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Here’s to cyclocross culture WNC will host the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships — a race characterized by tight turns, long straightaways, wooden barriers, muddy sections and steep climbs. On the cover, riders make their way through the East Tennessee MSG — Mud, Sweat and Gears — cyclocross course.

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Teachers shouldn’t have to crowd-fund their medical care [I’m] terribly upset by the fact that a teacher needs to crowd-fund to pay for her breast cancer treatment, [as reported in the July 4 online Xpress article, “Mela Indian Restaurant Hosts July 7 Fundraiser for Asheville Teacher Laurie Joens”]. I do not know too much about North Carolina medical insurance for teachers, but I do know that teachers’ pay and pensions have been under fire for some time. After 35 years as an administrator, I know quite a bit about what it takes to be a good teacher and the hours beyond the regular day that good teachers invest to do their job. When teachers face this type of negativism and these kinds of stories, who will enter the schools to gain a license to teach? Probably not our best and our brightest. How many teachers need to leave the system for greener pastures before the public finally says enough? — Pete Fland Asheville

African-American views on The Block should be heard I hope everyone will go back and read again Dwight B. Mullen’s letter in the June 17 Mountain Xpress (“Development Destroying African Americans’ Historical Legacy”).

Apparently there are plans to redevelop the Eagle/Market Street area, “once the heart of black Asheville.” Some of us older white people are beginning to learn a different perspective from the one we absorbed or were taught in our youth. Back in the ’60s, I never saw, for example, how African-American slave labor afforded Thomas Jefferson the time to become educated, the time to study current political thought, the time to think, the time to complete the Declaration of Independence. The gift of time is hardly incidental. Dr. Mullen wrote his letter before the sickening and sad events that occurred in Charleston. Because of that racially motivated violence, black experience in America is everywhere getting another past-due look. The possible destruction of their historical center in Asheville seems unconscionable to me now. It would have been unconscionable (in my opinion) before the murders, but I am now taking the time to look with new attention. I don’t know a single thing about the planned development of The Block, but I am convinced that it is time to pause and rethink, and make sure the African-American viewpoint is heard and honored. This is not about guilt or appeasement. This is about gratitude. Even science, now joining with the voices of kind religion, tells us that gratitude is essential to happiness. In the South, particularly, we have a lot of mistakes to correct. Both the city of Asheville and the new property owners, who Dr. Mullen says are from

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Set the record straight on carbon fees I’d like to set the record straight on a few facts concerning the Citizens’ Climate Lobby and the carbon fee and dividend. The letter from Michael Ivey in the July 8 Xpress, [“Climatechange Believers Betray Their Naiveté”], labels climate activists as “naive,” “brainwashed” and “misinformed.” Actually, 97 percent of climate scientists are in consensus about the fact that human-generated CO2, methane and nitrous oxides are caus-

ing runaway climate change. Are these scientists naive? Anne Craig’s previous letter, [“Local Group Lobbies for Climate Change Action,” June 24, Xpress], clearly stated that the proposed carbon fee and dividend would return all of the fee ($15 per ton of CO2) collected in the form of a dividend to every household. Less than 1 percent of it will be spent in administrative costs. Of course, the fee will result in higher prices for gasoline, heating oil, natural gas and coal-fired electricity for the consumer. However, the dividend would offset this burden for twothirds of the public — all but the most profligate users of fossil fuel. (Private jet owners, take heed!) The fee is revenue-neutral. An apple from Chile will cost more than one grown locally. So which one will you buy? As the cost of heating your home goes up, you might spend your dividend on improving your insulation. Everyone but the big fossil fuel companies wins. The economy will be stimulated, while health and environmental costs are avoided. In 10 years, over 2 million jobs will be created, while up to Basket by Matt Tommey

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Students’ needs considered in testing The answer Mr. Glazener gave [“Proctors Ensure Integrity in Testing,” June 17, Xpress] explained clearly the duties and responsibilities of a proctor but didn’t address the particular situation. When a child has an IEP (Individual Education Plan) s/he is usually tested in a small group or individually depending upon needs as determined by teachers/parents/administrators. This is all included on the IEP and must be followed, as it is a legally binding document. For example, a child with ADHD may be too distracted in a classroom with 20 other students. Or his reading skills may not be on grade level, so the test would be read aloud to him to ensure that he is being tested on his mathematical ability. I am curious about why the proctor was not better informed about the testing process. — Clara Yarbro Winston-Salem

Grocery stores should take the lead and label GMO foods Independence Day is all about celebrating the great freedoms of America while eating delicious food. The intersection of these two seems worth looking into. What are the freedoms that we have and don’t have relating to our foods? Although they make up for 80 percent of the products on supermarket shelves, almost no GMO products are labeled. However, almost all Americans wish this were not so, with nine out of 10 Americans support GMO labeling. They believe, as do I, that we have a right to know what we are eating. Because of this new momentum, several food retailers and brands have taken a stand — Whole Foods, Chipotle and others. Yet Whole Foods is the only grocery store that has committed to labeling the GMOs in its products. As North Carolina’s largest healthy grocery, Harris Teeter should take the lead by labeling GMOs in its products and acknowledging our right to know what’s in our food. — Meredith Glaubach Raleigh

Fluoridation may open Asheville to litigation In response to the July 8 letter “Community Water Fluoridation Has Important Benefits for Oral Health,” Asheville’s decision to fluoridate our water is not only a health risk but may open the city up to civil litigation in the future. Fluoride, in the form and quantity that our city adds to its drinking water, is not a “natural mineral” as the letter describes. In fact, the fluoride that our city adds to our drinking water is obtained from the air-pollution-control devices of the phosphate fertilizer industry. It comes from the inside [of] the smokestacks of fertilizer factories. Our city chooses to add a chemical to our drinking water that is described as “slightly less toxic than arsenic, slightly more toxic than lead” by the Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products. Our city chooses to add a chemical to our drinking water that scientists from Harvard University, in 2012, found to reduce IQ scores of children. Our city chooses to add a chemical to our drinking water that was found, in 2006 in a report commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency, to cause: increased bone fractures, decreased thyroid function, impaired glucose tolerance (diabetes), earlier sexual maturity, decreased IQ and possibly osteosarcoma. Our city chooses to add a chemical to our drinking water that even our own toothpaste tubes will tell us “do not swallow.” Even if our city refuses to believe studies from Harvard or the Environmental Protection Agency or the 97 percent of countries in Western Europe that refuse to fluoridate their water, why would we “medicate” our water supply to prevent tooth decay? Doesn’t it violate the doctrine of informed consent to medicate people without their consent? Lawsuits are starting pop up against municipalities over fluoride causing injury. What else would the city expect when it chooses to medicate our entire population without informed consent with a toxic chemical that is known to cause serious and permanent injuries by reputable and authoritative scientists? — Lakota R. Denton Attorney Minick Law Firm Asheville

Proposed fines for short-term rentals are overzealous In response to the June 17 Xpress article “Leveling the Playing Field,” if you had been part of the Short Term Rental Advocacy Asheville group, you would know the rhetoric in the newspapers is a campaign. Since December 2013, local short-term rental advocates and hosts have been working with the city concerning the “sharing economy” and ensuring that all city residents benefit from the economic wealth brought by tourism and travel. STRAA shared “best practices.” It encouraged people to check local laws, screen guests, set ground rules, rent for the “right” price, promote property properly, have a 24/7 owner/contact in the event of problems, have property insurance and pay their taxes. We hired a land-use attorney to work with city staff, including Judy Daniels (retired), Allen Gines, Shannon Tuch, Cathy Ball and the Asheville City Council. Last summer, the city hired and paid a consultant to write a report about the impact of short-term rentals in North Carolina. After multiple drafts, the final report was vague and inconclusive. Now there is no mention of this report. We attended PED and City Council Planning and Zoning Commission [meetings] for two

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years. In January 2015 the Chamber of Commerce sponsored a meeting at Diana Wortham [Theatre]. Ms. Minges, hotel and restaurant industry representative, talked for 30 minutes, followed by a panel discussion of locals speaking five minutes each (the bed-and-breakfast group, Realtors, the Coalition of Asheville Neighborhoods, local and quasi-government representatives). The public was given three minutes. The second public forum in March was sponsored by City Council. Many spoke in support of loosening the current restrictions in the city. STRs are allowed in the county and Central Business District. Couldn’t similar smart and transparent regulatory policies that benefit the entire travel ecosystem be developed around the goal of ensuring an adequate supply of housing? In each meeting, there seemed some movement toward consideration of establishing basic components to regulate short-term rentals while protecting the common good. The information is not consistent coming from the city. Our initial impression was there was room for negotiation. Now there is no acknowledgement that there has been a twoyear conversation and interaction with Council, that the city hired a consul-

tant, that staff worked with a landuse attorney representing shortterm rental advocates. This is the situation Asheville finds itself in: The city, state and county are raising all the taxes to have the tourists share tax burdens, most of which is going to go outside the Asheville city limits. Enforcement continues to be neighbors reporting neighbors. The city has created a climate of fear and mistrust among neighbors. The fines of $100 per day have been levied, and people have been put out of business, losing a vital level of income in some cases that allowed them to stay in their

houses, improve the housing stock and make ends meet in Asheville. The fines are going to increase to $500 if P&Z’s recommendation is heeded by Council. This is overzealous and out of control. I am wondering what is really going on. The city does not have a clear and transparent agenda. Fear is not a professional or politically adept way of organizing a “sustainable” city for tourists or locals. — Asheville resident editor’s note: Although Mountain Xpress ordinarily does not withhold the names of letter writers, in this case we made an exception because we determined that the writer’s concerns about possible loss of income were valid.

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A relatively new sport that’s exploding in popularity in the U.S. these days is giving visitors yet another reason to come to Asheville. In January, the city will host the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships. Organizers expect the fiveday event, scheduled for Jan. 6-10, to draw spectators and elite racers from across the country, including such cyclocross-heavy areas as New England, Portland, Oregon, Boulder, Colorado, and Louisville, Kentucky. “I just started researching unique and a little bit off-the-mainstream style of sporting events,” says ben Vancamp, who was hired in 2010 as executive director of the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission. “At the time, cyclocross was a brand-new concept to me; I found a video online of this kind of wacky sport, completely different from anything I’d seen before in cycling.” Racers compete on a 1.2- to 2-mile course that includes tight turns, long straightaways, wooden barriers and exceptionally muddy sections or steep hill climbs that force racers to dismount and remount their bikes at speed. Intrigued, VanCamp says he “reached out to tim hopkin in Hendersonville, who organizes the North Carolina Cyclocross Series and the North Carolina Grand Prix at Jackson Park” to discuss the possibility of hosting championships in Asheville. In 2005, notes a February 2014 Associated Press story, “About 32,000 riders started one of USA Cycling’s cyclocross events; that number rose to more than 110,000 by 2012. And the number of participants at the national championships

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in Boulder earlier this month was up nearly 30 percent over a year ago.” But the sport, notes Hopkin, who’s the director of Henderson County’s Parks and Recreation Department, is also “very spectator-friendly. It’s a multilap race, so the athletes will pass multiple sections multiple times, which makes it far more appealing and interesting to spectators and the racers themselves. It’s exciting to watch and exciting to participate in.” n.c.’s cYcLocross cuLture Cyclocross isn’t the only kind of cycling that’s shining a spotlight on Asheville. Western North Carolina is one of the best places in the nation to ride a bike, and in May, the city hosted the Collegiate Road National Championships, which brought in Division I and II men’s and women’s teams from as far away as Oregon,

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Colorado and New England to duke it out here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. VanCamp was also behind that event, which will be returning to Asheville in 2016. Hopkin, meanwhile, was the promoter for the N.C. Cyclocross Series. Now in its 19th year, the NCCX series holds races from Hendersonville to as far east as Raleigh and Southern Pines. The cyclocross season begins in the autumn and concludes with the world championships in February.

In 2013, Louisville became the first U.S. city to host the Cyclocross World Championships. Next year’s edition will be held in HeusdenZolder, Belgium. In the summer of 2011, Hopkin and VanCamp got together with others in the local cycling community, including members of Asheville Cyclocross (a bike-racing group) and hugh moran, the head coach of Mars Hill University’s cycling program, to discuss bringing the 2016 nationals to Asheville. Seeing real potential for landing the cyclocross nationals, VacCamp began focusing his attention on ’cross. He consulted with a number of potential host sites, including Biltmore Estate, and that fall, the Asheville Sports Commission officially submitted a bid. After considering proposals from a number of cities across the nation, USA Cycling, the sport’s national governing body,

decided in March 2012 to award the 2014 nationals to Boulder, this year’s edition to Austin, and next year’s event to Asheville. “Our ability to show that we have a cyclocross culture in N.C., that we have hosted world-class events such as the North Carolina Grand Prix, I’m sure helped [USA Cycling] feel confident that the athletes and the people here understand and know what cyclocross is,” notes Hopkin, adding, “Their enthusiasm for having the nationals will definitely be a benefit to the event.” fitness regime In the early 1900s, road racers seeking a way to stay fit until the weather had improved enough for road competition to resume began racing bikes across fields, up hills and even through river crossings; by the 1950s, cyclocross had morphed into its own unique sport in Europe. It took another several decades for the sport to arrive in the U.S., where it didn’t find much popularity until the last 10 years. In Europe, meanwhile, television ratings for ’cross now rival those of the NFL in America, the Associated Press reports. One key reason for this is the greater opportunities this hybrid sport offers viewers. To be sure, classic road events such as the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix attract large numbers of spectators. But once the surge of colorfully clad racers passes any given point, it’s difficult if not impossible for those folks to continue watching the race. Cyclocross, on the other hand, plays out on a short, closed course featuring a variety of challenges, including barriers to dismount and jump over, sandpits to ride through and, oftentimes, difficult conditions such as snow and mud. the root of the probLem Next year’s Asheville nationals will come on the heels of a controversial 2015 event in Austin’s Zilker Park. In the wake of heavy rains and worse-than-expected soil drainage, the Austin Heritage Tree Foundation, which hadn’t been involved in planning the race, raised concerns that it posed a hazard to some old and precious trees along the route. Race organizers had conducted numerous walkthroughs with officials from the city and USA Cycling, park rangers and arborists during the planning stage,

and twice-daily walk-throughs with Parks & Rec staff during the event. But due to a combination of miscommunication and disorganization, the Sunday races were abruptly canceled, and police were posted that morning to turn away racers and spectators alike. Eventually, after long talks involving the organizers, the tree advocates and city officials, and a phone call from Texas native Lance armstrong, the races were rescheduled for the next day. But in the meantime, the cancellation created logistical nightmares both for the elite racers contending for the various national titles and for anyone in attendance who’d bought plane tickets or booked hotel rooms and planned to return to work or fly home on Monday. The organizers of the Asheville nationals believe they’ll be ready for whatever circumstances arise. Hopkin has already held January practice race weekends at Biltmore Estate the last two years, as finales to the 2014 and 2015 NCCX series. “There are plans for all situations,” he notes. “We have slightly different terrain than Austin did. The majority of the course is on farmland, so it doesn’t have the same concerns, but there will be other unique things we’ve discussed and looked for.” The estate, says Hopkin, is aware that it could be facing a muddy week of cyclocross. Both Hopkin and VanCamp say they appreciate Biltmore staffers’ professionalism and the diverse terrain available on the estate grounds. Meanwhile, the practice races have helped organizers identify and sort out things like parking, and the course design has been significantly improved each year. Particularly at the championship level, cyclocross events require straight stretches of pavement of a certain length, which were lacking during the first year of practice races. Construction around Antler Hill Village forced Hopkin to reroute the 2015 course, which now includes a desirable starting and finishing stretch. Still, VanCamp concedes that logistics will probably be one of the event’s greatest challenges. Last January, Biltmore decided to extend its customary holiday celebrations into the new year,

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“We’re hoping for a good turnout from the locals — as racers, spectators and volunteers,” says Hopkin. “It’s definitely a fun event to embrace and support, and hopefully the community, which has already embraced the sport, will support it with even more enthusiasm and really help showcase Asheville and WNC cyclocross.” VanCamp agrees, saying, “I think the success of the event is largely going to fall to the cycling community and how well they support it. It’s going to be a large volunteer effort; it can’t be done with just ’cross racers volunteering. We’re going to need recreational riders to come out and support it; we’re going to need road riders to come out and support it, mountain bikers, everyone.” Despite the many challenges, however, he anticipates a vibrant, lively event. “The nightlife is going to be huge. It’s going to be a crazy fun week for Asheville in January.” To learn more about evolving plans for the 2016 nationals in Asheville, visit facebook.com/ AshevilleCX16/timeline. X

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DA-sponsored expunction clinic serves a different brand of justice People in search of renewed opportunity flowed into Pack Memorial Library on Wednesday, July 8, as lawyers and interns from Pisgah Legal Services and Legal Aid of North Carolina aided clients in expunging their criminal records at Buncombe County’s first district attorney-sponsored expunction clinic. District Attorney Todd Williams says the idea came about after speaking with Daniel Bowes of the N.C. Justice Center, about obstacles individuals face when expunging their records. In Bowes’ view, it’s forwardthinking of Williams “to understand that justice needs more than punishment, [and that] it also includes providing second chances to certain individuals.” From a legal standpoint, an expunction forgives a person’s criminal record — though not everyone is applicable. The offense must be nonviolent, and the conviction must have occurred more than 15 years ago, with no criminal activity since. And after expunction, with very few exceptions, it’s as if the record never existed. According to Williams, North Carolina law “allows folks to expunge dismissals, not-guilties and prior convictions in certain circumstances where folks have moved on in life and paid their debt. “And,” he continues, “broadening folks’ access to expungements, I think, is in the interest of justice.” The pursuit of these second chances is a “relatively new realm of law,” Bowes asserts. “Expunctions and certificates of relief restore employment and affordable housing opportunities for individuals who are ready and eager to contribute, and by doing so, that makes communities stronger and safer.” Williams explains that providing the community with free access to a clinic like this is helpful because of the many obstacles individuals face when seeking expunction. A person must have access to a state criminal database. “Affidavits have to be signed; forms have to be prepared.

PACKED AT PACK: District Attorney Todd Williams discusses the clinic with Daniel Bowes and Legal Aid of NC intern Jonathan Burns. Photo by Able Allen

You need a lawyer to do that, they need to be filed [and] a judge needs to sign off on them. “Typically, there are fees associated with all that,” he continues. “When your priority is putting food on the table, and [you are] living day to day, your last thought is to pay an attorney $250 to file paperwork.” There’s a great deal of interest in the program, according to Williams and Bowes. Screenings of potential clients were performed through Pisgah Legal in May and June, and between 50 and 60 people were accepted. After being accepted as clients, Bowes explains, the clinic attendees are fully represented by the staff of Legal Aid of North Carolina without charge. The next phase for the group served at the clinic is to wait for their cases to be processed. If the applicants are granted a certificate of relief, an official document preventing peoples’ records from being held against them, that would only take about two months, says Bowes. But if clients receive an expunction, it usually takes about six months to process, and it can take up to another six months for the records to be completely “scrubbed” from all appropriate databases. Looking to the future, Williams says he feels that Buncombe County is likely to see more expunction clinics. The mission of the clinic, Bowes says, is to

“not only provide relief to low-income individuals, but also get the local community talking about these issues.” — Able Allen Regional Recycling Solutions faces ‘chicken or the egg’ dilemma After two years of planning, a heated community forum and a threehour debate on the definition of the word “disposal,” partners of Regional Recycling Solutions are, legally, stuck between a rock and a hard place. At the crowded July 8 Buncombe County Board of Adjustments meeting, Attorney for the Board Curt Euler explained that the RRS debate would be broken into two parts: a legal debate, questioning the ability of the board to vote on this topic, and a public hearing where the neighbors could voice their community concerns. During part one, Euler explained, both sides’ attorneys would debate the extent of the board’s legal authority — and then the board would vote either for or against their own ability to grant or approve the facility’s permit. Part two, he continued, may not be necessary following the decision made in part one. Attorney Derek Allen, hired to voice the opposition, explained that the county board “must reject the

application,” as, by county standards, the application is incomplete without first being approved by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. However, DENR’s policy is that RRS cannot be approved without first receiving approval from the county — trapping the company in a paradoxical loop of permitting problems. Defined by the county’s zoning ordinance, a solid waste facility is any land, personnel or equipment in the management of solid waste, including a transfer station, landfill or materials recovery facility. Later, it reads: “All solid waste management facilities used for the disposal of solid waste shall meet the requirements and specifications of [DENR]” prior to the county vote. The debate went back and forth between Allen and RRS’ attorney David Matney, who insisted that, because of the wording, the DENR requirements only apply to facilities that are used for the actual disposal of solid waste — like landfills — not the planned transfer station at RRS. Nothing would be disposed of at the RRS site, and without disposing of any materials, the facility does not need prior approval, Matney said. Allen retorted, “If the zoning ordinance is meant to apply only to landfills, then it should say ‘landfills’ rather than ‘solid waste management facilities.’” In the end, the vote was unanimous: the Buncombe County Board of Adjustments cannot vote on RRS’ conditional use permit without first receiving approval from DENR. What does that mean for RRS? “Either party has an opportunity under the law to appeal [the board’s] order to superior court,” Euler explains. “Ultimately, it would be up to a superior court to decide.” But, as far as a company getting stuck in neither-approval-nor-denial limbo, “There is definitely a problem there,” he continues. “We need to fix it. We need to be clear about what we’re doing.” Whether an amendment to the ordinance calling for more specific wording would positively or negatively affect RRS’ application, he says he doesn’t know. But to get to that point, “Someone, either on staff, the planning board or commissioners, would need to say, ‘We need to amend this and fix this problem.’ Then, it will go to the planning board, where they will make a decision. And, ultimately, it will go to the county commission” for final approval. — Hayley Benton X

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Foggy frontiers There’s a new brume drifting over the mountains these days. It’s not the car fumes from rush-hour traffic on Interstate 240, or the Evergreen Packaging mill in Canton, or the promise of yet another summer afternoon thunderhead. In various forms, electronic cigarettes are taking Western North Carolina by storm, whether they’re used as a healthier alternative to smoking, an aid to quitting or a pleasurable activity in its own right. But they’re also stirring up intense public debate over health benefits and risks, government regulation and whether the budding vapor industry will settle permanently in the mountains — or go up in a puff of smoke. the new face of smoking Although the roots of electronic smoking devices reach back to the mid1960s, the first modern iterations of e-cigarettes didn’t hit the U.S. market until the early 2000s. By 2007, Chinese brands like Ruyan — created to mitigate the risks of tobacco-related disease — had become common in American gas stations and smoke shops. “I can remember 10 years ago, talking with my brother about some sort of ‘future cigarette,’” remembers Jeremy ridgeway, who opened Asheville Vapor in 2013 with michael cotellese. A smoker for more than 15 years, Ridgeway switched to vapor products in 2012 after repeatedly trying to quit. “My father passed away from a smoking-related disease, so it was a big deal for me.” Early models, says Ridgeway, looked like traditional cigarettes, from the cylindrical shape to a tip that lit up when the user inhaled. Even today, brands like VUSE and Blu are commonly referred to as “cig-alikes.” More advanced devices were expensive and hard to find in those days, notes tim wilson, regional manager at Madvapes. “A device that would be $50 now cost $200” back then, says the former smoker, who started vaping five years ago after buying a new car. By 2010, improvements in battery power and life and product design, along with an expanding market, began bringing prices down. And since then, business has been booming.

