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City and county should leave Airbnb alone I’m writing to discourage the city of Asheville and Buncombe County from interfering with and regulating Airbnb hosts and guests [see Leveling the Playing Field, June 17, Xpress]. I beseech the county and city government to just collect new passive income from Airbnb and drop the rest. I’m also here to inspire the 1,810 local Airbnb hosts to resist new potentially “proactive” regulations and departments. Contact commissioners and council members now, lest we end up like New York City, gathering signatures and lawyers in the aftermath of stifling policies regulating harmless use of our homes as we see fit (see http://www.lifeedited.com/ save-airbnb-in-nyc/). … Hoteliers, like any business, should not have government protection from more nimble competition. They offer a more sumptuous or regulated experience. Airbnb serves thousands of other visitors who want a different experience. … Couchsurfing.org and other similar sites have been around as long as the Internet, and before the Internet in other forms. … This fact alone should prove that all the hype now is only because the sharing economy of Airbnb generates a covetable revenue stream.

The concept of creating a “level playing field” is untenable. How could someone possibly “level” a sumptuous Victorian bed-and-breakfast suite with an Airbnb flat spot in the yard for a tent? Or my own humble offering of a room in a basement with twin bed, sewing machine and storage boxes? … By the way, an Airbnb guest who saves $500 staying with me often enjoys spending the money in the area on beer, food, merchandise and event tickets. Airbnb guests are peer-reviewed. If an offensive guest slips through, complaint-based systems are available to neighbors. … There is really no problem here big enough to justify a whole new department — oh yeah, the covetable revenue stream. Shortage of affordable and plentiful housing? … The area is now so expensive and gentrified on its own appeal and expanding population that implicating Airbnb is an exaggeration to justify intervention. A rental cottage in the backyard is the only way some can afford to live here now. … Airbnb provides local, organic, sustainable housing for an eager market. To limit or control this is standard crony capitalism and government “fee and fine,” stifling prosperity and choice. … I predict this potential new city system/department described in Mountain Xpress (being developed)

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will be a complicated time-sink full of appeals and annoyance. … Really, this is a fabrication to tax/fine a newly discovered private revenue stream and appease a hotel lobby. … Airbnb hosts and guests, let’s band together and form our own protection lobby — we have numbers and new leverage providing the city a chunk of revenue from Airbnb. … Don’t fix what is not broken. Put the new Airbnb revenue into repairing streets and sidewalks; that will benefit everyone. Be more visionary, city and county! Airbnb is a brilliant platform that visitors love and enables a grassroots, eco-safe economy at its best. It utilizes our existing capital to generate prosperity to more people for less, and the consumer has the power of

choice. Participants in the sharing/ humanity economy have created something truly wonderful. Mayor [Esther] Manheimer observed that cities around the country have dealt with this trend in different ways. I suggest Asheville and Buncombe County deal with it by doing nothing; it is a good thing. — Laurie Fisher Swannanoa editor’s note: A longer version of this letter appear online at mountainx.com.

Youth group favors city water fluoridation … I’m a high school student working with the local nonprofit Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!). There has been talk recently about removing the fluoride from our city’s water. We as an organization strongly believe that our city water should remain fluoridated. Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of the natural mineral fluoride to a public water supply which reduces tooth decay. According to the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention, water fluoridation has been identified to be the most cost-effective method of delivering fluoride to citizens: For every $1 invested in water fluoridation, $38 is saved by reducing the need for dental fillings and other treatments. The CDC named community water fluoridation one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. In our community, the poor, the elderly and the racial and ethnic minorities experience the most suffering because of a lack of access to regular and preventative oral health care. Fluoridated water can be the most viable option for care because it helps the people that suffer the most in a highly cost-effective way. I have two younger siblings who live in an area in which their only access to water is well water that’s not fluoridated. They regularly drink unfluoridated water, but they do brush their teeth twice a day. Every time they visit the dentist, their dentist tells them their dental health is suffering due to them having to drink unfluoridated water regularly. Water fluoridation is an inexpensive means of improving oral health that benefits all residents of a community, young and old, rich and poor alike. YES! encourages the public to become informed on the issue and speak to your local city council if this ever comes to a vote. — Xenna Smith Asheville

Climate-change believers betray their naiveté The letter written by Anne Craig about the Citizens Climate Lobby in the [June 24] issue of Mountain Xpress [Local Group Lobbies for Climate Change Action] presents a classic case of how brainwashed and misinformed people are about this issue. The people behind the “CO2caused climate change” false belief have been incredibly successful in conflating their false construct with real environmentalism. CO2 is not now causing and never has caused the Earth’s atmosphere to warm. CO2 is not a “pollutant.” There’s simply not enough of it in the atmosphere, and the percentage of atmospheric CO2 attributable to all human activities is extremely small compared to natural sources. Craig makes the ridiculous assertion that CO2 is “the primary greenhouse gas.” This is kindergarten stuff. Around 98 percent of all “greenhouse gas” is water vapor.

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She then states: “The most effective … means to [reduce atmospheric CO2] is to place a fee on carbon and return the revenue equally to all citizens.” Aside from the fact that humangenerated CO2 has nothing whatsoever to do with environmental effects being attributed to “climate change,” the naiveté indicated by Craig’s thinking that if a “carbon-tax” is implemented, the revenues will be “equally returned to all citizens” is astounding. A tax on energy production would simply be passed to the consumer in higher prices, effectively taxing us, while the huge cash flow from the tax would present another profit-making mechanism for the banker-mafia. None of which will have the slightest effect on the environment. People who believe in CO2-caused “climate change” are scientifically naïve and are being played for suckers. We’re being subjected to one of the most pervasive propaganda campaigns in world history under the guise of environmentalism. The “climate change” campaigners are lobbying for their own Agenda 21-based enslavement, while thinking it’s about environmentalism. — Michael Ivey Asheville

‘Obamacare’s’ bureaucratic missteps lead to frustration I was relieved when the Supreme Court upheld the state exchanges for the Affordable Care Act (i.e., “Obamacare”). I have much to be thankful for because of Obamacare: Our premiums are greatly reduced; our daughter was covered through us while in graduate school; no exclusion rider for my wife’s Lyme disease diagnosed 18 years ago; and annual physical exam, blood work and other preventive tests are paid in full. That being said, my overwhelming feeling is one of utter frustration whenever I think about the insurance. Last June, we moved from West Virginia to North Carolina and re-enrolled in North Carolina. I could not directly cancel my coverage; only the “health insurance marketplace” could notify the insurance company to cancel my plan. Despite monthly calls to the insurance company and the marketplace, my insurance was never canceled. Eventually, my insurance was canceled due to nonpayment, and by law, I was kept on for 30 days after I stopped paying my premium. My form 1095-A incorrectly showed two plans

of coverage for July. I could never get that changed despite my persistence. My tax credit form I submitted to the IRS did not match what they received from the marketplace. The IRS this month gave me 30 days to get the marketplace to send me a corrected form. Not even a call from “the advanced resolution center” could give me closure. I was told the marketplace can’t change my form until they get clearance from CMS (Medicaid services) and apparently lots of people are waiting for revisions. The concept of an “advance tax credit” to be reconciled after the fact is good for accountants, but crazymaking for the rest of us. When college financial aid is calculated, it is determined by the previous year’s income. How sensible. Why not have Obamacare on a fiscal year rather than a calendar year and base the subsidy on audited returns from the previous year? Then I might smile when benefiting from Obamacare. — Ian Rudick Asheville

‘America the Beautiful’ is under assault from within It is worthy of note that now, in 2015, “America the Beautiful” is under full assault from within. With the exception

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of the corporations and the 1 percent that own them, the people, our land, water, air, animals and food are rapidly being degraded, compromised and lost. So, too, our heroes, our pride and our children’s future. The coming national elections may be the first with multiple documentaries available on the Web which outline in compelling detail [the] past crimes of the “leading” candidates, their families and the very manipulation of the system they hope to act as figurehead for (president). How weird is this: the Clintons, the Bushes, Carroll Quigley and off-planet technology available for review. Doesn’t anyone wonder why some of the greatest inventors such as Tesla, Walter Russell, Rife and Van Tassel are rarely mentioned or remain unknown — washed out of history as much as possible. Simply put, the significance of their insights, inventions and focus of research was not profitable for corporations: People be damned. To this day, engines that run on water, zero point (over unity) generators and frequency generators for the human body are all suppressed, inventors hushed up or eliminated, work sabotaged.

The value of confronting these historic facts is to remove any illusion of security beyond our own control. The system is broken and needs love and care, spirit of intention and personal significance. This is a time when that which was hidden will be revealed: personally, socially and the evolving truth of one world, one people, one love, one pulse of life. — William Chalk Asheville

Old Coggins Farm should be protected Did you ever just want to strangle somebody and get it over with? There’s a line in one of my songs that goes, “I’m gonna put you out of my misery.” I’m kidding, of course, but that’s how it feels for a lot of us right now as we read David Case’s quote about the proposed Sovereign Oaks development on the Old Coggins Farm in the June 24 issue of Mountain Xpress. (No personal offense, David.) In the well-written article by Xpress reporter Carrie Eidson,

Case is quoted as saying, “We’re really excited and we have a beautiful project.” He goes on to say, “The land is exquisite, and it’s going to be a special project. There will be lots of community gathering points and trails.” Hold everything! This is a pristine, historic family farm that a developer is proposing to put under high-end housing in a community that is already struggling with insufficient farmland. (See www. fourfutures.org for a thoughtful and powerful video series about farmland and land use in the North Carolina mountains.) What could the developer possibly be excited about other than the idea of profiting from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time? The Asheville area already has a surplus of unsold high-end real estate and we certainly don’t need one more “Sovereign Oaks,” especially on a farm that could and should be protected while offering much higher benefits to the community, as you will see at the Four Futures website. Look up the word “sovereign” in the dictionary. It’s insightful, and it’s worth the trouble. — Ian Booth Sustainable Now Candler

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“Maybe the two local country clubs could open [their golf courses] to the riffraff once a week, or the Grove Park Inn could run a Tuesday Plebeian Special.” It’s hard to feel sympathy for wealthy white golfers, but the game ain’t what it used to be. Golf Digest, one of the sport’s premier magazines, has run several articles about the joys of playing while high on marijuana. Zimbabwe, Vietnam and even Bangladesh now boast pro tournaments. And according to a recent USA Today article, China has an estimated 600 to 700 courses, meaning there could be tens of thousands of communist golfers.

Reflecting these changing times, the Asheville Municipal Golf Course lets anyone play, has no dress code, and its $23 in-season greens fee amounts to little more than the cost of a movie and refreshments. Meanwhile, nine holes at Asheville’s other public course, the Crowne Plaza, can cost as little as $12. Not surprisingly, these courses often attract exuberant cross-cultural blends of races, sexes and income

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groups. Recently, the Muni even allowed dogs to accompany players during a Brother Wolf fundraiser. But the other Asheville course that tolerates the hoi polloi is the Omni Grove Park Inn, whose in-season cost averages $111. And the two remaining city courses are the proudly private Country Club of Asheville and the Biltmore Forest Country Club (technically not in Asheville but virtually surrounded by it). That means three of the 4-1/2 Asheville courses are off limits to the economically challenged, unless you’ve been recommended by someone who’s attained the hifalutin status of Member.

The club dues blues Raleigh multimillionaire John McConnell recently bought the Country Club of Asheville, making it his ninth private club in the Carolinas. At a time when many private courses are opening to the public, McConnell told Golf Digest, “I’m convinced that the more access you give people, the less interested they are in buying memberships.” Yet Country Club of Asheville spokesperson Deborah Ponder says, “We do not discriminate on any level.” To join the Country Club of Asheville you must complete a detailed application, get references from one member and two nonmembers, and pay $436 a month. If you play once a week, that figures out to $109 per round, or about $1.25 per shot for the average bogey golfer. The club has maintained that price despite a significant net loss of members in recent years, according to an Asheville Citizen-Times article. In an email, Trish Shand, director of membership at the Biltmore Forest Country Club, wrote, “I am not permitted to disclose the initiation fees or dues, but you can obtain that information from a member.” I couldn’t find a member who was willing to talk. But a former member who insisted on anonymity said the initiation and membership fees are “fiercely expensive,” there’s at least one black member, and the golf course is “extremely underutilized.”

A communist Asheville? It’s different in China. “The Communist Party banned golf and ripped up courses in the 1950s, but players teed off again in the 1980s as China opened its economy to capitalist ways,” says USA Today. Still, the leadership views the game as “an elitist pursuit enjoyed by a very, very small percentage of the population,

so it faces renewed pressure under President Xi’s vigorous anti-corruption campaign. No government officials should be able to afford to play the game with their salaries.” This year, China has closed almost 70 courses and frozen development, the article notes. A widely ignored 2004 ban on new courses was “aimed at protecting arable land, saving water and reducing pollution from fertilizer and pesticides. Developers got around restrictions on golf courses by calling them “landscape parks” or “sports parks.” Meanwhile, according to its website, the Moscow Country Club lets nonmembers play Monday through Friday.

Stoned hole picnic Back in capitalist America, however, Asheville doesn’t have a whole lot of undeveloped space on which to build more courses. Maybe the two local country clubs could open theirs to the riffraff once a week, or the Grove Park Inn could run a Tuesday Plebeian Special. And the often empty local courses could open as general-use parks now and then to benefit nongolfers. In our cannabis-crazy culture, if the Country Club of Asheville encouraged toking while golf stroking, its membership woes might be over. A Golf Digest article claims reefer helps you “relax and focus without becoming upset or frustrated and without impairing dexterity or motor skills.” Another one recommends the “Green Crack” pot strain to begin your round, “Lemon Haze” for the nine-hole turn, and any indica strain for the last three holes. Or perhaps the club’s troubles would grow as the pace of play stalled to a blissed-out crawl amid awed imbibing of natural splendor. Or maybe I’m missing the real golf trends. After all, China’s first private country club opened recently, a Jack Nicklaus-designed beauty near Beijing called Pine Valley. “Currently, 47 percent of our members are world’s top 500 enterprises,” its website boasts. Fine, but among our local courses, Asheville’s Muni still boasts the best views. And the Crowne Plaza may be the only course in the world on which you can slice a drive, land on a moving train and be lying 1 in Knoxville. But hey, if any of you country clubbers need a ringer fourth, shoot me an email. Bill Branyon’s newest book, Freethinking’s Outlawed Extremes, is available for purchase as an e-book. His email is billbranyon@yahoo.com

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Figures from the N.C. Department of Transportation show a decrease in traffic along many of Asheville’s major corridors over the past few years, a trend that officials attribute to the economic recession. Some transportation experts view the city’s lack of traffic growth as evidence that DOT overestimates the need for new highway projects.

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The agency calculates the average annual daily traffic for roadways by dispatching personnel and electronic counters to strategic locations. Figures from 1998 and 2012, the last year available, show significant decreases along some of Asheville’s primary corridors. For example, the number of vehicles using Merrimon Avenue near Orange Street declined from 26,000 to 22,000 a day. Likewise, Haywood Road at Beverly Road dropped from 11,000 to 8,700, Charlotte Street at Interstate 240 declined from 27,000 to 20,000, and Tunnel Road near White Pine Drive dropped from 24,000 to 17,000, according to DOT figures.

But some roadways experienced traffic increases over the 14-year span. Broadway Street at Cauble Street jumped from 8,000 to 8,900, Interstate 240 at the Bowen Bridge increased from 92,000 to 99,000, Sweeten Creek Road at Carver Street went from 16,000 to 26,000, and Charlotte Highway at the Blue Ridge Parkway increased from 22,000 to 26,000. When asked about the Asheville figures, anna henderson, division traffic engineer with DOT, says traffic generally decreased across North Carolina in recent years. “I have been advised by our transportation branch that due to the recession and most likely gas prices, statewide there was a decrease in traffic volumes between 2008 and 2012 in most areas,” she says. But Henderson says that according to 2013 traffic data for interstates in Buncombe County, there was an increase in volumes at most of the count locations, which she says corresponds to an improving economy. “If you look at North Carolina overall over the last seven or eight years, there actually have been years when the miles driven in the state has decreased,” says don kostelec, an urban planner in Asheville. “Twenty-five or 30 years ago the growth rates in driving would have been on the order of 5 to 7 percent a year. They are now down to 1 or 2 percent a year and in some areas just negative growth rates.” Kostelec says there’s lots of variability in traffic figures for particular corridors because development does or doesn’t spring up in those areas. But he says that watching development patterns isn’t necessarily useful in predicting where traffic is likely to grow. “You know a big grocery store or Wal-Mart goes in and you expect the numbers to boom, and they really don’t,” he says. “Then on other corridors where there’s nothing really happening, you see (the

figures) go up. So there’s not as much science to it as we’d like to believe there is.” road proJects pLanned The state Board of Transportation recently approved a long-range plan that includes a number of projects in the Asheville area, including the widening of Interstate 26 from Woodfin to Fletcher, adding lanes to Sweeten Creek Road between Rock Hill Road and Hendersonville Road, widening Leicester Highway from Newfound Road to Gilbert Road and adding lanes to Brevard Road from Long Shoals Road to the parkway. But Kostelec and others question whether such projects are worthwhile. He believes there’s a big misconception that highway widening projects relieve congestion. “If we could widen roads to fix congestion, then Atlanta or L.A. would have shown us how to do that,” he says. “Even in Raleigh and Charlotte, where they’ve put a ton of investment into highway widening, the benefits are very short-lived. So it’s a big policy struggle for regions like Asheville where we think we have traffic congestion.” bruce emory, a retired transportation planner who has been active in the I-26 Corridor project through the Asheville Design Center, believes DOT’s traffic projections are sometimes overblown, particularly when contrasted with recent traffic count numbers. “That’s why some of us are skeptical of their future-year projections, not just for I-26 but for some of the other projects that are in the state transportation plan,” he says. “They recently came out with the Transportation Improvement Program, which includes projects like widening Amboy Road. If you look at the figures for Amboy Road, it doesn’t show any increase in recent years.” paul black, director of the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization, agrees that the down economy contributed to lower traffic counts in some areas but says there are other factors. “There’s a shift in preferences for millennials and boomers who are

Black says that I-26 south of Interstate 40 is a corridor that planners believe is outgrowing its capacity. The problem has been created by rapid growth in southern Buncombe County and northern Henderson County, along with more through traffic coming from South Carolina, he says. And there are more localized impacts, such as the backups that occur on Leicester Highway each afternoon as drivers are attempting to turn onto Patton Avenue. Bowen Bridge over the French Broad River is another site of routine backups. “We do see some places that we’re worried about breaking down in the near future. There’s additional pressure,” Black says. “But something that happens with travel behavior is as these corridors get more and more congested, people start making travel decisions to avoid peak times or to use alternate routes. There is a point where the corridors will break down. People are smart creatures and they make those travel decisions in a conscious way. “Some of the older corridors like Merrimon or Biltmore or Patton

nearing retirement age,” he says. “They are driving less. It’s sort of good news because we’ve also seen a drop in (transportation) revenue. But there’s also ambient growth. Folks are still moving here.” Black says there’s another way to look at traffic congestion: It’s not necessarily bad. Places with successful, vibrant economies tend to have more traffic and congestion, he says. congestion as a good sign “It kind of goes hand in hand,” he says. “The question isn’t so much ‘Is there traffic?’ but is there a healthy

Avenue, especially in the downtown area, those have been relatively stable. They sort of hit their capacity, and again people are making those adjustments around the corridor.” The Asheville area also has a somewhat unusual traffic situation. Black notes that the interstates and older highways that they are parallel for the most part all follow rivers that cut through the mountains. “Everything funnels into these river corridors, and so it doesn’t take much to lock up movement in those places if there’s a wreck,” he says. “There’s not a lot of second or third or fourth options.” Black believes the city of Asheville is doing a good job in attempting to reduce traffic through zoning that supports a mix of commercial and residential land uses to creating walkable places. “I’m looking at what’s going on in the River Arts District with that formbased zoning,” he says. “You want to have enough customers to keep

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road report card: Population and development affect traffic patterns, but so do drivers as they alter their travel strategies to avoid congestion. Chart by Kathleen Soriano-Taylor

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a restaurant open, but you don’t necessarily want to create a sea of parking. How do you do that? Well, you got to get enough people within walking distance to help support that restaurant. In Asheville there’s good urban fabric.” The city of Asheville, which is responsible for maintaining smaller roadways, doesn’t perform regular traffic counts as DOT does with the primary corridors. Jeff moore, city traffic engineer, says the city does targeted counts on specific streets based on resident concerns to determine if a street qualifies for traffic-calming measures such as speed humps and traffic islands. But Moore says there has been an increase in traffic on city residential streets. “Sometimes as DOT roads become a little more crowded, people look for shortcuts,” he says. “They go through residential areas, and the volumes aren’t so much the issue as the speeds. We have seen volumes grow. Asheville is very popular. Lots of people love to come here.” X

Asheville neighborhood seeks to slow speeders At the urging of residents in the Grove Park/Sunset Mountain neighborhood fed up with cars speeding on their streets, the city has instituted a pilot program based on peer pressure to get speeders to slow down. The Neighborhood Pace Car Program, launched on June 1, asks volunteers to sign a pledge to drive within the speed limit, obey traffic laws and watch out for pedestrians, says Jeff moore, city traffic engineer. “We’re hoping to change driver behavior,” he says. “It’s more of a peer pressure thing. It’s part education, part engineering. We’re trying to make the roads safer for all users.” alan escovitz, former president of the Grove Park/Sunset Mountain Neighborhood Association, has been key in organizing the Pace Car initiative. He says the effort grew out of the safety concerns of the residents. It targets the neighborhood’s busiest roadways: Charlotte Street, Macon Avenue, Kimberly Avenue and Evelyn Place. “The common concern is speed in their neighborhoods and making them safer,” he says. “We have speed humps, and I’m always hearing cars bottoming out on those speed humps, which means they are driving much faster than the 25 mph speed limit on our streets.” Escovitz noted that a woman was killed last year as she walked along a Kimberly Avenue sidewalk when she was struck by a speeding car that had veered off the road. “We don’t want that to happen ever again,” he says. “Drivers need to recognize that residents live here. I want a safe neighborhood for kids. The idea is to promote a safe, livable neighborhood. The streets are intended for multimodal transportation, not just for cars but for bikes, pedestrians and all kinds of transportation.”

