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PAGE 8 O (ALMOST) LOST July marks the 20-year anniversary of the unsolved arson that nearly destroyed one of Asheville’s historic landmarks. Xpress takes a look back at the 1998 fire at the Old Kentucky Home and the communal efforts to bring the Thomas Wolfe Memorial back to life.

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Be aware of tourism’s links to gentrification Dear Adrienne from Vermont, We appreciate your letter to the Xpress [“Will I Be Welcome in Asheville?” July 11] because it provides an opportunity to explain what is going on in Asheville and why you are sensing hostility to tourism.

What you perhaps don’t know is that because of the relentless advertising of Asheville’s charms in places like New England and Florida and the “Best Place to Live/Retire” rankings, many people come here as tourists and then move here or buy second homes.

The reality is that Asheville is facing an economic tsunami. We are a small city of 90,000 residents. Yet, we are the second-fastest gentrifying city in the entire U.S., according to Realtor.com. There is enormous economic pressure on our town. People like us, looking for a progressive, vibrant, diverse community with good weather come here with cash in hand from selling our own homes in high-priced markets. We are able to buy and build homes that are far more expensive than most Asheville residents can afford.

Most urgently, gentrification is creating a demand for buildable lots and houses within the city limits that is invading our historic AfricanAmerican neighborhoods and displacing lifelong residents who have been

here for generations. The economic pressure has skyrocketed Asheville housing prices and rents. Despite attempts at affordable housing, we are losing our artists and musicians, our service workers, our health care workers, our graduating students, our young families, our kids, who can no longer afford to live here.

But do come visit us and support our African-American businesses like the Hood Tours, which may give you a deeper understanding of our history.

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dedication to making a world his two young children could feel the same optimism that past generations have taken for granted but now is threatened by growing cynicism and corruption, by economic unfairness, a degrading environment and the unraveling of democracy so that the powerful and wealthy can grab more power and wealth. I saw genuine anger at his opponent, at President Trump and the Republican Party, which are undermining our democratic, environmental and regulatory safeguards, creating an American oligarchy of the wealthy and corporations.

He wants to make health care and higher education a right and not a costly product and privilege as it is now. He wants to protect and enhance public education. He wants to expand democracy and accessibility to the benefits of the economy and society to everyone without discrimination. He wants to reinvigorate the economy with hightech and good-paying jobs that enhance rather than threaten communities, neighborhoods and the environment and to provide the training for the workforce to fill these jobs.

He takes climate change very seriously. He is deeply insulted by President Trump’s trashing of people and institutions for his own political gain, and it was Trump’s election that kicked him into entering into this race. He is outraged at how the Republican Party and his opponent, Patrick McHenry, enable and protect Trump while also undermining democracy for their own and their corporate and wealthy sponsors’ advantage at every opportunity. David is a true progressive.

David’s not slick nor a natural public speaker and no polished politician, but as he spoke, his sincerity took over and he won my heart and the hearts of those attending with an honest, from-the-heart kind of eloquence. He’ll fight for the people he serves and not the wealthy — this was clear. I was impressed. We need this good man. And he needs active support from everyone who will benefit from a genuine human being of good mind and heart who is a true progressive.

The dishonest gerrymandering of the Republican delegation controlling Raleigh has made it very difficult — but not impossible — for a Democrat to succeed. I urge everyone who might be encouraged and hopeful of turning our current political mess around by a candidate such as I have described to support, work for, talk up and vote for David Wilson Brown for Congress. It is no exaggeration to say that in this election and all elections coming up in the next several years, the soul of America is at stake. Here we have a candidate who is worthy of our support. I am sure he can win and honorably serve the people if the people he will serve help him now.

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C A R T O O N B Y B R E NT B R O W N Welcome in Asheville?” July 11, Xpress] and curiosity about visiting our beautiful, free-spirited city. Asheville is indeed an accepting and welcoming place that has earned a reputation as one of America’s best places to visit and live.

More than 25,000 jobs in our community rely on visitors like you. One thousand local businesses offer unique visitor experiences every day, including attractions, recreation, tours, restaurants, farms, art, theaters, shops, breweries, music and more. And the businesses and experiences that make Asheville a special place to visit are loved by locals, too.

Asheville absolutely depends on and appreciates its guests. People have been visiting these mountains for more than 100 years. Since the inception of the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority 35 years ago, visitor spending has increased from less than $200 million to more than $2 billion every year, generating more than $203 million in tax revenue.

It wasn’t long ago that businesses closed during the winter season.

Tourism promotion has built a national reputation that has helped attract new investment, created jobs of all kinds and offered a year-round path to success for our cherished small businesses.

Buncombe County now has the lowest unemployment rate in North Carolina.

Your choice to visit Asheville provides greenways, sports facilities, theater renovations, new museums and other infrastructure improvements.

These community assets — enjoyed by both locals and visitors — are funded by 25 percent of hotel taxes through the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority’s grant program. Since 2001, $34.5 million has been invested in 33 community projects — including $22 million to city of Asheville-owned projects.

Asheville faces challenges common to successful places — increasing housing prices, infrastructure and public-service needs, workforce development issues, etc. The passionate responses of our community on these issues illustrate the growing pains faced by Asheville and many other destinations that are growing. Truth is, they are important to all of us who live and work here and care deeply about our mountain home.

I hope you will visit our vibrant and welcoming city. We promise you a memorable and enriching experience. When you visit a honey-tasting shop, local record store or family farm, know that your support helps us to thrive and live our passions here in Asheville.

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Solving Asheville’s affordable housing crunch The Gospel According to Jerry

BY JERRY STERNBERG Editor’s note: Part I of this commentary ran last month (see “An Unvarnished Look,” June 20, Xpress).

When it comes to addressing Asheville’s affordable housing problem, the wage issue is a particularly sticky wicket. A meaningful minimum wage increase would have to come from the federal or state governments, which don’t seem disposed to attack this issue anytime soon.

The serious labor shortage during our current boom has produced some wage improvement. Unfortunately, those at the lowest level in the job market haven’t benefited, because they lack the education and skills most of those jobs require.

I have no problem with the city and county mandating a living wage for municipal employees, but I’m totally against using zoning and permitting laws to force new businesses to pay a higher minimum wage, as the city’s done with some hotels. If Asheville can find a way to impose a citywide minimum wage, that’s fine, but using zoning and permitting laws to accomplish this is discriminatory and could drive away potential newcomers and the jobs they might provide.

I also have a problem with local governments using their awesome zoning power to force a builder to provide socalled “affordable rents” for all or part of a housing development. Developers normally don’t build with cash, so they’re at the mercy of lenders: Without a satisfactory revenue stream, they don’t get the financing. If the municipal authority provides tax or financial incentives, that’s a legitimate business deal, but property rights aren’t a bargaining chip governments can use to coerce developers.

POLITICAL COWARDICE The city and county themselves have created many of the obstacles to solving the housing problem.

The political cowardice shown by city zoning boards and City Council has cost us thousands of units of affordable housing. A few years ago, a large proposed affordable housing project on Hendersonville Road was killed because the NIMBYs were afraid it might increase the number of pigmented residents in the neighborhood. Another 6

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project off East Chestnut Street met the same fate, despite satisfying all of the city’s criteria for workforce housing.

One bright spot has been Mountain Housing Opportunities’ affordable apartments off Merrimon Avenue. This project triggered a neighborhood firestorm; the real issue, however, wasn’t traffic or property values but bringing in more minority residents.

Another bright spot is the Campus Crest student housing near UNCA, which I helped develop. It’s provided 350 residential units while freeing up hundreds of low-rent spaces that were previously occupied by students. Despite outrageous opposition by Montford neighbors and punitive acts by City Council, this project has been an invaluable asset to both UNCA and our city. I have yet to hear any valid complaints from neighbors since either project was completed.

THE NEXT FIASCO In 2016, however, city voters approved three bond issues, one of which allocated $25 million for affordable housing.

Some of that money was supposed to pay for tearing down and relocating the current city garage and replacing it with affordable housing. This is one of the worst-conceived schemes City Council has ever proposed, ranking right up with locating the “Taj Ma-Garage” there to begin with.

This bond issue reeks of political motivation. Many Council members, rightfully feeling guilty about their failure to solve the housing problem, saw this as a way to ingratiate themselves with the black community by creating housing next to The Block. But they’re comfortable locating the project here because there are no nonpigmented neighbors there to raise hell.

They obviously haven’t thought this through, however. As responsible members of the pigmented community have pointed out to me, it will simply create another ghetto.

Meanwhile, the economics don’t add up either. In the first place, the site, on a main thoroughfare near McCormick Field and adjacent to the city center, is extremely valuable, with many potential uses. I’m sure many developers would pay big bucks for the property as is.

And just as it did in the River Arts District, the city will find out the hard

JERRY STERNBERG way that the money that was earmarked for this project is a fraction of what it will cost. It has all the makings of a full-blown financial disaster.

Much cheaper and better locations are available, if the city has the political will to stand fast against tribal opposition.

TYRANNICAL ZONING The county, meanwhile, has been much more politically adroit at avoiding affordable housing. Its current zoning ordinance allows only 12 housing units per acre in all zoned areas, which covers most of the properties that have infrastructure, are on major thoroughfares and are served by public transit. This, of course, has discouraged any development that might bring more pigmented students into the county schools.

As long as they can keep this ridiculous restriction in place, they’ll be able to keep affordable and, to a large extent, workforce housing out of Buncombe County. According to Pisgah Legal Services, a shocking 42 percent of all workers in the county live outside the county. That is disgraceful!

With buildable land so scarce and expensive, why aren’t we looking at innovations? If rich people can enjoy high-rise condos and apartments, why don’t we build these for working and disadvantaged people?

We once briefly experimented with providing condos for poor people out in Oakley. The Eastview Homes Condominiums failed because the project was poorly conceived, poorly administered and, more importantly, nobody really wanted it to work.

For that matter, why not create more opportunities to site mobile homes, many of which are well-built, energy-efficient and offer great ownership opportunities.

They’re every bit as practical as tiny homes, which are all the rage now.

During several decades after World War II, the state of Israel absorbed huge numbers of indigent immigrants.

These refugees were provided with apartments — and with every rent payment, the residents acquired a tiny economic interest in their home. After the newcomers found work and their economic situation improved, they were able to trade up to a better unit.

You can bet that these occupants took an interest in “their” property and that there was no malicious damage.

A CITY IN CRISIS It’s inconceivable to me that the business community is sitting on its hands and watching this housing Kabuki dance continue: After all, they have a very big dog in this hunt.

They’re all lamenting that they can’t attract and keep enough qualified employees. Surely they understand that one of the biggest issues for city and county workers is finding an economical place to live.

Why don’t the Chamber of Commerce, the Council of Independent Business Owners, the manufacturing plant managers and human resource people, the Economic Development Coalition and the Tourism Development Authority set up a task force to find new solutions? This issue is just as important as energy sources, clean air, transportation and education, yet the bureaucrats and politicians have failed to find viable solutions.

It’s time to bring in top management, bankers, developers and just plain ol’ smart business folks to brainstorm the problem and then march down to City/ County Plaza and demand action.

Although some view subsidized housing as some kind of socialist handout to children of a lesser god, they’d better realize that letting this problem fester is definitely against their own financial best interest. When local workers can’t find housing they can afford and our less fortunate population — including families with children — is one rent check away from living on the street, this predicament has reached critical mass.

Asheville native Jerry Sternberg, a longtime observer of the local scene, can be reached at gospeljerry@aol.com. X

Xpress embarks on 25th year

BY VIRGINIA DAFFRON vdaffron@mountainx.com In small letters running up the left-hand side, the volume number on the cover of this week’s Xpress — 25 — marks a milestone. With this edition, we enter our 25th year of covering the news, arts and culture of Western North Carolina. As the number of truly independent local news outlets continues to decline across the country, we count ourselves both fortunate and grateful to continue to enjoy the support of advertisers and readers in our community.

Emerging from seven years of the activist publication Green Line, a monthly tabloid newspaper dedicated to environmental and other progressive issues, Xpress grew out of founder and Publisher Jeff Fobes’ realization that a publication that reflected the convictions of only part of the community would mainly preach to the choir and fail to build real community dialogue. Generous philanthropic support early on — from Julian Price, a couple other local backers and a couple hundred supportive readers — allowed the new media operation to find its feet and lay the groundwork for serving a broad range of readers and interests.

A rogue’s gallery of courageous, innovative, locally obsessed, mostly young professionals dreamed up the design and content, notably art director Rob Hammonds, general manager Carey Watson, managing editor Peter Gregutt and Fobes.

As the paper found its groove, new features and sections evolved while keeping the focus local (where the impact of citizen action is greatest).

In December 1994, reporter Margaret Williams carried pen and notebook to a meeting of Asheville City Council, kicking off a longtime focus on holding local government accountable to the public. In 1995, Xpress published its first Best of WNC survey and guide of readers’ recommendations. Our standalone dining guide,

VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1: The first copies of Mountain Xpress hit newsstands on Aug. 10, 1994, with a cover story from Cecil Bothwell that cast a critical eye on the D.A.R.E. drug education program. then called Blue Ridge Flavors, first appeared in 1998. In October 2006, the paper’s Food section began to take form with an article by Hanna Raskin, who in 2017 won a James Beard award for her work as Charleston, S.C.-based Post & Courier’s food editor and critic. The Wellness section debuted in 2011. In 2013, we produced the first official AVL Beer Week Guide and, the next year, we developed our annual Craft Week guide.

Primary and general election voter guides have long been a mainstay of Xpress, and readers tell us ours is the resource they carry into the voting booth with them. Coverage of environmental issues and the city’s dynamic arts and entertainment scene have figured prominently in our pages from the very beginning.

We’ve had some wild times over the course of our run so far — really, publishing a hybrid community/alterna-

tive news weekly is a great gig — and we continue to evolve in response to our readers’ interests and advertisers’ needs. In the last couple of years, we’ve: • Featured local crossword-puzzle makers, photographers, fiction writers, poets, kids, nonprofits and many other contributors.

• Launched our annual Give!Local campaign, which in its three years of existence has helped 73 selected local nonprofits raise $228,000.

• Converted our Community Calendar to a new technology platform that offers great functionality, including on mobile devices, while continuing to run the full calendar section in print.

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• Published letters to the editor on a staggering variety of topics of local concern, many with responses from the politicians or organizations named in the letters.

• Rolled out weekly theater reviews, providing the area’s only ongoing coverage of the local theater scene.

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O (ALMOST) LOST

Remembering the fire that nearly destroyed the Old Kentucky Home

BY THOMAS CALDER

ONE HELL OF A JOB

tcalder@mountainx.com Steve Hill was asleep when the phone rang in the early morning hours of July 24, 1998. Half-awake, he answered the call. An officer from the Asheville Fire Department was on the line. There was a fire at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial.

An Asheville native, Hill first began working at the memorial as an intern in spring 1978. Later that same year, he was hired as a staff member. By March 1979, he had taken over as site manager, the position he held on the night of the fire.

Hill asked the firefighter the extent of the damage. After a long pause, the officer replied, “You just better get downtown.”

THE ROOF IS ON FIRE July marks the 20-year anniversary of the unsolved arson that nearly destroyed one of Asheville’s historic landmarks. Built by Erwin Sluder in 1883, the domicile originally contained seven rooms. A subsequent owner transformed the abode into an 18-bedroom boardinghouse, later named the Old Kentucky Home.

By 1906, Julia Wolfe had taken over the establishment, eventually expanding the property to include 29 total rooms spread over 6,000 square feet. Years later, in 1929, her youngest son, Thomas Wolfe, immortalized the structure, his family and many of the city’s residents with the publication of his controversial debut novel, Look Homeward, Angel.

Some buildings work a strange magic in the lives of those who inhabit them; such was the influence of the Old Kentucky Home on the young author. “If Thomas Wolfe had grown up in a normal family, away from that house, I don’t know if he would have become the writer that he became,” remarks Hill.

That thought was on Hill’s mind as he hung up with the officer. It was a little after 3 a.m. when he made his way to the Old Kentucky Home. The city’s downtown streets were all but empty. Until, that is, he turned onto North Market Street.

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THE AFTERMATH: The 1998 fire at the Old Kentucky Home destroyed two rooms and the roof of the historic landmark. Photo courtesy of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial out of his car and turned the corner toward the property, he could see the building’s roof ablaze.

“That was my first impression,” he says, remembering the searing flames.

“And I thought about how long the house had been there and what all it had endured and how much work we had all put into it to make it the historic site it had become. And I thought: All that history has come to an end.”

SIX WEEKS SHY Julia Wolfe operated the Old Kentucky Home until her death in 1945. For the next four years, the property remained in the Wolfe family, before the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association purchased it in February 1949. That summer the organization opened the site to visitors, offering guests an inside look at the boardinghouse known as Dixieland in Look Homeward, Angel.

Nearly a decade later, the city of Asheville took ownership of the prop-

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erty; the site became a state-run facility in 1972. Throughout these transitions, the home’s interior remained as it had been during Julia Wolfe’s lifetime. Original furniture, books, musical instruments and cooking utensils filled the rooms, transporting guests back to the early part of the 20th century.

Thoughts of those furnishings and artifacts flooded Hill’s consciousness as water hoses continued to pour down on the burning roof. Ironically, the memorial had been scheduled to shut down that September for repairs, among them the installation of a fire-detection system.

“We had already planned to have the furniture taken out,” Hill says.

“And that just kept running through my head that night. I had six more weeks before all of it would have been out. … That’s something I’ve never gotten over. As hard as I worked on it, all that fell out from under me.”

Originally, Thomas Wolfe had planned to title his debut novel O Lost.

In the early hours of July 24, 1998, things certainly seemed that way. “By all rights, the house should have been on the ground,” says retired firefighter Buddy Duckett, who served as incident commander that night.

“But we took some chances.”

Interior crews covered furniture with tarps and cut holes in the floor to drain excess water. By then, the fire, which started in the dining room, had made its way into the home’s walls.

Unable to gain access to the roof, the interior crew retreated. Ladder towers took over and doused the structure’s exterior flames.

As incident commander, Duckett called the shots during the battle.

The home’s significance, he notes, influenced his approach. Rather than fall back into a defensive mode, allowing the fire to consume the structure while crews worked to secure surrounding properties, his firefighters stayed on the offensive.

“Long story short, they did one hell of a job and got it put out,” says Duckett. “I was very proud of them.”

For firefighter Rodney Metcalf, who was a member of one of the first units to arrive that night, the fire remains among the more significant battles he’s fought in his 29-year career. “I was glad we were able to do what we did,” he says. “And that we were able to preserve as much stuff as we had. That was a good feeling.”

A WET, DARK CAVE By daylight, the community response was in full swing, according to Hill. Volunteers from across the city, region and state made their way to the Old Kentucky Home to sort through and organize recovered items. The Biltmore Estate, remembers Hill, “sent truck after truck after truck of supplies to the house.” With most of the property’s structure still intact — albeit badly damaged — the memorial would eventually restore 85 percent of its original inventory.

Jeff Futch, who is now the regional supervisor of the Western Office, was among the early arrivals that day.

Beyond the initial shock over seeing the home’s mutilated roof, he remembers his subsequent surprise

SALVAGED: With most of the property’s structure still intact — albeit badly damaged — the memorial would eventually restore 85 percent of its original inventory. Photo courtesy of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial in discovering the amount of water dumped on the structure to put out the fire. Between the two elements, he says, the house was transformed “into a wet, dark cave.”

Later that morning, the staff of the Radison Hotel (now the Renaissance Asheville Hotel) invited members of the recovery team to view the top of the home from the hotel’s upper-level windows. “That was pretty shocking, too,” Futch recalls. “We didn’t realize until then how much the roof had collapsed. Looking down on the house like that was just another wave of, ‘Oh my goodness.’”

PREPARING FOR THE WORST Once the initial astonishment wore off, some of the same organizations that had joined forces to help recover the home’s salvageable items began discussions on disaster preparedness.

“We realized we needed to up our game,” says Martha Battle Jackson, chief curator at the Division of State Historic Sites and Properties.

The following year, as a direct result of the fire, the Mountain Area Cultural Resources Emergency Network formed. Known as MACREN, the organization put on monthly workshops that covered topics from how to handle wet documents to creating stronger ties between historic sites and emergency management agencies. While the monthly sessions have since given way to yearly meetings, the early impact of the group remains evident. “We now have a disaster plan,” says Battle Jackson. “We have

a trailer with disaster supplies and equipment that can hook up to a truck and be taken out at a moment’s notice.”

Similar networks have since formed across the state as a result of MACREN. These include the Triangle Area Cultural Resources Emergency Network, as well as the statewide Cultural Resources Emergency Support Team.