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Madvapes, which began in founder mark hoogendoorn’s garage in 2009, now has more than 20 retail locations nationwide. “It’s grown to where we’re the largest distributor on the East Coast,” says Wilson, who manages the four Asheville area stores. Asheville Vapor opened its Arden storefront in 2013 and has added another location each year, most recently at 333 Merrimon Ave. last month. Ridgeway says there are now about 20 vapor shops in the metro area. But the combination of rapid industry growth and fierce yet friendly competition, he continues, fuels product innovation. “It’s almost like a fine cuisine. I can envision in the future where there’ll be vapor sommeliers, just like there are in wine.” base of the recipe Due to the diverse and rapidly evolving array of available products and the lack of standard terms in a fledgling industry, any general statement about e-cigarettes risks missing the mark. Despite those complications and the devices’ futuristic aura, however, they all contain the same basic components. “Every unit is going to have a battery or power source, a tank that holds the liquid and an atomizer that turns it to vapor,” Ridgeway explains. Batteries are usually rechargeable, though they vary widely in power and life span. Beyond that, however, there’s a basic split between the cig-alikes and “open source” vape units. Cigalikes, typically made by big tobacco companies, are mostly sold alongside conventional cigarettes in convenience stores. Some are disposable; others have a rechargeable battery and use sealed replacement cartridges containing the liquid. Open source units, on the other hand, are mostly sold online and in vape shops that don’t generally carry cig-alike brands. they tend to be more durable, more powerful and offer users more options, making them cheaper in the long run.

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outLook haZY: With the vapor industry booming in WNC, health officials and industry insiders are trying to determine the future path of the vapor market. Photo by Hayley Benton

Many users tinker with the way those units operate. Adjusting the heating element, or coil, for example, allows users to customize their intake, notes Wilson. “If the electrical resistance is lower, it heats up quicker, produces more vapor and gets hotter.” That’s part of the appeal of the open source units. “You can have tons of different setups, whether it’s a dual box, mechanical box — there are thousands of variations,” says Cotellese. “That’s where you create your own experience.” And because they’re refillable, open source units also let users choose from among a dazzling array of “e-juice” flavors; cig-alikes generally offer only a few choices. E-juices all contain three basic ingredients — vegetable glycerine, propylene glycol and flavoring — and most also contain varying concentrations of nicotine. Vegetable glycerin, commonly derived from palm or coconut oil, is what produces the visible vapor cloud. Propylene glycol, an aerosol that provides the “throat hit” sensation of smoking, is also found in asthma inhalers, coffee creamers and deodorants, among other products. Flavorings are often similar to those found in candy, and there are even organic blends. “A lot of people say propylene glycol sounds sketchy,” notes Wilson, “but there’s been more studies about people inhaling [that] than vegetable glycerin.” And though studies have shown that prolonged exposure can dry out air passages, Wilson says most

casual users won’t encounter those side effects. And for habitual “vapers,” there are many brands of e-juice containing less propylene glycol. But in a rapidly changing industry with a do-it-yourself culture, these devices’ popularity is typically shortlived. “Stuff we get in that was popular three months ago, nobody wants now,” says Wilson. And meanwhile, many open source enthusiasts say the cig-alikes don’t even deserve to be considered in the same category. “In my own personal experience, I know that the [products] the tobacco companies put into the market just don’t work,” says Ridgeway. Lesser of two eViLs? Meanwhile, vapor products’ rapid rise and growing popularity among young people has regulatory bodies scrambling to keep pace. And though many health officials agree that vaping is less harmful than combustible tobacco, the jury’s still out on the long-term effects — and whether vaping leads to nicotine addiction. A recent NPR report said that as of 2014, 14 percent of U.S. high school students (about 2 million, all told) were using electronic cigarettes, a nearly 10 percent increase from the previous year. That same year, only 9 percent reported smoking conventional cigarettes, according to statistics from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And across North Carolina, high school students’ use of vapor products spiked 349 percent between 2011 and 2013, says Jan shepard, Buncombe County’s public health director. She cites “unregulated marketing and literally thousands of flavors” as possible reasons for vaping’s skyrocketing popularity among youths.

She also cites a 2013 CDC estimate that, nationwide, 160,000 high school students who vape have never used traditional tobacco, sparking fears that vapor products might serve as a gateway to addiction. “Nicotine, which is in most e-cigarettes, is addicting and has been shown to affect brain development of adolescents,” says Shepard. “Of 65 compounds found in e-cigarette aerosol, 26 are listed on the FDA’s list of harmful and potentially harmful substances.” E-cigarette manufacturers, she continues, don’t always properly indicate the amount of nicotine or other potentially harmful ingredients in their products. Wilson, however, says the industry is taking steps to address at least some concerns. All Madvapes liquids are certified by the American E-Liquid Manufacturing Standards Association, a trade group. New voluntary safety standards based on the association’s recommendations, including things like childproof caps for e-liquid bottles, are expected within the next year. And while Wilson concedes that no method of smoking is entirely safe, he believes smokers are “much better off with four chemicals than with 3,000 or however many are in cigarettes.” And for nonsmokers who’d like to try vaping, Wilson recommends sticking with nicotine-free blends, saying, “If you don’t have an addiction, don’t start one.” Asheville Vapor, notes Cotellese, takes a somewhat different approach. In March, he notes, the company hosted a “90 Days to Nicotine-Free” program at WLOS’ LiveWell Expo. “You can kind of get lost in the culture, but at the end of the day, it’s about helping people get off cigarettes,” says Cotellese, adding, “That’s what we focus on as a company.” moneY, poLitics and Vapor Earlier this year, the Asheville City Council unanimously approved an ordinance banning e-cigarette use in public parks, on city buses and in city buildings. But while Wilson says he’s heard some griping from customers, he doesn’t believe the new rules are unreasonable. “Vaping on a bus is kind of ridiculous,” he says. “Some people are going to be rude, but I don’t think that represents the movement or the community.”

One place where Wilson does take issue with the local regulations concerns public servants. “We have a lot of police officers and firefighters who come in here trying to get off tobacco products, because they can’t use them in their vehicles,” he says. “Now they can’t use vapes either.” The ban also applies to city-owned vehicles driven by employees. Meanwhile, Wilson is keeping an eye on what’s going on in Raleigh; last year, North Carolina became the second state in the nation to place a “sin tax” on e-liquids. “I don’t think it’s a sin to try to quit doing something that’s harming you,” he argues. Wilson also says it’s not a level playing field, because the cigalikes typically made by tobacco companies like R.J. Reynolds contain less liquid and therefore generate less tax. Ridgeway and Cotellese, too, maintain that Big Tobacco lobbyists pushed hard for the sin tax. “Their mindset is, ‘There’s more than one way to skin a cat,’” says Ridgeway. “They might not be able to get [vapor products] banned, but they can create their own and then advocate to tax the other portion of the industry into oblivion.” This, he says, leaves consumers with two choices: “their crappy product or their cigarettes. Either way, they make money.” Reynolds spokesperson richard J. smith, however, calls the North Carolina tax “a good example of appropriate taxation for vapor products ... that takes into account the substantial differences between these products and traditional cigarettes and does not tax them at a rate that might discourage adult smokers from considering switching to a smoke-free alternative.” As for product quality, Smith cites “Vuse’s success at retail,” calling it “the top-selling e-cigarette in the c-store channel” and noting that it uses “the only e-cigarette cartridges designed with a SmartMemory chip inside.” Smith also calls charges that Reynolds and other big tobacco companies are trying to drive smaller competitors out of business “invalid. Regulation, he continues, ”should be based on sound science“ and ”should be applicable to, and enforced uniformly among, all manufacturers, regardless of size or location of operation.“ A 2014 Wells Fargo Securities report estimated total U.S. sales of vapor products at $2.5 billion, with open source units, accessories and e-juice accounting for $1.5 billion and the rest coming from cig-alikes. Meanwhile, perhaps the biggest elephant in the vapor lounge is the federal government. In 2009, Congress passed the Family Smoking

Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which charged the Food and Drug Administration with regulating vapor devices and e-liquids. “To date, the FDA hasn’t been able to fully assess the public health impacts of unregulated tobacco products,” Press Officer michael felberbaum said in an email to Xpress. Preliminary testing of e-cigarette cartridges, he added, has revealed varying nicotine content and the presence of potentially toxic chemicals. Right now, noted Felberbaum, the FDA is focusing on public awareness, usage and perceptions of vapor products, as well as evaluating toxicity and how products are marketed. But that doesn’t necessarily mean bad news for the industry. “If e-cigarettes have reduced toxicity, help smokers quit or do not introduce adolescents to tobacco use, they may have the potential to reduce disease and death,” he wrote. Meanwhile, local entrepreneurs are taking a wait-and-see approach. Ridgeway, though, fears that a long, expensive FDA approval process for vape units might drive out craft producers and kill the industry’s innovative spirit. “Basically, billion-dollar companies — i.e., the tobacco companies — would take control,” he predicts. Such changes, he maintains, would “set the industry back 10 years” and remove products proven to help people stop smoking from the market. cLoudY future

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Between the looming threat of further taxes and regulations and the young industry’s uncertain future, local businesses and vapor enthusiasts alike are hanging onto their seats. “There’s going to be a plateau at some point, but it’s not there yet,” says Wilson, who believes the proof of vapor’s potential is in the pudding. “I smoked and worked in a smoke shop for nine years, and now I’m helping people not smoke. It feels better to me.” Ridgeway, meanwhile, sees his work in the context of broader cultural shifts. “You’re seeing all these big things, like same-sex marriage, that are just good for humanity. This might be a lofty way to think of it, but there’ll be less suffering in the world because of vapor products.” Wilson agrees. “When you can make an impact in your life and then get someone else to stop as well, it’s a definite high,” he says. “Kind of like a ’vape it forward’ type of thing.”X

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bills. $10. Held at New Mountain, 38 N. French Broad

AnimAls Dog tAlk series 545-2948, dogtraininworkshops. blogspot.com • WE (7/15), 7pm - “One Dog’s Journey Through Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,” presentation. $20. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave.

Benefits ’Help sHeilA sHine on’ 785-1701 • TU (7/21), 8pm - Tickets to raffle and silent auction at this live music event go to support marshall resident sheila mcguire’s medical

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time in the garden: Gardens United, a collective of community gardens in two of Asheville’s public housing communities, will hold an urban farm tour at the Pisgah View Peace Gardens on Thursday, July 16. Admission is a suggested $15 donation that goes to support Gardens United organic gardening and economic opportunity efforts. Photo by Sarah Whelan (p. 16)

pAncAke Benefit 667-8467 • SA (7/18), 8-10am - Ticket sales to this breakfast event benefits Hominy Valley crisis ministry. $7. Held at Fatz Cafe, 5 Spartan Ave. selwyn BircHwooD Benefit concert 216-0002 • TH (7/23), 8pm & 10:30pm Proceeds from this blues concert benefit Brother wolf Animal rescue. $30. Held at Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues, 28 Broadway St. some like it Hot: A summer soiree 708-3017, hopechestforwomen.org • TH (7/16), 6-9pm - Tickets to this

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local food, live music and raffle event benefit the Hope chest for women. $30/ $25 advance. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway

Business & tecHnology A-B tecH smAll Business center 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted. • TH (7/16), 9am - “The Business of Public Contracting,” seminar. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (7/23), 6pm - “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about DSLR Photography But Were Afraid To Ask.” Held at McDowell Technical

Community College, 54 College Drive Room 106 Harold Smith Building, Marion g&w inVestment cluB klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden leADersHip AsHeVille 255-7100, leadershipasheville.org Sponsored by UNCA, this series of panels focuses on community leadership development. • WE (7/15), 7:30-9am Networking, breakfast, and panel discussion on “Boosting Business: Asheville’s Resources.” $20. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St.

wnc nAturAl HeAltH & wellness meetup.com/ WNC-Natural-Health-Wellness • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3pm Networking event for natural health & wellness practitioners. Free to attend. Held at Western North Carolina School of Massage, 131 McDowell St. Suite 302

clAsses, meetings & eVents ABout tHe trAnscenDentAl meDitAtion tecHniQue: free introDuctory lecture (pd.) The most effortless meditation technique is also the most effective. Learn how TM is different from other practices (including

common “mantra” methods). An evidence-based technique for going beyond the active mind to access deep inner reserves of energy, creativity and bliss — dissolving stress, awakening your highest self. The only meditation recommended for hypertension by the American Heart Association. NIH-sponsored research shows decreased anxiety, improved brain functioning, heightened well-being. Reduces insomnia, ADHD, PTSD. Personalized training, certified instructors, free follow-up classes. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or TM.org or meditationAsheville.org AkAsHic recorDs worksHop (pd.) AUG. 1 & 2-Learn to access your own life Akashic Records and communicate with your Guides in

this 2-day experiential workshop with consultant Kelly S. Jones in Asheville. www.KellySJones.net/ events 919-200-8686 Art of feminine presence™ worksHops (pd.) July 17 or 25. 2pm-4:30pm, Weaverville Yoga. Powerful practices to attract what you want, increase intimacy, increase income, replenish energy from within. $20, $10 each for 2. Information/registration: 828230-9551. http://valerieheavens. com/art-of-feminine-presence/ AsHeVille Buskers collectiVe 242-8076, wordpress.ashevillebuskers.com • TUESDAYS, 10:30am-12:30pm - Open public input session for discussing street performing and busking in downtown. Free to attend. Held at New Mountain, 38 N. French Broad AsHeVille mAkers ashevillemakers.org • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - Meetup & makerspace open house for makers, tinkerers, artists, etc. Free to attend. Held at OpenSpace Asheville, 285 Haywood Road BuncomBe county puBlic liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • WE (7/15), 5pm - Swannanoa Knitters, knitting group for all skill levels. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa cHilDren first cis of BuncomBe county 259-9717, childrenfirstbc.org • TU (7/21), 8am - Informational tour of Children First/Communities in Schools. Free. Reservation required. colBurn eArtH science museum 2 South Pack Square, 254-7162, colburnmuseum.org Located in Pack Place. • TU (7/16), 11am - Planetarium show on Greek mythology. $6.50. HenDersonVille wise women 693-1523 • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 1:30pm - A safe, supportive group for women “of a certain age.” Free. Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville ikenoBo ikeBAnA society 696-4103, blueridgeikebana.com • TH (7/16), 10am - Monthly meeting with demonstration on “Free Style Emphasizing Maples.” Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville

lgBtQJew 253-0701, jcc-asheville.org • WE (7/15), 7:30-9:30pm - Trivia and LGBT socializing event. Free to attend. Held at Mellow Mushroom, 50 Broadway St. ontrAck wnc 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted. • THURSDAYS (7/16) through (7/30), 5:30-8pm - “Manage Your Money” workshop series on budgeting and tracking spending. • FR (7/17), noon “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it” workshop. • TU (7/21), 5:30pm “Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it” workshop. • WE (7/22), 5:30-7:30pm Workshop on creating realistic savings goals. roAD sHow AmAteur rADio cluB 367-1830, theroadshowarc.com • THURSDAYS through (8/20), 6-9pm - Introductory class on ham radio licensing. Free. Held at Skyland Fire Department, 9 Miller Road, Skyland rurAl HeritAge museum At mArs Hill 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill, 6891304 • Through SU (1/31) - How the West Was Won: Trains and the Transformation of Western North Carolina, multimedia history exhibit. Free. toucHstones Discussion proJect 200-2953, lanternprojectonline. org • SUNDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm Workshop on collaborative skills and group dynamics for community building. Free. Registration required. Held at White Pine Acupuncture, 247 Charlotte St. youtH outrigHt 772-1912, youthoutright.org • SA (7/18), 11am - Monthly meeting for LGBTQ middle school-aged youth, allies and parents. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • SU (7/19), 4-6pm - Regular meeting and Youth Room renovation/ clean-up. Free to attend. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

DAnce stuDio ZAHiyA, Downtown DAnce clAsses Monday 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7:30pm Bellydance• Tuesday

9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 8pm Hip Hop Choreo 2 •Wednesday 5pm Bhangra Wkt 7:30pm Bellydance• Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Friday 8am Hip Hop Wrkt • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wrkt 10:30am Bellydance • $13 for 60 minute classes, Hip Hop Wkrt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 HenDersonVille street DAncing 693-9708, historichendersonville. org • MONDAYS through (8/10), 7-9pm - Includes live music, square dancing and clogging. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville

eco AsHeVille green Drinks ashevillegreendrinks.com Free to attend. Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway • WE (7/15), 5:30pm “Connecting our Lives with our Landscapes” presentation. • WE (7/22), 5:30pm - “Do We Know if Radiation Causes Cancer?” presentation. Blue riDge nAturAlist network brnnetwork2013@gmail.com • WE (7/15), 10am - Discussion of native moths with biologist from Ohio State University. Free. Contact for directions. liVing weB fArms 891-4497, livingwebfarms.org • TU (7/21), 6:30pm - Urban nature walk looking at how invasive plants affect local ecology. $10. Held at French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. mountAintrue 258-8737, wnca.org • TH (7/23), 6-8pm - Discussion on environmental issues of this legislative session. Free to attend. Registration required. Held at Taproom at Monte’s, 2024 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville riVerlink 252-8474, riverlink.org • TH (7/16), 11:45 - Riverfront bus tour of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers. $20/free for members. Register for location. wnc sierrA cluB 251-8289, wenoca.org • SA (7/18), noon-4pm - Annual picnic. Bring a potluck dish. Free

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Fun fundraisers

Blues revival Selwyn Birchwood benefit concert Blues artist Selwyn Birchwood is renowned for his electric and lap steel guitar prowess as well as his powerful, soulful vocals. Photo courtesy of the artist

what: Selwyn Birchwood benefit concert when: Thursday, July 23, 8 and 10:30 p.m. where: Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues, 28 Broadway whY: “I have always been passionate about music of deep and true expression that aspires to be free,” says marcel anton, Western North Carolina resident and event organizer. Accordingly, Anton’s forthcoming benefit concert series — which features American blues guitarist and vocalist selwyn birchwood in its first iteration — aims to “rebuild and restore the presence of blues music in Asheville” while raising funds for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. “Blues began in the fields worked by slaves,” he says, adding that many historic blues artists like Etta Baker had ties to the Asheville area. However, the migration of former slaves over time, Anton adds, created a significant cultural loss for Western North Carolina. “Of all the music that is here, authentic blues music — one

