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Marc Hunt’s approach is constructive, pragmatic I am writing to express my strong support for Asheville Vice Mayor Marc Hunt in his bid for re-election to Asheville City Council this fall. The decision about the future of the city-owned property near … the Basilica of St. Lawrence is an example of an issue where Marc has led with constructive and pragmatic solutions. Marc’s stance — supported by five of the other six current Council members — is that the property should be the location of both an attractive building that would add vibrancy to downtown plus an open and inviting public plaza.

The suggestion by some in the community that the only appropriate use of the city property is to set the entire parcel aside as green space is oversimplified and, due to the financial realities, makes it more likely to remain a vacant surface lot that detracts from our vibrant downtown instead of adding an inviting mix of new public and commercial space.

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I have been a resident of Asheville for over 16 years and have worked as executive director of a regional land conservancy, protecting Western North Carolina’s parks and natural places. I got to know Marc as the senior program officer at the Open Space Institute, where he brought creativity, financial savvy and strategic vision to land and water conservation. Marc brings those same skills and a win-win approach to Asheville’s city government.

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in Bryson City and can’t even vote in the Asheville election. Yet once I heard Marc was running, I gladly made the donation — unsolicited — because I know Marc really well, I know what a good guy he is, and I believe it is good for all us to have people like Marc in government.

I’ve known Marc for over 30 years, starting with 18 days spent on a wilderness river trip he organized and led, to working together as managers at the Nantahala Outdoor Center and since through our mutual common interests. I have paid special attention to Marc’s great work with Self-Help Credit Union and the Open Space Institute.

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is extraordinarily intelligent, energetic and thoughtful, but what makes him so uniquely effective is that he combines those qualities with an amazingly calm, even-tempered and reasonable personality. It is a calm that originates in complete comfort with who he is and thorough preparation for any position he takes. He will study and know both sides of an issue, which not only makes him a powerful advocate, but which also lets him appreciate and respect those on the other side. You always prefer him on your side on any issue, but even when he’s not, you will know that you were heard and your position understood.

So I encourage you to do what I wish I could do in Swain County: Vote to reelect Marc Hunt.

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Give ‘bully breeds’ a chance As an inmate, I understand the stigma placed on bully breeds. Many look at them as dangerous because of a few terrible incidents. When I say “few,” I mean we are five times more likely to be killed by lightning — not just struck, but killed — than be involved in a dog-related fatality. Statistically, death by dog is an irregularity.

Not to diminish the tragedy of these deaths because that’s what they are, tragic. But it is unfair to condemn an entire breed because of these unfortunate cases. That is like saying human beings are inherently bad because of the actions of a few. Should society be held responsible for my actions, for my mistakes? I ask these questions because I believe these dogs, like us, should be looked at as individuals. There are so many factors that go into a situation where a person is attacked, and most times, it could have been avoided.

Instead of euthanizing thousands of dogs, maybe we should educate ourselves and prevent these situations altogether. Furthermore, it seems everyone condemning bully breeds has no professional experience, nor have they interacted with one [of the dogs].

Maybe we could ask the opinions of those qualified to give one.

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Consider the environmental cost of almond milk Concerning almond milk: It might be interesting for people to check out “bee culture” in connection with the pollination of almond trees. Such pollination is usually accomplished by bees that have been trucked in from miles afar and then trucked out again.

All growth between the trees is eradicated. Dandelion, one of the bees’ most favored plants, is a casualty of this eradication process.

In order to support such extensive almond tree culture — one among many — in drought-ridden California (globally, the largest almond-producing region), the water resources of the Colorado River have been rerouted, so to speak.

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We may need Hank Williams for inspiration Who will be left to fear/hate when America has been mixed to a brown/ tan skin color, and there is no denying the fact that every family has a member who is homosexual who needs brotherly love as all humans do?

Is there a chance that we will then begin to unite as people and demand that our government treat people like people with equal protection and opportunity under the law in this great nation? Or will we continue the hatred and fear which cripples America now, thereby allowing our political leaders to exploit our divisiveness to the benefit of the ultrarich as they are presently doing?

