory Bird Festival with live predatory birds, informal bird walks, storytelling and activities. Hosted by Balsam Mountain Trust.

Free. Held at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations.

Free to attend. Held at Ecusta Brewing, 49 Pisgah Highway, Suite 3, Pisgah Forest ROCK THE DOCK • SA (5/4), 11am-noon Rock the Dock, 55 year anniversary celebration of Lake Julian Park and new dock dedication with demonstrations from the Asheville Sailing Club, hot dogs and music. Free. Held at Lake Julian Park, Overlook Extension, Arden

SPACE DAY OPEN HOUSE AT PARI • SA (5/4), 10am-4pm - Annual Space Day open house, activities include: droid workshop, space junker scavenger hunt, costume contest and planetarium. Free general admission/fees for workshops, registration: avl.mx/5ym. Held at Learning Center at PARI, 1 PARI Drive, Rosman

PARENTING CELEBRATE PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH • SU (5/5), (5/12) & (5/19), 1-5pm - Three-session, 12-hour childbirth course offers essentials of labor, childbirth and the care of newborn. Free. Held at AdventHealth Hendersonville, 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville MOTHERS CONNECTION • THURSDAYS, 11:30am1:30pm - Social gathering for mothers and their babies. Registration

required. Free to attend.

Held at Haywood Regional Medical Center, 262 Leroy George Drive, Clyde

PUBLIC LECTURES AFRICAN AMERICAN PIONEER IN GREECE: JOHN WESLEY GILBERT • TH (5/2), 2pm - John W.I. Lee presents, An African American Pioneer in Greece: John Wesley Gilbert and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1890-91. Information: 828-356-5065 or nhwatkins@sejcah. org. Free. Held at Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, 91 N. Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska BUILDING OUR CITY • WE (5/8), 6-7pm - Building our City Speaker Series: Presentation by Asheville City Manager, Debra Campbell. Registration: bit.ly/2DvfJl6.

Free. Held at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401

FROM LOOM TO LIVING ROOM • TH (5/2) 7pm - From Loom to Living Room, hear the history and stories behind Bunyaad Fair Trade Rugs, from dyeing the wool to tying the fringes. Registration: 828-254-8374. Free to attend. Held at Ten Thousand Villages, 10 College St. TOOLS TO CHANGE THE WORLD • TH (5/9), 6:30-8:30pm - Tools to Change the World: Study Guide for Activists, presentation by author, Mirra Price.

Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

SENIORS ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS (PD.) Offers active senior residents of the Asheville area opportunities to make new friends and explore new interests through a program of varied social, cultural, and

outdoor activities. Visit ashevillenewfriends.org A MATTER OF BALANCE MANAGING CONCERNS ABOUT FALLS • TH (5/2), 10am-noon - A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls, class series.

Registration required: 828-251-7438 or stephanie@landofsky. org. Free. Held at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road ASHEVILLE ELDER CLUB GROUP RESPITE PROGRAM • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am2pm - The Asheville Elder Club Group Respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths.

Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. Held at Jewish Family Services of WNC, 2 Doctors Park, Suite E CHAIR YOGA FOR SENIORS • THURSDAYS, 2pm Chair Yoga for Seniors.

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Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville FOCUS ON FLEXIBILITY • TUESDAYS, 2:30pm - Focus on Flexibility, exercise class focused on balance, breathing and body alignment. Information: 828-299-4844. Free.

Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road HENDERSONVILLE ELDER CLUB • WEDNESDAYS, 11am2pm - The Hendersonville Elder Club for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths.

Registration required: 828-253-2900. $30. Held at Agudas Israel Congregation, 505 Glasgow Lane, Hendersonville INTRODUCTION TO MEDICARE • FR (5/3), 10am-noon Introduction to Medicare: Understanding the Puzzle, workshop for seniors. Register online.

Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden WNC SENIOR EXPO • FR (5/3), 9am-3pm WNC Senior Expo, event with speakers, vendors, classes and bingo. Free.

Held at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville

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one. Scientifically verified benefits: reduced stress and anxiety, decreased insomnia, healthier brain function, improved clarity and focus, increased inner happiness. So natural and effortless, you can practice it anywhere. Personal instruction with a certified teacher. A lifetime of free follow-up, community, and support. Thursdays, 6:30pm—7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Register: 254-4350. TM.org ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions.

Stellar Counseling Services. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

DE-STRESS, GET HAPPY & CONNECT! (PD.) Mindfulness Meditation at the Asheville Insight Meditation Center. Group Meditation: Weekly on Thursdays at 7pm & Sundays at 10am. ashevillemeditation. com, info@ ashevillemeditation.com.

I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU (PD.) A video presentation of a talk by Sri Harold Klemp, The Mahanta, The Living ECK Master, at the 2019 ECKANKAR Springtime Seminar in Minneapolis, MN. Experience the Light and Sound of God and the sacred sound of HU, which can open your heart to divine love, healing, and inner guidance.

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sored by ECKANKAR. Date: Sunday, May 5, 2019, 11am, Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (Kings and Queens Salon building, lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-254-6775. (free event). www.eckankar-nc.org LEARN TO MEDITATE (PD.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation class at Asheville Insight Meditation Center, 1st Mondays of each month at 7pm – 8:30pm. ashevillemeditation. com, info@ ashevillemeditation. com.

DREAMING A NEW DREAM MEDITATION • 1st FRIDAYS, 7pm - Dreaming a New Dream, meditation to explore peace and compassion.

Free. Held at Center for Spiritual Living Asheville, 2 Science Mind Way LIVING WITH SOUL • FR (5/3), 7-9pm - Living With Soul, lecture by author and mythologist, Michael Meade. $15.

Held at Unity of the Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River MEDITATION AND COMMUNITY • THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 10amnoon - Meditation and community. Admission by donation. Held at Shambhala Meditation

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MEDITATION CLASS • 1st SUNDAYS, 10:30am - Meditation class sponsored by Science of Spirituality.

Information: 828-3356820 or brigid9288@ gmail.com. Free.

Held at Veda Studios, 853 Merrimon Ave., (Upstairs)

TAIZE PRAYER MEETUP • 1st FRIDAYS, 7-8pm - Taize, interfaith meditative candlelight prayer meetup with song, silence and scripture.

Free. Held at St. Eugene's Catholic Church, 72 Culver St.

MOUNTAIN MINDFULNESS SANGHA • TUESDAYS 7-8:30pm - Mountain Mindfulness Sangha.

Admission by donation. Held at The Center for Art and Spirit at St. George's Episcopal Church, 1 School Road NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AT UNC ASHEVILLE • TH (5/2), 6:30pm Prayer gathering for the National Day of Prayer. Free. Held at Highsmith Student Union, 1 University Heights OPEN SANGHA NIGHT AT URBAN DHARMA • THURSDAYS, 7:309pm - Open Sangha night. Free. Held at Urban Dharma, 77 W. Walnut St. PRACTICING SHALOM IN OUR TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE • WEDNESDAYS (4/24) until (5/15), 6-7pm - Practicing Shalom in Our Time of Climate Change, four-part series. Free.

Held at First Baptist

SPORTS BUNCOMBE COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS SPRING GAMES • TH (5/2), 9am1:30pm - Spring Games Day, event featuring track and field competition Special Olympics athletes from age six through adult. Free.

Held at TC Roberson High School, 250 Overlook Road

VOLUNTEERING 12 BASKETS CAFE VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION • TUESDAYS 10:30am - Volunteer orientation. Held at 12 Baskets Cafe, 610 Haywood Road HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC • THURSDAYS, 11am, 2nd TUESDAYS, 5:30pm & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 8:30am - Welcome Home Tour, tours to find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness and how the public can

help. Registration required: tours@ homewardboundwnc. org or 828-785-9840.

Free. Held at Homeward Bound of WNC, 218 Patton Ave. LITERACY COUNCIL VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SESSION • MO (5/6), 5:30pm - Information session for volunteers for two hours per week with adults who want to improve reading, writing, spelling and English language skills. Held at Literacy Council of Buncombe County, 31 College Place, Suite B-221 UNITED WAY OF HENDERSONVILLE DAY OF CARING • Through TH (5/9) - Open registration for volunteers for the United Way Day of Caring, community wide volunteering event on Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11. Register online: volunteerhendo.org.

VOLUNTEER AT FARM TO FORK • Through SU (6/30) - Registration for volunteers to support the Wrenegade Foundation at the Farm to Fork Fondo held Saturday, June 30 from 8am-5pm, to fill water containers and hand out food at aid stations. Information and registration: avl.mx/5yl

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STAFFING UP As opioid crisis wears on, Buncombe County prepares to launch syringe clinic

BY VIRGINIA DAFFRON vdaffron@mountainx.com The Needle Exchange Program of Asheville’s Michael Harney has been handing out free needles and other supplies to those who use injection drugs since 1994. It’s a simple way, he says, to prevent the spread of disease and protect the health of a vulnerable group of people.

Now that Buncombe County has announced it will begin providing a similar service at its 40 Coxe Ave. Department of Health and Human Services facility as soon as July, Harney has a simple message: “Bring it on.”

At an April 23 meeting with community groups dedicated to reducing the harms associated with drug use, Harney says the county stressed that “they were not going to be in competition with NEPA or the Steady Collective.”

Turf isn’t an issue. “It’s not a competition; it’s like, make more supplies available,” Harney says. His organization — which operates under the umbrella of the WNC AIDS Project — distributed about 473,000 needles in 2018, and even that number didn’t meet all the demand. Supplies often gave out when NEPA had spent its monthly budget, meaning the organization was out of stock on a third to half of its operating days.

Hillary Brown of the Steady Collective agrees that the need outstrips the available resources, noting that her small nonprofit distributed around 129,000 syringes and 2,200 overdose reversal kits in 2018. Those figures represented a big increase over 2017, despite the group not expanding its services in 2018 and spending a significant part of the year in a zoning dispute with Asheville officials over the clinic it operates on Tuesday afternoons at 610 Haywood Ave. in West Asheville.

With drug users coming to NEPA from 32 North Carolina counties and four states, Harney says, it’s past time for public health departments to pitch in. “It’s our tax dollar at work,” he notes. “You get condoms, you get your vaccines, you get care for being pregnant, you can get primary care, dental

care. You can get all kinds of care at the health department. Why can’t you get a 10-cent needle to protect you against HIV, hepatitis, viral endocarditis, skin wound care, abscesses?”

COUNTY CONNECTION When it opens in July or August, the county’s syringe access program will serve patients who already receive health services at the Coxe Avenue facility, says Dr. Jennifer Mullendore, the county health department’s medical director. Caregivers at the clinic currently screen patients for substance use, she says, but the county has had to refer patients

to other providers for syringes, related supplies and peer counseling.

That will change with the launch of the new service, which is supported in part by a $98,000 grant from the N.C. Division of Public Health that runs through Aug. 31, says Jan Shepard, public health director for the county. “The purpose of those funds is for us to develop policies and procedures, develop our standard operating guide-

lines to deliver those syringe service programs at our clinic and all of the elements that are included, such as safe needle disposal, provision of naloxone and education,” she explains.

Providing clean syringe supplies helps the county health department achieve its mission of stopping the spread of communicable diseases.

Hepatitis B, HIV and, increasingly in Buncombe County, an invasive form of Staphylococcus aureus infection (sometimes called “flesh-eating bacteria”) are all transmitted by intravenous drug use, Mullendore says.

Because the new program will only serve established county health department patients, neither county health leaders nor their nonprofit counterparts expect the availability of syringe supplies at 41 Coxe Ave. to put a big dent in the numbers of needle users served by NEPA and the Steady Collective.

“In the short term, it probably won’t change much for us in the day-to-day operations,” says Brown. “It’s pretty clear that WNCAP and Steady are just doing a ton of volume that is very hard to keep up with in terms of finances.”

While Steady Collective used to receive grant funding from Buncombe County, that revenue stream ended last year during a zoning dispute with the

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STILL RISING “Buncombe County is not experiencing a leveling off, unlike some counties in North Carolina. We’re actually seeing a slight increase in overdose,” says Hillary Brown of the Steady Collective.

Data aggregated by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services supports that conclusion. In the first three months of 2019, Buncombe County saw 87 opioid overdose emergency department visits, compared with 67 over the same period in 2018.

In the first quarter of this year, naloxone kits given out by the Steady Collective have reversed 59 overdoses, Brown says.

Information about overdose deaths takes much longer to assemble; the number of 2017 deaths associated with opioid overdose in the state of North Carolina is still listed as preliminary. Nonetheless, information on the N.C. Opioid Dashboard indicates that overdose deaths continue to trend upward in both Buncombe County and the state overall. X

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W ELL NESS city of Asheville that has since been resolved. For now, Steady is operating on a $25,000 donation from an anonymous donor, a $20,000 grant from Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and a number of smaller contributions, Brown says. The organization also receives naloxone kits as an in-kind donation from the N.C. Harm Reduction Coalition.

For his part, Harney urges the county to leverage its resources to serve more drug users. “I’m hoping that after a very short time, they open it up to anybody who walks in there,” he says.

EDUCATION ON CAMPUS At UNC Asheville, a group of students is responding to the crisis of campus drug use and overdoses. Sociology major Aidan Wallace explains, “We decided that it’s time for a harm reduction organization on campus because of the drug epidemic, especially because of the death of a student on the A-B Tech campus not too long ago.”

At an April campus health fair, Wallace says, about 15 students signed up to help the Harm Reduction Alliance get off the ground. The group will work through the summer to provide train-

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ing in the use of the overdose reversal drug naloxone to UNCA staff, he says, and will facilitate student training and forums on drug use in the fall.

“A lot of people have some sort of connection to the drug epidemic. They know someone who’s overdosed,” Wallace says, noting that a member of his family died after using cocaine combined with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid identified as a major driver of recent overdoses and overdose deaths.

“Students do drugs, and fentanyl can be put in anything: prescription pills, even marijuana or MDMA,” Wallace points out.

While the UNCA HRA won’t hand out needles or supplies directly, it will educate students and community members on where to get those items. Naloxone, Wallace says, is available for free at the UNCA Health and Counseling Center.

While Wallace credits the center’s director, Jay Cutspec, as “very helpful,” Cutspec noted in an email that there’s still some “legwork” to be done before the HRA becomes an official student organization. “This is important work, and we are excited that the students are devoting their time for these efforts,” Cutspec wrote.

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“People are trying hard to take care of themselves,” Harney says. “They are trying hard to have a clean needle for every injection.”

While expressing appreciation for Buncombe County’s support of Steady Collective, Brown also says much more is needed to get a handle on the stillincreasing levels of drug overdose and death in Buncombe County (see sidebar, “Still rising”).

“We need a real change culturally in terms of thinking about, if the quote-

unquote opioid crisis is a core issue for the county and it’s a big focus, then we need to allocate a lot of resources toward dealing with it,” Brown says.

She believes much of that support should go to making naloxone kits readily available and supporting existing harm-reduction programs that provide direct services like syringe exchange, wound care and education.