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of our unique and most beautiful American art forms — seems to be the least supported,” Anton laments. Brother Wolf needs a similar boost at this time of year, according to Anton, who calls the organization’s local efforts “amazingly compassionate work.” All proceeds from the benefit concert will go directly to the nonprofit. The one-night event includes two performances, beginning at both 8 and 10:30 p.m. At $50 per person, VIP tickets include table seating and complimentary Champagne, while general admission tickets are $30 per person. Both options include food catered by Strada Italiano and an “intimate and exclusive” evening with the visiting musician, Anton adds. “Selwyn is a young AfricanAmerican who is a truly authentic talent,” Anton says, calling the Tampabased electric and lap steel guitarist a rising star in the musical sphere. “He represents the future and continuity of the blues.” Visit tressas.com for more information or to purchase tickets. — Kat McReynolds X

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to attend. Held at the Blue Ridge Parkway picnic grounds on Bull Mountain Road.

fArm & gArDen gArDens uniteD 335-8474 • TH (7/16), 5pm - Tour of this urban farm project with admission supporting continued farming efforts. $15. Meets at Pisgah View Peace Gardens, Allen St. JewisH community center 236 Charlotte St., 253-0701, jccasheville.org • SA (7/19), 4pm - Panel discussion: “Ecology, Food, and Permaculture in the Living Jewish Landscape.” Free. tHe lorD’s Acre 26 Joe Jenkins Road, Fairview, thelordsacre.org • TH (7/21), 7pm - Herbalism class for chronic conditions. $10-20. Registration required.

festiVAls folkmoot usA 452-2997, folkmootusa.org • FR (7/17) through SU (7/26) International folk festival includes dancing, exhibitions and vendors in various locations throughout WNC. Contact for full schedule.

fooD & Beer leicester community center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS until (8/7), 12:30-1:30pm - Free lunch for all schoolage children. • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm - Manna FoodBank distribution, including local produce. Free.

kiDs FAMILY FUN AND PAINTING • eVery tHursDAy (pd.) The Paint Bug hosts a painting class for families at Fuddruckers at 6:30pm. Bring the kids, sing along to fun music, while our talented artist guides you step-by-step to create a masterpiece! www.paint-bug.com leArn to skAte/plAy HOCKEY! • FREE (pd.) Kids ages 10 and under, come out to the rink at Carrier Park, Tuesdays from June

16-August 11, 6:30pm-8pm. • Equipment supplied. Details: www.ashevillehockey.org youtH filmmAking summer cAmp (pd.) Award-winning filmmaker Paul Schattel instructs a unique immersion camp that is fun and educational. Students see their work on the big screen! August 3-7,10-14. Visit nys3.com AsHeVille History center 253-9231, smh@wnchistory.org. • SA (7/18), 10:30am - Crafty Historian: Watercolor techniques for ages 7 to 12. $10. Held at Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road crADle of forestry Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • THURSDAYS through (8/6), 10:30-noon & 1:30-3pm - “Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club,” outdoororiented activity exploring forestrelated themes. For ages 4-7. $4. • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Junior Forester Program for boys and girls ages 8-12. Meets every other week. $4. kiDs’ ActiVities At tHe liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (7/15), 3pm - Craft activity using comic book art. For grades K-5. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • WE (7/15), 3pm - “Super Heroes of Science,” explores the science behind super hero powers. Registration required. Ages 5 & up. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TH (7/16), 11am - The Moozic Lady performs folk songs. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • FRIDAYS through (7/31), 3pm LEGO Builders for ages 5-12. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • FR (7/17), 10:30am - “Blast Off With Physics!” science lesson on rockets. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa spellBounD cHilDren’s BooksHop 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free. tot time At AsHeVille Art museum 282-253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TU (7/21), 10:30am - Interactive activity for young children. Admission fees apply.   Held at Asheville Art Museum, 2 N. Pack Square

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ADult leAgue kickBAll 250-4269 • Through (7/31) - Registration is open for this league from Buncombe County Recreation Services. $40. Blue riDge pArkwAy Hikes 298-5330, nps.gov • FR (7/17), 10am - Rangerled moderate hike to outcrop with views. Free. Meets at the Graybeard Mountain Overlook, MP 363.4.

www.TheMattAndMollyTeam.com Art BUZZ Kids “Be a Famous Artist: the Masters!” Art Camp Starts August 3rd! There’s still time to register! The Kids Division of 640 Merrimon Ave • (828) 255-2442 • wineanddesign.com/asheville

ymcA of wnc 210-2265, ymcawnc.org • WE (7/22), 8:45am - 4-mile easy hike on Rainbow Road Trail in Montreat. Registration required. Free; optional carpool $5. Meets at YMCA - Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St. women’s wilDerness worksHops (pd.) August 12-16, 2015. Four days of cushy camping, local foods, primitive and sustainable living skills, medicinal plants, permaculture, yoga, tea parties, sisterhood, connection with our Mother Earth and more! More info or register online: www.womenswildernessworkshops.com or 770-893-1616

pArenting triple p positiVe pArenting progrAm 351-8098 A program from Buncombe County Health & Human Services. Registration required. Free. • TH (7/16), 10:30am- “Managing Fighting and Aggression,” discussion group for parents of children ages 0-12. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, 40 Church St. • TU (7/21), 5:30pm - “Managing Fighting and Aggression” discussion group for parents of children ages 0-12. Held at Verner Center for Early Learning, 2586 Riceville Road • TH (7/23), 10:30am - “Dealing with Disobedience” discussion group for parents of children ages 0-12. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, 40 Church St.

puBlic lectures etHicAl HumAnist society of AsHeVille 687-7759, aeu.org • SU (7/19), 2pm - “Lessons from Jane: The Enduring Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs.” Free. Held at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road

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Tea Tasting & Aromatherapy 7/15: Tori Hartmann Chakra Cards Book signing 7-9pm 7/16: Circle Round Cat Magik & Medicine 7-9pm 7/18: Byron Ballard Basic Practical Magic 3-5pm $10 7/19: Diotima Mantineia In

preserVAtion society of AsHeVille AnD BuncomBe county 321-271-4593, psabc.org • TH (7/16), 5:30pm - “Blue Ridge Parkway: The Mission Era and More,” presentation on Parkway history, construction and structures. $10. Held at Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, MP 384

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seniors olli At uncA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (7/17), 3pm - “Opera Talks” guided by industry professionals. Free. Held in the Reuter Center pisgAH legAl serVices 253-0406, pisgahlegal.org • TH (7/16), 2pm - Presentation on consumer fraud protection for seniors. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

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serenity insigHt meDitAtion (pd.) A Burmese monk leads authentic Buddhist insight meditation, grounded in 40 years of practice. Beginners and advanced practitioners welcome. • Sundays, 10am-11:30am; • Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm-7pm. (828) 298-4700. wncmeditation.com ADult forum At fcc 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • SU (7/19), 9:15am - Conversation on spiritual practice of testimony. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville AsHeVille center for trAnscenDentAl meDitAtion 165 E. Chestnut, 254-4350, meditationasheville.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - “An Introduction to the Transcendental Meditation Technique.” Free. HeArtspeAk empAtHy circle heartspeakpeace.com • TU (7/21) 7:30-9pm - For practicing and experiencing empathy. Free. Held at 386 Kenilworth Road. Hominy VAlley cHurcHes 1433 Pisgah Highway, Candler • Through TH (7/16), 6:30pm - Vacation Bible school. Free. sHAmBHAlA meDitAtion center 19 Westwood Place, 200-5120, shambhalaashvl@gmail.com • SUNDAYS, 10am-noon - Sitting and walking meditation. Free. st. mArk’s lutHerAn cHurcH 10 North Liberty St., 253-0043 • 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - “A Service for Service,” service-industry worship. tHe wAy of loVe community group thepowerofpassionatepresence.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Modern mind meditation class. Free. Held at Angle Cottage, 50 Woodlawn Ave. tiBetAn BuDDHist prActice group 512.289.248 • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, noon Lunchtime meditation practice. Free. Held at KTC Asheville, 2 Wall St. Suite 112 ur ligHt center 2196 N.C. Highway 9, Black Mountain, 669-6845, urlight.org • 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am-4pm - Mind Body Spirit Day. $12.

spoken & written worD BuncomBe county puBlic liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • TH (7/16), 2:30pm - Book Club: The River of Doubt by Candice Millard. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • FR (7/17), 10-5pm & SA (7/18), 10am-4pm Book sale to benefit Friends of the Library. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TU (7/21), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain

city ligHts Bookstore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc. com • TH (7/16), 10:30am - Valerie Nieman presents her collection of poetry, Hotel Worthy. Free to attend. mAlAprop’s Bookstore AnD cAfe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted. • WE (7/15), 7pm - Brian Panowich discusses his novel Bull Mountain. • FR (7/17), 7pm - Phil Jamison discusses his book Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance. • TU (7/21), 7pm - Comix Club: Tim Seeley’s Revival vol 1. • WE (7/22), 7pm - Marla Milling discusses her book Only in Asheville: An Eclectic History. • TH (7/23), 7pm - Charles Thompson discusses his book Border Odyssey: Travels along the U.S./ Mexico Divide. stories on AsHeVille’s front porcH facebook.com/storiesonashevillesfrontporch • SA (7/18), 10am-Noon - Storytelling event featuring John Thomas Fowler. Free. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square synergy story slAm avl.mx/0gd • WE (7/15), 8pm - Open mic storytelling event on the theme “Freedom Ain’t Free.” Free to attend. Held at Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road

Volunteering AsHeVille AreA Arts council 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (7/17) - Volunteers are needed to assist with information booths and fundraising activities during Downtown After 5. Big BrotHers Big sisters of wnc 253-1470, bbbswnc.org • TU (7/21), noon - Information session for potential volunteers interested in becoming mentors. Free. Held at United Way of Asheville & Buncombe, 50 S. French Broad Ave. BrotHer wolf AnimAl rescue 505-3440, bwar.org • TH (7/16), 6pm - Information sessions for prospective volunteers. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. literAcy council of BuncomBe county 31 College Place Suite B-221 • WE (7/22), 9-10:30am & TH (7/23), 5:30-7pm - Information sessions for volunteers interested in tutoring adults in basic literacy skills. trAilBlAZers outDoor ADVenture cluB 255-8777, wwd-f.org/volunteer • MONDAYS through WEDNESDAYS until (8/12) - Volunteers needed to lead children from public housing on outdoor activities. For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/volunteering

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In February, two people died from infections linked to contaminated endoscopes at a hospital in Lincoln County, N.C. That same month, two others died in a similar outbreak in Los Angeles, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These patients and others have fallen prey to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, a family of bacteria that’s highly resistant to even the strongest antibiotics. Between 2012 and 2014, for example, 11 people in the Seattle area died in CRE cases involving endoscopies. “CREs are particularly resistant to antibiotics, and … I will acknowledge, [it’s] a scary family of bacteria,” says chris derienzo, Mission Health’s chief patient safety officer. For infected patients, the death rate can be 40 percent or higher, the CDC reports. Endoscopes are inserted into the gastrointestinal tract or other natural openings to help detect cancer, clean out clogged veins, find gallstones and much more; if contaminated, they can deliver bacteria to the bloodstream or internal organs and transfer those bacteria to other patients. In the Lincoln County case, more than a dozen people were infected with CRE. To date, no comparable outbreaks or deaths have occurred in Western North Carolina. “We’ve been ahead of the concern around endoscope processing for some time,” says DeRienzo. Mission, he explains, uses a different brand of scope, and its prevention and sterilization procedures exceed state and federal standards. Nonetheless, such cases highlight the broader issue of health careassociated infections — a daunting problem that has local hospitals and health professionals scrambling to stay ahead. In 2011, about 1 in 25 patients in the United States had at

Local hospitals strive to thwart deadly infections

least one health care-associated infection. Of the roughly 722,000 HAI patients in acute-care hospitals that year, about 75,000 died, according to the CDC’s Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevalence Survey. shifting targets Park Ridge, a small hospital in Hendersonville that’s affiliated with the Florida-based Adventist Health System, takes similar steps to ensure patient safety, says epidemiologist donna goering, the hospital’s infection preventionist. “We have to be aware of outbreaks and trends [and] constantly tweak and adjust processes,” she notes. That means keeping an eye on everything from flu outbreaks to Clostridium difficile. Much more common than CREs, C. diff can cause severe diarrhea and is “very hard to get rid of in the environment, because it turns into a spore,” Goering explains. Like Mission, Park Ridge uses a different brand of endoscope and applies a “higher level of sterilization” to defend against CREs, she says. And in the wake of the Lincoln County outbreak and recently updated Food and Drug Administration and CDC recommendations, Park Ridge has added “extra measures of prevention and an extra test” for endoscopes, notes Goering. Yet the FDA acknowledges that cleaning these devices properly may be difficult even when following recommended procedures, and both federal agencies are reviewing the problem further. Meanwhile, at least one manufacturer has released revised cleaning procedures, and North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services has initiated a data-collection project for CRE cases, says Jacie Volkman, Mission Health’s director of infection prevention.

Association, and national programs like Get Smart, which focuses on educating patients and medical professionals about appropriate antibiotic use. North Carolina is one of only four states that partners with the Safe Injection Practices Coalition’s One and Only Campaign to raise awareness. Regional prevention leaders, notes Goering, started meeting and comparing notes about best praccontinues on page 22

By the numbers heaLth care-associated infections in 2014 mission heaLth

preVention team: Drs. Chris DeRienzo and Jacie Volkman head up Mission Health’s patient-safety and infection-prevention programs. Photo by Pat Barcas

tracking infections Enterobacteriaceae is a particularly resistant family of bugs that makes infections hard to treat, says epidemiologist Zack moore of the N.C. Division of Public Health. CREs aren’t common in North Carolina, he says, but “more than half our hospitals have seen it, and some nursing homes.” Gathering data and observing this “emerging risk,” he says, is a key first step in prevention. State health officials already track several common infection types via the N.C. Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention program. Since 2012, North Carolina lawmakers have required hospitals and other facilities to report five major groups or types of HAIs: those involving C. diff; hysterectomies and colon operations; catheter-associated urinary tract cases; infections connected

to central lines placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin to deliver medication or fluids, or to collect blood for tests; and the potentially deadly methicillin-resistant Staphlyococcus aureus (aka MRSA). Moore and DeRienzo, both of whom serve on the advisory board for the state program, note that it doesn’t require health care facilities to report CREs. “There are a lot of these resistant [bacteria], and what we found is that there wasn’t agreement [among] labs across the state,” Moore explains. “You can’t measure or track something if you can’t specifically define what you’re trying to measure.” Education, collaboration and collecting data on threats ranging from CREs to ventilator-associated pneumonia help hospitals “target areas where we see increases in infections,” notes Volkman. “Our focus in this area has led to an observable decrease in health care-associated infections.”

The infection prevention program’s quarterly and annual reports confirm that Mission is doing better than the national base lines in several categories. Last year, for example, there were 11 observed infections related to central lines, and none for neurosurgery and surgical cardiothoracic procedures. These stats contributed to a “better than predicted” rating in that category. Meanwhile, the 127 C. diff cases were far fewer than anticipated. Central lines, an alternative to shortterm IVs, can carry bacteria directly to the patient’s heart, other organs or bloodstream, DeRienzo explains. Statewide, most hospitals reduced their infection rates last year, Moore reports. Catheter- and central-lineassociated infections are both down by nearly half, he says; surgical-site infections have also declined but still slightly exceed national averages. Moore credits collaborative initiatives like those organized by the N.C. Quality Center, created by the N.C. Hospital

• 11 central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) • 11 MRSA infections • 127 C-diff infections • 3 surgical-site infections after abdominal hysterectomies • 14 SSIs after colon surgeries • 28 catheter-associated urinarytract infections (CAUTIs) Mission Health is a 716-bed, acutecare hospital based in Asheville, N.C. park ridge heaLth • 0 central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) • 0 MRSA infections • 13 C-diff infections • 0 surgical-site infections after abdominal hysterectomies • 1 SSI after colon surgeries • 0 catheter-associated urinarytract infections (CAUTIs) Park Ridge is a 98-bed, acute-care hospital in Hendersonville. It’s part of the Adventist Health System. Source: The 2015 N.C. HealthcareAssociated Infection Report

more info Facts, figures and resources on HAIS: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://avl. mx/1bo) and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (http:// avl.mx/1bp) /X

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tices more than a decade ago. “Every [infection and other illness] in the community can walk in our hospital doors,” she says. So if a colleague has found an approach that helps prevent problems, “We can compare practices as a group.” getting to Zero Thirty years ago, the medical community accepted high infection rates as a given, says DeRienzo, but as treatments have evolved, so have prevention practices. In the early 2000s, he notes, researchers at hospitals like Johns Hopkins “identified and implemented a bundle of processes [that showed] these infections could be eliminated.” For example, the combination of keeping skin clean at the insertion site, covering it properly and safely removing the central line as soon as it’s not needed significantly reduces infections, DeRienzo emphasizes. “But bacteria are smart. Over time, they figure out how to be resistant to antibiotics,” making even simple procedures less effective and treatment more difficult, he says.

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Inappropriate use of antibiotics exacerbates the problem, helping create drug-resistant superbugs, says Moore. “Fifty percent or more of prescribed [antibiotics] are not appropriate or necessary,” he says. “Antibiotics don’t cure the flu or the common cold,” though they’re often prescribed in such cases. “Robust stewardship” by doctors and pharmacists, adds DeRienzo, can also help. That includes choosing an antibiotic that targets the specific organism rather than a broadspectrum drug that kills every bug it encounters, he explains. Earlier this summer, Moore met with representatives of medical and pharmacy schools to talk about teaching the appropriate use of antibiotics. Training medical professionals, he says, is “a big part of our prevention efforts. Antibiotics are an important resource, but they shouldn’t be taken for granted.” Educating the public is also important, continues Moore. “Patients need to be aware; doctors need to be aware. Instead of asking for an antibiotic, ask if an antibiotic would [really] be helpful.” Simple practices

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like washing your hands and covering your mouth or nose when you sneeze or cough, adds Goering, can ward off most infections. DeRienzo, meanwhile, urges families and patients “to be educated ... and join us in that conversation about their care.” X

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life of energy retreAts—witH ADVenture (pd.) Experience and learn about alternative health methods for the body. I.P. Yoga, Meditation, Emotion Code, Nutrition Awareness, and more. Energize and free yourself from pain. Enjoy a mountain retreat with added adventure: zip line! First of three sessions, August 28-30. Register: lifeofenergyretreats.com AsHeVille community yogA center 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • THURSDAYS through (7/30), 6pm “Birth Matters” instructional class. $40. • TH (7/23), 2-4pm - “Partner Yoga

part 1: Intro to Acrobatics” instructional workshop. $20. leicester community center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/Leicester. Community.Center • MONDAYS, 6-7pm - Community yoga class. Free. puBlic eVents At wcu 227-7397, wcu.edu • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS through (7/30), 12:10-12:55pm - Summer aqua fitness workshop. Held in Reid Gymnasium. $35. reD cross BlooD DriVes redcrosswnc.org Appointment and ID required. • TH (7/16), 3-7:30pm - Appointments & info: 252-5502. Held at Green Man Brewing Co., 27 Buxton Ave. • FR (7/17), 2:30-8pm - Appointments & info: 651-6117. Held at Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road • TH (7/23), 10:30am-3:30pm Appointments & info: 1-800-REDCROSS. Held at Black Mountain Fire Department, 106 Montreat Road, Black Mountain • TH (7/23), 11:30am-4pm - Appointments & info: 259-6908, ext. 146. Held at Black Mountain Neuro Medical Treatment Center, 932 Old U.S. Highway 70, Black Mountain

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Cycle to Farm tour brings cyclists to the fields

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Area cyclists will have an opportunity to enjoy scenic rural roads and local farms in the annual Cycle to Farm bicycle tour. The event, now in its fourth year, will take place on Saturday, July 18, and is organized by Velo Girl Rides in partnership with Ingles Markets and Black Mountain Parks and Greenways. A portion of the proceeds from the tour will support the creation of more greenways. The event will start and finish in Black Mountain. Organizers say the tour provides a safe riding experience that supports the participating farms by introducing a new clientele. The tour is limited to 300 participants to ensure that the farms are not overwhelmed with riders. The tour has sold out in its previous years. Participating farms include Cloud 9, Hickory Nut Gap, Looking Glass Creamery, Rise Up Rooted and River Camp, Highlander Farm and The Lord’s Acre. The farmers will offer samples of tasty food to the cyclists, as well as their products for sale. A team of volunteers will pick up the cyclists’ purchases and have them waiting at the finish line. “We look forward to the event every year because it is a well-executed ride that brings hundreds of bicyclists to our doorstep to experience our cheese shop and buy directly from us,” says Jennifer perkins, cheesemaker and owner of Looking Glass Creamery. “The event has a great energy, and there is a lot of camaraderie among the riders. Everyone seems to be having a good time.” Cycle to Farm events use a route of about 62 miles (known as a “metric century” among cycling enthusiasts), visiting local farms about every 10-15 miles. “It is challenging enough that we recommend you train for it,” says david billstrom of Velo Girl Rides. “About 5,000 feet of climbing

starting Line: A Cycle to Farm cyclist prepares to depart on the farm tour. The third annual event connects multimodal enthusiasts with local foods while raising funds for the development of greenways and parks in Black Mountain. Photo by Don Talley.