Pope Francis’ encyclical calls for deeper caring for people as well as natural resources. Let’s hope our Catholic brothers and sisters heed the call and lead the way. I am reminded of the legendary Hank Williams’ great song “I Saw the Light.” This may be one of those times when we need a light to guide us back to a better way to live together as people on earth.

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Because WNC is in the forefront nationally for green homes, Xpress challenged me to depict and describe a handful of the area’s most intriguing and inspiring green homes.

The project took several months and involved scores of conversations with builders, designers, architects, homeowners and the good folks at WNC Green Building Council — plus lots of hours drawing. The outcome is printed on these pages: eight looks at the diversity, creativity and grace of living green in Western North Carolina.

l i g h t - f il l E D a r t s pa c E D ES I GN ER : A l e m b i c S t udi o B U I LD ER : Eq ui nox W ood w o r k s S I ZE: 1 , 6 5 0 s q . ft . ; 1 B R , 2 BA , sl e e p i n g p o r c h LO C A TI O N : B urns v i l l e

artful EfficiEncy A R C H I TECT : W2 Arc h i tects D ES I G N ER : S tudio D i on i s i BU I L D E R : Ea rthto ne Bu i l der s SI Z E : 1,050 sq. f t.; 2BR, 2BA L O C A TIO N: West Ash ev i l l e

This striking contemporary home’s visual impact belies its modest size. A vivid cobalt blue sets off a screaming green privacy/entrance wall. Simple stucco walls reflect the Southwest connections shared by the home’s designer, builder and artist owner.

The design and site orientation provide natural heating and cooling. In winter, the south-facing windows collect heat; in summer, cross-ventilation helps keep the home cool. Radiant floor heating and excellent spray-foam insulation ensure that the mini-splitter heating/air conditioning unit is needed only minimally.

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Alembic Studio designed this passive-solar, energy-efficient home for a creative couple who wanted minimal environmental impact. The placement of windows and the movement of light were important to them, as were outdoor living spaces. The couple requested an artist’s studio that included an amphibian environment, which required humidity control and drainage for terrariums. The designers conducted sun studies and analyzed both the steep site and their clients’ living patterns. To minimize the footprint, Alembic included an elevator and a sleeping porch; the house received Green Built NC Gold certification.

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Architectural illustrator and fine artist lorraine plaxico grew up in a small town in South Carolina; art, she says, “has been a dominant part of my life as long as I can remember, seconded by my writing. I pretty much came with my art ability ‘installed.’”

And though she’s explored many faraway places, “Asheville is the first town in my adult life that offers the variety, novelty and support of the arts that make me feel at home.”

Her work spans a broad range.

Homeowners sometimes commission her to produce black-and-white or color portraits of their homes. She also does nontraditional landscapes, usually working on-site.

Clients have included HGTV Dream Home, the Grove Park Inn, Biltmore Estate and the Asheville Home Builders Association’s Parade of Homes. Responding to a notice in Xpress inviting writers, photographers and artists to collaborate on stories, she explains, “I decided to send samples of my writing instead of artwork.”

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she continues, “suggested the topic, saying there are some intriguing looking green-built homes in this area.”

A meeting with the WNC Green Building Council’s maggie leslie yielded suggestions for folks to contact and homes to visit.

Unlike many artists today, Plaxico doesn’t primarily work on a computer. “Art drawn by the human hand,” she believes, “possesses an appeal that computers have yet to match. I ink them, then color them with markers, pastels and colored pencils.” She notes, however, that she made revisions to some of the digitized images.

But the hardest part of the project, she reveals, was not the artwork. Rather, it was boiling down her green home blurbs to the requested length. “I am a narrative and descriptive writer. Keeping the stories to around 100 words was a real challenge!”