“The creation of MACREN certainly made people more aware of the importance of a network,” says Futch.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE HULK Six years would pass before the restoration of the Old Kentucky Home was complete. The first four were spent negotiating insurance claims, raising money and coming up with architec-

tural plans. The next two years saw the roof replaced, the two destroyed rooms rebuilt and the remaining sections of the house restored.

“I had some people say, ‘Well, that must have been the easiest six years of your life while it was closed,’” remembers Hill. “The truth of the matter is I experienced more anxiety and worry and sweat equity in those six years than I’ve ever put into anything before in my entire life.”

Throughout the multiyear project, tours of the home’s exterior went on.

The staff also held educational programs inside the memorial’s visitor center. Meanwhile, donations came in from around the country. The overall restoration would cost $2.4 million. Insurance covered all but $300,000.

During that period, Hill says the shock of the fire never wore off. “Just to come in every morning and to sit in the shadow of the hulk of that house was hard,” he notes. Harder still was to put the project aside at the end of each day. Hill remembers nights spent in his basement scrubbing and polishing door knobs and hinges from the Old Kentucky Home. “That was my way of adding something back to it as far as the physical labor part of it,” he says. “Even if it was just cleaning hardware.”

SOAKING IT ALL IN When Battle Jackson first arrived to Asheville by way of Raleigh in the immediate aftermath of the fire, she cried. When, a few years later, she saw footage of the blaze for the first time, she cried again. Six years after the inferno, as the restored Wolfe family furniture was placed back inside the

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N EWS home’s 29 rooms, she cried over the house for a third time. “I just couldn’t believe how good it looked,” she says.

For Futch, the memory of the fire still lingers. “Every time I drive over there, I’m reminded of it,” he says.

Even on sunny days he’ll sometimes stand on the property’s front porch and imagine “the black cave with water dripping all over the place.”

Meanwhile, Hill, who retired in 2011, says the fire remains the most painful period of his 35-year tenure at the memorial. “You hate for something like that to have happened when you were responsible for the house,” he says. “That’s one element

BY THE NUMBERS Since the Thomas Wolfe Memorial reopened in 2004, it has hosted 244,522 total visitors. On a yearly average, the historic site welcomes 18,809 guests. Annual visitation numbers prior to 2004 were unavailable at press time. X

DREAM TEAM: From the fire department to restoration experts, community members and memorial staff, it took a village to save and restore the Old Kentucky Home.

Among those who helped with the effort are, from left, Jeff Futch, Buddy Duckett, Steve Hill, Gary Barnhart and Rodney Metcalf (pictured with a Thomas Wolfe cardboard cutout). Photo by Thomas Calder

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I’ve really never gotten over. That it happened during my watch.”

Still, the near-catastrophe brought with it occasional glimpses of pride and pleasure for the site manager. The museum-quality restoration meant each item in the house was replaced, like for like. The slate roof, for example, was not

simply swapped for concrete slabs.

Such decisions added to the overall cost, but contributed to the integrity and mission of the restoration. “We had to stick to our guns and demand that things be done in a responsible way that would honor the history of the house,” Hill explains.

Moments of unforgettable connections also arose in the wake of the fire. Hill recalls a fundraiser hosted by writers Pat Conroy and Wilma Dykeman. Afterward, Hill returned to the memorial. He had his back to the visitor center, his eyes locked in on the damaged home. “I thought I was alone,” he says. “Then I heard this voice say, ‘Don’t worry about it, it’s all going to be okay.’ And it was Pat. It was one of those things where you felt like crying: to have someone like Pat Conroy offering you encouragement.”

And then there was the grand reopening of the Old Kentucky Home itself, which took place on Memorial Day Weekend in 2004. “I remember at the close of the day everybody else went home and I just sat in the middle of that house, with all the furniture back in and the freshly painted walls and repaired ceilings and everything,” Hill says.

“I sat there for I don’t know how long, it must have been several hours, just soaking it all in.”

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The Thomas Wolfe Memorial Visitor Center, located at 52 N. Market St., was officially dedicated on Oct. 5, 1997. The ceremony fell on the final day of the Thomas Wolfe Festival. Although parts of the building had opened the previous December, the official dedication marked the completion of the center’s exhibition hall and auditorium.

For a period of her life, Julia Wolfe used the plot of land that the center now occupies for her fruit and vegetable gardens. But in 1927, she leased the back lot to local businessman and former neighbor Harry Bloomberg. He built a garage on-site, where he operated Harry’s Motor Inn. Bloomberg would play a crucial role in preserving the Old Kentucky Home. In 1941, when Julia Wolfe lost the property to Wachovia Bank, Bloomberg purchased the land, allowing his former neighbor and landlord to remain in the house. The following year, Bloomberg sold the Old Kentucky Home back to the Wolfe family but retained ownership of the back lot.

In 1981, the Department of Cultural Resources purchased the property from Bloomberg. According to former site manager Steve Hill, a lack of funding resulted in the structure remaining undisturbed for many years. Once it had been razed, additional delays postponed construction of the eventual visitor center.

The fire that nearly consumed the Old Kentucky Home broke out less than a year after the visitor center’s completion. “Had we not had the visitor center when the fire occurred, I don’t know what we would have done,” says Hill. “It was kind of a lifeboat for us until we got everything back together.” X

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EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS Aja Cobbs feels fortunate to have her father as a role model.

“My father owns his own business; I have a role model to inspire me to be an entrepreneur,” says the 26-year-old, whose interactive Art Trap House exhibit has traveled to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Atlanta. “What about those youth who have no friends or neighbors that own businesses?

Where do they start?”

For this reason, Cobbs explains, “I want to teach leadership and how to use the economy for youth to succeed.”

Owning a business can be a pathway to personal advancement.

Yet if no one in your community is there as an example, it can be hard to believe this is even a possibility. According to the website stateofblackkasheville.org, for example, only 1.7 percent of Buncombe County businesses are black-owned.

Bringing It Home 2018 aims to inspire future entrepreneurs

SHARING HIS GIFT: Tyron Young, a young entrepreneur who owns The Gift Production Co., will be one of three keynote speakers at the Bringing It Home “unconference” on Saturday, July 28. Photo courtesy of Bringing It Home organizers

To address this glaring disparity, this year’s Bringing It Home “unconference” is focusing on empowering local youth.

“We want them to recognize their greatness,” says Jane Hatley, regional director of the Self-Help Credit Union, which sponsors the annual event. “We want youth to know they are relevant now, especially with the recent ICE raids and school shootings.” The tag line, “Building A Local Economy for Everyone,” drives home that inclusive message.

The free program, she says, “is for all youth, but particularly those who feel left out of the standard entrepreneur model. And not all kids want to go to college.

Conferences are boring to youth, so we have the unconference.”

“We’re defining youth as people ages 5-25, but we want everyone

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NEWS to come,” continues Hatley. “Yes: 5 years old. Did you ever sell lemonade? We also want parents to attend to see how hungry their children are to own their own business.”

Various speakers will describe the experiences that have motivated them to give back to the community. “We call them villagers,” says Dewana Little, the credit union’s marketing and administrative associate. “These are community members that are always there for our youth, sharing their love and knowledge.”

Featured “villagers” will include Gene Bell, CEO of the Asheville Housing Authority, and Stephen Smith, who’ll tell the story of how he created his business, M.S. Lean Landscaping. The company aims to inspire African-American men to create their own enterprises, with a focus on those who are coming out of jail or prison. According to the credit union’s website, M.S. Lean “strives to change the current black community situation through economic development and self-sufficiency.”

INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE To combat feelings of hopelessness about changing one’s economic situation and navigating the entrepreneurial system, a panel titled “Making a Way Out of No Way” will give participants a practical and emotional road map for achieving their dreams. Panelists will include Asheville natives Leonard Little, who played for the St. Louis Rams, and Anna Smith, a certified financial and housing counselor and educator with OnTrack WNC Financial Education and Counseling.

Damion Bailey, who owns Wonderful World of Plumbing, will talk about how the women in his family inspired him with what are now his company’s core values. “He learned sincerity from his great-grandmother, appreciation from his grandmothers and intelligence from his aunt. From his mother, who still teaches him today, he has learned to give and help,” states the credit union’s website.

Assorted breakout sessions will address different aspects of the entrepreneurial path: “Understanding Intergenerational Poverty,” “Marketing your Business,” “Resources for Youth”

and “Beyond Financial Literacy: Building Wealth.”

The Youth Business Expo, meanwhile, will help young entrepreneurs spotlight their businesses. Those signing up to take part in the expo can also attend a free marketing workshop where Kimberly Hunter of Mountain BizWorks will help them create effective promotional materials they can then use at the unconference. In addition, six of those businesses will get a chance to reach out directly to the audience at the morning and afternoon sessions of “3 Youth, 3 Slides, 3 Pitches.”

Meanwhile, three keynote speakers will talk about what motivates them and what pivotal points in their youth helped them achieve their goals. Martin Eakes, Self-Help Credit Union’s co-founder and CEO, says his organization tries to reach those who are underserved by conventional financial institutions, such as people of color, women, rural residents and families with limited means. Tyron Young’s The Gift Productions provides web-based marketing services. And Gloria Shealey, who is president and CEO of The Daniele Co., has 25 years’ experience in construction services.

On the lighter side, the entertainment will include performances

by RAICES, a youth music group from the Emma community, the Hillcrest High-Steppers and others. Breakfast, lunch, child care and interpretation services will be provided free of charge. At the end of the day, each participant will receive a toolkit of local resources. X

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by Virginia Daffron | vdaffron@mountainx.com GAIA HERBS TO EXPAND IN WNC Gaia Herbs announced it will build a new facility in Mills River.

The 140,000-squarefoot manufacturing, distribution and office facility will be located in the Broadpointe development, which is also home to companies including Raumedic AG, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Empire Distributors and the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center.

Brian Traylor, Gaia Herb’s vice president of operations, said in a press release that the site offers proximity to the Asheville Regional Airport, shipping hubs and Interstate 26, as well as to the company’s existing facilities in Brevard and Mills River.

As the company’s growth continues, he said, “the site will also accommodate a further expansion of 100,000 square feet of space in the future.”

Construction is expected to be completed in summer 2019. Gaia Herbs secured about $300,000 in economic development incentives from Henderson County and the town of Mills River.

In addition to the new site in Mills River, Gaia Herbs will also maintain its current processing facility, laboratory and offices in Brevard, which are located on the site of its certified organic 350acre farm, where the company cultivates 40 species of medicinal herbs, growing more than 6.5 million plants each year.

WHAT’S NEWS • Letitia Walker has indeed opened a new yoga studio at 697 D Haywood Road in West Asheville, as reported in the July 18 edition of Xpress. The correct name of the studio is Purna Yoga 828.

EXECUTIVE DECISION: Elizabeth Bridgers joined HomeTrust Bank as senior vice president and director of marketing. Photo courtesy of HomeTrust Bank • Dave Bluth announced that Investec Realty & Business Solutions recently rebranded as blueblaze real estate group to reflect the firm’s rapid growth and innovative listing pricing model.

• Jackson “Jack” Bebber of The Van Winkle Law Firm was elected to serve a three-year term on the N.C. Bar Association Litigation Section Council.

• Blue Ridge Community College has added two job training courses in dog grooming through its continuing education program. The first course, Dog Grooming 101, begins Aug. 20.

• Champion Hills, a 730acre residential community located in Hendersonville, has been named one of the “Top 100 Planned Communities” and a “Best Mountain Views” community by ideal-LIVING magazine in its Summer 2018 Best of the Best in Planned Communities issue.

ON THE MOVE • Elizabeth Bridgers has joined HomeTrust Bank as senior vice president and director of marketing.

• Blake Butler has been appointed executive director of the N.C. Industrial Hemp Association. Butler, a partner in Adapt Public Relations in Asheville, will fill the duties on a parttime basis until the end of the year, when he will tran-

sition to full-time beginning Jan. 1.

ASHEVILLE CHAMBER TO STUDY REGIONAL WORKFORCE Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce launched a regional analysis to study workforce and employment challenges in Buncombe and nine other Western North Carolina counties. The project is part of a statewide initiative organized by the North Carolina Chamber Foundation.

RTI International will survey businesses in the WNC region this summer and plans to release results this fall.

“Businesses in North Carolina are frustrated.

We have a great climate for growth and job creation, but businesses just can’t find the skilled workers they need. To solve that problem, we need to fully understand it — including how the skills gap differs across our state,” said Lew Ebert, president and CEO of the North Carolina Chamber, in a press release.

Businesses of all sizes and across all industries are invited to participate in the project. Information about the project and a link to the online survey can be found at avl.mx/54n and on social media tagged #wnctalent. X

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County to get $2M settlement from insurance company used by Greene

RECOVERY EFFORT: The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, pictured, has reached a settlement with an insurer over life insurance policies purchased by former County Manager Wanda Greene. Photo courtesy of Buncombe County Buncombe County is one step closer to recouping the money it claims was misappropriated by former County Manager Wanda Greene and her son, Michael Greene, who served as a county employee until August 2017.

County commissioners approved a more than $2 million settlement from Guardian Life Insurance Co. during a special meeting on July 17. Greene allegedly purchased whole-life insurance policies from Guardian for herself, her son, and eight other county employees using about $2.3 million of county funds. An annuity was purchased for an additional employee.

Board Chair Brownie Newman says Buncombe County did not file a lawsuit against the company and its brokers as it did against Wanda and Michael Greene. But because the company sold the policies to Wanda Greene, the county

reached a negotiated settlement through its attorney, Ron Payne.

“Mr. Payne has been talking with them to discuss what procedure could be used to return those funds to the county and to educate them about the fact that these policies were never approved as is legally required,” Newman told Xpress, “and so they’ve been discussing the matter for several months.”

The exact settlement offered by the company is $2,081,686.37. The Board of Commissioners said in early June that two policies worth $143,000 are still outstanding in Michael Greene’s name. Payne said the company is paying the county for those policies, but as part of the settlement, if the county does receive the policies from Michael Greene, the county agreed to surrender those to the insurance company without any further payment. Newman says the county will also make it clear that the

county doesn’t have any other claims against the insurance company or any of its agents or brokers.

The total amount the insurance company received from Buncombe County at Wanda Greene’s direction was $2,310,000.

“I wholeheartedly endorse this because it is a good settlement,” Payne told commissioners on July 17. “The net difference being $228,313.63 is less than what Ms. Greene paid for her own policy. It is about half. I think the insurance company and its broker have done the right thing.” Payne said Greene paid $458,000 for her policies. According to an indictment released June 5, Greene cashed in two whole-life policies issued in her name shortly after retiring June 30, 2017, obtaining about $396,000.

The settlement from the insurance company doesn’t, however, mark the

end of the county’s civil lawsuit against the Greenes.

“We see this as an important and very positive step forward in the county recouping a large percentage of the taxpayer funds that were misappropriated and illegally appropriated by Wanda and Michael Greene,” Newman says, “but we’re very determined to continue to recoup everything else that was misappropriated by the former county manager. Our civil suit to achieve that will continue.”

Newman says the county is also seeking to recoup money from the alleged misuse of county funds through purchase cards, illegitimate vacation days and retention bonuses that were not legally permissible.

Answers submitted by State Employees’ Credit Union in response to a June 25 summons to garnish Wanda Greene’s five accounts on deposit there reveal that the value of those accounts was $119,806.84.

In early June, according to court documents, FBI Special Agent Andrew Romagnuolo requested a warrant to seize $29,479.47 held in one of Greene’s SECU accounts.

Romagnuolo said in an affidavit that the $396,000 Greene received by cashing out her life insurance policies was deposited in the account in late July.

According to the affidavit, about $155,000 was transferred from the account to a Tennessee law firm in early August 2017, and about $100,000 was transferred in mid-August 2017 to another SECU account held by Greene and ultimately provided to Michael Greene and another individual who is not named in the affidavit. According to court filings, the $155,000 wired on Aug. 7, which was sent to the Tennessee law firm’s account at F&M bank in Clarksville, Tenn., was wired for the purposes of a real estate transaction.

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IN THE ZONE: Urban planner Joe Minicozzi, representing property owner Reid Thompson, delivers a presentation to the Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission on July 19. Despite staff opposition, the commission approved a request to rezone two parcels of land near Greenlife Grocery from RM-8 to Lodging Expansion to allow for short-term rentals. The issue will now go before City Council. Photo by David Floyd Residents along Maxwell Street near downtown Asheville have a beef with one of their neighbors — Greenlife Grocery.

Long-standing tensions over truck traffic for store deliveries along the street were aired during a meeting of Asheville’s Planning and Zoning Commission on July 19 as part of a hearing on a request to rezone two houses on the street to allow for shortterm rentals. Without special zoning approval, renting whole living units for periods of fewer than 30 days is not allowed in any part of the city.

Velvet Hawthorne, who has owned a house on Maxwell since 2010, said that large tractor-trailer trucks have difficulty navigating the residential street. She described a recent incident in which a large truck came close to scraping against her car and running over her garden before ultimately backing up along the road.

“This happens all the time,” she said.

Reid Thompson requested the rezoning for his properties at 28 and 32 Maxwell St., which are located across the street from Greenlife and its loading dock. Urban planner Joe Minicozzi is representing Thompson and spoke on behalf of his application at the commission meeting. Minicozzi argued that the city has been incon-

sistent in enforcing its own rules on the street, with Thompson receiving fines for operating short-term rentals while Greenlife’s violations of city traffic rules have gone unpunished.

For example, many of the delivery trucks that use the street, Minicozzi said, are far larger than allowed by city code, a violation he compared to greatly exceeding the speed limit. “Imagine being in a school zone where the speed limit is 25 miles per hour and somebody just whizzes by at 75 miles per hour,” he said.

Thompson said the city has mishandled issues along the street.

“We did 10 years, 15 years of the FedEx guy driving by my house beeping his horn, gunning up and down the street,” Thompson told members of the commission. “Where was city staff?

Who protected us?”

The July 19 meeting marked the second time the commission considered the request, which was continued from the board’s May 2 meeting. City planning staff had recommended denying the application, arguing the proposed use of the property would be inconsistent with the surrounding zoning districts. Staff said the properties are too small to provide the buffering and parking required by code and pointed out that on-street parking on Maxwell is limited to long-term residents to

reduce the impact of commercial users.

Additionally, staff argued that the request would require amending part of the Living Asheville Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted while the rezoning request was being studied.

In the zoning application, Thompson proposed that all three apartment units at 28 Maxwell would be used as shortterm rentals, while two of the three units at 32 Maxwell would be used as short-term rentals and one would be designated exclusively for long-term rental. The short-term rentals could be converted to long-term rentals. The application also included the addition of a 5-foot landscape buffer.

Members of the commission acknowledged that there is an issue along the corridor but pointed out that the question before them was whether to rezone the properties.

“As we make our decision this evening, unfortunately we won’t change the actual situation,” said commission Chair Laura Hudson. “I’m sorry for Maxwell Street, but we can’t improve the conditions.”

“I think the applicant has demonstrated that there is an intrusion of commercial activity on his property,” Hudson said. “There was no buffer put in place.

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AT ISSUE: Owner Reid Thompson submitted a landscape plan for 28 and 32 Maxwell Street.

Image courtesy of the city of Asheville We were remiss in not providing that from the beginning and perhaps could have avoided this entire situation.”

Hudson said she doesn’t like the idea of short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods but believes they can work in certain commercial areas.

“I’d like see Council wrestle with it and make that final determination,” Hudson said.

Commissioners voted 5-2 to recommend that City Council approve the zoning request.

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On April 15, 1882, the day after the fire, The Asheville Citizen declared:

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE: This image of the Asheville Fire Department was taken in December 1900. The men pose in front of the former City Hall on the company’s horse-drawn fire wagon. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Public Library The 1998 fire that nearly consumed the Old Kentucky Home, the boardinghouse and childhood residence of Asheville writer Thomas Wolfe [see “O (Almost) Lost,” page 8, Xpress], is just one of many blazes that has sparked fear in the city. Other tragedies include the 1917 fire at Catholic Hill School, which resulted in the death of seven students [see “Tuesday History: Catholic Hill School and the fire of 1917,” Feb. 28, 2017, Xpress], the 1923 fire at the former Emporium Department Store at South Pack Square and the 1948 fire at Highland Hospital, which claimed nine lives, including that of Zelda Fitzgerald [see “Tuesday History: The fire at Highland Hospital,” March 21, 2017, Xpress].

The Asheville Fire Department responded to each of these cases with varying degrees of success. But before the department’s formation in the spring of 1882, residents and business owners had only themselves and their neighbors to rely on.

Such realities and threats created great consternation. On Feb. 4, 1858, the Asheville News included an article noting several instances where citizens were aroused from sleep by the startling cries of “fire!”

