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Hemp farmers need support, not interference After having finished reading “Don’t Inhale Just Yet: Budding Hemp Industry Holds Its Breath Over Potential Flower Ban” [June 26, Xpress], I took a deep breath and read it again. Farmers across the nation, including those in North Carolina, continually struggle to survive financially, and hemp is a crop that can assist N.C. farmers to stay out of more debt and perhaps even earn a few dollars.

I found it hard to believe that the State Bureau of Investigation had the nerve to complain to the N.C. legislature that allowing farmers to grow hemp and harvest the plant, including the flowers, is going to make law enforcement more difficult. Has the SBI not yet heard that their “war on drugs” (especially as it pertains to pot), has failed miserably?

They have wasted millions of dollars of taxpayer money arresting and prosecuting people for smoking marijuana.

Somebody needs to redirect the SBI into putting their resources toward fighting real crime with real victims.

The SBI needs to stop worrying about wasting more time and money pursuing enforcement of laws that will be repealed at some point, hopefully soon.

Certainly, the last thing that our N.C. farmers need is for a state agency like the SBI to be complaining that they are going to have a harder time arrest-

ing people for violating marijuana laws if farmers are allowed to harvest an otherwise legal crop.

Many states throughout the country are getting on board and legalizing marijuana. Southern states, including North Carolina, are lagging behind but will catch up someday, hopefully soon.

In the meantime, let our farmers grow hemp without legislative interference.

Legislative assistance as opposed to interference will be of more value to all of us, but especially to farmers.

I may be a bit biased as I have a sonin-law who has been an organic farmer for over 10 years now. However, having a farmer in the family also gives me some insight into how difficult it is to be a farmer. I’ve seen him work very long hours six to seven days a week, struggling with and against nature in order to grow food for our community. Now that hemp is legal to grow, he’s giving it a try in an effort to get some supplemental income. There’s no guarantee he will make a penny off the crop. Flooding, hail and other acts of nature continually battle farmers and make it difficult to harvest crops.

One thing that he and other farmers don’t need is for the SBI to complain to lawmakers about how much harder it’s going to be for them to enforce laws that should no longer be on the books in this day and age. All of our state agencies should team up to assist our farmers, not interfere as the SBI is doing. Thank you.

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Look south for right-leaning havens New local resident Roger Gilmore, ex-New Yorker, wrote to the Xpress that Rep. Mark Meadows “is a breath of fresh air” [“Meadows Is a Breath of Fresh Air,” June 12].

As a New York-born, 25-year resident of Asheville, I would like to tell Mr. Gilmore that if he moved here because of his disgust with “left-leaning politicians,” he didn’t move far enough south.

Asheville is, after all, a “cesspool of sin” (according to [the late] Republican state Sen. James Forrester).

And after the court-ordered undoing of this state’s Republican gerrymandered districts is complete, North Carolina will once again become the purple state that [went] for Obama in 2008 and, given the rapidly changing demographics in N.C., we will soon throw Meadows out with the garbage.

Hey, Gilmore, Spartanburg is just 65 miles down the road, pal. There you’ll find lots of Trump-lovers like yourself, including Lindsey Graham. Don’t let the door hit ya on your way out. ;)

— Robert Collins Asheville Editor’s note: This letter was submitted before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on gerrymandered congressional districts, although a lawsuit over North Carolina’s legislative district maps is still pending in Wake County Superior Court, according to The News & Observer.

Notes on letters and comments First, this is a letter about letters to the editor and those who unfailingly, even tiresomely comment on them, particularly Meredith Hunt and the “Group of Three” who haunt opinion commentaries of Mountain Xpress. You have only to read letters such as Mark Wonnacott’s “Abortion Protesters Should Go Home” on May 29 (99-plus comments), Jerry Sternberg’s “Gospel” of March 27 titled “Parsing the R-Word,” (58 comments) or anything I write to understand their attempts to use an inflation of “rights,” principally those of the First and Second Amendments, to turn the tables on “liberals” and reshape political discourse to their own ends.

It’s all part of the politics of resentment, of ongoing cultural wars and of a pervasive, modern anti-intellectualism that believes college is bad, 4

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professors worse, the curriculum tainted and students needlessly driven into ruinous debt. In fact, education likely is more vilified by Republicans than the media, and their contempt of “intellectuals” rivals that of ambitious women and “leftists,” namely anyone to the left of the alt-right.

Moreover, Hunt and the “Gang of Three” bloggers profess a disdain for knowledge and learning, especially for great works of literature and the humanities and often share a “politically correct” populist belief that “my opinion is as good as yours,” especially if you’re an “expert.”

Yet Hunt and many like him, President Trump included, forever parade their “intelligence,” reading, achievements, philosophies and, yes, their writings in a quest for acceptance, approval and “intellectual” validation. Hunt, for example, proudly tells all that he is a fan of Patrick O’Brian’s historical fiction, the latter the operative word, and that he has written “sci-fi” pieces such as “Attack of the Gravid Amazons” and “Ships Passing in the Night: Romance and Marriage Between Lovers from Antisynchronous Worlds” in the Mad Scientist Journal, while other bloggers constantly refer to articles on websites often not juried or reviewed. All are not equal. Hunt hardly wants to be the “anonymous bad guy” he claims, but, instead, an arbiter of public policy and opinion, someone to be taken seriously, always the center of attention.

In all this, I do not think Hunt and the alt-right are all wrong nor should their backlash against universities and intellectuals be written off simply as a currently popular celebration of mindlessness, all part of the “cult of ignorance” now gripping science and education. Examination of the issues raised by Hunt and others, particularly that of abortion and freedom of speech, often is good not only for civil and public discourse but also for our democracy. In fact, I likely will read his Mad Scientist writings and, like him, fondly remember how much I liked and read sci-fi writers like Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and H.G. Wells. Along with Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and Arthur Clarke’s adapted 2001: A Space Odyssey, they entertained my adolescent mind and gave me much early intellectual stimulation.

I am sure that, in aping, Trump-like fashion, Meredith “Mick” Hunt and others will find a response irresistible, even necessary, but, unlike the president, I will not tweet them that way.

— Milton Ready Hendersonville

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Special session explores state-imposed election districts for Council seats

BY BROOKE RANDLE brandle@mountainx.com A vocal subset of Asheville’s population loves a good policy debate.

On July 2, about 80 civic-minded residents attended a special session of City Council on the city’s options in the wake of Senate Bill 813, the law that replaced the previous at-large method for electing Council representatives with a district-based system.

The long-awaited discussion, however, took place nearly two years after a referendum found 75% of voters against a different districting proposal and over a year after the law was imposed.

“I think it’s great that we’re doing this. I think it’s about a year too late,” said Council member Brian Haynes.

“If a year ago we made this exact same presentation, we could be reaching out to the public at that point and get-

WEIGHING THE OPTIONS: City Attorney Brad Branham said Asheville has four choices for managing Asheville’s district elections law: do nothing, amend the city’s charter, file a lawsuit or take a hybrid approach. Photo by Brooke Randle ting a truer feeling of how they feel we should move forward. It’s discouraging the way it’s happened up to this point.”

Momentum recently began building on the issue when Haynes, along with fellow Council members Sheneika Smith and Keith Young, called for action to oppose the law in a June 6 op-ed in the Citizen Times. Council member Vijay Kapoor flipped his previous position to support districting on June 10, then proposed a compromise on July 2 that would expand Council from seven to nine seats, with four elected at large.

At its July 2 meeting, Council called on City Attorney Brad Branham to detail Asheville’s alternatives for handling the electoral change. His hourlong presentation outlined four options: do nothing, amend the city’s charter, file a lawsuit or take a hybrid approach.

TAKING CHARGE Amending the city’s charter, Branham said, would be Council’s quickest route for circumventing the state law. Under that approach, he explained, Council members could change almost every aspect of Asheville’s electoral system, including reinstating all elections to an at-large format, deciding between partisan or nonpartisan elections, choosing from a variety of district formats and restoring primary elections.

“You have the ability to pick and choose, like a menu,” Branham explained. “It is a very precise process that Council can dive into in order to determine its form of government.”

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While Council members have broad authority to determine the features of Asheville’s elections, Branham pointed out that the state statute falls short of allowing them to amend the year in which elections are held. The state’s 2018 law placed elections on even years starting in 2020 — skipping this year’s previously scheduled elections and giving all Council members an extra year in office — a move that would remain in effect regardless of any changes to the charter.

The charter could be amended in as few as three Council meetings and without permission from the state, Branham noted. However, while that route would avoid the legal costs associated with filing a lawsuit, he said the move could be undone by the state legislature and cause “less goodwill and additional provocation” from the General Assembly.

“In other words, they changed what we had. We can change what they did, but they maintain the right to change what we do in the future,” Branham said.

BATTLE OF WILLS A more permanent undoing of the state’s electoral modifications, Branham continued, would require filing a lawsuit against the state government over the law. A lawsuit would allow Council to challenge all aspects of the law, including the change to even-year elections, and potentially bar the state from taking future action on certain issues.

To win a suit, Branham said, the city would have to prove that the districting

law hinders local elections in at least one of three possible ways: It applies to Asheville differently than similar laws apply to other cities in the state, divides the city into numerically uneven districts or is motivated by race.

If the city could prove that aspects of the law specifically target Asheville and nowhere else, its case could look similar to that of Greensboro. Branham pointed out that Greensboro was able to successfully overturn a 2015 state districting law, which also revoked that city’s right to a referendum, because the law didn’t take away the right from other cities. The Asheville law does not include a referendum prohibition.

Branham said the state legislature would have to meet a relatively low bar for showing that Asheville was not treated differently by its own district election law.

“As long as they can come up with some legitimate government purpose to have the law in place, that’s enough,” Branham said. “It is a very, very easy standard, based upon case law out there, for the General Assembly to meet.”

The uneven districts claim would require Asheville to prove that at least a 10% difference in population, created for “improper or illegitimate considerations,” existed between any two districts. Wake County successfully challenged a districting law in a 2016 lawsuit brought against the state under this strategy.

To determine population in each district and make this claim, the city would likely have to use 2010 census information, which Branham described

as potentially inaccurate. New census information will not be available until 2021, when the city would be regularly scheduled to redraw the districts based on the updated figures.

Finally, Branham explained, the city could allege that the districts were drawn based on race and not another factor. But for the city to advance a lawsuit based on this claim, he continued, Asheville would have to show that the law impacted a local election based on election results — exceptionally hard to do prior to an election with the new districts.

“It is very much like suing someone whose car is pointed toward you, but before they’ve hit you,” Branham said.

FINE PRINT The city could amend its charter at no cost, but the projected legal costs for a lawsuit range from $100,000 to $2 million, Branham said. And while the city’s investment in the fight could be substantial, the outcome is not guaranteed.

The most likely effect of Asheville’s legal victory, he said, would be a chance to redraw the districts — not return to an at-large system.

“Just having districts is legal.

Removing districts is legal. How they are drawn creates a potential problem under the 14th Amendment [of the U.S. Constitution], and the corrective action is to fix the way that they are drawn,” Branham said. “That’s why most all of these courts are going to impose a redrawing, as opposed to removing the law.”

Branham also noted that the law affecting Asheville is very different from those in Greensboro and Wake County.

In both of those cases, the impacted governments already had districts and maintained them after their legal successes. He added that a successful lawsuit would not necessarily stop the state from continuing to change Asheville’s election format in the future.

“It could be, despite the money spent and the time invested, not the end of the story if the state chooses to act yet again,” Branham said.

Mindful of these limitations, Mayor Esther Manheimer said Asheville hasn’t been eager to jump into a lawsuit. She noted that the city has made an effort to contact local and state non-

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“That doesn’t look like an opportunity for us, but we can obviously bring our own litigation if we so choose,” Manheimer said. In a June 3 post on the Asheville Politics Facebook group, the mayor declared that the city had “a shitty case, in legalese” regarding the districting issue.

TO FIGHT OR NOT TO FIGHT? After the presentation, the meeting included a Q&A session through which community members asked

Branham specific questions regarding the city’s options via notecards. City spokesperson Dawa Hitch said all of the questions and Asheville’s answers would be posted on the city website; the material was not available online as of press time.

The meeting also featured nearly an hour of public comment — beginning over two hours after the session’s 5 p.m. start time — in which several community members expressed frustration at the lack of transparency and movement from Council on the issue.

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clear path forward if the city chooses to file a lawsuit.

“At this point, pragmatism would say that if we want to just sue Raleigh, we’re likely to lose. I look at probabilities and say if the city spends the next year pushing for a redress and says we want to stay totally at-large, and we lose, then we lose doubly,” Wasch said.

ONWARD Before adjourning the meeting, Manheimer said that the city’s most likely next step would involve Council members meeting in closed session with Branham to further detail Asheville’s options. Branham said that session would be closed to preserve attorney-client privilege in the event that the city does file a lawsuit.

“I haven’t discussed a lot of those specific elements as a part of this presentation, very specifically to maintain the confidentiality that we would need for a claim,” Branham said. “It’s not these people hearing that we worry about — it’s the attorneys that would represent the parties that we would potentially be suing.”

Manheimer added that any decision from Council would be voted on during an open session at a regular Council meeting, which would also include another opportunity for public comment. The next formal Council meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, on the second floor of City Hall. X

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And it isn’t on citizens to figure out what to do — it is on you all, in my opinion,” said Darlene Azarmi, an organizer for Democracy NC. Other speakers also implored Council to take action on the issue, including community organizer Nicole Townsend, who told Council members that the law amounted to racial discrimination against minority voters.

“We can’t pretend that districts are not about lessening opportunities for black and brown folks to serve as elected officials,” Townsend said. “The same representatives who are fighting for districting across North Carolina also had their hand in the pot when it comes to the voter ID laws, which we know are racist.”

Roughly a quarter of those who spoke, however, asked that Council allow the districting to stand. Asheville resident Shelia Surrett told Xpress before the meeting that she believes splitting Council elections into districts will allow each Council member to address specific issues related to certain geographic areas.

“We need districts. These people need to be held accountable, and there is no accountability here,” Surrett said.

“The county came into districts as well [in 2011]. Now, if you’re in a district, you’re held accountable.”

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SPARK OF GENIUS: Local activists and community organizers Nicole Townsend, left, and Sheneika Smith have each received an unrestricted $200,000 Tzedek Brilliance Award. The prizes, inspired by the MacArthur “genius grants,” are envisioned as a way to reward and sustain grassroots activists who are also members of marginalized and oppressed groups. Photos courtesy of Townsend and Smith Nicole Townsend was in a dressing room trying to find something to wear.

Sheneika Smith was sitting in her driveway, having what she calls “one of those recurrent moments as a single mother when you’re cemented to the seat with the seat belt on, trying to build enough strength just to walk into the house.”

Neither woman could have known she was about to receive a phone call that would change her life.

When her call came, Townsend broke into tears, but she remembers trying to “keep it controllable” so other shoppers wouldn’t be disturbed. Smith, meanwhile, says she screamed — “Loud! My neighbors probably thought I lost it.”

The caller, Marsha Davis of the Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis Fund, told both Townsend and Smith that each would receive a pilot Tzedek Brilliance Award: an unrestricted $200,000 grant paid over two years.

The awards were inspired by the MacArthur Fellows Program, popularly known as the “genius grants,” Davis explains. “The question for us was, what would it look like if we honored the genius that exists in Asheville?

Especially the ones that are working on the grassroots and community level.”

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CHANGING THE RULES Best known in Asheville for its Tzedek Social Justice Fellowship, the fund, which was established in 1991, supports racial justice and LGBTQ rights and combats anti-Semitism. By 2011, however, it had begun focusing more on Asheville-based organizations, including Nuestro Centro, the Center for Participatory Change, Hood Huggers International, Compañeros Inmigrantes de las Montañas en Acción, Youth OUTright WNC, the Asheville Jewish Community Center, Youth Transformed for Life and CoThinkk.

The fund, says Davis, distributes about $2 million a year.

In 2018, Asheville-based consultant Desiree Adaway conducted an equity audit of the fund’s work. According to Adaway’s website, “The audit is a process that will assess your organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices in relation to racial justice, economic justice, gender justice, sexuality justice, immigration, language and accessibility. ... Basically, we assess what’s working and what’s not.” The results, says Davis, highlighted a situation that’s not unusual: An organization dedicated to boosting the lives of people experiencing oppression was being led by economically privileged white women.

To shift that dynamic, the fund hired Davis — who was then the chief program officer for the YWCA of Asheville — and began exploring new models of grant-making that would put more control in the hands of marginalized communities.

“For us, we’re realizing that there’s this assumption that those with the most money have the most expertise and have the answers for the community,” Davis explains. “That’s just not a value that we hold any longer as an organization.”

The Brilliance Awards represent the fund’s first foray into community-based grant-making. The selection committee consisted of Davis and Heather Laine Talley, the organization’s co-directors, plus three community members. That means the majority of the group comes from outside the foundation. “We keep them anonymous, so that they can maintain authentic relationships in the community,” Davis explains, “but all three identify as women of color, two identify as queer women of color, and all three are involved in social justice movements in some way, shape or form.”