over 63 miles isn’t a casual bike ride — most riders will take about six hours, and seven hours isn’t unusual.” Billstrom says that the event can bring the farms more revenue within a few hours than their best day at a tailgate market, and some farms report the tour is their best day all summer. susan sides, garden manager and executive director of The Lord’s Acre, a farm that feeds residents in need in the Fairview community, says the tour benefits the local farming community through “face to face exposure with the farm and farmers.” “[It’s a] sensory exposure to fresh small bites where the food was chosen specifically for the riders,” Sides says. “That’s what local food is about for all of us, and the riders will

experience that firsthand. Being a nonprofit farm, it’s a privilege to have been invited. While we won’t

be selling what we grow, we’re excited to share refreshment and the passion we have for growing food for those in greatest need.” Past Cycle to Farm events have included cyclists from 15 different states with about half of the riders coming from outside the Asheville area, Billstrom says. The event also boasts a rider mix that is close to evenly split between men and women, he adds. Billstrom says that an extensive volunteer network will be on hand to ensure the safety of the riders. He expects nearly 100 volunteers for the tour and points out that it takes more than a village to pull off an event on the scale of Cycle to Farm. He adds that the presence of Ingles as a presenting sponsor means additional support and exposure for local farms and additional greenways. Once the tour finishes in Black Mountain, cyclists will enjoy a delicious farm-to-table meal at the “Fabulous After Party,” sourced from the farmers they visited during their ride. Billstrom says the after-party is overtly designed to welcome all four groups — riders, volunteers, farmers and the riders’ families. For more information, visit CycleToFarm.org. X

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F o o D

The art of buTchery

An ancient craft is reborn in Asheville’s food scene

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foltzgrayd@gmail.com Calling butchers rock stars may seem a stretch. The bloody coats, the scimitarlike knives, all that raw meat — well, not necessarily a draw for groupies. But don’t sell these craftsmen short. They know how to cut prime rib from a steer’s loin and coax pig loin into tasso ham. And they are key players abetting our search for quality meat from animals raised humanely. That alone gives them foodie rock-star status. Not that the art of butchery is a recent development. Butchers have been honing the craft ever since man began hunting for meat, using sharpened stakes to get at their dinner. Before the 1960s, small butcher shops were everywhere. Ours, within walking distance of my childhood home, featured Earl, who handed me a slice of cheese at every visit. (Why it wasn’t salami, I don’t know. I loved Earl anyway.) But such shops faded when supermarkets began selling prepackaged meat. “I don’t think that butchering all of sudden has star power,” says Ashevillean meredith Leigh, farmer, butcher and author of soon-tobe published guide The Ethical Meat Handbook: Complete Home Butchery, Charcuterie and Cooking for the Conscious Omnivore. “It’s that people are paying attention to where their food comes from and want to get closer to the source. They also want better sustainability. So butchery is coming back as people realize what an incredible amount of talent it takes to process animals respectfully and produce top-quality meat products.” casey mckissick, owner of Foothills Deli and Butchery at Ben’s Penny Mart on Hilliard Street in Asheville, puts it more succinctly: “The butcher may be the lead guitarist in the heavy metal rock band of craft food.” the backstage mechanics We may want to know that the pig that offered that best-ever breakfast sausage didn’t live in a cage, pumped full of chemicals. But we

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don’t necessarily want the backstage tour from field to plate. Still, for a butcher, the art starts there. After a butcher kills a pig or cow at a local slaughterhouse, he or she strips it of hair and guts and hangs the carcass in a cooler set below 40 degrees, often cutting it in half to ease handling. But who’s eager to lift even half of a 240-pound pig or 650-pound steer off slaughterhouse hooks to a delivery truck to another set of hooks in another refrigerator in a market to its final rest on a cutting board.“That’s the most challenging part for me: getting a pig or steer from one place to another,” says brian bermingham, market manager at Hickory Nut Gap

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making the cut: Artisan butchers like Jimmy Lee, pictured here at Foothills Local Meats’ Black Mountain processing facility, have to cultivate in-depth knowledge of animal anatomy as well as a toolkit of skills, including cutting, grinding, boning, tying, weighing and wrapping. Photo by Pat Barcas

Farm’s new store, likely opening in Fairview in late August. Before an artisan butcher can get carving, he practices patience. “Within 24 hours, the muscles in a pig relax, and we can begin to cut,” says McKissick. “But we dry-age beef for 14 to 21 days. As moisture in the meat escapes and its enzymes break down, the meat’s flavor becomes

more concentrated and the meat more tender.” Now the tools come out — the bone saw; the bone knife, long and flexible like a filet blade, only heavier; and the scimitar (think curved pirate sword) for slicing roasts and steaks in one clean cut. And the knives stay sharp, says McKissick, who works from a location in Black Mountain to butcher fresh meat and process ready-to-eat deli meats, bacon, hot dogs and other offerings for retail sale at Ben’s Penny Mart: “As we work, we may sharpen our bone knives on a honing steel every 15 to 20 minutes.” Staring at a carcass, most of us would be stumped to find the pork

chops or Boston butt. Where to begin? But that’s what makes good butchering, says Leigh: “It’s making the best use of all parts of the animal and doing it artfully. It includes faster [break down] into prized and perishable high-end cuts and into charcuterie, carefully crafted products often made from trim, offal [intestines and organs] and whole muscle.” the pride part Anyone can be a butcher, right? Back that thought up: To be a good butcher, you’ve got to know animal anatomy (Where is that bacon, anyway?), cutting and grinding (but not your own fingers!), boning, tying, weighing and wrapping. You have to have bodybuilder biceps, stand all day, make nice with health inspectors and, smiling, offer endless (and repeat) advice to customers about how to throw the best prime-rib feast ever. And you have to speak butcherese — from faggots (pig’s liver, heart and belly, minced and mixed with herbs and breadcrumbs, and shaped into a ball) to osso buco (slices of an upper veal leg complete with the marrow bone). So, no one just walks into a butcher shop and starts carving. “You have to cut meat for at least two years before you feel like you’re getting somewhere,” says Bermingham, who began honing his skills 10 years ago at a custom meat-processing plant in Florida. “There are butcher classes, but most people learn on the job, often starting out as a meat clerk.” Novice mistakes are costly: Cut a pork loin in half by mistake, and now you’ll be selling sausage for $6.99 a pound, instead of pork chops at $9.99. A butcher’s pride comes — as it does for any craftsman — from knowing his skills and practicing them well. “I get a satisfaction out of taking off all the muscles cleanly, and from steaks that look the best I possibly can make them,” says matt helms, manager and head butcher at the Chop Shop Butchery on Charlotte Street. “I enjoy hearing a customer tell me how outstanding the pork chops are. And I love showing the farmers an empty cooler after a good weekend.” so, You want to be a home butcher If heaving a side of cow onto your kitchen counter isn’t what you have in

mind, but you wouldn’t shun some butchering tips, here are a few from the best butchers in Asheville: take a class. “Come out to the farm,” says Bermingham of Hickory Nut Gap Farm. “We’ll be offering butchering classes geared for anyone — from the novice to the professional cook.” In the fall, Foothills Deli and Butchery will also be offering classes in Black Mountain at The Common Housefly, which calls itself a “toy store for foodies.” (See sidebar.) tool up. Get the right butcher tools, either at The Common Housefly or online. Just do it. “Get outside your comfort zone,” says Bermingham. “Instead of buying a Boston butt, buy the whole front quarter and break it down. Or buy a whole ham, take it apart and make sausage.” YouTube videos and other online resources are a good place to start learning how to do this. chicken out. Says Helms: “Start with chicken.” . X

More info Foothills Local Meats and its pork supplier, Wild Turkey Farms, an independent farm in Rowan County that raises pastured, hormone- and antibiotic-free pigs, are collaborating to provide a bulk purchasing option. Deli hams, hot dogs, bacon, smoked sausages and barbecue, as well as fresh meats like pork chops and sausages will be available. Orders will be placed and paid for online and there will be several pick up points in Black Mountain and Asheville. For details on bulk packages, contact Casey McKissick at casey@foothillslocalmeats.com. To learn about butchery classes at Foothills Local Meats, look for Foothills Local Meats on Facebook or call The Common Housefly at 669-0503. For details on upcoming butchery classes at Hickory Nut Gap Farm, visit hickorynutgapfarm.com.

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Like the salmon he sought to study, chef william dissen of the Market Place recently traveled upstream to Bristol Bay, Alaska, where he delved into the area’s sustainable fishing practices. “Alaska is the last frontier for wilderness, but it’s first in sustainability and protecting the

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state’s most precious commodity — nature,” he says, crediting the Alaska Department of Fish and Game with upholding the Bristol Bay fishery’s progressive practices. The governing body, he says, does “a fantastic job regulating the salmon from spawning to when they return to their freshwater home from the ocean.

There could be a great opportunity to overfish this region and deplete this natural resource, but due to management regulations, there is always enough for native subsistence fishermen, recreational fishermen and commercial fishermen.” In addition to issuing licenses and permits, the department enforces concrete date and time ranges in which commercial entities may fish each district of the bay, for example. Vessels and accompanying gear must adhere to the department’s detailed specifications, which also prescribe how and where equipment can be used. In some areas of the bay, salmon fishing is disallowed altogether, and the department reserves the right to tighten restrictions at critical population levels. Notably, the local community is largely onboard with these comprehensive rules, according to Dissen, who says residents understand the implications of preserving the natural ecosystems. Alaskan popular culture even acknowledges the staple fish in death, noting the species’ fertilization of trees and land after decomposition, he says. Not only did Dissen amass tales of glacier hikes, bear sightings and filleting salmon minutes after the catch, but the chef also returned to the Market Place with a renewed dedication to inspire his team on the subject of product sourcing. He’ll continue to serve salmon from Bristol Bay, which he purchases through Ashevillean heidi dunlap of the Wild Salmon Co. “Sustainability is more than just a commitment to making the right choices for the ecosystem,” he says. “It also means that we are sourcing the best and the freshest ingredients available, and that means it tastes better when the plate arrives to the table.” For more coverage of Dissen’s Alaskan adventure, including photos and blog posts by the chef, visit avl.mx/1bq. X

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by Gina Smith supplied by local partners, including Wadadli Dessert Oasis, Eden-Out Meals and Eat More Bakery. Many gluten-free options are available. The cooperative has plans to host regular author events, book groups and a bilingual story hour for kids. Firestorm Book & Coffee is at 610 Haywood Road across State Street from Sunny Point Café. For details, visit firestorm.coop.

some Like it hot to benefit the hope chest for women Local businesses are coming together this week to sponsor Some Like It Hot, a foodcentric fundraiser for breast and gynecological cancer support organization The Hope Chest for Women. A smorgasbord of appetizers provided by Asheville restaurants and caterers, desserts from area supermarkets, Catawba Brewing Co. beer and wine donated by Skyland Distributing Co. will highlight the evening happy hour event on Thursday, July 16, at the Asheville Masonic Temple. Some Like It Hot is one of four fundraising events scheduled this year as part of a trailblazing initiative launched in 1999 by social networking group the Asheville Affiliates to support Asheville nonprofit organizations. “They called it Parties with a Purpose,” explains Sara Shuster, executive director of The Hope Chest for Women and a former member of the Asheville Affiliates board of directors. “They demonstrated to the various nonprofits over the years that if they hosted a happy hour where they provide heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine and some source of entertainment, that they could get people to show up, buy a ticket and then participate in a raffle or an auction to raise money for the nonprofit,” she says. Every January, a committee meets to select the four nonprofits the Asheville Affiliates will mentor for that year. In the last 16 years, the group has worked with more than 40 nonprofits in and around Asheville, partnering with each organization to solicit food, drink and raffle item donations; secure a venue; and host the party. Because the model relies on donated food and beverages, the organizations are able to keep 85-90 percent of the profits from each event. Each party usually raises between $5,000 and $10,000 for its host nonprofit, says Shuster. At Some Like It Hot, guests can expect to find appetizers from yearlong sponsor Lexington Avenue Brewery, longtime sponsor Roots Hummus, Mela, Village Wayside, Juicy Lucy’s, Chipotle, M7 Event Solutions and HomeGrown. Fresh Market, Harris Teeter and Trader Joe’s will provide the desserts, and

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bites and beer: Catawba Brewing Co. has donated beer for Asheville Affiliates’ fundraising events since since 1999. Catawba and 2015 season donor Lexington Avenue Brewery are among numerous local businesses providing food, beverages and raffle items for the upcoming Some Like It Hot event to support The Hope Chest for Women. Photo courtesy of Asheville Ale Trail Skyland Distributing Co. will bring the wine. Beer will be donated by Catawba Brewing Co., which has provided its products for each event since 1999. A raffle of art and gift certificates will also be part of the fun, and live music will be provided by Hank West and the Smokin’ Hots. Because the happy hour model introduced by the Asheville Affiliates has become wildly popular in the local community, the group has struggled the last couple of years to find enough in-kind sponsorships for its four annual events. Shuster wants local restaurants and other businesses to know that donations of food, goods and services are always greatly needed. Some Like It Hot happens 6-9 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Asheville Masonic

Temple, 80 Broadway. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Buy tickets at somelikeithot.brownpapertickets.com. For details on donating, contact Sara Shuster, at director@hopechestforwomen.org or 708-3017. firestorm books & coffee reopens in west asheViLLe After closing its downtown location 16 months ago, the Firestorm Books & Coffee reopened in early July in West Asheville on Haywood Road. In addition to an expanded selection of books for all ages, the 7-year-old workerowned cooperative continues to offer a vegan café, featuring coffee, tea and specialty drinks such as coconut cream breve and a spicy Molotov macchiato. The all-vegan food products will be

Farm-to-door organic produce delivery service Mother Earth Produce is one of 30 semifinalists in the nation for this year’s Miller Lite Tap the Future business competition. To qualify, the Arden-based business was one of thousands of applicants to submit a business plan to a panel of judges who selected the 30 competitors. Mother Earth Produce owner Andrea Duvall says the next step is a regional live-pitch presentation in Atlanta on July 21 before a panel of judges that will include Daymond John from the ABC television show “Shark Tank.” The winner of that round will receive $20,000 and advance to the final “Shark Tank”-style showdown to be held in September in Chicago. For details about Mother Earth Produce, visit motherearthproduce.com. season’s at highLand Lake offers summer cooking cLass Flat Rock restaurant Season’s at Highland Lake will offer Ripe for the Picking, a seasonal cooking class featuring chef Stephen Hertz and pastry chef Stephen Spence. Participants will get to watch the chefs prepare a summer dish of panseared crabcakes with roasted sweet corn, okra and grape-tomato succotash, Cajun remoulade, pickled okra spears and charred tomato coulis with a dessert of petit upside-down plum cake with chocolate sorbet in a tuile tulip, candied rosemary pecans and strawberry purée. Cost is $35. Wine pairings are available for an additional fee. Space is limited, and reservations are required. The class is at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18, at Season’s at Highland Lake, 86 Lily Pad Lane, Flat Rock. Call 6969094 for reservations. X

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hi-Wire’s biltmore Big Top It has been just two years since Hi-Wire Brewing Co. opened downtown. When the brewery moved in and revamped the former Craggie Brewing Co. facility at 197 Hilliard Ave., it immediately drew attention in the brewing community for two reasons: It was the first local brewery to try to make its reputation on a yearround lager, and it was the first local brewery to bottle its beer in six-packs from day one. “Before we opened a brewery, we were [the type of guys] who liked to grab a six-pack after work. … So that was always a priority,” says adam charnack, co-owner of Hi-Wire. “I don’t know how much money we lost [since bottle margins are lower than taproom margins], but that didn’t matter.” What looked like a risky maneuver at the time has paid off for Hi-Wire. Its growth plan has accelerated beyond the owners’ wildest dreams, and Hi-Wire’s downtown brewery is now running at capacity, prompting the opening of a second facility at 2 Huntsman Place on the edge of Biltmore Village. “It’s 27,000 square feet, and our old place is 4,000 square feet,” says Charnack. “To put it in perspective, the walk-in cooler at the new building is about the size of our entire building downtown.” “The new brewhouse is a four-vessel, 30-barrel system; the new fermenters hold 90 barrels apiece (which is about 30,000 bottles per tank), and the new [larger] bottling line is lightningfast, spitting out a case of beer every 10-15 seconds,” says Charnack. In fact, since everything has been scaled up at the Huntsman facility, Hi-Wire has dubbed it the Biltmore Big Top. Despite the size difference, for anyone who has stopped by Hi-Wire’s current taproom, the Big Top will feel familiar. “It’s like our old space in that our overall goal was to deliver that same feeling: You’re in a tasting room inside an active brewery,” says co-owner chris frosaker. There’s no formal separation between brewery and tasting room and, in many ways, the equipment is the focal point.

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The Biltmore Village space will feature a large new tasting room and beer garden Hi-Wire’s Biltmore Big Top is at 2 Huntsman Place. After the July 25 grand opening, hours will be 4-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 4 p.m.-midnight Fridays, noon-midnight Saturdays and 1-10 p.m. Sundays. X

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bigger is better: Hi-Wire owners Adam Charnack, left, and Chris Frosaker are excited to show off their new 27,000-square-foot brewery and tasting room. Photo by Thom O’Hearn

“We’re also going for the same raw feel as our space downtown. … I like to say in both cases we took the natural feel of the building and embraced it,” says Frosaker, adding that there will be other direct parallels. chukk bruursema is the architect behind both renovations, and in an odd stroke of luck the team was able to source salvaged barn wood from the same farm that they sourced from for the original brewery. On the customer-facing side, there’s plenty to look forward to. The inside bar will have 16 taps, eventually all stocked with different Hi-Wire beers. There’s room to accommodate about two to three times the number of people the downtown brewery can hold, which opens up the possibility of more events. And there will be a small outdoor space in front as well as a true beer garden out back. “I think the back patio will be Asheville’s favorite secret beer garden,” says Charnack. “It’s raw and industrial but with greenery — it feels private.” Tours will also be part of the new Hi-Wire location, a first for the brewery. “We’re planning to run tours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays,” says Charnack. “They’ll be $5, which includes beer, and they’ll be a pretty intimate experience.”

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“Adam and I have traveled a lot together, even before opening Hi-Wire, and we’ve taken a lot of brewery tours,” says Frosaker. “We know what we like and what we don’t like, and we think there’s a lot of room to shine when you do a tour the right way.” Hi-Wire will be expanding on the beer side as well. In addition to moving into new territories, it will be able to produce more of its signature lager for existing territories and get more experimental. “Nothing’s changing at our current brewery and taproom except the beer we brew there,” says Charnack. “That’s the exciting part: We’ll be using our old brewhouse to make a lot of creative new lagers there and other styles you don’t see every day. … For example, we’re starting a farmhouse series and will eventually have wild ales.” While the brewery is already up and running, the first chance for the public to drop by will be at the July 25 grand opening, from 5 p.m. to midnight. Hi-Wire plans to do it up big with two bands, three food trucks and many circus-themed activities, including carnival games, a face painter and aerialists. Hi-Wire will also release its second anniversary beer that night and roll out at least 10 specialty beers — including the brewery’s first two sour beers.