Besides signing the pledge to drive slowly, volunteers agree to put an “Speed Watch Pace Car” sticker on their cars, Moore says. “You’re setting the pace” for other motorists, he says. In addition, signs with safety messages were created for residents to put up in their yards. Moore says city transportation personnel took traffic counts on heavily traveled streets in the neighborhood to determine vehicle volumes, speeds and the times of day traffic is the heaviest. The figures will be compared with the result of another count three months later to determine if improvements have been made. The Asheville Police Department is a partner in the effort. Officers are stepping up enforcement, monitoring speeds and issuing tickets along problem areas for speeding, he says. “They now know where the problems are on those streets and the time of day and volume,” Escovitz says. “They know where to put their cars for traffic enforcement. It’s making smart use of their limited resources.” Moore says about 50 to 75 residents have signed up for the program so far. “This is exciting. This is new ground we’re breaking,” he says. “So far we’ve had some very positive feedback. Speed is one of the biggest detriments to multimodal transportation. If you’re walking and people are driving really fast, it makes it less safe.” The Neighborhood Pace Car Program has been used in other cities in North Carolina and across the country, and Moore says the city might expand it here if the pilot effort proves successful. “Hopefully, we’re learning from it and we’ll eventually expand it to anyone who wants to sign up,” he says. “If you want to pledge to drive the speed limit, we’d love to have you on board. I’m hoping what we’re doing is going to make a difference.” X

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Open Hearts Art Center spotlights artist Jacob Blankenship

eYe oF tHe BeHoLDer: 23-year-old Jacob Blankenship has been chosen as Open Hearts Art Center’s July Artist of the Month. The exhibit at Woolworth Walk will highlight his drawings and sketches based on the fantasy world Silverstone. Photo courtesy of Open Hearts Art Center

and she helps me slow down and pay attention to detail.” Blankenship’s talent and imagination had caught the eye of several teachers and volunteers at Open Heart, and they’d been talking for a while about a show for him, notes salley williamson, head teacher at the center. A fan of J.R.R. Tolkien, the Zelda video games and anime illustrators

In many ways, Jacob blankenship is a typical 23-year-old: He likes video games and anime, and he works part time at Pizza Hut. For the past four years, however, he’s spent every Thursday at the Open Hearts Art Center in West Asheville, a nonprofit arts education program for adults with disabilities. And one look at Blankenship’s sketchbook reveals that beneath his affable façade lies a talented and focused artistic soul. With guidance and support from his family and the Open Hearts staff, Blankenship has created his own universe of good and evil, creatures and elements, even a specific language and alphabet, projecting the mystical realm in his head onto paper. In recognition of his feverish productivity, Blankenship has been selected as Open Hearts’ Artist of July. Nine of his drawings and paintings will be

on display all month and available for purchase at Woolworth Walk in downtown Asheville. Blankenship is just one of many local artists Open Hearts has helped nurture. And besides contributing to the burgeoning local art scene, the organization and its clients are changing community perceptions about disability and what the differently abled can contribute to our collective culture.

like masashi kishimoto, the selfdescribed “speed drawer” decided a couple of years ago to try his hand at creating a similar universe himself. “I wanted to do something like what they did, how they create their own world,” he explains. “I thought, ‘Why not me doing that?’” The result was Silverstone, a fantasy world inhabited by sorcerers, elves, toadstool people and elemental creatures. Here, the forces of light, led by Lucinda the Good, do battle with the “Wastes,” a legion of undead creatures. Like the authors and artists who inspire him, Blankenship produces a prodigious amount of material. “I think I did about eight drawings in a week,” he says, using a mixture of pen, markers, acrylics and watercolors to bring his characters to life. Paired with this visual world are an alphabet and language he created, and in the coming months, Blankenship plans to expand and refine Silverstone. “I was thinking of making a map of the whole entire world, with all the towns, castles, countries and minefields,” the artist says, as well as a comic book based on his creations. Meanwhile, Blankensip recently completed a separate series of goddess portraits representing natural elements. “I’m fascinated by elemental stuff,” he explains, pointing to one of the acrylic paintings. “I did water, fire, mountains, the air and the ether.” His latest goddess image was drawn completely freehand. “Usually I sketch out the skeletal structure of the figure first,” he says, but with encouragement from his teachers to “paint whatever comes to your mind,” he decided to forgo that approach in this case. Describing continues on page 14

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MaGiC MeDiuMs: In addition to Silverstone, Blankenship recently completed his “Goddess Series” based on natural elements. Photo courtesy of Salley Williamson

his creative process, Blankenship says, “I get up and ask myself, ‘What am I going to draw today?’ and my mind just plays images in my head. I see it on paper in front of me, and ‘Boom!’ I go at it.” heart of the matter Blankenship is one of many success stories for the art center, now in its 10th year. “Some of our artists make pretty good money selling their work in the community,” says Williamson, who’s worked at the nonprofit for four years. Founders debbie harris, Jessie francis and sonia pitts established Open Hearts after Creative Clay, a similar program where they’d previously worked, shut down. “When we started, we only had six students,” says Harris, the center’s director of clientele and events. “We saw the potential for our artists, the program and the work that we did.” Inspired by similar programs in California, the three women launched Open Hearts in 2005 on Weaverville Highway. “We were in a small space with all donated supplies, materials and furniture,” remembers Pitts, the executive director. “Even the computers and pens we used were donated.” Thanks to rapid growth, however, the organization has had to relocate several times. “We have 45 total students right now, and

we’re definitely having growing pains,” Harris reports. There are plans to move closer to the River Arts District, notes Pitts, to enable the center’s artists to “organically interact with professional artists and the community at large.” Like Blankenship, many students come just once or twice per week; others are there Monday through Friday, working in various media. “We try and mix it up to keep things interesting,” says Williamson. About four different classes are offered daily, including writing and performing arts as well as visual mediums. Medicaid covers the cost for many students; otherwise, the classes cost $15 an hour. Those classes, says Pitts, enable students to express their emotions in a safe and loving environment. “For many of them, this is the way they communicate,” she explains, adding that the program helps bolster the confidence of students whose voices “might never have seemed important before.” Open Hearts also gives these budding artists professional support, notes Francis, the nonprofit’s director of finances. “Artists without a disability can go get a job to buy the supplies and rent the space to make art. Open Hearts’ mission is to give artists with disabilities the same opportunities.” In addition to the arts curriculum, the center has a student-maintained vegetable garden, and a recently acquired van helped launch the Boundless Art program, which takes students to places of interest in the area. “They might visit an art museum or go do yoga in the park,” says Williamson. Open Hearts is supported by private donations, grants and Medicaid payments, though Pitts says the possibility of Medicaid funding cuts is an ever-present concern. To mitigate that, she says, they’re ramping up fundraising efforts. The center also takes a percentage of the revenue from sales of artwork. Staff members bristle at the idea that Open Hearts is simply a day care program, asserting that the work they’re doing benefits not just students but the entire Asheville community. “Everybody wants to contribute to the community and have a purpose in life,” says Harris. “I think the community at large would look at the students differently if they saw the work they do and read their bios.” Francis, meanwhile, has a broader vision. “With all the love that Asheville gets from the media, this city has the opportunity to set

national trends when it comes to the treatment and inclusion of this population in our country.” Accordingly, says Harris, the organization is working to enhance its visibility in the region. “We’d love to do more in different restaurants around town and inundate Asheville with our artists.” In addition to regular exhibits at Woolworth Walk, City Bakery and The Hop, Open Hearts artists recently participated in the Montford Music & Arts Festival. In September, they’ll present their annual talent show at Asheville Community Theatre. ACT’s space, notes Harris, offers a more professional setting, with a stage and a gallery where the work of visual artists like Blankenship will be exhibited during the show. “It’s important to give individual artists their time in the spotlight,” says Williamson. “A lot of the art is whimsical and uninhibited. It has a lot of energy, and it’s great to see people’s reactions to that.” framework for the future Open Hearts, says Blankenship, has given him greater confidence in his abilities. On Thursday, July 9, he’ll give a live demonstration at Woolworth Walk from 11 a.m. to 5

p.m., enabling the public to watch him work his magic. “I’d really like to finally get some recognition and business going. If I start selling, it just gives me the motivation to do more and more,” Blankenship explains. He’s also considering expanding his goddess series and would like to eventually focus on his art full time. That’s exactly the kind of long-term outcome that Open Hearts envisions for its students, says Francis. “We’ve had several clients throughout the years who did not consider themselves artistic until they came to Open Hearts. Some of those clients are bona fide artists now — so prolific that we struggle to get all their work out there for sale fast enough.” Asked to explain how he feels about art, Blankenship furrows his brow. “That’s a tough one,” he says, pondering for a minute. “People say that magic exists. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I like the idea. It’s like being a master of illusions.” Blankenship’s exhibit, Silverstone, will be on display throughout July at Woolworth Walk (25 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville). To learn more about the Open Hearts Art Center, the exhibit and other upcoming shows, or to buy a piece of art, visit openheartsartcenter.org. X

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Benefits Bastille Day CeleBration ashevillesistercities.org • SU (7/12), 3-5pm - Tickets to this wine, trivia, French Market and silent auction event benefit asheville sister Cities. $10. Held at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St.

fLY bY night: Also known as Asheville’s beer race, the Night Flight from Highland Brewery is back for its second year. Participants will traverse 4 miles of meadowland through the Beverly Hills neighborhood and along Swannanoa River Road before ending the run with beer and food at a post-race party at the brewery. Proceeds support the Asheville Parks and Greenways Foundation. Photo courtesy of Highland Brewing Company (p.18)

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highlandbrewing.com • SA (7/11), 8pm - Proceeds from this nighttime meadow run benefit asheville Parks & greenways foundation. $43. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway

Business sings BroaDway 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • SA (7/11), 7:30pm - Tickets to this musical performance by local business owners will support asheville Community theatre. $20. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St.

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January, but eager individuals can get a taste of the action-to-come at the Fringe Summer Freakout fundraiser, which is intended to spark dialogue surrounding the experimental annual arts event. “We're hoping that people that maybe have not thought about performing or being part of the festival might get curious," Fringe’s artistic co-director Jim Julien says. “We [want] to give people at least an entry point to think about becoming part of the festival because every year we try to encourage new artists to participate.” During the free portion of the event from 5-8 p.m., New Mountain will house several “odd and interesting” pop-up art performances, along with breakout workshops for potential exhibitors. Part of the Fringe spirit, Julien says, is encouraging artists to create jointly. To that end, the workshops will function as collaborative brainstorming sessions and artist networking opportunities in addition to providing logistical exhibitor information. For the casual Fringe supporter, the fundraiser offers a large-scale, elaborate puppet show by Madison J. Cripps and Keith Shubert, beginning at 8 p.m. Originally premiered at New Orleans’ Fringe Festival, The Mysterious Metamorphosis of Mr. Krank depicts the main character's successive dreamscapes. “It’s very atmospheric and dreamy,” Julien says, “and most of it is done … in a Japanese style where the puppeteers are all dressed in black. They manipulate the puppets onstage using rods. It’s more than just your small marionettes.” General admission tickets for the puppet show are $20 per person, and VIP tickets, which include drinks and snacks, cost $35 each. Proceeds support the planning and logistics of Fringe Festival 2016. “I hope people will enjoy this event,” Julien says, “but be excited for our upcoming festival, when we really go wild.” Visit newmountainavl.com for more information or tickets. — Kat McReynolds

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henDersonville street DanCing 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • MONDAYS through (8/10), 7-9pm - Includes live music, square dancing and clogging. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville

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learn to skate/Play HOCKEY! • FREE (pd.) Kids ages 10 and under, come out to the rink at Carrier Park, Tuesdays from June 16-August 11, 6:30pm-8pm. Equipment supplied. Details: www.ashevillehockey.org

transition asheville 296-0064, transitionasheville.org • MO (7/13), 6:30pm - “Is Local Resilient?”, presentation on the U.S. foodshed by Warren Wilson professor Laura Lengnick. Free. Held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St.

youth filmmaking summer CamP (pd.) Award-winning filmmaker Paul Schattel instructs a unique immersion camp that is fun and educational. Students see their work on the big screen! August 3-7,10-14. Visit nys3.com

farm & garDen BunComBe County master garDeners 255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org • 2nd SATURDAYS, 11am-2pm - Plant problems, pests and compost demonstrations. Free to attend. Held at WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road living weB farms 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 505-1660, livingwebfarms.org • SA (7/11), 1:30pm - Workshop on incorporating medicinal herbs into home gardens. $15.

fooD & Beer leiCester Community Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS until

ColBurn earth sCienCe museum 2 South Pack Square, 254-7162, colburnmuseum.org Located in Pack Place. • SA (7/11), 1pm - Bricks4kidz Lego day. $15. CraDle of forestry Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am-noon Junior Forester Program for boys and girls ages 8-12. Meets every other week. $4. • THURSDAYS through (8/6), 10:30-noon & 1:30-3pm - “Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club,” outdoor-oriented activity exploring forest-related themes. For ages 4-7. $4. kiDs’ aCtivities at the liBraries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • TH (7/9), 11am - “Science Shenanigans,” chemistry and physics demonstrations for ages 5 and up. Held at Leicester

Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TH (7/9), 3pm - Family singalong with Alina Celeste. Registration required. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (7/9), 10:30am - Red Herring Puppets perform Little One Inch. For grades K-5. Held at Skyland/ South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TH (9/9), 3:30pm - Fort construction activity. Registration required. Held at Oakley/South Asheville Library, 749 Fairview Road • FRIDAYS through (7/31), 3pm - LEGO Builders for ages 5-12. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • SA (7/11), 2pm - Family singalong with Alina Celeste. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • SA (7/11), 10am - LEGO Builders for ages 6-12. Held at Oakley/South Asheville Library, 749 Fairview Road • SA (7/11), 11am - “Superhero School,” dress-up and training activity. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (7/14), 9:30am - “Story Time at the Garden,” includes tour of Sand Hill Community Garden. For ages 2-5. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • WE (7/15), 3pm - Craft activity using comic book art. For grades K-5. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (7/15), 3pm - “Super Heroes of Science,” explores the science behind super hero powers. Registration required. Ages 5 & up. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TH (7/16), 11am - The Moozic Lady performs folk songs. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester sPellBounD ChilDren’s BookshoP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free.

outDoors aDult league kiCkBall 250-4269 • Through (7/31) - Registration is open for this league from Buncombe County Recreation Services. $40. Blue riDge Parkway hikes 298-5330, nps.gov • TH (7/9), 7pm - 1.2 mile hike ranger-led hike discussing how light and noise pollution affect the Parkway. Free. Meets at Blue

Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, MP 384 • FR (7/10), 10am - Ranger-led moderate hike to Sam Knob. Free. Meets at Sam Knob Trailhead, MP 420. Blue riDge Parkway ranger Programs 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com Free unless otherwise noted. • SA (7/11), 7pm - Discussion of the history of Mount Mitchell and its role in Cherokee culture. Free to attend. Held at Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater, MP 316 CraDle of forestry Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • SA (7/11), 7:30pm - “Winged Creature of the Night Twilight Tour.” $6. wnC nature Center 75 Gashes Creek Road, 298-5600, wildwnc.org • SA (7/11), 10am-1pm - Outdoor art activities. Registration required by July 9. Admission fees apply. ymCa of wnC 210-2265, ymcawnc.org • SA (7/11), 8:45am - 4-mile easy hike to Bridal Veil Falls in DuPont Forest. Registration required. Free; optional $5 carpool. Meets at YMCA - Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St.

Parenting triPle P Positive Parenting Program 351-8098 A program from Buncombe County Health & Human Services. • TU (7/14), 5:30pm - “Dealing with Disobedience,” discussion group for parents of children ages 0-12. Registration required. Free. Held at Verner Center for Early Learning, 2586 Riceville Road • TH (7/16), 10:30am“Managing Fighting and Aggression,” discussion group for parents of children ages 0-12. Registration required. Free. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, 40 Church St.

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seniors aDult forum at fCC 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • SA (7/12), 9:15am - “From Global Warming to Climate Change,” presentation. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville Pisgah legal serviCes 253-0406, pisgahlegal.org • TH (7/16), 2pm - Presentation on consumer fraud protection for seniors. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

sPirituality PuBliC leCtures henDersonville sister Cities hendersonvillesistercities.org • TH (7/9), 6pm - “The Mysteries of Cuba” presentation. Free. Held at Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville Preservation soCiety of asheville anD BunComBe County 321-271-4593, psabc.org • TH (7/16), 5:30pm - “Blue Ridge Parkway: The Mission Era and More,” presentation on Parkway history, construction and structures. $10. Held at Blue

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of non-duality consciousness for a more authentic, wise, compassionate and sane life. Individual, group and telephone sessions available with consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Very affordable. For info contact healing@billwalz.com, (828) 258-3241. Visit www.billwalz.com Community hu song (pd.) In our fast-paced world, are you looking to find more inner peace? Singing HU can lift you into a higher state of consciousness, so that you can discover, in your own way, who you are and why you’re here. • Date: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 11am-11:30am, fellowship follows. Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-254-6775. (free event). www.eckankar-nc.org Crystal visions Books anD event Center (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts. Event Space, Labyrinth and Garden. 828-687-1193. For

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events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com oPen heart meDitation (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org asheville Center for transCenDental meDitation 165 E. Chestnut, 254-4350, meditationasheville.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm “An Introduction to the Transcendental Meditation Technique.” Free. hominy valley ChurChes 1433 Pisgah Hwy., Candler • SA (7/12) through TH (7/16), 6:30pm - Vacation Bible school. Free.

shamBhala meDitation Center 19 Westwood Pl., 200-5120, shambhalaashvl@gmail.com • SUNDAYS, 10am-noon Sitting and walking meditation. Free. st. mark’s lutheran ChurCh 10 North Liberty St., 2530043 • 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - “A Service for Service,” service-industry worship. the way of love Community grouP thepowerofpassionatepresence.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Modern mind meditation class. Free. Held at Angle Cottage, 50 Woodlawn Ave.

sPoken & written worD Blue riDge Books 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • SA (7/11), 3pm - Alli Marshall discusses

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her book How to Talk to Rockstars. Free to attend. BunComBe County PuBliC liBraries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • TH (7/9), 6pm - Book Club: A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TH (7/16), 2:30pm - Book Club: The River of Doubt by Candice Millard. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road City lights Bookstore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • TH (7/9), 6pm - Ellen Bass discusses her poetry collections Like a Beggar and The Human Line. • FR (7/10), 6:30pm - Cindy McMahon discusses her novel Fresh Water from Old Wells. • SA (7/11), 6:30pm - Kerry Madden discusses her biography of author Harper Lee. • SA (7/11), 3pm - Carly Robbins discusses her

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malaProP’s Bookstore anD Cafe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted. • FR (7/10), 3pm - Laura Samuel Meyn discusses her book Meatless in Cowtown: A Vegetarian Guide to Food and Wine, Texas-Style. • SA (7/11), 7pm - Ravi Batra discusses his book End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt, and Poverty Despite Congress. • SU (7/12), 3pm - Bud Harris discusses his book Cracking Open: A Memoir of Struggling, Passages, and Transformations. • MO (7/13), 7pm - Mystery Bookclub: Booked to Die by John Dunning. • WE (7/15), 7pm - Brian Panowich discusses his novel Bull Mountain. stories on asheville’s front PorCh facebook.com/ storiesonashevillesfrontporch • SA (7/11), 10am - Storytelling series featuring Regi Carpenter, Saundra Kelley & Debbie Gurriere. Free. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square

Brother wolf animal resCue 505-3440, bwar.org • TH (7/16), 6pm - Information sessions for prospective volunteers. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Pisgah legal serviCes 62 Charlotte St., 855-733-3711 • FR (7/10), 3pm-4:45pm - Information session for those interested in becoming Affordable Care Act Navigators. Special need for bilingual volunteers. trailBlazers outDoor aDventure CluB 255-8777, wwd-f.org/volunteer • MONDAYS through WEDNESDAYS until (8/12) - Volunteers needed to lead children from public housing on outdoor activities. For more volunteering opportunities, visit mountainx.com/volunteering

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July 15 7-9pm Tori will speak about the cards and sign copies of her books.

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Lead story — Update California inventor Matt McMullen, who makes the world's most realistic life-sized female doll, the RealDoll (with exquisite skin texture and facial and body architecture, and which sells for $5,000 to $10,000, depending on customization), is working with engineers experienced in robotics to add animation — but according to a June New York Times report, faces a built-in problem. As a pioneer Japanese robotics developer observed, robots that become too humanlike tend to disgust rather than satisfy. Hence, the more lifelike McMullen makes his RealDolls, the more likely the customer is to be creeped out rather than turned on — perhaps forcing the virtuoso McMullen to leave enough imperfection to reassure the customer that it's just a doll. Cultural Diversity • A low-caste minor girl was beaten up by several higher-caste women in the village of Ganeshpura, India, in June (in retaliation for the girl's having disrespected a male relative of the women — by allowing her shadow to partially cover the man). The girl's family managed to get to a police station to file charges, but in some remote villages like Ganeshpura, highercaste aggressors can intimidate the victims into silence (and in this case, allegedly threatened to kill the girl and members of her family for the shadow-casting). • Yunessan Spa House in Hakone, Japan, recently began offering guests supposedly soothing, skinconditioning baths — of ramen noodles (elevating to health status what might be Japan's real national dish). The pork broth that fills the tub is genuine, but because of health department regulations, only synthetic noodles can be used, and it is not clear that the artificial ramen achieves the same (allegedly) beautifying collagen levels as actual noodles. Government in Action • The federal Medicare Fraud Strike Force obtained indictments

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of 243 people in June in a variety of alleged scams and swindles, and among those arrested was Dr. Noble U. Ezukanma, 56, of Fort Worth, Texas, who once billed the government for working 205 hours in a single day (October 16, 2012). Other indictees were similarly accused of inflating the work they supposedly did for Medicare patients, but Dr. Ezukanma clearly had the most productive day of the bunch. • Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina, who with her husband earned $2.5 million last year, disclosed that the U.S. tax system required her to file not just a federal return but returns in 17 states, as well, and a June New York Times report chose one state (Michigan) to highlight the Fiorinas' plight. Ultimately, the Fiorinas determined that they owed Michigan income tax of $40, but they had no way of knowing the exact amount until they had completed 58 pages of documents (to rule out various Michigan attempts to collect more because the tax they owed was more justly payable to other states and could thus be excluded). • Canada's naval vessels stationed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, currently lack supply-ship services, according to a May Canadian Press report. One of the two supply vessels has been decommissioned, and the other, 45 years old, is floating limply because of corrosion, and work on a replacement will not begin until 2017. Consequently, according to the report, the navy has been forced to order repair parts for the ship by advertising for them on eBay. News You Can Use A brief Washington Post review in June heralded the new edition of the Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies, covering "different types of ignorance" in a range of subjects by authors from various countries. Among the valuable

conclusions in the book is that while "individual ignorance" may be rational in some cases, it is unlikely that "collective ignorance" advances the society. In any event, the author concluded, "The realm of ignorance is so vast that no one volume can fully cover it all." Florida! Because the walkway in front of a Publix supermarket in Fort Lauderdale had seen its share of Girl Scout cookie sellers, Patrick Lanier apparently thought the venue a natural for his product. On June 4, he plopped down a live, 5-footlong shark he had just captured, and which he hectored shoppers to buy, asking $100 (and occasionally tossing buckets of water on it to keep it shimmering). He had less success than the cookie-peddlers, and in short order loaded it back into his truck, took it to an inlet and released it. However, he did avoid the police; it is illegal to sell fish without a commercial license. Oh, Dear! The New York Court of Appeals ruled in June that, when a body is taken for official autopsy and organs are removed (including the brain), the deceased's family does not necessarily have a right to receive the body with organs re-inserted. "(N)othing in our common law jurisprudence," the judges wrote, mandates "that the medical examiner do anything more than produce the ... body." The family had demanded the entire body back for a "proper" Catholic burial. Sounds Like a Joke In May, police in Anglesey, North Wales, called for a hostage negotiator to help with two suspects (aged 21 and 27) wanted for a series of relatively minor crimes and who were holed up on the roof of a building. However, the building was a one-story community center, and the men (whose feet were dangling over a gutter about 8 feet off the ground) had refused to come down. Even as a crowd gathered to watch, the men managed to hold out for 90 minutes before being talked down. Least Competent Criminals