A HISTORY OF GIVING Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis have been together since 1991. They moved

to Asheville in 2003 and were married in Massachusetts in 2008. According to the website for their namesake fund, 75% of the money it distributes comes from Mandel’s parents’ foundation; the rest is from her personal trust.

Amy’s father, Morton Mandel, was born in Cleveland in 1921; his parents were recent Jewish immigrants. With his two older brothers, Morton built Premier Industrial Corp., which grew to become one of the largest auto parts and electronics distributors in the U.S. It merged with a British company to become Premier Farnell PLC in 1996. Eventually, a portion of the wealth generated by these businesses was channeled into a family foundation. In the late 1980s, Morton and his wife, Barbara, began directing a portion of their charitable giving to each of their three children for their own philanthropic use.

“The question for us was, what would it look like if we honored the genius that exists in Asheville?”

— Marsha Davis, of the Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis Fund By the time she reached school age, her family had clawed its way up to the working class, but “We’ve always only been able to do the bare minimum,” she reveals. Townsend says she hopes to leverage part of the grant to create greater financial stability in her life.

At the same time, she’s full of ideas for ways “to invest in individuals who may never get an opportunity to get any kind of funding,” particularly queer and transgender people.

As exciting as it is to have the means to assist others, however, Townsend

says the shift in her circumstances has also triggered some paradoxical reactions. “I’m sitting with a lot of grief, and it’s overwhelming. Every day, people in Asheville are getting kicked out of their homes. There are families who are literally starving in Asheville, people sleeping on the street.

“I have grief that the amount of money I have cannot change that for

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THERE’S NO CATCH In addition to reflecting the judgment of communities that have experienced oppression, the grants are unusual in that they come with no strings attached. “Nowhere in this region will you find [another] funder that seeks to strengthen the local social change movement by awarding unrestricted funding,” says Smith.

The logic behind that, says Davis, was a desire to recognize “that Asheville’s survival and its ability to thrive is being supported by all these community members who are doing this work for free — and have been doing it for a very long time.”

The awards, she continues, “are essentially meant as back pay. Unlike other grants, where you do extensive reporting and there are restrictions on how the award should be used, these were very much decided based on past work and past achievement.”

Beyond acknowledging the longterm impacts of Townsend’s and Smith’s work, the foundation hopes that other grant-making organizations will be inspired to support similar efforts or perhaps throw money into a common kitty to fund future Brilliance Awards. “Because there are definitely a lot more brilliant leaders in our community than we can fund ourselves,” says Davis, noting that her group received 39 applications for this year’s two awards.

SEARCH FOR STABILITY “I feel honored to be trusted with such a lot of money,” says Townsend, whose early life was spent in poverty.

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N EWS everybody,” Townsend explains. “In the world of social justice, $200,000 is very small. For an individual, it’s a ridiculous amount of money.”

Townsend defines her work as community organizing around such issues as the cash bail system, police accountability, the racial achievement gap in education and wealth inequality. A regional organizer with Southerners on New Ground, an Atlanta-based nonprofit, she previously worked with the Dogwood Alliance and The Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County. In addition, Townsend serves on the board of Asheville Writers in the Schools and Community, a local nonprofit. She’s also a poet and spoken-word artist.

POLITICAL MEETS PERSONAL Like Townsend, Smith sees herself as a community organizer. She’s known for founding Date My City, a social group that aims to increase black leadership and culture in Asheville. Smith added another dimension to her role as a civic convener when she was elected to City Council in 2017. But balancing activism, government service and parenting two young children has taken a toll over the past few years, she admits.

“We had to deny ourselves a lot of things desperately needed in order to cover basic living expenses,” says Smith. “It’s been a sacrifice that children shouldn’t have to make!”

In addition, she maintains, “Taking care of yourself is an important part of leadership. This award will allow me to focus more on my physical, mental and emotional health.” That will include things like massages, exercise, healthier food options and taking ceramic arts classes. On the fun side, she’s looking forward to a weeklong vacation with her daughters and to buying some gifts for family and friends. Another planned purchase is “a legit laptop.”

More broadly, Smith is looking at options for what she calls “smart money management” to maximize the award’s benefits for herself, her family and the community.

And while Smith expresses deep gratitude to Mandel and Rodis and the philanthropists who work with them, she says her awareness of other committed change agents who were consid-

ered for the award weighs heavily on her mind. “Just before I sent my application, I sat at my computer and was met with a surge of emotions, knowing that only two people could receive this award, leaving many stuck in survival mode. It’s rough to navigate, but I have been receiving so many uplifting words and praise from a lot of them.”

BEYOND LIP SERVICE Asked about the fund’s future plans for the Brilliance Awards, Davis says there are various options on the table.

“We’re about to go into a strategic planning process. We’re hoping to hear feedback from the community about the impact of having these awards land in Asheville,” she explains.

The organization’s main goal has been to experiment with trust-based philanthropy and community-based decision-making, says Davis. Another of the fund’s programs, the Impact Awards, makes grants of $100 to $3,000 to social justice leaders to support professional development and skill building. “We’re experimenting on multiple levels,” she notes.

Although community reactions to the Brilliance Awards have been mostly positive, the effort was initially met with some suspicion.

“I think what a lot of community leaders have seen is that folks will say they want to help marginalized communities, but then the funding will end up going to white leaders who are doing work in those communities,” says Davis. “So there was definitely this skepticism that folks of color or LGBTQ folks would be rising to the top as part of this process.”

Davis finds that wariness understandable. “It doesn’t come out of nowhere: It’s a lot of folks’ lived experience, and the burden of proof was on us,” she says.

For her part, Smith praises Mandel and Rodis for their “vulnerability and bravery” in pioneering a new model of nonprofit funding in Asheville, and Townsend says she’s excited to see where the community-centered philanthropic trend will lead. “Movement work is hard,” she says. “People don’t take care of themselves; all the money goes right back into the work.” X

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by News staff | news@mountainx.com BUNCOMBE COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT STAYS LOWEST IN NC Buncombe County is at the bottom of the North Carolina barrel, according to the state Department of Commerce — but in this case, that’s a good thing. At 3.1%, the county’s May unemployment rate was the lowest of any of the state’s 100 counties, a distinction Buncombe retained from April. Hyde County, located on the coast, had the highest rate at 6.8%.

Buncombe did see its unemployment tick up from the 2.8% April rate; the May rate was also higher than the 2.8% reported for the same month last year. However, the Department of Commerce noted that all of the state’s other metro areas also saw rate increases, and the Asheville metro area actually added about 1,900 nonfarm jobs in May. WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME FUNGUS CONFIRMED IN MADISON COUNTY The first confirmed cases of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus responsible for white-nose syndrome in bats, have been reported in Madison County by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. The disease, which has previously been found in other Western North Carolina counties, has been observed to kill up to 99% of infected bat populations.

The white-nose syndrome fungus was also found in Montgomery, Rowan and Gaston counties during surveys conducted in January and February. Commission biologists say these results show that the disease is moving eastward across the state; bats in 16 counties have now tested positive for fungal infection.

Landowners with caves or mines on their property

BY A NOSE: The fungus that causes whitenose syndrome was confirmed to have infected bats in Madison County. Photo by Katherine Etchison, courtesy of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are encouraged to contact Katherine Etchison, the commission’s bat biologist, at katherine.caldwell@ ncwildlife.org to arrange a survey for white-nose syndrome fungus. The commission also recommends that people help prevent the spread of the fungus by staying out of bat habitats.

TIPS OF THE HAT • Sarah Thompson, executive director of the Southwestern North Carolina Planning and Economic Development Commission and former Sylva town commissioner, was elected to the Dogwood Health Trust’s board of directors on July 1. Thompson will become the 14th board member for the roughly $1.5 billion trust, which was formed with proceeds from the sale of Mission Health to forprofit HCA Healthcare.

• The city of Asheville received an honorable mention for its Blue Horizons Project as part of the Mayors’ Climate Protection Awards, a program of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The award particularly recognized Mayor Esther Manheimer’s leadership in the Energy Innovation Task Force, an energy efficiency partnership involving Asheville, Buncombe County and Duke Energy.

• On June 26, nine area nonprofits received a total of $445,000 from the Asheville Merchants Fund “for innovative projects designed to strengthen community and stimulate economic growth.”

Awardees included the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project for farmers market expansion, the Asheville City Schools Foundation for the In Real Life afterschool program and the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County for its Homework Dinners.

SAVE THE DATE • The city of Hendersonville offers a free rainwater harvesting workshop on Monday, July 15, 9 a.m-3 p.m. Participants will gain hands-on experience with installing pumps and drawdown systems, as well as tour the city’s new 10,000-gallon rainwater harvesting setup. Visit avl.mx/6ab for more information and to register.

• Rep. Joe Sam Queen will call the steps at the Smokies Stomp Barn Party, a fundraiser for nonprofit national park supporters Friends of the Smokies at Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview on Saturday, July 20, at 7 p.m. The event features square dancing with music by Buncombe Turnpike, a farm-to-table meal and a silent auction.

Tickets are $100 and are available at avl.mx/6aa.

• Camplify, a Hendersonville-based nonprofit that teaches life skills through outdoor education, is hosting WNC’s first charity poker tournament at Cascades Mountain Resort in Hendersonville on Friday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. At “Odd Night Out,” a field of 100 players will compete for a $1,000 prize. Tickets are $100, which includes food and drink for the evening, and can be purchased at avl.mx/6a8. X

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‘Native pessimists’

Tobacco and the Great Depression

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“We have 6,000,000 pounds of tobacco raised in this and adjoining counties easily worth more than a million dollars, and we have the buyers assured for December 2 if we put up a warehouse with 50,000 square feet of floor space. We have $45,000 subscribed of the $60,000 needed.

Can we get the other $15,000? We can develop a flourishing Burley tobacco industry in Asheville, selling 10,000,000 pounds in less than ten years, valued around $2,000,000. We haven’t a single Burley tobacco market in North Carolina to sell our own crop of five to seven million pounds.”

That November, Asheville’s banks closed. Despite the financial bedlam that followed, construction and fundraising for the project continued.

On Dec. 10, 1930, the Carolina Tobacco Warehouse opened at Valley and Beaumont streets. In the following day’s paper, The Asheville Citizen reported that thousands attended the warehouse’s opening. The venue, the paper declared, represented many things for the Asheville community.

Along with being a new source of income for the region, the site also “typified the predominating characteristic of the people of Western North Carolina of this generation — resourcefulness.”

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In September, to entice support, Western Carolina Tobacco Warehouse Corp. President Gay Green announced plans to use the future site as a recreation center and convention hall during the offseason. Even with these new incentives, community buy-in was in short supply.

Nevertheless, construction began later that month. “If after we get going, we find the business interests of Asheville are so blind that they cannot see the advantage of this to the community we can stop the work throw up our hands and announce to the world that we are too short-sighted in this community to help ourselves,” Green told the Asheville Citizen-Times in a Sept. 14 report. “We’ve faith that Asheville will see us through.”

Green’s faith was tested, however, as financial support remained elusive. A few days later, Archibald Nichols, secretary and radio spokesman for the Asheville Merchants Association, chastised the community for its unwillingness to get behind the project.

Excerpts from Nichols’ broadcast were featured in the Sept. 18, 1930, edition of The Asheville Citizen. Among his many talking points, the spokesman proclaimed one of the region’s major drawbacks was its lack of confidence in the market.

“Some of our native pessimists would not believe the sun would rise tomorrow if they had not seen this take place 24 hours ago,” Nichols declared.

“Asheville people seem to have lost a lot of that fine cooperative spirit that builds cities and increases our population, to make money and enlarge the per capita wealth of our citizens,” he continued. “We

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Soup kitchens, bread lines and boarded up businesses often come to mind when discussing the Great Depression.

The economic turmoil that began in October 1929 would go on to define the 1930s. According to Lou Harshaw’s 2007 book, Asheville: Mountain Majesty, the city and county “lost or owed around $41 million,” when Asheville’s Central Bank and Trust Co. failed in November 1930 (roughly $629 million in today’s dollars or around 15 times the original amount).

But not all was doom and gloom in the mountains of Western North Carolina. On Feb. 9, 1930, The Sunday Citizen informed readers of a mass meeting held at the Battery Park Hotel to discuss the fate of a proposed tobacco warehouse within the city limits. Attendees included members of the Chamber of Commerce, city officials, farmers and constituents of various civic clubs.

In a speech to the group, chamber President W.M. Smathers highlighted recent sales reports provided by nearby Tennessee markets; totals ranged between $1.5 million and $4 million. Because of the financial implications, Smathers stated, “This is one of the most important meetings held in Asheville in a long time.”

The group determined to move ahead with the plan, forming several committees to help raise the $50,000 required to build the warehouse. (Project costs would later increase to $60,000.) Early enthusiasm resulted in a quick $20,000 raised. But subsequent funding proved much harder to come by.

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BURLEY’S BOUNTY: The Carolina Tobacco Warehouse opened in downtown Asheville on Dec. 10, 1930. On Feb. 5, 1931, The Asheville Citizen reported 3.5 million pounds of burley tobacco had been sold, bringing in an estimated $650,000 to local growers.

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ANIMALS PILATES WITH PUPPIES • SA (7/13), 10-11am - Proceeds from Pilates with Puppies benefit Asheville Humane Society. Registration: ciscopilates.com/puppies. $15. Held at Asheville Humane Society, 14 Forever Friend Lane YANCEY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY PET ADOPTION @ TREEROCK • SA (7/13), 2-6pm - Pet adoption event with the Yancey County Humane Society. Free to attend. Held at TreeRock Social Cider House, 760 Biltmore Ave.

BENEFITS BREWS & BEARS • FR (7/12), 5:30-8pm Proceeds from the Brews & Bears, fundraiser with evening animal exhibits, beer, live music and food trucks benefit the Friends of the WNC Nature Center. $10/$8 members. Held at WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road HOT DOGGETT BICYCLE RIDE • SA (7/13), 7:30am - Proceeds from this annual 60

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or 100 kilometer bicycle ride benefit Madison County schools and community. Registration: hotdoggett100.org. $60/$55 advance. Held at Mars Hill University, 265 Cascade St., Mars Hill PINTS & POSES • TH (7/18), 6-7pm Proceeds from Pints & Poses, 45-minute yoga class which includes a craft beer from UpCountry Brewing, benefit the YMCA of WNC. Participants must be 21 or older. $10. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road VIEWSITE SIP & STROLL • FR (7/12), 5-7pm - Proceeds from the Viewsite Sip & Stroll with cocktails, wine and hors d’oeuvres benefit Southern Highlands Reserve.

Tickets: avl.mx/69p. $125. Held at Southern Highlands Reserve, 558 Summit Ridge Road, Lake Toxaway

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc

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• WE (7/10), 9am-4pm Using QuickBooks Online in Your Small Business, seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at A-B Tech Madison, 4646 US Highway 25-70, Marshall • FR (7/12), 10am-noon Starting a Better Business, seminar. Registration required. Free. Held at Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive • TU (7/16), 1-5pm - Market Your Business, seminar.

Registration required. Free.

Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (7/18), 5:30-8:30pm How to Increase Cash Flow in Your Business, seminar.

Registration required. Free.

Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS DO YOU WANT PEACE? (PD.) The Peace Education Program, currently presented in over 80 countries worldwide, will be offered in Asheville at the North Asheville Recreation Center at 37 E. Larchmont Rd. Beginning July 2nd, 10 weekly video based 1 hr. classes will be begin each Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm thru Sept.3rd. More information at Pep.Asheville@gmail.com On FB: Peace Education Program Asheville EMPYREAN ARTS DROP IN CLASSES (PD.) FIT HAPPENS on Wednesday 6pm.

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ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided. All ages and skill levels welcome.

Beginners lessons available.

Free. Held at North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road ASHEVILLE NEWCOMER'S CLUB • 2nd MONDAYS, 9:30am - Monthly meeting for women new to Asheville interested in making friends and exploring the community. Free to attend.

Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. ASHEVILLE TAROT CIRCLE • 2nd SUNDAYS, noon General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road BINGO NIGHT • 2nd SATURDAYS, 6pm - Bingo night. .25 per game. Held at Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free. Held at Hominy Valley Recreation Park, 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler KOREAN WAR VETERANS CHAPTER 314 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Association, General Frank Blazey Chapter 314, general

CALL OF THE WILD: Mountain Wildlife Days features programs to raise awareness and appreciation of Appalachian fauna. The two-day festival includes bird walks, hikes, live bluegrass music and a silent auction benefiting wildlife education in Western North Carolina schools. Regional wildlife experts offer up-close encounters with live animals.

