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Support needed for LGBTQ youths There is much rejoicing to be had in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage equality. Simultaneously, we must be vigilant to remind ourselves that this ruling is not the final check on a to-do list for LGBTQ rights. It is particularly urgent for those of us with straight/cisgender privilege who strive to be allies to acknowledge ways in which the queer community remains marginalized.

The young people I am fortunate to know through volunteering at YouthOutright, an organization serving LGBTQ youth in Western North Carolina, may have the most intimate understanding of homophobia’s systemic influence in our culture.

Unfortunately, the struggles they frequently disclose are not mitigated by legalizing gay marriage. For instance, approximately 40 percent of all homeless youth nationally self-identify as LGBTQ, many of who are forced to flee homes that are not accepting.

Risk factors (not limited to HIV infection, rape and intimate partner violence) are exacerbated because traditional shelter environments may be inadequate or unsafe, especially for those who are transgendered. Despite our reputation for

inclusivity, a subsequent draw for displaced queer youth, Asheville does not currently have housing resources to meet this population’s needs.

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Recognizing dignity and legitimacy for all sexual, romantic and gender orientations is not merely the imperative of the Supreme Court. Let us continue to celebrate, albeit with integrity and attention, to the challenges that lie ahead.

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Recovery Facility (MRF) whose application was denied [July 8] on a technicality by the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment. My southwest Buncombe County neighbors did their research, contacted elected officials and rallied countless others to educate them about the environmental and economic impact of a facility like the one proposed by Regional Recycling Solutions (RRS) on Pond Road.

To my dismay, though, is the lack of response to a proposed Dirty MRF from our local environmental groups. I have been a continuous member of the Sierra Club for 25 years, and the national organization has a policy opposing Dirty MRFs. Yet, phone calls and emails went unanswered by my local branch.

Other local environmental groups chose to take a “wait and see” approach. The National Recycling Coalition representing numerous recycling businesses also opposes Dirty MRFs (nrcrecycles.org).

Are you still wondering if this is a Dirty MRF? Regional Recycling Solutions’ own website reads: “The best part? When our facilities arrive in your community you no longer need to force your taxpayers to separate their garbage. That’s right, we can separate it in-house” (regionalrecyclingsolutions.com).

If that is not convincing enough, RRS’s own attorney’s response [July 8] on how baby diapers will be sorted out in the first part of the facility should tell you this is an unsorted trash disposal facility.

When residents and businesses know their trash will be sorted for them, they will resort to the belief that when in doubt, throw it in.

We become a lazy society, we don’t take responsibility for recycling our own trash, let alone garbage from neighboring states as the owner Mr. Allison proposed in an interview with UNCA’s The Blue Banner this spring.

There are many other aspects of MRFs and RRS worth investigating.

But for now, I just want to say thank you to attorney Derek Allen and his staff, Rep. Brian Turner, employees of Waste Management, and friends and neighbors who attended [the July 8] meeting. RRS plans on

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continuing their building request.

I hope the rest of Buncombe County and Asheville does its research and takes a stand opposing such development. If not, we might as well create new signage for the semitrailers bringing in garbage from Virginia: Welcome to TRASHeville.

— Phyllis Robertson Asheville

Climate-science deniers promote public ignorance I note that Michael Ivey has contributed one of his periodic diatribes against climate science, using his patented technique of forceful denunciation as a substitute for facts and reasoned argument: “CO2 is not a pollutant,” “...CO2 attributable to human activities is ... small compared to natural sources,” and so forth [“Climate-Change Believers Betray Their Naïvete,” July 8, Xpress]. Most of his statements are demonstrably false and easily researched, even by civilians not particularly trained in science.

I am not a climate scientist, but I do hold a doctorate in physics and can happily supply references that teach the basics of chemistry, radiation physics, spectroscopic behavior of gases and climate feedbacks that cause excess CO2 to have such a destabilizing effect on surface temperature. Also, I can provide reference material on the primary sources of excess greenhouse gases.

(Hint: Volcanic activity pales in comparison to human activities.)

But I’m not naive enough to believe that Mr. Ivey will welcome any opportunity to learn the science, because his agenda may not be served by doing that. To better understand the sources of climate-science denial, it is probably more useful to consult references such as the Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies, where the uses of ignorance for political and social purposes are explored. For many industries, promotion of public ignorance is far preferable to public scientific literacy, when profits are on the line.

— Glen Reese Asheville

8 letter, “Climate-change Believers Betray Their Naiveté”] include the National Academy of Sciences and every other scientific body of national or international standing.

You can see a list of all 230 of them on NASA’s website; but political affiliation trumps scientific data for most people, so let’s look at the economics.

Clean energy, the solution to climate change, will give us lower energy bills, millions of jobs and lower taxes. Over 2,500 major economists agree, nine of them with Nobel Prizes.

The volunteer group Citizens’ Climate Lobby is working to get a conservative, revenue-neutral, market-based clean energy bill passed in Congress that would create 4 million U.S. jobs in the first year and 9 million jobs in nine years. Our GDP would increase $70 billion annually by 2020 — a $1.375 trillion increase in 20 years (REMI).

In contrast, the projected costs of climate change, barring swift action, will soon be over $1 trillion annually, according to the U.S. Government Climate Assessment.

The CCL’s clean energy bill would make all fossil-fuel corporations pay an escalating carbon pollution fee and 100 percent of that money would be given to every American, monthly, in equal amounts.

As coal, oil and natural gas become increasingly more expensive than renewables, most people will take their monthly dividend checks and buy cheaper clean energy. In terms of real income per capita, the average American will have more money every year in pocket. British Columbia has successfully employed this plan for seven years.

A steadily increasing import fee on goods from carbon-polluting countries like China will protect American businesses, making U.S. goods more affordable, while forcing China to lower its emissions.

We’d also reduce the annual U.S. death toll (60,000) from carbon pollution and the associated medical costs — approximately $886.5 billion yearly, or 6 percent of GDP annually (Forbes).

— Lynn Goldfarb Lancaster, Pa.

Look to the economics of climate change

Science makes the case for limiting CO2

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In his [July 8] letter, [“Climatechange Believers Betray Their

cartoon bY brent brown Naiveté”], Michael Ivey lectures others on climate change. First, he claims that “CO2 is not a ”pollutant. There’s simply not enough of it in the atmosphere.“ By this logic, you could drink a glass of water spiked with cyanide: It can’t possibly harm you, since ”there is not enough of cyanide compared to water,“ right?

Next: ”Atmospheric CO2 attributable to all human activities is extremely small compared to natural sources.“ That’s easy enough to test: The preindustrial (natural) CO2 was 280 parts per million. Today is greater than 400 ppm. A 45 percent increase [is] “extremely small”?

Next ditty: “Around 98 percent of all ‘greenhouse gas’ is water vapor.”

First, the number of 98 percent is a fake, invented by climate-change deniers and referenced only by other deniers. The reality is quite different. Water vapor is responsible for “between between 36 percent and 66 percent” of the the greenhouse effect (see http://avl.mx/1bu).

But that’s not even half of a story, as the 36 to 66 percent is mainly about the preexisting (preindustrial) greenhouse effect, while in the context of the climate change, only the factors that change matter. And unlike CO2, the concentration of water vapor hardly budged, mainly following the temperature, which means that water vapor is not the driver of climate change, but

merely a passive feedback, an amplifier of other factors that do initiate the climate change: Warm the Earth a bit by other means (like extra CO2), and water vapor would amplify this warming; cool the Earth a bit, and water vapor would amplify the cooling too.

All this means that the water vapor makes the climate not less, but MORE sensitive to human emissions of CO2, since even a small increase in CO2 heating would be made worse by additional heating by water vapor.

Therefore, unwittingly, Mr Ivey made a strong argument for limiting our CO2 emissions: Thanks to the amplifications by water vapor, such CO2 cuts would have larger effects on the climate than on their own.

But don’t let your ignorance of elementary climatology, Mr. Ivey, stop you from lecturing others about “naivete” and “ridiculous assertions.”

— Piotr Trela, Ph.D. (oceanography) St. John’s, Canada

Climate-change denier displays lack of scientific understanding Michael Ivey displays for the world his own sad lack of scientific

understanding when he claims that carbon dioxide “is not now and never has caused Earth’s atmosphere to warm” [“Climatechange Believers Betray Their Naiveté,” July 8, Xpress]. How and why CO2 acts as a greenhouse gas is well understood and documented in the scientific literature, whether Ivey believes it or not.

Credible information is available on the web for those who want to examine it. Too bad that many of our politicians also subscribe to the abundant “conspiracy” notions afloat in today’s thinking.

We seem to be living in a society that wears scientific ignorance as a badge of honor.

— Mike Wright Weaverville

Arguments against climate change fail to persuade OK, I blew my coffee out my nose again, while reading Michael Ivey’s letter [“Climate-change Believers Betray Their Naiveté,” July 8, Xpress] refuting anthropogenic climate change. But a thought crystalized in my mind.

Thank you, Michael. The thought

is along the banal “there are only two types of people in the world” thread, and here it is: There are folks who feel connected to all other life and feel that their actions, even thoughts, impact all other life, and there are folks who don’t. Feel that.

Think that. I would bet that Michael is in the second group.

I am always updating what I believe to be true, so when I read his assertion that CO2 is not a greenhouse gas, I looked it up. I did that because I am not afraid of being wrong about stuff. Well, I found out about the Australia-based Galileo Movement which tries and, to my mind, fails to knock CO2 off the chalkboard as a greenhouse gas.

And also fails to remove human culpability for global warming.

Glaciers are receding absolutely everywhere; tundra is turning to muck; species, both flora and fauna, are heading toward the poles; and none of this is conjecture. It’s happening. I think I have something to do with that, however minuscule my role is. And a lot of people, who possibly have a much bigger role is these phenomena than I do, don’t see the connection. Once again, I’m mystified! ― Rob Stimson

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Climate change is a reality [Re: “Climate-change Believers Betray Their Naiveté,” July 8, Xpress], climate change is a reality. We must begin to reduce our addiction to the burning of fossil fuels. Leave the stuff in the ground!

It is imperative that we seriously begin the transition to alternative, renewable energy sources. We have the technology, and I truly believe there is a majority support to move forward with this.

It can’t happen from a place of fear.

It must be the collective initiative to do the right thing.

— Debby Blankenburg Asheville

Program would reduce CO2 emissions Regardless of your stand on climate change, CO2 does trap heat in the atmosphere.

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products are burned (a good assumption) there will be enough CO2 added to the atmosphere to double the amount we have already seen. So says the Oak Ridge National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy.

According to a recent study — the REMI report — if this Carbon Fee and Dividend program is adopted, CO2 emissions will decline 33 percent in only 10 years. National employment would increase by 2,100,000 jobs. Thirteen thousand lives would be saved annually due to cleaner atmosphere.

The Carbon Fee and Dividend program would charge producers of fossil fuels a fee for every ton produced. This money would be collected by the federal government and returned to the public in the form of negotiable checks (www.

CitizensClimateLobby.org).

— Sheila Maphet Asheville

Use caution and cut carbon emissions Contrary to what Michael Ivey wrote [“Climate-change Believers Betray Their Naiveté,” July 8, Xpress] in response to Anne Craig’s letter [“Local Group

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Lobbies for Climate Change Action,” June 24, Xpress], climate science is not “kindergarten stuff.” It is actually a very complex matter, and even a trained scientist could be forgiven for not understanding important aspects of long-term global climate dynamics.

One of the sources of complexity has to do with feedback mechanisms.

Ivey points out that water vapor is the most prevalent greenhouse gas, and he’s right, though I’m unsure about his numbers. But more important than what percentage of all the greenhouse gases water vapor comprises is what percentage of the greenhouse effect is attributable to water vapor.

Apparently it does contribute more than CO2 to the total effect: around 50 percent.

However, CO2 contributes as well, and the more CO2 we add, the more we increase the greenhouse effect. And the hotter these changes in CO2 make the planet, the more water is vaporized globally, further increasing the greenhouse effect. So the water-vapor effect is a positive feedback mechanism that is not under our control, which makes it that much more important to curb carbon emissions, which are.

I don’t understand all of the finer points of climate science, but there are some general principles that should guide us even in the face of uncertainty. One general principle that is clear from geological history is that complex systems like the atmosphere are not necessarily stable and are prone to “tipping points” due to positive (and negative) feedback mechanisms. In the distant past, such tipping points have led to several sudden changes that caused mass extinctions.

For this reason, we should take the path of caution and cut carbon emissions. The carbon fee and dividend system promoted by the Citizens Climate Lobby seems like a good way to do that.

— Jake Greear Asheville

Websites offer scientific info on climate change In regard to Mr. Ivey’s letter to the editor [“Climate-change Believers Betray Their Naiveté,” July 8, Xpress], there are two sides to brainwashing.

It takes more than saying “CO2 is not now causing and never has caused the Earth’s atmosphere to warm” to

debunk the “myth” of climate change.

A good place to get scientific information on climate change [is the following site that] interested readers might find [to be] useful: realclimate.org.

This site (http://avl.mx/1cf) gives a good explanation concerning the effectiveness of various greenhouse gases (radiative forcing).

Water is the most abundant greenhouse gas, and CO2 is next , but the “effectiveness” of these gases is the subject of much debate. The [following] site gives the history of changes in deriving these forcing functions: http://avl.mx/1cg An interesting person in this debate is Dr. Murry Salby (Google him ) who is very active on The Hockey Schtick site (hockeyschtick.blogspot.com).

Global warming deserves more critical analysis and not sound bites.

— Arnold Gnilka Weaverville

Is cavity prevention worth risking brain health?

In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency placed fluoride on their list of developmental neurotox-

ins — a list of chemicals with substantial scientific evidence for the ability to injure the developing brain of fetuses and children.

In 2006, the National Research Council determined fluoride to be an endocrine disruptor, with its most known target being the thyroid gland — the gland that regulates our weight, our fertility, our mood and our energy levels.

A common misconception is that the dose of fluoride in our water is low enough to avoid these toxic effects of fluoride. But in fact, as with lead and arsenic, we know now that even very small doses of toxins over time have the ability to do great harm to our health, particularly to our developing brains, our immune systems and our endocrine systems.

New science tells us at least one way in which fluoride exposure is affecting our children’s brains — by decreasing a child’s IQ. Forty-one percent of U.S. children have dental fluorosis — a white speckling of the permanent teeth — as a result of consuming fluoride. Recent science out of the Harvard School of Public Health shows a direct correlation between the severity of a child’s dental fluorosis and the degree of IQ point loss on standardized IQ tests.

This risk of IQ loss disproportionately affects minority children, with 58 percent of African-American children having dental fluorosis, as opposed to 41 percent of Caucasians.

In a time when one in six U.S. children has a neurodevelopmental brain disease, which include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and learning disabilities, we cannot afford to put a chemical known to increase the risk of developing such diseases in our tap water, our bottled drinks, our soups and our juices that our children drink every day.

In a time when one in eight women will develop thyroid disease, and over 50 percent of us suffer from obesity, we cannot afford to put in our water any dose of a chemical known to impair thyroid gland function.

The Centers for Disease Control tells us that water fluoridation, at best, reduces the rate of cavities in a person by 25 percent. That is three instead of four cavities. Is one less cavity worth risking a child’s long-term brain health or our thyroid health? ― Angela C. Hind, M.D. www.You-md.com Asheville

CORRECTION In our July 15 article, “Outwitting Superbugs: Local Hospitals Strive to Thwart Deadly Infections,” Mission Health reports that it uses a model of endoscope approved by the Food and Drug Administration (unlike the model of endoscope causing concerns, which was not approved by the FDA). Also, the photo caption should have identified Jacie Volkman, who holds a master’s of public health, as Mission’s director of infection prevention and epidemiology.

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sopHistiCateD spirits: With high-gravity beers flowing out of more and more taps, and a hopped-up entertainment and dining culture, residents and tourists alike face challenges and pitfalls when getting around in Beer City. Photo by Sarah Whelan

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getitcontributor@mountainx.com It’s an overcast day interrupted by pockets of sun, walking a tightrope between melancholy and bliss. I’m standing on the sidewalk in front of The Scooter Doctor in West Asheville, which sells and services mopeds. Colloquially known as “liquor cycles,” mopeds are popular among folks who’ve lost their license due to a DWI charge.

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a top speed of 30 miles per hour on a level surface. Due to changes that took effect July 1, however, North Carolina now treats mopeds the same as motorcycles, meaning the owner must get a title and tag for the vehicle. Beginning next July, they’ll also be required to carry liability insurance. Previously, anyone 16 or older who wore a motorcycle helmet could buzz down the state’s roadways on a moped as long as they didn’t go more than 30 mph.

Three men lean casually against the shop’s brick wall, watching mopeds whiz past with a high-pitched hum.

From time to time the sun punches a hole through the dark cloud curtain, lighting up the shiny chrome bumpers

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on the line of scooters propped up along the sidewalk.

“This legislation just doesn’t make any sense,” declares monroe edgerton, a sturdy, confident, middle-aged man with a jovial demeanor, leaning up against his moped. “How can people that own scooters support their families if they can’t get to work because they can’t afford insurance? This is going to cause a whole lot of people to go hungry.”

Edgerton admits that he bought a moped after being charged with driving while impaired but says he’s since worked though his legal troubles. And though he now has a regular driver’s license, he says he can’t afford a car

and the continued costs of owning one. He also voices his frustration with the city’s failure to extend mass transit hours despite the dramatic rise in the number of watering holes.

According to several websites, Asheville now boasts the highest number of breweries per capita of any U.S. city.

“We are not only Beer City: We are DWI City,” Edgerton declares.

None of the handful of bartenders I spoke with wanted to go on the record, though several said many of their friends had had DWIs. And it’s not the kind of thing a lot of people want to go public with, so finding folks to interview isn’t easy.

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Driving while impaired is no laughing matter. Many people have lost family members that way or have suffered the bitter reality of hitting and killing someone themselves.

Blood alcohol concentration is the most common way North Carolina determines whether a driver is legally impaired, as follows: • 21 or older: 0.08 percent • commercial drivers: 0.04 percent • under 21: any alcohol content • prior DWI: 0.04 percent The law also considers whether the driver’s physical or mental fitness is provably impaired by alcohol, drugs or a combination of the two.

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troLLing taxis, fake ids To get a sense of this, I decide to drive downtown, get some drinks, observe the local bar culture and return home safely without driving.

Accordingly, on a recent Tuesday evening, I park in the top tier of the Rankin Avenue deck, drawn by its proximity to several bars and restaurants, the 24-hour security and a flat rate of $10 per day for vehicle storage. Armed with camera, notebook, pen, a phone and some cash, I walk down the hill toward The Southern Kitchen and Bar. I am greeted at the door and take a seat at the bar.

The knowledgeable bartender explains that several different taxi companies park right outside and wait on patrons in need of transportation. Just before 11 p.m., I glance outside and spot a Yellow Cab waiting out front with no passenger.

Before I can set up a photo, however, it drives off with a bar patron inside,

BaCKup pLan: For folks who’ve lost their license, a moped offers quick and easy transportation in a town with limited mass transit options — requiring only that it has a title, tag and insurance. Photo by Sarah Harnden and a driver from the New Blue Bird Taxi Co. takes its place at the curb.

Tucked inside the cash register, the bartender reveals, is a stack of fake ID cards waiting to be turned over to the Alcohol Law Enforcement branch.

State law prohibits serving anyone who’s believed to be underage or who might give an alcoholic beverage to someone underage, and patrons are carded both at the door and the bar. sorrY, charLie I’m savoring a potato vodka, lychee, fresh lime and ginger martini when “Bob” (not his real name) sidles up to

the bar, gently pulls out the stool and asks what I’m drinking. He appears to have control of his speech, eye contact and motor skills, and after listening politely, he orders a Mount Gay and soda with a slice of lime.

Bob polishes off the rest of my marinated olives along with his drink, and we stroll up the hill to 5 Walnut to peruse the wine list. During the short walk, he shows no visible signs of impairment. We each order a glass of sauvignon blanc and continue the conversation, enjoying the cool continues on page 12

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As I finish my last sip, I’m seized with a sudden craving for the late night sliders made with local ground beef at the Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge, directly across from the parking deck. Somehow, I can’t resist the thought of those palmsized burgers topped with cheddar, spicy mayo, arugula and red onion, so we close our tabs and start our trek toward the Vault.

At this point, however, Bob undergoes a shocking, seemingly instantaneous transformation from showing no sign of impairment to looking as if his body had been taken over by a wobbly-legged teenage giraffe. While I continue my determined march toward those sliders (knowing full well that one merely leads to another), he careens back and forth across the sidewalk.

And at the Vault, doorman mitchell keen tells Bob he won’t be allowed inside due to his spastic dance down the sidewalk.

drinker, whether they’ve eaten and how quickly they’re drinking.

And meanwhile, all over Beer City, high-gravity beers are flowing out of taps and into 16 ounce glasses. That makes it even trickier for the average consumer to calculate how to stay below a 0.08 blood alcohol concentration. “The moment you have any alcohol in your body, it does affect your skills, and at the point a blood alcohol content of 0.08 is reached, you are already markedly impaired,” he says.

