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THE AGE OF EXPERIENCE

Xpress looks at the colorful residents and fascinating history of the historic Battery Park Senior Apartments downtown, as well as its important role in providing housing for lowincome and disabled Ashevilleans.

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Rethink your battles, protesters There has been a lot of media covering black men being shot by police in other cities under circumstances that were obviously unjust. That is incredibly disheartening. There is no way to deny that there has been terrible treatment of African-Americans in the past, and that racism is sadly still perpetuated today, especially in the media. ... The Native Americans are the ones who got the worst in the beginning. The Irish and Italians also experienced a lot of discrimination in the past.

Mexicans are highly discriminated against as well. Why can’t we move past all of this? Simply because it is being taught. That’s why.

When it comes to a point that the Asheville police can’t protect the public without backlash, then what do you want? How would you feel if people were shooting AR-15 semiautomatic rifles in front of your house or at you? Is that OK? Is it OK at that point for the police to get involved and possibly use lethal force to protect everyone else? No? You think it’s better to not do anything and see what happens? Let them shoot assault rifles wherever

and whenever they want? How many people have to get shot?

It’s not a black or white thing. It’s the reality of the situation. All the people protesting and trying to get the cop fired for serving and protecting I am sure are not privy to the reality of the situation. It’s real. And dangerous. They should try moving to the projects for a year (yes, it is very different than the rest of Asheville) or being a cop for a year. Then you can form your opinion. This particular situation was warranted.

Sadly though, there are many situations in other places that were not.

It’s a touchy subject, yet skin color didn’t have anything to do with this.

Rethink your battles, uninformed protesters. The APD is doing a great job and puts their lives on the line for us every day. Would you call them if that same man shot at you or in front of your house? Would you call the police to protect you? Would you still protest? Travel to the cities where there really is a problem with the cops overreacting.

I think that Tasers should be used rather than guns when possible. I don’t know what the answer is, I just know that it’s not safe with people shooting off assault rifles, and I want our community protected from that.

And that protesters don’t seem to understand the seriousness [of the situation]. I also don’t believe that

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man should have died necessarily. It’s a sad situation for all parties.

— Asheville resident Editor’s note: Xpress does not usually withhold the names of letter writers. In this case, we made an exception in the interest of furthering community discussion of this important issue and because the letter writer made a convincing case that publishing the writer’s name would compromise that person’s safety.

Xpress coverage priorities need reboot I am wondering about your response to the person who asked you why there was no reporting on the police shooting of Jerry Williams [“Where Is Justice4Jerry Coverage?” July 20, Xpress]. You stated that the Mountain Xpress did not normally write about crime issues. Wow, a newspaper that does not report about crime!

I believe you are mistaken if you think that all the citizens of Asheville want to know about is the latest new brewery or restaurant. We are so much better than that.

And I am wondering, if it had been, say, a white tourist whose arm had been blown off by the Asheville police, would you have reported that? I’m guessing that you would have.

Asheville has too much of a legacy of racism. Please Mountain Xpress, help this mostly white community face up to the neglect of our oppressed neighbors. It is the only way that we can begin reparations.

— Betsy Kendrick

Asheville Editor’s note: The adage “If it bleeds, it leads” may apply to some media outlets’ approach to the news.

However, Xpress’ news team focuses on the broader issues we face as a community. We are covering the community response to the July 2 shooting death of Jerry Williams by Asheville Police Department Sgt. Tyler Radford, which you can read about online at mountainx.com. In addition, this week’s issue includes a commentary

by Xpress reporter Dan Hesse about his experience covering the recent Justice4Jerry protest at the Asheville Police Department. A person’s race or whether that person lives here or is a tourist makes no difference in how we cover the community’s response to such an event. We will always strive to cover important local movements and activism. We are currently working

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on other stories that relate to these events and the ripple effects they are having on the community. Our goal is to offer evenhanded, well-researched stories that promote civic dialogue and help us grow as a community.

Discussion will center on vote fraud book The Current Events Book Club will be reading a remarkable and eye-opening book in August entitled Code Red: Computerized Election Theft and The New American Century by Jonathan Simon (2015).

Simon presents very persuasive evidence that U.S. elections began to be stolen as soon as we began to use electronic voting machines.

Fifty years ago, if we had an election and, when the polls closed, a stranger showed up, took all the ballots into another room, counted them with no one observing and then announced the results, citizens would be outraged.

But that, Simon argues, is exactly what is happening today with private corporations operating the voting machines and the computers that count the votes, and with neither citizens nor election officials having any way of knowing if the results they report are true. (The real mystery here, to my mind, is why citizens are not outraged by this.)

Simon describes how, for decades, exit polls tracked election results so accurately that they were not allowed to be announced until after the polls had closed. But when electronic voting machines came into use, we saw what Simon describes as a “red shift” — with the official vote counts consistently to the right of the exit polls. Since no one dared to say or even imagine that the official vote count was fraudulent, the only conclusion was that the exit polls must be wrong. This became so embarrassing to the polling organizations that after awhile, they began “adjusting” the exit polls so they would match the official vote counts.

Simon suggests that the flood of money that followed the Citizens United decision, and the voter ID and other laws that suppress the vote, have their effect, but that that their main role is to give the pundits a way of explaining why the Republicans win so consistently, when the real reason is fraudulent vote counts.

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Simon is very politically astute, and his detailed account of how elections are stolen makes this book an engrossing read, while his clarity makes it a fairly fast read.

For me, this book was like taking the red pill in The Matrix — after reading it, you can never see things the same way again.

One possible response might be citizen-organized exit polls as our only way of knowing if the official vote counts are true or not.

Code Red is available at Malaprop’s and will be discussed there on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m.

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HB2 article informed on several levels I enjoyed the article “Beyond Bathrooms: HB2 Accelerates Changes in Attitudes, Language” [July 27, Xpress] very much. I found myself getting lost in the descriptive terminology, not knowing what they meant, but [the accompanying box containing] “Gender 101” helped.

I am a straight woman with gay and lesbian friends and family as well as transgender friends. I abhor HB2 or any laws passed that discriminate, period!

This article is informative on several levels. Educating in a nonthreatening way is what will help people understand each other better. I am proud of Asheville’s openness, support and stand on these important issues.

Hopefully, HB2 will be a thing of the past in the near future!

— Troy Amastar Alexander

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Down by law I’ve been a reporter, first for WWNC radio and now for Mountain Xpress, for about 10 years. You don’t spend that much time in this line of work without encountering and interviewing assorted law enforcement officials for everything from crime reporting to helping get the word out about various public safety initiatives. I’ve also attended the Asheville Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy to gain better insight into the many responsibilities, issues and challenges those who protect our community are asked to deal with. But I never expected that I’d end up getting arrested simply for doing my job.

On July 21, a group of protesters from Black Asheville Matters began a sit-in at the APD’s downtown headquarters, demanding justice for Jai Lateef Solveig “Jerry” Williams, who was fatally shot on July 2 by Asheville Police Sgt. Tyler Radford at the Deaverview Apartments. On July 22, Mountain Xpress sent me down to police headquarters to get an update on the sit-in.

Seven demonstrators were sitting on the floor on the left side of the hallway; other protesters were crowding the area next to the doors. Media representatives were milling between the hallway and the outside of the building, where they were interviewing protesters.

I couldn’t get a clear vantage point for photos and video, though, so I moved to the far right-hand side of the hallway. Right after that, the police shut two windows facing onto Pack Square Park; perhaps 10 officers stood at attention outside the building as about 10 poured into the hall. Up till then, the media hadn’t been informed that we wouldn’t be allowed in there.

Apparently, kicking out the media was a spur-of-the-moment decision made just as the arrests began. The APD says it warned us, but, if true, the warning wasn’t communicated clearly. I wasn’t personally given these instructions; I’m also deaf in my left ear and suffer from tinnitus, which made it extremely hard to sort out what was being said during the commotion.

As the officers entered the hallway, I saw one of them nod toward me; I was immediately told to put

DAN HESSE my hands behind my back. I instantly complied, while stating that I’m a member of the media. I twice asked the officer putting restraints on my wrists for his name but received no answer. After again stating that I was with the media and that my arrest was a mistake, I once again asked the arresting officer for his name. Finally, he gave it to me.

The seven protesters and I were herded into the main lobby, where we sat in chairs. The roughly 10 arresting officers lined up against the walls on three sides of us. Capt. Stony Gonce addressed the demonstrators, explaining why they’d been arrested and expressing a desire to continue the dialogue. After he finished speaking, I yet again identified myself as a reporter for Mountain Xpress.

As we sat there waiting for the next step in our processing, I said the restraints were digging into my wrists. The only reply I received was, “They’ve been installed to the manufacturer’s specifications” — an answer that seems more suited to a robot that’s struggling to comprehend the idea of empathy than to a police officer who regularly interacts with the community.

According to the arrest record, I was charged with “unlawfully and willfully … blocking entrance to and walkways of Asheville Police Department from inside the building and … hanging banners outside the doorway.” In fact, however, I wasn’t blocking the door and had nothing

APD arrests raise troubling questions to do with the banners the protesters had put up outside. And even one of the protesters who was processed along with me wasn’t charged with hanging banners.

In the Citizens Police Academy sessions, various officers talk about their responsibilities and respond to attendees’ questions, concerns and comments. It’s a well-executed intersection of education and public outreach.

Much is made of the APD’s focus on what it calls “verbal judo”: Officers, we were told, are trained to make positive initial contact, communicate clearly, practice active listening, de-escalate difficult situations, and apply other useful skills during interactions with citizens, including arrests. The goal seems to be to resolve issues verbally, rather than resorting to excessive physical force, while maintaining a degree of situational awareness and aplomb.

I saw precious little of this during my arrest, however. The whole process felt overly dramatic and unnecessarily frenzied, particularly considering how much time the city had had to decide how best to approach those arrests.

If police work is all about the details, there wasn’t much attention to detail evident that day. Could that lack indicate a broader failure in how our community is policed?

Arresting officers should be sufficiently confident in what they’re doing that they have no need for anonymity. And I wonder if it makes sense to deploy roughly 20 officers to arrest seven peaceful protesters?

Maybe that’s standard operating procedure. I’d like to think there’s a more logical way to detain seven people with the stated mission of wanting to be arrested.

The sit-in was a great opportunity for the police to publicly demonstrate respect for First Amendment rights while letting potential protesters know that they must follow certain rules or face arrest. But kicking media reps out of a public building with little warning while they’re covering a story raises questions about the APD’s commitment to transparency.

When one is arrested, there’s an inherent fear of openly questioning law enforcement personnel. And my attempts to foster dialogue were lost in a sea of jargon and antiquated “best

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practices” that need to be updated in keeping with current standards for community-oriented policing.

Both locally and nationally, there’s a tragic and growing disconnect between ordinary citizens and law enforcement personnel. The public needs a better understanding of the challenges the police face daily — and the police need to show greater empathy for the people they’re sworn to protect.

So here I am, describing the red flags I observed while being wrongfully arrested for doing my job. On the other side of the table, police officers watch as some media outlets paint distorted pictures of law enforcement. And to me, it feels like the table is set but everyone forgot to prepare dinner.

Editor’s note: Charges against Hesse were dismissed late last week. X

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Life, death and drama in the Battery Park Apartments and the disabled. “But I really don’t hear the conversation about what our seniors need.”

Jeff Staudinger, Asheville’s assistant director of community and economic development, says the city’s emphasis on developing more affordable single-bedroom units shows that older residents aren’t being overlooked. “That’s where we see the greatest deficit, in terms of demand for lower-income households” — some of whom are seniors.

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THE HIGH LIFE: “I’ve never lived vertically like this,” says Frank Mauldin, who spent several years homeless on the streets of Philadelphia, before returning to Asheville. “I have about everything I need here,” he adds. “I live one day at a time.” From left, Clara Byrd, Sue Hibbetts, Barbara Gravelle, Mauldin and Neill Clark. Photo by Thomas Calder

BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com When she was 27, Asheville resident Carol Hubbard survived a traumatic brain injury that nearly left her paralyzed. Back then, doctors wouldn’t recommend physical or speech therapy. “I couldn’t talk, couldn’t blow my nose, couldn’t tie my shoes,” she recalls. “It was a doit-yourself rehab, but three years later, I was back in grad school.”

A clinical social worker in various cities for 25 years, Hubbard subsequently launched ACCESS Independent Living, an Ashevillebased nonprofit that she says she had to “leave out on a cliff to die”

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in 2008 due to exhaustion. In 2012, however, Hubbard got involved with Interweave Asheville, an improv theater group for people of mixed abilities that holds its rehearsals, meetings and some performances in the historic Battery Park Apartments downtown.

Almost immediately, says the now 65-year-old, she fell in love with the building. And in September 2014, after two years on the waiting list, Hubbard moved in. “I found my tribe,” she says.

“Artists, creative people: I never felt so at home in my life.”

When it comes to finding suitable housing, however, not all local seniors fare as well. As of 2010, the Asheville area was home to 14,427 people 65 and over, census data show. And according to a 2015 Bowen

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National Research study prepared for the city’s Community and Economic Development Department, one in 11 seniors in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties lives in poverty. What’s more, the study predicts, between 2015 and 2020, seniors ages 65 to 74 will see the largest population increase of any age group in Western North Carolina (16.4 percent). Meanwhile, as of 2014, the median base monthly fee for independent senior living facilities in WNC was $1,250, the study notes.

“There’s a lot of conversation about workforce housing,” says Todd Puhl, regional vice president of National Church Residences. The nonprofit operates the former luxury hotel as a rent-subsidized complex for seniors

The original Battery Park Hotel, a rambling frame structure built by Col. Frank Coxe, opened its doors on July 12, 1886. With a fireplace in each room, modern steam radiators and electric lights, it was considered among the finest and most modern resorts of its day.

By 1921, though, the old building had fallen into disrepair and was sold to Edwin W. Grove. The patent medicine magnate had already developed the Grove Park neighborhood and the Grove Park Inn. The Grove Arcade, which was under construction when he died, was completed in 1929. Rather than renovate the old hotel, Grove used early steam shovels to demolish both the building and Battery Porter Hill, on which it had stood, removing an estimated 250,000 cubic yards of earth (about 100 feet of height) in the process.

The new Battery Park opened for business in 1924, welcoming such luminaries as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, R.J. Reynolds, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe and Fritz Kreisler; a tile mural in the lobby pays homage to the hotel’s predecessor.

Eventually, however, Grove’s hostelry also lost its shine. In 1955, Maurice Puckett acquired the Battery Park in a property swap; and in 1971, with downtown real estate not in great demand, Jack Bryant bought the hotel at public auction. Within a year, he’d shut it down, due to low occupancy.

Still, the property’s historical significance hadn’t been forgotten: In 1977, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The following year, Battery

Park Associates bought the building, spending $2 million to convert the 220 rooms into 122 apartments for senior citizens. National Church Residences acquired it in 2004.

“Without somebody like us coming in,” says Puhl, “it could easily have been high-end condominiums. … Our mission is to provide not only affordable housing for seniors but to also bring in ... health services, transportation services, food services [and meet] medical needs.”

MONEY CRUNCH According to Staudinger, the push for more affordable senior housing “is probably going as well as it’s going for all our affordable housing.” He cites the city’s recent support, in various forms, of two such projects, at Givens Estates in South Asheville and, in partnership with Mountain Housing Opportunities, in Leicester.

Reduced federal funding, says Staudinger, has hampered affordable housing efforts, though he notes, “In response to that, the city has been making more local funds available than at any time, I think, in Asheville’s history.” And while he calls organizations like National Church Residences and the Asheville Housing Authority “absolutely essential” in addressing the shortfall, Staudinger stresses that “We need the private sector, which has typically not been creating affordable housing, to also be part of helping meet that need.”

Affordability is certainly a key component of the Battery Park’s appeal for seniors. Nondisabled people who earn less than 60 percent of the area’s median income can apply for a unit at age 62. All 122 units are subsidized by the Department of Housing and Urban

SURVIVOR: Carol Hubbard survived a traumatic brain injury when she was 27. Since that time, she has become the self-described kitsch queen. Her toy collection is a way for her “to reclaim some of the years I lost,” she says. Photo by Thomas Calder Development, meaning residents pay no more than 30 percent of their adjusted gross income for rent. Not surprisingly, the waiting period for these units averages two and a half to three years.

LIKE A LITTLE LADY WITH A HAT ON It isn’t just about the money, however. Residents cite a variety of reasons for gravitating here.

Barbara Gravelle moved into the building in 2002. The 78-year-old poet and former teacher grew up in Nebo, just east of Marion; on weekends,

the family would drive to downtown Asheville to shop. “We would come to the S&W, and I always felt a love for the [Battery Park],” she recalls. “It’s so beautiful: like a little lady with a hat on.”

Former educator Neill Clark says it was the old hotel’s history that attracted him. “I like it because of its association with Wolfe, Fitzgerald — all that,” he explains, adding, “Its ancestor, the one that was torn down, was even more elaborate.”

Other residents, however, point to darker chapters in the building’s rich history.

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“Some will tell you the place is not just haunted but cursed, because of the injustice done in railroading a black man,” says writer and longtime activist Clare Hanrahan. On July 16, 1936, New York University student Helen Clevenger’s body was discovered in Room 224 with a fatal bullet wound to the chest.

Martin Moore, a 22-year-old black employee, confessed to the murder but later said the confession had been forced. Moore maintained his innocence up until his execution on Dec. 11, 1936.

Booker T. Sherrill worked as a bell captain at the hotel from the 1930s until it closed in 1972.

He lived in the Battery Park Apartments until his death on Oct. 30, 2003, at age 96.

Gravelle, who helped produce the Battery Park Post from 2003-10, wrote a piece on the building’s history that included Sherrill’s recollections of the Clevenger murder and his doubts about Moore’s guilt.

Sherrill, remembers Gravelle, “would sit in his suit and tie in the lobby and read the newspaper every afternoon. He was just a really classy man and one of the oral history treasures at UNCA.” A QUIRKY BUNCH Battery Park’s denizens are “truly a mix of people,” says Donna Nawrocki, services coordinator with the Council on Aging at Battery Park Apartments. “We have very liberal and very conservative residents. We have individuals here who were blue-collar workers. We also have a retired college professor. We have artists, we have writers, we have a little bit of everything. It’s very eclectic.”

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BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, SOMBER THOUGHTS: ”Since I’ve been here, it’s all around me,” says Sue Hibbetts. “The ravages of old age that creep up on people. At times, that kind of depresses me.” From left, Frank Mauldin, Neill Clark, Sue Hibbets, Barbara Gravelle and Clara Byrd. Photo by Thomas Calder Relaxing on the building’s front patio, 67-year-old Sue Hibbetts shares stories of her life before Battery Park.

She moved into the complex at the beginning of this year, after living in a trailer in East Asheville for the previous 12. “I’m an unusual person,” she says. “I lived in Houston, Texas, for 30 years. I was a medical actor: I worked for Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical School.” But that was only the tip of the iceberg, says Hibbetts, who did “all types of weird jobs to make ends meet,” including professional tarot reader, pet sitter and airport delivery and pickup driver. “You name it, I did it.”

Up in his seventh-floor apartment, 73-year-old Frank Mauldin also has some colorful tales to share, relics of a rough-and-tumble former life that included heavy drinking. Pointing to his glass eye, Mauldin explains, “I lost it in a fight in Nashville. I lived on the streets for years. You know that movie Midnight Cowboy? Well, I was like Rizzo. I’d break into vacant buildings, put broken glass on the stairs as a burglar alarm system.”

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different now. I get a kick out of the people living here. Every one of them is really quirky.”

NOT FOR SISSIES Various on-site programs contribute to the quality of life at the Battery Park. Each semester, nursing students from Western Carolina University make in-home visits to residents with chronic health issues and those recovering from recent surgeries. Once a month, Dr. Ellen Kaczmarek, an Asheville-based geriatrics specialist, gives a talk and answers questions about health concerns. There are tai chi classes on Monday and Friday, and qi gong classes on Thursday night.

On the fourth Monday of each month, Nawrocki picks up donations from MANNA FoodBank for distribution to residents. On the second Tuesday of the month, the YMCA’s mobile healthy living food market arrives. In addition, there are art classes, free and discounted tickets, and even foot massages and chair yoga provided by Warren Wilson College students.

But while residents are quick to point out and praise the many perks, low income is still low income, and aging is still aging.

“I had not planned to live my years like I am,” says Hibbetts, whose sole income now is her $800 monthly Social Security check.

“That bothers me. It’s a constant struggle to deal with. I try not to let the poverty issue become me, but sometimes it does.”

Clark, meanwhile, says that near the end of his career as an educator, he came to a crossroads. “I said, ‘Well, there’s two ways to go: You can work as much as you can and try to get as much money to live the way you want to, or you could learn to do without as much as you can. That’s sort of the two ways an old person faces life.’ And the more I thought about it, the more sense it made to go on the cheap: Live within your means; get rid of stuff.”

Living frugally, though, doesn’t totally solve the problem. “I’ve been really obsessed lately with what happens if I get really old and need institutionalized care,”

Hubbard says. The Battery Park doesn’t offer assisted living services. “If I can’t take care of myself, I’ll be screwed,” she continues. “I don’t have money to pay for it.”

Clara Byrd — one of the facility’s three nonagenarian residents — has lived here since 1995. And while she’s grateful for the amenities and opportunities provided, there are also many challenges.

“I’ve been a very active person all my life. But I turned 90, and all of a sudden it hit me like a ton of bricks. And that really frustrates me. ... I can’t walk and go downtown like I used to. My legs are in bad shape, and I got a heart problem and a breathing problem.”

Pausing for a moment to gather her thoughts, she proclaims, “Old age is not for sissies.”

context,” says Clark. “The memento mori, in which one reflects on death every day because that is your fate. So the up-close-and-personal stuff here is simply a more vivid reminder of that fact.”

“It’s inevitable,” says Hibbetts.

“I guess I’m afraid of the pain of death more than death itself. I’m a pagan, so I think everything goes to the ground and comes back up in another form: It’s a cycle.”

Hubbard, however, says that thanks to her near-death experience at age 27, she knows that there’s nothing to fear. “I was on my way to my maker,” she says. “I wanted to keep going into that beautiful, lovely light that you could hear and feel and see. It was incredible.”

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A LONGER VIEW DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON In the nearby Battery Park Book Exchange, Gravelle and Hanrahan are enjoying a Death in the Afternoon, a cocktail named after Ernest Hemingway’s monumental exploration of bullfighting.

The conversation ranges from art to poetry to history to Buddhism.

By the time both women have finished their drinks, the topic of death comes up.

At the Battery Park, says Hanrahan, “I’m finding you live constantly with the awareness of the end of life.” Recently, she recalls, a fellow resident told Hanrahan she felt her remaining time on Earth was limited. “She was very brave about it; she was speaking about it directly. To me, these are wonderful opportunities to be open to what’s real in the world.”

Gravelle adds, “We have plans for living wills; that’s part of our lady from the Council of Aging’s job. We have all kind of health programs. After a certain age, you need to have a living will and you need to have a cremation fund.”

Resting her head in the palm of her hand, Hanrahan looks across the table at Gravelle, saying, “I can’t imagine you a pile of ashes, Barbara.” Both women laugh.

In general, residents don’t seem to shy away from the topic. Their approaches to and views on death may differ, but as a subject, it’s something they’re willing to confront. “I view it all in a medieval

Despite the undeniable challenges, Battery Park residents also emphasize the upside of aging.

And though much of the process seems to involve shrinking — whether physically, financially or simply in terms of how much time remains — many say they experience an expansion of thought and perspective. Nawrocki, the on-site coordinator, spends much of her time meeting with residents — addressing their concerns, helping them with Medicare or Medicaid questions, but also simply lending an ear.

