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Power of the press The letterpress may be more than five centuries old, but in Asheville, this antique printing method is downright thriving. Local artists talk about their love affair with the DIY print craft.

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In her six decades of costume design, Edith Head worked on over eleven hundred films; dressed the greatest stars of Hollywood; received 35 Academy Award nominations, and won an unprecedented 8 Oscars. Her story is as fascinating as the history of the film industry itself; filled with humor, frustration, and, above all—glamour.

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Excited about new radio voice

Thanks for the article about the Diversity Engagement Coalition [“Hidden in Plain View,” April 30, Xpress]. However, I'd like to point out that the photographs used as the base of the cover art — credited to Just Folks, Asheville Design Center and Molly Must — are actually from the Andrea Clark Collection housed at Pack Memorial Library. These amazing photographs of the East End neighborhood were taken by Asheville resident Andrea Clark around 1968–70, prior to implementation of the East End/Valley Community Improvement Project in 1979 as part of Asheville’s urban renewal program.

Some of the photographs were published in a 2009 book (see http:// avl.mx/09w) and again as part of the N.C. Humanities Council's Twilight of a Neighborhood project (see http:// avl.mx/09x). Many are available as part of the Buncombe County Flickr feed: http://avl.mx/09y.

Just want to make sure that Andrea is credited with these photographs.

Nina Hall Asheville

This mountain town will soon have a new voice on the radio waves: AshevilleFM. Broadcasting as WSFMLP at 103.3 FM from the roof of the Indigo Hotel, this all-volunteer radio station will feature locally produced news, music and community affairs programming, as well as national programs like “Democracy Now!” The folks at AshevilleFM have been producing great programming for years as an online station, and this March, they finally received a broadcast license from the FCC. Since they are a nonprofit, there are no corporate owners or advertisers, no separate revenue stream supporting it. This great new local voice only reaches the airwaves with your help.

Go to AshevilleFM.org to see what sort of great programming will soon be hitting your radio and how you can be a part of it.

Barry Summers Asheville

Editor’s response: Thank you, Ms. Hall, for pointing out Andrea Clark’s contribution to the mural and letting readers know how to learn more about her work.

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about the importance for our government to act in the interest of its citizens’ health and, by doing so, address the issue of food deserts in our state.

Food deserts, areas where community members have little to no access to affordable and nutritious food, directly impact our community’s and state’s health; those who do not live in close proximity to a full-service grocery store are at a much greater risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain types of cancer.

Though the issues associated with obesity and access to healthy food are complex, they aren’t impossible

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to solve. The government could work with the private sector to provide economic incentives to create a healthy and sustainable food system in North Carolina. The House Food Desert Committee’s recommendation to further study food deserts is a step in the right direction, but we have to take action as a community and support the extension of this research.

As a youth staff member at Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!) and a high school student, I see food insecurity every day; many youth at my school only have access to packaged food from the local corner store. The lack of food access and security in our state is an issue that cannot be ignored.

If you support this message, please call your local representatives and voice your endorsement of extending the work of the General Assembly’s Food Desert Committee!

Flannery Rokeby-Jackson Asheville

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when compared to other numbers, does it? But, [it] was a very significant number May 2 as 17 Haywood Community College GED graduates were awarded refurbished computers from the PCs for GED program at HCC. They were clearly thrilled to briefly interrupt their post-ceremony celebrations to load their computers into their vehicles. Best of all, though, is that these worthy graduates have further dedicated themselves to continuing their education by enrolling in a wide variety of programs offered by HCC and other schools.

Thank you to this year's PCs for GED program supporters and contributors, who provided hardware, time, talent and even monetary donations to the program through the HCC Foundation: You enabled us to surpass last year's total number of refurbished computers by 70 percent. New this year, and because of the generosity of the HCC Foundation, all 17 computers are running Windows 7, a significant software feature that will help with classroom and online coursework.

We are also truly thankful to the many generous individuals and area corporations, including Crown Capital Associates Inc.; Asheville Eye Associates; Pigeon Multicultural Development Center; and Southpaws Pet Sitters, who have contributed either through our standard drop-off point at the HCC Learning Resource Center, at special on-campus events like Jammin’ at the Mill Pond or by special arrangement. It is time to continue our work toward sustaining these PCs for GED awards for years to come. With continued support from the greater Haywood County area we look forward to providing future GED graduates with one of the best tools to aid them as they further their education and become better prepared for careers in the Western North Carolina area.

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by Jerry Sternberg

The Gospel According to Jerry Paint job or snow job?

Art is in the eye of the beholder.

Still, I’m shocked that so many people seem to think graffiti is an art form and that these young people are merely “expressing” themselves. I have to assume that a lot of those apologists are the same folks who get apoplectic over the BB&T Building, Staples and the Aloft hotel — and maybe also signs and billboards?

Why should the business community provide expensive easels for these poor, pitiful, pavement Picassos who roam the streets looking for property to deface?

My guess is that many of these self-serving, predominantly young people aren’t exactly starving artists, since they have money for countless cans of paint and the time to sneak around and do their mischief. I suspect that many come from at least middle-class families.

Certainly they mostly have a place to live — so why aren’t they spraypainting their own homes in their burning zeal to express themselves?

Oh, and why don’t all those folks who think graffiti is an art form just publish their addresses and give these artists permission to spray their houses? This could go a long way toward expanding the boundaries of this cutting-edge art.

Meanwhile, we could increase the diversity in Destructive Art by holding competitions in which people break randomly selected windows in aesthetically pleasing patterns. Or, for a more organic alternative, let them do wheelies in the grass on golf courses, public parks and people’s yards in ways that challenge our imagination.

REAL-WORLD COSTS A couple of key questions seem pertinent. First, where are these young people’s parents? And, more importantly, are those parents actually encouraging them to perform these acts of destruction?

I would think parents would be extremely concerned about the safety of what their kids are doing.

Sooner or later, one or more of

Why should the business community provide expensive easels for these poor, pitiful, pavement Picassos who roam the streets looking for property to deface?

these taggers might get shot by a property owner or security agent while they’re pursuing their “art.”

And then there’s the fact that much of this graffiti seems to crop up near the tops of buildings, bridges and other lofty structures. Apparently, the more risk involved, the greater the artist’s reputation. Unfortunately, one of these days some parent is going to find their child’s brains splattered all over the pavement after a failed attempt to be the most daredevil tagger of all.

The exorbitant cost of removing this graffiti and the heavy burden it places on property owners and the community at large have been endlessly discussed both in the media and by City Council.

The hundreds of thousands of dollars it’s taking to keep cleaning up this mess could be used to educate, train and promote young artists throughout the community. Why are we letting a small number of ne’er-do-wells deprive others of such opportunities?

The question then becomes how we can prevent these young criminals from continuing to deface our community. Allowing them to tag public walls with these indecipherable caveman hieroglyphics merely validates their “right” to continue this narcissistic outrage.

Art paper is sold all over town. Why don’t they paint on that, frame their works and display them in local art shows?

Somebody might even buy some of it.

In any case, it’s time we stopped coddling these entitled miscreants who feel they have the right to indulge in this vicious anti-establishment behavior at others’ expense.

When they’re arrested and convicted, they should be given a minimum of 20 hours a week of public service for at least six months, cleaning their beloved brothers’ artwork off of buildings, bridges, dumpsters and automobiles. If that doesn’t cure them, the second offense should mean jail time.

Indiscriminate graffiti is depressing and deleterious to our community. Let’s stop mollycoddling these spray-paint parasites and dole out some harsh punishments.

It’s time to spray-paint these “innocents” with a coat of guilt. X Asheville native Jerry Sternberg, a longtime observer of the local scene, can be reached at gospeljerry@aol. com.

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by Colleen Kelly Mellor

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Asheville Under Glass Leap and the net will appear

In James Cameron’s Avatar, the Na’vis of Pandora inhabit an Earthlike moon of the Alpha Centauri star system. They are a pure and superior breed of humanoids who harbor deep respect for the land (you know — like Ashevilleans.)

These 10-foot beings have incredible athletic prowess as they leap astride dragons and ride them through the skies. They’re true Avatars in every sense.

For a brief time, I became an Avatar. I was anointed as such by my guide at the ziplining reserve, Navitat, in Western North Carolina, following my successful completion of my task: While tethered to cables, course along the sky, 200 feet in the air, brake gradually and alight onto a tree stump fixed to the timber platform some 900 feet away. And do it all in one smooth move.

It wasn’t easy. First, our little band of eight was brought up the gravel roadway in four-wheel drive vehicles. We were then fitted with harnesses and prepped as to what we could expect by knowledgeable guides.

By that point, there was no turning back. (Well, there was, but I felt it would be too humiliating.)

At our first jumping-off station, we watched the group in front of us hurtle through open space, one at a

“The sport is called ziplining. ... Most grandmothers of 66 don’t partake.”

time, flying over steel cables, going from one high timber platform to another. We learned the fine art of cannon-balling so as to control torque. (Sound impressive?)

The sport is called ziplining. Its legions of supporters are mostly young, athletic types who like to push the envelope. You know, the same ones who navigate past razor-edged rocks in whitewater rafting or jump out of planes at 20,000 feet. They live for the thrill.

Most grandmothers of 66 don’t partake.

But I did, for I had the supreme misfortune of mentioning ziplining to my visiting younger daughter, and she wouldn’t be dissuaded from trying it. With that, we signed on for the $89, three-and-a-half hour tour that saw us leap off eight treehouse-type platforms, rappel two others and negotiate a rope sky bridge whose planks were way too far apart for my comfort.

Right off the first platform (I was first of the eight of us), I didn’t brake in time and slammed into our guide at the second

tree station. From the get-go, I’d realigned my skeletal system — and his, too, probably.

Following that, our guide positioned me last, perhaps thinking my performance might kill others’ morale. That heightened my anxiety, for now I had to wait out the flights of all participants. Finally, I came at them full force, akin to a bowling ball hurtling at the pins.

Few knew my real emotional state.

A young woman who was nervous herself even accused me of being “wonderfully relaxed, appearing like a pro,” while I thought: “I really have mastered that adage: ‘Never let ‘em see you sweat.’”

At periodic points, in the leaping off or rappelling, our guide pointed out flora and fauna, the trees, how the bark “talks” and gives information to help one classify it.

I feigned polite interest, but seriously … all I really wanted was a transport vehicle akin to the sleds used to ferry injured skiers down slopes at ski resorts. But there was no such escape mechanism. I had to finish what I’d signed on for,

despite the fact I was exhausted, my limbs shook, and I was parched with terror.

But if you’d seen me course through the trees, you’d have thought I was having the time of my life. I screamed, too. In fact, we all did. We were encouraged to do so, for apparently, screaming is a primal right of those who fly through those air corridors at 35 miles per hour, while the ground disappears below. The difference? My screams were real.

But at the end of a day of ziplining, I’d become an Avatar, and I can honestly say: I’m thrilled I did it. The frosting on the cake is when my daughter said: “Finn, Sam and Luke would think you’re a pretty cool grandmother for doing this.”

And I thought: Sometimes, in life, just looking the part is good enough.

Colleen Kelly Mellor (ckmellor@ cox.net) came to Asheville eight years ago for a quieter lifestyle, but that didn’t happen. On a mountain road, four years ago, her husband was hit head-on by a 12-year-old girl in a truck. He “died” following surgery (staff shocked him back to life), and they’ve been crawling back ever since. In this column, Mellor opines on life in Western North Carolina as only the “born again” can do. Published in the Wall Street Journal, among others, Mellor adds her senior view of a region often touted as one of America’s “Best Retirement Towns.” X

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Making change Primary gives Buncombe County new district attorney, commissioner

BY JAKE FRANKEL

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The May 6 primary proved historic, as Buncombe County voters propelled Todd Williams to a landslide victory over District Attorney Ron Moore, who had held the position for 24 years.

Voters also ousted Commissioner David King and set the stage for several battles in the fall general election.

Here’s a rundown of some of the key local races and results.

BUNCOMBE GETS NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY The Democratic primary marked the end of an era for the Buncombe County district attorney’s office: Williams crushed Moore, winning 68 percent of the vote.

Soon after the results came in, Williams greeted jubilant supporters at Asheville Brewing Co. “It excites me to think that we have changed history here in Buncombe County, but I’m not sure that’s entirely sunk in yet,” he told Xpress. Exhausted after a sleepless week of final campaigning, he added: “It’s euphoric to be in the presence of all these supporters and volunteers.

I’m getting energy from that.”

Williams faces no Republican opposition in the November election. However, at this writing, at least one unaffiliated candidate — attorney Ben Scales — had mounted a campaign to get his name on the November ballot. To do that, he’ll need to collect the signatures of 7,331 registered voters (4 percent of the Buncombe County total) by June 12, according to Rachel Rathbone at the Buncombe County Election Services Department. The department had verified 653 signatures as of May 9.

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The district attorney is responsible for prosecuting all criminal cases in Buncombe County and advising local law-enforcement officials. “It’s a tough job,” Moore told Xpress on election night. “In each case you’ve made someone mad, whether it’s the defendant or the victim. … Getting elected is the easy part. Doing the job is the hard part.”

Williams has been a defense attorney for 15 years, nine of them as a local public defender. In his campaign for DA — his first bid for public office — he focused on making the office more transparent and renewing public trust. Last year, several local media outlets (including Xpress) took legal action against Moore, unsuccessfully attempting to force him to release an audit of the Asheville Police Department’s evidence room.

Huddled with supporters at the Apollo Flame Bistro on Brevard Road, Moore took the electoral loss in stride, even as friends and family members shed tears.

ALL SMILES: Local attorney Todd Williams greeted jubliant supporters at Asheville Brewing Co. downtown after defeating incumbent District Attorney Ron Moore. Photo by Jesse Farthing

“I appreciate the opportunity to serve the last 24 years. I feel like myself and my office worked very hard to make the citizens in this county safe,” he said. “I congratulate my opponent and his campaign — he did a really good job getting the word out. … I called him earlier and told him we’d try to make it a smooth transition.”

Williams was endorsed by various local Democratic leaders, including Asheville City Council members Cecil Bothwell and Gordon Smith and Register of Deeds Drew Reisinger. Moore, meanwhile, had racked up support from other powerful Democratic officials, such as

Sheriff Van Duncan and Board of Commissioners Chair David Gantt.

The longtime DA attributed his loss to the growing power of the local party’s progressive wing. “I’ve always been a moderate Democrat,” he said. “I’m not a right-winger or a left-winger. Clearly we have a movement in our city, and I think that prevailed today.”

Bill Sabo, professor of political science at UNC Asheville, agrees with Moore’s assessment.

That shift, says Sabo, has been playing out “step by step” for the last few years, as evidenced by Reisinger’s successful 2011 bid to succeed Otto DeBruhl and Terry Van Duyn’s recent appointment to fulfill the late Sen. Martin Nesbitt’s term in the General Assembly. (Nesbitt died in March, having served in the General Assembly for decades.)

“Todd Williams is another step,” says Sabo. “What you’re seeing is the replacement of what was considered the old guard with a new group of folks, who are tightly knit. … They’re basically liberal on social questions.”

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Via the Todd Williams for District Attorney Facebook Page: Thank you, Buncombe County! I am humbled and honored to be your next District Attorney. — Todd Williams

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We are happy to usher in a new era! — Ben Wiggins Todd, you did what needed to be done long ago, you had the guts to step up; Buncombe County will be a better place for justice. — David Williams

NO MOORE: District attorney for 24 years, Ron Moore hugged supporters at Apollo Flame Bistro after conceding defeat. Photo by Hayley Benton

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 3 The only challenger who beat an incumbent commissioner was political newcomer Miranda DeBruhl, who collected 59 percent of the vote to unseat David King in the Republican primary. Facing no Democratic opponent in the fall, she’s guaranteed a position on the board unless an independent candidate orchestrates a successful writein campaign. District 3 encompasses the most conservative part of the county, stretching from Arden to Sandy Mush.

DeBruhl, a nurse and smallbusiness owner, ran to the right of King, slamming the incumbent for his votes in support of a budget that raised property taxes and a measure that set carbon reduction goals. Her top priority, DeBruhl told Xpress via a questionnaire, is to end a sales-tax that generates revenue for capital improvements at A-B Tech.

On election night, she celebrated with friends and family at the Stone Ridge Tavern. “I am humbled by the support I’ve been given. I love my community and am honored to have this opportunity,” she told Xpress.

“The voters have sent a clear message to find ways to cut spending and lower taxes.”

King spent the evening with supporters at the Holiday Inn Asheville

on Smokey Park Highway. He voiced disappointment that he won’t be able to continue to work on things he’s supported, such as developing the River Arts District.

“I was interested in growing the job base and the economic base here,” he said, adding, “Hopefully, though, that will go on — someone else will do it.”

And despite DeBruhl’s criticisms during the campaign, King said he “wouldn’t go back and change anything.”

Asked how he interpreted the election results, King replied: “It’s pretty much a typical primary where the very hard-core base turns out and not much anyone else turns out. … I’m not saying it should be a mandate from the entire community, but it’s a win for her.”

Voter turnout in Buncombe County was only 15 percent, and in off-year primary elections, “The better organized and more highly motivated groups will tend to dominate,” says Sabo. King’s loss, he adds, “is not surprising. This happens in the county when an individual deviates from the agenda of the conservative wing of the Republican Party. And they just leveled both barrels at him.”

King, however, said he’s looking forward to having more free time after his term expires at year’s end.

“I guess some people would be dev-

Now comes the hard part — but you have the right stuff to do the job!! — Faye Burner … I hope the first thing you do when you are in office is investigate Ron Moore! He has done a lot of wrong doings to a lot of people. — Cindy Phillips Lytle I’m super excited. Moore has done too much injustice to victims and their families! It’s time for a change and thank God we got it today! — MattieWayne Ahhahaa Yesidid

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Via the Ron Moore for District Attorney Facebook Page:

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astated, but I’m not,” he noted. “I plan to use some time to do things that I have not been able to do: get my fly rod out. It’s been over two years since I’ve brought that out.”

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 2

Incumbent Vice Chair Ellen Frost trounced former Commissioner Carol Peterson in the Democratic primary, winning 69 percent of the vote. Frost now faces a November rematch with Republican Christina Merrill, whom she defeated in 2012 by a mere 18 votes. In that contest, Merrill took unsuccessful legal action, seeking to disallow hundreds of ballots from voters at leftleaning Warren Wilson College.

District 2 encompasses Fairview, Black Mountain and Weaverville; the winner in this race will determine which party holds a majority of the board’s seven seats.

After spending the evening of May 6 celebrating her victory at Avenue M on Merrimon Avenue, Frost told Xpress that she’s taking the general election challenge seriously. “We faced the primary like it was going to be tough, and we’re going to apply the same grassroots effort,” she said, noting that volunteers “probably made 5,000 phone calls in the last 10 days.”

Merrill, meanwhile, said she took heart in DeBruhl’s win. “What happened in District 3 is a really good indication of Buncombe County voters wanting to go in a different direction of less spending and less taxing,” Merrill told Xpress.

“Ellen’s definitely showed that she is not fiscally conservative. … I am a fiscal conservative, and I want

to stem the tide on that spending.

It’s really, really important to have a conservative majority on the board so that we can change the tide.”

Frost dismissed Merrill’s criticism of her fiscal credentials as “the same old ‘taxes were raised’” message. “I think there’s a lack of understanding of finances,” said Frost, adding, “I’ll run on my record of education, job creation and the environment. I think this commission has done really good things in a really short time.”

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 1 Incumbent Brownie Newman soundly defeated challenger Keith Young in the Democratic primary, winning 72 percent of the vote. Newman faces no Republican challenger in the fall. This was Young’s second failed bid for the seat. He was hoping to make history by becoming the first AfricanAmerican to be elected to the board.

N.C. SENATE DISTRICT 49 In the Republican state Senate primary, former state Rep. Mark Crawford edged out RL Clark with 43 percent of the vote. Clark, a former state senator, collected 40 percent.

Clarence Young came in third with 17 percent. Crawford earns a spot on the November ballot against newly appointed Sen. Terry Van Duyn.

JUDICIAL DISTRICT 28 In the District Court judicial primary, three candidates were vying for two places on the November ballot. The winners were J. Matthew Martin (39 percent of the vote) and incumbent Judge Ed Clontz (35 percent). They will now face off against each other in the general election.

Although the primary was techni-

cally nonpartisan, both winners are Democrats. Clontz was appointed by then Gov. Bev Perdue in 2011 to complete the term of Sharon Barrett, who moved over to Superior Court.

Clontz previously served as Buncombe County’s chief assistant clerk of Superior Court and, before that, as assistant clerk and magistrate. Martin, born and raised in Asheville, is an attorney in private practice and an adjunct professor at the UNC and Elon University law schools. He previously served as associate judge of the Cherokee Court, the tribal court for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Republican J. Thomas Amburgey finished third in the primary, with 26 percent of the vote.

CONGRESSIONAL RACES In the 10th District Republican primary, Rep. Patrick McHenry soundly defeated challenger Richard Lynch, winning 78 percent of the vote. McHenry faces a challenge by Democrat Tate MacQueen in the general election. The 10th District includes most of Asheville and stretches southeast all the way to Gastonia. In the 11th District Democratic primary, Tom Hill beat Keith Ruehl, winning 54 percent of the vote. The 11th District includes western Buncombe County and much of Western North Carolina.

Hill will face incumbent Republican Mark Meadows in the fall.

CLERK OF COURT In the most lopsided race of the night, Clerk of Superior Court Steve Cogburn defeated challenger Cary Stone in the Democratic primary, 84 percent to 16 percent. Cogburn faces no opposition in the fall. X

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By the numbers Only 15 percent of Buncombe County’s 184,074 registered voters participated in the primary election. That’s slightly less than the 16 percent who turned out statewide. Here’s how the votes broke down in Buncombe County races.

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Todd M. Williams

12,068

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Ron Moore

5,775

32%

Brownie Newman

6,003

73%

Keith Young

2,221

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Ellen Frost

3,884

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Carol Peterson

1,681

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Miranda DeBruhl

2,054

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David King

1,295

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Lewis Clay

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Mark Crawford

2,653

43%

RL Clark

2,493

40%

Clarence Young

1,042

19%

Steven Cogburn

13,786

84%

Cary Stone

2,635

16%

J. Matthew Martin

9,556

40%

Ed Clontz

8,421

35%

J. Thomas Amburgey

6,022

25%

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Newsdesk: Local news briefs STRIVE NOT TO DRIVE EVENTS AIM TO ENCOURAGE MULTIMODAL TRANSIT The annual Strive Not to Drive campaign runs May 16-23, featuring free local events that aim to encourage modes of transportation other than riding alone in your car. “We know that using public transportation, walking, bicycling or carpooling to work benefits the environment and our individual health,” says Asheville City Council member Gwen Wisler, who’s volunteered with Strive Not to Drive for more than five years.

The events get going Friday, May 16, with a special bike corral at the year’s first Downtown After 5, a free outdoor concert series on N. Lexington Avenue. Once you park your bike, put on your dancing shoes: the show includes performances from Big Sam’s Funky Nation and Empire Strikes Brass.

After the sun sets, at 9 p.m. the Asheville on Bikes advocacy organization is hosting the first ever “Bright Light Biker” community ride. Participants are encouraged to adorn themselves and their bicycles in creative lighting as they take to the streets. The 2-mile ride twists through downtown Asheville before a culminating after-party at the Mill Room on Asheland Avenue.

Another highlight is the May 19 Leadership Community Ride. Hosted

by Asheville and Buncombe County officials, the group bike ride will include stops at various locations around town to highlight recent infrastructure successes and upcoming challenges for the cycling community. Those wanting to ride should meet at the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center at 5 p.m.

The ride starts at 5:30 and should last about an hour.

May 19 is also Transit Rider Appreciation Day. All bus fare will be free for the day and May monthly transit passes will be sold at a reduced price. Plus, free breakfast will be set up at the downtown Transit Center.

The next day, organizers have put together a competition pitting Asheville City Council members against each other in the “Crosstown Rumbler.”

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the Wilma Sherill Center on the campus of UNC Asheville and – taking either a bike, bus, or car – see who arrives in front of city hall first. Everyone’s welcome to cheer the racers on at the finish line around 8:45 a.m.

On May 21, the community will seek to honor those who have been killed or injured while riding a bicycle.

The “Ride of Silence” begins in the Bill Stanley Center parking lot (35 Woodfin St.) at 5:30 p.m. Everyone’s invited to join in the 8.5-mile ride, but participants are required to wear a helmet and asked to ride in silence out of respect.

Thursday morning, May 22, two breakfast stations will be open from 7 a.m. through 9:30 a.m. serving multimodal commuters: downtown at the intersection of Merrimon Avenue under the I-240 overpass and in the River Arts District at the Clingman Avenue roundabout.

Another new event this year is the “Story Slam” at Clingman Cafe on Friday, May 23, at 6:30 p.m. Participants are invited to tell a true personal tale on the theme of “Getting from here to there: stories of transportation.” Prizes will go to the person with the best story.

Throughout the week, participating workplaces will also be competing to see whose employees make the most effort not to drive.

In addition to environmental and health benefits, the week is about building community, Wisler says. “Strive Not to Drive also helps us know our transportation options and better know our community,” she says. “Share a ride or get to know your neighborhood — and neighbors — by taking the bus, walking ... The fact that we’re also reducing traffic congestion and decreasing air pollution is an added benefit.” — Jake Frankel To register your workplace or find out more information about the Strive Not to Drive campaign, visit strivenottodrive.org.

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS TOURISM’S IMPACT Tourism and its economic impact are always important topics in Western North Carolina. Billions in revenue

STILL STRIVING: Liberty Bicycles owner Claudia Nix is a longtime local cycling advocate and is helping organize this year’s Strive Not to Drive events.

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and thousands of jobs are representative of its economic impact.

If it seems like the subject got more than usual attention recently — with N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory touting the state’s draw as a tourist destination — it was because May 3-11 was National Travel and Tourism Week. Gov. McCrory traveled to the Outer Banks on May 8 to celebrate tourism week and highlight tourism statistics from the United States Travel Association.

The state’s figures were impressive: $20.2 billion in direct visitor spending in 2013. Some 40,000 businesses provide products and services to travelers. North Carolina tax receipts from visitor spending topped $1 billion for the first time.

North Carolina ranked sixth in tourism revenue.

Those statistics also provided clear evidence of tourism’s importance to the state and to WNC. The report provided state information, but local data was broken down into reports on the 10th and 11th Congressional Districts.