And though Mason notes that chronic drinkers can “throw off” alcohol faster than first-timers, he recommends erring on the side of caution.

“When you’ve had a few drinks, go ahead and find methods of getting home safely, such as using [the online ride-hailing service] Uber, taxis, a designated driver or walking.” This, he continues, will “mitigate your risk to yourself and other individuals.

Nobody is saying people shouldn’t drink, but people have to be responsible for their behavior.”

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sniffing out potentiaL offenders

Although bartenders must quickly decide whether someone’s too intoxicated to be served, there are often no visible signs of impairment, notes andrew mason, a forensic toxicologist with 40 years’ experience. “Part of the problem here is that for the vast majority of people, you have to obtain a blood alcohol content of between 0.1 and 0.15” to show signs of impairment — a level far higher than the legal limits.

Twelve ounces of a standard American lager has about the same alcohol content as a 5 ounce glass of wine or an ounce of liquor. But many factors affect how a person reacts to alcohol, including body weight, gender, whether they’re a habitual

Once inside the Vault, I make a beeline for my late night holy grail of bar food.

Keen, meanwhile, explains that he watches people walk, checks for bloodshot eyes, looks for good eye contact and tries to detect the odor of alcohol. He also keeps an eye out for folks who may be digging around in trash cans looking for discarded cigarette butts.

When someone appears dangerously drunk, he often encourages them to sit down and drink water while he calls a cab. Before moving over to the Vault, Keen worked the door at Wicked Weed, which he says may deploy six door guys on weekend nights. “Alcohol Law Enforcement

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by Sarah Harnden goes undercover, and we really have to be one our game,” Keen reveals.

“People will buy a beer and set it down, and the ALE officers see how long it takes for us to pick it up.”

Three sliders and a trinity of vodka sodas later, I’m ready to slip home and drop into the type of dreamland that comes on the heels of late night grease and a liberal supply of

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libations. But though I’ve already committed to getting home without driving, I have no concrete plan. Keen, who has several taxis on speed dial, says that on average, cabs that aren’t already waiting out front take only 10 to 15 minutes to arrive. The bartender on duty echoes Mason in recommending Uber, saying it has significantly lowered the DWI rate in the city. Launched in 2010, the app enables users to “request, ride and pay via your mobile phone,” according to the website. oops...

Being somewhat technically challenged, however, I put in a call to Asheville Taxi requesting a cab at 2:15 a.m. But after receiving a text that my ride is right around the corner, I watch taxi lights fly past and assume that I’ve just missed my chariot. Undaunted, I step out onto the sidewalk and calmly wave, imagining myself as a seasoned New Yorker hailing a cab en route to a grand dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. It works!

A taxi pulls up and I crawl in, impressed by my ability flag one down on the streets of a little big city that’s grown way beyond the boarded-up storefronts and empty streets of the Asheville I first met and fell in love with back in 1994.

As I bask in the glow of the driver’s dueling GPS screens, however, I get another text. It’s 2:11 a.m., and the message reads, “This is Kendra from Asheville Taxi.

I’ll be there in about 10 minutes.

I’m driving a light blue van.” My gloat melts into guilt as I realized I’ve hopped in a taxi that was randomly circling the block, trolling for fares.

“What taxi service is this?” I ask the driver.

“Don’t worry about it,” she replies, unconcerned. “It happens all the time. There are so many of us out here people get confused.”

As I slump back into my seat and watch the lights of Beer City stream past, I feel as if I’m balancing on an emotional tightrope, alternately missing the Asheville full of hope and expectation that I remember from my teenage years, and appreciating the more sophisticated city that I know today, with all the aches and pains inherent in growth. X

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Committed to justice DA Todd Williams talks about his vision for the office “A lawyer is an individual committed to justice,” todd williams declared during a debate with longtime Buncombe County District Attorney ron moore in April 2014. “For 15 years, I have served citizens of North Carolina and the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”

In a hotly contested Democratic primary, Williams defeated Moore, the 24-year incumbent, by a large margin, garnering 68 percent of the vote. He then faced a challenge from ben scales, a local attorney specializing in marijuana defenses and entertainment law. Collecting nearly 8,000 petition signatures, Scales won a spot on the November ballot as an independent. Yet Williams once again prevailed handily, claiming 63 percent of the vote. He was sworn in as DA on Jan. 1.

During the campaign, Williams promised to bring fairness, rule of law and “a new perspective to the office,” vowing to “restore public trust and integrity in prosecutions in the criminal justice system here in Buncombe County.”

Mountain Xpress sat down with Williams recently to talk about what he’s doing to carry out those promises, what’s going well and what the challenges are after six months on the job. Here are excerpts from that interview, edited for brevity and clarity.

Mountain Xpress: during the campaign, you said you wanted to bring both change and continuity to the district attorney’s office. what has changed, and what’s stayed the same? todd williams: Well, [the recent expunction clinic] is part of my vision for broadening the definition of what our office supports in the community.

In addition, we’ve forged ahead with the child advocacy center, something that I identified pretty early on in the campaign. Buncombe County had a child advocacy center probably up until about 1990 or so. The core of a child advocacy center is a multidisciplinary team composed of law enforcement officers, lawyers, prosecutors, DSS social workers and investigators, medical professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists. The multidisciplinary team meets during the investigatory

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interview with the victim, and the idea is that the center works to reduce the number of interviews and contacts that ask the child to revisit the trauma. You know, if you break all of those [agencies] apart, you might have six, seven, a dozen interviews of a child: ’Who touched you? Where did they touch you?

How many times did they touch you? Did it hurt?’ The idea is to get that done all in one interview. It reduces trauma. will the center be up and running soon?

We’re working on it. We had a transition in the Child Abuse Prevention Services office, and it’s not clear what role they’ll have. It’s a nonprofit, and Geoff Sidoli was just appointed executive director.

We have a memorandum of understanding that will govern how child abuse cases will be handled, and I wanted his input, because CAPS is going to be a real player.

The second piece is the Family Justice Center, which just appointed its director and will probably come online in 2016. It’s still sort of in flux as to whether the advocacy center will actually be housed in the Family Justice Center. But I think the piece the DA’s office is most concerned about is how the cases are put together and how the interviews with minors are done.

The other big, exciting change is Veterans Treatment Court, which had its inaugural calendar call July10. For the first time, we’re taking people with dual diagnoses into the program. In the past, those cases have been untouchable: The only option was to prosecute them, because there were too many issues. But in conjunction with the VA and the services they offer, the idea is that we take folks into this program at an early stage, identify what their issues are, get them on track in a real treatment modality, while criminal sanctions are hanging over their head. They’ve already pleaded guilty; they know they’re going to prison if they don’t comply. But the carrot is, they get

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fresh bLood: Todd Williams is Buncombe County’s first new district attorney in 24 years. He has had just 6 months in office so far to enact some of the programs he touted during his campaign. Mountain Xpress sat down with him to find out what progress he is making. Photo by Able Allen

this treatment, and if they complete Veterans Treatment Court, they get the charge dismissed. And if they’re eligible, they can come to the expungement clinic and get the charge removed from their record. that could be a really powerful tool.

Really powerful. These are vets who have served our country overseas, who’ve been wounded, and I think they deserve special treatment. in the past, there’s been some reluctance to establish a lot of special courts, largely because of cost, staffing, etc. how are you addressing those challenges?

The Governor’s Crime Commission has identified Buncombe County as a “catchment area.” There’s another Veterans Treatment Court down near Fayetteville, for obvious reasons; we have this VA Hospital here in Asheville. Once this gets off the ground, the goal is to serve as a Veterans Treatment Court not just for Buncombe County, but for Western North Carolina. Somebody down in Raleigh, someone in the federal government, has determined that it’s a good idea and that, ultimately, it will probably give us some cost savings. so potentially, the buncombe county veterans treatment court would be serving an area extending all the way to cherokee county?

Right now it’s hard to know. I think, most immediately, neighboring counties (Haywood, Henderson, Madison) are probably the ones we’d branch out to first. But we don’t know what our demand is going to be. how would that work?

A judge and a DA will have to screen the case through our Buncombe County Veterans Treatment Court.

I believe the defendant will have to agree to be supervised here in Buncombe County.

Because we haven’t confronted all these issues, I can’t go into great detail about it yet. But I think it’s something we can find a way to do. did ron moore ever actually create the domestic violence court he campaigned on? You recently proposed a domestic violence unit: is that a replacement for the domestic violence court?

No, [the previous administration] put all of the domestic violence cases in one courtroom, on Wednesdays. What we’re trying to do, with the county’s assistance, is create a domestic violence trial unit which will include two prosecutors

rather than one, and two victim’s witness legal assistants. That’s our proposal: One more of each, and a dedicated investigator who prepares these cases for trial. Right now, you’ve got an ADA and a victim’s witness legal assistant who are constantly running, doing two things at once all day long.

That leaves very little opportunity to interact with victims.

The biggest obstacle to prosecuting these cases is keeping the victims in court, especially if you have a full docket, you don’t get to a case by the end of the day, and the case is continued. Someone’s missed work; they have to come back. Our domestic violence trial unit is aiming to improve contact with victims, improve their support. with whom are you partnering on the project?

We will probably put a victim’s witness legal assistant and maybe an investigator over in the Family Justice Center. Helpmate, I think, will have offices there. So we’ll have folks in the building who can be in contact with victims and know what’s happening in these cases at the earliest possible point, rather than just getting a file 30 days later.

When folks appear in court and it’s really contentious, that’s got a really poor aura about it. A lot of folks are obviously not happy about what they’ve been charged with, and a lot of folks aren’t happy about having to confront their abusers. Others are reunified with whoever they abused.

They want dismissals; they want all this set aside. There’s so many conflicting emotions in that courtroom that it undermines a victim’s resolve to prosecute. have you had a chance to dig into case files and establish some other priorities for this term as da? what’s next?

We are clearing cases constantly.

We began with trying to identify which folks have spent the most time in jail: There were several people who had confinement periods of over 1,000 days. Those were the cases we thought were most pressing. We are certainly prioritizing around the age of the case and the seriousness of the matter. what have you done to increase transparency in the da’s office and improve communication with the community?

What can I say? I have a Twitter account, I have a Facebook page, I’m talking to Mountain Xpress, I’m talking to WLOS, I did a half-hour sit-down with WCQS, I’ve been on Asheville FM.

so your approach has mostly been to be more personally available?

I try to be responsive to the media as well as to the community. Yes, sir. But it is kind of cheesy to say, “I have a Twitter account.” in your eyes, what is ron moore’s legacy?

Ultimately, that is most properly answered by, perhaps, the media or the public. But he was district attorney for 24 years, and that’s a remarkable achievement. And I’ll just say, I think the legacy is still developing. how does it impact you to be the next da?

(Laughs) Well, obviously, when you run for something like this, you have an idea about what you’re getting into, but in terms of the meat and potatoes, it’s a shock to the system to be the DA. To run the public relations operations in addition to prosecuting cases, and to be on call during the night to give advice to law enforcement.

It’s certainly been a big transition from legal work, where I could sit down in my comfy chair and put on my reading glasses to slog through the discovery of the evening. This is a more constantly on call kind of job. But being the first new DA in 24 years has an upside, too. I think a lot of people are very excited, and it’s certainly exciting to me. So there’s a lot of work, it’s hard, but I’m enjoying it. ron moore was known as a guy who’d sit down with young peo-

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I haven’t done that. I am not foreclosed to it, if a parent thinks it might make an impact. I don’t know if my personality is really conducive to that: I’m a lawyer, and I think our work should be done largely in the courtroom.

Going around to schools, talking to folks in appropriate forums about how they can get in trouble via sexting or DWI or domestic violence issues, that’s certainly part of the job description. But sitting somebody down and scolding them? No, we haven’t done that.

But Moore definitely had an impact, probably changed some folks for the better. He probably did some good work through those sessions. tammy hooper is slated to start work July 20 as asheville’s new police chief. how do you anticipate her leadership will affect your office?

I’ve talked to some folks at APD, and they seem excited about her.

The impression she’s given many is that she’s a hard worker and very intelligent. She seems to be the kind of person who might be able to provide the attention the department needs, which is to focus on internal policies and procedures. That’s the message I’ve been receiving from folks at APD. And we certainly want to construct the best possible relationship with the leader of that department, so I look forward to her starting, and any way that I can assist her, I will. buncombe county sheriff van duncan endorsed ron moore. what’s been your experience working with the sheriff’s department so far?

They’re just consummate professionals, and Van is as well. I am really impressed: They’re working some very difficult cases, and I feel they’re doing very good work. They’re a friendly, professional group.

You just finished your first murder case that was sentenced: the gary Jenkins case.

Actually “Pat” Patton handled that.

In regard to the question about continuity and change, Pat is one of the pieces of continuity: He’s been with the office for, I want to say, 22 years.

He was the only DA handling it. And it was a hard case in that, apparently, both the victim and the defendant were drunk, and it was [a deadly assault situation]. Getting to first-degree murder under facts like that would be hard. I will say, in the hearing, it looked like Mr. Jenkins was truly remorseful. He gave what we call a statement of elocution that looked like a real heartfelt statement.

Anyway, he pleaded guilty and took a 24- to 30-year plea. in future cases, what would be triggers for you for seeking the death penalty?

The triggers are identified under N.C. statutes 15A-2000. You have to have some of those aggravating factors present. but if those conditions exist...

Yes, it is in the DA’s discretion.

A common capital aggravator is ’extraordinarily heinous, atrocious and cruel,’ like a torture situation. what about your personal take on the death penalty?

I have lots of personal feelings about the law: This came up repeatedly during the campaign in regard to marijuana. We really need to enforce the law, and in an appropriate case, we will seek the death penalty. X

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4x4: Four weeks, four candidates Xpress introduces four Asheville City Council candidates each week Sixteen candidates have officially thrown their hats into the ring for the Asheville City Council elections this fall.

Each week, Xpress will introduce, in brief, four candidates’ backgrounds and ideas for the city.

Marc Hunt Three seats in the Asheville council are up for grabs, marking the end of Marc Hunt, Chris Pelly and Jan Davis’ four-year terms. Davis and Pelly have been on Council since 2003 and 2011, respectively, and only Vice Mayor Hunt is seeking re-election in the fall.

Elected to Council in 2011 and serving as vice mayor since 2013, Hunt’s campaign site lists his accomplishments during his last four years, which include expanding the multimodal and greenway systems, supporting affordable housing initiatives and supporting economic development partnerships.

For the future, Hunt writes, “We must … renew what is already special [in Asheville] and add quality in new ways. This is especially true in regard to infrastructure: our parks, streets and sidewalks. We must reinforce the integrity of our residential neighborhoods, ... continue to attract employers and great jobs that value community and ... continue to elevate our commitment to the environment and [to] sustainability.”

For more on Hunt: huntforcouncil.com Lavonda Payne Xpress caught up with 22-yearold long-haul truck driver LaVonda Payne while she drove overnight through Ohio, making her way from Washington state to New York.

Payne sees herself as different than most candidates — for one, because she represents the youngest generation of Asheville adults, but also because she represents a demographic of citizens whose voice is not often heard.

“I’m really from this generation [of struggling locals],” Payne says. “I’ve

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taken the bus; I’ve been homeless. I’ve been hungry, and I had no one to help me.

Sympathy and empathy only go so far in certain situations.”

She talks about people who ride the bus during multimodal initiatives, saying they “just did this as an experience.”

At the end of the day, those people go home to their jobs, homes and cars. “Just because you took the bus, doesn’t mean you understand. You will never understand what it’s like. ... We have all these people making decisions, but they have never had the experiences to make those decisions. They’re not even comprehending what’s wrong.”

And what is wrong?

“Asheville’s always been a tourist area,” she says, “but it’s gotten overwhelming.

That’s the problem with upgrading: If your homegirl just got the new iPhone 6 and you’ve still got a flip phone, you’re going to feel the need to upgrade to feel equal. And that’s what’s happening with the city.”

Continuing her analogy, Payne explains, “Those flip phones never break, but iPhones do. Asheville was such a nice place back in the day. … Now we’re trying to compete with other cities, but we haven’t even taken care of our root-problems — our homelessness, our underprivileged kids. We’re sitting here trying to put on a front.

“I feel like people need to humble themselves and be like, ‘OK, we really do need to start taking care of our own before we start fronting for everybody else.’ … I feel like we’re losing ourselves and what we really stand for,” she continues.

Richard Liston Richard Liston was one of the lastminute filers and is admittedly “new to the political jungle,” he says. “This is my first expedition. I tend to do well when I set my mind to something.”

Liston received his bachelor’s degree from the North Carolina School of the Arts, one master’s from Eastman School of Music and another nine years later

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4x4: Because profiles on 16 candidates is tough to fit in print, Xpress will randomly choose from candidates per week. Starting at the top left, moving clockwise, we have Marc Hunt, Richard Liston, Ken Michalove and LaVonda Payne. in computer science from Wake Forest University. He received his PhD in computer science from Georgia Tech in 2004.

He’s been a musician in North Carolina and New York City, a computer scientist in Research Triangle Park, a professor at a small liberal arts college and, most recently, an educator focusing on adult education, raising funds for Sphere College Project.

Since moving to the area in 2012, Liston has “gotten to know people in Asheville from all walks of life and heard their concerns,” he said to Xpress. “I think we are not as conscious as we need to be about the direction we are taking Asheville and about how wisely we are spending our money. I'm currently studying the system of Asheville and the city budget to decide what specific changes I would recommend.

As for getting his name out there, Liston says he doesn’t “plan to spend much money on advertising. I detest seeing the signs and litter created by it all. I plan to run my campaign by building a solid social network.”

For more on Liston: avl.mx/1cr Ken Michalove Former Asheville Mayor and City Manager Ken Michalove

announced his intentions to file just last week.

Michalove’s resume includes four years as the executive director of the Buncombe County Planning Council, eight years as the city manager, eight years as mayor and eight additional years on City Council.

So, after a long run, why is he back?

Michalove writes that recent council actions have spent “an inordinate amount of time and money to satisfy [their own] special interest, ... adopting tax increases that were not needed.”

He says he thinks that recent budgets were “not properly reviewed and challenged, … thus taxing the citizens of Asheville unnecessarily. … The current City Council touts their support of affordable housing but raises taxes and fees unnecessarily.”

This, along with the “significant number of properties that are tax exempt,” he writes, hinders Asheville’s growth. If elected, Michalove says he’ll work to “create and preserve a tax base that can provide basic services and infrastructure.” On the most recent property tax increase, he says, “there is sufficient proof that, through proper management, that increase could have been avoided.” X

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positive parenting: Parents and caretakers of young children in Buncombe County can find support through the Triple P Positive Parenting Program sponsored by Buncombe County Health & Human Services. Whether seeking advice for bedtime routines or guidance on how to handle disobedience, these parenting programs can help build parental confidence in handling the challenges of day-to-family life. (p. 22)

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WordCAMP AsheVille 919-259-0512, asheville. wordcamp.org/2015 Held in Highsmith Student Union at UNCA. • SA (7/25), 8am-6pm & SU (7/26), 8am-5pm - WordCamp Asheville website-building conference. Ticket sales support WordPress Foundation open source project. $40. youth outright 772-1912, youthoutright.org • SU (7/26), 4-6pm - Regular meeting and group discussion of sexual, romantic and gender identities. Free to attend. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

dAnCe studio ZAhiyA, doWntoWn dAnCe ClAsses (pd.) Monday 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Fusion Bellydance 7:30pm Bellydance• Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 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 • Sunday 11am Hip Hop • $13 for 60 minute classes, Hip Hop Wkrt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595

1-6pm - Self-guided tour through 11 local farmsteads. $25 for two days/$15 for one day/$10 for seniors, students per car. Held at Jackson County Farmers Market, Railroad Ave., Sylva

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

RIVERFEST • SATURDAY August 8 (pd.) 1pm-7pm, French Broad River Park, Asheville, NC. • Live music • Food trucks • Sierra Nevada beer • Kids parade 1:30pm.

• And don’t miss the Anything that floats Parade floating by • Presented by RiverLink.

Learn more: riverlink.org

eCo AsheVille green drinks ashevillegreendrinks.com Free to attend.

Held at Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway • WE (7/22), 5:30pm - “Do We Know if Radiation Causes Cancer?” presentation.

• WE (7/29), 5:30pm - “Why we can’t NOT get to Net Zero” presentation by Cecil Bothwell.

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 • TH (7/23), 4-7pm Community meeting with Duke Energy regarding the retirement of the coal power plant. Free. Held in Blue Ridge Conference Hall at Blue Ridge Community College.

• TH (7/30), 6-8pm Discussion on environmental issues of this legislative session. Free to attend.

Registration required.

Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave #101

fArM & gArden JACkson County fArM tour 631-3033, jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org • SA (7/25) & SU (7/26),

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BiCentenniAl Country fAir 883-3029, allisondeaverhouse.org • SA (7/25), 10am-4pm - Simulation of 1815 pioneer family life with artisans, crafters and live music. Free to attend. Held at Allison-Deaver House, 2753 Asheville Highway, Pisgah Forest

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 CrAdle of forestry Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30amnoon - Junior Forester Program for boys and girls ages 8-12.