Tickets are $5 for Friday evening and $8 for all day Saturday; children are admitted free. Held at the Sapphire Valley Resort, 3 miles east of Cashiers. For more information call 828-743-7663 or email blackbears66@gmail.com. Bird watching and hikes require reservations. Photo courtest of Mountain Wildlife Days (p. 15) meeting. Lunch at noon, meeting at 1pm. Free to attend. Held at American Legion Post 77, 216 4th Ave. W., Hendersonville LEICESTER HISTORY GATHERING • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering, general meeting. Free. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester LIGHTS FOR LIBERTY • FR (7/12), 7pm - Lights for Liberty, community vigil to end human detention camps. Event includes public speakers and a candle-free candlelight vigil.

Information: bit.ly/LLvigil.

Free/Bring battery operated candles. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc. org • WE (7/10), noon-1:30pm Budgeting and Debt, class.

Registration required. Free.

• TH (7/11), noon-1:30pm - Understanding Credit.

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

• FR (7/12), noon-1:30pm - Discover your Money Vision. Registration required. Free.

• TU (7/16), 5:30-7pm Budgeting and Debt, class.

Registration required. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS (7/17), (7/24) & (7/31), 5:30-8pm Basics of budgeting, setting goals, planning spending to realize goals, saving strategies and tracking spending.

Registration required. Free.

• TH (7/18), noon-1:30pm - Understanding Credit.

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

• TH (7/18), 5:30-7pm - Exercises to help you build a personalized plan to creatively decrease expenses and increase income. Registration required. Free.

WEEKLY SUNDAY SCRABBLE CLUB • SUNDAYS, 12:30-4:30pm - Scrabble club. Informa-

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Free. Held at Stephens Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave.

FOOD & BEER FAIRVIEW WELCOME TABLE • 2nd THURSDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Community lunch. Admission by donation. Held at Fairview Christian Fellowship, 596 Old US Highway 74, Fairview FRENCH BROAD VIGNERONS • TH (7/18), 1-2:30pm French Broad Vignerons wine etiquette class with

Chuck Blethen and his book, Entertaining with Wine. Register at avl.mx/5yg. $30.

Held at Lenoir-Rhyne University, 36 Montford Ave. HEALTHY DIET, HEALTHY PLANET • SU (7/14), 9-10:15am - Healthy Diet, Healthy Planet forum impacting health, environment and animals. Free to attend. Held at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 828774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.

Community.Center • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30pm - Manna food distribution. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - Welcome Table, community meal. Free.

PRESERVING CARROTS TWO WAYS • TH (7/18), 2-3pm - Preserving Carrots Two Ways, workshop.

Registration required: 828-356-2507 or kathleen.olsen@ haywoodcountync. gov. Free. Held at Waynesville Library, 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville THE DINNER PARTY • TU (7/16), 5:30pm The Dinner pARTy with hors d'oeuvres, salad, two entrees, dessert, live music and art. Bring your own plate and silverware. Information: 828-697-8547. $25.

Held at The Center for Art & Inspiration, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville

FESTIVALS 2019 FOLKMOOT FESTIVAL • TH (7/18) through SU (7/28) - Ten-day festival taking place in Waynesville, Clyde, Lake Junaluska, Maggie Valley, Canton, Cherokee, Franklin, Hickory, Asheville, Greenville and Hendersonville featuring cultural ambassadors

and dance performing groups from many countries. See website for full schedule, costs and locations.

MOUNTAIN WILDLIFE DAYS • FR (7/12) & SA (7/13) - Presentations, bird walk, hikes, activities and wildlife exhibitions.

Silent auction and live music Friday evening.

Information: avl.mx/69d. $5 Friday/$8 Saturday.

Held at Sapphire Valley Resort, 207 Saphire Valley Road, Sapphire

KIDS ASHEVILLE ADVENTURE PLAY • SA (7/13), 10am-2pm Adventure Play Summer Series: International Mud Day, outdoor play activities. Free. Held at Buncombe County Sports Park, 58 Apac Circle

CARL SANDBURG HOME NHS 1800 Little River Road, Flat Rock, 828-693-4178, nps.gov/carl • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (8/10), 10:15am - Sandburg’s Rootabaga Stories, children's plays. Admission fees apply.

• SU (7/14), 11am-3pm Archives Alive! program.

Admission fees apply.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS BLUE RIDGE REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING • 2nd THURSDAYS, 6pm - General meeting.

Free to attend. Held at Yao, 153 Smoky Park Highway DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY • TH (7/18), 5:15pm - July dinner meeting.

Register by Monday, July 15: avl.mx/6aq. $18/$15 members.

Held at Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN MEETING • MO (7/15), 6:30pm - Jackson County Republican meeting and dinner. Free. Held at Cashiers Glenville Recreation Center, 355 Frank Allen Road, Cashiers VOTING RIGHTS • WE (7/10), 2pm - Darlene Azarmi, Regional Organizing Manager of Democracy NC, tells the history of voting rights and Gaby Romero, student organizer at Appalachian State discusses updates to the photo ID law.

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C OMMU N IT Y CA L EN D AR FLETCHER LIBRARY • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Family story time. Free. Held at Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road, Fletcher GRAND AND ME • TH (7/18), 10am - Bring your grandchildren for a tour and games. $10/family. Held at Historic Johnson Farm, 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville JACK'S ADVENTURES IN SPACE • SA (7/13), 10am - Learn about our solar system in this interactive show presented by Bright Star Touring Theatre.

Grades pre-K-6. $7. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. LEAF EASEL RIDER MOBILE ART LAB • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - AMOS and LEAF host hands-on STEM activities.

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MISS MALAPROP'S STORY TIME • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Miss Malaprop's Story Time for ages 3-9.

Free to attend. Held at Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, 55 Haywood St. PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, ncwildlife.org/Learning/

Education-Centers/Pisgah/ Event-Registration • WE (7/10), 9-11am - Determine the water quality of the river and learn how these macros play an important role in the ecosystem and mountain trout. Ages 8-12. Registration: avl.mx/68e. Free.

• FR (7/12), 9-11am - Learn to identify local species of salamanders, their habitat requirements and why they are important to our ecosystems. Ages 8-12.

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• SA (7/13), 9am-noon - Learn how to create different tackle setups for fly fishing in a variety of situations. Registration: avl.mx/68e. Free.

• WE (7/17), 9-11am - Explore the world of animal tracking. Ages 8-12. Registration: avl.mx/68e. Free.

SUMMER SERIES BLOOMS • SATURDAYS through (8/24), 10:30am - Programs on local ecology, using natural materials to make art, recycling and upcycling and gardening.

Information: firestorm. coop, 828-707-4364 or stevensonwa@ guilford.edu. Free. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

LOVE BEARS ALL: Another installment of Brews and Bears takes place at the WNC Nature Center on Friday, July 12, 5:30-8 p.m.

Each Brews and Bears event features different breweries, cideries, wineries and food trucks, and guests get to watch the nature center’s resident black bears, Uno and Ursa. $10. Photo courtesy of Friends of the WNC Nature Center (p. 14)

TEEN DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS • 2nd SATURDAYS, 1-4pm & LAST WEDNESDAYS, 4-6pm - Teen Dungeons and Dragons for ages 12 and up. Registration required: 828-250-4720. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. YOUTH ART CLASSES WITH BETINA • WEDNESDAYS, 4-5pm - Youth Art Class with Betina Morgan, ages 8-13.

Registration required. $10.

Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville

OUTDOORS OLD ROCK CAFE (PD.) Enjoy live music from Ansel Couch and a specially-crafted buffet of

food by the Rocky Broad River during Music on the Deck on Thursday, July 18 from 6-8:30pm. Info at chimneyrockpark.com ALEXANDER MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK HIKE • SA (7/13), 10am-1:30pm - Guided, moderately difficult hike at the Alexander Mountain Bike Park. Free.

Held at Alexander Mountain Bike Park, 2589 Old Marshall Highway, Alexander BACKPACKING 101, HIKE OF THE WEEK • FR (7/12), 10am - Parkway rangers lead a moderate, 2-mile round-trip hike from Graybeard Mountain Overlook. Meet at the Graybeard Mountain overlook at Milepost 363.4. Information: 828-298-5330 x 304. Free.

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• WE (7/17), 8:30pm Things That Go Bump in the Night, night hike and presentation about night creatures. Registration required: pisgahfieldschool.org. $20 ages 13 and up/$8 children.

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SENIORS ASHEVILLE ELDER CLUB GROUP RESPITE PROGRAM • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 11am2pm - The Asheville Elder Club Group Respite program for individuals with memory challenges and people of all faiths.

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LEARN TO MEDITATE (PD.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation class at Asheville Insight Meditation Center, 1st Mondays of each month at 7pm – 8:30pm. www. ashevillemeditation.com, info@ashevillemeditation. com.

NONDENOMINATIONAL HEALING PRAYER GROUP • 2nd FRIDAYS, 1-2pm Non-denominational healing prayer group. Free.

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OPEN SANGHA NIGHT AT URBAN DHARMA • THURSDAYS, 7:309pm - Open Sangha night. Free. Held at Urban Dharma, 77 W. Walnut St.

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) Give someone another chance to learn. Provide reading, writing, and/or English language tutoring and change a life forever.

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WELLNESS

MORE THAN A SPORT

Rock climbing as therapy

BY CARLY ONNINK

mit. It also constantly encourages me to be more present — a skill that carries over into all aspects of life.

onninkcm@gmail.com It’s twilight in Pisgah Forest, and I’m on the “nose” of Looking Glass Rock, climbing with friends as the sun softens into a relaxed, lemon-cream kind of light. I’m in the middle of a multipitch; my lead climber is above me, clipped into the anchor bolts in the granite. He’s belaying (taking up slack in the rope) as I puzzle my way up the rock face.

It’s methodical and meditative, a sort of mindless yet mindful state.

The more focus I have, the more my mind surrenders and the more my feet think. Only the friction of my rubbersoled climbing shoes glues me to the “eyebrows” (eroded pockets) that litter the route, my palms flat on the rock face only for balance. I’m working in a silence punctuated by friends’ words of encouragement and the screaming calls of peregrine falcons.

I haven’t been tracking the time, but when I reach the crux — the most difficult section — the night is gray and moonlit.

It doesn’t feel idyllic. In fact, it feels uncomfortable. But climbing teaches me to tackle problems, comfortable or not. Scaling a boulder, I rarely feel ready or confident, and I’m not necessarily even sure I can do it. In fact, most of the time I fail.

Western North Carolina is a rock climbing mini-mecca, featuring faces such as Looking Glass, John Rock and Rumbling Bald. And for some, this fast-growing sport is a way of life.

I believe climbing is also inherently therapeutic; together with traditional

THERAPEUTIC TOOL

MOUNTAIN HIGH: Climbers, from top, Nick Pope, Nick Accardo and Ty Collins enjoy bouldering — climbing less than about 20 feet above the ground without ropes on boulders or rock formations — on the north side of Looking Glass Rock in Pisgah National Forest. Photo by Carly Onnink therapy, it’s played a key role in helping me climb out of depression.

Rock climbing integrates many components of a healthy and mindful lifestyle. One moment I’m teaching others and, in the next, my peers are teaching me. I’m constantly challenged, and I can push myself in a way that’s internally driven — I’m not climbing for a score or

a grade or for anyone’s praise. It’s the process, not the goal, that consumes me.

Climbing is certainly good exercise, and the door to a supportive and fun social scene. But at a deeper level, the sport has shifted my relationship with failure to something positive, because it forces me to push through when I fall down. Hit after hit, I grit down and com-

Psychologist Elizabeth Williams of Hendersonville Pediatrics also believes in climbing as a therapeutic tool. She says she’s known “many struggling people, both personally and professionally, who have found rock climbing to be a lifeline.”

Perhaps the most obvious factor, she says, is vigorous physical activity, which studies have shown can help fight depression. That’s not all, however.

Climbing is often done in nature, and simply being in the woods can lift your mood and foster a sense of wellbeing and connection with the world.

Beyond that, climbing with others provides a sense of community that can also help combat mental health struggles. Sharing a physical pursuit with friends can shield us from loneliness and isolation, notes Williams.

In addition, she continues, “We often get stuck in our heads, reliving the past or worrying about the future, and so become disconnected from the here and now. Climbing ... invites us to be fully present and immersed in what we’re doing, which contributes to feelings of happiness.”

Williams cites yet another benefit: problem-solving. Understanding and following through a long top-rope route and a short bouldering problem requires critical thinking, planned risk-taking and strategizing.

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“The more focus I have, the more my mind surrenders and the more my feet think.” et al. in 2018 and Luttenberger et al. in 2015 found that after bouldering consistently for a certain length of time, subjects’ mood significantly improved, based on a questionnaire designed to gauge their depression.

PUSHING THROUGH On my own mental health journey, I’ve realized that I can’t control my thoughts and feelings, but I can take agency over my actions: a huge concept in climbing.

Bouldering, for example, involves more than just being positive or saying, “I can do this.” Before my depression I believed that my thoughts determined my outcomes. Now I realize that negative thoughts may exist in my mind — but that, in itself, is not a showstopper. I still have a say in whether those thoughts take root in me. I can still climb a tall boulder, still give a public talk, still take risks toward my goals, with or without depression, anxiety or negative thoughts telling me I shouldn’t bother.

Life can be very uncomfortable at times and moving forward can be really difficult — and that’s OK. Climbing often feels that way, but I get a great sense of reward every time I push through the doubt.

When I was climbing the north side of Looking Glass, my friend had unwittingly put me on a route that was three grades above my ability.

Picture a smooth, vertical wall and then a jagged overhang with a narrow crack in the corner. It took him 30 minutes to scale the first pitch (beautifully, though with effort and with what I like to call “tennis grunting”).

It took me a laborious, unglamorous hour and a half.

I stopped and reworked 5 feet of rock ad nauseam until I could stick the handhold I was lusting for. And then I did it again over the next 5 feet, feeling more exhausted with every attempt. At times I’d call up to my partner, saying I was spent and he should just pulley me up the route.

He refused. This forced me to trust the rope and the cams placed in the crack. When I finally cleared that first pitch, it felt good, as my friend had known it would.

But he didn’t do this because he loved sitting perched on a ledge — he did it because someone had done the same for him when he climbed above his grade.

MANY METAPHORS Some local adventure- and outdoorsbased therapeutic programs have picked up on the research and the experiential evidence and are now including climbing in their offerings.

Sarah Parlier is director of student development for Trails Momentum, which serves males and females ages 18-25 who are working to overcome anxiety, depression and other mental health diagnoses. Based near DuPont State Recreational Forest, the program includes individual and group therapy, mindfulness practices, yoga and exercise as well as adventure and wilderness experiences.

“I’m not a therapist, but I can tell you that students diagnosed with anxiety have found [climbing] to be a safe place to challenge themselves with support,” she reports. “Students on the autism spectrum are challenged to move beyond fixed and rigid thinking patterns in order to accomplish a goal. Students who have perfectionistic tendencies are forced to confront and move through failure.”

Once every two weeks, Trails Momentum students get the chance to test themselves indoors — on the walls at Rachael and Cameron Austin’s Brevard Rock Gym. The experiences their facility

offers, says Rachael, “carry many metaphors applicable to life.”

But despite climbing’s genuine benefits, says Williams, starting any new activity can seem daunting at first, particularly for people struggling with depression. Accordingly, she recommends breaking something that could feel overwhelming into smaller, more manageable pieces.

Accordingly, Williams suggests calling a friend who might be interested in climbing with you or looking up your local climbing gym and checking out its website. And if it seems like something you’d like to try to support your mental health, she advises, “Find ways to build it into your regular routine.”

It’s also important to remember that you don’t have to scale El Capitan to get the benefits. As Cameron Austin puts it, “In climbing, progress is progress, no matter how small.”

Nonclimbers sometimes think of the sport as being really intense and intimidating, but here’s my advice: Don’t get tied into an identity if it gets in the way of becoming healthier. I mainly identified as a dancer, not a climber, but climbing is where I’ve found challenge and community, and where I now put my time, energy and effort. For me, climbing has become a habit, perhaps a passion, and definitely something I would recommend to anyone who’s struggling. X

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FARM & GARDEN

FARM FUTURES

Diversification grants help a new generation of farmers maintain family land

BY KAY WEST kswest55@comcast.net “Insanity!” blurts Jeff Frisbee with a laugh, his succinct response when asked what inspired him to plant a vineyard on a portion of the 55 acres of land in Leicester that has been in the family since his grandfather, Addison Farmer, purchased it in 1937 and farmed tobacco for decades. “I didn’t know anything about growing grapes,” he admits. “I had done some home wine-making, and everything I made turned out pretty good, so I thought ‘Shoot, anyone can do this!’ I was sorely mistaken. My dad says grapes are more work than tobacco ever thought of being.”

It was, in fact, the decline of the tobacco farming industry and a desire to keep working the family land that led Frisbee and his wife, Dianne, to leave Atlanta, return to Leicester and, in 2009, with his parents, Maleada and Eddie Frisbee, plant the first acre of a vineyard, named Addison Farms Vineyard to honor his grandfather.

As tough as it was, it would have been decidedly more difficult, if not impossible, without the three WNC AgOption grants he has been awarded, the first in 2011 and most recent (and the final one he’s eligible for) in 2019.