The 10th Congressional District (parts of Buncombe and 15 other western counties) generated $1.4 billion from tourism in 2013. There were 14,278 jobs contributing $292.5 million in payroll.

The 11th Congressional District (parts of Buncombe and six other counties) brought in $1.5 billion in tourism revenue with 14,915 jobs and $320.3 million in payroll.

Asheville tourism officials said last month they expect that a spring visitation surge may lead to a record lodging demand this year. And they said that hotel sales and occupancy “have steadily climbed during the past six years, since the bottom of the recession.”

But the governor was on the other end of the state.

McCrory lauded tourism efforts at the Outer Banks, such as the North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island and its new Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center, which opens over Memorial Day weekend.

According to reports, McCrory also brought attention to the regular ferry

service to Cape Lookout National Seashore, which is available for visitors looking to climb the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, see wild horses on Shackleford Banks or camp on the barrier island beaches.

“It came as no surprise to me when I learned that North Carolina is the sixth-most visited state in the country,” said McCrory in a press release. “We have the most beautiful and varied landscapes, with travel destinations lining the way from the mountains to the coast.”

On Wednesday, May 7, N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker visited Great Wolf Lodge in Concord to recognize Cabarrus County’s effort at making Exit 49 on Interstate 85 a tourism destination.

The Independent Tribune reports that Exit 49 is the state’s fast growing tourism area, serving as a gateway to the Charlotte Motor Speedway, the Sea Life Aquarium, Great Wolf Lodge waterpark and Concord Mills, a nearly 1.4-million-square-foot shopping and entertainment center, which the Independent reports is the most visited site in the state.

Meanwhile, Asheville tourism officials said last month that they expect a spring visiting surge may lead to record lodging demand this year.

Stephanie Brown, the executive director of the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau, said in a story in the Asheville Citizen-Times that the number of overnight visitors this spring is expected to surpass last year and lead to some of the highest spring occupancy numbers since the recession.

“We’re expecting 2014 will set new records for the number of visitors to Asheville, and will slightly top the record high occupancy of 66.8 percent that was set in 2007,” Brown said.

Brown reported the bureau expects spring occupancy to grow 4.4 percent over 2013, noting that March numbers showed strong gains.

Hotel demand — which is the number of rooms sold — during spring 2013 totaled 477,354, which was an increase of 7 percent over 2012. — Grady Cooper

The Ashevile Citizen-Times reported that a graduate class led by Steve Morse crunched data from U.S. Travel Association and U.S. Census reports. The class found that, even if residents aren’t associated with the tourism industry, they see a tangible benefit — tourists shoulder some of the local tax burden.

The relief came to $2,605 per household in the sparsely populated Swain County and $601 in Buncombe County, the class concluded. Without tourism dollars, local residents would have to pay that much more in taxes.

— Grady Cooper RARE AZALEAS BLOOM AT GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN

The pink-shell azalea (Rhododendron vaseyi) is now in bloom on Grandfather Mountain, offering visitors access to the shrub, which is native to only a few Western North Carolina counties.

The delicate pink blossoms typically appear in late April or early May, arriving even before leaves appear on the hardy branches.

The azalea grows in spruce forests up to about 5,500 feet in elevation, and Grandfather Mountain is believed to be home to the world’s largest population of the rare plant, according to a press release from park officials. Grandfather Mountain helps to protect the species.

Park officials say the best viewing spot is Half Moon Overlook, as well as wooded areas along the Grandfather Mountain entrance road and along the Blue Ridge Parkway. — Margaret Williams A NEW EVENT FOR CANINES AND THEIR COMPANIONS

WCU STUDY HIGHLIGHTS TOURISM AND HOUSEHOLDS

The inaugural Barq in the Park will be held on Saturday, May 17, at the Mountain Lodge & Conference Center in Flat Rock. The event, organized by the conference center and WTZQ AM-1600, invites dog lovers and their four-legged friends to browse animalwellness centered products from over 40 vendors, all to benefit nonprofits that serve the local animal community.

Entry to Barq in the Park is $5 and goes to support Blue Ridge Humane Society, Charlie’s Angels, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue and Horse About. In addition to vendors, the event features contests, entertainment, food and drinks and agility and obedience testing.

A recent study by a graduate class at Western Carolina University points to tourism’s importance to Western North Carolina counties.

For more information on Barq in The Park, call WTZQ at 692-1600. — ­ Carrie Eidson X

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BARQ IN THE PARQ 692-1600 • SA (5/17), 10am-6pm - An outdoor event for dogs and dog owners including vendors, entertainment and food. Proceeds benefit Blue Ridge Humane Society, Charlie’s Angels, Brother Wolf and Horse About. $5. Held at Mountain Lodge and Conference Center, 42 McMurray Road, Flat Rock BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE EVENTS 505-3440, bwar.org • SU (5/11) through FR (5/16) - Pet food drive sponsored by Asheville Area Pet Sitters. Dropoffs at Edna's of Asheville, Waggers Dog Depot and Avenue M.

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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF CONSERVATION: Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy will hold its annual fundraiser, Appalachian Spring, at Highland Brewing Company on Thursday, May 15. This year’s event, featuring food from Nona Mia Italian Kitchen and music from the Fire Cracker Jazz Band, also marks the unveiling of a limited brew from Highlands honoring four decades of work by the SAHC. (p.16)

‘APPALACHIAN SPRING’ FUNDRAISER appalachian.org, 253-0095 • TH (5/15), 6-8pm - Includes music, food and drinks. Proceeds benefit Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. $30/$25 members. Held at Highland Brewery Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway.

AURORA STUDIO & GALLERY BENEFIT aurorastudio-gallery.com, 335-1038 • FR (5/16), 5:30-8:30pm - A silent auction of works by local artists will benefit this proposed art space for artists battling mental illness and addiction. $10 suggested entry donation.

HENDERSONVILLE BLACK & WHITE BALL 697-5884, hendersonvillesymphony. org • SA (5/17), 6pm - Tickets to this gala benefit the Hendersonville

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Symphony Orchestra and youth orchestra programs. $125. Held at Kenmure Country Club, 100 Clubhouse Dr., Flat Rock HIGH SCHOOL BATTLE OF THE BANDS 665-0047, ashevillehomeschoolom. com • FR (5/16), 7-11pm - Donationbased entrance benefits Asheville Homeschool Co-op's Odyssey of the Mind program. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B RIDE ON KIDS FUNDRAISER 318-3740, laurentamayo@gmail. com • WE (5/21), 6:30-9pm - Tickets to this dinner and silent auction supports a free cycling program for area youth. $70. Held at Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St. SADDLEBRED HORSE SHOW BENEFIT ashevillelionsclubhorseshow.com • WE (5/14) through SA (5/17), 6pm - Proceeds benefit the Asheville Lions Eye Clinic. Held at WNC

Agriculture Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd., Fletcher SPRING TEA CEREMONY 357-8530, dobrateanc.com • SU (5/18), 11am-3pm - Donations and a percentage of sales benefit Green Zen Tree Temple. Held at Dobra Tea Room Black Mountain, 120 Broadway St., Black Mountain WALK TO END LUPUS NOW 877-849-8271, lupusnc.org • SA (5/17), 3:30pm - 1-mile walk or 5K walk through Martin Luther King Park benefits Lupus Foundation of America. Participants agree to raise $100.

WNC QUICKDRAW 456-6495, wncquickdraw.com • SA (5/17), 4:30-9:30pm - Tickets to this hour-long quickdraw challenge and auction benefit art education programs in Haywood County. $50. Held at Laurel Ridge Country Club, 49 Cupp Lane, Waynesville

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY SCORE COUNSELORS TO SMALL BUSINESS 271-4786, ashevillescore.org Held on A-B Tech's campus.

Registration required. Free.

• WE (5/14), 6-9pm - "How to Start a Nonprofit Entity." Held at Arden campus.

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS COMMUNITY MEDIATION TRAINING (pd.) Fridays, June 13, 20, and 27, 9am to 5pm at the Mediation Center. Info at www.mediatewnc. org ASHEVILLE MAKERS ashevillemakers.org • TUESDAYS, 6-8:30pm - Weekly social held at Asheville Pizza, 77 Coxe Ave.

CHILDREN FIRST/CIS MIND THE GAP TOUR 259-9717, AllisonJ@childrenfirstbc. org • TH (5/15), 3:30pm - The Children First/CIS Mind the Gap Tour calls attention to issues that hinder the success of children and families in poverty.

GOODWILL CAREER CLASSES 828-298-9023, ext. 1106 • TUESDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9am-noon - Adult basic education/ high school equivalency classes. Registration required.

• MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-8:30pm - ESL classes.

Registration required.

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

Includes American Hotel and Lodging Association Certification.

Call for times. $25.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 12:30-3:30pm - Medical office support career classes.

Registration required.

Woody loves his VW. HENDERSON COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM Main St., Hendersonville, 6941619, hendersoncountymuseum.org.

• Through WE (12/31) - Coming of the Railroad, Civil War exhibit. Free.

WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST elizakeiser@aol.com • WE (5/14), 9:30am - Meets at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain.

HENDERSONVILLE PAPER SHREDDING 697-3088, lwelter@cityofhendersonville.org • WE (5/14), 9-10:30am Hendersonville residents are invited to use shredders for sensitive documents. Free with donation of canned goods or toiletries to benefit Storehouse or IAM. Held at Patton Park, 59 E. Clairmont Drive, Hendersonville.

WNC GM ALUMNI d_pippin_89@bellsouth.net • TH (5/15), 11:30am - Speaker: Judith Long of the Free Clinics of Hendersonville. Held at Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Rd., Hendersonville

IKEBANA FLOWER DESIGN EXHIBITION 768-2027, ikebanaasheville.org • TU (5/20) & WE (5/21), 10:30am-7pm - Hosted by the North American Regional Conference of Ikebana International. $10/ free for members. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY 696-4103, blueridgeikebana. com • TH (5/15), 10am - Monthly meeting, including demonstrations. Held at First Congregational Church of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave W., Hendersonville LAND OF SKY TOASTMASTERS landofskytoastmasters.org • TUESDAYS, 7am - Meets at the Reuter YMCA, 3 Town Square Blvd.

NO ROOF LEFT BEHIND 628-0390, noroofleftbehind. com, hbalken@bellsouth.net • Through MO (6/30) Community members may nominate deserving families or individuals in Buncombe, Henderson or Haywood counties to receive a new roof as part of this national campaign.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPRECIATION RALLY 561-601-6302 • SA (5/17), 10:30am - Meets at the Henderson County Courthouse on Grove Street, Hendersonville.

REALTOR EXPO 239-2901, nbirmingham@abrnc.com • MO (5/19), 9am-2pm - Open to interested realtors. $10.

Held at N.C. Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way

WNC PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY wncpsr.org, info@wncpsr.org • FR (5/16), 12:30-2pm - Open to interested physicians.

Contact for location.

YOUTH OUTRIGHT youthoutright.org • SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Weekly meeting for LGBTQ youth and straight allies. Held at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St.

DANCE BEGINNER SWING DANCING LESSONS (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $10/week per person.

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

Details: www.SwingAsheville. com STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (pd.) Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 6pm Bellydance 1 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm West African • Wednesday 6pm Bellydance 3 • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 10am Bellydance Wrkt 4pm Kid's Dance 5pm Teen Dance 6pm AfroBrazilian 7pm West African • Sunday 5:15pm Yoga • $13 for 60 minute classes.

90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: (828) 242-7595 INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING 350-2051. Free.

• MONDAYS, 2:15-4pm Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road.

SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (5/17), 6pm - Held at Whitmire Acitivity Building, Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

ECO ASHEVILLE GREEN DRINKS ashevillegreendrinks.com • WE (5/14), 6pm - Presentation: "The Built Environment and Nature." Free to attend. Held at Green Sage Coffeehouse & Cafe, 5 Broadway ELISHA MITCHELL AUDUBON SOCIETY emasnc.org, emas@emasnc.org • 3rd TUESDAY, 7pm - Monthly meeting includes presentation on golden-winged warblers conservation efforts. Held at in UNCA’s Reuter Center.

ENVIRONMENTAL & CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION 692-0385, eco-wnc.org • SA (5/17), 10am-12:30pm Sustainable Living Workshop: Permaculture in home land use and design. $15. Registration required.

GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL NETWORKING CELEBRATION 254-1995, wncgbc.org • TH (5/22), 5:30-8pm - A mingling event for companies and those interested in the green building industry. $5 entry benefit WNCGBC. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway HOMINY CREEK GREENWAY 130 Shelburne Road, fohcg.org • TU (5/20), 5-8pm - First annual 'Greenway Getdown,' a community celebration with food and prizes.

RIVERLINK EVENTS 252-8474, riverlink.org Held at 170 Lyman St. • FR (5/16), 3-5pm - Friday Salon Series: "Environmental Legacies: Politics, Policy, and American National Character."

Part 3 of 3.

WNCGBC’S GREEN BUILT APPLIED 254-1995, wncgbc.org • MO (5/19), 5:30pm - "Eco Kitchen Design." Held at 76 Biltmore Ave. $15/ $10 memebers.

I knew when I saw my new owners drive up to Brother Wolf Animal Rescue in a Jetta Sportwagen that I was headed to a good home. They obviously care about my safety plus comfort, reliability, and great mileage. I love riding around Asheville in my Jetta Sportwagen!

Woody Former resident of Brother Wolf Animal Rescue – Asheville, NC Currently residing in Historic Montford

Volkswagen of Asheville 621 Brevard Rd, Asheville, NC 28806 (828) 232-4000 • www.ashevillevw.com

FESTIVALS WNC FAERIE AND EARTH (FAE) FESTIVAL facebook.com/fairyandearthfestival, b_in_joy@hotmail.com • SA (5/17),10am-5pm - Includes vendors, music, puppeteers, faerie troupes and storytelling.

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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS HENDERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 692-6424, myhcdp.com Meets at 905 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (5/14), 9am - Discussion Group meeting. Held at Mike's on Main, 303 N. Main St., Hendersonville • WE (5/21), 11:30am - Senior Democrats meeting.

KIDS GROWING GODDESS • SUMMER CAMPS (pd.) Rites of Passage, when girls (11-14) are becoming women. Through supportive sisterhood we reveal each young woman’s inner gifts and authenticity. We inspire confidence, compassion, and motivation! www.EarthPathEducation.com

Enjoy the ride WHAT: Ride on Kids fundraising dinner and silent auction WHERE: Homewood Event and Conference Center, 19 Zillicoa St. WHEN: Wednesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m.

WHY: Funds raised at this dinner and silent auction will benefit Ride on Kids, a free program that gives kids of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to practice bike safety, learn handling skills, gain confidence and understand the meaning of a healthy lifestyle.

Starting in June and lasting through September, Ride on Kids will hold three 3-week programs while providing bikes, helmets and coaches to all participants. Each program meets twice every week.

Tickets for the fundraiser and silent auction are $70 per person and include an open bar with beer and wine donated by local breweries and wineries. Visit rideonkids.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

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DANCE CLASSES AT BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 669-0930, blackmountainarts. org 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. $40 per month.

Registration required.

• THURSDAYS, 3:30-4:30pm Kids in Motion. Ages 3 to 5.

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

• SATURDAYS, 9am - Ballet.

Ages 3 and up.

• MONDAYS, 5-6pm - Tween dance. Ages 11-15.

FOREST SERVICE'S KIDS FISHING DAY 689-9694, fs.usda.gov/nfsnc • SA (5/17), 8am-3pm - For ages 12 and under. Held at Carolina Hemlocks Campground, 6000 Highway 80S, Burnsville GIRLS ON THE RUN 5K gotrwnc.org • SA (5/17), 1pm - Marathon and other kids activities. $20 to register at event/$15 advance.

GROW WITH ME'S SPRING FLING https://www.facebook.com/ GrowWithMeCoop • SA (5/17), 1-4pm - Family activities hosted by this learning cooperative. $5 entry per family. Held at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Rd.

'KIDICAL MASS' FAMILY FRIENDLY BIKE RIDES 250-4264 • SU (5/18), 1:45-3:30pm Sponsored by the Buncombe County Library Recreation Department. Meets at Lake Louise, Weaverville.

LEGO CLUB AT THE LIBRARY 250-4758, pack.library@buncombecounty.org.

• WE (5/14), 3:30pm - For ages 6-12. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE HISTORY CENTER 283 Victoria Rd., wnchistory.org • SA (5/17), 10:30am-12:30pm - "Crafty Historian" with oldfashioned photos. $5.

TEK-KIDS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING CLUB 250-4700, tek-kids.com • SATURDAYS through (5/31), 1pm - For students of all ages. Bring a laptop or portable device. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

advance/ $30 after June 18.

SOUTHEASTERN FLY FISHING FESTIVAL 704-759-6788, southeastfff.org/ festival-2014-main, festival@ southeastfff.org • FR (5/16) & SA (5/17), 9am4pm - Includes educational programs, presenters and exhibitors. $5. Held at Ramsey Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY HIKES 828-253-0095, ext. 205, Appalachian.org. Registration required. Contact for directions.

• SA (5/17), 10am-4pm Strenuous hike to Little Hump Mountain in the Highlands of Roan. Free.

• SU (5/18), 10am-1pm - 'Yoga on the Mountain' following a moderate hike to Blue Ridge Pastures in Fairview. $10/ free for members.

TOT TIME AT ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 282-253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TU (5/20), 10:30am - Held in the museum's ArtPLAYce. Admission fees apply. Located at 2 N. Pack Square

SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM HIKES 669-9566, swannanoavalleym@ bellsouth.net • SA (5/17), 10am - Hike to Alexander Farm and the top of Jones Mountain. Meets at the museum, 223 West State St., Black Mountain. $30/ $20 members.

YOUTH GARDEN CLUB AT THE STEPHENS-LEE CENTER 350-2058, LMcDowell@ashevillenc.gov • FRIDAYS through (5/30), 4-5pm - Held in the George Washington Carver Edible Garden, 30 George Washington Carver Ave.

WNC NATURE CENTER 75 Gashes Creek Rd., 298-5600, wildwnc.org • SA (5/17), 1:45-3:15pm Behind the scenes at black bear habitat and predator area. $30/$25 members/$15 children under 16.

OUTDOORS HORSEBACK RIDING INSTRUCTION (pd.) By retired horse show judge. Learn to ride correctly for pleasure or show. All levelsyour stable/horse or mine. Call 450-2724. Email: HorsebackHill@ yahoo.com or visit www.horsebackhill.webs.com ASHEVILLE ULTIMATE CLUB ashevilleultimate.org • Through (8/20) - Registration is open for the summer league, which plays at Memorial Stadium. $40. Women’s and youth leagues registration open through June 2. Free.

RUN FOR KIDS SAKE 5K 253-1470, bit.ly/1iJzPtu • Through (6/21) - Registration is open for this marathon benefiting Big Brothers, Big Sisters of WNC. Held at Warren Wilson College on June 21. $25

PUBLIC LECTURES BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM + ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • TH (5/15), 7:30pm - A discussion of Black Mountain College from a child's perspective. $5/ free for members, students.

PUBLIC LECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu. Free.

• WE (5/14), 11:30am - “Proton Therapy.” Reuter Center.

• TH (5/15),7pm - “Radiation Today." Reuter Center.

• FR (5/16), 11:30am - Fab Friday at OLLI: "And Now, Mark Twain!" Reuter Center.

SENIORS ADULT FORUM AT FCC 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • SU (5/18), 9:15am - Discussion

of higher or deeper levels of faith. Held at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. AGING AND ADULT SERVICES LISTENING SESSIONS 919-855-3436, ncdhhs.gov/ aging/stplan/AgingPlanListenSession.htm Sponsored by the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging to identify the needs of NC seniors. Registration required to speak.

• TH (5/15), 10am-noon - Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382, Blue Ridge Parkway

SPIRITUALITY ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE: FREE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE (pd.) Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation.

Learn about the authentic TM technique. It's not concentrating, trying to be mindful, or common mantra practice. It's

an effortless, non-religious, evidence-based technique for heightened well-being and a spiritually fulfilled life.

The only meditation recommended by the American Heart Association. • Topics: How the major forms of meditation differ—in practice and results; What science says about TM, stress, anxiety and depression; Meditation and brain research; What is Enlightenment?

• Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or MeditationAsheville.org

potluck, St. Germain live channeled piano music. • Second and Fourth Wednesday.

6:30pm. • Donation. (828) 6583362.

AIM MEDITATION CLASSES (pd.) Ramp up your meditation practice with AIM’s Meditation’s Classes: Mindfulness 101- Basics of Mindfulness Meditation, Mindfulness 102 - More advanced, intermediate class.

Class dates and times: www. ashevillemeditation.com/events, (828) 808-4444

ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays. 7pm – 8:30.

Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com

AQUARIAN CONSCIOUSNESS FELLOWSHIP (pd.) Metaphysical program inspired by spiritual growth topics of your choice. Meditation,

Safe. Professional.

And we clean up real nice, too.

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

ASHEVILLE OPEN HEART MEDITATION (pd.) Experience effortless techniques that connect you to your heart and the Divine within you.

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ASTRO-COUNSELING (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

GURDJIEFF: THE FOURTH WAY (pd.) In search of the miraculous? What are the possibilities of inner evolution? New groups forming for those who wish to pursue inner work. (828) 2322220. www.gurdjieff-foundation-wnc.org

Raising the Pope Francis House WHAT: Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity will hold a public wall-raising event for the fourbedroom, two-bath Pope Francis House — the first Habitat house in the nation built in honor of the Catholic leader. Local and nonlocal groups are invited to participate in the build.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, at noon WHERE: Jeffress Ave., Shiloh, South Asheville.

WHY: Constructed for Lashawn Meadows and her family, who have struggled with substandard rental units in Asheville’s low-wage/high -cost living milieu, The Pope Francis House is fully sponsored by an anonymous local donor who was deeply inspired by the new pope.

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Pope Francis that inspired building a house in his honor?

Kjellquist: A quote by the pope about “dignity through work” really caught the attention of the donors. They felt the sentiment really matched the language of Habitat, and in general, they’re very impressed by the rejuvenation that this pope has brought to many aspects of the Catholic Church.

Are there any other Pope Francis Houses going up around the nation?

None that we know of — though Asheville Habitat and the donor hope our Pope Francis House will inspire other Habitat affiliates to build in the pope’s honor going forward. On a similar note, Asheville Habitat for Humanity was the first affiliate to build an interfaith house in an effort to promote acceptance and unite diverse faith groups toward a common cause.

After the events of Sept. 11, other Habitat affiliates adopted the model and used it as a healing tool.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION (pd.) "ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION Deepen your authentic presence, and cultivate a happier, more peaceful mind by practicing Insight (Vipassana) Meditation in a supportive community. Group Meditation.

Thursdays, 7pm-8:30pm.

Sundays, 10am-11:30pm. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville, (828) 808-4444, www. ashevillemeditation.com MINDFULNESS MEDITATION CLASS (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence.

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

Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. Info: 2583241. www.billwalz.com ASHEVILLE CENTER FOR TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION 165 E. Chestnut, 254-4350, meditationasheville.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30 pm Introductory lectures on transcendental meditation. Free.

ASHEVILLE HARE KRISHNA 506-0996, gopalonetwo@ yahoo.com • SUNDAYS, noon - Includes chanting, discussion and a vegetarian meal. Free. Held at Kuntao Arts, 211 Merrimon Ave. ASHEVILLE SHAMANIC JOURNEY CIRCLE 369-0630, dreamtimejourneys. net • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-9pm Shamanic Journey experience

required. $10. Registration required.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING ASHEVILLE 2 Science Mind Way, 231-7638, cslasheville.org • MONDAYS through (6/16), 7-9pm - "The Law of Attraction & Creation," with Dr. Barbara Waterhouse. Free to attend.

ECKANKAR CENTER OF ASHEVILLE 797 Haywood Rd., 254-6775, eckankar-nc.org • SU (5/18), 11am-noon - Book discussion: The Call of Soul.

ECKHART TOLLE DISCUSSION GROUP TreyCarland.com • MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Meetings include viewing of video interviews with Eckhart Tolle, meditation and discussion.

Held at Insight Counseling, 25 Orange St. GANDEN KADAMPA BUDDHIST CENTER EVENTS 668-2241, meditationinsouthcarolina.org • SUNDAYS through (6/15), 7pm - "Karma: A User's Guide." $8/$5 students & seniors.

Held at Rainbow Mountain Community School, 574 Haywood Road.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • SU (5/18), 4pm - Memorial Day observances, including a tribute to veterans concert GREAT TREE ZEN TEMPLE 679 Lower Flat Creek, Alexander, 645-2085, greattreetemple.org • 3rd SUNDAYS, 9-noon Sunday Sangha and dharma discussion. Free.

MAHA SHAKTI MANDIR 11 Sand Hill Court, facebook. com/mahashaktimandir • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Arati, chanting and spiritual discourse.

• SATURDAYS, 6-8pm - Shiva and Sri Chakra Puja.

MOUNTAIN ZEN PRACTICE CENTER 450-3621, mountainzen.org, mountainzen@bellsouth.net • TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm Conscious compassionate awareness meditation and group discussion. Contact for directions.

THE TEACHINGS OF BRUNO GROENING suejtosh@live.com • TU (5/20), 7pm - Held at N. Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Registration required.

URBAN ASHRAM STUDIO 62 Wall St., 209-8838, urbanashramstudio.com • SA (5/17), 1-5pm - 'Awakening Clarity,' empowerment workshop. $40.     WOMEN'S BOOK STUDY AND DISCUSSION GROUP 277-6400 • MONDAYS, 7-8:30pm Meets at Seacoast Asheville, 123 Sweeten Creek Road.

Registration required.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE STORYTELLING CIRCLE 274-1123, ashevillestorycircle.org • 3rd MONDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets at Asheville Terrace, 200 Tunnel Road.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • FR (5/16), 1-3:30pm Workshop on writing strategies and building a support community.

BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville, 4566000, blueridgebooksnc.com • SA (5/17), 3pm - Author Janet L. Frazier discusses her mystery series for middle grade readers.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS - All programs are free unless otherwise noted.

•BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) •EC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) •LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) •SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 2506488) •SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) • WE (5/14), 10am - Sewing group. SW • TH (5/15), 2:30pm - Book Club: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. SS • TU (5/20), 6pm - Class on learning to crochet with plastic grocery bags. EC • TU (5/20), 7pm - Book Club: Spider's Web by Peter Tremayne.

BM • TU (5/20), 7pm - Ballad singer and storyteller Bobby McMillon performs. LE CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com. Free unless otherwised noted.