“I think we miss out on a lot of wisdom and input that seniors have,” she says. “We miss out by not capturing that and not listening to them.”

For Hanrahan, one of the benefits of aging is what she calls “a sense of owning your wisdom. It’s not a hubris thing: It’s just a reality. We have a longer view.” And with that comes a greater acceptance of one’s own shortcomings which, in turn, seems to fuel a greater confidence in and appreciation of the total self.

“You sweat the small stuff less,” says Hubbard. “You care less what other people think. You’re a little more settled, a little less reactive. You don’t take things so seriously. You realize that everything is going to change; everything is going to pass. That’s the best of it: You’re a little more mellow.” X

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SPARKS FLY The year was 1975. Gerald Ford was president. Harvard dropout Bill Gates founded the software company that would become Microsoft Corp. NBC aired the first episode of Saturday Night Live. And in Asheville, Carolina Power & Light built an electrical substation on Bingham Road in the Emma community.

In the 40 years since then, electrical demand in the region has more than tripled, says Tim Pettit, a spokesperson for Duke Energy Progress, CP&L’s successor. Yet no more substations have been built close to downtown — and over the next decade, power consumption is expected to grow by an additional 15 percent.

To keep up, Duke has launched its Western Carolinas modernization and expansion project. The centerpiece is replacing the coal-fired generating plant at Lake Julian with a natural gas-powered facility by 2020, but upgrades to the utility’s distribution infrastructure are also planned, including three new substations in the next 10 years.

To that end, Duke has acquired four downtown properties as possible substation sites. Since 2014, the company has spent $15.8 million on those purchases, according to Buncombe County property records. But with no city ordinance to regulate substation design and screening, Asheville is racing to approve new rules before the utility applies for a building permit. Meanwhile, people living and working close to the four parcels argue that building substations on them would pose health and safety risks, create hot spots for crime and littering, mar the aesthetics of rapidly developing areas and impair quality of life.

Duke has said it plans to move forward first with a 1.76-acre site at 226 Hilliard Ave. Last year, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a proposed substation ordinance on a 5-1 vote; a public hearing is scheduled for City Council’s Aug. 9 meeting.

BETWEEN THE CRACKS At one time, Asheville’s zoning code did address substations, notes Shannon Tuch of the city’s Planning and Urban Design Department. But as zoning classifications shifted and

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TURNED ON: Duke Energy’s downtown distribution substation, located behind the U.S. Cellular Center on Rankin Avenue, was built in the mid-1960s. Photo by Virginia Daffron the city adopted a unified development ordinance in 1997, the substation rules got lost in the shuffle. The UDO’s authors, says Tuch, may have overlooked substations simply because “They come along so infrequently.”

And as she began drafting the amendment to Chapter 7 of Asheville’s zoning code, Tuch found that “What we are allowed to regulate is very limited when it comes to utilities. We can’t adopt any standard that would make it impossible to build or that would be so expensive that it could result in rate increases.”

According to Mayor Esther Manheimer, who is an attorney, the one major court decision that’s pertinent “is this coastal community that tried to get the power company to move their power line from one side of the street to the other, and they lost.” In 2009, Tuch explains, the town of Kill Devil Hills in the Outer Banks tried to require its utility provider to relocate the proposed line to preserve ocean views. The Utilities Commission ruled that the town didn’t

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have the authority to specify the line’s location; the town took its case to the state Court of Appeals and lost again.

SETBACKS AND BUFFERS In districts zoned for low-intensity uses — like residential neighborhoods — Asheville’s proposed ordinance would require at least a 100foot setback from residential property lines and a 20-foot setback from all other property lines. Duke would be required to build an 8-foot wall or “other approved screening feature” around the facility and create a 50-footwide planted buffer area between the wall and residential areas.

The rules proposed for denser commercial districts are more lenient. The minimum setback from any residential parcels would be 20 feet, and 10 feet from other kinds of property. In the case of the former Hayes & Lunsford property at 226 Hilliard Ave., the 10-foot setback would apply to both the front-

age on Hilliard and Asheland avenues and to the site’s western boundary, which adjoins an office building. A 20-foot setback would be mandated on the southern side, parts of which border a residential neighborhood accessed by South Grove Street.

An 8-foot wall or planted screen would be required, and if the utility opted for plantings, they would have to be at least 75 percent opaque year round and achieve that density within three years of planting. To secure the substation, says Tuch, Duke typically installs a chain-link fence inside the planted buffer zone.

IN MY BACKYARD Mike Wasmer lives between Asheland and South French Broad.

His single-story, ranch-style house is one of many that would be within sight and hearing of a Hilliard Avenue substation. Wasmer, who moved to the neighborhood about a year ago, says

he’s seen a lot of improvement during that time. Crime is down, and neighbors are excited about the city’s recent and planned investments in South Slope and the River Arts District.

Allowing Duke Energy to site a substation along a major corridor between downtown and the River District, he maintains, just doesn’t make sense.

“You’re building all these breweries and other attractions, bringing tourists through here, and you put an eyesore like this on a prominent corner? It’s crazy.” Wasmer says he and his neighbors are also worried about noise, light pollution and potential negative health effects.

Meanwhile, Bob Gelder, who owns a commercial property at 230 Hilliard, has written to Council members and city staff urging them to consider the security and maintenance challenges he believes the new substation would pose. The planted buffer zones, he argues, would provide additional cover for the kind of criminal activity that has long plagued the area. In the past year alone, 47 significant criminal acts have been reported within a two-block radius of the site, including larceny, robbery, burglary, vandalism and aggravated assault, public records show.

“Who will police this area?” asks Gelder. “On the western and southern sides of the property, there’s no way to patrol it except on foot.”

According to Tuch, Asheville can’t require a property owner to provide private security. “As a city, we have a responsibility to do regular policing,” she explains, “and I think that area gets a lot of attention from the APD.” On July 25, about 35 residents of the South French Broad neighborhood turned out for a community meeting, peppering Jason Walls, Duke Energy’s community liaison in Asheville, with questions about the proposed substation. Walls said he couldn’t comment on specifics or make “blanket commitments” since the facility hasn’t even been designed yet. But as one resident put it, succinctly summing up the general mood of the crowd, “We want you to find an alternate location.”

The Hill Street property, which wraps around a portion of the school grounds, was the focus of a fierce battle last year. Parents of Isaac Dickson students and other community members lobbied against siting a substation there.

Responding to concerns about electromagnetic radiation’s potential health effects on children, the risk of fire and the apparent mismatch between the new “green” elementary school and an industrial use right next door, the mayor and other City Council members

persuaded Duke to hold off on developing the site, at least for now.

A widely cited 2010 World Health Organization report states, “Scientific evidence suggesting that everyday, chronic, low-intensity ELF magnetic field exposure poses a possible health risk is based on epidemiological studies demonstrating a consistent pattern of an increased risk of childhood leukemia.”

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According to Walls, however, “Actual measurement data shows that magnetic fields from the equipment in a substation, measured at the fence, are generally negligible.”

Tuch says some of those who fought against the Hill Street substation, including the Isaac Dickson Parent Teacher Organization, want the new city ordinance to require a 500-foot buffer between substations and any public school property. But though City Council is free to consider that change at its Aug. 9 meeting, she explains, it’s not included in the proposed draft, and any such substantial change would mean P&Z would have to review the ordinance again before Council could consider it.

The mayor, meanwhile, says a 500foot exclusion zone would probably invite a legal challenge that the city would almost certainly lose.

LET’S MAKE A DEAL The former Matthews Ford property, which sits between Mission Hospital and the Lee Walker Heights public housing complex on Biltmore Avenue, also appears to have been the subject of closed-door negotiations between the city and Duke Energy. The utility bought the property on Aug. 21, 2014, for use as a substation site.

Duke’s plans, however, didn’t fit well with the city’s vision for revitalizing the 98-unit, 1950s-era Lee Walker Heights.

On April 26, City Council allocated $4.2 million for the 212-unit development, a mix of deeply affordable and marketrate housing. The money would be earmarked for needed infrastructure, such as roads, sewer lines, water lines and other site work. But the city’s commitment is contingent on the project’s receiving federal tax credits for low-income housing. If the credits are approved, construction of the $33 million project could begin next April, David Nash, the Housing Authority’s chief operating officer, said last spring.

At that same meeting, Council voted to help fund the project; it also approved a memorandum of understanding that allows the city to buy Duke’s Biltmore Avenue property for $5.3 million — the price the utility paid for it — any time in the next eight years. The agreement also grants the

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city the right to build a road into Lee Walker Heights from Biltmore Avenue, providing a second access point. The Duke property could be developed to add a commercial component to the new neighborhood, as well as additional affordable and market-rate housing.

In exchange for the purchase option, Asheville agreed to help the company obtain utility easements within the city limits. More significantly, though, Duke can decline to sell the Biltmore Avenue property to Asheville if it’s not “reasonably satisfied” with whatever substation regulations may be in place when the city wants to exercise the option.

Tuch says she wasn’t involved in those negotiations. According to Manheimer, however, “We needed to get that piece of property because it’s necessary for Lee Walker, so the project can be successful. ... You can’t have a tax-credit-financed redevelopment within 500 feet of a substation because of the degradation of the neighborhood.

[Duke] said we will enter into an agreement with you giving you first right of refusal, but we need to be satisfied with your buffering ordinance.”

The deal, says the mayor, was just one part of larger, more complex negotiations. “There are so many moving parts. Duke is giving us easements for greenways, and they need easements from us. We’ve got a lot of stuff in process, so there’s a lot of give and take. …

Basically, it’s a chess game.”

Nonetheless, she remains confident that at the end of the day, “We are going to get there.”

Others aren’t so sure, however. A Freedom of Information Act request filed by Xpress yielded documents including a Jan. 16, 2016, email from Walls to Assistant City Manager Cathy Ball, other city staff, Housing Authority representatives and Mission Health executives. The email was confirming a meeting that day at Duke’s Asheville offices to discuss the Biltmore Avenue property.

Gelder believes City Council “leveraged the rest of the city to make its redevelopment project at Lee Walker Heights happen.” On the other hand, the city may simply have determined that since it has so little ability to regulate substations anyway, the Biltmore Avenue deal would have little impact on the proposed ordinance but would include valuable concessions for the redevelopment project.

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Photo by Virginia Daffron LOOKING FOR OPTIONS The basic technology used in aircooled substations hasn’t changed much over the past 100 years or so. But some community members, including Wasmer, have urged Duke Energy to consider an alternative approach for its downtown Asheville sites. This design fills the space between the switching components with an inert gas to prevent electrical arcing. As a result, gasinsulated stations can be much smaller, with about one-tenth the footprint of a conventional facility.

Company spokesperson Pettit, however, cautions that Duke Energy Progress, the entity serving this area, has never used gas-insulated substations. Typically, he explains, the technology “is used at sites in densely populated urban areas with very high property costs that justify a small footprint and the tenfold [increase in] installation cost.”

For now, says Pettit, Duke plans to move forward with the Hilliard Avenue site. And though the timelines for the other properties are less certain, Duke will probably move to develop the McDowell Street site next. Plans for the Hill Street substation are “on hold,” Pettit reports. “We have reviewed sites provided by parents and have not yet identified a suitable alternative. Since we don’t anticipate building on this site for several years, we continue to look for other potential locations.”

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According to Pettit, the utility is open to discussing creative ways to screen and otherwise mitigate the impact of these facilities. “We have substations that range from brick enclosures to stations that are highlighted by artistic lighting. Projects and sites are all unique and different, but we’re always interested in sitting down with cities and partnering with them around design, location and various ways of paying for enhancements,” he said in an email to Xpress.

Walls expressed a similar sentiment in a letter to City Council last year: “We also understand that these are large, industrial-looking facilities that, although critical, can stand out in a city’s landscape. We have been and will continue to work closely with city leaders to develop these locations in a way that fits within the city’s larger master plan and minimizes visual impacts as much as possible.”

For her part, Tuch acknowledges that no one wants a substation located near their home, business or school.

“I don’t know any substation that isn’t an eyesore. It’s one of those necessary utility needs,” she observes. “We don’t want a substation, but we do want electricity. We want growth, we want affordable utility rates — we want all of those things.” X

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ANIMALS CATAWBA SCIENCE CENTER 243 3rd Ave., NE Hickory, 322-8169, catawbascience.org • Through (9/5) - Flutter-By Butterfly Habitat exhibit.

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SARGE’S ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION 246-9050, sargeanimals.org • SA (8/6), 10am-noon - Proceeds from the 11th Annual Downtown Dog Walk benefit Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation. $15. Meets at the Haywood County Courthouse, 285 N. Main St., Waynesville

APPALACHIAN WILD appalachianwild.org, info@appalachianwild.org • SA (8/6), noon-5pm - Proceeds from "Wild Art," featuring a raffle and 10 local artists benefit Appalachian Wildlife Refuge. $5 for 1 ticket/$20 for 5 tickets$8 wine tastings. Held at Addison Farms Vineyard, 4005 New Leicester Highway, Leicester

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HELIOS WARRIORS, INC. 299-0776, helioswarriors.org, helioswarriorswnc@gmail.com • SU (8/7), 1-6pm - Proceeds from the "Help the Healing Fundraiser" event with corn hole tournament, music from Stevie Lee Combs and Caine McDonald, live and silent auction and food trucks benefit Helios Warriors. Free to attend. Held at Ole Shakey's, 790 Riverside Drive

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RICHARD'S RUN 926-1401, richardsrun.org • SA (8/6), 9am - Proceeds from Richard’s 5K Fun Run/Walk & silent auction benefit Duke University’s Tisch Brain Tumor Center. $15/$10 advance. Held at Cataloochee Ranch, 119 Ranch Drive, Maggie Valley

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The Red Cross is urging eligible donors to give now to help ensure blood is available throughout the rest of the summer to meet patient needs. Currently, the Red Cross has less than a five-day blood supply on hand, while it strives to have a five-day supply available at all times for daily needs and emergencies. Those who donate blood or platelets through Wednesday, Aug. 31, will receive a $5 Amazon.com gift card.

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THE CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY & DESIGN 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • TH (8/11), 7-10pm - Proceeds from this 20th anniversary celebration with live music, food and interactive art installations benefit The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. $50.

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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Registration required. Free to attend unless otherwise noted.

• WE (8/3), 10am-noon - "Public Contracting for Craft Businesses," class. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • WE (8/3), 5:30-8:30pm - "How to Start a Nonprofit Entity," class.

Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • WE (8/10), 3-6pm - "Using Analytics to Develop Your Business Platform," seminar. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler • TH (8/11), 10am-noon - "Starting a Better Business," seminar. Held at A-B Tech South Site, 303B Airport Road, Arden MOUNTAIN BIZWORKS 153 S. Lexington Ave., 253-2834, mountainbizworks.org • TH (8/4), 9-10am - "Legal Help for Your Small Biz: Starting a Company (Part I of II)," workshop.

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• FR (8/5), 9am-noon - "Identity & Content Marketing for Small Business: Brand/Identity & Strategy (Part I of III)," seminar.

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• FR (8/5), 9am-noon - "Identity & Content Marketing for Small Business: Brand/Identity & Strategy (Part I of III)," class.

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• TH (8/11), 9-10am - "Legal Help for Your Small Biz: Employee Contracts (Part II of II)," seminar.

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CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS 3RD ANNUAL HARVEST CONFERENCE— SAVOR THE ABUNDANCE (pd.) 9/10/16— Presented by Organic Growers School and held at AB Tech Asheville Main Campus.

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RISC Networks, 81 Broadway. www.1millioncups.com/asheville THINK IT, DRAW IT! (pd.) Wednesdays, Aug17 - Sept 21 7-9pm; $100; ages 16+ Learn a foundation of drawing skills and find the depths of your imagination. Students will explore

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A-B TECH 340 Victoria Road, 398-7900, abtech.edu • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS until (8/11), 5:30-8:30pm - "Maximizing Interview Skills," course.

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ASHEVILLE TOASTMASTERS CLUB 914-424-7347, ashevilletoastmasters.com • THURSDAYS, 6:15pm - General meeting. Free. Held at YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. ASHEVILLE WOMEN IN BLACK main.nc.us/wib • 1st FRIDAYS, 5pm - Monthly peace vigil. Free. Held at the Vance Monument in Pack Square ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE AEROMODELERS FLYING CLUB 250-4269, abaeromodelers.org • SA (8/6), 10am-1pm - The 10th Annual Model Airplane Show.

Free. Held at Buncombe County Sports Park, 58 Apac Circle BIG IVY COMMUNITY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438, • 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm Community club meeting. Free.

BLUE RIDGE CENTER OF LIFELONG LEARNING 694-1740, brcll.com • TH (8/4) & TH (8/11), 1-3pm "Become a Better Listener," series class. $40/$30 member. Held in the Patton Building, Room 150.

Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • TU (8/9), 6:30pm - Coloring Club for Adults. Free. Held at EnkaCandler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler

CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING GROUP FOR WOMEN feministwomyn11@gmail.com • SU (8/7), 11am-1:30pm Connection group for women to talk and listen about our varied experiences of being female under patriarchy. Register for location. Free. Held in a private location.

HENDERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 694-6252 • Through WE (9/14) - Open registration for foster parent training classes that will take place THURSDAYS, (9/15) through (10/20), 6-9pm.

LAUREL CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA 686-8298, egacarolinas.org • TH (8/4), 10am-noon - Monthly meeting with stump work project entitled "Daisy and Red Clover" will be initiated. Free. Held at Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe LEICESTER COMMUNITY CENTER 2979 New Leicester Highway Leicester, 774-3000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.Center • TU (8/9), 5-7pm - School supply drive for Leicester Elementary School. Free.

• 2nd TUESDAYS, 7pm - Public board meeting. Free.

ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • WE (8/3), 5:30-7pm "Understanding Credit. Get it.

Keep it. Improve it." Registration required. Free.

• THURSDAYS (8/4) through (8/18), 5:30-8pm - "Manage Your Money Series," seminar.

Registration required. Free.

• MO (8/8), 5:30-7pm "Budgeting and Debt Class."

Registration required. Free.

• TU (8/9), noon-1:30pm "Understanding Credit. Get it.

Keep it. Improve it." Seminar.

Registration required. Free.

• TH (8/11), noon-1:30pm - "Understanding Reverse Mortgages," seminar. Registration required. Free.

SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE showingupforracialjustice.org • TUESDAYS, 10am-noon Educating and organizing white people for racial justice. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road TARHEEL PIECEMAKERS QUILT CLUB tarheelpiecemakers.wordpress.com/ • WE (8/10), 10am - General

meeting. Stained glass technique presentation by Judy Morin. Free.

Held at Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville THE BIG LATCH ON Kiah.hautala@gmail.com • SA (8/6), 10:30am - World-wide breastfeeding event. Family, friends, and community members join to support and promote breastfeeding. Free. Held at West Asheville Park, South end of Vermont Ave. VETERANS FOR PEACE 582-5180, vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com/ • TU (8/9), 5pm - Commemoration of the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki co-sponsored by the WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility. Free. Held at Vance Monument, 1 Pack Square • 2nd TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm General meeting. Free to attend.

Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road

DANCE POLE FITNESS AND DANCE CLASSES AT DANCECLUB ASHEVILLE (pd.) Pole dance, burlesque, jazz, funk, exercise dance!

6 Week Intro to Pole Series starts August 3.

6 Week Burlesque Chair Dance Series starts August 2.

All other classes are drop in.

Info: danceclubasheville.com Email: danceclubasheville@gmail.com 828-275-8628 STUDIO ZAHIYA, DOWNTOWN DANCE CLASSES (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7pm Zydeco Hip Hop Fusion 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 2 8pm Bellydance 3 •Wednesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 5:30pm Hip Hop Wkt 6:30pm Bhangra 7:30pm POUND Wkt 8pm • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 7pm West African • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wkt 10 • Sunday 3pm Tap 2 6:30pm Vixen 7:30pm Vixen • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 HENDERSONVILLE STREET DANCING 693.9708, historichendersonville.org • MO (8/8), 7-9pm - Outdoor street dance featuring Appalachian Fire and the Lake Lure Cloggers. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville

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Bikes and bands support veterans’ healing

TWO-WHEELED WELLNESS: Veteran Bill Bowers, pictured with Marsha Bennett of Helios Warriors, says motorcycle riding and the holistic therapies he receives through Helios bring similar benefits to his mental state. “Riding gives you a great sense of just being there, listening to the hum of your bike,” he says, or noticing “the smell of the flowers, the shift in temperature from one place to the next.

You use your senses in a way you don’t get to in a car.” The two will lead a fundraiser ride on Sunday, Aug. 7. Photo by Caitlin Erwin WHAT: A motorcycle ride and bar party for Helios Warriors WHERE: Ole Shakey’s WHEN: Sunday, Aug., 7, from 1-6p.m. (ride at 11:30 a.m.)

WHY: “We find that veterans come out of the military with physical, emotional and spiritual trauma,” says Helios Warriors executive director and Army veteran Marsha Bennett. And with the help of about 24 volunteer practitioners, Helios is increasing these individuals’ access to low-cost, holistic forms of care like acupuncture, chiropractic services, reiki, biodynamic craniosacral therapy, emotion code therapy and more.

The nonprofit’s upcoming Help the Healing fundraiser will support

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just such services, though it hinges around a much more casual source of relief among veterans: motorcycle riding. Led by local Navy veteran Bill Bowers (plus Bennettt in his passenger seat), a procession of bikeriding Helios supporters will depart from Ole Shakey’s at 11:30 a.m., and travel along the Blue Ridge Parkway before returning to the bar by 1 p.m.

Riding costs $15 per driver plus $5 for a passenger and includes lunch.

“Once we get [back] to Ole Shakey’s, we’re going to have live music by local musicians Stevie Lee Combs and Caine McDonald of Raising Caine,” Bennett says. “We’re also planning a cornhole tournament.” Teams of four can enter for $20, and the action starts at 2 p.m.

Bennett has also organized a live and silent auction featuring restaurant gift certificates, local artwork and jewelry, “and then the really cool stuff that we have is autographed sports and music memoribilia,” she says. Those specially-sourced items come signed by entertainment icons like Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali and the cast of Star Wars.

Admission to the event is free, though attendees must be 21 or older and current members ($5) or guests at Ole Shakey’s. In-person registration for the motorcycle ride begins an hour before departure. Early registration and more event information are available at helioswarriors.org. X

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SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (8/6), 6pm - "Fabulous Fifties," back-to-school themed dance. Advance dance at 6pm.

Early rounds at 7pm. Squares and rounds at 7:30pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS CANARY COALITION 631-3447, canarycoalition.org • MO (8/8), 11am - Press conference announcing the kick-off of the petition drive for a statewide ballot measure. Free.

CITY OF ASHEVILLE 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • TU (8/9), 5pm - City Council formal public hearings. Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza NONPARTISAN MEET & GREET • SA (8/6), 11am-3pm - Nonpartisan, elected official meet & greet. Free. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road

KIDS ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227 • 2nd TUESDAYS, 11am-12:30pm - Homeschool program for grades 1-4. Registration required: 2533227 ext. 124. $4 per student.

ATTIC SALT THEATRE COMPANY 505-2926 • SATURDAYS through (12/31) Family theater performances. $5.

Held at The Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • TH (8/4), 10:30am - "Children's Hour," with storytelling, games and crafts. For ages 4-12. Free.

Held at MP 294 BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • FR (8/5), 3:30pm - Young Novel Readers Club: Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu. For 6th through 8th graders. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville CATAWBA SCIENCE CENTER 243 3rd Ave., NE Hickory, 322-8169, catawbascience.org • Through (8/28) - "When the Earth Shakes," hands-on interactive exhibit that explore the science of earthquakes, tsunamis,

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tectonic plates and earthquake engineering. Admission fees apply.