This year’s grant will help build a covered crush space the family will also use for bottling the wine produced from the grapes. “We could not make a living just growing grapes,” says Frisbee. “We had to do the winery to have a shot at making it work.”

FARMING FOR TOMORROW: Workers harvest grapes at Addison Farms Vineyard in Leicester. Jeff Frisbee and his wife, Dianne, moved back to Leicester from Atlanta in 2009 and converted his family’s 55-acre farm from tobacco production to a viticulture operation and event venue. “Diversifying has allowed us to keep farming the family land, hopefully, for at least one more generation,” says Jeff Frisbee. Photo by Terri Wells SEED MONEY Addison Farms Vineyard was one of four Leicester farms that each received a grant of $6,000 in 2019 to boost farm diversification projects and offset the risk of trying and expanding new ventures. In all, WNC Agricultural Options awarded 39 farm businesses a total of $216,000 in $3,000 and $6,000 allotments.

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AgOptions began in 2004 when the N.C. Cooperative Extension applied for a grant from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, created in 2000 by the N.C. General Assembly to help current and former tobacco farmers, tobacco-related businesses and others affiliated with the industry. The application was made through WNC Communities, the nonprofit founded to support agriculture in the region; WNC Communities has served as the administrator of the program since 2012.

“The AgOptions program was started to meet the needs of farmers who were transitioning out of growing tobacco and to help farming communities whose economic engine had been tobacco,” explains Jennifer Ferre, who serves as executive director of WNC Communities and program coordinator for AgOptions.

“Since 2004, we have given more than $2.8 million to farmers in Western North Carolina, funded exclusively by the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund. It is intended to help farmers diversify and expand, keep farmers farming and help farmland remain farmland.”

Third-generation farmer Shannon Morgan of S.D. Morgan Farms raises

cattle on land originally operated as Morgan Branch Dairy Farms. “It was a dairy farm until 1996, and then we got out of that because of EPA regulations regarding wastewater runoff,” Morgan says. “My dad’s brothers were pretty much retired, and nobody wanted to put in the money needed to bring it up to compliance. My dad and I already had some beef cattle we had raised together, so we continued to expand our herd so we could transition into freezer beef.” They market their frozen beef to Asheville restaurants and individuals, though he notes their focus going forward is to grow their restaurant clientele.

Increasing the herd required more feed, and Morgan saw an opportunity in Asheville’s emerging brewery industry. He began picking up wet spent grain from Green Man Brewery in 1999, using it as a feed supplement.

As Green Man’s production increased, Morgan likewise needed to increase his hauling capacity, and in 2017, his first $6,000 AgOption grant went toward the purchase of a large dump trailer. “It’s a tremendous commitment,” he says.

“When the grain is ready, it has to go, or they can’t brew the next day. So I pick up the trailer, take it to my farm, dump the grain and bring the trailer back the next day. I get about two trailers-full a week from Green Man.” His 2019 AgOptions $6,000 grant helped buy a no-till seed drill, which allows him to make one pass on his cornfields to sow a cover crop. “Instead of making three passes with three different pieces of equipment, I can make one pass with one piece of equipment.

It lets me save on equipment, labor and fuel.”

EVOLUTION Ferre says that when she began working with the AgOptions program in 2010, the grantees were, on average, older and had the farm in the family but didn’t necessarily rely on it as their primary source of income. “In the last five or so years, I’ve seen that average age come down, and we’re seeing a lot of younger farmers,” she says. “Sometimes it’s third-generation farmers whose grandparents farmed the land, then the next generation did not. We see this generation wanting to come back to the farm and make it their full-time jobs. They’re really putting all their resources into it, spending

SOWING SEEDS: Recent AgOptions grants have helped Leicester cattle farmer Shannon Morgan buy equipment, including this no-till seed drill, which allows him to more efficiently sow cover crops on his cornfields. Photo courtesy of Morgan time developing systems and structuring their farm as a business.”

She points to Anne and Aaron Grier at Gaining Ground. The Griers both had childhoods, backgrounds, education and experience in agriculture before meeting and marrying, then establishing Gaining Ground Farm 15 years ago on 70 acres of family land in Leicester. The farm is home to a herd of Red Devon cattle and a flock of chickens, plus several acres of vegetable-growing bottom land is the source of produce the couple

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sell at local tailgate markets, through a thriving CSA membership and to some of Asheville’s most popular kitchens, including Rhubarb, Cúrate, Cucina 24 and All Souls Pizza. They have been farming full time for about 10 years.

“Gaining Ground has evolved and continues to evolve,” says Aaron Grier.

Their first AgOption grant in 2008 helped Anne expand her allium production — leeks, onions and garlic are still a mainstay of the farm’s produce offerings.

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equipment to expand their heirloom small grain production and meet an increased demand for heirloom flour.

They work with Dave Bauer of Farm & Sparrow to mill their grains.

“It’s something we enjoyed doing and enjoy working with Dave,” says Aaron. “This grant allows us to take it from a quarter acre to 3 acres this year and hopefully 5 or 6 acres next year.

It helps us fine-tune what we’ve been dabbling in and make it more of a business. Farming is a tenuous business.

These grants let us go out on a limb, expand what we’re doing and help us take a risk to continue to diversify and grow.”

Addison Farms Vineyard has spread from 1 acre to a little over 6, growing six varieties of grapes. The winery produces about 800 cases of wine a year, and the Frisbees conduct tours and offer tastings in a tasting room they

built in 2012. The farm also hosts several weddings a year. “Diversifying has allowed us to keep farming the family land, hopefully, for at least one more generation,” says Frisbee.

“Diversifying is key,” Ferre. “And working together. I see a real network of young farmers helping each other.

They are competitive but cooperative, figuring out how to work together to create new models to develop the community of agriculture.”

Morgan, who still holds a day job off the farm, says he is always looking for ways to expand his business so he can farm full time. “I’ve been riding on a tractor since I was old enough to walk and driving one since I was about 6.

I want to be able to continue farming for my children, maybe my children’s children, too. I love farming. It’s all I’ve ever known.” X

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When you get into the habit of studying the forest floor, you start to notice endless culinary possibilities. This is especially true in Western North Carolina’s temperate rainforests, which offer some of the best foraging opportunities in the country.

As July kicks off and we enter the peak season for wild mushrooms (which typically runs until October), foragers, chefs and eaters can look forward to the unpredictable and often magical abundance of flavorful area fungi.

“Mushrooms are one of the most sustainable things imaginable because they just grow back,” says Alan Muskat, a longtime area forager, nature guide and overall fungus guru. “The mushroom is just the fruit of a fungus. It’s the equivalent of picking berries off a bush.”

Muskat, who has foraged hundreds of pounds of mushrooms annually for more than 75 area restaurants, also founded the organization No Taste Like Home, which teaches amateurs how to identify and cook wild foods. With nearly two decades of experience under his belt, Muskat says he has come to understand that the real essence of mushroom foraging lies in its unpredictability. Availability will vary depending on the amount of rain in the spring, the coldness of winter and if the climate has been impacted by drought or fire.

“It really ties you to the unpredictable rhythms of nature,” says Rhubarb and Benne on Eagle chef John Fleer, who buys 10 to 20 pounds of wild mushrooms per week from local foragers as the season gets underway. “It’s both fun and challenging that every year seems to give us a different calendar of bounty. The first year we opened, hen of the woods was just incredibly abundant. But we haven’t had a great year for hens since then. Last summer was amazing for chanterelles — probably the best our foragers had ever seen. The summer before, chicken of the woods were massively bountiful.”

That uncertainty, he continues, keeps chefs on their toes. “It gives you the chance to delve into what to do with an abundance of that certain kind of mushroom. You get to miss and pine for the ones that don’t have as good of a year.”

The Market Place chef and owner, William Dissen, is another mushroom

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FLAVORFUL FUNGI: Chicken of the woods is one wild mushroom variety that has already been bountiful on local restaurant menus this season. Known by its sulphuric yellow and orange hue and overlapping bracket structure, this edible fungus is famous for having a flavor similar to chicken. Photo courtesy of Alan Muskat aficionado who finds much menu inspiration from wild ingredients. He takes his kitchen staff members on an annual foraging trip so they can learn about the ingredients firsthand and estimates that he uses 3,000 pounds of foraged fungi in his restaurant per year.

“In this area, there’s so much wild food; it blows my mind every time I’m out in the woods. It’s definitely inspiring,” says Dissen.

Fleer and Dissen both report that chicken of the woods has already made its way into their respective kitchens this season, a signal that many more fungus varieties will pop up soon. Chicken of the woods, recognized by its sulphuric yellow and orange hue and overlap-

ping bracket structure, is famous for its flavor, which is delightfully similar to chicken.

Up next? Chanterelles. One of the most prized edible mushrooms, they are fragrant and fleshy with remarkable culinary appeal. Perhaps the bestknown chanterelle variety is golden, but don’t sleep on its cousin, the black trumpet (also known as the trumpet of death), which packs an intense and woodsy flavor with a hint of something sweet. There’s also the cinnabar-red chanterelle, which is a bit small and dainty but has a beautiful hue that ranges from pink to deep orange and carries a fragrance similar to that of the golden chanterelles.

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“What I like about them — and what’s funny about them — is that they’re very common,” says Muskat.

“They’re considered one of the best, if not the best, in terms of flavor. Rather than what we tend to assume, what is good in life is not necessarily rare. I think that’s a good lesson.”

Muskat also adds that except for the cinnabar-red variety, chanterelles generally have flavor notes of apricot.

“One of the tricks is to put in fresh or dried apricot to bring out that aspect of chanterelles,” he says.

Like with most mushrooms, you can never go wrong with sauteing chanterelles in garlic, butter, salt and pepper — but there’s definitely room for creativity. “In the past, we’ve had them consistently as a side dish just roasted in a wood oven with thyme and butter,” says Fleer. “We also had them in ‘pastaish’ dishes, and we did hot pickle a fair amount of them.”

The hot pickling process, Fleer explains, involves white vinegar, tamari, thyme, bay leaf and mustard. The mushrooms are cooked just enough to take away the raw texture while also preserving them.

In July and beyond, Dissen looks forward to honey mushrooms, which, as their name might suggest, are slightly sweet, dense and chewy. There are also lobster mushrooms, which despite their name are actually no longer actually mushrooms, as the fungus has been overtaken by a parasitic but flavorful mold. The transformation leaves the fruit with a slight flavor and aroma of shellfish.

For those looking to flex their culinary creativity, Muskat recommends the black-staining polypore, which has a shape similar to a chicken of the woods but lacks its meaty flavor and texture. While it’s usually a bit too chewy for an entrée, you can use it as you would a bay leaf to create potent flavor in a dish.

Interested in finding these fungi, but not sure where to start? Muskat says to phone a friend.

“Find someone who knows what they’re doing and go out with them. Or join a club. Fact is, it’s very dangerous to do it on your own despite reading an article or a book,” he says. “I want local people to know that my guide service is pay-what-you-can. We charge tourists, but we don’t need to be charging locals that usual price to learn.”

He adds, “Finding mushrooms doesn’t happen based on focused attention, it’s based on keeping your eyes open. I’ve picked giant chicken of the woods in the middle of Asheville. I’ve seen a $20 bill in a bush. You never are going to know what you’ll find, just keep your eyes open.” X

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’Mater matters Close your eyes and feel the summer heat. Think about the flavor of summer and see what comes immediately to mind. Watermelon, perhaps. Or firegrilled chicken. Or basil. Or lemonade.

Did I hear anyone say tomato?

Ahhhh … the luscious drip of juice that exudes from a ripe tomato, freshpicked from the vine on a summer day. Does anything say “summer” more than this one delectable fruit?

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is believed to be native to the Americas, specifically to the Aztecs, dating at least as far back as A.D. 700. Around the 16th century, European explorers brought it back to their own lands, and despite a period of suspicion when the fruit was believed to be poisonous, it quickly gained favor. It wasn’t until the late 1800s or the early 1900s that tomatoes became prized in the U.S., when Italian immigrants forever changed our eating habits by introducing pizza.

A bit of trivia: The Tariff of 1883, commissioned by President Chester A. Arthur, reclassified the tomato from a fruit to a vegetable for taxation purposes. But botanically it remains a fruit, in the company of peppers, eggplants, squash and cucumbers.

Business Insider’s Mark Abadi quotes journalist Miles Kington as saying, “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

Tomato varieties abound, and their names sing out to us like a siren’s song: Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Lucky Cross, Speckled Roman, Mountain Glory, Black Krim, Nature’s Riddle.

And the things you can do with them — oh, my! Tomato sandwiches, tomato pie, fried green tomatoes, pasta sauce,

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Serious stunts with the quintessential summer fruit culinary experiences, including her flagship Seasonal School of Culinary Arts, with sessions in Asheville, Ithaca, N.Y., Sonoma, Calif., and Paris. For more information, see schoolofculinaryarts.org. X

Savory Summer Tomato Tart Ingredients for one 10-inch piecrust: • 10 rounded soup spoons all-purpose flour • 5 soup spoons olive oil • 5 soup spoons water • 1 teaspoon large-grain salt • 1 teaspoon fresh chopped rosemary

YOU SAY TOMATO: From vine to plate, bask in the fullness of summer flavor with a savory tomato tart. This one, prepared by the author, is ready for the oven. Photo by SG Seguret salsa, gazpacho, tomato bisque, tomato chutney, green tomato marmalade, ratatouille: The list goes on and on and on.

The very best way to enjoy a tomato is out in the field. Take a salt shaker or a little smattering of sugar if you like extra sweetness (it’s a Southern thing), step into the garden and look for the ripest specimen you can find. Feel the gentlest tug of reluctance as the tomato leaves the vine. Its spherical shape gives the effect of holding the whole world right there in your cupped palm: sunshine and water, color and light, minerals and miracles, all ready to explode in your mouth.

Now is the moment you can pull out your pocketknife or a kitchen knife, if you brought one with you, and cut into the ripe flesh, releasing a flow of juices and savory sweetness that, if it could be bottled in that form, could be sold for a fortune as the quintessential taste of summer. Add a touch of salt or sugar, or if you happen to have a basil plant growing right next to your tomato vines, reach down for a green, peppery leaf and add that to the collection of textures running across your tongue. Heaven on earth?

You betcha!

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like to refer to as “Frappalachia”), my go-to recipe is a spinoff on the classic Southern tomato pie, a savory tart, often served as an appetizer to begin a family meal or brought to a gathering of friends to share at an extended table. In contrast to the heavier pie of the South, this tart is light, almost ethereal, laced with the touch of thyme, tantalizing your taste buds to dive into the dishes that follow, not sated, but gently seduced.

The crust for this French-style, onelayer confection was imparted to me by a 90-year-old French countrywoman, who, like the old woman in the shoe, had so many children she didn’t know what to do. So she made endless pies. Her simple two-minute crust recipe, using a spoon, a fork, a bowl and fingers, completely transformed my life and has made pies (both sweet and savory), tarts and pizzas an easy, any-day occurrence in my household.

The method for this summer delight is easy: Start with a savory crust, add a dollop of mustard for bite, layer your tomatoes and herbs and garlic onto the mustard spread and top with freshly grated cheese. Et voilà!

Chef, musician and author, Susi Gott Séguret orchestrates a variety of

For the topping: • Four to six ripe tomatoes • Four to six cloves garlic • 1 teaspoon French Dijon mustard (preferably Trader Joe’s variety) • ½ cup grated Gruyère cheese • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves • Salt and pepper to taste Combine all piecrust ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir quickly with a fork until ingredients adhere easily in a ball. (If crust is too dry, add more liquid; if it’s too wet, throw in a bit more flour.) Pat out into your pie plate, making sure all is of an even thickness, particularly in the corners. Using a pastry brush or the back of a spoon, spread a thin layer of mustard over the crust. Slice your tomatoes about a quarter-inch thick, and remove excess seeds and juice (set this excess yumminess aside for adding to a pasta sauce). Place tomatoes one layer thick on top of the crust. Cut a few rounds into small pieces to fill in any gaps. Slice garlic into thin slivers and spread over the tomato slices. Salt, pepper and sprinkle with the grated cheese, finishing with a generous sprinkling of thyme leaves. Bake in a 400-degree oven for 30 minutes or until bubbly and golden. Serve with a simple green salad and a glass of dry rosé.

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When it comes to regulars at Ole Shakey’s, co-owner Morgan Hickory says she is happiest when the Riverside Drive bar is packed with dogs. This predilection has led Hickory to organize Shakey’s first Best in Show canine competition for Sunday, July 14.

The show will be judged by local artist Casey Miller, comedian and actress Hilliary Begley and Ole Shakey’s bartender and birthday boy Mitchell Keen. Greatest grin, sickest trick and bodacious booty are among the competition’s 12 categories. The entry fee is $10 per dog per category.

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Along with the main event, the gathering will feature music by Death Jam Jasper and food from Ego Food Truck, including acai bowls, Cali burritos, kale apple salad, lemon parfait and a variety of chilled teas. Ole Shakey’s outdoor tiki bar will offer specialty Tito’s vodka cocktails.