• TH (5/15), 10:30am - Coffee

with the Poet series: Louis-Virie Blanche.

• FR (5/16), 6:30pm - Eden Glenn discusses her novel Dragon Guardian.

• SA (5/17), 3pm - John Stiles discusses his book All the Damn Christians.

• SA (5/17), 6:30pm - Brent Martin discusses his new chapbook Staring the Red Earth Down.

• SA (5/17), 9am-5pm - 'Indies First Storytime' with authors Anna Browning and Deanna Klingel.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (5/14), 7pm - Illustrator Charles Vess discusses Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairytale.

• WE (5/14), 7pm - Salon discussion of Women Who Run With the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

• TH (5/15), 7pm - George Singleton discusses his story collection Between Wrecks.

• TH (5/15), 5pm - Shakespeare Salon: A Midsummer Night's

Dream • FR (5/16), 7pm - Jon Sealy discusses his novel The Whiskey Baron.

• SA (5/17), 10am - "Indies First Storytime," with local authors.

• SU (5/18), 3pm - Discussing with writers from the Great Smokies Writing Program.

• WE (5/21), 7pm - Tamasin Noyes discusses her cookbook Vegan Finger Foods

WRITERS AT WOLFE SERIES wolfememorial.com

OPEN MIC NIGHT 575-9525 • SATURDAYS, 3-5pm - For poets and writers. Free. Held at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St.

HENDERSONVILLE CLEANUP DAY

SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop. com • SA (5/17), 11:30am - 'Indies First Storytime" with author Laurie McKay. • SATURDAYS, 11-11:30am Storytime. Ages 2-6. Free.

7th Avenue and surrounding

UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • FR (5/16), 6:30pm - Literary Open Stage, for emerging writers to share their works.

Held at 170 Lyman St.

• SA (5/17), 10am-11am- Robert Morgan discusses his book, Road from Gap Creek. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St

VOLUNTEERING

674-3067, taraledbetter@att.net • SA (5/17), 9am-noon - Work to improve the appearance neighborhoods. Meets at Depot Street.

RIVERLINK 828-252-8474, ext. 18, Volunteer@riverlink.org • WE (5/21), 10am -5:30pm - Volunteer information session.

For more volunteering events go to mountainx.com/volunteering

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Briefs

Asheville district attorney primary victor promises uneventful transition, right after dressing Ron Moore’s closeted skeletons in Moore’s political dirty laundry, parading them up and down street to beat of 100 marching bands NC legislator attempts to rescind vote after learning true nature of breast density law Asheville woman who ‘love, love, loves’ things considering inserting a 4th ‘love’ to express fondness for this morning’s bagel on Facebook Gun-wielding disturbance at the Thunderbird Motel a welcome relief from 24-hour-a-day noisy intercourse APD officers to be fitted with body cameras, but only for use during squirrel-suit cliff diving Local producers of sake seek Japanese frontman for “cachet” but will settle for any Asian, really Brokenhearted Clippers owner Donald Sterling begins arduous, several hourlong search for a new gold-digging mistress

Flat Rock couple builds tiny house, but not on purpose

ASHEVILLE, MONDAY —Lisa Cassady, not inspired by the “tiny house” movement, built one nonetheless when her contractor bailed, and she and her husband Kevin ran out of money.

“It is 60 square feet, though we planned on 1,600 square feet,” Lisa said, showing off the ironing board that doubles as a bed. “Kevin and I have been together 12 years, so we will surely murder each other living together in this tiny, terrible house.”

The house, not based on a design by tiny house advocate and book author Dan Louche, has a wood patio deck for a foundation because the Cassadys could not afford concrete after building the wood patio deck.

A sliding glass door doubles as a wall, and tears well up in Lisa’s eyes when she mentions having to wash dishes while hunched over the 16-inch-by-16-inch shower basin.

“We weren’t looking to downsize our lives,” said Kevin, “so we’ll have to get rid of anything unnecessary, like Lisa, for instance.”

Leicester family takes in Asheville Tourists players ASHEVILLE, TUESDAY — For the past eight years, Sam and Mary Kranston have been driving back and forth past Eliada Homes foster care agency on their way to McCormick Field in order to take in needy minor league baseball players who they feed and shelter for the season.

“The Kranstons have been good to me,” said Asheville Tourists infielder Dale Smith as he spit a thick stream of tobacco juice on their living room floor.

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of the park in any given game, players are rewarded with a night in the master bedroom. However, if a player strikes out three times in the same game, the Kranstons change their locks before the end of the game.

The Kranstons’ 17-year-old son, above, futilely trying to win his parents’ love.

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Keeping the beat Drumming as a healing modality

BY SUSAN FOSTER

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On a Friday night in early spring, a low rumbling can be heard throughout downtown Asheville. The contagious rhythm grows louder as people are drawn into the vortex of reverberating beats in Pritchard Park.

The Friday night drum circle has emerged from winter hibernation, becoming once again the heartbeat of Asheville. For some, the weekly event is simply another one of Asheville’s quirks. For others, the drumming provides a source of therapy and healing.

Larry McDowell, one of the cofounders of the Friday night drum circle, describes the event as a “thunder drum circle,” where people use drumming as a release. “Our natural rhythm is fast during the day, so people need to release stress,” he says. In addition to the Friday night drum circle, McDowell has taught drumming for therapeutic purposes in schools, nursing homes and substance abuse centers. Steven Townsend, who facilitates a drum circle in Black Mountain, also recognizes drumming as a way people can release stress or emotional trauma.

The Friday night drum circle started in 2001, says McDowell, when a group who had been drumming in the the Movement and Learning Center above the French Broad Food Co-op spontaneously decided to take their music outside. They ended up at what is now Pritchard Park. Moving the drum circle there “totally revitalized the area, which used to be a place where homeless people hung around and drank beer. It was good for all the businesses, restaurants and nightlife there,” says McDowell.

“In the West African tradition the drum was always used to call people together. That’s exactly what it does when you put it in an urban setting.”

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BEATING STRESS: Families gather to drum at the Friday night drum circle in Pritchard Park. File photo

McDowell volunteers to teach drumming at Pisgah View and at the Monday night drum circle in Asheville above the French Broad Food Co-op. His business, Roots of Rhythm, takes drumming into a variety of settings, including medical facilities. He facilitates drum circles at substance abuse recovery centers, where, he says, drumming gives patients a sense of purpose and something constructive to do with their time. He also facilitates circles at nursing homes, where he says the bilateral motion of drumming, which involves both hemispheres of the brain, helps people to build new brain pathways. This is especially beneficial for stroke patients, he adds.

The most healing tone of the drum, according to McDowell, is the bass tone. “The low frequency is the healing part,” he says. “The waves

are longer and slower and take longer to spread out.” He adds that rhythms are most healing when they slow to fewer than 100 beats a minute. “What happens is that heart rate and breathing slow down, and blood pressure comes down too,” he says. The process that occurs when people’s physiology changes with the rhythm, says McDowell, is called the natural law of entrainment. “If two rhythms are nearly the same and they’re in close proximity, they fall into synchronicity,” he says.

Townsend says that drumming can have the biggest effect on children because “they don’t analyze what they’re doing. They’re closer to their primitive self.”

McDowell has observed this working privately with children on the autism spectrum. “These are kids who generally don’t engage with

other people, but they can totally engage with the drum,” he says.

“The last sense that leaves the body is our sense of hearing, our sense of rhythm. Our bodies are rhythm. So for autistic kids it’s a way to connect with the rest of the world.”

Perhaps more than anything else, drumming fosters community and connection, says McDowell. “The drum circle is a perfect metaphor for community,” he says. “When everyone is working together, directing their thoughts in a certain way at the same time and sharing the synergy of the drum circle, it’s powerful, and that’s what people are drawn to.”

Townsend says the drums also build communication skills. “You have to work together to be in the same rhythm. You have to listen to each other. If you’re not listening, you’re not going to achieve that great sound,” he says. He recalls a drum circle in which an older woman with a small drum played a very simple rhythm, hitting her drum just once every four beats.

“She found the spot where she could hit her drum and fit in, and she had a big smile on her face. That had a big impact on me. You don’t have to be the best drummer or have all these skills. You just have to listen and want to be a part of it, and let it work its magic.”

McDowell recalls a case in which a woman he taught to drum told him that she credited drumming with her recovery from cancer. He adds that cases like hers are why he continues to teach drumming. “I’ve seen the light go on in people’s eyes” when they learn to drum, says McDowell.

“It feels so good to guide somebody to it. I don’t do it for them. They put themselves in a place to receive it, but I help them turn that light on.”

Steven Townsend facilitates a drum circle each Saturday, 4-6 p.m., at the Carver Community Center in Black Mountain. Larry McDowell facilitates a drum circle each Monday, 7-8:30 p.m., in the Movement and Learning Center above the French Broad Food Co-op. X

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HEALTH BENEFITS: Randy Shaw teaches drumming to children as part of a therepeutic program. Photo courtesy of City of Asheville Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Department

Randy Shaw, director of therapeutic recreation at the Asheville Parks and Recreation Department, was not a drummer. Even so, he believed that drumming had the potential to help people with disabilities. “A light bulb turned on for me when … I started to facilitate drum groups and I saw smiles on people’s faces,” says Shaw. He started the Therapeutic Recreation and Drums program in 2013, and the program recently won the Best New Program award at the N.C. Recreation and Parks Association Conference.

TRAD classes use West African drums and instruments to promote health and wellness as well as therapeutic gains for people with disabilities. Classes take place at the West Asheville Recreation Center and at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Oteen.

TRAD classes are designed to improve self-expression, self-confidence and social skills for individuals with disabilities such as autism, ADHD and cerebral palsy.

TRAD classes for veterans help provide stress management and community integration for previously hospitalized vets who suffer from psychological issues such as substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

“I get a tingling feeling when I get a kid who’s shy and reserved, and all of a sudden they open up and express how they feel,” says Shaw.

“To see it in real life is powerful.”X

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EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING/PERSONAL GROWTH WEEKEND WORKSHOP

Rosalyn L. Bruyere & Ken Weintrub

(pd.) Intensive 26-hour self help weekend encounter, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May 30-June 1. • Seating is limited. • Save $75 today, call (828) 484-1676.

Information/Registration: heartofasheville.com

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ETHICS-MINDFULNESS & LOVING KINDNESS $79 WITH HOPE DEVALL | 6 CE FOR LMT’S (pd.) May 18 from 10 am-5pm Asheville, NC. Held at WNC School of Massage, 46 Haywood St., Suite 200.

828.761.1553

$315 Early Bird registration (paid in full by June 6th) $345 regular registration fee $25 Friday evening lecture only

ASHEVILLE BIRTHKEEPERS • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-7:30pm - Meets at the Spiral Center for Conscious Beginnings, 167A Haywood Road.

13 Nursing CEO credits available (an additional $20)

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HENDERSON COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE CLASSES 697-4891, renay_knapp@ncsu.edu • WEDNESDAYS, 2pm - Class for caregivers. Held at Shaws Creek Baptist Church, 91 Shaws Creek Church Road, Hendersonville.

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LIVING HEALTHY WITH DIABETES CLASS 251-7438 • MONDAYS, 7-9:30pm - Meets at Woodfin YMCA, 40 N. Merrimon Ave, Suite 101. $30. Registration required.

MISSION HEALTH EVENTS 778-1092, mission-health.org • TH (5/15), 6-7:30pm - Education on women’s health and screenings. Held at 50 Schenck Parkway, Biltmore Town Square.

OPPORTUNITY HOUSE 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville, 692-0575, opportunityhouse.org • SA (5/17), 11am-3pm - “Spring into Wellness” Health Fair. Free.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES redcrosswnc.org. Appointment and ID required.

• FR (5/16), 10:30am-4:30pm - Black Mountain Fire Department, 106 Montreat Road, Black Mountain. Appointments & info: (800) 733-2767.

• SU (5/18), noon-4:30pm - Weaverville United Methodist Church, 85 N. Main St., Weaverville.

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• WE (5/21), 9:30am-2pm - Mountain Credit Union, 1453 Sand Hill Road, Candler. Appointments & info: 667-7245.

• WE (5/21), 2:30-7pm - First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Appointments & info: (800) 733-2767.

SIDE-BY-SIDE SINGING FOR WELLNESS sidebysidesinging.wordpress.com • WEDNESDAYS, 1-2:30pm - For people with dementia, Alzheimer’s or brain damage and their care-partners. Held in UNCA’s Sherrill Center.

SUPPORT GROUPS ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS & DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES For people who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. adultchildren.org • Meetings are offered Mon., Fri., Sat., and Sunday at multiple times. For a full list of times and locations visit mountainx.com/support AL-ANON/ ALATEEN FAMILY GROUPS A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. wnc-alanon.org or 800-286-1326.

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• Meetings are offered Mon. through Sat. at multiple times. For a full list of times and locations visit mountainx.com/support RECOVERING COUPLES ANONYMOUS For couples where at least one member is recovering from addiction. recovering-couples.org

• Meetings are offered Mon. and Sat. For a full list of times and locations visit mountainx.com/support S-ANON FAMILY GROUPS For those affected by another’s sexaholism. Four confidential meetings are available weekly in WNC.

• For dates, times and locations contact wncsanon@gmail.com or 258-5117.

SMART RECOVERY Helps individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior.

• 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am-noon – Mills River Library, 124 Town Drive, Mills River.

SYLVA GRIEF SUPPORT Hosted by Four Seasons Compassion for Life. melee@fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 1 p.m. - First Baptist Church, 669 W. Main St., Sylva T.H.E. CENTER FOR DISORDERED EATING SUPPORT GROUPS 297 Haywood St. Info: the centernc.org or 3474685.

Meetings are offered Mondays and Wednesdays.

For a full list of times and locations visit mountainx. com/support WNC BRAIN TUMOR SUPPORT wncbraintumor.org, 828-691-2559 For newly diagnosed and longer-term survivors and their families.

• TH (5/15), 6:30pm - Observance of brain tumor awareness month. Held at MAHEC Education Center, 121 Hendersonville Rd. For a full list of Asheville area support groups, visit mountainx.com/support

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Sorry, you probably thought this post would have something to do with gun control but it’s actually about people looking for that one food or supplement to fix their nutrition/weight/health problems...their “magic bullet” or “superfood.” And sometimes it’s not as much about the food itself but about the label that goes with it...”local,” “organic,” “non gmo.” that we’re willing to pay extra money for in the usually mistaken belief that products that bear this label are nutritionally superior.

Recently I wrote about foods that were the “Villain du jour” - so these are the “super heroes du jour.” The food, beverage or supplements that we anoint with almost magical properties that will protect us from real or imagined ills. These foods or products become highly sought after and are touted in magazines and talk shows. Over the past few years we’ve heard about:

-KALE -POMEGRANATE JUICE -BEET JUICE -QUINOA -VARIOUS SUPPLEMENTS LIKE VITAMIN D, OMEGA 3’S -GREEK YOGURT -JUICING -COCONUT OIL -CHIA SEEDS -ACAI BERRIES As a supermarket dietitian I find it fun to watch food fads and trends and try and predict what will capture the interest of shoppers. At the same time I find it a bit distressing when people rely too much on the labels or on that one food to protect them and ignore the big picture of their health.

THERE’S SO MUCH THAT FACTORS INTO OUR HEALTH AND WEIGHT BEYOND FOOD. -Are you getting enough sleep?

-Are you under a lot of stress?

-Do you smoke?

-Do you get regular exercise and are you active?

-Do you take drugs?

-Do you have a family history of certain diseases?

-Do you get regular medical check-ups and preventive dental care?

-Are you happy most of the time?

BOTTOM LINE: Instead of narrowing your focus to one or two foods or becoming fixated on certain labels; think about the big picture. Evaluate your meals over the course of the week along with other aspects of your life like your exercise, activity and stress level. One food won’t make or break your health.

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Beauty through the weeds Blue Ridge Women in Ag grant winner fights adversity with farm diversity

BY JEN NATHAN ORRIS Send your garden news to ceidson@mountainx.com

Amy Fiedler is a no-nonsense farmer. She works hard and she’s not afraid to say that farming for a living requires intense physical stamina and a kind of emotional grit that goes beyond an appreciation for idyllic sunrises or perfectly ripe produce.

Fiedler is the owner and operator of Springhouse Farm in Vilas, near Boone. She is in the process of diversifying her farm with the help of a recent grant from the nonprofit organization Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture. Like many Western North Carolina farmers, Springhouse Farm was hit hard by last year’s rain, forcing Fiedler to rethink her approach to farming.

“What I’ve learned the most is that you can’t control the weather,” Fiedler says. The uncertainty of planting crops without knowing if the seeds will germinate or if the weather will cooperate weighs on her mind.

“We literally flooded out last year. It was epically destructive.”

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MAKING IT WORK: Amy Fiedler aims to increase her farm’s offerings by adding pigs to Springhouse Farm’s pasture. Photo by Nina Montalto

This season, she will go beyond her usual crops of organic produce, herbs and mushrooms to make her farm more profitable. She will use a $2,000 grant from BRWIA to support her goal of adding pastured pigs to her business. The money will help pay for basic infrastructure such as building fences and creating shade for the hogs.

“I know my pigs, or any kind of livestock, wouldn’t be affected by the weather as much as my crops are,” she explains. Adding pigs is a way to increase the different types of products her farm offers and improve the economic stability of her business in the process.

Raising pigs on pasture instead of in confinement falls in line with Fiedler’s dedication to sustainable agriculture. “The more I was getting educated about factory-farmed meat and pesticides and conventional agriculture — this was years into my farming career — I just realized that I’m on the right path,” she says.

As a single mother raising a family with one income, she hopes to

prove that sustainable agriculture can make for a sustainable lifestyle. She acknowledges that there is a lot of good and a lot of bad in making the economics of farming viable. The work is physically challenging and, as she points out, “there are never enough hours and never enough hands.”

But there are moments of joy as well. “I have had a fabulous day,” she declares on a recent spring afternoon. She spent the morning driving to Gastonia to pick up four pigs, which she brought home in her Subaru. It was a smelly adventure, but a rewarding one. When she got the pigs back to her farm, she says they ran out into the pasture and burrowed in the mud.

“They just look so happy,” she says over the phone, letting out a satisfied sigh.

Fiedler spends the next few moments waxing poetic about one of her favorite pastimes, what she calls “watching pig TV.” At the end of the day, she likes to take

a moment to watch the pigs frolic in their pen. It’s one of the little things she does to help appreciate the balanced beauty of her farm, she explains.

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COMMUNITY HIGH PLANT SALE 686-7734 • FR (5/16) through TH (5/22) - Includes organic offerings grown by students to benefit the school’s agriculture program.

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Sovereign Remedies Charlie Hodge starts Sovereign Remedies, a farm-to-bar venture

BY JONATHAN AMMONS

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Charlie Hodge is no stranger to the cocktail scene. After helping to open Chestnut and developing its beverage program, he went on to head the bar at Bull & Beggar, developing the popular Monday “Recession-Proof Mixology” nights that target service industry workers. And that doesn’t include his incredible track record having helped open the legendary Clyde Common in Oregon and helping to organize the Portland Bartenders Guild. His newest venture is a farm-to-bar cocktail joint called Sovereign Remedies, which began demolition last week on its tiny 800-square-foot space at the corner of Walnut and Market streets.

“The reason that I love the concept of Sovereign Remedies is because Asheville, historically, was a remote area and people had to figure out how to heal themselves,” says Hodge. “[The question was] how do you make yourself better, stronger? So something that I’ve been trying to do behind the bar for 10 years now is take away all the synthetic ingredients and bring out true flavors and true ingredients.” And how does one do that most effectively?

By going directly to the source.

Sure, Sovereign Remedies offers the promise of zinc countertops that will age and weather with time and wear, Brazilian walnut tables and waxed cotton upholstery matched with exotic hardwoods designed by local furniture maker Parker Reid. And yes, the metalwork will all be done by the insanely talented Tina Councell of Iron Maiden Studios at the Wedge. But these things are not what will make this bar truly special, explains Hodge.

“I think what sets us up as something different is our connection with Patchwork Urban Farms,” he says, referring to his partner Sunil Patel’s

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burgeoning urban farm, a network of neighborhoods, community gardens and independently sourced property that utilizes unused land to turn it into productive, biodynamic farmland. “I think that part of Sunil’s mission is to figure out how to create a relationship between farms and restaurants. So, how do you do that?

You open a bar, a restaurant and a farm all at the same time! And that is what we’ve committed to doing.”

Patel says, “Patchwork Farms is multiplot farm that makes land partnerships with anyone. It can be someone’s backyard, schools, hospitals, community gardens or wherever it may be. It’s a farm that functions through crop sharing.” The harvests of the farms first go to neighbors and community through a communitysupported agriculture program and work shares. Beyond that, the plan is to focus on supplying restaurants and bars as well as running a produce stand on Choctaw Road.

“If there is a particular yard that can grow tomatoes amazingly, then that is what that whole yard does, and if another yard can raise chickens really well, that is what their farm does,” Hodge explains. “So what Patchwork does is utilize all these different plots that each have

FROM THE GROUND UP: Sunil Patel, left, with Charlie Hodge, right, at a Patchwork Urban Farms plot and farm stand on Choctaw Road. Hodge plans to source ingredients for his new downtown cocktail bar from Patchwork. Photo by Cindy Kunst

different advantages and harness those advantages to share what we harvest with everyone in the program. So it breaks down the my-yard-your-yard barriers and builds the idea of community by saying, ‘Here are your tomatoes, and here are some chickens from over here.’ It’s about creating food in the best places possible for that food and then sharing it.”

“One of the major forces in funding this bar has been trying to figure out how to ingrain the farm in the bar,” Hodge says. “How do restaurants become more connected and share the responsibility of creating that food so that it is not just up to the farm to have to do it?

We have CSAs, but how do we create a relationship with the people that are selling lots of food, like restaurants or bars, in a way that

supports the farmers? We want both our food and beverage programs to really try to walk that talk and to truly source locally.”

As for the bar itself, Parker Reid describes the aesthetic as “Victorian greenhouse,” a look that was chosen as intentionally as the farms from which the bar will be supplied. “You have to subscribe to a particular ego to go out specifically to have a nice drink, and we want this space to speak to the drink,” says Reid. “Greenhouses really have this inherent beauty in that they were engineered to produce a specific product, and we want the bar to feel the same way, like it was engineered to produce cocktails.”

And as for what Hodge is cooking up for the tipplers? Expect more of his trademark focus on classic cocktails, tradition and history. “There’s a whole new science of how you deconstruct things, reconstruct things and build in these whole new experiences, and I definitely enjoy that. But what really intrigues me is the history of it all and that lineage of how we’ve been interacting with alcohol, plants, vegetables and fruit for centuries.”

When asked the prospective opening date, Hodge quips, “Anywhere from two to 14 months.” Personally, I can’t wait.X

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Returning to the roots Black Mountain Farmers Market reborn as Roots and Fruits Kyle Nuccilli spent a lot of time at the former Black Mountain Farmers Market, a small store that sold local, organic produce and other items.

“I’ve worked at a lot of health food stores, and it was like nostalgia for me,” he says. “There’s so much character in this place.”

Nuccilli’s dream was that the store’s owners, Harry and Elaine Hamil, would eventually decide to sell it to him. “Well, actually I wanted them to give it to me: That was my real dream,” he admits.

So when he heard a few months ago that they were planning to sell the place, Nuccilli called his mother, retired accountant and businesswoman Sheila Nuccilli, and within a week she was up from Florida scoping it out.

“I could see the potential,” she says.

In late February, they bought the business, adopting a mission similar to the Hamils’ original vision: Sell local, organic, ethical products and support small, local farmers as much as possible. But the new owners planned to execute that mission with more energy, says Kyle, a senior at Warren Wilson College. “There’s more of us, and we’re a younger generation,” he says.

The Nuccillis, along with three other employees and groups of young community members, spent weeks cleaning up the mold and clearing out the expired products and the random objects accumulated over the years, infusing the space with a more youthful energy.

Roots and Fruits Market celebrated its grand opening May 3 with music, free samples and more.

Local is the business’s top priority, Kyle reports: The market carries meats and produce from 20 local farmers. And most of the products, if not organic, are low-spray and GMO-free.

“We carry the highest-quality items,” he says. “It’s more expensive, but at the end of the day, it matters more how it affects you, your family and the community. People come in asking for things, and I have to tell them, ‘Sorry, it’s not in season right now.’”

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Roots and Fruits co-owner Sheila Nuccilli, right, talks with one of the market’s local suppliers. Photo by Micah Wilkins

They’ve also been busy developing an urban permaculture garden next to the store, complete with fruit trees, herb spirals and garden beds in the shape of a mandala.

“We’ve done a lot of landscaping,” says Kyle. “We were working with what was there, but transforming it. People can see what you can do with what seems like a small area of land.”

The garden’s role is still being worked out, but they’re considering an “everybody eats” policy where people pay what they can “so that everyone can eat healthy, organic food,” Kyle explains.

Future plans could include adding a juice bar, café and community library, where classes could be offered and music performed. Right now, though, “A lot of it is just getting our feet wet,” says Sheila. “It’s all about the youth: I’m trying to encourage them. They all have good beliefs and principles; it’s about providing them the opportunity and the mentorship.”

The business’s motto is “Growing community through food,” and Kyle hopes Roots and Fruits will become a sort of informal community center for Black Mountain residents. “We

need a place to bring people together,” he says.

Tom Brody of Rise Up Rooted Farm, who sells organic greens to Roots and Fruits, says he’s noticed a trend among young people these days: “They all want to farm.” In other words, they care about where their food comes from, and they want to make a difference. “Harry and Elaine, they couldn’t do it. But these kids, they’ve achieved a lot in a short period of time.”

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Wild foods like dandelion, chickweed and stinging nettle offer a taste of the earth, untouched and uncultivated. They’re what you get when you enter a forager’s or herbalist’s kitchen, where Appalachian folk traditions identify them as both medicinal and key to a diversified daily diet that connects us with the natural cycle of the Earth.

Such foods are as local as you can get — abundant, free and, above all, nutritionally dense foods that can be found close to home or unnoticed at a nearby park or along a trail. Becoming comfortable with these local wild edibles is a simple and safe way to start eating off the land you live on, without becoming a farmer.

One of the best-known weeds, bright yellow dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) burst with color along local highways, open fields and urban lawns.

Entirely edible, dandelions bloom in early spring, when our bodies start to detox and shed waste from winter.