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Marijuana is purported to make some heavy users paranoid, and the January arrest of alleged Bozeman, Montana, dealers Leland

Ayala-Doliente, 21, and Craig Holland, 22, may have been a case in point. Passersby had reported the two men pacing along the side of Golden Beauty Drive in Rexburg, Idaho, and, when approached by a car, would throw their hands up until the vehicle passed. When police finally arrived, one suspect shouted: "We give up. We know we're surrounded. The drugs (20 pounds of marijuana) are (over there)." According to the Idaho Falls Post Register, they were not surrounded, nor had they been followed by undercover officers — as the men claimed. Update The South Pacific island of Pitcairn (pop. 48, all descendants of the crew of the legendary "Mutiny on the Bounty" ship and their Tahitian companions) made News of the Weird in 2002 when British judges were brought in (and jails built) to conduct trials on the island's rampant sex abuse of children — said to involve most men and girls on the island. (Nine men were convicted, but none served a lengthy sentence.) Pitcairn has resumed being an island paradise, and in May its laconic governing council voted on a sex issue: It legalized gay marriage, even though, according to a June Associated Press report, no one had asked, and only one person had ever identified as gay. One resident told the AP that, well, gay marriage "is happening everywhere else, so why not?" A News of the Weird Classic (October 2010) Ingrid Paulicivic filed a lawsuit in September (2010) against Laguna Beach, California, gynecologist Red Alinsod over leg burns she bafflingly acquired during her 2009 hysterectomy — a procedure that was topped off by the doctor's nearly gratuitous "name-branding" of her uterus with his electrocautery tool. Dr. Alinsod explained that he carved "Ingrid" in inch-high letters on the organ only after he had removed it and that such labeling helps in the event a woman requests the return of the uterus as a souvenir. He called the branding just a "friendly gesture" and said he did not know how the burns on Paulicivic's leg occurred. (Update: In 2012, a court in Orange County, California, ruled that Alinsod's regimen did not constitute malpractice.) X

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NC legislature to review law that limits profits at Mission Hospitals in bid to restore hospital’s power to build hotels on Park Place, Broadway while wearing top hat, monocle Duke energy to use hog waste to generate electricity, drawing rave reviews from environmentalists who reside upwind of the power plant

Building at intersection of W. Asheville’s Haywood St. and Wellington St. collapses under pressure to gentrify Traffic light slated for Montford Ave. at dangerous intersection where nostalgic natives meet carpetbagging interlopers

Man fails to initiate political discussion at local bar

asheviLLe, tuesday — Brandon Caldwell, 46, attempted to discuss “the current state of our healthcare system” at The Bier Garden last Saturday afternoon. Several attempts to broach the topic with fellow patrons resulted in no discussions of the subject. “It’s like people don’t really even care what’s going on,” stated Caldwell. “There was this one guy with his girlfriend and I was just asking about it, just being casual. It’s like people can’t just have a rational discussion about things, you know?” The bartender claims that Caldwell’s behavior was being influenced by his blood alcohol content. “He had a few too many Crownand-Cokes and just kept ranting about Obama Care. I cut him off when he brought up the deficit.” Asheville Disclaimer is parody/satire Contact: tomscheve@gmail.com Contrib. this week: Joe Shelton, Robin Ryder, Tom Scheve

Local family crushed by dog’s survival of bear attack

Leicester, Monday — The Snyder family’s pet Schnauzer, Mr. Cuddles, is resting more comfortably than the Snyder family after encountering a bear at their Leicester home. “Damn, but I thought we were rid of that little bastard this time,” lamented father Jason Snyder. Tuesday evening, as the family watched from the sliding glass door and rooted in vain for the bear to extinguish the life of the mean-spirited mutt, it soon became apparent that the bear was the larger animal, but Mr. Cuddles was the bigger son of a bitch. Once the bear tore the tenacious dog from its throat, things took an unexpected turn, sending the poor animal crashing through the brush, leaving a brief, heavy blood trail to its final resting place. “It wouldn’t be so bad if Mr. C wasn’t on to us,” daughter Jenny related in a hushed, quivering voice, “we all know who’s running this horror show, and it’s not us.” “He’ll just piss right on my shoes and shoot me a gangster look, like, ‘Got something to say, bro?’” said son Kenny. “And I sure as hell do not. Mr. Cuddles. Sir. Let me fluff that dog-bed for you, boy.” Having failed in their bids to entice Tammy Snyder breaks the news to the horrible hound to her son that Mr. ingest Prestone-mariCuddles is still alive. nated bacon, to abandon him on an island along the Mississippi Delta, and even the late grandfather, Carl Snyder’s ill-fated effort to just shoot the dog, Mr. Cuddles persists. “We thought our prayers had been answered at long last when that bear charged into the yard,” mother Tammy confides through tears, “but this may just be outside God’s purview.”

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Namaste, Asheville

YogaFest aims to put Asheville yoga culture in national spotlight

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Asheville YogaFest, a threeday festival, will launch Friday to Sunday, July 10-12, with over 18 workshops by local yoga teachers as well as kirtan performances each evening at the Morris Hellenic Cultural Center in Montford. Now in their second year, event organizers have big plans to catapult Asheville’s thriving yoga community into the national scene, says Mike Hiers, Asheville YogaFest director. “We want to be known as a serious asana fest,” he says. Hiers hopes it will become the festival for serious yoga practitioners in the Southeast. “Think LEAF festival, except yogacentric,” he says. The Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission will be a partner and supporter of YogaFest, ABRSC executive director Ben VanCamp announced during a radio interview with Hiers on June 6. The decision to partner with YogaFest was an easy one, says VanCamp, because “yoga is already a big part of Asheville culture.” The notion of a yoga festival was one of the first ideas he brought to the board when the ABRSC was first forming in late 2010 and 2011. “When we heard what [Hiers] was doing,” he says, “we were excited to partner with him to make the event a little bit bigger and better each year.” The ABRSC is an independent nonprofit that identifies and attracts sports events that generate a positive impact on the local economy and enhance the wellness, quality of life and health of the local community. It makes large-scale sports events happen, such as the Southern Conference Basketball Tournament, which brings over 20,000 people to Asheville during March (a month that is usually slow for local businesses), and the USA Cycling Collegiate Road Race National Championships, which whizzed through downtown earlier this year.

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YOGA HOT SPOT: Asheville YogaFest director Mike Hiers says the festival aims to “become the regional festival for serious yoga practitioners in the Southeast.” Photo Courtesy of Sarah Carballo

Support from ABRSC is a big deal, whatever form it comes in, says Hiers. “We are just appreciative that they have chosen to back yoga,” he says. Hiers says he wants Asheville YogaFest to follow the tradition of events that have successfully made a mark on the national scene. For example, the Telluride Yoga Festival in Colorado started as a grassroots event eight years ago and now brings more 600 participants and 40 presenters to town every year. And in Arizona, an already welldeveloped yoga community gave birth to the Sedona Yoga Festival. Now in its fourth year, the event attracts teachers and yogis from all over the world. “Yoga is a transformative tradition, and Sedona is a truly transformative location — it’s the perfect marriage of practice and place,” said event founder Marc

Thritt in a recent press release about the festival’s growth. So a yoga festival in a beautiful mountain town like Asheville — already known for its unique culture and ever-growing yoga community — could be an instant success. In 2011, Yoga Journal named Asheville as one of the top-10 yogafriendly towns in the United States. Many yoga practitioners travel here for teacher trainings, workshops and continuing education programs, the journal reported. A new focus for 2015 While last year’s inaugural YogaFest started out with a bang, featuring international kirtan performers Wah! and Krishna Das, Hier’s turning the festival focus to asana this year.

“Last year, I thought kirtan was a key factor. Now, we see kirtan as a condiment rather than a main ingredient,” he says. After the learning curve of the first year, Hiers found that he had to refine the vision and mission. “People had tried to put on a yoga festival in Asheville every year for the last 10 years,” he says. “We found that to be successful we had to be really clear about what we wanted to do.” To gain perspective on what the Asheville event could become, Hiers drove up to Floyd, Va., to experience the 4-year-old Floyd Yoga Jam. About 200 miles away, it’s the closest yoga festival to Asheville. Hiers says the event was fun and friendly but on a different path than what he hopes to create in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. The Hanuman Festival in Boulder is closer to his goal, says Hiers. The Colorado festival started in a progressive town at the base of the Rocky Mountains in 2005. Communitydriven, it has successfully expanded every year. In addition to yoga workshops and evening kirtan performances, the festival is also sprinkled with inspirational talks and lectures. Exchange the Rockies for the Blue Ridge Mountains, and we have Hiers’ plan: “a boutique, intimate and serious yoga festival that maintains the beauty and flavor of Asheville.” The one thing Hiers doesn’t want is “a mega-festival or party-fest like Wanderlust,” he says. Centered on “all-out celebrations of mindful living,” Wanderlust events happen in numerous cities around the world several times a year. This global model would leave out one essential and defining factor: the uniqueness of Asheville, says Hiers. For many, Asheville has been a secret gem, an oasis for wellness and healing in the Southeast. However, as the town grows, gaining recognition with beer, art and outdoor enthusiasts of the world, YogaFest may have a unique role to play, says Hiers. Creating the right amount of national exposure could shift Asheville’s blossoming yoga community into a sought-after yogic destination, says Hiers. “The potential for the festival is as high as Mount Mitchell. Namaste, Asheville.” For tickets, schedule and information on the Asheville YogaFest, visit ashevilleyogafest.net. X

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828-423-0106 Xpress’ June 24 Wellness article, “Gluten-related medical conditions can be difficult to diagnose,” elicited a fair amount of feedback. As the headline of the article suggests, gluten sensitivity is a complicated and even controversial diagnosis. With the help of our readers, we realized that a clarification is warranted. The article stated that gluten sensitivity can be diagnosed by way of blood testing. In fact, there are three blood tests that can detect celiac-related gluten sensitivity. Experts warn that these tests are not sensitive, in that there are often false negatives. It is important to note that these blood tests are for celiac-related gluten sensitivity. To date, there is no existing non-celiac gluten sensitivity test, which is why the diagnosis is a difficult one to confirm. One reader mentioned that people who feel better after eliminating gluten from their diet may actually be reacting to different compounds found in many gluten-containing foods known as FODMAPs. It may be the case that those who eliminate gluten are actually sensitive to these short-chain carbohydrates, which are also found in wheat, barley, rye and many fruits and vegetables. A breath hydrogen test for lactose malabsorption and fructose malabsorption can help identify this disorder.

Yet another reader pointed out that while an elimination diet is the only scientifically proven way to diagnose non-celiac gluten sensitivity, it is crucial to test for celiac before eliminating gluten from one’s diet. Once patients are on a gluten-free diet for as little as three weeks, the blood tests for celiac disease become less accurate, further complicating the diagnostic process for celiac disease. As always, we welcome reader responses and discussion. Gluten sensitivity is an important topic in Asheville and beyond, and it is encouraging that so many local wellness providers are able to provide insight and guidance on the topic. Special thanks for their input go to: clinical dietitian Laurie steenwyk of Pardee Hospital, dietician Leah mcgrath of Ingles Markets, sheila horine, branch manager of the Gluten Intolerance Group of Asheville, Dr. James biddle of Asheville Integrative Medicine and karen ingraham of celiacgirlri.com. For those interested in learning more, Ingles will be hosting its 11th annual Gluten-Free Education Event and Vendor Expo on Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Doubletree hotel in Biltmore Village.X — Lea McLellan

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Mediation moderates stress, resolves conflict in WNC

Say, for example, that you and I are next-door neighbors. You land a job. I get a dog. You work nights. I work days.

You sleep with your window open. The window faces my deck. I put my dog on the deck when I go to work so she won’t chew up my sofa (again). You’re a light sleeper. My dog barks. What happens next? Maybe we exchange angry words. Maybe you put a boombox in your window and blast Metallica every night. Maybe I call the police. Between the two of us, we’re losing sleep, and we’re simmering in resentment. Blood pressures rise; stress piles up. Now imagine that someone in the neighborhood hears about our conflict. She tells each of us about mediation. The approach means that a neutral third party sets the stage for us to talk to each other in a civil manner, explain what’s bugging us and why, and possibly work out our own win-win solution. barbara davis, an Asheville attorney now specializing in mediation and

collaborative law, founded the nonprofit Mediation Center in 1984 and served as its first executive director. With its main office in Asheville, the Mediation Center provides Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania and Polk county residents with a variety of mediation services. Community mediation is free; family mediation services are priced on a sliding scale. • You call the Mediation Center, explain the situation and request a mediation session. • The Mediation Center calls me, inviting me to a two-hour mediation session with you. We arrive on the scheduled day and time. Two seasoned volunteer mediators, perhaps cheryl Johnson and todd Lester, welcome us. The four of us move to a private room and take seats around the table. After they explain the ground rules for the session — including speaking respectfully — the co-mediators invite us each to describe our take on the conflict. I hear you say: “After months of being unemployed, I finally landed this job working third shift. I’m testing electrical circuits. Any slip I make could cause an explosion. I have to stay sharp.” You hear me say: “After months of searching through shelters, I finally found my dog. How could anyone have abandoned this sweet girl? I’ve rescued her and now — my husband died last year — she is rescuing me.” Laura Jeffords, the Mediation Center’s executive director, says: “The three values we lean on as mediators are nonjudgment, neutrality and self-determination. Self-determination is the underpinning of mediation. The mediators are there to provide a space for the clients to decide what they want to do.” Accordingly, Johnson and Lester ask us clarifying questions. They acknowledge the impact the situation has had on each of our lives. They invite us to brainstorm solutions, and they record whatever resolution we make for ourselves. You breathe a sigh of relief. My head doesn’t hurt for the first time in weeks. Conflict is by definition nervewracking, gut-wrenching, stressful. As a way to resolve disputes, mediation can reduce the stress associated with conflict. Surveying people who’ve participated in mediation, following up three months after their session,

the Mediation Center finds that close to 90 percent consider mediation to be a helpful way to handle a difficult situation. Nearly 75 percent report that since mediation they experience less stress about the situation. Supplementing the survey data, respondents have added their own comments. For example: Mediation relieved my stress about the situation because I was able to say what I wanted to say in a safe and calm environment. I was really mad before, but after mediation I was able to let the issue go. Davis has observed the health effects of stress as she’s mediated many kinds of conflicts, including those that arise in the workplace. In such cases, employees’ headaches, elevated blood pressure and ulcers become both personal and collective issues, increasing absenteeism and decreasing productivity in the workforce. She’s seen time and again how mediation changes the feeling in the room. Family members disputing the division of an estate, for example, may arrive with faces marked by anxiety, fear, worry and anger. Davis observes their faces relaxing as mediation proceeds. The parties may at first turn away from each other as they sit with arms and legs crossed. As mediation proceeds, they turn toward each other, uncrossing their arms and legs. When and where can mediation be helpful? Davis says, “There’s no shortage of conflict.” Mediators in private practice and community-based organizations such as the Mediation Center can address a wide range of disputes — involving neighbors, co-workers, business partners, landlords and tenants, homeowners associations, retailers and customers, housemates, divorcing spouses arranging child custody and division of property. The Better Business Bureau offers mediation to customers who have a complaint against a firm that’s a bureau member. While some cases are selfreferred, others are court-referred. The district court refers some civil and criminal cases — such as simple assault and communicating threats — to community mediation. Police officers are another source of referrals. Says Jeffords: “A lot of the time people are calling the police about conflicts that may or may not be legal issues.

And in some cases the police are limited in their ability to respond — either because they don’t have two hours to spend resolving the conflict or because the issue’s not something in the realm of the work that police do.” If a conflict is brewing, notes Jeffords, sooner is better for getting to mediation. And mediation can be more desirable than going to court. “The court system,” she explains, “is not a rapid process. There’s a lot of waiting. During that time, the conflict can escalate, causing more stress for people, decreasing the quality of life in their neighborhood and within their families. People don’t have to wait for the judge or district attorney to send them to mediation. They can call the Mediation Center right when the conflict starts; they can call us at any point in the process.” In addition to providing community and family mediation services in-house, the Mediation Center offers mediation skills training in workshops open to the public and in workshops tailored to the needs of specific organizations and businesses. Reflective listening and nonjudgmental communication are among the mediation skills that men and women can put to good use in a variety of settings, says Jeffords. Applying their skills, mediators Johnson and Lester have helped us find some common ground. They might have asked, for example: “What was the nature of your relationship before this happened?” You say, “We were neighbors. She brought me tomatoes from her garden.” I say, “We were neighborly. He loaned me his ladder when I needed to clean the gutters.” The mediators might have followed up by asking us each: “How important is it to you to have some neighborliness in the future?”

more info the mediation center mediatewnc.org Buncombe County: 251-6089 Henderson and Polk counties: 697-7055 Transylvania County: 877-559-5136 better business bureau bbb.org/asheville 253-2392 barbara davis Mediation and Collaborative Law barbaraanndavis.com

Among the many and complex types of disputes that Davis has mediated, she’s seen her share of barking dog cases. And she’s seen neighbors reach resolution. “They sit down at the table together and share their concerns, but they also share a little bit more about themselves. So they can see each other — not just as someone who lets their dog bark at all hours or someone who complains a lot — but as humans.”

Cheryl Johnson puts it this way: “Mediation allows people to acknowledge each other’s humanity.” Lisa Sarasohn serves as a volunteer mediator at the Mediation Center and the Better Business Bureau. basic mediation skiLLs training The Mediation Center’s next threesession course begins Friday, July 17. More info: mediatewnc.org/training-2 X

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Wellness LIFE OF ENERGY RETREATS—WITH ADVENTURE (pd.) Experience and learn about alternative health methods for the body. I.P. Yoga, Meditation, Emotion Code, Nutrition Awareness, and more. Energize and free yourself from pain. Enjoy a mountain retreat with added adventure: zip line! First of three sessions, August 28-30. Register: lifeofenergyretreats.com THE LITERACY COUNCIL SEEKS VOLUNTEERS (pd.) Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in reading, writing, math and English as a Second Language. Tutors receive training and support from certified professionals. Learn more by emailing us (volunteers@litcouncil.com). Asheville Community Yoga Center 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • THURSDAYS through (7/30), 6pm “Birth Matters” instructional class. $40. Asheville Community Yoga • SU (7/12), 4pm - Hip opening asana workshop. $20. Autism Spectrum-Wide Bowling meetup.com/AspergersAdultsunited • SATURDAYS until (11/7), 1-4pm Hosted by Aspergers Adults United and Aspergers Teens United. Open to all ages, ability levels. Meets every other week. Free to attend. Held at Sky Lanes, 1477 Patton Ave. Jubilee Community Church 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity. org • TU (7/14), 7pm - “Joyful Moves for Health,” movement therapy. $5-$10.

Support Groups Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings. Al-Anon/ Alateen Family Groups 800-286-1326, wnc-alanon.org • A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. For full listings, visit mountainx.com/support. Alcoholics Anonymous • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org Asheville Women for Sobriety 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. Asperger’s Adults United facebook.com/WncAspergersAdultsUnited • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2-4pm - Occasionally meets additional Saturdays. Contact for details. Held at Hyphen, 81 Patton Ave. Asperger’s Teens United facebook.com/groups/ AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details. Brainstormers Collective • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - For brain injury survivors and supporters.

Leicester Community Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • MONDAYS, 6-7pm - Community yoga class. Free.

Breast Cancer Support Group 213-2508 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - For breast cancer survivors, husbands, children and friends. Held at SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Drive

Pisgah Legal Services 253-0406, pisgahlegal.org • MO (7/13), 4pm - Information session on the Affordable Care Act. Free. Held at Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center, 285 Livingston St.

Chronic Pain Support 989-1555, deb.casaccia@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6 pm – Held in a private home. Contact for directions.

Public events at WCU 227-7397, wcu.edu • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (7/30), 12:10-12:55pm - Summer aqua fitness workshop. Held in Reid Gymnasium. $35. Red Cross Blood Drives redcrosswnc.org Appointment and ID required. • SU (7/12), 11:30am-4pm - Appointments & info: 1-800-REDCROSS. Held at Lowe’s 0617, 89 South Tunnel Road • TH (7/16), 3-7:30pm - Appointments & info: 252-5502. Held at Green Man Brewing Co., 27 Buxton Ave.

Yoga in the Park 254-0380, youryoga.com • SATURDAYS through (9/5), 10am Outdoor yoga instruction. Admission by donation to Our Voice and Homeward Bound. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

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Codependents Anonymous 398-8937 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TUESDAYS, 8pm – Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 1340-A Patton Ave.

Diabetes Support 213-4788, laura.tolle@msj.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm - In Room 3-B. Held at Mission Health, 509 Biltmore Ave. Electrosensitivity Support • For electrosensitive individuals. For location and info contact hopefulandwired@gmail.com or 255-3350. Emotions Anonymous 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7pm – Held at Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road Food Addicts Anonymous 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 1340-A Patton Ave. G.E.T. R.E.A.L. phoenix69@bellsouth.net • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2pm - Group for people with chronic ’invisible’ auto-immune diseases. Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher

Overcomers Recovery Support Group rchovey@sos-mission.org • MONDAYS, 6pm - Christian 12-step program. Held at SOS Anglican Mission, 1944 Hendersonville Road Overeaters Anonymous • Regional number: 258-4821. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings. Recovering Couples Anonymous recovering-couples.org • MONDAYS, 6pm - For couples where at least one member is recovering from addiction. Held at Foster Seventh Day Adventists Church, 375 Hendersonville Road S-Anon Family Groups 258-5117, wncsanon@gmail.com • For those affected by another’s sexual behavior. Confidential meetings available; contact for details. Shifting Gears

Gamblers Anonymous gamblersanonymous.org • THURSDAYS, 6:45pm - 12-step meeting. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St.

683-7195 • MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Group-sharing for those in transition in careers or relationships. Contact for location.

Life Limiting Illness Support Group 386-801-2606 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - For adults managing the challenges of life limiting illnesses. Free. Held at Secrets of a Duchess, 1439 Merrimon Ave.

smartrecovery.org • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Info: 407-0460 Held at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Info: 925-8626. Held at Crossroads Recovery Center, 440 East Court St., Marion

Living With Chronic Pain 776-4809 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa Memory Loss Caregivers network@memorycare.org • 2nd TUESDAYS, 9:30am – Held at Highland Farms Retirement Community, 200 Tabernacle Road, Black Mountain Men Working on Life’s Issues 273-5334; 231-8434 • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - Contact for location. Nar-Anon Family Groups nar-anon.org • WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave. West, Hendersonville • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road

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Sunrise Peer Support Volunteer Services facebook.com/sunriseinasheville • TUESDAYS through THURSDAYS, 1-3pm - Peer support services for mental health, substance abuse and wellness. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road Supportive Parents of TransKids spotasheville@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - For parents to discuss the joys, transitions and challenges of parenting a transkid. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. Sylva Grief Support melee@fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 10:30am - Held at Jackson County Department on Aging, 100 Country Services Park, Sylva

Debtors Anonymous debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

National Alliance on Mental Illness 505-7353, namiwnc.org • 2nd MONDAYS, 11am - Connection group for individuals dealing with mental illness. Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave.

T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating 337-4685, thecenternc.weebly.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm – Adult support group, ages 18+. Held in the Sherill Center at UNCA.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance 367-7660, magneticminds.weebly.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road.