In each case, the writer attributed the community’s prompt, collective response and favorable weather for the avoidance of

complete catastrophe. Nevertheless, these near-disasters led the writer to ask, “What means have we for meeting and successfully resisting a calamity of this sort, once it obtains fair headway? The answer is short: just none at all!”

The article went on to declare that Asheville — then a town of 1,500 — risked everything in the absence of “fire engine, ladder, hook or bucket[.]” The writer then reminded readers that over the previous 14 years conversations were had on the matter, but without resolution. “[U]nfortunately it is everybody’s business, and of course nobody’s,” the article asserted. “[B]ut when the destroying angel visits you in its strength and fury, (which God forfend!) do not say that you were never warned of the danger.”

The admonition would be ignored for decades. But awareness of potential disaster continued to surface in headlines and articles. On Feb. 4, 1875, the North Carolina Citizen reported on a recent publication by the Engineering Journal, which offered a list of common causes for fire. Carelessness, the newspaper concluded, was the driving force behind most flames.

By 1882, envy and trepidation made its way onto the pages of The Asheville Citizen.

The paper’s April 5 edition stated:

“The fact was demonstrated the other night that the houses of Asheville are not fire proof; that they are not incombustible; and that they are liable to the same casualties to which the property of other communities are subjected. The people of this community have lived in the happy elusion that they are under the special guardianship of a kindly Providence who has relieved them from all responsibility to watch over their own affairs; and modestly assume that for their sakes He will suspend the laws of nature, chill the spark that elsewhere flashes with flames, and chain the wind that fans into wild conflagration.”

The article decried any further inaction as criminal. The fire, it insisted, proved not only the city’s vulnerability to flames, but also its “absolutely helpless and unprepared condition … to meet such contingency.”

According to Asheville Fire Department engineer and historian, Brian Lawrence, the department officially formed on May 2, 1882. On June 3, 1882, The Asheville Citizen featured the latest ordinances passed by Board of Aldermen. This would included nine new sections with guidelines and requirements on fire safety.

Later that year, on Nov. 14, The Asheville Citizen informed its readers that a surprise arrived that Thursday “when a company of stalwart men dragged into the public square with rattle of wheels and jingle of bells, a handsome new hook and ladder truck, for the use of the company formed last spring.”

Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

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CALENDAR GUIDELINES For a full list of community calendar guidelines, please visit mountainx.com/calendar. For questions about free listings, call 251-1333, ext.

137. For questions about paid calendar listings, please call 251-1333, ext. 320.

ANIMALS ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 828-761-2001, ashevillehumane.org • SA (7/28), 1:30-3pm - Behind-the-scenes tour of the Asheville Humane Society and the Buncombe County Animal Shelter. Free.

Held at Asheville Humane Society, 14 Forever Friend Lane BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 828-6263438 • SA (7/28), 8am-noon - Low cost rabies clinic.

Prices vary.

FEED & SEED 3715 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, 828-216-3492, feedandseednc.com • SA (7/28), noon-3pm - Low-cost rabies and shot clinic. Information: 828-553-5792. $15$25.

FULL MOON FARM WOLFDOG RESCUE 828-664-9818, fullmoonfarm.org • SA (7/28), 3-6pm - "Howl In," event to meet wolfdogs along with a tour and community potluck.

Donations of Rescue FTD-BB24 Disposable Fly Traps accepted. $5 and potluck side dish.

Register for location.

BENEFITS ABCCM TRANSFORMATION VILLAGE abccm.org/ transformation-village • FR (7/27), 8pm Proceeds from Rebuild the Village, an exhibition of portraits of women who have persevered from domestic violence and homelessness by Marc Pierre LeMauviel, benefit ABCCM’s Transformation Village. Registration: bit.ly/2mv2Qyw. $35 includes food and beverage/$50 VIP. Held at Haiku I Do, 26 Sweeten Creek Road

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ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS 828-254-1776, ashevillegreenworks.org • WE (7/25), 5pm Proceeds from this barbecue dinner with live music by Dr. Bacon benefit Asheville Greenworks. $15. Held at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River DISABILITY PARTNERS ASHEVILLE OFFICE 108 New Leicester Highway, 828-298-1977, disabilitypartners.org • SA (7/28), 10am-2pm - Computer donation drive for monitors, mice, keyboards and computers newer than 2009.

FRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN BRANCH LIBRARY rutherfordcountylibrary. org • WE (8/1), 11am - Proceeds from the Books & Bites Luncheon featuring keynote presentation by author Christopher Swann benefit The Friends of the Mountains Branch Library. Registration: 828-287-6392. $25.

Held at Lake Lure Inn and Spa, 2771 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure MOUNTAINTRUE 828-258-8737, mountaintrue.org • FR (7/27), 5pm Proceeds from the Riverkeeper Beer Series concert with Michael Franti and Spearhead benefit the French Broad Riverkeeper. $33.50 and up. Held at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive NIGHT FLIGHT gloryhoundevents. com/event/highlandnight-flight • SA (7/28), 7:30pm - Proceeds from the Highland Brewing Night Flight 4.5-mile race through East Asheville benefit the Asheville Parks and Greenways Foundation. $43. Held at Highland Brewing, 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200

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PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES 828-253-0406, pisgahlegal.org • SU (7/29), 7pm Proceeds from The Happy Together Revue, cabaret concert with music from the 50s, 60s and 70s, benefit Pisgah Legal Services. $20. Held at Attic Salt Theatre, The Mills at Riverside, 2002 Riverside Drive, Suite 42-O REYNOLDS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT reynoldsfire.org • Through TH (8/2) - Proceeds from registration for the "Reynolds Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary Crazy Scramble Golf Experience" benefit the Reynolds Fire Department. $50 per golfer/$180 per 4-person team/$35 per golfer for first responders. Held at High Vista Country Club, 22 Vista Falls Road, Mills River SAFELIGHT safelightfamily.org • SA (7/28), 8pm Proceeds from “Piano Man: A Night of Billy Joel,” concert by Daniel Sage, benefit Safelight. $25.

Held at Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville THE FREE CLINICS thefreeclinics.org • SU (7/29) - Proceeds from this mountaintop farm-to-table diner with live music by 3 Cool Cats benefit The Free Clinics. Register for location: 828-6978422. $200.

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • TH (7/26), 6-9pm "Which Social Media Tools Should I Use for My Business," seminar.

Registration required.

Free. Held at A-B Tech Small Business Center, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler AB TECH, FERGUSON AUDITORIUM 340 Victoria Road, 828-274-7883 • SA (7/28), 8:30am4pm- "Bringing it Home: Building a Local Economy for Everyone 2018," conference with presentations and workshops.

More information and registration: bringingithomewnc.org. Free.

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• THURSDAYS, noon1:30pm - General meeting. Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St.

• TU (7/31), 5:30-7pm - "Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it."

Seminar. Registration required. Free.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty. org/governing/depts/ library • MO (7/30), 10am2pm - Fairview History Project, offering free scans of vintage photographs that will also be archived in the Buncombe County Public Library North Carolina Collection.

Free. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview

PEACE EDUCATION PROGRAM jtfbuilder@gmail.com • THURSDAYS through (8/23), 6:307:30pm - "Peace Education Program," multimedia facilitated class series based on talks about personal peace by Prem Rawat. Free. Held at Montford Community Center, 34 Pearson Drive.

CASHIERS DESIGNER SHOWCASE cashiershistoricalsociety.org • FR (7/27) through SU (8/5) - Week long event with gala, lectures, book signings, brunch and workshops.

See website for full schedule,pricing and locations.

BLACKALACHIAN TRAIL TALES: Asheville native Daniel White became an outdoor sports celebrity in 2017 by chronicling his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail via his YouTube channel under the name “The Blackalachian.” Now living in Charlotte, White returns home to share his journey through the presentation Love and Light: The Blackalachian on the Appalachian Trail on Thursday, July 26, at 6:30 p.m. at the Arthur R. Edington Education & Career Center. Along with his experiences on the famous trail, White will discuss gear, tips on getting outdoors for the first time and his plans to bike the route of the Underground Railroad. Free. For more information, visit appalachian.org. Photo courtesy of Daniel White (p. 20) FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13. Black Mountain, 828-357-9009, floodgallery.org • THURSDAYS, 11am5pm - "Jelly at the Flood," co-working event to meet up with like-minded people to exchange help, ideas and advice. Free to attend.

HATCHWORKS 45 S. French Broad Ave. • WE (7/25), 6pm Asheville Coders League Tech Talks: "Machine Learning in Production with scikits-learn," presentation by Andrew Harris. Free.

THE COLLIDER 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, 1828, thecollider.org/ • TH (7/26), noon Lunch & Learn: "How Sensor Technologies Are Disrupting

Businesses & Unleashing Opportunities," seminar and lunch with Scott Schwartz. Registration required. $20/Free for members.

• TU (7/31), noon Lunch & Learn: "Using NOAA Climate Data for Business Decisions Case Studies from Retail to Reinsurance," presentation and lunch. $20/ Free for members.

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS CLASSES AT VILLAGERS (PD.) • Home Garden Medicine Making.

Sunday, July 29. 5:307:30pm. $30-50. • Keeping Backyard Poultry. Sunday, August 12. 5:30-7:30pm. $10-20.

Registration/Information: www.forvillagers.com

FARM BEGINNINGS® FARMER TRAINING (PD.) Applications open for Organic Growers School’s Farm Beginnings, a yearlong farmer training course teaching practical business skills to start sustainable farms. Course open to aspiring and beginning farmers. www.organicgrowersschool.org THIRSTY THURSDAY AT CALYPSO! (PD.) Join us for Women In Conversation ALL DAY. Laid back atmosphere, sample tropical St. Lucian flavors and bottomless Mimosas for $15. 18 N. Lexington Ave. at Calypso Restaurant. 828-5759494.

ASHEVILLE ROTARY CLUB rotaryasheville.org

LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA 828-686-8298, egacarolinas.org • TH (8/2), 10am Monthly meeting and presentation. Free.

Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe MARINE CORPS LEAGUE ASHEVILLE 828-273-4948, mcl.asheville@gmail. com • Last TUESDAYS - For veterans of the Marines, FMF Corpsmen, and their families. Free.

Held at American Legion Post #2, 851 Haywood Road MOMS DEMAND ACTION momsdemandaction. org • WE (7/25), 6pm - Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, meeting.

Free to attend. Held at The BLOCK off biltmore, 39 South Market St. ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • MO (7/30), noon1:30pm - "How to Find Extra Income in Your Day-to-Day Life," seminar.

Registration required.

Free.

• TU (7/31), noon1:30pm - "Budgeting and Debt," class.

Registration required.

Free.

SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 828669-9566, history. swannanoavalleymuseum.org • Through SU (8/5) - NC Digs! Traveling exhibit featuring artifacts from the Berry Site located in Burke County. Free to attend.

THE WYVERN'S TALE 347 Merrimon Ave., 828-505-7887, thewyvernstaleavl. com • SA (7/28), 12:309:30pm - Pathfinder Society, tabletop fantasy roleplaying club.

Free to attend.

TRANZMISSION PRISON PROJECT tranzmissionprisonproject.yolasite.com • Fourth THURSDAYS, 6-9pm - Monthly meeting to prepare packages of books and zines for mailing to prisons across the U.S. Free to attend.

Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

FOOD & BEER FIRESTORM BOOKS & COFFEE 610 Haywood Road, 828-255-8115, firestorm.coop • 4th SATURDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm Asheville Vegan Runners, open group meeting. Free to attend.

FESTIVALS ASHEVILLE YOGA FESTIVAL ashevilleyogafestival. com • FR (7/27) through SU (7/29) - Outdoor festival with art and food vendors, live music and free workshops. See website for full schedule.

Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. FOLKMOOT USA 828-452-2997, folkmootusa.org • Through SU (7/29) Ten-day festival taking place in Waynesville, Clyde, Lake Junaluska, Maggie Valley, Canton, Cherokee, Franklin, Hickory, Asheville, Greenville and Hendersonville featuring cultural ambassadors and dance performing groups from many countries.

See website for full schedule, costs and locations.

MOUNTAIN AREA GEM AND MINERAL ASSOCIATION 828-779-4501, americanrockhound. com, rick@wncrocks. com • TH (8/2) through SA (8/4), 10am-5pm & SU (8/5), 12:30-5pm - NC Mineral and Gem Festival featuring jewelry, gemstones, minerals, beads, crystals and fossils. $3. Held at Spruce Pine Commerce Center, 12121 Highway 226 S, Spruce Pine

MOUNTAIN DANCE AND FOLK FESTIVAL 828-258-6101, folkheritage.org • TH (8/2) through SA (8/4), 6:30pm - The Folk Heritage Committee presents the nation's longest running folk dance and song festival. $22/$12 children under 13. Held at A-B Tech Mission Health Conference Center, 16 Fernihurst Drive VENTURE LOCAL FAIR venturelocalfair.com • 4th SATURDAYS, noon-7pm - Outdoor festival featuring makers, artists, collectors, musicians, chefs, entertainers and inventors.

Free to attend. Held at 68 Haywood Outdoor Space, 68 Haywood St.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS AARP 828-380-6242, rchaplin@aarp.org • MO (7/30), 12:30-2pm - Informal discussion with AARP and the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization regarding transportation improvements for East Asheville, Swannanoa

and Black Mountain.

Free. Held at Lakeview Community Center, 401 Laurel Circle Drive Black Mountain CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Citizens-Police Advisory Committee meeting. Free. Meets in the 1st Floor Conference Room.

Held at Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. WEST BUNCOMBE DEMOCRATS • SA (7/28), 4-7pm Summer celebration with local candidates in attendance. Free to attend. Held at FBO at Hominy Creek, 230 Hominy Creek Road INDIVISIBLE COMMON GROUNDWNC Indivisible-sylva.com • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:30-8pm -General meeting. Free. Held at St. David's Episcopal Church, 286 Forest Hills Road, Sylva LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 828-258-8223, abc.nc.lwvnet.org

• TU (7/31), 6-7:30pm - "Is your vote protected? Election Security in Today’s Political Climate," presentation by Dr. Ashley Moraguez. Free. Held at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave.

KIDS APPLE VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD & MUSEUM 650 Maple St, Hendersonville, AVMRC.com • WEDNESDAYS, 1-3pm & SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm - Open house featuring operating model trains and historic memorabilia.

Free.

BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSELLERS ASHEVILLE MALL 3 S. Tunnel Road, 828-296-7335 • SA (7/28), 11am Storytime for kids. Free to attend.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • LAST WEDNESDAYS, 4-6pm - Teen Dungeons and Dragons

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by Edwin Arnaudin | earnaudin@mountainx.com

Brews for Babies

BOTTOM LINE: Stephanie Krucher and her husband, Theo, started Babies Need Bottoms in December 2017. Since then, the nonprofit diaper bank’s volunteers have distributed over 22,000 diapers to WNC families. Photo courtesy of Babies Need Bottoms WHAT: An outreach event and fundraiser to benefit Babies Need Bottoms WHEN: Sunday, July 29, 5-7 p.m.

WHERE: Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St. WHY: Until Stephanie Krucher and her husband, Theo, started the nonprofit Babies Need Bottoms, there was no diaper bank in Western North Carolina.

“Because 46 percent of children in Buncombe County live at or near poverty, diaper need awareness has never been more important,” Krucher says.

“We are working to continue to increase awareness to ensure all WNC babies have access to clean, dry diapers.”

Since December 2017, the community-funded and volunteer-run organization has distributed over 22,000 diapers, collected from the community and purchased at a highly discounted rate with its nonprofit diaper bank status. Over that time, Babies Need Bottoms has also grown from one community partner to 11 with organizations on the waiting list to receive diapers.

“We are always in need of diapers, specifically pull-ups of all sizes as we can’t purchase pull-ups at a discount,” Krucher says. “We always appreciate donated diapers of any size, in or out of packaging.”

Krucher and her colleagues are working to secure funding, expand community partnerships and find a warehouse or office space to expand their operations.

They currently work out of a storage unit and are always needing more volunteers to help sort, wrap and deliver diapers.

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To raise awareness about Babies Need Bottoms and raise funds for its diaper programs, the nonprofit will hold Brews for Babies, its first fundraising and outreach event, on Sunday, July 29, 5-7 p.m. at Wedge Brewing Co.’s Foundation location.

“We will have raffles, a diaper collection bin and the option to donate via cash or credit card,” Krucher says. “Although beverage sale proceeds are not directly benefitting Babies Need Bottoms, The Wedge has been a supportive partner in hosting our community events and we hope attendees will support them.

Community members interested in volunteering can sign up for short-term and long-term projects.”

Raffle tickets will be sold in packs of 5 for $5. Items have been donated by Asheville Food Tours, Asheville Brewing Co., Poppy Popcorn, Buchi Kombucha and other local businesses.

Also helping the organization increase awareness about diaper need in WNC are informational brochures that its team created at the inaugural Make a Mark Asheville in late June. Babies Need Bottoms was one of eight local humanitarian nonprofits selected to work with local makers who donated their time and talent to help the groups create professionally designed materials.

Brews for Babies takes place Sunday, July 29, 5-7 p.m. at Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St.. Free to attend. babiesneedbottoms.org X

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Registration required: 828-250-4720. Free.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (7/27), 4-5:30pm - Read for 15-minutes with J.R. the Therapy Dog. Registration: 828250-4758. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (7/31) - "Harry Potter's Birthday Card," a mini celebration of the world of Harry Potter. Free.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TU (7/31), 2pm - "Introduction to Entomology for Kids," class with The North Carolina Arboretum for ages 5-13. Free.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 828-697-8333 • WE (7/25), 9-11:30am - "Superheroes Conquer the World," activities for children aged 4-6. Admission fees apply.

• TH (7/26), noon4pm - "To Infinity, and Beyond," activities for children aged 7-11.

Admission fees apply.

• MO (7/30), 1-2pm “Science on Wheels,” activities for school age children. Registration required: 828-6974725. Free. Held at Hendersonville Public Library, 301 N Washington St., Hendersonville MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • SA (7/28), 2-4pm Robert Beatty presents and signs his book, Willa of the Woods.

Free to attend.

SWANNANOA VALLEY MUSEUM 223 W State St., Black Mountain, 828-669-9566, history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • SA (7/28), 10:30am12:30pm - "Be an Archaeologist," hands on activities for elementary age students.

Free.

OUTDOORS CHIMNEY ROCK AT CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK (PD.) Meet the Park’s animal ambassadors at 2pm daily during this summer’s Family Animal Encounters Programs. Info at chimneyrockpark.com

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 828-298-5330, nps.gov • FR (7/27), 10am "This Land is Your Land," 2.4 mile, ranger-guided hike on the Mountains to Sea Trail. Free. Meet at MP 364.5, Craggy Gardens Visitor Center, Blue Ridge Parkway BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 828-295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • FR (7/27), 7pm "The Civil War in the Mountains," presentation by author Michael C. Hardy. Free. Held at Julian Price Picnic Ground, MP 297, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - LEAF Cultural Arts event featuring live performances, interactive workshops and the LEAF Easel Rider Mobile Art Lab. Free.

Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • Tuesdays through (8/7), 5:30-7:30pm "Asheville Hoop Jam," outdoor event hosted

by Asheville Hoops, featuring hula hooping and music. Bring your own hula or borrow a demo. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, 828-299-3370, highlandbrewing.com/ • TH (7/26), 6-7pm - "Tying Knots," hands-on clinic. Free to attend.

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY 828-253-0095, appalachian.org • TH (7/26), 6:30pm "Love and Light: The Blackalachian on the Appalachian Trail," presentation by Daniel White regarding his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Free. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St.

PARENTING ETOWAH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 110 Brickyard Road, Etowah, 828-891-4360, etowahumc.org • TH (7/26), 6:30pm - "Dessert With the Doc," presentation

by Hendersonville Pediatrics regarding sleep and other behavioral issues.

by Abigail Griffin

Registration: 828-8914360 or churchofficeeumc@ gmail.com. Nursery care provided. Free.

PUBLIC LECTURES ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE 828-254-7162, colburnmuseum.org • FR (7/27), 6pm Science Pub Summer Series: Presentation

by Joe Minicozzi of AICP of Urban3.

Refreshments by Asheville Brewers Alliance. Free. Held at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401 BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TH (7/26), 1:303pm - Fraud Watch Network, presentation. Registration: aarp.cvent.com/ PreventFraud SouthBuncombe or 877-926-8300. Free.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road

SENIORS ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS (PD.) Offers active senior residents of the Asheville area opportunities to make new friends and to explore new interests through a program of varied social, cultural, and outdoor activities. Visit ashevillenewfriends. org ASHEVILLE NEW FRIENDS ashevillenewfriends.org • TU (7/31), 9am - 2.5 mile group hike on the Mountains to Sea Trail. Bring sturdy shoes and hiking poles.