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Ashevillage Sanctuary eco-urban demonstration center offers handson workshops in permaculture, natural building and other topics. The 1-acre site contains examples of structural earthen wall systems, natural finishes, living roofs and brick ovens. A 1920s house doubles as the center’s headquarters, showcasing both interior and exterior earthen finishes that can be used to retrofit conventional homes. Its brick walls are covered with richly colored, clay-based plasters and three-dimensional organic designs. A freeform arched entrance was created using earthen bricks. Inside, formed and tray ceilings, cased openings and wall niches sculpted out of handmade plasters evoke an adobe dwelling. mountainx.com

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urban trianglE D ES I GN ER /B U I LD ER : S un C ons t ruc t i on I N TER I O R S : D e nuc i D e s i gn S I ZE: 1 , 1 7 9 s q . ft . ; 2 B R 2 . 5 B A LO C A TI O N : C hi c ke n H i l l , As he v i l l e

Occupying every available inch of a challenging, wedge-shaped lot, this angular, three-story home has no yard to maintain.

A gas fireplace fits perfectly in the 6-footwide, three-story-high rear wall, creating an intimate seating area.

Mini-split units with separate thermostats allow comfortable temperatures on all three floors. Framing the house with less wood (which is a thermal conductor) and wrapping it with nontoxic foam insulation cut energy costs by half.

“Urbancrete” retaining walls recycle broken paving slabs. Built on spec, the home sold quickly.

t h r E E - sto r y trEEhousE D EV E L OPER : G reen Ear th Dev el opmen ts D ES I G N ER : Phillip McGu i r e BU I L D E R : J AG Co nstr u cti on SI Z E : 9 73 sq. f t.; 2 BR, 1.5 BA L O C A TIO N: West Ash ev i l l e

A narrow, irregular lot backed closely by a tall embankment became a design challenge rather than a limitation. Stacking and cantilevering maximized space, and heavy landscaping created privacy. The result was a soaring, three-story treehouse with a sweet deck tucked amid the branches.

The site’s tight boundaries dictated 2-by-4-inch framing on one side, but wrapping it with wool insulation maintained high R-values. On-demand hot water and a fresh-air circulation system helped the home achieve a Green Built NC Gold certification and 4-star energy rating. The residents were rewarded with monthly electric bills as low as $50.

contEmporary craftsman D E SIG N E R/ BU IL D E R: Su r e F o o t Bu i l d e r s IN T E RIOR/ C OL OR SE L E C T ION S: K K J D e si g n s SIZ E : 2 ,2 0 0 sq . f t .; 4 BR, 3 .5 BA L OC A T ION : M o n t f o r d , A sh e vi l l e

Crowned by an asymmetrical sunburst design, this tall, elegant three-story hybrid combines traditional and contemporary styles. To maximize space on a lot that sits below street level, a massive retaining wall creates off-street parking and a bridge to the midlevel entrance. It also enables light to reach the lower level (which includes two bedrooms and baths plus a utility room) from all sides. A second laundry serves the third-floor master suite, with an on-demand, natural gas-fired water heater. The home is solar-ready, with low-E argon-filled windows. mountainx.com

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The owners postponed construction of their main house during the recession, but they found their small guest cabin’s versatile plan extremely livable.

The versatile central solar porch has removable panels — screens for the summer and Plexiglas for cooler weather — that enable the residents to enjoy the space during more of the year. Rollout awnings create extra shade, making the porch an inviting living and sleeping space in summer. Heat vented from the adjacent kitchen’s wood stove keeps it comfortable when it’s cold outside.

Both living wings feature radiant floor heating. Kitchen storage/seating alcoves double as overflow sleeping areas. A pavilion with a fire pit provides another gathering space closer to the lake. mountainx.com

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FROM THE GROUND UP: Students survey Stan and Pattie Frost Jones’ “Earthship” home, five miles south of Marshall. Using recycled building materials, solar technology and collected rainwater, the Jones’ property is a model of sustainable design and building. Photo courtesy of Heath Moody Amid a hostile legislative climate in Raleigh, innovative, sustainable design and construction are flourishing in Western North Carolina. The WNC Green Building Council was founded in 2001. Since then — and despite an unstable housing market — local interest has grown steadily, says maggie leslie, who joined the organization in 2003 and is currently serving as interim executive director.

Even after the 2008 crash, she notes, “Many green builders — building in the right location and at the right price point — continued to be successful. Certified homes retained their value while other homes saw their value decline.” And as the regional housing market has recovered, says Leslie, green building has exploded. In March, the council celebrated the region’s 1,000th greenbuilt-certified home, designed by local firm JAG Construction.