Meets every other week. $4.

• THURSDAYS through (8/6), 10:30-noon & 1:30-3pm - “Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club,” outdoor-oriented activity exploring forest-related themes. For ages 4-7. $4. kids’ ACtiVities At the liBrAries buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• FRIDAYS through (7/31), 3pm - LEGO Builders for ages 5-12.

Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester

sPellBound Children’s BookshoP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

• SU (7/26), 4-5pm - Book Club for grades 4-6: The Glass Sentence: Mapmakers #1. Free to attend.

outdoors 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 Adult leAgue kiCkBAll 250-4269 • Through (7/31) -

Registration is open for this league from Buncombe County Recreation Services. $40.

Blue ridge PArkWAy hikes 298-5330, nps.gov • TH (7/23), 7pm - Ranger-led easy 2-mile hike along river.

Free. Meets at MP 393.7.

• FR (7/24), 10am - Rangerled easy 1.5-mile hike to the Fryingpan Fire Tower. Free.

Meets at MP 409.5.

Blue ridge PArkWAy rAnger ProgrAMs 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• SA (7/25), 7pm Presentation on the Civil War in the Appalachian mountains by author Michael Hardy. Held at Julian Price Campground Amphitheater, MP 296. Free.

• SA (7/25), 7pm - “Picture This,” learn about nature photography fundamentals.

Free. Held at Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater, MP 316.

• SA (7/25), 7pm - “O Christmas Tree,” learn about

folkMoot usA 452-2997, folkmootusa.org • 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.

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the fir tree beyond its traditions. Free. Held at Crabtree Falls Campground Amphitheater, MP 340.

PoWder Creek trAditionAl ArChers 891-3332, avl.mx/0pc • SA (7/25), 8am-4pm & SU (7/26), 8am-2pm - “Mountain Rendezvous and Summer Arrow Search,” archery classes, vendors & food. $10.

Held at 100 Old Turnpike Road, Horseshoe 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. • SU (7/26), 8:45am - 7.5 mile moderatly difficult hike to Lemon Gap in Bluff Mountain. Registration required. Free; optional $5 carpool. Meets at YMCA Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St.

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what: Live@Aloft featuring HoveyKat when: Sunday, July 26, 4-8 p.m. where: Aloft Asheville Downtown’s rooftop whY: When you’re bathing in the sounds of a talented musical act, physical surroundings are rarely the dominant thought. That’s not the case, however, for attendees of the Live@ Aloft summer concert series, which pairs local performing artists with scenic mountain views from above downtown’s bustle. The next iteration on Sunday, July 26, features electronically-inclined jazz duo HoveyKat (ben hovey with kat williams) and benefits the Asheville Humane Society.

“Part of the Aloft culture around the country is to bring live music into the hotels,” Aloft Asheville Downtown’s general manager david mccartney says, noting that the hotel also hosts performances on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. “We added the Sunday concerts by the rooftop pool, because that area is typically never open for outside local people, so it makes [the events] very special.”

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concept last fall and, finding great success, expanded the 2015 lineup to include six months of programming running through late October.

On average, shows draw around 200-300 guests per night and raise approximately $1,000 for each participating nonprofit, McCartney says, and although beneficiaries have no obligation to set up a presence at events, Asheville Humane Society may have some small, fuzzy surprises planned.

“We are going to have the little plastic kiddie swimming pools for the [AHS] dogs,” McCartney says, adding that the animals will be adoptable in the instance of a fortuitous bond. “I think it will be warm, and the dogs will probably appreciate putting their feet in some water.”

Unlike the pooches, patrons won’t be allowed to cool off in Aloft’s pools — kiddie- or full-sized. Instead, Aloft’s W XYZ bar will stock at least two local brews, wine, mixed drinks and small bites for patrons needing refreshment.

“The music and the scenery take it from there,” McCartney says, “and folks tend to hang around, enjoy and dance.”

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351-8098 A program from Buncombe County Health & Human Services. Registration required. Free.

• 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. • TU (7/28), 5:30-7:30pm “Developing Good Bedtime Routines” discussion group for parents of children ages 0-12. Registration required.

Free. Held at Verner Center for Early Learning, 2586 Riceville Road

PuBliC leCtures BunCoMBe County PuBliC liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (7/29), noon - “Hungry For History: The History of the Mountains to the Sea Trail,” presentation by author Danny Bernstein. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

seniors olli At unCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (7/24), 2-4pm “Medicare Choices Made Easy,” workshop. Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

sPirituAlity AsheVille insight MeditAtion (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation.

Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30.

Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

AWAkening WisdoM (pd.) For optimal psychospiritual health. Guidance and training in Zen influenced meditation, mindfulness, and teachings in a completely contemporary context. Unlocking the secret of non-duality consciousness for a more authentic, wise, compassionate and sane life. Individual, group and telephone sessions available with consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Very affordable. For info contact healing@billwalz.com, (828) 258-3241. Visit www.billwalz.com CrystAl Visions Books And eVent Center (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts.

Event Space, Labyrinth and Garden. 828-687-1193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com oPen heArt MeditAtion (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering

7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org Adult foruM At fCC 692-8630, fcchendersonville. org • SU (7/26), 9:15am “Writer’s roundtable.” 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. st. MArk’s lutherAn ChurCh 10 North Liberty St., 2530043 • 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - “A Service for Service,” service-industry worship. the Center for Art & sPirit At st. george 1 School Road • Tu (7/27), 7-10pm - Kirtan, call & response singing.

Admission by donation.

• TU (7/28), 7-9pm - Aramaic and Egyptian vocal toning, breath work and meditation.

Admission by donation. the nAMAste Center 707 Brooklyn Ave., Hendersonville, 850-585-5496 • WE (7/29), 7pmInspirational speaker and author Alice McCall. $10. 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

sPoken & Written Word 35BeloW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (7/30), 7:30pm “Listen to This,” stories and original songs from locals. $15.

BlACk Box storytelling theAter • SU (7/26), 3pm - “What *Really* Happens When You Free Hug,” stories by Kristin Pedemonti followed by free hugs. Admission by donation. Held at Creperie Bouchon, 62 N. Lexington Ave. hendo story slAM avl.mx/0wj • WE (7/22), 8-10pm Open mic storytelling night. Free to attend.

Held at Black Bear Coffee Co., 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville MAlAProP’s Bookstore And CAfe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (7/22), 7pm - Marla Milling discusses her book Only in Asheville: An Eclectic History.

• WE (7/22), 7pm - Salon: I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power.

• TH (7/23), 7pm - Charles Thompson discusses his book Border Odyssey: Travels along the U.S./ Mexico Divide.

• SA (7/25), 7pm - Robert Beatty presents his book Serafina and the Black Cloak.

• SU (7/26), 2pm - Writing workshop with Peggy Tabor Millin, author of

Women, Writing, and SoulMaking.

• SU (7/26), 3pm - Peggy Millin discusses her book Writing in Circles.

• MO (7/27), 7pm - Dr. Raymond Barfield discusses his novel The Book of Colors.

• MO (7/27), 7pm - PIH Engage Public Health Book Club: To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation.

• WE (7/29), 7pm - Dasha Kelly presents her book Almost Crimson.

• TH (7/30), 7pm - Works in Translation Book Club: The Hour of the Star.

• TH (7/30), 7pm Margaret Bradham Thornton discusses her novel Charleston. stories on AsheVille’s front PorCh facebook.com/storiesonashevillesfrontporch • SA (7/25), 10:15-11:45am - Storyteller Kristin Pedemonti. Free. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square

Volunteering hAnds on AsheVilleBunCoMBe 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org • TH (7/23), 11am Volunteers needed for “Shake and Bake,” cooking lunch for ABCCM. Registration required.

• MO (7/27), 5:30pm Volunteers needed to clean play rooms and toys.

Registration required. Held at The Mediation Center of Buncombe County, 40 North French Broad Ave. Suite B • TH (7/30) - Volunteers needed to unpack and price merchandise.

Registration required. Held at Ten Thousand Villages, 10 College St. literACy CounCil of BunCoMBe County 31 College Place, Suite B-221 • WE (7/22), 9-10:30am Information sessions for volunteers interested in tutoring adults in basic literacy skills.

• 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.

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age 12 and under, with the prize a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate.)

Among the protesters at New York City's Gay Pride Parade on the Sunday after the Supreme Court's historic gay-marriage decision was a group of men outfitted in Jewish prayer garments and representing the Jewish Political Action Committee, carrying signs reading, for example, "Judaism prohibits homosexuality." However, the men were very likely not Jewish, but in fact Mexican laborers hired for the day. A representative of the committee told The New York Times that the men were "supplemental" — necessary because the committee's rabbis would not permit their students (who normally staff such protests) to be exposed to the sights of same-sex exuberance typical for the parade.

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Government in Action • WOOD-TV of Grand Rapids, Michigan, seemingly uncovered an antiquity — if not a potential vulnerability — in the Grand Rapids public school system in June when it reported that the heating and cooling systems at 19 schools are controlled using a Commodore Amiga computer (released in the 1980s, about the same time as Windows 2.0), operating on an early Internet modem. It had been installed by a computer-savvy student and, according to the maintenance supervisor, still works fine.

Fortunately, the supervisor said, the student still lives in the area and is available if problems arise.

• Recurring Theme: Government officials who insist on such "bells and whistles" as redesigning their department's logo are often ridiculed for wasting taxpayer money (yet design consultants continue to sell the illusion that a new logo can give a bureaucracy a refreshing rebirth). In May, Tennessee officials unveiled a new state logo (which cost only $46,000 — not counting the expense of changing signs, cards, stationery, etc.), which consists of the letters "TN" in white inside a red box with a blue trim underneath. (A Watchdog.org critic suggested a contest to design a superior one, but open only to kids

Adultery is illegal in Japan — except, as a Tokyo District Court judge ruled in a "psychological distress" lawsuit filed by the jilted wife, when it is done by a company to retain a good customer. A night club hostess who had carried on with the married man proved that she did so only as "makura eigyo," or "pillow sales tactic." Said the judge, "As long as the intercourse is for business, it does not harm the marital relationship at all." (The ruling, from 2014, was first publicized this year.)

New World Order In 1993, the owner of the iconic 5Pointz building in New York City began allowing graffiti artists to use the walls for their masterpieces, but by 2013 had grown weary of the building's look and had the walls whitewashed. In June 2015, nine of the artists filed a federal lawsuit demanding that the owner compensate them, substantially, for destroying their creations — and they stand a good chance of collecting (under the Visual Artists Rights Act) if they prove their particular works are of "recognized stature" and not merely art of an "ephemeral nature." At its height, 5Pointz attracted more than 350 artists' works from around the world.

Animal World • A June entry in Wired.com's "Absurd Creature of the Week" series warned of the Beaded Lacewing that preys on termites by first immobilizing them with a "vapor-phase toxicant" released from its anus. The silentbut-deadly gas is reportedly powerful enough to disable six ordinary termites for up to three hours (plenty of time for a sumptuous meal of termite) and weaken several more that might get caught in the backdraft. Wired. com also learned of the related species

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Chrysoperla comanche, whose anal weaponry is in solid form, wielded by "master contortionists" who lift their abdomens in order to directly contact their victims' head.

• Suspicion Confirmed: In June 2015 research, scientists from Britain's University of Exeter and Queen Mary University of London warned that owners of "domestic" cats seem not, on average, to appreciate what vicious killers their pets are and urge, for instance, that they be kept indoors more often lest they decimate the neighborhood's bird and small-mammal populations. Estimates of the yearly death toll generated by house cats are "in the magnitude of millions" in the United Kingdom and "billions" in the United States.

• The "parasitic ways" of the cuckoo bird were remarked upon "as far back as Aristotle," wrote a Wall Street Journal book reviewer in May, but some biologists may not have believed the behavior because it was so cold-blooded. The bird, according to Nick Davies' book "Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature," lays its eggs in other species' nests to trick those birds into incubating the cuckoos, who then hatch and kick the eggs of their host out of the nest. The mother cuckoo, it is said, times her mating schedule so that her eggs mature just before the victims' eggs would.

Hence, according to Davies, she is "nature's most notorious cheat."

Perspective To cover various general expenses (such as helping the indigent), the average hospital mark-up for patient care in the United States is about 3.4 times costs (according to a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report in June), but 50 of the nation's 5,000 hospitals charge more than 10 times the cost, with the North Okaloosa Medical Center near Pensacola, Florida, billing at 12.6 times costs. According to the co-author, professor Gerard Anderson, the 50 "are marking up the prices because no one is telling them they can't." (Forty-nine of the 50 are for-profit hospitals, and 20 are in Florida.)

People With Issues Former British Navy sailor Alan Reynolds, 55, of Porthleven, England, was convicted in April of a burglary in which he stole items from the home of a colleague to pursue his fetish for waterproof clothing — to enrich his fantasy, he told a judge, of imagining himself a prisoner of war. Photos and

videos taken from his home show him in bright yellow waterproof trousers and green waterproof poncho, removing layers of clothing from underneath and "smelling" them.

Least Competent Criminals Confused: (1) Christopher Furay, 33, pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh in April to six bank robberies — the first four in which surveillance video revealed him to have a reddish beard and the last two in which the video revealed him to be wearing a fake red beard covering his reddish beard.

Furay did not explain. (2) In June, police in Roseville, Minnesota, quickly located J&J Construction's missing equipment trailer (stolen from a work site) — parked near the Washington County Courthouse, where the thief apparently had left it while he answered a court summons. WCCOTV reported that the man was soon jailed on a separate charge.

Recurring Themes Sy Allen, arrested in March in Colchester, England, on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to sell, relied on a fairly common strategy: As officers burst into the room, he swallowed the "evidence." As in the other cases, police decided to wait for nature to take its course in order to recover the suspected drugs. Unlike in the other cases, Allen managed to hold out, with no bowel movement, for 23 days — but not a 24th. He was arrested.

A News of the Weird Classic (November 2010) In November (2010), after her fourth-grade son was allegedly slapped by his teacher at a Kansas City, Missouri, elementary school (son, black; teacher, white), Lisa Henry Bowen submitted a 40-page list of reparations she expects from President Obama and two dozen other officials, including: $1.25 million cash, $13,500 in Wal-Mart gift cards, free college education, Disney World vacations, private tennis lessons, an African safari, her mortgage paid off, home remodeling, nine years of free medical and dental coverage, and a nine-year "consulting contract" with the school district at $15,000 a month. Anticipating criticism that she had taken it too far, she added that opponents can [original punctuation] "kiss my entire black (rear end)!!!!!! I haven't begun to go far enough!!!!!!!" X

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A 71-year-old woman shuffles into the room, head and shoulders hunched forward, unsure of herself.

Several years later, she enters the same room but stands tall and confident. As she takes her seat in the circle, ready for the exercise class that’s about to begin, she tells the woman next to her, “This changed my life.”

She’s talking about Ageless Grace, a program of 21 exercises designed with neuroplasticity in mind.

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to reorganize itself in response to changes in environment, emotion, thought and behavior. In other words, you can teach your brain new tricks. One way to retool your brain?

Move your body.

The research on neuroplasticity may be on a level with rocket science, but bringing its implications into daily life is surprisingly simple.

“Turns out it’s easy,” says Ageless Grace founder and creator denise medved of Hendersonville. “We can change our life quality by changing our brain. The way we bring the rocket science into daily life is to play and to practice.”

Practiced 10 minutes daily, only three exercises (dubbed “tools”) at a time, Ageless Grace builds up the pathways that conduct messages between body and brain. With names like “Spaghetti Spine” and “Rockin’ Rockettes,” the tools mix chair-seated movement and favorite tunes with imaginative gestures and a big dose of fun. Practiced consistently, these exercises restore the brain-body connections made

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mover and shaker reinvents aging: Denise Medved, founder and creator of Ageless Grace, has helped to certify more than 1,000 educators who teach a body-mind fitness program that conditions the brain for lifelong vitality. Photo by Lisa Sarasohn in decades past while reinforcing connections of recent vintage and building new links.

As the tools of Ageless Grace strengthen these connections, says Medved, they enhance five bodymind functions — strategic planning, memory and recall, analytical thinking, creativity and imagination, and kinesthetic learning.

“Ageless Grace is about functioning,” she explains. “How do I feel, and how do I function? I want to be able to race my grandchildren to the mailbox. I want to meet my great-greatgrandchildren. I don’t want to be an observer. I want to participate fully in my own life.”

Medved’s in her 60s, but her vitality makes the concept of age seem

irrelevant. Born with malformations in her feet and spine, she went through many surgeries and endured much pain well into her 30s. Then, faced with being wheelchair-bound, Medved chose an alternative: daily movement.

That daily movement soon included neuromuscular integrative action, which focuses on expressive mind-body fitness. One of the program’s first instructors, Medved has taught NIA for 30 years, attaining its highest level of proficiency.

She’s also trained NIA instructors around the world in a curriculum that includes not only movement but also intensive studies in anatomy and kinesiology.

Growing up in rural Tennessee, Medved watched the different ways in which members of her family aged. Physical and mental disability afflicted some. But her father, devoted to physical fitness, stayed “sharp as a tack” until the day he died. One of her grandmothers, a woman who constantly walked and often crocheted, “died healthy” at age 88.

Medved’s motivation for developing Ageless Grace springs from this background as well as her continuing gravitation to older people.

“When I was a little girl,” she says, “I had three penpals who were over the age of 80. I’ve always thought that older people are really cool.”

Wanting to learn more about the aging process, Medved enrolled in Western Carolina University in 2001 as a graduate student in gerontology. She intended to get a master’s degree, but she left the program in order to make a real impact on people’s lives. “I got so excited by research on the functions of the brain, what you need to do to activate those functions. I said, ‘I’m not going to just keep reading about it.

I’m going to do it.’”

Ageless Grace developed over seven years of testing and tweaking, Medved recalls. “We kept matching what we were doing with what parts of the brain we wanted to activate.”

Medved’s pilot programs at Pardee Hospital’s rehab and longterm care centers welcomed men and women with a wide range of ages and abilities. Her students included people recovering from injuries and surgeries, as well as those with moderate to advanced cognitive decline. At first the exercises were designed for standing; now they’re practiced while sitting.

The exercises specifically drawn

from yoga and tai chi were set aside; an instructional “playbook,” flashcards and a DVD set came in.

Medved holds a global vision for Ageless Grace: “I really believe that the people who are teaching it and the people who are practicing it can change the model of aging in the world.”

To date, people are moving and shaking à la Ageless Grace in all 50 states as well as in 12 nations around the world, including Australia, Canada, England and South Africa.

Ireland, New Zealand and Poland will soon be hosting Ageless Grace educator trainings, says Medved.

Educators bring Ageless Grace to settings such as retirement communities, assisted living facilities and nursing homes — enterprises that need to provide residents with opportunities to exercise. The program’s reach extends further, to wellness centers and lifelong learning venues. marty broda, for example, conducts classes at UNC’s Wellness Center at Meadowmont in Chapel Hill; carol gerson offers Ageless Grace at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.

Jill hill’s neighbor in Horseshoe came to her for Ageless Grace following a motorcycle accident; he’d broken every bone in his face. “He was so excited when he’d done ‘Spelling B’ [tool No. 3, drawing letters in space] with his eyes.”

Some research organizations, says Medved, are considering long-term studies of Ageless Grace in order to measure the program’s impact on people’s well-being. “But,” she notes, “the results are obvious. Everybody who teaches it says, ‘Oh my gosh, I can see my students changing, I can see myself changing.’ And they come in with stories all the time.”

Referring to the 71-year-old woman who once shuffled into class, she continues: “I saw her at the beginning, and now it’s like she’s a different person. It’s like she’s unaged five years.”

However much Medved celebrates youthful vitality, she isn’t an antiaging crusader. “Aging is a good thing,” she maintains. “We want to do it for as long as we can. We want to do it well.”

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Building hope from the dirt: Nepal Resilience Project seeks to build superadobe earthen domes in Nepal

get Your hands dirtY: Organizers of the Asheville-based Nepal Resilience Project say superadobe domes, built from affordable and easy-to-source materials, could provide a much-needed housing solution for a country recovering from a natural disaster that left hundreds of thousands homeless. Photo by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt bY aiYanna sezak-bLatt

asezakblatt@mountainx.com The massive earthquake that rattled Nepal on April 25 and the powerful aftershocks that followed have left much of the nation in shambles. More than 9,000 people were killed and another 23,000 injured, entire villages were flattened and hundreds of thou-

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sands of people were left homeless. Here in Asheville, a team of natural builders believe they can help. The group has a vision: to travel to Ghyampesal in the Gorkha region — the area considered the epicenter of the earthquake — for three months to construct earthen superadobe domes.

The Nepal Resilience Project is being spearheaded by earthen building instructors Luke trotman and

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Justin hall and by PermaculTourism Initiative’s brandon bodhi denton and michael smith. The goal, as outlined on the group’s GoFundMe page, is to employ and teach Nepali locals to build affordable earthbag domes. The crew plans to arrive in Nepal in October and build five 10-foot diameter domes.