“A lot of money is still going to treatment programs that aren’t evidence based, recovery programs that aren’t evidence based,” Brown asserts. “So we need more money in the South, in Appalachia, in Buncombe, to go toward evidence based solutions like harm reduction.” X

MISSION UNACCEPTED Judging from what she hears from drug users served by the Steady Collective, Hillary Brown says, “No one who is an IV drug user wants to go to Mission anymore and doesn’t want to seek care there.”

The reason drug users are reluctant to engage with Buncombe County’s largest medical provider? According to Brown, the institution’s IV Drug Abuse policy places significant restrictions on patients suspected of drug use, regardless of their immediate medical reason for seeking treatment.

Xpress reviewed a copy of the policy forwarded by Brown, which states: “Beginning 8/17, the High Risk Substance Abuse (IVDA) Safety Plan will be modified to pre-check and default options for both visitors and access to personal belongings. The plan should be implemented as early in the admission process (ideally in the ED). DO NOT UNCHECK OR MODIFY any of the three orders related to behavioral health observation (sitter), visitor status and access to personal belongings.”

The upshot is, “If you are an IV drug user, they take all of your possessions, they assign you a sitter, and you are refused visitors,” says Brown. Considering that a person with a condition like a chronic staph infection might require a six-week hospital stay for treatment with IV antibiotics, “That feels really like a lot,” she says.

Steady Collective refers clients with issues that can be managed on an outpatient basis to local clinics, including the Dale Fell Health Center, the Minnie Jones Health Center run by WNC Community Health Services, the Mountain Area Health Education Center and others. But for those with more complex or urgent needs, Steady is exploring options for transport to providers outside Buncombe County, such as AdventHealth Hendersonville (formerly Park Ridge Health).

“That’s where we are: trying to figure out where can we drive you to that’s at a distance, because of the resistance to going to Mission,” Brown says.

Asked six questions about the policy, including whether phones are available for patients believed to be IV drug users and if patients had raised concerns about the policy as a barrier to seeking treatment, Mission spokesperson Nancy Lindell provided a statement. She did not comment on whether the document provided by Brown is current Mission policy.

“The care team at Mission Hospital is committed to keeping all of our patients, visitors and staff safe. We do this by following a specific treatment plan, which is designed to maintain a safe and healing environment for those with medical complications of injectable drug misuse. The care plan is explained to the patient, and they make the choice whether to participate or not. Mission’s care plan has been vetted in detail by both North Carolina state hospital surveyors and The Joint Commission and is considered to be a model for other health care systems,” Lindell wrote in an email.

“Each day the care plan of every inpatient is evaluated by a multidisciplinary team, and the team, along with members of senior leadership, determine if the patient needs to continue on all aspects of the care plan. Each patient is different, and the care plans are highly variable.”

Jan Shepard, public health director, and Dr. Jennifer Mullendore, medical director, of the Buncombe County Health and Human Services Department declined to comment on hospital-based services for substance users in Buncombe County. X

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“This is not a problem that’s going to be solved next week, next month or even next year,” Hunter emphasized. “Long term, we need to identify where there’s the possibility for mitigation, get buy-in from the agencies that manage these roads and landscapes, and then we may have an opportunity.”

dwalton@mountainx.com The 10 a.m. movie showing on April 20 at The Strand theater in Waynesville lasted all of 16 seconds.

Jeff Hunter, senior program manager at the Asheville field office of the National Parks Conservation Association, didn’t need any longer than that to make his point.

An audience of roughly 35 people looked to the screen as a mother black bear, trailed by her three cubs, clambered over the concrete Jersey barriers in the middle of Interstate 40. A line of cars and tractor-trailers stretched back for hundreds of feet at a dead stop, watching the unexpectedly graceful masses of fur navigate the asphalt and slip into the nearby woods.

For a few drivers, that encounter represented a rare photo op. For the bears, it was a close escape from the growing danger of motor vehicles in I-40’s Pigeon River Gorge, where at least 35 bears have been struck and killed since May 2018. “This is often a death trap,” Hunter said.

Once the video concluded, Hunter and other leaders in the field led a discussion about the Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Connectivity Project, a joint effort of at least 19 nonprofit and governmental groups working to bring that death rate down.

While the collaborative is relatively new — its first meeting took place in February 2017 — its members hope that opening lines of communications between stakeholders will eventually lead to better lines of movement for the region’s wildlife.

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URSINE URGENCY: Bears and cars are increasingly coming into contact along I-40’s Pigeon River Gorge section thanks to growing populations and higher traffic volumes. Photo by Bill Lea, courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association

Hunter said the many groups under the connectivity project umbrella, including the N.C. and Tennessee Departments of Transportation, U.S. Forest Service, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, recognize the increasing hazards of vehicle collisions. Since the 28-mile stretch of I-40 between the Maggie Valley exit and the Foothills Parkway in Tennessee first opened in 1968, changes on both the human and animal sides of the equation have heightened the risk.

According to Bill Stiver, supervisory wildlife biologist for the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park, black bear populations in the park have risen from roughly 400600 to around 1,600 over the past 30 years. Over the same period, annual park visitation has gone from approximately 8.5 million to 11.4 million — with I-40 representing a major route to the park from the east.

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And elk, which were completely absent from the I-40 landscape during its planning and construction, were reintroduced in 2001. Their population now numbers about 150; a bull elk can weigh half a ton, roughly four times the weight of the average adult male bear. These massive animals, said Wildlands Network researcher Liz Hilliard, are “path-of-least-resistance walkers” and often follow roads instead of climbing over mountains.

On top of these demographic changes, climate change may also increase dangerous encounters between humans and wildlife. Steve Goodman, a researcher with the NPCA, said less predictable food supplies resulting from climate disruption will force wildlife to roam farther and cross more roads in search of the next meal.

derings of these recently reintroduced mammals. That work has allowed her to confirm anecdotal reports of elk crossings on I-40 and establish some seasonal movement patterns, as well as some surprising differences from other elk populations in the country.

“The movements of these elk seem to be very individualistic. Out West, these animals migrate in very large herds,” Hilliard said. “We have some larger groups in Cataloochee and Oconaluftee, but very small groups [elsewhere].”

Goodman, who is collaborating with Hilliard on animal movement research, added that data gathering would likely continue for several more years before solid plans could be made. “When I see a dead bear, as worrisome as it is, it’s helping us develop a database that will help us make recommendations to the DOTs for land bridges or fencing,” he said.

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Animals have an easier time crossing these roads, Hunter said, if they’re given specific car-free paths such as underpasses, box culverts and green bridges to get to the other side. But constructing that infrastructure is expensive, particularly on existing highways, and the government agencies responsible for roadwork are reluctant to make big changes in haste.

“We have to have some predictability before we spend that kind of money,” said Dave McHenry, environmental supervisor for N.C. DOT Highway Division 14. “We don’t want to build something that’s not going to be used.”

McHenry also said that his department must adhere to its primary responsibility, which is to ensure the safety of the state’s motorists. While Jersey barriers may prove an obstacle to wildlife movement, he pointed out, they also keep lanes separated and prevent vehicles from flipping into oncoming traffic during an accident.

To make a stronger case for investments, the partners in the Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Connectivity Project are conducting additional research to determine exactly how animals move about the I-40 landscape. Wildlife cameras set on the naturally occuring land bridge atop the interstate’s Snowbird Mountain tunnels in Haywood County, for example, have captured deer, bobcats and bears making their way over the road.

Hilliard has placed GPS collars on 11 elk to better understand the wan-

Hunter confirmed that the collaborative hadn’t yet made any firm commitments to wildlife connectivity infrastructure as it waits for better scientific data. “We don’t know what the solution is,” he said. “Without knowing what the solution is, you don’t know what the cost is going to be.”

However, McHenry said the NCDOT is open to opportunities that may emerge during the course of its regular maintenance. He noted that the department will soon be replacing five bridges in the Pigeon River Gorge and may consider adding wildlife-friendly features in the course of that work.

Those conversations and piecemeal projects, suggested Hunter, will lay the foundation for more comprehensive improvements in the future.

Personal relationships between scientists, regulators and wildlife advocates, he said, allow everyone to “cut through the jargon” and work together in good faith.

After all, Hunter noted, animals pose a hazard to human motorists as well. According to a 2007 Federal Highway Administration report, the total average cost of a collision with a deer is nearly $8,400, while a collision with an elk costs over $18,500 on average.

“There are ongoing costs associated with wildlife-vehicle collisions — property damage, injuries,” Hunter said. “It may not be cheap to do mitigation, but it will likely be more expensive to not do mitigation in the long run.” X

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in the fall when they can be divided, potted and replanted, Ricardo notes.

But the festival is more than just a flower-shopping event. Artists are invited to bring their easels for en plein air painting, and picnicking is encouraged — picnic tables will be set up along the farm’s riverbank for those who wish to bring some food and dine al fresco. Dogs are even allowed to join the fun, as long as they’re on a leash. And for an overnight peony adventure, Ricardo adds, Wildcat Ridge Farm offers accommodations in a luxury yurt near the garden overlooking the Pigeon River. X

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In addition to being low maintenance, they offer stunning blooms each spring and lush foliage through the summer and fall, and many varieties have a lovely fragrance. Plus, they are persistent — some types can live and flower for many decades. What’s not to like?

This month, Wildcat Ridge Farm in Haywood County, one of the largest peony farms in North Carolina, opens its gardens to the public for its annual Festival of Peonies in Bloom. The four-week event offers an opportunity to see many varieties of the plant in full bloom — and to take some home as well.

Owners Suzanne and Ricardo Fernandez grow the herbaceous and intersectional Itoh types of peony. Both are perennials, but the intersectional is a hybrid combination of woodystemmed tree peonies and herbaceous peonies. “We have been growing peonies for years, adding more beds and

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BUCKET LIST: Wildcat Ridge Farm opens its extensive peony garden to the public this month to sell cut flowers and live plants. Co-owner Ricardo Fernandez, right, pictured with co-owner and wife Suzanne Fernandez, says shoppers should remember to BYOB — bring your own bucket (or other container) to hold the blooms. Photo courtesy of Wildcat Ridge Farm more varieties from around the world every year,” says Ricardo.

Visitors can buy cut peonies during the festival on a BYOB (bring your own bucket or basket) basis — “You pick, I cut,” says Ricardo — for $3-$4 per stem. Whole plants are also for sale with

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BY KAY WEST kswest55@comcast.net Stephen Frabitore knows risk.

At Florida State University, he was a member of the FSU Flying High Circus, walking the high wire in the Wallenda Seven Man Pyramid. His successful corporate career was followed by several entrepreneurial ventures. So, his total lack of restaurant experience when he purchased the original Tupelo Honey Café in downtown Asheville in 2008 did not faze him.

“My wife and I were moving to Asheville from West Palm Beach,” he recalls. “I was looking for a business to buy, possibly a restaurant tied to tourism. I ate at Tupelo Honey, and it resonated with me immediately.”

The popular eatery that had opened in 2000 was not for sale — a road bump resolved with a phone call and an offer.

Then, badabing, badaboom, Frabitore was in the restaurant business. Though at first he didn’t actually see it that way.

“When I bought Tupelo Honey, I very much thought of it as a retirement project, not an expansion project,” he says with a laugh.

His Saturday night stints at the host station put the wheels in motion to take Tupelo Honey on the road. “On their way out, customers would plead for a Tupelo Honey in their town.”

He took the idea on a test run close to home, opening a second location in South Asheville in 2010. In 2014, he crossed the state line, opening Tupelo Honey Knoxville, Tenn. “I didn’t want to drive more than four hours one way to get to a store,” he says. “That thinking has evolved over time.”

Tupelo Honey Hospitality Corp. now has 14 locations in seven states, including Colorado and Texas; this year it will open one in Boise, Idaho, and a second one in Charlotte, with four planned for the Midwest in 2020. “Through first expanding close by, we learned a lot about commercial real estate,” Frabitore says. “Then we did research and thought our style of Southern food and service would do extremely well in places that don’t have anything like it.

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GROWTH EXPERIENCE: Biscuit Head owners Carolyn and Jason Roy say their expansion choices — the eatery now has three Asheville locations and one in Greenville, S.C. — come down to sustainability for their staff. “The profit margin in independent restaurants is very small,” says Jason. “With just one restaurant, there’s not enough profit to share, grow careers or offer benefits.” Photo by Cindy Kunst all over the country and already know and love us.”

THE FRANCHISE MODEL Jason Roy and Ben Mixson spent most of their working lives in the restaurant business, and both started their individual concepts from scratch.

Mixson and his partner, Laura Reuss, wanted to do casual and affordable. “I wanted to create a place you could go a couple times a week, not worry about how much it costs,” says Mixson. “Tacos was Laura’s idea.”

In 2011, the partners opened White Duck Taco on Roberts Street in the River Arts District, then White Duck Taco downtown in 2014. The quirky concept attracted not just droves of diners, but investors hungry for a new business to

tap. “We’ve always gotten lots of interest outside of Asheville,” Mixson says. “We wanted to figure out a way for the brand to grow but not give us any more dayto-day responsibility. To respond to the persistent interest in White Duck, keep our management staff small and figure out a life-work balance, we went the franchise route.”

Via that model, the Johnson City, Tenn., White Duck Taco opened in 2015, and the same family group is opening White Duck Taco in Nashville’s touristdriven downtown. The White Duck group in Greenville, S.C., is at work on its second location, and another franchisee has claimed Charlotte.

Meanwhile, back on the ranch, in 2017 Mixson and Reuss opened the third local White Duck in South Asheville, and last

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“We always continue to do what is in the best interest of our organization,” says Mixson. “We want to provide stable income and good-paying jobs. With our three Asheville stores and Henrietta’s, we employ over 100 people. We struggled with how to grow beyond that. If someone wants to help, who are we to say no? It’s just a different way of looking at things outside of the Asheville bubble. There’s a big world out there.”

STAFF SUSTAINABILITY On opening day of Biscuit Head in West Asheville in 2013, the world showed up at Carolyn and Jason Roy’s doorstep on Haywood Road.

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al. We had a shoestring budget and not even a dishwasher.”

On day one, there was a line out the door, and after feeding 350 people, they ran out of food. They ran out the second day as well. Over time, they learned to manage ordering for the first store, two additional Asheville locations and one in Greenville — and how to manage growth they are comfortable with.

“For us, growth comes down to sustainability of our staff,” Roy says. “The profit margin in independent restaurants is very small. With just one restaurant, there’s not enough profit to share, grow careers or offer benefits. We can do all of that with growth that makes sense and takes care of the people we have. Greenville made sense because it’s close, it’s a growing city, and Main Street fits us.”

If all roads lead to Greenville, Dobra Tea is joining the caravan. Joe Passalaqua, a longtime patron of both Asheville locations, has purchased a franchise and will move to Greenville in May to begin the renovation of an old brick building in West Greenville. He is being trained by Asheville owner Andrew Snavely and says he’s “excited to bring the whole Dobra experience to Greenville.”