CRADLE OF FORESTRY Route 276 Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • WEDNESDAYS through (8/10), 10:30am-12:30pm - Junior Forester Program for children 8-12 years old. $4 per child/$2.50 per adult.

FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am Family story time. Free.

HANDS ON! A CHILDREN'S GALLERY 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-8333 • WE (8/3), 1-5pm - "Science Olympics!" scientific activities for kids ages 7-11. Registration required. $40/$30 members.

• TH (8/4), 1-5pm - "Makerspace!"

Kids activities using everyday materials to create. For ages 7-11.

Registration required. $40/$30 members.

• FR (8/5), 10:30am-noon "Science Play-Air!" Activities for ages 3-6 about air. Registration required. $20/$15 members.

• WE (8/10), 1-5pm - "Train Like an Astronaut!" Space exploration activities for ages 7-11.

Registration required. $40/$30 members.

• TH (8/11), 11am-noon - "Blue Ridge Humane Day!" Activities with Blue Ridge Humane Society. $5/Free for members.

• TH (8/11), 1-5pm - "Think and Train like a Scientist!"

Science activities for ages 7-11.

Registration required. $40/$30 members.

LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728, • MO (8/8), 1pm - "Snakes Magnified," ranger led presentation with magnifying glasses.

Registration required. Free.

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • SA (8/6), 9-11am - "Tracking," activities for ages 8-15 to learn animal tracking. Registration required. Free.

SMITH-MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 283 Victoria Road, 253-9231, wnchistory.org • Through SA (8/20) - Open registration for The Crafty Historian Series back-to-school craft using decoupage technique and illustrations from Our State Magazine. $5.

SPELLBOUND CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP 640 Merrimon Ave., #204, 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

Paint, Sip, Relax!

Need a new fun night out? Let us help!

2 hour Guided Painting Classes every Tues-Sat. Private Parties available anytime.

All experience levels encouraged!

WNC4PEACE wnc4peace.com • Through WE (9/7) - Submissions accepted for Buncombe County students creative works that promote the importance of peacemaking. Categories include: poetry, video, artwork and essays.

Entries sent to: wnc4peace@ gmail.com. For more information contact: 378-0125. Free.

Check online for pricing & details.

640 Merrimon Ave • (828) 255-2442 • wineanddesign.com/asheville

OUTDOORS BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKES 298-5330, nps.gov • TH (8/4), 7pm Blue Ridge Parkway After Hours Hike: “A Walk Back in Time,” short, easy ranger hike on the Mountains-to Sea-Trail. Free.

Meet at MP 391 • FR (8/5), 10am - Blue Ridge Parkway Hike of the Week: “Day Hiking Do’s and Dont's,” easy to moderate, 2-mile ranger led hike on the Mountains-to-Sea trail. Meet at MP 397.3 BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY RANGER PROGRAMS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • SA (8/6), 10:30am-noon - "Bears," ranger presentation. Free. Held at MP 302 • SA (8/6), 7pm - "Arrowheads, What’s the Point?" ranger presentation. Free. Held at Linville Falls Campground Amphitheater, MP 316 • SA (8/6), 7pm - "Geology and Formation of Mt. Mitchell," presentation by retired geologist, Alex Glover. Free. Held at the Museum of North Carolina Minerals, MP 331 CRADLE OF FORESTRY Route 276 Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • SA (8/6), 11am-1pm - "Smokey Bear's Birthday Party." $3-$6.

LAKE JAMES STATE PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728, • FR (8/5), 9:45am - "Summertime Boat Tour," ranger guided boat tour. Registration required. Free.

• TU (8/9), 9am - "Canoe Excursion," ranger led paddling.

Registration required. Free.

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LEAD STORY — Trompe l'Oeil Jungle A conservation biologist at Australia's University of New South Wales said in July that his team was headed to Botswana to paint eyeballs on cows' rear ends.

It's a solution to the problem of farmers who are now forced to kill endangered lions to keep them away from their cows. However, the researchers hypothesize, since lions hunt by stealth and tend to pass up kills if the prey spots them, painting on eyeballs might trick the lions to choose other prey.

(For the same reason, woodcutters in India wear masks painted with faces — backward — for protection against tigers.)

"Big Porn" Gives Back (1) In June, the online mega-website Pornhub announced a program to help blind pornography consumers by adding 50 "described videos" to its catalog, with a narrator doing play-by-play of the setting, the actors, clothing (if any) and the action. Said a Pornhub vice president, "It's our way of giving back."

(2) Later in June, another pornography website inaugurated a plan to donate a penny to women's health or abuse prevention organizations every time a user reached a successful "ending" while viewing its videos (maximum two per person per day).

Its first day's haul was $39, or $13 for each of three charities (including the Mariska Hargitay-supported Joyful Heart Foundation).

Can't Possibly Be True • A Government Program That Actually Works: A motorist in Regina, Saskatchewan, was issued a $175 traffic ticket on June 8 after he pulled over to ask if he could assist a homeless beggar on the sidewalk. According to the police report cited by CTV News, the "beggar" was actually a cop on stakeout looking for drivers not wearing seat belts (who would thus pay the city $175). Driver Dane Rusk said he had unbuckled his belt to lean over in the seat to give the "beggar" $3 — and moments later, the cop's

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by Chuck Shepherd partner stopped Rusk (thus earning Regina a total of $178!).

• One of America's major concerns, according to a U.S. congressman, should be the risk that if an apocalyptic event occurs and we are forced to abandon Earth with only a few species to provide for humanity's survival, NASA might unwisely populate the space "ark" with same-sex couples instead of procreative male-female pairs. This warning was conveyed during the U.S. House session on May 26 by Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (who seemed not to be aware that gay males might contribute sperm to lesbians for species-continuation).

What Goes Around, Comes Around (1) In May, the Times of India reported the death of a man known only as Urjaram, in Rajasthan, India, when, while hosting a party, he forgot that while he was enjoying himself, he had left his camel in the sun all day (during a historic heat wave) with its legs tied together.

When Urjaram finally went outside, the enraged camel "lifted him by the neck," "threw him to the ground" and "chewed on his body," severing his head. (2) The thief who ransacked a community greenhouse in County Durham, England, in July got away, but, according to residents, among his bounty was a bottle of rum that is usually offered only as a constipation remedy, in that it contained a heavy dose of the aggressive laxative "lactulose." Said one resident, "Maybe (the thief has) left a trail" for the police.

Suspicions Confirmed Many website and app users are suspected of "agreeing" to privacy policies and "terms of service" without comprehending them (or even reading them), though most judges routinely assume the user to have consented to be bound by them. In a controlled-test report released in July, researchers from York University and University of Connecticut found that 74 percent skipped the privacy policy altogether, but, of the "readers," the

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average time spent was 73 seconds (for wordage that should have taken 30 minutes), and time "reading" terms of service was 51 seconds when it should have taken 16 minutes. (If users had read closely, they might have noticed that they had agreed to share all their personal data with the National Security Agency and that terms of service included giving up their first-born child.)

Latest Rights Air Force Col. Eugene Caughey is scheduled for court-martial in August in Colorado Springs, Colo., charged with six counts of adultery (a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) — which he alleges constitutes illegal discrimination because he is heterosexual. That is, only heterosexuals can have the "sexual intercourse" required for adultery since the UCMJ defines the term as between a man and a woman; same-sex pairs cannot have "sexual intercourse."

(Even if Caughey prevails on the discrimination issue, he faces other, more serious charges that may bring him life in prison.)

Leading Economic Indicators • Update: News of the Weird reported in 2007 and 2014 that, despite the abundant desert, Middle East developers were buying plenty of beach sand from around the world (because the massive concrete construction in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, among other places, requires coarser sand than the desert grains tempered for centuries by sun and wind). The need has now grown such that London's The Independent reported in June that black market gangs, some violent, are stealing beach sand — and that two dozen entire islands in Indonesia have virtually disappeared since 2005 because of sand-mining.

• Farmers high in Nepal's Himalayas are heavily dependent on harvesting a fungus which, when consumed by humans, supposedly produces effects similar to Viagra's — but the region's rising temperatures and diminished rainfall (thought to result from global climate change) threaten the output, according to a June New York Times dispatch. Wealthy Chinese men in Hong Kong and Shanghai may pay the

equivalent of $50,000 a pound for the "caterpillar fungus," and about a million Nepalese are involved in the industry, producing about 135 tons a year. (The fungus is from the head of ghost moth larvae living in soil at altitudes of more than 10,000 feet.)

People With Issues Joshua Long, 26, was arrested in Carlisle, Penn., in June for possession of a suspected-stolen human brain (which he allegedly kept in a shopping bag under the porch at his aunt's trailer home). Police believe that the brain had been a medical teaching aid, but that Long was lacing his marijuana with the brain's embalming fluid. (Long and a former resident of the trailer home called the brain "Freddy.")

The Passing Parade (1) Large-schnozzed people from all over Europe squared off in June for the World Nose Championship in Langenbruck, Germany (held every five years since 1961). After judges applied precision calipers (adding length plus width), Hans Roest was declared the winner. (Also reported: Contestants believe snuff tobacco and beer to be size-enhancing substances.) (2) An unnamed man, 55, and woman, 40, were arrested near Joplin, Mo., in July, after being spotted riding a stolen lawn mower at 8:45 a.m. — naked. They told police that someone had stolen their clothes while they were skinny-dipping and that the mower was their best option to make it home.

A News of the Weird Classic (September 2012) A centuries-old practice of China's upper class continues today, reported Slate.com in August (2012), except with a bit more circumspection. Rich or powerful people convicted of crimes can still hire replacements to serve their sentences — but because of ubiquitous internet videos, only if the replacements facially resemble them. Since the convict winds up paying something for his crime (though a relatively small price), Slate called the practice (known as "ding zui") sort of a "cap-and-trade" policy for crime. X

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PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, 862-5554, pari.edu • TH (8/11), 10pm-midnight - Late night observation session of the Perseid meteor shower. Registration required. $15/Free under 11.

PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • SA (8/6), 1-4pm - "Fly Tying for the Beginner," for ages 12 and up.

Registration required. Free.

PISGAH CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED pisgahchaptertu.org/ New-Meeting-information.html • 2nd THURSDAYS, 7pm - General meeting and presentations. Free to attend. Held at Pardee Health Education Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville RIVERLINK 252-8474, riverlink.org • Through FR (8/12) - Open registration for the "Anything that Floats Parade," that takes place on SA (8/13) as part of RiverFest on the French Broad River. See website for full details. $40/$20 members.

PUBLIC LECTURES THE COLLIDER 1 Haywood St., Suite 401 • FR (8/5), 6-8pm - Beer City Science Pub: "Finding Amelia Earhart with Hard Facts & Sound Science," public lecture and reception. Free.

SENIORS COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, INC. 277-8288, coabc.org • TH (8/4), 2-4pm – “Medicare Choices Made Easy,” class.

Free. Held at Pardee Signature Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville

SPIRITUALITY ASHEVILLE INSIGHT MEDITATION (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays.

7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 175 Weaverville Road, Suite H, ASHEVILLE, NC, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com.

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ASTRO-COUNSELING (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

LOOKING FOR GENUINE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND HELP? (pd.) We are in a beautiful area about 10 minutes from downtown Asheville, very close to Warren Wilson College. www.truththomas. org 828-299-4359 OPEN HEART MEDITATION (pd.) New Location 70 Woodfin Pl. Suite 212 Tues. 7-8 PM. Experience the spiritual connection to your heart and the stillness & beauty of the Divine within you. Suggested $5 Love Offering.

OpenHeartMeditation.com SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTER (pd.) Wednesdays, 10-midnight, Thursdays, 7-8:30pm and Sundays, 10-noon • Meditation and community. Admission by donation. 60 N. Merrimon Ave., #113, (828) 2005120. asheville.shambhala.org CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING ASHEVILLE 2 Science Mind Way, 231-7638, cslasheville.org • 1st FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Dreaming a New Dream," meditation to explore peace and compassion.

Free.

• MONDAYS through (8/22), 7-9pm - Summer Prosperity Series.

Admission by donation.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave., W. Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • Through TH (8/11) - Open registration for the autumn "Disciple Bible Study" classes.

JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • WE (8/3), 7-8:30pm - Discussion class regarding life purpose. 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 Cork & Keg, 86 Patton Ave. BLUE RIDGE BOOKS 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am Banned Book Club. Free to attend.

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library • WE (8/3), 3pm - Weaverville Afternoon Book Club: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • TH (8/4), 6:30pm - East Asheville Book Club: Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen. Free.

Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • TU (8/19), 1pm - Leicester Book Club: Time and Again by Jack Finney. Free. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester • TH (8/11), 6pm - Swannanoa Book Club: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa

VOLUNTEERING LITERACY COUNCIL OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY:TUTORING ADULTS (pd.) Information sessions for volunteers interested in tutoring adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and ESOL on Sept. 21 from 9-10:30am or Sept. 22 from 5:30-7pm at the Literacy Council office. Email volunteers@litcouncil.com for more information.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WNC 253-1470, bbbswnc.org • MO (8/8), noon - Information session for those interested in volunteering twice a month with young people from single-parent homes and/or to mentor in elementary schools and after-school

sites. Free. Held at United Way of Asheville & Buncombe, 50 S. French Broad Ave. HANDS ON ASHEVILLEBUNCOMBE 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org • WE (8/10), 5-7pm - Volunteer to help maintain the Verner Community Garden . Registration required. Free.

HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 1st THURSDAYS, 11am "Welcome Home Tour," tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population.

Registration required. Free to attend.

UNITED WAY OF HENDERSON COUNTY 692-1636, liveunitedhc.org • Through TH (8/18) - Open registration for the first annual "Day of Action" volunteering event that takes place on FR (8/19) in collaboration with Henderson County Public Schools and Pardee Hospital. Free.

WNC KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS FOR OTHERS 575-9195 • MO (8/8), 7-9pm - Meeting to create and donate knitted items to those in need. All skill levels are welcome. Free. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/volunteering

FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - "The Tipout Artist Showcase," open mic with local music, poetry and other arts. Free to attend.

FLETCHER LIBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • 2nd THURSDAYS, 10:30am Book Club. Free.

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

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SYNERGY STORY SLAM avl.mx/0gd • (8/10), 7:30-10pm - Openmic storytelling event with the theme "breaking point." Free to attend. Held at Odditorium, 1045 Haywood Road

SOCCER REFEREE TRAINING (pd.) Referees needed throughout Western NC. Minimum age 14.

More information: Ed Guzowski at guzowski@charter.net • Register here, complete the online training: Go to website: http://ussfnc.arbitersports.com/front/102762/Site ASHEVILLE ULTIMATE CLUB ashevilleultimate.org, ashevilleultimateclub@gmail.com • Through SU (8/14) - Open online registration for fall ultimate frisbee men's, women's and mixed leagues. $40.

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MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com • WE (8/3), 7pm - Barbara J. Taylor presents her novel, All Waiting Is Long. Free to attend.

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BY MARGARET WILLIAMS mvwilliams39@gmail.com WEST NC, a new, two-year project to end sex trafficking in five mountain counties, aims to educate the public and service providers as well as empower survivors, says Mamie Adams. She’s been hired by Asheville-based nonprofit Our VOICE to coordinate the project and says its goals center on answering this question: “What does human trafficking really look like, [and] how can we help survivors?”

A $100,000 grant from the Women for Women giving circle is funding WEST NC through Our VOICE, which has long aided victims and survivors of sexual assault in Western North Carolina. The project will cover Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, McDowell and Yancey counties, says Our VOICE executive director Angelica Wind.

Our VOICE also recently received additional support from a state program, NO REST — North Carolina Organizing and Responding to the Exploitation and Sexual Trafficking of Children, says Adams. NO REST aims to “build a better awareness of human trafficking affecting children and youth involved with the child welfare system in [the state], reduce the number of these youth who are trafficked [and] improve outcomes for those who are.”

With support from these two grants, Wind says the big “goal is to end human trafficking in this area.”

WEST NC will focus on sex trafficking, but no victims of other forms of human trafficking will be turned away, she emphasizes.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines “human trafficking [as] modern-day slavery [that] involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.” The department estimates that human trafficking is “second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable form of transnational crime.”

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Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rooms and forced into prostitution, Adams says. Although that is a possible scenario, more often, a runaway teen is lured by a sex trafficker with the promise of love and affection, or young adults are forced by intimate partners to prostitute themselves, she says.

Another common misperception, Adams adds, is that trafficking mostly involves foreigners who are smuggled into the United States and moved from location to location as forced sex, farm or domestic workers. Such cases occur, but the majority of victims in the U.S. are Americans, she says, ranging from runaway teens to LGBT youth who don’t feel welcome or safe at home, as well as women or men already abused and exploited by their intimate partners, she says. “The most vulnerable [to trafficking] are those people who are invisible [or] on the fringes.”

Human trafficking “happens here, in North Carolina and in Western North Carolina,” says Adams.

Exact numbers are elusive, however. North Carolina officials don’t track human trafficking, Adams explains.

Even if they did, it’s “not like counting

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benches in a park,” she says. Victims and survivors “are people who are so underground, so invisible, that it’s hard to fathom the numbers.” And similar to domestic-violence and sexual-assault cases, victims are often reluctant to report human trafficking or testify in court, Adams notes.

Still, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Polaris Project estimates that there are nearly 21 million victims of human trafficking around the world.

Almost 26,000 cases were called into America’s national hotline since 2007, Polaris reports. One hundred and ten of those cases, with 925 potential victims, were in North Carolina last year alone.

In 2009, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crimes estimated that nearly 80 percent of human trafficking cases involved sexual exploitation, and nearly 20 percent were forced labor.

Nationwide, more than 1,000 human trafficking cases were investigated and 257 federal prosecutions were initiated last year, the Department of Justice reports.

What’s happening in North Carolina?

In line with the U.N.’s global estimates,

more than two-thirds of N.C.’s 110 hotline cases involved sex trafficking, says Adams.

Fighting human trafficking — particularly sexual exploitation — dovetails with Our VOICE’s mission, says Wind. “But people are really surprised that human trafficking happens in Asheville,” she says. The city is seen as “very progressive [and] socially active.

So people ask, ‘If this is happening, why aren’t we talking about it?’”

The reality is that trafficking often occurs in wealthy or relatively wealthy areas where there’s demand, along with access to major highways and an airport, Adams explains.

Asheville fits the bill, and it has an active sex industry, she continues.

“Where there are sex workers, there’s also human trafficking.”

Wind says she started to wonder, “Why not Asheville?” Nearby major metro areas — Atlanta and Charlotte — have seen significant increases in human trafficking in recent years, according to the Polaris Project.

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by Our VOICE to coordinate a two-year project that will address sex trafficking in five mountain counties. Photo courtesy of Our VOICE and a variety of organizations have stepped up, says Wind. She mentions one example, a survivor-led, entrepreneurship initiative called Market Your Mind that offers such services as transitional housing, GED training, skills development and crisis care. Human-trafficking survivor Antonia “Neets” Childs founded the organization to “encourage, equip and exemplify positive transformations in young women in this highly sexualized society.” On her own journey to financial self-sufficiency, she also founded Neets Sweets, a bakery that helps other survivors become financially independent.

Financial self-sufficiency, say both Wind and Adams, is one of the key goals in comprehensive approaches to helping survivors of human trafficking.

Wind envisions similar, locally led efforts in the Asheville area, sparked by the community education, outreach and conversations that Adams has started leading. But the Our VOICE project “is only part of the solution,” says Wind.

WEST NC will help develop a rapid-response team for Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, McDowell and Yancey counties, Adams says. Team members will help better identify those at risk of human trafficking, those who have been victimized, and those who seek help. And they’ll help survivors get the services they need.

Our VOICE and its team partners are “just a conduit to empower [survivors] to take the steps to where they want to be,” says Adams.

Human trafficking survivors need short- and long-term housing, job training, counseling, financial-literacy, medical aid, legal assistance and more,

say both women. “I believe the WNC community wants to help survivors in a complete way,” Adams adds. Part of her job will be to identify the people and organizations that can pitch in and work together.

It helps that Our VOICE recently moved its offices into Buncombe County’s new Family Justice Center, a centralized location for agencies, services and resources that assist victims of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual violence. “We need a large network,” says Wind. Relocating trafficking survivors for safety purposes, for example, can be a challenge that requires help from partner organizations, she explains.

That’s where another Asheville-based organization, Helpmate, has already stepped in. The Asheville-based nonprofit “is a supportive partner” in efforts to address human trafficking, including the new Our VOICE project, says director April Burgess-Johnson. “Helpmate’s role is to provide emergency shelter for trafficking victims who are fleeing. We also work to coordinate shelter stays for victims who need to [leave the] area.”

Burgess-Johnson mentions the “unique needs of trafficked victims, including heightened confidentiality and the recognition that [cases] often [involve] multiple abusers. … Being able to have one safe place to access services will increase the ease by which survivors can get all the types of help they may need.”

The Our VOICE project, she adds, will hopefully “improve community awareness of the issue.” Most important, it may “help victims feel safe in accessing the services and support designed to help them escape trafficking.”

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W EL L NESS Deeper challenges include figuring out why more human trafficking victims don’t come forward or haven’t been helped, says Wind. She cites several keys to the grant project’s success, such as educating law enforcement, health providers and others on the right questions to ask and what to look for in identifying human trafficking victims and at-risk populations.

Adams argues that until we address the root causes of sex trafficking, the problem isn’t going away. “We cannot address sex trafficking without addressing rape and rape culture.” She identifies these as contributing, related problems and asks, “If we look at how we treat rape survivors, how do we think we can possibly help survivors of sex trafficking? How can we be surprised that sex trafficking is common when rape is so common and prosecution is so lenient?”

Adams adds that human trafficking is “hidden more than ever before because transactions [happen via] the internet and mobile phones.” Victims can be moved before anyone’s aware something is going on. “You’re more likely to be in contact with an at-risk person than someone who’s already been trafficked.

Once they’re trafficked, they’re invisible,” she says.

A big part of the project’s education efforts will include outreach to local hotels, airport workers, truckers, law enforcement and others who might be most likely to see the signs of trafficking, says Adams.

“People need to be talking about this,” says Wind. “No community is immune.” X

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NEED HELP? To report human trafficking, call the national hotline at 1-888-373-7888.

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HEM-LOCKED AND LOADED Local nonprofit declares war on the hemlock woolly adelgid

BUG OFF: Margot Wallston in front of some Carolina hemlocks in Black Mountain, where hemlock woolly adelgid predator beetles were released.

BY DAN HESSE dhesse@mountainx.com Since its accidental arrival here from southern Japan about two decades ago, the hemlock woolly adelgid has killed hundreds of thousands of trees, devastating

some forests in the region. Exact numbers are hard to come by, says Margot Wallston, statewide coordinator for the Hemlock Restoration Initative, but hemlocks “are a major player in our forested and residential landscapes. Many local naturalresource managers estimate the loss to be upward of 80 percent, espe-

cially in areas with naturally high hemlock densities.” The initiative is a program of WNC Communities, an Asheville-based nonprofit.

Public lands aren’t the only areas at risk, however: The invasive insect can also infect homeowners’ trees, requiring costly removal, notes Bill Yarborough, special assistant to

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Since 2014, North Carolina has funneled $350,000 of the settlement money to the hemlock initiative, seeking to limit the damage to the state’s agriculture, tourism and recreation industries. The U.S. Forest Service is also funding the project.

The mission, says Wallston, “is to work with a variety of partners to restore hemlocks to long-term health throughout North Carolina and ensure that both eastern and Carolina hemlocks can withstand adelgid attacks and survive to maturity on public and private lands.”