Denton was leading a servicelearning team in Bandipur, Nepal,

about 80 kilometers outside Kathmandu, on April 25, when the earth began to move beneath his feet. After the quake, he stayed to help with immediate relief work — bringing food, tarps and sanitation supplies to villagers in need.

Now, he says, “long-term rebuilding is needed.” The upcoming service project, he says, will do exactly that.

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The Neighborhood’s Healthiest Lawn “Giving to our project will directly rebuild homes, and empower the local people with an earthquake resilient building technique,” he adds.

For Trotman, this trip to Nepal will also be a return. In 2013, he went on a voyage through Arughat Bazar in Gorkha, where he befriended a man named Birman, who invited him home for a meal. Birman’s family welcomed Trotman, a stranger and a foreigner, without a moment’s hesitation.

They called him “son” and refused to accept money for shelter or food.

He was invited to participate in a festival called Dashain, which honors the Hindu goddess Shakti, and share in the dal bhat, the signature dish of Nepal.

“We danced the night away drinking rice wine and laughing at our struggle to communicate with words,” Trotman recalls of his experience in Arughat Bazar. “The truth was, we did not need words; there was an undeniable love for life and humanity that overcame all cultural barriers. This is the essence of Nepali people: to love and care for each other.”

While on his journey in Nepal, Trotman says he became acutely aware of the fragility of the structures around him. In one home he stayed in, he leaned against a wall and nearly caused it to collapse. “I realized how unsafe the buildings were,” Trotman says. “Upon arriving back in Kathmandu, I started noticing all the signs saying, ‘In case of an earthquake, duck and cover.’”

Unsafe building practices and the known risk of earthquakes “made for a tragedy waiting to happen,” Trotman says. “Though people in the mountains have been building with natural materials for thousands of years, dry stack stone does not provide much tensile strength,” he adds.

That’s where the superadobe domes come in. According to the Nepal Resilience Project, the structure of the dome is better suited to withstand earthquakes by combining the compressive strength of rammed earth and the tensile strength of repurposed barbedwire. The materials needed to construct the domes — including earth, woven rice bags and cement — are easily accessible and inexpensive, and the building technique is simple to learn, the group adds.

The team estimates that each adobe dome will cost approximately $5,000, including wages to employ a

local workforce. The group is hoping to raise a total of $20,000.

To support the service mission, Trotman and Hall will lead three weekend intensives on earthen building, including the construction of a cob oven, an earthen bench and earthen floor slab. The workshops, held on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., cost $75 each and will be held at Asheville Community Movement.

The series begins on July 25-26 with a workshop on cob ovens, continues with the workshop on earthen benches on Aug. 1-2, and concludes with the earthen floor slab workshop on Aug. 8-9.

In the cob oven workshop, students will assess soil types and stratum while learning basic techniques for building, Trotman explains. The workshop on earthen benches will showcase the technique the project will be bringing to Nepal and will include bagmix ratios, laying methods and basic earthbag construction principles. In the

final workshop, students will learn how to create a waterproof floor out of natural materials including clay, straw and sand.

Whether it’s here in Asheville or abroad, Trotman says he believes “earthen materials have a significant role in reclaiming the way we build.” On its crowdfunding page, the Nepal Resilience Project adds that, “The earthbag approach to building is, both economically and structurally, the perfect solution for such a vulnerable part of the world.

“By teaching this technique to communities and leaving them with the materials to continue constructing new domes,” the group continues, “this technology can be used to rebuild the lives of those who have lost so much.”

To sign up for a workshop, email earthquakereliefnepal2015@gmail. com. To contribute to the Nepal Resilience Project’s GoFundMe page, go to avl.mx/1c6. X

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Asheville’s indie bread and pastry artisans That was how I was going to find out if this is what I really wanted to do with my life. I never thought that I would be a business owner ... but it’s really the way I’ve found to make a meaningful living, or my attempt at a meaningful living.” a taste of the oLd worLd

from the hearth: Tara Jenson, owner of Smoke Signals bakery in Marshall, describes her products as “extremely rustic.” As a visual artist as well as a baker, Jenson says she is very intentional about her methods and ingredients. “There is a lot of thought that goes into each thing that I do,” she says. Photo courtesy of Smoke Signals

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leamclellan@gmail.com Those who love to bake have probably at some point had a romantic vision of selling their wares — maybe at a sunny farmers market or from a quaint, bicycle-powered cart. If you pick up a loaf of bread at a co-op or order a pastry at a local coffee shop, you may be eating the product of a baker who has made that dream a reality. There is a strong community of local baking entrepreneurs in the Asheville area who have proved that you don’t need a storefront to have a successful business. sending smoke signaLs tara Jenson is one of those bakers. The woman behind Smoke Signals, Jenson has been living and working in her space in Marshall’s

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Walnut community since 2013, baking with a traditional, wood-fired outdoor oven designed by blacksmith and brick-oven builder Alan Scott.

Jenson is the third baker in a noble lineage of local baking pioneers to have used that facility — prior to Smoke Signals, dave bauer of Farm & Sparrow occupied the space, and Jennifer Lapidus of Natural Bridge Bakery founded it in 1998.

Riding those positive baking vibes, Jenson has diversified the business to include monthly pizza nights, biweekly workshops and mentorships for aspiring bakers and business owners. (Many of those mentorships have been fostered through her popular Instagram account.) She bakes breads and pies once a week and delivers her goods to her immediate community at Madison Natural Foods, Bluff Mountain Outfitters and the Laurel River Store.

Jenson, who admits she has “strong feelings about the word artisan,”

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describes her products as “extremely rustic.” Part of that provincial feel comes from the brick oven, but Jenson is also a visual artist, and her style comes across as deeply personal.

“I also feel my particular aesthetic, in terms of approaching the pie crust in a decorative way or the ingredients that I choose to use in my bread, set it apart in a way that is intentional,” she says.

“There is a lot of thought that goes into each thing that I do.”

Jenson never envisioned herself owning her own business, even though she worked in bakeries around the country. “I realized at a certain point there was only so much I was going to learn by walking through the door at work and having everything figured out for me and just going through someone else’s program,” says Jenson.

“To really absorb the information, I was going to have to make all the mistakes myself, have all the successes be my own and really own the process.

The story of Old World Levain (OWL) bakery owner susannah gebhart in some way mirrors Jenson’s. They both worked in bakeries in their 20s, both have an artist’s creative touch and neither saw themselves opening their own business. Gebhart also works independently, although she envisions hiring an employee and is hoping to open a storefront in the near future.

For now, she is using the ovens at Short Street Cakes to make her products. She takes special orders through her website and supplies High Five Coffee with gorgeous sweet and savory pastries and tartlets. Her breads are hand mixed in small batches, leavened with wild yeast and given a long, cold fermentation, which Gebhart says gives the breads a longer shelf life, complex flavor and more nutritional value.

“I definitely take a lot of inspiration from the European approach to making and presenting and partaking in food,” says Gebhart. “So when I make something, I want the person who will be eating it to feel like they’re getting a gift. There is a lot of intention that I put in my products.” Her online menu changes with the seasons, and she prides herself on incorporating local and unique ingredients such as honeysuckleinfused pastry cream, rose water, pomegranate molasses and sumac.

Despite an obvious talent for it, baking wasn’t always the plan. “I found bakery jobs through my 20s as jobs that paid the bills, and I was always trying to get away from that,” she says.

“And then as soon as I allowed myself to love it as much as I really did in my heart, that’s when things started happening. Things in my life I had been feeling the need for started opening up, like writing.” Gebhart maintains a blog on her website and sends out regular newsletters.

independent but not aLone: Without a storefront and employees, independent bakers often find themselves working in solitude, so finding community is important.

“The community events and the workshops are really where I find my joy,” says Tara Jenson of Smoke Signals. Photo courtesy of Smoke Signals without the gLuten rebekah abrams of Eat More Bakery has found her niche in the gluten-free market. It’s possible you have tasted her gluten-free goods without knowing it, given her wide and eclectic distribution. She currently supplies 67 Biltmore, Sunny Point, Firestorm Café, Purple Onion, Maggie B’s Wine Store, Native Kitchen, Del Vecchios, The Hop, Dobra Tea, French Broad Food Co-op and more local businesses with her breads and treats. Her products can also be ordered online through her website.

Abrams has been in business for two and a half years — something she has wanted to do since college. “I have enjoyed baking as long as I can remember,” she says. “I love the challenge of gluten-free and specialty diet baking. And I think everyone, regardless of diet, should be able to enjoy tasty baked goods.”

She recently moved into a commercial baking space in Woodfin.

Although she currently has no plans for a retail store, she is constantly working to increase her client list of local restaurants and grocers. finding communitY One might imagine that working alone might get, you know, lonely.

But Jenson, Gebhart and Abrams

all comment on how finding community is essential to what they do.

Whether it’s making sure that all people can eat good bread regardless of sensitivities, partnering with local business owners that sell their wares or hosting community workshops, these women have found ways to connect. “I work alone. I’m at the bakery by myself, but the community events and the workshops are really where I find my joy,” says Jenson. “That’s where I feel like my purpose is being fulfilled, so even though I’m independently producing things, it’s really the community that enlivens the bakery and makes it what it is.” X

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For more on Eat More Bakery, visit eatmorebakery.com. X

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Asheville’s a food town. Whether it’s our nationally acclaimed restaurant scene, our farm-to-table focus or our farmers market-driven lifestyles, the love of quality food and drink has helped put this city on the map. Indeed, the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau went so far as to trademark the term “Foodtopia.” So when a 2010 Tyson Foods survey ranked North Carolina as the second most food-insecure state in the nation, and another survey labeled Asheville the sixth-worst U.S. metropolitan area, community organizers, local activists, farmers,

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business owners and even Asheville City Council teamed up to tackle the problem (see “Hidden in Plain Sight: Asheville’s Food Deserts,” Dec. 30, 2014, Xpress).

Established by the city in 2011, the Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council aims to influence policy and support programs and institutions working to solve Asheville’s hunger issues. A limited grant enabled the council to hire its first coordinator, mary ellen Lough, in May, but the council still operates primarily with volunteers from the community. Since March, Xpress has been embedded

with the group; here’s a look at what they’re up to.

“Asheville and Buncombe County,” explains food council member nicole hinebaugh, needed a “collaborative organization that allowed anyone to be a part of it, that could enact real change at the local policy level, while ... allowing the members to be involved in the areas of their own interests and expertise.

“We worked with the city of Asheville,” continues Hinebaugh, the director of Asheville’s Bountiful Cities program, “to develop the Food Action Plan, which was adopt-

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It’s a list of commitments the city is making to improve food access within our communities. One of the big things the Food Policy Council does is to hold the city accountable for its commitments.”

Within the council, smaller “clusters” focus on particular aspects of local food policy. The makeup can change depending on which volunteers are available, but currently there are six clusters, covering health and education, land use, access, policy mobilization, farmer support and water.

“The access cluster,” for example, considers ways to “identify the barriers associated with lack of access to food, address those barriers, fill in the gaps and recommend policy change,” says Hinebaugh. Current initiatives include supporting the continued development of Ujamaa Freedom Market, a worker-owned mobile business delivering farmfresh foods, and Just Economics’ transportation campaign, which aims to expand mass transit and give users a greater voice in transportation decisions. The support might take the form of grant applications, shared expertise or helping participants get additional training.

“The Food Policy Council really isn’t here to develop new programs,” Hinebaugh explains. “We’re not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; we’re mostly about supporting existing initiatives and making policy recommendations.”

One big obstacle to developing effective policies has been the lack of pertinent regional data. Several city council members (including gordon smith, one of the food group’s initial organizers) have called for a system of metrics to gauge the group’s progress.

Accordingly, the policy council is partnering with UNC Asheville professor ameena batada to create a service learning program enlisting 12-15 of her students to track data and lay the groundwork for developing an appropriate food policy.

The initiative “designates 20 hours per student, per semester, to service learning,” explains recent UNC Asheville graduate ashley heger, who was hired to help develop the program. “This isn’t just going out to a garden and raking leaves or cleaning up property: This is a form of community service that directly reflects the curriculum.”

Although MANNA FoodBank, notes Heger, knows exactly how many boxes of food it’s distributed to community members, those metrics are harder to establish for things

like community gardens and farms. “A farm can say, ’We produced so many bushels of produce a day,’ but then it’s a matter of how many meals that produced. Who did it feed?” A larger goal, she continues, is creating “metrics that will enable us to apply for grants. How do we track equitable resource distribution, including food and water and access to them, and then look at that in a policy-based way?”

The students, adds Hinebaugh, will sift the available research and feed pertinent information to the food group.

“So much out there has already been studied; this is about giving us access to that information,” she explains.

“The Food Policy Council really depends on community members and their involvement in order to function,” stresses Hinebaugh, encouraging interested members of the public to attend the group’s annual Meeting of the Whole on Friday, July 31. “The more people that know about us and know what we’re doing, the stronger we can be.”

The Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council’s Meeting of the Whole happens 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 31, at the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center off South Charlotte Street. The meeting is open to the public. RSVP by Saturday, July 26, at abfoodpolicy.org. X

WEB XTRA new coordinator Early this summer, the Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council hired Mary Ellen Lough as its first paid coordinator. Lough, who has worked with urban farms in Philadelphia and fair trade in the United Kingdom, will manage the council’s six clusters in an effort to maximize their influence and effectiveness. The grant funding for Lough’s position ends in December, but the council is working to find support or a new grant to ensure she can continue her work with the organization. To read more about Lough and what she plans to accomplish with the ABFPC, visit mountainx.com. X

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where the heart is: Liisa Andreassen and John Godts host cooking classes from Godts’ home in Asheville. The classes are designed to be interactive and intimate, typically with four or fewer participants. Photo by Cindy Kunst

Unlike formal restaurant settings, dinner theater or culinary schools, inhome cooking classes offer an intimate setting and the chance to learn and experience food in new ways. The idea isn’t new to Asheville: barbara swell has been offering them for more than 10 years through her business, Log Cabin Cooking. But they’re increasing in popularity, she says. “I think that tourists want a more informal experi-

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ence that gives them a flavor of what the area is like,” says Swell.

“A more formal class focuses on technique, and an in-home cooking class is more about the experience,” she continues. “It’s informal, and you are invited into someone’s home, which is a special treat, an honor.

In-home cooking classes are more personal with small groups.”

from strangers to friends Those are key components to classes at Cottage Cooking as well. Responding to a friend’s request for lessons and drawing on their own experiences, Liisa andreassen and John godts launched their in-home lessons in March.

FooD Andreassen previously owned a catering company in Naples, Fla. Godts, who had taken cooking classes, recalls, “We couldn’t joke around, and it was kind of boring. I like to have fun, and that is why I decided to start these classes — to see people smiling and having a good time.”

Their classes are designed to be interactive, starting with fun facts about the origin of the featured dish.

The home setting makes people feel comfortable too, and classes are small — typically four or fewer participants.

The kitchen is adorned with sage green-checked wallpaper, wooden countertops and white beadboarding. “People like the intimate atmosphere,” says Andreassen. “It’s like going to a friend’s house for dinner but getting to learn something new. Guests come in strangers, but then leave as friends.”

The pair also hosts classes in other locations. “We bring everything with us,” Godts says. “And then we clean everything before we leave.”

Classes are geared toward the beginner to intermediate, from those who know very little about cooking to experienced home-cooks who want to take their cuisine to the next level, they explain. What guests can expect to learn varies by the type of class they take, Andreassen says. For example, during a sushi class, guests learn how to make fancy vegetable garnishes, prepare sushi from the rice to the roll and make a peanut-ginger salad — complete with a lesson on kale massaging.

All students go with home with full bellies, new recipes and the knowledge of having made something good.

Andreasson points out that guests can request a certain theme or food when booking a class. “We also encourage people when they call to think about any dishes they would like to learn about from their own backgrounds,” she says.

“We specialize in generality,” says Godts. “Whatever people like to cook, to learn, we can teach.” Godts, who is from Belgium, offers classes on some of his native dishes too.

Recent attendees Yvonne haarsma and elliott berv say that they really liked the handson approach. “You really get your hands into [the experience],” says Berv, who took a sushi class. fearLess food For the last two years, local food coach Janelle Lucido-conate, has offered fermenting classes in her home. Recently, she added classes

based on her new cookbook, Food Without Fear.

“Folks really want to feel more freedom and joy in their kitchens,” she says. “They want to be able to create food with ease that they enjoy and isn’t a chore.” So Lucido-Conate focuses on home cooking.

“Ordinarily, when you go into a commercial kitchen, there is commercial equipment — not just the commercial stove and refrigerator, but also commercial pans and cookware,” she says.

The experience may be hard for people to translate once they get home and have to create food they like with everyday, inexpensive pots, pans, knives and such, Lucido-Conate says.

She also helps people balance the need for food to both taste good and nourish. “I support people on the emotional aspect equally to the skills and recipes,” she says. Classes are geared toward whole foods such as broths, legumes and vegetables.

“In a commercial cooking class, you might just go and learn skills and recipes in a group, but for me, it comes with a whole level of support.” X

MORE INFO Log cabin cooking: logcabincooking.com. $50-55 per person. cottage cooking: Contact John Godts at 777-6800 or jgodts@hotmail.com. $50 per person. The average class runs about two to three hours.

An upcoming class on making dog biscuits will be priced lower than regular cooking classes.

Janelle Lucido-conate: ourdailykraut@gmail.com or Facebook/OurDailyKraut. $35 per person for a 60 to 90-minute class. Fermenting class sizes range from six to eight people, but an upcoming workshop series based on Lucido-Conate’s book will be capped at five participants. X

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The recognition means that Verner has improved nutrition, physical activity and outdoor learning environments for children to meet standards for healthy best practices and can serve as a model for other organizations.

Verner’s Rainbow In My Tummy nutrition program provides childcare centers with tools, coaching and resources to improve the food culture for young children. There are currently 14 childcare centers in Buncombe County implementing the program.

To learn more about Shape NC, visit smartstart.org/shape-nc-home/. For more on the Verner Center for Early Learning, visit vernerearlylearning.org. north caroLina winerY of the Year

the crew: Mela’s staff will celebrate the restaurant’s 10th birthday on Tuesday, July 28, along with its customers. Pictured, from left, are some Mela employees and the number of years they have been with the business: Micha Lane, two years; Sarah Katzmark, four years; Kylie Schroeder, four years; and Kari Ann Stotz, six years. Photo by Brittany Jackson

Mela turns For a restaurant to survive even its first year in business is often cause for jubilation, and Mela now has 10 of them under its belt.

The Lexington Avenue Indian restaurant will celebrate its first decade in business on Tuesday, July 28, with a customer and staff appreciation day.

Former staff members are invited back for a visit, and all entrees on the restaurant’s regular menu will be priced at $10 throughout the day. The lunch buffet will also be available for a flat $10, including tax. Other highlights will include belly dancing and $1 glasses of Champagne.

“We want to say thank you to Asheville for keeping us around for 10 years, so that’s why we are doing the $10 special. We are hoping that since it’s earlier in the week, more locals will come out since they are the reason we have lasted here,” says manager sarah katzmark.

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Mela is having a busy summer. The Lexington Avenue restaurant held a fundraiser earlier this month for a regular customer, Vance Elementary teacher Laurie Joens, who is battling breast cancer. And owner anoop krishnan has plans to open a new location by this fall — more details are to come.

Mela is at 70 N. Lexington Ave. and is open 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5:30-9:30 p.m. or later. Reservations are recommended for dinner on Tuesday, July 28.

For details, visit melaasheville.com or call 225-8880. shape nc designation On July 16, the Verner Center for Early Learning was named the only Shape NC Demonstration Site in Western North Carolina and one of six in the state. Shape NC: Healthy Starts for Young Children is a six-year, $6 million initiative of Blue Cross and Blue

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The New York International Wine Competition recently named Hendersonville’s Burntshirt Vineyards the 2015 North Carolina Winery of the Year. The contest, in its fifth year, was judged solely by wine buyers and drew nearly 1,000 entries from more than 30 countries, says the competition’s website. Burntshirt also received a silver medal for its 2013 reserve chardonnay during the late-May competition.

to Mast Farm Inn in Valle Crucis.

The contest runs through Sept. 13, but early entry is encouraged — the longer a photo is displayed on the contest page, the more votes it can accrue.

For details and to enter a photo, visit therevivalist.info. the great nc beer map Edia, Inc., the Charlotte-based map company that released last summer’s The Great NC BBQ Map, is working on a new project that will feature a number of Asheville’s beer-focused businesses and events: The Great NC Beer Map. Scheduled to release this August, the printed road map will detail more than 160 craft breweries and 43 major beer festivals in North Carolina and will include infographics on the art and science of brewing. The map is available for preorder through Friday, July 24, through the project’s Kickstarter campaign and will be available later this summer through Edia’s website. Folded road maps are $10 and unfolded poster versions are $25.

To preorder a map, look for The Great NC BBQ Map at kickstarter.com. X

portuguese wine and oLive oiL tasting MetroWines and Olive & Kickin’ will partner to present a free Portuguese wine and olive oil tasting on Thursday, July 23, at Metro Wines. The featured products will be oils from the Cobrancosa varietal olive and Maria Mora red and white wines from southern Portugal. Asheville-based Harris Wine Imports will provide the wines.