AsHeVille Brewing: $3.50 all pints at Coxe location; “Whedon Wednesday’s” at Merrimon location; Wet Nose Wednesday (special treats for dogs) at Coxe location, 5-8pm frencH BroAD: $8.50 growler fills green mAn: Food truck: The Real Food Truck HigHlAnD: HBC Run Club (runners of every level), 6:15pm leXington AVe (lAB): $3 pints all day oskAr Blues: Community bike ride led by The Bike Farm, leaves brewery 6pm; Beer run w/ Wild Bill, group run leaves brewery 6pm; Food truck: Blue Smoke BBQ oskAr Blues reeB rAncH: CAN’d Aid Camps for Kids oyster House: $2 off growler fills pisgAH: Food truck: Latino Heat (Mexican cuisine) weDge: Food truck: Root Down (comfort food, Cajun)

tHursDAy AsHeVille Brewing: $3.50 pints at Merrimon location Bruisin’ Ales: Big Boss Tasting & Q&A w/ Dave Rogers, 5pm green mAn: Food truck: Belly Up (tacos, tortas, burritos)

oskAr Blues: Food truck: CHUBwagon

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AsHeVille Brewing: $6 bloody Marys & $5 mimosas at Coxe location

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green mAn: Food truck: Out of the Blue (Peruvian cuisine)

green mAn: Food truck: Little Bee Thai

oskAr Blues: Food truck: CHUBwagon

HigHlAnD: New brew: King MacAlpin Double IPA (10% ABV); Food truck: Happy Lucky (soup, sandwiches), Appalachian Chic (sandwiches, snacks) oskAr Blues: Burgers, Beer & Bikes w/ Pisgah Cycling, 6pm; Food truck: Blue Smoke BBQ oskAr Blues reeB rAncH: Burning Can Beer Festival (a celebration of canned craft beer), 6-9pm pisgAH: Food truck: Tin Can Pizzeria soutHern AppAlAcHiAn: Food truck: Mobile Global Bistro weDge: Food truck: Melt Your Heart (gourmet grilled cheese)

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oyster House: $5 mimosas & bloody Marys soutHern AppAlAcHiAn: Food truck: Avery’s Hot Dogs weDge: Food truck: Either Melt Your Heart or Tin Can Pizzeria

monDAy green mAn: Food truck: Happy Lucky (soups, sandwiches) one worlD: Service Industry Night, 8pm oskAr Blues: Food truck: Latino Heat (Mexican cuisine) weDge: Food truck: El Kimchi (Korean/ Mexican street food)

green mAn: Free brewery tour, 1pm; Food truck: Melt Your Heart (gourmet grilled cheese)

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oskAr Blues reeB rAncH: Burning Can Beer Festival (a celebration of canned craft beer), 7am-9pm; The Beer Relay (team race), 11am

BuriAl Beer co.: Small plates: Salt & Smoke (chef from Bull & Beggar, charcuterie/country cuisine), 4pm

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doug@douggibsonwriter.com robert beatty always imagined his mystery/thriller Serafina and the Black Cloak taking place at Biltmore Estate. As the book’s release approaches (with events planned at the Biltmore Park Barnes & Noble on Saturday, July 18, and at Malaprop’s on Saturday, July 25), he says he came to appreciate the setting more and more as the story grew. While writing, Beatty asked himself, “What do my daughters love?” At the time, his youngest loved to sneak up on him. “I thought, ‘How cool would it be if you lived at the Biltmore Estate and you snuck around that place?’” he says. Having his story jell was particularly rewarding for Beatty, because writing Serafina, a middle-grade book, was the culmination of a passion that started when he was 11. “I was bored one day. My mom gave me a typewriter, and said, ‘Here, play with this,’” Beatty says. That same year, Beatty also began his lifelong work with computers.

who Robert Beatty presents Serafina and the Black Cloak where Barnes & Noble, Biltmore Park, on Saturday, July 18, 2-4 p.m. barnesandnoble.com where Malaprop’s, on Saturday, July 25, 3-5 p.m. malaprops.com

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He went on to start his own company, Plex, and pioneer cloud computing. “I never disliked the tech side,” he says. “Loved that. Still do.” But after spending 90 hours a week at Plex, he says, “I’d just be exhausted by the time I got home and wouldn’t be able to write very well.” Then Beatty’s wife, Jennifer, contracted Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She’s cancer-free now, but the diagnosis was a wake-up call. Beatty left his company and, inspired by the Western North Carolina scenery in the film version of The Last of the Mohicans, he and his family relocated from Michigan to Asheville. Once here, Beatty began writing full time. His daughter insisted on reading his output, but because Beatty’s fiction was aimed at adults, he felt obliged to refuse. Then one day his daughter came in with a manuscript she’d found among his papers — a fantasy novel about a girl who becomes a knight in medieval England. When Beatty explained that he had written it a long time ago and that he didn’t write books like that anymore, “She literally said, ‘You should. I loved it. This is awesome. Write more like that.’” Rewriting that manuscript, Beatty says, “was like going back to when I was a little kid.” And instead of the brusque rejections he’d gotten when he submitted his adult work, this time agents responded with enthusiasm and encouragement — though none offered representation. Then Beatty’s wife suggested that he write another book for kids, something “sort of dark and spooky, like a mystery.” That night, he came up with the story that became Serafina — that of an unusual girl who lives in the basement of the Vanderbilt house and who must solve a series of mysterious disappearances. Within days, he had a rough draft. Over the next year, Beatty engaged his daughters and wife in the revi-

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fiction famiLY: Author Robert Beatty relied on the input of his wife and daughters while working on mystery/thriller Serafina and the Black Cloak. He also worked in his daughters’ love of cats and sneaking up on people. Author photo by John Warner

sion process, brainstorming with them over dinner and after school. “They worked very closely with me, fine-tuning Serafina’s character,” he says. When the family agreed Serafina was ready, Beatty went to a writer’s conference in New York City where he signed up to speed-pitch the book. “They ring a bell,” he says. “In that three minutes, you have to convince the agent he wants to read your manuscript.” All 10 agents whom Beatty pitched asked to read the book. Within weeks, Serafina sold to Disney Hyperion.

So Beatty’s lifelong passion for writing bore fruit, and the programmer/pioneer/entrepreneur embarked on another career. Asked what he’s enjoyed most about the launch, he says, “Making the trailer.” That was a family affair as well: One of Beatty’s daughters appeared as the title character in a gorgeous dress made by Beatty’s wife. He also got permission to film the trailer at the Biltmore Estate, and so was able to make a movie in one of the locales that first attracted him to Asheville. “It was like a dream come true,” he says. X

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teacher’s pets: The cast of Asheville Creative Arts’ play, Miss Nelson Is Missing, includes (clockwise from left) Kelli Cayman Cozlin, Gina Jones, Emma Gwynneth Gutt, Strother Stingley, Maximilian Koger and Jordan Ellis. Photo by Maggie Rotanz

claSS acT What is a classroom to do when the teacher disappears? According to gina Jones, who plays the title character in Asheville Creative Arts’ production of the children’s story Miss Nelson Is Missing, initially there’s a good bit of spitball and eraser throwing initially. But the liberation quickly gives way to a harsher reality: A substitute teacher who is far worse arrives on the scene to torment them all. And so begins the quest to find Miss Nelson. The

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Asheville Creative Arts stages children’s story Miss Nelson Is Missing

play opens at N.C. Stage Company on Thursday, July 16. “This was a favorite book growing up,” says ACA founder and director robbie Jaeger. “The title is meaningful to many generations — our parents read it to us, our peers today are now reading it to their kids, and kids are loving it as much now as when it was originally published in the ’70s.” The book, written by harry g. allard Jr. and James marshall, was adapted for the stage by Joan

cushing. In a preview, Cushing and cast members will appear at Malaprop’s and share some of the show’s original songs. “We chose this script because it’s well-told and the themes are important — respect for others and not taking what you have for granted,” says Jaeger. “These are all valuable lessons, and that they are presented in an entertaining and funny context with great music and fabulous design values makes it even better.”

Marcel Anton presents: Jaeger wants to entertain audiences of every generation. Asheville Creative Arts: Innovative Theatre for Children of ALL Ages is the full name of the company, and it makes every effort to live up to that moniker. “First and foremost, we want people walking away saying, ‘That was hilarious and a lot of fun,’” says Jaeger. “We also want audiences and actors to understand that the experience of live theater in this environment is an experience that draws communities and families together.” Three years in, ACA is using its professional approach to provide quality productions at affordable prices, often exposing some younger audience members to theater for the very first time. “We always choose scripts that kids are going to love, but that appeal to adults too,” says co-founder and producing director abby felder. “We also look for scripts that advance the genre of children’s theater, that expand the scope of work being created for audiences of all ages.” She continues, “It’s working! In the lobby following each of our shows [A Year With Frog and Toad, Charlotte’s Web, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs] audiences tell us how excited they are by the work, how they are seeing a favorite story in a new light or a new story for the first time, and how it resonates.” The theater company also assembles quality talent for its productions. “We have a great cast that’s a mix of amazing local actors, like

strother stingley, kelli cayman cozlin and maximilian koger, as well as actors who are fixtures at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and other regional theaters — like gina Jones, Jordan ellis and emma gywnneth gutt,” Felder says. Actors are equally enthusiastic to be working with ACA. “I was really excited to audition for them and even more excited to be cast,” says Stingley, who has the challenge of playing four different roles in the show. Plans to expand the offerings are in the works, as Jaeger explains. “We are very excited to be enhancing our programming to reflect our mission. Next season we’ll start an incubator series for new works for multigenerational audiences, which will include readings and workshops of new plays, featuring local playwrights.” X

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Friday, July 24 at the Orange Peel

Tickets: $25 in advance $60 VIP • $28 day of show VIP Tickets include Meet-and-Greet with Matisyahu, 6-8 p.m. at The Pulp, Food, Sweetwater Beer, and Reserved Seating at the concert.

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Where you are closer to the stars

Friday July 24th Country Legend

Gene Watson 8pm Showtime Hits include

“Fourteen Carat Mind”, “Farewell Party” “She’s Already Gone”

Tickets start at $25

Saturday July 25th

Mark and Clark

group dYnamics: “Jack Off Jill does not write Metallica songs,” says lead singer Jessicka Addams, second from left, of revisiting the band’s back catalog. Four members based in three different cities will regroup for a special one-weekend reunion. Photo by Remy Holwick

i predict a RIOT

The Original Twin Piano Twins

8pm Showtime

Jack Off Jill reunites for one show in Asheville

Tickets $16 When planning a heist, it typically helps to have someone planted on the inside of the establishment about to be looted. That same logic holds true when organizing a longin-the-works reunion concert in Asheville — the formula led to such smooth results for the members of

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who Jack Off Jill plus JD Samson and Kitten Forever where The Orange Peel theorangepeel.net when Saturday, July 18, at 9 p.m. Sold out at press time

Jack Off Jill that they can hardly believe their luck. The inside woman is tenni “ahcha cha” arslanyan, the original drummer for the influential South Florida riot-Goth band. She lives in Asheville and works at Hi-Wire Brewing and The Odditorium. Thanks to these connections, both businesses will play big roles in a destination three-day weekend full of rare events (see sidebar), which culminates in a show on Saturday, July 18, at The Orange Peel, where Arslanyan is also on the payroll. In addition to the serendipitous venue cooperation, fans will be able to enjoy pints of Strawberry Gashes Hefeweizen, a commemorative beer named for the Jack Off Jill song that Hi-Wire is brewing in the band’s honor. And — compared to other potential host sites — Asheville is an affordable and accessible city. Between Airbnb offerings and a list of hotels that Arslanyan gave lead singer Jessicka addams to share on

the band’s Facebook page, none of the travelers coming from across the country and London have had issues finding lodging. “It wouldn’t have gone down like that in New York or L.A.,” Addams says. “Asheville has been very accommodating. It’s a smart city, and dealing with locals has been a pleasure.” For the first time in 18 years, Addams and Arslanyan will be joined onstage by original Jack Off Jill member michelle “inhell” oliver (guitar), who was part of the band’s last iteration before it signed with Risk Records. Also part of the reunion lineup is bassist helen storer (Fluffy; Thee Heavenly Music Association), who was part of its final touring configuration. Like Arslanyan, Oliver didn’t continue with Addams on the group’s post-1997 musical adventures, though she did return in 1999 to help write final album Clear Hearts, Grey Flowers before leaving for personal reasons. The old friends later reconnected over

social media while finding careers outside the music industry. Storer works in the Los Angeles spa industry as a facility director, Oliver lives in Denmark where she runs a theater company with her wife, and Addams is also in L.A., employed as a fine artist by a gallery. Spurred by an awareness that all of the female bands they love had reunited, the idea of a one-show Jack Off Jill reunion had been in the works for the past three years. The epiphany to have it in Asheville occurred in 2014, when Arslanyan discovered that the daughter of the owner of the Haywood Quick Stop in West Asheville had set up a Jack Off Jill shrine in the convenience store. Shortly thereafter, the date of July 18 — the 15th anniversary of the release of Clear Hearts, Grey Flowers — became available at The Orange Peel. All four musicians happened to have free time in their schedules, and the rest of the weekend came into place in a similarly easy manner. All that remained was the small matter of the music, and in February, Arslanyan flew out to Los Angeles for a set of rehearsals to ensure that the former bandmates still had chemistry. To their great delight the connection was instant, though the process of revisiting the old material has been somewhat of a shock. “Jack Off Jill does not write Metallica songs,” Addams says. “I’m horrified by some of the lyrics that I have to sing, but I will sing them — though I’m a little mad at my 19-yearold self.” Addams also notes that a lot of the band’s songs have a sad feel, but that plenty of laughter and light moments have kept the proceedings funny and fun. At one point on a break from rehearsals in L.A., this commitment to good times included the singer donning a skeleton dress and doing a photo shoot with a witch piñata, a night during which she confesses “things got weird.” Look for this positivity to translate to the stage as Jack Off Jill plays hits and oddball rarities that span its catalog. These selections include songs from Clear Hearts, Grey Flowers, material that Arslanyan didn’t have a hand in writing, but that Addams says the drummer has been highly accommodating in learning. The downside of all this goodness is its rare, limited nature — but even there, the band has its fans covered. For those who can’t make it to Asheville for the big weekend, the show will be filmed and eventually distributed, a gift to listeners who’ve had Jack Off Jill’s back all these years. X

bookend fun at the odditorium With many Jack Off Jill fans treating the weekend as a destination or summer vacation, the band looped in a number of talented comrades to make it the reunion they always wanted. Los Angeles visual artist camille rose garcia, a dear friend of Addams, hosts a pop-up store and signing at The Odditorium on Friday, July 17, 7-9 p.m., during which she’ll also paint a mural inside the club. Garcia’s event will be followed, at 10 p.m., by a rare solo performance by daisy berkowitz (a founding member of Marilyn Manson back when that band was called the Spooky Kids). Berkowitz, whose real name is Scott Putesky, is battling cancer but will be off chemotherapy during July, perfect timing for a get-together with his old South Florida pals. “He’s been doing a few shows here and there for last few years. People say they’re mind-blowing,” Addams says. The festivities conclude at The Odditorium on Sunday, July 19, with a 9 p.m. dance party featuring DJ sets by Jd samson (Le Tigre; The Men), Lori barbero (Babes In Toyland), allison wolfe (Bratmobile; The Cold Cold Hearts) and special surprise guests. — E.A. X

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by Alli Marshall

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our town: Local journalist Marla Hardee Milling shares stories of how Asheville became the town it is today in her new book, Only in Asheville: An Eclectic History. Photo by Suzie Heinmiller Boatright

Quirk FacTor Although local journalist marla hardee milling only had 4 1/2 months to write her new book, Only in Asheville: An Eclectic History, she’d already been compiling stories for a lifetime. An Asheville native, Milling says she’s

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Only in Asheville shares insider history

only lived away from the town for 10 months, even electing to go to college at UNC Asheville. “I’d thought of writing a book for years, and all the pieces came together for me last fall,” she says. “It wasn’t like starting on a topic I didn’t know any-

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thing about. ... I’ve always been part of Asheville.” The launch for the book took place at The Hop Ice Cream Café, complete with a specialty ice cream flavor: a beet base with a blackberry swirl and French Broad Chocolate chunks.

Milling will sign copies of the book at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café on Wednesday, July 22. For the project, Milling interviewed more than 40 locals, ranging from craft beer pioneer oscar wong and retired UNCA history professor milton ready to hairstylist/singer tiziana severse and paranormal expert Joshua p. warren. “When Travel + Leisure named Asheville the quirkiest town in America, that’s when I wrote my book proposal,” she says. “It is quirky and it is weird, but how do you define that? Asheville is really unique, and I wanted to be the one to tell that story.” And, while Milling immediately called to mind LaZoom Tours’ Sister Bad Habit and busker ralph Longshore, aka The Man in White, she also wanted to include the stories of people who might not wear eye-catching costumes but still pour their hearts into the town. “It was a matter of trying to be representative of people I admire and who are making a positive contribution to Asheville,” she says. Only in Asheville does spotlight some lesser-sung heroes, such as the late Julian price, a philanthropist whose Public Interest Projects, formed with lawyer pat whalen, invested in businesses and projects that revitalized downtown. John cram is another visionary Milling credits with bringing Asheville back from a long period of decline. When he opened Blue Spiral 1 on Biltmore Avenue, “I thought, ‘Wow, something’s going to start happening now,’” the writer says. In fact, while Milling professes a nostalgia for the Asheville of the late 1960s, when downtown was populated by department stores such as Ivy’s and Woolworth’s, “I love Asheville the way it is today,” she says. “I like to see change. The time I wouldn’t want to repeat is those ghost-town years when it was all boarded up.” Milling says that people who haven’t lived in Asheville very long are hard-pressed to imagine the desolation felt in the ’70s and ’80s. “By 1979 ... there were more boarded-up storefronts than those operational,” she writes. In the early ’80s, Philadelphia-based developer Strouse Greenberg proposed a plan for a downtown mall that would have meant the demolition of much of Lexington Avenue’s buildings, along with structures on Broadway, Walnut, Haywood and College streets.

Even the art deco Kress building would have fallen. “I was surprised at the magnitude of the mall effort,” Milling says. A college student at the time, she barely remembers it. But her interviews with grassroots organizers wayne caldwell, kathryn Long and peggy gardner underscore local passion for the town’s architecture as well as its small businesses. The Save Downtown Asheville group went up against not only City Council, but banks, hospitals and utilities companies. “It’s hard to fight big corporations,” says Milling. Even today, as she learned from Asheville Grown Business Alliance founder franzi charen, most local independent businesses don’t own their own buildings, making them vulnerable in the face of future civic planning. But the story of local commerce is heartening, too. Milling reveals that there were more than 450 Jewish business owners who helped to build the city in the middle of the last century. Historian Jan schochet, who created 12-panel exhibit “The Family Store: A History of Jewish Businesses, 1880-1990,” will bring

the display back to downtown Asheville this summer. “Today’s Asheville is what has grown organically out of a ghost town,” says Milling. To her, even the edgier aspects of downtown are part of a thriving city — one she’s never stopped loving. “What I wanted to write,” she says, “was something that would give people a little more of the history of how it became what it is today.” X

who Marla Hardee Milling presents Only in Asheville where Malaprop’s malaprops.com when Wednesday, July 22, 7 p.m. Free.

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sMARt Bets Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands

Crafts and Drafts With its impressively affordable vendor entry fee ($10 per table and first-come, first-served space assignments), the Bywater’s inaugural Crafts and Drafts fair is poised to attract an eclectic mix of makers, from full-time artists to casual crafters. Already, the product lineup includes items like jewelry, dreamcatchers, soaps, knitted goods, stained glass, bonsai plants and henna tattoos. Throughout the free pop-up craft fair, Brass Pelican culinary busking will serve a Southern-inspired breakfast while bartenders mix up “brunchy cocktails” to complement the discounted beer. Children and pets are also welcome to attend the event, which the Bywater hosts on its riverside lawn on Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. avl.mx/1ai. Image courtesy of the Bywater

Now in its 68th season, the biannual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands returns for a long weekend filled with regional craft history and work for show and sale. “Nearly 200 juried artists of the Southern Highland Craft Guild will be selling works of clay, metal, wood, jewelry, fiber, paper, natural materials, leather and mixed media,” says a press release for the event. And, as has happened since the first fair launched in Gatlinburg, Tenn., in 1948, mountain musicians will perform on the arena stage. This season’s entertainers include Cary Fridley & The Haywood County Ramblers, Carol Rifkin and Friends, Buncombe Turnpike and others. Crafting demonstrations include bamboo fly rods, clay whistles, natural dyeing and spinning and sun printing, as well as activities for children. The craft fair is held at the U.S. Cellular Center, ThursdaySunday, July 16-19. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. $8 adults/free for children 12 and younger. craft guild.org. Artwork by Beth Andrews

Colston Half of local hip-hop duo CrazyHorse & Colston (repeat winners in the annual Best of WNC readers poll), Bryan Godleski, aka Colston, is set to release a solo mix tape. That project, Uppercuts, reflects Colston’s personal struggles with relationships, substances and going it alone musically, as well as his determination to fight through those hard times in order to complete his album. Uppercuts features local guest musicians like Don Lewis, Daniele Soul and Darrell Earwood, MCs Larry Williams, Chris Shreve and Hunter Bennett (among others) and 11-year-old vocalist Emma Hammond. And then there are Colston’s distinctly Western North Carolinian additions to the instrumentals of Sublime, Nicki Manaj, Lorde and more. The release show happens at The Grey Eagle on Thursday, July 16, at 9 p.m. Mentirosa also performs; Brooklyn-based rock collective Shinobi Ninja headlines. $10 advance/$12 day of show. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Andrew Anderson

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Dulci Ellenberger As a full-time member of Sweet Claudette and regular performer with Holy Ghost Tent Revival and The Moon and You, you wouldn’t think local singer-songwriter Dulci Ellenberger had the time to pull off a debut solo project. But the 14 tracks on recent release I Can Feel It indicate otherwise. Despite her credit and gratitude to the Asheville music scene, Ellenberger’s album exudes a seaside ambiance between soulful, Southern ballads — both styles adorned with her roaming falsetto. “I can’t wait to share it with the town that made it all possible,” she says, calling the release show “an explosion of local collaboration.” Color Collage opens for Ellenberger, who will be joined by many guest musicians during her set at The Mothlight on Thursday, July 16, at 9 p.m. $5-10 sliding scale donation. themothlight.com. Photo by No Alarms Studio

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• TH (7/16), 8pm - Auction of instructor and student art to benefit scholarship programs. Free to attend.

music AfricAn Drum lessons At skinny BeAts Drum sHop (pd.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. No experience necessary. Drums provided. $12/class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums.com AppAlAcHiAn summer festiVAl appsummer.org • FR (7/17), 8pm - David Grisman Sextet, bluegrass. Held in the Schaefer Center at Appalachian State University. $28. AsHeVille Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart. org • SU (7/19), 3pm - Pianoforte concert with pianist Sandra Wright Shen. $16/$8 members.

Salsa Classes with 2umbao!!

Want to learn how to Salsa in a fun, relaxed environment?