The Agriculture Department, says Yarborough, chose WNC Communities because it “has experience in grants management, project development and using partnerships to achieve goals that benefit the region. We felt confident they could bring together the right mix of researchers, funding organizations and others to help the initiative be successful.”

The stakes are high, he notes, partly because of the damage already done. “The sheer number of losses to the insect has left a large amount of dead and decaying organic matter that could have a devastating effect should fire get started in many of our forests.”

A KEYSTONE SPECIES More than 120 animal species, says Wallston, depend on the hemlock forests for everything from shade to shelter. “Brook trout and other endangered aquatic species, such as the eastern hellbender, are at a tipping point in the Southern Appalachians,” she explains, “where even slight increases in stream temperature can result in

unsuitable habitat” that could spell trouble for fishing enthusiasts.

Chris Ulrey, the Blue Ridge Parkway’s plant ecologist, also underscores the tree’s importance, noting, “The hemlock is considered a keystone species, meaning a lot of other species depend on it.”

The visual impact, says Ulrey, has been significant as well. “We have numerous overlooks with long-range views, and you can see huge stands of dead trees. Ten years ago those trees were gray and in decline; now they’re completely dead.”

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative, says Wallston, is “open to all innovative and promising strategies.” For the most part, though, the project “has been focusing resources on three strategies: chemical control, biological control and genetic research. These can also be thought of as short-term, ongoing and longterm strategies — and ultimately, all work together.”

This integrated approach, says Yarborough, includes “treating trees on conserved and state-owned lands, breeding and releasing beetles that eat hemlock woolly adelgids, co-hosting forums and educational meetings, and informing landowners about how to treat their own trees.” The focus, he continues, is on “bringing together all the knowledge and support at our disposal to solve the problem. It’s a grant program, but it’s also an educational effort and a coordination effort to promote greater interaction among researchers and others who are working on hemlock health.”

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G RE EN S CE N E A MULTIFACETED ATTACK Traditionally, chemical and biological approaches have been kept separate, says Bud Mayfield III, research etymologist with the U.S. Forest Service’s Southern Research Station in Asheville.

Now, however, researchers are finding that “You can treat some trees with chemicals prior to a [biological] release while leaving other trees untreated, and then go in and release predators. So when the chemical eventually wears off, the predators can move over onto those previously treated trees once the adelgid comes back on them.”

After extensive study in quarantine, a predator beetle that’s native to Japan made its debut here last winter. It will take a few years, though, to determine that strategy’s effectiveness. “There are millions of adelgid, and you may release a few hundred, or a thousand [beetles] at most,” Mayfield explains. “Once they disperse, it’s hard to find them until they start reproducing. Within two to three years, you can begin to tell whether or not it was successful and if the insect established itself.”

Healthy hemlocks, notes Wallston, can often handle up to about a 30 percent infestation before it becomes problematic. “If a tree has a heavier infestation and is exposed to other stressors, such as drought, nutrient depletion, root compaction, etc., then it will likely start to show signs of decline more quickly. It can take several years for a tree to progress from healthy with a light infestation to functionally dead.”

And in any case, stresses Mayfield, there will still be many casualties.

“The hard truth is, we’re going to lose a lot of hemlocks as we continue to use the tools we have.” But he takes heart from the strong show of community support, saying, “It’s encouraging to me that there are a lot of people that care deeply about

this issue. Everywhere I go, people really love eastern hemlocks.”

RESTORING BALANCE Local government is also contributing. In each of the past two fiscal years, the Buncombe County commissioners have allocated $25,000 for a program called Bringing Beetles to Buncombe.

“We’re not going to solve the problem ourself, but I think it’s very important that Buncombe County be a partner in the larger regional effort to preserve our hemlocks, especially on our local public lands,” says Commissioner Brownie Newman.

He likens the loss of the iconic species to the blight that wiped out the American chestnut in the early

Margot Wallston’s tips and resources for helping hemlocks • Treat your trees — it’s cheaper than ever.

Use native plants in your landscaping to reduce the chance of accidental importation of new pests.

• Volunteer your time or donate your dollars to treat trees on public or conserved lands, or assist with biological control monitoring.

• Join the Hemlock Restoration Initiative on a hemlock hike to learn more or invite us to give a presentation to your community group.

• Support budgets in local and state government that include natural-resource conservation planning and management.

Inform the Hemlock Restoration Initiative if you know of hemlock stands on non-public lands of exceptional quality that deserve extra attention.

• Inform the Forest Restoration Alliance of survivor trees that literally “stand out” from a sea of dead trees.

• Go to savehemlocksnc.org to learn more.

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1900s. “When people watched the American chestnut die, there was nothing they could do about it. But there are things we can do now, and I feel it’s imperative that we do everything we can.”

Ulrey, though, points out a major difference between chestnut and hemlock. “When the chestnut died, the space left behind was occupied by oaks and maples. We really don’t have another native species that’s the ecological equivalent of the hemlock.”

Recently, however, the initiative has gotten an assist from the weather. “The cold winters of 201314 and 2014-15 led to high adelgid mortality, which gave our trees a chance to breathe, literally, and put on new growth without being immediately clobbered by another generation of pests,” says Wallston.

“There’s also a lot of regeneration in our forests that may fare better, due to there currently being less adelgid pressure,” she continues. “Loss of mature hemlocks in the canopy means fewer adelgids to drop down to understory trees.”

Ultimately, Wallston maintains, learning to live with the adelgid while mitigating its effects may be the best we can hope for. “If it can be kept at a low enough level that it doesn’t overwhelm our trees, then we will be successful. It’s about restoring balance.”

But don’t expect to see that happen in your lifetime, cautions Ulrey. “In about 300 to 400 years,” he predicts, “we’ll be back to where we were when all this started.” X

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A VILLAGE OF SERVICES: Bone & Broth will share a common space with City Bakery. The restaurant will also be using meats from its neighbor, the Chop Shop. From left, Bone & Broth co-owner Kim Murray; Pat Dennehy and Brian Dennehy of City Bakery; Bone & Broth chef Jay Medford and Matt Helms, head butcher and manager of the Chop Shop. Photo by Cindy Kunst

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BY JONATHAN AMMONS jonathanammons@gmail.com It’s been awhile, but it looks like another restaurant will finally open in the King James building on Charlotte Street. The space’s previous occupant, the beloved neighborhood eatery and bar King James Public House, was shuttered rather suddenly in January to make way for an expansion of the Charlotte-based Dressler’s Restaurant, a white tablecloth steakhouse. Those plans seem to have fallen through, however, and now a new locally spun venture called Bone & Broth is moving in.

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Former King James Public House chef Steven Goff, who now owns Brinehaus Meat + Provisions in the Raleigh area, was dedicated to sourcing ingredients locally. He created a menu that focused on using every part of the animal, featuring jars of pâtés and terrines, duck wings and a variety of alternative cuts of meat.

Eventually, a burger was added, as well as fried chicken and other familiar pub grub. Bone & Broth will maintain the pub theme, but with a slightly different culinary tack.

“We want to be the village pub, kind of like what King James was,” says co-owner Kim Murray. “We just want

to have a little more approachable menu, and we want to utilize the fact that we are in a community.”

The menu, Murray says, is still being developed, but it looks to be appealing to carnivores. “It’s going to be heavy on the meat, but we’re still going to be pub-ish. There’s going to be a burger, and there will be bangers and mash, fish and chips, but we’ll be utilizing local ingredients as much as possible.”

London broil, trout and bone-in chicken will also be on the menu, as well as a rotating variety of bone broths that are the restaurant’s namesake. The Bone & Broth

kitchen will be led by chef Jay Medford, an Asheville native who recently returned after six years in New York City, where he graduated from the French Culinary Institute. “We just want to keep it superhumble and communitybased,” Medford says.

While ingredients like cod will certainly be sourced elsewhere, Murray plans to use as many local products as possible, which makes Bone & Broth’s location convenient. “We are sandwiched between a baker and a butcher, so we’re going to [take advantage of] that by having City Bakery breads and whole and half animals from the Chop Shop.”

And Bone & Broth will be taking that neighborly mentality a step further. The restaurant will absorb the center area of the building, which operated as a knickknack store during King James Public House’s time. The space will now serve as an expanded seating area for City Bakery during the day and will be part of Bone & Broth in the evenings. A beautiful barred wooden gate separates the bar from the extended dining room, where Murray hopes to develop a small lounge with couches and coffee tables in the corner, in addition to the already existing large, intricately crafted community tables.

With the expansion, the venue will have more than 90 seats.

Wayne Norton, previously of King James Public House, has been brought on board as bar manager, and Cordial & Craft’s

Hank Fuseler is consulting on the cocktail program.

Murray is no stranger to the Asheville culinary scene — she spent many years as a co-owner of the Lobster Trap and has worked with Luella’s Bar-B-Que and Eating Asheville tours. She is partnering with the building’s owner, Kirk Boone, and Chop Shop co-owner Joe Henderson, on Bone & Broth, but she says she plans to buy them out once the business gets rolling. Murray hopes to have the restaurant open by mid-August. “It’s really a hurryup-and-wait game with all that needs to be done, but we’re starting to get excited,” she says. X

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LOCAL CULTURES Exploring Asheville’s cheese-plate offerings Most upscale restaurants have them, as do many neighborhood pubs. They can serve as an appetizer, a dessert (if you want to eat like a European) or even as a meal unto themselves. Cheese plates are as adaptable and unique as the chefs and restaurants that prepare them, so Mountain Xpress recently undertook an exploration of Asheville’s cultured offerings.

Over the course of a month, WNC Cheese Trail executive director and Cheese Store of Asheville owner Katie Moore, her assistant Erin Dickinson and Bouchon manager and home cheesemaker Lindsey Menendez — all of whom are involved in the upcoming launch of the new Cheese Bar at 5 Walnut — joined Xpress for a marathon tour of the diverse cheese choices at downtown, River Arts District and West Asheville restaurants. While a variety of offerings was sampled, it wasn’t possible to visit every restaurant in the area. Also, as selections rotate regularly and with the seasons, the focus is not on specific brands, but on each venue’s unique approach to cheese presentation.

During the sampling, the group remained aware of these criteria: 1. Service: A knowledgable server who can tell you about everything on the plate and where it comes from is paramount.

2. Variety and compatibility: Do the flavors represented on the board line up? Do the cheeses have a variety of textures, aromas and sharpness?

Do the pairings play well together and complement the work of the cheesemakers? Also, this group found it important that the pairings didn’t touch the cheese. The sad sight of a perfect chèvre drenched in honey highlights neither the honey nor the cheese. It’s preferable for the diners to do the drizzling themselves.

3. Presentation: This was a controversial point among members of the group. Some saw value in presentation but do not consider it to be imperative.

Others, however, felt the attractiveness of the plate was paramount.

4. Ripeness and age: Serve a Brie before its time, and it lacks pizzaz. But keep it in the fridge too long, and it will be

sour and taste ammoniated. Knowing when a cheese is ready is key.

Here are a few of the cheese plates the team experienced during the tour: CUCINA 24 Before diving into Cucina 24’s impeccably produced pastas and entrées, be sure to work your way across its cheese board — a long, sprawling plank of housemade pickles, ferments, breads, crackers and massive portions of locally made and imported cheeses. “I thought it was neat how they really stayed true to who they are as a restaurant,” says Menendez. Just like their cuisine overall, which is an Italian take on Appalachian ingredients, the board is a mix of local and imported cheeses beautifully displayed. Moore also observes that the servers at Cucina are knowledgable about the cheese-board offerings.

RHUBARB A spread for the hardcore cheeseheads out there, Rhubarb’s cheese plate is simple and focused entirely on North Carolina cheeses with little to interfere. “The cheeses worked well together but were also all very different,” Moore says. And Menendez adds, “They gave us a lot of cheese, and then they gave us almonds, two types of jams, and the house-made bread.

And that is how I want to eat a cheese plate.”

THE MARKET PLACE “Fancy” is how Dickinson describes The Market Place’s large wooden slabs artfully arranged with hefty cuts of cheeses from area artisans such as Cane Creek Creamery and Yellow Branch Farm. Nuts and foraged herbs and fruits like serviceberries round out the presentation. “This was one of few we had where the cheeses weren’t touched by something that would impart

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ALL ABOARD: Loaded with house-made pickles and ferments, fruit, bread, crackers and locally made and imported cheeses, Cucina 24’s cheese board reflects the restaurant’s overall theme, which is an Italian take on Appalachian ingredients. Photo by Cindy Kunst some other flavor,” Menendez says. “There were jams and things, but they were separated. They really left the cheese alone.”

THE BULL AND BEGGAR The Bull and Beggar’s cheese board is a simple, elegant presentation of five cheeses ranging from creamy and spreadable to aged and aromatic. Each offering was individually paired with explosively flavorful house-made jam or chutney, fresh fruits or honey. “The presentation was beautiful, and all the cheeses were very, very good,” says Moore, who also observes that the entire board was carefully composed of imported varietals from France and Spain.

THE JUNCTION The cheese platter at The Junction is filling enough to serve as a meal.

“If I were going to go have a drink and something to eat, and that’s all I was going to do all night, this is the one I would get,” says Dickinson.

The board is heavy with housemade charcuterie in addition to its cheeses.

URBAN ORCHARD Urban Orchard’s board is also substantial and offers a wide variety of entirely local cheeses, mostly from Looking Glass Farm and Three Graces Dairy, with unique fruit pairings such as kiwi and orange, along with almonds, olives and pickles.

“For a neighborhood bar, you real-

ly wouldn’t expect something like that,” notes Dickinson. “It’s really nice.” Moore adds, “It’s really fun to pair with a cider instead of a wine or a beer.”

CHESTNUT Chestnut presents a massive platter of excellent charcuterie and regional and imported cheeses.

With its piles of greens, fruits and accoutrements, Menedez points out, “It really was like a picnic plate.”

Moore says, “To me, if you wanted to go and have a cheese plate as your meal, that’s the way to do it.” It is decidedly more meat-heavy than cheesecentric, so it might not be the best option for the veg heads in your crew. X

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Seafood meets New Wave at Dive pop-up events Sarah Cousler knows Asheville’s food scene.

Before becoming sous chef at Buxton Hall Barbecue, she washed dishes at Heiwa Shokudo, worked as a line cook at both The Bull and Beggar and The Admiral, cooked alongside Elliott Moss for MG Road pop-up series Punk Wok and acted as lead chef for another MG Road effort, Girls on Deck.

But her latest endeavor, Dive, which is a series of seafoodcentric pop-up dinners at Buxton Hall Barbecue’s Remington Room, is different. “Until now, it’s always been a collaborative thing,” says Cousler. “Or I was fulfilling somebody else’s vision. This is just all me.”

Dive kicks off on Monday, Aug. 8, featuring a rotating menu of raw and cooked seafood options. “We’ll have items that are under $10, and also more expensive whole-fish selections and elegant dishes like monkfish liver,” Cousler says.

In addition to seafood, Dive will feature synthesizerheavy, New Wave music and décor that incorporates retro neon lights and Patrick Nagel prints. The inspiration behind the theme stems from two of Cousler’s greatest influences: her mother and father. “I grew up with my dad listening to a lot of New Wave music, so by default I liked it a lot,” she says. Cousler adds that her mother is the reason she is a chef today. “My mom taught herself how to cook, and a lot of it was her playing with seafood, so I feel like while she was teaching herself, she was inadvertently reflecting that on me.”

Cousler has planned the Monday night pop-ups to accommodate a mixed crowd, from folks who want to stop by and have a couple of oysters with their postwork beer to those who plan to see the evening through and sample every item on the menu. It’s also a chance for Cousler to try something new. “I wanted an outlet,” she says. “I wanted an excuse to play with seafood, really nice seafood. Do the whole fish and break down the fish and put every element of it on the menu in some way.”

Dive debuts at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at 32 Banks Ave. Additional scheduled dates include Aug. 15 and 22 and Sept. 5. Times will always be 6-11 p.m. (or until the food runs out). Both reservations and walk-ins are welcome.

Plate prices range from $15-$50. For details and reservations, send an email to dive@buxtonhall.com.

FEAST TO THE BEAT Feast to the Beat is a national cross-country road trip celebrating the centennial of the National Park Service.

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Feast to the Beat happens 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at 195 Hemphill Knob Road. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit feast2thebeat.com.

LOCAL PROVISIONS TOPS EATER’S BEST NEW RESTAURANTS Local Provisions was recently named to the Eater.com list of 21 Best New Restaurants for 2016. In his write-up on the winners, Bill Addison, Eater’s restaurant editor, notes that Local Provisions chef Justin Burdett has a “special virtuosity for expressing the seasons,” adding that, “Even in Asheville, a breathtaking tourist town chock-o-block with primo restaurants, Burdett’s talents distinguish him from all others.”

Local Provisions is at 77 Biltmore Ave. For more information, visit localprovisionsasheville.com and eater.com.

THE CHEF’S TASTING TABLE AT THE JUNCTION The Junction in the River Arts District now offers the Chef’s Tasting Table, a new seasonal five-course tasting menu from chef David Van Tassel. Up to four guests can be seated at the special bar-height wood table to experience the menu and interact with the chef. “I’m excited that patrons will get a chance to see the fun, chaotic symphony that is our studio,” says Van Tassel in a media release. “It’s also a great opportunity to play with different, off-menu ingredients and techniques.”

The Junction is at 348 Depot St. The Chef’s Tasting Table is available 5-10 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday by reservation only. Cost is $55 per person with a maximum of four people. Price does not include tax, beverages or gratuity. For details, visit thejunctionasheville.com.

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: Buxton Hall Barbecue sous chef Sarah Cousler will host weekly seafood dinners for a limited time in August and September.

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sors. The tour will host a day of celebration at the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area on Friday, Aug. 5. The centerpiece of the journey is the solar-powered mobile recording studio, known as the Jam in the Van. Musical acts will include Aaron Woody Wood, The Fritz, The Broadcast, Tellico and Stop Light Observations. Chefs Ally Phillips and Arlene Cotler will participate in the day’s cooking events, and The Hop will serve cold treats.

THE JAZZY VEGETARIAN TO VISIT THE MILLS RIVER FARMERS MARKET On Saturday, Aug. 6, cookbook author and TASTE Award winner Laura Theodore — also known as the Jazzy Vegetarian — will visit the Mills River Farmers Market. She will offer presentations throughout the day, sharing ideas on saving time in the kitchen, saving money with vegetable-based meals and adding more vegetables and fruit to weekly meals.

The Mills River Farmers’ Market is at 94 School House Road, Mills River. Theodore will present every hour on the half hour 8:30-11:30 a.m. Visit at millsriverfarm@ gmail.com for further details. X

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NEXT GENERATION: Music veterans team up with 13-year-old fiddle newcomer Rhiannon Ramsey in old-time outfit Rhiannon & the Relics. “We put together sets trying to represent a good variety of music,” says bass player Craig Bannerman. This year will be Ramsey’s first time onstage at the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. Photo by Michael Erdelyi

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In his white suit and black tie, Bascom Lamar Lunsford cut an impressive figure. Not only was the folklorist and performer a talented buck dancer and singer, the Mars Hill native also knew who was who among local musicians and dancers. At the request of the the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Lunsford enlisted those area artists

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to appear at the 1927 Rhododendron Festival — an effort to encourage tourism — which, the following year, became the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. “I remember seeing him as a child,” says Folk Heritage Committee member Carol Peterson. “He ruled the stage. You went on when he asked you to go on, and you went off when he asked you to go off.”

Lunsford organized and performed at the festival until he was debilitated by a stroke in 1965, but the annual gath-

ering continues. Now the longestrunning folk festival in the country, it celebrates its 89th anniversary this year with performances — different each night — at the Diana Wortham Theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4, 5 and 6.

This year’s festival draws from its sister event, Shindig on the Green (held weekly at Pack Square Park during the summer months) as well as from touring bands and local stalwarts in the mountain music com-

munity. The Mountain Dance and Folk Festival includes cloggers, ballad singers, old-time and bluegrass musicians, shape-note singers, buck dancers, flatfoot dancers, smooth dancers, storytellers and a sit-down square dance.

In the early 1940s, Peterson’s parents organized the first smooth dance team in this part of the state.

“Back when I was growing up, you played basketball or you were on a square dance team,” she says.

“Every high school had a square dance team.” That heritage is alive and well, she says, with performers like Jeff Atkins of the Cole Mountain Cloggers — a member of the Bailey Mountain Cloggers when he was a student at Mars Hill College — leading a team of young people, including his own daughters.

“Green Valley Cloggers has three generations of family on that team,” says Peterson. “People who love it, love it, and don’t want it to get squelched because it’s so important to what we’re all about in Western North Carolina.”

Another multigenerational act is Rhiannon & the Relics, featuring 13-year-old fiddler Rhiannon Ramsey. The old-time group started about three years ago after Ramsey — who plays with a kind of focused fluidity — moved on from bands with performers closer to her own age. Bass player Craig Bannerman (a member of Crooked Pine since he moved to Western North Carolina in 1974, and a friend of Jeremy Ramsey, Rhiannon’s father) was enlisted to put together a band for Rhiannon. The lineup currently includes Troy Harrison on banjo, Brian Hunter on guitar and Mike Hunter on mandolin. The guys share vocal duties; Rhiannon has not yet decided to sing onstage.

“It really came together at Shindig,” Rhiannon says. Forming bands at that gathering, which features any number of small jams on its perimeter while scheduled acts perform onstage, is as much of a local tradition as the music the resulting groups play.

Rhiannon started studying with Natalya Weinstein of Red June and Zoe & Cloyd. When Weinstein’s band went on tour, Rhiannon’s dad asked her who she’d like to take lessons with, and she chose Arvil Freeman — a Madison County native and member of the Stoney Creek Boys, known for his unique fiddling style classified by long-bow smoothness.

“I’ve heard [Rhiannon] talk about this. She went to a concert and heard

[Freeman] when she was like 6 years old,” says Bannerman. “She told the parents that she wanted to learn the fiddle because of him.”

A sought-after teacher, Freeman instructed up-and-comers such as Josh Goforth. Besides Freeman’s protégés, “We have four or five young fiddlers performing at Shindig who are just knocking it out of the park,” says Peterson. Of Rhiannon & the Relics she adds, “To see those gentlemen stand behind her beings tears to your eyes. It’s passing [the music] generation to generation.”

Bannerman is quick to point out that Rhiannon is the leader of their group, though the fiddler says band members each contribute songs to the setlist. “Lately we’ve been playing ‘Ducks on the Mill Pond’ a lot onstage,” she says. “What I play is a mix of old-time and bluegrass.”

Though some of the Relics have played the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival many times, this year marks the first time for Rhiannon. While her teacher is a relative newcomer to the Stoney Creek Boys, that band has performed at the Folk Festival for more than 40 years. And, like the entertainers who keep coming back, there are also return audience members — some who come from around the country, making reservations in Asheville at the same time each year to take in three days of Western North Carolina heritage.

“What we did here, if it wasn’t done by a group here, I don’t know how it would continue,” Peterson says.

She adds, “We’ve got so much new music coming in, and it’s really good.

Asheville has got such an eclectic mix of things happening. But this is so important that it has to be continued.” X

WHAT Mountain Dance and Folk Festival WHERE Diana Wortham Theatre 2 S. Pack Square dwtheatre.com WHEN Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4, 5 and 6 Introductions at 6:50 p.m, show at 7 p.m. $22 adults/$12 children three-night package $55.50/$24

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TAKING CHARGE Having good songs isn’t enough.

To make it in the post-label world of today’s music industry, artists have to supplement their musical prowess with an understanding of how to promote that music. Local funk, rock and reggae trio The Get Right Band does indeed get it right, and has been rewarded for its efforts. The group plays at the Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Friday, Aug. 5, in celebration of its newest album, Who’s in Charge?