“The community is passionate about green-built homes because they’re better for the environment, health, the pocketbook and simply better built,” says Leslie. “Everyone wins: Homeowners enjoy a healthier environment, longer lasting structures and increased savings on

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utilities; builders increase their profit margins and marketability; and there’s less long-term environmental impact.”

Sustainability is a key component of green building, and energy issues loom large in that equation. North Carolina is a leader in renewable energy, ranking first in the Southeast and fourth nationally in installed solar capacity, and second in the U.S. for implementation of large-scale renewable energy projects, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report.

Proponents, though, say continued attempts by state lawmakers to curtail or eliminate the groundbreaking Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard could have a devastating impact on North Carolina’s progress toward a more sustainable future. Passed in 2007, the law requires utilities to incorporate renewable energy sources into their overall production.

Several bills currently under consideration would reduce or eliminate tax credits and renewable energy mandates currently in place; a similar law was proposed in 2013.

“Powerful industries and special interests seek to maintain an unsustainable status quo,” says heath

moody, a member of the WNC Green Building Council’s Board of Directors. Those same forces, he contends, are making “efforts to stop advances in energy-related building code upgrades.” laying the foundation As far back as the early 1990s, efforts to publicize green building concepts and make energy-saving construction more affordable were on the rise. In 1993, rick fedrizzi, david gottfried and mike italiano founded the U.S. Green Building Council to promote sustainability in the industry, working with businesses and nonprofits across the country to implement standards for green construction and accreditation.

Since that time, voluntary certification vehicles like the Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program have become powerful drivers of both residential and commercial construction, and the number of builders, organizations and contractors “going green” has increased dramatically.

There’s a reason for the focus on construction: Buildings account for 38 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions in the United States and 73 percent of the nation’s total energy consumption, the U.S. Green Building Council reports. In comparison, says ali peterson, communications specialist for the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, LEED Goldcertified buildings cut energy use by roughly 25 percent, water use by 11 percent, have 19 percent lower annual maintenance costs and 34 percent lower greenhouse gas emissions than conventional structures.

Meanwhile, many values espoused by the industry have shifted from the fringes to the mainstream.

“Today,” says Peterson, the council’s constituency “includes builders and environmentalists, corporations and nonprofits, elected officials and concerned citizens, teachers and students.” In a 2014 Nielsen global survey, she notes, 55 percent of corporate respondents said they were willing to pay extra for products and services provided by companies committed to making a positive environmental impact, up from 50 percent in 2012 and 45 percent in 2011.

From concepts to code A particular green building’s design is largely determined by the structure’s intended use and the client’s budget, says Leslie. “Green Building begins with quality construction; then we begin incorporating more durable, longer warranty materials. The bells and whistles come next, as options.

“Simple steps such as air-sealing, sealing HVAC systems and increasing insulation are cost-effective, deliver instant savings and make buildings more comfortable,” she continues. And by focusing on reducing energy usage at the individual consumer level, “Renewable energy becomes more cost-effective” for others to implement into existing and new structures.

Thorough planning is needed before construction even starts, notes Moody. Advanced framing techniques that don’t entail additional costs, he says, “are starting to become more the industry standard.”

Recent advances in insulation materials and design, he explains, are also becoming more common within the industry. Adding a “thermal skin” of rigid insulation just beneath the exterior surface, for example, “helps block the thermal

bridging of heat moving through the wall studs,” more effectively maintaining internal temperatures.

Building codes are starting to incorporate such techniques, notes Moody: “We’ll most likely see it become a requirement in new construction as we seek to reduce the massive amount of energy used by the construction industry.”

Meanwhile, WNC Green Building Council co-founder duncan mcpherson cites three main aspects to green technologies’ appeal: economics, health and comfort. Reduced costs as well as federal and state tax credits for homeowners who invest in renewable energy, he notes, have fueled solar power’s growing popularity over the last five years.