As the event sponsor, Tito’s will match the competition’s total entry fee collection and will cover the costs for the first three dog adoptions that day. Ole Shakey’s will also donate a percentage of its total bar sales to both shelters. “We just really want to bring recognition to some of these smaller shelters,” says Hickory.

“They’re trying really hard to take

care of all the animals that keep popping up without homes all over the place.”

Registration for the event begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12, at Ole Shakey’s, 790 Riverside Drive. Food and music follow at 3 p.m. The show starts at 3:30 p.m. All dogs must be leashed. To learn more, visit avl.mx/6a1.

Hops for Hunger returns MANNA FoodBank’s third annual Hops for Hunger fundraiser runs throughout July in partnership with 25 local breweries and cideries. According to a press release, the previous campaign provided over 48,000 meals to the more than 100,000 people in the region who face hunger every year. Most participating taprooms are offering a specific beer or cider for the campaign, donating a percentage of each sale to MANNA. Hops for Hunger runs through Wednesday, July 31. For the list of participating partners, visit avl.mx/69x.

BAR’S BEST FRIEND: Ole Shakey’s co-owner Morgan Hickory, second from left, has organized the bar’s first dog show for Sunday, July 14. Pictured with Hickory are Ole Shakey’s staff and dogs, from left: Cole Steinman with Sadie, Hank the dog, Colleen Crawford, Mitchell Keen, Jen Splain and Linda Wall. Photo by Thomas Calder

Brews, bears and wine The WNC Nature Center will host this summer’s third Brews and Bears event on Friday, July 12. This month’s gathering will feature wine from plēb urban winery, in addition to beer from UpCountry Brewing Co. and rosé-style cider from Bold Rock Hard Cider. Food options will include Gypsy Queen Cuisine and The Hop, as well as hot dog and pretzel vendors. Tickets are $8 for members of the Friends of the WNC Nature Center and $10 for nonmembers.

The event runs 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, July 12, at WNC Nature Center, 75 Gashes Creek Road. For tickets, visit avl.mx/69y.

Punk Rock Hot Dog Challenge Asheville Food Fan Stu Helm brings his latest food event, the Punk Rock Hot Dog Challenge, to the Asheville Masonic Temple on Saturday, July 13.

Local chefs Steven Goff, Jamie Wade, Jay Medford, Witt Pinkerton and Zack Neel, as well as Tennessee-based James Andrew Wright will each represent a specific punk rock band while competing to make the most unique and delicious dog. Pre-orders are $3 per dog or $15 for six. Wieners will be available day-of at $5 each, while supplies last. The competition will also feature local brews and food vendors and a bounce house for kids. Music will be provided by the Punk Rock Lap

Top, which Helm says “is exactly what it sounds like: an ancient laptop held together with stickers and duct tape, loaded with about three days worth of punk rock music.” Admission is free.

Proceeds from sales will support the restoration of the Asheville Masonic Temple’s historical hand-painted theater backdrops.

The competition runs 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway. Details are at avl.mx/69v.

DisAbility Partners open house In honor of the 29-year anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Asheville Office of DisAbility Partners will host an open house, including barbecue, cake and watermelon. Vegetarian options will be available.

The event runs noon-3 p.m. Friday, July 12, at DisAbility Partners, 108 New Leicester Highway. For details, visit avl.mx/69u.

The Döner heads west The Döner — German Street Food, which opened in the Asheville Mall in 2016, has launched a second location inside UpCountry Brewing in West Asheville, taking over the brewery’s current in-house kitchen. A simplified menu is currently being served with plans to offer a full menu by mid-July.

The Döner West AVL is at 1042 Haywood Road. For hours and more details, visit avl.mx/6a3.

Hole Doughnuts extends hours Hole Doughnuts has extended its Friday hours. The shop is now open 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Throughout July, Hole will donate all sales from its extended Friday hours to Freedom for Immigrants, an organization that works to reunite immigrant children and their families by posting bail for detainees.

Hole Doughnuts is at 168 Haywood Road. For details, visit avl.mx/47n.

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The family that brews together In two decades, Catawba Brewing Co. has grown into one of the region’s big brewers The history of Catawba Brewing Co. starts small, with the gift of a homebrewing kit for Christmas 1994.

“I am a notoriously hard guy to buy anything for,” says Billy Pyatt, who co-founded Catawba with his brother, Scott Pyatt. “My wife [Jetta Pyatt] got really creative and bought me something I would have never gotten myself — a 5-gallon homebrew kit. I fell in love with the process. Making recipes became an obsession of mine.”

The Pyatt brothers began homebrewing and honed their skills for about three years. “We thought there might be a business there,” Billy says.

“And that’s really how we decided we would go pro.”

Twenty years later, they’re still at it and will celebrate the milestone with a week of festivities starting Monday, July 15. The brewery plans gift card promotions and an all-day party with multiple live bands, on-site T-shirt printing and more on Saturday, July 20, at its South Slope location.

Four anniversary beers will be released at the party. The details on those beers are still under wraps, but a press release says that each “is representative of Catawba’s past, present or future.”

Making beer was far removed from the Pyatts’ original jobs. Scott had seasonal ski resort work in Colorado, and Billy was employed by Corning Inc., where he worked in a variety of positions.

Catawba Brewing opened in 1999 with a used 5-barrel system in the small Burke County town of Glen Alpine.

Immediately, the Pyatts decided that Asheville would be the brewery’s initial market area. The craft brewing industry was just taking off in their neighbor to the West, which was still years away from being recognized as an American craft beer capital.

The brewery started with a modest crew — just Billy, Jetta and Scott.

According to Billy, a lot of the initial work fell to his brother. “Scott really did everything,” Billy says. “He made the beer. He packaged it. He sold it.

He collected.”

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DOUBLE DECADE DELIGHTS: Catawba Brewing Co. owner Billy Pyatt and his wife Jetta toast the opening of the Palmetto Brewing Co. courtyard in Charleston, S.C. Catawba purchased the brewery in 2017, one of many milestones its staff will celebrate during a week of 20th anniversary festivities, starting July 15. Photo courtesy of the Pyatts a taproom in Asheville’s Biltmore Village.

Specialty breweries were then added in Asheville’s South Slope and Charlotte, and in 2018, Catawba acquired Palmetto Brewing Co. of Charleston, S.C. For Billy, 20 years has gone by fast. “I think that was a long time ago,” he says.

“Who were those young guys who were messing around with hand-built equipment? We were basically making it up as we went.”

Billy remained at Corning for 27 years, long after Catawba was started. “I got to travel the planet,” he says. “I’ve had Japanese lagers. I’ve had all the European styles from Belgium, northern Germany

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— you name it. It was a symbiotic career for me.”

Meanwhile, Scott was working full time for Catawba, where he felt confident from the brewery’s earliest days that it would be successful. “People in North Carolina had no clue what was going on [with craft beer in the Western U.S.],” he says.

“I was out there when several of the big Colorado breweries opened. I was already immersed in it.”

He adds that starting as a small, family operation was a matter of necessity.

“Once we got into it, there wasn’t enough business to have employees,” Scott says.

“There wasn’t enough business to be anything other than a mom-and-pop shop. I

was a one-man circus for many years with a little part-time help. To make it successful, I had to do everything. It was very challenging.”

The brothers relied on their own skills to get Catawba going. “Billy, though he won’t admit it, has always been better at writing the recipes than I have,” Scott says. “I think I’m better at bringing stuff together once it’s on paper. We would come up with an idea, and we would start brewing, and I would start changing it a little bit. And we had a library of beers that we had made at home before we ever got open.

It’s always been a team effort.”

Catawba’s first beer was Indian Head Red Ale. “It was like an Irish red — very malt-forward,” Billy says.

“Almost everything Catawba produced back in those days was very malt-forward. That has changed. Today’s IPAs are very hops-forward.”

Catawba then began turning out other beers, including a blonde ale and Firewater IPA with six kinds of malts and subtle bittering hops. “When Scott and I were homebrewing, we took professional-style notes,” Billy says. “One thing we did was learn how to make the beers that we liked over and over again so we could replicate them when we scaled up production.”

Today, Catawba has produced more than 100 beers, and its flagship brew is the White Zombie White Ale. As for the Catawba name, it pays homage to a Native American tribe and a river that runs through the mountains. “The river ties together the region that we love,” Billy says. X

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WELCOME TO THE BIG TOP Clan Destiny Circus debuts at Diana Wortham Theatre

BY LAURA HACKETT laurafaye15@gmail.com The prospect of performing at Diana Wortham Theatre has been more than an aspiration for Jeff Anderson, founder and director of Clan Destiny Circus. “It’s been my Moby Dick,” he says, likening himself to the obsessive Captain Ahab from the Herman Melville novel.

On Saturday, July 13, Clan Destiny will grace that coveted stage for the inaugural showing of TROUPE. The musical shares the story of misfit refugees and performers who band together for survival in a war-torn world.

“We’ve performed on grass, sand, cobblestone, inside warehouses and on various outdoor stages,” says Anderson. “When I first saw Diana Wortham, I thought, ’I’d really love to be on a real stage and show folks this thing we’ve created.’ I think if this show is successful, it could really change the way people see the circus in Asheville.”

Nearly 20 performers train with Clan Destiny and have further developed their skills under Anderson’s coaching. Eight have a role in TROUPE, which unravels its poignant yet lighthearted story through dance, acrobatics, hula hooping, flow arts and mime. Two musicians — Raeph McDowell and Peter Strong — will underscore the refugees’ journeys with lyrical, contemporary folk music. There will be no spoken dialogue.

IT’S SHOWTIME: Clan Destiny Circus members prepare for TROUPE. ”We’re a bunch of misfits who found each other here and are working to create something,“ performer Nicky Murphy says of the production. ”To create art that might open people’s eyes to what’s going on in the collective whole.” Photo by Tobey Maurer The performers represent a wide swath of ages and life experiences, from “Kenny the Clown” Cowden to McDowell, who works as a professional busker. There’s also Gillian Maurer, a dancer, aerialist and UNC Asheville student; and Nicky Murphy, a hula-hooper, fire performer and full-time mom.

In many ways, the story of TROUPE is a story about its performers.

“We’re a bunch of misfits who found each other here and are working to create something,” says Murphy.

“To create art that might open people’s eyes to what’s going on in the collective whole.”

She continues, “My character is the flyer. I’m kind of like the mother of the whole tribe of circus folk.

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dren, so we’ve created this character that’s somewhat me — but it’s me in the deepest, darkest time life could hand me.”

“The character I’m playing is a female-bodied person who has gone through the gendered violence of a broken Western society,” says Maurer. “My work in the show explores reconnection with self and community.”

By giving a voice to the suffering, Anderson says, “We wind up helping each other heal.” He also draws inspiration from the historical narratives of refugees, particularly in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“I’ve interviewed refugees and used specific stories from their lives,” Anderson says. “I want people to think, ‘Hey, this could actually happen. What do you do when things come crashing down? What happens to society, and what do people do to each other?’”

According to Murphy, Anderson is the main reason the show is coming to life onstage. “He’s the rock star behind it all. He has found investors for it and is taking a really big chance because it’s a story he

wrote and he is directing. It’s a story born within him, and he’s feeling compelled to share it. He’s really orchestrated the whole thing.

It’s really special.”

Anderson — who has been involved in the circus arts since 1996 — has a B.A. in theater from Georgia State, the place where he also first became interested in mime as an art form. “We’re an every-person circus,” he says of Clan Destiny.

“We all have full-time jobs or other responsibilities but also have this circus life. We really try to co-create and inspire audiences to push themselves as much as we are pushing ourselves. It’s pretty cool because whenever we perform, the crowd always feels bigger at the end than when we started.”

Getting TROUPE, a self-produced show, to the stage hasn’t been easy.

To fund the endeavor, the troupe acquired a small-business loan from Mountain Bizworks. And then there was the matter of rehearsal times that worked for all involved.

“You can’t make a living out of it, which takes away from being able to build ourselves,” explains Murphy. “The money isn’t there,

which makes it hard to be able to dedicate time and create more elaborate feature shows that would serve to build up the circus scene itself.”

Anderson adds, “We’ve worked so hard and sacrificed so much. We’re getting up at 5 a.m. to get a workout in before we go to work. We’re meeting to practice whenever we can.

It can get tiring to perform while everyone else is relaxing.”

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When SistaStrings’ violinist, Chauntee Ross, talks about her preparation for the tour, she’s quick to praise her hometown and recognize the unique way it has supported her and her sister, Monique, as they’ve found their feet in what is, to them, a relatively new realm of the music industry.

The Ross sisters — the two youngest of five talented siblings — grew up studying classical music and performing in various versions of familyband string quartets for weddings, funerals, parties and church events.

In fact, it was playing in the church orchestra that Chauntee credits with SistaStrings’ ability to so seamlessly shift within a single composition, from quoting the Catholic hymn “Ave Maria” to soulfully nailing the gospel tune “Deep River.”

“Church music was how we honed our ears,” she says. “You go to church, and somebody feels the spirit, and they start singing a song. We’re sitting over by the band with all these old dudes, and [they’re like], ‘OK, we’re going to do this in this key,’ and then we’ve got to play it. You have to quickly react, so that allowed us to [have the skills to] be able to collaborate with a bunch of different artists.”

And though the Ross sisters have, between them, played at venues such as Carnegie Hall and with symphony orchestras, as SistaStrings they’ve performed alongside acts as variant as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Black Violin and folk singer Peter Mulvey, a fellow Milwaukeean. Chauntee notes Mulvey has become a bit of a mentor — one of several supportive artists who have helped her and Monique get acquainted with the music business beyond their second nature of booking gigs.

“I was born and raised in Milwaukee,” Chauntee says, “but I just discovered the music scene by going to shows of local musicians when I came back from college in 2014.”

Chauntee had just earned her bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the University of Michigan

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SistaStrings and Nickel&Rose bring the sound of Milwaukee to Isis Music Hall

SPIRIT MOVES: Classically trained siblings Monique, left, and Chauntee Ross grew up performing in various versions of family-band string quartets. But when Chauntee wanted to make more soulful music, her sister was on board to exploring ways to fold all the music they love — gospel, show tunes, classical, folk — into SistaStrings’ signature style. Photo courtesy of the band at Ann Arbor. During her final year there, she found herself entering a string of classical violin competitions but began asking herself, “What am I even doing?”

“I was supercompetitive,” she says.

“But I wanted to make more soulful music. Thankfully, I have some sisters at home who I talked to about it. I [let them hear] some songs that I had written when I was supposed to be in class.”

She and Monique, who had just completed her studies in cello performance at the University of WisconsinMadison, started playing together.

They were toying with Chauntee’s original songs, exploring ways to fold all the music they love — gospel, show tunes, classical, folk — together into some kind of signature musical style, and going out at night to hear what kind of music other people in Milwaukee were making.

Chauntee started seeing upright bassist Johanna Rose everywhere.

Rose was playing in three different bands at the time. “We became friends,” Chauntee says. “We actually lived together for a minute before she met Carl [Nichols] and then they went on their tour as Nickel&Rose.”

The like-minded musicians started jamming. “Last summer, we had a show at an outdoor [event],” Chauntee says. “They put Nickel&Rose and SistaStrings [on the bill together], so I was like, ‘Why don’t we do a shorter set where we switch and play one of each other’s songs that we all play and sing on?’ It was really nice — harmony vocals and all the strings. People were really responding to it, and we loved it, so we were like, ‘Great! Let’s do some more of it.’ Then [they decided to] take us on the road outside of Milwaukee.”

While both members of Nickel&Rose have done considerable touring and recording — their 2017 release, Oh Sweet Love, garnered praise from Americana UK, AFROPUNK and Wide Open Country — the Ross sisters feel they only hit a sweet spot a year or two ago in the development of their sound. They have a five-song EP, Lust, dropping

this summer and will begin recording their debut full-length album as soon as they get back to Milwaukee.

But first, when the two bands swing through Asheville, they will each play a set before joining together for a third, collaborative set. Teaser videos show this collaboration as a lush, experimental string band that sits somewhere in a Venn diagram between artists like Birds of Chicago, Kaia Kater and Punch Brothers.