Guitarist and songwriter Silas Durocher and bassist Jesse Gentry have been playing music together since they were kids. They went through middle school and high school together in Maryland. They went their separate ways for college, but kept in touch and jammed on holiday breaks. Eventually, Durocher moved to Asheville, and when the band he was in lost its bassist, he contacted Gentry. “He was living in the Virgin Islands, and I convinced him to move to Asheville,” Durocher recalls.

Not too long after Gentry settled in town, that band broke up.

It was at that point in 2011 that Durocher and Gentry decided to start a project of their own. JianClaude Mears joined on drums at the end of 2013, completing the Get Right Band’s lineup.

But there’s a lot of work to be done. The band — specifically Durocher — understands that in 2016, it’s not enough to make good music: Opportunities don’t appear out of thin air. So the musicians actively pursue situations that will increase their exposure and grow their fan base. In the past year, their

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The Get Right Band sets sights on national success

THEY CAME TO PLAY: The Get Right Band’s members, from left, Jian-Claude Mears, Jesse Gentry and Silas Durocher, combine rock, reggae, funk and a savvy understanding of what it takes to succeed in today’s ever-changing music business.

Photo courtesy of Autonomic Media efforts landed them a local gig opening for former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, and a spot as featured entertainment at the Music Video Asheville awards gala.

The Get Right Band’s national aspirations got a big boost in April with a performance on NPR’s prestigious

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“World Cafe” program. Durocher, Gentry and Mears have been covered in Relix magazine, and their last music video garnered more than 100,000 views. Durocher believes the group is “poised to break out on the national scene. We’re approaching the tipping point.”

The title track of Who’s In Charge? is an effective blend of rock and reggae, a distant cousin to Led Zeppelin’s own 1973 reggae pastiche, “D’yer Maker.” And “Requiem for the Chemical Memory” shifts between reggae and a kind of progressive-rock vibe. While some song-

writers identify their work as belonging at a specific point on the head/ heart continuum, Durocher notes yet another dimension. “My publishing company is called Head, Heart and Hips Music,” he says. “We try to engage all three of those things.”

Gentry says the group’s music puts slightly more emphasis on the heart part of the equation. “When Silas brings a song to the table, it’s definitely heart-centered. It always feels good,” he says. He believes The Get Right Band’s songs are miles away from math-rock, even though listeners will find a 9/8 time signature here and there.

In line with its goal of creating a professional product, the group chose Echo Mountain to record its follow-up to 2014’s Bass Treble Angel Devil. Julian Dreyer, who co-produced Who’s in Charge? with the band, raves about the experience.

“They continually surprised me with their musicianship, grace [and] artistry,” he says. Calling it some of the best work he’s been a part of, Dreyer describes Who’s in Charge? as “an album, not a collection of songs. The long and short of it is that this was one of my best experiences creating and recording music.”

Both on Who’s in Charge? and in live performances, The Get Right Band’s songs are musically focused and tightly structured. So it comes as something of a surprise when Gentry makes this admission: “We are a jam band. I fought it for years. I’ve always liked groups that are more song-based, but that let loose.”

It’s a good description of the Get Right Band’s aesthetic. “You can jam as much as you want,” says Durocher, “but you’ve always got to bring it back to the song. And doing that brings everything together.” X

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JOKE OF THE DECADE Laugh Your Asheville Off comedy festival turns 10

EVERY STYLE OF FUNNY: Though the initial plan was to book 100 comedians for the 10th anniversary of Laugh Your Asheville Off, 70 turned out to be a more reasonable number. Performers include, clockwise from top left, headliners Carl LaBove, Eleanor Kerrigan and Flip Schultz, local artists Grayson Morris and Jason Webb, and Palestinian Muslim comedian Eman El-Husseini. Photos courtesy of the comedians

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Charlie Gerencer knows humor. As the head of comedy television development for Pigmy Wolf Productions and Lionsgate Television Studios, it’s his duty to scour the nation for the fresh new faces of the funny business. And for the past decade, Gerencer has brought some of that talent to the annual Laugh Your Asheville Off comedy festival. “I live and breathe comedy all day,” says Gerencer.

“Casting, looking for comics.”

This marks the 10th anniversary for LYAO, and this year the festival has gone from four nights to five, beginning with a two-night launch party at Highland Brewing Co. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 9 and 10. The festival then moves to the Diana Wortham Theatre from Thursday, Aug. 11, to Saturday, Aug. 13.

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More than 70 comedians will take the stage, trying to crack up the local audience while catching the interest of industry talent scouts.

Only a few local comedians are on this year’s roster — Blaine Perry, Jason Webb and Grayson Morris — as well as a handful of regional performers, such as Leo Hodson, from Greensboro. But that’s not intended as a snub to Asheville’s comedy scene. “For years we did a local showcase,” Gerencer says. “Now every venue in town does it weekly.” What LYAO does offer to locals is full access to network with those in the industry.

“It’s almost better to network, stay in touch and keep the industry up-to-date on what they’re doing,” says Gerencer.

An onstage slot for a performer who’s

not quite ready can be more hindrance than help: “The terrifying thing with stand-up is ... if it doesn’t land, it’s very obvious.”

Gerencer has been helping build LYAO into a nationally recognized cultural event since its beginnings in 2006, filling the roles of director and executive producer, as well as helping to vet and book the comedy acts. These days, he says, it’s regarded in Hollywood as among “the best new-faces event in the country. I want to know not only who’s next, but who’s right on the cusp.

That’s who we book.”

This year’s lineup runs the gamut of comedic styles, backgrounds and ethnicities. At least a third of the performers are women, including Linda Belt,

a housewife-turned comedian; Eman El-Husseini, a Palestinian Muslim; and former international war crimes lawyer, Jess Salomon. For those looking for brainy material, Jeff Kreisler is the winner of the Bill Hicks Spirit Award for Thought Provoking Comedy and senior writer for “The War Room.”

Meanwhile, Damon Summer is “the guy who can crack jokes during the poorly structured fish fry.” And Prateek Srivastava jokes about his Indian heritage and the ways his name is butchered (“Petite Sriracha”).

Comedian Carl LaBove — one of the original Texas Outlaw Comics with Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison — will be headlining the festival. He has appeared on “Seinfeld” as well as many episodes of “Saturday Night Live.” He will also be hosting and emceeing at LYAO during other comedy performances throughout the week.

When asked about how raunchy or “blue” the shows will get, Gerencer says, “Some acts are blue. Some other festivals do late-night ‘Blue Comedy’ shows. I think that segregates comedy.

If somebody is funny enough, but they are blue, well, funny is funny, and when it comes down to it, that’s what we’re looking for.” LYAO is aimed at more

mature audiences (18 and older at the Diana Wortham Theatre, 21 and older at Highland Brewery Co.), and attendees should come expecting many different comedy styles in each showcase, ranging from the near-philosophical to the outright bawdy.

“I never thought I would be part of creating a scene somewhere,” says Gerencer. “There was no comedy scene in Asheville 10 years ago, not even at open-mic nights. It was all poetry and music.” Things have changed. Now comedy open-mics take place weekly at venues such as The Southern and The Orange Peel, and there are monthly stand-up shows at The Mill Room. As for LYAO, it has continued to grow, building relationships with the Asheville community and its local business sponsors.

“Over the next 10 years, I want to see a continuation of what we have, [but] on a larger scale,” Gerencer says. “Organic growth. In my experience, if you don’t build a solid foundation, you will burn out. There is no sign of us burning out, because of the respect we show the performers and the town.”

There’s one more item on Gerencer wish list: “I want a seat in the audience so I can see the show!” X

Lineup and schedule

August 5 to 27 Fri-Sun, 7:30pm Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre Admission Free Donations Welcome montfordparkplayers.org 828-254-5146

All shows are at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Events take place at Highland Brewing Co., 12 Old Charlotte Highway.; and at the Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square. Tickets are $25 per show/$125 for an all-access Cosmo Pass. laughyourashevilleoff.com

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• Tuesday, Aug. 9 — Highland Brewery Launch Party: Showcase No. 1, featuring Flip Schultz with Shaun Bedgood, Abhay Nadkarni, Jody Sloane, Ryan Brown, Dougie Almeida, Torio Van Grol, Jen O’Neill, Kevin Kinner, Prateek Srivastava, Katherine Jessup and Chloe Hilliard.

• Wednesday, Aug. 10 — Highland Brewery Launch Party: Showcase No. 2 with Jeff Kreisler, Rosebud Baker, Alison Weber, Jay Mandyam, Blaine Perry, Ray Connolly, Christine Little, Dan Wilbur, Lynn Bixenspan, Jeff Zenisek, Linda Belt and Luke Thayer.

• Thursday, Aug. 11 — Diana Wortham Theatre: Showcase No. 3 with Ron Babcock, Marcia Belsky, Danny Lobell, Brian Herberger, Kate Ghiloni, Eric DaSilva, Leo Hodson, Holly Lynnea, Terence Hartnett, Luz Pazos, Mike Calcagno, Grayson Morris and Matt Monroe.

• Friday, Aug. 12, 7 p.m. — Diana Wortham Theatre: Showcase No. 4, with Rahmein Mostafav, Pete Bladel, Jess Salomon, Eman El-Husseini, Brett James, Tanyalee Davis, Dino Vigo, Ryan Schutt, Adam Mamawala, Johan Miranda and Kelly MacFarland.

• Friday, Aug. 12, 9:30 p.m. — Diana Wortham Theatre: Showcase No. 5, with Rob O’Reilly, Andy Gold, Nicole Conlan, Matt Eriksen, Ayanna Dookie, Raul Sanchez, Lydia Popovich, Sofiya Alexandra, Sydney Adeneyi, Jordann Jensen, Alex Falcone and Matt Lieb.

• Saturday, Aug. 13 — Diana Wortham Theatre: Showcase No. 6, featuring Carl LaBove with Diego Attanasio, Craig Todaro, Candice Thompson, Jason Webb, Valerie Tosi, Dan Crohn, Drew Harmon, Allie Amrien, Dash Kwiatkowski, Francisco Ramos and Damon Sumner.

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by Kat McReynolds | Send your arts news to ae@mountainx.com

Ellie Ali

Vincent Cross

Circular swirls indicate breasts, and scribbled ovals are eyes within Ellie Ali’s minimalist renderings of the human body.

The self-taught artist seems to rely more on intuitive strokes than precision or intricacy, and it’s those sweeping shapes that impart her characters — born from layers of Chinese ink, tempera, oil pastels, acrylics and graphite on fine paper — with their own vitality. Over decades of traveling and selling her artwork, Ali withheld certain paintings from being sold or publicly viewed. These unreleased selections, created from 1997 to now, “represent a visual journey of her life,” according to a media release. “Each are memories along the way, presenting the arc of her career and provoking a range of emotions.” American Folk Art will exhibit the collection, titled Memoirs, through Wednesday, Aug. 24, with an opening reception on Friday, Aug. 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. Free. amerifolk.com.

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Vincent Cross’ first listen to a bootleg Bob Dylan tape was among the most impactful moments of his teens. Inspired by the simplicity of the acoustic guitar, plus socially charged lyrics to counter the pop fluff he was used to, Cross became an informal scholar of the many American folk and blues musicians preceding him. And, with his ears brimming by graduation, he began a years-long nomadic European existence centered on writing and performing his own tunes.

Cross eventually attracted bandmates, but the New Yorker-byway-of-Australia’s 2016 album, Old Songs For Modern Folk, restores his stripped-down solo beginnings. Current issues like police brutality, immigration and foreign labor exploitation are presented with no audio effects or edits in this justpress-record collection. Cross plays from the album at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Saturday, Aug. 6, at 7 p.m. $10. isisasheville.com. Image courtesy of the artist

How I Became a Pirate When a band of pirates sees Jeremy Jacob building an impressive sand castle, they recruit the child for a critical task: selecting the perfect spot to bury treasure. That’s the plot of Melinda Long’s humorous children’s book, How I Became a Pirate, which Asheville Creative Arts is reinventing onstage. Reed Atherton, an 11-year-old, stars as the buccaneers’ newly appointed digging consultant in his ACA debut. “Including Reed goes to the heart of the theme of play and ACA’s mission, in which a young person’s imagination presents a portal to a world where anything is possible,” says the organization’s co-founder, Abby Felder.

Performances of the musical — directed and choreographed by ACA co-founder Robbie Jaeger — are at The Magnetic Theatre Friday to Sunday, Aug. 5 to 7, and Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 11 to 14, at various times. $23 adults/$12 children 12 and younger. ashevillecreativearts. org. Photo by Mary Beth Atherton 46

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Deona Fish and Celia Barbieri Painter Deona Fish re-envisions nature and its various life forms, including humans, through a lens of youthful fantasy — a colorful habit she picked up after moving to Asheville from Alabama and landing a job teaching young schoolchildren. Local artist Celia Barbieri, too, draws inspiration from life’s small joys. But in her case, it’s buttons that spur creative thinking. From seed pods to belt buckles, any tiny object can become a design stamp for Barbieri, who combines her DIY clay buttons (and vintage ones) with recycled sweater felt to create whimsical, wilt-free flower arrangements. Both artists’ work will be featured in Woolworth Walk’s FW Front Gallery throughout the month of August, and their opening reception takes place Friday, Aug. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. Free. woolworthwalk.org. Image courtesy of Fish

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Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY CHORUS shevillesymphonychorus.com, mlancastercond@gmail.com • TU (8/9), 3-8pm - Open auditions for The Asheville Symphony Chorus. Contact for full guidelines. Held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 10 North Liberty St. BLUE RIDGE ORCHESTRA blueridgeorchestra.com • WE (6/29) through SU (8/17) Open auditions for clarinet, viola, and violin. See website for full guidelines. Free.

THE AUTUMN PLAYERS 6861380, www,ashevilletheatre.org, caroldec25@gmail.com • TU (8/9), 10:30am-2:30pm Open auditions for The Circle.

Contact for full guidelines. Free.

Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St. THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through TU (8/30) - Submissions accepted for the Literary Fiction Contest. Contact for guidelines. $25.

GERSHWIN WITH A TWIST: On Sunday, Aug. 7, at 3 p.m., the Appalachian Barn Alliance presents a unique concert at Ebbs Chapel Auditorium in Mars Hill. Starring pianist and vocalist Brian Gurl, together with international vocalist Michele James-Pruyn and drummer Joey Moore, this show honors a mosaic of Gershwin hits performed in traditional styles — including ragtime, jazz, ballads and Broadway hits — but then takes Gershwin into the world of doo-wop, reggae, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and rap. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door, with proceeds benefiting the Appalachian Barn Alliance. For more information, visit appalachianbarns.org or call 230-6982. Photo courtesy of the Appalachian Barn Alliance. (p. 20) ART ARROWHEAD GALLERY 78 Catawba Ave., Old Fort, 668-1100, • TH (7/21), 6-8pm - "Brushes N Brew," follow along painting class.

Bring your own beverage and snacks. Registration required. $35.

ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 401 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-8504, acofhc.org • Through FR (8/19) - Submissions accepted for the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program subgrants. Contact for full guidelines.

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • WE (8/3), 7:30pm - "MidCentury Modern: Design for Democracy," panel discussion. $8/ Free for members.

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE FIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS downtownashevilleartdistrict.org.

• 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm -

Downtown Asheville museums and galleries open doors to visitors. Visit the website for participating venues and full details.

Free to attend.

FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115, • 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - "The Tipout Artist Showcase," open mic with local music, poetry and other arts. Free to attend.

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SOUTHERN HIGHLAND CRAFT GUILD 298-7928, craftguild.org • SA (8/6), 10am-4pm - "When Form Meets Function," wood day with demonstrations and vendors.

Free. Held at Folk Art Center, MP 382 Blue Ridge Parkway

2016 RIVERFEST (pd.) On Saturday, August 13, 1pm, RiverLink’s RiverFest offers an outstanding eclectic bands starting with Grits & Soul, the local Americana duo blending bluegrass with gospel and soul. • Next, perhaps Asheville’s favorite band, Sirius B., offers their “absurdist gypsy folk funk punk.”

BREVARD MUSIC CENTER 862-2100, brevardmusic.org Held at 349 Andante Lane Brevard, unless otherwise noted.

• WE (8/3), 7:30pm - Brevard Camerata, chamber orchestra. $27. Held in the Brevard College Porter Center • TH (8/4), 7:30pm - ‘Some Enchanted Evening,” featuring the music of Rogers and Hammerstein. $35 and up. Held in the Brevard College Porter Center • FR (8/5), 12:30pm - "New Music," performance on new works written by Brevard Music Center composition students.

Free.

• FR (8/5), 4:30pm - “Piccolo Opera,” high school voice students present opera scenes. Free.

Held in the Brevard College Porter Center • FR (8/5), 7:30pm - Lockhart conducts Sibelius. $15 lawn seating/$25 and up regular seating.

• SA (8/6), 7:30pm - The Firebird Suite by Stravinsky. $15 lawn seating/$25 and up regular seating.

• SA (8/6), 10:30am - "Brevard Symphonic Winds," high school wind and percussion concert. Free.

• SU (8/7), 3pm - Season Finale: Beethoven 9, choral ensemble and orchestra concert. $15 lawn seating/$25 and up regular seating.

FIRESTORM CAFE AND BOOKS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - "The Tipout Artist Showcase," open mic with local music, poetry and other arts. Free to attend.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • MO (8/8), 7:30pm - Music on the Rock Jr.: The Music of the Movies. $5.

LAKE JUNALUSKA CONFERENCE & RETREAT CENTER 91 North Lakeshore Drive Lake Junaluska, 452-2881, lakejunaluska.com • FR (8/5), 7:30pm - Mountain Faith, contemporary bluegrass. $18/Free under 18.

• FR (8/5), 7:30pm - Lake Junaluska Singers in concert. $18.

• SA (8/6), 2pm - Lake Junaluska Singers Alumni in concert. $18.

• SA (8/6), 7:30pm - Tim Zimmerman & The King’s Brass, classic hymns with contemporary flair. $18/Free under 18.

LEXINGTON GLASSWORKS 81 South Lexington Ave., 348-8427 • 1st FRIDAYS, 5-8pm "Glassworks Concert Series," with glassblowing, beer and bluegrass.

Free to attend.

MUSIC ON MAIN 693-9708, historichendersonville.org • FR (8/5), 7-9pm - Classic car cruise-in and live music by Asheville’s 96.5 House Band.

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

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burialbeer.com • 2nd THURSDAYS through (10/13), 8-11pm - Arts and craft market. Free to attend. Held at Burial Beer Co., 40 Collier Ave.

693-8504, acofhc.org • Through (8/19) - Applications accepted for North Carolina Arts Council Regional Artist Project Grants. See website for full guidelines.

MOUNT MITCHELL CRAFTS FAIR 682-7413, yanceychamber.com • FR (8/5) & SA (8/6), 9am-5pm - Crafts fair with over 200 art and crafts vendors, live food and music. Free. Held at Town Square, Town Square ,Burnsville

ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • MO (8/8) & TU (8/9), 6-9pm - Open auditions for Sweeney Todd. Contact for guidelines.

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Downtown 95 Cherry Street North 828.258.2435 Arden 2145 Hendersonville Rd. 828.687.8533

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A & E CA L EN DA R NORTH MAIN MUSIC SERIES 692-6335 • SA (8/6), 5-7:30pm - Justified Vibe , blues/rock. Free to attend.

Held at Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 536 N. Main St., Hendersonville SUMMER TRACKS CONCERT SERIES 290-4316, summertracks.com • FR (8/5), 7pm - Gigi Dover & The Big Love. Free to attend.

Held at Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St., Tryon • SA (8/5), 7pm - Gigi Dover & The Big Love, gypsy/jazz/funk/ world music. Held at Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St., Tryon TODD SUMMER CONCERT SERIES toddnc.org • SA (8/6), 6-8pm - Melissa Reaves, rock/funk/R&B. Free.

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saluda.com • SU (8/7), 4-6pm - One Leg Up, jazz. Free. Held at McCreery Park, Smith Drive, Saluda

by Abigail Griffin THEATER ANAM CARA THEATRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS until (8/12), 8pm & TH (8/11), 8pm - Barbed Wire Suit. $18/$15 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road, Suite B CARL SANDBURG HOME 1928 Little River Road, Flat Rock, 693-4178, nps.gov/carl • WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS through (8/12), 10:15am Spink, Skabootch and Swipes in Rutabaga Country, performed by Flat Rock Playhouse Apprentice Company. Free.

• THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS through (8/13), 10:15am - Rootabaga Express, performed by Flat Rock Playhouse Apprentice Company. Free.

DANIEL BOONE AMPITHEATRE 591 Horn in the West Drive, Boone, 264-2120 • TUESDAYS through SUNDAYS, until (8/6), 8-10pm - Horn in the West, drama. $24.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/20) - 9 to 5.

Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $15-$40.

MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS 254-5146, montfordparkplayers.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (8/5) until (8/27), 7:30pm Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare. Free to attend. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE 202 Green Mountain Drive, Burnsville, 682-4285, parkwayplayhouse.com • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until 8/13) - Grease. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 3pm. $22/$20 seniors, students & military/$12 children under 17..

THE MAGNETIC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (8/4) until (8/14) - Asheville Creative Arts presents, How I Became a Pirate. Fri.: 7pm. Sat.: 1pm & 4pm. Sun.: 1pm. $23/$12 students.

THEATER AT UNCA 251-6610, drama.unca.edu • SU (8/7), 2pm - Appalachian Summer Theater: A Lee Smith Patchwork, show by Barbara Bates Smith. Free. Held at the UNCA Reuter Center.

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GALLERY D IRECTORY AMERICAN FOLK ART AND FRAMING 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • TH (8/4) through WE (8/24) Memoirs: Paintings Spanning 1997-2016, exhibition of paintings by Elli Ali. Reception: Friday, August 5, 5-8pm.

ART AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY 689-1307, mhu.edu • Through (8/17) - Exhibition of the art of Dusty Benedict. Held in Weizenblatt Gallery ART MOB 124 Fourth Ave., E. Hendersonville, 693-4545, artmobstudios.com • Through (8/19) - WNC Local Inspiration Juried Art Show.

ARTS COUNCIL OF HENDERSON COUNTY 693-8504, acofhc.org • FR (8/5) through FR (8/19) Bring Us Your Best, all-media visual art exhibition. Opening reception: Friday, August 5, 5-7pm. Held in the TEDC Building Blue Ridge Conference Hall. TEDC Building Blue Ridge Conference Hall, 180 West Campus Drive Flat Rock ARTWORKS 27 S. Broad St., Brevard, 5531063, artworksbrevardnc.com • Through WE (8/31) - Etude in Black and White, exhibition of the black and white photography of Steve Owen. Opening reception: Friday, August 26.

ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (8/6) - Point of View Exhibition featuring new media works curated by Shira Service and MUX.

BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through WE (8/3) - Studies in Sacred Geometry, exhibition of large format mixed-media

by José Bello. Meet the Artist: Saturdays, noon-5pm through Wednesday, August 3.

GRAND BOHEMIAN GALLERY 11 Boston Way, 877-274-1242, bohemianhotelasheville.com/ • FR (8/5) through WE (9/14) - Beyond the Red Barn, exhibition of Bruce MacDonald’s minimalist landscapes. Reception: Friday, August 5, 5:30-8pm.

GREEN SAGE CAFE WESTGATE 70 Westgate Parkway, 785-1780, greensagecafe.com • Through SA (10/15) - With These Hands: An Appalachian Barn Photography Exhibit, photography of Bonnie Cooper & Don McGowan.

HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL 452-0593, haywoodarts.org • Through (8/14) - What a Wonderful World, exhibition of the paintings of Martha Tracy.