Merherwan Irani opened Chai Pani downtown in 2009 to make Indian food for everybody. “The mission of Chai Pani has always been to make Indian food approachable and accessible,” he says.

“Street food was the conduit to that. Chai Pani is a combination of authenticity, tradition and storytelling that’s also modern, hip and culturally accessible.”

It was also small, with just 39 seats.

“We were packed from the start, but

restricted by price point and size. No matter how busy we were, we couldn’t make the numbers work. We knew we needed a larger space and more volume.”

A family friend in Decatur, Ga., found a spot he thought would work and offered to be point person to make sure of it.

“That’s how we ended up with Chai Pani Decatur in 2013,” Irani recalls. “A 125seat restaurant changed everything. We did not have plans to grow beyond that, but at that point four years in, we had this amazing group of people who had been with us since day one and were eager for the next step. I didn’t want to lose this team, and the only way to keep them was to grow.”

Launching Buxton Hall Barbecue in 2015 seemed an odd detour, but to Irani, it was same story, different food. “Elliott Moss [his partner and the executive chef at Buxton Hall] had a passion to go back to his roots in barbecue and tell his story, which was similar to mine. The main reason I jumped in was for our team to stay with the company.”

LEAP OF FAITH Irani’s most ambitious expansion is also born of Indian street food but pivoting to a more meatcentric menu, based on India’s late-night kebab grills. The first Botiwalla opened in Atlanta’s Ponce City Market Food Hall in 2017 and, like Chai Pani, was an instant hit. The second will open in suburban Alpharetta.

The regional combo is the first iteration of the Chai Pani Restaurant Group’s hub-and-spoke model for growth, with Asheville serving as the main hub. “We

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plan to stay within a four-hour drive of Asheville. In each city, we’ll first open an urban ‘hub’ downtown, and once that is established open a ‘spoke’ in a suburban environment,” Irani explains. “We will be opening soon in Optimist Hall in Charlotte’s urban core and then seek a more suburban spot.

In 2020, we’re looking at Greenville, and in 2021, probably Charleston, possibly Nashville.”

So far, Green Sage Café has expanded solely within Asheville. But with the recent opening of its fourth and largest location on Merrimon Avenue, which included the hiring of its first full-time human resources, marketing and finance positions, partners Randy Talley and Roger Derrough intend to use this year — and their years of experience running Earth Fare markets — to formulate a business plan for further expansion.

They are investigating markets that already have Whole Foods and Earth Fare stores and where distribution companies will supply local brands such as Smiling Hara Tempeh and Hickory Nut Gap Farms meats, allowing them to stick to their menu and mission. Cities under consideration have included Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill and Greenville, S.C. “Green Sage is part of a greater mission to provide American culture with a health, wellness and environmentally sustainable business,” says Talley. “We think the time is right.”

But not everyone is seeking green pastures outside Asheville. While Cristina and Jesson Gil have been busy since moving to Asheville from Texas three years ago — they bought The Blackbird restaurant downtown, bought Early Girl Eatery on Wall Street in 2018, then flipped King Daddy’s Chicken & Waffle in West Asheville to a second Early Girl, sold The Blackbird and will shortly open their third Early Girl in North Asheville — they’re taking a breather.

“We have been pitched on Greenville,” Jesson reports. “But Early Girl is just my wife and me, and we have six kids. We love Asheville and for now we’re sticking close to home.”

Irani and his fellow restaurateurs believe the birthplace of their businesses has much to do with their success. “Asheville is the kind of town that inspires people to say, ‘I’m going to take a leap of faith and try something I may not have had the courage to do in a bigger city or place that is less supportive of new ideas,’” says Irani. “This is a community [where people] support each other in a remarkable way. All of us who have been able to expand out into the world have benefited from starting in Asheville.” X

SMALL BITES

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Cultura opens on the South Slope About a year ago, local chef and restauranteur Jacob Sessoms traveled abroad with his friend and recent business partner Walt Dickinson, founder of Wicked Weed Brewing.

The two were headed to Rome with one mission in mind: to eat some pizza al taglio, a square-shaped, panbaked pie.

At the time, Dickinson and Sessoms were designing a new menu for the Funkatorium, focused strictly on the Roman-style pizza. But what they ultimately came up with was a pair of concepts for two separate menus.

The first is now available at the Funkatorium and focuses on a broader range of Roman-styled street foods. Along with pizza al taglio, the menu also offers tranche and trapazino sandwiches, as well as suppli and arancini. The latter, Dickinson notes, “is a delicious fried ball of cheesy, ricey goodness.”

Meanwhile, Cultura, an evening restaurant connected to the Funkatorium, is slated to open Friday, May 3. Menu specifications are under lock and key until its grand opening, but according to Sessoms, “Everything is built off some form of culture or fermentation.”

The common thread between both Cultura and the Funkatorium, notes Dickinson, is a shared reverence for Old World ways and their emphasis on the artisanal. “That’s the core value,” Dickinson explains. “It’s to

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Sake tasting The Cut Cocktail Lounge in Sylva will host a sake tasting and pairing event on Wednesday, May 8. Six types of sake will be presented by host Cara Freiji. The meal portion of the pairing will highlight The Cut Cocktail Lounge’s new Asian-inspired menu with dishes including egg rolls, pineapple fried-rice (with chicken or shrimp) and phó with house-made beef bone broth. Despite the lounge’s shift in focus, owner Jacque Laura assures

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The sake pairing event happens 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, at The Cut Cocktail Lounge, 610 W. Main St. Tickets are $25 for the pairing, with a $10 sake option sans food. For more, visit avl.mx/5xu.

Curragh Chase pop-ups Curragh Chase is hosting regular weekend pop-ups at Brouwerïj Cursus Kĕmē brewery on Thompson Street.

Hours and menu options vary. Fridays run 4-7 p.m., with a focus on snacks and shareable plates, such as baby turnips with anchovy butter. Saturday pop-ups are 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. and feature a mix of small dishes with vegetable-focused sides, such as grilled snapper with sorrel-cress aioli and barbecued skirt steak with cilantro-cornichon sauce.

Sundays run 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with a focus on brunch sandwiches. “We are particularly excited about our mushroom French dip sandwich, which is roasted oyster mushrooms with lemon aioli and arugula,” says Curragh Chase chef Brittany Kroeyr.

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Wize Guyz Pizza and other recent openings Wize Guyz Pizza recently opened on Bleachery Boulevard in East Asheville.

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Farewell Ambrozia, hello Early Girl Eatery Ambrozia Bar and Bistro has closed.

In an emailed statement, owner and chef Sam Etheridge writes, “It has been a wonderful six years here in North Asheville, but the time has come for me to move on to focus on family life, health and well-being.” Early Girl Eatery plans to open its third location in Ambrozia’s former space. Owner Jesson Gil says he hopes it will be up and running by the end of the month.

The restaurant’s layout, notes Gil, will allow for Early Girl to host special events for up to 90 guests. The site will also offer a full bar.

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BEER SCOUT

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Silver status Much has changed in Asheville since Highland Brewing Co. started making beer in the basement of Barley’s Taproom 25 years ago. Today, founder and current Vice President Oscar Wong is amazed that the local industry has grown to over 30 breweries within the city, especially since he originally thought it would top out at two or three such establishments.

But as the Asheville market has expanded, Highland has remained at its forefront and will celebrate its silver anniversary on Friday and Saturday, May 3-4, at its East Asheville property with many of the area supporters who’ve been crucial to the brewery’s longevity.

Highland’s “single greatest accomplishment is the connection with the community. I was quite proud of the town to begin with, and I wanted the town to be proud of us,” Wong says.

“Right close to that … is how our staff has grown, matured and how they feel about their time here. The ones who have moved on to other jobs and different professions all keep in touch, and they come back, and I feel good about that. They all felt like this is a special place for them.”

As for the key to Highland’s sustained success for a quarter century, Wong says it’s due to following three principles from the very beginning: quality in its products and operations; integrity in dealings with suppliers, customers and throughout the staff; and respect for everyone, including oneself. He also points to Skyland Distributing Co. as crucial in spreading Highland products to local restaurants, bars and grocery stores, plus the substantial role that current Xpress contributor Tony Kiss played in providing exposure from the brewery’s inception while reporting for the Asheville Citizen Times.

Still, persevering wasn’t easy. “Being the first one, we kind of took more slings and arrows than most. Pioneers get shot at more often, and that’s where we were,” Wong says. “[New local breweries] came along, and we were glad to work with them and help because the thing I felt strongly about, and still do, is that weak players hurt the whole industry. The craft brewing family needs to be strong because if you have some poor players, it just reflects on the whole industry.”

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Highland Brewing celebrates its 25th anniversary

FAMILY TIES: Highland Brewing Co.’s 25th anniversary celebrations, May 3-4, include the release of Rustic IPA. The beer was brewed in collaboration with fellow family-owned, independent companies Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Riverbend Malt House, Crosby Hop Farms, Roy Farms, CLS Farms and Briess Malting. Representatives from all companies are pictured here. Photo by Carson Hill For the anniversary celebrations, Wong is looking forward to Highland tapping 25 small-batch and barrelaged beers, including three new packaged products. He’s most excited about Rustic IPA (5.8% ABV), created in collaboration with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., a brewery he calls “the grandaddy of them all” and “very good neighbors.”

Trace Redmond, Highland’s research and development brewer, created the beer with Matt Rozich, Sierra Nevada’s pilot brewer. Redmond views the collaboration as a representation of family and tradition in that it unites not only familyowned, independent breweries, but also suppliers such as Riverbend Malt House, Crosby Hop Farms, Roy Farms, CLS Farms and Briess Malting, the last of which he notes is Highland’s longeststanding professional relationship.

Also debuting is Slow Crush (5% ABV), which will join the brewery’s yearround lineup. The tart spritz ale was inspired by the Aperol spritz cocktail and features gentian root and cinchona bark sourced by Asheville’s Spicewalla.

Another new release will be Silver & Steel, a 12.8% ABV imperial stout made with cocoa nibs, coffee, coconut and vanilla. Redmond calls the brew-

ery’s first packaged barrel-aged beer “deceptively smooth.”

These and other fresh, innovative products have Wong optimistic about Highland’s future. He hopes the brewery will remain independent, and though he’s not looking to sell and thinks “the slowdown in the whole industry” would discourage any such offers, should a company pitch an obscene amount of money, he says the proposal would be considered. But those considerations and others are in the hands of his daughter, President/CEO Leah Wong Ashburn, whose values and business practices, thankfully, align with her father’s.

“My goal for Highland is to be a bold company that is rooted in authenticity,” Wong Ashburn says. “We should be challenged and even intrigued by our own work because we’re creating a path.

And it is challenging, with 7,300 breweries in the country and daily changes in our industry. But we have an energized and dedicated team that keeps getting stronger, our hilltop property where we can do so much more, an amazing home city — and then there’s our beer. We are reaching further than ever before in quality and innovation. It’s exciting to be a heritage brewery, facing fully forward.”

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Spring LEAF brings India.Arie and other groundbreaking artists to the stage

BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com A festivalgoer could attend the biannual LEAF simply to take in an array of musical acts, drink a few beers and check out the art and craft on display around the grounds, but there’s plenty of opportunity to delve deeper.

Aside from rich offerings of healing arts, spoken word, dance and community-building, each festival is produced around a thought-provoking theme.

For the spring 2019 iteration — held Thursday-Sunday, May 9-12, at Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain — it’s Breaking Ground.

Although she wasn’t previously aware of the theme, upon hearing the phrase, headliner India.Arie immediately resonated with it. “Anytime I make an album, I’ve lived a lot of life up to that point, and then I’m breaking ground, I’m … building this thing,” she says. “I’ve lived through a lot of transformations — I look different to people at different times. My skin color looks different to people, I lose and gain weight. I feel like I’m always shape-shifting because my internal life is transforming all the time. I feel like I’m always breaking ground on something new.”

But, India.Arie adds, “Asheville is one of my favorite cities, so I can see why [LEAF] would speak to me that way.”

She relates to this locale because of its natural beauty “and the type of people it attracts,” she says. “The way that the shows always feel … wanting to connect with each other and art.

All that stuff is what I love, but it’s not what I always get to be around. So

BE THE CHANGE: “One word, one choice, one gesture — no matter how seemingly small — has the power to transform this world for the better,” says LEAF artistic director Ehren Cruz of the festival’s Breaking Ground theme. Artists such as India.Arie, left, and Delvon Lamarr lend their unique voices and visions to the weekendlong festival. India.Arie photo courtesy of the musician; Lamarr photo by Benjamin Hullenkremer when I go to Asheville I feel like, ‘These are my people.’”

India.Arie is currently based in Nashville, which seems a world apart from her previous home bases in New York and Atlanta. Those two cities are both aligned, for different reasons, with

the musician’s soulful sound. But, perhaps surprisingly, it’s Nashville where she has recorded most of her records, including Worthy, released last year.

Afropunk called the raw, emotive and ultimately hopeful collection “a culmination of more than two decades in the

music industry and a self-emancipation from denying her truth a voice,” and India.Arie says the description is accurate. “It’s one of the themes of my life,” she says. “My life is a journey where I’ve internally done the work to increasingly become more self-expressed.”

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As a teenager, she says, she was always the one doing her own thing.

But when she entered the music industry, forces of marketing, branding and media caused her to second-guess herself. Worthy speaks to the process of gaining herself back and “the emancipation from letting anyone else put their truth on you.”

At LEAF, India.Arie hopes to perform a traditional set, including those new songs, as well as what she calls a “Songversation.” The title is both the name of her sixth album and a “guided meditation, sound-bath type thing … so it’s less of a performance and more of a being together, with music.”

Other sonic offerings at spring LEAF include soul, jazz and R&B alchemizers the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio; singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist sisters Larkin Poe; husband-and-wife soul-folk duo The War and Treaty; swamptronica project Dirtwire; and classical-meets-hip-hop outfit Black Violin, among many more.

Beyond bands, look for Unifire Theatre to spin, dance with and eat flames; Imagine Circus to showcase acrobatics, flow arts and aerial dance; and Ka Amorastreya to bring healing and performance art to the Lake Eden grounds.

Dancers can find their groove at a number of contra, technocontra, salsa, zydeco and ecstatic dance sets. And the annual spring LEAF events Southern Fried Poetry Slam and NewSong presents: LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition return to Eden Hall and The Barn, respectively.

It’s likely India.Arie — who says she looks forward to spending time at the festival — takes inspiration from such a wide array of creative influences. “Songs come out of everyday life,” she says. “I let the songs take me where they want to go. Different producers, different cities I want to record in, different instruments I want to try. … Songversations

was recorded in Istanbul. … I don’t ever know where they’re going to take me.”

The musician got her start in Atlanta, where she cut her teeth in the 1990s as artists such as Usher, TLC and Babyface were coming up. Before she signed with a major label, “There were about 20 of us who created our own alternative scene to that scene,” India.Arie says.

That group played their own club and produced their own albums. Her mother made her stage outfits then — and does to this day. Those formative years “helped me to polish myself and know what I wanted,” she says.