But green building “isn’t just solar panels and insulation,” says McPherson, a principal at Samsel Architects. It also involves “creating healthy environments in our homes, offices and schools. Air quality, daylight and even the chemical makeup of the products surrounding us in buildings have a tremendous impact on our health.” He adds that while “It’s easy for folks to just think about a green built house,” green building is making strides in commercial designs, factories and churches as well.

Comfort, he adds, is a significant benefit that’s often overlooked. “One of the tenets of green building is to create spaces that have consistent temperatures, ample fresh air and are free of mold.” Besides improving quality of life, these factors affect people’s ability to function. “Healthy, comfortable employees will do better work and make more money for a business,” says McPherson. “Healthy, comfortable students will be more focused and will learn more effectively.”

Money, politics and (solar) power Not everyone shares these advocates’ enthusiasm, though, and the road to a green energy future still faces significant hurdles.

“Access to financing and proper valuation during appraisal,” says Leslie, “is probably the No. 1 obstacle” to the green building industry’s future growth. Innovative financing that lets property owners pay for improvements with the savings incurred over time, she notes, is available for many commercial buildings but less common with residential structures.

And meanwhile, several legislative efforts in Raleigh threaten to derail the progress being made in the green building and renewable energies industries, says Moody. “A seemingly

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Just $20 for the afternoon, includes materials and refreshments.

Join us, Sunday, September 13, from 1PM-6PM, in the Asheville Bridge Room, River Ridge Mall, 800 Fairview Road, Asheville.

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harmless piece of legislation titled NC Energy Ratepayers Protection Act,” for example, would freeze the state’s renewable energy requirement at 6 percent and eliminate it altogether by 2018. In the meantime, companies would be allowed to satisfy half of it merely by increasing the efficiency of traditional resources.

The proposal, also known as H.B. 681, is supported by conservative groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council, which claims “nearly one-quarter of the country’s state legislators” among its membership and is dedicated to “limited government, free markets and federalism,” according to its website.

Proponents say the bill would level the playing field for all energy suppliers and ultimately benefit consumers by driving down utility costs.

An April 15 article in the Carolina Journal quoted Rep. chris millis, who’s co-sponsoring H.B. 681, as saying, “This bill is focused solely on protecting the ratepayer.” If renewable energy is as affordable and accessible as industry members claim, argued Millis, it shouldn’t need subsidies.

Duke Energy spokesperson randy wheeless says the giant utility is remaining “neutral” on the bill, though he’s quick to add that the company is in compliance with the current standards and plans to meet the 2021 goals.

“This is not a bill that we asked for in any way, shape or form,” stresses Wheeless. “In fact, we feel very comfortable with where we are in our REPS compliance.” Duke, he continues, has benefitted significantly from the renewable energy tax credits, but “We’ll be fine with whatever the General Assembly wants to do in that area.”

Meanwhile, another bill, H.B. 332, would also freeze the renewables requirement at 6 percent; the current law gradually increases it to 12.5 percent by 2021. Still other proposed legislation would eliminate tax credits for renewable resource projects.

And though these proposals seem unlikely to gain approval in the current session, portions of them could be included in other bills.

Many in the green building industry strongly oppose such efforts.

McPherson, for example, calls H.B. 681 “inaptly titled legislation that would hurt North Carolina’s green building and emerging clean energy economy.”

mhunt@mountainx.com If enacted, he maintains, the law could cost the state thousands of jobs and discourage investments in renewable energy.

Moody concurs, saying, “The meager incentives that renewable energy get are a drop in the bucket compared to the subsidies of fossil fuels & utilities.” According to the International Monetary Fund, energy companies around the world will receive over five trillion dollars in subsidies, or roughly seven percent of the global GDP, in 2015 alone.

Moody likens the current incentives and subsidies for green building to the Roosevelt administration’s programs in the 1930s. FDR’s New Deal policies, he maintains, “created jobs by building the Blue Ridge Parkway and many other civic projects” that helped “lift us out of the Depression and rebuild a strong middle class,” enabling many Americans — including Moody’s own grandfather — to become “job creators.”

A promising future Despite these challenges, many in the green building industry foresee a bright future. As the popularity of green design and renewable energy elements continues to grow among consumers and businesses, says McPherson, the focus will increasingly shift from new structures to retrofitting existing buildings.