Held at Hart Theatre, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville MORA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 9 Walnut St., 575-2294, moracollection.com • MO (8/1) through WE (8/31) - Jeweler Spotlight Series: Exhibition of the jewelry of Laura Wood. Reception: Thursday, August 12, 5-8pm.

ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART 82 Patton Ave., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • FR (8/5) through WE (8/31) - Layers, exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings by Jane Molinelli. Opening reception: Saturday, August 6, 5-8pm.

N.C. ARBORETUM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org •Through SU (9/18) - Aurora; Rays of Dawn; Growth Through Nature, exhibition featuring artists from Aurora Studio & Gallery.

• Through SU (10/23) - Nature Connects - Art with LEGO Bricks, exhibition.

• Through SU (9/18) - Shadow and Color, exhibition of paper art by Leo Monahan.

BEARFOOTIN’ PUBLIC ART WALK downtownhendersonville.org/ bearfootin-public-art-walk-2015/ • MO (8/1) through (10/22) - Public art display featuring fiberglass outdoor bear sculptures decorated in different themes. Free. Held outdoors on Main Street, Hendersonville

ODYSSEY COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • Through WE (8/31) - Exhibition featuring the ceramic art of Reiko Miyagi, Mary Jane Findley, and Matt Wegleitner.

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS 67 Doras Trail Bakersville, 765-2359, penland.org • TU (7/12) through SU (9/4) Wendy Maruyama: the wildLIFE Project, mixed-media exhibition about elephants.

RED HOUSE STUDIOS AND GALLERY 310 W. State St., Black Mountain, 699-0351, svfalarts.org • Through SU (8/28) Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Members Juried Exhibition. Opening reception: August 5, 5-7pm.

SALUDA HISTORIC DEPOT 32 W. Main St., Saluda, facebook.com/ savesaludadepot/ • Through (8/31) - How the West Was Won: Trains and the Transformation of Western North Carolina, exhibition of videos, narratives photos and artifacts from Mars Hill University's Rural Heritage Museum.

THE WEDGE STUDIOS 129 Roberts St., wedgestudioartists.com • TH (8/11), 5-7:30pm Opening reception for The Visual Word, exhibition of 23 artist/poet pairings. Free to attend TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL 765-0520, toeriverarts.org • Through SA (8/13) Landscapes: Four Ways, exhibition of textiles, clay, glass and oil paintings by Lori LaBerge, Teresa Pietsch, Simona Rosasco, and Kat Turczyn.

Reception: Friday, August 22, 5-7pm. Held at Spruce Pine TRAC Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine TRACKSIDE STUDIOS & GALLERY 375 Depot St., 545-2904, facebook.com/ TracksideStudios375/ • Through WE (8/31) - New Approaches to Fine Art Commissions, exhibition of paintings by Sahar Fakhoury.

TRYON PAINTERS & SCULPTORS 78 North Trade St., Tryon, 859-0141, tryonpaintersandsculptors.com • Through SA (9/10) - Exhibition of the art of Charlotte Brass, Kathy Gagnon and Sharon Eng. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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CLUBLAND DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 89th Annual Mountain Dance & Folk Festival, 7:00PM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 185 KING STREET Vinyl night & cornhole league, 6:00PM

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Eleanor Underhill (Americana, soul), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk), 8:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Hollis Brown w/ Great Peacock & Walter Parks (rock, roots, Americana), 8:00PM

550 TAVERN & GRILLE Bike Night, 6:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Balsam Range & Tellico (bluegrass), 7:00PM

ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Blues Night w/ Gary Segal, 8:30PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Band of Lovers (Americana, folk, pop), 7:00PM Chelsea Reed & the Fair Weather Five (jazz, swing, ragtime), 8:30PM

ASHEVILLE BREWING CO. Latin Night (flamenco), 8:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7:00PM K LOUNGE #WineitUp Thursday w/ DJ AUDIO, 9:30PM

BURGER BAR Karaoke, 6:00PM BYWATER The Lazybirds (country, blues, roots), 7:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Rogues Go East! (Balkan, gypsy, & middle eastern music), 9:00PM DARK CITY DELI Pool Tournament, 7:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Ron Gallo & Winstons (rock), 10:00PM FUNKATORIUM Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform "Eclectic Country" (jam), 7:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Rock 'n' Roll Wednesday w/ Rock Academy, 7:00PM GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL No Depression "Homegrown" launch party w/ Rod Picott & Anya Hinkle (Americana, folk, rock), 6:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM

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LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones ("The man of 1,000 songs"), 6:30PM

DEAD MAN’S SONG: Taking their name from Bob Dylan’s iconic song about a luckless farmer, Queens, New York’s Hollis Brown brings a classic roots rock sentiment to the modern day, creating heartfelt, timeless tunes that’ve scored them appearances across the country, opening dates for The Counting Crows and Citizen Cope, and collaborations with Bo Diddley and Nikki Lane. The five-piece rockers blow through Asheville’s Grey Eagle on Thursday, August 4 for a 8 p.m. show.

Photo courtesy of Baby Robot Media O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND "Take the Cake" Karaoke, 10:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Michael Jefry Stevens Chamber Jazz Ensemble, 8:00PM

ODDITORIUM Giraffes? Giraffes!, Petey, Kortriba & Hivehead (punk, experimental), 9:00PM

THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM

OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30PM 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM ONE STOP DELI & BAR Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7:00PM ORANGE PEEL USA vs. New Zealand (Olympic women's soccer), 7:00PM ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Adoptable Pet Night with Asheville Humane, 6:00PM Jamison Adams (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM TALLGARY'S AT FOUR COLLEGE Open mic & jam, 7:00PM Wu-Wednesdays ('90s hip-hop experience), 9:00PM

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THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic, 8:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Inter Arma w/ Withered & Shadows of the Destroyer (metal), 9:30PM THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE TOUCH Samadhi Psychedelic Wednesdays w/ Cryoverb, Set & Baba Bubo (electronic), 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam, 9:00PM

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 185 KING STREET John Trufant w/ Derrick Gardner, Blake Ellege & Matt Gardner (Americana, folk), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock 'n' roll, soul), 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Clozee w/ Bombassic, Hyperbolic Headspace & Wizo (Ethnofusion, electronic, glitch-hop), 9:00PM BARLEY'S TAPROOM AMC Jazz Jam, 9:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Bluegrass Jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8:00PM BOILER ROOM Amnesis w/ Dead Earth Politics (metal), 9:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Thursday Troubadour series w/ Stray Reason (folk, Americana, singer-songwriter), 6:00PM CLUB ELEVEN ON GROVE Grove House Band, 8:30PM

WILD WING CAFE Paint Nite, 6:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Station Underground (reggae), 8:00PM

WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 6:30PM

CROW & QUILL Carolina Catskins (ragtime, jazz), 10:00PM

O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Game Night, 9:00PM ODDITORIUM Azores w/ The Mudbottoms & Thee Loud Crowd (rock, punk), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLE SHAKEY'S Phantom Pantone (electronic), 10:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST DJ sets (variety), 8:00PM ONE STOP DELI & BAR Funk You (funk, rock), 10:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Matt Walsh (blues), 6:00PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock), 8:00PM

STONE ROAD RESTAURANT & BAR Open Mic w/ Tony the Pony, 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazzy Happy Hours w/ Bill Gerhardt, 5:00PM Thursday Open Mic Night w/ Melody, 7:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Roaring Lions (jazz), 8:00PM THE PHOENIX Mike Sweet, 8:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE Bonkers (dance, EDM), 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Paco Shipp (blues, rock), 9:00PM TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Open Cajun & swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Jesse Barry & The Jam, 9:00PM TWISTED LAUREL Karaoke, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Steve Mosley (acoustic), 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH DJ dance party, 9:30PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Jim Arrendell (acoustic), 8:00PM

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 185 KING STREET The Frazier Band (progressive bluegrass), 8:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Gypsy Swingers (Gypsy jazz), 9:00PM ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Stolen Hearts and Peggy Ratusz (blues), 9:30PM ATHENA'S CLUB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Woody Wood & the Asheville Family Band (acoustic, folk, rock), 7:00PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Positive Mental Attitude (reggae, dub, rock), 8:00PM

BOILER ROOM The Dirty Soul Revival w/ HaldenVang (rock, blues, soul), 9:00PM

PURPLE ONION CAFE One Leg Up (gypsy jazz), 8:00PM

BURGER BAR Bike night, 6:00PM Dry Gulch (alt. country), 8:00PM

ROOM IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9:00PM

BYWATER Window Cat (soul, R&B, funk), 9:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Andy Ferrell Band, 8:00PM

CORK & KEG Old-time jam, 7:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Emily Bodley (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Billy Litz (Americana, ragtime), 8:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM SPRING CREEK TAVERN Open Mic, 6:00PM

CROW & QUILL Vendetta Creme (1920's cabaret), 9:00PM DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 89th Annual Mountain Dance & Folk Festival, 7:00PM

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WINDOW CAT

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DOUBLE CROWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Grandpa's Cough Medicine, 8:00PM

swing, Americana), 6:00PM Sankofa (electrofolk, world music), 9:00PM

ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Dog Whistle (country), 8:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Make America Dance Again w/ live rotating DJs (dance), 9:00PM

SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM

ATHENA'S CLUB Michael Kelley Hunter (blues), 6:30PM

SOL BAR NEW MOUNTAIN Take It Easycore Fest 2016 (alternative, rock), 2:00PM

BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Bend & Brew (yoga class), 11:00AM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Chris Jamison Band, 6:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE The Mug (blues, rock, boogie), 9:00PM

FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Murmuration (groove, rock), 7:00PM

@ 7pm, check website for tickets

Fri •Aug 5

Clawhammer Oktoberfest Release ft. Lagerhosen @ 7pm

COMING SOON WED 8/3

Sat •Aug 6

5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35 MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO

Dirty Badgers @ 7pm

6:00 PM – NO DEPRESSION “HOMEGROWN” LAUNCH PARTY WITH

Sun•Aug 7

Reggae Sunday hosted by Dennis Berndt of Chalwa @ 1pm

ROD PICOTT & ANYA HINKLE FROM TELLICO THU 8/4

6:30PM – LAID

BACK THURSDAYS WITH RAM & FRIENDS

Tue• Aug 9

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Team Trivia w/ Dr. Brown @ 6pm

BAND OF LOVERS

CHELSEA REED & THE FAIR WEATHER FIVE

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ALBUM RELEASE SHOW WITH ROOTS OF A REBELLION

SAT 8/6

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH VINCENT CROSS & FRICTION FARM

SUN 8/7

TAVERN

7:30 PM – HOLLOWAY SINGS HOLIDAY

Downtown on the Park

5:30 PM – NUCLEAR TIGER:

WITH LORETTA HOLLOWAY

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

THE MUSIC OF BEN ALLISON TUE 8/9

LIVE MUSIC... never a cover THU. 8/4 Jeff Anders & Justin Burrell (acoustic rock)

7:30 PM – TUESDAY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS HOSTED BY UNSPOKEN TRADITION

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5-9 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS : $35 MUSIC BY WEST END TRIO ON THE PATIO

7:00 PM – JULIAN PINELLI &

ETHAN SETIAWAN

SUMMER TOUR AND EP RELEASE THU 8/11 7:00PM –

FRI. 8/5 DJ OCelate

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(dance hits, pop)

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TRAVERS BROTHERSHIP AND BURRIS FRI 8/12

8:30 PM – RHYTHM SERENADERS

SAT. 8/6 Jesse Berry Jam

ALBUM RELEASE SHOW Every Tuesday

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GOOD STUFF Laurel Lee (Americana, honky-tonk, country), 9:00PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Asheville's 1st Annual Unicorn Ball, 10:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Clawhammer Oktoberfest release party w/ Lagerhosen (polka), 7:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Greg Ruby w/ Don Stiernberg & Kevin Kehrberg (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM The Get Right Band w/ Roots of a Rebellion (funk, reggae, rock), 9:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Jonny Monster Band (rock, blues), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Totes Dope Tite Sick Jams w/ (ya boy) DJ Hot Noodle, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hot Point Trio, 6:30PM LOOKOUT BREWING COMPANY Jordan Okrend, 6:30PM LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE Kevin Fuller (Americana, folk), 8:00PM MARKET PLACE The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM ODDITORIUM Earthling w/ Autarch (metal), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Live bands (Motown & more), 8:00PM ONE STOP DELI & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5:00PM AVL Battlegrounds (hip hop), 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL Celebration of Life: Prince's "Purple Rain" w/ The Black Jacket Symphony (Prince tribute), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Joe Cat (Americana), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN DJ OCelate (dance hits, pop), 9:30PM

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PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Dark Star Orchestra w/ Captain Midnight Band (Grateful Dead tribute), 7:00PM

THE ADMIRAL Hip-hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazz Happy Hours w/ Yana Sarokina (boogie woogie, blues, jazz), 5:00PM Women's Singer-Songwriter Open Mic, 6:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Malinalli, 10:00PM THE LANTERN RESTAURANT & BAR Rockell Scott!, 6:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT Morgan Greer's Drunken Prayer w/ Roselit Bone & Wes Tirey (alternative, blues, country), 9:30PM THE PHOENIX Howie Johnson Trio, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10:00PM TIGG’S POND RETREAT CENTER Kerry Patrick Clark (folk, singersongwriter), 7:00PM

BURGER BAR Asheville FM 103.3 DJ Night, 6:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Fin Dog (bluegrass, folk, old time), 6:00PM CORK & KEG Sparrow & Her Wingmen (Gypsy jazz), 8:30PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass), 8:00PM CROW & QUILL Hearts Gone South (country, honky-tonk), 9:00PM DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE 89th Annual Mountain Dance & Folk Festival, 7:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Pitter Platter w/ DJ Big Smidge, 10:00PM ELAINE'S DUELING PIANO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9:00PM FRENCH BROAD BREWERY Wintervals (indie, folk), 7:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Ixnee Untamed (dance, EDM), 10:00PM

GOOD STUFF Loose Leaves (alternative, folk, rock), 9:00PM

VILLAGE GREEN AND COMMONS PARK Erica Nicole (country), 5:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Pierce Edens' "Farewell to the Dirty Work" w/ Hot Knives (Americana), 9:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Bob Hinkle w/ Linda Go (folk, country, bluegrass), 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Further to Fly (Acoustic, Eclectic), 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL Ben Hovey (live souljazztronica), 8:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Les Amis (traditional West African), 6:00PM

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 185 KING STREET The Steel String Regulators (oldtime), 7:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The Cigar Brothers (acoustic

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY The Dirty Badgers (rock, blues, punk), 7:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL An Evening w/ Vincent Cross & Friction Farm (acoustic, Americana, bluegrass), 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Shane Pruitt Band (gospel, blues, rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM JERUSALEM GARDEN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM MARKET PLACE DJs (funk, R&B), 7:00PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Drag Show, 12:30AM

ODDITORIUM Hotbed w/ The Spiral & Benjamin Hatch (rock), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Dueling pianos, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8:00PM Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11:00PM ONE STOP DELI & BAR Black Masala (brass), 10:00PM ORANGE PEEL USA vs. France (Olympic women's soccer), 5:00PM The Breakfast Club (80s tribute band), 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Patrick Fitzsimons (singer-songwriter), 6:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Jesse Barry Jam (blues, rock), 9:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Songwriter's showcase w/ Matt Reynolds (singer-songwriter), 4:30PM Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead tribute), 7:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Chuck Johnson & Charlyhorse (Americana), 8:00PM ROOM IX Open dance night, 9:00PM SALVAGE STATION Chuck Brodsky, 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Yoga with Cats, 10:30AM Javier and Wayne (rock), 8:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM SOL BAR NEW MOUNTAIN Take It Easycore Fest 2016 (alternative, rock), 2:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Sherry Lynn & Friends, 6:00PM THE ADMIRAL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE DJ I Lou w/ Metro Rock Opera & special guests (reggae, dance), 8:30PM THE LANTERN RESTAURANT & BAR Jason Whitaker, 6:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Sweet Knives w/ Greg Cartwright & Heyday (synth, rock 'n' roll), 9:30PM THE PHOENIX Step Child, 8:00PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES The King Zeros (blues), 7:30PM Free Flow (funk & soul), 10:00PM WEDGE BREWING CO. Movie night: Julian Price documentary, 8:30PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Virginia Slims w/ Goldie and the Screamers (soul), 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Karaoke, 9:00PM WXYZ LOUNGE AT ALOFT HOTEL The Digs (funk, jazz, soul), 8:00PM ZAMBRA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8:00PM UNWINE'D AT MELLIE MAC'S Jay Brown (folk), 6:00PM

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 5 WALNUT WINE BAR West End Trio (rock, soul, Americana), 7:00PM ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Record Night w/ DJ Kilby & Ed Mertz, 6:30PM BEN'S TUNE-UP Sunday Funday DJ set, 3:00PM Reggae night w/ Dub Kartel, 7:00PM BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Sunday brunch w/ live music, 11:00AM BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel & friends, 11:30AM BYWATER Cornmeal Waltz w/ Robert Greer (classic country, bluegrass), 6:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM ODDITORIUM Cauche Mar & Uninhabitable w/ False Light (punk), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Zen Cats (blues), 7:00PM ONE STOP DELI & BAR Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11:00AM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Dry Gulch (classic country), 2:00PM Oskar Blues Brews-In (antique car, motorcycle, hotrod show), 2:00PM PULP GnarlScar w/ Untold Salem & A World Of Lies (metal, rock), 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Travers Jam, 6:00PM SALVAGE STATION Sol Rhythms, 4:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Stipe Brothers (rock cover band), 3:00PM SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10:00PM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Barstool Sailors, 1:00PM Lucky James, 5:00PM TALLGARY'S AT FOUR COLLEGE Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Kelly Fontes (jazz piano), 6:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Phantone Pantone, 9:00PM

CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Soul Ram (Steely Dan tribute), 6:00PM

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10:00AM Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM

CORK & KEG Vollie McKenzie (jazz, blues, country), 3:00PM

THE PHOENIX Blue Shiraz, 8:00PM

CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Jordan Okrend (pop, rock, soul), 2:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 9:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Reggae Sunday w/ Dennis "Chalwa" Berndt, 1:00PM

TOWN PUMP Flatland Tourists (Americana), 9:00PM

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Sunday Classical Brunch, 11:00AM Nuclear Tiger: The Music of Ben Allison (jazz), 5:30PM Holloway sings Holiday (Billie Holiday tribute), 7:30PM

TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT AND BAR Laura Blackley Trio (singer-songwriter, country), 8:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish session, 5:00PM Soggy Po' Boys (New Orleans jazz), 9:00PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Liminal w/ Crux & Bombthreats (dance, bounce, DnB), 9:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10:00PM

THE SOCIAL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Sunday brunch on the rooftop w/ Katie Kasben & Dan Keller (jazz), 12:30PM THE SOUTHERN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12:00PM TIMO'S HOUSE BYOV Night (Bring your own vinyl), 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Joe Kaplow (indie, folk), 9:00PM WEDGE BREWING CO. Wyatt Espalin (singer-songwriter, fiddle), 5:30PM WICKED WEED Summer Concert Series, 4:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Sunday Funday w/ Crocs Duo, 5:00PM

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MONDAYS Quizzo – Brainy Trivia • 7:30pm CAJUN TWO STEPPIN’ TUESDAYS Featuring Cre’ole Mountain Dewds Every Tuesday in August • 7pm Gumbo, Po Boys and more!

WEDNESDAYS Asheville’s Original Old Time Mountain Music Jam • 5pm Brewery of the Month: Blowing Rock / Pint Specials THURSDAYS Mountain Feist • 7pm Bluegrass Jam • 9:30pm Bourbon Specials

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JONNY MONSTER BAND

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SHANE PRUITT BAND

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08/06 DJ Niko Grande’ 2-6pm 08/11- Foothills Pint Night!

8/12- International Elephant Day! Delirium Tremens Event 8/19- Cornhole Tournament Peach Bold Rock Cider Release Party- 6pm

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MONDAY, AUGUST 8 185 KING STREET Open mic night, 7:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Siamese Jazz Club (soul, R&B, jazz), 8:00PM ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30PM BHRAMARI BREWHOUSE Mexi Monday (jazz, world music), 5:00PM BURGER BAR Honky Tonk night, 6:00PM BYWATER Open mic w/ Rick Cooper, 8:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Jon Edwards Musicians in the Round Family Band Theme Night, 6:00PM COURTYARD GALLERY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Trivia, 7:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Songwriter's "open mic", 7:30PM

LEXINGTON AVE BREWERY (LAB) Kipper's "Totally Rad" Trivia night, 8:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller & friends (bluegrass), 6:30PM O.HENRY'S/THE UNDERGROUND Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7:00PM ODDITORIUM Karaoke, 9:00PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6:00PM PULP Copestoned w/ The Vinyl Cinematic & Minds Like Clockwork (rock), 9:00PM SOVEREIGN REMEDIES Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Rick Ransom (solar-powered keyboards), 5:00PM Kai-palooza benefit w/ Jeff Thompson, Jane Kramer, Ben Phan, Santos, Noah Mowatt-Larsen, surprise guests, DJs Nex Millen & Dave Hamilton, 7:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT The Franks w/ The Curly Wolves & White Oak Splits (Southern gothic, Americana), 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Quizzo, 7:00PM Todd Cecil & friends (Americana, blues), 9:00PM

THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7:00PM THE PHOENIX Ian Herrod, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Industry Night Karaoke, 8:00PM

08/03 wed

THE VALLEY MUSIC & COOKHOUSE Monday Pickin' Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8:00PM

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BLACK BEAR COFFEE CO. Round Robin acoustic open mic, 7:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Nerftoss w/ HD Sunrise, Wizard Skin, Tann Jones & Oariana (instrumental, electronic), 9:00PM

BLACK MOUNTAIN ALE HOUSE Trivia, 7:30PM

THE PHOENIX Open mic w/ Keturah, 8:00PM

BLUE RIDGE TAPROOM Tuesday Tease w/ Deb Au Nare (burlesque), 8:00PM

THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM

BUFFALO NICKEL Trivia, 7:00PM BYWATER DJ EZ & fire-spinning, 9:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Matt Walsh (blues), 6:00PM CROW & QUILL Boogie-Woogie Burger Night (early rock n' roll, burgers), 10:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Honky-Tonk, Cajun, and Western w/ DJ Brody Hunt, 10:00PM GOOD STUFF Old time-y night, 6:30PM GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Eric Congdon (singer-songwriter), 8:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Laugh Your Asheville Off: Night One (comedy showcase), 8:00PM IRON HORSE STATION Open mic, 6:00PM ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Tuesday bluegrass sessions w/ Unspoken Tradition, 7:30PM

TIMO'S HOUSE Tech Tuesdays (video gamer night), 8:00PM TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Early Funk Jam, 9:00PM URBAN ORCHARD Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7:00PM WEDGE BREWING CO. Skunk Rukus (punk, old-time), 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30PM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 185 KING STREET Vinyl night & cornhole league, 6:00PM 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5:00PM Les Amis (African folk music), 8:00PM BARLEY’S TAPROOM Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 8:30PM BEN’S TUNE-UP Honky Tonk Wednesdays, 7:00PM

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TIMO'S HOUSE Timo's Film Society Movies (free popcorn), 7:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Classic Rock 'n Roll Karaoke, 10:00PM

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TOWN PUMP Miss Massive Snowflake (alt-pop), 9:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown (folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30PM

TRESSA'S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Service Industry Night, 7:00PM

ODDITORIUM Odd comedy night, 9:00PM

CROW & QUILL Drayton & the Dream Pipe (jazz, video game theme covers), 9:00PM

OLIVE OR TWIST Tuesday Night Blues Dance w/ The Remedy, 8:00PM

FUNKATORIUM Staves & Strings (bluegrass), 6:30PM

URBAN ORCHARD Old-time music, 7:00PM

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10:00PM

GOOD STUFF Jim Hampton & friends perform “Eclectic Country” (jam), 7:00PM

WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Take Two Jazz w/ Bill Bares and Joe Lulloff, 7:30PM