The tasting happens 5:307 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. Visit metrowinesasheville.com. food photo contest Appalachian-themed blog The Revivalist is hosting a food photo contest, Appalachian Appetite, to commemorate its fifth anniversary. Entries can be images of anything food-related and don’t necessarily have to be shot in Appalachia, but should “appeal to The Revivalist’s readers,” according to a press release. Readers will vote on the website to decide the winners. The grand prize is a two-night getaway

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Slushy cocktails at Tiger Mountain: Escape the heat of summer the best way possible: in a frozen ocean of booze.

Whether it’s a frozen Negroni or a planter’s punch slushy, the machines are churning up icy goodness at the North Lexington Avenue bar.

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A number of local engineers, producers and studio personnel weigh in.

Meanwhile, the landscape of free music festivals in the area is changing, though what the future holds is yet to be decided.

Our story looks at some successes and a few festivals lost along the way.

Finally, want learn to play an instrument or have a special one made for you? WNC offers a wealth of music lessons for adults and children (bagpipes, anyone?) as well as skilled luthiers handcrafting everything from banjos and bouzoukis to fiddles and flutes. X

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WNC recording professionals discuss industry trends and what’s to come bY kat mcreYnoLds

kmcreynolds@mountainx.com What happens to the music industry in an era when it’s more profitable to turn buildings into condos than high-end recording studios?

For more than a few local audio engineers, operating a full-fledged studio from a modified basement or outbuilding has become a viable way to minimize overhead. And even more musicians are cherry-picking their way through the recording process: utilizing multiple studios for specific tasks, employing session musicians remotely and completing significant legwork with their own increasingly affordable recording equipment.

Is the widening gray area between professional and do-it-yourself album creation the new normal? bringing work home “I know some great home-based studios in town that are basically commercial studios, but they’re in a home,” says steven heller, owner of Upstream Productions. He adds that there are “way more studios now” than when he began engineering decades ago.

But the phrase “home studio” doesn’t mean much on its own, as Sound Temple Studios owner robert george points out. “A hobbyist who has two microphones and a laptop in his or her bedroom can call it a home studio,” he says, “and an experienced engineer who has a professionally designed, world-class studio also has what can be called a home-based studio.

“The most important thing,” he continues, “is not a residential or commercial location, but the experience and capabilities of the engineer

running the studio, the professional acoustical design and treatment and the quality of the equipment.”

Continuing to legitimize the notion that top-notch albums can arise from residential settings is critical to home-based engineers if their model is indeed the way forward. Perceptions of quality, after all, directly affect business owners’ ability to maintain the price points that make it financially feasible to master engineers’ own supporting artistry — rather than scrape by with a basic skill set.

Whitewater Recording owner adam greenberg says homerecorded music’s variance, while sometimes due to poor acoustics, is largely driven by human input.

“It’s the talent of the people working on a project that makes it happen, not the room, gear, computer, etc.,” he says. “A professional will never be replaced.”

But varying ranks of home-based studios are nothing new in Asheville, according to Landslide Studios owner andrew schatzberg, who says he’s observed the blurry line between personal and professional studios for years. Iconic commercial studios, however, are sadly becoming a thing of the past, he says.

Jessica tomasin, studio manager at Echo Mountain Recording Studio, is confident that the continued existence of audiophiles will sustain some commercial spaces, but “studios need to be able to charge a rate that not all musicians can afford,” she says. “I’m sure we will see studios struggle to stay open, especially as people become even more used to listening to MP3s on a pair of cheap headphones and [musicians continue to make] records in their houses.”

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Saturday July 25th a growing graY area: Musicians and sound engineers have colorful opinions when it comes to weighing commercial recording studios versus home setups. Budgets and audio-quality debates aside, though, there may be a widening spectrum of recording strategies that fall between the two. Photo of Landslide Studio by Seth Tice-Lewis of gathering in one space — house or otherwise — to sculpt an album. here, there, anYwhere “Trying to generalize about trends is hard since every recording project can be done in many ways,” says Jeff knorr, co-owner of CollapseAble Studios. “If there is one thing that is born out of the digital recording revolution, it’s the ease of moving from any one studio situation to another completely different one with little difficulty.”

Many artists do this by tracking (recording individual instruments, vocals, etc.) select parts at home and overdubbing additional tracks in a paid setting (or vice versa: overdubbing later at home). Still others complete all tracking at a home studio, typically leaving the mixing (adjusting volumes and effects relative to one another) and/or mastering (optimizing the recordings

for playback on multiple devices) to professional ears.

Both Heller and Hollow Reed Arts owner chris rosser say it’s increasingly common for artists to obtain tracks recorded by session musicians at home studios across the globe. The use of Dropbox and other collaboration and networking websites makes this possible. Why trek to that Nashville slide guitar guru or Chicago soul singer when their talents can be recorded remotely and transferred freely with a few clicks?

Although this trend could work for or against Western North Carolina’s session musicians, it at least opens additional possibilities for supplemental income outside of music hubs like New York, Nashville, Los Angeles and New Orleans. Rosser suspects it’s bringing extra work to locals based on his own boost in virtual collaboration requests, but proximity, Heller points out, remains “a huge positive in regards to establishing friendships

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Over time, Asheville studios have adapted to the evolving recording landscape in a variety of ways.

“Instead of focusing on downsizing, we are focusing on building relationships to help grow our business,” Tomasin says of Echo Mountain’s strategy. “Diversifying our work and partnering with [Montreat College’s music business program] is a new venture and revenue stream. We’ve also started working with publishers to record audio books.”

In addition, Echo Mountain rents rooms in its downtown space to organizations like IamAVL, Mason Jar Media, Ben Lovett and New Song Music Group. CollapseAble Studios similarly bolsters its revenue by offering rehearsal rooms and renting gear to local venues, and Whitewater

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Western North Carolina has no shortage of both group and private instrumental and vocal lessons for students of all ages and skill levels. Here’s a partial list of instructors to get you started: • asheville music school — Lessons for adults and children. Boasting 400 students and 35 instructors, this school, located in downtown Asheville, offers private and small-group instruction in instruments from piano and guitar to bagpipes and ukulele. Music theory is also taught. The summer programs wrap up with a jazz camp for ages 9-17, held July 27-31. ashevillemusicschool.com • music academy asheville — Lessons for adults and children.

Located in downtown Asheville, this school offers classes specializing in audio fundamentals, music technology, guitar and musical theater. The school also offers a songwriters’ circle on the last Thursday of every month, which is free and open to the public. musicacademyasheville.com • rock academy — Lessons for adults and children. This school, located in downtown Asheville, offers two programs: one for students ages 11-17 and

another for adults. Each class seats a maximum of 10 students and focuses on preparing students for stage performances. rockacademync.com • Joyful noise community music and arts center — Lessons for adults and children. Offering classes in Marshall, Weaverville, West Asheville and South Asheville, this school focuses on chamber music, jazz, string ensemble, music theory, campfire guitar and more. Private lessons for violin, cello, banjo, flute and other instruments are available. joyfulnoisecenter.org • asheville music and art — Lessons for adults and children. Located in West Asheville, this music school offers education in piano, drums, voice, cello, bagpipes and more. ashevillemusicandart.com • musician’s workshop — Lessons for adults and children age 7 and older. Long in business as a music store, Musician’s Workshop also offers instruction in electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitar as well as ukulele, Dobro, drums and more.

Lessons are typically 1/2 hour and are taught to one student at a time. musiciansworkshop.com • asheville area music together — Lessons for children and parents. Offering singing classes to children as young as 2 weeks old, this school provides a playful approach when it comes to teaching young students rhythmic rhymes, drumming and instrument play, harmony singing and more. Class locations are throughout Asheville. The school also provides a free demo for students to experience the Music Together Big Kids class. ashevilleareamt.yourvirtuoso.com • native ground — Lessons for adults.

Taking place in a 1940s-era log cabin, this school offers two September classes in bluegrass banjo, fiddle and mandolin.

Each class includes six sessions geared toward students with little-to-no experience. nativeground.com • melody music arts — Lessons for adults and children. Providing one-on-

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one music lessons for students wanting to grow in piano, guitar, clarinet, vocal skills and more, this school offers weekly lessons in-home or in-studio. The school also holds online courses if an instructor for a particular instrument is not in the Asheville area. melodymusicstudios.com • academy for the arts — Lessons for adults and children. With instruction at the First Baptist Church of Asheville, this school offers individual music lessons in bassoon, saxophone, organ, harp, fiddle and more. Fall classes begin on Monday, Aug. 17. afta-fbca.net • music lessons with patrick Lopez — Lessons for adults and children. Local wedding DJ Patrick Lopez offers private instruction in saxophone, flute, piano, sound recording and more. He teaches inperson and via Skype throughout North Carolina. patricklopez.com • kindermusik with Yvette — Lessons for children only. With three locations in West Asheville, Arden and Weaverville, this school focuses on teaching newborns and young children music symbols, notes and rhythms. Fall semester begins on Monday, Aug. 24. kindermusikwithyvette.com X

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For Greenberg, home recording’s initial growth stage from 2000 to 2010 actually brought additional work, as novices sent content into his Arden-based business for mixing and mastering — services he and many other studios continue to offer on projects tracked fully or partially at home.

“When you live in a small town, you have to be able to do a lot of things,” Heller says. “You can’t concentrate on one.” what’s next for the recording communitY? “I’m surprised that there isn’t someone with a mobile recording truck,” says Knorr, adding that he expects to see even more of the hybrid home-professional studios in coming years.

Although seth kauffman’s Tropical Disease Mobile setup has been used in multiple locations over the years, Kauffman says it’s not completely portable.

Citing North Carolina’s lack of tax incentives for filmmakers as a likely cause, George notes the lack of film-related audio projects in Asheville, including scores, sound effects, dialogue rerecording, editing and mixing.

“I think the musicians of the future are going to have to be much more comfortable with technology than they’ve needed to be in the past,” Rosser says. “It’s become almost the norm for most studio musicians to have a small recording setup at their house so that they can overdub themselves on songs that people send them over the Internet.”

Heller expects that these collaborations across space and time will eventually transcend the latter, allowing musicians in far-flung studios to complete live recordings — when all artists are playing and reacting to one another’s parts simultaneously — together, despite the geographic disparity.

“That would be awesome,” he says, hopeful that the magic that dwells in live-takes could return to popularity in the digital age. “You don’t know what’s going to happen when everyone starts playing together. It’s a unique sound that’s never the same.” X

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The co$t of no co$t Asheville’s free music festivals evolve Walking the streets of downtown Asheville can be a musical experience. Most evenings bring encounters with an assortment of buskers, drummers and dancers. The city also hosts a large, if ever-changing, calendar of free music events and festivals scattered throughout the year. Some have been around for decades, while others are preparing to launch.

What hasn’t changed is the enthusiasm for such offerings. “Just under 400,000 people attended events that used public space or city-owned property last year,” says Joey robison, communications specialist with the city of Asheville’s Planning and Multimodal Transportation department. That’s approximately a 20 percent increase from five years ago. The majority of these activities, he adds, are free and open to the public. muLtitasking Growth may be a hallmark of success, but with it comes increased expenses and logistical challenges.

For Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Fest, “the amount of programming and performances, the number of art and food vendors and breweries participating and the crowds have grown dramatically,” says aaron Johnstone, president and treasurer of umbrella organization Arts 2 People. LAAFF has evolved steadily since its inception in 2002 — Johnstone estimates 20,000-25,000 attendees per year during LAAFF’s 2008-2011 era.

Few festivalgoers understand all that goes into such an event. “As an independent festival downtown, we have to pay for police, barricades and traffic closure signs,” Johnstone says.

“City, safety and permit requirements change and evolve over the years as well.” LAAFF’s one-day festival entails setup, tents, tables, stages, electrical, inspections, beer

trailers, Porta-Johns, trash, recycling and compost, informational signage, performer and volunteer check-in, water, medical and merchandise.

LAAFF took a year off in 2013, but returned a year later. It’s not the only local endeavor to skip a year. All Go West festival dropped off the calendar this year, though it may make yet another comeback (the West Asheville-based celebration took a hiatus in 2012). UNC Asheville’s Concerts on the Quad was revived this summer after a 4-year absence. famiLY affair

gratis gathering: Shindig on the Green takes place on Saturday evenings from June to September. “For me, I feel like I’m at a family reunion. ... If I’ve never met you, I’m going to hug you like a cousin,” says Folk Heritage Committee Chairperson Loretta Freeman. Photo by Aaron Dahlstrom

Despite struggles, mountain music and dance gathering Shindig on the Green is in its 49th year. Companion annual ticketed production, Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, enters its 89th year in August. It’s the nation’s longest running folk festival, according to Loretta freeman, who serves as chair of the Folk Heritage Committee.

“Our events are unique,” Freeman says. “Compared to others, we are family-friendly and relaxed, but [also] energetic.”

Shindig gatherings take place on Saturday evenings from June to September. “For me, I feel like I’m at a family reunion. I’ve got barbecue, ice cream, great music — and, if I’ve never met you, I’m going to hug you like a cousin,” says Freeman.

While Shindig’s success may be due to the sense of community Freeman describes, free music events also generate serious money for local businesses. Shindig carries an economic impact of $1-$1.7 million for downtown Asheville each year, according to a 2014 city study.

Electronic music and technology event Moogfest, last held in 2014, combined ticketed and free music events. That production — which continued from page 44

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Some events struggle not to outgrow the personality that first brought on their success. This may be said about the largest of all Asheville free music festivals, Bele Chere, which ended its 35-year run in July 2013. By the end, an estimated 350,000 attendees flooded local streets. Those numbers were welcomed by some local businesses, while other merchants and residents grew to dread the crowds and noise.

“It started small, with hometown bands and followers,” says Freeman.

“Then, small-town bands weren’t good enough. Bigger bands were brought in that charged [more] money. It became too big and there was a loss of family atmosphere.” sandra travis, a program supervisor for the city of Asheville and a former Bele Chere organizer, cites budget strains, a change in city philosophy around special events and the development of other events in the area as reasons for Bele Chere’s demise. “There was a tremendous increase in the number of festivals for many years, but [that] seems to be entering a cycle of diminishing, both in the U.S. and internationally,” She says, “For-profit businesses can’t produce a festival and not charge for it.”

The shadow of Bele Chere looms large over successful local festival organizers. “We don’t have any intention of growing into the next Bele Chere,” says Jennifer pickering, executive director of LEAF. The weekend of Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1-2, will see the launch of the newest addition to Asheville’s free music festival roster: LEAF Downtown AVL, at Pack Square Park. The event seeks to combine the elements of LEAF’s highly-successful 20-year run of ticketed festivals (held each spring and fall at Lake Eden in Black Mountain), with the access and inclusivity of a free festival held in the heart of the city.

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variety of for-profit satellite events, such as a kickoff party with the Ohio Players at New Mountain; a VIP experience; a “Bootsy Funk Dynasty Day” with funk icon Bootsy Collins; and a 5K run.

Generating revenue through events on the periphery of the festival helps to offset production costs. Selling vendor booth space and beer are other primary revenue sources.

“Corporate sponsorships are the biggest piece,” Pickering says.

It’s interesting to see sponsors for whom LEAF in Black Mountain may not work, but for whom the downtown event really does, she says. “All of the sponsors we’ve talked to have really stepped up and embraced the possibility of this event. They’ve supported us in so many ways.”

Location, Location Another important form of support comes from volunteers. “Volunteers are different from employees,” says dave russell, volunteer coordinator for RiverLink. “There’s no penalty for them if they do not show up or work hard, though 95 percent of my volunteers do both.

There’s also no time to train them, so detailed emailed instructions are a must, as is on-the-job training.” But it’s those dedicated workers who make concert series RiverMusic, now in its fourth year, possible. That, and the address.

The outdoor concert series is held at the RiverLink Sculpture and Performance Arts Plaza in the River Arts District. The French Broad River “adds a really nice ambiance to the evening,” says Russell. “Also, I think our musical mix is a draw. We don’t put cover bands on stage. Offering only local, craft beer and local food trucks is also a draw, as we have a different brewery lineup each night.”

Meanwhile, Asheville Downtown Association’s Downtown After 5 series has grown and changed locations over its 27 years. “The first years of the event saw significantly less in attendance numbers; hundreds of people rather than the thousands like today,” says meghan rogers, executive director of the ADA. Downtown After 5, she point out, began in the Walnut Street parking lot across from Scully’s. X

If you build it Bespoke instruments made in WNC bY aLLi marshaLL amarshall@mountainx.com Both the music and craft heritages of Western North Carolina are long and storied, expressing the region’s history and evolution through sound and aesthetics. The idea that the music of the area might just sound better on a locally made instrument doesn’t seem too farfetched. And there’s a luthier for every strumming style. From modern and edgy to rooted in tradition, local makers imbue their instruments — from fiddles and guitars to bouzoukis and bagpipes — with Appalachian materials and far-flung inspiration. Here’s a partial list of luthiers in WNC: • old fiddle road banjo work — noel booth blends historic and contemporary designs, along with traditional and unusual woods, in his banjo creations. According to his website, he’s currently constructing open-back, gourd and Antebellum minstrel-style banjos. oldfiddleroad.com • billy radd — Musician and instrument-maker bill raddatz, aka Billy Radd, showcased his unique creations — a license plate guitar and a “canjo” — at the Buncombe Built exhibit held earlier this year at the Asheville Area Arts Council. billyradd.blogspot.com • wicozani flutes — Native American flutemaker geri Littlejohn has been working at her craft for 23 years and is also known as a musician. She’s performed with Grammywinners Mary Youngblood and Peter Kater and has released a solo album. wicozaniflutes.com • bogdanovich guitars — J.s. bogdanovich started playing guitar as a tween and went on to study performance, composition and classical guitar.

When performance anxiety dampened his career aspirations, he turned to woodworking, engineering and eventually found his way to instrument-making. He opened his company in California in 1996 and relocated to Asheville in 2004. jsbguitars.com • saraz handpans — Handpans look like spaceships but sound earthy and meditative. According to the Saraz handpan website, instrument-maker mark garnier was “inspired by builders and tuners of singing steel from Trinidad to the USA, Russia and Switzerland.” The company is not currently taking requests for new orders as the current waitlist runs to 2016. sarazhandpans.com

made weLL, pLaYed weLL: Patrick Heavner of Pisgah Banjos holds one of his creations. The local sustainable instrument company is currently building 300 banjos per year. Photo by Rob Howard

• buscarino guitars — Franklinbased luthier John buscarino worked with famed guitar builders Augustino LoPrinzi and Robert Benedetto before starting his own business. He works with wood that has been seasoned for a minimum of four years and only crafts a small number of instruments each year, keeping his guitars in high demand. buscarino.com • cooley cardboard dulcimers — Jon cooley not only builds environmentally friendly mountain dulcimers (the instruments are made from recycled cardboard), he leads workshops where others can build their own dulcimers. Buy one directly from Cooley and paint the soundbox yourself. cooleycardboarddulcimers.com • tidy cottage smallpipes — Musician eJ Jones, aka Piper Jones, not only performs and collects bagpipe tunes from around the world, he also builds custom sets of the instrument on which to play said tunes. Look up the bellowsblown bagpipe, or Scottish smallpipe, on Wikipedia — it’s Jones who is in the photo. piperjones.com • pisgah banjo co. — Located just outside Asheville, Pisgah Banjo Co. crafts professional-quality instruments from native Appalachian hardwoods (persimmon, maple, walnut and cherry). The sustainable company is solarpowered; luthiers patrick heavner and topher stephens are area natives. pisgahbanjos.com • gernandt stringed instruments — Bryson City-based artist bob gernandt is known for his work with mountain dulcimers, Irish bouzoukis and citterns.

He also builds acoustic and electric guitars and mandolins and has been crafting instruments since the late ’70s. gernandt.com X

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Positivize your mind Myrtle Beach-based reggae trio TreeHouse! wears tie-dye, practices karate and could offer a master class on having a good time. Band leader Jeremy anderson (vocals, guitar and trumpet) got his start playing oceanfront shows and, with bassist matt Link and drummer trey moody, “has been known to turn any room into a Rasta Woodstock,” according to the group’s bio. They’ll bring the beach weather (and soundtrack) to Asheville Music Hall on Thursday, July 23, for a free show.

Mountain Xpress: do you think roots-reggae is making a comeback?

Jeremy anderson: I believe reggae is the new rock ’n’ roll, and that all of its unique sub-genres will be brought to light and mashed together in time. Reggae is still evolving!

Many contemporary reggae rock bands have [shed] a fresh light on the genre for a new generation. Many newer groups out there are doing justice to the roots (like Fortunate Youth, Stick Figure, Katchafire, New Kingston, Fear Nuttin Band, Roots of a Rebellion, Tribal Seeds and more) while making it appeal to a larger audience by incorporating other elements of jam, pop, hip-hop, rock and electronic music.

Your new album, Lifted, has a lot of uplifting melodies and lyrics. do you feel a responsibility to put a certain message out through your music?