Rolling hills with a few steep areas. Free.

Meet at Fresh Market (parking lot), 1865 Hendersonville Road HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828-697-4725 • WE (7/25), 2-3pm Side by side singing singing event for those with short term memory loss, Parkinson’s Disease, and/or are interested in exploring song as a way to promote healthy aging.

Free.

SPIRITUALITY ASTRO-COUNSELING (PD.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional

astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Stellar Counseling Services.

Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (PD.) Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community. By donation.

60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 200-5120. asheville.shambhala. org AVALON GROVE 828-645-2674, avalongrove.org, avalongrove@gmail. com • SU (7/29), 3-4pm Celtic-Christian service honoring Lughnasadh.

Held outdoors at a private home. Register for location: 828-645-2674.

Free.

BLUE RIDGE SPIRIT CUUPS 978-500-2639 • SU (7/29), 5pm - Lughnasadh celebration of the first harvest for all ages and genders. Free/ Bring a potluck dish to share and optional food donation. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place CENTER FOR ART & SPIRIT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road, 828258-0211 • 4th FRIDAYS, 10amnoon - Contemplative Companions, meditation. Free.

• Last Tuesdays, 7-9pm - Aramaic, Hebrew and Egyptian vocal toning, breath work and meditation. Admission by donation.

• 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 2pm Intentional meditation.

Admission by donation.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • TH (8/2), 6pm - Billy T. Ogletree presents their book, Mean Christianity: Finding Our Way Back to Christ's Likeness. Free to attend.

UNITY OF THE BLUE RIDGE 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River, 828-891-8700 • SU (7/29), 2pm-midnight - Ten-hour prayer vigil for immigrant children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border. Free.

VOLUNTEERING TUTOR ADULTS IN NEED WITH THE LITERACY COUNCIL (PD.) Dedicate two hours a week to working with an immigrant who wants to learn English or with a native English-speaking adult who wants to learn to read. Sign up for volunteer orientation on 8/7 (9:00 am), 8/9 (5:30 pm), by emailing

volunteers@litcouncil. com. www.litcouncil. com 12 BASKETS CAFE 610 Haywood Road, 828-231-4169, ashevillepovertyinitiative.org • TUESDAYS 10am Volunteer orientation.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 828-253-1470, bbbswnc.org • TH (7/26), noon Information session for those interested

in volunteering to share their interests twice a month with a young person from a single-parent home or to mentor one-hour a week in elementary schools and after-school sites.

Held at Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC, 50 S. French Broad Ave. Ste. #213.

• 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 10amnoon - Workshop to teach how to make sleeping mats for the homeless out of plastic shopping bags.

Information: 828-7077203 or cappyt@att. net. Free.

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Yancey County adult day care illuminates concerns for aging population

BY DANIEL WALTON dwalton@mountainx.com With additional reporting by Kiesa Kay Pat Boone struggled to the podium during public comment at the Yancey County Board of Commissioner’s regular meeting on June 11. She had come to advocate on behalf of her husband, Ray Bud Boone, but she first apologized for her own difficulties. “I’m sorry, I had chemo today.”

When Pat first saw the signs of her cancer, she was afraid to tell anyone — she is the primary caregiver for Ray Bud, who has dementia and requires 24/7 supervision, and worried what would happen to him if she fell ill herself. “I was bleeding for six weeks before I told anyone about the cancer,” she explained. “The doctor said if my daughter hadn’t made me come in to see him, I would have been gone in two months.”

Together with a handful of other Yancey County residents, Pat pleaded for the commissioners to sustain a lifeline she’d found in her husband’s need for constant care: the Heritage Adult Day Retreat. The service gives Ray Bud a sense of purpose during the day while giving his family members much-needed respite from their caregiving responsibilities.

The nonprofit organization that operated Heritage, the Yancey County Committee on Aging, had become financially insolvent, and the adult day care center was slated to close on July 1. “We’re exhausted,” Pat said, in a voice barely above a whisper. “We just need that center to stay open. He has served his country

THE LONGEST DAY: Adult day programs provide social opportunities and recreation for seniors and people with disabilities who can’t be left alone during the day. But with state funding for these programs stagnant for the last decade, many rural communities struggle to continue to provide the service. When the programs close — as could happen at the Heritage Adult Day Retreat in Burnsville — families are left with few options for respite care. in the military! It wouldn’t be right to put him in a nursing home.”

Pat and Ray Bud’s daughter, Lisa Boone, added that the center allows her to maintain a job at Lil’ Smokey’s restaurant in Burnsville while contributing to her father’s care. “I don’t know what I’d do without Heritage,” she said.

“I can’t quit my job, but someone has to watch my dad every minute.”

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For families like the Boones, adult day care services can function as the only line of defense against the transformation of a difficult scenario into an impossible one. As illustrated by the Heritage situation, however, these services are often balanced on fragile footing. And as Western North Carolina’s baby boomers age into retirement and beyond, the need for caregiver support can only continue to grow.

CASE STUDY Heritage’s importance is amplified by being the only adult day care in Yancey County. That singularity isn’t unusual, especially for rural areas: Of North Carolina’s 100 counties, 50 lack any adult day care, and of the 85 facilities certified by the state, the bulk are located in major metropolitan areas. The nextclosest center for residents of Burnsville,

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The center was part of a collection of services offered by the Yancey County Commission on Aging, which also operated the county’s senior center and Meals on Wheels. For over 40 years, Yancey County government designated the nonprofit to receive Home and Community Care Block Grant funding from the state Division of Aging and Adult Services, as well as direct funding from the county itself. In fiscal year 2015, the latest for which documents are available, the CoA took in $193,971 in state funding and $118,799 from the county.

But early this year, says Yancey County Commission Chairman Johnny Riddle, the county learned that the nonprofit was running out of money.

Between increasing expenses and flat or decreasing grants from state and federal governments, the Committee on Aging said it would be unable to sustain itself without additional county funds.

That wasn’t a path the commission was willing to take. “If we give one nonprofit more money than is usually allocated to them, what’s going to keep another nonprofit from wanting more money?” Riddle says. “We decided we were going to have to take this operation over because there’s got to be some internal problems going on.”

While the county could run the Committee on Aging’s other services, it was unable to directly take over the adult day care. “The Department of Social Services and Health Department are required to inspect different operations of the Heritage Adult Day Retreat. We can’t inspect and oversee an operation that we operate,” explains Jaime McMahan, planning and economic development director for the county. “It’s not a matter of the county cutting funding to it or choosing to let it close — we couldn’t operate it even if we wanted to.”

FOLLOW THE MONEY McMahan, who also serves on the Committee on Aging board of directors, notes that Heritage contributed to the nonprofit’s monetary difficulties.

“The adult day care center has operated at a deficit for every year since I’ve been on the board,” he says. “They can handle up to 20 patients, but they really only average six or seven on a daily basis. Without increasing the number of patients they serve, there would be no way to make it financially viable.”

Unlike the other services funded

by Home and Community Care Block Grant money, adult day care centers have maximum reimbursement rates set by the General Assembly. These

rates — $33.07 or $40 per client per day, depending on the presence of a registered nurse — haven’t been adjusted for over a decade. The N.C. Adult Day Services Association has been advocating to repeal this reimbursement cap since 2014 but has made little progress.

The State Adult Day Care Fund, administered by the Division of Aging and Adult Services in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, provides another source of funding that county departments of social services can use to support adult day care centers. But its allocation of roughly $4.3 million, drawn from federal, state and county sources, has remained unchanged since fiscal year 2014. And according to North Carolina Health News, approximately 40 facilities throughout the state have closed since 2007.

Yet the Committee on Aging may also have failed to properly manage its operations in light of this funding reality. In 2015, the nonprofit acquired a new building to house its senior center and expanded its staff despite a decrease in program revenue from the previous year. “Nothing was done underhanded, nothing was done really wrong,” says Riddle. “It was just mismanagement, hiring too many people to do work out there that they really didn’t need.”

McMahan is more critical. “The management of the Committee on Aging did not keep the most accurate books, we have since discovered,” he says. While declining to go into detail about the accounting, he notes that the organization was subsisting on its fund balance; Riddle adds that the committee was unable to make the first payment on the new senior center facility earlier this year.

Harvey Sharpe, the chair of the Committee on Aging board, did not respond to multiple requests for comment, while Vivian Hollifield, the nonprofit’s most recent executive director, declined multiple interview requests.

She did confirm that she is no longer associated with the organization, having moved to an administrative support role with Yancey County Cooperative Extension.

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added that the nonprofit’s state license for the center expires on Sept. 30 and will not be renewed.

While CarePartners, a Mission Health subsidiary that operates several adult day cares throughout the region, has declined to take over Heritage due to its own pending acquisition by HCA Healthcare, Bennett says that “the search for a new operator is ongoing, and I am encouraged that we will be able to have a positive solution.”

He did not confirm reports from area residents that RHA Health Services has also been in talks with the county about the center.

Bennett was unable to give an exact figure for Yancey County’s support, citing changes to insurance policies and other operational aspects. For comparison, data from the Land of Sky Regional Council show that Buncombe County plans to provide $4,973 to DayStay Adult Services and $78,008 to CarePartners Adult Day Service in county funds above state block grant levels for the current fiscal year.

LeeAnne Tucker, director of aging and volunteer services for the Land of Sky Regional Council, sympathizes with the Heritage situation. She administers funding for aging programs over Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties; “There’s just never enough funding to go around,” she says.

“The baby boomer demographic is growing, and as that grows, so does the demand for services,” Tucker explains.

“Even though we have received a small increase over the past two years, it’s still not enough to meet the needs that are out there.”

YOUNG AND OLD Ruth Price, lead long-term care regional ombudsman with the Land of Sky Regional Council, encourages those who fund adult day care cen-

ters to compare their cost to that of other options for care. A 2015 survey by insurance company Genworth Financial found that the median daily cost of a private nursing home room in North Carolina was $225, with a maximum cost of $630, versus $51 as the median daily cost for adult day care.

“I really think caregivers are the foundation of our health care system; we’d all be paying a whole lot more money for health care [without them],” Price says. “One of the biggest concerns is that caregivers end up neglecting their health, and sometimes they die sooner than the person they’re caring for. That has an impact on everybody, because then that person’s going to end up in a care facility, which is far more expensive.”

Communities also experience unexpected benefits from this caregiver support. Maria Kimble, for example, spoke during the Yancey County Commission meeting about how Heritage has given her the opportunity to serve area residents through her Spanish language skills. A native of Puerto Rico, Kimble provides translations for everything from doctor’s appointments to school meetings — as long as she can find a safe haven for her mother, for whom she is the primary caregiver.

“A lot of people’s lives will be affected if I don’t have this help with my mom,” Kimble said. “I’m here by myself from Puerto Rico, and when my mom can go to the center, I can help many people with translations. I get called at various times throughout the weekdays.”

Without additional support, Price warns, the impacts of an aging population will become increasingly apparent. “So many caregivers are running on empty,” she says. “People kind of look the other way while all of this is happening, so we’re always trying to just keep up with this growing population without a growing budget. It’s very worrisome.” X

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GREEN SCENE

POLLUTION TO PLANTS RiverLink transforms junkyard into park through phytoremediation

in Ferro — and a natural technique called phytoremediation.

“Phytoremediation is basically the process by which plants stimulate soil bacteria,” explains Ferro. The plants increase the numbers and metabolic activity of soil bacteria, which in turn degrade soil contaminants. “The whole system gets pumped up by the presence of plants,” he says.

In layman’s terms, phytoremediation is as simple as adding plants, but some plants work better than others.

Ferro planted tall fescue, a type of grass with an extensive and deep root system, to maximize available habitat for the beneficial soil bacteria.

“The bacteria are taking hydrocarbons and converting them into bacterial cell bodies,” explains Ferro.

“In order for them to do that, they need nutrients.” To keep the bacteria happy, he added fertilizer to the site and irrigated to maintain soil moisture at optimal levels.

Ferro says that, left to its own devices, the contamination of petroleum hydrocarbons at the future park would eventually have disappeared on its own. “In 20 years, if you went out there and hadn’t planted, it would probably be pretty much cleaned up,” he says.

Phytoremediation, however, speeds up the process by a factor of 10.

TESTING, TESTING

WAITING GAME: While RiverLink’s Karen Cragnolin Park may not open to the public for several years, its transition from junkyard to green space has been sped up tenfold through the use of phytoremediation to clean up oil and other contaminants. Photo courtesy of RiverLink

BY KIM DINAN dinankim@gmail.com “It was the worst possible scenario,” says Ari Ferro. The now-retired environmental scientist had just taken his first step onto the site of the former EDACO junkyard in the River Arts District, which he had been hired to clean up. The level of pollution, he recalls, had made the site “so damaged that there wasn’t much growing. It was just gravelly and looked like a moonscape.”

In October 2006, RiverLink, a local nonprofit that oversees the environmental and economic revitalization of the French Broad River and its watershed, had acquired the more than 5-acre site with the goal of turning it into a park.

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Karen Cragnolin Park — named for RiverLink founder Karen Cragnolin — it will connect the parkway system along the river’s western bank.

But before the property can fulfill that role, it must overcome its past as a junkyard. EDACO had used the site for car crushing for at least 40 years. As a result, the soil was highly polluted with oil, grease and diesel. When Ferro first tested the site, some areas were polluted with volatile organic compounds at levels three to four times above the regulatory limits of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Another unanticipated problem greeted RiverLink when the organization arrived on-site: a layer of concrete covering the ground. “The former owner was worried that the city was going to take his property and convert it into a park,” says Garrett Artz, executive director of RiverLink. “So he allegedly invited all

these dump trucks to pour out their leftover concrete at the site. In some places, the pile of concrete was 8 feet tall.”

Local company D.H. Griffin stepped in and recycled the concrete for free, over 100,000 total tons of material. After the concrete was removed, big tractors were brought to the site to work loads of composted yard waste into the soil. “We had to do quite a bit of ripping and tilling,” says Ferro.

HIDDEN HELPERS With the preliminary work done, it was time to focus on the contaminated soil. The cost of scraping up a foot or two of soil and bringing in new fill would have been prohibitive, so Cragnolin (who at the time was still executive director of RiverLink) went searching for a new solution. She found one

Keeping tabs on the progress of phytoremediation posed its own challenges. The soil contaminants at the future Karen Cragnolin Park are heterogeneously distributed, says Ferro, so testing the soil is not straightforward. The footprint under a crushed car, for example, would have high levels of contaminants, but a spot of soil right next to it that didn’t bear the brunt of wreckage would be relatively free of hydrocarbons. “The baseline contaminant concentration could vary 100-fold within just a couple of inches,” says Ferro.

That variation made repeated sampling to measure decreasing contamination a futile effort. So Ferro devised a new system. He took composite samples from nine different treatment plots, tumbled all the soil in a cement mixer for a few hours, then took the mixtures out and put them in a set of “bridal veil” net bags, making a dozen bags for each plot.

Ferro then buried the bags 6 inches deep. “Within each set of bags, we were looking at the same soil sample,” explains Ferro. “Over a period of time — years now — we would dig them up and analyze them, and that was how

Responsible Automotive Service & Repair TALL ORDER: Because of at least 40 years of car crushing, some areas of the former EDACO junkyard were polluted with volatile organic compounds at levels three to four times above EPA regulatory limits. Photo courtesy of RiverLink we determined how fast the contaminants are going away.”

After seven or eight years of phytoremediation, only two spots on the property remain in excess of EPA contamination limits. “We could create the park and keep people out of those small areas,” says Artz. “But we are testing again at the end of July.”

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The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality oversees the site under the N.C. Brownfields Program.

Tracy Wahl, who supervises the program, says that even if the soil tests high, she doesn’t see contamination stalling plans for the park. “If [the samples are] clean, great. If not, we can minimize any exposure to anyone. We have talked about putting in a garden area or different types of trees so contaminated areas wouldn’t be appealing to walk through.”

RiverLink has already invited the public to help it move ahead with the site. The first open tour and design

input session took place on July 17, with another scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29. By the end of 2018, Charlottesville, Va.-based landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz will submit a handful of design options to the RiverLink board, and the winning design will become the park’s master plan.

Once the master plan is in place, RiverLink will begin fundraising in 2019.

After money starts coming in, Artz estimates “it could be two or three years” until the park opens. But no matter when that time comes, he doesn’t want the community to forget that Cragnolin’s vision and tenacity prepared the site to enjoy its new future.

“This site really does tell her story better than the other 10 or 12 sites we could talk about. Most of us would have seen the junkyard and said, ‘That’s just too damaged to do anything about,’” says Artz. “Now, we’re going to create a park.

That was all Karen’s vision. That’s what she was really good at: seeing something where nobody else could and knowing that it could be something special.” X

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SEED MONEY

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BY ALI MANGKANG alimangkang@gmail.com Long before your favorite garden store stocks its shelves with those small, bright envelopes displaying an array of plant possibilities, there’s a highly coordinated effort between growers and buyers to bring seeds to market.

“We call it ‘the dance’ around here,” says Angie Lavezzo, general manager for Asheville-based Sow True Seed — a business that has grown up around the idea of saving and selling heirloom, open-pollinated seed varieties.

Even with a network of around 250 farmers, Lavezzo says, “We are constantly on the lookout for farmers to grow for us.”

Some of the demand stems from the challenge of sourcing seeds that have stable germination rates and can be saved and regrown year after year. For Eden Brothers, which operates out of an Arden warehouse and showroom, volume is a another important consideration when contracting with growers. In addition to individual seed packs, Eden Brothers also sells bulk seeds — from up to 5 pounds for some heirloom fruit and vegetable varieties to as much as 50 pounds for wildflowers.

Based on the variety and demand, the company partners with growers across the United States and internationally, while still maintaining strict standards for the more than 700 seed varieties it offers to the public. “We work with growers who can not only provide bulk amounts of cleaned, tested seeds, but also those who abide with our beliefs,” says general manager Crystal Provenzano, who coordinates the company’s seedbuying operations. The company’s philosophy, she notes, includes supporting the Council for Responsible Genetics’ Safe Seed Pledge, “meaning 100 percent pure, untreated, nonGMO seeds that are always tested for germination rates which far exceed industry standards.”

SEEDY BUSINESS: Lauren and Michael Rayburn of Rayburn Farm in Barnardsville grow products for Sow True Seed in addition to their business raising herbs and spices for the local artisan food and craft beverage industries. For them, growing seed is a fairly easy and cost-effective venture. “For the time and materials, it’s profitable,” says Michael Rayburn. Photo courtesy of the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project Growing plants for seed means adhering to specific guidelines for each plant variety to ensure that it doesn’t cross-pollinate. For instance, plants like lettuces have very short growing distances allowing multiple varieties to be grown in close proximity. But others, like cucumbers, might have a growing distance of up to half a mile between varieties. This means that farmers have to be aware of not only their own seed crops, but crops that nearby neighbors might be growing as well.

Still, many farmers in Western North Carolina are growing seeds for profit on as little as an acre of land. Amy Hamilton of Appalachian Seeds Farm & Nursery in Leicester grows several heirloom tomato varieties on less than 1 acre of her 3-acre site.

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Hamilton’s main focus is organic plant production, with her heirloom tomato seeds, which she sells directly to customers, accounting for about 15 percent of her farm’s business. “For me seeds are like a language; there’s always a story associated with them,” she says.

She estimates that a few of her varieties have been grown in the area for at least 20 years. New heirloom varieties are introduced to her customers only after careful research, recommendations and a trial to ensure that the seeds can thrive in WNC’s growing climate.

Michael Rayburn of Rayburn Farm is similarly acquainted with seed trials. This year he is testing a couple of varieties of beans for Sow True Seed while continuing to grow an heirloom corn variety called Cocke’s Prolific, which should be available in 2019. If this year’s bean trials are successful, Sow True Seed will likely request a “bump-up” crop next year to incrementally increase its inventory of a desirable seed variety.

Like Hamilton, seed production isn’t Rayburn’s primary income source. He

also grows herbs and spices, which he sells to area food and craft beverage companies. But, “for the time and materials, it’s profitable,” he says.

For established varieties, Sow True Seed normally contracts a minimum of 4 ounces for smaller seed varieties and 10 pounds for larger varieties. In general, the company buys smaller seed varieties, like tomato, for $30 an ounce, and larger seeds, like beans, for $12 per pound.

“I always assumed you would have to be large-scale to grow seed,” says Rayburn, sharing his surprise at how little equipment and land he actually needed to get started. During his first year growing plants for seed, his equipment consisted of a box fan and a few mesh strainers he picked up at a local discount store.