Not surprisingly, the dandelion leaves, flowers and roots help to assist this process by supporting the liver, purifying the blood and stimulating a healthy digestive system, say local herbalists.

Gathering a handful of dandelion leaves and flowers for a fresh salad or cooking the leaves as a bitter green for part of an evening meal can provide a daily ration of vitamins A, C and K as well as vitamin B-6, fiber calcium and iron. These power plants prefer full sun and seem to relish areas frequented by people. If you live in town and want to harvest dandelion, head to the closest park, such as Carrier Park in West Asheville. You’ll probably find dandelion sprinkled across the park’s flat grassy areas.

Another delicious spring edible, chickweed, prefers to grow in partial shade, blending in and hugging close to the ground. Because it thrives in cool weather, chickweed will be around only until the end of May and early June, and it sometimes returns in the fall. This is another plant you can find in local parks, particularly in the wooded areas or along the edge of fields.

You can identify chickweed (Stellaria

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The stem, leaves and flowers are edible. Herbalists claim it can be used to soothe inflammation, lose weight and purify the blood. Fresh chickweed is my favorite addition to a spring salad because of its juicy and cooling nature, although you can also cook it lightly for a spinachlike flavor.

For a sensual delight, look to the common purple violet, which also pops up in yellow, blue and white hues. The leaves and flowers are edible, both raw and cooked. The leaves are heart-shaped with a mild mucilaginous texture, while the flowers make a sweet gorgeous garnish for salads or desert.

Violets grow in similar conditions as chickweed. I usually find them growing together, although violets can also thrive in sunnier spots. Currently, violets are blooming in a patch across my entire front yard.

This plant is also rich in nutrients, especially vitamins A and C. In herbal medicine, violet is used to aid metabolic processes and stimulate the flow of the lymphatic system.

Last, but not least, stinging nettle has made brave souls out of forag-

ers and chefs who dare to harvest it.

The fine, sharp hairs on the leaves and stems call for wearing gloves while picking. You can find a big patch out at the French Broad River Park off Amboy Road. Local herbalist Juliet Blankenspoor says that this is the peak time to go harvest nettles.

Don’t worry: The nettle’s sting will not make it to your tongue. It dissipates when you cook the plant, leaving a delectable green for your palate. Nettle is rich in vitamins, minerals and proteins and can be used like most cooked greens, such as spinach and kale.

In short, a little education, experience and familiarity with wild foods can dispel our fears and help us rediscover nourishing folk traditions and original uses of local plants. On a holistic level, this is a simple way to diversify our diet and bring intimacy back into our meal preparation. We can reconsider that last-minute run to the grocery store for a head of lettuce to add to dinner and, instead, step into the backyard and find some of the plants growing there, waiting for you to call them food.

Emily Nichols teaches herbal medicine and nature education programs for summer camps and leads wild-food hikes for women in the Asheville area. X

Wild recipes NETTLES PÂTÉ BY JULIET BLANKENSPOOR Juliet Blankenspoor is the director of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine. She writes about wild foods and herbal medicine in her blog, Castanea. She is currently developing an herbal correspondence course, which will feature many wild foods recipes.

1 cup walnut halves 3 cloves garlic 6 ounces extra virgin olive oil + little more for sautéing ½ cup whole pitted Kalamata olives 1 quart steamed nettle leaves (about 4 quarts fresh leaves) 4 ounces feta cheese (by weight) 1/4 pound Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (substitute grated parmesan if necessary) 10 medium shiitake mushrooms 20 sundried tomatoes Pour just enough hot water over the sundried tomatoes to cover, and let sit for a few hours. If you don’t have the time to presoak, soaking them while you prepare the other ingredients is sufficient.

Strip the stinging nettle leaves from the fibrous stem; compost the stem. Leather garden gloves are handy to avoid the nettle sting, and kitchen tongs work nicely when washing nettles and transferring them to a cooking pot. Wash the leaves and steam them until they are tender, yet still vibrantly green.

Steaming will deactivate the nettle sting. The nettle leaves will shrink to about ¼ the original volume after cooking. Let the steamed nettles cool while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

Toast walnut halves in an ungreased skillet until their aroma permeates the kitchen and they are slightly browned. Place the toasted walnuts on a plate to cool.

De-stem and coarsely chop the shiitakes, and sauté in a little olive oil.

Blend the following ingredients in a food processor: garlic, olives, sundried tomatoes, feta, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and olive oil. When the shiitakes, nettles and walnuts have cooled, add them to the food processor and blend. If you don’t have a food processor, use a blender, and slowly incorporate the ingredients into

the olive oil. You may need to add a little more olive oil or water when using a blender.

Serve as a dip with crudités or crackers. The pâté is also lovely as a “pesto” for pasta. Yet another way to savor this recipe is to use the pâté as the base of a white pizza.

Tips for harvesting wild plants • Consider where your food is growing. Harvesting plants next to roadsides or in areas exposed to fertilizers, pesticides and waste products is obviously not ideal.

• Choose to harvest in places where the plant is naturally abundant rather than sparsely available.

• Before you go, educate yourself on ways to sustainably harvest wild plant species or ask a knowledgeable friend to join you. There are many techniques for treading lightly in nature. For example, rather than pulling up an entire violet plant out of the ground, you can pick one or two leaves each from several plants and help preserve the entire violet patch.

DANDELION FRITTERS BY MELISSA FRYER Melissa Fryer is an Appalachianborn herbalist and wild-foods enthusiast who lives in Madison County and is a manager at the French Broad Food Coop. She teaches at Asheville School of Holistic Herbalism and local herb festivals. rootmama13@gmail.com

• Remember to bring a paper bag or basket to hold your wild finds.

• Gloves and/or shears can be helpful tools for prickly or touch-sensitive plants.

1 1/2 cup dandelion flowers 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup sour cream 1 1/2 cup cornmeal 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 cup wild onions (or scallions) 1 cup grated cheese 1/4 cup water

Remove green caps and stems from dandelion flowers. Combine sour cream and eggs and stir in dandelion petals. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Drop by the spoonful onto a well-oiled hot pan or griddle.

Brown on both sides and serve hot.

Makes 10-12 3-inch fritters.

CHICKWEED PESTO BY MELISSA FRYER 3 cups fresh chickweed (leaves and stems) 1 1/2 cup walnuts 1 cup Parmesan and/or feta cheese 2-5 cloves garlic (depending on preference) 3 tablespoons olive oil Place walnuts, cheese and garlic into a food processor and mix well.

Add chickweed and blend. Slowly drizzle on olive oil until desired consistency is reached. This is terrific on pasta dishes, as a dip for veggies or spread on crackers and bread.

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haley.steinhardt@live.net

East Asheville eats Searching for sustenance on the east side of town Downtown Asheville’s culinary offerings are certainly no secret, and West Asheville, with its ceaseless onslaught of restaurant openings, is clearly booming as a foodie mecca. But what about points east?

Although it is not widely considered to be a dining destination, East Asheville has its own sampling of fun eateries and delicious dishes.

An outing to Creekside Taphouse is sure to bring a smile to every face that walks through the door, starting with the black-and-white cow statue perched on the roof above the entrance. And with a fully fenced-in playground area and several game stations, not to mention a sand volleyball court, the atmosphere is family-friendly and welcoming. This is a true local gem.

“We call Creekside Taphouse a neighborhood joint,” says owner Brendan Dennehy. “Our goal was to provide the immediate neighborhood, as well as all of Asheville, a truly unique gathering place. Since we are tucked back in downtown Haw Creek, we felt strongly to connect with the local neighborhood and have a spot they can be proud to call their own. … It’s really fun to see large groups hanging outside at the bar, lounging by the creek, throwing cornhole or playing volleyball in the sand court. Our menu reflects the feeling we want in the space: comfortable and casual. On the food side, we are barbecue-based, with almost everything house-made, from our sauces to our chicken fingers.

We recently won the 2014 Asheville Wing War for our Cheerwinehabanero-smoked wings.”

Dennehy says he and his wife, Patty, couldn’t have chosen a more perfect location for their business.

“We love East Asheville. It’s a great area, and people are extremely supportive of the effort we put into the space. We’ve experienced tremendous growth since opening, and we have long-term plans to help make downtown Haw Creek a vital neighborhood center once again.”

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East-side resident Zach Renner recommends Creekside in addition to some other local eateries. “I would go with Creekside Taphouse, because they have good service, a loaded menu, and they’re kid-friendly,” Renner says. “The East Village Grille also has good service and excellent food; the tiger wings are amazing. And Ultimate Ice Cream for dessert!” Asked if he thinks the area needs more dining options, Renner said it’s not always clear what restaurants are in which part of town, “because the defining lines between downtown, East Asheville, Biltmore Village and Swannanoa are kind of blurry.

And unfortunately, unlike West Asheville, East Asheville is not walkable, so you can’t really compare them. There are options, just more spread out, and they need to be found.”

Not all east-siders are equally positive, however. “There really aren’t enough options on this side of town,” says Devon Randall. “I’ve lived in Oakley for 10 years, and it’s gotten better, but still it’s not great. … It’s a shame that in River Ridge Shopping Center, two large restaurants sit unoccupied. Even worse, we don’t have food trucks.

The farmers market in Oakley is wonderful, but it would flourish with some food trucks or hot, prepared foods available.” (Editor’s note: As of its season opening on May 8, the Oakley Farmers Market now hosts food trucks weekly.)

Amy Evans, too, feels East Asheville could use more restaurants. “We often find ourselves downtown or in West Asheville when we go out,” she says, adding, “Wouldn’t it be fun if Fairview Road was lined with places like WALK and Universal Joint?” Still, Evans gushes over one local eatery. “We love Filo for breakfast, lunch or an afternoon treat on the weekend. The atmosphere is friendly and eclectic. They might make the best caffè breve in town, and the pastries, quiche and other offerings are delicious. I dream about the beignets.”

Filo owner Maria Papanastasiou feels a deep connection with the neighborhood. “I love being in

FUN ON TAP: Creekside Taphouse owners Brendan and Patty Dennehy say they want their barbecue-themed indoor-outdoor bar and restaurant to be a “neighborhood joint” for East Asheville. Photo by Alicia Funderburk

East Asheville,” she says. “I was born here; I still live in the same house I grew up in, and it gives me a sense of community and connection. I see the same people every day, and they’re my extended family.” And with “all other sides of town reaching a saturation point,” Papanastasiou says, “I do anticipate growth. However, I hope it doesn’t grow too much. I like having space to move without being right on top of each other.”

Another hot East Asheville dining spot is Café Azalea, which reopened last May under new ownership. If you’re looking for great ambiance and an impressive full-service café menu, this is the place. There’s also a sophisticated wine selection.

“There are so many great wines out there,” says owner Kris Dietrick, the café’s chef and wine buyer.

“We’ve got about 35 wines by the glass, even by the bottle if you want it. When someone comes in here, I can help them find something they like,” says the industry veteran.

Asked what inspired him to pick up the reins after Azalea’s original owner closed the restaurant in January 2013, Dietrick says, “I looked at this place, and it had so much charm and character. I fell in love with it.” After spending eight weeks cleaning and repainting the

space, he feels he has created “a nice, casual place where you can bring your family.” Customers apparently agree, since the revamped café has seen amazing growth in its first year, he reports, “And the busier we get, the better we’re going to get.”

Sure, many residents say the neighborhood could use more dining options, but the fact is, East Asheville already has its share of hidden gems and beloved community gathering places. So the next time you’re heading out to eat, why not make one of them your destination. X

Dine around

Here are a few other smart bets for satisfying your hunger on the east side: • Fairview Tavern: 831 Old Fairview Road, behind The Home Depot • Frank’s Roman Pizza: 90 S. Tunnel Road • India Garden: 80 S. Tunnel Road • Pomodoros East: 1070 Tunnel Road • The Social: 1078 Tunnel Road

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Brewing Appalachia Fonta Flora, Morganton’s newest brewery, showcases local malt, fruits and vegetables in its beer

If you’ve ever met Todd Boera, co-owner and brewer at Fonta Flora in Morganton, you probably remember his foot-long beard. Fittingly the former Catawba Brewing Co. head brewer launched his new venture with a beer called Hop Beard IPA. It has quickly become a taproom favorite.

However, it’s the other beers on the board that are quickly putting Fonta Flora on the map. On any given day, you’ll find as many saisons on tap as the much-larger Wicked Weed in Asheville, and all of them are focused on brewing as locally as possible.

“Saying you ‘serve local food’ or ‘brew local beer’ is something that can get lost in translation pretty easily,” says Boera, who laments that some restaurants and breweries push “local” more as a marketing tool than as a way of production. “However, there are a few of us who actually do brew local.”

For Fonta Flora, brewing local starts with the malt; Riverbend Malt House of Asheville provides the malt it uses in all its Belgian beers. While you might think many Asheville brewers would have already switched to Riverbend, in reality Fonta Flora is one of the only breweries pioneering its use as a base malt for core beers rather than for just seasonals or special releases. “We can’t use Riverbend in every beer yet because every ingredient has a flavor,” says Boera. “So I stick to the beers that work best for the malts they produce now. ... It may be hard for established brewers to do that, but I think it’s up to us [brewers] to try these new regional ingredients and figure out what works.”

Many beers are also brewed based on what’s in season and what’s inspiring to Boera at any given moment.

Some are only brewed once. For example, Fonta Flora brewed Local

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“We want any growth to be slow and intentional. And we never want to get so big that we have to change what we do now when it comes to sourcing our ingredients.”

UPCOMING EVENTS

SMALL-TOWN PERSONALITY: Although Morganton is a small market, the beers brewed by Fonta Flora head brewer Todd Boera have a loyal following.

Photo by Thom O’Hearn

Kiwi!? Belgian Blonde after Boera made an accidental discovery at Fox Farms. “I was driving out to Burnsville to buy some corn, and while I’m up there the farmer shows me these kiwi bushes. I couldn’t believe we were growing kiwis right here [in WNC]. So I bought all the kiwis he had for a beer.”

THE STORY SO FAR While you might think a taproom filled with saisons and beers featuring local produce is a stretch for a small market like Morganton, Fonta Flora already has a dedicated following. After opening weekends-only in October, it has been filling the pub every day of the week since November.

“Sometimes people are bummed out at first when they try to order something [like a lager], but that usually turns into them trying something new that they like. Since we have table beers and other mild offerings, what seems obscure at first can end up quite popular with the light beer crowd. … People need more credit

than they get. Almost everyone is willing to embrace what’s going on [with craft beer],” says Boera.

The understanding that the people of Morganton would embrace a creative local pub comes in part because the partners have all lived in Morganton for years. In addition to Boera, who has lived there for five years, co-owners Mark and David Bennett were born and raised in Morganton. It also didn’t hurt that the Bennetts’ parents are English immigrants, so they had firsthand experience with the English pub culture they wanted to bring to Morganton.

Since Fonta Flora started with a focus on the pub, the brewing operation is a modest size: 3.5 barrels, or about 100 gallons per batch. The owners make enough beer to keep the tap lines flowing at Fonta Flora, and they send a small amount of beer to places like Thirsty Monk in Asheville on occasion. “We’re not opposed to getting more beer to Asheville eventually. …

We’re just trying to keep from overextending ourselves too fast,” says Boera.

If you can’t make the drive to Morganton anytime soon, there are a couple of Asheville Beer Week events where you can try a beer from Fonta Flora. It will have 10 of its beers, including Hop Beard IPA and many of the saisons, at the Thirsty Monk on Friday, May 30, for a tap takeover.

It will also have a beer and an experimental malt vinegar at the All Souls Pizza Grazing in the Grass dinner on May 28.

Alternately, you could make a day of it and head to Morganton on June 14 for Fonta Flora’s inaugural State of Origin beer festival.

The event will feature about 20 North Carolina breweries serving beers that feature local ingredients at the Morganton Courthouse Square. Tickets are $35.

For details about the All Souls Pizza dinner, click on the “Events” link at ashevillebeerweek.com.

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WEDNESDAY ASHEVILLE BREWING: Wet Nose Wednesday: dog day at Coxe Ave. patio 5-8pm; $3.50 all pints at Coxe location CATAWBA: Live Music: acoustic FRENCH BROAD: $7 growler fills HI-WIRE: Seasonal Release: Snakedancer Saison; Limited Release: Ringmaster’s Reserve series LAB: $3 pints all day OSKAR BLUES BREWERY: Wednesday night bike ride, 6pm OYSTER HOUSE: $2 off growler fills

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PISGAH: Live Music: Bread & Butter (bluegrass, Americana), 6pm; Food Truck: Fuel (paleo)

HIGHLAND: Live Music: Appalachian Shakedown w/ Asheville Horns, Raising Cane & The Roaring Lions (funk, jazz), 6-10pm

WEDGE: Food Truck: Root Down (Cajun, comfort food)

OSKAR BLUES: Live Music: Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 5pm; Food Truck: 3 Suns Bistro; Cradle to the Grave Race, 8am

THURSDAY ALTAMONT: Live Music: Angela Pearly, 9pm ASHEVILLE BREWING: Mystery Hop series winners announced on social media; $3.50 pints at Merrimon location

PISGAH: Live Music: Rumpke Mountain Boys (newgrass), 9pm; Food Vendor: DOGS WEDGE: Food Truck: El Kimchi

HI-WIRE BREWING: Live Music: Dave Desmelik, 5-7pm

OSKAR BLUES: Live Music: The Wilhelm Brothers (folk-rock), 6pm; Food Truck: Little Bee Thai, 4:30pm

LAB: Live Music: Bluegrass brunch; $10 pitchers all day

WEDGE: Food Truck: Tin Can Pizzeria FRIDAY

MONDAY ALTAMONT: Live Music: Old-time jam, 8pm ASHEVILLE BREWING: Firkin: Rocket Girl w/ rosehips CATAWBA: Mixed-Up Mondays: beer infusions

ASHEVILLE BREWING: Mystery Hop series at both locations

FRENCH BROAD: $2.50 pints

HIGHLAND: Live Music: The Low Down Sires (jazz), 6:30pm; Food Truck: Bangin’ Pies OSKAR BLUES: Live Music: Reggae Family Jam, 6pm; Food Truck: Little Bee Thai; Cradle to Grave Race pre-party & packet pickup PISGAH: Live Music: Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute), 9pm; Food truck: Root Down WEDGE: Food Truck: Cecilia’s Culinary Tour SATURDAY ALTAMONT: Live Music: Jam night, 9:30pm CATAWBA: Live Music: Celtic Noonday Feast

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WEDGE: Food Truck: Cecilia’s Culinary Tour

ALTAMONT: Live Music: Blood Gypsies, 9:30pm

CATAWBA: Hickory Nut Gap Charcuterie sampling, 4-6pm

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CATAWBA: Live Music: Martha & Downriver Dudes (old-time), 6-10pm

PISGAH: Live Music: The Boogie Boys w/ Bobby Miller & David Long (bluegrass, old-time), 8pm; Food truck: Bombus

plant restaurant

OSKAR BLUES: Mountain Music Mondays, 6pm WEDGE BREWING CO.: Immoral Monday: $4 beers are $3.50, $5 beers are $4, pitchers are $10; Food Truck: El Kimchi (Korean/Mexican street food) TUESDAY ALTAMONT: Live Music: Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm ASHEVILLE BREWING CO.: $2 Tuesday: $2 two-topping pizza slices & house cans CATAWBA: $2 off growler fills HI-WIRE: $2.50 house pints OSKAR BLUES: Tasty Tuesday: Rye-nopoly (100% rye pale ale) on tap; Cornhole League, 6:30pm WEDGE: Tin Can Pizzeria

Spring Celebration at the Villages at Crest Mountain Saturday May 31 12pm - 4pm • Food, Beverage &

Entertainment provided.

• Neighborhood tours featuring community gardens, orchards & vineyards • Sales model open house

Call 828-252-7787 or visit www.villagesatcrestmountain.com for details

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he letterpress may be more than 5 centuries old, but in Asheville, this antique printing method is downright thriving. Still, it wasn’t always this way. Lance Wille, the founder of Hand-Cranked Letterpress Co., has watched the proliferation of letterpress artists here over the last decade. Wille started printing music posters out of The Orange Peel’s basement when the club first opened in the early 2000s. At that time, he says, he was one of two letterpress artists in Asheville.

When Wille was starting out, he had to make weekend trips to Yee-Haw Industries in Knoxville, Tennessee, to gain access to a press and learn the ins and outs of the method. Now, with studios like Asheville BookWorks and collectives like 7 Ton Letterpress, local artists have an easier time gaining access to the unwieldy equipment.

“You need a lot of space,” says Wille. “It has to be on the ground floor; you have to have access to a pallet jack or a winch. There are so many factors in the process that make it hard to begin, and having a resource like BookWorks, more than anything it’s made [Asheville] a mecca. There are very few places that could rival having this many letterpress artists. New York may have more, but per capita, I think this is the capital.”

T Letterpress printing thriving in Asheville STORY BY LEA MCLELLAN lmclellan@mountainx.com PHOTOS BY SHARA CROSBY

UTILITARIAN ROMANTICS When Blue Barnhouse owner Brendan Mise first got into letterpressing as a graduate-level creative-writing student in San Francisco, he says his interest was “totally utilitarian.” BookWorks owner Laurie Corral uses the same adjective to describe the presses in her West Asheville studio.

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(left) Beth Schaible of Quill & Arrow Press, left, and Ele Annand of ANNAND at the 7 Ton Letterpress Collective studio.

In the 15th century, the letterpress was on the cutting edge of utility. The invention of movable, reusable type meant that, for the first time, the common people had access to printed materials. But the basics of letterpress haven’t changed much since then — ink is often still mixed by hand, typeface is set into plates and locked into chases, and sheets are still hand-fed one at a time — so there are arguably more utilitarian ways of printing. Just ask the folks at Kinko’s.

A modern print shop, however, can’t achieve the deep impressions in the page and that tactile quality that makes you want to reach out and touch letterpressed materials. Perhaps, then, the letterpress artist must also be something of a romantic.

“It was fun,” says Mise of his foray into letterpress. “There was definitely an interactive method; you’re troubleshooting every little step of the way. Problem solving was something I gravitated toward.” For Mise, “troubleshooting” often meant posting questions online to Saskatchewan-based expert Phil Ambrosi (whose printing operation started in 1929) or calling up Fritz Klinke of NA Graphics in Colorado, “The Godfather of Letterpress,” whom Mise says can usually identify a problem, and even diagnose “weird noises,” over the phone.

“Most experienced letterpress mechanics are long dead or out of work,” Mise explains in his new book, Adventures in Letterpress. “Solutions for the various glitches that occur in the printing process are not easily found in a bookshelf but still reside in the minds of men and women who learned this stuff two generations ago.”

Phased out in the late 1700s by lithography and rendered further obsolete by offset printing in the early 1900s, letterpress fell into obscurity through much of the last century. It was resurrected in the ’90s — thanks in part to Martha Stewart and her penchant for letterpress wedding invitations. Since then, artists have been finding new ways to put this endangered species to good use. Wedding invitations and “save the dates” may still be an income stream for many letterpress artists, but it’s not the only way to go.

“It’s very utilitarian, but a lot of fine art has come out of the letterpress, too,” notes Corral. “There are ways that the letterpress has been adapted for printmaking techniques, so all of that is starting to come together.”

Mise adds: “You do it for long enough, and you come to appreciate all the ways it can be used. I think that’s what [Adventures in Letterpress] is about, mostly. Look what you can do with these presses, look how many different ways this can be applied.” One artist, says Mise, is creating letterpress works using Legos. Others mentioned in his book have created 3-D letterpress sculptures. Local artist Beth Schaible of Quill & Arrow has been experimenting with printing on leaves.

In projects like these, craft, utility and fine art start to merge, says Corral. “I think this town really understands craft and fine art, and there’s a lot of discussion between the two and where do they meet,” she says. “But I think that Asheville doesn’t have a hard time with that, because we have a lot of both of those things happening together.”

GO LOCAL WITH LETTERPRESS Asheville is well-represented in Mise’s Adventures in Letterpress. A handful of local studios — Hand-Cranked Letterpress Co., Mink, Jessica White, ANNAND and BookWorks — are among the 80 whose work is spotlighted by the 200 letterpress images featured in the book. Surely, this is partly due to Mise’s strong connection with the city — Blue Barnhouse, his letterpress business, was long based here before moving to Wilmington — but there’s no denying the significant letterpress presence here.

“Asheville is interesting in that it attracts people who simultaneously yearn for self-sufficiency and for community,” says Ele Annand, a member of the 7 Ton

“Asheville is interesting in that it attracts people who simultaneously yearn for self-sufficiency and for community.”

— ELEANOR ANNAND, 7 TON LETTERPRESS COLLECTIVE

Macon York prepares ink at BookWorks in West Asheville where she rents space in order to run her letterpress business.

Letterpress Collective. “Self-sufficiency in that people want to grow their own food, they want to make their own products, and in the case of letterpress, they want the power of the press at their fingertips. But a lot of us also want a sense of community. We want to be able to ask our neighbors how they got their blueberries to grow so well, how they built their newest sculpture — and how long they worked on that five-color letterpress print.”

7 Ton Letterpress was started in 2012 by Schaible, Annand, Bridget Elmer of Flatbed Splendor and Kelly Kelbel of Tiny Story Factory. “The collective exists for a lot of practical reasons,” Schaible explains. “We love what we do and wouldn’t be able to do it without sharing a space, equipment, costs. It’s also a really good setup for us to be able to work both independently and collaboratively and get feedback, camaraderie and support from one another.”

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“There are very few places that could rival having this many letterpress artists. New York may have more, but per capita, I think this is the capital.”

— LANCE WILLE, HAND-CRANKED LETTERPRESS CO.

For those without access to equipment, BookWorks is a major source of support and education. “We have a lot of people who have actually moved to Asheville, who have gone through graduate programs in print arts and bookmaking and, because they can come here to continue their work, they find it a good place to be,” says Corral. Besides offering both basic and advanced-level classes, Bookworks rents studio space and equipment access.

Macon York, who gave up a career in magazine design in New York to start her own letterpress business in Asheville, does all her printing at BookWorks.

“Asheville was never on my radar for a city to live in,” she says, “but when I came to the [2011 Ladies of Letterpress Conference] and saw the studio for the first time, I was like, ‘I think I could live in Asheville.’”

York has her own line of greeting cards, and she works with clients to create custom letterpress designs for things like wedding and birthday party invitations.

“I love typography, and it was really cool to work with hand-set type and pick out each letter one at a time,” she says. “There’s the tactile nature of it, but also how it really presses into the paper and you can feel the printing. I still use the computer as a tool, but I like having a balance with handmade work.”