Our goal is to make music that affects people’s lives for the better.

We try to make something that gives perspective, promotes awareness, relieves stress and positivizes one’s mindset. Someone still needs to sound the horn every day and let everyone know that the world is good and life is a blessing. We are humbly honored to know that our music has been used in so many positive ways, like saving friends from life-threatening depression and helping friends [who are] undergoing chemotherapy. reggae is usually associated with islands, but treehouse! is from the coast of south carolina. in what ways does myrtle beach influence your sound?

You know the best part of an island is the beach! And that’s the best thing about Myrtle Beach. The coast has quite a different style from the rest of South Carolina. We are not as immersed in country culture as our inland cousins.

Since Myrtle Beach is a tourist town, we’ve had the blessing of interacting with people of different cultures and backgrounds from all over America.

I started performing solo gigs at bars right on the beach with an ocean view for my whole set, and this definitely conditioned my sound to an island vibe.

We like to say, “Myrtle Beach is right between Jamaica and California,” and so is the TreeHouse! sound. what are the differences between your albums and your live shows?

We jam live and develop songs on the fly. ... This is such a magical dynamic that I love about my band, the spontaneity and the uninhibited approach.

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wave riders: TreeHouse! bases its sound in jam ethos and group chemistry. “This is such a magical dynamic that I love about my band, the spontaneity and the uninhibited approach,” says frontman Jeremy Anderson, center. Photo courtesy of the band We’ve performed hundreds of live shows at this point, but we’ve only hit the studio three times. We are well aware that our experience is in the live show, so we’ve taken that method to the studio and tracked most of our album live. ... Our two albums, Growth and Lifted, represent our live show very well, while maintaining a pristine studio quality. However, our live show always creates a unique atmosphere with a full experience beyond the sound.

Your bio mentions group karate — what’s the story behind that?

Yes! Our jammy song, “Mellow,” on the Lifted album, has group karate toward the end of it. It was one of our last tracking days in the studio, and we had several friends come in and help us with our group chants. For this part of the song, we wanted each hit on the downbeat to feel like a karate chop, like we were in the middle of a giant dojo while they were teaching karate fundamentals. “Hoo, Ha, HAAA!” We set up some room mics and had 10 people do group karate together while the song was playing. I asked

everyone to do the actual karate moves with me so we could capture that real guttural “umph.” We wanted the gesture to be authentic.

I enjoyed watching my friends let go of their inhibitions and do something silly with us. We would all bust out laughing after each take. This was one of the [most fun] days in the studio, and it added one more layer of ear candy on the album for us to smile about for the rest of our lives.

Next time, we may even do a whole group karate album. Say it with me as you read this: “Hi-YAHHH!” X

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Sharkmuffin When songs max out around the 3-minute mark, there’s no room for fluff. That’s why Sharkmuffin packs each no-frills tune with driving guitar, barking-yetcatchy vocals and the occasional Lauper-style yelp, lest listeners begin to doubt the girls’ command over their more feminine sides. Frontwomen Tarra Thiessen and Natalie Kirch’s DIY approach to bandhood — hand-drawn titles on cassette releases and booking proposals through social media posts — pairs seamlessly with their scrappy compositions. Although Sharkmuffin’s full-length debut, Chartreuse, isn’t officially out until Friday, Aug. 7, the band brings its angsty, pop-punk catalog to Tiger Mountain on Tuesday, July 28, at 9 p.m. Weeed and Blizzard Babies open. $8 at the door. facebook.com/tigermountainthirstparlour.

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Following several conversations with Burial Beer Co. owner Tim Gormley, plus one brewing cycle, local psychedelic-rock group Bask hopes to have replicated its own sonic essence in liquid format. Endless Summer White IPA, says bassist Jesse Van Note, “is a refreshing and hop-forward ale brewed with orange peel, orange blossom honey and a hint of rosemary.” Inspired by a 9-minute, swelling rock ballad of the same name (minus the beer type) that’s set in North Carolina and Florida, the drink features ingredients from both states. Patrons can enjoy a pour of the bespoke beer while Bask plays a celebratory set to commemorate the first anniversary of debut LP American Hollow. Niche, the Seduction and Bear open the musical tasting event at The Mothlight on Saturday, July 25, at 9 p.m. $7. themothlight.com. Photo courtesy of the band

Joshua Messick with Acoustic Storm “I know that music, especially as it resounds from the ancient hammered dulcimer, reflects the invisible human spirit,” says Joshua Messick, Asheville resident and national champion on the stringed, trapezoidal instrument. “This music is a prayer without words and a balm to communicate love, hope and healing.” Messick’s forthcoming Black Mountain show marks his first live performance with instrumental band Acoustic Storm, which features local percussionists River Guerguerian and James Kylen along with renowned Houston-based cellist Max Dyer.

Together, the musicians build evocative soundtracks for the soul, brimming with sudden mood changes and rhythmic ingenuity. White Horse Black Mountain hosts the new quartet’s debut on Saturday, July 25, at 8 p.m. $18/$20. whitehorseblackmountain.com.

Photo of Messick courtesy of the artist

Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams Multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell toured with Dead-spinoff Phil and Friends, and his eponymous album with wife and vocalist Teresa Williams features a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Attics of My Life.” Campbell’s and Williams’ played-with lists are both staggering — he was a member of Bob Dylan’s “Never Ending Tour” band and hit the road regularly with Levon Helm; she sang with Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Little Feat and more. Their individual careers waylaid a collaborative effort — until now.

“Friends have been after us to do this for years,” Campbell told The Wall Street Journal.

“It’s the best because you’re doing the thing you love the most with the person you want to be with the most.” Campbell and Williams play The Grey Eagle on Friday, July 24, at 8 p.m. Kevin Gordon opens. $15/$18. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Mark Seliger

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connecting with your inner rhythm. No experience necessary. Drums provided. $12/class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums.com tAylor guitArs roAd shoW (pd.) WED 7/29, 7 PM. An evening of guitar talk and demos with the Taylor factory staff and guitar makers from El Cajon, California. FREE. Musician’s Workshop 319 Merrimon Avenue.

AsheVille CoMMunity sing saralyncht@gmail.com • TH (7/23), 6:30-9:30pm - Sharing work songs, ballads, sea shanties, hymns and more. Free. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road Blue ridge CoMMunity College 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 694-1885 • WE (7/26), 5-7pm, “Music by the Lake” concert series: Elise Pratt & Mike Holstein, jazz. Free.

photographY off the waLL: Local photographer Cindy Kunst has teamed up with fabric artist Bethany Adams to bring photography to life through fashion! Their “Off the Wall” collaboration features fabric printed with Kunst’s photography sewn into clothing created by Adams. This show runs until Friday, August 14 at the Rhetorical Factory in West Asheville. Photo courtesy Cindy Kunst. (p. 49)

Art AsheVille Art MuseuM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • FR (7/24), noon - Lunchtime art break: Discussion of Man-Made: Contemporary Male Quilters. Admission fees apply.

AsheVille MuseuM 35 Wall St., 785-5722 • TH (7/23), 6-8pm - One year anniversary celebration with new exhibits, music by Kat Williams, blues. Free to attend.

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. trAnsylVAniA CoMMunity Arts

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CounCil tcarts@comporium.net • 4th FRIDAYS until (11/27), 5-8pm Gallery Walk. Held in downtown Brevard.

Free to attend.

Auditions & CAll to Artists AsheVille CoMMunity theAtre 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • SA (7/25), 2-5pm - Open auditions for Young Frankenstein. Free. Contact for details.

MusiC AfriCAn druM lessons At skinny BeAts druM shoP (pd.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm.

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BreVArd MusiC Center 862-2105, brevardmusic.org • WE (7/22), 7:30pm - Brevard Camerata, chamber music. Held in the Porter Center at Brevard College Campus. $25.

• FR (7/24), 7:30pm - Brevard Music Center Orchestra performs works by Beethoven, Bartok & Bronfman. $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SA (7/25), 7:30pm - The Brevard Sinfonia performs Shostakovich 6. $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SU (7/26), 3pm - The Brevard Music Center Orchestra. $15 lawn/ Additional seats $25+. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • SA (7/26), 7pm - “Supersonic,” percussion students and faculty in concert. Held at 349 Andante Lane, Brevard • MO (7/27), 7:30pm - Mendelssohn Piano Trio, chamber music. $25. Held in Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College.

• WE (7/29), 7:30pm - The American Spiritual Ensemble. $25. Held in Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College.

MAdison County Arts CounCil 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com, info@ madisoncountyarts.com • SU (7/26), 4pm - Shelia Kay Adams, banjo ballads. $15. Held at Ebbs Chapel Performing Arts Center, 271 Laurel Valley Road, Mars Hill MusiC At WCu 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (7/23), 7pm - Summer Concert Series: Buchanan Boys, rock/country. Free. Held in Central Plaza.

• TH (7/23), 7pm - Annual summer dulcimer conference concert. Held in the Bardo Fine Arts Center. Free.

• TH (7/30), 7pm - Summer Concert Series: Steph Stewart and the Boyfriends, Americana. Free. Held in Central Plaza.

MusiC on MAin 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (7/24), 7pm - Featuring WestSound, classic rock. 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 (7/25), 4:30pm-6:30pm - Artist Miriam Hughs and Stepchild, classic and southern rock. 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 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 • FR (7/24), 7pm - Clive Carroll, blues and jazz acoustic guitar. $10. trAnsylVAniA County liBrAry 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard, 884-3151 • WE (7/29), 6:30pm - Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, all-ages hip-hop show. Free.

theAter flAt roCk PlAyhouse 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/22) until (8/16) - Gypsy. $15-$40. Wed.-Sat.: 8pm; Wed., Thu., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. flAt roCk PlAyhouse doWntoWn 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS 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 adaptation. Free. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. PArkWAy PlAyhouse 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville, 682-4285, parkwayplayhouse.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/25) until (8/8) - All Shook Up. $22/$12 children. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. southern APPAlAChiAn rePertory theAtre 689-1384, sartplays.org • SU (7/26), 7:30pm - “As Time Goes By”, cabaret of songs from classic films. $20$25. Held at Owen High School, 99 Lake Eden Road, Black Mountain the MAgnetiC theAtre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • WE (7/29) through FR (7/31), 7:30pm - If You Must, dark comedy. $15/$12 advance.

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

AsheVille AreA Arts CounCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (7/25) - 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.

• 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.

a night of solo Jazz Piano

• 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.

featuring Harvey Diamond, Bill Bares, and Alex Taub July 27 • 7:30pm

rhetoriCAl fACtory 444 Haywood Rd, 424-1378, rhetoricalfactory.com • Through FR (8/14) - Photography of Cindy Kunst in collaboration with fabric artist Bethany Adams. sWAnnAnoA VAlley fine Arts leAgue svfalarts.org • Through SA (8/8) - Americana, patrioticthemed work by SVFAL members. Held at Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 W. State St., Black Mountain toe riVer Arts CounCil 765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (7/25) - 200 Years of Chairs, woodworking. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine • 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

BlACk MountAin Center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • FR (7/24) until FR (9/4) - Glass artist John Almaguer. Opening reception July 24, 6-8pm.

trAnsylVAniA CoMMunity Arts CounCil 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • FR (7/24) through FR (8/7) - Art Spark, display and silent auction of outdoor garden artwork. Proceeds benefit T.C. Arts council programs.

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happY famiLY: Siblings Maggie and Tyler Heath have been inspiring folk-rock lovers with their eclectic live performances under the moniker The Oh Hellos since 2011. Described by blogger Ryan Spaulding as “a frothy mix of sunshine and joy,” the Texas-based troubadours swing into Asheville Music Hall on Friday, July 24 for a 9 p.m. show.

iron horse stAtion Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm

Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm

isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Crossroads String Band (acoustic), 6:30pm Natasha Borzilova (folk, pop, Americana), 7pm

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

JACk of the Wood PuB Old-time session, 5pm Hearts Gone South (honky-tonk, country), 9pm

one World BreWing Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 8pm

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

PisgAh BreWing CoMPAny Grits & Soul (bluegrass, Americana), 6pm

lex 18 Patrick Lopez (Latin jazz piano), 7pm

Pour tAProoM Karaoke, 8pm

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

reJAVAnAtion CAfe Open mic night, 6pm

MountAin MoJo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm

rooM ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

neW MountAin theAter/ AMPhitheAter Monsoon w/ The Chickenhawks, Cold Solstice & Sentiments (indie, punk, garage), 9pm

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

noBle kAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm o.henry’s/the underground “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm odditoriuM Horseflesh w/ SunRot & Niah (metal), 9pm off the WAgon Piano show, 9pm oliVe or tWist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby

sly grog lounge Word Night (trivia-ish), 8pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm sol BAr neW MountAin World Wednesdays, 8pm tAllgAry’s At four College Open mic & jam, 7pm the Joint next door Bluegrass jam, 8pm the MillrooM South Slope Boogie (country, line dance), 7pm the Mothlight Tanlines w/ Mas Ysa (indie, pop), 9pm

the Phoenix Jazz night, 8pm

JACk of the Wood PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

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

lAZy diAMond The Replacement Party w/ Dr. Filth, 10pm

the southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm tiger MountAin Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm tiMo’s house Spectrum AVL w/ Jericho, Ixnee, Kri & guests, 9pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

SATURDAY

loBster trAP Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm

tressA’s doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

Burger BAr Old school metal night w/ Schrader, 9pm CluB eleVen on groVe Swing lessons & dance w/ Swing Asheville, 6:30pm Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm

9PM 8PM 9PM

THU WED FRI

9PM

LITTLE KING RECORDS RECORDING ARTISTS

COMING SOON

7.31

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

6:30 PM– CROSSROADS STRING BAND ON THE PATIO

7/28 AROUNA DIARRA FREE 7/30 MISTY MOUNTAIN STRING BAND 7/31 MICHELLE LEIGH LUKAS NELSON & 8/1 PROMISE OF THE REAL The Grey Eagle Taqueria Patio Series

Pickin’ on the Patio

W/ PORCH 40

7.31

10PM SATURDAY

8.1

9PM THURSDAY

8.6

8PM THURSDAY

8.13 9PM

FRIDAY

6PM

SAT

JOHNSON & 7/25 CHUCK CHARLYHORSE

6PM

Blue MountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Andy Ferrell (Americana, roots), 7pm

An Evening with

8PM

BlACk MountAin Ale house Dirty Badgers (blues, rock), 8pm

W/ KEVIN GORDON

9PM

BArley’s tAProoM AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

LARRY CAMPBELL 7/24 & TERESA WILLIAMS

TUE

AsheVille MusiC hAll Treehouse w/ Sun Dried Vibes (reggae), 10pm

W/ LIZ LONGLEY

THU

AltAMont theAtre Asheville Comedy Showcase w/ Minori Hinds, 9pm

7/23 DELTA RAE

FRI

5 WAlnut Wine BAr Sankofa (world), 8pm

SAT

thursdAy, July 23

7.25 6PM FRIDAY

W/ SLOW SEASON + MONDO DRAG

AMPITHEATER

DAY OUT OF TIME FESTIVAL & JIMI HENDRIX GALACTIC BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! FT. GIMME HENDRIX

11AM FRIDAY

7/22 ELECTRIC CITIZEN

8.21 6PM

SOL BAR

AN EVENING WITH

frenCh BroAd BreWery The Katts (country, bluegrass), 6pm good stuff Alex Krug (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm grey eAgle MusiC hAll & tAVern Delta Rae w/ Liz Longley (blues, country, rock), 8pm isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Laid Back Thursdays, 7pm Beth McKee (singer-songwriter, soul), 7pm

THU 7/23

7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH

THEATER

EMPIRE STRIKES BRASS AND FRIENDS THEATER

BIG DEAL COMEDY PRESENTS:

OCCUPY THE DEBATE THEATER

BETH MCKEE LOUNGE

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

THE FRITS W/ GHOST-NOTE

SAT 7/25 6:30 PM – MUSIC ON THE PATIO: OMNITET

AMPITHEATER

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

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

6:00 PM/8:00 PM – SUNDAY JAZZ SHOWCASE

FT. SPUT SEARIGHT AND NATE WERTH OF SNARKY PUPPY & FUNK YOU

HARD WORKING AMERICANS

This Week at Sol bar:

7/22: WORLD WEDNESDAYS FT. LES AMIS 7/23: SOL THURSDAY SONGWRITERS NIGHT W/ CAIN MCDONALD FT. MAGGIE KRAMER, H HANSON & DOUG OF RED CLAY REVIVAL 7/24: MISTER F & NOMADIC 7/26: ROGUE YOGA 90 MINUTE CLASS EVERY SUNDAY AT NOON

QUILES AND CLOUD SUN 7/26

“A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES”

WITH HARRY SCHULZ AND PEGGY RATUSZ WED 7/29

7:00 PM – GUITAR TRIO WITH MCGOWAN,

BAUGHMAN AND BROWN

8:45 PM–

ADRON W/ FLATLAND THU 7/30

7:00 PM – CLASSICAL DINNER AND A CONCERT

FEAT. AMICIMUSIC’S “FRENCH FROLIC”

9:00 PM– JERRY GARCIA BAND COVER BAND:

JERRY GARCIA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FRI 7/31 7:00 PM – AN EVENING OF THE BLUES W/

douBle CroWn 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

foggy MountAin BreWPuB Steely Dan Band (rock), 10pm

7:00 PM– AN EVENING WITH NATASHA BORZILOVA

WAKEFIELD AND FRIENDS ON THE PATIO

EARTHCRY

CroW & Quill Carolina Catskins (rag-time, jazz), 9pm

elAine’s dueling PiAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

WED 7/22

6:30 PM – LAIDBACK THURSDAY WITH

7/27: BLACK BOX STORYTELLING PRESENTS: KRISTIN PEDEMONTI, CHUCK FINK & GINNIE WAITE

Creekside tAPhouse Station Underground (reggae), 8pm

Full Bar

July 2015

toWn PuMP Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm

Wild Wing CAfe south Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 7pm

5pm–12am

12am

lex 18 Ray Biscoglia & Grant Cutherbertson (piano, bass jazz), 7pm Michael Andersen (honky-tonk piano), 10pm

White horse BlACk MountAin Wednesday Waltz, 7pm

Tues-Sun

RIYEN ROOTS AND KENNY DORE 9:00 PM– FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY WITH

FREE FLOW

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MArket PlACe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm o.henry’s/the underground Gayme Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm odditoriuM Hot Mayonnaise & The Dark Shave (rock), 9pm off the WAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm oliVe or tWist Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm one stoP deli & BAr Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm The Jauntee (funk, jazz), 10pm one World BreWing Bull Moose Party (bluegrass, old-time), 8pm PACk’s tAVern Mark Keller (acoustic rock, folk), 9pm PiAno eMPoriuM Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm

AltAMont BreWing CoMPAny Voo Davis (blues), 8pm AltAMont theAtre All Willy Milly (Willie Nelson & Roger Miller tribute), 8pm AsheVille MusiC hAll The Oh Hellos w/ Ruston Kelly (folk rock, singer-songwriter), 9pm AthenA’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm Ben’s tune-uP Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm BlACk BeAr Coffee Co. The American Gonzos & guests (alternative blues-rock fusion), 7pm

PurPle onion CAfe Scoot Pittman (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm

BlACk MountAin Ale house Hustle Souls (soul, alt-country), 8pm

renAissAnCe AsheVille hotel Chris Smith (alt-country), 6:30pm

Blue MountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Acoustic Swing, 7pm

rooM ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

Burger BAr Juke Joint Blues w/ Rare Burger Band, 9pm

sCAndAls nightCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

ClAssiC Wineseller Joe Cruz (Beatles & Elton John covers, piano), 7pm Cork & keg Julieann Banks (singer-songwriter, soul), 8:30pm

sol BAr neW MountAin Songwriter Thursdays w/ Caine McDonald, 8pm

Thurs • July 23

southern APPAlAChiAn BreWery Chris Titchner (singer-songwriter, acoustic, rock), 7pm

diAnA WorthAM theAtre Funny ’R’ Us w/ Luenell Campell & Fredro Davis (comedy), 8:30pm

sPring Creek tAVern Open Mic, 6pm

douBle CroWn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

Flights & Bites

ft. Looking Glass Creamery

tAllgAry’s At four College Gentle Jones Band (classic rock mix), 7pm

Fri • July 24

the Mothlight Deloused (Mars Volta tribute), 9pm

Goldie & the Screamers

the Phoenix Jay Brown (singer-songwriter), 8pm

7:00-9:00

the soCiAl Jordan Okrend (pop, rock, soul), 6pm Rory Kelly (rock), 9pm

Sat • July 25

Ale Share Beer Festival

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

1:00-6:00

tiger MountAin Witchway II w/ DJ Sequince, 10pm

Sun • July 26 Turnpike Trio 12:30-2:30

ST OF BE HALL OF FAME WNC 2014

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5 WAlnut Wine BAr Shake It Like A Caveman (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