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INTUITION AND TRADITION Asheville chefs take varied approaches to cooking with eggplant

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I don’t fault my parents for this. They are actually wonderfully intuitive cooks, but I think eggplant may defy intuition at times.

Fortunately, when intuition fails, falling back on tradition can be a good tactic. And I do recall a nice eggplant Parmesan or two when Dad actually followed a recipe.

I think my early experiences mirror those of many who have less-than-positive opinions about this vegetable. However, I am lucky enough to have changed my views dramatically over the years.

My first revelation came as a young baker at Laughing Seed Café. I landed a dreamy job baking desserts at that iconic downtown restaurant back in the days when vegetable-forward dishes were not on every menu, and there were actually very few menus at all in Asheville. One morning, a chef pulled something out of the oven that resembled meat more than vegetable. Roasted Japanese eggplants had never before crossed my line of sight, and I was intrigued. The flavor was nutty, the texture silky, and I was hooked.

As I soon discovered, the multitude of eggplant varieties have different flavor profiles, skin colors and flesh textures.

Some need to be treated with care to help remove unwanted bitterness, and some have no bitterness to remove.

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EGGPLANT EXPERTISE No matter their skill level, cooks can sometimes use a little training when it comes to unfamiliar ingredients. In Green Opportunities’ Kitchen Ready culinary training program, chef Hanan Shabazz teaches her students some tricks for working with eggplant.

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BITTERSWEET: Chef Hanan Shabazz, pictured in the community garden at the Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, likes to peel eggplant and showcase it in ratatouille and other stewed dishes, which, she says, is a simple way to avoid bitterness and a rubbery texture. Photo by Luke Van Hine “Getting the peel off is very important to reduce the bitterness,” she says.

She even suggests removing the outer layer of flesh after taking off the peel to further reduce bitterness, or coating slices with salt to draw out bitterflavored moisture.

For students and home cooks who are nervous about the challenges of eggplant, Shabazz has found that the white and light-purple varieties available this time of year at local markets have a milder flavor and might be easier to start with. She typically makes more traditional dishes like ratatouille

to showcase a tried-and-true technique: With a long, slow stewing process, the eggplant in ratatouille melts in with the tomatoes and spices, and there is no chance of rubbery texture.

When she worked as a certified nursing assistant, Shabazz used to employ this same stewing technique to fix a dish for elderly patients that combined eggplant, potato and onion simmered with seasonings for a good, long time.

“This dish makes it’s own sauce, thickens and is the perfect tasty, soft meal,” she explains.

EGGPLANT EXPERIMENTATION When chefs come to understand the best techniques for cooking particular ingredients, experimentation is the natural next step. Aux Bar co-owner and executive chef Steve Goff has developed some ingenious and delicious eggplant dishes over the years. As the farms he purchases from begin sending him the oblong purple and white veggies by the crate, you will see smoked eggplant baba ganoush and fried eggplant po’boys on his menus.

Goff’s opinion about peeling eggplant differs from Shabazz’s. “I personally don’t usually peel them,” he says. “It seems like a waste of what we have and a waste of my time.”

Instead, he prefers to play off the bitterness in the outer layers using various techniques. “When I’m smoking them, I leave the skin on because you get that nice char flavor, which is already going to be bitter,” he explains. “And as long as I’m offsetting the bitter with spices, salt, sugar, oil, lemon juice, garlic ... bitter is not necessarily a terrible flavor.”

Another innovation Goff developed involves fermentation. He typically uses this process in classes or for special occasions, because the time and space required are too much for his restaurant kitchen.

Kimchi can be made from almost any vegetable, and Goff likes to use eggplant. After slicing and salting some of the smaller varieties, he slathers them with a paste of ginger, garlic, onion and chili peppers. “I don’t put fish sauce in mine because I like to keep it vegetarian, and it doesn’t need it,” he says.

After letting it ferment for about a week or as long as a month, he often purées the kimchi. “It tastes really good

as a sauce, and it has a superstrong live culture going I use to ferment other vegetables like celery, whole okra, radishes or winter squash,” he says.

Mostly Goff uses the large, dark-purple Italian eggplants for smoking and making baba ganoush and the smaller varieties for fermenting and pickling.

EXCEPTIONAL EGGPLANT Trial and error come into play on the farm as well as in the kitchen when it comes to growing these nightshade vegetables. Sarah Decker and her husband, Morgan, owners of Root Bottom Farm in Madison County, have selected particular varieties over the years for flavor and fortitude. “The eggplants that grow the best and produce the most outside are the skinny, long Asian type, like the Orient Express,” says Sarah. “Italian varieties good for a greenhouse or hoop house are a white variety called Clara and a pink-and-white heirloom with a unique shape called Rosa Bianca.”

As is often true, these farmers are also inventive cooks, and knowing how much time and effort goes into producing food means they don’t waste anything. One of Sarah’s methods for enjoying eggplant involves using the broken chips at the bottom of the tortilla chip bag to make a breading, coating chunks of eggplant and baking them until they are soft on the inside and crispy on the outside.

Even though this wily vegetable comes with a set of challenges, it can be rewarding and delicious to meet those challenges head-on. Whether you use more traditional preparation techniques or you choose to experiment, eggplant is fresh at the markets this time of year and well worth the effort. X

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SMOKED BABA GANOUSH Steve Goff, Aux Bar • 2 large eggplant, unpeeled • 1 cup lemon juice • 2 tablespoons peanut butter • 2 tablespoons cumin • ½ bunch cilantro, chopped fine • ½ bunch parsley, chopped fine

• 1 head garlic, peeled and minced (Use pickled garlic, if you want to get frisky!)

• 1 cup extra virgin olive oil • Canola oil to consistency • Salt and pepper to taste

Grill eggplants and get a nice outer char. Load into smoker and smoke until they’re smoky as hell and cooked through. (Alternatively, add some wood chips to grill, turn to low and cook covered until smoky.) Combine all ingredients except oil in a blender or food processor (a blender will create a smoother, more delicate texture) and purée.

Stream olive oil in first, then add canola to desired consistency. I like mine highly spreadable. Can be used like hummus for crackers, pita sandwiches, etc. Freezes well and can be used to mount sauces, mayonnaise, etc.

Note: I like exorbitant sums of garlic and lemon in mine, so feel free to tone yours down.

Also, whatever soft herbs you have will work — mint makes a fine addition.

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SMALL BITES

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by Thomas Calder | tcalder@mountainx.com

Tupelo Honey 2.0 Dinner 7 days per week 5:00 p.m. - until Bar opens at 5:00 p.m.

Brunch - Saturday & Sunday 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC Tue., Thu., Fri. & Sat. Nights Also during Sunday Brunch

Locally inspired cuisine.

Located in the heart of downtown Asheville. marketplace-restaurant.com 20 Wall Street, Asheville 828-252-4162

NEW TRADITIONS: Tupelo Honey’s downtown expansion will feature a new menu and a craft cocktail focus. Photo courtesy of Tupelo Honey

North Carolina’s First Cider Bar Family Owned & Operated Seasonal, craft-made hard ciders and tasting-room delights from local farmers & artisans.

Weekly Specials: Sunday: $1 off Dips Monday: $2 off Flagship Growlers

Tuesday: $1 off cider & beer pints • Live Music by Billy Litz Wednesday: 1/2 off Bottles of Wine • Wiener Wednesdays 210 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC 28806

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Come August, guests at Tupelo Honey’s downtown location will have seating choices that go beyond the restaurant’s current indoor/outdoor options.

With its recent expansion — which will double the restaurant’s seating capacity — set to wrap up at the end of July, folks will soon be asked if they prefer the eatery’s traditional or modern menu. The choice will dictate if they head left into the original venue or veer right to dine in the new 63-seat space, which was formerly Athena’s dance club.

The latest menu’s “big star,” says Kara Nemath, director of brand communications, will be the honey-dusted fried chicken. The 24-hour brined and fried half-bird comes sprinkled with the restaurant’s signature “bee dust.”

The dish will be available on both sides of Tupelo Honey, but the new dining room will offer seven variations on the base recipe.

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“The chicken is the canvas,” explains Christin Prince, senior vice president of marketing. “The accouterments on top create something pretty spectaculor.”

Dubbed the “Bougie Birds,” the various riffs on the original include a wide range of toppings and sides: pimento cheese, sour cream, salsa and scallions; blue cheese crumbles, Buffalo-style hot sauce, garlic buttermilk ranch and pickles; sriracha honey sauce served with potato salad; lemon-cherry pepper aioli drizzle, scallion and radish served with house-made chips; watermelon curry sauce, fresh watermelon chunks and watercress; pickled fennel tartar sauce drizzle and lemon topped with shaved fennel salad; and caviar, shallots and buerre blanc drizzle.

The new dining room will also offer craft cocktails and a wider selection

of local beers. Executive chef Adam Jones will continue to oversee both kitchens, and John Wilson will manage both bars.

Tupelo Honey’s flagship location is at 12 College St. Hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Visit tupelohoneycafe.com for more details.

SLOW FOOD ASHEVILLE HAPPY HOUR On Thursday, July 26, Slow Food Asheville will host its latest happy hour event at Burial Beer Co. Members of the brewery’s staff will offer insight on and take questions about the brewing process. Light appetizers will be served during the talk.

Slow Food Asheville Happy Hour runs 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26, at Burial Beer Co., 40 Collier Ave.

There’s no cost to attend and snacks are free. For more, visit avl.mx/546.

WHOLE-FISH BUTCHERY WORKSHOP The Chop Shop Butchery will host a whole-fish butchery workshop on Thursday, July 26, led by chef Rob Jones and butcher PJ Jackson.

According the event’s Facebook page, Jones and Jackson will instruct participants on how to process an entire fish. House-made charcuterie, beer and wine will be served during the class as well. Participants will leave with samples.

The workshop runs 6-8 p.m.

Thursday, July 26, at The Chop Shop Butchery, 100 Charlotte St. Tickets are $60. To purchase, visit avl.mx/549.

AN EVENING OF DINING EXCELLENCE Gene Ettison, former chef instructor of the Green Opportunities Kitchen Ready program, will partner with his former student and AVLCakeLady founder Shana McDowell to present a five-course dinner at the Arthur Edington Center on Friday, July 27.

Highlights from the evening’s menu include a grilled summer veggie salad with bacon vinaigrette, tomato blue cheese bisque and lemon parsley chicken with rice pilaf and grilled garlic asparagus. Desserts will include French macarons, shortbread cookies and an assortment of cakes prepared by McDowell, including red velvet, lemon velvet, double chocolate, almond, vanilla and strawberry. Biltmore Estate wines will be served as well.

An Evening of Dining Excellence runs 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 27, at Arthur Edington Center, 133 Livingston St. Tickets are $35. To learn more, visit avl.mx/54a.

are $55 and include access to an exclusive VIP area, unlimited beer and a burger slider from each vendor. General admission is $5. General admission attendees can purchase sliders from the competing restaurants. Prices are $3-$5.

The WNC Battle of the Burger runs 2-6 p.m. Sunday, July 29, at Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive. For tickets, visit avl.mx/544.

YMCA NUTRITION OUTREACH HUB GRAND OPENING The YMCA of Western North Carolina will celebrate the grand opening of its new Nutrition Outreach Hub on Tuesday, July 31.

The ribbon-cutting will feature light appetizers and refreshments, as well as comments from YMCA leadership and community volunteers. The nonprofit distributes more than 16,000 pounds of fresh produce to more than 1,200 households across five counties in WNC. The grand opening begins at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, July 31, at 30 Woodfin St. For more information, visit avl.mx/545.

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FARM TO TACO Farm to Taco, a beer pairing dinner to benefit OpenDoors of Asheville, will take place Tuesday, July 31, at Wedge at Foundation. Menu details were unavailable at press time, but all ingredients will be locally sourced.

OpenDoors of Asheville is a nonprofit that works to break the cycle of poverty through education. Tickets are $50 per person.

Farm to Taco starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, at Wedge at Foundation, 5 Foundy St. For tickets, visit avl.mx/54c.

To learn more about OpenDoors of Asheville, visit opendoorsasheville.org.

WNC BATTLE OF THE BURGER

FORAGING DINNER SERIES CONTINUES AT NIGHTBELL

The grills will be fired up and the meats sizzling at the fourth annual WNC Battle of the Burger on Sunday, July 29. Taking place at Salvage Station, this year’s competing restaurant’s include: Aux Bar, Burger Stop, The Chop Shop Butchery, Disco Burger, D.O.G.S., Foothills Meats, Out of the Blue Peruvian Fusion Cuisine, Rankin Vault Cocktail Bar, Salvage Station, Sandhill Kitchen, Stackhouse and the UltraStar Multitainment Center at Harrah’s Cherokee. VIP tickets

On Wednesday, Aug. 1, Nightbell continues its Foraging Dinner series with a five-course meal featuring wild edibles gathered by local professional foragers from No Taste Like Home. Tickets are $65; tax, gratuity and optional beverage pairings not included. The beverage pairing is an additional $35.

The Foraging Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Nightbell, 32 S. Lexington Ave. For tickets, visit avl.mx/547. To learn more about No Taste Like Home, visit avl.mx/548. X

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by Tony Kiss | avlbeerguy@gmail.com

The art of selling craft beer Local brewery and cidery sales reps discuss the ins and outs of their jobs A lot of Asheville-area beer and cider is consumed in Western North Carolina, but the market is also strong far from home.

In addition to nationally distributed products by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., New Belgium Brewing Co. and Oskar Blues Brewery, locally made adult beverages are sold across North and South Carolina, and around the Southeast in Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, as well as Kentucky, Ohio and Colorado.

With an increasingly crowded and competitive market, someone must persuade new accounts to give brewers and cider makers a tap or a spot in the cold shelves at grocery stores and convenience markets. A lot of the heavy lifting is done by distributors who take the brews from producers and get it to accounts. It’s hard, backbreaking work that begins early and continues into the night. Most distributors have big portfolios that include major national brands like Budweiser, Miller and Coors, along with imports and many craft brews.

But there are also sales crews employed directly by the breweries and cideries who visit new and established accounts to make personal connections with bar and restaurant owners, servers, bartenders and supermarket managers. They pitch new products and support their established brands — work that frequently keeps them on the road.

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ACCOUNTABLE: Wyman Tannehill, director of sales and marketing at Asheville Brewing Co., is one of many men and women who represent local breweries and cideries in sales. Photo courtesy of Asheville Brewing Co. be found in groceries offering tastes to those of legal drinking age. They also work the beer festival circuit, navigate a patchwork of state and local regulations, and, while they hope to make a sale, must also be prepared to be turned down and move on to another account.

Wyman Tannehill does the job for Asheville Brewing Co. As director of sales and marketing, he’s focused on the company’s core brands such as Shiva IPA, Ninja Porter, Lemon Space Dog American Wheat Ale, 828 Pale Ale and Perfect Day IPA. He’s been working in sales for the brewery for two years and works with another account manager.

“We sell beer in every part of Western North Carolina,” he says. “It’s a lot of territory.”

Tannehill works closely with the brewery’s distributor, Budweiser of Asheville, to keep up to date with accounts. He says the distributor does a majority of the sales, but the account managers “are developing relationships” across the brewery’s several hundred accounts, where Perfect Day and Shiva are its best-sellers.

“Deciding which beer goes where is an ever-changing process,” Tannehill says.

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“We’re so spoiled with so many great breweries and beers. Some accounts like to stick with the same beers all the time.

You go to the accounts to gauge what they are doing and how you can fit in best.”

Robin Stevens does a similar job at Noble Cider. He uses a software program to keep track of potential and active accounts and carries along a cooler of cold cider for customers.

“Once they taste it, our work is done,” he says. “When I first started, my job was to persuade people to have cider at all.

Now, most accounts have at least one cider tap, and it’s [more about] which cider are they going to be serving.”

The company sells its products in both Carolinas, Tennessee and northeast Georgia. In the out-of-town markets, Stevens often finds himself explaining what craft cider is, as well as Noble’s history as “a small company that built [itself] up and [is] using local apples.”

Noble has about 700 accounts, and Stevens says about half of those are stores. He adds that he and Noble’s two other sales representatives are knowledgeable about how cider is made, and the job also requires them to get to know people. “A lot of the time, [clients]

want to tell you about their grandkids,” he says.

Mark Conti is the regional sales manager at Highland Brewing Co. He started at Highland as a brewer before moving into sales, and his territory covers Western North Carolina, Tennessee and part of Kentucky. He works with a team of three sales representatives to grow the brand and works closely with Skyland Distributing on the local level and other distributors outside the state.

Highland has a big line of packaged beers, but its first brew, Gaelic Ale, remains a big seller. Conti says AVL IPA and Daycation IPA are also performing well across the seven-state footprint, which varies in its familiarity with the brewery’s offerings. “The farther you get [from Asheville], you have to be sure you’re using the right [sales] approach,” he says.

Catawba Brewing Co. has grown from a small brewery in Glenn Alpine to now include breweries in Morganton, Asheville and Charlotte, and recently acquired the Palmetto Brewing Co. in Charleston, S.C. Clayton Burrous oversees a sales force of eight, which works in five states. By his count, the brewery sells its beers in “thousands” of locations, a number that will soon grow once the company expands into Virginia.

“One thing Catawba has going for it is there is a reverence for Western North Carolina beer,” Burrous says.

“As we go into markets like Virginia or Alabama, all these cities have their own local beers. Having a good story, having a good consistent beer and having someone at the street level who can build relationships are the critical factors.”

Between Catawba and Palmetto, there are about a dozen core brands and many seasonal beers. Burrous says Catawba’s biggest seller is White Zombie White Ale, while Huger Street IPA is tops for Palmetto.

The Craft Centric beer store and taproom on Long Shoals Road sees a parade of beer sales representatives, according to owner Matt Vaughan. “If a day goes by that we don’t see [one], it’s an odd day,” he says.

The store works with many local brands, and Vaughan says the sales representatives are “vital” in securing shelf space and taps. “If you want to sell your product, you have to come and introduce yourself personally,” he says.

“An email or phone call is not enough.

You also have to sample the product.

I am more than likely to buy if I am experiencing it, drinking it.” X

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

OPEN-ARTED

Visiting Artist Program takes a new approach to public work

BY ALLI MARSHALL amarshall@mountainx.com Asheville’s public art is sometimes beloved (the mother pig and piglet at Pack Square) and sometimes derided (the “Deco Gecko” at Pritchard Park), but those pieces of viewable-by-all works are part of the city’s DNA. So, when the city of Asheville’s Public Art & Cultural Commission announced its 2018 Visiting Artist Program, part of the idea for that initiative was to “enhance underserved communities [and] address needs in the city’s public art collection,” according to the call for proposals. It also set in motion a mission to create public art that emphasizes public input.

“The way we conceived the project was that it would be done in collaboration with the African-American community and also with local artists,” says Jay Miller, chair of the commission.

“We see that as a mentorship or internship opportunity where we’re compensating the local artist to help execute the project, but also gaining significant experience in the public art process at a national level.”

Three finalists were recently selected, including Jefferson Pinder from Chicago; the team of Monique Luck, Flavia Lovatelli and Francisco Gonzalez; and the team of Amir

TOPIC OF CONVERSATION: Artist in Residence program finalist Jefferson Pinder, pictured, recently worked on a project for the Frigge Museum in Davenport, Iowa, that includes performance and recordings. “Joe’s Barbershop features Joe McLemore, a 73-year-old Iowa barber, cutting hair in the museum as he discusses his unique views on race relations for blacks in the Quad Cities,” Pinder says on his website.

Photo courtesy of the artist

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Shakir and Ivette Cabrera. Pinder is an African-American artist who creates performances, videos and “objects that challenge viewers to think critically about our highly polarized society,” according to his website. Luck, Lovatelli and Gonzalez are members of the eco-conscious collective Art Ecologie Group located in Columbia, S.C. Luck works in mixed media, Lovatelli is a self-described pioneer recycler and sustainable artist, and Gonzalez, a native of Mexico, now based in Charlotte, also works in mixed media. Shakir and Cabrera, aka mural duo The Color Dreamers, are based in Miami.

As evidenced by the ranges of genres represented by the finalists, the call for this year’s Visiting Artist Program left the type and medium of the to-be-commissioned work open.

Committee members looked at the current stable of public art in Asheville and started with the question “What’s missing from that set?” Miller says.

“As it evolved, it became clear that it needed something that addressed underrepresented communities.”

Based on that realization, it was determined that the Visiting Artist Program — for which $50,000 has been secured — start with a focus on the local African-American citizenry and their collective story. “We [backed] away from what we thought the project needed to be and turned that over to the community,” says Miller. “Really what this is is a public engagement process. … We’re conceiving of the artwork to be just as much about that process as it is about that final product.”