Overcomers of Domestic Violence 665-9499 • WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm - Held at First Christian Church of Candler, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler

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Sustainable sprawl

S C E N E The search for greener growth in rural areas

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robert goettling and his wife are “amateur people trying to live a little bit green.” In their former home in Chicago, they installed 36 solar panels on their roof to run the home off-grid, selling the remaining energy back to the electric company. When the couple decided to leave the city and move to Asheville, they looked for a private homestead where they could “get more into the whole sustainable, green thing,” Goettling says. An opportunity soon presented itself in Woodfin — a discounted price on a lone home on a mountainside, the only standing residential structure in a 400-acre defaulted development. “There was no one else up here,” Goetting says. “When the bank took the development over, this was the only house that was even under construction.” But within a month after the Goettlings moved in, that begin to change. “All of a sudden we started to notice there were guys mowing and taking care of the roads,” Goettling recalls. “Then we started seeing lights on in the sales office.” The bank had hired a local company to salvage the project. The property was soon split between two development firms, and lots began to sell. Goettling says parcels that were priced at $700,000 in 2006 were being being offered at $90,000, including lots on ridge tops or mountainsides with steep slopes. Dismayed by the new construction, Goettling and his wife began negotiations to purchase some of the undeveloped land. Initially, they hoped for 20 to 30 acres, but when the bank failed to find new investors, the couple were able to grab 165. “We didn’t know when we bought it what we really wanted to do,” Goettling says. “But after we saw the development going on, we knew there was no way we could do anything but protect it. Because the rest of the mountain is going to be ruined.”

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a change gonna come: Faced with development in their previously empty subdivision, Robert Goettling and his wife decided to purchase and preserve 165 acres next to their Woodfin home. But the Goettlings aren’t the only Buncombe County residents who have come face to face with rapid rural development, and conservation might not be possible for every community facing growth. Photo by Carrie Eidson

The pair began planning a conservation project temporarily called Ecostead Versant. Planned construction is minimal, limited to a barn, a greenhouse, irrigation ponds, an education center and small, dormitory-style housing where people could stay while studying sustainability principles. Goettling and his wife are bankrolling the entire project, free from grants or financing that would “compromise their vision.” They’re partnering with local permaculturists, landscape architects, preservationists and engineers to “preserve everything forever,” Goettling says. It’s an ambitious project and not one they expect many of their new neighbors will be able to follow. “Most people won’t be able to do what we’re doing, but the goal is to allow people to see what you can do,” Goettling explains. “And what better place to do that than a site where you can look around and see everything that has been done the wrong way and also see what it looks like when it’s done the right way.”

when the countrY becomes the citY The Goettlings aren’t the only Buncombe County residents who have come face to face with rapid rural development. As more and more people move to the Asheville area, the need for housing is facilitating larger-scale development in traditionally small, isolated and rural communities. And how to approach that development sustainably isn’t always easy to figure out or agree upon. Take the recent example of Coggins Farm. When the 169-acre historic farmstead off Riceville Road went on the market, many neighboring residents raised concerns of high-density development that would threaten their rural way of life. Those fears seemed poised to become a reality when developer Case Enterprises LLC (later called Coggins Farm LLC) submitted plans for a mixed-use development featuring a school, retail spaces and 382 residential units. Though some praised the proposed development for its

inclusion of practices often labeled sustainable — clustered housing, walkability and open space for agriculture — others questioned the developers’ commitment to those ideas when confronted with a bottom line. Meanwhile, another community group called Coggins Conservation Project pursued its own plans to purchase the property and began promoting a land-use principle called New Ruralism. According to CCP organizer ron ainspan, the group’s hope was to maintain the property primarily as a place for agriculture and as a public resource. “One of the basic notions of New Ruralism is that it designates and protects agriculture lands in rural areas on the outskirts of urban areas as a way to help the vitality of both the city and the countryside,” Ainspan explains. “The New Urbanist approach creates walkable cities with more traditional neighborhoods and encourages cities to be self-contained and sustainable. New Ruralism reflects that in a way because it protects the characteristics of the traditional rural communities that surround the city while supporting urban areas through fostering the local food systems.” Ultimately, CPP’s plan for the Coggins site was not successful. Coggins Farm LLC finalized its purchase of the property in June with a revised plan that some in Riceville would likely consider a victory. The final plan calls for 99 residential units, removes many additional construction elements (including the school and the commercial areas), and the developers say the design includes community gathering spots and trails that honor the history of the land. But Ainspan says that proponents of New Ruralism see the transformation of historic, rural farmlands into private development as a loss since the land will not be accessible or useful to the public. “Even if the development is ‘greener,’ unless that land is accessible, it doesn’t matter,” Ainspan says. “One important principle of New Ruralism is that these agricultural areas be accessible to all residents of the community. When you create a private development, even if it has one farm or a conservation area, you create a ‘country genteel’ and the land isn’t being used to promote what’s best for the greater rural area or the neighboring city.”

how we define sustainabiLitY While it might seem that the term “sustainable” or theories like New Ruralism and New Urbanism are freshly coined buzz terms, urban planner david nutter, owner of Nutter Associates, says the concepts behind these ideas aren’t exactly new. Pointing to the ideas of landscape architect Fredrick Law Olsmtead, author Ebenezer Howard and planner Randall Arendt, Nutter says there’s a long tradition in community planning of examining the relationship between urban and rural spaces. “We’ve been thinking about these things all along the way, though I don’t remember anyone calling it ‘sustainability’ 50 years ago,” he says. “But I believe town planning has always been dedicated to the idea of sustainability, even if we didn’t have the environmental science that we’ve developed in the meantime.” According to Joan walker, campaign coordinator at MountainTrue, one very essential point that’s made by New Ruralism proponents is the idea that urban and rural areas are ultimately linked. “In the city, we often think of the county as the ‘out there,’” Walker says. “But the two are dependent on each other. In Asheville, we are defined by the land around us. Our water, our great local food, our resources, can be protected or wrecked in the county.” Growth is inevitable, Walker says, so the question can no longer be, “How do we keep development out of rural areas?” Instead, she suggests finding a way to prioritize how we want development to proceed. The same piece of land can be developed in very different ways with different visual, ecological and cultural impacts, she adds. Housing can be clustered to reduce the disruption of natural vegetation, and land can be designated as preserved green space. Of course, just because a developer bills a project as environmentally friendly or sustainable doesn’t make it so. “When you’re looking at a claim of something being ‘green,’ whether that’s a product or a building or a subdivision, you need to ask questions and look out beyond your personal boundaries —think about how it

impacts other communities,” Walker says. “For example, you can say you have green space in a development, but if you have a field that you keep mowed and sprayed with pesticides, you might as well pave it because you’re pulling from water for irrigation, polluting the ground with chemicals and providing no vegetation for wildlife.” So what does make a development sustainable? Nutter says ideal developments are mixed-use, combining residential, commercial and cultural opportunities, and combine the three elements of sustainability: healthy physical environments, social networks and an economic system that can continue itself. “Interconnection is key,” he explains. “All these things have to mesh with each other. I think that’s the whole point of sustainability — it’s one system.” Nutter says there are several questions you can ask when determining if your subdivision or community is sustainable: Is it walkable? Is it close to employment or commercial shopping opportunities and institutions like hospitals, schools or churches? How steep are the slopes, and is there a plan to handle water runoff and erosion? How is the water quality? Where is the well and the sceptic tank, and what condition are they in? Does the neighborhood have a diverse mix of people? Is it accessible to people from a variety of backgrounds? Where can children play? Is there green space, and is it continuous green space that connects to other properties and allows wildlife to roam? These sorts of questions are being asked and addressed in progressive subdivisions throughout the United States, Nutter adds, pointing to examples such as Seaside in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Chesire Village near Black Mountain and parts of Biltmore Park. But a greener subdivision also means residents need to be willing to forsake more destructive amenities, he adds, including heavy reliance on automobiles or the desire for sweeping mountain views — usually attained through deforestation. Of course, in order to make homes in these subdivisions affordable, the developer also has to hit a price point. Maintaining all the sustainability principles that were present in the development’s design may be a challenge, Nutter says, especially as the cost of labor and materials rises. And with Asheville

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and Buncombe County seeing an influx of younger people with moderate incomes, there is not only a housing gap — meaning more people are moving here than the current housing stock can hold — but also a demand for affordable homes, even if those homes might be not as green as they were originally envisioned. pLanning for the future While communities have rallied in opposition to projects like the Coggins Farm development (now called Sovereign Oaks) or the proposed 140-unit Maple Trace subdivision in Reems Creek, Walker says there hasn’t been much of a county-wide effort to define how we want development of rural areas to proceed. “We need to look at, over time, what is going to be the aggregate impact of these decisions we’re making,” she says. “And I don’t think we can do that on a development-by-development basis.” Nutter points out that other parts of the country have looked to

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Growth in BuncomBe county 2010 Census Total Housing: 100,412 2019 Projected Total Housing: 127,321 2010 Estimated Median Household Income: $56,616 2019 Projected Median Household Income: $50,852 Source: ACCESSNC

YEAR 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030

BUNCOMBE COUNTY POPULATION 238,870 258,706 276,994 294,881 312,373

POPULATION GROWTH ––––– 19,836 18,288 17,887 17,492

% GROWTH ––––– 8.30% 7.07% 6.46% 5.93%

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smart growth principles —a planning theory that promotes keeping development within existing urban centers where services and infrastructure already exist. “Normally, smart growth in the United states is facilitated if not insisted upon by the state government of that place,” Nutter says. “But we have to be realistic. We do not have that in North Carolina. In fact, we seem to have a growing state resistance to this sort of thing.” Nutter adds that Asheville and Buncombe County have made several strides in planning, including the county’s density standards and designated use districts and the city’s accessory dwelling ordinance, which will increase the opportunity for affordable housing in existing lots. But he adds that large portions of truly rural Buncombe have open-use districts where there are few restrictions on what can be built. There can also be resistance in these areas to any increased zoning. “There’s a culture and a way of life in many agricultural and very rural areas that tends to not want the kind of zoning that is like a

city’s zoning,” Nutter says. “This is true all across the United States.” Other states, such as Oregon, Maryland, Massachusetts and Delaware are stricter with their smart growth zoning, Nutter adds. Oregon has a growth line around cities like Portland where areas surrounding the city are preserved to protect agricultural land as well as undeveloped rural land such as mountainsides and steep slopes. But don’t expect to see those kinds of regulations in WNC anytime soon, he says. “I’m not sure Buncombe County is ready yet for strong controls on the outside rural areas,” he explains. “People who live in those places love their land and also want to protect it, but they don’t want a lot of government control. This is a property rights state, and America in many ways was founded on property rights.” Walker adds that ultimately neighbors will need to come together to decide what they want development in their communities to look like. She adds that tools such as formbased codes or zoning overlays can help communities to enforce additional restrictions on development,

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Tucked away in the valleys or sprawled across the hillsides, mom-and-pop entrepreneurs raise cattle or goats, grow grapes, make wine and craft artisan cheese following traditions that are centuries-old but have largely taken root in Western North Carolina in just the past decade. They’re a new crop of entrepreneurs pursuing second careers, seeking meaningful post-retirement work or simply fine-tuning what they love to do most. And the crop is growing: The number of WNC Wine Trail participants has doubled since the tours started five years ago. And the WNC Cheese Trail, launched in 2012 by a handful of area cheesemakers, now features 12 mem-

ber creameries, most of which offer tours and activities for visitors. Xpress talked to local wine and cheese leaders to learn more. reBirtH By Vineyard For many owners of Western North Carolina wineries, it’s just the right time, says Peter fland, president of French Broad Vignerons, a service and support organization for WNC wine- and cidermakers and their products. “They reach a point in their lives — they’re finished with what they were doing, [or] they want a change in what they are doing, and [a vineyard] seems like an adventure,” He mentions Parker-Binns Vineyard in the foothills near Tryon, South Creek Winery in Nebo and

Silver Fork Vineyard and Winery in Morganton. “Parker-Binns started when Bob [Binns] was close to 73, and that was [his] third career,” says Fland, a New Jersey transplant who has his own small vineyard in Marshall. Binns and his wife, Karen ParkerBinns, “are having a great time running that place, and now the second generation, [their children], are coming on to run [it], which is a really great thing,” says Fland. A corporate escape fueled the evolution of Silver Fork, meanwhile. “We came down looking for a place to rent, and we found the previous owner selling … 2 ½ acres, just the grapes and the house,” says Jennifer foulides. She runs with her husband, ed. “We were in corporate America before this, in New York,” says

Jennifer, formerly a global account director for JP Morgan Chase. Ed had worked with Bear Stearns in the stock trade, she says. “It all starts to wear on you — the traffic, the work,” says Jennifer. “We’d see people 10 years our senior just looking really haggard and worn out, and we just didn’t want the rest of our lives to look like that. We made great money, we had a great bank account, but [we had] really nothing else to show for it.” Ready for change, the couple bought Silver Fork from Larry Kehoe, who first started growing grapes on the land in the early 1990s. “We have a hard time keeping up with him,” says Jennifer, noting that Kehoe still helps out. “He had a vineyard in Michigan, but when he came here, the agriculture center said that the only thing that would grow [in the area] was muscadine. But [Kehoe] thought this [area] was very similar climate and altitude to [the] Bourdeaux region and thought that the vinifera varietals of France would do well here.”

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Kehoe had planted merlot, cabernet and chardonnay vines but was selling his grapes rather than making wine onsite, Jennifer says. When the Foulideses bought his small plot, there was no more than a modest house and an acre of vines. They took Silver Fork to the next level, and now, sitting on the patio for the winery on any given Saturday evening, visitors can sip a glass of the Foulideses’ wine on a large covered patio and listen to a live band, all while enjoying the foothills and a now-5-acre vineyard. “I had no experience making wine. I drank a lot of wine,” Jennifer jokes. “I went to school for chemical engineering, so I knew the chemistry aspect of winemaking, but growing the grapes and seeing what goes into it has given me a whole new appreciation for what goes into a bottle of wine,” she says. “Now we’re working harder, physically harder, even. But at least it is ours. So now we have something we can share with everyone, we have wine that we love, and we have our dogs, so we really got all three things we could possibly want.” Meanwhile, South Creek Winery likewise took root. “Our story starts in 2010. [My husband,] Jim, and I had corporate jobs,” says co-owner mary rowley. Her husband had worked as quality director, and she was a pricing analyst. But a pending transfer was going to have them working apart in different states. “We saw the opportunity at that point to leave our corporate jobs and take on something that would be more of a lifestyle,” says Mary. The couple bought South Creek, a vineyard that came with a rustic home that had been built in 1906. time for fine wine Like that old house, vineyards take patience, says Fland. It can take up to five years to produce a harvest good enough to make a drinkable vintage, he says. South Creek’s original owner, Larry Boldon, planted vines 15 years ago but didn’t bottle his first batch of South Creek until eight years later, Fland says. But in WNC, there’s a time for fine wine. “One thing that I’ve learned is that the wine industry in North

Asheville Food & Wine Festival, Fland explains. “North Carolina Wines are ...” Bowles pauses, contemplative. “I won’t say ‘mature,’ but I will say ‘maturing.’ I tasted a lot of North Carolina wines three or four years ago. ... A lot of the vines have been in the ground seven to 10 years now, so the vines are just reaching through the top layers of the soil, and really starting to mature in terms of the minerals that they are bringing into the wines.” The evolution got a boost more than more than 15 years ago. In 1999, a settlement with major tobacco producers in North Carolina seeded the Golden LEAF Foundation, which, among several initiatives, helps tobacco farmers transition to other avenues of agriculture. “The Golden LEAF grant [program] was actually put in place to give money to tobacco farmers to help change their crop from tobacco to [other crops, including] vines,” says Jennifer Foulides. “Especially in the Yadkin area, a lot of those were tobacco farms, and now they’re vineyards.” Grant recipients also got help transitioning to organic farming, specialty crops and other agricultural endeavors — including cattle, sheep or goats. The latter helped build another industry, one that pairs quite well with wine. say cHeese

siLVer Lining: Jennifer Foulides, co-owner of Silver Fork Vineyard and Winery in Morganton, embraced the art of winemaking after fleeing the stress of a corporate job in New York. Foulides is among a growing number of entrepreneurs building businesses in WNC crafting artisan wine, cheese and hard cider. Photo by Tim Robison

Carolina has been born again and killed three different times,” says Fland, “The last time was in the midto late-1940s, and all these people who had just crawled back into business were shut down or turned to growing tobacco. And it’s really only been within the past 30 years that things have begun to grow statewide,” he says. “The wineries are successful, the wine is good, but the wine out here just is not very well-known,” Fland continues. “I was at a restaurant in Asheville, and I asked the server, ‘Why aren’t you carrying North Carolina wines?’ And he looked at me and said, ‘Oh, they’re really not very good.’ … Having served on the

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judging panels for the wine festivals, I know the wines that have come out of that, and they’re great. The problem is, they just aren’t known.” Now’s the time to try WNC wines and get to know them, say both Fland and Bob Bowles, co-founder of the Asheville Food & Wine Festival. “When we put the wine trail together about five years ago, there were only about 17 wineries involved in Western North Carolina. Now there are around 34 wineries listed, and that’s not even including the Yadkin Valley,” says Bowles. In a unique partnership, the French Broad Vignerons supplies the wine judges for the annual

The growth of the wine industry in the state has helped cheesemakers too, says Katie moore, owner of the Cheese Store of Asheville and a coorganizer of the WNC Cheese Trail. “I mean, cheese goes with everything, but particularly wine, so if the wine industry is growing, why wouldn’t the cheese industry grow as well?” She could be right. In the past few decades, artisanal cheesemakers keep popping up. “From just the perspective of Western North Carolina, this scene has really grown a lot in the last 10 to 20 years,” says rachel english Brown, who helps promote the WNC Cheese Trail. Her family runs English Farmstead Cheese. “The very first farmstead cheesemaker was in Western North Carolina — Yellow Branch in Robbinsville, [owned by Karen mickler and Bruce degroot]. They started making cheese in the ’80s, and for a really long time, they were the only ones.” Back in 1986, when Yellow Branch continued on page 6

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Hard cider comes on strong as a wnc craft industry Wine, cheese — and, of course, beer — aren’t the only artisan food enterprises in Western North Carolina that are growing by leaps and bounds. With the area’s already well-established apple-growing industry, hard cider is making a name for itself as well. Within the past five years, eight new cideries have opened in WNC with more on the horizon, and several existing cidermakers, such as McRitchie Ciderworks in Thurmond and Noble Hard Cider in Fletcher, are expanding both their production and their facilities. Additionally, outof-state cideries are looking to open WNC locations — Virginia-based Bold Rock Hard Cider’s new Mills River facility is coming online this summer. Following in the footsteps of craft breweries, some local cideries, including Black Mountain Ciderworks and Urban Orchard, have their own tasting rooms, and a number of cidermakers offer tours and regular events for the public. And, like the WNC artisan cheese industry, local cidermakers now have their own festival – CiderFest NC. CiderFestwas launched in 2013 as a fundraiser for the WNC Green Building Council with a plan to accommodate only about 65 attendees and five cideries, says organizer Nina Zinn, but it ended up selling a door-busting 425 tickets. Zinn projects that the 2015 event on Nov. 7 at the WNC Farmers Market will attract at least 850 attendees and 25 commercial cidermakers as well as cider hobbyists. “We have decided we want this festival to be the premier hard-cider tasting festival in our region,” says Zinn, “and therefore we have chosen to grow slowly and sustainably.” Tickets for CiderFest NC 2015 go on sale Sept. 1. For details, visit ciderfest. wncgbc.org.

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opened, there were only two noncorporate cheesemakers in the state, both of which closed shortly thereafter. Now there are 38, according to data from the N.C. Department of Agriculture. About 17 of those are in Western North Carolina, and 12 of them are members of the WNC Cheese Trail. “Bruce and Karen … have been really good in supporting new cheesemakers,” adds Brown. “A lot of cheesemakers around here look to them because they’ve been doing it for a really long time, and they’ve helped to move the artisan cheese scene along.” “We didn’t realize we were on the cusp of a movement. We were just making cheese,” says Mickler, laughing. When she and DeGroot moved to North Carolina from Iowa, they bought a small 10-acre farm. Their intent was to use the space as a studio for her pottery and his carpentry, which they still do. But after getting a few chickens for eggs, the couple decided to get a cow for milk. They named her Rosebud. “We quickly had too much milk for just two people, so we started making cheese,” she recalls. “Then that cow had a calf, and before we knew it, we had more cheese than we could possibly eat.” For years, the couple milked their two cows and produced around 2,500 pounds per year. About 15 years ago, Bruce had to make the decision to either shut down the creamery so he could focus on carpentry as his livelihood or expand the cheesemaking business. He chose to expand. These days, DeGroot milks seven cows and produces as much as 7,000 pounds of cheese per year. “He does it full time now, and it gives us a livelihood,” says Mickler, who also runs Yellow Branch Pottery. Post-expansion, you can find Yellow Branch cheese at such local groceries and restaurants as Earthfare, the French Broad Food Co-op, Early Girl Eatery, Homegrown and Rhubarb — as well as an ever-expanding roster of local cheeses and cheesemakers. In fact, the industry has grown so much in Asheville that it has inspired its own springtime event, the Carolina Mountain Cheese Fest. “My goal was to sell 500 tickets and get 500 people there, but we sold 1,500 tickets,” says Katie moore, who helped organize the event. The festival featured over 20 cheesemakers and nearly a dozen

growing cuLture: Back in the mid-1980s, there were only two independent creameries operating in all of North Carolina, and both of those soon went out of business. Today there are 38 in the state with about 17 in Western North Carolina. Pictured is goat cheese produced at Looking Glass Creamery in Fairview. Photo by Tim Robison

other artisans who make crackers, jams, pickles and breads. “I think that people are becoming more aware of the importance of supporting an industry that is in your neighborhood or using a product that is local. For example, a local cheesemaker has to get milk from somewhere, that farmer has to get grain from somewhere to feed those animals, and there are all these components to making that cheese,” she says. “What we tried to emphasize with Cheese Fest is that it isn’t just about that cheese, it’s about all those components that go along with it,” says Moore. “So I think when people start to think about the cheese industry as a part of that larger picture of the local economy, it’s easy to say, ‘I want to support this!’ People won’t just support something that is locally made, but they will support something that is good and locally made.” You might think that small-business owners would feel threatened by the growth, but Mickler says, “Everyone wins when an industry is strong, and an industry is only as strong as the people that are in it.”