And while Asheville isn’t home, a WNC audience accustomed to eclectic approaches to traditional music is likely to lap it up. X

WHO Nickel&Rose with SistaStrings WHERE Isis Music Hall 743 Haywood Road isisasheville.com WHEN Wednesday, July 17, 8:30 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show

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Che Apalache In 2010, North Carolina Piedmont-born fiddler/multi-instrumentalist Joe Troop was living in Argentina, earning a living teaching bluegrass and old-time music. While there, he befriended natives Franco Martino (guitar) and Martin Bobrik (mandolin), and Mexican artist Pau Barjau (banjo) with whom he formed Che Apalache. Together, the four players blend Latin and American roots music, producing a sound that caught the ear of none other than banjo legend Béla Fleck, who produced the band’s new album, Rearrange My Heart. Before the collection’s Aug. 9 release, the “Latingrass” group heads to UNC Asheville for a Monday, July 15, performance in the campus’s Concerts on the Quad series. The music starts at 7 p.m. Free. unca.edu. Photo courtesy of the band

Street to Studio Graffiti and fine furniture aren’t mediums one would naturally pair up — and it’s precisely that odd juxtaposition that makes the diverse work of Neil Carroll so appealing. The local artist’s interest in street art dates back to his student days at the Cleveland Institute of Art in the late ’70s and has manifested itself in such large (legal) murals as a spraypainted rabbit on the side of 12 Bones Smokehouse in the River Arts District. Carroll’s large and small-scale paintings and drawings, plus handmade tables, chests and cabinets, compose Street to Studio, his summer solo exhibition at Grovewood Gallery. The show opens with a reception on Saturday, July 13, 2-5 p.m., and will be on display through Sunday, Aug. 18. Free to attend. grovewood.com. Photo of 2D mixed-media art by Carroll

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Asheville producer/musician DJ Audio continues to make impressive strides within the hip-hop and R&B landscape through smooth, danceable tracks. The latest fruit of his labor is the single “Take It All Off,” the music video for which receives a release party on Friday, July 12, at Room Nine. Lensed by Andrew Anderson, a five-time winner at Music Video Asheville, the video features DJ Audio in a high-stakes poker showdown with a tableful of players. Among them is a young woman portrayed by model Casey Fuhr, with whom he engages in a different sort of poker game after the other card sharps exit the room.

The event gets underway at 10 p.m. and includes performances by the guest of honor and fellow local artist, DJ MoTo. Free admission for women. Regular cover charge for men. facebook.com/ roomnineavl. Photo courtesy of DJ Audio

More Crimes and Missed Demeanings In the midst of an already busy season, The Magnetic Theatre keeps its momentum going with More Crimes and Missed Demeanings. Directed by Rodney Smith, written by a team of seven and featuring a cast of nine — including scribes Barbie Angell, George Awad and Zoey Laird — the comedy show aims to carry on the legacy of such legendary sketch comedy programs as “The Carol Burnett Show,” “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and “Saturday Night Live.” Billed as “Totally ready for primetime, but not quite suitable for children,” the production takes to the stage Friday, July 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 13, at 3 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, July 14, at 3 p.m. $20 general admission/$10 students. themagnetictheatre.org. Photo courtesy of The Magnetic Theatre

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LEFTER LAUGHTER The wellRED Comedy Tour stops at The Orange Peel While the “Liberal Redneck” monicker might sound like an oxymoron, for Trae Crowder — the comedian best known for that persona — it’s a form of resistance.

The redneck trope (trucker cap, sleeveless T-shirt, thick drawl — all of which Crowder incorporates into his YouTube videos) often equates with conservative, racist and misogynist points of view. “When you see a redneck portrayed [in] the media, it’s always the same,” says Crowder, who grew up in rural Tennessee and is now based in Los Angeles. “I’m combating that by going out in public and acting just as crazy as they do, but I’m going to be superliberal about it [and] get my views out there.” Topics of recent Liberal Redneck videos have included the Alabama abortion ban, gun control, the separation of immigrant children from their families and climate change (the latter featured an Al Gore cameo).

Crowder knows he’s not alone in his proud Southerner-meets-leftist stance. “Asheville and Austin, [Texas], to me, those are liberal redneck cities,” he says. “Especially Asheville. … It’s in my wheelhouse. The people who come out to shows are fully on board.” Crowder will perform at The Orange Peel as part of the wellRED Comedy Tour (with fellow standup artists Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester) on Saturday and Sunday, July 13 and 14.

The Liberal Redneck character came out of one of Crowder’s early standup routines. “It was the first bit I ever felt proud of,” he says. “I was always doing similar things [but] I’d also joke about my relationship or whatever. Getting drunk, Starburst, Taco Bell. It wasn’t exclusively political or social commentary, and it still isn’t.” At live shows, he says, he talks about his wife and living in California, among other topics.

Still, the character comes from an authentic place, Crowder says. “I did grow up superredneck,” he told NBC News. “I grew up in abject poverty, and, in my opinion, it should be the natural inclination of most really poor people to be liberal. Otherwise, you’re going against your self-interest.” Plus, a close relationship with a gay uncle exposed him to the bigotry endured by the LGBT community.

BLUE MAN: “In any election, it’s going to be 55 to 45 at the worse, and that’s a whole lot of blue people who get treated like they don’t exist,” says Trae Crowder. His wellRED Comedy Tour performed to a crowd of liberal fans in Alabama during the contentious 2017 special election between Alabama Senate candidates Doug Jones and Roy Moore.

Photo courtesy of the comedian Though Crowder’s YouTube videos feel off-the-cuff, they’re all carefully crafted, he says. “I’ve been writing stuff for myself or whatever since high school.

I consider myself a writer,” he explains.

The comedian is currently hoping to land a TV show deal and, in 2016, he penned The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin’ Dixie Outta the Dark with Morgan and Forrester. The trio, who

tour extensively, recently released two sketches on Comedy Central Digital, including the hilarious “Is it Southern or Hipster,” which skewers food trends.

Crowder has also lent his talents to decidedly noncomedic efforts, such as Inherent Good, a documentary about universal basic income, as well as short, serious videos addressing misconceptions around living wage policies and public assistance.

The comedian is reluctant to point to the 2016 election as a boon to his career.

“I still hate it every day and really wish it hadn’t happened,” he says, “but it kept the kind of things I like to rant and rave about in the news.” At the same time, the fans who revel in his material offer him a glimmer of hope.

Some, especially from smaller towns, describe themselves as closeted liberals.

“They believe, as the rest of the country does, that they’re the only ones and liberal Southerners don’t exist,” Crowder says. “They all come to [our shows] and see each other, and that’s a good thing.”

That doesn’t mean that every leftleaning locale is a natural match for Crowder’s brand of humor. “We have great shows in Portland, too,” he says.

“But those people, the ones who aren’t transplants from somewhere in the South … don’t get the Southern or redneck layer. They likely appreciate it, but they don’t have the full understanding.”

He adds that the best wellRED shows are in Southern cities, where the lingo doesn’t require translation. After all, Crowder says, “Not everyone knows what a meemaw is.” X

WHAT wellRED Comedy Tour with Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester WHERE The Orange Peel 101 Biltmore Ave. theorangepeel.net WHEN Saturday, July 13, 6 and 9 p.m.; Sunday, July 14, 7:30 p.m. $30 general/$50 includes meet & greet

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A & E CALENDAR ART APPALACHIAN PASTEL SOCIETY MEETING • SA (7/13), 10am-noon - Bi-monthly meeting with presentation and demo by Laura Pollak.

Free. Held at Grace Community Church, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River CHALK IT UP • SA (7/13), 9am-noon Outdoor annual art event featuring 150 artists of all ages creating chalk drawings for prizes. Free. Held at Historic Downtown Hendersonville, 145 5th Ave. E., Hendersonville FRESH AIR & PAINT OUTING • WE (7/10), 9:30am1:30pm - Guided painting on the courthouse lawn.

Register: 828-452-0593.

Free. Held at Haywood County Courthouse, 285 N. Main St., Waynesville PERSPECTIVES, LUNCHTIME CONVERSATIONS: AMANDA HOLLOMONCOOK AND JOSH COPUS • WE (7/10), noon-1pm Amanda Hollomon-Cook and Josh Copus discuss the exhibition they are a part of: Materials, Sounds, and Black Mountain College. Free. Held at Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, 120 College St. SECOND SATURDAY FOLKMOOT MARKET • 2nd SATURDAYS, 6-9pm - Second Saturday Market featuring vendors, live music, dance lessons, food and beverages.

Free to attend/$10-$15 for dinner/$5 per dance lesson. Held at Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Ave., Waynesville WATERCOLOR CLASS • TU (7/16), 10:30am12:30pm - Watercolor class with Joan Doyle. $40/$35 members. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR • SA (6/29), 9-10:30am - Art and architecture tour of downtown Hendersonville. Free.

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Held at Woodlands Gallery, 419 N. Main St., Hendersonville CRAFT FAIR OF THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (7/18) until (7/21) - Large indoor juried craft fair featuring contemporary to traditional works in clay, wood, metal, glass, fiber, natural materials, paper, leather, mixed media and jewelry. Thurs.-Sat.: 10am6pm. Sun.: 10am-5pm. $8/Free for children. Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. RIVER ARTS DISTRICT SECOND SATURDAYS • 2nd SATURDAYS, 11am-5pm - Second Saturday Celebration, event with food, music and artist demonstrations.

Free to attend. Held at Odyssey Cooperative Art Gallery, 238 Clingman Ave. • 2nd SATURDAYS, 11am-4:30pm - River Arts District gallery walks and open studios featuring more than 200 artists.

Information: riverartsdistrict.com. Free to attend/Free trolley.

Held at River Arts District, Depot St. THE BIG CRAFTY • SU (7/14), noon-6pm Outdoor juried indie arts and crafts festival featuring over 150 vendors, local food and live music.

Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. THIRD THURSDAY IN MARSHALL • TH (6/20), 5-8pm - Gallery openings, studio tours, shops, food and drinks. Free to attend.

Held at Downtown Marshall

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR LOGO CONTEST • Through (8/1) - Submissions accepted for The Studio Tour Logo Contest. Information: haywoodarts.org/ logo-contest/. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville

DANCE TWO 2-HOUR DANCE CLASSES (PD.) Saturday, July 13: Waltz & West Coast Swing 12-2PM at Grey Eagle, Asheville. Monday, July 15: East Coast Swing & West Coast Swing 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Wild Wings Café, downtown Asheville. No partner needed, bring one if you can. 2-hour class $25, 1-hour class $15.

Online discount at: www.

Danceforlife.net. For info contact Richard: 828-3330715, naturalrichard@ mac.com.

BEGINNER CONTEMPORARY LINE DANCING • THURSDAYS, 1:30-2:30pm - Beginner contemporary line dancing. $5. Held at Stephens Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver Ave. ‘CAGE SHUFFLE’ • TH (7/18), 7pm - Cage Shuffle, a dance/theater performance by Paul Lazar featuring a series of one-minute stories by John Cage from his 1963 score Indeterminacy. $10 BMCM+AC members + students/$15 nonmembers. Held at Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, 120 College St. HARVEST HOUSE 205 Kenilworth Road, 828-350-2051 • WEDNESDAYS, noon-2pm - Intermediate/ advanced contemporary line dancing. $10.

• TUESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - International folk dancing, dances from around the world. No partner needed. Info: 828-645-1543. Free.

IMPROVER CONTEMPORARY LINE DANCING • THURSDAYS until (8/22), 3-4pm - Improver contemporary line dancing. $5. Held at Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St. LINE DANCING PARTY • SA (7/13), 2:30-5:30pm - Line Dancing Party open to all dancers and non-dancers. $10. Held at Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive

OLD FARMER'S BALL oldfarmersball.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 3-5pm - Family contra/square dances for families with children ages 6-12. All ages welcome. Free. Held at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road • THURSDAYS, 7:3011pm - Old Farmers Ball, contra dance. $8/$7 members/$1 Warren Wilson Community. Held in Bryson Gym Held at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa STREET DANCE • MONDAYS, 7-9pm Square dancing and clogging to regional bluegrass bands. Beginner lesson at 6:30pm. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitors Center, 201 South Main St., Hendersonville

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS SOUND SHOP (PD.) Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm.

Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY, BRAHMS! • SA (7/14), 3pm Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No.1, Op.25 in G minor and String Sextet No.2, Op.36 in G major.

Tickets: avl.mx/69n. $25. Held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood St., Waynesville CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY MEETING / PLAYER'S CIRCLE • 2nd SUNDAYS, 1pm - Classical Guitar Society meeting followed by a potluck and musician's jam. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Guitar Bar, 122 Riverside Drive CONCERTS ON THE CREEK • FRIDAYS, 7-9pm Concerts on the Creek

series Memorial Day through Labor Day. For lineup: mountainlovers. com. Free. Held at Bridge Park Pavilion, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva CONCERTS ON THE QUAD SERIES • MO (7/15), 7-8:30pm - Concerts on the Quad Series: Che Apalache, outdoor, family friendly "latingrass" concert.

Free to attend. Held at UNC Asheville Quad, 1 University Heights DAVID TROY FRANCIS PIANO CONCERT • SU (7/14), 4pm Performance by David Troy Francis. Admission by donation. Held at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road ISIS LAWN SERIES • WEDNESDAYS and THURSDAYS, 6-8:30pm - Concert on the lawn including bluegrass, blues and jazz. Free to attend.

Held at Isis Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road

MUSIC ON MAIN • FRIDAYS, 7-9pm - Music on Main concert series.

Information: avl.mx/648.

Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville OLE TYME PICKERS FRIDAY BLUEGRASS • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 7pm - Ole Tyme Pickers, bluegrass concert. Free.

Held at Big Willow Community Building, Willow Road, Hendersonville OMS CONCERT SERIES • TH (7/11), 7:30-9pm - Sanctuary Concert Series featuring music by Alexander Caruso and David Matters. $5-$25.

Held at OM Sanctuary, 87 Richmond Hill Drive PUBSING • 2nd SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Gospel jam and sing-along. Free to attend. Held at Zillicoah Beer Co, 870 Riverside Drive, Woodfin RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES • TH (7/18), 5:30-9:30pm - Colby Dietz Band and

Kenny George Band, outdoor concert. Free to attend. Held at South Main St., Hendersonville SFYRIA TRIO • WE (7/10), 8pm - Sfyria Trio and guitarist Shane Parish, free-improvisation. $10. Held at Revolve, 821 Riverside Drive, #179 SHINDIG ON THE GREEN • SATURDAYS, 7pm Outdoor old-timey and folk music jam sessions and concert. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. SUMMER TRACKS • FR (7/12), 7pm - Summer Tracks concert series, Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues. Information: summertracks.com.

Admission by donation.

Held at Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St., Tryon SWANNANOA GATHERING CONCERT • WE (7/10), 7:30pm Swannanoa Gathering traditional song concert. $25. Held at Kittredge Theatre, Kittredge

Theatre at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa TOP OF THE GRADE CONCERTS • FR (7/12), 7-9pm - Top of the Grade concert series. Information: avl.mx/65a. Free. Held on the Ella Grace Mintz Stage. Held at McCreery Park, Smith Drive., Saluda

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD FIRESTORM BOOKS & COFFEE 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115, firestorm.coop • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 2:30pm - Wild Words writing group. Free to attend.

• 3rd TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Womxn's Empowerment Bookclub.

Free to attend.

FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 828-687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org

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More Affordable Rental Retirement Community Givens Gerber Park is pioneering the next generation of affordable housing for 55 year olds and better with a range of one- and two-bedroom rental apartments and beautiful on-campus amenities. Residents can enjoy lunch with friends in our café or walk to nearby shops and restaurants while enjoying breathtaking views of the North Carolina mountains. We welcome you to make the most out of your next chapter at Givens Gerber Park.

Contact Nicole Allen at (828)771-2207 or nallen@givensgerberpark.org to schedule an appointment.

For more information, to download applications, or to view floor plans, go to www.givensgerberpark.org

A&E C ALE NDAR • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am - Book Club.

Free.

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

Free.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (7/10), 6pm - Mirra Price presents her book, Tools to Change the World. Free to attend.

• TH (7/11), 6pm - Jeanne Charters presents her book, Lace Curtain. Free to attend.

• SU (7/14), 3pm - Brent Martin presents his book, The Changing Blue Ridge Mountains: Essays on Journeys Past and Present. Free to attend.

• TU (7/16), 6pm - Jennifer Pastiloff presents her book, On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard. Free to attend.

• WE (7/16), 6pm - Scott Huler presents his book, A Delicious Country: Rediscovering the Carolinas Along the Route of John Lawson's 1700 Expedition. Free to attend.

• TH (7/18), 6pm - Ace Atkins presents his book, The Shameless and David Joy presents The Line That Held Us. Free to attend.

• TH (7/18), 6pm Notorious History book club reads Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital by David Oshinsky. Free to attend.

THEATER CLAN DESTINY CIRCUS PRESENTS TROUPE • SA (7/13), 7pm - Troupe, acrobatic theater performance

by Clan Destiny Circus. $20-$30. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 18 Biltmore Ave. 'MATILDA' • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (7/18) until (7/21) - Matilda, musical performed by Tryon Summer Youth Theatre.

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Sun.: 3pm. $5. Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon 'MORE CRIMES AND MISSED DEMEANINGS' • FR (7/12) & SA (7/13), 7:30pm & SU (7/14), 3pm - More Crimes and Missed Demeanings, comedy directed by Rodney Smith. $20/$10 students. Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. 'ROBIN HOOD: QUEST FOR JUSTICE' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/27), 7:30pm - Robin Hood: Quest for Justice. Free to attend. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. SECOND SUNDAY WITH MARVIN COLE AS MARK TWAIN • SU (7/14), 3pm- Marvin Cole tells the story of Mark Twain. $15 advanced/$18. Information: 828-697-8547. Held at The Center for Art & Inspiration, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville 'SEPARATE BEDS' • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/11) until (7/20) Separate Beds, comedy.

Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $20 and up.

Held at Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock 'SOMETHING’S AFOOT!' • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS, (7/11) until (7/21) - Something’s Afoot!, murder mystery musical, presented by Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre.

Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm, Sat. & Sun.: 2:30pm. $34/$29/$18 students.

Held at Owen Theatre, 44 College St., Mars Hill 'U RANG DURANG?' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/14) - U Rang Durang?, two short comedies by Christopher Durang.

Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 2pm. $20/$15 youth and student.

Held at Hendersonville Community Theatre, 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville

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COMING SOON WED 7/10 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES WITH PIMPS OF POMPE 7:00PM–FRANKIE LEO 8:30PM–ANDY WOOD AND SETH ROSENBLOOM

THU 7/11 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES WITH WHISTLEPIG 7:00PM–LEMON SPARKS 8:30PM–KRISTIN ANDREASSEN, JEFFERSON HAMMER, LAUREN BALTHROP TRIO WITH SOUTH FOR THE WINTER

FRI 7/12 7:00PM–AMERICANA RISING: JASON ERIE & JOSH GRAY

SPACE CADETS: Funk, jazz and psychedelic outfit STS9 plays a three-night run on Pisgah Brewing’s outdoor stage. The band, formed in Georgia and based in Northern California, has performed evolving electronic rock for more than two decades and its 2016 release, The Universe Inside, includes samples of the Carl Sagan-chaired Golden Record, sent aboard the Voyager spacecrafts in 1977. Shows are Friday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21, at 6:15 p.m. $32.50 daily in advance/$35 day of show/$90 advance for a three-day pass. pisgahbrewing.com.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis, (African folk music), 8:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Karaoke w/ Kitten Savage, 8:00PM

HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Back to the 80's (new wave, synth, post punk), 10:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesday, 6:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Bity City Blues Jam w/ host Chicago Don, 8:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series w/ the Pimps of Pompe, 6:00PM Frankie Leo, 7:00PM Andy Wood & Seth Rosenbloom, 8:30PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Open Mic w/ Billy Owens, 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Music Jam Session, 5:00PM

BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Student Piano Recital, 12:30PM

LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM

CORK & KEG 3 Cool Cats, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Western Wednesday w/ Live Honky Tonk, 9:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Reverend Vince Anderson, 8:00PM FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM

LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bluegrass Jam hosted

by Gary Mac Fiddle & Friends, 6:00PM MONTFORD RECREATION CENTER Line Dance for Beginners (contemporary styling, no experience necessary), 12:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30PM Sign Up), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM The Bummers, Thresher, The Spiral (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Billy Litz (multi-instrumentalist), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: ASHEbuilt, 5:30PM OWB West: Latin Dance Night, 9:00PM PULP So So & Much More w/ Oliver Padgett, 8:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Kind, Clean Gentlemen, 7:00PM PRITCHARD PARK Cultural Arts in the Park w/ LEAF Easel Rider, 6:00PM REVOLVE Sfyria Trio, 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE JD & Cindy, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Wednesday Night Blues Jam w/ Ruby Mayfield, Jeff Rudolph, Jim Simmons, & Brad Curtioff, 9:00PM

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8:30PM–JACKIE VENSON & FAIR CITY FIRE SAT 7/13 7:00PM–DAVE CURLEY 8:30PM–JELLY ELLINGTON LIVE

SUN 7/14 6:00PM–BARNABY BRIGHT 8:30PM–RUSS WILSON AND THE EUPHONIC RAGTIME ORCHESTRA

TUE 7/16 7:30PM–TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS HOSTED BY DAMN TALL BUILDINGS

WED 7/17 6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES WITH PIMPS OF POMPE 7:00PM–KELLY NEFF AND JORY LYLE 8:30PM–NICKEL&ROSE AND SISTASTRINGS

THU 7/18

THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque ChamberFolk w/ The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM

6:00PM–ISIS LAWN SERIES WITH FWUIT! 7:00PM–SUZIE BROWN CD RELEASE SHOW + SCOT SAX

THE GREY EAGLE Tricia Tripp w/ JP Parsons of Hearts Gone South, 5:00PM John R Miller & The Engine Lights w/ Locust Honey, 8:00PM

7:00PM–STRINGBAND SUPPER CLUB WITH THE MOONSHINE 7:00PM–KATHRYN BELLE AND MICKEY ABRAHAM WITH BOB SINCLAIR AND THE BIG DEALS

THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Lenny Pettinelli (solo eclectic keys, singersongwriter), 6:30PM

FRI 7/19

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LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Sean Patton, 9:00PM

THE WINE AND OYSTER NC Songsmiths, 8:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Music on the Rooftop, 9:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND 80's INVASION w/ DJ Mac, 10:00PM

WEAVER HOUSE Noah Proudfoot (spirit folk, blues, soul), 9:00PM

TOWN PUMP Open Mic w/ David Bryan, 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN AnnaBeth Berry and The Arcadian Wild, 7:30PM

TREEROCK SOCIAL CIDER HOUSE Witty Wednesday Trivia, 7:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Showers on Mars (alternative, rock, reggae), 8:00PM

THURSDAY, JULY 11 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest, (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM ARCHETYPE BREWING Canned Heat Vinyl Night, 5:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Cello, 4:30PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR The Travelling Pilsburys of Asheville, 8:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Chris Jamison, 7:00PM BROWN MOUNTAIN BOTTLEWORKS NC Songsmiths, Paul Edelman, 7:30PM CALYPSO DJ Red Iyah & The Mete (Caribbean beats), 6:00PM CROW & QUILL Big Dawg Slingshots, (hot jazz & western swing), 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Old Gold w/ DJ Jasper (soul 'n' rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Ancient Ethel, McQueen, Baby FuzZ, 9:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM FUNKATORIUM Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Andrew Bird, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series w/ Whistlepig, 6:00PM Lemon Sparks, 7:00PM Kristin Andreassen, Jefferson Hammer, Lauren Balthrop Trio w/ South for Winter, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM

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LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Vinyl Record Night (open vinyl jam), 8:00PM OM SANCTUARY OMS Concert Series: Alexander Caruso & David Matters w/ Musical Guests, 7:30PM ODDITORIUM Cell Rot, Autarch (punk), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL TUB w/ the Moon Unit, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: The French Browns, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: West Side Funk Jam, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Sam McKinney, 1:45PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic hosted by Cody Hughes, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Steve Moseley Duo, 8:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Dave Desmelik, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Hundreds Thousands, 8:00PM

WILD WING CAFE Jeff & Justin, 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Acoustic Karaoke, 9:00PM ZAMBRA Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM

FRIDAY, JULY 12 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Roots & Dore Band, (blues, roots), 9:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Classical Guitar, 4:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Bumpin Uglies w/ Sons of Paradise in Asheville, 9:30PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM

CROW & QUILL Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers, (hot jazz), 9:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Music on the Rooftop, 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Sessions, 3:00PM The Jarvis Jenkins Band, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Slayed & Fade w/ DJ Ethan M (rockers & soul), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hillbilly Diamonds, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Hay Bales Music Video Release Party, 8:00PM LOOKOUT BREWING COMPANY NC Songsmiths, 7:00PM MAD CO BREW HOUSE Joe Catanese, 6:00PM

NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Urban Soil (Americana, rock), 5:30PM

CORK & KEG Brody Hunt & The Handfuls, 7:30PM

THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Bob Zullo (rock, pop, jazz, blues), 7:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Americana Rising: An Evening w/ Jason Erie and Josh Gray, 7:00PM Jackie Venson & Fair City Fire, 8:30PM

BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE Comedy Tonight, 7:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Billy Litz, 7:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Burger Kings (rock n' roll), 9:00PM

HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SALUDA Asheville Circus (mountain electronica), 7:00PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Dave Desmelik, 7:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Happy Hour: Solo Guitar Classics w/ Albi, 5:00 P.M. Summer Lovin’ Thursdays w/ Paula Hanke (blues, Motown, funk), 8:00 P.M. THE GREY EAGLE Built to Spill's Keep it Like a Secret Tour w/ Orua & Wetface [SOLD OUT], 9:00PM

HISTORIC BURKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE LAWN Morganton TGIF Summer Concert Series, 6:00PM

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Tim McWilliams, 6:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE Mitch Hayes Trio (acoustic country, Americana), 7:30PM

THE BARRELHOUSE Ter-rific Trivia, 7:00PM

GINGER'S REVENGE The Jackson Grimm Band (folk pop, Appalachian music), 7:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Rotating Rock 'n' Soul DJs, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Eyes Up Here Asheville (early show), 7:30PM Eyes Up Here Asheville (late show), 9:30PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Paper Crowns (soul, folk), 10:00PM FUNKATORIUM Aaron Austin Band featuring Jeff Sipe, 8:00PM GASTRO PUB AT HOPEY Open Mic hosted by Heather Taylor, 7:00PM GENEVA'S RIVERFRONT TIKI BAR Mr. Jimmy, 6:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Kevin "KalimbaMan" Spears, 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Partyfoul Weekly Drag, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat.

Members of Phuncle Sam, 5:30PM Moontalkr, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Kat Boomcat, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Free Flow Band (old school funk & R&B), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Trial By Fire: Tribute to Journey, 9:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Jack Vaughn, 1:45PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ RexxStepp, 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Chalwa, 8:00PM

WED

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 5PM

WED

JOHN R. MILLER & THE ENGINE LIGHTS + LOCUST HONEY

10 RUSTIC GRAPE WINE BAR Grace Christian (singersongwriter), 7:30PM

ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr. Jimmy, 4:00PM Live Blues with Jimmy, 4:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Brother Oliver, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step band follwed

by Will Ray and the Space Cooties, 5:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Paco Shipp & Dave Zoll, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE DJ Jam (Motown, R&B) 9:00 P.M.

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL White Chocolate Dance Factory: Studio 54, 10:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 3:00PM Harlem River Noise, 7:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Brian Parise, 9:30PM LAZY DIAMOND Raw Funk, Stomp, Rock, Groove, & Skank w/ DJ The Bogart, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM

ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM

LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Gloom Mountain Gospel & Sean Holt, 8:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Krekel & Whoa, 7:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Larry Dolamore, 7:00PM

MAD CO BREW HOUSE The Lazybirds, 5:00PM

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

BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER The Karolina Katz, 6:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Sister Mantos w/ Patois Counselors, DJ Malinalli, 9:00PM

BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE Comedy Tonight, 7:30PM

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Blake Ellege Super Jam, 8:00PM

TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM TRISKELION BREWERY Elysium Park, 8:00PM WICKED WEED WEST WW WEST: Jared Stout, 5:00PM WILD WING CAFE Big Ivy Project, 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function, 9:00PM ZAMBRA Hot Club Of Asheville (Gypsy jazz), 8:00PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM

CORK & KEG Ponch Bueller & The Loaded & Baked Potatoes, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Hearts Gone South, (local honky tonk), 9:00PM

ODDITORIUM Joe Buck Yourself, Delicious, Cloud City Caskets (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Andrew Thelston, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Jamison Adams Project, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Trae Crowder's (The Liberal Redneck) wellRED Comedy w/ Drew Morgan & Corey Ryan Forrester, 6:00PM

DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE Clan Destiny Circus presents TROUPE, 7:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Glass Dreams, the Dot.s, Kleptokrat, 9:00PM

ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS True Grass & Crossfire, 1:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Kat Boomcat (funk, jam), 10:00PM

PACK SQUARE PARK Shindig on the Green, 7:00PM

FUNKATORIUM Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, 8:00PM

PACK'S TAVERN Grand Theft Audio, 9:30PM

27 CLUB Asheville Underground Music presents: In Plain Sight w/ ADBC, 10:00PM

GINGER'S REVENGE NC Songsmiths, 2:30PM Paul Edelman, NC Songsmiths, 2:30PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Aaron Woody Wood, (rock, Americana), 9:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Dave Curley, 7:00PM Jelly Ellington, 8:30PM

PEACOCK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Songwriter Showcase hosted by Rob Tiger, 7:00PM

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

SATURDAY, JULY 13

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Ryan Furstenberg, 7:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE Fwuit (soul, funk), 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Empire Strike Brass w/ GrudaTree, 9:00PM Empire Strikes Brass w/ Gruda Tree, 9:00PM

10 FRI

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Hustle Souls, 8:00PM

12

SLY GROG LOUNGE Rap Arcade Indie Concert, 5:00PM

13

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Sherry Lynn, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE CommUNITY Salsa/ Latin Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes & Instructor Emily Hamilton, 9:30 P.M. (lessons at 9:00 P.M.)

BUILT TO SPILL

THU

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SUN

14

TRICIA TRIPP & JP PARSONS

15 MAN MAN MON

W/ REBECCA BLACK

SOLD OUT!

W/ ORUÃ, WETFACE

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 3PM

HULTMAN & BARB

THU

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 6PM

THU

CHARLEY CROCKETT

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FREE PATIO SHOW AT 5PM

LETTERS TO ABIGAIL

KREKEL AND WHOA

18

W/ ESTHER ROSE

CHRIS KNIGHT

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FRI

FREE PATIO SHOW AT 5:30PM

W/ JOSH SMITH

THE MID MAJORS

Asheville’s longest running live music venue • 185 Clingman Ave TICKETS AVAILABLE AT HARVEST RECORDS & THEGREYEAGLE.COM

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Updog, 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Learn the Waltz & West Coast Swing, 12:00PM Chris Knight w/ Josh Smith of Handsome & The Humbles, 9:00PM

Local Love

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 10:00PM Phantom Pantone, 10:00PM

Concert Series

FREE OUTDOOR SHOWS!

SATURDAY

THE MOTHLIGHT Spaceman Jones and The Motherships, Effigy Seed, DJ Ra Man & more, 9:00PM

JULY 20TH

TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM TRYON INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER Tryon Resort’s Saturday Night Lights (music, carousel, face painting), 6:00PM

FEATURING

ASHLEY HEATH & DAYDREAM CREATURES

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

BEER/CIDER GARDEN 4PM SHOWS 5PM-9PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8:00PM

TUB

Bumpin Uglies

w/ The Moon Unit

w/ Sons of Paradise & Bubba Love

THU, 7/11 - SHOW: 10 pm CA$ H DONATION $ @ THE DOOR

FRI, 7/19 - (18+) - SHOW: 9: 30 pm (DOORS: 8: 30 pm ) - adv : $12

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Moontalkr

FRI, 7/12 - SHOW: 10 pm CA$ H DONATION $ @ THE DOOR

White Chocolate Dance Factory

Andrew Thelston Band

SAT, 7/13 - DOORS/SHOW: 10 pm $ 5 S uggested D onation

SAT, 7/13 - SHOW: 10 pm CA$ H DONATION $ @ THE DOOR

: Studio 54

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THU

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UPCOMING SHOWS: 8/2 - Official DT LEAF Afterparty w/ Delhi 2 Dublin • 8/3 - Official DT LEAF Afterparty w/ DJ Logic • 8/10 - Our House Presents: Charles Feelgood • 8/24 - Lose Yourself to Dance w/ Marley Carroll • 9/21 - Magic City Hippies w/ Sego Tuesday Early Jam - 8PM TICKETS & FULL CALENDAR AVAILABLE AT ASHEVILLEMUSICHALL.COM Mitch’s Totally disclaimer F ree Dead Tuesday Night Funk Jam - 11PM @AVLMusicHall @OneStopAVL F riday - 5pm comedy - 9:30pm Rad Trivia - 6:30pm Electrosoul Session w/ strongmagnumopus - 11:30PM MOUNTAINX.COM

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AN EVENING WITH JUL JUL 20 CHARLIE HUNTER & LUCY WOODWARD 20

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CARLY TAICH & FRIENDS ANDREW SCOTCHIE & THE RIVER RATS

SHOW 8PM

JUL 26

SHOW 8PM

SUMMER OUT WEST TOUR SEND OFF PARTY FT. THE ROLLING EXPERIENCE

AUG 10

CHARLIE TRAVELER PRESENTS:

SHOW 7PM

A SOLO ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH AUG AUG 25 GRAMMY WINNER MIKE FARRIS 25

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PORCH TUNES: The Grey Eagle’s patio series is in full swing. On Sunday, July 21, the venue hosts two North Carolina groups on the outdoor stage. Winston-Salem outfit Brown Mountain Lightening Bugs creates revamped acoustic Americana with electric banjos and mandolin. They’ll share the stage with alternative folk trio Vagabond Crowe, pictured, of Western North Carolina, whose soulful songwriting will be highlighted on a full-length EP this fall. The free, all-ages event starts at 3 p.m. thegreyeagle.com. Photo courtesy of the band

WICKED WEED WEST WW WEST: Jared Stout, 5:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TIM O, 10:00PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Open Mic Night w/ Laura Blackley, 7:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Flashback Band, 9:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S Fleetwood's Record-ORama, 12:00PM

ZAMBRA Killawatts (jazz), 8:00PM

FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Brunch w/ Gary Macfiddle, 11:00AM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pisgah Sunday Jam feat.