Woody Wood 5:30-7:30

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fridAy, July 24

PisgAh BreWing CoMPAny The Darnelle Boys (Americana), 8pm

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

Wed • July 22

Wild Wing CAfe south Ben Shuster (acoustic, singer-songwriter), 6pm Live DJ, 9pm

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tiMo’s house TRL w/ Franco Nino (dance party, requests), 10pm toWn PuMP The Band Concord (folk), 9pm tressA’s doWntoWn JAZZ And Blues Selwyn Birchwood (blues), 8pm The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

CroW & Quill Hot Point Trio (hot jazz, swing), 9pm

dugout Raising Caine, 9pm elAine’s dueling PiAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foggy MountAin BreWPuB Paper Crowns (folk, Americana), 10pm frenCh BroAd BreWery The Comet Conductors (blues, rock), 6pm good stuff The Band Concord (folk, pop), 9pm grey eAgle MusiC hAll & tAVern Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams w/ Kevin Gordon (Americana, rock ’n’ roll, gospel), 8pm highlAnd BreWing CoMPAny Goldie & the Screamers (neo-soul, R&B), 7pm iron horse stAtion Ben Wilson (Americana), 7pm

tWisted lAurel Karaoke, 8pm

isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Concert on the lawn w/ Omnitet (soul, funk, jazz), 6:30pm Savannah Smith (singer-songwriter), 7pm Friday dance party w/ Jim Arrendell (classic Motown, soul), 9pm

Wild Wing CAfe Throwin’ Down Thursday w/ DJ Ramin, 5pm

JACk of the Wood PuB Soldiers Heart w/ Stolen Rhodes (southern rock, Appalachian), 9pm

JerusAleM gArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

toy BoAt CoMMunity Art sPACe Seduction Sideshow, 8pm

isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Quiles & Cloud (acoustic, roots), 7pm

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

tWisted lAurel Live DJ, 8am Marcel Anton, 8:30pm

JACk of the Wood PuB Woody Wood Trio w/ Passerine (blues, country), 7pm

White horse BlACk MountAin Russ Wilson & Jean Calvert (cabaret jazz), 8pm

JerusAleM gArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

lex 18 Michael John Jazz (classic jazz), 4pm Michael Jefry Stevens (modern jazz), 6:30pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop, jazz), 9pm MArket PlACe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm o.henry’s/the underground Kings & Queens (drag dance party), 10pm odditoriuM Hearts Gone South, Pullman Strike & White Oak Splits (country), 9pm off the WAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm oliVe or tWist Free Flow (Motown, funk), 10:30pm one stoP deli & BAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm orAnge Peel Matisyahu w/ Kevin Kinsella (hip hop, reggae), 9pm oskAr Blues BreWery Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 6pm PACk’s tAVern DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9pm PiAno eMPoriuM Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm PisgAh BreWing CoMPAny Zansa w/ Diali Cissohko & Kaira Ba (Afropop, world, Zouglou), 9pm riVerWAtCh BAr & grill Ellen Trnka (blues, singer-songwriter), 7pm root BAr no. 1 Kolkata (rock, Grateful Dead covers), 8pm sCAndAls nightCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sCully’s DJ, 10pm sol BAr neW MountAin Mister F & Nomadic (funk, experimental), 9pm southern APPAlAChiAn BreWery Jonny Monster Band (blues, rock ’n’ roll), 8pm sPring Creek tAVern Amandas 40 (funk), 9pm tAllgAry’s At four College Jarvis Jenkins (Southern rock), 9:30pm the AdMirAl Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm the Mothlight The Good, The Bad and the Pugsley (Addams Family burlesque show), 10pm the Phoenix The Secret B-Sides (soul), 9pm the soCiAl Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm Lyric (funk, rock, soul), 10pm the southern Jim Raves (DJ), 9pm

Wild Wing CAfe Cody Siniard (country), 6pm Wild Wing CAfe south A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

lAZooM Bus tours Cary Fridley and Down South (country, oldtime), 2pm lAZy diAMond Unknown Pleasures w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10pm

ZAMBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sAturdAy, July 25 5 WAlnut Wine BAr The Fedorables (jazz, rock), 6pm Jason Moore & Trust Trio (jazz, rock), 9pm AltAMont theAtre The Secret B Sides & Sidney Barnes (soul), 8pm AsheVille MusiC hAll The Sam Holt Band (rock), 10pm AthenA’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm Ben’s tune-uP Gypsy Guitars, 2pm BlACk BeAr Coffee Co. Fashion Bath & guests (punk, indie-rock), 7pm BlACk MountAin Ale house Jangling Sparrows (Americana), 9pm Blue MountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm Burger BAr Bike Night w/ DJ Johnny Be Good (70s rock), 9pm CAtAWBA BreWing south sloPe Fireside Collective (bluegrass), 3pm ClAssiC Wineseller Wendy Jones w/ Andy Page (jazz), 7pm Cork & keg Zydeco Ya Ya (zydeco, Cajun), 8:30pm diAnA WorthAM theAtre Kristin Pedemonti w/ Susan Lachmann & Todd Lester (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 Hustle Souls (folk, rock), 10pm frenCh BroAd BreWery Natural Forces (rock ’n’ roll), 6pm good stuff Shotgun Gypsies (rock, Americana, hiphop), 8:30pm grey eAgle MusiC hAll & tAVern Chuck Johnson & Charlyhorse (Americana), 9pm

tiger MountAin Toasters w/ Dub Kartel (ska), 9pm Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm

highlAnd BreWing CoMPAny Soldier’s Heart (Southern rock, Appalachian), 1pm Lyric (pop, funk, soul), 2:45pm Raising Caine (country), 4:30pm

toWn PuMP The Zuzu Welsh Band (rock, blues), 9pm

iron horse stAtion Wilhelm Brothers (indie folk), 7pm

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lex 18 Andrew J. Fletcher (barrelhouse piano), 4pm Ray Biscogia Duo (piano, bass jazz), 6:30pm Sheila Gordon (chanteuse, love songs), 10pm

7/22 Wed tanlines w/ mas ysa

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

7/24 fri

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

a burlesque show

7/25 sat

burial beer presents

bask

w/ niche, the seduction, bear

7/27mon

MArket PlACe DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm

toy BoAt CoMMunity Art sPACe Seduction Sideshow, 8pm

MoJo kitChen & lounge Dine ’n’ Disco (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm neW MountAin theAter/ AMPhitheAter Day Out of Time Festival w/ Gimme Hendrix, Lyric, Mystic Ferrymen, Ashlantis, Bilg Poppa, Trade Routes, I’Star & Space Medicine (psychedelic, rock, experimental), 12pm

w/ crecent bae, black plastic

off the WAgon Dueling pianos, 9pm

w/parish/dorji duo, sarah louise

7/30thu landlady + buke & gase w/ ahleuchatistas

7/31 fri honky tonk country night hearts gone south w/jb 5 n dime

7/24

toWn PuMP Shimmy & The Burns (country, folk, rock), 9pm

odditoriuM Pathogenesis (metal), 9pm

yours truly

the appleseed cast w/ annabel, adjy

Your table is ready.

oliVe or tWist 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm one stoP deli & BAr Lee Gallagher & The Hallelujah (rock ’n’ roll), 10pm

open air dining experience at The Omni Grove Park Inn. Enjoy a true culinary adventure as you take in iconic views at this award-winning restaurant that sources fresh ingredients from local farmers and artisans. Reservations are available at opentable.com.

800-438-5800 • omnihotels.com/groveparkinndining

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Wild Wing CAfe Karaoke, 8pm Wild Wing CAfe south The Buchanan Boys (country), 6pm ZAMBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sundAy, July 26 5 WAlnut Wine BAr The Get Right Band (funk, rock, reggae), 7pm

PiAno eMPoriuM Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 8pm

Blue MountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Larry Dolamore (acoustic), 7pm

PisgAh BreWing CoMPAny Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead covers), 9pm

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

PurPle onion CAfe Virginia and the Slims (blues, jazz, swing), 8pm

diAnA WorthAM theAtre Folkmoot USA, 1:30pm

riVerWAtCh BAr & grill Sound Extreme Karaoke w/ DJ Hurricane, 7pm rooM ix Open dance night, 9pm

douBle CroWn Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm good stuff 1 Last Chance (alt-rock, punk, progressive), 5pm iron horse stAtion Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm

sCAndAls nightCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am Sunday jazz showcase, 6pm

sCully’s DJ, 10pm

JACk of the Wood PuB Irish session, 5pm

southern APPAlAChiAn BreWery King Possum (folk, Americana), 7pm

lAZooM Bus tours Lyric (soul), 2pm

sPring Creek tAVern Chris Stalcup & the Grange (rock), 9pm

lAZy diAMond Honky Tonk Night w/ DJs, 10pm

tAllgAry’s At four College Mojomatic (rockin’ blues), 9:30pm

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

the MillrooM Let’s Spend the Night Together (video tribute to the Rolling Stones), 8pm the Mothlight Bask w/ Niche, The Seduction & Bear (psychedelic, Americana, rock), 9pm the Phoenix Chris Tichtner (Americana), 1pm The Zealots (rock), 9pm the soCiAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

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White horse BlACk MountAin Joshua Messick & Acoustic Storm (folk, world), 8pm

BlACk MountAin Ale house Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm

the AdMirAl Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm

Savor the finest hand cut steaks, premier chops and fresh seafood at Sunset Terrace, an

tWisted lAurel Motown Blue, 8:30pm

PACk’s tAVern Grand Theft Audio (rock, classic covers), 9pm

root BAr no. 1 Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz), 8pm

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tiMo’s house Smasheville w/ Jim Raves & Mike Funk, 10pm

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

free mothlight monday!

7/29 wed chuck johnson

sat

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loBster trAP Lyndsay Pruett & John Stineman (old-time, traditional), 6:30pm odditoriuM Adult Poetry Slam, 7pm Maharaja w/ Busted Chops & Lesser Life (punk), 9pm off the WAgon Piano show, 9pm oliVe or tWist DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm

the VAlley MusiC & Cookhouse Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 8pm

one stoP deli & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Reggae Sundays, 7pm

tiger MountAin Prom Night w/ Gold Light (rock ’n’ roll, R&B, post-punk), 9pm

orAnge Peel Raekwon & Ghostface Killah w/ Dillon Cooper (hip-hop), 9pm

PiAno eMPoriuM Just Jazz: Piano Trio concert series, 2pm

BlACk MountAin Ale house Acoustic jam w/ Hunter, Charlie & Friends, 7:30pm

the Phoenix Chris Jamison (singer-songwriter), 8pm

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

Pour tAProoM Open mic, 8pm

Burger BAr Honkytonk ladies night w/ Brody, 6pm

lex 18 Bob Strain (jazz ballads & standards), 7pm

riVerWAtCh BAr & grill Carver & Carmody (Americana, country), 6pm

ByWAter Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8pm

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

sCAndAls nightCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

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

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

CroW & Quill Los Abrojitos (tango), 9pm

southern APPAlAChiAn BreWery BlueSunday w/ Garry Segal & Eric Congdon (blues), 5pm

douBle CroWn Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Dave & Rebecca, 10pm good stuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

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

grey eAgle MusiC hAll & tAVern Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm

the oMni groVe PArk inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10pm

JACk of the Wood PuB Quizzo, 7pm Rumble Seat Riot (rockabilly, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

the Phoenix Bobby Wynn (Americana), 12pm the soCiAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm the southern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm tiMo’s house Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm toWn PuMP Mylo Ranger (Americana, rock), 9pm Wedge BreWing Co. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazzswing), 6pm White horse BlACk MountAin Bil Lepp & Andy Irwin (storytelling), 7:30pm WiCked Weed Mrs. Dubfire (reggae), 3pm Wild Wing CAfe Bluegrass Afternoons, 3pm Wild Wing CAfe south Party On The Patio w/ Crocs Duo, 5pm

MondAy, July 27 185 king street Open mic night, 8pm

lAZy diAMond Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm lexington AVe BreWery (lAB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm loBster trAP Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm o.henry’s/the underground Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm oliVe or tWist 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm one World BreWing Beats & Brews w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8pm orAnge Peel Summer Movie Series: E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial, 8pm oskAr Blues BreWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm soCiAl lounge & tAPAs In the Biz Networking Night w/ Patrick Lopez (acoustic, piano, pop, open to everyone), 8pm sol BAr neW MountAin Kristin Pedemonti w/ Chuck Fink & Ginnie Waite (storytelling), 7pm soVereign reMedies Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr CaroMia (Americana, soul), 8pm

the Mothlight Yours Truly w/ Crescent Bae & Black Plastic (electronic, pop), 9pm

AltAMont BreWing CoMPAny Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm

the oMni groVe PArk inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

the VAlley MusiC & Cookhouse Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam & storytelling), 8pm tiger MountAin Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

loBster trAP Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm MArket PlACe The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm odditoriuM Odd comedy night, 9pm The Spiral w/ Pony Farm & Kitty Tsunami (punk), 10pm

tiMo’s house Movie night, 7pm urBAn orChArd Old-time music, 7pm

off the WAgon Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm

Wild Wing CAfe south Monday Bike Nights, 6pm

one stoP deli & BAr Turntablism Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm one World BreWing Jordan Okrend (pop, rock, soul), 8pm

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orAnge Peel Slayer (metal, rock), 9pm

5 WAlnut Wine BAr The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm

Pour tAProoM Frank Zappa night, 8pm

AltAMont BreWing CoMPAny Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm AsheVille MusiC hAll Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm

renAissAnCe AsheVille hotel Jason Moore & Trust Trio (jazz, blues), 6:30pm

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

tAllgAry’s At four College Jam night, 9pm

BlACk MountAin Ale house Trivia, 7pm

the Joint next door Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

Blue MountAin PiZZA & BreW PuB Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

the Phoenix Jenny Arch (Americana), 8pm

BuffAlo niCkel Trivia, 7pm

the soCiAl Jason Whitaker (acoustic), 5pm

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

tiger MountAin Lost Boy ? (alternative, punk), 8pm Weeed w/ Sharkmuffin & Blizzard Babies (psychedelic, world, blues), 10pm

CluB eleVen on groVe Postal Express Street Riders Dance Party (hiphop, soul, funk), 9pm Cork & keg Honky-tonk Jamboree w/ Tom Pittman, 6:30pm douBle CroWn Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Sean & Will, 10pm good stuff Old time-y night, 6:30pm grey eAgle MusiC hAll & tAVern Arouna Diarra (world, West African), 6pm iron horse stAtion Open mic, 6pm isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm

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the storY: The title pretty much says it all, but hardly covers the incidents contained. the Lowdown: A very funny, very inventive, cheerfully amoral (but warm-hearted) comedy with an unlikely main character — and a collection of only slightly more probable supporting characters.

Fast-paced, darkly humorous, endlessly playful and a must-see.

The improbably — and yet accurately — titled The 100-YearOld Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared is quite possibly the most pure fun I’ve had at a movie this year. It is also a film I urge you to see as quickly as you can. It opens this Friday (July 24) at The Carolina on a split bill — in other words, it doesn’t have a full set of show times. I’m not terribly surprised by this. After all, it’s a Swedish comedy — albeit one with long stretches of English dialogue — that totally lacks star power. (The biggest name in the film from a U.S. perspective is Alan Ford, doing the same kind of Brit gangster role he’s played in Guy Ritchie movies.) But it does have an elephant, an engaging plot, a roster of appealing (and some appalling) characters,

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Amy (r) 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Ant-Man 3d (Pg-13) 12:35, 3:15, 6:05, 8:40 Ant-Man 2 d (Pg-13) 11:30, 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15

robert gustafsson as the titLe character in Felix Herngren’s delightfully outrageous The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared deals with a low-rent gangster.

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a blistering streak of dark comedy and, oddly enough, a surprisingly generous heart. It’s been likened to (God forbid) Forrest Gump, but, apart from the fact that our title character is involved in certain historical incidents, it’s nothing at all like that. It has a much wickeder sense of humor, a less oblivious hero — and it’s never in the least gooey.

As noted, the title is appropriately descriptive — at least of the basic set-up. Allan Karlsson (Robert Gustafsson) is a not very willing resident in a retirement home — he was put there for getting his revenge on a fox by blowing the animal up — who, on the morning of his 100th birthday, decides to slip out the window of his room and disappear. Well, he disappears as far as the authorities are concerned. We, however, follow him on his adventures — adventures that start when he ends up taking

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a bus as far as his money will take him. But before he sets off, he ends up in possession of a bulky suitcase that just happens to contain a large quantity of money. The money in question turns out to belong to some ill-tempered and exceedingly inept gangsters — or, more correctly and dangerously, it belongs to their even more ill-tempered boss (Alan Ford).

Not surprisingly, the gang wants the money back. Somewhat more surprisingly, Allan — along with Julius (Iwar Wiklander), the man who has taken him in — determine they have as much right to it as anybody. So when they more or less accidentally freeze one of the gang to death, they get rid of the body and go on the run — at least as on the run as one old codger and one very old codger can.

Now, if it sounds like I’ve told you an awful lot of the plot, you don’t know even an eighth of it.

Not only is this just the prelude to

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their preposterous adventures, but along the way, Allan tells us the story of his life. And it can hardly be said that his 100 years lack for incident — starting with his father leaving Sweden for the freedom of Russia, where he’s promptly executed for espousing the virtues of condoms. Along the way to 100, Allan discovers his fondness for blowing things up, becomes involved in the Spanish Civil War and the Manhattan Project — not to mention rubbing shoulders with Franco, Harry Truman, Stalin, Einstein (well, a really dumb Einstein named Thomas) and various lesser luminaries. It’s history as seen through they eyes of a man who just wants to blow things up, and history offers no shortage of opportunities to do this. The film stays pretty carefully away from much in the way of political significance, but that’s reasonable, since Allan is basically just a good guy who will help anyone who asks him, especially if explosives are involved.

The film’s absurd — even downright surreal — version of history fits in nicely and sometimes relates to the film’s central adventures of Allan and Julius, who later add three more members to their team and the aforementioned elephant.

Director Felix Hengren keeps it all moving so quickly and effortlessly that the casually preposterous nature of it all seems, if not quite believable, easy enough to accept within the context of the world of the film. It’s fun and funny and outrageous, and you really don’t want to miss it. Rated R for language and some violence.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com

Ant-Man HHHHS director: Peyton Reed (Down with Love) pLaYers: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Michael Peña comic book sci-fi action rated pg-13 the storY: Origin story for the Ant-Man character.

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the Lowdown: Cheeky, goodnatured, clever and even a little on the subversive side, Ant-Man is that rarest of comic-book movies — one that manages to be personal and doesn’t take itself too seriously. Its only real drawback is the insistence of tying it in with the Avengers series.

It may be in part that I have no reverence for the “Marvel Universe” — and had never even heard of Ant-Man when this film version was first announced — that I was pretty delighted by Peyton Reed’s film. But I suspect my enjoyment of Ant-Man has more to do with the fact that it feels genuinely quirky and — special effects to one side — handmade. Thankfully, it doesn’t take itself particularly seriously — with that title, how could it? It’s not in the least bit one of those comicbook movies that’s unrelentingly grim — or that thinks it’s the second coming of Shakespeare — but it’s sufficiently smart that it evidences enough heart to appeal to a broad audience with likable characters. It’s pretty constantly amusing without leaning too heavily on big gags. In other words, it’s a good time at the movies and doesn’t really pretend to be anything else. I’m pretty happy with that.

Ant-Man is one of those unfortunate films that a lot of people seem to be judging not for what it is, but for what it isn’t. The “what it isn’t” is an Edgar Wright film, though Wright and his writing partner, Joe Cornish, do get screenplay credit (along with Adam McKay and the film’s star Paul Rudd).

Yes, it started out life as Wright’s film, so a little resentment is understandable. At the same time, I’m reminded of the complaints I heard when Wright’s usual stars, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, made Paul with another director — that it would have been better if Wright had made it. I was unsure of that then, and I’m unsure of that now with Ant-Man. Setting aside such speculation (we’re only guessing at what Wright’s film might have been) and looking at the film Peyton Reed delivered, what I see is a surprisingly stylish film — the first such for Reed since 2003’s Down with Love — that gets the best out of the script at hand.

How much of this is due to the

HHHHH = max rating original screenplay is hard to say, but much that works seems to be the result of the direction. Did the screenplay detail the running gag of having Michael Peña do all the voices in the flashbacks when he tells rambling stories? Maybe, but Reed pulls the gag off. Similarly, the way film makes sport of and subverts that hoariest of comic-book-movie conventions (the tiresome hero-villain smackdown) by undercutting big moments with changes of scale is a masterstroke that is handled perfectly — and it puts much of it on the refreshing and charming basis of playing with toys. For this alone, I cherish the film’s existence.

The story is essentially comicbook basic with not-really-a-criminal ex-con Scott Lang (Rudd) being driven to a life of crime when he finds work after prison hard to come by. This may have some social commentary, but that’s hard to tell in the film’s context because it’s hard to tell just when Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) begins to manipulate Rudd’s life to get him to sign on as Ant-Man. Even so, while AntMan has an emotional core, it isn’t exactly deep. Neither does it purport to be. As a story, what we get is a basic tale that’s structured as a heist film. However, it’s grounded more in Pym getting back at protege-turnednemesis Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) and preventing him from taking over Pym’s research and perverting it into the kind of evil thing such comic-book villains are prone to. What makes it work are the characters and the overall quirky tone.