These days, one place where India.

Arie is happiest is in her home studio, where she learned to engineer her own vocals. “Being in the studio alone while singing helps me to try different things [and] it helps with the writing,” she says. “I’m naturally an introvert — I especially love to be alone when I’m creating. … The songs get more refined in that process.” X

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EVERY SOUND THERE IS Created in the space of just over six years, The Beatles’ body of work ranks among the most important and influential music ever made. Teachers, friends and students of Asheville Music School come together each year to present a benefit concert, performing one of those albums from start to finish.

This year it’s Revolver, in concert at Isis Music Hall on Thursday, May 2.

The band for the fundraiser is made up mostly of teaching artists. The ninepiece core ensemble features wellknown musicians from the Asheville scene, including Rich Brownstein on keyboards; guitarist Alec Fehl; vocalists Ryan Furstenberg, Kylie Irvin and AMS student Simone Weirich; drummer/percussionist Jon Lauterer; bassist and band director (and AMS Executive Director) Ryan Reardon; and multi-instrumentalists Gabrielle Tee and Matt Williams.

Because Revolver is such an eclectic and deeply textured album, additional musicians are necessary on some tracks. The original version of Paul McCartney’s “Eleanor Rigby” didn’t, in fact, feature any Beatles instrumentation; a string octet arranged and conducted by producer George Martin performed the music on the Revolver track. The AMS benefit show will recreate that ensemble — four violins, two cellos and two violas — with local musicians, including students Ruby Carlson and Jayhawk Reese-Julien.

Similarly, the soul pastiche “Got to Get You Into My Life” — another McCartney number — will feature a five-person horn section, again following the original recording. That group features two students: trumpet player Toby Schuetze and saxophonist Julia Steininger. “We happen to have some

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Asheville Music School benefit takes on The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’

I WANT TO TELL YOU: For the fourth year in a row, Asheville Music School teachers and students dig into The Beatles’ catalog, this time for an all-star performance of the 1966 album Revolver. The benefit concert for AMS happens at Isis Music Hall on May 2. Photo from the 2018 Sgt. Pepper show by Michael Oppenheim really talented students who are up to the challenge of playing Beatles music,” Reardon says.

Alan Civil’s French horn solo on Revolver’s “For No One” will be approached in a slightly different manner. On a break between tours with Michael Bublé, Asheville-based musician Justin Ray will play the solo on flugelhorn.

Mounting a complete album performance is a challenge for any group. This year marks the fourth time an AMS benefit show has centered on a Beatles record. “The first one we did was Abbey Road,” Reardon recalls. “And it kept growing from there: ‘What else is really good?’” For the second annual album concert, the school tackled Magical Mystery Tour. “There are tons of horns and strings on that record, so we could get even more students and more teachers up there and have a 25-piece band,” he says.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, from 1967, was an obvious choice for last year’s show. “We thought, ‘We did Magical Mystery Tour, so how could we not do Sgt. Pepper?’” Reardon says.

Revolver, from ’66, made sense as well: “It’s the perfect middle ground between The Beatles’ early instrumentation and Sgt. Pepper.”

Revolver is often thought of as the first Beatles album to make use of the recording studio as an instrument. The album’s

innovative, experimental nature is evident on tracks as varied as the singalong “Yellow Submarine” and the droning, psychedelic “Tomorrow Never Knows,” a John Lennon composition. And one of three George Harrison songs on the LP, “Love You To” makes extensive use of Indian instruments like tambura, sitar and tabla.

The technology didn’t exist in 1966 to present that kind of complexity onstage at a rock concert, and The Beatles — who ended public performance with an August ’66 set at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park (with the exception of the fraught, impromptu ’69 rooftop concert in London) — didn’t even try.

In fact, none of the Revolver songs were ever played live onstage by the group.

The Asheville musicians will make use of modern technology to bring those textures and sounds to the stage. “The reverse guitar on ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ is tricky, too,” Reardon says. “But Alec has got it really dialed in; he’s found a new pedal that’s going to help with that.”

Proceeds from the benefit concert go toward keeping studio space rental costs affordable for the teachers. “One of our big goals is for these teachers to be able to make a living teaching music,” Reardon says. Funds also support student scholarships and ongoing programs like AMS performances for organizations such as Blue Ridge Group Homes and Asheville Buncombe Community

Christian Ministry’s Veterans Restoration Quarters. Last year’s event raised $22,000; this year’s goal is $25,000.

Reardon sums up the enduring appeal of The Beatles’ music with an example close to home. “A parent at the music school was saying that he’ll listen to his son’s music [choices] sometimes, like when they’re in the car,” he says. “It’s pretty eclectic; there’s modern music, but he says that there’s always some Beatles on the playlist. And I think that’s a testament to the fact that the Beatles were always dedicated to their art and craft, especially starting with Revolver.

They could have made the same [kind of] record over and over, but they didn’t; they went the other way. And it shows.

And like any great art, it’s stood the test of time.” X

WHAT Sound Effects Benefit Concert: AMS Performs The Beatles’ Revolver WHERE Isis Music Hall 743 Haywood Road isisasheville.com WHEN Thursday, May 2, 6 p.m. $15 advance/$18 day of show/ $7 children younger than 12

by Edwin Arnaudin

earnaudin@mountainx.com

QUIET COURAGE Carolyn Crowder and Rod Murphy didn’t know each other before collaborating on At The River: Profiles in Quiet Courage. Now they wouldn’t mind if each new cinematic project they undertake is a joint effort.

The filmmakers’ 11-part documentary profile series about Presbyterian ministers in the Deep South who stood up to racism during the civil rights era — four chapters of which will be screened at the Fine Arts Theatre on Thursday, May 2 — has been a true partnership. For Murphy, a native New Englander who’s lived in Asheville the past 17 years and worked in film production for close to 20, it’s been an education in Southern history, the countless nuances of which he was largely unaware of before the work’s inception.

For Crowder, an author and former psychologist raised in Montgomery, Ala., the process has been a means of reconnecting with her past and paying tribute to the figures who opened her eyes to a world of love and compassion for all people.

“I was raised in a very racist family. My mother was particularly vitriolic, and when I went to Auburn University, Daddy sent me there because he’d gone there and thought that my mind would not be tampered with,” Crowder says. “It was 1965, and the two [ministers] who were at the Presbyterian church in Auburn really moved me forward. ... I was quite radicalized at Auburn.”

After moving to Idaho, Washington and Arizona, Crowder would tell friends about the white ministers speaking out from the pulpit, taking risks and challenging people. “There’s a feeling, I think, in the country that no white Southerner ever did a good thing during the civil rights movement, and I just knew it wasn’t true,” she says.

Crowder later retired to Montreat and realized she was “surrounded by the heroes of the church.” To honor these men and their colleagues, she initially envisioned a book-length project but was advised by a Tucson, Ariz.-based videographer friend that filmed interviews would be the best route. The goal then became to profile the four or five retired ministers she personally knew.

Murphy (recommended to Crowder by local cinematographer Dylan Trivette) arrived on the first day of shooting in late 2015 and soon sensed that more voices were needed to fully realize the project and share this little-

Documentary recounts the work of Presbyterian ministers during the civil rights era

DREAM TEAM: Carolyn Crowder and Rod Murphy are busy editing more than 50 interviews with retired Presbyterian ministers who stood up to racism during the civil rights era. Four profiles will be screened at the Fine Arts Theatre on May 2, and a feature documentary will eventually be released. Photo courtesy of the filmmakers known slice of history. Thanks to wordof-mouth interest via an enthusiastic network of Presbyterian ministers, the duo have since traveled throughout the Carolinas and into Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama, conducting more than 50 interviews.

“I could do 25 more tomorrow just like that,” Crowder says. “Time is of the essence because these guys are elderly.

The oldest guy we interviewed is now 97, and the youngest is about 80. We interviewed one woman who is 101 in Auburn who is the widow of a guy who was in Mississippi, and we’ve lost three since we started.”

Self-funding the project, Crowder says she took a cue from her psychology background and used the same four core questions for each interviewee to draw out their backgrounds, risks taken and motivations for their actions. The responses help paint the stunning circumstances of brave young men in their mid-20s — many of whom are North Carolina natives — who were automatically looked upon as community leaders.

Examples of their daring actions include standing up for a black woman who lost her job, boycotting a summer camp until it was integrated and refusing to preach when Freedom Riders were barred from entering a church. All the while, the Ku

Klux Klan threatened the ministers and their families.

The filmmakers say that while recounting the past in the informal chats at the ministers’ homes or the Heritage Center, the clergymen are modest. Many feel they should have done more, despite the fact that merely speaking out from the pulpit was deemed radical at the time.

“Carolyn has become a big character in it,” Murphy says. “Her story is paralleling their story, and if she wasn’t [adding her personal experiences], I don’t think they would be as comfortable to open up.”

The pair, who have already planned a follow-up film on animal theology and ethics, spend three days a week editing and are nearing completion on the overall project. The plan is to make the 11-part series of 20-minute profiles available for churches and seminaries.

The hundreds of hours of raw footage will go to the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia and Montreat and an 80- to 90-minute film, intended for the general public, will be cut and entered in film festivals.

At the May 2 screening, profiles of Wallace Alston (Auburn, Ala.), Bob Walkup (Starkville, Miss.), Robert Miller (Tuskegee, Ala.) and Eade Anderson (Greenwood, Miss.) will be screened, and Anderson will participate in a post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers. There will also be singalongs with the film’s composer, Asheville-based pianist Aaron Price.

If the event is anything like the previous screenings at White Horse Black Mountain and area churches, the filmmakers expect reactions ranging from rapt silence during the profiles to widespread cathartic weeping at their conclusions. X

WHAT At The River: Profiles in Quiet Courage WHERE The Fine Arts Theatre 36 Biltmore Ave. fineartstheatre.com WHEN Thursday, May 2, 7 p.m. $10

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by Alli Marshall

amarshall@mountainx.com

LIVING THE DREAM

Fian Arroyo shows a collection of fantasy art

“When you buy art from an artist, you’re not just buying art, you’re buying a piece of the artist,” says Weavervillebased illustrator and painter Fian Arroyo. “That’s why sometimes it’s hard for me to part with certain originals of mine for a while because there’s a lot of blood, sweat, tears and cursing out loud that goes into the roller-coaster ride of my art process.”

So, when an art enthusiast purchases one of his prints at Eluvium Brewing, which is close to his house, “I’ll drive over there, meet the person, sign it and make it a special thing,” Arroyo says. For his exhibition Dreaming Between the Lines in the F.W. Gallery at Woolworth Walk — which runs throughout May, with an opening reception on Friday, May 3 — Arroyo will display about 11 new pieces.

“Normally, those would have been put out as I created them, on the online shop or in the galleries,” he says. “But

VISION BOARD: “This is like our own little art bubble,” Fian Arroyo says of the Western North Carolina creative community. “It’s receptive to everybody.” In the 10 years that he’s lived here, he’s focused on his creative work, producing fantasy and surreal paintings and illustrations that are as colorful as they are evocative. Pictured, “Idalia.” Image courtesy of Arroyo I’ve held onto them, so it will be like opening the floodgates.”

Arroyo’s work is fantasy-based, executed in rich colors with storied titles and characters that practically beg for their own graphic novels or animated films.

Though the artist is prolific, his back catalog remains relevant, and some of his earliest fine-art pieces still attract collectors.

Arroyo attributes some of his inspiration to personal stories, such as in the piece “Ring of Faith.” In it, a boy crouches inside a circle of leaves with a white dove on his shoulder. Just beyond that perimeter, a tiger lurks, more protective than menacing. The painting is about the artist’s grandfather who sometimes looked after Arroyo when he was growing up in Puerto Rico. “That was a personal piece,” he says. “I didn’t release it right away.”

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The painting “Dark Rose of the Seven Mountains,” which will be in the Woolworth Walk show, takes its title from a conversation Arroyo had with the daughter of fellow local artist Julie Armbruster. “When she said that, I could envision that in my head,” he says. “I think I started drawing it the next day.

Inspiration can come in many ways.”

(Arroyo is in the collective Murmur Lodge with Armbruster and Rosie Kirby, and the three mount shows together.)

Another piece, “An Eye for an Eye,” in which three fanciful crows, heads bound in loose bandages, each hold a marblelike eyeball in their beaks, was selected this year for both the Infected by Art Vol. 7 book and the Spectrum art awards book.

A print of yet another work, “Keeping a Watchful Eye,” in which an elfin character perches on the back of a griffin-

type creature with the head of a tiger, recently sold to a buyer in Hokkaido, Japan. “[The] cool thing is that I lived there as a kid for three years,” Arroyo posted on Facebook. He describes himself as a military brat who was also based in Panama and all over the U.S. Arroyo’s work is popular at festivals such as Dragon Con and Illuxcon and appears on skateboards. “I’m a skateboarder, and it’s pretty cool to ride my own deck,” he says. “Back when I was a kid, [I wouldn’t have believed] I’d work with Danny Way or Bucky Lasek. … It’s fun to be in that industry.”

It’s not without its challenges, though — besides the deadlines that come with designing for companies, “You’re working with a very limited canvas,” Arrroyo says. And there’s the limitation of the skateboard itself: “Those dimensions — you’re trying to get an idea across and make it work.” Clearly, it does work: X Games champion Moto Shibata rode a deck designed by Arroyo.

The local artist has had a long career in commercial work, designing images for companies such as KFC, Taco Bell, Scholastic and “a lot of Raid bugs.”

“The stuff I do commercially is more humorous, whimsical, polished,” he explains. “The stuff I do for my art is more fantasy, pop, surreal. … It’s more me, it’s what I want to draw.”

And while he maintains his commercial clientele, the creative, personal pieces he sells through his Etsy store and displays at galleries such as Woolworth Walk keep him inspired. So does his Western North Carolina home: Arroyo and his family made the move from Miami a decade ago. Here, “Everyone supports each other,” he says. “I don’t feel any sense of competitiveness.” X

WHO Dreaming Between the Lines WHERE F.W. Gallery at Woolworth Walk 25 Haywood St. woolworthwalk.com WHERE Opening reception Friday, May 3, 5-7 p.m.

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by Edwin Arnaudin | Send your arts news to ae@mountainx.com

Everything Is True, Nothing Is Permitted Reversing the order of a familiar adage, Czech American artist Tom Pazderka’s exhibit Everything Is True, Nothing Is Permitted is described by host Bender Gallery as “a commentary on the developing mores of the 21st century and the age of cyberspace.” Through a process of taking reclaimed wood panels, which he then burns and paints with a mixture of ashes, charcoal, oil and water, Pazderka has crafted a collection of paintings based on found family photos from his youth, images of dictators that spotlight their original vocations and images of smoke clouds from the California wildfires that threatened his studio.

There will be a preview reception for the exhibit on Friday, May 3, 5-8 p.m. The Western Carolina University alum’s creations will be up through Friday, May 31.

Free to attend. bendergallery.com.