The selection team, charged to review the artist applications with that criteria in mind, includes history professor Darin Waters and art professor Brent Skidmore, both from UNC Asheville; Viola Spells from the city’s African-American Heritage Commission; City Council member Sheneika Smith; Katie Cornell, development manager at the Center for Craft; Shirley Whitesides, Delta House Life Development of Asheville chairperson; Ron Laboray, painting and drawing professor at Western Carolina University; Steph Monson Dahl, Riverfront Redevelopment Office director; and Michael Carter, Green Opportunities Youth Corps case manager. “There are already several community organizations telling the story of African-American heritage in places like The Block and the East End, Southside and Burton Street,” Waters said in the city’s announcement of the project. “We need to ask ourselves: ‘Can we use the Visiting Artist Program to add to the engage-

ment of the community and our local artists in these projects?’”

The finalists will all visit Asheville Thursday-Saturday, July 26-28, during which time they’ll tour a number Asheville neighborhoods and areas.

“We have a pretty rigorous schedule set up. They’ll be meeting with various stakeholders … learning about different perspectives and also looking at potential sites,” Miller explains.

Possible areas of focus are the East End, Southside and Shiloh, but the story of Asheville’s African-American neighborhoods also includes places like Stumptown, which no longer exists (though acknowledgement of the historical significance of such a bygone locale could be the emphasis of the commissioned work).

The debate around location has also led to questions of whether the art should center on the presence of Asheville’s African-American residents and neighborhoods, or if its purpose should be to create a space for coming together. “The African-American community means different things, and part of the site-visit process is to figure out what that means,” says Miller.

He continues, “We’re also leaving open what form the artwork takes. It doesn’t have to be a sculpture or something permanent, It could, in theory, be a performance. It could include the community in some way.” The aim of the site visits is to inform proposals by the finalists — based on input and guidance from residents — for what sort of public work they hope to create.

Following their Asheville tour, the artists will submit their proposals, after which there will be more opportunities for community input, participation and feedback, “and that will ultimately inform the selection committee’s decision,” says Miller.

While it’s unusual for artists to turn in project ideas as the second phase of a selection process, that was a deliberate decision. Early advice to the commission, from conceptual artist Mel Chin and his wife, Helen Nagge, “was to sit back and listen and let the project take shape in response to [community voices],” Miller says.

So, when the selection team started looking at applications, “We narrowed it down to the kind of artist and the kind of work that fit the nature of the project,” Miller says. While the genre, material and design are open-ended, it’s attracted three strong finalists who have already worked in such a capacity and are on board to move forward with a collaborative vision of public art. X

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by Kim Ruehl

anymedia@gmail.com

STICKING TO THE STORY On a sunny October day in 1973 in Jonesborough, Tenn., a 13-year-old boy named David Joe Miller sat in the front row of the inaugural Jonesborough Storytelling Festival — and fell in love.

It was a makeshift affair. According to the website for the town’s International Storytelling Center, “A Jonesborough journalism teacher and his neighbors rolled an old farm wagon into Courthouse Square and, around that wagon, told stories. The festival was modest, but something happened … that has forever changed our culture, the tradition of storytelling, and this Tennessee town.”

Now in its 45th year, the festival continues to be a major cultural magnet, celebrating all forms of storytelling over the course of three days each October.

And Miller, now in his late 50s and profoundly influenced by the spirit of the festival, has been working as a professional storyteller for 28 years.

His latest endeavor is the reintroduction of open mic night that

David Joe Miller relaunches an open mic night at Habitat

will take place at Habitat Tavern & Commons on the last Monday of the month, starting July 30.

The event had a successful run at the now-defunct Buffalo Nickel in West Asheville — one open mic drew more than 80 people on a January night. Habitat has been Miller’s venue of choice for his ticketed Word events (which bring together professional storytellers from Asheville, Jonesborough, Chicago and elsewhere), so it seemed an obvious venue for continuing the open mics. Miller has lined up a bevy of hosts for each event, including himself, Chuck Fink, David Castel, Kathy Gordon, Debbie Gurriere, Pete Koschnick, and Rod and Gina Murphy.

All are welcome at the open mic — professionals and first-time amateurs alike, and everyone in between. True to the impression Jonesborough’s festival made on Miller all those years ago, he says he just loves hearing what people have to say. He only has two rules: Each performer gets 10 minutes, and every-

WORD UP: “I want people to have their work heard by a live audience,” says David Joe Miller, pictured, who will relaunch his open mic event at Habitat Tavern & Commons on July 30. “To receive that live energy back, receive that feedback.” Photo courtesy of Miller one has to keep their clothes on. The October open mic will be focused on scary stories, but other months will have no set themes and no censor.

“I want people to have that experience,” he says, “to get onstage. To have their work heard by a live audience. To receive that live energy back, receive that feedback. To feel it, to see that their work is worthy. … It’s interesting to watch that transformation with people, because they’ll get up on the stage and share their work and the audience responds. You can tell they’re like, ‘Wow! Up to this point I thought I was the only one who liked this.’”

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didn’t listen to the radio. So when my mom and dad would drop me off at my grandparents’ house for them to take care of me, when I was a child, the only entertainment we had was stories. My grandfather would tell me scary stories.

My grandmother would tell me historical stories — fairy tales or folk tales, things like that. It was really just a part of my life.”

Then came the festival in Jonesborough, and he knew he wanted to help it stay afloat. He began to volunteer and then took a job there in 1990, doing administrative work.

“One thing led to another,” he says.

“I really enjoyed listening, and I enjoyed playing with stories. I tried it and determined I wasn’t bad, so I began doing storytelling for the festival, to help them

raise money for their center that’s in downtown Jonesborough now: the multimillion-dollar storytelling center.”

Miller married and wound up in Charlotte, where he worked mostly with elementary schools, teaching teachers how to employ storytelling in their work.

But when his wife got a promotion and they moved to Philadelphia, he found the local school system there wasn’t as interested in his use of storytelling. So he brought his skills into corporations, teaching them how to use stories to sell products and boost the companies’ internal relationships.

“The more you know someone,” he explains, “the better you get along with them.”

Indeed, storytelling has been a staple of life in lower Appalachia going way back to when families were isolated from one another along winding mountain roads. They used storytelling to not only pass the time but also to pass along information. Storytelling was entertaining and informative, and helped people to surmount struggles like family feuds and profound poverty.

Since moving to Asheville, Miller has been producing storytelling events and open mic nights focused on the spoken word, which he defines as storytell-

ing, poetry, monologues, comedy and any other verbal artform. Miller knows well that cultural sharing in Asheville is much more focused on music these days, but he sees great potential for there to be interest in keeping the storytelling tradition alive.

“Stories guide people by teaching us where we’ve been and what we’ve learned in our history, our family, our genetics, our environment,” he says. “It’s how we relate, I think, not only to other people but to situations in our lives. To me, stories are a fundamental part of life.

Without that guidance of your story and the permanence of our stories, I think our lives would be empty.” X

WHAT Open mic storytellingcalendar.com WHERE Habitat Tavern & Commons 174 Broadway WHEN Last Monday of the month starting July 30, 7:30 p.m.

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by Edwin Arnaudin

earnaudin@mountainx.com

‘ROLLER COASTER OF MUSIC’ Black Milk and his band Nat Turner play The Mothlight Add Black Milk to the list of respected musicians with a fondness for Asheville’s live music fans.

The rapper and producer last stopped in town for a 2015 set at Asheville Music Hall, but it’s his local debut at the One Stop in 2014 that most stands out in his mind.

“I didn’t expect the crowd to be that amped up throughout the whole show,” he says. “There was a lot of screaming at me and people just really getting into the music.”

Black looks to build on that momentum Monday, July 30, at The Mothlight, where he’ll perform selections from his new album, FEVER, and other highlights from his decadeplus solo career alongside his band, Nat Turner. Composed of drums, keyboards and bass with the vocalist occasionally hopping on keys, the setup allows for an exciting fusion of styles on a nightly basis.

“You’re seeing what we love as artists, just in terms of touching on a few different styles and genres of music,” Black says. “Of course, it’s rooted in hip-hop, but we’re taking funk approaches, more rock at times, more jazzy at times, soul at times.

It’s an up-and-down, roller coaster of music all night.”

Live hip-hop bands like Nat Turner, however, remain a rare commodity. In addition to the ease and cost-efficiency of a rapper utilizing a DJ on stage, Black acknowledges that, as with any kind of band, it’s a challenge to keep an ensemble together. He notes he’s been fortunate to have played with a band in his live show for nearly 10 years

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PERPETUAL MOTION: Black Milk plans to spend most of the second half of 2018 on the road, including a July 30 stop at The Mothlight. But when he’s not onstage, he’s constantly working on production. “You might see some of that show up on a couple of different artists’ projects,” he says. Photo by Delaney Teichler and says he’ll probably always tour with instrumentalists in tow.

“You can do more things. It adds that extra layer. You can have more spontaneous moments, go off-the-cuff during the show [and] feed off the crowd with different things,” Black says. “That’s the main thing I love about having musicians

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onstage with me. With just a DJ, you’re bound to the track. When the track stops, that’s when the song stops.”

Black is quick to acknowledge the influence of The Roots on his live show but feels as if he and Nat Turner have created something that’s slightly different. “I still like to play the music that I’ve produced in the studio, and the band enhances it by playing on top of it,” he says. “Of course, there’s parts of the show that’s all live without a backing track, but it’s kind of a hybrid of all of that.”

In the midst of a 30-city U.S. tour after a run of European shows in May, Black says his current favorite songs from FEVER to perform are “But I Can Be,” “Could It Be” and “2 Would Try.” “I feel like this album, it doesn’t have too many superaggressive [songs] on it like some of my previous albums,” he says. “We still have our crazy, highenergy moments, but for the most part, there’s kind of a cool vibe musical tone to the show.”

As for choosing tracks from his back catalog, Black says he makes sure to work

in his better-known singles, but on the present tour he’s often relying on concert attendees to shout out requests.

“Sometimes, there’s fans in the crowd who’ve been around for a minute since my earlier work and they want to hear some particular songs,” he says. “But it’s cool to see the newer fans who are just getting on from the last couple of albums mix in with fans who have been around for a while all in one room, just going back and forth.”

While performing with a band is his preference, Black still does scattered solo shows throughout the year. Those outings focus on his instrumental work and find him onstage with a few pieces of his beat-making equipment, playing primarily unreleased material.

“It’s definitely a different vibe.

[People who] come for those sets, they know what they’re getting into a lot of the times,” Black says. “A lot more beat heads come out — people who just like instrumental music — so it gives me a chance to test out new things, new rhythms. Stuff that I probably wouldn’t put on my rap set, I can play in that setting.”

It was production that allowed Black to initially thrive in Detroit’s hip-hop scene, working with Slum Village while still a teen in 2002.

The longtime Motor City resident moved to Los Angeles a little over two years ago but visits frequently — much of FEVER was recorded there — and keeps close tabs on his hometown happenings. Though the music naturally evolves and changes due to newer artists’ incorporating fresh perspectives, he still enjoys it because of the consistent underdog mentality that’s defined the city’s musicians for years.

“Detroit can be overlooked sometimes in certain aspects of hip-hop, so I feel like there’s always a hunger there with Detroit artists,” Black says. “You feel the music changing, but you still hear influences from past Detroit artists in some of the newer stuff, the newer cats — but they have their own flavors.” X

WHO Black Milk with Beat Life WHERE The Mothlight 701 Haywood Road themothlight.com WHEN Monday, July 30, 9 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show

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by Bill Kopp | bill@musoscribe.com

EP review: ‘Horseflesh’ by Poet Radio On its website, Asheville-based Poet Radio describes itself as “a dark psychrock band with occultist undertones.”

New listeners shouldn’t be warned off by that description; the trio’s new Horseflesh EP (released online-only last year, then remastered for a hard-copy release this year) starts off accessibly enough and gets even more listenable as it goes along.

“I’m Clean” begins abruptly, almost as if the band had been playing and the recording engineer hit the “record” button a split second too late. The result is that it takes a few seconds for the listener to settle into the slinky and sinister — yet somehow alluring — vibe of the song.

Madison Maxwell’s vocal approach seems to exist halfway between kittenish and menacing, giving the song just the right uneasy feel. As the tune unwinds, the hypnotic melody — propelled forward by Kevin Freeman’s heavy bass line — supports Maxwell’s vocal. Metallic electric piano notes effectively scrape the polish off the song. And every now and then, when Maxwell vocalizes a note that’s outside the core cluster, she adds a raspy, almost screaming texture. But almost as soon as it starts, it stops, with the singer returning to the primary vocal melody. Against the backdrop of how the song started, it’s fitting that the edit cuts abruptly as the final bass note is still resonating. The next effect of this admittedly curious editing technique is to give the feeling that the recording of “I’m Clean” is merely a snapshot, a capture in time, of Poet Radio’s complete performance.

DARK DAYS: Asheville-based psych-rock collective Poet Radio lists its influences as “bad ones, mostly.” The group’s EP, Horseflesh, was released in hard copy this year after an onlineonly release last year. Photo of Madison Maxwell by Leigh Ann Parrish “No Turning Back” launches with the rhythm section — Freeman and drummer Ryan Cole — laying down a foundation redolent of Gang of Four’s punk-funk-dance approach. Some stinging guitar leads from Maxwell puncture the funkiness and add a fuzzy texture

of the sort one might find on 1980s psychedelic revival records by Rain Parade or Plasticland. Maxwell adopts a louder, more strident and forceful vocal demeanor here. As she sings the line “there’s no turning back,” the entire trio lurches forward, increasing the tempo and intensity.

Maxwell leans into a wonderfully nasty (if intentionally rudimentary) guitar solo while the rhythm section vamps on a two-chord figure.

In the context of the two songs that precede it, “Crepe Paper Hearts” is positively poppy. Maxwell switches between a distorted and clean tone on her guitar and sings in a soaring manner that occasionally recalls Blondie’s Deborah Harry. The song’s arrangement features clipped chords and restrained tension on the part of Freeman and Cole; the band loosens up for the choruses, adding pleasing contrast to what threatens to be the most accessible of the Horseflesh EP’s tracks. The song’s outro features Maxwell’s overdubbed guitar solo; what may or may not be a mistake in the solo is nonetheless charming in its offhandedness.

In fact it’s “End of the Season,” the closing track on the EP, that best earns the title of Horseflesh’s most winning tune. It’s a curious strategy to sequence an EP in this way; perhaps the group’s thinking is to reward listeners who stick around by making each song better than the one before it. “End of the Season” features the strongest melodic line of the four songs, and Maxwell’s tinkling electric piano provides a nice contrast with the song’s other relatively fuzzy sonic elements; a solo toward the song’s end suggests the influence of Ray Manzarek. Again, Freeman’s propulsive bass subtly provides power to the arrangement. At the conclusion of the tune, the band stops on a dime, underscoring the trio’s singleminded and unspoken communication.

Learn more at poetradioband.com. X

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Michael Franti & Spearhead

Jahman Brahman Formed in Columbus, Ohio, in 2007, Asheville-based fusion band Jahman Brahman is primed to translate its latest Bonnaroo experience to local stages. The self-professed “shred ‘n’ flow” ensemble’s ties with the Manchester, Tenn., Music & Arts Festival began in 2012 with its members working with the “IcyRoo” team, which provides water and ice to the entire grounds. Various connections led to performances for festival crew and staff, including a stage in the Pod 3 area that guitarist Casey Chanatry calls “basically a flatbed truck with hay bales around it.” Persistence and a growing fan base led to a proper stage and official listing on the Bonnaroo schedule in 2017 and again last month. The group plays Asheville Music Hall on Friday, July 27, at 10 p.m. TUB, featuring Chanatry and members of Winston-Salem band Taft’s Bathtub and Asheville’s own Freeway Revival, opens. $5 donation. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo by Sandlin Gaither

A familiar face is headlining the Riverkeeper Beer Series at the Salvage Station for the second consecutive year.

“Michael Franti & Spearhead brought such amazing energy to Asheville last year that it was a no-brainer to bring him back,” says French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson. “Asheville loves Michael, and he seems to love us back. Last year he took a surprise tubing float down the French Broad before jumping onstage.” The eclectic pop rockers are touring in support of their forthcoming album, Stay Human 2, and the Franti-directed documentary, Stay Human, which tells the stories of heroic everyday people around the world.

The show takes place Friday, July 27. Franti and his band will begin their set following a VIP party that runs 5-7 p.m. $33.50. salvagestation.com.

Photo by Anthony Thoen

Ben Phan In Asheville’s music community, there may not be two bigger mutual fans than Ben Phan and Jane Kramer. The pair met a little over two years ago when they were on the bill for a local benefit show and were deeply moved by the other’s songs and performances.

Phan calls Kramer “amazing,” while Kramer praises her friend’s transcendent guitar skills. “While you can hear his discipline and training in his playing, you can also hear his creative irreverence and all the risks he is taking, which is very inspiring to me,” she says.

Backed by Phan’s band The Soul Symphony, the two artists will combine their talents Saturday, July 28, at The Grey Eagle. $12/$18 VIP reserved seating in first two rows. thegreyeagle.com. Photo courtesy of Phan

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Suzanne Joy Teune Asheville-based artist Suzanne Joy Teune has been accepted into the Master’s in Art Therapy program at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, N.M., and will begin studies this fall. But before she departs, she’ll have one final local solo show, Love Letter to Appalachia, in the Stand Gallery in the Phil Mechanic Studios. “The Phil has been like a solid container for me and my artistic unfolding in the world over these past two years,” Teune says. “I love the creative family I’ve found there. I love how much it feels like a natural extension of art school in so many ways.” The opening event takes place Saturday, Aug. 4, 6-9 p.m., and Teune’s paintings will be on display throughout the month. Free to attend. suzannejoyteune.com. Photo of the artist with “You Are the Whole Circle,” courtesy of Teune

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MEETING OF THE MINDS: The Asheville Area Arts Council’s Artist Business Brainstorm series occurs every other month and provides up to 10 artists looking for individual coaching on a specific topic the opportunity to meet with a skilled professional and receive suggestions to help their business grow. On Tuesday, July 31, 10 a.m.-noon, the topic is Business Tips for the Creative Entrepreneur and will be led by Kathleen Lewis, owner-operator of SewLink/Southern Decor, a professional sewing contracting company based in Asheville and an established clothing designer and fiber artist. During the group session, Lewis will provide insights on how artists can build and market their brand. Free for AAAC members, $15 for nonmembers, which will be applied to an individual membership. For more information, visit ashevillearts.com.

ART ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • TU (7/31), 10am-noon Artist Business Brainstorm: "Business Tips for the Creative Entrepreneur," lead by Kathleen Lewis. $15/Free for members.

Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. TRYON ARTS AND CRAFTS SCHOOL 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, 828-859-8323 • SA (7/28), 9am-5pm - "Beginning Carving: Horse Head," workshop with Karl Schwartz. $35 + $5 materials fee/$20 members.

TRANSYLVANIA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 828-884-2787, tcarts.org • 4th FRIDAYS, 5-8pm Brevard 4th Friday gallery walk with open galleries, art stores, restaurants, live music and refreshments.

Free to attend. Held in Downtown Brevard

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 828-693-8504, acofhc.org • Through WE (8/15) Applications accepted for North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program subgrants. See

ART/CRAFT STROLLS & FAIRS ST. PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 256 E. Main St., Brevard • FR (7/27), 4-8:30pm & SA (7/28), 10am-3pm - Art in the Mountains, art show, sale and raffle. Free to attend.

website for guidelines.

NC WILDLIFE COMMISION ncwildlife.org/contest • Through SA (9/1) Submissions accepted for the annual Wildlife in North Carolina Photo Competition. See website for full guidelines.

DANCE EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) INTRO to POLE DANCE on Mondays 7:15pm.

INTRO to POLE FITNESS on Tuesdays 7:00pm, Saturdays 12:00pm, Sundays 2:15pm.

INTRO to SPIN POLE on Thursdays 8:00pm.

INTRO to SULTRY POLE on Wednesdays 7:30pm - first class is $15.

EMPYREANARTS.ORG 828.782.3321.

EXPERIENCE ECSTATIC DANCE! (PD.) Dance waves hosted

by Asheville Movement Collective. Fun and personal/community transformation. • Fridays, 7pm, Terpsicorps Studios, 1501 Patton Avenue. • Sundays, 8:30am and 10:30am, JCC, 236 Charlotte Street. Sliding scale fee. Information: ashevillemovementcollective.org TWO 2 HOUR DANCE WORKSHOPS (PD.) Early Registration open now! Learn one, or both, of these beautiful Dances.

• Saturday, August 11.