Salsa classes every Wednesday

Drop-ins are always welcome and our next new six-week series will start July 1st.

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853 Merrimon Ave. Asheville NC, 28801 Beginners 7:30-8 pm & Intermediate 8:30-9:30 pm $10/class or $40/6 wks.

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Larger than Life: Local puppet

maker Judith Toy will host an interactive puppet show and workshop at Cloud Cottage on Monday and Thursday afternoons through August. Photo courtesy of the artist. (p. 40)

Art Arts council of HenDerson county 401 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-8504, acofhc.org • TH (7/16), 3:30pm - Grant writing workshop for ACHC’s Regional Artist grants. Free. AsHeVille Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • TH (7/16) through SA (7/18), 10am-5pm Pop-up studio craft marketplace with works by local artists. Admission fees apply. clouD cottAge 219 Old Toll Circle, Black Mountain, 6696000, cloudcottage.org • MONDAYS and THURSDAYS through (7/31), 1-4pm - Open studio intensive with puppet maker Judith Toy. Admission by donation. penlAnD scHool of crAfts 67 Doras Trail, Bakersville, 765-2359, penland.org

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BreVArD music center 862-2105, brevardmusic.org • WE (7/15), 7:30pm - Christopher Rex, chamber music. $25. Held in Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College. • TH (7/16), 7:30am - Mozart’s opera Cosi Fan Tutti. $25. Held in the Porter Center at Brevard College. • FR (7/17), 7:30pm - Brevard Music Center Orchestra performs selections from Mozart & Bruckner. $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SA (7/18), 7:30pm - Brevard Sinfonia performs “Grieg Piano Concerto.” $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SA (7/19), 3pm - Brevard Concert Orchestra performs Dvorak 7. $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • MO (7/20), 7:30pm - International Contemporary Ensemble, chamber music. $25. Held in the Porter Center at Brevard College. • TU (7/21), 7:30pm - “A Celebration of the American Songbook with David Pittsinger.” $25. Held in the Porter Center at Brevard College. • WE (7/22), 7:30pm - Brevard Camerata, chamber music. Held in the Porter Center at Brevard College Campus. $25. grooVin’ on groVemont 250-6486 • TU (7/21), 6pm - The Groovemont Players, rock/soul/blues. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa music At wcu 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (7/16), 7pm - Summer Concert Series: Doug Gibson, blues. Free. Held in Central Plaza. • TH (7/23), 7pm - Summer Concert Series: Buchanan Boys, rock/country. Free. Held in Central Plaza.

music on mAin 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (7/13), 7-9pm - Deano and the Dreamers, rock ’roll covers from ’50s-’80s. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville nortH mAin music & Art DemonstrAtion 692-6335 Free to attend. Art Demo starts at noon; Music starts at 4:30pm. • SA (7/18) - Artist Sharon Carlyle and Elise Pratt Trio, jazz. Free. Held at Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 536 N. Main St., Hendersonville open ukelele JAm • MONDAYS, 6-8pm - All skill levels and stringed instruments welcome. Free. Held at Montford Recreation Center, 34 Pearson Drive rHytHm & Brews concert series 233-3216, facebook.com/ rhythmandbrewshendersonville • TH (7/16), 5-9pm - Mountain Heart and The Stipe Brothers, traditional acoustic. Free. Held in downtown Hendersonville. sHinDig on tHe green 258-6101 x345, folkheritage.org • SATURDAYS until (9/5), 7pm Traditional old-time music and dance. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. st. mAttHiAs cHurcH 1 Dundee St., 285-0033, stmatthiasepiscopal.com • SU (7/19), 3pm - Mozart’s Quintet in A and Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht performed by Hayes Faculty Chamber Ensemble. Admission by donation. summer trAcks concert series 290-4316, summertracks.com • FR (7/17), 7pm - Buncombe Turnpike, bluegrass. Free. Held at Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St., Tryon

tHeAter flAt rock plAyHouse 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 6930731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS, (7/22) until (8/16), 8pm - Gypsy. $15$40. Wed.-Sat.:8pm; Wed., Thu., Sat. & Sun.:2pm. flAt rock plAyHouse Downtown 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 6930731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/15) until (7/26) - Driving Miss Daisy. $15-40. Wed. - Sat.:8pm; Thu., Sat., & Sun.:2pm. montforD pArk plAyers 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/1), 7:30pm - Twelfth Night, 1920s

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tHe mAgnetic tHeAtre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (7/18), 7:30pm - Food and How To Eat It, sketch comedy. $21/$18 advance.

• Through SA (8/2) - The Bait Hides the Hook,

342 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com works by Anna Jensen.

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pusH skAte sHop & gAllery 25 Patton Ave., 225-5509, pushtoyproject.com • ONGOING - A Retrospective at PUSH Gallery, photography.

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Art At uncA

• Through SA (8/8) - Americana, patriotic-

art.unca.edu • Through FR (7/31) - Celebrating Middle School Success, art by area students. Held in Highsmith Gallery.

themed work by SVFAL members. Held at Red

AsHeVille AreA Arts council 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (7/25) - Misprints: A Print Making Exhibition. • Through SA (7/25) - The Drone Quilt Project, quiltwork honoring civilian casualties of U.S. military operations. AsHeVille Art museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SU (12/27) - Man-Made: Contemporary Male Quilters. • SA (7/18) through SU (10/11) - Heritage and Home: Photographs of Hickory Nut Gap Farm, photography by Ken Abbot. Opening reception: July 24, 5-7pm. AsHeVille Bookworks 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through MO (8/31) - It’s About Time, workbooks by Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts members. AsHeVille loft 52 Broadway St., 782-8833, theashevilleloft.com • Through MO (7/27) - The Naked Truth, figurative works by Jonas Gerard. BlAck mountAin center for tHe Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through (7/17) - Display of paintings created during Art in Bloom.

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toe riVer Arts council 765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (8/8) - Avery Artists Cross Over, works by Avery County artists. Artists’ reception: July 10, 5-7pm. Held at Burnsville TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville • Through SA (7/25) - 200 Years of Chairs, woodworking. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC

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Gallery, 269 Oak Ave. trAnsylVAniA community Arts council 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (7/17) - Works by Transylvania

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Art Guild members. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees.

Blue spirAl 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (8/28) - Mentor, contemporary works in glass, steel and wood. • Through FR (8/28) - New Terrain, works by five artists depicting landscapes. • Through FR (8/28) - Southern Skies, paintings by John I. Cleveland, Jr. • Through FR (8/28) - Summer Salon, works by new members. crADle of forestry Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 8773130, cradleofforestry.org • Through FR (7/31) - Carolina Nature Photographers Association exhibit. grAnD BoHemiAn gAllery 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com • Through SA (7/19) - Faces and Places, neoexpressionist works by Peter Keil.

Our web video series with Sherwood’s Music returns to mountainx.com this week with a new video featuring indie pop-rock duo Pretty Pretty. You can also catch Pretty Pretty at the Mothlight with The Toothe and Ryan Furstenberg of The Moon and You on Tuesday, July 21, starting at 9:30 p.m.

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c L U B L A n D weDnesDAy, July 15 5 wAlnut wine BAr Wine Tasting w/ Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 10pm AltAmont tHeAtre Randin Graves & Strings of Lumina (didgeridoo performance, storytelling), 7pm Ben’s tune-up Asheville Country Music Review w/ Town Mountain, The Honeycutters & John Stickley Trio, 5pm BlAck mountAin Ale House Play To Win Game Night, 7:30pm Blue mountAin piZZA & Brew puB Open Mic, 7pm Burger BAr Karaoke, 9pm Dirty soutH lounge Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm DouBle crown Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm Dugout Karaoke, 9pm foggy mountAin BrewpuB Billy Litz (Americana), 9pm funkAtorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm grey eAgle music HAll & tAVern Rock ’n’ Roll Wednesdays w/ Rock Academy, 7pm grinD cAfe Trivia night, 7pm HigHlAnD Brewing compAny Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul),

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

fun in the sun: Brooklyn-based electro-pop duo Tanlines pairs its indie dance sensibilities with social media-savvy in support of its latest album

Highlights, described as “a spry furtherance of the pairs’ lilting tropicalia melodies” by the New York Times and “the most fun indie rock album of 2015” by Rolling Stone. Tanlines breezes into Asheville with Mas Ysa for a show at the Mothlight on July 22, at 9 p.m.

5:30pm

Mike G & Left Brain [POSTPONED], 9pm

isis restAurAnt AnD music HAll Brad Cole (folk, roots, blues), 7pm Summer’s night of Brazilian jazz, food & dancing w/ Paula Hanke, 8:30pm

pisgAH Brewing compAny Dennis Berndt (reggae, roots, folk), 6pm

JAck of tHe wooD puB Old-time session, 5pm Hearts Gone South (honky-tonk, country), 9pm

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reJAVAnAtion cAfe Open mic night, 6pm

lAZy DiAmonD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

room iX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

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

root BAr no. 1 DJ Ken Brandenburg (old school, funk), 8pm

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

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

mountAin moJo coffeeHouse Open mic, 6:30pm

sol BAr new mountAin World Wednesdays, 8pm

noBle kAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

tAllgAry’s At four college Open mic & jam, 7pm

o.Henry’s/tHe unDergrounD “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

tHe Joint neXt Door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

oDDitorium Synergy Story Slam, 7pm Begat The Nephilim w/ Black Mountain Hunger & Covenator (metal), 9pm

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

off tHe wAgon Piano show, 9pm oliVe or twist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm one worlD Brewing Stevie Lee Combs (folk, old-time), 8pm orAnge peel

pour tAproom Karaoke, 8pm

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

timo’s House Spectrum AVL w/ Jericho, Ixnee, Kri & guests, 9pm town pump Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm tressA’s Downtown JAZZ AnD Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm wHite Horse BlAck mountAin Wednesday Waltz, 7pm wilD wing cAfe soutH Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 7pm Paint Night, 7pm

tHursDAy, July 16 5 wAlnut wine BAr Empire Strikes Brass Combo (brass, funk), 8pm AltAmont tHeAtre Reasonably Priced Babies (improv comedy), 9pm BArley’s tAproom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm BlAck mountAin Ale House Contagious (rock ’n’ roll), 8pm Blue mountAin piZZA & Brew puB Bob Zullo (acoustic), 7pm

tHe pHoeniX Jazz night, 8pm

Burger BAr Old school metal night w/ Schrader, 9pm

tHe sociAl Marc Keller, 6pm Karaoke, 9:30pm

cluB eleVen on groVe Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm Swing lessons & dance w/ Chelsea Reed and the Fairweather Five, 7:30pm

tHe soutHern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm tiger mountAin Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm

cork & keg The Honey Dewdrops w/ Caleb Stine (old-time, Americana, roots), 8pm

creeksiDe tApHouse Station Underground (reggae), 8pm

foggy mountAin BrewpuB Savannah Smith (folk), 9pm

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

frencH BroAD Brewery Nosedive (blues, roots), 6pm

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

grey eAgle music HAll & tAVern Shinobi Ninja & Colston w/ Mentirosa (rock), 9pm

Dugout Hustle Souls Trio, 8pm

Historic Downtown HenDersonVille Rhythm & Brews Concert Series w/ Mountain Heart (acoustic), 5pm

elAine’s Dueling piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

iron Horse stAtion Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm

isis restAurAnt AnD music HAll Laid Back Thursdays, 7pm The Blue Ribbon Healers (old-time, thrash, world), 7pm JAck of tHe wooD puB Bluegrass jam, 7pm lAZy DiAmonD The Replacement Party w/ Dr. Filth, 10pm Burning Itch & The Krektones (punk, surf rock), 10pm leX 18 Ray Biscoglia & Grant Cuthbertson (jazz standards), 7pm Michael Andersen (honky-tonk piano), 10pm

loBster trAp Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm mArket plAce Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm o.Henry’s/tHe unDergrounD Gayme Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm oDDitorium Bardus w/ Hardcharger, Uninhabitable & The Dimarcos (punk), 9pm off tHe wAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm

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

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

7/16 thu dulci ellenberger (cd release! release!) w/ color collage

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

7/18 sat sonny & the sunsets w/ sarah bethe nelson

7/19sun the weather station w/ andy shauf

7/20mon free monday: niah w/ kortriba, obsideoneye

7/22

Wed

tanlines

7/23 thu deloused—performing the music of mars volta

7/24

one worlD Brewing John Johnson & Zack Kardon (from Midnight Snack), 8pm orAnge peel Leon Russell w/ Greg Hester (country, rock, folk), 8pm oskAr Blues Brewery Stevie Lee Combs (singer-songwriter), 6pm pAck’s tAVern Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock), 9pm piAno emporium Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm pisgAH Brewing compAny Robert Earl Keen (alt-country), 7:30pm purple onion cAfe Red Honey (blues, rock), 7:30pm room iX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

w/ mas ysa

fri

one stop Deli & BAr Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm The Groove Orient & Kaleigh Baker (rock, soul), 10pm

the girly girl revue presents... the good, the bad, and the pugsley:

a burlesque show

scAnDAls nigHtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sly grog lounge Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm sol BAr new mountAin Songwriter Thursdays w/ Caine McDonald, 8pm

spring creek tAVern Open Mic, 6pm

foggy mountAin BrewpuB Doug & Simon (folk, jazz), 10pm

tHe motHligHt Dulci Ellenberger w/ Color Collage (folk, pop), 9pm

frencH BroAD Brewery The Blue Ribbon Healers (old-timey, swankytonk), 6pm

tHe pHoeniX Bradford Carson (modern mountain music), 8pm

gooD stuff Johnny Caucasian (country, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

tHe sociAl Jordan Okrend (pop, rock, soul), 6pm The Dirty Badgers, 9pm

grey eAgle music HAll & tAVern The Volt Per Octaves w/ Tin Foil Hat & Shop Talk (electronic, moog), 9pm

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

HigHlAnD Brewing compAny King MacAlpin Release Party w/ live music (Americana, folk, rock), 7pm

timo’s House TRL w/ Franco Nino (dance party, requests), 10pm

iron Horse stAtion Dave Desmelik (Americana, folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm

town pump The Dr. Van (prog rock, funk, jam), 9pm

isis restAurAnt AnD music HAll Concert on the lawn w/ Omnitet (soul, funk, jazz), 6:30pm Kellin Watson & Jim Arrendell (folk, blues), 9pm

tressA’s Downtown JAZZ AnD Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm twisteD lAurel Karaoke, 8pm

JAck of tHe wooD puB Grand Ole Uproar w/ The Carmonas (hippie-tonk, folk rock), 9pm

urBAn orcHArD Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic, Americana), 6:30pm

JerusAlem gArDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

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

lAZy DiAmonD Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm

wilD wing cAfe soutH Scott Raines (acoustic, rock), 6pm Live DJ, 9pm

leX 18 Michael John Jazz (jazz), 4pm Michael Jefry Stevens & Dom Minasia on Tour (jazz), 6:30pm Michael Andersen (honky-tonk piano), 10pm

friDAy, July 17 185 king street Carolina Blue (bluegrass), 8pm

mArket plAce The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

5 wAlnut wine BAr The Jamar Woods Acoustic Band (acoustic soul), 9pm

new mountAin tHeAter/AmpHitHeAter Mark Farina w/ Transputer (electronic, DJ, jazz), 10pm

AtHenA’s cluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

oDDitorium Daisy Berkowitz w/ Kreamy Lectric Santa & Notch Above Kafka (metal), 9pm

Ben’s tune-up Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm BlAck BeAr coffee co. Brief Awakening (fairy folk-rock, alternative), 7pm

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BlAck mountAin Ale House Hustle Souls (soul, alt-country), 8pm Blue mountAin piZZA & Brew puB Acoustic Swing, 7pm Burger BAr Juke Joint Blues w/ Rare Burger Band, 9pm BywAter Clydes on Fire (bluegrass, honky-tonk), 8pm clAssic wineseller Joe Cruz (Beatles & Elton John covers, piano), 7pm cluB eleVen on groVe Postal Express Street Riders Dance Party w/ DJ (R&B), 9pm

e hang o u t!

loBster trAp Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm

cork & keg Buddy Davis & The Session Players (honky-tonk, country), 8:30pm crow & Quill Plankeye Peggy w/ Tipsy Oxcart (Balkan, rock, funk, jazz), 9pm DouBle crown DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

off tHe wAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm oliVe or twist 3 Cool Cats (rock ’n’ roll), 8pm one stop Deli & BAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm SICMAN w/ The American Gonzos (rock), 10pm orAnge peel Rip Haven w/ The Redcoats Are Coming (hard rock), 8pm oskAr Blues Brewery Hope Griffin (folk), 6pm oskAr Blues reeB rAncH Burning Can Festival w/ Porch 40 & Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, 7pm pAck’s tAVern DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9pm piAno emporium Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm pisgAH Brewing compAny The Groove Orient (funk, blues, jam), 8pm riVerwAtcH BAr & grill Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 7pm rogers pArk Buncombe Turnpike (bluegrass, traditional), 7pm

Dugout Fine Line, 5pm

root BAr no. 1 50 Year Flood (rock, blues), 8pm

elAine’s Dueling piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

scAnDAls nigHtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

scully’s DJ, 10pm sol BAr new mountAin Numatik (sacred boogie), 9pm soutHern AppAlAcHiAn Brewery The Pea Pickin’ Hearts (Americana, rockabilly), 8pm spring creek tAVern Shane’s Gang (R&B), 9pm strAigHtAwAy cAfe Summerfest w/ Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work, Lyric & Brushfire Stankgrass (Americana, folk, rock), 6pm tAllgAry’s At four college Apple Blue Horse (country), 9:30pm tHe ADmirAl Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm tHe motHligHt Havania Whaal w/ Lubec, Ellipser & Shallows (noise pop, punk, shoegaze), 9:30pm tHe pHoeniX Stepchild (rock), 9pm tHe sociAl Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm WestSound (R&B), 9pm

BywAter Crafts and Drafts Fair (beer, craft show), 10am Kate & Corey (folk, rock), 8pm

DiAnA wortHAm tHeAtre John Thomas Fowler w/ Marci Nimick & Wallace Shealy (old-time, storytelling), 10am DouBle crown Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm Dugout Howie Johnson, 9pm elAine’s Dueling piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy mountAin BrewpuB Perseverance Family Band & Scuba Phone (folk, funk), 9pm frencH BroAD Brewery Easy Street Apothecary (funk, jazz), 6pm gooD stuff The Wilderness (psychedelic, rock), 9pm

timo’s House Free the Optimus, Pragmaddix, Hunter & Phlo Deli (hip-hop), 10pm

iron Horse stAtion Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

town pump Dirty Soul Revival (funk, blues, rock), 9pm

JAck of tHe wooD puB Tan and Sober Gentlemen (Irish punk-grass), 9pm

twisteD lAurel Doghouse Band, 8:30pm

JerusAlem gArDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

wHite Horse BlAck mountAin Virginia & the Slims (blues, jazz, swing), 8pm

lAZoom Bus tours Roaring Lions (brass), 2pm

wilD wing cAfe Scott Raines and Laura Michaels (acoustic rock), 6pm

lAZy DiAmonD Unknown Pleasures w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10pm

wilD wing cAfe soutH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

leX 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrelhouse piano), 4pm HotPoint Trio (gypsy swing string), 6:30pm Michael Andersen (honky-tonk piano), 10pm

185 king street Andy Buckner (southern rock, country, bluegrass), 8pm 5 wAlnut wine BAr Patrick Fitzsimons (jazz, blues, world), 6pm The Gypsy Swingers (Gypsy jazz), 9pm

COMING SOON

4pm-2am Mon-Fri | 12pm-2am Sat | 3pm-2am Sun Mon.-Thur. 4pm-2am • Fri.-Sun. 2pm-2am

WED 7/15 6:30 PM– CROSSROADS STRING BAND ON THE PATIO 7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH

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

THU 7/16 7:00 PM– LAIDBACK THURSDAY WITH

new mountAin tHeAter/AmpHitHeAter Grateful Dead Night w/ Phuncle Sam, 10:30pm

off tHe wAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm

AtHenA’s cluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

oliVe or twist 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm orAnge peel Jack Off Jill w/ JD Samson [SOLD OUT], 9pm

7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH

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

SUN 7/19 8:00 PM– RUSS WILSON & WENDY JONES WITH A 17 PIECE BIG BAND ORCHESTRA

Blue mountAin piZZA & Brew puB Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm Burger BAr Bike Night w/ DJ Johnny Be Good (70s rock), 9pm

pAck’s tAVern A Social Function (rock ’n’ roll, classic covers), 9pm

WEDNESDAY

7.15

7.16

WED 7/22

FRIDAY

6:30 PM– CROSSROADS STRING BAND ON THE PATIO 7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH NATASHA BORZILOVA

THU 7/23

FRI 7/24 6:30 PM – CONCERT ON THE LAWN 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

SAVANNAH SMITH

9:00 PM– FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY WITH

JIM ARRENDELL

Every Tuesday

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

Every Sunday

6pm–11pm

JAZZ SHOWCASE

8PM

WORLD WEDNESDAYS

SONGWRITER THURSDAYS

FT. CAINE MCDONALD (WEEKLY)