MADE WITH LOVE Brides with some leeway in their budget aren’t the only ones splurging on letterpress. Wille mostly prints posters for musicians — a client base that’s

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Since moving his business, Hand-Cranked Letterpress Co., from its Tingle Alley location to his home studio, Lance Wille has been focused on projects he is truly passionate about — mostly music and political posters.

not exactly known for deep pockets. So why opt for printing that takes longer, costs more and is generally more involved than other modern printing methods? “It harks back to an old-fashioned time,” says Wille. “Especially with the linoleum and wood type, it has sort of an unexpected quality. You have variances in the color coverage and, a lot of times, old wood type is dinged up and nicked. I always thought that was one of my favorite things about it.”

Wille also cites the DIY challenge, which speaks to artists and clients alike.

“When I first started out, I only had about four fonts and not a lot of money to buy fonts,” he recalls. “So when I needed to say something and somebody’s name had four E’s in it and I only had three, then I had to find an appropriate replacement font. That was part of the challenge and the fun of mixing type and working with limited tools. I also think that’s part of the charm of it, and I think that’s what people see.”

It’s not a stretch, says York, to see the proliferation of letterpress as part of a cultural shift, similar to the slow-food and buy-local movements. “I think it’s maybe wired into our primitive nature [to want] whatever is easiest and convenient,” she says. “But honestly, I think we’ve gone too far, and we’ve lost a lot.

Cheaper, faster, more convenient — to me, it’s not the best. From craft beer to handmade clothing to handmade shoes to handmade paper to hand-printed things, I think everyone is like, ‘Oh yeah, this is really good.’ You can see people remembering that quality is really important.”

But if letterpress asks artists to make a real commitment in order to learn their craft, that extends to the client, too: It’s going to cost more. It’s going to take longer to print. The end result, though, will be something a little more special than a photocopy.

“Anybody who does it really isn’t doing it for money,” says Wille. “They’re doing it for the love of the art. So you have to take that into account. Not only is it made with these crazy methods that were popular in the ’40s at best: It’s also made with love.” X

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Folk remedies Two indie-folk acts find their place and sound in Asheville

Warm the Bell and Angel Olsen are slated to play The Grey Eagle this week, on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, respectively.

While both acts share a folk aesthetic, they approach music (and recording, and live shows) from very different perspectives.

WARM WELCOME Plenty of bands have formed from the ashes of other projects.

Ben Bridwell launched Band of Horses after the dissolution of Carissa’s Wierd; following the death of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis,

WHO Warm the Bell with Red Honey and Desperate Pilot WHERE The Grey Eagle, thegreyeagle.com WHEN Friday, May 16, at 9 p.m. $5 advance/$8 day of show

the remaining members started New Order; and rock supergroup Velvet Revolver is populated by former Guns N Roses musicians.

Asheville indie-folk outfit Warm the Bell (which plays The Grey Eagle on Friday, May 16) shares that story.

Sean Robbins and Vickie Burick had both played in country-tinged indie-rock band Nevada. When that group fizzled out, the singer-songwriter/guitarists teamed up. “We started working on some new songs that were more folk-oriented,” says Robbins. “Some of the songs had been for Nevada, but they didn’t really fit.”

Though a band — if tentatively at first — since 2010, it was only last

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year that Warm the Bell released its debut, You Are The Sun. Jangly, sunny and bittersweetly nostalgic, the record matches ’60s-era folk with indie-rock savvy. “That’s definitely our sound. It wasn’t planned or anything,” says Robbins. “It’s a lot of the stuff I’ve been listening to forever.”

A new album is in the works.

Robbins and Burick have written more than 20 songs for that project, plus there are the tracks they didn’t end up using on You Are the Sun. Their decision process is this: “We pick the ones we like the best and see how they turn out in the studio,” says Robbins.

While the new record will be stylistically similar to the band’s debut, expect some darker moods and political themes. Robbins is also going for a more strippeddown approach and a sound that’s “’60s psychedelic crossed with oldtime.” Ultimately, the musician likes to make the sort of music he’d want to listen to, from ’70s soft rock, to Neil Young and Crazy Horse, to space rockers Spiritualized. “We still have some of the loud, psychedelic freak-out songs we’ve been doing too,” he promises.

Sonic changes can be attributed to a lineup shift. Warm the Bell’s drummer Rick Shore (also of Nevada) left the band, so bassist Sam Brinkley (of Rafe Hollister) took over percussion. “Rick had a hard-rock, Jimmy Chamberlin from Smashing Pumpkins style,” Robbins says. “Sam’s style is unique, more on the folk-rock side.” New bassist Tim Comstock plays standup, which further influences the aesthetic.

Warm the Bell finds itself in an interesting place among local acts.

The band tends to take winters off, and Robins admits to enjoying the recording process more than the live show experience. (Burick, on the other hand, looks forward to the social aspect of gigs.) But both Robbins and Burick have been part of Asheville’s music scene for more than a decade. And, while Robbins previously lived in the Triangle area — known for its many bands — the group he shared with his younger brother

SOUND IDEA: From bright, jangly folk to darker moods and political themes, Warm the Bell makes the sort of music its band members like to listen to.

Photo by Vickie Burick

played most of its shows in Asheville with older sibling Wayne Robbins, frontman of The Hellsayers.

“There are so many great bands in town that it’s easy for a band to get lost,” Sean says of Asheville. He’s happy to find his way back to The Grey Eagle, a sort of home away from home for him and Burick — a stage they shared with some beloved local acts. “One of the songs we’re playing in Warm the Bell, and will be playing at The Grey Eagle,” he says, “is a song we played there, years ago, at a show with The Hellsayers and DrugMoney.” — A.M. NEW SOUND, NEW TOWN Burn Your Fire for No Witness, the new offering from timelessly warbling folksinger Angel Olsen, kicks off with one hell of a bait-and-switch.

“Unf**ktheworld” opens the record with broken-down lo-fi balladry, her plaintive strums and wounded croon crackling through comfortable static. Crisply recorded harmonies emerge after the halfway mark, fostering magnificent tension, a powder keg that’s blown wide by the grimey electric riff that announces “Forgiven/Forgotten,” a lean and infectious garage rock stunner that’s unlike anything Olsen has previously attempted.

It’s a big shift, a confident move into unfamiliar sonic territory — and it’s far from the only change to come

the singer’s way. In the two years since releasing her critically lauded second album, Half Way Home, Olsen has enlisted a band, touring and writing for the first time with a steady cast of collaborators. She met them in Chicago, her home for most of the past eight years, but she now resides in Asheville, having moved to town last October.

Many people might be staggered by so much change in such a short period, but when reached in the midst of her current tour, Olsen is relaxed, laughing off persistent phone difficulties as she and her band plow through the mountains on their way to Atlanta.

“I guess I felt like I was fitting pretty easily into a community,” she says, explaining that she picked her new home after playing in the area and tracking Burn at Echo Mountain Recording Studio. “A lot of friends of mine play softball, so I would go see softball games and meet a lot of people there and afterwards go to Desoto [Lounge] or The Double Crown or some place like that on Haywood [Road] and hang. It’s just been a really natural progression.

Before I moved here, I knew there were other bands and other things happening in Asheville.”

Olsen arrives in North Carolina with big things happening in her own career. Bolstered by near universal acclaim, Burn has grabbed the singer her widest audience to date,

NEW RECRUIT: Before relocating to Asheville, Angel Olsen recorded at Echo Mountain and hung out at Desoto Lounge and The Double Crown.

Photo by Zia Anger

keeping her on the road for most of the spring. The album broadens her appeal without forsaking the haunting intimacy that made her early recordings so powerful. Songs like “Iota” move with the same understated amble that dominated Half Way Home, allowing Olsen to shine like an old-school country star while offering lines that pierce like knives — “If only we grew wiser with each breath/ If only we could dance our way to death.”

The new sounds prove that her hypnotic croon can work in different contexts. “Hi-Five” gives classic honky-tonk a garage-punk makeover, with sprightly piano ably diffusing a monstrously crunchy main riff. The words find Olsen in her most feisty form, sprinkling her lovelorn narrative with appropriately bleak humor: “I feel so lonesome, I could cry,” she coos, referencing Hank Williams’ ubiquitous country standard, “But instead I’ll pass the time/ Sitting lonely with somebody lonely too.”

“I feel a little bit more comfortable putting melodies in there, opening the songs up for music to happen,” Olsen says. “When I would perform solo and write for just a solo performance, there would be singing all the way through. Now, I feel very excited to play music and not always sing.”

But don’t expect her to start writ-

ing straightforward rock songs. Just as moving to Asheville expanded

her community of friends, she hopes her new tools will continue opening up more moods for her to explore.

“I don’t necessarily want the opportunity to write simply,” Olsen concludes, “but instead to continue writing with the same style.” — J.L. X

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Flight club Local aerialists and rockers team up for a production An unlikely collaboration was forged in January, when Bromelia Aerial Dance Collective performed at the Mothlight as part of the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival.

According to local movement artist Anna Bartlett, “One of our dancers was injured, and our friend Valerie Phillips saved the day by quickly learning the choreography and performing. Valerie’s husband, Justin [Lee, bassist for power-pop-punk outfit Pawtooth], came to the show. He was blown away, and we started talking about performing with his band.”

Lee and Pawtooth were surprised and flattered to learn the aerialists were even interested.

The rhythms and soundscapes Pawtooth creates aren’t the sort of languid, dramatic creations one might typically associate with twisting around aerial silks and rings.

But the jutted edges of Pawtooth’s rock songs are no less danceable.

The group’s grooves sit somewhere between Blondie, The Stooges and Siouxsie and the Banshees, ensuring that whatever does happen in midair — on Thursday, May 15, at The Mothlight — will be lively and memorable.

That show, the culmination of the unexpected mashup, will also introduce the world to brandnew material from Pawtooth. In addition to the added artistry of a guest cellist, the band’s collaboration with the dancers was intended to be part of a larger release party for its third album,

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Arcadian Playground. Unfortunately, the recordings won’t make it back from the printer in time (a release show is already being planned for later in the summer), but that won’t stop the band from rocking the heck out of some new material.

To prepare, the Asheville-based band handed Bartlett and the other dancers a recording of nine tracks, suggesting they select five or six during which they’d like to perform. Pawtooth, meanwhile, has been rehearsing through two setsworth of its best old and new songs.

In rehearsal, the band divides its time between a basement practice space where all their “real” instruments live, and frontwoman Penelope Zing’s backyard music shed, where they keep an electric drum kit (to control the volume) and some backup instruments. A woodcarving of a flying Isis dangles from the ceiling over where Zing stands to hone her mic skills: proof that the notion of being airborne is no new thing to Pawtooth.

On any given night when the band gets together for a jam, things can get silly. “They’ll start firing [up their instruments],” says Zing. “[Guitarist Dee Wulf] records everything, and then we can go back and figure out what we like. Songs can come out of a five- or 12-minute jam. A whole song could be in there sometimes, and we’ll pull out our favorite parts. We’re pretty hyper: [We do the] high-energy power-pop thing without [so much] thrash and aggression going on.”

Bromelia typically handles show development with comparable intense focus, but the Pawtooth collaboration seemed to Bartlett like a good excuse to step outside of that comfort zone, in more ways than one.

“In the past, [we have] exclusively performed fully choreographed pieces that integrate modern dance floor work and aerial arts,” she says. “This show, on the other hand, will consist of improvised solos that are fully in the air and showcase our favorite aerial skills.”

The members of Bromelia taking part in this performance have danced at the Mothlight before.

Previous performances at the Jewish Community Center allowed them to get much farther into the air, but the

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AIR APPARENT: Members of Bromelia return to The Mothlight where they performed earlier this year as part of Asheville Fringe Arts Festival.

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SOMETHING IN THE AIR: Pawtooth’s grooves sit somewhere between Blondie, The Stooges and Siouxsie and the Banshees — and Bromelia Aerial Dance Collective plans to perform to that soundtrack.

Photo by Duncan Chaboudy

Mothlight’s large, solid ceiling beams offer incredible support for aerialist infrastructure. Besides, after the Bromelia performance there in January, the Mothlight crew feels comfortable and familiar with that kind of show — something not a lot of bars in town can claim.

“You could do it at Toy Boat,” says Wulf. “[Or at the] Orange Peel, but that’s a big club. At the Mothlight, there’s enough space,

and I like the fact that it’s not new to them. They’ve done this. They don’t have the foreign sense that this is the first time. They’ve been really cool about it.”

Meanwhile, Pawtooth is just looking forward to what kinds of maneuvers the dancers pull off to its songs.

“I’ll just be interested to see how the silk artists do with our tempos,” Zing says. “It’ll be cool to see how they work all that out.” X

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Five o’clock world

TGIF: Local soul-rockers The Broadcast open Downtown After 5’s season kickoff. Photo courtesy of the band. St. Paul & The Broken Bones, next page, headlines. Photo by David McClister

The Downtown After 5 free concert series returns Fridays are worthy of celebration in any week. The daily grind gives way to the wide-open window of the weekend and, in warm-weather months, downtown Asheville’s streets take on a festive atmosphere of buskers, shoppers and diners claiming patio seating. So Downtown After

WHAT Downtown After 5 ashevilledowntown.org/ downtownafter5 WHERE Lexington Avenue at the I-240 overpass WHEN Friday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m., free Third Fridays of the month, May-Sept.

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5 — held the third Friday of each month, May-September — capitalizes on what’s already a party-inthe-making. “It’s a perfect event that’s really representational of Asheville and the music community that’s thriving here,” says Caitlin Krisko, lead singer of local soulful rock band The Broadcast. “There’s no better event downtown.”

The free concert series returns this week at its established location on Lexington Avenue, near the Interstate 240 overpass. It’s known for bringing well-known national acts as well as popular local bands to the outdoor stage, and this summer’s lineup doesn’t disappoint.

The Broadcast kicks off the DA5 season opener, which will be headlined by soul outfit St. Paul & The Broken Bones.

That Alabama-based band, which mixes church choir spirit with rock swagger “has been getting a lot of national exposure lately with recent appearances on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’ and ‘CBS This Morning,’ as well as on NPR and in Rolling Stone,” says Meghan Rogers, spokesperson for the Asheville Downtown Association.

Xpress spoke to the band before its January appearance at The Grey Eagle: “We have shows to have this moment that you can’t capture on a cellphone and you can’t write about,” said frontman Paul Janeway. “It’s the moment where you have this connectivity, and everyone in the room can feel it.” According to Krisko, The Broadcast is excited to provide support for the Broken Bones, especially as the two groups have met on the road.

Getting one of the sought-after slots at DA5 means a lot for The Broadcast, a band that has been touring regionally and across the U.S. for a few years now.

Even though Krisko, percussionist Tyler Housholder and drummer Michael W. Davis formed the band in New York City in 2009, they’ve been in Asheville for almost four years. With guitarist Aaron Austin, they consider North Carolina home. They’re all still riding high off a successful album release party at The Grey Eagle last fall, a concert that galvanized The Broadcast’s local fan base and pushed the band to step up its touring schedule, which has been frenetic all winter and spring. Since releasing Dodge the Arrow in September, they’ve sold nearly 5,000 copies and have noticed a groundswell of support.

“When we play shows now, it’s really surreal to see people singing along with every song,” says Krisko. “It’ll be a group of college frat boys next to an older married couple next to a 16-year old girl, and they’re all singing it. I feel that the goal of music is to connect people in a community — it’s the common bond. And to see that [bond] become physical and to see it come to life has been such a dream come true.”

She continues, “With every show we do, our No. 1 goal always and forever is going to be fans and connecting [with them]. Fans are what give bands careers. Record labels and publicists and booking agents don’t make bands’ careers — fans do.”

Krisko notes that playing at DA5 is one of the best ways for The Broadcast to excite its audience, while also appealing to new ears.

The concert series “for us is just about, really, bringing our music to as many new listeners as possible.

It’s also going to be really cool for our fans, who used to come see us at the Boiler Room 3 1/2 years ago.”

Not only does Downtown After 5 jumpstart The Broadcast’s summer plans, it welcomes in the local fes-

June 16th-20th and July 21st-25th

tival season while underscoring much of what’s great about the downtown Asheville community. Local food and drink vendors line the concert space.

Rogers points out a new addition to DA5: a partnership with West Carolina Water Treatment to offer free filtered and chilled water to festivalgoers.

“This partnership is in line with our efforts to reduce our environmental impact,” she says.

Another positive: Since wristbands are required to purchase alcohol, proceeds from $2 wristband sales benefit local nonprofits, including Homeward Bound, LEAF Community Arts, United Way 211, Asheville City Schools Foundation and MANNA FoodBank. X

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Five (or more) questions with Lera Lynn Nashville-based alt-country artist Lera Lynn might be right in the middle of one of the most commercial music movements of our time, but she approaches her own craft with thoughtful discernment. From minimalist videos to her own visual art, she’s not just cranking out pop songs but producing the sort of music that’s as substantial as it is entertaining (you know, in a haunting, stripped down, darkly alluring way).

Lynn’s current tour brings her to The Mothlight on Saturday, May 17, at 9:30 p.m. Trabants

ging music.” Are you ever surprised by how people respond to your music?

It’s always surprising when anyone says they listen to my music!

Also, you seem like an avid social media user. What do you most (or least) enjoy about it?

Being an anthropology major, almost every post becomes something like a social experiment. You never can predict what people will respond to. I have noticed, however, that posts that require reading and aren’t accompanied by a photo usually get very few likes.

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Mountain Xpress: You just released your new video for “Lying In the Sun” — it’s really cool and moody and minimalist. When you set out to make a video, do you put thought into how the imagery will change the listener’s perception of the song?

On your Facebook bio, for influences, you list Ray Charles, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Portishead, A.A. Bondy and then you say, “Man, there’s a lot more that wouldn’t make much sense.” What are some influences that might surprise us?

Lera Lynn: Yes, of course. I also see it as an opportunity to create yet another association or meaning for the song for listeners. Imagery is very important to me lyrically, so it’s crucial for it to all work together.

I really love the psychedelic band from [Australia] called Tame Impala. I want to be them. I love Harry Nilsson and Jeff Buckley.

I’ve studied Sarah Vaughn’s vocal stylings intensely. I recently realized that Karen Carpenter was a big one for me, too.

MOST LIKELY: Lera Lynn plays The Mothlight on Saturday, May 17. Photo by Jeff Fasano

Your current tour seems to be a mix of venues (like in Asheville) and festivals. How do you translate your listening-room show to the festival crowd (or vice versa)?

For festivals I usually take my band. I am lucky to have worked with some very talented and capable musicians who specialize in playing to the room (or giant field of folks). We have worked hard to deliver a strong presentation of the songs in both settings. In fact, I can’t say that there’s one I prefer.

They’re both rewarding for different reasons. I’m looking forward to our show at The Mothlight.

On Twitter, @StaticVoidGames wrote, “I might be the only person on Earth who thinks the saddest music by @Soakofficial, @LeraLynn, and @JasonIsbell makes the best jog-

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What are your thoughts on mainstream country music’s current pop turn?

Country music has always been pop in one way or another. All genres grow and change and some of them for the worse.

Country music these days seems to exemplify business mandating art, which, in my (artistic, ha!) opinion is completely backwards.

How does living in Nashville imprint or influence your sound?

Do you think place actually plays a role in songwriting or recording?

I think living in Nashville has opened my mind to pop music a little and it has influenced my view of music business a lot. I certainly do think your surroundings play a role in the sound, meaning and style of songs and recordings. My favorite part of playing music here is getting to mix with so many very talented musicians. It’s such a joy to share the experience of performance and recording with creative minds whose musicality you trust. X

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Dangerous liaisons

LIP SERVICE: Steph Hickling Beckman, left, and Tracy Johnston-Crum star in the challenging play Stop Kiss, which runs through May 17.

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Different Strokes!

Performing Arts Collective stages Stop Kiss In a brave new production of Diana Son’s play, Stop Kiss, the audience is confronted with the uncomfortable reminder of how recently we, as a society, were far less accepting of same-sex relationships. And, while not as shocking as it may have been a decade ago, Stop Kiss still has major impact. Not so much as a story about two women falling in love, but more as two people falling in love, and then suffering an act of senseless violence as a result.

Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective has been going strong since its 2011 launch. The group tackles controversial topics and produces plays that are rarely done outside of major cities. And it packs in audiences — typically in intimate venues. It takes courage to be that close to the audience and allow them to get deep inside of a performance, but Different Strokes is not one to shy away.

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Different Strokes is a passion project of Steph Hickling Beckman, who typically works the levers from behind the scenes. This time, she steps right out front, as one of the two women at the center of Stop Kiss. She plays Callie, a long-time city dweller, who is jaded and closed off to change. She works, unhappily, as a radio traffic reporter who flies all day above the city reporting everpresent congestion. Her relationships are stagnant, and she comfortably relies on the on-again/off-again “friends with benefits” with the equally hapless but content George, as played with a goofy charm by the excellent Scott Fisher. Beckman brings Callie to life in uncomfortably real ways, showing us a vulnerable and somewhat lost soul who finds renewed life, and learns to be the person who, in many ways, she has been fighting to repress.

Enter the bright-eyed Sara, played

by Tracey Johnston-Crum (her second time in this role). Sara is a new transplant to the big city from St. Louis. She fought hard to win a less than glorious teaching job in the Bronx. She left behind a boyfriend, Peter, who may or may not know that they have broken up. Johnston-

Crum’s maturity since her first outing (more than a decade ago) in the role helps to give new weight to the character, underneath the bubbly effervescence that she exudes effortlessly. The whole audience is in love with her from the moment she enters.

The second scene of the play reveals that Sara has been severely beaten up as a result of an intolerant attacker who spied her and Callie kissing in public. And from there, we move back and forth through time, as the blanks are filled in. The play bounces between the growing friendship and the end results of Callie and Sara falling in love. There’s no surprise about where things are going. Rather, it’s the journey of getting there and the growing affection that hooks the audience.

Callie struggles with her instinct to remain inside her shell, but can’t resist the charms of Sara, who encourages her to become a braver and more confident person, whether it be in confronting the upstairs neighbor who teaches dance lessons at 6 p.m. every Thursday or in displaying the award Callie wins for her work. And ultimately, Callie must use the courage that Sara inspires when Sara‘s future comes into question.

The struggle ramps up when Peter arrives from St. Louis with Sara’s parents (who we never meet) to take her back. Paul Gallagher gives us a tightly coiled Peter, who can’t understand what has happened or why, and resents Callie for reasons that even he can’t fully grapple with.

David Ely, playing Detective Cole, has to bring out the “bad cop” attitude to get to the truth of the matter, as Callie is reluctant to be completely forthcoming. Lucia Del Vecchio, as Mrs. Winsley, adds splashes of color amid the darkness, as the nosey neighbor type who witnesses the attack.

The play is about love. It is about courage. It is about acceptance. And it is all deftly directed

by Hope Spragg, whose passion for the project brought her back to Asheville from Iowa just to do this show. A portion of proceeds from the production will benefit the Asheville City School Foundation’s Emily Eliot-Gaines Memorial Performance Scholarship Fund.

See Stop Kiss Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 15-17, 7:30 p.m., at BeBe Theatre. avl.mx/0a5 X

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Deer Tick There’s something refreshingly honest about the way singer-songwriter John McCauley of Deer Tick delivers his unapologetic lyrics. His brazen vocals are backed by upbeat instrumentals. In an interview on NPR’s “World Café,” McCauley said that a lot of personal turmoil provided inspiration for the band’s fifth album, Negativity, released in 2013. The Providence, Rhode Island-based quartet appears at The Orange Peel in the middle of a tour that spans the U.S. and goes international this summer. Saturday, May 17, at 9 p.m.

Langhorne Slim (roots rockers and regular visitors to Asheville) co-bill; The Districs (a Fat Possum-signed quartet from Pennsylvania) open. $15 advance, $17 day of show. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Anna Webber — Katie Souris

In Igor Stravinsky’s ballet, The Firebird, Prince Ivan enters a magical realm where all of the objects and creatures are represented by instruments — usually strings.

Local electronic composer Sai, aka 9th Phoenix, is coordinating Heart of Fire, a production inspired by that Stavinsky work and produced electronically. “It features a wide range of electronica music in various genres, a male Firebird, a cast of goblins [and] a pinup model playing the Princess,” says Sai. She’s created original music for the characters of Prince Ivan and Princess Marie.

Singer-songwriter SJ Tucker provides vocals and a host of other local artists, including Draven Arcane, Trixie Larouz, Samuel Costilow and Richard Risbridger, are involved.

The theatrical performance takes place at New Earth (38 N. French Broad Ave.) on Saturday, May 17, at 9:30 p.m. $8 advance/$12 at the door. avl.mx/09e. Photo by Eric France with makeup by Sophia Jekic

Pan Harmonia Chamber music company Pan Harmonia has “a reputation for giving our audiences a riveting experience. There is an immediacy, a visceral, zing-to-your-heart feeling that a live acoustic performance brings like nothing else,” according to a press release. Co-directors harpsichordist Barbara Weiss and flutist Kate Steinbeck have brought together all-star players for the intimate season finale performance.

Guest musicians include sisters Margaret and Rebecca Humphrey on J.S. Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 5” and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet featuring clarinetist Fred Lemmons (pictured). The musicians take the stage on Sunday, May 18, at 5 p.m. at the Masonic Temple and Thursday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m. at White Horse Black Mountain. $15/$20. pan-harmonia. org. Photo by Frank Zipperer

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Faerie and Earth Festival The dress code is as whimsical as the event lineup at the Faerie and Earth Festival (F.A.E.). “Come and wear your fairy wings, your earth hat or sparkle up with glitter as we explore the magical realms,” says a press release. In addition to faerie dust and glitter, festivalgoers can expect an assortment of vendors, music, puppeteers, faerie troupe performers, storytelling, workshops, face paintings and more. Proceeds from the event benefit The Center for Honey Bee Research in Asheville. The F.A.E. festival takes place on Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m-5 p.m., at the Highland Lake Cove Retreat Center in Flat Rock. $10/adults, $5/kids. facebook.com/fairyandearthfestival. Photo courtesy of Whee Ahh Faerie Kin

Asheville electro-music festival Although Moogfest took a decidedly technological turn (“geeky,” according to The New York Times) with this year’s festival reinvention, the Asheville electro-music festival has been immersed in that territory since its beginning. The two-day event brings experimental electronic musicians from around the world. Performers include Paul Vnuk Jr. (tribal ambient), locals Stereospread (dreamy electropop) and Joo Won Park (music with found objects). Project Ruori, Michael O’Bannon, Azimuth Visuals and VJ Hylantown provide live video art. There will also be afternoon workshops and demonstrations. Concerts are held at the Masonic Temple, Friday and Saturday, May 16 & 17, starting at 7 p.m. $16 full day advance/$20 full day at the festival or $10 afternoon/$15 evening. emavl.com. Pictured: Mark Mosher’s interactive visuals, courtesy of the musician

Paskie Pascua Journalist and poet Paskie Pascua served as member of the media liaison staff for the late president Corazon Aquino’s “good government” commission in early ’90s and was a media specialist in coastal villages and farming barrios in his home country, the Philippines. But in Asheville, he is best-known as the publisher and editor of community paper The Indie, and the executive director of arts organization Traveling Bonfires. All of these experiences are reflected in Pascua’s new collection of prose and poems, Red Is the Color of My Night.