ORANGE PEEL USA vs. Colombia (Olympic women's soccer), 6:00PM

GREY EAGLE MUSIC HALL & TAVERN Hard Rocket (rock ‘n’ roll), 6:00PM

SALVAGE STATION The Bluebirds, 8:00PM

GRIND CAFE Trivia night, 7:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 7:00PM TALLGARY'S AT FOUR COLLEGE Jam night, 9:00PM

HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul, funk), 5:30PM Laugh Your Asheville Off: Night Two (comedy showcase), 8:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Jazzy Happy Hours w/ Bill Gerhardt, 5:00PM Jazz-n-Justice Tuesday w/ Leigh

ISIS RESTAURANT AND MUSIC HALL Julian Pinelli & Ethan Setiawan (bluegrass, jazz, funk), 7:00PM

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TWISTED LAUREL Phantom Pantone (industrial electronic), 9:00PM

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8:00PM

w/alex brown, annelise kopp, dj walkhome

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THE CROW AND QUILL Boogie-Woogie Burger Night (early rock 'n roll), 10:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Cajun Two-steppin' Tuesday w/ The Cre'ole Mountain Dewds (Cajun, zydeco, dance), 7:00PM

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BEN'S TUNE-UP Eleanor Underhill (country, soul), 7:00PM

Ann Singleton & Alex Watson (jazz standards), 7:30PM

TIGER MOUNTAIN Service industry night (rock 'n' roll), 9:00PM

w/withered, shadow of the destroyer

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ALTAMONT BREWING COMPANY Open mic w/ Chris O'Neill, 8:30PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM

BURGER BAR Karaoke, 6:00PM BYWATER Billy Gilmore & friends (jam), 9:00PM CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE Open mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Ben Hovey (dub, jazz), 6:30PM LOOKOUT BREWING COMPANY James Hammel (singer-songwriter), 6:30PM MOUNTAIN MOJO COFFEEHOUSE Open mic, 6:30PM

NOBLE KAVA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9:00PM O.HENRY’S/THE UNDERGROUND “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10:00PM ODDITORIUM Synergy Story Slam, 7:00PM Jackson Harem (rock), 9:00PM OFF THE WAGON Piano show, 9:00PM OLIVE OR TWIST Swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30PM 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8:00PM

ONE STOP DELI & BAR Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7:00PM Soulshine Farm Festival pre-party w/ Displace & Groove Fetish (jam, rock), 10:00PM

SANCTUARY BREWING COMPANY My Feral Child (singer-songwriter), 7:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Wednesday Hemp Day w/ Leif Erickson (folk, blues, reggae), 9:00PM

PULP Blitch w/ The Beard & Fist To The Ground (rock, metal), 9:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Sound Station open mic (musicians of all backgrounds & skills), 7:30PM

PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Andy Ferrell (Americana), 6:00PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Hustle Souls, 6:00PM

ROOM IX Fuego: Latin night, 9:00PM

TALLGARY’S AT FOUR COLLEGE Open mic & jam, 7:00PM Wu-Wednesdays (‘90s hip-hop experience), 9:00PM

SALVAGE STATION Boy Named Banjo, 8:00PM

THE CROW AND QUILL Drayton and the Dream Pipe (jazz quartet covers classic video game tracks), 9:00PM THE JOINT NEXT DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8:00PM THE MOCKING CROW Open Mic, 8:00PM THE PHOENIX Jazz night w/ Jason DeCristofaro, 8:00PM

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THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Phantom Pantone (DJ), 10:00PM TIMO’S HOUSE Dj Franco Nino, 8:00PM TOWN PUMP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 10:00PM TRESSA’S DOWNTOWN JAZZ AND BLUES Blues & Soul Jam, 9:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN The Core (jazz), 7:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH J Luke (Acoustic), 6:30PM

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Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn in Bad Moms (2016)

Bad Moms HHHS DIRECTOR: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore PLAYERS: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christina Applegate, Jay Hernandez, Jada Pinkett Smith COMEDY RATED R THE STORY: Three harried moms band together to fight the status quo, abandoning the burdens placed upon them by modern societal norms of child rearing in a bid to reclaim their autonomy.

THE LOWDOWN: Mean Girls meets The Hangover but with more heart than either, Bad Moms (mostly) transcends its genre trappings to deliver some genuine laughs.

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With all the Bad Santas and Dirty Grandpas out there, a movie like Bad Moms is conceptually overdue. While this wish-fulfillment fantasy for suburban matrons works more often than it doesn’t, it lacks the satirical bite I was hoping for. Still, it’s a fun and subversive film that even non-moms will enjoy.

Yes, this is another entry in the gender-transposed revisionist adult comedy movement, but Bad Moms does it better than most. (It should be noted that I’m thrilled to see this tendency to feature women in mature comedic roles gaining traction as more than a mere novelty — which I’d feared after the success of Bridesmaids — but

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there’s more to my affinity for Bad Moms than respect for the cultural shift it embodies.) Thankfully absent are the bloody tampon gross-out gags of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, replaced instead by a more relatable — and, for my money, far funnier — brand of humor.

Written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the duo who penned the Hangover trilogy (at least let’s hope they’ve stopped at a trilogy), Bad Moms is far from a perfect script, but it certainly has its moments.

Predominantly avoiding the orgiastic ribaldry of its predecessors, Bad Moms turns away from The Hangover’s anarchistic tendencies to focus on

more human, if equally ludicrous, examples of characters embracing their respective ids. These moms don’t cut loose in Las Vegas, but in the aisles of their local supermarket. If there’s nothing particularly original about the premise (a hardworking mom pushed beyond her breaking point by an overzealous PTA president, an ineffectual hipster boss and her oafish husband’s internet infidelity), the execution redeems what could’ve been a forgettable midsummer raunch-com.

While formulaic cliches abound, Bad Moms delivers a comedy greater than the sum of its parts.

The cast is the real selling point here, and their ability to elevate substandard material borders on the miraculous. Mila Kunis ably embodies her straight-woman role, grounding the proceedings while allowing her supporting cast to carry much of the movie’s comedic momentum. Sure, her character strains credulity by looking better on her worst day than most people do on their best, and her successes within the story feel almost universally unearned. But let us not forget that this is wish-fulfillment territory and that most of the principals from the Hangover films would’ve died many times over as a result of their exploits, so these faults are not deal-breakers under the circumstances. It’s Kunis’ willingness to let her supporting cast take center stage that grants the film its most inspired moments. For this, audiences owe her a great debt of gratitude, as those ancillary actors and actresses deservedly steal the show.

Kristen Bell plays a repressed housewife with such bizarre glee that it’s almost entertaining enough to make me forget she misguidedly married Dax Shepard. I defy anyone to erase from their minds a scene in which, clad in a pink hoodie, she’s used as a demonstrational aid to explain the mechanics of an uncircumcised penis to Kunis. I will also go on record right now to say that Christina Applegate’s villainous turn as a PTA demagogue is a career highlight for an accomplished, if often overlooked, comedic actress. But it’s Kathryn Hahn who walks away with every scene she’s in as an uninhibited (and unhinged) single mom whose inspired ad-libs account for the majority of the film’s funniest moments. It’s truly unfortunate that Jada Pinkett Smith and The Wire’s Wendell Pierce are both criminally underused. But, with the embarrassment of riches this cast’s performances represent, the oversight can almost be forgiven.

Notable performances aside, Bad Moms has a lot to recommend it to prospective audiences of all genders.

Though it occasionally bogs down in the second act, pacing is solid on the whole. The jokes that land do so resoundingly, and those that don’t are brushed aside with little pause. Story turns are often arbitrary, but that’s to be expected of a largely diversionary comedy. (Attaining unqualified accolades as cinematic high-art was never the intended purpose of this particular picture.) Bad Moms has a sympathetic heart that narrowly avoids teetering over the precipice of sentiment into the abyss of saccharinity. Even a series of interviews

with the stars and their mothers highlights the nobility of maternity without indulging in mawkishness. Who knew Christina Applegate’s mom loved Al Pacino so much that she took her underage daughter to see William Friedkin’s Cruising while utterly unaware of that film’s decidedly adult premise? If you’re remotely interested in the prospect of Bad Moms, you’ll likely find the endeavor worth your time. You should see it with your mom. Or at least call her. She misses you. Rated R for sexual material, full frontal nudity, language throughout, and drug and alcohol content.

Now playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemark, Epic of Hendersonville, UA Beaucatcher, Regal Biltmore Grande.

REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

Captain Fantastic HHHS DIRECTOR: Matt Ross PLAYERS: Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Ann Dowd, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn COMEDY DRAMA RATED R THE STORY: A father raises his six children in the wilderness under a rigorous system of physical and intellectual training until the untimely death of the clan’s matriarch leads them to hop on a tour bus named “Steve” to see that her final wishes are honored.

THE LOWDOWN: Little Miss Sunshine for the Ivy League set, Captain Fantastic is a decidedly niche film that will thrill its intended audience and frustrate As a recovering Ivy Leaguer with quasi-anarchistic political leanings, I should’ve ostensibly found myself squarely within the target audience for Captain Fantastic. Yet, despite the occasional accusation of intellectual elitism leveled at your humble reviewer, even I found this film too sanctimonious for its own good at times. Despite that fact, a clever script and some first-rate performances do a great deal to compensate for the movie’s inflated sense of its own value, resulting in a film as original as it

is compelling — albeit one that falls just short of delivering on the promise of its premise. It would be safe to say that my principal complaint about Captain Fantastic is that I wanted to like it more than I ultimately did. That complaint was sufficiently obtrusive in my analysis of the film that it was edged out for my Pick of the Week by Bad Moms, a film I enjoyed more than I expected.

Written and directed by character actor Matt Ross, this movie left me wondering how far from reality his portrayal of pseudo-spiritual blowhard Gavin Belson on HBO’s Silicon Valley might actually be. That said, there is something moving about Ross’ worldview, a utopian vision of benevolent dictatorship in which honesty and integrity always win the day, even if this often feels like wishful thinking. Ross’ script addresses such concerns with a poignant second act that allows his protagonist’s crisis of faith to drag on a bit too long but still manages to imbue the struggle with believability and relatability — at least insofar as those terms can be applied to the story of a highly educated social dropout raising a brood of “philosopher kings” in near-total isolation. Ross intends to portray his characters’ off-the-grid self-sufficiency as a precondition necessary for a sort of postmodern Kallipolis, but Ross is no Plato, and The Republic this ain’t. The greatest deficiency in Ross’ narrative is that it’s so successful in establishing his characters’ superiority over their contextual hoi polloi that it feels more like a cop-out than a catharsis when they inevitably move towards a more rational middle ground.

My quibbles with the script are relatively minor, however, and Captain Fantastic has a tremendous ace up its sleeve in the form of a standout cast.

Although the young actors and actresses playing the kids at the center of the story stumble over some of the early dialogue’s elevated tone, by the film’s end they all inhabit their roles with a level of competency and commitment that belies their age. Frank Langella is beautifully cast as Viggo Mortensen’s overbearing bourgeois father-in-law, and his deft transitions between grandfatherly dotage and outright menace are a true testament to his virtuosity.

But, as good as the supporting cast is, it’s impossible to imagine Captain Fantastic starring anyone other than Viggo Mortensen, and he carries the film with such admirable aplomb that this role has rightfully earned its place among his finest performances, at least in my book. I can’t readily come up with another actor working today who could carry off a full-frontal scene on the steps of a bus in a trailer park

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with the same self-assured air. In many instances throughout the film his performance is the only element keeping the proceedings from devolving into self-parody.

Captain Fantastic premiered to positive reviews at Sundance, and that’s to be expected if only because this feels like a film tailored to please precisely such an audience.

In essence, this is a movie made in direct response to a world in which Idiocracy feels increasingly like a documentary. To be sure, there is gratification to be had in watching an 8-year-old trounce her mouth-breathing, high school-aged cousins with her superior understanding of the Bill of Rights. But that gratification can only be derived from an inherently smug sense of self-righteousness, and it’s this underlying pomposity that threatens to undermine the film thematically. Those who see some appeal in replacing Christmas with a celebration of secular humanism that substitutes the birth of Christ with that of Noam Chomsky will absolutely love this film, but it’s unlikely to go over well with most filmgoers firmly ensconced in the culture and politics of the Bible Belt. On that basis, if you feel like Captain Fantastic is a film intended for you, then you’re sure to enjoy the ride. All others should wait for the next bus. Rated R for language and brief graphic nudity Now Playing at Carolina Cinemark REVIEWED BY SCOTT DOUGLAS JSDOUGLAS22@GMAIL.COM

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Jason Bourne H DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) PLAYERS: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles ESPIONAGE ACTION RATED PG-13 THE STORY: Sullen superspy Jason Bourne comes out of hiding, hounded by government agents and on the hunt for more truths about his past.

THE LOWDOWN: A poorly shot, dramatically dull spy flick with zero energy or intelligence. An amazing drop-off from the previous films in the franchise.

I’m honestly surprised — and wholly disappointed — by how egregiously awful Paul Greengrass’ Jason Bourne is. I’m someone who really enjoyed the first three entries in the Bourne series and acknowledge how they pulled the spy genre into the 21st century. I even enjoyed the mostly forgettable attempt at a Bourne spinoff (sans the franchise’s star, Matt Damon), The Bourne Legacy (2012). To come into this version and find it so completely devoid of tension or any sense of verve is a shock, even as someone who understands diminishing returns.

The film reunites Damon and director Greengrass (who made The Bourne Supremacy in 2004 and The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007), and the results are a wet blanket of an action movie. The reasons why are numerous and terminal.

Let’s start with the plot. The film ws with government-bred superspy Jason Bourne laying low in Greece, making a living as a pit fighter and vaguely wallowing in his own existentialism. It’s not until his old buddy Nicky (a wooden Julia Stiles) hacks into a CIA database and tells Bourne that he needs to see what’s in these stolen files that he comes out of hiding. This is a bad move. The U.S. government is soon after him, and Bourne is back on the run.

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an extent, there was also a story arc: our amnesiac spy trying to regain his memories and eventually doing so. With that tidied up in The Bourne Ultimatum, the new film has little to do. So Greengrass and longtime Bourne co-writer Christopher Rouse give our protagonist some daddy issues and a flimsy revenge plotline.

The problem here (which was also an issue with The Bourne Legacy) is that it lacks enough scope. The stakes are small, and there’s no reason to invest any emotion. Bourne’s father (Gregg Henry) was never a huge aspect of these movies, and Jason going allout to avenge his death and uncover the reasons behind it feels flat and unimportant.

This might be somewhat forgivable if it weren’t for how mindnumbingly dull the rest of the film is. The conspiratorial, grabbed-fromthe-headlines aspects of the movie — the surveillance state and the tech industry — feel flimsy. There’s a lack of honest ideas here, something that crops up in the physical action of the film. A lot of what happens in the movie is little more than various characters typing into computers.

As someone currently typing into a computer, trust me, this isn’t exciting. Occasionally, Bourne will fight someone, but Greengrass’ signature handheld, nausea-inducing camerawork makes this more of a theoretical happening. There’s also a sense that this series is now trying to catch up with the current trend of highvolume property damage, and much of the violence has no purpose (specifically the high body count and aimlessness of the film’s climax), making Jason Bourne feel idiotic.

The intelligence of the previous Damon films have been abandoned for a lot of sound and fury. Even if you’re a fan of the other films in this series, there’s little reason to see this iteration unless you want to revel in the morbid curiosity of seeing just how far these movies have suddenly fallen. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action and brief strong language.

Now playing at Carolina Cinemark, Carmike 10, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher, Epic of Hendersonville.

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Nerve HH DIRECTOR: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish) PLAYERS: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Machine Gun Kelly THRILLER RATED PG-13 THE STORY: A nebbishy teen joins an app that challenges her to more and more elaborate (and dangerous) dares for cash.

THE LOWDOWN: A flaccid thriller full of toothless teenage drama, floppy high jinks and flimsy characters.

Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s Nerve wants to be a grand commentary on the internet and the addictive nature of social media. Nerve wants to be a thriller full of twists and turns, packed with characters who can’t be trusted and surprises around every corner, like a teen-centric version of David Fincher’s The Game (1997), but for the internet generation. Nerve is, unsurprisingly, neither of these, instead coming across as a teen melodrama with the trappings of a psychological thriller, one with little tension and filled with cardboard characters.

The film’s concept is its most interesting aspect, focusing on an app called, of course, Nerve. Mostly used by thrill-seeking teens, kids can sign up and be given increasingly elaborate (and dangerous) dares. Accomplishing them means cash. Failure means you’re broke again — or worse. As a illustration of the elusiveness of internet fame and the simple pleasures of social media popularity, this is a perfectly fine place to start. Nerve, in its favor, actually has an accomplished grasp of internet culture. This isn’t some embarrassing facsimile created by out-of-touch geezers. It feels authentic and real, made people who actually use the internet.

This, unfortunately, is about all the movie gets right. The plot itself is the usual coming-of-age tale with a dollop of teen angst. Nerve’s protagonist, Vee (Emma Roberts), is a nerdy teen with an overbearing mother (Juliette Lewis) and dreams of escaping her Staten Island home after high school. But, after a moment of mild embarrassment, Vee decides to shed her shy demeanor, go against her natural disposition and become

a “player” on Nerve. This leads her to fellow player Ian (Dave Franco) — who may or may not be trustworthy — as the two team up to become an sudden internet sensation. This, in turn, leads to increasingly dangerous — and more lucrative — dares, all put forth by the app’s users and causing some strife between Vee and her friends.

As a portrait of teen jealousy, Nerve is fine and feels honest, if not a bit pat and none-too-original.

As a thriller, things are on flimsier ground, as the movie never properly cranks up the tension.

Nothing here feels extreme or particularly daring. The characters do little more than exist. Roberts and Franco have zero chemistry, and the idea of Vee and Ian being romantically entangled only seems feasible because the plot says so.

Eventually, Nerve gets to a place where the stakes are life or death, but it’s hard to get too lathered up about any of it by that point. With nothing at risk and no reason to care about the people on screen, the film makes for tepid viewing. Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving dangerous and risky behavior, some sexual content, language, drug content, drinking and nudity, all involving teens.

Now playing at Carolina Cinemark, Carmike 10, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher, Epic of Hendersonville.

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FILM BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • SA (8/6), 2pm - French New Wave Film Series: 400 Blows. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. MECHANICAL EYE MICROCINEMA mechanicaleyecinema.org • FR (8/5), 6-8pm - Nuts! Film Screening. Free. Held at Asheville Art Museum, 2 N. Pack Square THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION 692-8062, saveculture.org • SA (8/6), 7-9pm - Come Hell or High Water: Remembering the Great Flood, film premiere and discussion. Free. Held at Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center, 102 Water St., Old Fort • TU (8/9), noon - Come Hell or High Water: Remembering the Great Flood, film premiere and discussion. Free. Held at Transylvania County Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard

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CHARACTER-DRIVEN: Quiet River, by local filmmaker Paul Schattel, stars an Asheville-based cast and received nominations for awards such as best feature, best cinematography and best actress at various film festivals. Photo courtesy of Schattel Asheville-based filmmaker Paul Schattel’s indie noir Quiet River makes its local debut Thursday, Aug. 4, at 7 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theatre. The director’s fourth feature film began out of a desire to work with actress Rebecca Morris. Together they crafted the story of Daniel, a brilliant but odd recluse with borderline autism, and his sister Claire, who investigates whether he’s guilty of eco-terrorism.

Schattel was originally lobbying for a sister character to play opposite Morris, but she convinced him a brother would be better. The two molded Daniel in part after Ted “The Unabomber” Kaczynski. Willie Repoley, Schattel’s first choice for the role, initially had scheduling conflicts but found a way to make it work.

Much like Woody Allen or Mike Leigh, Schattel improvised the film with his cast. The process involved him coming up with the bones of the story, which the actors then fleshed out under his guidance, allowing their innate instincts and talent to shape each scene.

“Lots of times, when you work with the right people, what ends up in the movie is better than what you originally intended. They come up with better lines than I could have written, and it creates a more human moment,” Schattel says. “It’s more natural than highly scripted, superrealistic film dialogue — which is not realistic at all.”

The winter production lasted twoand-a-half weeks, after which Schattel spent a year editing the footage. Upon completion, he submitted Quiet River

to film festivals — including Sundance and SXSW, from which he expected rejections — before accepting offers from a pair of respected ones. Schattel attended the 2015 Orlando Film Festival, where Morris was nominated for best lead performer and Repoley received a nod for best supporting performer. He was not able to make the 2016 Madrid International Film Festival in early July, where the film was nominated for best feature, best cinematography and best actress.

In Orlando, Schattel received distribution offers for Quiet River, but has turned most of them down. He says film is similar to the music industry in that filmmakers of smaller projects can often make more money releasing work on their own and don’t have to risk the distribution company going out of business, putting the rights in limbo.

As for planning Quiet River’s Asheville debut, Schattel says the timing simply feels right. Neal Reed of the Fine Arts Theatre has been asking Schattel to do a screening for a year, and with the world premiere in Orlando out of the way, local audiences will get their first look. “I’m more proud of the performances than anything else,” Schattel says. “I’m excited for people to see how finely attuned these characters are.”

Schattel, Morris, Repoley, producer Shane Meador and director of photography Shane Peters are all likely to participate in the post-film Q&A session.

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Beneath the 12 Mile Reef HHS

Nine Lives

Barry Sonnenfeld’s much anticipated “Kevin Spacey plays a talking cat” film has finally arrived. No early reviews to go on, but bear in mind that the aforementioned anticipation has not been based on any remote likelihood of this being a good movie.

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DIRECTOR: Robert Webb Players: Robert Wagner Terry Moore Gilbert Roland J. Carrol Naish Richard Boone Peter Graves DRAMA Rated NR Romeo and Juliet set in the Florida Keys with sponge divers standing in for the Capulets and Montagues, this film is primarily notable as an early example of CinemaScope — it was Fox’s third dip into the anamorphic waters. Nominated for the 1954 color cinematography Oscar, the underwater scenes are striking but everything else is pretty forgettable. The film also competed for the Grand Prix at Cannes that year but lost out to Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Gate of Hell, to no one’s surprise. The Hendersonville Film Society will show Beneath the 12 Mile Reef Sunday, Aug. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High HHHH

Suicide Squad

The latest DC Comics adaptation, this one follows a group of villains recruited for a suicide mission (hence the name) in exchange for clemency.

While it’s drawn a lot of attention for Jared Leto’s on-set antics as the Joker, it’s also been the subject of rumors regarding extensive reshoots to lighten-up the movie's tone, following the debacle that was Batman vs. Superman. A lack of early screenings for critics does not bode well in light of these events. (PG-13)

GROWING

DIRECTOR: Amy Heckerling Players: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston COMEDY DRAMA Rated R Fast Times at Ridgemont High should be something of a known quantity to audiences at this point, if only because it was so massively influential — though not universally well-received — on its initial run. Arguably the quintessential ’80s high school movie, the impact of its unflinching look at suburban adolescence has not diminished with time. Also notable for Sean Penn’s turn as stoner Spicoli, it is almost certainly best remembered for the Phoebe Cates red bikini scene that defined the sexual awakening of a generation. Grail Moviehouse will show Fast Times at Ridgemont High as part of its Grail Canon repertory program, with regular showtimes starting Friday, Aug. 5.