THEATER

7.17

MARK FARINA W/ TRANSPUTER

9PM FRIDAY

SOL BAR

7.17

SOL VIBES FRIDAYS

W/ NUMATIC (WEEKLY) THEATER

9PM SATURDAY

7.18

SOL BAR

FT. LES AMIS ( WEEKLY ) SOL BAR

8PM THURSDAY

11:30 AM– BRUNCH WITH ROY BOOK BINDER

NEW MOUNTAIN GRATEFUL DEAD NIGHT W/

PHUNCLE SAM (2 SETS)

9PM SATURDAY

SOL BAR

7.18

RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE

7.19

THE SUN CANS W/ DEATH

9PM SUNDAY 7PM

W/ LEOPARD ISLAND

SOL BAR

OF PARIS, BETTING FOR BENSON, THE ZEALOTS, AND PAUL ALCOHOL

FRIDAY

7.31

AMPITHEATER OFFICIAL LEAF DOWNTOWN KICK OFF PARTY FT. THE OHIO PLAYERS

6PM

UPCOMING SHOWS:

7/22: MONSOON W/ COLD SOLSTICE 7/24: MISTER F & NOMADIC 7/25: SPACE STATION PLAZA PRESENTS: DAY OUT OF TIME FESTICAL & JIMI HENDRIX GALACTIC BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 8/6: BIG DEAL COMEDY PRESENTS: OCCUPY THE DEBATE 8/13: THE FRITZ W/ GHOST NOTE

oskAr Blues Brewery Carver & Carmody (Americana), 6pm oskAr Blues reeB rAncH Burning Can Festival w/ Travers Brothership, Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics, Jarekus Singleton, Rebirth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, 7pm

July 2015

MAGENTA SUNSHINE ON THE PATIO

7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH BETH MCKEE LOUNGE

moJo kitcHen & lounge Dine ’n’ Disco (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm

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BRAD COLE

mArket plAce DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm

AsHeVille music HAll Naughty Professor (funk, jazz), 10pm

BlAck mountAin Ale House Asheville Aces (blues), 9pm

12am

6:30 PM– LAIDBACK THURSDAY WITH WAKEFIELD AND FRIENDS ON THE PATIO

AltAmont tHeAtre Blinddog Smokin’ (funk, blues), 8pm

BlAck BeAr coffee co. The Wilhelm Brothers w/ Ellen Trnka & Carrie Morrison (folk, alternative, acoustic), 7pm

Full Bar

loBster trAp Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 6:30pm

oDDitorium Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue present: SPF15, 10pm

Ben’s tune-up Gypsy Guitars, 2pm

5pm–12am

cork & keg Drayton & The Dreamboats (vintage jazz, swing, folk), 8:30pm

HigHlAnD Brewing compAny Red Honey (blues, punk, country), 7pm

sAturDAy, July 18

Tues-Sun

clAssic wineseller Serpentine Arborvitae w/ Michael Jefry Stevens & Zack Page (jazz, pop), 7pm

tiger mountAin Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm

ZAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

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Wed • July 15

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Fri • July 17

PUB

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WED

7.15 & 7.22

featuring Live Music 7:00-9:00

Red Honey

FRI 7.17

Sun • July 19

Sat 7.18

Sat • July 18 7:00-9:00

Live Music

mon 7.20

12:30-2:30

Sat • July 25

Ale Share Beer Festival Check website for details

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(HONKY TONK BAND FROM ASHEVILLE! HONKY TONK / COUNTRY DANCE PARTY EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE SUMMER) 9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

GRAND OLE UPROAR (HIPPIE TONK)

Sat 7.25

9 p.m. $5

(“IRISH PUNK-GRASS”)

LUKAS BORSTEN SOLO

FROM GHOST TOWNS BAND 9PM W/ 33 YEARS (COUNTRY ROCK AND BLUEGRASS DUO.)

2 SETS : 2PM & 10:30PM

SOLDIERS HEART

“SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN PORCH ROCK” W/ LATE NIGHT SET WITH (SOUTHERN ROCK N ROLL)

STOLEN RHODES

7/17: West Sound - 9pm THURSDAY:

7/23: Rory Kelly - 9 pm FRIDAY:

7/24: Lyric - 10 pm 7/25: Hatman & The Last Sound - 9 pm 7/30: BackSouth - 9 pm

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DouBle crown Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm gooD stuff Joshua Garza (folk, singer-songwriter, Americana), 5pm iron Horse stAtion Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm isis restAurAnt AnD music HAll Sunday blues brunch w/ Roy Book Binder, 11:30am Roy Book Binder (blues, country, folk), 11:30am Sunday jazz showcase, 6pm JAck of tHe wooD puB Irish session, 5pm lAZoom Bus tours The Fitz Acoustic (pop, soul), 2pm lAZy DiAmonD Honky Tonk Night w/ DJs, 10pm

tHe ADmirAl Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm

loBster trAp Hunnilicious (Americana, country, pop), 6:30pm

tHe motHligHt Sonny & the Sunsets w/ Sarah Bethe Nelson (singer-songwriter, rock), 9:30pm

oDDitorium Riot Forever w/ JD Samson, Lori Barbero, Allison Wolfe (dance party), 9pm

tHe pHoeniX Howie Johnson (acoustic blues), 1pm John Trufant & Friends (Americana), 9pm

off tHe wAgon Piano show, 9pm

twisteD lAurel Jason Whittaker (acoustic-rock), 8:30pm

7/16: The Dirty Badgers - 9 pm

DiAnA wortHAm tHeAtre Folkmoot USA, 1:30pm

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

toy BoAt community Art spAce LGBT Dance Night, 10pm

Nightly Entertainment!

crow & Quill Ultra Lounge (50’s music & cult films), 8pm

tAllgAry’s At four college Jordan Ockrend (soul, rock), 9:30pm

town pump American Hologram (Goth, pop), 9pm

FRI. 7/17

ST OF

spring creek tAVern Grand Ole Uproar (indie), 9pm

timo’s House Smasheville w/ Jim Raves & Mike Funk, 10pm

(acoustic folk)

(rock & roll, classic hits)

soutHern AppAlAcHiAn Brewery Petty Cash (rock, Americana), 8pm

tHe sociAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

THURSDAY:

A Social Function

scully’s DJ, 10pm

strAigHtAwAy cAfe Summerfest w/ Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work, Lyric & Brushfire Stankgrass (Americana, folk, rock), 6pm

DOWNTOWN ON THE PARK

SAT. 7/18

scAnDAls nigHtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

(BLUES ROCK N ROLL) W/ PASSERINE (COUNTRY ROOTS) 9 p.m. $5

WOODY WOOD TRIO

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

DJ Moto

riVerwAtcH BAr & grill Extreme Sound Karaoke w/ DJ Hurricane, 7pm

spruce pine BBQ & BluegrAss festiVAl Nu-Blu (bluegrass), 7pm Lonesome River Band (bluegrass), 8:30pm

TAVERN

(pop, dance hits)

purple onion cAfe Bad Popes (rock, Americana, roots), 8pm

9 p.m. $5

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell

BywAter Brother Wolf Benefit, 2pm Zuzu Welsh Band (rock), 5pm

TAN AND SOBER GENTLEMEN

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

THU. 7/16

pisgAH Brewing compAny The Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie, rock), 8pm

root BAr no. 1 The Willy Whales (roots, rock), 8pm

9 p.m. $5

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

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

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

W/ THE CARMONAS (AMERICAN FOLK ROCK)

9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

FRI 7.24

piAno emporium Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm

room iX Open dance night, 9pm

OPEN MON-THURS AT 3 • FRI-SUN AT NOON

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cLUBLAnD

weDge Brewing co. Movie: Thunder Road, 8:30pm wHite Horse BlAck mountAin Strings of Lumina w/ Linda & Larry Cammarata (ambient, world), 8pm

oliVe or twist DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm one stop Deli & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Reggae Sundays, 9pm orAnge peel Waltz Night, 6pm piAno emporium Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 2pm pour tAproom Open mic, 8pm purple onion cAfe Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues (blues), 7pm riVerwAtcH BAr & grill Hope Griffin (singer-songwriter), 1pm

wilD wing cAfe Karaoke, 8pm

scAnDAls nigHtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

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

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

ZAmBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sunDAy, July 19 5 wAlnut wine BAr The Roaring Lions (Latin jazz), 7pm AltAmont tHeAtre Freddy Jones Band w/ The Freeway Revival (pop, rock), 8pm

sol BAr new mountAin The Sun Cans w/ Death Of Paris, Betting For Benson, The Zealots & Paul Alcohol (pop, rock), 8pm soutHern AppAlAcHiAn Brewery The Blue Ribbon Healers (old-timey trash, swanky-tonk), 5pm spring creek tAVern Local kids music showcase (variety), 2pm

BlAck mountAin Ale House Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm

strAigHtAwAy cAfe Summerfest w/ Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work, Lyric & Brushfire Stankgrass (Americana, folk, rock), 6pm

Blue mountAin piZZA & Brew puB Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm

tAllgAry’s At four college Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm

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

tHe sociAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

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

tHe soutHern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm

o.Henry’s/tHe unDergrounD Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm

tiger mountAin Happyness w/ Michael Rault (alt-rock), 9pm

oDDitorium King Parrot w/ Child Bite (metal), 9pm

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

oliVe or twist 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm

town pump Red Leg Husky (Americana, folk), 9pm

one worlD Brewing Beats & Brews w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8pm

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

orAnge peel Dirty Heads w/ Los Rakas (reggae, hip hop, rock), 8pm

wickeD weeD Mrs. Dubfire (reggae), 3pm

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

wilD wing cAfe Bluegrass Afternoons, 3pm

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

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

grey eAgle music HAll & tAVern Golden Gate Wingmen w/ John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti & Reed Mathis (rock, blues, jam), 8pm

FRI

mArket plAce The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm

7PM 9PM 8PM 9PM

7/28 AROUNA DIARRA FREE MOUNTAIN 7/30 MISTY STRING BAND

9PM

7/25 CHUCK JOHNSON

Little King & the Grey Eagle present

& CHARLYHORSE

The Grey Eagle Taqueria Patio Series

Pickin’ on the Patio:

6PM

tHe VAlley music & cookHouse Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam & storytelling), 8pm

W/ LIZ LONGLEY

6PM

loBster trAp Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm

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isis restAurAnt AnD music HAll Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm

tHe sociAl Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter), 7pm Salsa Night, 9pm

W/ SLOW SEASON + MONDO DRAG

W/ KEVIN GORDON

iron Horse stAtion Open mic, 6pm

leX 18 Bob Strain (jazz), 7pm

7/22 ELECTRIC CITIZEN 7/23 DELTA RAE CAMPBELL 7/24 LARRY & TERESA WILLIAMS

7/31 MICHELLE LEIGH

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Burger BAr Honkytonk ladies night w/ Brody, 6pm

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

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BlAck mountAin Ale House Acoustic jam w/ Hunter, Charlie & Friends, 7:30pm

cork & keg Old Time Jam, 5pm

tHe pHoeniX Jeff Sipe & Friends (jazz-fusion), 8pm

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

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

lAZy DiAmonD Punk ’n’ Roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm

7/21 GOLDEN GATE WINGMEN

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BuffAlo nickel Trivia, 7pm

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5 wAlnut wine BAr Siamese Jazz Club w/ CaroMia (jazz, soul), 8pm

W/ TIN FOIL HAT & SHOP TALK

BlAck mountAin Ale House Trivia, 7pm

tHe omni groVe pArk inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

W/ MENTIROSA

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185 king street Open mic night, 8pm

tHe motHligHt Niah w/ Kortriba & Obsideoneye (metal, postrock, experimental), 9pm

7/16 SHINOBI NINJA + COLSTON VOLT PER OCTAVES 7/17 THE FT. BERNIE WORRELL

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

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wilD wing cAfe soutH Party On The Patio w/ Crocs Duo, 5pm

AsHeVille music HAll Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm

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AltAmont Brewing compAny Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm

tHe pHoeniX Xpresso Latin Jazz Party w/ Patrick Lopez, 12pm

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5 wAlnut wine BAr The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm

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lAZy DiAmonD Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

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tHe omni groVe pArk inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10pm

JAck of tHe wooD puB Quizzo, 7pm Lukas Borsten w/ 33 Years (country, bluegrass), 9pm

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tHe motHligHt The Weather Station w/ Andy Shauf (folk, experimental), 9:30pm

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new mountAin tHeAter/AmpHitHeAter Help Sheila Shine benefit w/ The Risin’ Shiners, Taylor Martin, Drew Matulich, Josh Stack, Rob Parks, Adrian Zelski & The Big F’N Deal Band, 8pm Tuesday Tease (“open mic” burlesque), 9pm

BywAter Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8pm

tiger mountAin Chain and the Gang w/ Oak & the Jokes (R&B, soul), 9pm

courtyArD gAllery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm

timo’s House Movie night, 7pm

DouBle crown Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Dave & Rebecca, 10pm

urBAn orcHArD Old-time music, 7pm

oDDitorium Odd comedy night, 9pm Bobby Orr w/ Pig Latin & Mondays (metal), 11pm

gooD stuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

wHite Horse BlAck mountAin Lightbulb Jazz Orchestra, 7:30pm

off tHe wAgon Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm

grey eAgle music HAll & tAVern Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm

wilD wing cAfe soutH Monday Bike Nights, 6pm

one stop Deli & BAr Turntablism Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm

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weDnesDAy, July 22

orAnge peel In This Moment w/ 36 CrazyFists, The Defiled & Everlit (goth, metal), 7pm pour tAproom Frank Zappa night, 8pm

5 wAlnut wine BAr Wine Tasting w/ Eleanor Underhill (Americana, soul), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 8pm AltAmont tHeAtre Ike Reilly Assassination (alt-rock), 8pm

root BAr no. 1 Cameron Stack (blues), 8pm tAllgAry’s At four college Jam night, 9pm tHe Joint neXt Door Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm tHe pHoeniX Sam Warner (country, Americana), 8pm tHe sociAl Jason Whitaker (acoustic), 5pm

Ben’s tune-up Asheville Country Music Review w/ Town Mountain, The Honeycutters & John Stickley Trio, 5pm BlAck mountAin Ale House Play To Win Game Night, 7:30pm Blue mountAin piZZA & Brew puB Open Mic, 7pm Burger BAr Karaoke, 9pm

tiger mountAin Plastic Pinks w/ Kitty Tsunami & the Spiral (garage rock, punk), 10pm

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

tressA’s Downtown JAZZ AnD Blues Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm

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

urBAn orcHArD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm westVille puB Blues jam, 10pm wHite Horse BlAck mountAin Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm wilD wing cAfe soutH Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8pm

Dugout Karaoke, 9pm funkAtorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm gooD stuff Karaoke!, 7pm grey eAgle music HAll & tAVern Electric Citizen w/ Slow Season & Mondo Drag

(heavy rock), 9pm grinD cAfe Trivia night, 7pm HigHlAnD Brewing compAny Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm iron Horse stAtion Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm isis restAurAnt AnD music HAll Natasha Borzilova (folk, pop, Americana), 7pm JAck of tHe wooD puB Old-time session, 5pm Hearts Gone South (honky-tonk, country), 9pm lAZy DiAmonD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm leX 18 Patrick Lopez (Latin jazz piano), 7pm loBster trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm mountAin moJo coffeeHouse Open mic, 6:30pm noBle kAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

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oDDitorium Horseflesh w/ SunRot & Niah (metal), 9pm

tHe soutHern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

off tHe wAgon Piano show, 9pm

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

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

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

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o.Henry’s/tHe unDergrounD “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

one stop Deli & BAr Five of the Eyes w/ The Lowdown & The Dr. Van (rock), 6:30pm Five of the Eyes w/ JaggerMouth & Squidlord (rock ’n’ roll), 10pm

pour tAproom Karaoke, 8pm

town pump Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm tressA’s Downtown JAZZ AnD Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm wHite Horse BlAck mountAin Wednesday Waltz, 7pm wilD wing cAfe soutH Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 7pm

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director: Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) pLaYers: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Roger Allam

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drama with mYsterY eLements rated pg the storY: A tale of the great Sherlock Holmes at the end of his life as he battles the loss of his faculties and tries to piece together the case that caused him to retire.

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the Lowdown: An absolutely beautiful film on every level. This is small work that feels anything but as it moves back and forth between eras and locations. Don’t miss this one. It’s definitely a captivating highlight of 2015.

With Mr. Holmes, filmmaker Bill Condon returns to the greatness of Gods and Monsters (1998) and Kinsey (2004). It is also one of the very best films of the year to date — maybe even the best, but let’s not go there just yet. This is a small film, an intimate work, in almost every particular, yet it never feels small. Rather, there’s something expansive about its flashbacks — both real and imagined — despite it being a small scale work. It is almost the antisummer blockbuster, and while I expect it to appeal strongly to the more discerning moviegoer, it’s not going to be any kind of worldbeater hit. But it doesn’t set out to be. It sets out to be a first-rate piece of filmmaking built around an intriguing “what if” premise. The “what if” premise here is what might have happened

Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes in Bill Condon’s absolutely splendid Mr. Holmes, a film not to be missed.

if Sherlock Holmes (a wonderful Ian McKellen) actually did retire to Sussex to keep bees? In this regard, the film makes an almost perfect companion piece to Gods and Monsters, which also starred McKellen. In that film Condon posed a possible answer to the mystery of the death by drowning of retired filmmaker James Whale (the man who made Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein). Both characters are watching their mental faculties melt away and both are haunted by their pasts. The difference — apart from the fact that Whale was a real person and Holmes a fictional character — is that Whale knows what’s haunting

him, while Holmes is trying to figure out what it is. Mr. Holmes is set in post-WWII England and starts with Holmes — at 93 — returning from a trip to Japan in search of Chinese prickly ash (found in the ruins of Hiroshima no less), from which Holmes is hoping to distill an herbal treatment to aid his failing memory. His efforts at correcting this — or at least staving off its inevitability — with royal jelly have come to nothing. But something more happens when he returns. He deduces that young Roger (Milo Parker) — the son of his housekeeper, Mrs. Munro (Laura Linney) — has been in his private study (“my sanctum sanctorum”) in his absence.

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It’s innocent enough. The hero-worshiping boy had been secretly reading the story that Holmes had been writing and had hoped to find out how it ends. The problem is that Holmes would like to know that, too, and has been trying to call it to mind. Large chunks of the film consist of flashbacks — some possibly real, some imagined — to this final case that drove him into retirement. At one point, Holmes even goes to a cinema to watch a film version of the story (with Nicholas Rowe from 1985’s Young Sherlock Holmes playing Holmes). But that isn’t the answer either. This is only one of the plots in the film, however. Others — ranging from what is causing mass deaths among the bees, what his Japanese host (Hiroyuki Sanada) is really up to, and most importantly, whether or not Mrs. Munro will take a job in Portsmouth and leave the increasingly feeble Holmes — take up the rest of the film. But it should be noted that this gentle, almost unassuming film is really more about Holmes the man. It doesn’t set out to debunk the myth created by Dr. Watson, but it constantly reminds us that those stories and the Holmes contained in them are hardly factual. (Holmes, however, is gracious enough to regret not having brought along his deerstalker, since it would have made his Japanese host’s mother happy — something that makes you wonder if he really didn’t wear the thing after all.) This is not part and parcel of the business of rethinking Holmes that’s been going on at least since Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970). This is something else again — a sweetly sad imagining of the real man, of his thoughts and feelings. And it does this without recourse to the usual “woman in his life.” Instead, it’s about a man in his final years finally opening himself up to his own feelings and those of other people. This is simply a beautiful and tender character study. It’s rather old-fashioned, I suppose. Nothing blows up. There are no car chases. But I think you’ll find it offers much, much more than that. Rated PG for thematic elements, some disturbing images and incidental smoking. Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com 50

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Minions HHHS DIRECTOR: Pierre Coffin (Despicable Me), Kyle Balda (The Lorax) PLAYERS: (Voices) Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders ANIMATED COMEDY FANTASY RATED PG THE STORY: The Minions are traced through the history of the world leading to 1968 Swinging London. THE LOWDOWN: Packed with period songs and with a refreshingly unsentimental anarchic vibe, this could have been great. Unfortunately, it is seriously wanting in the villain department.