He’ll launch the book (and his reading tour) at North Carolina Stage Company as part of the Altamont Poetry Series on Monday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. ncstage.org.

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A&E CALENDAR

by Grady Cooper & Carrie Eidson

under 18. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Dr., Flat Rock MUSIC AT THE MILLS BLUEGRASS & ARTS FESTIVAL 748-7956, unionmillslearningcenter.org/ Festival • SA (5/17), 9am-midnight - Features 13 bluegrass bands. $10/$8 advance. Held at Union Mills Learning Center, 6495 Hudlow Rd., Union Mills

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MUSIC AT UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Blue Ridge Orchestra open rehearsal. Reuter Center.

PANHARMONIA 254-7123, pan-harmonia.org • SU (5/18), 5pm - Season finale concert, featuring works by Bach and Mozart. $20/ $15 advance. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway

A CAPTURED MOMENT: Artist John D. Monteith cites influences as diverse as “silent slapstick comedy” and “web based self-portraiture,” as he creates portraits of women, draped in gossamer veils and adorned with Gaga-level makeup, lost in moments of “play, renewal and transcendence.” The Columbia, SC artist’s work will be displayed at Upstairs Artspace in Tryon through June 20. (p.52)

• Through TU (5/27) - Call to artists to create or provide chairs for the "Chair-ity" Auction on Aug. 3.

ART ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • FR (5/16), noon-3pm - Adult workshop: ‘Drawing on Creativity’ with Artist Ken Hillberry.

• FR (5/16), 5:3o-7pm - Presentation on cyanotype with photographer José Betancourt.

POTTERY CLASSES AT TC ARTS COUNCIL ali@mountainroots.org Held at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. $40 per participant.

• SA (5/17), 9-11am - Pottery for Families.

SALUDA ARTS FESTIVAL 817-2876, saluda.com/events_artfestival.html • SA (5/17), 10am-4pm - Includes art exhibits, crafts, dance and music. Free to attend. Held throughout Main Street, Saluda.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS AAAC'S REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT GRANT ashevillearts.com • Through (10/14) - Applications will be accepted for this grant from the Asheville Area Arts Council to provide financial support for committed, accomplished artists.

ANAM CARA THEATRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • WE (5/14), 8:30-10:30pm & SU (5/18), 6:30-8:30pm - Open auditions for Accordion Time Machine, the experimental theater ensemble. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Rd. Suite B TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 884-2787, tcarts.org

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MUSIC SONG O' SKY CHORUS (pd.) Tuesday 6:45-9:30 PM Song O' Sky Chorus Calvary Baptist Church (Chandler Center), 531 Haywood Road, 28806. Asheville's only a capella barbershop-style chorus! We welcome all women who love to sing! www. songosky.org or (866) 824-9547 Parking available behind the church.

ASHEVILLE ELECTRO-MUSIC FESTIVAL 252-3924, emavl.com • FR (5/16) & SA (5/17), 1pm-11pm - Includes concerts, workshops and demonstrations from local and national artists. $20 day/$10 afternoon/$15 evening.

Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway BREVARD-DAVIDSON RIVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 249 East Main St., Brevard, 884-2645, bdrpc.org • SU (5/18), 3:30pm - Organist Ken Cowan. Free.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 20 Oak St. • SU (5/18), 4pm - Celebration Singers concert. Free.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • TH (5/15) through SU (5/18), 8pm - Music on the Rock: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, tribute concert.

HENDERSONVILLE SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA 393-5222, hendersonvillesymphony.org/hsyo • SU (5/18), 4pm - Spring Concert. $7/free for youth

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RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES 233-3216, https://www.facebook.com/ RhythmAndBrewsHendersonville • 3rd FRIDAYS until (8/15), 6-9pm Outdoor concert sponsored by the City of Hendersonville. Free. Held in downtown Hendersonville.

SACRED SPACE COFFEEHOUSE biltmoreumc.org/event/sacred-spacecoffeehouse • FR (5/16), 7-9pm - Open mic featuring local artists. Free. Held at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road ST. MATTHIAS CHURCH 1 Dundee St. • SU (5/18), 3pm - Pianist Kevin Bryant. Free.

THE ASHEVILLE CHORAL SOCIETY 232-2060, ashevillechoralsociety.org • FR (5/16), 7:30pm & SA (5/17), 4pm "Celtic Dreams" performance. $20/$10 students. Held at Central United Methodist Church, 27 Church St. TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts. org • FR (5/16), 7pm - Geoff Achison, acoustic blues guitarist. Free.

THEATER BEBE THEATRE 20 Commerce St., 254-2621 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (5/17), 7:30pm - Stop Kiss. Performed by Different Strokes! Artist Collective. $18/$15 advance & students.

Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music Present: Our new video series showcasing local musicians continues every Thursday. Check our website this week for a performance from Asheville band Warm the Bell at Sherwood’s Music.

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AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through WE (5/14) - Pioneer, self-taught artists.

• TH (5/15) through WE (6/11) - Resolve and Transform, self-taught Southern artists.

ARTETUDE GALLERY 89 Patton Ave., 252-1466, artetudegallery. com • FR (5/2) through SU (6/1) - New Beginnings, sculpture.

ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY 346 Depot St., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through (6/15) - Look Again, a look at the byproducts of contemporary society.

BELLA VISTA ART GALLERY 14 Lodge St., 768-0246, bellavistaart.com • TH (5/1) through (7/31) - Pastels by Nicora Gangi.

BENCHSPACE GALLERY & WORKSHOP 67 Broadway, craftcreativitydesign.org • TH (5/15) through SA (8/23) - Ctrl + P, 3-D printer works

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (5/24), 7:30pm - Greater Tuna. $15.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 6690930, blackmountainarts.org • Through (6/12) - Art in Bloom, works from regional galleries.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • TH (5/8) through SU (5/25) - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. $40. Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Sat.-Sun., 2pm.

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM + ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through (5/17) - Cynthia Homire: Vision Quest, mixed media.

FLOOD GALLERY 109 Roberts St., 254-2166, floodgallery. org Located in the Phil Mechanic Building.

• FR (5/16) - Motorcycles, Cars & Bicycles, photography by Frank J. Bott.

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 495 Cardinal Rd., Mills River, 891-2006, graceinfo.org • TH (5/15) through MO (7/7) - 2014 Appalachian Pastel Society Non-Juried Exhibition. Opening reception: May 18, 10am.

HANDMADE IN AMERICA 125 S. Lexington Ave. #101, 252-0121, handmadeinamerica.org • Through TU (8/19) - All Kinds of Quilts, works by Asheville Modern Quilt Guild.

IZZY’S COFFEE DEN 74 N. Lexington Ave., 258-2004 • Through SA (5/31) - Innocent, collages

by Adam Void.

PUSH SKATE SHOP & GALLERY 25 Patton Ave., 225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • Through SA (5/18) - Slown Down Pictures, pop art with an original soundtrack.

THE MOTHLIGHT 701 Haywood Rd.

• Through (5/30), 5pm-2am - Images by Ron Killian TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (5/30) - Walk On The Wild Side, depictions of animals in various mediums. Opening reception: May 23, 5pm.

TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon, 859-8323, tryonartsandcrafts.org • Through FR (5/30) - Craft Tryon, works

by Tryon artists.

UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through SU (6/20) - Textile Constructions, large-scale works by Terry Jarrard-Dimond. Opening reception: May 10, 5pm.

• Through (6/20) - Portraits, paintings by John D. Monteith. Opening reception: May 10, 5pm.

• Through (6/20) - New Faces, works by of seven emerging local artists. Opening reception: May 10, 5pm.

WEST ASHEVILLE LIBRARY 942 Haywood Rd. • Through (6/30) - Jamaica People, photography by Jessica Rehfield.

AND Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet

SuNDAy May 18 at 5 PM The Masonic Temple 80 Broadway

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ThurSDAy May 22 at 7:30 PM white horse Black Mountain 105 Montreat rd BlACk MouNTAiN

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www.panharmonia.org 828.254.7123

$15 advance at www.panharmonia.org/shop $20 day of the show, available at the door $5 for students, available at the door only

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C L U B L A N D PACK'S TAVERN Eric Congdon & Howie Johnson (acoustic rock), 9pm

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Boogie Boys w/ Bobby Miller & David Long (bluegrass, old-time), 8pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Larkin Dodgen Sextet (jazz), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8pm

POSH BAR Acoustic jam, 6pm

BEN'S TUNE-UP Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm

PULP Comedy open mic, 10pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass jam w/ The Deals, 9pm

PURPLE ONION CAFE Mark Stuart, 7:30pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Billy Owens, 7pm

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm

BYWATER Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm

SPRING CREEK TAVERN Ashley Heath (R&B), 6pm

CORK & KEG Irish jam w/ Beanie, Vincent & Jean, 7pm

THE GREEN ROOM BISTRO & BAR Local Artist Series: Simon George (jazz piano), 9pm

DOUBLE CROWN DJ Dr. Filth (country), 10pm EMERALD LOUNGE Blues jam, 8pm

THE MOTHLIGHT Pawtooth w/ members of the Bromelia Aerial Dance Collective (alt-rock, pop, dance performance), 9:30pm

GOOD STUFF The Truly Fellows (songwriter, folk, indie-rock), 7pm

THE PHOENIX Bradford Carson (Americana), 8pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The Apache Relay w/ The Weeks (Americana, folk, indie-rock), 9pm

THE SOCIAL Open mic w/ Scooter Haywood, 8pm TIMO'S HOUSE Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 9pm

GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm

TOWN PUMP CarolinaBound (singer-songwriter), 9pm

IRON HORSE STATION Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Wednesday World Music w/ Sirius.B (gypsy-folk), 7:15pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Ginny McAfee (piano, vocals), 7pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm

FROM THE HEART: Mother Explosives, stage name of singer-songwriter Eric Janoski, intertwines thoughtful lyrics with intricate guitar finger-picking, which will echo across the black walls of the Odditorium on Wednesday, May 14, at 9 p.m.

“He takes turns,” wrote radio host William Harder. “Playful one moment, bitterly endearing the next. ... People will probably call his music post-, anti-, quasi- or any other number of prefixes that you can put onto the word “folk, ” but what it is, is warm, encompassing, different. These are songs you can walk around in. Songs you can sew into the lining of your jacket.” Mother Explosives will precede fellow folk-singer-songwriter Matt Townsend and his band The Wonder of the World

LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm ODDITORIUM Matt Townsend and the Wonder of the World w/ Mother Explosives (folk, singer-songwriters), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST Swing lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Rumpke Mountain Boys (bluegrass, jam), 10pm

TALLGARY'S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm THE MOTHLIGHT Mystic Braves w/ Ouroboros Boys, Corners & Father Murphy Noise (surf-rock, psychedelic), 9:30pm

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

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185 KING STREET Bob Margolin w/ Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 7pm Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin, 8pm 38 N. FRENCH BROAD Southern Rock Night w/ Jarvis Jenkins, 9pm 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (jazz), 9pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Amos & The Mixx Live, 9:30pm

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Bread & Butter (bluegrass, Americana), 6pm SLY GROG LOUNGE Open mic, 7pm

FRIDAY, MAY 16

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Blood Gypsys (funk), 9:30pm

THE PHOENIX Jazz night, 8pm

BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Trivia night, 9pm

THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Rocket Science, 7pm

TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm

DOUBLE CROWN DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm

TIMO'S HOUSE Release w/ Disc-Oh! (bass), 9pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Utah Green (folk, soul), 6pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7pm

TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Katie Herzig w/ Liz Longley (pop), 8pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

HAVANA RESTAURANT Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm

BOILER ROOM Tina's Lung Transplant benefit w/ Slaves of Conscience, Mind Jakked & more (rock), 9pm

VANUATU KAVA BAR Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm

THURSDAY, MAY 15

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) A Time Devised w/ Killing Abraham & Severance (alternative, alt-rock), 9pm LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 7pm

185 KING STREET Mr. Charlee Boxwood (Americana, rock, soul), 8pm

MILLROOM Olufemi, 8pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8pm

ODDITORIUM Autarch Tour Kickoff w/ King Dirt (metal), 9pm

ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic night, 7pm

OLIVE OR TWIST Blue Dawg Band (blues, swing), 8pm

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Angela Pearly & The Howlin' Moons (blues, Americana, country), 9pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm DrFameus w/ Sumilan (electronic), 10pm

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ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Orchard Lounge w/ In Plain Sight & Sarah Burns (electro-funk, trance), 10pm

CLASSIC WINESELLER Jay Brown (folk, blues, Americana), 7pm CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE DJ Jam (old-school hip-hop, R&B, funk), 9pm DOBRA TEA ROOM BLACK MOUNTAIN Joshua Messik (hammer dulcimer), 8pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Statue of Liberty (Americana, folk), 6pm GOOD STUFF Matt Townsend & The Wonder of the World (folk), 9pm GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Carrie Morrison & Steve Whiteside (Americana), 6:30pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Local Showcase: Red Honey, Warm the Bell & Desperate Pilot (rock, folk, Americana), 9pm HAVANA RESTAURANT Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 7pm

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Low Down Sires (jazz), 6:30pm IRON HORSE STATION Barb Turner (R&B), 7pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL stephaniesid (pop-noir), 7pm Red June CD release (acoustic, Americana, folk), 8:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Resonant Rogues w/ Jacks & Heroes (folk, gypsy, jazz, old-time), 9pm LOBSTER TRAP Crossroad String Band, 7pm METRO WINES Stand up comedy w/ Disclaimer Comedy, 7pm MILLROOM Downtown After Five, Bright Light Biker, 9pm NIGHTBELL Dulítel DJ (indie, electronic, dance), 10pm ODDITORIUM All Hell record release w/ Beasts of Legend (metal), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (jazz, swing), 7:30pm Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Gimmie Hendrix (psychedelic), 10pm PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance, pop hits), 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute, jam), 9pm ROOT BAR NO. 1 Thicket (mountain rock), 8pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am SCULLY'S DJ, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Stipe Brothers & Dan Ruiz (rock, pop), 8pm STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Steve Square, 6pm TALLGARY'S CANTINA Southern Soul Campaign (Southern rock), 9:30pm THE GREEN ROOM BISTRO & BAR Kelly Hannah (Americana), 9pm THE MOTHLIGHT Plankton Wat w/ Merryl, Aloonaluna, Thom Staton & Tashi Dorji (folk, psychedelic, experimental), 9:30pm THE PHOENIX The Message (jam band), 9pm THE SOCIAL Travers' Brothership (blues, funk, jam), 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Dr. Filth (soul, psych, punk), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE Inner Space Massive V: Samuel Paradise, Luis Armando & Starspinner (electronic), 9pm TOWN PUMP Josh Gilbert (indie, soul, rock), 9pm TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early spotlight w/ High Top Collison, 7pm Al Coffee & Da Grind (blues, soul), 10pm VANUATU KAVA BAR Max Melner & Caleb Beissert (electro-coustic improv), 8:30pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WHITE HORSE Jeff Thompson & The Outliars (singer-songwriter, altrock), 8pm WILD WING CAFE A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

SATURDAY, MAY 17 185 KING STREET Pondering Wade (alternative, Celtic, folk), 8pm 38 N. FRENCH BROAD Heart of Fire (theatrical music experience), 9:30pm 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Gary Mac Fiddle (folk), 6pm The Screaming J's (hot jazz), 9pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN The Twisted Trail Band, 9:30pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Jam night (blues, Motown), 9:30pm ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Welcome to the Rage w/ Mindelixir, Zeplin, Disc-Oh!, Apogee, De LaMirdster & Sanscrit (electronic), 10pm ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Paul Edelman Band (folk, rock), 9pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Patrick Fitzsimons (folk, blues, jazz), 7pm CLASSIC WINESELLER Love, Lies, Liaisons: A Cabaret Show (& dinner) w/ Wendy Jones, Steve Davidowski, Zack Page & Rick Dilling, 7pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Nick Lutsko (indie, folk), 6pm GOOD STUFF Dim Combo w/ Elijah McWilliams, 9pm GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Andrew Snow (Americana), 6:30pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Angel Olsen w/ Promised Land Sound (folk, indie-rock), 9pm HAVANA RESTAURANT Pickin' on the Patio w/ Billy Litz (bluegrass), 12:30pm Hunter Amabile (singer-songwriter, blues), 7pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Appalachian Shakedown w/ Asheville Horns, Raising Cane & The Roaring Lions (funk, jazz), 6pm IRON HORSE STATION Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL The Honeycutters (Americana, honky-tonk), 9pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Whitewater Ramble (bluegrass), 9pm JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 7pm NIGHTBELL Dulítel DJ (indie, electronic, dance), 10pm ODDITORIUM Lords of Chicken Hill w/ Ivan the Terribles & Mystery Cult (punk, rock, experimental), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (jazz, swing), 7:30pm Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Reggae Family Jam, 2pm ORANGE PEEL Deer Tick w/ Langhorne Slim & The Law (alt-rock), 9pm

OPEN MON-SAT 12PM-8PM EXTENDED HOURS DURING SHOWS FOR TICKET HOLDERS

OPEN AT 5PM FOR SUNDAY SHOWS

wed 5/14

PURPLE ONION CAFE Shane Pruitt Band, 8pm ROOT BAR NO. 1 Piranha Cow (rock), 8pm

9pm • $10/$12

thu katie herzig 5/15 w/ liz longley 8pm • $10/$15

Local Showcase:

fri 5/16

red hoNey, warm the bell & desperate pilot 9pm • $5/$8

sat sat 5/17 5/17

aNgel olseN w/ promised land sound 9pm • $12/$15

birds of chicago wed (Jt Nero & allison russell) 5/21 8pm • $10/$12 thu 5/22

PACK'S TAVERN "The Mix" 95.6 House Band (rock 'n' roll, classic hits), 9pm PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Rumpke Mountain Boys (bluegrass), 9pm

the apache relay aNd the weeks

fri 5/23

the supersuckers & Nashville pussy w/ roger alan wade 9pm • $15/$18

8th Annual americaN burlesque & sideshow festival 8pm & 10:30pm • $15 per show/$25 for both shows

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SCULLY'S DJ, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Courtaud (Americana, blues, rock), 8pm

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CLUB DIRECTORY

SPRING CREEK TAVERN Al Coffee & Da Grind (blues), 8pm

Wednesday, May 14th

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE The Mug, 6pm

Emerald Blues Jam!

TALLGARY'S CANTINA Fine Line (classic rock), 9:30pm

8PM - 12AM • FREE!

THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm THE GREEN ROOM BISTRO & BAR Porch Crop (bluegrass, Americana), 9pm

Friday, May 16th

THE MOTHLIGHT Lera Lynn (Americana, indie, country), 9:30pm

Downtown After 5 Afterparty Series Kickoff!

Local Rock Showcase w/

THE PHOENIX Dan Shearin (singer-songwriter), 1pm Paul Jones Trio (jazz-fusion), 9pm THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm

The Blots & Special Surprise Guests!

TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR DJ Devyl's Hands (psychedelic, indie, metal, rock), 10pm

9:30PM •$5

TIMO'S HOUSE The Banger Part 2: Harry Darnell, DJ Malinalli (trap, hiphop, top 40), 9pm

Sunday, May 18th

TOY BOAT COMMUNITY ART SPACE My So Called Strife: A 90s throwback benefit for QORDS, 7pm

Primus Afterparty feat. Electrochemical

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Westsound (Motown, blues), 10pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

w/ Opposite Box

10PM •$5

WESTVILLE PUB Point & Shoot (alt-country, indie-rock), 10pm WHITE HORSE The Belfast Boys (Irish), 8pm

Get your tickets @ emeraldlounge.com!

SUNDAY, MAY 18 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Roaring Lions (hot jazz), 7pm

THURSDAY• MAY 15 SAHC’S APPALACHIAN SPRING EVENT ($30) - MUSIC BY THE FIRE CRACKER JAZZ BAND 6:00-8:00PM FRIDAY• MAY 16 THE LOW DOWN SIRES 6:30-8:30PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Jazz brunch w/ Mike Gray Trio, 11:30am BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Karaoke & brunch, 1pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7pm DOUBLE CROWN Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

5/16 Resonant Rogues 10/25 Sarah Lee Guthrie W/ JACKS AND HEROES 9PM • $5 & Johnny Irion w/ Battlefield • 9pm $10 5/17 Whitewater Ramble 10/26 Firecracker Jazz Band 9PM • $8 & HALLOWEEN Costume Party & Contest • 9pm $8 5/19 Eleanor Underhill 10/27(EVERY Vinegar MONDAYCreek IN MAY]• 9pm FREE 9PM • FREE Plug • 9pm $8 10/28 Mustard (DONATIONS w/ Crazy TomENCOURAGED] Banana Pants 10/29 Singer Songwriters 5/20 Pierce Edens • 7-9pm FREE in the Round

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TALLGARY’S CANTINA 232-0809 TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR 407-0666 TIMO’S HOUSE 575-2886 TOWN PUMP 357-5075 TOY BOAT 505-8659 TREASURE CLUB 298-1400 TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ & BLUES 254-7072 VANUATU KAVA BAR 505-8118 VINCENZO’S 254-4698 WESTVILLE PUB 225-9782 WHITE HORSE 669-0816 WILD WING CAFE 253-3066 WXYZ 232-2838

TUESDAY, MAY 20 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henry's (ragtime, jazz), 8pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Bluegrass Tuesday, 8pm

THE SOCIAL '80s night, 8pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Dance, 8:30pm CORK & KEG Honkytonk jam w/ Tom Pittman & friends, 6:30pm DOUBLE CROWN Punk 'n' roll w/ DJs Sean and Will, 10pm GOOD STUFF Celtic jam, 7pm

WHITE HORSE The Kevin Spears Experience (world, folk, funk, rock), 7:30pm

IRON HORSE STATION Open mic w/ Kevin Reese, 6pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Resonant Rogues (gypsy), 8pm ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic, 8pm ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam, 8pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Karaoke, 9pm BYWATER Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 9pm COURTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm DIRTY SOUTH LOUNGE Chance Wayne (blues), 9pm DOUBLE CROWN Punk 'n' roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm GOOD STUFF Sunrise Detour (indie-rock, pop), 9pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7pm Eleanor Underhill (Americana), 9pm LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 7pm ODDITORIUM Whitehorse (metal), 9pm OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm THE MOTHLIGHT Busman's Holiday, Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek, Holy Holy Vine & Impossible Vacation (indie-rock, pop, folk), 9pm THE PHOENIX The Moon & You (Americana), 8pm THE SOCIAL Hartford bluegrass jam w/ Ben Saylor, 8pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Honky-tonk (classic country & rockabilly) w/ DJ Lil Lorruh & David Wayne Gay, 10pm

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ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Bluegrass session, 7:30pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Caroline Spence, Will Logsdon & Michael Miller (singersongwriters), 7pm Pierce Edens w/ Scott Low (Americana), 9pm LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7pm ODDITORIUM Comedy open mic w/ Tom Peters, 9pm

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ONE STOP DELI & BAR Tuesday night techno, 10pm ORANGE PEEL Tegan and Sara w/ Lucius & The Courtneys (indie-rock, pop), 8pm SCULLY'S Trivia night, 9pm TALLGARY'S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm THE SOCIAL Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm TIMO'S HOUSE 90s night w/ DJ Ra Mak (90s dance, hip-hop, pop), 9pm TOWN PUMP Muncie (rock 'n' roll), 9pm TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Tuesday w/ Pauly Juhl & Oso, 8:30pm VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm WESTVILLE PUB Blues jam, 10pm WHITE HORSE Irish sessions --- Open mic, 6:30pm

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Peggy Ratusz (jazz), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Latin), 8pm BEN'S TUNE-UP Live band karaoke w/ The Diagnostics, 9pm BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass jam w/ The Deals, 9pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open mic w/ Mark Bumgarner, 7pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

BYWATER Soul night w/ DJ Whitney, 8:30pm

WESTVILLE PUB Trivia night, 8pm

CORK & KEG Irish jam w/ Beanie, Vincent & Jean, 7pm

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TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Sean & Will (classic punk, power pop, rock), 10pm

EMERALD LOUNGE Blues jam, 8pm

TIMO'S HOUSE Release w/ Disc-Oh! (bass), 9pm

GOOD STUFF Three State Famous (rock, blues, jam), 7:30pm

TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Aaron, 9pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Birds of Chicago w/ JT Nero & Allison Russell (roots), 8pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7pm

VANUATU KAVA BAR Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

IRON HORSE STATION Jesse James (Americana), 6pm

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ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Wednesday World Music w/ Jackomo (Cajun w/ Cajuninspired food), 7:15pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Aaron Luka (piano, vocals), 7pm

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JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8pm

LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 7pm

ADAM DALTON DISTILLERY Bridging the Gap (old school hip-hop, vinyl night), 10pm

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MILLROOM Bird In Hand w/ Owen Beverly (indie, folk), 8pm

ALLEY KATS TAVERN Open mic night, 7pm

ODDITORIUM Art & Performance by Yanni the Contortionist w/ Social Finger (variety show, rock, metal), 9pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Transcendance w/ 9th Phoenix & DSOM (house), 9pm

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OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm 3 Cool Cats Band (vintage rock 'n' roll), 8pm

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ONE STOP DELI & BAR Magpie w/ Caromia & Steve Lee Combs (blues, folk, soul), 10pm

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pierce Edens & Scott Law (acoustic, Americana), 6pm

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STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE The Get Right Band, 6pm

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SLY GROG LOUNGE Open mic, 7pm