She continues, “I’m a potter in a state where there are a lot of potters, but that just makes my work stronger. We are a network of like-minded individuals, and maybe that’s because we’re in a craft. You know, we’ve always looked at our cheesemaking as more of a craft, and we’ve approached cheese that way, rather than the industrial side of it.” So for these artisanal producers of cheese or wine, you may not find many of their products in your local grocery store. Instead, you have to travel the back roads through rural communities, neighborhoods and small towns. Many of them welcome visitors with tasting rooms and tours. And really, that seems to be the best way to truly appreciate WNC’s wineries and creameries, from their front porches, the cattle in the pasture, the wind swaying the vines on the hill. After all, there is no better way to get to know your state than to see it, smell it, touch it and taste the fruits of its labor. So when Mickler talks about cheese, she sums up a sentiment most craftspeople share: “We love what we were doing,” she says. “Learning about cheese, and how to market it, and meeting other people who make it and that community — it really added a dimension to our lives.” X

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Asheville’s coffee artisans craft iced drinks for summer sipping If you’re still refrigerating your hot coffee overnight in order to achieve a cold, summertime pick-me-up, you should know that there’s a better way: cold brew. If you frequent local coffee shops like Vortex, High Five, Odd’s, Biltmore Coffee Traders and others, you’ve already experienced their take on the low-acidity, highflavor treat. The people at Vortex Doughnuts are just as crazy about coffee as they are about their sweet, ringed stars. So much so, that they offer two types of cold-brewed preparations. “They don’t have vastly different tastes; we just do [two preparations] for two different reasons,” says eli masem, front-of-house manager. The first method is the traditional toddy brew method, which involves steeping about 5 pounds of grounds in cold water overnight then filtering the concoction. “It usually lasts us a day, a day and half, to go through an entire bucket. We’re already selling four times as much cold brew as we did in the winter,” says Masem.

The second Vortex preparation applies the Japanese-style, slow drip. This method takes 24 hours and has a much smaller yield. Why bother with the slower, less productive method? Well, frankly, says Masem, it looks cool. The slowdrip preparation requires a special, mad-scientist glass tower that drips continuously for 24 hours. The grounds are perfused with hot water for 15 minutes, and the coffee gets double-filtered as it travels through the glass bulbs and tubes. “They do this in a lot of shops in larger cities, but we wanted to do it because it gets people interested,” says Masem. “They come in and say, ‘What is that crazy thing?’ or ‘Is that thing from “Breaking Bad?”’ But, no. It’s this really delicate coffee preparation that the Japanese popularized.” Masem adds, “I don’t think it comes out any better than the standard toddy cold-brew coffee, which I also like a lot. Some people think it’s more subdued, and it kind of is. If you had a really exciting coffee that was really fruity, you might lose some of that in the toddy cold brew.” Though the toddy cold brew isn’t as glamorous, it’s the method favored by most area coffee shops for its high yield and great taste.

emily peele, operations manager at High Five Coffee Bar, accurately describes the toddy as a “glorified bucket,” but the humble approach doesn’t make it any less tasty — or popular. High Five lets its cold brew steep for 12 hours before straining it through paper and mesh filters. “You get a lot of rich, almost sediment-y chocolate out of it,” says Peele. “It stands up to cream really well, and there is a ton of caffeine.” High Five offers ready-to-go cold brew as well as bottled concentrate, which customers can cut with water at home. While cold-brew coffee isn’t complicated to make, it takes time. A common thread among local coffee purveyors is that it’s hard to keep up with demand as the outdoor temperatures rise. audrie blomquist, owner of Odd’s Cafe, steeps her cold brew between 12 and 18 hours. “We go through a lot of it, and we can’t keep up,” she says. “The method of making it isn’t like drop coffee. I can’t just throw another batch on. It’s an overnight process, and if we run out, we run out.” Laura telford, owner of Biltmore Coffee Traders, recently upgraded her toddy size to meet the high demand for cold brew at the Asheville City Market each Saturday. Her brew is steeped for 24 hours, and comes with coffee ice cubes for a little extra jolt. So the next time you’re craving a cold coffee beverage, make sure it’s the good stuff. “You end up having this flat, stale taste when you take hot coffee and just let it sit,” says Masem. “You have something that was meant to be hot sitting in the fridge over night. It’s like having a nice, fresh hot piece of pizza or a hot steak and putting in the fridge and then eating it the next day. It’s not going to taste as good.” We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention Waking Life Espresso’s flash-brewed cold coffee, which uses a 4-minute, “flash-brew” method that borrows a page from the beer industry. Its icy treat (available by the bottle or the growler) is brewed hot and chilled quickly. Learn more in the April 14, 2015, Mountain Xpress story by Kat McReynolds. X

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Asheville warms to edible insects

Can you hear those “Keep Asheville Weird” bumper stickers chirping? You should: Some local chefs are burrowing past plain old weird, striking solid cricket gold. And while eating insects might freak out a lot of people, in Asheville, folks are lining up to lick, chew and swallow bugs. Around the globe, many cultures include some variety of insect in their diet, but Americans remain generally averse to the notion. Yet thanks to bug-eating evangelists like daniella martin, who wrote Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet, disgust for entomophagy just might morph into practical

wisdom. Nutrition aside, proponents say raising bugs for human consumption is much better environmentally and supports a sustainable food supply. I borrowed Edible from the library last year, and my wife and I ordered crickets, mealworms and Madagascar hissing cockroaches. When I went to our apartment building’s office to pick them up, the woman who’d signed for them said she wouldn’t touch the boxes because of the scratching and thumping inside. I’ve detested roaches since childhood. Once, a Palmetto bug came in through my bedroom window: I awoke to its hairy legs scratching past my ear. Another time, one flew down from the ceiling and landed

bug bars: The featured ingredient of Alyssa DeRonne’s snack bars is powdered crickets — each one contains about 15 of the insects. Her bars come in flavors such as cacao cayenne, ginger vanilla and lemon cardamom. Photos by Jonathan Poston

smack on my forehead. My wife says they still like to harass me when we visit the Carolina coast. Roasted and mixed into tacos, the mealworms and crickets added a nice crunch and a hint of burnt popcorn (probably because we overcooked them). The roaches were another story: Battered and fried, they oozed when sliced, a white congealing flesh that tasted like a gritty, pasty solvent. My attempt to conquer a phobia failed, and my disgust is undiminished. bar none I met alyssa deronne, the founder and owner of LaViewEye, at the West Asheville Tailgate Market.

Her nametag reads “Alyssa, Bug Dealer,” and a copy of Edible lays on her table, next to baskets of her cricket bars. They come in tasty flavors — cacao cayenne, ginger vanilla, dirty chai, everything bagel, lemon cardamom, blueberry maca and orange carrot — and each one contains about 15 powdered crickets. I tried them all and couldn’t detect even a hint of insect. When I ask DeRonne what she thinks her crickets taste like, she says an earthy sunflower seed. While we talk, a kid tries a sample, takes one of the “I eat bugs” stickers and says he is “sticking this on and wearing it with pride.” continues on page 36

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“Are you going to tell your friends?” DeRonne says playfully. “Don’t tell them right away: Let them take a bite and then tell them.” Others make comments like “So good and interesting.” “Oh my God, it’s so good!” and “I wanna make sandwiches out of these guys.” Most people, DeRonne explains, are just curious; a few get excited, and some would never try a taste. But she says her 5-year-old loves the bars and loves telling people about them. Her 2-year-old eats whole, dry, roasted crickets by the handful. hot Licks And if you don’t like the idea of eating a bug bar, how about licking them from the rim of a margarita? You can do that at Limones on Eagle Street, where the salt rim on the Maya margarita includes crickets as well as orange and lime zest, ancho and chile de arbol peppers. This $10 Mexicaninspired curiosity is made with Monte Alban mezcal, tamarind juice, orange juice and Cointreau. Regulars, notes bartender matthew hollingsworth, call the

cricket curious: DeRonne says crickets taste like earthy sunflower seeds.

cocktail “swampy,” saying there’s just something about a brown cricket drink. Perhaps the most unusual of Limones’ 11 margaritas, it’s attracted a modest following over the years. “It’s fun to get someone to try something they never have,” says Hollingsworth, explaining that the owner makes special trips to Mexico City to stock up on the freshly forest-harvested critters. Roasted and spiced in-house, they bring out the tamarind flavor of the drink while imparting a nutty, meaty earthiness. Sipping gently, I stab my tongue at the salt rim, desperately trying to detect the crickets, which are commonly eaten in some parts of Mexico. My prodding wins me a tropical, Cajun, musty, wet dusting, hosed off by a tart brown liquid. I pictured myself as a Mexican cowboy, Caribbean blue hat adorned with a giant green cricket leg instead of a feather, hopping off into the sunset. X

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job-training program, will offer demonstrations and information about its employment-readiness courses during an open house on Thursday, July 16. The event will include a lunch prepared by GO Kitchen Ready students as well as music and activities for all ages. The open house will be held noon-3 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Edington Center, 133 Livingston St. For details visit greenopportunities.org.

whisk avL With orders for baked goods pouring in, it only took meg schearer three days to start her own bakery, Whisk AVL, after her long career at West End Bakery came to a halt. “I want Whisk to be the highestquality desserts and baked goods that you could possibly imagine with a flavor of Asheville,” says Schearer of her new bakery. Schearer has branded herself as a hardworking baker in Asheville since she joined the staff at West End Bakery in the early ’90s. Early in her career at the landmark West Asheville business, Schearer met a group of mothers who requested that she bake birthday cakes for their children — and she has made cakes for those children ever since. In fact, the continuing stream of orders for birthday cakes, in addition to previously placed orders for wedding cakes, is what inspired her to launch Whisk AVL, says Schearer. “That prompted me to move forward; I had people wanting me to make their stuff,” Schearer says, “There was no reason not to run my own business.” Whisk AVL has no storefront yet — Schearer operates from a website using the kitchen facility at Cecilia’s Kitchen on Merrimon Avenue for production. Scones, cheesecakes, quick breads, seven flavors of buttercream frosting, cookies, cakes and pies are just a few of the specialty baked goods that Schearer’s bakery offers. All are made with local eggs and fruits. “I’ve been here since 1991, so I know where a blackberry patch is,” she says, “[where] they taste like mountains and sunshine, and they’re prettier.” Customer service is just as imperative to Schearer as her locally sourced ingredients. “Ensuring that those brides don’t have anything to worry about is important to me,” Schearer says. “I love this town so much and I want to introduce Asheville to Whisk,” Schearer says. “We are going to turn it up and make life a little sweeter.” Visit Whisk AVL at whiskavl. com or place an order by contacting

waterfaLLs and wine Pisgah Field School is offering a guided tour on Thursday, July 16, of six of the most popular waterfalls in Transylvania County. Participants will learn about the history of Pisgah National Forest, the geology and formation of the waterfalls and more. The trip will conclude with a stop at Broad Street Wines in downtown Brevard for a private wine tasting. The tour runs noon-4 p.m. Thursday, July 16. The Pisgah Field School is at 49 Pisgah Highway, Suite 4, Pisgah Forest. Tickets are $50 per person. For details visit cfaia.org. X

piece of cake: Longtime West End Bakery pastry chef Meg Schearer recently started her own business, Whisk AVL. A demand for her cakes followed her from her previous job and prompted her to take the leap into entrepreneurship. Photo by Sarah Whelan

Meg Schearer at 337-2101 or meagans105@gmail.com. 2015 competition dining series ryan kline of Buffalo Nickel, eden roorda of oneFIFTYone Boutique Bar & Kitchen at Hotel Indigo and nohe weir-villatoro of King James Public House will join 11 other chefs from North and South Carolina in the 2015 Competition Dining Series. This year’s series, which showcases North Carolina food and agriculture in single-elimination tournaments, will be held Aug. 3-Sept. 7 in Greenville, S.C. Attendees will dine on six-course meals prepared by the competing chefs, then vote on each course using a free app to decide the winner. Other tournaments are held

throughout the year in Raleigh, Charlotte and Winston-Salem, with the champions of each city’s competition going head to head for top honors in the Battle of Champions at the end of October. The competitions take place at Larkin’s Sawmill, 22 Graves Drive, Greenville, S.C., Aug. 3-Sept. 7. Tickets are $55-$75 each, excluding beverage, tax and service fee. For event dates and times, to buy tickets or to learn more about the Competition Dining Series, visit competitiondining.com.

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oskar Blues: Food truck: CHUBwagon weDnesDay asheville Brewing: $3.50 all pints at Coxe location; “Whedon Wednesday’s” at Merrimon location; Wet Nose Wednesday (special treats for dogs) at Coxe location, 5-8pm frenCh BroaD: $8.50 growler fills green man: Food truck: The Real Food Truck leXington ave (laB): $3 pints all day oskar Blues: Community bike ride led by The Bike Farm, leaves brewery 6pm; Beer run w/ Wild Bill, group run leaves brewery 6pm; Food truck: Blue Smoke BBQ oyster house: $2 off growler fills Pisgah: Food truck: Latino Heat (Mexican cuisine) weDge: New brew: Apricot Pale Ale; Food truck: Root Down (comfort food, Cajun)

oyster house: $5 mimosas & bloody Marys southern aPPalaChian: Food truck: The Real Food Truck

green man: Food truck: Belly Up (tacos, tortas, burritos) highlanD: Community Night w/ Council on Aging of Buncombe Co. ($1 per pint donated to CoA); Food truck: Slow Smokin’ BBQ, The Hop Ice Cream oskar Blues: Food truck: CHUBwagon southern aPPalaChian: Hendersonville Green Drinks Meeting, 6pm; Food truck: Amazing Pizza Co. weDge: Food truck: Tin Can Pizzeria

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“Folks on the West Coast and folks on the East Coast are not into the same music. The scenes don’t necessarily cross over,” says singer-songwriter morgan geer. The leader and core member of folk-rock-noir outfit Drunken Prayer considers himself to be bicoastal these days, with bases in Portland, Ore., and Asheville. He’s also playing guitar for alt-country band Freakwater and currently hangs his hat in Winston-Salem when not on the road. “For me, it’s nice to have a foot in both worlds,” he says. Geer returns to Western North Carolina on Friday, July 10, for a pre-album release show at The Mothlight. While Drunken Prayer’s new effort, The Devil & The Blues, officially drops in August, the local show promises not to be just a homecoming but a reunion. More on that in a minute. While on tour, Geer prefers to log the miles alone, picking up accompanists as he goes. “I know a lot of great musicians,” he says. “It might not be the tightest band in the world, but I like loose music ... this is not classical music.” He adds that in Portland and Asheville, he purposely under-rehearses: “A lot of it, for me, is the chemistry and electricity of being a little unsure.” But this time around, Geer will take the stage with drummer Lance wille and bassist david wayne gay (also of Freakwater) — the threesome formerly known as The Unholy Trio. That band boasted a loyal Asheville following and was the predecessor to Drunken Prayer (Wille and Gay went on to join Reigning Sound and The Krektones). The Unholy Trio started out playing covers and gospel songs, and over time, Geer’s originals — some of which can be found on The Devil & The Blues — seeped in. Wille and Gay also performed on the album, along with aaron

price on keyboards. “It’s a mix of an Asheville sound,” says Geer, referencing The Krektones and a certain era of greg cartright-led Reigning Sound. There’s also a hint of the Canadian country-rock of The Sadies since dallas good of that band also plays on The Devil & The Blues. “It’s a party record,” Geer says. Geer says sophomore effort Into the Missionfield was introspective at points, and last album House of Morgan was off the cuff. This record, the fourth from Drunken Prayer, “is a lot more focused and a lot more fun,” he says. Lead track “Hellraiser” is adrenaline-fueled and takes no prisoners. The drums stomp, guitars gallop and Geer’s stand-and-deliver vocal style verges on violent. Wisps of smoke issue from the speakers — and there are still 11 tracks to go. Some offerings are not so aggressive (“597 Guerrero Street” is a ne’er-do-well two-step, final track “Unicorns” divides its inclinations between teary and snarky) and some are more so (“Any Other Way” is no slam dance, but there’s a palpable snarl; “The Captain and Tennille” is boozy and raucous with thundering percussion and loose boogiewoogie piano). If “Love Looks Like a Master” waxes romantic, the raw emotion and dynamism of Geer’s vocals prove that even a love song can be brutal. Don’t expect the stage show to directly reflect the album, though. “For me, recording and performing live are such different things,” says Geer. “It’s like the difference between taking a photo and painting a picture.” The musician further stretches his artistic reach by making music videos for his songs, a project that allows him to play both with software and imagery — though he says he rarely attempts an exact reading of the song. The album art for The Devil & The Blues, however, is a perfect fit. “For once, it looks just like it sounds,” says Geer. “The iconography in the artwork [by Jon Langford of punk band The Mekons] matches the music.”

Maybe art and music are not the only forces united by the new Drunken Prayer project. Recorded in both Asheville’s CollapseAble Studios and Portland’s Fluff & Gravy Studios, perhaps The Devil & The Blues is the link between East Coast and West; the place where those disparate scene do intersect after all. X

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room to roam: “I want MOTION to inspire creative, innovative thought of all kinds,” says Nick Kepley, founder of MOTION Dance Theatre. The company holds an annual residency and production in Asheville. Photo by Parker J. Pfister

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MOTION Dance Theatre goes behind the scenes of New/Now/Next

“The mission of MOTION is really to allow the choreographers a chance to experiment,” says nick kepley, founder and artistic director of MOTION Dance Theatre. “It’s surprising how there isn’t much opportunity in the world for that to happen. So with MOTION, I really wanted to allow choreographers a chance to take a risk and try new

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things.” And trying new things is exactly what this year’s residency and performance, New/Now/Next, is all about. MOTION returns to Asheville this summer with a production at Diana Wortham Theatre on Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11. Since Kepley introduced MOTION six years ago in New

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York City, the three-week-long choreographic residency has been constantly evolving and changing. In its second season, the program moved its location to Asheville (its director’s hometown), and ever since, MOTION Dance Theatre has been providing Western North Carolina with premier contemporary dance performances each summer.

“I called this season New/Now/ Next for several reasons: There’s three works in the program, and three different choreographers, all of whom have won multiple awards,” says Kepley. “And it’s also new work. ... It’s all about what’s next in the career field, in the dance world.” This year’s residency boasts three top-notch choreographers —

gina patterson, James gregg and Loni Landon. All three are accomplished artists, and Landon was recently named one of 13 choreographers to watch for 2015 by Dance Spirit magazine. Plus, Kepley is proud to showcase the work of two women this season. “Unfortunately there’s a real shortage of female choreographers in the world,” he says. “I try to always invite at least one but I’m happy this year to have two.” This will be the first year where Kepley himself won’t be choreographing a piece for MOTION’s performance. “It’s such a difficult job to try to run the company and also choreograph that I’ve decided this year to just focus on doing the executive tasks,” he says. Does he miss creating dances for the show? “Well, it’s nice to just focus on one thing — actually, there are still 50 things I’m focusing on — but at least they’re only in one area,” he says. “And I still teach classes in the mornings, so I’m not too deprived.” MOTION has a reputation for being a somewhat unusual dance company, one that highlights the creative and imaginative process as much as the actual finished product. “Even though we do a final performance, it really is about the work that happens in the studio,” says Kepley. “Over the years, the mission has also become equally about the audience and revealing the process to them.” Throughout the residency, the company holds a program called “Doors Open” from noon-1 p.m. on Fridays, where the public is invited into the studio to watch rehearsals. “If you came to all three of those, you would get to see the journey that the pieces take over the course of the residency,” Kepley says. MOTION also makes a point

to document the process. Before each piece in the final show, a short video is screened that features interviews and rehearsal footage so that the audience gains a deeper understanding. This year, Kepley adds, “There’s also going to be a surprise interactive element to the intermission that I don’t want to give away.” On opening night Kepley will also display the work of artist and former dancer anthe capitanvalais. “Last year she actually sketched my piece on her iPad during the performance,” Kepley says. “We’re going to show those pieces to the audience as they come into the lobby, and we’ll play a video explaining her own process. This year I’m trying to make the whole thing feel more like an event, like it’s an experience.” So can Kepley offer any hints about what to expect from New/ Now/Next? “The only thing I know at this point is that one of the choreographers is going to use masks in some way, because I had to order them for him,” Kepley says. “Other than that, absolutely anything could happen.” X

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head games: Asheville-based artist Haley Nocik turned a love of needle-felting into a line of vegetarian taxidermy. No unicorns were harmed in the making of this display. Photo by Carley Brandau

Crafts with Creatures The furry, fuzzy and fantastical animals of Big Crafty Market research firm Nielsen investigated a trend that was first noticed in the early 2000s: Wine brands with animals on the labels were selling twice as many bottles as their critterless counterparts. Does such a creature-phenomenon also apply to crafting? Although no such study has been done, animal imagery certainly does have an appeal among indie-craft enthusiasts. The Big Crafty, one of Asheville’s biannual craft marketplaces, will feature more than 150 artists selling their wares on Sunday, July 12, in the indoor-outdoor space of Pack Square and the Asheville Art Museum. “Summer is our larger event and still very competitive,” says event co-organizer brandy bourne. Constructing each show around a mix of new and returning artists, “One of our guiding principles is that each event should be a new experience,” she says.

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With the theme of animals in mind, here is a selection of Big Crafty artists whose work includes critter crafts ranging from adorable and playful to wildly imaginative. LocaLLY grown mYthicaL beasts “Unicorns are by far my best-seller,” local fiber artist haley nocik says of her needle-felted taxidermy series. “There is just something about the magic of the unicorn that appeals to my customers. Sloths are also popular, as are owls and foxes, all of which are probably tied in popularity behind the unis.” Nocik’s vegetarian brand of fauxtaxidermy allows her to work with mythical creatures that may or may not exist in the Asheville wild. It has also won her accolades, such as best-inshow at the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair for a life-size tiger head that she created on commission.