These days, he notes, “Building owners are more knowledgeable about the benefits of green building, so the demand is there in the market.” The big question now is whether policymakers will continue to support the market with legislation that facilitates future expansion.

“The modern energy efficiency movement began with the energy crisis of the 1970s,” says McPherson.

“Hopefully it won’t take another energy crisis for our leaders to realize that green building and clean energy are here to stay.”

In the meantime, the state’s current renewable energy policy is paying big dividends. Duke Energy, notes Wheeless, hopes to open four new solar facilities by the end of this year. The $500 million project will include some of the largest solar plants in North Carolina, capable of generating eight to 10 times as much power as those already operating in the state.

Improved building methods and reduced construction time for renewable energy facilities have made the move a logical one for the

company, says Wheeless. “We’re excited about the four we’ve got under construction now, and hopefully we’ll have new ones to announce in the near future.”

Moody believes that supporting sustainable energy use and innovative green design concepts is a necessity if we wish to bequeath future generations a healthy environment. “There’s a mind shift that we all must accept: We’re on a pretty small planet that has 7.3 billion people.” And as developing countries across the globe increase their energy usage, he believes the time has come to “create an economy that values life, solution-oriented businesses and sustainable job growth.”

For her part, Leslie sees the current growth in the green building industry as a steppingstone toward broader sustainability goals.

Several of her organization’s current programs, she notes, point the way toward a sustainable energy future. Green Built NC, a statewide effort administered locally by the nonprofit, provides support for smaller scale builders. And the Living Building Challenge, a collaborative effort with the International Living Future Institute, is a community-based project that aims to take green building to the next level: structures containing no toxic chemicals while achieving zero net energy usage and zero net water consumption (by collecting rainwater and treating it before and after use).

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knOw YOUr bUilders The WNC green Building Council will be holding a release party and networking event for it’s annual Green Building Directory release at Highland Brewing on Thursday, September 10 from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m.

The community is invited to meet and mingle with local companies and entrepreneurs from around WNC. For more information, visit wncgbc.org/events/ or contact Nina@wncgbc.org. X

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DOg tAlK seRies 545-2948, dogtraininworkshops.blogspot.com • TH (9/10), 7-9pm - Workshop on identifying muscle pain in dogs. $20/$15 advance. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. • FR (9/11), 7-9pm - “The Collarless Dog,” presentation about dog walking equipment. $20/$15 advance. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. DOggie DiP At ReCReAtiOn PARK POOl 259-5826, ashevillenc.gov/parks • SA (9/12), noon-5pm - Pool is open for dogs. Proof of vaccinations & spayed/neutered required. Schedule based on weight class. Contact for details. $10/ $5 advance.   Held at Recreation Park Pool, 65 Gashes Creek

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UNIQUE COMMUNITY GARDENS: The annual West Asheville Garden Stroll is back for its seventh year on Saturday, Sept. 12.

The self-guided tour includes 18 gardens along an easily walkable and bikeable route. According to organizers, this year’s gardens include heirloom vegetables, berries, fruit, flowers, landscaping, stonework, a large community garden, garden art and chickens. The kickoff ceremony starts at 10:30 a.m. at the West Asheville Library, and the gardens will be open from 11 a.m.–4 p.m., rain or shine. Maps are available all day at the kickoff site. Photo courtesy of West Asheville Garden Stroll (p.21)

BeneFits AUtHORs FOR liteRACY 254-3442, litcouncil.com • FR (9/11), 6pm - Tickets to this dinner and live auction featuring novelist David Baldacci support the Literacy council of Buncombe county’s programs. $75. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St. BiDs & BlUes FUnDRAiseR 697-1581, thrive4health.org • SU (9/13), 2-6pm - Proceeds from this live auction and outdoor music event headlining Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues benefit thrive. $25/$10 children age 6-12/free children 5 and under. Held at Highland Lake Cove Retreat, 215 Rhett Drive, Flat Rock FeAsting FOR FeAst facebook.com/ events/1470204566623760 • TH (9/10), 6-9pm - Tickets to this event featuring local food, wine, and beer benefit Feasting for FEaSt. $40/$35 advance.