BLUE KUDZU SAKE COMPANY Trivia night, 9pm BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Joe Lasher Jr. (Southern rock, country), 7pm BOGART'S RESTAURANT & TAVERN Eddie Rose & Highway Forty (bluegrass), 6:30pm DOUBLE CROWN DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM Dave Dribbon (acoustic), 6pm GOOD STUFF Mr. Charlee Boxwood (singer-songwriter), 8pm

TALLGARY'S CANTINA Open mic & jam, 7pm

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The Supersuckers & Nashville Pussy w/ Roger Alan Wade (rock, country), 9pm

THE PHOENIX Jazz night, 8pm

HAVANA RESTAURANT Open mic (instruments provided), 8pm

THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL von Grey (soul, quartet), 8:30pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Bearknuckle w/ Monkey In Podship & Crazy Tom Banana Pants (grunge-rock, ska), 9:30pm LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 7pm MILLROOM Kyle Andrews w/ Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes (indie-rock), 9pm

GOOD STUFF Michael McFarland (singer-songwriter), 8pm Pierce Edens (Americana), 9pm GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN The 8th Annual Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, 8pm HAVANA RESTAURANT Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 7pm HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Delta Moon (blues, rock, Americana), 6:30pm

ODDITORIUM Straight Up Queer Time (variety show), 9pm

IRON HORSE STATION Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter), 7pm

OLIVE OR TWIST Blue Dawg Band (blues, swing), 8pm

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL stephaniesid (pop-noir), 7pm Miss Tess & The Talkbacks (swing, blues, country, folk), 9pm

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Phish 'n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Red Dirt Revelators w/ Moses Brown (blues, Americana, rock), 10pm PACK'S TAVERN Ashli Rose (indie, acoustic), 9pm POSH BAR Acoustic jam, 6pm PULP Clifton Freeman Cash (stand-up comedy), 9:30pm PURPLE ONION CAFE Carolina Ceili (Celtic), 8:30pm SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Chris Titchner (songwriter, acoustic, rock), 7pm SPRING CREEK TAVERN Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm THE GREEN ROOM BISTRO & BAR Local Artist Series: Scott Murray (pedal steel), 9pm THE MOTHLIGHT Oumar Konate (world), 9pm

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Unspoken Tradition (bluegrass), 9pm LOBSTER TRAP Mark & Aimee Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

OLIVE OR TWIST Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm ORANGE PEEL Grind (Alice In Chains tribute), 9pm

TIMO'S HOUSE Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 9pm

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Carolina Rex (blues, rock, Americana), 8pm

TOWN PUMP Jay Roemer (bluegrass), 9pm

SPRING CREEK TAVERN Ben Wilson (Americana), 8pm

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The Westsound Revue (Motown, blues), 9pm

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Everydays, 6pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Ginny McAfee (piano, vocals), 7pm

TALLGARY'S CANTINA Mojomatic (blues, rock), 9:30pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL L.E.A.F. World Music Series w/ Culture, Kenyatta Hill & others (reggae), 9pm ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm

THE PHOENIX Carter & Co. (old-time, string band), 9pm THE SOCIAL Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats (rock, funk), 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR Dr. Filth (soul, psych, punk), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE FTO, Nige Hood, Toon & The Real Laww (hip-hop), 9pm TOWN PUMP Wink Keziah (honky-tonk), 9pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Bob Zullo, 7pm

VANUATU KAVA BAR Dan Keller (eclectic jazz guitar), 8:30pm

CARRIER PARK Fritz Beer & The Crooked Beat (Americana), 5:15pm Get Right Band (funk, rock), 6:30pm Zansa (Afro-pop, world), 7:45pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY TASTING ROOM The Reids (folk), 6pm

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Invisible III (improv-funk, jazz-fusion), 9pm

THE SOCIAL Open mic w/ Scooter Haywood, 8pm

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ALLEY KATS TAVERN The Twisted Trail Band, 9:30pm

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Lazybirds (old-time, jazz, blues, swing), 8pm

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL TAUK w/ Nomadic & Porch 40 (jam, rock, funk), 10pm

PURPLE ONION CAFE Shana Blake Band (R&B, soul, funk), 8pm

ATHENA'S CLUB Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, Americana, blues), 7pm

ROOT BAR NO. 1 Soggy Po Boys (New Orleans jazz), 9pm

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Point & Shoot (soul, rock), 9pm

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB Dance party, 10pm

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

SCULLY'S DJ, 10pm

CARRIER PARK Corey Bullman & Leigh Glass (rock, Americana, blues), 12:30pm Burning Houses (kids band), 1:30pm Raising Caine (country), 2pm Plankeye Peggy (rock, experimental), 3:30pm Earphunk (funk, jam), 5:15pm Robert Walter's 20th Congress (jazz, funk), 7:30pm

SPRING CREEK TAVERN Andy Buckner & The Southern Soul Campaign (Southern rock), 8pm

CLASSIC WINESELLER Jazz Dinner w/ Michael Jefry Stevens Trio, 7pm GOOD STUFF Raven & Red (country, bluegrass, acoustic), 7:30pm Joe Cat (Americana, rock), 9pm GREEN ROOM CAFE & COFFEEHOUSE Elise Pratt & Mike Holstien (jazz), 6:30pm IRON HORSE STATION Mark Shane (R&B), 7pm ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL WorldLine album release (sci-fi-rock, psychedelic), 9pm JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Carolina Still w/ Possessed by Paul James (folk, Americana, old-time), 9pm JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LOBSTER TRAP Crossroad String Band, 7pm ODDITORIUM Embassador Payne (DJ), 9pm OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (jazz, swing), 7:30pm Late Night DJ (techno, disco), 11pm ONE STOP DELI & BAR Reggae Family Jam, 2pm Glory & O.N.E. (reggae, hip-hop, rock), 10pm

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STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Carver & Carmondy, 6pm TALLGARY'S CANTINA Jarvis Jenkins (Southern rock), 9:30pm THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm THE GREEN ROOM BISTRO & BAR Leigh Glass (Americana), 9pm THE MOTHLIGHT Lilac Shadows w/ Oulipo, SoftSpot & Morbids (indie-pop), 9:30pm THE PHOENIX Bradford Carson (Americana), 1pm The Get Right Band (rock, funk, reggae), 10pm THE SOCIAL Karaoke, 9:30pm TIGER MOUNTAIN THIRST PARLOUR DJ Devyl's Hands (psychedelic, indie, metal, rock), 10pm TIMO'S HOUSE Subterranean Shakedown: Big Ben, McDubbin, ShuHandz (bass party), 9pm TOWN PUMP Gina Dalmas & The Cowtippin' Playboys (indie, honky-tonk), 9pm TOY BOAT COMMUNITY ART SPACE It's YO Prom: Be Fabulous! (LGBTQ & allies ages 14-23) w/ DJ Abu Disarray, 7pm TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Al Coffee & Da Grind (blues, soul), 10pm

ORANGE PEEL 8th Annual Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, 8pm

VINCENZO'S BISTRO Steve Whiddon (old-time piano, vocals), 5:30pm

PACK'S TAVERN Sloantones (rock, funk, blues), 9pm

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BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: Decades after the fact, a former World War II prisoner of war suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder faces up to his past.

THE LOWDOWN: The kind of adult, thoughtful and solid entertainment that is little seen these days, The Railway Man is firstrate filmmaking with terrific — and terrifically human — performances throughout.

Jonathan Teplitzky’s The Railway Man is a bracingly adult film — in the real sense of that term — that has somehow bobbed up in the midst of the silly season of spandex and explosions. Don’t ask why this should be. Just go support it.

It’s an extremely well-made, somewhat old-fashioned biographical drama about a deeply disturbed former prisoner of war, Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), who learns that the man, Takaski Nagasse (Hiroyuki Sanada, The Wolverine), who tortured him in the Japanese slave-labor camp in World War II is still alive and running a memorial museum at the former camp. Much of the drama revolves around whether or not Lomax will confront his tormentor, and if he does, what he plans to do. That, however, is really only part of this deeply complex film,

COLIN FIRTH stars in Jonathan Teplitzky’s compelling biographical drama The Railway Man, a serious and thought-provoking work that also stars Nicole Kidman.

which slowly gets around to this central issue.

Teplitzky’s film actually starts in 1980 with Lomax in late middle age.

He has the nerdy railway enthusiast and amateur historian equivalent of a “meet cute” with Patti (Nicole Kidman) on a train. The somewhat pedantic older man clearly interests her, while Lomax himself is immediately smitten — to the degree that he travels her presumed itinerary until he finds her. Soon they’re married, but it’s then that Patti discovers that her bookish husband has deep-seated troubles tied to the time he spent working as slave labor on the Thai-Burma railway after the fall of Singapore.

Actually, we get more insight into this than she does — at least at first — through depictions of Lomax’s nightmares that place him as he is now in the context of his prisoner-of-war experiences. She tries to cope, but the problem only seems to get worse — to the point that he attacks someone with a box cutter. It isn’t until she plies what information she can out of his fellow former prisoner, Finlay (Stellan Skarsgård), that Patti gets any real insight into the situation. And even Finlay doesn’t know the whole story.

The plot reaches its peak when Finlay uncovers the truth about the man who was Lomax’s chief torturer, believing that Lomax will seek his revenge. But Lomax refuses — citing his responsibility as a married man — until Finlay sends him “a message he can’t ignore.” This propels the film’s most powerful and ultimately moving section: Lomax returns to the site of the camp and confronts Nagasse. It is also here that we learn the full extent of what happened — not only to Lomax, but to Nagasse. What this is and how it plays out belongs to the film and not to the reviewer.

As I said, the film is somewhat old-fashioned. Its most obvious antecedents are David Lean’s Brief Encounter (1945) and Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (the former is even cited in The Railway Man’s dialogue). Actually, it might be said to combine the two sides of Lean — the intimate (Brief Encounter) and the epic (Kwai). Approaching The Railway Man as Kwai done in the style of Brief Encounter would not be far off the mark. But for all its classic-era echoes, the structure of The Railway Man with its nightmares,

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flashbacks and even outright fantasy scenes is fairly modern, making the film much more than an exercise in “making them like they used to.” (For that matter, the unflinching depiction of the torture Lomax endured is something Lean would never have been allowed to shoot.)

Owing to the nature of the story’s time frames, Firth, Skarsgård and Sanada are all played by younger actors — Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid and Tanroh Ishida — in the actual World War II flashbacks. While the younger men don’t quite look like their counterparts (Irvine comes closest and completely captures Firth’s manner of speaking), they do manage to feel like they could have aged into their later incarnations. Some have found The Railway Man on the slow side, but I found it compelling throughout.

Others have found it uneven and, of course, some have raised the old “this isn’t exactly how it happened” — a claim that can accurately be leveled at every historical drama, biopic and, yes, documentary ever made. My take is simple — see it for yourself. I don’t think you’ll be sorry. Rated R for disturbing POW violence.

Reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre.

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Only Lovers Left Alive HHHHS DIRECTOR: Jim Jarmusch PLAYERS: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Jeffrey Wright HORROR ROMANCE RATED R THE STORY: The love story of two ancient lovers who happen to be vampires.

THE LOWDOWN: An unbelievably atmospheric and elegant film that is deeply suffused with both sadness and beauty. Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive belongs on your must-see list, even if you don’t like horror movies.

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funny and invariably beautiful, Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive is both one of the most unusual vampire pictures ever made and probably one of the best. I strongly suspect that part of the film’s inspiration comes from Ken Russell’s unproduced Dracula screenplay, in which great artists live for centuries by becoming vampires. (It suggests that Beethoven and Sibelius are the same person.) But what was for Russell only an idea has become the crux of Jarmusch’s film — and it’s every inch a Jarmusch film. The approach is mostly deadpan. The visuals are striking. The soundtrack is rife with 1950s pop music. The story is often indirect. The humor is quirky and occurs at unexpected moments. It is all quite wonderful, but if what you’re looking for is a gory bout of horror, this is not it. Oh, it’s in the horror genre, but it’s ... well, untraditional.

Only Lovers Left Alive is essentially the love story of Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton). Whether they are the Adam and Eve is not addressed, but they have been lovers for many centuries. When the film opens, they are living separate lives. Eve lives in Tangier, enjoying her existence and spending her time with Christopher Marlowe (John Hurt), and, yes, he’s that Christopher Marlowe. Even though he’s immortal, Marlowe’s mind tends to wander — though not without settling one of the great questions of literary history about the authorship of certain plays.

Adam lives far away in a crumbling mansion in decaying Detroit where he works on his music (it’s suggested that he was Paganini) with the help of his “zombie” — what the vampires call humans — friend, Ian (Anton Yelchin in easily his best performance). He has no vampire friends, and he only goes out to buy untainted blood from a contact, Dr. Watson (Jeffrey Wright), in a hospital. (Untainted blood is rare commodity in the modern world — rather like virgin blood in Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula.) He also suffers from suicidal tendencies and general malaise — conditions that have long plagued him, it seems. His mood, however, is sufficiently gloomy that Eve opts to come for a visit (via a complex series of night flights).

To say that her presence perks him up would be overstating the case, but life is clearly better for him when she’s there — at least until her younger sister, Ava (Mia Wasikowska), shows up. Ava is

bad news all the way around. She’s a spoiled, vain, selfish party girl who has been spending her time in Los Angeles (“zombie central” to Adam — and probably Jarmusch). Not surprisingly, she manages to destroy Adam’s life in Detroit when she vampirizes Ian. (“You drank Ian!” rages Adam.) Even after disposing of the body in a vat of acid in a disused auto factory (“That was visual,” comments Eve at the skeletal remains), they opt to beat it to Tangier — using the names Stephen Dedalus and Daisy Buchanan — only to encounter new problems.

It is all brilliantly done — very nearly perfect. Jarmusch has crafted a film that feels like a wonderful, musty, old bookshop smells. It is rich in ancient promises with beauty found in the most unlikely places. The images of Adam driving Eve around the ruins of Detroit in his white Jag are both eerie and strangely wonderful. Every moment has something remarkable to see or hear or feel. But so much depends on Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as the title lovers, and their world-weary, yet still active appreciation for the world of art and beauty. It is impossible to imagine two other performers in the roles. They are that perfect and believable. The pace and the lack of much traditional action is going to make the film difficult for some, but if you can tap into the film’s beauties and overwhelming sense of sadness at the passing of an age, it is remarkable — and a mustsee — even if you’re not a horror fan.

Rated R for language and brief nudity.

Reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas.

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Fading Gigolo HHHH

DIRECTOR: John Turturro PLAYERS: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara COMEDY DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A money-strapped man talks his best friend into becoming an expensive male prostitute — and positions himself as pimp.

THE LOWDOWN: Both very funny and surprisingly moving, Fading Gigolo scores bonus points for the inspired teaming of John Turturro and Woody Allen. It has at least one major problem, but that’s easily overlooked for all the things it gets very right.

John Turturro returns to writing and directing — and being in better movies than those Transformers things — with Fading Gigolo, a funny and affectionate movie that might just be the best Woody Allen movie Woody Allen never made. I don’t just mean in the Woody Allen scenes either. The whole slightly bittersweet tone of the film — not to mention its musical choices — could easily pass for a Woody Allen picture. Whether that’s deliberate or not, I have no idea, but it’s certainly there. Similarly, I don’t know if Allen wrote, or at least Allenized, his own dialogue, but if he didn’t, Turturro has an amazing grasp of not just the Allen persona but the cadence of his speech. Turturro’s major inspiration, and the thing that makes Fading Gigolo rather special, was teaming himself with Allen. They are a screen team made in heaven — and one that makes the film’s central premise believable enough to work. It’s a premise that needs help in the believability department.

When the film opens, part-time florist Fioravante (Turturro) is helping his old friend Murray (Allen) pack up

and close down Murray’s no longer viable book store. Modern times and New York expenses have caught up with the family business of rare books. But while they’re in the process of doing this, Murray tells Fioravante about a conversation with his dermatologist in which she expressed an interest in having a ménage à trois with her adventurous girlfriend and wondered if Murray knew anyone who might be interested in filling the man’s role — for a $1000 fee.

In a basically preposterous move, Murray has suggested the 56-yearold Fioravante, not in the least because Murray envisions getting a cut as pimp. No one finds it more preposterous than Fioravante, but his own poverty and Murray’s insistence that he has sex appeal, causes him to give in. Of course, it turns out that Fioravante (taking the Dante-esque name of Virgil in his new incarnation) is a big hit with the ladies, and he and Murray are soon rolling in money.

The situation becomes complicated when Murray decides to add Avigal (Valerie Paradis, Heartbreakers), the mournful widow of an important Hasidic rabbi, to their client list — not for sex, mind you, but for therapeutic massage. The problem is that the relationship between Fioravante and Avigal, while never really sexual, becomes emotional. In turn, this arrangement draws the attention of Dovi (Liev Schreiber), who has been hopelessly in love with Avigal for years. That he’s also an officer in some kind of Hasidic morality patrol gives Dovi the ability to “legitimately” investigate the situation. In this stretch, Turturro manages to effectively blend a Woody Allen comedy with a dramatically viable story in a very pleasing manner. (Bringing in Bob Balaban as Murray’s lawyer was a masterstroke, except that it makes you wish he and Allen had more footage together.) What Turturro cannot do, it seems, is bring about a satisfying — or believable — resolution to the Avigal storyline, and this does hurt the movie.

Even with the notable downside of an unsatisfying ending to a major part of the story, there is so much about Fading Gigolo to like — maybe even love — that I can’t help but forgive it. This, after all, is a movie in which Sharon Stone gives a nuanced, even touching, performance. It’s also one where Sofia Vergara isn’t a cartoonish

sex joke with a double-D punchline. There are other high points — including a strong sense of place — but the major accomplishment lies in the teaming of Turturro and Allen.

That alone affords us a little slice of moviemaking nirvana. Plus, it allows, or maybe inspires, the kind of ambiguously hopeful ending that we got 35 years ago in Allen’s Manhattan, but in another, equally blissful, key.

Rated R for some sexual content, language and brief nudity.

Reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre.

God’s Pocket HHHS DIRECTOR: John Slattery PLAYERS: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins, Eddie Marsan, Caleb Landry-Jones DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: When his no-account stepson is killed, a small-time crook has to come up with the money for the funeral.

THE LOWDOWN: A good cast elevates this uneven look into the lives of the inhabitants of a low-class neighborhood called God’s Pocket.

Grubby and darkly comic, it’s a film that gets better as it goes along, even if it never really rings the gong.

John Slattery’s (TV’s Mad Men) feature film directorial debut, God’s Pocket, has been pretty roughly handled by most of the critics, and I have no trouble understanding that. In fact, for the first half of the film, I was willing to join them. During the second half, however, I grew to kind of like it. In the last 15 minutes, it won me over almost completely, but it wasn’t enough to make me overlook the film’s considerable shortcomings. Some of the things I just don’t personally like — the deliberately ugly cinematography, the fact that the film is fairly charmless and styleless — I can accept as artistic choices. That the film is deliberate in the physical ugliness of its depiction of the working class neighborhood of God’s Pocket (the place looks like the sun never fully penerates the grime and the smog) is evident in

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the completely different look of its single journey into the country and its final scene in Florida. The lack of much in the way of style and charm suggests Slattery is trying to channel the late Sidney Lumet — a defensible choice.

However, I cannot find any justification for the film’s almost nonexistent establishment of the main characters. (This is a movie that doesn’t even tell you when it’s set, though it’s apparently in the late 1970s.) It may be argued that the viewer is being left to figure the characters out on his or her own, but it doesn’t work very well in most of the cases. My suspicion is that we’re experiencing firsthand the pitfall of a filmmaker coming from series TV, where the director is used to dealing with already established characters. (Slattery’s directorial efforts on Mad Men only began in the show’s third season.)

Here, Slattery seems to think we already have a familiarity with the residents of God’s Pocket, but we don’t. The only clearly established character is Leon (Caleb Landry Jones), the reprehensible stepson of Mickey Scarpato (Philip Seymour Hoffman). He’s dead at the beginning of the film, but in the flashback that makes up the bulk of the story, Leon spends his screen time like a psychotic variation of one of those mystery film characters who goes around begging to be killed. And when he is, we’re not sorry. Nor are we surprised that his boss and co-workers call it an accident. Who wouldn’t be glad to see the last of Leon?

The death of Leon turns out to be the driving factor of the film.

The one person who actually cares about Leon’s death — though everyone in the neighorhood professes to — is his mother, Jeanie Scarpato (Christina Hendricks, Mad Men). The film does nothing to make her grief understandable — maybe playing the grieving mother breaks the tedium of her existence — but the film needs her to care in order to work. This puts the pressure on small-time crook and meat wholesaler Mickey to cough up a lot of money to pay sleazy mortuary owner Smilin’ Jack Moran (Eddie Marsan) to give Leon a proper funeral. This results in all manner of bad decisions and complications — all of them rather pathetic and some of them darkly comic.

While this is going on, Jeanie is becoming romantically, or at least

carnally, involved with local alcoholic newspaper columnist Richard Shellburn (Richard Jenkins), a man who has unwisely romanticized the denizens of God’s Pocket out of all proportion. This, like everything else in the story, is a surefire recipe for disaster. All of this works to some degree, but it works best in the film’s final section, perhaps because that was the most autobiographical part of the source novel by Peter Dexter (The Paperboy). Slattery benefits from having actors like Hoffman and Jenkins to help with carrying the film over the rougher spots, but the results, while worthwhile, are still pretty uneven. Rated R for violence, language throughout and sexual content.

Reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas.

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return S DIRECTOR: Will Finn (Home on the Range), Dan St. Pierre PLAYERS: (Voices) Lea Michele, Martin Short, Bernadette Peters, Hugh Dancy, Dan Akroyd ANIMATED MUSICAL ADVENTURE RATED PG THE STORY: Dorothy returns to Oz to save its inhabitants from an evil court jester.

THE LOWDOWN: A chintzy, corny little animated movie with zero spark or inspiration that totally relies on the reputations of other movies.

Kids’ movies don’t necessarily have to be good to make money.

Though — judging from Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return’s box office — they need to at least try, and there’s no evidence of effort here. In fact, there is not an ounce of inspiration or thoughtfulness to be found.

Instead, it attempts to ride the reputation and popularity of The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). This isn’t exactly surprising, since the film is based on Dorothy of Oz, a novel written by Oz creator L. Frank Baum’s great grandson, Roger S. Baum. The book isn’t recognized in the Baum Estate’s official Oz canon.

(Yes, there’s an official Oz canon, and I spent too much time on the Internet figuring this out.)

The film takes place immediately after The Wizard of Oz, with Dorothy (voiced by Glee’s Lea Michele), waking up to find her Kansas farm destroyed by a tornado. The setting is modernized, however, and the real-world villain is a smarmy, pseudo government agent (voiced by Martin Short) intent on condemning the family’s farm. At the same time, Oz — where time, we’re told via lazy exposition, moves much faster than in the real world — has unravelled and fallen under the control of The Jester (also voiced

by Short), a purple-clad bad guy who looks suspiciously like the Domino Noid. He gets his jollies from turning people into wooden marionettes, presumably because the movie doesn’t differentiate between jesters and puppeteers.

Ignoring the whole dream aspect of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is sucked back to Oz via some sort of rainbow contraption invented by the Scarecrow (voiced by Dan Aykroyd) and adventure ensues — at least in theory. There’s a good bit invested in referencing the 1939 film. The Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion (voiced by Jim Belushi) — who, now with a full dose of courage just comes across as a jerk — and the Tin Man (voiced by Kelsey Grammer), as well as the flying monkeys, all make appearances. But for the most part, there is a whole new cast of characters, none of whom are very interesting.

The sheer cultural iconicity of The Wizard of Oz makes it difficult for these new characters to stand up to their predecessors. The best the film can manage is the awkwardly named Marshal Mallow (voiced by Hugh Dancy), an ambulatory, vaguely creepy marshmallow dude. The bargain-basement animation — with its jerky, stiffly moving characters — is largely to blame. It all neatly ties into the dull production design of the film, an aspect that creeps into the musical numbers, too, where the best we get are some drab, flat ballads and some ersatz Paul Simon.

It all makes for a bland, lifeless little movie. Rated PG for some scary images and mild peril.

Reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher.

Neighbors HH DIRECTOR: Nicholas Stoller (The Five Year Engagement) PLAYERS: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Brian Huskey RAUNCHY COMEDY RATED R THE STORY: It’s all-out war between a young married couple with a baby and the noisy, wild frat boys who move in next door.

THE LOWDOWN: Supposedly riotous and theoretically shocking R-rated tomfoolery is just more of the same from the raunchy comedy style of filmmaking. Your mileage may vary, judging by the box office and the positive reviews.

My enthusiasm for Nicholas Stoller’s Neighbors knows bounds.

In fact, it knows all kinds of bounds.

Perhaps I am just too old for this movie and simply find both the young couple and the younger frat boys tedious constructs from another world. It is, of course, the kind of movie where one is frequently told to park one’s brain at the door.

I have no doubt this would help, but even at the door, my brain would have raised objections over the incredible stupidity that has to be evidenced by the characters just to keep the plot going. The moment Neighbors wanted me to believe that the Seth Rogen character was so dumb that he didn’t realize that the police would be able to tell who made the call reporting noisy neighbors transcended my breaking point. (Cue the chorus of “You’re overthinking this.” This really isn’t heavy thinking.)

According to some of the film’s more generous detractors, Neighbors is a great premise that’s been poorly handled. I would love to know how a war between a young couple and a frat house is a great premise. It’s just a one-joke concept that’s dragged out for 96 very long minutes. That those 96 minutes are poorly handled, however, I will not argue. I have nothing against the fact that the film is deliberately raunchy. I certainly don’t mind that it wants to offend me. (Offending my intelligence is a separate issue.)

That it fails to really offend me may be a barometer of how jaded I am.

Pubic hair gags, dick jokes, drug humor and all the other staples of these movies are so vieux jeu by this point in history that they’re hardly shocking. The film’s apparently big moment of transgression — where Seth Rogen has to milk Rose Byrne — isn’t transgressive, it’s merely biological.

The idea here is that schlubby upscale stoner Mac (Rogen) and wife Kelly (Byrne, who ought to be used to dicey real estate after two Insidious movies) have sunk every penny into a dream home for themselves and their infant daughter. Into this Eden of the suburbs comes Teddy Sanders (Zac Efron) and his fraternity brothers, who turn the house next door into their frat house. Mac and Kelly make an attempt at being good neighbors — even partying all night with the boys (who is minding the baby is addressed simply by Kelly carting around a baby monitor.) This peace lasts only briefly, of course, because otherwise there’s no movie. One noisy party too many and a call to the cops later and it’s full-blown war — mostly, it seems, because Teddy feels betrayed and his feelings are hurt. Various hijinks ensue, none of which struck me as very funny.