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Nocik had been needle-felting for nearly three years, and began by making felted Santa stockingstuffers with her mother. “I enjoyed the process enough to keep working with it,” she says. “The nature of the medium lends itself best to portraying anything fuzzy or furry, so this quickly led to me working mostly with animals.” haleynocik.com

“Companion woodpeckers, coyote crooners and secretive flocks of tooth fairies” are some of the dreamy animal drawings that artist rosy kirby of Indian Summer Press will be showing at this year’s Big Crafty. Her collection includes drawings, prints, patches and T-shirts. Kirby found new inspiration for her work after leaving Asheville’s city limits a year ago. In the wilder landscape, nature became increasingly present in her imagery. “I will fall asleep listening to neighborhood coyotes and photographing the fascinating birds who fly [by] the windows of our house, and they will almost certainly reappear in the next drawing I make,” she says. These animal sounds, similar to those that Kirby heard growing up on a small fruit farm, are a source of creative fuel for her compositions. “I think many of these environments adopt a sort of dreamlike quality because I rely largely on memory to re-create the moment,” she says. “I draw in order to preserve these feelings in a physical form.” indiansummerpress.tumblr.com coffee with character In 2010 while living in Portland, Ore., ceramicist Laura cooke began a series of animal-branded drinkware after being inspired by a whale drawing done by her friend, Jon wagner. “I was charmed by the animal’s ho-hum expression, and with Jon’s permission, created the first animal mug,” Cooke says.

wiLd chiLd “Our kids have taught us the importance of staying young at heart, and what better way to do that than run around with an animal mask on?” says Marshall-based artist cre willis, who will be showing at The Big Crafty for the fifth year. “The masks have always been a fun way to connect with our little ones.” Working under the business name Seven Feathers Tribe, Willis is inspired by the simple lifestyle of family and

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put a whaLe on it: All animal-centric mugs are a hit, but it’s the Cooke Ceramics whale who leads the pack. Photo courtesy of Laura Cooke

“It was a huge hit, and we decided to formalize our collaboration and create a whole line of animaldecorated pottery.” Cooke also makes a body of animal-free pottery. But, “the whale has always been a best-seller,” says Cooke. “We’ve found that more

obscure animals, like the armadillo and the ostrich, have not attracted as many fans.” Location is an influencing factor: “The buffalo is popular in Wyoming, for example, the fox is a hit in Atlanta,” Cooke says. “And the squirrel is a top seller in North Carolina.” cookeceramics.com

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by Bill Kopp

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affinity Warren Haynes reaches for his roots on Ashes & Dust A true son of the South, guitarist warren haynes has built a varied career imbued with musical values that proudly display his Appalachian roots. And though he’s strongly associated with the electric guitar — largely through his work with Gov’t Mule and The Allman Brothers Band — Haynes’ interests have always extended well beyond the relatively narrow idioms of blues and rock. Even a decade ago, he was featuring an acoustic guitar reading of Radiohead’s “Lucky” in his solo live sets. So it’s not at all without precedent for Haynes to release an album that digs deeper into his affinity for the more acoustic-flavored and rootsy parts of his own musical makeup. On Ashes & Dust, set for release on Friday, July 24, Haynes enlists the musical support of newgrassers Railroad Earth. That group is renowned for its skill at folding in influences from a wide variety of American musical styles (which, come to think of it, is as good a definition as any for the slippery genre known as Americana). While a significant portion of the disc features quiet, relatively simple arrangements, Haynes makes intelligent use of Railroad Earth’s instrumental prowess (not to mention his own chops). The yearning fiddle work of Tim Carbone helps connect musical dots with some of the 1970s’ best singer-songwriters (Jackson Browne, Neil Young). The prominence of mandolin and banjo on Ashes & Dust gives the music a decidedly Americana air, but Haynes isn’t afraid to apply mostly acoustic tools to rockingout goals. The eight-minutesplus “Spots of Time” executes a slow burn that rocks while still

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showcasing Haynes’ Latin-flavored acoustic and electric guitar licks. From its title, it’s clear that “Company Man” — one of two tracks premiered ahead of the album’s release — is a story song. A tune written years ago by Haynes, it explores the decisions the songwriter’s father had to make when facing a company shutdown. It’s a story familiar to anyone who’s lived in a small town, and Haynes delivers the lyrics in a heartfelt manner. Ray Sisk’s “Glory Road” has been a part of Haynes’ repertoire for more than 10 years; with the nuanced backing of Railroad Earth, Haynes renders it in a more thoughtful and evocative manner than he was able to do in a solo setting (for Ashes & Dust, he’s radically transposed it, too). Haynes doesn’t, however, do anything interesting with Fleetwood Mac’s “Gold Dust Woman.” Beyond an extended instrumental break, there’s little difference between his reading and the Rumours original. But that track is the only comparatively weak spot on an otherwise solid, varied and engaging album. With a long intro that suggests melodrama leavened by the sound of a band tuning up on stage, “Hallelujah Blvd.” unfolds into a weary, melancholy and contemplative tune. Ashes & Dust is widely being described as Haynes’ “Americana album.” But attempting to pin the record down to a single genre — however stylistically inclusive that genre might be — does it and Haynes a disservice. The music on Ashes & Dust invites all listeners. Learn more at warrenhaynes.net X

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for the record: Asheville native Warren Haynes teams up with Railroad Earth on an album that digs deeper into his affinity for the roots music. Artist photo by Danny Clinch

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Holy Ghost Tent Revival

Calling on the Celtic symbol of the Holy Spirit for its name, the fifth annual Wild Goose Festival is a spiritually charged fourday gathering and “open space where people of all ages become a community, cultivating respectful but fearless conversation and action for the common good.” A host of speakers, including authors, activists and musicians have been called upon to prompt utilitarian reflections on social justice, spirituality and art using a theme of “Blessed Are the Peacemakers.” The family-friendly music event also includes collaborative art installations, worship opportunities and hands-on activities like transforming guns into innocuous hand tools. Day passes are $49-$89, and full passes for the event — held in Hot Springs from Thursday to Sunday, July 9-12 — cost $299 per person, including camping. wildgoosefestival.org. Photo courtesy of organizers

Craving a challenge and a way to reach new fans, new-to-Asheville sextet Holy Ghost Tent Revival set out to learn the entirety of Beck’s 1999 album, Midnite Vultures. Now, with musical parts down pat, the soulful jazz-rockers are polishing mannerisms and solidifying their attire choices in anticipation of a compelling album cover set. “It’s been a beast to learn,” the band says, “but we knew if we could kick this record’s [fragile body part], everything else in our careers going forward would be an easy, breezy walk on the beach.” Those who missed Beck’s last appearance in Asheville can catch the next best thing — or perhaps, a better thing — at The Mothlight on Saturday, June 11, at 9:30 p.m. $10/$12. themothlight.com. Photo by Caitlin McCann

Ritual Runway The designers and artists involved with Ritual Runway are bearing their souls to the audience, says organizer River Hendricks. “Many of the pieces designed for this show have been created for ritualistic experiences such as dance, theater, storytelling and the like. Other pieces have been created for the everyday ritual of life, work and play.” Music, dancing, storytelling, photography and projected cinematic clips will leave the venue brimming with art beyond the initial runway show, which boasts garments “from the beautiful minimalist to primal, avantgarde adornments.” Plus, attendees can experience the event from inside or outside the venue. Hosted by exotic local clothier Royal Peasantry, Ritual Runway takes place at New Mountain on Friday, July 10, at 7 p.m. $15$50. newmountainavl.com. Photo by Hendricks of GhostRiver Art

JJ Grey & Mofro No prior knowledge of Jacksonville, Fla., rock/soul/funk/blues band JJ Grey & Mofro is required to jump into the group’s latest recording, Ol’ Glory. The songs share space with orange groves, cypress knees, tent revivals and backyard parties that stretch from sun-baked afternoons into the welcome cool of summer evenings. Grey’s vocal is at turns whiskey-soaked and road-weary, but it rings true in each note depicting Southern landscapes, fireflies, friendships and swaggery romance. Grey has long performed (on recording and live) with some formidable musicians who are as familiar with deep grooves as with soulful melodies — and he’s a talented visual artist to boot. The stylized flora and fauna gracing the cover of Ol’ Glory are Grey’s own design. The band plays the Pisgah Brewing Co. outdoor stage on Friday, July 10. 7:30 p.m. $27 advance/$32 day of show/$55 VIP. pisgahbrewing.com. Photo by Jim Arbogast

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by Carrie Eidson & Max Hunt

bluegrass Grits and Soul, and the virtuosic Jon Stickley Trio open.www.riverlink.org aPPalaChian summer festival appsummer.org • SA (7/11), 8-10pm - Brian Stokes Mitchell with the Winston-Salem Symphony. $35. Held in the Schaefer Center at Appalachian State University.

timeLess tunes: Raleigh-based four-piece string band Chatham County Line bring their blend of contemporary bluegrass and rock ‘n’ roll to UNC Asheville’s Concerts on the Quad series on Monday, June 13. The free show starts at 7 p.m. Photo courtesy of the band (p.48)

art aPPalaChian Pastel soCiety appalachianpastelsociety.org • SA (7/11), 10am - Meeting and painting technique demonstration. Free. Held at Grace Community Church, 495 Cardinal Rd., Mills River arts CounCil of henDerson County 401 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-8504, acofhc.org • TH (7/16), 3:30pm - Grant writing workshop for ACHC’s Regional Artist grants. Free.

PenlanD sChool of Crafts 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 765-2359, penland.org • TH (7/16), 8pm - Auction of instructor and student art to benefit scholarship programs. Free to attend. river arts DistriCt artists riverartsdistrict.com • 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-6pm - Self-guided open studio tour through the River Arts District with artist demonstrations and classes. Free to attend.

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asheville area arts CounCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (7/10), 10am-4:30pm - ArtSquare and AAC will make high-resolution, digital copies of local artists’ work for promotional purposes. $15 per image. • TU (7/14), 10am-noon - Artist business brainstorm session includes advice on grant opportunities, economic development and business management. Free.

montforD Park Players 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • SA (7/11) & SU (7/12), 1-4pm - Open auditions for King Lear. Contact for guidelines. Free. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St.

asheville art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • FR (7/10), noon-1pm - Lunchtime Art Break: Discussion of From New York to Nebo: The Artistic Journey of Eugene Thomason. Admission fees apply. • SA (7/11), 1-5pm - “Authentically Cherokee,” Native American marketplace with works by contemporary Cherokee artists. Free to attend. • SA (7/11), 3-4:30pm - Panel discussion on studio craft jewelry. Admission fees apply. • TH (7/16) through SA (7/18), 10am-5pm Pop-Up studio craft marketplace with works by local artists. Admission fees apply.

afriCan Drum lessons at skinny Beats Drum shoP (pd.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. No experience necessary. Drums provided. $12/class. (828) 7682826. www.skinnybeatsdrums.com

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RIVERMUSIC • FRIDAY JULY 10 • 5PM • free (pd.) RiverLink’s RiverMusic series continues at the RiverLink Sculpture and Performance Plaza in the River Arts District. • Long-time Asheville favorites, the Hackensaw Boys, bring their kicked up brand of bluegrass: get ready to groove! Asheville bands the bluesy

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BrevarD musiC Center 862-2105, brevardmusic.org • WE (7/8), 7:30pm - “The Ancient Call,” chamber music. $25. Held in the Porter Center at Brevard College. • FR (7/10), 3pm - “A Night at the Movies,” Brevard Sinfonia performs suites from popular films. $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+ Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SA (7/11), 7:30pm - “Heroes and Legends: The Music of Richard Strauss.” $15 lawn / Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SA (7/12), 3pm - “50 Years of PDQ Bach.” $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • MO (7/13), 7:30pm - Just Brass, chamber music. $25. Held in Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College. • TU (7/14), 3pm - Brevard Symphonic Winds. $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • WE (7/15), 7:30pm - Christopher Rex, chamber music. $25. Held in Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College. • TH (7/16), 7:30am - Mozart’s opera Cosi Fan Tutti. $25. Held in the Porter Center at Brevard College. musiC at unCa 251-6432, unca.edu • MO (7/13), 7pm - Concerts on the Quad: Band Chatham County Line, bluegrass. Free. musiC at wCu 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (7/16), 7pm - Summer Concert Series: Doug Gibson, blues. Free. Held in Central Plaza. musiC on main 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (7/10), 7pm - Carolina Rex, rock & blues. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville north main musiC & art Demonstration 692-6335 Free to attend. Art Demo starts at noon; Music starts at 4:30pm. • SA (7/11), 4:30pm-6:30pm - Artist Lynn Goldsmith and The Jeeder Mountain Band, country. Free. Held at Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 536 N. Main St., Hendersonville oPen ukelele Jam • MONDAYS, 6-8pm - All skill levels and stringed instruments welcome. Free. Held at Montford Recreation Center, 34 Pearson Drive PuBsing 254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Gospel jam and sing-along. Optional snack time at

5:30pm. Free to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road riverlink’s rivermusiC 252-8474, ext. 1, dave@riverlink.org • FR (7/10), 5:30pm - Hackensaw Boys, Jon Stickley Trio and Grits & Soul, bluegrass. Free to attend. Held at RiverLink Sculpture and Performance Plaza, 144 Riverside Drive shinDig on the green 258-6101 x345, folkheritage.org • SATURDAYS until (9/5), 7pm - Traditional old-time music and dance. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. swannanoa ChamBer musiC festival 771-3050, scm-festival.com • SA (7/11), 7:30pm - “Hungarian Flavors,” music by Haydn, Bartok & Dohnany. $25. Held in Kittredge Theater at Warren Wilson College. • SU (7/12), 7:30pm - "Hungarian Flavors, music by Haydn, Bartok & Dohnany. $25. Held at Haywood Arts Regional Theater, 250 Pigeon St, Waynesville

theater flat roCk Playhouse 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (7/12), 8pm - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, satire. $15-$40. flat roCk Playhouse Downtown 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS until (7/26), 2pm - Driving Miss Daisy. $15$40. • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS (7/15) until (7/26), 8pm - Driving Miss Daisy. $15-40. montforD Park Players 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/10) until (8/1), 7:30pm - Twelfth Night, 1920s adaptation. Free. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. Parkway Playhouse 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville, 6824285, parkwayplayhouse.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/11)Esley. Fri.&Sat.:7:30pm; Sun.:2:30pm. $18-$22. the magnetiC theatre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (7/9) until SA (7/18), 7:30pm - Food and How To Eat It, sketch comedy. $21/$18 advance.

gaLLerY directorY asheville loft art at unCa art.unca.edu • Through FR (7/31) - Celebrating Middle School Success, art by area students. Held in Highsmith Gallery. asheville area arts CounCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (7/25) - Misprints: A Print Making Exhibition. Artists’ reception: July 3, 5-8pm. • MO (7/13) through SA (7/25) - The Drone Quilt Project, quiltwork honoring civilian casualties of U.S. military operations. asheville art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SU (12/27) - Man-Made: Contemporary Male Quilters. Opening reception: July 3, 5-8pm. asheville Bookworks 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • FR (7/10) through MO (8/31) - It’s About Time, workbooks by Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts members. Opening reception: July 10, 6-8pm.

52 Broadway St., 782-8833, theashevilleloft.com • Through MO (7/27) - The Naked Truth, figurative works by Jonas Gerard.

Pink Dog Creative 342 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through SA (8/2) - The Bait Hides the Hook, works by Anna Jensen.

BlaCk mountain Center for the arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through (7/17) - Display of paintings created during Art in Bloom.

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BLUE SPIRAL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (8/28) - Mentor, contemporary works in glass, steel and wood. • Through FR (8/28) - New Terrain, works by five artists depicting landscapes. • Through FR (8/28) - Southern Skies, paintings by John I. Cleveland, Jr. • Through FR (8/28) - Summer Salon, works by new members.

269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine, 765-0520, toeriverarts.org/facilities/spruce-pine-gallery Toe River Arts Council • Through SA (7/25) - 200 Years of Chairs, woodworking.

CraDle of forestry Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • Through FR (7/31) - Carolina Nature Photographers Association exhibit. granD Bohemian gallery 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com • Through SA (7/19) - Faces and Places, neo-expressionist works by Peter Keil.

25 Patton Ave., 225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • ONGOING - A Retrospective at PUSH Gallery, photography. sPruCe Pine traC gallery

toe river arts CounCil 765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (8/8) - Avery Artists Cross Over, works by Avery County artists. Artists’ reception: July 10, 5-7pm. Held at Burnsville TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville transylvania Community arts CounCil 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (7/17) - Works by Transylvania Art Guild members Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees..

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C L U B L A N D weDnesDay, July 8 5 walnut wine Bar Wine tasting w/ Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 8pm altamont theatre Contemplative Music w/ Roots, 7pm Ben’s tune-uP Asheville Country Music Review w/ Town Mountain, The Honeycutters & John Stickley Trio, 5pm BlaCk mountain ale house Play To Win Game Night, 7:30pm Blue mountain Pizza & Brew PuB Open Mic, 7pm Burger Bar Karaoke, 9pm CowBoys lounge Karaoke, 6pm Dirty south lounge Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm DouBle Crown Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm Dugout Karaoke, 8pm funkatorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm gooD stuff Karaoke!, 7pm grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Stevie Lee Combs (Americana, folk, blues), 6pm grinD Cafe Trivia night, 7pm highlanD Brewing ComPany Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm

baYou to the big appLe: Comedian Mark Normand grew up in New Orleans, where he spent his childhood “shooting short films and wetting the bed,” according to his website. He has since moved to NYC and appeared on Conan O’Brien, Last Comic Standing and Inside Amy Shumer. Normand brings the laughter to the Millroom for a two-show set on July 11: one at 8 p.m. and the next at 10 p.m.

millroom South Slope Boogie (country, line dance), 7pm

the PhoeniX Jazz night, 8pm

mountain moJo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm

the soCial Marc Keller, 6pm Karaoke, 9:30pm

noBle kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm o.henry’s/the unDergrounD “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm oDDitorium Retro Threat (punk), 9pm

isis restaurant anD musiC hall Jesse Terry (singer-songwriter), 7pm

off the wagon Piano show, 9pm

JaCk of the wooD PuB Old-time session, 5pm Hearts Gone South (honky-tonk, country), 9pm lazy DiamonD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

olive or twist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm

LEx 18 Patrick Lopez (modern, Latin jazz), 7pm

one worlD Brewing Billy Litz, 8pm

loBster traP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm

Pisgah Brewing ComPany Bradley Carter (bluegrass, old-time, Americana), 6pm

the southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm tiger mountain Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm timo’s house Spectrum AVL w/ Jericho, Ixnee, Kri & guests, 9pm town PumP Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm tressa’s Downtown Jazz anD Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm white horse BlaCk mountain Wednesday Waltz, 7pm wilD wing Cafe south Party on the Patio! w/ J Luke, 6pm Karaoke, 9pm

thursDay, July 9

Pour taProom Karaoke, 8pm 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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reJavanation Cafe Open mic night, 6pm

185 KINg StREEt Arouna Diarra Trio (World, folk), 8pm

room iX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

5 walnut wine Bar Mary Frances & The Dirty Classics (funk, soul), 8pm

ROOt BAR NO. 1 DJ Ken Brandenburg (old school, funk), 8pm sCully’s Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm tallgary’s at four College Open mic & jam, 7pm the Joint neXt Door Bluegrass jam, 8pm the mothlight The Friendly Beasts w/ Talking Box co. & Onj (alternative, ambient), 9pm

altamont Brewing ComPany Mary Hubley (folk, pop), 9pm altamont theatre Shine, Baby, Shine (one-woman play), 8pm American Corndogs Comedy w/ Nick Pupo & Tom Feeney, 10:30pm asheville musiC hall Bubba Sparxxx w/ Ponkinhead & Po’Folk (hick hop, country rap), 8:30pm Barley’s taProom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm BlaCk mountain ale house

Dirty Badgers (acoustic blues, rock), 8pm Blue mountain Pizza & Brew PuB Erin Kinard, 7pm Burger Bar Old school metal night w/ Schrader, 9pm CluB eleven on grove Swing lessons & dance w/ Swing Asheville, 6:30pm Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm CreeksiDe taPhouse Station Underground (reggae), 8pm

room iX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

tallgary’s at four College Hybryd Circus (jam-rock, blues), 9pm

the PhoeniX Millie Palmer Duo (Americana), 8pm

gooD stuff Daniel Amedee (rock, folk, blues), 8pm isis restaurant anD musiC hall Classical dinner w/ Jazzical (music of Claude Bolling), 6pm Laid Back Thursdays, 7pm Liz Frame & the Kickers (Americana, alt-country), 8:30pm JaCk of the wooD PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm lazy DiamonD The Replacement Party w/ Dr. Filth, 10pm LEx 18 Ray Biscoglia & Grant Cuthbertson (jazz standards), 7pm Michael Andersen (improv piano), 10pm loBster traP Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm market PlaCe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

the valley musiC & Cookhouse Dance Music & Karaoke w/ Sound Exteme, 9:30pm timo’s house TRL w/ Franco Nino (dance party, requests), 10pm town PumP Rob Williams (acoustic), 9pm tressa’s Downtown Jazz anD Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm twisteD laurel Karaoke, 8pm urBan orCharD Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm

FRIDAY, JULY 10

off the wagon Dueling pianos, 9pm

altamont theatre Acoustic Syndicate (Americana, acoustic, bluegrass), 9pm

Pisgah Brewing ComPany Autumn Attics (alt-country, Americana), 9pm PurPle onion Cafe Michael Reno Harrell (folk, bluegrass), 7:30pm

8:30 PM– LIZ FRAME AND THE KICKERS

FRI 7/10

7:00 PM–ALI

SPERRY IN THE LOUNGE

9:00 PM– FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY W/ JIM ARRENDELL 7-10 PM- CONCERT ON THE LAWN W/ OMNITET-FREE

SAT 7/11 7:00 PM–

DARK WATER RISING 9:00 PM– RBTS WIN WED 7/15

BRAD COLE

8:30 PM– A SUMMER NIGHT OF BRAZILIAN JAZZ, FOOD AND DANCING WITH PAULA HANKE

altamont Brewing ComPany Virginia & The Slims (jump blues), 9:30pm

Piano emPorium Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm

(828) 298-1400 520 Swannanoa River Rd. Asheville, NC 28805

wilD wing Cafe south Steven Poteet (acoustic, jam, rock), 6pm

oDDitorium Stampede (metal), 9pm

PaCk’s tavern Hope Griffin Duo w/ Jamie Leigh (acoustic folk), 9pm

AMICIMUSIC’S “JAZZICAL”

7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH

5 walnut wine Bar David Earl & The Plowshares (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

oskar Blues Brewery City Hotel (folk), 6pm

THU 7/9 6:00 PM– CLASSICAL DINNER AND A CONCERT FEAT.

wilD wing Cafe Throwin’ Down Thursday w/ DJ Ramin, 5pm

o.henry’s/the unDergrounD Gayme Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm

one worlD Brewing Calvin Get Down (funk), 9pm

WED 7/8 6:30 PM– CROSSROADS STRING BAND ON THE PATIO 7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH JESSE TERRY

the southern Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm

185 KINg StREEt Rob Williams (rock, roots, country), 8pm

one stoP Deli & Bar Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm The Scurvy Bros & Snakeships (Steely Dan tribute), 10pm

COMING SOON

the soCial Jordan Okrend (pop, rock, soul), 6pm Social Function (top 40 covers), 9pm

new mountain Jacco Gardner w/ EZTV, Dinner, Crystal Bright & Silver Hands (neo-psych, chamber pop), 9pm Shook Twins (indie, folk, pop), 9pm

olive or twist Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm

Full Bar

southern aPPalaChian Brewery Big Block Dodge (groove, jazz), 7pm

DouBle Crown 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

frenCh BroaD Brewery Tina & Her Pony (folk), 6pm

5pm–12am

sly grog lounge Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm

the mothlight Surfer Blood w/ Turbo Fruits (indie rock, surf), 9:30pm

foggy mountain BrewPuB Simon George & Friends (jazz, funk), 10pm

Tues-Sun

12am

sCanDals nightCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

Crow & Quill Carolina Catskins (ragtime jazz), 9pm

elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

athena’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm Ben’s tune-uP Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm BlaCk Bear Coffee Co. Hunnilicious (Americana, pop, singer-songwriter), 7pm

THU 7/16 7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH

THE BLUE RIBBON HEALERS FRI 7/17 6:30 PM – CONCERT ON THE LAWN 9 PM – KELLIN WATSON AND JIM ARRENDELL

SUN 7/19 11:30 AM– BRUNCH WITH ROY BOOK BINDER

WED 7/22 7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH

NATASHA BORZILOVA Every Tuesday

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

Every Sunday

6pm–11pm

JAZZ SHOWCASE

BlaCk mountain ale house Ginny McAfee (country, folk), 8pm Blue mountain Pizza & Brew PuB Acoustic Swing, 7pm Burger Bar Juke Joint Blues w/ Rare Burger Band, 9pm Bywater Bill Mattocks Band (blues, rock), 8pm ClassiC wineseller James Hammel (jazz, pop), 7pm Cork & keg

743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737 ISISASHEVILLE.COM mountainx.com

JuLY 8 - JuLY 14, 2015

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Send your listings to clubland@mountainx.com

PaCk’s tavern DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9pm

CowBoys lounge Karaoke, 6pm

Piano emPorium Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm

BlaCk Bear Coffee Co. Carolinabound w/ John Gaffney (country, folk, blues), 7pm

Crest Center & Pavilion Decades of Swing w/ Subject 2 Chance (’40s, ’50s & ’60s swing), 6pm