Sabotage HHHHH DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock Players: Sylvia Sydney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour, Matthew Boulton THRILLER Rated NR One of the best of Hitchcock’s pre-Hollywood output at Gaumont British, Sabotage sees the director’s mastery of suspense on full display. In an interview with Francois Truffaut, Hitchcock revealed that a notable scene in which a young boy and an old lady are killed (along with a bus full of people) drew ire from audiences — not for the tragic loss of human life but for the puppy caught up in the chaos. Hitch claimed that audiences never forgave him for the dog’s death, but his subsequent success challenges that assertion. The Asheville Film Society will screen Sabotage Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

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The Last Man on Earth HHHHS DIRECTOR: Ubaldo Ragona , Sidney Salkow Players: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Christi Courtland HORROR Rated NR The first of three attempts to adapt Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend — and easily the most successful — The Last Man on Earth stars Vincent Price as the lone survivor of a plague that turns the afflicted into vampiric ghouls. A far more faithful adaptation of Matheson’s story than The Omega Man or the more recent Will Smith version (which kept the book’s title but not its ending), this one isn’t a perfect film, but it may be the perfect role for Price. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Last Man on Earth Thursday, Aug. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.

Videodrome HHHHH DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg Players: James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson, Jack Creley SCI-FI HORROR SATIRE Rated R When you look at David Cronenberg’s nearly 30-year-old Videodrome (can it really be that long ago?), it’s incredible to realize how comparatively quaint the technology in the film is. It’s also hard not to realize that the points — warnings really — Cronenberg was making about technology overtaking our lives have only become more and more relevant with the passage of time. Ideas such as a society that has to be patched back into the world through soup-kitchen-like missions offering doses of TV seem disturbingly real when you encounter news stories of homeless people putting a higher priority on an internet connection than on a place to sleep. The concept of an inanimate object becoming a permanent body fixture doesn’t appear anywhere near as ludicrous in a world where people can’t be parted — even briefly — from their cellphones or their Twitter accounts. How far away are we really from Cronenberg’s prophecy of “the new flesh?” This review by Ken Hanke was originally published on July 17, 2012. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Videodrome Friday, Aug. 5, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios (109 Roberts St., River Arts District, upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 828-273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com 60

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REAL ESTATE OUT-OF-TOWN PROPERTY CULLOWHEE NC CUSTOM MOUNTAIN HOME NEAR WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY $325K . Amazing 3/2.5 All wood interior, 2200 sq ft mountain home on trout river Caney Fork community. Fish, tube, kayak, 1.25 acres. email for information brochure and video: mickigrand@gmail.com.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES MOVING TO THE ASHEVILLE AREA? Let a native Ashevillean help you find your perfect mountain home.

Call Angela Sego: (828) 5449860, NC Licensed Broker. angelas@foleyrealtync.com

RENTALS WANTED TO RENT WE NEED RENTALS! Have a house, room, or apartment available? Local Massage Therapy School is looking to assist students with short term, local housing for the duration of our 6 month program. You set up leasing terms directly with individual students. For more information, please contact Ruthie at 828-658-0814 or admissions@ centerformassage.com

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EMPLOYMENT GENERAL INVENTORY CONTROL SPECIALIST Mills Manufacturing is accepting applications for a full-time Inventory Control Specialist. Hours: Monday-Thursday 6:30 am-5:00 pm. Starting hourly rate: $14.08. For a complete job description and to apply: millsmanufacturing.com JOB FAIR THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH from 1pm - 4pm.

American Security seeks candidates for positions in Asheville, Hendersonville, Fletcher, Arden and surrounding counties. Pay rates vary. Must have high school diploma or GED and pass background check/drug screen.

NC Works, 48 Grove St., Asheville, NC 28801. Call us at (864) 599-0014 or (864) 350-9331.

JUST A QUICK NOTE... ...to say thank you for your help from Mountain Xpress. I had a dozen calls about my ad and it is only Friday. I now know the best route is through your paper. I

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Mountain Xpress is an excellent paper. Keep up the excellent work. Libby W. NC DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES The Cooperative Grading Service is recruiting seasonal apple graders (Laborers and General Utility workers) in Henderson County. Position will be temporary, full time during harvest season beginning in August.

Laborer-education and/or experience in manual work that is directly related, normal color vision, basic math and computer skills with a hourly rate of $10.20. General Utility WorkerEducation and/or experience in the performance of a variety of manual tasks, normal color vision, basic math and computer skills with a hourly rate of $10.20.

Training provided, mileage paid.

A PD-107 (NC State application) is required. EOE. For more information call (828) 253-1691, Ext. 31.

TROLLEY TOUR GUIDES If you are a "people person," love Asheville, have a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and clean driving record you could be a great TOUR GUIDE! FULL-TIME and seasonal parttime positions now available.

Training provided. Contact us today! GrayLineAsheville.com; Info@GrayLineAsheville.com; 828-251-8687.

TVS - NOW HIRING! TVS is a non-profit manufacturing organization based in Brevard NC. We are seeking qualified workers for multiple positions for our manufacturing facility including; 1st shift Material Handler, 3rd shift Maintenance Technician, and Housekeeper. TVS offers both medical and dental coverage to full time employees as well as an employer-paid life insurance policy and short term disability policy. If you are interested in working for an employee-focused company that gives back to the community, TVS is the place for you! Please see website for more details and application process. tvsinc.org

SKILLED LABOR/ TRADES LAND SURVEYING COMPANY SEEKING FIELD CREW MEMBERS Survey Crew members wanted. 4 day work week!

Great pay! Email contact information and work history to : Surveycrewposition@gmail.com.

SALES/ MARKETING 2016 UNITED WAY ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Help make your community better and make professional connections that last a lifetime. United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County seeks a team of energetic and talented individuals to assist in the 2016 annual campaign. • Key experience and skills needed are: Fundraising, Sales, Public Speaking; Teamwork, Project Management, Math and Computer skills. These full-time/temporary

positions run 8/22/16-10/28/16.

• For more information and to apply visit unitedwayabc.org/ employment-opportunities

• When: Wednesday, August 10th from 8:30am-10:30am. • Where: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 28732. Additional info at www.sierranevada.com/careers or email recruiting@sierranevada.com

SALES PROFESSIONAL Mountain Xpress has an entry-level sales position open. Necessary attributes are curiosity about the city and region, gregarious personality, problem solving skills, confident presentation, and the ability to digest and explain complex information.

The ideal candidate is organized, well spoken, has good computer skills, can work well within an organization and within in a team environment, can self-monitor and set (and meet) personal goals. The job entails account development (including cold calling), detailed record keeping, management of client advertising campaigns, and some collections. If you are a high energy, positive, cooperative person who wants a stable team environment with predictable income and meaningful work, send a resume and cover letter (no walk-ins, please) about why you are a good fit for Mountain Xpress to: xpressjob@mountainx.com

UPSCALE ASHEVILLE BED & BREAKFAST INN looking for experienced line cook for several breakfast shifts a week. Hours: 7am-10am for prep, cooking, some serving - working with a team. Rate negotiable. Send resume with contact information to email christina.muth@muthmail.com

RESTAURANT/ FOOD

ADULT SERVICE POSITIONS Meridian Behavioral Health Services is a recovery-focused organization located in the mountains of Western North Carolina. We are currently recruiting for the following positions to provide Adult Services: • Clinicians and Peer Support Specialists for Recovery Education Center • Psychiatric Nurses and Clinicians for Assertive Community Treatment Team • Employment Support Professionals and Employment Peer Mentors for Supported Employment Services • Peer Support Specialists for Peers Assisting in Community Engagement • Clinician for Integrated Care • Clinician/Team Leader for Community Support Team • Community Partner Clinician • Clinician/ Team Leader for Early Recovery Team. Please visit the employment section of our website for further information about any positions listed and apply directly by submitting an application and resume at meridianbhs.org

APOLLO FLAME • WAITSTAFF Full-time. Fast, friendly, fun atmosphere. • Experience required. • Must be 18 years old. • Apply in person between 2pm-4pm, 485 Hendersonville Road. 274-3582.

CHEF/KITCHEN MANAGER Montford Hall, a residential recovery program, is seeking a Chef/Kitchen Manager to plan and provide meals for our student residents. For complete job description and instructions on applying, visit http://www.montfordhall.org/ #!employment/c1n7j.

EVENING DINING ROOM MANAGER Experienced Evening Dining Room Manager for busy seasonal resort restaurant.

Experience necessary. The candidate must be an independent self-starter. If you are interested, please give us a call: (828) 2358228. Or email your resume: adavenport@pisgahinn.com

JOB FAIR • OPEN HOUSE Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. invites you to our Taproom and Restaurant Job Fair and Open House. Come join us for a tour of the facility including our state of the art kitchen and bakery and a sneak peek at High Gravity, our soon to open event space. You will have the opportunity to interview for the following open positions: • Line Cooks • Dishwashers • Bussers • Hosts • Servers • Bartenders • Per Diem Event Staff.

MEDICAL/ HEALTH CARE HOME CAREFREE PRO TEMPS - CNA & IN HOME AIDS Home Carefree has CNAs and IHAs positions. The aide provides personal care assistance with mobility, bathing, grooming, toileting, eating, & housekeeping. Call 828-2771580 or apply at 900 Hendersonville Rd, Suite 204-A

HUMAN SERVICES

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY • FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATE To recruit and provide case management to families with pre-school aged children for a Head Start program. • Maintains the outreach and recruitment of children and families; • Assists families to fully utilize available community resources; and • Works in partnership with the parent towards short and long range family-identified goals to promote healthy, self-sufficient families. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or related areas and at least two years of experience. Equivalent of education and experience is acceptable. • A valid N. C. driver’s license. • Ability to pass physical exam, TB test, criminal background check and drug screen • Fluency in

English and Spanish preferred.

Salary: $32,013/Annually. • Send resume, cover letter and (3) work references with complete contact information to: Human Resources Manager, 25 Gaston Street, Asheville, NC 28801 or for Information: Admin@ communityactionopportunities. org Or Fax: (828) 253-6319.

Open until filled. EOE & DFWP.

CHILD SERVICE POSITIONS Jackson County Psychological Services is now partnered with Meridian Behavioral Health Services. We are currently recruiting for the following positions to provide services to children/ adolescents: • Qualified Professionals for Day Treatment and Intensive In-Home Services • Clinicians for Outpatient, Day Treatment, and Intensive InHome Services. Please visit the employment section of our website for further information about any positions listed and apply directly by submitting an application and resume at www.meridianbhs.org

COUNSELORS NEEDED Behavioral Health Group is seeking Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialists and Certified Substance Abuse Counselors. For more information please call 828-275-4171 or fax your resume to 214-365-6150 Attn: HR-ASHCNSL

EARLY RECOVERY TEAM LEADER We are seeking a highly organized, self-motivated individual to lead an exciting new service at Meridian BHS. The Early Recovery Team (ERT) is a community- based team that specializes in working with individuals in the early stages of addiction recovery. The Team Leader will supervise a small team that primarily engages individuals, connects individuals to the services they need, and delivers stage appropriate, substance abuse treatment. This team will serve Jackson and Haywood Counties and develop strong connections with community partners. Applicants for Team Leader are required to be fully licensed as a mental health or substance abuse clinician. Please visit the employment section of our website for further information about any positions listed and apply directly by submitting an application and resume. meridianbhs.org ELDER CLUB PROGRAM FACILITATOR At Jewish Family Services of WNC. Facilitate a non-medical, structured social group program for older adults. Must have work experience assisting elders, some with dementia and physical challenges, in a group setting.

• Requires: strong organization and communication skills, activity planning, volunteer management.

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree; knowledge of Jewish culture. 12-18 hours/ week: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am-3pm, plus planning time;

Wednesdays being added soon. Submit resume ASAP or by 7/29/16 to: info@jfswnc.org No phone calls please! To view the full job description, go to www.jfswnc.org HELPMATE SEEKS COUNSELING COORDINATOR Helpmate, a domestic violence agency in Asheville, seeks a Counseling Program Coordinator to assist survivors of domestic violence. The primary responsibilities are to provide clinical counseling to survivors, supervise interns/volunteers, oversee staff training, build strong community partnerships, and facilitate group support and education activities. The Counseling Program Coordinator will be responsible for a rotating backup on-call shift and may require night and weekend work.

Strong communication, organizational, and time management skills are required. The qualified candidate will be a licensed LPC or LCSW and will have 2 years’ experience serving trauma survivors or a commensurate combination of work and experience.

This position is an exempt salaried position. Fluency in Spanish is strongly desired and will be incentivized in pay scale.

Diverse candidates encouraged to apply. Email resume and cover letter by July 31 to helpmateasheville@gmail.com.

No phone calls, please.

INDEPENDENT LIVING SPECIALIST/ASHEVILLE Pathways For The Future, Inc. dba DisAbility Partners is dedicated to partnering with individuals and the community to enhance, advocate for and support personal choices, independent living and

community inclusion. • Job summary: The Independent Living Specialist is a strong voice for disability rights and independent living, working to assist consumers in maintaining their lives independently in the community. Promotes Disability Partners in the seven county service area and collaborates with community agencies to best assist the consumer to reach goals for independent living. The Independent Living Specialist will provide general information and referral for consumers and the community as requested.

The Independent Living Specialist works as a team player to achieve the stated goals and objective of the all Pathways’ programs. • Application packets can be picked up at the Disability Partners office at: 108 New Leicester Hwy, Asheville, NC 28806 or requested via email at krowe@disabilitypartners.org No phone calls please.

NC LICENSED CLINICIANS Meridian Behavioral Health is seeking NC Licensed/Associate Licensed Clinicians to join our recovery oriented organization in the beautiful North Carolina mountains. Clinical positions are available in a variety of programs serving Adults and Children such as the Assertive Community Treatment Team, Peers Assisting in Community Engagement, Recovery Education Center, Child and Family Services (including Outpatient, Intensive In-Home and Day Treatment), Community Support Team, and Offender Services. Clinicians

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. invites you to our Taproom & Restaurant

JOB FAIR & TAPROOM OPEN HOUSE!

Come join us for a tour of the Taproom including our state of the art kitchen & bakery and a sneak peek at High Gravity, our new event space opening soon.

SIERRA NEVADA

You will have the opportunity to interview for the following open positions:

Line Cooks • Dishwashers • Bussers • Hosts Servers • Bartenders • Per Diem Event Staff To be employed with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., you must be at least 21 years of age.

Wednesday, August 10th, 8:30am–10:30am

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River NC Additional info at www.sierranevada.com/careers or email recruiting@sierranevada.com MOUNTAINX.COM

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): I apologize in advance for the seemingly excessive abundance of good news I'm about to report. If you find it hard to believe, I won't hold your skepticism against you. But I do want you to know that every prediction is warranted by the astrological omens. Ready for the onslaught? 1. In the coming weeks, you could fall forever out of love with a wasteful obsession. 2. You might also start falling in love with a healthy obsession. 3. You can half-accidentally snag a blessing you have been half-afraid to want.

4. You could recall a catalytic truth whose absence has been causing you a problem ever since you forgot it.

5. You could reclaim the mojo that you squandered when you pushed yourself too hard a few months ago.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): August is Adopt-aTaurus month. It's for all of your tribe, not just the orphans and exiles and disowned rebels. Even if you have exemplary parents, the current astrological omens suggest that you require additional support and guidance from wise elders. So I urge you to be audacious in rounding up trustworthy guardians and benefactors. Go in search of mentors and fairy godmothers. Ask for advice from heroes who are further along the path that you'd like to follow. You are ready to receive teachings and direction you weren't receptive to before.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When a parasite or other irritant slips inside an oyster's shell, the mollusk's immune system besieges the intruder with successive layers of calcium carbonate. Eventually, a pearl may form. I suspect that this is a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming days as you deal with the salt in your wound or the splinter in your skin. Before you jump to any conclusions, though, let me clarify.

This is not a case of the platitude, "Whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger." Keep in mind that the pearl is a symbol of beauty and value, not strength.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It's your lucky day!

Spiritual counsel comparable to what you're reading here usually sells for $99.95. But because you're showing signs that you're primed to outwit bad habits, I'm offering it at no cost. I want to encourage you! Below are my ideas for what you should focus on. (But keep in mind that I don't expect you to achieve absolute perfection.) 1.

Wean yourself from indulging in self-pity and romanticized pessimism. 2. Withdraw from connections with people who harbor negative images of you. 3. Transcend low expectations wherever you see them in play. 4. Don't give your precious life energy to demoralizing ideas and sour opinions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You're not doing a baby chick a favor by helping it hatch. For the sake of its well-being, the bird needs to peck its way out of the egg. It's got to exert all of its vigor and willpower in starting its new life. That's a good metaphor for you to meditate on. As you escape from your comfortable womb-jail and launch yourself toward inspiration, it's best to rely as much as possible on your own instincts. Friendly people who would like to provide assistance may inadvertently cloud your access to your primal wisdom. Trust yourself deeply and wildly.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hear you're growing weary of wrestling with ghosts. Is that true? I hope so. The moment you give up the fruitless struggle, you'll become eligible for a unique kind of freedom that you have not previously imagined. Here's another rumor I've caught wind of: You're getting bored with an old source of sadness that you've used to motivate yourself for a long time. I hope that's true, too. As soon as you shed your allegiance to the sadness, you will awaken to a sparkling font of comfort you've been blind to. Here's one more story I've picked up through the grapevine: You're close to realizing that your attention to a mediocre treasure has diverted you from a more pleasurable treasure. Hallelujah!

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provide recovery oriented comprehensive clinical assessments, support, skill building, education, and team consultation both in the office and the community.

• To be considered, an applicant should be familiar with the recovery paradigm of mental health and substance abuse services, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, flexibility, moderate computer skills, and must be Licensed or license eligible. • Please visit the employment section of our website, meridianbhs.org, to complete a short online application and upload your resume.

- BY ROB BREZNY

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Could it be true that the way out is the same as the way in? And that the so-called "wrong" answer is almost indistinguishable from the right answer? And that success, at least the kind of success that really matters, can only happen if you adopt an upside-down, inside-out perspective?

In my opinion, the righteous answer to all these questions is "YESSS???!!!" -- at least for now. I suspect that the most helpful approach will never be as simple or as hard as you might be inclined to believe.

NIGHT RESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR- 3RD SHIFT Eliada Homes is hiring Night Residential Counselors to work with our adolescent students. The goal of direct care staff at Eliada is to provide a therepeutic environment to help our students develop life skills. This is an excellent opportunity for those with an interest in social work and related fields to gain experience and training. Individuals who are mission driven and share Eliada’s core values will be a strong match for this opportunity.

Applicants must be able to stay awake and alert overnight; a minimum of a high school diploma or GED required; must be at least 21 years old; must be able to work in high pressure, high stress environments. For more information or to apply, visit www.elaida.org/employment/ current-openings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Did you honestly imagine that there would eventually come a future when you'd have your loved ones fully "trained"?

Did you fantasize that sooner or later you could get them under control, purged of their imperfections and telepathically responsive to your every mood? If so, now is a good time to face the fact that those longings will never be fulfilled. You finally have the equanimity to accept your loved ones exactly as they are. Uncoincidentally, this adjustment will make you smarter about how to stir up soulful joy in your intimate relationships.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I've worked hard for many years to dismantle my prejudices. To my credit, I have even managed to cultivate compassion for people I previously demonized, like evangelical Christians, drunken jocks, arrogant gurus, and career politicians. But I must confess that there's still one group toward which I'm bigoted: super-rich bankers. I wish I could extend to them at least a modicum of amiable impartiality. How about you, Aquarius? Do you harbor any hidebound biases that shrink your ability to see life as it truly is? Have you so thoroughly rationalized certain narrow-minded perspectives and judgmental preconceptions that your mind is permanently closed? If so, now is a favorable time to dissolve the barriers and stretch your imagination way beyond its previous limits.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you lingering at the crux of the crossroads, restless to move on but unsure of which direction will lead you to your sweet destiny?

Are there too many theories swimming around in your brain, clogging up your intuition? Have you absorbed the opinions of so many "experts" that you've lost contact with your own core values? It's time to change all that. You're ready to quietly explode in a calm burst of practical lucidity. First steps: Tune out all the noise. Shed all the rationalizations. Purge all the worries. Ask yourself, "What is the path with heart?"

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your strength seems to make some people uncomfortable. I don't want that to become a problem for you. Maybe you could get away with toning down your potency at other times, but not now. It would be sinful to act as if you're not as competent and committed to excellence as you are. But having said that, I also urge you to monitor your behavior for excess pride.

Some of the resistance you face when you express your true glory may be due to the shadows cast by your true glory. You could be tempted to believe that your honorable intentions excuse secretive manipulations. So please work on wielding your clout with maximum compassion and responsibility.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may experience a divine visitation as you clean a toilet in the coming weeks. You might get a glimpse of a solution to a nagging problem while you're petting a donkey or paying your bills or waiting in a long line at the bank. Catch my drift, Capricorn? I may or may not be speaking metaphorically here. You could meditate up a perfect storm as you devour a doughnut. While flying high over the earth in a dream, you might spy a treasure hidden in a pile of trash down below. If I were going to give your immediate future a mythic title, it might be "Finding the Sacred in the Midst of the Profane."

native speaker preferred. Applicants should have training in Reggio or project-based education, and experience teaching Kindergarten. Competitive salary. Send resume to: Jeffreykinzel@gmail.com

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NURSE PRACTITIONERS NEEDED Behavioral Health Group is seeking Nurse Practitioners. For more information please call 828-275-4171 or fax your resume to 214-365-6150 Attn: HR-ASHNURP.35 RECRUITMENT AND AWARENESS COORDINATOR (AMERICORPS) Join the Literacy Council of Buncombe County's team through AmeriCorps! Make a difference in your community for one year and receive a living stipend, educational award, and more. Details: http://litcouncil.com/join-literacycouncil-team-201617/

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SALON/ SPA SPA ASSISTANT Sensibilities South, a living wage certified employer, is hiring a Spa Assistant for Fridays, Saturdays and some Sundays.

Apply in person at either location or send resume to relax@sensibilities-spa.com

XCHANGE FURNITURE FURNITURE For Sale. All in excellent condition: Beautiful Italian leather loveseat. Queen Sealy Posturepedic Bed. Italian wood dresser with marble top.

Best reasonable offers. Call 828279-3465.

YARD SALES GIGANTIC SIDEWALK YARD SALE! Over 70 participating merchants and individuals. This Saturday, August 6, 7:30amuntil.

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AVIATION MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTOR A-B Tech is currently taking applications for an Adjunct Instructor, Aviation Management and Career Pilot Technology position. Start date 08/15/2016. For more details and to apply: www.abtech.edu/jobs

HOME KELLY'S LAUNDRY DELIVERY SERVICE Laundry pick-up and delivery. Asheville, surrounding area. Brand-name products and allergy sensitive. • Special requests considered. • Same day service available. Reasonable pricing. Call (828) 620-9063.

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IC IMAGINE CHARTER SEEKING HIGHLY QUALIFIED 3RD, 4TH AND 5TH GRADE TEACHERS IC Imagine is seeking exemplary professionals who embrace the IC Imagine mission, demonstrate the on-going pursuit of learning and a commitment to teaching excellence.

Interested applicants should visit icimagine.org/careers.

HANDY MAN

LEAD K TEACHER Naturally Grown School in Mills River is seeking a lead teacher to join our team. We are a non-profit, small, Reggio-inspired, bilingual school on a farm. Candidate should be fluent in English and Spanish,

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1985 LINCOLN TOWNCAR "Running" cobra blue 1985 Lincoln Towncar. Crafty and innovative master of the wiring horror genre. $1200 or best offer. Call Corey: (828) 407-9442.

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MOTORCYCLES/ SCOOTERS FOR SALE 1974 CUSTOM HAND BUILT HD MOTORCYCLE Rigid Paughco frame 40 deg. rake.

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