It doesn’t all quite work, through no fault of its own, but because of the fact that everything in the Marvel Universe just has to somehow tie into the damned Avengers. Ant-Man strains against this — even making a joke at the expense of the bloated climax of Avengers: Age of Ultron — and could almost be a stand-alone movie. (It requires only the slightest familiarity with the Avengers to follow it.) But the overall Marvel trajectory dictates that Scott/AntMan has to at least be led to a point where he can become a part of their Superheropaloozas. That’s too bad because its connection to the Avengers is its least appealing aspect. Ignore it as much as you can, enjoy it for what it gets right and you should have a good time. Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Bitmore Grande. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com mountainx.com

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Western Carolina University students prepare to shoot a scene from the senior project film “Too Much To Ask,” one of the productions featured at the university’s annual Controlled Chaos Film Festival. Photo courtesy of WCU

• Hair Today Gone Tomorrow by the artivational team won best film of 2015 for Asheville’s 48 hour film project. A comic tale of a delusional amateur hairdresser who seeks to renovate a vacant space with the help of crowdsourcing, it will represent Asheville against city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2016 in Hollywood.

Second place went to Get Lost by alone in a crowd productions, which also took home best directing, best editing and best sound design. Other films receiving multiple awards were green Leaf arts’ Bad Investment (best musical score; best use of genre), krusty Jugglers’ Blood Smoke II: Wrath of the Kongfather (best actor for spencer bolin; best choreography) and team Long shot’s Mother’s Hunters (best ensemble acting; best use of prop). emily shaules (A-B Tech DME Program) took home Best Actress honors for American Values, flowersfilm’s Go To Hell 3D won Best Special Effects, team unca’s Fates was awarded Best Costumes and three hopes cross productions’ Last Looks earned Best Use of Line. The Asheville 48 Hour Film Project producer was bruce sales, and the judges were local film critics (including this writer). avl.mx/1cb • Flat Rock Playhouse’s Studio 52 welcomes faith-based filmmaker david nixon during the last week of July. The director of Letters to God and assistant director and producer of Facing the Giants and Fireproof will give a presentation called “how to change the world through movies” on Sunday, July 26, at 7 p.m., at Hendersonville’s Mud Creek Baptist Church. The event is free and open to the public. The following week, Nixon will lead students in classes during Studio 52’s Faith Friendly Week. avl.mx/1ca • On Friday, July 31, from 6 to 8 p.m., local film historian chip kaufmann kicks off a new silent film series at the Leicester Public Library. The night’s program includes 1921’s The Kid (70 minutes), starring charlie chaplin and Jackie coogan, and Mabel’s Strange Predicament with mabel normand, a 12-minute short from 1914. Admission is free and popcorn will be provided. The series continues the last Friday in September and October. avl.mx/1c9 • The best of western carolina university’s student films from its Film and Television Production Program’s annual controlled chaos film festival will be screened Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Martin-Lipscomb Performing Arts Center in Highlands. The event opens with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by a 90-minute screening, at 7 p.m., that includes comedies, dramas, documentaries, animated films and promotional pieces. The festival rating is PG-13 for adult language.

Admission is $75 and benefits students making senior project films — which often cost more than $5,000 to create — and helps the program purchase necessary equipment. Tickets are available at the Highlands Area Chamber of Commerce, the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce, the Highlands Performing Arts Center or by calling the WCU College of Fine and Performing Arts at 227-7028. avl.mx/1c8 X

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the Lowdown: Frequently powerful — sometimes overwhelming — antiwar film that resonates with a certain timeliness even though the war it depicts dates back 100 years. The only problem is it’s a little too genteel for its own good.

I find Testament of Youth — the film version of Vera Brittain’s World War I memoir — a difficult film to write about. It’s a solid work of impeccable taste and judgment, and that may be its only stumbling block. It’s about an important topic, and about a war that was hard to understand 100 years ago and is all but lost on most people in the 21st century. What was once called The Great War no longer seems relevant and the whole era a little quaint.

But the fact is it wasn’t quaint and it is relevant. It is also the war that fathered the greatest outpouring of anti-war films in history — from Abel Gance’s J’Accuse! (1919) to Rex Ingam’s The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (1921) to King Vidor’s The Big Parade (1925) to Raoul Walsh’s What Price Glory? (1926) to William Wellman’s Wings (1927) to Lewis Milestone’s All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) to Stuart Walker’s The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) and even to Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957).

Breaking into this select company is a task that Testament of Youth isn’t quite up to. And yet...and yet it is a worthy effort that takes a look at the war from the perspective of a young woman.

Attention should be paid.

That change of perspective may not seem like an important one, but it is deeply significant in that — unlike every other film cited above — this is a story of the war told from the point of view of someone who wasn’t a soldier. In fact, it is the perspective of a young woman, Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander), who — despite becoming a nurse — was always behind the lines

and never saw the front firsthand.

What she saw instead was the horrific aftermath of maimed bodies, septic wounds, amputations, disfigurement, pain, shortages of supplies and doctors — and filth everywhere. It is perhaps a more honest perspective for the viewer, too, since none of us were in the trenches either.

Though Testament of Youth carefully sets up Vera’s mindset at the end of the war in a detailed depiction of her distress in the midst of the otherwise cheering crowds on the day of the Armistice, the first section of the film takes us back to her pre-war days. At this point in her life, her interests lie mostly in a burning desire to go against society — not to learn the polite talents and get married, but to enter university and the world of higher education. These early scenes are depicted in glowing warm colors — distinctly different from the film’s chilly opening — and for a fairly long stretch, Testament of Youth becomes a relatively standard love story in which Vera falls in love with her brother Edward’s (Taron Egerton) friend Roland Leighton (Kit Harrington).

The prospect — often charmingly handled — of a world of seemingly endless possibilities lasts just till the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the event that leads to the war. Possibilities are forever changed, and so is Vera and, for that matter so is the world.

On its simplest level, the film is the story of how Vera — as she loses friends, her lover and her earlier view of the world — became a voice for pacifism, how she became the person who would write Testament of Youth. The movie’s key scenes lie in her stint as a nurse working with wounded German soldiers. It is precisely because she can speak German (a fact carefully established earlier) that she comes to understand how the pain and the losses suffered by the German soldiers are no different from that of the English soldiers. But what lies beneath all this is the quiet outrage over the suffering, death and devastation — the meaningless waste of it all — in the service of a war that nobody really understood.

All this is it to the good, but what keeps Testament of Youth from joining the ranks of the greatest is that it’s just a little too decorous, a little too...well, Masterpiece Theatre to be quite

as effective as it might have been.

Perhaps this is because director James Kent comes from TV, but he also does enough things right that it seems unfair to lay all the blame on him. Some scenes — especially, Vera’s impassioned post-war speech — are very fine, so fine in fact that it almost overcomes the film’s occasional staidness. Rated PG-13 for thematic material including bloody and disturbing war related images.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com

Trainwreck H director: Judd Apatow (This is 40) pLaYers: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, Tilda Swinton romantic comedY rated r the storY: A serial dater finds herself reluctantly falling for a charming surgeon. the Lowdown: An overlong, drawn-out movie that’s not as raunchy or frank as it thinks it is, and never diverges from its romcom formula.

Director Judd Apatow is back and, despite stepping away from the scriptwriting duties (this time handled by comedy’s current “It” girl Amy Schumer), has created yet another wholly Apatovian work with Trainwreck. His staples are all there — the totally unlikable characters, the needlessly overstuffed plot, the infuriatingly overlong running time, the generally formless comedy and the inability to just stop running a joke into the ground. Apatow is Apatow’s biggest fan. This time, however, he and Schumer have added a thick layer of tired romcom formula (really, how many decades have we been complaining about this?) on top, making an already unenjoyable, dull movie totally predictable in the bargain. While Apatow never quite reaches the levels of insufferability he did with his last couple movies, Funny People (2009) and This is 40 (2012), he tries his damndest.

Schumer plays Amy, a magazine writer and serial dater who ends up reluctantly falling for a sports surgeon (Bill Hader). They struggle and get back together in the final reel. With some asides dealing with Amy’s job, Amy’s dying father (Colin Quinn) and Amy’s relationship with her sister (Brie Larson), that’s pretty much it. That’s the movie, and it takes 125 minutes to wade through this, what, 45 minutes’ worth of plot? The film feels suspiciously like the midpoint between Nancy Meyers’ upper-middle-class romantic fantasies and an Adam Sandler comedy, complete with “random” non-sequiturs and a needless parade of awkward or useless celebrity cameos.

The general pointlessness and waste that went into the film are amazing, while the general entertainment value — allowing for the subjectivity of humor — is in my view pretty much nil. Schumer’s whole schtick seems to be that she can be just as crass and insipid as any man can be, playing off the whole Bridesmaids (2011) conceit that women have bodily functions, too. I’m all for women undermining the expectations society puts on them, but Trainwreck gets it wrong in a couple of ways. What could’ve been some sort of examination of monogamy in modern times, especially within the construct of a romantic comedy — the squarest of movie genres —could’ve been genuinely subversive. Here, it’s not. This is the epitome of generic — something that the patina of raunchiness cannot overcome.

It might help if any of the main characters were likable. Amy is self-centered and — as a character — devoid of any interests or humanity. The best she’s given is an unimpeachable love for her dad and a drinking problem, the latter of which, at least, isn’t handled in any serious or realistic way. Again, this is an aspect of the film — much like Amy’s promiscuity — that could’ve been used for something more, but Apatow and Schumer have no clue what that more is. What we get is Apatow with his usual pastiche, Schumer with her romcom laziness — and nothing more. Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@ mountainx.com

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director: Jean Cocteau pLaYers: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parely, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair fantasY Rated NR Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) (1946) is quite simply one of the great films. It is also hands down the most completely successful transference of a fairy tale to the motion picture screen. It is a film that has touched and influenced innumerable filmmakers. There are traces of it in the works of such diverse talents as Ken Russell, Joel Schumacher and Spike Lee — not to mention Guillermo del Toro, whose Pan’s Labyrinth owes a huge debt to Cocteau’s film. (Even the manner in which del Toro’s faun (Doug Jones) speaks, as well as his facial movements, are grounded in the Cocteau film.) Seeing the film, it’s easy to understand why it has had this kind of impact. Cocteau so completely created a separate and wholly magical world in this film that to experience it leaves the viewer changed for all time. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present beauty and the beast Friday, July 24 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

Gods and Monsters HHHHH director: Bill Condon (Mr. Holmes) pLaYers: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, David Dukes specuLative biographY with horror movie base Rated R Since July 22 is James Whale’s birthday, and since James Whale is a key figure in the history of the horror film, the Thursday Horror Picture Show always tries to mark the day. But Whale only made four horror movies. Granted those four — Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, Bride of Frankenstein — are among the most important of all time, but they’ve all been shown. In some cases, they’ve been run

several times. So the series is running Bill Condon’s Gods and Monsters (1998) — a film about Whale and his horror pictures, most especially Bride of Frankenstein, to which it is inextricably linked. Gods and Monsters is not merely a speculative biopic about the last days of the man who made Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale (Ian McKellen), but also includes scenes recreating the making of Bride and in fact takes its title from a line in that film (“To a new world of gods and monsters”). Based on Christopher Bram’s novel Father of Frankenstein, Gods and Monsters tells a tale that fictionally fills in the events that ended in Whale’s suicide in 1957. It may not be history, but what a glorious imagining it is — and one made with love and respect for Whale and his films.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen gods and monsters Thursday, July 23 at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Matchstick Men HHHH 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 26, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans HHHHH director: F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu) pLaYers: Janet Gaynor, George O’Brien, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald drama Rated NR F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) has occasionally been called the greatest movie of all time — and while I’m not foolish enough to make such an absolute claim for any film, I will say I can’t think of a better one. I also do believe it to be the greatest silent film ever made — the one that fully justifies mourning the passing of that particular art form. It’s a simple story — of a certain psychological depth — that could even be called melodramatic, with its tale of a country husband (George O’Brien) who is so bewitched by a city woman (Margaret Livingston) that she convinces him to drown his wife (Janet Gaynor) on a boat trip. That, however, is just the beginning of the story, and in no way takes into account either the film’s humanity or the genius of its cinematic quality. It’s not difficult to explain all the craft and creativity that makes the film special. The artistry of the studio sets is apparent even in still photos. That Murnau created an entire world is easy to see. The technical breakthroughs like the traveling matte shot — the unreality of which only makes it that much more effective — are evident without much effort.

Even the fact that the smallest detail has been treated with special care — like the intertitle “Couldn’t she get drowned?” sliding off the screen as if sinking in water — is there for anyone with eyes to see. All of this factors into what helps to make Sunrise not just a great film, but something truly special. Yet it doesn’t explain what makes it a wholly compelling — even magical — movie experience. That’s a lot more slippery. The Asheville Film Society will screen sunrise Tuesday, July 28, 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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AgenCy-Wide employment support Professional (esP) The ESP functions as part of a team that implements employment services based on the SEIPS model. The team’s goal is to support individuals who have had challenges with obtaining and/or maintaining employment I the past and to obtain and maintain competitive employment moving forward. The ESP is responsible for engaging clients and establishing trusting, collaborative relationships that result in the creation of completion of individualized employment goals.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Latin motto "Carpe diem" shouldn't be translated as "Seize the day!", says author Nicholson Baker. It's not a battle cry exhorting you to "freaking grab the day in your fist like a burger at a fairground and take a big chomping bite out of it." The proper translation, according to Baker, is "Pluck the day." In other words, "you should gently pull on the day’s stem, as if it were a wildflower, holding it with all the practiced care of your thumb and the side of your finger, which knows how to not crush easily crushed things — so that the day's stem undergoes increasing tension and draws to a tightness, and then snaps softly away at its weakest point, and the flower is released in your hand." Keep that in mind, Aries. I understand you are often tempted to seize rather than pluck, but these days plucking is the preferable approach.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When I talk about "The Greatest Story Never Told," I'm not referring to the documentary film about singer Lana Del Rey or the debut album of the rap artist Saigon or any other cultural artifact. I am, instead, referring to a part of your past that you have never owned and understood . . . a phase from the old days that you have partially suppressed . . . an intense set of memories you have not fully integrated. I say it's time for you to deal with this shadow. You're finally ready to acknowledge it and treasure it as a crucial thread in the drama of your hero's journey.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The ancient Greek philosopher Thales is credited as being one of the earliest mathematicians and scientists. He was a deep thinker whose thirst for knowledge was hard to quench.

Funny story: Once he went out at night for a walk.

Gazing intently up at the sky, he contemplated the mysteries of the stars. Oops! He didn't watch where he was going, and fell down into a well. He was OK, but embarrassed. Let's make him your anti-role model, Gemini. I would love to encourage you to unleash your lust to be informed, educated, and inspired -- but only if you watch where you're going.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A researcher at the University of Amsterdam developed software to read the emotions on faces. He used it to analyze the expression of the woman in Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, the Mona Lisa. The results suggest that she is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry.

Whether or not this assessment is accurate, I appreciate its implication that we humans are rarely filled with a single pure emotion. We often feel a variety of states simultaneously. In this spirit, I have calculated your probably mix for the coming days: 16 percent relieved, 18 percent innocent, 12 percent confused, 22 percent liberated, 23 percent ambitious, and 9 percent impatient.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "What makes you heroic?" asked philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

Here's how he answered himself: "simultaneously going out to meet your highest suffering and your highest hope." This is an excellent way to sum up the test that would inspire you most in the coming weeks, Virgo. Are you up for the challenge? If so, grapple with your deepest pain. Make a fierce effort to both heal it and be motivated by it.

At the same time, identify your brightest hope and take a decisive step toward fulfilling it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Actress and musician Carrie Brownstein was born with five planets in Libra. Those who aren't conversant with astrology's mysteries may conclude that she is a connoisseur of elegance and harmony. Even professional stargazers who know how tricky it is to make generalizations might speculate that she is skilled at cultivating balance, attuned to the needs of others, excited by beauty, and adaptive to life's ceaseless change. So what are we to make of the fact that Brownstein has said, "I really don't know what to do when my life is not chaotic"? Here's what I suspect: In her ongoing exertions to thrive on chaos, she is learning how to be a connoisseur of elegance and harmony as she masters the intricacies of being balanced, sensitive to

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Charles Darwin is best known for his book The Origin of Species, which contains his seminal ideas about evolutionary biology. But while he was still alive, his best-seller was The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms.

The painstaking result of over forty years’ worth of research, it is a tribute to the noble earthworm and that creature’s crucial role in the health of soil and plants. It provides a different angle on one of Darwin’s central concerns: how small, incremental transformations that take place over extended periods of time can have monumental effects. This also happens to be one of your key themes in the coming months.

others, thrilled by beauty, and adaptive to change.

This is important for you to hear about right now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You're entering a volatile phase of your cycle. In the coming weeks, you could become a beguiling monster who leaves a confusing mess in your wake. On the other hand, you could activate the full potential of your animal intelligence as you make everything you touch more interesting and soulful. I am, of course, rooting for the latter outcome. Here's a secret about how to ensure it: Be as ambitious to gain power over your own darkness as you are to gain power over what happens on your turf.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I'm a big fan of the attitude summed up by the command "Be here now!" The world would be more like a sanctuary and less like a battleground if people focused more on the present moment rather than on memories of the past and fantasies of the future. But in accordance with the astrological omens, you are hereby granted a temporary exemption from the "Be here how!" approach.

You have a poetic license to dream and scheme profusely about what you want your life to be like in the future. Your word of power is tomorrow.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A philanthropist offered $100,000 to the Girls Scouts chapter of Western Washington. But there were strings attached. The donor specified that the money couldn't be used to support transgender girls.

The Girl Scouts rejected the gift, declaring their intention to empower every girl "regardless of her gender identity, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation." Do you have that much spunk, Capricorn? Would you turn down aid that would infringe on your integrity? You may be tested soon. Here's what I suspect: If you are faithful to your deepest values, even if that has a cost, you will ultimately attract an equal blessing that doesn't require you to sell out. (P.S. The Girls Scouts subsequently launched an Indiegogo campaign that raised more than $300,000.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Consider the possibility of opening your mind, at least briefly, to provocative influences you have closed yourself off from. You may need to refamiliarize yourself with potential resources you have been resisting or ignoring, even if they are problematic. I'm not saying you should blithely welcome them in.

There still may be good reasons to keep your distance. But I think it would be wise and healthy for you to update your relationship with them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Over 10,000 species of mushrooms grow in North America. About 125 of those, or 1.25 percent, are tasty and safe to eat. All the others are unappetizing or poisonous, or else their edibility is in question. By my reckoning, a similar statistical breakdown should apply to the influences that are floating your way. I advise you to focus intently on those very few that you know for a fact are pleasurable and vitalizing. Make yourself unavailable for the rest.

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Help needed in Watauga, and Wilkes area. 828-2650300 fAMily PreserVAtion serViCes of nC, inC. Great Job Opportunities available at Family Preservation Services. Seeking fully/associate licensed professionals to work with children/ adults. Please see the Web ad for Job details. Resumes to Crystal Simpson (csimpson@ fpscorp.com).

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Benefits such as group health insurance, 401K, and Paid Days Off available for full time staff.

EOE. Apply in person at 119 Tunnel Rd, M-F, 8:304:30 or at blueridgegrouphomes.org rn-full-tiMe MediCAting nurse Mountain Area Recovery Center is growing and we are currently seeking an RN to work full-time as a medicating nurse at the Clyde facility. Early morning hours required. Criminal background check required for all final candidates.

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ProfessionAl/ MAnAgeMent BookkeePer-hr/ offiCe AdMinistrAtor needed Job responsibilities: (1) maintain and reconcile financial and accounting records, (2) process payroll, (3) file taxes, (4) manage personnel records and benefits programs, (5) maintain advertising-sales records, accounts, invoicing & collections, and (6) provide front office support. Qualified applicants must have an associate’s degree or higher in HR and/or accounting (or demonstrate equivalent business experience) and at least two years’ successful experience in an office environment in the relevant fields. Must be mature, with extremely high ethics and good judgment, and able to communicate effectively with employees, supervisors, clients and the public. Must be computer-savvy, Macintosh preferred.

Knowledge of MYOB accounting application and Excel are plusses. We are a small, communityminded, media outlet. If you want a meaningful job with a company that serves the community in a calm and respectful environment, send your resume and cover letter outlining your experience, your goals, and why you think you would fit in with Xpress. Please respond by email to xpressjob@ mountainx.com enVironMentAl JustiCe orgAniZer/ reseArCher, AsheVille Progressive statewide non-profit seeks full time organizer/researcher with some experience, science or health background and strong commitment to social justice for statewide advocacy on water and energy issues, local and regional organizing. Email hope@ cwfnc.org for full description and application requirements.

Deadline August 20. offiCe MAnAger An Office Manager manages daily operations, management and performance of an H&R Block tax office.

The Office Manager serves as the front-line manager responsible for office growth, leadership and development. 828252-1418 melissa.blazen@hrblock.com www. hrblock.com

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