Pisgah Brewing ComPany J.J. Grey & Mofro (blues, soul), 7:30pm

BlaCk mountain ale house Plankeye Peggy (experimental, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

riverlink sCulPture anD PerformanCe Plaza The Hackensaw Boys w/ Jon Stickley Trio and Grits & Soul (classico, punk, bluegrass), 5:30pm

Blue mountain Pizza & Brew PuB Larry Holdway (Americana), 7pm

Crow & Quill Drayton & the Dreamboats (vintage pop), 9pm Diana wortham theatre Motion Dance Theater presents: New, Now, Next, 8pm DouBle Crown DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm Dugout Unit 50, 9pm elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm

6PM 9PM 8PM 9PM

VOLT PER OCTAVES 7/17 THE FT. BERNIE WORRELL

9PM

FRI

7/16 SHINOBI NINJA + COLSTON 7/21 GOLDEN GATE WINGMEN

8PM

TUE

W/ TIN FOIL HAT & SHOP TALK An Evening with

9PM

THU

7/23 DELTA RAE

8PM

CAMPBELL 7/24 LARRY & TERESA WILLIAMS

W/ LIZ LONGLEY

9PM

WED

7/22 ELECTRIC CITIZEN

FRI

Featuring members of Further, Ratdog, Primus & Tea Leaf Green

W/ SLOW SEASON + MONDO DRAG

7/25 CHUCK JOHNSON

JaCk of the wooD PuB Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle (Americana, folk, old-time), 9pm Jerusalem garDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

& CHARLYHORSE

JuLY 8 - JuLY 14, 2015

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ROOt BAR NO. 1 El Sombre De Mexico (mariachi), 8pm sCanDals nightCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sCully’s DJ, 10pm southern aPPalaChian Brewery Peggy Ratusz (blues), 8pm tallgary’s at four College 4-Reelz (classic rock), 9pm the aDmiral Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm the mothlight Drunken Prayer w/ Pleasure Chest & Melissa Swingle (country, pop), 9:30pm the PhoeniX Kelly Cheats (rock, blues, funk), 9pm the soCial Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm the sQuare root The Wilhelm Brothers (folk rock), 7pm tiger mountain Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm timo’s house Shenanigan Society Jurassic Bass Party w/ Emonei, Ho-Tron & Cleofus, 10pm

Bywater Hartman & the Last Stand (rock), 2:30pm MtnVibezSoundz (reggae, DJ), 4:30pm The Whappers (rock ’n’ roll), 8pm ClassiC wineseller Paula Hanke w/ Tony Godwin, Zack Page & Bill Berg (jazz), 7pm Cork & keg Red Hot Sugar Babies (vintage jazz, blues, swing), 8:30pm CowBoys lounge Contagious (rock, covers), 6pm Crow & Quill Proof: Costume party & photo shoot, 9pm Diana wortham theatre Regi Carpenter w/ Saundra Kelley & Debbie Gurriere (storytelling), 10am Motion Dance Theater presents: New, Now, Next, 8pm DouBle Crown Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm Dugout Flashback Sally, 5pm elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy mountain BrewPuB Murmuration (funk, rock), 10pm frenCh BroaD Brewery Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6pm gooD stuff Moonshine District (mountain music), 8:30pm

LEx 18 Michael John Jazz (classic jazz), 4pm Gloria Johnson Trio (romantic jazz), 6:30pm Shelia Gordon (love songs), 10pm

toy Boat Community art sPaCe Benefit show for Steve (silent auction), 7pm

green room Cafe & Coffeehouse Lynn Goldsmith & Jeter Mountain Band, 4:30pm

twisteD laurel 3 Cool Cats (rock ’n’ roll), 8:30pm

loBster traP Hot Point Trio (Gypsy jazz), 6:30pm

white horse BlaCk mountain Jazzical, 7:30pm

grey eagle musiC hall & tavern The Stump Mutts w/ Fritz Beer and The Crooked Beat & Doss Church (rock, alternative), 8pm

market PlaCe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

wilD wing Cafe Two Dollar Pistol (honky-tonk), 6pm

native kitChen & soCial PuB Blushin’ Roulettes (Americana, bluegrass), 7:30pm new mountain Royal Peasantry presents: Ritual Runway (fashion show), 7pm oDDitorium Group Art Show, 6pm Turd/Cutter w/ An Atomic Whirl, Mondays & Busted Chops (punk), 10pm off the wagon Dueling pianos, 9pm

one stoP Deli & Bar Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm The Steppin’ Stones (rock ’n’ roll), 10pm orange Peel Natural Wonder: The Stevie Wonder Experience, 9pm oskar Blues Brewery Rye Baby (Americana), 6pm

riverwatCh Bar & grill Chris Smith (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm

Burger Bar Bike Night w/ DJ Johnny Be Good (70s rock), 9pm

town PumP Elspeth Tremblay (singer-songwriter), 9pm

lazy DiamonD Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

olive or twist Free Flow (Motown, funk), 8pm

9PM

SAT

W/ KEVIN GORDON

Little King & the Grey Eagle present

grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Dick Diver (indie, pop), 9pm

isis restaurant anD musiC hall Concert on the lawn w/ Omnitet (soul, funk, jazz), 6:30pm Ali Sperry (folk, indie, rock), 7pm Friday night dance party w/ Jim Arrendell (classic Motown, soul), 9pm

7/12 “HEAT IT UP” W/ MENTIROSA

gooD stuff Chris Jamison (Americana, folk, country), 9pm

henDersonville visitor Center Carolina Rex (blues, rock, R&B), 7pm

SUN

STEVE WATSON’S

frenCh BroaD Brewery Damian LeMaster & LeMaster Plan (folk rock), 6pm

8PM

7/8 STEVIE LEE COMBS FREE 7/10 DICK DIVER 7/11 THE STUMP MUTTS

THU

SAT

FRI

WED

foggy mountain BrewPuB Gypsy Swingers (jazz), 10pm

The Grey Eagle Taqueria Patio Series

Gypsy Guitars, 2pm

The Barsters (old-time, bluegrass, acoustic), 8:30pm

wilD wing Cafe south A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm zamBra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SAtURDAY, JULY 11 5 walnut wine Bar The Fedorables (jazz, rock), 6pm Mande Foly (African folk), 9pm altamont Brewing ComPany Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead covers), 9:30pm altamont theatre Acoustic Syndicate (Americana, acoustic, bluegrass), 9pm asheville musiC hall Big Something w/ Goldie & The Screamers (jam, rock), 10pm athena’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm Ben’s tune-uP

highlanD Brewing ComPany Doc Aquatic (indie, psychedelic, rock), 9pm isis restaurant anD musiC hall Dark Water Rising (soul, blues, gospel), 7pm RBTS WIN w/ Junior Astronomers & eMe (psychpop, electronic, soul), 9pm JaCk of the wooD PuB Bearwallow w/ The Bull Moose Party (bluegrass, country), 9pm Jerusalem garDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm lazoom Bus tours Roaring Lions (brass), 2pm lazy DiamonD Unknown Pleasures w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10pm LEx 18 Michael John Jazz (classic jazz), 4pm Patrick Lopez Duo (modern jazz, Latin), 6:30pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop, jazz), 9pm loBster traP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm market PlaCe DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm millroom Mark Normand (comedian), 8pm& 10pm

moJo kitChen & lounge Dine ’n’ Disco (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm new mountain Toubab Krewe (world, rock, reggae), 8pm Holiday Liquor & Dance Luau Party w/ Marley Carroll (indie rock, IDM, electronica), 9pm oDDitorium John Humphries & Don Humphries (country), 9pm off the wagon Dueling pianos, 9pm olive or twist 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm one stoP Deli & Bar The Last WordBenders w/ DJ Kutzu, Herb tha’ Wizard, SK the Novelist, Davie G & Ciggy Pop (hip hop), 10pm orange Peel The Protomen w/ Posh Hammer & Bulgogi (indie, rock, nintendocore), 9pm

SUNDAY, JULY 12 5 walnut wine Bar The Paper Crowns (alt-folk), 7pm

the PhoeniX Mike Sweet (acoustic rock covers), 12pm

BlaCk mountain ale house Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm

the soCial Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

Blue mountain Pizza & Brew PuB Matt Sellers (folk, jazz, indie), 7pm

the southern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm

Burger Bar Movie night (on the big screen, pizza), 9pm

timo’s house Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm

Bywater Todd Cecil & Back South (swamp rock, Americana), 5pm

town PumP Chilled Monkey Brains (hard rock, reggae, punk), 9pm

Congregation Beth israel Jazzical (Claude Bolling’s First Suite), 2pm

weDge Brewing Co. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazzswing), 6pm

CowBoys lounge Funday Sunday, 3pm Crow & Quill Ultra Lounge (50s music & cult films), 8pm

oskar Blues Brewery Blue Ribbon Healers (folk), 6pm

DouBle Crown Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

PaCk’s tavern Aaron LaFalce Band (rock), 9pm

gooD stuff Brian McKenzie (country, Americana, rockabilly), 5:30pm

Piano emPorium Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm riverwatCh Bar & grill Carver & Carmody (Americana, country), 7pm room iX Open dance night, 9pm ROOt BAR NO. 1 Burris (rock), 8pm

grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Steve Watson’s “Heat It Up” (jazz), 7pm highlanD Brewing ComPany Turnpike Trio (bluegrass), 12:30pm isis restaurant anD musiC hall Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am Sunday jazz showcase, 6pm

sCanDals nightCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

JaCk of the wooD PuB Irish session, 5pm Soggy Po Boys (brass, New Orleans jazz), 9pm

sCully’s DJ, 10pm

lazoom Bus tours Pleasure Chest (rock ’n’ roll), 2pm

southern aPPalaChian Brewery Pleasure Chest (blues, soul), 8pm

lazy DiamonD Honky Tonk Night w/ DJs, 10pm

tallgary’s at four College Picasso Facelift (classic rock, blues), 9pm

LEx 18 Michael John Jazz (classic jazz), 7pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop, jazz), 9pm

the aDmiral Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm the mothlight Holy Ghost Tent Revival (Beck covers), 9:30pm the PhoeniX Bradford Carson (modern mountain music), 1pm Laura Blackley & Friends (Americana, singersongwriter), 9pm the soCial Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm the valley musiC & Cookhouse Daddy Rabbit (blues), 9pm

the omni grove Park inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10pm

oDDitorium Ghost Foot w/ Pompos (rock), 9pm off the wagon Piano show, 9pm olive or twist DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm Rhumba lesson w/ Wayne Tipton, 8pm one stoP Deli & Bar Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Reggae Sundays, 9pm orange Peel Death Grips [SOLD OUT], 9pm

tiger mountain Wing Dam (rock, indie, noise pop), 10pm

Piano emPorium Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 2pm

town PumP Pea Pickin’ Hearts (bluegrass), 9pm

Pour taProom Open mic, 8pm

toy Boat Community art sPaCe Dance Showcase, 6pm

riverwatCh Bar & grill Hunnilicious (Americana, country, folk), 1pm

twisteD laurel Blue Dawg Band (blues, jazz, swing), 8:30pm

sCanDals nightCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

white horse BlaCk mountain Fiona Ritchie & Doug Orr (Celtic, Appalachian, storytelling), 7:30pm

soCial lounge & taPas In the Biz Networking Night w/ Patrick Lopez (acoustic, piano, pop, open to everyone), 8pm

wilD wing Cafe Karaoke, 8pm

southern aPPalaChian Brewery The Dan Keller Trio w/ Ellen Trnka (jazz), 5pm

wilD wing Cafe south Sharkadelics (rock), 6pm

tallgary’s at four College Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm

zamBra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

the mothlight Live soundtrack to Eraserhead (improv), 9pm

white horse BlaCk mountain Motown meets Country: Concert & Soul Food Dinner, 6pm wiCkeD weeD Mrs. Dubfire (reggae), 3pm wilD wing Cafe Bluegrass Afternoons, 3pm wilD wing Cafe south Party On The Patio w/ Crocs Duo, 5pm

MONDAY, JULY 13 185 KINg StREEt Open mic night, 8pm 5 walnut wine Bar CaroMia (Americana, soul), 8pm

7/8wed the friendly beasts w/ talking box co., onj

7/9 thu surfer blood w/ turbo fruits

7/10 fri drunken prayer (album relase show) w/ pleasure chest, melissa swingle

7/11 sat holy ghost tent revival covers beck's midnight vultures

7/12sun a live soundtrack to eraserhead 7/13mon free monday: gláss,

(young) american landscape, lake lawn

7/15 Wed squidlord w/ some god damned fool, omniquill

7/16 thu dulci ellenberger w/ color collage

7/17 fri havania whaal w/ lubec, ellipser, shallows

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JuLY 8 - JuLY 14, 2015

altamont Brewing ComPany Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm

leXington ave Brewery (laB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm

BlaCk mountain ale house Acoustic jam w/ Hunter, Charlie & Friends, 7:30pm

loBster traP Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm

Burger Bar Honkytonk ladies night w/ Brody, 6pm

o.henry’s/the unDergrounD Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm

Bywater Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8pm

oDDitorium Hemingway w/ Teen Death & Heavy Hearted (rock), 9pm

CourtyarD gallery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm Crow & Quill Los Abrojitos (tango quartet), 9pm

olive or twist 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm one worlD Brewing Beats & Brews w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8pm

the mothlight Glass w/ (young) american landscape & Lake Lawn (post-punk, noise rock), 9pm

grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Bobby Bare Jr’s Young Criminals Starvation League (Americana, singer-songwriter, rock), 9pm

the omni grove Park inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

highlanD Brewing ComPany The Rock Academy of Asheville, 6pm

the PhoeniX Ellen Trnka (singer-songwriter), 8pm

iron horse station Open mic, 6pm

the soCial Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm Salsa Night, 9pm

isis restaurant anD musiC hall Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm

the valley musiC & Cookhouse Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam & storytelling), 8pm

orange Peel Summer Movies Series: Super Troopers, 8pm

tiger mountain Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm DFW w/ Impossible Vacation (punk, emo, hardcore), 10pm

oskar Blues Brewery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm

timo’s house Movie night, 7pm

JaCk of the wooD PuB Quizzo, 7pm

soCial lounge & taPas In the Biz Networking Night w/ Patrick Lopez (acoustic, piano, pop, open to everyone), 8pm

urBan orCharD Old-time music, 7pm

lazy DiamonD Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

sovereign remeDies Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

DouBle Crown Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Dave & Rebecca, 10pm gooD stuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm

wilD wing Cafe south Monday Bike Nights, 6pm

tUESDAY, JULY 14 185 KINg StREEt Dinner & a show w/ The Honey Chasers (bluegrass, country), 6:30pm 5 walnut wine Bar The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm altamont Brewing ComPany Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm

JuLY 8 - JuLY 14, 2015

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lazy DiamonD Punk ’n’ Roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm LEx 18 Bob Strain (jazz standards & ballads), 7pm loBster traP Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm market PlaCe The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm new mountain Fringe Summer Freakout, 5pm oDDitorium Odd comedy night, 9pm off the wagon Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm olive or twist Blues dance lesson, 7:30pm Blues night w/ Blue Dawg, 8pm one stoP Deli & Bar Turntablism Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm one worlD Brewing Jason Brazzel (singer-songwriter), 8pm Pour taProom Frank Zappa night, 8pm

asheville musiC hall Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm

ROOt BAR NO. 1 Cameron Stack (blues), 8pm

Ben’s tune-uP Eleanor Underhill (acoustic), 5pm

tallgary’s at four College Jam night, 9pm

BlaCk mountain ale house Trivia, 7pm

the Joint neXt Door Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

Blue mountain Pizza & Brew PuB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

the PhoeniX Andrew Thelston (singer-songwriter), 8pm

Buffalo niCkel Trivia, 7pm

the soCial Jason Whitaker (acoustic), 5pm

Burger Bar Krekel & Whoa! (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

tressa’s Downtown Jazz anD Blues Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm

Cork & keg Honky-Tonk Jamboree w/ Tom Pittman, 8am

urBan orCharD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm

DouBle Crown Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Sean & Will, 10pm

weDge Brewing Co. Skunk Ruckus (hillbilly gut rock), 7pm

gooD stuff Old time-y night, 6:30pm

westville PuB Blues jam, 10pm

white horse BlaCk mountain Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm wilD wing Cafe south Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8pm

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 5 walnut wine Bar Wine Tasting w/ Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 10pm altamont theatre Randin Graves & Strings of Lumina (didgeridoo performance, storytelling), 7pm

Mike G & Left Brain [POSTPONED], 9pm Pisgah Brewing ComPany Dennis Berndt (reggae, roots, folk), 6pm Pour taProom Karaoke, 8pm

funkatorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm grey eagle musiC hall & tavern Rock ’n’ Roll Wednesdays w/ Rock Academy, 7pm grinD Cafe Trivia night, 7pm

JaCk of the wooD PuB Old-time session, 5pm Hearts Gone South (honky-tonk, country), 9pm lazy DiamonD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm LEx 18 Patrick Lopez (modern jazz, Latin), 7pm loBster traP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm millroom South Slope Boogie (country, line dance), 7pm mountain moJo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm noBle kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm o.henry’s/the unDergrounD “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm oDDitorium Synergy Story Slam, 7pm Begat The Nephilim w/ Black Mountain Hunger & Covenator (metal), 9pm off the wagon Piano show, 9pm olive or twist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm orange Peel

town PumP Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm

ROOt BAR NO. 1 DJ Ken Brandenburg (old school, funk), 8pm

the soCial Marc Keller, 6pm Karaoke, 9:30pm

white horse BlaCk mountain Wednesday Waltz, 7pm

sCully’s Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm

the southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

JACK OF THE

WOOD PUB

WED

HEARTS GONE SOUTH

(real deal honky tonk band from Asheville!) HONKY TONK / COUNTRY

7.8 & 7.15

DANCE PARTY EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE SUMMER!!

FRI 7.10

BUFFALO WABS AND THE PRICE HILL HUSTLE 9 p.m. $5

Sat 7.11

highlanD Brewing ComPany Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm isis restaurant anD musiC hall Brad Cole (folk, roots, blues), 7pm Summer’s night of Brazilian jazz, food & dancing w/ Paula Hanke, 8:30pm

timo’s house Spectrum AVL w/ Jericho, Ixnee, Kri & guests, 9pm

tressa’s Downtown Jazz anD Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

Blue mountain Pizza & Brew PuB Open Mic, 7pm

DouBle Crown Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm

the Joint neXt Door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

the PhoeniX Jazz night, 8pm

room iX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

BlaCk mountain ale house Play To Win Game Night, 7:30pm

Dirty south lounge Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

tiger mountain Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm

the mothlight Squidlord w/ Some God Damned Fool & Omniquill (doom, stoner metal, rock), 9:30pm

reJavanation Cafe Open mic night, 6pm

Ben’s tune-uP Asheville Country Music Review w/ Town Mountain, The Honeycutters & John Stickley Trio, 5pm

Burger Bar Karaoke, 9pm

tallgary’s at four College Open mic & jam, 7pm

Sun 7.12 FRI 7.17

9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

BEARWALLOW BLUEGRASS BAND

(PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS AND A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY) w/ THE BULL MOOSE PARTY 9 p.m. $5

SOGGY PO BOYS DRIVING TUBA (BRASS TEN PIECE NOLA FLAVORED BUNCH - NEW ORLEANS JAZZ, SERVED MESSY)

9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

GRAND OLE UPROAR (HIPPIE

TONK) w/ THE CARMONAS (AMERICAN FOLK ROCK) 9 p.m. $5

wilD wing Cafe south Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 7pm Paint Night, 7pm

Wed • July 8 Woody Wood 5:30-7:30

Thu • July 9

Community Night

July 2015

feat. Council on Aging

Fri • July 10 Leigh Glass & the Hazards 7:00-9:00

WEDNESDAY

Sat • July 11

7.8

WORLD WEDNESDAYS

7.9

JACCO GARDNER

FT. LES AMIS ( WEEKLY ) THEATER

Night Flight Race

8PM THURSDAY

Sun • July 12

W/ EZTV, DINNER, AND CRYSTAL BRIGHT & SILVER HANDS THURSDAY SOL BAR

feat. Doc Aquatic 9:00-11:00

8PM

Turnpike Trio 12:30-2:30

Tue • July 14 Rock Academy 6:00-8:00

ST OF BE HALL OF F FAME WNC 2014

OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON

SUNDAY Celtic Irish session 5pm til ? MONDAY Quizzo! 7:30-9pm • WEDNESDAY Old-time 5pm SINGER SONGWRITERS 1st & 3rd Tuesdays THURSDAY Bluegrass Jam 7pm

7.9

SHOOK TWINS

W/ THE MAGGIE VALLEY BAND

8PM FRIDAY

THEATER

7.10

ROYAL PEASANTRY PRESENTS:

7.10

SOL VIBES

RITUAL RUNWAY

7PM FRIDAY

SOL BAR

W/ DJ BOWIE (WEEKLY) THEATER

9PM SATURDAY

7.11

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

AN EVENING WITH

TOUBAB KREWE

5PM (ORIGINAL LINEUP-10 YR ANNIVERSARY) SATURDAY THEATER

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

7.11

HOLIDAY LIQUOR & DANCE PARTY:

2015 SUMMER LUAU EDITION

10PM

TONS OF WNC BREWERIES ON TAP

IT’S A BEER &WINE FESTIVAL EVERY DAY

FT. MARLEY CARROLL

FRIDAY

7.17

Movie Mondays at 8pm • Tuesdays Frank Zappa night • Saturday & Sunday Brunch w/ mimosas

INTRODUCING THE WORLD’S LARGEST SELF-POUR TAPROOM

SOL BAR

THEATER

MARK FARINA

9PM

ASHEVILLE, NC POURTAPROOM.COM

W/ TRANSPUTER

UPCOMING SHOWS:

7/31: OFFICIAL LEAF DOWNTOWN KICK OFF PARTY FT. THE OHIO PLAYERS 8/13: THE FRITZ W/ GHOST NOTE

FT. SPUT SEARIGHT & NATE WERTH OF SNARKY PUPPY

8/21: HARD WORKING AMERICANS

FEAT. TODD SNIDER, DAVE SCHOOLS, NEAL CASAL, DUANE TRUCKS, CHAD STAEHLY AND JESSE AYCOCK W/ SPECIAL GUEST: ELIZABETH COOK

9/27: OTT W/ PLANTRAE & ALIGNING MINDS

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JuLY 8 - JuLY 14, 2015

TAVERN DOWNTOWN ON THE PARK Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 13 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shufﬂeboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night

Come Dine on our

New Patio! THURSDAY:

7/9: Social Function - 9 pm THURSDAY:

Try Our New Wo Pizza and G od-Fired rinders!

THU. 7/9 Hope Griffin Duo with Jamie Leigh (acoustic folk)

FRI. 7/10

7/16: The Dirty Badgers - 9 pm

DJ Moto

FRIDAY:

(pop, dance hits)

7/17: West Sound - 9pm

SAT. 7/11

THURSDAY:

7/23: Rory Kelly - 9 pm

Aaron LaFalce Band (rock)

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Amy HHHH DIRECTOR: Asif Kapadia (Senna) PLAYERS: Amy Winehouse, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Mark Ronson, Tony Bennett, Blake Fielder-Civil, Mitch Winehouse DOCUMENTARY RATED R THE STORY: The story of Amy Winehouse as told in archival footage and home videos. THE LOWDOWN: A powerful, but not always comfortable portrait of a seemingly inevitable tragedy told with uncommon immediacy.