Photo of “Anamnesis” courtesy of Pazderka

Polygon Turtles As the world’s oceans continue to be polluted, local artist Nicolas F. Romero has decided to take a stand and help counteract their destruction. He and fellow artists Tarah Singh, Brenna Leigh, Kristen Mode, Alex Stilber, Jo Walter and chrisrodamado are painting a variety of 3D printed polygon turtles, all of which were made using biodegradable polylactide, or PLA, plastics. Fifty percent of sales will be donated to The Ocean Cleanup project, a nonprofit developing advanced technologies to rid the Earth’s seas of plastic. “I am hoping that we can use our talents as artists to help raise awareness and to contribute financially toward a healthier planet for us all,” Romero says. “It may be a little, but every little bit helps.” There will be an opening reception for the exhibit on Saturday, May 4, 6-10 p.m., at the Hazard Inks tattoo/ art studio in Hendersonville. The turtles will be viewable all month. Free to attend. hazardinks.com. Photo by Romero

Hubby Jenkins

Delia Owens Having already achieved best-selling author status with such nonfiction books as Cry of the Kalahari and Secrets of the Savanna about her experiences as a wildlife scientist in Africa, Delia Owens sets her sights on topping the fiction charts with her debut novel, Where the Crawdads Sing. The story takes place in 1969 in the North Carolina coastal town of Barkley Cove and centers on “Marsh Girl” Kya Clark, an orphaned wildling whom wary locals suspect of murdering Chase Andrews. In addition to other widespread praise, reviews of the mystery by Entertainment Weekly and Bustle compare it to Barbara Kingsolver’s works. The Idaho-based Owens will read from her latest work at Malaprop’s on Wednesday, May 8, at 6 p.m. Free to attend. malaprops.com. Author photo by Dawn Marie Tucker

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Ever since the Carolina Chocolate Drops went on hiatus in the mid-2010s, the group’s multiinstrumentalist Hubby Jenkins has been anything but idle. The Brooklyn native and former busker followed bandmate Rhiannon Giddens in her solo endeavors, playing on her albums Tomorrow Is My Turn (2015) and Freedom Highway (2017) as well as helping realize the collection’s songs on tour. Well-versed in old-time American music, Jenkins also makes his share of solo performances, where he focuses on the history of the banjo as an African American blues instrument that found its way into minstrel music and was later appropriated for country and bluegrass. Jenkins brings his vocal and instrumental skills to Isis Music Hall’s main stage on Wednesday, May 8, at 8:30 p.m. $15. isisasheville.com.

Photo by Horatio Baltz

A & E CALENDAR ART AIRING OF THE QUILTS • SA (5/4), 11am-5pm - Airing of the Quilts, exhibition. Information: appwomen.org.

Held at Appalachian Women’s Museum, 100 W. Hometown Place, Sylva ART MOB OPEN HOUSE • TH (5/2), 5-7pm - Art MoB welcomes two new artists, Patricia Sweet, plein air oils, and Phyllis Vaugh, fiber arts. Free to attend.

Held at Art MoB, 124 Fourth Ave. E., Hendersonville BATIK FOR VETERANS • SA (5/4), 1-4pm - Jessica Kaufman teaches techniques from around the world for waxing and dying cotton. Registration: avl.mx/5wq. Free. Held at Waxon Studios, 726 Haywood Road DRAWING WORKSHOP FOR VETERANS • THURSDAYS, 9:30am-12:30pm - Joseph Pearson teaches the four basic steps of drawing. Participants to bring three objects of personal significance. Registration: avl.mx/5wp. Free.

Held at South College, 140 Sweeten Creek Road HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N. Main St., Waynesville, 828-452-

0593, haywoodarts. org/ • SA (5/4), 10am12:30pm - Travel Sketching, class with Haidee Wilson. $35/$30 members.

• SA (5/4), 1-4pm - Paper sculpting, molding and dying demonstration with Caryl Brt. Free to attend.

• SA (5/4), 2-4pm Comic book illustration class with James Lyle. $25/$20 members.

• TU (5/7), 10am-noon - Talk About Art, with Melba Cooper. Free.

• TH (5/9), 10-11:30am - Artist coffee and chat.

Free to attend.

HAYWOOD STREET FRESCO • FR (5/3), 4-5:30pm Presentations by artists about the Haywood Street fresco. Free.

Held at Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. LEICESTER COMMUNITY ART NIGHTS • 1st TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Community art night for children and adults. Free.

Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS SHOW & TELL SPRING POP UP SHOP (PD.) 5/8-19, 10am-8pm @ ASHEVILLE SOCIAL HALL. Shop local/ indie craft, design, and vintage. Opening party

HARVEST HOUSE 205 Kenilworth Road, 828-350-2051 • TUESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - International folk dancing, dances from around the world.

No partner needed.

Info: 828-645-1543.

Free.

• WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm - Intermediate/advanced contemporary line dancing. $5.

LIFE IS LIKE A QUILT...: The 16th annual Shady Ladies Quilt Art Show takes place Friday through Sunday, May 3-5, at the Folkmoot Friendship Center in Waynesville.

Nine patch quilt squares created by the Shady Ladies combine to create this year’s raffle quilt titled “Confetti.” Tickets can be purchased from any Shady Lady for $1 each or 6 for $5 with the proceeds benefiting the Pigeon Street Multicultural Development Center. Photo courtesy of Shady Ladies quilters (p. 43)

5/9, 6-9pm w/ Bhramari beer, Bread & Butter Co. bites, dj, and fairy hair. showandtellpopupshop. com. 81 Broadway St. 28801 FIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm Downtown Asheville First Friday Art Walks with more than 25 galleries within a half mile radius of historic downtown Asheville. Free to attend. Held at Downtown Asheville SHADY LADIES QUILT ART SHOW • FR (5/3) through SU (5/5) - Shady Ladies quilt art show, with over 100 quilts exhibited. Fri. & Sat.: 10am-5pm. Sun.: noon-4pm. $5. Held at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS 'BYE BYE BIRDIE' AUDITIONS • SA (5/4), 10am-3pm & SU (5/5), 1-3pm - Bye Bye Birdie, auditions.

Information: casting@ hendersonvilletheatre.org or hendersonvilletheatre. org. Held at Hendersonville Community Theatre, 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville 'BROAD SENSE' • Through MO (6/3) Submissions accepted for Broad Sense, site specific time-based experimental performance art and dinner event. Information: revolveavl.org.

MADISON PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE • Through WE (5/15) Proposals accepted for a

permanent piece of artwork for the Madison Manufacturing Public Art Park.

Information: bit.ly/2Zy6fPq. Held at Town and Mountain Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave. WHITE SQUIRREL PHOTO CONTEST • Through (5/17) - White squirrel photo contest.

Information: 828-884-2787 or tcarts@comporium.net.

Held at Transylvania Community Arts Council, 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard

DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT BALLROOM DANCE (PD.) Wave Dance Studio has a Friday Night Ballroom Dance every other Friday.

7-8:30pm. $10/person. May 3rd is FREE and will include a pro performance by our

Competing Professional Instructors/Owners, Jake and Meghan Lavender.

LEARN TO DANCE! (PD.) Ballroom • Swing • Waltz • Salsa • Wedding • Two-Step • Special Events.

Lessons, Workshops, Classes and Dance Events in Asheville. Certified instructor. Contact Richard for information: 828-333-0715. naturalrichard@mac.com • www.DanceForLife.net ASHEVILLE BUTOH FESTIVAL • TH through SU until (5/5) - 13th Annual Asheville Butoh Festival. Performances featuring Constance Humphries, Yuko Kaseki, Jenni Cockrell and Mari Osanai. Workshops by Yuko Kaseki and Mari Osanai. See website for schedule and tickets. $20/$18 students & seniors/$40 workshops.

LINE DANCING PARTY • SA (5/4), 2:30-5:30pm - Line Dancing Party open to all dancers and non-dancers. $10.

Held at Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB • SA (5/4), 6pm Mother's Day themed dance. Advanced dance at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm. Plus squares and rounds at 7:30pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS SOUND SHOP (PD.) Wednesdays 6pm.

Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/class.

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ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm - Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. BLUE RIDGE ORCHESTRA blueridgeorchestra. com • WE (5/1), 7-9:30pm - Open rehearsal.

Free. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane • SA (5/4) & SU (5/5), 3pm - May Masters, concert showcasing works by Copland and Brahms. $15/$5 students. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium at UNC Asheville, 300 Library Lane COUNTRY ROYALTY: HANK WILLIAMS AND PATSY CLINE • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/12) - Country Royalty: Hank Williams and Patsy Cline, tribute. Wed. & Thur.: 2 & 7pm, Fri.: 8pm, Sat.: 2 & 8pm, Sun: 2pm.

Tickets: 828-693-0731, toll-free 866-737-8008 or flatrockplayhouse. org. $25-$60. Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock FIRST MONDAYS CONCERT SERIES • 1st MONDAYS, 12:30pm - Community concert series. Free.

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A & E CA L E N DA R HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY BAND • SU (5/5), 3pm - Hendersonville Community Band with Blue Ridge Symphonic Brass, concert. $10. Held at Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 49 E Campus Drive, Flat Rock MUSIC ON MURDOCK • SU (5/5), 2pm - Jewish Jazz featuring Steve Lowe, clarinet, and Daniel Weiser, piano, exploring the connections between Klezmer and Jazz. $30 at the door/$25 in advance.

Held at Congregation Beth Israel, 229 Murdock Ave. REUTER CENTER SINGERS SPRING CONCERTS • SA (5/4), 7pm & SU (5/5), 3pm - Reuter Center Singers spring concert. Free.

Held at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, 1 Campus View Road ROCK AND ROLL TRUTH MUSIC FEST • FR (5/3), 5:30pm & SA (5/4), 4:30pm - Proceeds from this live music festival

featuring 12 local rock bands and local food trucks benefit the Blue Ridge Humane Society. $15. Held at The Artisan of Flat Rock, 5 Highland Park Road, East Flat Rock SILVER TRAVIS BAND • TH (5/2), 6:30pm Sunset Series: Silver Travis Band, outdoor concert in the Peterson Ampitheater. $10. Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon WOMANSONG OF ASHEVILLE • MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Community chorus rehearsals open to potential members. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD BANNED BOOK CLUB • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Banned Book Club. Free to attend.

Held at Blue Ridge Books,

428 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 828-586-9499, citylightsnc.com • SA (5/4), 6:30pm - Kim Michele Richardson presents her book, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Free to attend.

• SU (5/5), 1pm - George Ellison presents his book, Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography. Free to attend.

DEAR SATYR • WE (5/1), 7pm - Dear Satyr, an evening of erotic spoken word and performance in celebration of Beltane. $10. Held at Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive, #179 FIRESTORM BOOKS & COFFEE 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115, firestorm.coop • First SUNDAYS, 5pm - Political prisoners letter writing. Free to attend.

• TU (5/7), 6pm - Jenny Brown presents her book, Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work. Free to attend.

FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library. hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club.

Free.

• 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:30pm - Writers' Guild.

Free.

Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops. com • WE (5/1), 6pm - Jessica Handler presents her book, The Magnetic Girl, in conversation with Charles Frazier. Free to attend.

• WE (5/1), 7pm - Discussion of Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum. Free to attend.

• TH (5/2), 6pm - Stephen Nachmanovitch presents his book, The Art of Is. Free to attend.

• SU (5/5), 3pm - Monthly poetry event includes: Nickole Brown, author of To Those Who Were Our First Gods, Jessica Jacobs, author of Take Me With You, Wherever You're Going and Robert Lee Kendrick, author of What Once Burst With Brilliance. Free to attend.

• MO (6/6), 6pm - Dr. Anna Garrett presents her book, Perimenopause: The Savvy Sister's Guide to Hormone Harmony. Free to attend.

• MO (5/6), 7pm - May’s pick is Erratic Facts by Kay Ryan. Free to attend.

• TU (5/7), 6pm - Justin Gardiner presents his book, Beneath the Shadow: Legacy and Longing in the Antarctic.

Free to attend.

• TU (5/7), 7pm - Discussion on topics of current interest including war and peace, the economy, the environment and other hot political issues. Free to attend.

• WE (5/8), 6pm - Delia Owens presents his book, Where the Crawdads Sing. Free to attend.

• TH (5/9), 6pm - Brian Panowich presents his book, Like Lions. Free to attend.

NC WRITERS' NETWORK • TH (5/2), 6:30-8pm - The Writer’s Life – Encouraging Ourselves, and

Others. Free to attend.

Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS • THURSDAYS, noon1pm - General meeting.

Information: 828-3294190. Free to attend.

Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road QUEER BOOK CLUB FOR NEW & YOUNG ADULTS • 1st TUESDAYS, 5:30pm - Queer Book Club for New and Young Adults, ages 14-24. May reading: Check, Please! bk. 1 by Ngozi Ukazu. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa UN-JOURNALING WORKSHOP • WEDNESDAYS (5/1) through (5/15), 10-11:30am - Un-Journaling, workshop to review journals and gather material for potential use in memoirs. Registration: HCPRD.com. $30. Held at Henderson County Parks and Recreation Center, 708 S. Grove St., Hendersonville WOMEN IN LIVELY DISCUSSION BOOK CLUB • TU (5/7), 6:30pm - WILD Book club this month's reading Swimming

Between Worlds by Elaine Neil Orr. Free to attend. Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave., #101 WRITERS AT WOLFE WITH BRUCE JOHNSON • TH (5/9), 5:30-7pm Writers at Wolfe Series: "Tom, Scott and Zelda," presentation by Bruce Johnson. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 North Market St.

THEATER 'ALONG ABOUT SUNDOWN' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/18) - Along About Sundown, musical.

Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 3pm. Reservations: parkwayplayhouse. com. $24/$13 kids. Held at Parkway Playhouse, Burnsville 'GUYS AND DOLLS, JR.' • FRIDAY through SUNDAY (5/3) until (5/5) - Guys and Dolls, Jr., musical by the youth production class of ACT. Fri.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2:30pm. $7. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. 'MOMENTS WITH PAUL' • SU (5/5), 7pm Moments with Paul, one-man theatrical

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performance about the life of Paul Robeson. $15/$12 advance. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Rd, Black Mountain 'NEWSIES' • THURSDAY through SATURDAY (5/2) until (5/4) - Newsies, performed by seniors in the Hendersonville High School theater department. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sat.: 4pm. $10.

Held at Hendersonville High School, 1 Bearcat Blvd., Hendersonville 'OLEANNA' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (5/3) until (5/12) - Oleanna. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $20/$15 students and youth. Held at Hendersonville Community Theatre, 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville 'STONES IN HIS POCKETS' • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (5/19) - Stones in His Pockets, dark comedy.

Wed.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. Saturday matinees on May 11 and 18, 2pm. $17-$36/$10 students.

Held at NC Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane

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BARN BORNE: A two-person, mixed media exhibition called Dissolution, featuring the collaborative works of Seth Clark and Jason Forck, opens with a reception Thursday, May 2 from 5-8 p.m. Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Dissolution is the result of a one-year, Idea Furnace residency at Pittsburgh Glass Center. Photo courtesy of Momentum Gallery.

ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY • Senior art exhibition featuring the work of eight students graduating with degrees in the visual arts.

April 24-May 10 79 Cascade St, Mars Hill ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART • The Color of Rain, exhibition featuring the paintings of Cheryl Keefer.

Reception: Friday, May 3, 5-8pm.

May 1-May 31 82 Patton Ave. AVENUE M • Eye to Eye and Heart to Heart, drawings and paintings by Jared Massanari.

May 7-May 31 791 Merrimon Ave. BENDER GALLERY • Everything is True, Nothing is Permitted, solo exhibition of ash and charcoal paintings by Tom Pazderka.

Reception: Friday, May 3, 5-8pm.

May 3-May 31 29 Biltmore Ave. BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS • Becoming Whole: A Study of Art and Healing, exhibition of works focused on mental health curated

by The Black Mountain Counseling Center.

April 12-May 10 225 W. State St., Black Mountain CARL SANDBURG HOME NHS • Let a Joy Keep You, exhibition of Henderson county youth art.

April 17-May 22 1800 Little River Road, Flat Rock FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER • Domestic Blissss, exhibition featuring the artwork of Connie Bostic, Brenda Coates, Linda Larsen, Marya Roland and Alice Sebrell.

April 27-May 26

850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain

May 2-June 22 24 North Lexington Ave.

FLOW GALLERY • Light 'Em Up, exhibition of lamps and lighting fixtures from seven artists in a variety of mediums.

April 19-May 17 14 South Main St., Marshall

ODD'S CAFE • Allowed in the House, exhibition of paintings by Nicolette Leigh Yates.

May 2-May 31 800 Haywood Road

FOLK ART CENTER • Exhibition of works from Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts program graduates. Reception: Saturday, May 4, 3-5pm.

May 5-June 2 MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway GRACE CHURCH IN THE MOUNTAINS • Icons in Transformation, traveling exhibition featuring work by Ludmila Pawlowska.

April 28-May 26 394 N. Haywood St., Waynesville GREEN SAGE CAFE - WESTGATE • Breathless, exhibition of underwater photography by John Highsmith.

April 17-May 22 70 Westgate Parkway HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL • Elemental, exhibition of wood, metal, glass, fiber and clay art. Reception: Friday, May 3, 6-9pm.

May 3-June 1 86 N. Main St., Waynesville MARK BETTIS STUDIO & GALLERY • 828, exhibition of works by five local artists with over 50 8x8 works.

April 13-May 11 123 Roberts St. MOMENTUM GALLERY • Dissolution, two-person, mixed media exhibition featuring works by Seth Clark and Jason Forck. Reception: Thursday, May 2, 5-8pm.

OVER EASY CAFE • Mer, group art exhibition curated

by Justine Briggs. Reception: Friday, May 3, 6-8pm.

May 3-May 31 32 Broadway St. REVOLVE • My Place, or Yours?, collaborative works of over 18 artists curated by Cara Hagen.

April 17-May 22 821 Riverside Drive, #179 SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM • Infused in History, exhibition regarding tea and tea history.

April 24-May 22 283 Victoria Road TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY • Upstate, exhibition of photographs

by Tema Stauffer.

April 12-May 10 188 Coxe Ave. YMI CULTURAL CENTER • Examine the Past, Create the Future, exhibition of works by Joan E. Gardner and Alvin C. Jacobs.

Reception: Friday, May 3, 6-8pm.

April 30-May 28 39 South Market St. ZAPOW! • May The Fourth Be With You, exhibition of space related art by local artists. Reception: Saturday, May 4, 7-9pm.

April 19-May 22 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101

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TOUGH CALL: After a four year hiatus, thrash-metal outfit Skeletonwitch returned with a new lead singer and a new studio album, Devouring Radiant Light. “Still heavy but newly heady, [the album] features their most vivid music to date,” Pitchfork says of the effort. “It is a triumph of making the right decisions, however hard or unpopular they may seem.” Soft Kill, Wiegedood and Portrayal of Guilt open for Skeletonwitch at The Mothlight on Thursday, May 9, at 8 p.m. $16 advance/$18 day of show. themothlight.com. Photo by Nico Poalillo

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis, 8:00PM ALLEY CAT WINE BAR Karoake w/ Kitty Savage, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Chili Slaw Sessions with Tom Kirschbaum & Friends, 6:00PM BYWATER Open Can of Jam, 9:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM CROW & QUILL Black Sea Beat Society (Balkan, Turkish party band), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ Vaden Landers Band + DJ, 9:00PM FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesday, 6:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 The Hollands! CD Release, 7:00PM Jeff Mix & The Songhearts, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM LIPINSKY AUDITORIUM AT UNC ASHEVILLE Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal, 7:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:00PM

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LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Ombient, Juan Garces & Pallid Mask, 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Family Vision w/ Cheap Studs, Crystalline & Alex Brown, 9:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30PM sign up), 8:00PM

TOWN PUMP Open mic with David, 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Rocky River Nightmare Band, Uncle Kurtis (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Ton Of Hay, 7:30PM PULP Galena w/ Tongues of Fire, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Get Weird Wednesdays: Electronic collaboration (jam), 9:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Knotty G's, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Asheville's Most Wanted Funk Bandits, Kazz & Unk, 8:00PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque ChamberFolk w/ The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE The Pimps of Pompe, 6:00PM

UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, MAY 2 ARCHETYPE BREWING Canned Heat Vinyl Night, 5:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & the Space Cooties, 7:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Jeff Austin Band w/ Front Country, 10:00PM

FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Dave Desmelik, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Thursday Night blues w/ The Patrick Dodd Trio, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Sound Effects Benefit Concert – AMS Performs The Beatles’ Revolver, 6:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND ‘80s INVASION (‘80s dance party), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM

BEN'S TUNE UP SakeOke (karaoke), 8:00PM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Franck Martin, 9:00PM

BYWATER Open Electric Country Jam hosted by John Duncan, 7:00PM

ODDITORIUM Party Foul Weekly Drag, 9:00PM

CALYPSO DJ Red Iyah & The Mete (Caribbean beats), 6:00PM CROW & QUILL Pleasure Chest, 8:00PM Big Dawg Slingshots, 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN OLD GOLD w/ DJ Jasper (killer rock n' soul vinyl), 10:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Record Prophets w/ KISMET, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST West Side Funk Jam 9:00PM PACK’S TAVERN Steve Moseley Duo 8:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S QWAM, Harriers of Discord, Fantomex, 9:00PM

PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic hosted by Cody Hughes, 9:00PM

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Late Ones w/ Chalwa, 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Todd Hoke, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE AshevilleDrum&Base Collective presents Sam Binga, 10:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM THE BARRELHOUSE Ter-rific Trivia, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Chicken Coop Willaye, 6:00PM Captain Beyond w/ The Asound, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings (rock n' roll), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT King Dude w/ Kate Clover, Maggot Heart & Delphine Coma DJ set, 9:00PM THE WINE AND OYSTER Chris Titchner, 8:00PM THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM Stomp, 7:30PM ZAMBRA Kessler Watson Trio (jazz), 8:00PM

FRIDAY, MAY 3 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Jesse Barry & The Jam, 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Worthwhile Sounds Presents: John Paul White with Erin Rae, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Vince Junior Band (refreshingly soulful blues), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Cane Mill Road, 10:00PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz trio), 7:00PM

THIS WEEK AT AVL MUSIC HALL & THE ONE STOP!!!

BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Scott Bianchi & Paul Edelman, 8:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Rooster, 7:00PM CORK & KEG The Gypsy Swingers, 8:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Rock n' Soul Obscurities w/ Wild Vinyl DJ, 10:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Wussy Mag Presents: Night of 1000 Boogers (drag), 9:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT The Asheville Shellac Bash, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING 10th & Groove feat. Brett Rock w/ Captain EZ, 9:00PM

EXPLOREASHEVILLE. COM ARENA AT U.S. CELLULAR CENTER ASHEVILLE Tame Impala, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Kaizen (Jeff Sipe - drums, Mike Barnes - guitar, Mark McDaniel), 9:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S Hard Rocket, Egg Eaters, Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Eleanor & Friends, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Aaron Burdett, 8:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Appalachian Renegades (rock, blues), 8:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Jim James presents: Uniform Distortion w/ Amo Amo, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Randy Flack (guitar, singersongwriter), 1:45PM PACK’S TAVERN DJ Satch, 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Nick Gonnering, 6:30PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY 25th Anniversary Party, 3:00PM HISTORIC BURKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE LAWN Morganton TGIF Summer Concert Series, 6:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Andrew Thelston Band, 8:00PM RUSTIC GRAPE WINE BAR Thomas Kozak, 7:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Rebecca Folsom, 7:00PM Queen Bee & the Honeylovers, 8:30PM

SALVAGE STATION Mountain Sports Festival Going Away Party, 5:00PM The Super 60's, 8:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Well Drinkers, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Resonant Rogues, 8:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Hot n' Nasty (rock n' soul vinyl) w/ DJ Hissy Cruise, 10:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Dave Miles, 6:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hillbilly Diamonds, 6:30PM

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Unpaid Bill and the Bad Czechs, 8:00PM

Jeff Austin Band Record Prophets w/ Front Country

THU, 5/2 - SHOW: 10pm (DOORS: 9pm) - adv. $15

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Whiskeyhickon Boys, 7:00PM

NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Travelin' Kine, 5:30PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam acoustic, 5:30PM

CROW & QUILL Vendetta Creme (Early 1900s Cabaret), 9:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Japanese Breakfast w/ Eternal Sunshine, 9:00PM

w/ Kismet

THE WINE AND OYSTER Patricio, 8:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Peter Mulvey w/ special guest John Smith, 7:00PM Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley with Hank, Pattie and the Current, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Big Dawg Slingshots, 9:00PM

URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. SOUTH SLOPE De' Rumba Dance Party w/ DJ Malinalli, 9:00PM

LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy Night: Dan Boulger, 9:00PM LAKE JULIAN PARK Rock the Dock, 11:00AM LAZY DIAMOND Saturday Swing-a-ling w/ DJs Arieh & Chrissy, 10:00PM LIPINSKY AUDITORIUM AT UNC ASHEVILLE Blue Ridge Orchestra presents May Masters: works

by Copland and Bach, 3:00PM

SAT. MAY 8, 4-8PM DERBY COCKTAILS BEST HAT/ OUTFIT CONTEST

WEST

SATURDAY, MAY 4

ASHEVILLE

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys, 9:00PM

520 HAYWOOD RD

AUX BAR DJ Nex Millen (dance party), 11:00PM AMBROSE WEST The Asheville Shellac Bash III, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step followed by Hard Rocket Birthday Celebration, 5:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL The Crystal Method, 10:00PM CROW & QUILL Firecracker Jazz Band, 9:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM

Wed. 5/1

7:30pm- Ton of Hay

Thu. 5/2

9pm- West Side Funk Jam $3 Selected Pints

Fri. 5/3

9pm- Kaizen (Jeff Sipe, Mike Barnes, & Mark McDaniel)

Sat. 5/4

8pm- Beer 4 Boobs benefit Dance Party w/ DJs Marley Carroll & Brandon Audette

Mon. 5/6

8:30pm- Jazz Jam

Tue. 5/7

8pm- FLOW feat.

Futexture, Cut Rugs, Scripta

FLEETWOOD'S Rye Baby, The Dirty Dutch Trio & The Disposables, 5:00PM

FUNKATORIUM Cymatic, 8:00PM

Dirty Dead

THU, 5/2 - SHOW: 10pm FRI, 5/3 - SHOW: 10pm FRI, 5/3 - SHOW: 10pm Ca$h donation$ @ DOOR (DOORS: 9pm) - $5 sugg . dos . Ca$h donation$ @ DOOR

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GINGER'S REVENGE Hunter Grigg Live, 2:30PM

Local SATURDAY MAY 18:

$3 Select Pints All Day!

FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY The Everydays, 7:00PM

Cane Mill Road

SEARSUCKERS, FLOP HATS, & FANCINESS: A DERBY AFFAIR

24 BUXTON AVE • SOUTH SLOPE URBANORCHARDCIDER.COM

The Crystal Method

Uncle Kurtis & Friends

First Saturdays with

Ethan Heller

SAT, 5/4 - SHOW: 10pm (DOORS: 9pm) - adv. $20

SAT, 5/4 - SHOW: 6pm (DOORS: 5pm) - $5 @ DOOR

SAT, 5/4 - SHOW: 10pm Ca$h donation$ @ DOOR

& the Jam Fam

Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia - 6:30pm

FRI

disclaimer comedy - 9:30pm

THU

Tuesday Night Funk Jam - 11pm Turntable Tuesday - 10pm

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UPCOMING SHOWS: 5/9 - Con Brio w/ April B. & The Cool • 5/10 - Galactic’s own Shamarr Allen w/ Ashley Heath and Her Heathens • 5/11 - Dr. Bacon w/ Metaphonia • 5/17 - Zebbler Encanti Experience w/ Black Carl & Zeplinn • 5/24 - Soohan + An-ten-nae

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COMING SOON WED 5/1

5:45PM–LAWN SERIES: THE HOT CLUB OF ASHEVILLE

7:00PM–THE HOLLANDS! CD RELEASE 8:30PM–JEFF MIX & THE SONGHEARTS W/ THE TRIPPIN’ HARDIE BOYS

THU 5/2 6:00PM–SOUND EFFECTS BENEFIT CONCERTAMS PERFORMS THE BEATLES’ REVOLVER

FRI 5/3 7:00PM–REBECCA FOLSOM 8:30PM–QUEEN BEE & THE HONEYLOVERS“ASHEVILLE” ALBUM RELEASE PARTY ENCORE

SAT 5/4 7:00PM–PETER MULVEY W/ SPECIAL GUEST JOHN SMITH

ODDITORIUM The Atomic Bitchwax, Conan, Delicious, Temptations Wings (Metal), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL First Saturdays w/ Uncle Kurtis & Friends, 5:00PM Ethan Heller & The Jam Fam, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Beer 4 Boobs Benefit Dance Party: May The Floor Be With You, 8:00PM ORANGE PEEL May the 4th Be With You Part w/ The F**king Pantera Cover Band, Black Demise & 8 Vacant Graves, 8:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Dollars Brothers & Southbound, 1:00PM

HANK, PATTIE & THE CURRENT 8:30PM–ROB ICKES AND TREY HENSLEY WITH HANK, PATTIE AND THE CURRENT SUN 5/5 6:00PM–GABRIELLE STRAVELLI 7:30PM–THE BELLE HOLLOWS AND ZACH AND MAGGIE WHITE

TUE 5/7 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS HOSTED BY THE DARREN NICHOLSON BAND

WED 5/8 5:45PM–MUSIC ON THE LAWN: FWUIT

7:00PM–A MYSTICAL EVENING W/ WOVEN GREEN 8:30PM–HUBBY JENKINS

THU 5/9 5:45PM–MUSIC ON THE LAWN: FWUIT 7:00PM–ACOUSTIC EIDOLON

FRI 5/10 7:00PM–BRIAN ASHLEY JONES

(DUO WITH PERCUSSIONIST RICHIE JONES)