Minions is almost exactly what you probably expect it to be. It’s noisy, random, very untidy, slightly crude — and, much like last year’s Penguins of Madagascar, ultimately a little on the tiring side. Its secret weapon likely lies in its boomerbait soundtrack playlist (which also kind of qualifies — for whatever reason — as millennial-bait). Since the film mostly takes place in 1968, we get wall-to-wall Turtles, Rolling Stones, Spencer Davis Group, Jimi Hendrix, Kinks, Doors, Box Tops, The Who, Dubliners, Donovan — even the Beatles (no, not a cover). There are also Minion-esque covers of “Hair” and “Revolution,” as well as assorted references to several other bits and pieces. If nothing else, I’ll say the movie sounds pretty swell most of the time. It’s also refreshing in that it never assaults your tear ducts (even Penguins of Madagascar fell into that trap). In that regard — if in no other (mark that well) — it’s the computer-animation equivalent of the Marx Brothers before MGM got a hold of them. Unfortunately, sounding great and having attitude doesn’t guarantee a great movie. The biggest problem has nothing to do with the limitations of the Minions themselves, though they do have certain inherent drawbacks as main characters. Imagine Frankenstein (the origi-

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HHHHH = max rating nal 1931 version) where hunchbackhenchman Fritz (Dwight Frye) is the focus and Frankenstein (Colin Clive) is a supporting character. Still, these little fellows — who resemble nothing so much as animated Twinkies with eyes of an indeterminate number and, occasionally, comb-overs — work pretty well. That is due in no small part to the wry narration by Geoffrey Rush. The problem lies with the supporting characters. They may be fine in concept, but they’re mostly not that interesting. Worse, they’re not that funny. I don’t think this is the fault of any of the pricey voice actors, but the fault of what they’re given to do. Sandra Bullock is fine as the arch-villain Scarlet Overkill, but there’s not much to her. She’s the head baddie and she wants to be the Queen of England and ... well, there’s nothing else. Her husband, Herb (Jon Hamm), invents things and is painfully unfunny. Everyone else is pretty much in the same boat. I’m sure Steven Coogan had a great time channeling Brit character actor Peter Vaughan in his bit as a guard at the Tower of London. I’m equally sure that aspect of the gag was lost on most of the audience. The plot is serviceable enough as it details the Minions search — from the dawn of time — for a villain worthy of their slavish henchmen qualities. Unfortunately, their henchman enthusiasm tends to be undermined by their complete ineptitude — as we see them inadvertently destroy master after master over the course of time. This may be the film’s actual highpoint — except, of course, most of it was in the trailer. Their adventures with dinosaurs, ancient Egyptians, Dracula and Napoleon are clever in ways the film isn’t once it gets to the main Scarlet Overkill plot. There are nice moments, sure — a not entirely incorrect image of pre-Disney Orlando as a cow town is pretty choice for anyone who remembers Orlando in 1968. And all in all, Minions remains cute and likable. What it’s not is remarkable in any way. This will not, by the way, keep it from bludgeoning dinosaurs, animated emotions and, yes, Der Arnold into the ground. Being dethroned by animated twinkies would seem the height of personal embarrassment. Rated PG for action and rude humor. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Co-ed of Brevard, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com

Self/less HHHS DIRECTOR: Tarsem Singh (Mirror Mirror) PLAYERS: Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Ben Kingsley, Victor Garber, Derek Luke, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen SCI-FI ACTION RATED PG-13 THE STORY: Dying billionaire gets a second chance at life through a secret and very costly process that puts his brain in a new body. THE LOWDOWN: Pretty basic mind-swapping premise that turns into a convoluted action thriller. Entertaining enough, but insubtantial and I’m willing to bet unmemorable.

It’s not that I think Tarsem Singh’s Self/less is a very good movie, it’s that I don’t think it’s anything like the awful movie it’s largely been painted as. It strikes me as a reasonably effective, enjoyable, slickly-made thriller with a sci-fi base — no more, no less. Oh, I suspect the folks who made the film might think it’s more than that, because it touches on such big issues as the nature of identity and questions of how the upper classes view the lower classes as expendable. Yes, it does touch on these things — touch being the operative word, since these elements are not explored in much depth, nor are they entirely persuasive in their conclusions. I suppose they get some credit merely for noticing these issues. From my perspective, the biggest letdown comes from the fact that the film marks a decided comedown for filmmaker Tarsem Singh. Singh has proved too idiosyncratic — and not entirely in a good way — to develop much of a following. His masterpiece is The Fall (2006), and it seems likely to stay that way. Even so, his other films that I’ve seen — the only one I’ve missed is Immortals (2011) — have at least suggested a major visual stylist with a penchant for the fantastic. Self/ less feels like work-for-hire. Specifically, it feels like a low-wattage De Palma knock-off — and there are times in it when Mr. De Palma’s split-screens would’ve come in handy. What Singh has made is an efficient movie from a slightly underdeveloped script. That’s fine. But it’s not what I want from Singh. I want over-the-top baroque overkill of the fairy tale variety.

The idea behind the film is solid enough without being exactly mindblowing or even original. Ben Kingsley plays Damian, a thoroughly unlikable real estate developer. He’s kind of the ultimate one-percenter, caring for no one and only interested in his next big deal — and this is in spite of the fact that he’s dying of cancer. But a secretive company, headed up by the very shifty Albright (Matthew Goode), offers him a way to extend his life — by having his mind transferred into an artificially-created newer, healthy body. Yeah, it costs $250 million, but that’s chump change to Damian. This is basically brain-swapping 101 — something that at least dates back to 1936 and The Man Who Changed His Mind. It isn’t even very flashy brain-swapping — no pyrotechnics here, just a couple of MRI-looking contrivances, et voila. It’s actually pretty ho-hum. Anyway, Damian dies as Ben Kingsley and rises as Ryan Reynolds. Everything is hunky-dory, right? Well, no, because ... it wouldn’t be much of a movie if it was. The new Damian is prone to disturbing visions — something Albright dismisses as hallucinations and gives him medicine to correct. But Damian grows increasingly convinced the truth is being kept from him. I suppose I should note that what follows gets into the spoiler realm, but it happens so early in the proceedings that it hardly matters. Plus, if you’ve ever seen this kind of movie before, you know full well that this new body wasn’t artificially created, and those hallucinations are the original owner’s memories trying to get through. It’s basically a full-body Hands of Orlac — and it comes in mighty handy when things go action-thriller, since the original inhabitant was some kind of highlyskilled soldier. This is all undeniably pretty silly — and it gets even more so as the plot gets more improbably convoluted — but it’s kind of fun silly. The various twists and turns aren’t all that surprising, but they work well enough to keep things going. And it’s fun just to watch every carefully planted clue bear fruit. Less successful is the idea that this is ultimately some kind of redemption story. The concept is fine, but it’s so undeveloped that it’s hard to buy. Taken at face value for what it is, Self/less is entertaining enough. It’s just nothing great. Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, some sexuality, and language. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com

The Gallows S DIRECTOR: Travis Cluff & Chris Lofing PLAYERS: Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos, Cassidy Gifford, Price T. Morgan FOUND-FOOTAGE HORROR RATED R THE STORY: A group of teens get trapped in their high school and hunted by a mysterious supernatural force. THE LOWDOWN: A wasteful, pointless and incredibly dull found-footage horror movie.

This may display some sort of recency bias on my part, or perhaps I’m especially grouchy, but Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing’s The Gallows is maybe the worst movie I’ve ever seen. And I’m not being hyperbolic here. I legitimately think it might be the biggest waste of time and money I ever sat through, which is not a claim I’d throw around lightly. You’ll notice that I didn’t mention it being a waste of talent, because that would suggest some sort of talent is involved here. This is the hackiest hack movie imaginable — a found footage horror movie plopped into theaters in the middle of 2015, an obvious, oblivious attempt at cashing in on Paranormal Activity’s (2007) popularity, a movie that people cared about eight damn years ago. The biggest problem — one that’s monumentally fatal — is The Gallows’ found-footage conceit. I’m not sure, at this point, how many found-footage films I’ve reviewed, and how many, in total, I’ve sat through, but it’s always the same problem. It’s a tired, exhausted gimmick, one that allows for the laziest kind of filmmaking, one that eschews creativity for the idea of some sort of realism — except the gimmick is inherently distracting, constantly drawing you, the audience, out of the film. The Gallows is no different, to the point that it’s painful. From the moment the film opens with some “old” camcorder footage, I was ready to get up and go, since the overwhelming vibe of the film is a sense of been there, done that. The Gallows builds on top of the old footage (and by proxy, really affirms how tedious and unattractive a mov-

ie-going experience this is) by throwing a gaggle of obnoxious, uninteresting teens in front of the camera. This is a movie where the hero is an unrepentant buffoon who spends his time picking on “dweebs” and “nerds,” as he calls them. Worse, we follow him and his stereotypical teen friends around for a third of the running time, as the movie laboriously sets up the tissue-thin plot revolving around some supernatural evil who wants to kill teens for some reason. Basically, nothing happens for one-and-a-half hours — no scares, not creepiness, even — and when things do ramp up, it’s little more than some locked doors and the kind of spooky nonsense that wouldn’t cut it in a halfrate haunted house. There’s nothing novel or interesting or ingenious at work here, let alone entertaining — to the point that The Gallows offers zero to either horror filmmaking or cinema in general. Rated R for some disturbing violent content and terror. Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@ mountainx.com

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All Quiet on the Western Front HHHHH Director: Lewis Milestone Players: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Scott Kolk, Slim Summerville WAR DRAMA Rated NR Lewis Milestone’s Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) was by no means the first anti-war film, but it may well still be the most powerful. It is certainly the first such film — at least from Hollywood — to show WWI (still just The Great War at the time) from the German perspective. The story simply follows a young man, Paul (Lew Ayres), from his enlistment — under the pressure of his armchair warrior teacher — to the last day of the war. The film is unstinting in its refusal to soften or glamorize war in any way whatsoever. (Yes, that really is a shot of hands no longer attached to a body still grasping the barbed wire.) It was Milestone’s intent — heightened by his refusal to have a background score — to present war as close to the real thing as possible. At the time this was made, Milestone was at the height of his creative powers — and it shows from the first shot to the movie’s iconic final image (an image so powerful that even people who have never seen the film know about it). This is truly one of great films and is being shown in a glorious restoration — with all the things that were censored over the years put back in place — that actually probably looks better than it did on its original release. You know when they use the word “essential,” well, this is one of the things they mean. The Asheville Film Society is showing All Quiet on the Western Front on Wednesday, July 22, at 8 p.m. at The Carolina Asheville as part of the Budget Big Screen series. Admission is $6 for AFS members and $8 for the general public. Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther will introduce the film.

Detective HHHH Director: Jean-Luc Godard Players: Laurent Terzieff, Aurelle Doazan, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Natalie Baye, Claude Brasseur CRIME COMEDY DRAMA Rated NR Minor and lesser Godard that isn’t going to be to everyone’s taste. (Much the same could be said of Godard in general.) This is actually one of the frequently impenetrable filmmaker’s works. Ostensibly, it was made in order to get the money to make another film and might CONTINUed on PAGE 52

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sPecIAL scReenIngs (contInUeD) be viewed as a work for hire. Though hiring Godard and taming Godard are very different things. The film is set in a hotel where various groups of people — some law-abiding and some not — collide over the course of the story or stories. It’s almost Godard making a French bedroom farce, but with crime at its center. As Godard goes, it’s almost giddy. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present detective Friday, July 17 at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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showtime: The Grail Moviehouse, a two-screen theater, is set to open in 2016 at 45 S. French Broad. Image courtesy of Steve White

By early 2016, the Grail Moviehouse will open in downtown Asheville at 45 S. French Broad Ave. Plans and construction have begun on a two-screen space with roughly 250 seats. There, steve white and his partner davida horwitz are planning on booking mainstream films, a variety of classics, documentaries and art films. They will also reach out to area media artists and filmmakers to program local content. “The Grail takes its inspiration from several innovative cinemas popping up around the country like the Trylon Microcinema [Minneapolis], Ragtag Cinema [Columbia, Mo.], The Moxie [Springfield, Mo.] and L.A.’s Cinefamily,” White says. “These smaller venues are bringing flexible, unique programming to a hungry audience. We hope to learn from their success and program films that give downtown audiences more choices.” White and Horwitz had been looking for a spot to build a theater for the past year and finally found what they think is the perfect location. The theater will occupy much of the rear of the building, which also houses Hopey & Co., The Downtown Market and Sly Grog Lounge. The owners are targeting a January debut, but if progress moves ahead of schedule, The Grail could be up and running this fall. “We’re going to have one screen that feels like a theater and the other like a funky screening space that we can have fun with,” White says. “We’ll be booking one in a way that will allow a sort of a la carte schedule. We hope to rotate films frequently and open up slots for the occasional local program.” Both sections will feature all-digital

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projection. The larger side will have DCI-compatible equipment and a 7.1 THX system that was pulled from a 90-seat New York City screening room that White has been told was used by woody allen. The furniture will be all traditional theater seats with cup holders, a few flat rows and five on risers. The smaller side will initially have 1080p video with a 5.1 sound system and a proprietary cinema server that may be upgraded to DCI after the theater opens. A few rows of theater seats with flip-up desks on risers will join arm chairs up front, similar to Indywood in New Orleans. That side will also be configurable for event rentals, classes and other group gatherings. “We are also going to be reaching out to other businesses in the area to help bring a classics series to downtown,” says White. “We would love to have a different classic film every week and are working on a sponsorship program that we think will be a great deal for our partners.” He’s also investigating options for outdoor shows on the property. In addition to traditional concessions, The Grail plans to offer local beer, various popcorn options (such as an airpopped organic flavor of the day) and locally sourced snacks. To make the new theater the best it can be, the owners strive to involve the community in every step of development. The theater has adopted the motto “Movies people love for people who love movies” and fully intends to abide by that concept. “We want people to say ‘What’s at the Grail?’ knowing they will have a nice night at the movies,” White says. X

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director: Ridley Scott pLaYers: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill crime caper Rated PG-13 There’s no denying that Ridley Scott is a stylish director. The question has always been just what that style was. There’s no overriding visual or thematic quality to his work in a filmography that has encompassed just about every genre there is — with varying degrees of success. Of no help whatever in pinning Scott down is Matchstick Men (2003), a largely genial story of con-men that turns into a case of who exactly is conning whom. At its center is Nicolas Cage — before he became a punchline — in the role of con-artist Roy Waller. A genius at the con, Roy may be, but he’s also a psychological mess, with all manner of phobias, tics, outbursts — and a slightly alarming tendency to just zone out in the middle of a con. It’s also a perfect role for Cage and allows Scott to add to Roy’s twitchiness with jump cuts. Against his better judgment, Roy lets his partner (Sam Rockwell) talk him into a lucrative, but potentially dangerous scam. Complicating matters is the arrival on the scene of his never before acknowledged daughter (Alison Lohman). This is the sort of film where plot is just about everything, so the less said, the better. All in all an enjoyable, if fairly inconsequential, movie. The Hendersonville Film Society will show matchstick men Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Shadow of the Vampire HHHHH director: E. Elias Merhige pLaYers: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard fact-based horror Rated R E. Elias Merhige’s Shadow of the Vampire (2001) is a film that offers a very fantasticated story about Murnau (John Malkovich) making Nosferatu in 1922. Shadow has long held a special place for me because it was the first new release I reviewed for the Xpress to earn a full five stars — a rating I see no reason to change after numerous subsequent viewings. The film is an imagining — that ultimately abandons any sense of reality — of Murnau making the film more chilling by casting a real vampire (Willem Dafoe) in the lead. At first it might almost seem historically accurate, but that gives way to something very different that finds the filmmakers almost living the film they’re making. Surprisingly funny and occasionally even a little moving, the film brilliantly blends fact, fantasy and even a sense of the actual Nosferatu within the confines of its stylish shaggy vampire story. It works as a Valentine to cinema and as a horror movie, which is actually a pretty remarkable accomplishment. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen shadow of the Vampire Thursday, July 16 at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Show Boat HHHHH director: James Whale pLaYers: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley musicaL Rated NR In honor of James Whale’s birthday, the Asheville film society is running Show Boat. Long suppressed by MGM — to avoid it being compared to their tacky 1951 version — Whale’s 1936 film of the classic Broadway show, Show Boat, is far and away the best version ever made. Much more faithful to the show than MGM’s film, it works on every level, thanks to Whale’s masterful blending of cinema and theater. He gets every last bit of good out of the admittedly awkwardly structured original, and brings his unique filmmaking flair to the material while preserving the innate sense of theater. His staging of “Ol’ Man River” as a combination of the purely theatrically and German Expressionism is one of the most striking things in all 1930s cinema. A few moments may come across as politically incorrect today, but the tone makes the overall film come across as anything but. The Asheville Film Society will screen show boat Tuesday, July 21, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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by Rob Brezny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stop Making Sense was originally the name of the film and music soundtrack produced by the Talking Heads in the 1980s, and now it is the central theme of your horoscope. I think your brain would benefit from a thorough washing. That's why I invite you to scour it clean of all the dust and cobwebs and muck that have accumulated there since its last scrub a few months back. One of the best ways to launch this healing purge is, of course, to flood all the neural pathways with a firehose-surge of absurdity, jokes, and silliness. As the wise physician of the soul, Dr. Seuss, said, "I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells." TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When you read a book that has footnotes, you tend to regard the footnotes as being of secondary importance. Although they may add color to the text's main messages, you can probably skip them without losing much of the meaning. But I don't recommend this approach in the coming days. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, footnotes will carry crucial information that's important for you to know. I mean this in a metaphorical sense as you live your life as well as in the literal act of reading books. Pay close attention to the afterthoughts, the digressions, and the asides. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The English word "quiddity" has two contrary definitions. It can refer to a trivial quibble. Or it can mean the essential nature of a thing — the quality that makes it unique. I suspect that in the coming weeks you will get numerous invitations to engage with quiddities of both types. Your first task will be to cultivate an acute ability to know which is which. Your second task: Be relentless in avoiding the trivial quibbles as you home in on the essential nature of things. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): July is barely half over, but your recent scrapes with cosmic law have already earned you the title of "The Most Lyrically Tormented Struggler of the Month." Another few days of this productive mayhem and you may be eligible for inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records. I could see you being selected as "The Soul Wrangler with the Craziest Wisdom" or "The Mythic Hero with the Most Gorgeous Psychospiritual Wounds." But it's my duty to let you know that you could also just walk away from it all. Even if you're tempted to stick around and see how much more of the entertaining chaos you can overcome, it might be better not to. In my opinion, you have done enough impossible work for now. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "People who have their feet planted too firmly on the ground have difficulty getting their pants off," said author Richard Kehl. That's good advice for you in the coming weeks. To attract the help and resources you need, you can't afford to be overly prim or proper. You should, in fact, be willing to put yourself in situations where it would be easy and natural to remove your pants, throw off your inhibitions, and dare to be surprising. If you're addicted to business-as-usual, you may miss opportunities to engage in therapeutic play and healing pleasure. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "A failure is a person who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience," wrote American author Elbert Hubbard. In light of this formulation, I'm pleased to announce that you are likely to achieve at least one resounding success in the coming weeks. At this juncture in your destiny, you know exactly how to convert a past mistake into a future triumph. A gaffe that once upon a time brought you anguish or woe will soon deliver its fully ripened teaching, enabling you to claim a powerful joy or joyful power. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The poet Mary Ruefle describes reading books as "a great extension of time, a way for one person to live a thousand and one lives in a single lifespan." Are there other ways to do that? Watching films and plays and TV shows, of course. You can also listen to and empathize with people as they tell you their adventures. Or you can simply use your imagination to visualize what life is like for others. However you pursue this expansive pleasure, Scorpio, I highly recommend

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “A poet must not cross an interval with a step when he can cross it with a leap.” That’s an English translation of an aphorism written by French author Joseph Joubert. Another way to say it might be, “A smart person isn’t drab and plodding as she bridges a gap, but does it with high style and brisk delight.” A further alternative: “An imaginative soul isn’t predictable as she travels over and around obstacles, but calls on creative magic to fuel her ingenious liberations.” Please use these ideas during your adventures in the coming weeks, Cancerian.

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it. You are set up to absorb the equivalent of many years' experience in a few short weeks. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian rapper Nicki Minaj is not timid about going after what she wants. She told Cosmopolitan magazine that she's "high-maintenance in bed." Every time she's involved in a sexual encounter, she demands to have an orgasm. In accordance with the current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to follow her lead — not just during your erotic adventures, but everywhere else, too. Ask for what you want, preferably with enough adroitness to actually obtain what you want. Here's another critical element to keep in mind: To get exactly what you want, you must know exactly what you want. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A college basketball player named Mark Snow told reporters that "Strength is my biggest weakness." Was he trying to be funny? No. Was he a bit dim-witted? Perhaps. But I'm not really interested in what he meant by his statement. Rather, I want to hijack it for my own purpose, which is to recommend it as a meditation for you in the coming weeks. Can you think of any ways that your strength might at least temporarily be a weakness? I can. I suspect that if you rely too much on the power you already possess and the skills you have previously mastered, you may miss important clues about what you need to learn next. The most valuable lessons of the coming weeks could come to you as you're practicing the virtues of humility and innocence and receptivity. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler delivers the following speech to Scarlett O'Hara: "I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived." Your oracle for the near future, Aquarius, is to adopt an approach that is the exact opposite of Rhett Butler's. Patiently gather the broken fragments and glue them together again. I predict that the result will not only be as good as new; it will be better. That's right: The mended version will be superior to the original. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Australian actress Rebel Wilson has appeared in several successful movies, including Bridesmaids, Bachelorette, and Pitch Perfect. But she didn't start out to be a film star. Mathematics was her main interest. Then, while serving as a youth ambassador in South Africa at age 18, she contracted malaria. At the height of her sickness, she had hallucinatory visions that she would one day be "a really good actress who also won an Oscar." The visions were so vivid that she decided to shift her career path. I foresee the possibility that you will soon experience a version of her epiphany. During a phase when you're feeling less than spectacular, you may get a glimpse of an intriguing future possibility.

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