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Kapadia’s Amy, though that is part and parcel of every show-biz biopic since they switched from sanitized to salacious in the 1950s with tabloidesque tell-all films like Lillian Roth’s I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1955) and Diana Barrymore’s Too Much, Too Soon (1958). The difference with Amy is that you’re watching the real Amy Winehouse destruct through archival footage and a mind-boggling amount of home video selfdocumentation. (It almost feels like she — and her friends — were laying out the template for this film.) Since you know where this is leading, there’s a grim inevitability to it all. And the fact that Kapadia keeps the image on Winehouse — there are interviews, but all in voice-over, with no talking heads — can make the grimness pretty uncomfortable. I should note that I came to Amy with only the vaguest notion of Amy

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watching was confused and frightened kid, trying — unsuccessfully — to deal with personal demons (bulimia, substance abuse, abandonment issues) while living in a fishbowl of paparazzi and the glare of the public eye. Nowhere is this childlike quality more apparent than in the film’s most poignant and emotionally powerful scene, where she’s onstage watching herself win a Grammy on a monitor. Her level of surprise and joy at this

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is heartbreaking in its simplicity — and in what it conveys about how ill-equipped she was to deal with this. For a moment, the excesses and the bad decisions melt away, but it’s only a moment and we know it. The fact that the award is presented by one of her idols, Tony Bennett, makes it even more bittersweet, especially in conjunction with a late-in-the-day recording session (where she is not at her best) in duet with Bennett. Oh, sure, Winehouse had lots of help in not making it. Some of it — especially that of her later management, her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil and her father Mitch (who has unsurprisingly distanced himself from the film) — comes across as at best venal, and at worst deliberate. But just as much seems born of a sense of helplessness and a large degree of naiveté on the part of her supporters, who mistake “rehab” for a cure and “clean” for a permanent situation. Of course, neither is true — as anyone who’s ever dealt with an alcoholic or an addict knows too well. Even when someone opines that rehab sometimes takes “two or three” tries, it’s putting a simplistic take on the situation. But the film isn’t out to find the culprits. It’s out to paint a human portrait of a tragedy in an often uncomfortable manner that lets no one — not even Amy Winehouse, the viewer or the filmmaker — quite off the hook. It’s strong stuff, but definitely worth a look. Rated R for language and drug material. Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com

Magic Mike XXL HHHH director: Gregory Jacobs (Wind Chill) pLaYers: Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, Jada Pinkett Smith drama rated r the storY: Magic Mike and his crew of male strippers take a road trip from Florida to Myrtle Beach for one last hurrah. the Lowdown: A wonderfully

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HHHHH = max rating entertaining and disposable piece of entertainment that wants little more than to be a feel-good flick, but its well-drawn characters help make it a little more than that.

I’m an unabashed supporter of Steven Soderbergh’s male stripper drama Magic Mike (2012), something I find people who haven’t seen the film are surprised about. Sight unseen, it’s easily dismissed as little more than, well, a movie about male strippers. But it’s kind of the lite version of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997), being a deep film about seemingly shallow people while managing to be endlessly entertaining. This is also a fault of the film, since Magic Mike gets bogged down in a lot of needless moralizing about drugs and greed, something that’s part of Boogie Nights but seems to take over Magic Mike. Its sequel, Magic Mike XXL, seems to understand the problems with the first film, and opts for an approach that’s little more than feel-good entertainment. And while this might sound like a miscalculation (the strategy does, after all, offer up its own set of problems), it makes for a genuinely likable, pleasant movie-going experience — one that happens to be about male strippers. But it’s also just a bit more than that, since the characters themselves — mainly the titular Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) and his crew of male entertainers — are fully drawn with an innate and even casual depth. It helps that this isn’t simply some cash grab, as the film is written by Magic Mike scribe Reid Carolin and directed by Soderbergh’s long-time first assistant director Gregory Jacobs (making for, at least, an approximation of Soderbergh’s style — helped no doubt by Soderbergh photographing and editing the film). There’s continuity and an amount of care here that helps the film. But like I said, XXL’s concern, above all, is entertainment. There’s little dramatic tension here and nothing especially bad happens, just a movie about a group of friends on the road watching out for each other. In

the middle of all the overt destruction and car chases and rude CGI teddy bears and dinosaurs that make up the bulk of summer moviegoing, there’s something refreshing in how simple and human XXL can be. Not to mention how breezily inclusive the film can be — both in terms of ethnicities and genders (there’s a heavy tinge of female empowerment below all the beefcake). There’s little here in terms of plot, with XXL picking up three years after Magic Mike, with Mike now out of the world of male entertainment and focused on his custom furniture job. But finding himself single and alone, he finds his old group of dancers and heads out on the road to Myrtle Beach for one last hurrah. There are a few detours, through Savannah to a sort of pleasure palace run by Rome (a surprisingly good Jada Pinkett Smith) and through the home of some old-money Charlestonians (leading to a nice role for Asheville’s Andie MacDowell), but nothing too drastic. This hurts the climax, because there’s nowhere really to go besides a montage and a big (and a bit overlong) performance piece, but — like the first film’s ending — I’m not sure where else the movie can go. However, the entertainment value lies more in the journey, with a clever script and a likable cast that can carry it, not to mention some impressive dance numbers. Yes, it’s disposable, but since I consider that a movie’s first priority is to entertain, Magic Mike XXL passes on that criterion alone. Rated R for strong sexual content, pervasive language, some nudity and drug use. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonvile, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@mountainx.com

Terminator Genisys HHH director: Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) pLaYers: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai

STARTING FRIDAY Courtney, J.K. Simmons, Byung-hun Lee SCI-FI ACTION RATED PG-13 THE STORY: Kyle Reese is sent back from the future to protect Sarah Connor from the Terminator and to re-write history, only to find out it’s already been re-written. THE LOWDOWN: Amazingly silly stuff that mostly gets by by allowing itself to be amazingly silly — at least most of the time. Vaguely set up for a sequel, too, but a somewhat tepid box office may have something to say about that.

“The rules have been reset,” reads the tagline for Terminator Genisys. Translated into practical English that means, “We can re-write the Terminator mythology and do what we damn well please with it. So there.” Since I don’t particularly think that re-writing this mythology is any big deal, I’m OK with that. If you take your Terminator history seriously — I’m guessing this is possible — you may feel differently about that. Basically, I got what I expected. It’s a noisy, cluttered actioner with loads of explosions, fights, chases and gun play — featuring a star who built a career on spouting badlycrafted one-liners badly, and an otherwise mostly ho-hum cast. I’ll use the phrase “massively OK” to describe my feelings — and note that it’s at least more entertaining than the last entry in the series. This does not mean I’ll ever watch it again. Now you may be wondering how it is possible to re-set the rules. That’s pretty simple really — time travel. Time travel can excuse a multitude of sins, explain just about any change you can think of, and — best of all — it doesn’t have to make any sense. Yes, you can sit there and puzzle over how all this fits together if that appeals to you. Me, I’m taking the just-go-withit path of least resistance — if time travel is inevitable, just settle back and enjoy it. That’s so much easier than wondering how Der Arnold’s Terminator — now called the Guardian or (Clapton save us) Pops — made the crossing from Point B to Point C by taking “the long road,” since he can’t use

the time machine. Or wondering why — apart from explaining how Pops has aged like the guy playing him — it was deemed advisable to make these Terminator thingies with real skin that ages. However, if you can keep from wondering if anyone involved really thought the CGI’d young Arnold looked like anything other than a computer vision of a bad facelift and an overdose of Botox, you’re doing better than I am. The plot runs something like this: John Connor (Jason Clarke, The Great Gatsby) sends Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney, A Good Day to Die Hard) back in time to protect Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke, TV’s Game of Thrones) from the Terminator, but when he gets there, things have changed. Sarah no longer needs to be saved from the Terminator, because the Terminator has been taken care of by the Guardian/Pops, who also got there via time travel and is already protecting her. There is considerable misunderstanding, but it turns out that Sarah ends up saving him from one of those newand-improved T-1000 Terminators (Byung-hun Lee, I Saw the Devil). If this isn’t entirely clear to you — assuming you don’t know the series and have already forgotten the explanation at the beginning — it really makes very little difference. It will only get more murky and preposterously convoluted. If you think the relationships in soap operas and Russian novels are like trying to unravel a golf ball, this is in that realm. It’s also one of the movie’s more appealing traits. The movie is a riot of action and nonsensical visions and memories and duplicity and re-written rules — while Der Arnold is...well, himself. The film’s best gag probably lies in giving him all the scientific mumbo-jumbo to spout in his inimitable way. He gamely plows through it (even if he can’t pronounce “cellular”) and it’s so absurd that you don’t care whether or not what he’s saying makes any more sense than an Austrianaccented recitation of the lyrics to “Mairzy Doats.” If you take the whole movie in that spirit, it’s moderately entertaining. Also pleasing is J.K. Simmons as a copturned-conspiracy-freak, thanks to his encounter with our heroes as a young man. Simmons is at least given things to say like, “Goddamn time-traveling robots covering up their goddamn tracks!” Yeah, the

plot about a “killer app” that’s really the launch of Skynet isn’t all that much different from Samuel L. Jackson’s evil free cell phones in Kingsman: The Secret Service (this is probably coincidental), but who cares? Only those who take all this seriously, I presume. Since I don’t, I didn’t mind it. Does the PG-13 rating hurt it? Not much, though you, of course, don’t see Arnold’s willy in the 1984 scenes — if that matters to you. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of scifi violence and gun play throughout, partial nudity and brief strong language. Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

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The Gallows More low-rent horror from Blumhouse with The Gallows — one of those movies you never heard of, made by people you never heard of, starring people you never heard of. The studio blurb tells us: “Twenty years after a deadly freak accident at a high school play, a misguided attempt to re-stage the play and honor the student proves that some things are better left in the past.” Let’s say you’ve been warned, and, no, no critics have seen it. (R)

Minions It was inevitable that those little yellow fellows — the ones who look like underdone cheese puffs — called Minions from the Despicable Me movies would get a film of their own. Well, here it is — in prequel form that details our henchmen’s efforts (preGru) to find a villain worthy of their less-than-stellar henchman efforts. It has been seen by some critics — mostly UK and Australia — and seems to be OK. The most encouraging review comes from Luke Y. Thompson as Topless Robot, who calls it “gleefully anarchic and just plain fun cartoon that’s refreshing to enjoy in a world where Disney thinks it has to try and make you cry every time.” He may be on to something. (PG)

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Tarsem Singh has one great movie — The Fall (2006) — and a couple of interesting ones, but the early word on his latest, Self/less, is not good. Bear in mind, this is based on a whopping eight reviews — seven of which are strongly negative. The film — starring Ryan Reynolds — is apparently a less cerebral rehash (uncredited) of Seconds (1966). Focus describes it’s film this way: “In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body’s origin and the secret organization that will kill to protect its cause.” (PG-13)

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9 p.m., and is free. avl.mx/19v • The North Asheville Library opens its throwback theatre series with a free Saturday, July 11, matinee of the swiss Family robinson. The beloved 1960 Walt Disney adaptation of the Johann David Wyss novel stars John Mills and Dorothy McGuire as the parents of the eponymous collective who are forced to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island surrounded by pirates. The film gets underway at 2 p.m. in the library’s meeting room and is open to all ages. Ryan Oslance, right, pictured here with his Ahleuchatistas bandmate Shane Parish, is part of a team of local improvisers who will create a new soundtrack to David Lynch’s Eraserhead on Sunday, July 12, at The Mothlight. Photo by Courtney Chappell

• On Sunday, July 12, at The Mothlight, a group of local improvisers will create a new soundtrack to David Lynch’s Eraserhead. ryan oslance (Ahleuchatistas), frank meadows (Oulipo), michael flanagan and carmelo pampillonio (both of Holy Holy Vine) and adam mcdaniel make up the quintet of experimental musicians. Oslance and Flanagan were also part of the team that provided similar on-the-spot accompaniment for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in April. Last September, Lynch’s fever-dream debut feature was given a release by the revered Criterion Collection, which describes the film as “both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-andwhite photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey continues to haunt American cinema like no other film.” The event starts at

• Excuse me, are you saying meow? No? Either way, the orange peel hosts a free screening of super troopers on Monday, July 13, at 8 p.m. The cult hit from the Broken Lizard comedy troupe is part of the concert venue’s summer film series. Couches for sitting and popcorn for munching will be provided, but attendees are welcome to bring their own food and seating. Snacks and drinks will be available at the bar, including specials on buckets of beer from oskar blues brewery. • Missed chip kaufmann’s recent silent film program at the Leicester Library and Pack Memorial Library? The film historian will give an encore presentation Tuesday, July 14, at the weaverville Library, from 7-9 p.m. The evening begins with Willful Peggy, a 1910 comedy (15 minutes) starring a then 17-year-old Mary Pickford, followed by her 1917 showcase, A Little Princess (62 minutes). The slate concludes with The Butcher Boy (1917, 25 minutes), a parody of A Little Princess starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. Kaufmann will provide commentary on each of the films. Admission is free, all ages are welcome and complimentary popcorn will be provided. Send your local ae@mountainx.com X

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Director: Satyajit Ray Players: Karuna Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Pinaki Sengupta, Smaron Ghosal DRAMA Rated NR At once poetic and grittily realistic, sophisticated and crude, Aparajito (1957) marks the second film in Satyajit Ray’s Apu trilogy. It is similar to the first film in that it feels less like a movie than like spending time in another life and another world. However, Ray learned much in the two years since making the earlier Pather Panchali. The pacing is much improved, though this may be due to the fact that there’s more plot (in a strict sense) here. And though little that happens can be called surprising, it’s a film in which you’re sufficiently invested in the characters that you’re compelled to keep watching. It takes up where the first film leaves off (it is not, however, essential to have seen Pather Panchali), with Apu (Pinaki Sengupta) and his parents moving from their isolated village to Benares. The change in locale also signals a change in the film’s thematic concerns. More than the basic plot, the film is driven by Apu’s attraction to education — specifically, a more Western education that has little to do with the traditional India he has been brought

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up in, and even less to do with the religious training that had fallen to him. The film has as much to do with the changing Indian culture as with Apu’s story — yet it’s his story that serves as the basis for that examination. A rich and worthwhile film. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Aparajito Friday, July 10 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

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave HHHH

director: Freddie Francis (Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors) pLaYers: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barbara Ewing, Barry Andrews horror Rated G It was inevitable that a series devoted to horror pictures would run a movie to note the death of Christopher Lee. Rather than draw from the list of the more highly regarded of his Hammer horrors, it was decided to go with something just slightly off the beaten path — Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. Like most of Lee’s Dracula movies, there’s not much here in terms of plot. When the old boy thaws out — with a little help from some blood from a cowardly priest — from the ice that imprisoned him at the end of Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1965), he finds that he’s barred from his castle (which apparently has no back door) because the area Monsignor (Rupert Davies) has jammed a giant gold cross into the doors. Understandably peevish, he decides to take his revenge on the Monsignor — who for bosomness’ sake has a pretty niece (Hammer was always keen on bosom value). From there it practically writes itself, but that doesn’t keep this entry from giving Lee more to do than his Dracula films usually did — nor does it diminish the appealing fairy-tale quality of the film’s atmosphere.

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director: Marshall Neilan pLaYers: Mary Pickford, Ida Waterman, Herbert Standing, Conway Tearle, Marcia Manon, Josephince Crowell, Teddy the Sennett Dog, Gustav von Seyffertitz drama Rated NR On the one hand, Marshall Neilan’s Stella Maris is almost exactly what you expect stylistically from a 1918 (actually made in 1917) film — apart from its startling final shot. It’s all done with a nailed-down camera, though shrewdly broken down in editing to keep it from feeling static, so that it’s also fairly sophisticated. And it’s a stunt picture in that Mary Pickford plays not only the title role of the beautiful Stella, but also the exceedingly plain orphan, Unity Blake — and sometimes in the same shot. On the other hand, it’s thematically not just old-fashioned, but a little suspect — maybe a lot suspect. What is most surprising about all this is that the story — for all its poky Victorian plotting, occasional overdose of cuteness and its morally dubious ending — is remarkably entertaining and involving. It’s the sort of movie that might change your mind about what movies were like nearly 100 years ago. The Hendersonville Film Society will show stella maris Sunday, July 12, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp HHHHH director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger pLaYers: Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, Roland Culver, Harry Welchman, Arthur Wontner comedY-drama Rated NR The original Colonel Blimp was the central figure in a series of British comics — a blowhard caricature of the English “fire-eater” military man. The character presented in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) only starts as that caricature (never called Blimp in the film), after which it is transformed into a living, breathing, loving, dreaming human being over the course of the central flashback that makes up the bulk of this long, sprawling film. They’ve taken the caricature from the comic — presented him to us, in fact — and shown how he got that way. More, they show us he really isn’t “that way” at all. In a way, it’s a magnificent deconstruction of a (then) pop culture figure. That, however, will not be the first thing that strikes the viewer. Rather, the first thing you’ll notice is how very modern the film seems. It bursts onto the screen with a fleet of military motorcycles bearing down on us. It’s presented in a manner unlike anything that was being done in 1943 — and unlike anything that would be done for 20 years or so. Ultimately, it’s ahead of its time and yet of its time (the studio artistry of many scenes sees to that). At bottom, it’s the slightly sad portrait of a romantic — from the Boer War to World War I and right up to World War II. And despite the fact that the film can rightly be called an epic, it’s really an intimate film about love and friendship and loss. A wholly beautiful creation.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): How can you fulfill your potential as an Aries? What strategies will help you become the best Aries you can possibly be? Now is an excellent time to meditate on these riddles. One of my Aries readers, Mickki Langston, has some stellar tips to inspire you: 1. One of your greatest assets is your relentless sense of purpose. Treasure it. Stay connected to it. Draw on it daily. 2. Love what you love with pure conviction, because there is no escaping it. 3. Other people may believe in you, but only sometimes. That's why you should unfailingly believe in yourself. 4. It's your duty and your destiny to continually learn more about how to be a leader. 5. Don't be confused by other people's confusion. 6. Your best friend is the Fool, who will guide you to laughter and humility when you need it most, which is pretty much all of the time. tAURUS (April 20-May 20): While making a long trek through the desert on a camel, British author Somerset Maugham passed the time by reading Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time. After finishing each page, Maugham ripped it out and cast it away. The book weighed less and less as his journey progressed. I suggest that you consider a similar approach in the coming weeks, Taurus. As you weave your way toward your next destination, shed the accessories and attachments you don't absolutely need. Keep lightening your load. gEMINI (May 21-June 20): "I have gathered about me people who understand how to translate fear into possibility," writes John Keene in his story "Acrobatique." I'd love to see you do the same, Gemini. From an astrological perspective, now is a favorable time to put your worries and trepidations to work for you. You have an extraordinary capacity to use your doubt and dread to generate opportunities. Even if you go it alone, you can accomplish minor miracles, but why not dare to think even bigger? Team up with brave and resourceful allies who want to translate fear into possibility, too. leo (July 23-aug. 22): You have cosmic permission to lose your train of thought, forget about what was so seriously important, and be weirdly amused by interesting nonsense. If stress-addicts nag you to be more responsible, tell them that your astrologer has authorized you to ignore the pressing issues and wander off in the direction of nowhere in particular. Does that sound like a good plan? It does to me. For now, it's your sovereign right to be a wise and innocent explorer with nothing much to do but wonder and daydream and play around. virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): Even the most provocative meme cannot literally cause the Internet to collapse from overuse. It's true that photos of Kim Kardashian's oiled-up butt spawned a biblical flood of agitated responses on social media. So did the cover shot of Caitlyn Jenner in Vanity Fair and the Youtube video of a tiny hamster noshing tiny burritos and the season-five finale of the TV show Game of Thrones. But none of these starbursts unleashed so much traffic that the Web was in danger of crashing. It's too vast and robust for that to ever happen. Or is it? I'm wondering if Virgos' current propensities for high adventure and rollicking melodrama could generate phenomena that would actually, not just metaphorically, break the Internet. To be safe, I suggest you enjoy yourself to the utmost, but not more than the utmost. liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to acquire a new title. It's quite possible that a person in authority will confer it upon you, and that it will signify a raise in status, an increase in responsibility, or an expansion of your clout. If for some reason this upgrade doesn't occur naturally, take matters into your own hands. Tell people to refer to you as "Your Excellency" or "Your Majesty." Wear a name tag that says "Deputy Director of PuzzleSolving" or "Executive Vice-President of Fanatical Balance and Insane Poise." For once in your life, it's OK to risk becoming a legend in your own mind. P.S. It wouldn't be a bad time to demand a promotion -- diplomatically, of course, in the Libran spirit.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): When novelist John Irving begins a new book, his first task is to write the last line of the last page. Then he writes the second-to-last line. He continues to work backwards for a while until he has a clear understanding of the way his story will end. Right now, Cancerian, as you hatch your next big phase of development, I invite you to borrow Irving’s approach. Visualize in detail the blossoms that will eventually come from the seeds you’re planting. Create a vivid picture of the life you will be living when your plans have fully ripened.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Between now and July 22, your password and mantra and battle cry is "serendipity." To make sure you are clear about its meaning, meditate on these definitions: a knack for uncovering surprising benefits by accident; a talent for stumbling upon timely help or useful resources without searching for them. Got that? Now I'll provide clues that should help you get the most out of your lucky breaks and blessed twists: 1. Be curious and receptive, not lackadaisical and entitled. 2. Expect the unexpected. Vow to thrive on surprises. 3. Your desires are more likely to come true if you are unattached to them coming true. But you should formulate those desires clearly and precisely. SAgIttARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): On behalf of the Strange Angels in Charge of Uproarious Beauty and Tricky Truths, I am pleased to present you with the award for Most Catalytic Fun-Seeker and Intriguing Game-Changer of the Zodiac. What are your specific superpowers? You're capable of transforming rot into splendor. You have a knack for discovering secrets that have been hidden. I also suspect that your presence can generate magic laughter and activate higher expectations and wake everyone up to the interesting truths they've been ignoring. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Who is that can tell me who I am?" asks King Lear in the Shakespeare play named after him. It's a painful moment. The old boy is confused and alarmed when he speaks those words. But I'd like to borrow his question and transplant it into a very different context: your life right now. I think that you can engender inspirational results by making it an ongoing meditation. There are people in a good position to provide you with useful insights into who you are. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What's hard but important for you to do? What are the challenging tasks you know you should undertake because they would improve your life? The coming days will be a favorable time to make headway on these labors. You will have more power than usual to move what has been nearly impossible to move. You may be surprised by your ability to change situations that have resisted and outfoxed you in the past. I'm not saying that any of this will be smooth and easy. But I bet you will be able to summon unprecedented amounts of willpower and perseverance. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Franz Kafka produced three novels, a play, four short fiction collections, and many other stories. And yet some of his fellow writers thought he was uncomfortable in expressing himself. Bertolt Brecht said Kafka seemed perpetually afraid, as if he were being monitored by the cops for illicit thoughts. Milena Jesenská observed that Kafka often wrote like he was sitting naked in the midst of fully-clothed people. Your assignment in the coming weeks is to shed such limitations and inhibitions from your own creative expression. What would you need to do to free your imagination? To get started, visualize five pleasurable scenarios in which you feel joyful, autonomous, generous, and expansive.

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