8:30PM–JOSEPHINE COUNTY

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UNC-ASHEVILLE REUTER CENTER Reuter Center Singers Spring Concerts, 7:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY May The 4th Be With You: Taproot Music Camp Scholarship Benefit Show, 3:00PM URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. SOUTH SLOPE Searsuckers, Flop Hats and Fanciness: A Derby Affair, 4:00PM WHISTLE HOP BREWING CO. Chicken Coop Willaye Trio, 5:00PM YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM

SUNDAY, MAY 5 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Roots & Dore, 7:00PM AMBROSE WEST Worthwhile Sounds Presents: Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan, 8:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM

PACK’S TAVERN Flashback!, 9:30PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:30PM

RECLAIM MADISON: SALVAGE & HARDWARE A Night at ReClaim: Madison MayFest, 6:00PM

BEN'S TUNE UP Good Vibe Sundays w/ DJ Oso Rey (reggae), 3:00PM Good Vibe Sundays w/ The Dub Kartel, 6:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Jerry Garcia Band Cover Band (JGBCB), 9:00PM

BYWATER Sunday Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Ross Osteen Band, 8:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Danny Feedback, Sane Voids, Mr. Mange, 9:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Roots and Dore Band, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE CommUNITY Salsa/ Latin Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes, 9:30PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Helping Hands Benefit: Howie's All Star Review, 3:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Ex Hex w/ Feels & Minorcan, 8:30PM

CORK & KEG Sunday Matinee: Lightnin' Wells, 3:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TIM O, 10:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Brunch w/ Gary Macfiddle, 11:00AM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Island to Highland Reggae Showcase, 1:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Gabrielle Stravelli, 6:00PM The Belle Hollows w/ Zach & Maggie White, 7:30PM

THE WINE AND OYSTER Juniper 9, 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 3:00PM Game of Thrones (screening, food, costume contest), 9:00PM

TWISTED LAUREL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 11:00PM

JARGON Sunday Blunch Live Music: Vollie McKenzie, 11:00AM

LAZY DIAMOND Punk Night w/ DJ Chubberbird, 10:00PM LIPINSKY AUDITORIUM AT UNC ASHEVILLE Blue Ridge Orchestra May Masters: Works

by Copland & Bach, 3:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Heavy Temple, Ecstatic Vision, Nest (metal), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Tom Morello, 8:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Rockabilly's & Tru Blu, 1:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Midnight North, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Trio de Janeiro, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Cinco De Dirty Muerte w/ The Dirty Dead, 4:00PM Sly Grog Open Open Mic, 6:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Burlesque Brunch, 1:00PM UNCA Jazz Jam, 4:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Open Jam, 6:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Tools on Stools, 3:00PM THE GREY EAGLE The Music of Bob Marley for Kids, 12:00PM Night Beats w/ Cosmonauts & Shaken Nature, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT UNC Asheville Student Jazz and Contemporary Music Ensembles, 12:00PM UNC-ASHEVILLE REUTER CENTER Reuter Center Singers Spring Concerts, 3:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, 8:00PM

MONDAY, MAY 6 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Sound Club, 7:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 5:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the Round, 5:30PM

TAVERN Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 15 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night THE SUNDAY SOCIAL LUB C IC ON THE P MUS ATIO @ 4:30PM

THU. 5/2

DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim-O, 10:00PM

Steve Moseley Duo

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7:30PM Open Mic, 9:30PM

FRI. 5/3

LOBSTER TRAP Dave Desmelik, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP In Flight, 8:00PM

(acoustic rock)

DJ Satch

(dance hits, pop)

SAT. 5/4 Flashback!

(rock, dance, party tunes)

ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque hosted by Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING Open Mic Night (7:30 Sign Up), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST Jazz Mondays hosted

by Ray Ring & Jason DeCristofaro, 8:30PM

20 S. Spruce St. • 225.6944 packStavern.com

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays Open Jam, 6:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic w/ It Takes All Kinds, 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Hey Guy, Her Pilots & Tail Light Rebellion, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Oh Yes She Did! An All Female Comedy Showcase, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Jamestown Revival w/ Cordovas, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson (gypsy jazz), 9:00PM

TUESDAY, MAY 7 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys, 9:00PM

YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Evening of Classical Guitar - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 8:00PM

ZAMBRA Cynthia McDermott Trio (gypsy jazz), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM

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GAME FACE: The nonprofit Beer City Sisters, Abbey of All Souls will host a quirky popup game show at the 27 Club with proceeds supporting fellow local nonprofit Youth OUTRight. The interactive “Family Feud” style gameshow, “The Sister Show,” includes the Beer City Sisters in their signature clown-nun drag, with many shenanigans planned for the audience. The show, hosted by local drag star Wilma Holeburn, takes place on Friday, May 10, at 9:30 p.m. $10. avl.mx/5yj. Photo courtesy of the Beer City Sisters

UPCOMING SHOWS: DOORS 7PM

MAY 3

WORTHWHILE SOUNDS PRESENTS:

SHOW 8PM

JOHN PAUL WHITE

MAY 3

MAY 4

THE ASHEVILLE SHELLAC BASH III

SHOW 8PM

DOORS 7PM

WORTHWHILE SOUNDS PRESENTS:

SHOW 8PM

W/ ERIN RAE

DOORS 7PM

MAY 5

DOORS 8PM

MAY 10

MAY 5

FARWELL CONCERT FOR JORDAN OKREND EXPERIENCE

SHOW 9PM

JOSH BLAKE'S ACOUSTIC BAND "NOTHING'S IN THE WAY"

SHOW 8PM

W/ JAMIE BERLYN & FRIENDS

DOORS 7PM

MAY 16

MARY LATTIMORE & MAC MCCAUGHAN

MAY 4

ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

MAY 10

MAY 16

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BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Trivia Night, 6:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions hosted by The Darren Nicholson Band, 7:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Jackson Grimm & Friends, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST FLOW ft. Futexture, Cut Rugs & Scripta, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Team Trivia w/ Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing AVL Tuesday Dance w/ Community Jazz Jam lead by James Posedel, 9:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Noiz Oasis w/ DJ Salty Stax (post-punk vinyl), 10:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Ayla Nereo w/Elijah Ray & Handmade Moments, 7:30PM

LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson (gypsy jazz), 9:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Open Jam, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Free Open Mic Comedy, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Turntable Tuesday, 10:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Jam, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis, 8:00PM ALLEY CAT WINE BAR Karoake w/ Kitty Savage, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Bity City Blues Jam with host Chicago Don, 8:00PM BYWATER Open Can of Jam, 9:00PM CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Open Mic hosted by Clint Bussey, 8:00PM

CROW & QUILL Black Sea Beat Society, 9:00PM

THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Rat Alley Cats, 6:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ live honky-tonk band + DJ, 9:00PM

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THURSDAY, MAY 9 ARCHETYPE BREWING Canned Heat Vinyl Night, 5:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Jody Carroll (deep roots and blues, 8:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP SakeOke (karaoke), 8:00PM BYWATER Open Electric Country Jam hosted by John Duncan, 7:00PM CALYPSO DJ Red Iyah & The Mete (Caribbean beats), 6:00PM DOUBLE CROWN OLD GOLD w/ DJ Jasper (killer rock n' soul vinyl), 10:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Ben Saylor, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM

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Avengers: Endgame HHHHS DIRECTOR: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo PLAYERS: Brie Larson, Josh Brolin, Robert Downey Jr. ACTION/ADVENTURE RATED PG-13

Ask Dr. Ruth HHHHS DIRECTOR: Ryan White PLAYERS: Ruth Westheimer DOCUMENTARY RATED NR The new documentary Ask Dr. Ruth doesn’t ask you to put aside everything you think you know about sex therapist Ruth Westheimer since her public persona isn’t too far from the truth. But director Ryan White (The Case Against 8) does need you to push your assumptions to one side and make room on your Dr. Ruth shelf for a whole lot of details about which you had no idea.

And if you’re one of those people who have long dismissed Dr. Ruth as something of a joke — well, I can’t say, “Shame on you,” since shame is an emotion the good doctor rejects, but at least pay attention.

Westheimer is something of an amalgam of the two roughly contemporary cultural icons that were enshrined in equally excellent documentaries in 2018. As a woman, she’s a pioneer in her field, fighting for feminist values (with a supportive husband) like Ruth Bader Ginsburg of RBG. And as an entertainer, she wraps serious topics into a popularly accessible broadcast package, like Fred Rogers of Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

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viewers are unlikely to have the personal investment common with Justice Ginsburg and Mr. Rogers. That’s probably true even if they recall Westheimer at her peak in the 1980s and ’90s — talking sex on her ubiquitous radio and TV programs, or appearing as a guest on other chat shows. But the film is nonetheless powerful in its own way, particularly recounting Westheimer’s escape from the Holocaust, which wiped out her family.

In addition to a surprising number of period photographs, the filmmakers have created some lovely computer animation (in a hand-drawn, watercolor style) to dramatize moments in Westheimer’s past, and the segments are quite effective. An ample number of spot-on interviews with friends, family and associates from more recent decades fill out the picture.

But of course, the star throughout is the fearless, funny Dr. Ruth herself, whether in the footage shot for the film around her 90th birthday in 2018 or in archival clips.

As Ask Dr. Ruth makes clear, there has never been anyone quite like Dr. Ruth Westheimer and there isn’t likely to be again.

Starts May 3 at the Fine Arts Theatre REVIEWED BY BRUCE STEELE BCSTEELE@GMAIL.COM

After 21 films in 11 years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it culminates with Avengers: Endgame.

The film takes place in the immediate wake of 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War with megavillain Thanos (Josh Brolin) having wiped out half of Earth’s population and the original Avengers — Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans), Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) — seeking to bring back their fallen comrades by any means necessary.

Along with surviving supporting players Nebula (Karen Gillan), James Rhodes/ War Machine (Don Cheadle) and Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), plus new old ally Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), our heroes embark upon an ambitious quest to achieve the improbable.

In the spirit of this unified effort, three brave Xpress movie reviewers now assemble and showcase their own skill sets in the name of world peace and quality criticism.

— Edwin “Turn Signal” Arnaudin

REVIEWED BY IAN “SNACKEYE” CASSELBERRY IANCASS@GMAIL.COM

HHHHS Fans of the MCU get the ideal series finale with Avengers: Endgame. Is it “perfect”? That might depend on who your favorite characters are, satisfaction with how their storylines play out or whether you think they got enough screen time in this three-hour epic.

But if you’ve been following along all this time, through the 21 movies of the most ambitious film series ever attempted, this ending will feel just right. Don’t worry — no spoilers.

Everyone who sees this movie should experience each of its revelations on his or her own terms.

The narrative doesn’t follow the path you might expect coming out of Avengers: Infinity War, and where our heroes now find themselves in light of Thanos eliminating half of the universe’s population with a snap of his fingers could amuse, surprise or even offend you.

However, directors Joe and Anthony Russo (with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who probably haven’t received as much praise as they deserve) carry the foundational icons of this long, multifaceted adventure to their rightful ends. Think

about how the MCU began with 2008’s Iron Man and what it became four years later with The Avengers. Where it goes with Endgame is true to these characters and a reward for the fans who love them.

In one sense, the story is finished.

And if it was left that way, that would be fine. But there will be more to come based on what happens in Endgame.

The MCU simply won’t look the same anymore, as characters like Captain Marvel step forward. That change in itself is exciting and a demonstration of how ambitious this spectacle has been.

Marvel may not be able to top itself with what comes next, only because it gave these superheroes such personality and depth the first time around.

REVIEWED BY KRISTINA “HISTAMINE QUEEN” GUCKENBERGER KRISTINA.GUCKENBERGER@GMAIL.COM

HHHHS Why should someone who is not super into superhero movies go see Avengers: Endgame?

For starters, the film’s cautious pacing feels unique, as it painfully wades in its own traumatic aftermath for a substantial part of the runtime.

It urges viewers to stew in the bleak

SCREEN SCENE fallout right alongside its characters — a device that smartly snuffs out any lingering feelings of initial viewer ambivalence (myself included).

This surprisingly somber tone sets up the emotional stakes for its characters in such a way that when the payoff comes, it feels cathartic (albeit a little untidy) to have such definitive endings. As a viewer who’s watched one too many macho superbro movies with an eye roll and a grain of salt, I was surprised to meet these characters amid their own personal tidal waves of grief and survivor’s guilt, unlike the usual wake of obnoxious fanfare and vapid god complexes of superhero sagas’ past.

Robert Downey Jr. is an absolute standout in this sense, as he projects a deeply flawed yet relatable sense of fear and vulnerability onto his character’s once unflappable, tough-guy exterior. He brings Tony “I am Iron Man” Stark from narcissistic tech playboy to fully realized human being with masterful ease.

While RDJ does most of the heavy lifting in the dramatic department, the film’s best comedic moments are shared by Hemsworth’s hefty, troubled-slacker version of Thor, Ruffalo’s wonderfully nuanced voice and motion-capture work as The Hulk, and Paul Rudd’s perfectly zany freakouts as Ant-Man. Looking at the three-hour run time, you’d think there would be ample room for bathroom breaks, but I was hard pressed to find any considerable lulls. Surprisingly, the quality of filmmaking is not sacrificed amid its staggering quantity (every MCU character makes an appearance at one point or another) — and avoiding that typical big budget movie bloat is a feat in itself.

The slow build to one final, thrilling culmination feels necessary and earned because the audience is fully immersed. Over the years, we’ve developed deep affection for these characters, we understand their baggage, and we need to see them handled with care.

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REVIEWED BY KEVIN “CAPTAIN CORPOSANT” EVANS K.A.E.0082@GMAIL.COM

HHHHS In approaching Avengers: Endgame, I wished to be the tasty Popsicle stick in the mud and the lone voice of dissent.

I haven’t consistently been the biggest fan of comic book superhero films,

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Ask Dr. Ruth (NR) HHHHS (Pick of the Week) JUST ANNOUNCED Hail Satan? (R) A documentary on the controversial Satanic Temple religious movement. At Grail Moviehouse.

The Intruder (PG-13) A young couple is terrorized by their new house’s former owner.

Long Shot (R) The U.S. Secretary of State hires a journalist as her speechwriter.

WATER WORLD: The cast and crew of One Hell of an Angel poses after shooting a scene on the French Broad River. The feature-length comedy is directed by Katie Damien (front row, far left) and will be screened on May 9 at the Fine Arts Theatre.

Photo courtesy of Gorilla with a Mustache Films Asheville-based filmmaker Katie Damien’s feature-length comedy, One Hell of an Angel, receives an encore screening on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. The story follows a demon who, after asking too many questions in hell, is banished to Earth and forced to team up with an angel and help a former rock star write a song that just might save the world.