Others have disagreed, and the movie has already made a fortune.

While the name Judd Apatow is nowhere to be found on the film, Neighbors is definitely from the school of Apatow. It’s meandering, overstays its welcome and is frequently incomprehensible.

The fact that no one else in the neighborhood is bothered by the wild parties is ridiculous. And, no, one shot of the frat boys helping an aging invalid neighbor explains this, unless we’re to believe that the entire rest of the neighborhood consists of nursing home refugees. Why is the entire police force represented by one useless cop?

Worse, the film raises issues and then forgets about them. In the case of Teddy’s right-hand man, Pete (Dave Franco), telling Teddy he loves him — not, it seems, as a “bro” — it actually just drops the issue in mid-scene. And, of course, however edgy all this nonsense pretends to be, it turns around in the last few minutes to endorse its fantasy middle class status quo and go all hot, soft and woolly with the frat boys. Zac Efron and Rose Byrne, you’re better than this. Seth Rogen,

well, never mind. Rated R for pervasive language, strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, and drug use throughout.

Reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

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God’s Pocket See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

Godzilla So here we have the latest Next Big Thing — Gareth Edwards (Monsters) $150 million take on Godzilla. You already know what it’s about, since the old boy has been knocking over Tokyo for 60 years now. This one — trying to avoid the disaster of the 1998 attempt — at least returns to something like what Godzilla is supposed to look like. Early reviews are mostly positive, but nearly all say it needed more monster action and less human action. But, hey, it’s this week’s blockbuster. (PG-13)

Million Dollar Arm And then, there’s Craig Gillespie’s uplifting, fact-based sports comedydrama from Disney, in which TV’s Jon Hamm tries to actually carry a movie. It’s all about a down-onhis-luck sports agent (Hamm) who goes to India to find the next baseball sensation amongst the cricket players through a competition called “Million Dollar Arm.” The early reviews — all eight of them — are split down the middle. (PG)

Only Lovers Left Alive See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

The Railway Man See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

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Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, David W. Thompson Revenge Thriller A man sets out for revenge, only to become entangled in an even more treacherous mess. A curious little movie on the difficulties of vengeance that has some good ideas, but eventually does little to set itself apart.

Rated R

My Toxic Backyard HHHH Tate MacQueen, Aaron Penland, Dot Rice Documentary Documentary about the local fight to get the old CTS manufacturing plant cleaned up. The issue is ongoing — two decades after the problem was reported to the Environmental Protection Agency. Strong, sharply focused, straightforward activist documentary that allows its anger to be simply conveyed by amassing the facts and letting those directly impacted speak for themselves. Gets in and does the job with admirable speed. Rated NR

Particle Fever HHH Martin Aleksa, David Kaplan, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, Monica Dunford, Fabiola Gianotti Physics Documentary Documentary about finding the Higgs boson with the aid of Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

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It is made by physicists and made for physicists — or at least pretty hard-core science enthusiasts. For that audience, it's fine, but the uninitiated may find it something of a slog. Rated NR

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 HHHS Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Colm Feore, Felicity Jones, Paul Giamatti Comic Book Action Fantasy More SpiderMan action, more villains and a surprisingly effective human story in the middle.

As so-called event movies go, this latest Spider-Man opus is at best average, but the relationship between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy makes it above average — at least when it has the chance. Rated PG-13

Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago HHH Documentary The travels of disparate pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, a famous spiritual path in Spain. A gentle, well-meaning documentary that will appeal to those interested in the Camino but few others. Rated NR

Brick Mansions S Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA, Catalina Denis, Ayisha Issa

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Action In dystopian Detroit, an undercover cop and a criminal with a heart of gold must bust into a cordoned off slum and deactivate a nuclear device. Dumb, convoluted actioner that manages to be incredibly boring in the bargain — despite all the fistfights and car chases. Rated PG-13

and generally stupid send-up of popular horror movies. Rated NR

Dom Hemingway HHHHH

Documentary Documentary about the work of recently discovered street photographer Vivian Maier, combined with the efforts to track down the story of this enigmatic woman. Altogether captivating, fascinating and even moving documentary chronicling the work of and trying to understand a mid-20th century street photographer. If you only see one documentary a year, this should be it.

Rated NR

Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Kerry Condon, Emilia Clarke, Madalina Ghenea, Jumayn Hunter Dark British Crime Comedy After 12 years in prison, safecracker Dom Hemingway is out — and in search of everything he feels is owed him.

Unrepentant in its vulgarity, unflinching in its occasional violence, endlessly creative in its use of words and images and blessed with a brilliant performance from Jude Law, Dom Hemingway is a must-see for anyone interested in solid filmmaking and great writing. But it is very R-rated.

Rated R

Ernest & Celestine HHHH (Voices) Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy Animated Fantasy A young mouse becomes the improbable friend of a very large bear. A film of immense charm and pleasingly non-gooey sweetness that also carries a solid theme about prejudice and how it's a learned response. It is not, however, preachy and is largely played for clever comedy.

Rated PG

The Other Woman H

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Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kate Upton, Don Johnson Comedy A woman finds out the man of her dreams is actually married, and she and the wife become reluctant friends. An overlong, unfunny and eventually despicable shot at the raunchy, female-centric comedy. Rated PG-13

The Quiet Ones HHH Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Erin Richards, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Olivia Cooke Horror An unorthodox researcher gets more than he bargained for when he tries to cure a supposedly possessed girl. It is rich in atmosphere, undeniably creepy and reasonably intelligent, but there's an over-reliance on loud noises where the scares ought to be and a certain amount of cheese along the way. Rated PG-13

A Haunted House 2 S Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Gabriel Iglesias, Cedric the Entertainer, Essence Atkins

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Finding Vivian Maier HHHHS John Maloof, Mary Ellen Mark, Phil Donahue, Vivian Maier, Duffy Levant, Joe Matthews

Heaven is for Real HS Greg Kinnear, Connor Corum, Kelly Reilly, Thomas Haden Church, Margo Martindale Faith-Based Drama The story of a young boy who claims he went to heaven after nearly dying in surgery and his father’s (who is also a pastor) struggle to accept the tale.

A surprisingly theologically even-handed film that’s unfortunately dull, with no dramatic push behind it.

Rated PG

Joe HHH Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter, Ronnie Gene Blevens, Brian Mays Southern Gothic Melodrama An excon forms an attachment to a troubled 15-year-old boy with an abusive alcoholic father. Highly acclaimed in many quarters, Joe feels both disjointed and falsely sentimentalized to me, despite containing a strong performance by Nicolas Cage. A fondness for Southern gothic melodrama is essential. Rated R

Transcendence HHHS Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Morgan Freeman, Clifton Collins Jr. Science Fiction A dying computer genius has his mind uploaded to a computer so that he can live on beyond death. An intriguing, nice-looking science fiction film that risks tackling some pretty big issues.

It doesn't entirely succeed, but it remains above-average entertainment with something on its mind. Rated PG-13

13 Sins HHHS Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower, Rutina Wesley, Ron Perlman, Pruitt Taylor Vince Horror Thriller A desperate man is given a chance at winning a million dollars if he completes 13 tasks, which, unsurprisingly, turn out to be much worse than he imagines. A truly solid horror thriller with a compelling, darkly humorous story and an unusually complex moral center. It's not perfect, but it's good. Rated R

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Battleship Potemkin HHHH Director: Sergei M. Einstein Players: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov DRAMA Rated NR It wasn’t that long ago that Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin — then known mostly as Potemkin — was in the top five of nearly all lists of the greatest films ever made. While the 1925 Soviet film seems to have been downgraded in recent years, it remains an essential of cinematic literacy, one of the most influential (and referenced) of all movies and simply an amazingly entertaining, involving film. The story of a mutiny on the title battleship during the 1905 revolution still works on an audience today.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Battleship Potemkin Friday, May 16, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com.

Miller’s Crossing HHHHH

Director: Joel and Ethan Coen Players: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito CRIME DRAMA Rated R The Asheville Film Society marks it’s fourth anniversary — as always — with a Coen Brothers movie (the AFS made its debut with the Coens’ Blood Simple). This year it’s Miller’s Crossing (1990), the brothers’ first full-blown masterpiece and still one of their very best works. The film is a mix of elements from two Dashiell Hammett novels that have been filtered through the Coens’ unique vision to become something unique and wonderful. It is a fascinating tale of gang warfare, family loyalty, personal loyalty and homoerotic bonding set in some peculiarly insular, corrupt, never-identified small town in 1920s America.

The Asheville Film Society will screen Miller’s Crossing Tuesday, May 20, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Phenomena HHHH

Director: Dario Argento Players: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicoldi, Federico Mastroianni, Fiore Argento HORROR Rated R Originally released in a cut version as Creepers, Dario Argento’s Phenomena (1985) has the interesting distinction of being quite possibly the maestro’s most spectacularly unhinged works. If you are at all familiar with Sgr. Argento’s work, you’ll realize what an accomplishment that is. Here we have 14-year-old Jennifer Connelly as a girl who can control and virtually speak to insects, a deformed, insane killer, indelicately dressed underage (maybe not in Italy) girls, an almost completely inapt heavy metal soundtrack, a razor-wielding chimp and a story that makes very little sense. It’s Argento turned up to 11 or 12.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Phenomena Thursday, May 15 at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

The Pirates of Penzance HHH Director: Wilford Leach Players: Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith MUSICAL Rated G This 1983 film version of The Pirates of Penzance certainly has its admirers — some of them quite adamant — but I confess I am not one of them. It’s too broad, too stagey and too much like a TV special, but if you want to see Kevin Kline’s undeniably energetic turn as the Pirate King, this is the place to do it. If only director Wilford Leach knew anything about film.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Pirates of Penzance Sunday, May 18, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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BLACK MOUNTAIN 2BR/1BA apartment, $645/month, heat/ central air, washer dryer connections, new hardwood plank flooring. Very nice! (828) 2524334.

CHARMING SUNNY SMALL 1BR Between downtown and UNCA. Close walk to town and Greenlife. Hardwood floors, gas heat, A/C unit. Lots of off-street parking. $595/ month includes hot and cold water. Security deposit, year's lease, credit check and references required. 1 cat ok w/ fee, no dogs. For appt: Graham Investments: 253-6800.

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EMPLOYMENT GENERAL AFRICA • BRAZIL WORK/ STUDY! Change the lives of others while creating a sustainable future. 6, 9, 18 month programs available. Apply today! www.OneWorldCenter. org (269) 591-0518. info@OneWorldCenter.org (AAN CAN) AVONEarn extra income with a new career! Sell from home, work, online. $15 startup. For information, call: 888-7701075 (M-F 9-7 & Sat 9-1 central.) (Ind Sls Rep) INVENTORY/SCHEDULING COORDINATOR Please send cover letter and resume to the following email address: billing@altecheco.com www. altecheco.com (828) 654-8300 PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICE IS NOW HIRING Hard working detailed cleaners need for residential & vacation. Send info to ecocleanofasheville@gmail.com for more info. Pay up to $75 per day after training.

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LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS SEEKS VERSATILE PART TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT Detail-oriented, independent, versatile, pleasant individual needed for PT office assistant.

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MOBILE HOME FOR RENT Between Asheville/Black Mountain. In quiet managed park. Central heat and A/C. W/D. References, application, background check and deposit required. 828-779-2736.

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SALES/ MARKETING MOUNTAIN XPRESS IS HIRING! We are seeking one or two multitalented, multiskilled people for sales outreach. Don’t worry if you’ve never held a sales position in your life. We looking for organized, computer-savvy, multicultural idealists who speak well and and listen better — who know how to promote Asheville’s business and nonprofit community and show them what Xpress can do for them. We offer a communityminded, mission-driven environment, with a sales team that works together. This is a salaried position. Please email your resume and a cover letter that communicates why you think you’d fit into and thrive at Mountain Xpress. Send your email (no phone calls, please) to networker@mountainx.com

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and adults through the following service lines: IIH, CST, OP therapy, and school based therapy. FPS offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package! Resumes to jcapobianco@fpscorp.com

HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Mountain Area Recovery Center is seeking p/t administrative support staff to fill a position in our outpatient opioid treatment facility located in Asheville, North Carolina. Candidates must have excellent computer and communication skills. Please e-mail your resume to rhonda. ingle@marc-otp.com or fax to attention: Rhonda Ingle at 828.252.9512. EOE www. marc-otp.com

AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Staff Psychiatrist Meridian Behavioral Health Services is a non-profit provider of community mental health services serving nine counties in Western North Carolina. We have an opening for a Psychiatrist providing outpatient care for adults.

Our primary office locations are in Waynesville, Sylva, Franklin and Brevard. We are seeking physicians who have interest and experience in community mental health care - treatment of persistent mental illness and addiction. Part of this time could involve providing treatment for opioid addiction in our clinic-based buprenorphine (Suboxone) progam. Minimal call responsibilities. Our locations have qualified for education loan repayment programs. Send CV to: Matthew Holmes, MD email: matt.holmes@meridianbhs.org or Joe Ferrara, CEO joe.ferrara@meridianbhs.org Clinical Positions: Meridian Behavioral Health Services is seeking passionate, values-driven and dynamic professionals to work in several of our service programs, including our Assertive Community Treatment Teams, our Offender Services outpatient program and our Recovery Education Centers.

To be considered, applicants must have a Master’s degree and be license-eligible within the state of North Carolina.

For more information contact Julie Durham-Defee at julie. durham-defee@meridianbhs. org or Kim Franklin at kim. franklin@meridianbhs.org Transylvania , Jackson, Haywood and Macon Counties Multiple positions open for Peer Support Specialists working within a number of recovery oriented programs within our agency. Being a Peer Support Specialist provides an opportunity for individuals to transform their own personal lived experience with mental health and/or

addiction challenges into a tool for inspiring hope for recovery in others. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and have moderate computer skills. • For further information, contact hr.department@ meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org/ open-positions.html AVAILABLE POSITIONS • WNC GROUP HOMES provide residential services to people who have Autism and Intellectual Disabilities. • Current open part-time positions include Monday-Friday, 6am9/10am and Saturday/Sunday, 9am-9pm. • Full-Time opening on 2nd shift and 3rd shift.

More information about WNC Group Homes and employment opportunities can be viewed at www.wncgrouphomes.org • Applications can be mailed or dropped off at 28 Pisgah View Ave, Asheville, NC 28803 • Full-Time: Gwen Rash Memorial Group Home is seeking a Full-Time high energy Resident Teacher for adults with Autism.

Applicants must be able to work independently, multitask and follow written programs. Experience collecting Innovations data and behavioral data is a plus. Must be able to work Thursday, 12pmSaturday, 3pm, including overnights. Information about making application at www. wncgrouphomes.org or send application to 28 Pisgah View Ave Asheville, NC 28803.

CHILD/ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH POSITIONS IN JACKSON, HAYWOOD, & MACON COUNTIES Looking to fill several positions between now and Aug/Sept.

Licensed/provisional therapists to provide Outpatient, Day Treatment or Intensive In-home services to children/ adolescents with mental health diagnoses. Therapists must have current NC therapist license. Also looking for QP/Qualified professionals to provide Intensive In-home or Day Treatment services. QP's must have Bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of experience post-degree with this population (experience required depends on type of degree).

Apply by submitting resume to telliot@jcpsmail.org CNA • CAREGIVER POSITIONS We screen, train, bond and insure. • Positions available for quality, caring and dependable professionals.

Flexible schedules and competitive pay. Home Instead Senior Care. Call (828) 2744406 between 9am-5pm. www.homeinstead.com/159 DAY TREATMENT SUPERVISOR • QP or (LP). Working with adolescents and supervising others. See web page: aspireyouthandfamily.com for full job description. Send resume to: aspireapplicants@ yahoo.com EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST - FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES Candidate will work with employers and potential employees to place individuals in jobs that reflect their desires & interests. The ability to work closely with individuals and believe that people can learn and grow from their experiences is required. Must have flexible hours and be willing to travel within WNC. Call 828.288.2707 or email lmills@ fpscorp.com to request an application.

FAMILY THERAPIST Red Oak Recovery, a young adult substance abuse treatment program in Leicester, NC is looking for a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Qualified candidates will have experience running multifamily groups, the ability to create programming that supports the entire family during the treatment process and a working knowledge of Substance Abuse and its impact on the family system.

Please submit cover letter and resume to jobs@redoakrecovery.com FINANCE MANAGER Red Oak Recovery, a young adult substance abuse treatment program in Leicester, NC, is seeking a highly qualified individual to oversee finances and office operations. Qualified candidates will have experience with accounts payable, accounts receivable, Quickbooks, and a general knowledge of all office systems and operations. Experience with insurance, medical billing, human resources, and the behavioral health field is preferred. Four year degree is preferred. The position will require moving between several buildings throughout our large non-smoking campus. Ability to communicate and work well with others in a fast paced environment is required. Competitive pay and benefits package offered.

Please submit resume and cover letter including desired salary to jobs@redoakrecovery.com FITNESS INSTRUCTOR Red Oak Recovery, a young adult substance abuse treatment program in Leicester, NC is seeking an instructor to plan and implement a fitness program. We are seeking to create an exercise program that utilizes minimal equipment and incorporates minimal risk, to educate and motivate our clients to maintaining a physically healthy lifestyle. Qualified candidates must be certified as a fitness instructor, pass a criminal background check and possess personal liability insurance. Please send a letter detailing your qualifications and availability to jobs@redoakrecovery.com MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR Red Oak Recovery, a young adult substance abuse treatment program in Leicester, NC is seeking a Martial Arts Instructor to teach basic classes on a PRN basis.

Knowledge of Substance Abuse Recovery and 12 Step Principles is preferred. Qualified candidates must pass a criminal background check and possess personal liability insurance. Please send a letter detailing your qualifications and availability to jobs@ redoakrecovery.com QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THERAPISTS Family Preservation Services of Buncombe County is seeking Qualified Mental Health Professionals and therapists to work with children through the following service lines: IIH, and School based therapy. Candidates must have a minimum of 1 years’ experience with the child mental health population. FPS offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package.

Come join our expanding team! Resumes to cowings@ fpscorp.com RECOVERY GUIDE Red Oak Recovery, a young adult Substance Abuse Treatment Program located in Leicester, NC is seeking highly qualified

individuals for direct care positions. Recovery Guides work on a rotating 4 day on/3 day off or 8 day on/6 day off schedule. Treatment takes place in a residential setting with wilderness adventure expeditions. WFR, CSAC, or a degree in a human services field preferred. Personal or professional experience with 12 Step Recovery, Substance Abuse Treatment, Mental Health Treatment and/or Wilderness Therapy is required.

We offer competitive pay, health benefits, professional substance abuse and clinical training. Substance abuse and clinical supervision are available. Please submit resumes to jobs@redoakrecovery. com

deliver clinical care to clients and families in recovery in a way that maximizes independence and family empowerment. Duties include client care and treatment planning, individual, family, and group therapy, crisis intervention, psycho-education, case management, and on-call duties. • A Masters Degree or PhD in a behavioral health discipline and licensure in behavioral health required. Must have strong clinical and interpersonal skills, strong organizational skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Wilderness experience preferred. • Please send all inquiries to jobs@fourcirclesrecovery.com

RETIRED HOME CARE WORKER (Hendersonville) Non-profit organization. Are you retired? If you don’t want to commit to a regular schedule but are available a couple of days a month, we have the perfect situation for you. A young, medically fragile woman, needs a “fillin” staff for when her current staff needs time off, is out sick or on vacation. This is a wonderful team to work with!

This need is from The Arc of North Carolina, a state-wide advocacy and service provider organization that has been promoting the rights and abilities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) since 1953. Qualified applicants must be 18 or older, have a high school diploma or GED, current driver’s license, and pass background checks.

Compensation: $15 per hour.

If you have questions, please call 828 254-4771. Apply in person at 22 Garfield St, Suite 120, Asheville, NC 28803 or email resume to Lorie Boehm, lboehm@arcnc.org

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RETIRED NURSE RN (Hendersonville) Non-profit organization. Are you a retired Nurse? If you don’t want to commit to a regular schedule but are available a couple of days a month, we have the perfect situation for you.

A young, medically fragile woman, needs a “fill-in” staff for when her current staff needs time off, is out sick or on vacation. This is a wonderful team to work with! This need is from The Arc of North Carolina, a state-wide advocacy and service provider organization that has been promoting the rights and abilities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/ DD) since 1953. Compensation: $22 per hour. • Qualified applicants must be 18 or older, have a high school diploma or GED, RN license, current driver’s license, and pass background checks. If you have questions, please call 828-254-4771. Apply in person at 22 Garfield St, Suite 120, Asheville, NC 28803 or email resume to Lorie Boehm, lboehm@arcnc.org SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Established Counseling Center looking for Certified Substance Abuse Counselor. Must have CSAC or LCAS credentials. Offering part-time to start. Job will be to conduct Assessments and lead groups. Substance Abuse work background experience highly desired. Please contact Bruce directly at (828) 7773755 or email resume to trcbruce@gmail.com THERAPIST JOB OPENING Four Circles Recovery Center, a wilderness substance abuse recovery program for young adults, is seeking a full time licensed Therapist to

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When the path ahead divides in two, Aries, I am hoping you can work some magic that will allow you to take both ways at once.

If you do master this riddle, if you can creatively figure out how to split yourself without doing any harm, I have a strong suspicion that the two paths will once again come together no later than August 1, possibly before. But due to a curious quirk in the laws of life, the two forks will never again converge if you follow just one of them now.

I see you as having more in common with a marathon runner than a speed racer. Your best qualities tend to emerge when you’re committed to a process that takes a while to unfold. Learning to pace yourself is a crucial life lesson. That’s how you get attuned to your body’s signals and master the art of caring for your physical needs. That’s also how you come to understand that it’s important not to compare yourself constantly to the progress other people are making.

Having said all that, Taurus, I want to recommend a temporary exception to the rule. Just for now, it may make sense for you to run fast for a short time.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) If you fling handfuls of zucchini seeds on the ground of a vacant lot today, you shouldn't expect neat rows of ripe cucumbers to be growing in your backyard in a couple of weeks. Even if you fling zucchini seeds in your backyard today, you shouldn't expect straight rows of cucumbers to be growing there by June 1. Let's get even more precise here. If you carefully plant zucchini seeds in neat rows in your backyard today, you should not expect ripe cucumbers to sprout by August. But here's the kicker: If you carefully plant cucumber seeds in your backyard today, and weed them and water them as they grow, you can indeed expect ripe cucumbers by August.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) "If we want the rewards of being loved," says cartoonist Tim Kreider, "we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known." How are you doing with this tradeoff, Cancerian? Being a Crab myself, I know we are sometimes inclined to hide who we really are. We have mixed feelings about becoming vulnerable and available enough to be fully known by others. We might even choose to live without the love we crave so as to prop up the illusion of strength that comes from being mysterious, from concealing our depths. The coming weeks will be a good time for you to revisit this conundrum.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) There's a piece of art on the moon: a ceramic disk inscribed with six drawings by noted American artists. It was carried on the landing module of the Apollo 12 mission, which delivered two astronauts to the lunar surface in November 1969.

One of the artists, Leo maverick Andy Warhol, drew the image of a stylized penis, similar to what you might see on the wall of a public restroom. "He was being the terrible bad boy," the project's organizer said about Warhol's contribution. You know me, Leo. I usually love playful acts of rebellion. But in the coming weeks, I advise against taking Warhol's approach. If you're called on to add your self-expression to a big undertaking, tilt in the direction of sincerity and reverence and dignity.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) According to my reading of the astrological omens, you should draw inspiration from this Chinese proverb: "Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down." In other words, Sagittarius, you need extra downtime. So please say NO to any influence that says, "Do it now! Be maniacally efficient! Multitask as if your life depended on it! The more active you are the more successful you will be!" Instead, give yourself ample opportunity to play and daydream and ruminate.

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VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) The planet we live on is in constant transformation. Nothing ever stays the same. To succeed, let alone survive, we need to acclimate ourselves to the relentless forward motion. "He not busy being born is busy dying," was Bob Dylan's way of framing our challenge. How are you doing with this aspect of life, Virgo? Do you hate it but deal with it grudgingly? Tolerate it and aspire to be a master of it someday? Whatever your current attitude is, I'm here to tell you that in the coming months you could become much more comfortable with the ceaseless flow — and even learn to enjoy it. Are you ready to begin?

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) "It isn't that I don't like sweet disorder," said English author Vita Sackville-West, "but it has to be judiciously arranged." That's your theme for the week, Libra. Please respect how precise a formulation this is. Plain old ordinary disorder will not provide you with the epiphanies and breakthroughs you deserve and need. The disorder must be sweet. If it doesn't make you feel at least a little excited and more in love with life, avoid it. The disorder must also be judiciously arranged. What that means is that it can't be loud or vulgar or profane. Rather, it must have wit and style and a hint of crazy wisdom.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) I have three sets of questions for you, Scorpio. First, are you anyone's muse? Is there a person who draws inspiration from the way you live? Here's my second query: Are you strong medicine for anyone? Are you the source of riddles that confound and intrigue them, compelling them to outgrow their narrow perspectives? Here's my third inquiry: Are you anyone's teacher? Are you an influence that educates someone about the meaning of life? If you do play any of these roles, Scorpio, they are about to heat up and transform. If you don't currently

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Are there differences between what you think you need and what you actually have? If so, now is an excellent time to launch initiatives to fix the discrepancies.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) There's a slightly better chance than usual that you will have a whirlwind affair with a Bollywood movie star who's on vacation. The odds are also higher than normal that you will receive a tempting invitation from a secret admirer, or meet the soul twin you didn't even know you were searching for, or get an accidental text message from a stranger who turns out to be the reincarnation of your beloved from a previous lifetime. But the likelihood of all those scenarios pales in comparison to the possibility that you will learn big secrets about how to make yourself even more lovable than you already are.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) Author Eva Dane defines writer's block as what happens "when your imaginary friends stop talking to you." I suspect that something like this has been happening for you lately, Pisces — even if you're not a writer. What I mean is that some of the most reliable and sympathetic voices in your head have grown quiet: ancestors, dear friends who are no longer in your life, ex-lovers you still have feelings for, former teachers who have remained a strong presence in your imagination, animals you once cared for who have departed, and maybe even some good, old-fashioned spirits and angels. Where did they go? What happened to them? I suspect they are merely taking a break. They may have thought it wise to let you fend for yourself for a while. But don't worry. They’ll be back soon.

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