• 1-3pm Nightclub-Two

• 3-5pm Triple-Two. Richard and Sue Cicchetti, Asheville Ballroom. Each workshop is $20/pp, • Early Bird $15/pp by August 4th. 828-3330715. Pre-register now at: www.Danceforlife.net HENDERSONVILLE STREET DANCING 828-693-9708, historichendersonville.org • MO (7/30), 7-9pm Outdoor street dance with Bobby and Blue Ridge Tradition bluegrass and the HotFoot Cloggers. Free to attend.

Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville

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

Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/ class. (828) 768-2826. skinnybeatsdrums.com

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A& E CA LEN DA R BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 180 W Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 828-412-5488, phoenixrisinghealing.com • SU (7/29), 5pm - Music by the Lake: Outdoor concert featuring Super 60s. Free.

BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 349 Andante Lane Brevard, 828-862-2105, brevardmusic.org • WE (7/25), 12:30pm Student piano recital. Free.

• WE (7/25), 7:30pm Brevard Music Center faculty concert featuring obert Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1. $28. Held at Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • TH (7/26), 7:30pm - Candide, concert featuring the Janiec Opera Company and the Brevard Festival Orchestra. $35 and up. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • FR (7/27), 4:30pm "Program of Song," concert featuring the BMC

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high school voice students.

Free.

• FR (7/27), 7:30pm - "Tchaichovsky 4," concert featuring the BMC Orchestra and violinist Noah Bendix-Galgley playing works by Brahms and Tchaikovsky. $20 and up.

• SA (7/28), 2pm - Candide, concert featuring the Janiec Opera Company. $35. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • SA (7/28), 7:30pm "Time for Three," open-air concert featuring the Brevard Sinfonia playing works by Sierra, Higdon and Respighi. $20 and up.

• SU (7/29), 3pm - "Soloists of Tomorrow," concert featuring the BMC orchestra and winners of the Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition. $20 and up.

• SU (7/29), 7:30pm "Supersonic," concert featuring BMC percussion students and faculty. $25.

• MO (7/30), 7:30pm Concert featuring violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, hornist Stefan de Leval

Jezierski and pianist Norman Krieger playing Mendelssohn. $28. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • TU (7/31), 7pm - Brevard Music Center piano competition finals. $25. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • WE (8/1), 12:30pm Student piano recital. Free.

• WE (8/1), 7:30pm Brevard Camerata, conductorless chamber orchestra concert featuring works

by Turina and Vivaldi. $28 and up. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard • TH (8/2), 7:30pm "Sondheim on Sondheim," performance with the Janiec Opera Company. $35 and up. Held at Porter Center at Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Drive, Brevard CITY OF ASHEVILLE 828-251-1122, ashevillenc.gov

• THURSDAYS 5-7pm - Pritchard Park singer/ songwriter series. Free.

Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. CONCERTS ON THE CREEK mountainlovers.com • FR (7/27), 7-9pm Outdoor concert featuring Summer Brooke and the Mountain Faith Band. Free.

Held at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain, 828357-9009, floodgallery.org • MONDAYS, 6-7pm - Didjeridu lessons.

Admission by donation.

MILLS RIVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10 Presbyterian Church Road, Mills River, 828-8917101 • SA (7/28), 7pm - Summer music jam with a performance by The Reel Band.

Bluegrass, country and gospel musicians are invited to participate. Free.

MUSIC ON MAIN 828-693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (7/27), 7-9pm Outdoor live music event with Rock & Roll Reunion. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville N.C. ARBORETUM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 828-6652492, ncarboretum.org • FR (7/27) & SA (7/28), 8pm - Summer Lights Concert Series featuring Blue Ridge Orchestra’s Symphonic Winds. $18/$12 children/$30 reserved seating.

NC STAGE COMPANY 15 Stage Lane, 828-239-0263 • FR (7/27), 8pm - Up Close Listening Room Series: Dom Flemons concert, Americana. $25/$22 advance.

SLY GROG LOUNGE 271 Haywood St., 828-552-3155, slygrog.wordpress.com/ • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Openmic for storytellers, poets, musicians and all kinds of performance artists. Sign ups at 6:30pm. Free to attend.

SWANNANOA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 828-771-3050, scm-festival.com • - Chamber music concert featuring violinists Alexander Velinzon and Elisa Barston, violist Tatjana Mead Chamis, cellist Mihail Istomin, bassist Joseph McFadden and pianist Inessa Zaretsky playing Dohnanyi, Mozart and Dvorak. $25. SA (7/28), 7:30pm, held at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa. SU (7/29), 7:30pm, held at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, 556 S. Haywood Waynesville TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LIBRARY 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard, 828-884-3151 • MO (7/30), 12:30pm College division students chamber music concert.

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• TU (7/31), 6:30pm - The Billy Jonas Band, concert.

Free.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD ASHEVILLE WRITERS' SOCIAL allimarshall@bellsouth.net • 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm - N.C. Writer's Network group meeting and networking. Free to attend. Held at Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave., #101 BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 828-350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • TH (8/2), 7pm - "Later: Readings from then and now," night of readings and reminiscences from Jaye Bartell. $10/$5 members.

CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 828-586-9499, citylightsnc.com • WE (7/25), 6:30pm Andrew Lawler presents his book, The Lost Colony.

Free to attend.

• FR (7/27), 6:30pm Amy Willoughby Burle presents her debut novel, Lemonade Year. Free to attend.

• SA (7/28), 3pm - Jeffery Beam presents his book, Jonathan Williams: Lord of Orchards. Free to attend.

HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS 174 Broadway, habitatbrewing.com • LAST MONDAYS, 7:30pm - Spoken word open mic, hosted by David Joe Miller. Sign-ups at 7pm. Free to attend.

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (7/25), 6pm Jonathan Santlofer presents his book, The Widower's Notebook: A Memoir. Free to attend.

• TH (7/26), 6pm - Rasha presents, Oneness: The Meditations. Free to attend.

• TH (7/26), 7pm - Works in Translation Book Club: For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri, trans-

lated by Paul Bowles.

Free to attend.

• SU (7/29), 3pm - Sera Beak presents their book, Redvelations: A Soul’s Journey to Becoming Human. Free to attend.

• MO (7/30), 6pm - Jo Piazza presents their book, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win: A Novel and Glynnis MacNicol present their book, No One Tells You This: A Memoir. Free to attend.

• TU (7/31), 6pm Christopher Swann presents his book, Shadow of the Lions. Free to attend.

• WE (8/1), 6pm - Jaime Fleres presents their book, Birth Your Story: Why Writing about Your Birth Matters. Free to attend.

NEW DIMENSIONS TOASTMASTERS 828-329-4190 • THURSDAYS, noon1pm - General meeting.

Information: 828-3294190. Free to attend.

Held at Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, 33 Meadow Road

THEATER ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 828-505-2926 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS (8/2) until (8/11), 7:30pm - Talking With…, play written by Jane Martin. $20. Held at Magnetic 375, 375 Depot St. BEBE THEATRE 20 Commerce St., 828-254-2621 • FR (7/27), 9pm & SA (7/28) & SU (7/29), 7pm - Down With Pants Presents, Board Room, a pantsless tragicomedy in one act. $17/$15 advance.

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 828-350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • SA (7/28), 7pm - R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (+ Mystery) of the Universe, actor and storyteller David Novak performs this one-man play written by D.W. Jacobs. $15/$10 members.

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 828-295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • TH (8/2), 6pm - Love Makes a Home: The Life of Rebecca Boone, performance and live music. Free. Held at the Orchard at Altapass, MP 328, Blue Ridge Parkway DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 18 Biltmore Ave., dwt. com • TH (8/2), 7pm & FR (8/3), 8pm - Fellowship for the Performing Arts presents The Most Reluctant Convert. $40 and up/$30 students.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 828-693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (7/27) until (8/18) - Mamma Mia. Wed. & Thurs.: 2pm & 7:30pm. Fri.: 8pm. Sat.: 2pm & 8pm. Sun.: 2pm. $20 and up.

HENDERSONVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville, 828-692-1082, hendersonvillelittletheater.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/5) Hairspray Jr., musical.

Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm.

Sun.: 2pm. $26/$15-$20 students.

MAGNETIC 375 375 Depot St., themagnetictheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (7/29) Bugs!, musical. Fri.: 7pm.

Sat. & Sun.: 1pm. Sat.: 4pm. Sun. (7/22), 4pm.

TH (7/26), 7pm. $23/$12 students.

MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 828-254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/4), 7:30pm - Robin Hood, the Legend of Sherwood.

Free. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St.

GALLERY DIRECTORY AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 828-281-2134, amerifolk.com • TH (8/2) through WE (8/22) - Sharing the Journey, group exhibition. Reception: Friday, Aug. 3, 5-8pm.

MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 828-575-2294, moracollection.com • Through TU (7/31) Exhibition of jewelry by Anna Johnson.

OPEN HEARTS ART CENTER 217 Coxe Ave. • Through SA (8/18) Through The Eyes of Open Hearts, exhibition of photographs from artists at Open Hearts Art Center.

ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY mhu.edu • Through FR (8/31) - Where We Worked: the Place of Employment in Madison County, photography exhibition. Held at Mars Hill University, Weizenblatt Gallery, 79 Cascade St., Mars Hill

PINK DOG CREATIVE 348 Depot St., pinkdog-creative.com • Through SA (7/28) Exhibition of recent paintings

by Morgan Santander.

ART AT WCU 828-227-2787, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • Through FR (8/24) - Abstract Impulse, exhibition of paintings

by Mary Althea Parker. Held at Western Carolina University, Fine Art Museum, 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee • Through FR (9/14) - Appalachia a Century Ago; Craft Through the Lens of William A. Barnhill, exhibition of photographs by William A. Barnhill. Held at Mountain Heritage Center, Cullowhee • Through FR (8/24) - Facing Culture, exhibition of masks and carvings by Joshua Adams.

Reception: Thursday, Aug. 23, 5-7pm. Held at Western Carolina University, Fine Art Museum, 199 Centennial Drive Cullowhee

POSANA CAFE 1 Biltmore Ave., 828-505-3969 • Through TU (7/31) - Food, group art exhibition featuring paintings by over 25 artists in various styles.

THE WEDGE AT FOUNDATION 5 Foundy St., 828-505-2792, wedgebrewing.com/locationwedge-foundation/ • WE (8/1) through FR (8/31) - Exhibition of paintings by Larry Turner. Reception: Tuesday, Aug. 7, 5-9pm.

ART IN THE AIRPORT 61 Terminal Drive Fletcher • Through SU (8/12) - Perspective, group exhibition featuring works

by Julie Bagamary, Cynthia Decker, Derek DiLuzio, Ivana Larrosa, Hillary Frye, Mary McDermott, Robert LaBerge and Skip Rohde.

ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 828-258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through FR (7/27) Contemplative Art in the Age of Distraction, exhibition curated

by Susana Euston. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • Through FR (7/27) - Process, group exhibition featuring work

by Erica Stankwytch Bailey, Asheville Makers, Bright Angle and Emily Rogstad. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. • Through FR (8/31) - Best of 2018

by Roots + Wings Visual Arts Preschool, exhibition. Held at The Refinery, 207 Coxe Ave. ASHEVILLE CERAMICS GALLERY 109 Roberts St. • Through TU (7/31) - Exhibition featuring the ceramic work of Julie Covington.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 828-251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through TU (7/31) - Bright and Bold, exhibition featuring the paintings of Bee Adams.

• WE (8/1) through FR (8/31) - A Retrospective in Figurative, featuring the paintings of Cheri Brackett. Reception: Friday, Aug. 3, 5-8pm.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 828-669-0930 • FR (7/27) through (8/31) Vietnam: Some of Its People, exhibition of photography by Herb

TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 269 Oak Ave, Spruce Pine, 828-682-7215, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (8/18) - Clay +, exhibition of clay works by Cynthia Bringle. Reception: Saturday, July 28, 5-7pm.

• SA (7/28) through (8/25) - Sphere of Influence: Glass Artists of Western North Carolina, group exhibition.

Reception: Saturday, July 28, 5-7pm.

FIT TO PRINT: Black Mountain printmaker Porge Buck is 87 years old and continues to work in her studio every day. An Asheville-area resident since 1984, she’s eschewed open studio tours out of a desire for preserving the privacy of her work space, which makes the forthcoming exhibition of her work at the Flood Gallery Fine Art Center all the more enticing. Dozens of Buck’s collage and printmaking art will be on display starting with an opening reception Saturday, July 28, 6-9 p.m. The exhibit runs through Sept. 3. Photo by Rimas Zailskas Way. Reception: Friday, July 27, 6-8pm.

DISTRICT WINE BAR 37 Paynes Way, Suite 9 • Through TU (7/31) - The Legend of Rosebud, exhibition of paintings by Joyce Thornburg and Ken Vallario. Reception: Friday, July 27, 5-9pm.

FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain, 828-357-9009 • SA (7/28) through MO (9/3) - Exhibition of prints by Porge Buck. Reception: Saturday, July 28, 6-9pm.

DOWNTOWN BOOKS & NEWS 67 N. Lexington Ave., 828-3487615, downtownbooksandnews. com

• Through MO (7/30) - Our Asheville, photography by Dr. Thomas Potts.

GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH 495 Herbert Hills Drive, Hayesville • Through SU (7/23) - Sacred Threads, art quilt exhibition.

GRAND BOHEMIAN GALLERY 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com/ • Through FR (8/31) - Color Stories, exhibition of pastels and acrylics by R. John Ichter.

HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 86 N Main St., Waynesville, 828452-0593, haywoodarts.org/ • Through SA (7/28) - Fortyartist member show. Reception: Friday, July 6.

HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC homewardbound.wnc.org • Through SA (7/31) - I Am Home, art show by homeless to benefit the homeless. Held at Habitat Tavern & Commons, 174 Broadway MOMENTUM GALLERY 24 North Lexington Ave. • Through WE (8/25) - Dale Chihuly, glass exhibition.

• Through SA (8/25) - Reflections, group glass exhibition in conjunction with Dale Chihuly exhibit at the Biltmore Estate and the Summer of Glass, featuring works by Thor & Jennifer Bueno, Amber Cowan, Jennifer Halvorson, Alli Hoag, Joanna Manousis, Kit Paulson, Pablo Soto and Tim Tate.

• Through SA (8/25) - Therman Statom: Contemporary Glass Pioneer, exhibition.

UPSTAIRS ARTSPACE 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, 828859-2828, upstairsartspace.org • Through FR (8/3) - Four Women/Four Journeys, Thoughtful Forms and Holland Van Gores: Polychrome Turnings, three exhibitions featuring 11 artists.

WINDOW GALLERY 54 Broadway, windowcontemporary.org • Through FR (10/26) - Re/ production | Re/presentation, exhibition of works by Aaron McIntosh. Reception: Thursday, July 26, 2-3pm.

WOOLWORTH WALK 25 Haywood St., 828-254-9234 • Through TU (7/31) Journeys, exhibition featuring encaustic paintings by Julia Fosson.

ZAPOW! 150 Coxe Ave., Suite 101, 828-575-2024, zapow.net • Through SU (8/18) - Tin to Plastic; The Toys That Made Us, group exhibition.

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5 WALNUT WINE BAR Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM

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BEN'S TUNE UP Open Bluegrass Jam w/ The Clydes, 6:00PM

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OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Bud Man & Groove Percussion, 4:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM

PULP The Aisles of Jane Doe, Electric Karma, Same Result, 9:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (sign-ups at 7:30pm), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Viking Dance Party, 9:00PM

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BEATS AND SOUL: If you missed the group at LEAF in May, you’ll get a second chance to catch the Afrobeat collective Kaleta and Super Yamba Band when they play The Mothlight on Wednesday, Aug. 1. Afro-funk veteran Leon ‘Kaleta’ Ligan-Majek will sing in a number of languages native to West Africa (Fon, Goun, Yoruba and Ewe among them), delivering his James Brown-esque melodies over Yamba Bands’ vintage, heavily rhythmic psychedelic beats. Kaleta has performed with African music legends such as King Sunny Ade, as well as Fela Kuti’s band, Egypt 80, through the 1980s and ’90s, and recently worked with R&B artist Lauryn Hill. Local soul outfit The Secret BSides opens the 9 p.m. show. Photo by Wrenne Evans SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Patio Show: Josh Carland, 5:00PM Olivia Chaney, 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Berlyn Jazz Trio, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Bit Brigade performing Live Soundtrack to Zelda, 9:30PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Dave Desmelik (singersongwriter), 7:00PM

THE WINE & OYSTER All That Jazz Jam hosted by Jesse Junior, 7:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Another Country, 8:00PM

TOWN PUMP Open Jam w/ Billy Presnell, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY French Broad Mountain Valley Acoustic Jam, 6:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES JJ Kitchen All Star Jam (blues, soul), 9:00PM

TWIN LEAF BREWERY Open Mic Night, 8:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Music Bingo, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Jazz Night: Nancy Jackson Simmons, 7:30PM

THURSDAY, JULY 26 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8:00PM AUX BAR Phantom Pantone & Friends (G house, trap, rap), 10:00PM AMBROSE WEST Chalwa (reggae), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Will Ray & The Space Cooties, 7:30PM

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ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB WEST: West Side Funk Night & Open Jam, 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Jahman Brahman & TUB (shred'n flow), 10:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Shelby Lynne, 8:00PM

BARTACO BILTMORE Phantom Pantone: DJ Collective (tropical house), 5:30PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Clint Roberts (Americana), 6:00PM

BEN'S TUNE UP Throwback dance Party w/ DJ Kilby, 10:00PM

PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic w/ Cody Hughes, 9:00PM

BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM

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FRIDAY, JULY 27 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana, soul), 9:00PM AMBROSE WEST Courtyard Series: The Everlong Brothers, 5:30PM Reasonably Priced Babies (comedy), 8:00PM

OSKAR BLUES BREWERY The Berlyn Trio (jazz, funk), 6:30PM

PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Rhonda Weaver & The Soul Mates, 7:00PM

CORK & KEG One Leg Up (gypsy jazz), 8:30PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY The Mavericks, 6:30PM

DOUBLE CROWN Rock 'n' Soul Obscurities w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Stay Human: Michael Franti & Spearhead, 5:00PM Magic Beans, 10:00PM

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FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Doug McElvy (folk, Americana), 6:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam (blues, dance), 9:00PM

ORANGE PEEL Summer Dance Party w/ DJ M.P. Pride, 8:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Alexa Rose, 7:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Patio Show: Krekel & Whoa, 5:00PM Birdtalker (folk), 8:00PM

TOWN PUMP Adi the Monk, 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Uchikomi (funk, jam, rock, blues), 8:30PM

PACK'S TAVERN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Simon and Friends (jazz, funk), 10:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Adrienne Ammerman w/ Rooster & Kelly White, 9:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Special Affair (Funk, Soul) at One World Downtown!, 9:00PM

CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capella on 9 w/ DJ Zeus, 9:00PM

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Jeff Sipe's Electric Buddha, 8:00PM

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

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SLY GROG LOUNGE Hawaiian Luau Party w/ DJ Prince Tryp, 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Phish Show Live Stream at The Forum in LA 11:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Alex Cameron & Jackie Cohen, 9:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE Select DJ Sets, 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT The Resonant Rogues w/ Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands, 9:00PM THE WINE & OYSTER Jimmy's Chicago Blues, 7:00PM TOWN PUMP Appalachian Renegades, 9:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Ryan Barber (r&b), 10:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Local Singer-Songwriter Showcase Series, 7:00PM W XYZ BAR AT ALOFT WXYZ Electric w/ Dj Abu Disarray, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Two Broke Kings w/ The Remainders , 8:00PM Saturday, July 28 5 WALNUT WINE BAR King Garbage (indie, soul), 9:00PM AUX BAR Rooster 1:00PM

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MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bald Mountain Boys, 7:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step - Weekly Swing Jam, 4:30PM

ODDITORIUM Enhailer (metal, punk), 9:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Saturday night Jive w/ Marley Carroll, 10:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Kevin Williams (Americana), 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Erin Kinard, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Christmas in July, 12:00PM CAPELLA ON 9@THE AC HOTEL Capella on 9 w/ Special Affair, 9:00PM CHESTNUT Jazz Brunch, 11:00AM CORK & KEG Soul Blue (blues, rock, soul), 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Gypsy Swingers (gypsy jazz), 9:00PM DISTRICT WINE BAR Saturday Night Rock Show, 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 10:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Rahm Squad (jam, soul), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Kentucky Myle (Americana, folk), 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Boogi Therapi (funk, soul), 7:00PM HILLMAN BEER Saturday Sounds w/ Jeff Thompson Trio, 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Sarah Peacock, 7:00PM Tom Paxton w/ The Don Juans, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB The Big EZ's (funk), 9:00PM JARGON The Rick Simerly Trio (jazz), 10:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Rock 'n' Roll Vinyl w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM MG ROAD Late Night Dance Parties w/ DJ Lil Meow Meow, 10:00PM MILLS RIVER BREWERY Dorian Michael (acoustic guitar), 6:00PM

NOBLE KAVA Shane Parish, 9:00PM

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ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday night funk jam, 11:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Open Mic hosted by Jon Edwards, 6:00PM

BEN'S TUNE UP Summer Music series w/ Peggy Ratusz & Jonathon Pearlman, 6:00PM

HABITAT TAVERN & COMMONS Spoken Word Open Mic, 7:30PM

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

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB QUIZZO Trivia & Open Mic, 7:30PM

Jeff Anders & Jason Whitaker

BYWATER Baile w/ Shift Mojo, Konglo, & Scripta, 12:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & Friends, 6:30PM

FRI. 7/27

NOBLE KAVA Ladies Night Showcase, 7:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Tuesday Grooves (international vinyl) w/ DJs Chrissy & Arieh, 10:00PM

THU. 7/26 (acoustic rock)

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SAT. 7/28 The Lowdown Band

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MOVIES

REVIEWS & LISTINGS

BY SCOTT DOUGLAS, FRANCIS X. FRIEL & JUSTIN SOUTHER

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MAX RATING Xpress reviews virtually all upcoming movies, with two or three of the most noteworthy appearing in print.