Jack Mascari, 6:00PM

27 CLUB Hallelujah! Hillary's Comedy Revival, 9:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Local Sunday in the Meadow w/ DJ Kutzu & Chalwa (music, vendors, farmers market), 12:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Pilsner Brothers, (Americana), 7:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Barnaby Bright, 6:00PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM

ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Bluegrass, 4:30PM

LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy Night: Sean Finnerty, 8:30PM

SUNDAY, JULY 14

Mountain Xpress

2019 X Awards Thanks

for voting!

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Classical Guitar Society Meeting & Player's Circle, 1:00PM Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:30PM ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BLUE GHOST BREWING COMPANY The Stipe Brothers, 5:00PM

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BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Tim McWilliams, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Bluegrass & Brunch, 12:00PM BREVARD LITTLE THEATRE Comedy Tonight, 3:00PM BYWATER Sunday Bywater Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL Lo-Fi DJ & Brunch (all ages), 11:00AM

LAZY DIAMOND Jenny Besetzt (dreamy rock), De()t (punk), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP MandoCyn, 6:30PM NEW BELGIUM BREWERY Sunday Second Line Brunch, 11:30AM ODDITORIUM Dyke Night, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Petition Canvas Party Climate Bill of Rights, 1:00PM ORANGE PEEL Trae Crowder's (The Liberal Redneck) wellRED Comedy w/ Drew Morgan & Corey Ryan Forrester, 7:30PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Harlan County Grass & Randy Flack, 1:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Sunday Social Club, 4:30PM

ZAMBRA Cynthia McDermott (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM

MONDAY, JULY 15

SALVAGE STATION Grateful Sunday w/ Phuncle Sam, 5:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Sound Club, (R&B, soul, jazz), 8:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Sanctuary Sunday Jazz ft.

The Wayne Banks Trio, 1:00PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 5:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Open Open Mic, 6:30PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the Round, 5:30PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Peter Fraser, 1:30PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Crystal Bowl Soundbath w/ Kristen Reitter, 7:00PM THE BARRELHOUSE Weekly Original Music Open Mic, 6:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Eric Congdon, 3:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Hultman & Barb, 3:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM THE WEDGE STUDIOS Live Music Sundays, 5:30PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Christian Howes Creative String Workshop Concert, 7:30PM WHOLE FOODS MARKET NC Songsmiths, 1:30PM WICKED WEED BREWING Jared Stout, 4:00PM

BYWATER Bele Chere, 12:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim-O, 10:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7:30PM Open Mic, 9:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & Friends, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Stage Fright Open Mic (7:30pm Sign up), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque Hosted By Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Live Band Honky-Tonk Karaoke hosted by Take The Wheel, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Open Mic Night, 8:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Jazz Monday (open jam), 8:30PM ORANGE PEEL Hop Along w/ Floating Action & Kississippi, 8:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays Open Jam, 6:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Open Mic Night: It Takes All Kinds w/ host Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Mr Jimmy, 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Happy Hour: Ryan Stout (ambient alien space sounds), 5:00 P.M. Soul Jam feat. Jamar Woods of the Fritz, 8:00 P.M. Service Industry Night Karaoke w/ DJ Cat Daddy, 11:30 P.M. THE GREY EAGLE Man Man w/ Rebecca Black, 7:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson (Gypsy Jazz), 9:00PM UNC ASHEVILLE QUAD Concerts on the Quad: Che Apalache ("Latin bluegrass"), 7:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Monday Night Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Local Live Series: Jay Brown and Sarah Mumford, 7:30PM

TUESDAY, JULY 16 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys, (hot jazz), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Evening of Classical Guitar - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Billy Litz, 7:00PM BYWATER Bele Chere, 12:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Sonic Stew w/ DJ Lil Side Salad & Seymour, 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Comedy at Fleetwood's: Ryan Singer, 9:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions hosted by Damn Tall Buildings, 7:30PM LAKE JUNALUSKA CONFERENCE & RETREAT CENTER Lakeshore Goes Broadway, 6:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM

MAD CO BREW HOUSE NC Songsmiths, 5:00PM NOBLE KAVA Open Jam, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Free Open Mic Comedy Night, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Early Jam, 8:00PM Electrosoul Sessions w/ strongmagnumopus, 11:30PM PARADOX NIGHTCLUB Turntable Tuesdays w/ Vinyl Time Travelers (dance, pop, hip-hop throwbacks), 10:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Rhoda & the Risers, 7:00PM

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

THU. 7/11 Steve Moseley Duo (acoustic rock)

FRI. 7/12 DJ RexxStepp (dance hits, pop)

SAT. 7/13 Grand Theft Audio (classic hits)

SALVAGE STATION Billy Bob Thorton & The Boxmasters, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Team Trivia w/ host Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM SOUTHERN PORCH Nc Songsmiths, 6:30PM STATIC AGE RECORDS Baby Tony and The Teenies, Wyla, Ugly Runner & Dregs, 9:00PM

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heville Movie Guys s A e h t n i o J for the next Movie Night!

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing AVL Dance w/ the Bacchaneers, 9:00PM (lessons at 8:00 P.M.) Late Night Blues, 11:00PM

The evening includes a brief introduction by the Asheville Movie Guys, Bruce C. Steele and Edwin Arnaudin of AshevilleMovies.com, as well as a lively discussion with the audience after the credits.

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson (Gypsy Jazz), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Sessa w/ Groupo Libro (Brazilian pop), 9:00PM THE SOCIAL Open Mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Tigeraoke Tuesdays (karaoke night), 10:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Robert's Twin Leaf Trivia, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Jam, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH The Dog House Band, 6:00PM

The Last Black Man in San Francisco Mon., 7/15, 7pm • Fine Arts Theatre 36 Biltmore Ave., Asheville

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Hosted by the Asheville Movie Guys EDWIN ARNAUDIN earnaudin@mountainx.com HHHHH

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DIRECTOR: Joe Talbot PLAYERS: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Danny Glover DRAMA/COMEDY RATED R The most creative and kinetic filmmaking in The Last Black Man in San Francisco is in its first 10 minutes or so, when pals Jimmie Fails (Jimmie Fails) and Montgomery Allen (Jonathan Majors) go skateboarding through the city, passing through what’s left of its African American neighborhoods on their way to a classic Victorian home Jimmie’s obsessed with. The slo-mo sidewalk images are crisp and evocative, with truthful, slightly mad narration by a street preacher and joyous shots of the skateboarding friends. It’s one of the best openings for any movie so far this year.

You can tell from the title that The Last Black Man in San Francisco bends toward parable. And you know it’s going to be deeply personal from the fact that the lead character and the actor/co-writer playing him share the same name.

Jimmie is a young man reduced to sleeping on the floor in the home of Montgomery’s blind grandfather (Danny Glover). But he’s infatuated with the glorious old house where he once lived with his father before they were priced out of the neighborhood in the 1990s. Now he returns often to the neglected Victorian, doing guerrilla home improvement 44

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projects. When the home’s older white owners are also displaced, Jimmie and Montgomery move in, hoping to exercise squatters’ rights.

Fails and director Joe Talbot use the impact of gentrification to address the larger issue of the culture of place: What (and who) defines San Francisco? What has happened to its African American community? A scene with Jimmie waiting at a bus stop with a casually nude man, both of them harassed by a noisy mobile frat party on a faux trolley car, sums up the film’s view: The quirky diversity of the city is being pummeled by a generic and oppressive privileged class.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco is at its best in such unlikely and poetic moments, and there are many. But the screenplay Talbot wrote with Rob Richert (from his and Fails’ story) is less successful threading together a sustained plotline to take the story to some kind of credible conclusion. A climactic confrontation fizzles before Talbot returns to the more evocatively disconnected imagery that makes the film the beautiful work it is.

Of course, the fact that Talbot and Fails find no real resolution and little hope amid the blight of gentrification is no condemnation. It’s a call to action.

Opens July 12 at the Fine Arts Theatre.

REVIEWED BY BRUCE STEELE BCSTEELE@GMAIL.COM

Spider-Man: Far From Home HHHH

DIRECTOR: Jon Watts PLAYERS: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal ACTION/ADVENTURE RATED PG-13 With Endgame behind us, moviegoers around the world are on the edge of their seats about where the Marvel Cinematic Universe will go next. Even though I haven’t loved many of the films in this epic franchise, I’ll admit that I am one of these eager fans who can’t wait to see what’s coming. With Thanos defeated and the world settling back into whatever normalcy it can muster, along comes a spider to carry the torch and lead us into the next phase. Spider-Man: Far From Home may not be a perfect movie, but it’s

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STARTING FRIDAY The Last Black Man in San Francisco (R) HHHH (Pick of the Week) JUST ANNOUNCED Crawl (R) Giant alligators swarm around a woman and her father as floodwaters engulf their home.

Stuber (R) A cop recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer.

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a damned good follow-up to Endgame, and it might be the most fun you’ll have at the movies all summer.

Right off the bat, what’s most striking about Far From Home is the distance it gives itself from the frequent heavy-handedness of the Avengers movies. It serves as a reprieve from the violence and loss typical of those films, giving us an opportunity to grieve with our feet planted firmly on terrestrial ground. While the films of the MCU have always striven for emotional depth and thematic gravitas, their success rate is questionable.

Far From Home is different. It acknowledges the doom and gloom of

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some of its recent predecessors with a wink and a nod, then all but challenges you not to have fun with a story that is simpler and more down to earth than much of the series’ output. It might not be epic, but it’s honest, and I for one prefer the smaller approach.

Like Thor: Ragnarok, Far From Home is chock-full of wonderful ’80s throwback vibes and no shortage of laughs that perfectly walk the line between corny and current. But, where the former owes its aesthetic to cheesy sci-fi flicks like Flash Gordon, the latter mixes the comedic action of Big Trouble in Little China and the property damage of Die Hard with the fish-out-of-water travelogue of National Lampoon’s European Vacation. Throw in some John Hughes-style teen awkwardness and plenty of high-tech James Bond gadgetry and a pretty potent cocktail starts to emerge. However, Far From Home is very much its own film — one merely spiced by these heavy-hitting Reagan-era forebears. As such, its wild and varied influences serve as a jumping off point for a great story and a carefully calculated tone, rather than a crutch to fall back on.

Of course, a great cast helps and, dare I say, the Spider-Man crew is the best in the MCU. Tom Holland is so very far and away better than those other duds that have donned the tights over the years that I’m choosing to not even mention their names. This cast has chemistry for days,

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so much that I even liked Jake Gyllenhaal, who usually makes me cringe.

As they traipse around Europe on an ever-increasing but purposefully contrived school trip, Peter (Holland) misses every opportunity to impress MJ (Zendaya).

Sometimes it’s an elemental monster that gets in the way, but mostly it’s his own nervousness. The pair — along with a marvelous supporting cast (I’ll take all the Martin Starr you can give me, thank you very much) — continuously shine, offering well-crafted and smart comedic breaks along with believable teenage tension.

Give me this gang over the dour Avengers any day of the week.

Far From Home gives a few hints and clues about what’s in store for the next phase of MCU movies, but nothing definitive (something I’m perfectly fine with).

I have no doubt that there’s plenty of darkness and catastrophe to come, but for now, I’m enjoying the break Far From Home has offered. Some of the action might be a bit too fast-paced for my liking, making it muddled and hard to follow, but this is a small gripe considering the liveliness of the story and the fun to be had. It’s an old-fashioned summer popcorn extravaganza that has managed to both take me back to my youth and make me eager for the future.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re in the Land of Green Magic. That’s potentially very good news, but you must also be cautious. Why? Because in the Land of Green Magic, the seeds of extraneous follies and the seeds of important necessities both grow extra fast. Unless you are a careful weeder, useless stuff will spring up and occupy too much space. So be firm in rooting out the blooms that won’t do you any good. Be aggressive in nurturing only the very best and brightest.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Eight years ago, researchers in Kerala, India went to the Padmanabhaswamy Temple and climbed down into centuries-old vaults deep beneath the main floor. They found a disorganized mess of treasure in the form of gold and precious gems. There were hundreds of chairs made from gold, baskets full of gold coins from the ancient Roman Empire, and a four-foot-high solid statue of a god, among multitudinous other valuables. I like bringing these images to your attention, Taurus, because I have a theory that if you keep them in your awareness, you’ll be more alert than usual to undiscovered riches in your own life and in your own psyche. I suspect you are closer than ever before to unearthing those riches.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Children need to learn certain aptitudes at certain times. If they don’t, they may not be able to master those aptitudes later in life. For example, if infants don’t get the experience of being protected and cared for by adults, it will be hard for them to develop that capacity as toddlers. This is a good metaphor for a developmental phase that you Geminis are going through. In my astrological opinion, 2019 and 2020 are critical years for you to become more skilled at the arts of togetherness and collaboration; to upgrade your abilities so as to get the most out of your intimate relationships. How are you doing with this work so far?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Vantablack is a material made of carbon nanotubes. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is the darkest stuff on the planet. No black is blacker than Vantablack. It reflects a mere 0.036% of the light that shines upon it. Because of its unusual quality, it’s ideal for use in the manufacture of certain sensors, cameras and scientific instruments. Unfortunately, an artist named Anish Kapoor owns exclusive rights to use it in the art world. No other artists are allowed to incorporate Vantablack into their creations. I trust you will NOT follow Kapoor’s selfish example in the coming weeks.

In my astrological opinion, it’s crucial that you share your prime gifts, your special skills and your unique blessings with the whole world. Do not hoard!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Hi, my name is Rob Brezsny, and I confess that I am addicted to breathing air, eating food, drinking water, indulging in sleep and getting high on organic, free-trade, slavery-free dark chocolate. I also confess that I am powerless over these addictions. Now I invite you to be inspired by my silly example and undertake a playful but serious effort to face up to your own fixations. The astrological omens suggest it’s a perfect moment to do so. What are you addicted to? What habits are you entranced by? What conditioned responses are you enslaved to? What traps have you agreed to be snared by? The time is right to identify these compulsions, then make an audacious break for freedom.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When cherries are nearing the end of their ripening process, they are especially vulnerable. If rain falls on them during those last few weeks, they can rot or split, rendering them unmarketable. So cherry-growers hire helicopter pilots to hover over their trees right after it rains, using the downdraft from the blades to dry the valuable little fruits. It may seem like overkill, but it’s the method that works best. I advise you to be on the lookout for similar protective measures during the climactic phase of your personal ripening process. Your motto should be to take care of your valuables by any means necessary.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Please don’t try to relax.

Don’t shy away from challenges. Don’t apologize for your holy quest or tone down your ambition or stop pushing to get better. Not now, anyway, Libra. Just the opposite, in fact. I urge you to pump up the volume on your desires. Be even bigger and bolder and braver.

Take maximum advantage of the opportunities that are arising and cash in on the benevolent conspiracies that are swirling in your vicinity. Now is one of those exceptional moments when tough competition is actually healthy for you, when the pressure to outdo your previous efforts can be tonic and inspiring.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I can’t decide whether to compare your imminent future to a platypus, kaleidoscope, patchwork quilt or Swiss army knife.

From what I can tell, your adventures could bring you random jumbles or melodic melanges — or a blend of both. So I’m expecting provocative teases, pure flukes and multiple options. There’ll be crazy wisdom, alluring messes and unclassifiable opportunities. To ensure that your life is more of an intriguing riddle than a confusing maze, I suggest that you stay closely attuned to what you’re really feeling and thinking and communicate that information with tactful precision.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Every year, thousands of people all over the world go to hospital emergency rooms seeking relief from kidney stones. Many of the treatments are invasive and painful. But in recent years, a benign alternative has emerged. A peer-reviewed article in a scientific journal presented evidence that many patients spontaneously pass their kidney stones simply by riding on roller coasters. I doubt that you’ll have a literal problem like kidney stones in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. But I do suspect that any psychological difficulties you encounter can be solved by embarking on thrilling adventures akin to riding on roller coasters.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his book The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus told the story of a six-year war between the armies of the Medes and the Lydians in an area that today corresponds to Turkey. The conflict ended suddenly on a day when a solar eclipse occurred. Everyone on the battlefield got spooked as the light unexpectedly dimmed, and commanders sought an immediate cease to the hostilities. In the spirit of cosmic portents precipitating practical truces, I suggest you respond to the upcoming lunar eclipse on July 16-17 with overtures of peace and healing and amnesty. It’ll be a good time to reach out to any worthwhile person or group from whom you have been alienated.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): My astrological colleague Guru Gwen believes that right now Aquarians should get scolded and penalized unless they agree to add more rigor and discipline to their rhythms. On the other hand, my astrological colleague Maestro Madelyn feels that Aquarians need to have their backs massaged, their hands held and their problems listened to with grace and empathy. I suppose that both Gwen and Madelyn want to accomplish the same thing, which is to get you back on track. But personally, I’m more in favor of Madelyn’s approach than Gwen’s.

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