The seven-year endeavor was made with aid from a $10,000 crowdsourcing

UglyDolls (PG) An animated musical adventure based on the popular plush toys.

campaign and stars Kipper Schauer, Matt Shepard and David Dietrich. Local filmmaker Jaime Byrd is the production’s director of photography, and shooting locations include Zambra, the French Broad River, East Asheville and the River Arts District. The filmmakers will introduce the film and participate in a postscreening Q&A. Tickets are $10 and available online and at the Fine Arts box office. fineartstheatre.com X

CURRENTLY IN THEATERS Amazing Grace (G) HHHHH Avengers: Endgame (PG13) HHHHS Breakthrough (PG) HHS Captain Marvel (PG-13) HS The Curse of La Llorona (R) H Diane (NR) HHH Dumbo (PG) HS Hellboy (R) HHHH

FILM 'TOOTSIE' • TU (5/7), 6:30pm - Film Series Soiree: Tootsie, film screening. $6/$25 includes soiree with heavy hors d'oeuvres. Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon FLOOD GALLERY WORLD CINEMA: ‘M. HULOT’S HOLIDAY’ • FR (5/3), 8-10pm - World Cinema: Jacques Tati’s

1953 French comedy ‘M. Hulot’s Holiday.’ Admission by donation. Held at Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain HENDERSONVILLE FILM SOCIETY: ‘FOUR SONS’ • SU (5/5), 2pm - Hendersonville Film Society: John Ford’s 1928 silent film ‘Four Sons,’ about a German mother and how she and her children

as impressed as I am by them. Some movies, however, speak to you beyond those boundaries of genres, directly tapping into what actually moves people.

I believe the biggest challenge with this film is its length. I have been lulled to sleep a few times in my life with the classic and brilliant Gone With the Wind. This film is quite different in the way it takes you “all over the universe” in every sense of being and feeling. It makes you proud to be a human being — or any creature, for that matter — who cares enough to seek change and/or betterment for all, particularly generations to come.

I was more enthused initially by others’ enthusiasm, as one would get

are impacted by WWI. Screened in the Smoky Mountain Theater. Free.

Held at Lake Pointe Landing, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville PUBLIC EVENTS AT WCU Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee, 828-227-7397, bardoartscenter.edu • FR (5/3), 7:30pm - Controlled Chaos Film Festival presents a selection of

student-produced film works. $20/$15 students.

• SU (5/5), 3-6pm Macbeth, pre-recorded, encore screening from the National Theatre in London. $15/$5 students.

High Life (R) HH Little (PG-13) HHHH Little Woods (R) HHH Missing Link (PG) HHHH The Mustang (R) HHH

VETERANS TREATMENT COURT FILM SCREENING • MO (5/6), 5-6:30pm Four short documentaries about Veterans Treatment Court. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

Penguins (G) HHH Pet Sematary (R) HHH The Public (PG-13) HHH Shazam! (PG-13) HHH Us (R) HHHH

wrapped up in the infectious frenzy of their favored local sports team. As far out as this film is, the whole time it managed to bring radical right back to where it belongs — at home with its roots.

Family conflicts, loss, belief in the impossible and uniting for “the cause” — this is everybody’s film. I absorbed others’ laughter, tears, shock, disappointment and triumph as we sat there gliding upon chemtrails of victory. As impressive as the CGI is along with the plot and layering of the characters, it’s ultimately about the heart and soul striving to be a part of something greater than just self.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. “How slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!” Your first assignment in the coming days, Aries, is to devote yourself to quenching the hunger and thirst of your soul with the same relentless passion that you normally spend on giving your body the food and drink it craves. This could be challenging. You may be less knowledgeable about what your soul thrives on than what your body loves. So your second assignment is to do extensive research to determine what your soul needs to thrive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The country of Poland awards medals to couples that have stayed married for 50 years. It also gives out medals to members of the armed forces who have served for at least 30 years. But the marriage medal is of higher rank and is more prestigious. In that spirit, I’d love for you to get a shiny badge or prize to acknowledge your devoted commitment to a sacred task — whether that commitment is to an intimate alliance, a noble quest or a promise to yourself. It’s time to reward yourself for how hard you’ve worked and how much you’ve given.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I invite you to explore the frontiers of what’s possible for you to experience and accomplish. One exercise that might help: visualize specific future adventures that excite you. Examples?

Picture yourself parasailing over the Mediterranean Sea near Barcelona, or working to help endangered sea turtles in Costa Rica, or giving a speech to a crowded auditorium on a subject you will someday be an expert in. The more specific your fantasies, the better. Your homework is to generate at least five of these visions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet Sylvia Plath wrote, “I admit I desire, / Occasionally, some backtalk / From the mute sky.” You’ll be wise to borrow the spirit of that mischievous declaration. Now is a good time to solicit input from the sky, as well as from your allies and friends and favorite animals and from every other source that might provide you with interesting feedback. I invite you to regard the whole world as your mirror, your counselor, your informant.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “We must choose between the pain of having to transcend oppressive circumstances or the pain of perpetual unfulfillment within those oppressive circumstances,” writes mental health strategist Paul John Moscatello. We must opt for “the pain of growth or the pain of decay,” he continues. We must either “embrace the tribulations of realizing our potential or consent to the slow suicide in complacency.”

That’s a bit melodramatic, in my opinion. Most of us do both; we may be successful for a while in transcending oppressive circumstances but then temporarily lapse back into the pain of unfulfillment. However, there are times when it makes sense to think melodramatically.

And I believe now is one of those times for you. In the coming weeks, I hope you will set in motion plans to transcend at least 30% of your oppressive circumstances.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In January 1493, the notorious pirate and kidnapper Christopher Columbus was sailing his ship near the land we now call the Dominican Republic. He spotted three creatures he assumed were mermaids. Later he wrote in his log that they were “not half as beautiful as they are painted [by artists].” We know now that the “mermaids” were actually manatees, aquatic mammals with flippers and paddle-shaped tails. They are in fact quite beautiful in their own way and would only be judged as homely by a person comparing them to mythical enchantresses.

I trust you won’t make a similar mistake, Sagittarius.

Evaluate everything and everyone on their own merits, without comparing them to something they’re not.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Cancerians can benefit from always having a fertility symbol somewhere in your environment: an icon or image that reminds you to continually refresh your relationship with your own abundant creativity; an inspiring talisman or toy that keeps you alert to the key role your fecund imagination can and should play in nourishing your quest to live a meaningful life; a provocative work of art that spurs you to always ask for more help and guidance from the primal source code that drives you to reinvent yourself.

So if you don’t have such a fertility symbol, I invite you to get one. If you do, enhance it with a new accessory.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my horoscopes, I often speak to you about your personal struggle for liberation and your efforts to express your soul’s code with ever-more ingenuity and completeness. It’s less common that I address your sacred obligation to give back to life for all that life has given to you. I only infrequently discuss how you might engage in activities to help your community or work for the benefit of those less fortunate than you. But now is one of those times when I feel moved to speak of these matters. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when it’s crucial to perform specific work in behalf of a greater good. Why crucial? Because your personal well-being in the immediate future depends in part on your efforts to intensify your practical compassion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “We are whiplashed between an arrogant overestimation of ourselves and a servile underestimation of ourselves,” writes educator Parker Palmer. That’s the bad news, Virgo.

The good news is that you are in prime position to escape from the whiplash. Cosmic forces are conspiring with your eternal soul to coalesce a well-balanced vision of your true value that’s free of both vain misapprehensions and self-deprecating delusions. Congrats! You’re empowered to understand yourself with a tender objectivity that could at least partially heal lingering wounds. See yourself truly!

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I want what we all want,” writes novelist Jonathan Lethem. “To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.” Even if you haven’t passionately wanted that lately, Capricorn, I’m guessing you will soon. That’s a good thing, because life will be conspiring with you to accomplish it. Your ability to express yourself in ways that are meaningful to you and interesting to other people will be at a peak.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Using algorithms to analyze 300 million facts, a British scientist concluded that April 11, 1954, was the most boring day in history. A Turkish man who would later become a noteworthy engineer was born that day, and Belgium staged a national election. But that’s all.

With this non-eventful day as your inspiration, I encourage you to have fun reminiscing about the most boring times in your own past. I think you need a prolonged respite from the stimulating frenzy of your daily rhythm. It’s time to rest and relax in the sweet luxury of nothingness and emptiness.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Blue Room is a famous Picasso painting from 1901. Saturated with blue hues, it depicts a naked woman taking a bath. More than a century after its creation, scientists used X-rays to discover that there was an earlier painting beneath The Blue Room and obscured by it. It shows a man leaning his head against his right hand. Piscean poet Jane Hirshfield says that there are some people who are “like a painting hidden beneath another painting.” More of you Pisceans fit that description than any other sign of the zodiac. You may even be like a painting beneath a painting beneath a painting — to a depth of five or more paintings. Is that a problem? Not necessarily. But it is important to be fully aware of the existence of all the layers. Now is a good time to have a check-in.

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SALON/ SPA FRONT DESK POSITION Sensibilities Day Spa is now hiring for a full time/part time Front Desk Associate. The availability to work both locations and weekends is required. We are a living wage certified employer.

If interested please bring your resume to either location.

XCHANGE YARD SALES BILTMORE PARK COMMUNITY YARD SALE SPRING IS HERE! • Sat. May 4th, 8 am - noon. • Don't miss this now famous sale! Huge variety including antiques, household items, clothing, holiday decor and gift items, furniture, toys, sports and exercise equipment, and much, much more! • I-26,

exit 37 (Long Shoals Road), turn between McDonald's and CVS. Look for balloons on mailboxes at participating homes!

MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE EVENT! Ample parking!

8:30am-3pm Saturday May 4 Furniture/Clothing/Shoes/Pet Supplies/Kitchen/Bedding, 6 Briarwood Lane 28732 Emma's Grove Corridor between Charlotte Highway and Concord Follow Signs

ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS A PLACE FOR MOM Has helped over a million families find senior living. Our trusted, local advisors help find solutions to your unique needs at no cost to you. 1-855-9932495 (AAN CAN) NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY The following is a list of unclaimed and confiscated property at the Asheville Police Department: electronic equipment; cameras; clothing; lawn and garden equipment; personal items; tools; weapons (including firearms): jewelry: automotive items; building supplies; bikes and other miscellaneous items. Anyone with a legitimate claim or interest in this property has 30 days from the date of this publication to make a claim. Unclaimed items will be disposed of according to statutory law. For further information, or to file a claim, contact the Asheville Police Department Property and Evidence Section, 828-2324576. NOTICE OF DISPOSITION The following is a list of unclaimed and confiscated property at the Asheville Police Department tagged for disposition: audio and video equipment; cameras; clothing; lawn and garden equipment; personal items; tools; weapons (including firearms): jewelry: automotive items; building supplies; bikes and other miscellaneous. All items will be disposed of 30 days from date of posting. Items to be auctioned will be displayed on www. propertyroom.com.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS CLASSES & WORKSHOPS SACRED CONVERSATIONS: THE FEMININE TRADITION, ART, MEANING & MAGIC OF HOME ALTARS A 5-session immersive and interactive workshop explores this ancient, magical and multicultural practice. Materials, tea and snacks included. 6/47/2 at Asheville's Raven & Crone. Details/Register www. shiftingmoon.com or inquiries to dawn@shiftingmoon.com

T H E N E W Y OR K TI M ES CR OSSWOR D PU ZZLE MIND, BODY, SPIRIT BODYWORK TRANSFORMATIONAL MASSAGE THERAPY For $60.00 I provide, at your home, a 1.5-2 hour massage [deep Swedish with Deep Tissue work and Reiki]. • Relieve psychological and physiological stress and tension. • Inspires deep Peace and Well-Being.

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FOR MUSICIANS MUSICAL SERVICES NOW ACCEPTING STUDENTS IN JAZZ PIANO, COMPOSITION, AND IMPROVISATION (ALL INSTRUMENTS). Michael Jefry Stevens, “WNC Best Composer 2016” and “Steinway Artist”, now accepting students in jazz piano, composition, and improvisation (all instruments).

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SERVICES LANDSCAPING TREE AND SHRUB REMOVAL SERVICE 30 years experience in cutting trees in people's yards in Asheville and WNC. • Free quotes. Call Eddy Kieffer: 684-7151.

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1 Walk in big boots, say 6 Practically 10 Alternative to Venmo 14 A3s, A4s and A8s, in the automotive world 15 Black-and-white item you can consume whole 16 Adjoin 17 Like galoshes weather 18 Ground beef sandwich with Swiss cheese and caramelized onions 20 Success story like Uber or Airbnb 22 “True Detective” and “True Blood” airer 23 Poehler of “Parks and Recreation” 24 Institutions propped up with government support 30 When repeated, start of a cheer 33 Newton who lent his name to three laws of motion 34 “That’s my ___!”

35 Da Vinci’s “___ Lisa” 36 Catherine who married Henry VIII 37 Gives the cold shoulder

39 McGregor of the “Star Wars” prequels 40 “Just joshin’!”

41 Verb whose past tense is formed by moving the first letter to the end 42 Matrimonial path 43 Chinese path 44 One profiting through litigation, not innovation 47 Granola ___ 48 Granola bit 49 Misconceptions about money … or a loose hint to 20-, 24- and 44-Across?

57 Discuss one’s toilet habits, for example 58 West African republic 60 Something a complainer might raise 61 Easter basketful 62 404 Not Found, e.g.

63 Lodgings 64 Aussies with deep pockets?

65 Poke

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4 1” version of a 15-Across 5 Mind reader 6 “Didn’t bother me at all” 7 1978-79 revolution site 8 Trips up 9 Provocative comments on current events 10 Toyota debut of 1982 11 Help the offense?

12 Classic George Takei role 13 Beginning of a link 19 Orange dish 21 Queen’s honour, for short 24 “That’s enough out of you!”

25 Universal Studios Japan site 26 Brother of video games 27 Balladeer 28 Less than right 29 Sister 30 “Why do you think that?”

31 Totally 32 Group of talking heads 35 Israel’s Golda 37 Role in hide-and-seek 38 It’s over your head 42 Chief law officer: Abbr.

44 “Ugh” reviews 45 To boot 46 Scot’s headwear 47 Homes for owls 49 Hubs

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50 Turgenev who wrote “Fathers and Sons” 51 Deutschland turndown 52 “Othello” schemer 53 Ship of myth

PUZZLE BY MICHAEL HAWKINS

54 Drive-___ window 55 Like walnut shells 56 Smooch, in Britspeak 59 “___ we finished now?”

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS NY TIMES PUZZLE

Job Description: Ski Country Sports offers prospects the opportunity to work in a beautiful location, to grow their skills and to share a passion for skiing and biking.

Ideal candidates are leaders in the work place that wish to join a unique, values-driven organization.

Responsibilities & Qualifications: Spring 2019

Nonprofit issue

• Supervise team of retail sales workers • Track monthly results and trends for business forecasting • Previous experience in retail, customer service, or other related fields • Strong leadership qualities

828-254-2771 1000 Merrimon Ave • AVL, NC 28804

www.skicountrysports.com craig@skicountrysports.com

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