You can find our online reviews at mountainx.com/movies/reviews. This week, they include: DON’T WORRY, HE WONT GET FAR ON FOOT HHH EQUALIZER 2

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A dark and tragic secret lurks beneath the surface of Three Identical Strangers, director Tim Wardle’s new doc about identical triplets separated at birth

Three Identical Strangers HHHS DIRECTOR: Tim Wardle PLAYERS: Bobby Shafran, David Kellman, Lawrence Wright DOCUMENTARY RATED PG-13 THE STORY: Triplets separated at birth rediscover each other — and unearth a shocking secret about the circumstances of their respective adoptions.

THE LOWDOWN: An absolutely astounding story that deserves a better documentary treatment than it receives.

Whenever possible, I try to limit my exposure to information about a film before I actually screen it, in the hopes of preserving the integrity of my critical evaluation. While I maintain that this is a prudent practice, it’s not without its drawbacks when it comes to selecting assignments. It also occasionally leaves me thoroughly unprepared for what I’m about to see — as was certainly the case with

Three Identical Strangers, an uneven but deeply unsettling documentary that sets itself up as a quirky human interest puff piece before taking a hard left turn into some profoundly dark territory. Consider this a warning, albeit one of which I did not adequately avail myself.

Those wishing to go into documentarian Tim Wardle’s film blind should read no further, as some minor spoilers are necessary in order to discuss the premise at all. Wardle’s subject would be too surreal to believe were it not true, though at the outset, it might seem reasonable enough. In the early 1980s, Robert Shafran matriculated to a small community college in upstate New York only to find that he apparently had a doppelgänger who had previously attended the same school. On tracking down his double, Eddy Galland, the two young men discover that they were identical twins separated at birth and adopted by different families 19 years earlier.

The wrinkle is that a third teen, David Kellman, saw newspaper coverage of the duo and recognized an undeniable resemblance — they were triplets, not twins.

Triplets separated at birth — cute, right? The popular media of the day certainly thought so. But that’s just the first act of Three Identical Strangers. A deeply guarded secret held by the adoption agency responsible for placing the brothers in their respective homes is too salacious a surprise to be ruined here, but it should suffice to say that it’s utterly mind-boggling. From there, the film develops into a story that follows an almost unfathomably cruel path, and as several of the subjects reiterate throughout the film, the details would be entirely unbelievable were they not true.

The tragic events that would follow the revelation of the triplets’ true history are occasionally played for shock value, much to the detriment of the

film itself. One instance in which a pertinent detail of the brothers’ backstory, uncovered by the filmmaker in an interview and revealed to the subjects on camera, is such a flagrant violation of documentary ethics that it’s almost unforgivable in the context of the level of manipulation these men have already endured at the hands of others. In conjunction with some highly amateurish stylistic choices on Wardle’s part, Three Identical Strangers feels very much like a riveting subject in need of a more proficient filmmaker.

At one point in the doc, journalist Lawrence Wright — who uncovered the story while working on a piece for The New Yorker — states that he never really got to the bottom of the events surrounding the adoption of Shafran, Galland and Kellman. Neither does Three Identical Strangers, a film that seems to quit just when the pieces are coming together. As a piece of documentary filmmaking, it’s fundamentally flawed. But the story is so staggeringly strange and bears such incredible implications, that it demands to be seen despite its shortcomings. Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic material.

Now Playing at Carolina Cinemark, Grail Moviehouse.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot HHH DIRECTOR: Gus Van Sant PLAYERS: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Udo Kier, Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon COMEDIC BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: An alcoholic finds sobriety and a new lease on life after a drunken car crash renders him paralyzed, leaving him to find the humor in his plight through cartooning.

THE LOWDOWN: An engaging story with strong performances, shortchanged by aesthetic and narrative missteps from writer/director Gus Van Sant.

I’ve never understood the dubious cult of Gus Van Sant. Sure, I can acknowledge that early films like Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho were offbeat enough to warrant further interest. It’s hard to deny the mass-market appeal of Good Will Hunting, even if it didn’t resonate with me the way it apparently did for many others. Milk was good, I guess, but I can’t think of anything else he’s directed in the last 20 years that I would even call acceptable — though his latest, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot comes as close as anything. In many ways, Van Sant seems like a vestigial holdover from a bygone era of indie darlings, a relic from the pre-streaming days of midbudget filmmakers that never adapted to the demands of 21st-century

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cinema. It’s probably worth noting that Good Will Hunting is the only screening I’ve ever walked out on.

Personal tastes and biases not withstanding, Don’t Worry finds the writer director firmly in crowd-pleasing mode — or at least that seems to be his intent.

And for what it’s worth, Van Sant does come pretty close to middle-of-the-road marginalia with this biopic of quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix), an alcoholic who found his calling after being paralyzed from the waist down in a drunken-driving accident. Van Sant, working from Callahan’s memoir of the same title (itself taken from one of Callahan’s cartoons) details the artist’s recovery and rise to prominence as an illustrator, but the director paints his subject’s struggles with a saccharine sentimentality ill-befitting a story this compelling.

Often glossing over the uglier details of Callahan’s addiction and depression in favor of forced feel-good moments and a turgid sense of humor that seems awkwardly juxtaposed with the cartoonist’s incisive wit, Van Sant softens edges in places where he should be going for the jugular. His cast is uniformly strong, with bit parts for Udo Kier, Carrie Brownstein, Jack Black and Kim Gordon (yes, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon) contributing moments of interest where Van Sant’s direction and story structure fall flat. Even Jonah Hill is uncharacteristically good as Callahan’s AA sponsor, but Van Sant’s obtrusive style and misguided narrative architecture undermine the best efforts of his performers, Phoenix included.

I’ve always considered Van Sant to be something of a lazy stylist, unrefined in his visual choices. Don’t Worry has done nothing to disabuse me of such notions.

The director employs his hallmark tendency toward unnecessary and distracting hand-held zooms, but now he’s exacerbated those deficiencies by adding a strange sort of crawling wipe montage, with frames literally trailing off the edge of the screen to make room for another half-baked setup. It’s actually a good metaphor for Van Sant’s screenplay, which haphazardly jumps between significant events in Callahan’s story while periodically touching back on misplaced framing sequences of speaking engagements meant to bookend the narrative but instead are shoehorned awkwardly in medias res. Personally, I find it frustrating that a story as potentially powerful as Callahan’s got short shrift from Van Sant.

But then again, maybe I’ve just never forgiven him for that Psycho remake. Rated R for language throughout, sexual content, some nudity and alcohol abuse.

Opens Friday at Fine Arts Theatre.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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TAG TEAM: A graffiti artist practices his craft in a still from Style Wars. The 1983 documentary kicks off a new hip-hop film series July 27 at Grail Moviehouse, hosted by local artist Gus Cutty. Photo courtesy of Public Art Films • Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co., 675 Merrimon Ave., kicks off its Kleenex Klassics on Wednesday, July 25, at 7 p.m. with Steel Magnolias. Boxes of tissues will be provided for each row in the theater. Tickets are $3 and available online and at the venue’s main bar. ashevillebrewing.com • The Musical Matinees weekly summer film series continues at the Columbus Public Library, 1289 W. Mills St., Columbus, on Friday, July 27, at 1 p.m. with West Side Story. Free. polklibrary.org • Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St., continues its Phenomenal Friday Fantasy Films series on July 27 at 3 p.m. with Legend. Complimentary popcorn and drinks will be provided. Free. avl.mx/514 • The Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, continues its Summer Film Series on Tuesday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m. with Reap the Wild. The 1942 swashbuckler is directed by Cecil B. DeMille and stars Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard and, in a supporting role, John Wayne.

Local film historian Chip Kaufmann hosts the screening. Complimentary popcorn will be provided. Free. avl.mx/54f • Grail Moviehouse, 45 S. French Broad Ave., is teaming with local artist Gus Cutty for a hip-hop film series. The first offering is Style Wars on Friday, July 27, at 9:30 p.m. The 1983 documentary

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chronicles New York City street culture in the early 1980s, focusing on graffiti artists, b-boys, DJs and MCs. Tickets are $10 and available online and at the Grail box office. grailmoviehouse.com • The town of Rutherford College’s Movies in the Park series continues Saturday, July 28, at Municipal Park, 950 Malcolm Blvd., with Despicable Me 3.

The film will start at dusk (approximately 8:30 p.m.). Complimentary water and snacks will be provides. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own blankets and chairs. Free. rutherfordcollegenc.us • Silver Fork Winery, 5000 Patton Road, Morganton, continues its Movies Under the Stars series on Saturday, July 28, with Beauty and the Beast (2017). The film will begin at dark (roughly 8:30 p.m.).

Attendees are invited to bring a blanket and a picnic supper. Free to attend. silverforkwinery.com • Upstairs Artspace Gallery, 49 S. Trade St., Tryon, presents a screening of David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts on Sunday, July 29, next door at the newly renovated Tryon Theatre.

The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with a reception at the gallery, followed by a screening of the documentary about one of Britain’s most popular artists, centering on his major exhibitions held in 2012 and 2016. Tickets are $40 and available online and at the gallery. upstairsartspace.org X

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • TU (7/31), 6:30pm - Reap the Wind, film screening.

Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester

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Mission: Impossible — Fallout The sixth film in the Mission Impossible franchise sees Tom Cruise reunite with director Cristopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation) and an ensemble cast of returning stars including Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson and Michelle Monaghan, as IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) goes head to head with a CIA agent (Henry Cavill) tasked with taking out the team in the wake of a failed mission. Early reviews positive. (PG-13)

Teen Titans Go! to the Movies Feature-length animated kids comedy based on the Cartoon Network adaptation of the classic DC Comics superhero team. According to the studio: “It seems to the Teens that all the major superheroes out there are starring in their own movies — everyone but the Teen Titans, that is! But de facto leader Robin is determined to remedy the situation and be seen as a star instead of a sidekick, if only they could get the hottest Hollywood film director to notice them. But when the group is radically misdirected by a supervillain and his maniacal plan to take over the Earth, things really go awry. The team finds its friendship and fighting spirit failing, putting the very fate of the Teen Titans themselves on the line!” Early reviews positive. (PG)

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La Ciénega HHHS DIRECTOR: Lucrecia Martel PLAYERS: Graciela Borges, Mercedes Moran, Leonora Balcarce, Silvia Bayle, Sofia Bertolotto, Juan Cruz Bordeu DRAMA Rated NR Argentinian writer/director Lucrecia Martel’s feature debut is not exactly a feel-good story. It’s a tense, transgressive tale of middle-class decay in a sultry South American setting, and the only thing Martel captures as acutely as the steamy backdrop is the moral dissipation of the families at her narrative’s core. Anchored by a riveting performance from Graciela Borges, La Ciénega’s social commentary is as incisive as Martel’s camera is penetrating, painting a picture of a human swamp that can never be drained. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present La Ciénega on Friday, July 27, at the new Flood Gallery location in Black Mountain, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain.

My Life in Ruins HHS DIRECTOR: Donald Petrie PLAYERS: Nia Vardolos, Richard Dreyfus, Alexis Georgoulis, Alistair McGowan, Harland Williams ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH BUILT-IN TRAVELOGUE Rated PG-13 After Connie and Carla (2004) failed to duplicate the freakish $244 million success of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) — by about $236 million — Nia Vardolos more or less withdrew from the scene, only to return with My Life in Ruins (2009). Apparently, she thought it was closer in tone to Greek Wedding, but it also failed to duplicate that earlier success — once again by about $236 million. So why is it being brought back? I have no idea, but then I had no idea why people were so keen on My Big Fat Greek Wedding either. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke published on Feb. 4, 2014. The Hendersonville Film Society will show My Life in Ruins on Sunday, July 29, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be extra polite and deferential. Cultivate an exaggerated respect for the status quo. Spend an inordinate amount of time watching dumb TV shows while eating junk food. Make sure you’re exposed to as little natural light and fresh air as possible. JUST KIDDING! I lied! Ignore everything I just said! Here’s my real advice: Dare yourself to feel strong positive emotions. Tell secrets to animals and trees. Swim and dance and meditate naked. Remember in detail the three best experiences you’ve ever had.

Experiment with the way you kiss. Create a blessing that surprises you and everyone else. Sing new love songs. Change something about yourself you don’t like. Ask yourself unexpected questions, then answer them with unruly truths that have medicinal effects.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your past is not quite what it seems. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find out why — and make the necessary adjustments.

A good way to begin would be to burrow back into your old stories and unearth the half-truths buried there.

It’s possible that your younger self wasn’t sufficiently wise to understand what was really happening all those months and years ago and as a result distorted the meaning of the events. I suspect, too, that some of your memories aren’t actually your own but rather other people’s versions of your history. You may not have time to write a new memoir right now, but it might be healing to spend a couple of hours drawing up a revised outline of your important turning points.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the most famously obtuse book-length poems in the English language is Robert Browning’s Sordello, published in 1840. After studying it at length, Alfred Tennyson, who was Great Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892, confessed, “There were only two lines in it that I understood.”

Personally, I did better than Tennyson, managing to decipher 18 lines. But I bet that if you read this dense, multi-layered text in the coming weeks, you would do better than me and Tennyson. That’s because you’ll be at the height of your cognitive acumen. Please note: I suggest you use your extra intelligence for more practical purposes than decoding obtuse texts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ready for your financial therapy session? For your first assignment, make a list of the valuable qualities you have to offer the world and write a short essay about why the world should abundantly reward you for them. Assignment #2: Visualize what it feels like when your valuable qualities are appreciated by people who matter to you. #3: Say this: “I am a rich resource that ethical, reliable allies want to enjoy.” #4: Say this: “My scruples can’t be bought for any amount of money.

I may rent my soul but I’ll never sell it outright.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As you wobble and stumble into the New World, you shouldn’t pretend you understand more than you actually do. In fact, I advise you to play up your innocence and freshness. Gleefully acknowledge you’ve got a lot to learn. Enjoy the liberating sensation of having nothing to prove. That’s not just the most humble way to proceed; it’ll be your smartest and most effective strategy. Even people who have been a bit skeptical of you before will be softened by your vulnerability. Opportunities will arise because of your willingness to be empty and open and raw.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Since 1358, the city of Paris has used the Latin motto Fluctuat nec mergitur, which can be translated as “She is tossed by the waves but does not sink.” I propose that we install those stirring words as your rallying cry for the next few weeks. My analysis of the astrological omens gives me confidence that even though you may encounter unruly weather, you will sail on unscathed. What might be the metaphorical equivalent of taking seasick pills?

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Spanish word delicadeza can have several meanings in English, including “delicacy” and “finesse.” The Portuguese word delicadeza has those meanings, as well as others, including “tenderness,” “fineness,” “suavity,” “respect” and “urbanity.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m making it your word of power for the next three weeks. You’re in a phase when you will thrive by expressing an abundance of these qualities. It might be fun to temporarily give yourself the nickname Delicadeza.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Uninformed scientists scorn my oracles. Reductionist journalists say I’m just another delusional fortuneteller. Materialist cynics accuse me of pandering to people’s superstition.

But I reject those naive perspectives. I define myself as a psychologically astute poet who works playfully to liberate my readers’ imaginations with inventive language, frisky stories and unpredictable ideas.

Take a cue from me, Scorpio, especially in the next four weeks. Don’t allow others to circumscribe what you do or who you are. Claim the power to characterize yourself. Refuse to be squeezed into any categories, niches or images — except those that squeeze you the way you like to be squeezed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. My attachments are always excessively strong.” So said Sagittarian novelist Jane Austen. I don’t have any judgment about whether her attitude was right or wrong, wise or ill-advised. How about you? Whatever your philosophical position might be, I suggest that for the next four weeks you activate your inner Jane Austen and let that part of you shine — not just in relation to whom and what you love but also with everything that rouses your passionate interest. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due for some big, beautiful, radiant zeal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There are truths I haven’t even told God,” confessed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. “And not even myself. I am a secret under the lock of seven keys.” Are you harboring any riddles or codes or revelations that fit that description, Capricorn?

Are there any sparks or seeds or gems that are so deeply concealed they’re almost lost? If so, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to bring them up out their dark hiding places. If you’re not quite ready to show them to God, you should at least unveil them to yourself.

Their emergence could spawn a near-miracle or two.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What are your goals for your top two alliances or friendships? By that I mean, what would you like to accomplish together? How do you want to influence and inspire each other? What effects do you want your relationships to have on the world? Now maybe you’ve never even considered the possibility of thinking this way. Maybe you simply want to enjoy your bonds and see how they evolve rather than harnessing them for greater goals. That’s fine.

No pressure. But if you are interested in shaping your connections with a more focused sense of purpose, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do so.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In Janet Fitch’s novel White Oleander, a character makes a list of “twentyseven names for tears,” including “Heartdew.

Griefhoney. Sadwater. Die tränen. Eau de douleur.

Los rios del corazón.” (The last three can be translated as “The Tears,” “Water of Pain” and “The Rivers of the Heart.”) I invite you to emulate this playfully extravagant approach to the art of crying. The coming weeks will be en excellent time to celebrate and honor your sadness, as well as all the other rich emotions that provoke tears. You’ll be wise to feel profound gratitude for your capacity to feel so deeply. For best results, go in search of experiences and insights that will unleash the full cathartic power of weeping. Act as if empathy is a superpower.

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Salary and hours to be determined. • The candidate must be able to work well with the public, have excellent communication skills, a high attention to detail and exceptional standards of confidentiality and judgement. The successful applicant will be able to perform these essential functions with minimal supervision. • Enter invoices into ACS, including verifying fund determination • Collect receipts from staff • Make accurate accounting of sales tax with each invoice • Process checks and mail as necessary • Record Contributions including checks, cash and on line gifts into ACS • Make Weekly Deposits Record other receipts (stock gifts etc) • Prepare quarterly and annual giving statements • Prepare Sales Tax Refund report semi-annually • Knowledge of and experience in computer use and common office software applications as well as Word Pro and Publisher • Knowledge of Automated Church Systems preferred, but not required • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with the public To apply, email a cover letter and resume to: rmcneal@fpcasheville.org

SALES/ MARKETING INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE Aeroflow Healthcare is a dynamic company looking for an Inside Sales Representative looking to grow within the company.

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MEDICAL/ HEALTH CARE INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE Aeroflow Healthcare is a dynamic company looking for an Inside Sales Representative looking to grow within the company.

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HUMAN SERVICES CATHEDRAL MISSIONER FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC RECONCILIATION AND MISSIONER FOR KAIROS WEST All Souls seeks experienced advocate for racial and economic equity.

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TEACHING/ EDUCATION AFTER CARE ASSISTANTS NEEDED IC Imagine, a local public charter school, is seeking dedicated After Care Assistants. These individuals will care for and work with large groups of children in grades K-8. Most hours are M-F 2-6pm and Wed 7-9am. Pay dependent on experience. Please email all inquiries and resumes to careers@icimagine.org. For more details, visit http:// icimagine.org/careers

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• Spanish and Reggio Emilia background preferred. Send resume to Jeffreykinzel@ gmail.com

MATH TEACHER NEEDED Shining Rock Classical Academy, a public K-8 charter school in Waynesville, NC is seeking an innovative and highly qualified licensed mathematics teacher for the 2018-2019 school year.

Interested applicants should forward a cover letter, resume, copy of NC DPI teaching license, and three references to: jobs@ shiningrock.org.

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