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Recreation management club

gROve PARK neigHBORHOOD tOUR OF HOMes gpsmna.org • SU (9/13), 11am-5pm Tickets to the “Grove Park Neighborhood Tour of Homes” benefit the restoration and maintenance of local parks. $25/$20 advance. Held at Grove Park, 338 Charlotte St.

Registration required. $5. Held

JUst DesseRts MUsiCAl BeneFit facebook.com/ events/999250460086511, DARbenefit@gmail.com • SA (9/12), 7:30pm - Tickets to this dessert buffet and Susan Nicely performance of Bon Appetit benefit the veteran’s Restoration Quarters. $50/$375 table of 8.

Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St.

sports benefit mountaintrue.

OlD CUllOWHee CAnOe slAlOM BeneFit 227-3633, basecamp@wcu.edu • SA (9/12), 9am - Proceeds from this paddling competition benefit Wcu’s Parks and

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RADiCAl Reels FilM tOUR 687-0918, mountaintrue. org/914-radical-reels-film-tour • MO (9/14), 7pm - Tickets to this film tour featuring extreme $17/$15 advance/$30 VIP. Held at Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15, 292 Thetford St. UMODzi AsHeville YOgA BeneFit 254-2339, ashevilleyogabenefit.com • SA (9/12), 9am-6pm Proceeds from this yoga festival and raffle benefit World camp. $60 all day pass/$20 single class/$10 raffle. Held at Odyssey Community School, 90 Zillicoa St.

BUsiness & teCHnOlOgY A-B teCH sMAll BUsiness CenteR 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted. All classes held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/9), 3pm - “An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Bridging the Digital Divide,” seminar.

• TH (9/10), 2pm - “Department of Revenue: Business Essentials,” seminar.

• SA (9/12), 9am - “SCORE: Simple Steps to Refining Your Business Model,” course.

• TU (9/15), 10am- “SBA: Programs and Services for Your Small Business,” seminar. Held at A-B Tech South Site, 303B Airport Road, Arden • TU (9/15), 6pm - “eBay: The Basics of Selling on eBay,” seminar.

• WE (9/16), 10am - “Increasing and Rewarding Loyalty While Driving Customers to Your

Door,” seminar.

• TH (9/17), 10am - “Affordable Healthcare Overview for Business Owners,” seminar.

AsHeville AReA CHAMBeR OF COMMeRCe 258-6114, ashevillechamber.org • TH (9/17), 5pm - “Asheville Metro Economy Outlook,” presentations on trends in urban economic development by Bruce Katz and strategic job creation by the Economic Development Coalition. $25.

Registration required. Held at The Biltmore Estate, 1 Lodge St. g&W investMent ClUB klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am - General meeting. Free to attend. Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden WnC nAtURAl HeAltH & Wellness meetup.com/WNC-NaturalHealth-Wellness • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3pm Networking event for natural health & wellness practitioners. Free to attend. Held at Western North Carolina School

of Massage, 131 McDowell St. Suite 302

reservations: (828) 225-3993. www.heavenscloudeventcenter. com

ClAsses, Meetings & events

PsYCHiC DevelOPMent AnD MeDiUMsHiP ClAsses! (pd.) (SA) September 12th, 19th, 26th — Learn from the 2015 Psychic of the Year Jill M. Jackson!

Go to www.jillmjackson.com or call 828-414-4765 for more information

ABOUt tHe tRAnsCenDentAl MeDitAtiOn teCHniQUe: FRee intRODUCtORY leCtURe (pd.) The most effortless meditation technique is also the most effective. Learn how TM is different from other practices (including common “mantra” methods). An evidence-based technique for going beyond the active mind to access deep inner reserves of energy, creativity and bliss — dissolving stress, awakening your highest self. The only meditation recommended for hypertension by the American Heart Association.

NIH-sponsored research shows decreased anxiety, improved brain functioning, heightened well-being.

Reduces insomnia, ADHD, PTSD. Personalized training, certified instructors, free follow-up classes. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut.

828-254-4350 or TM.org or meditationasheville.org linDA PAnnUllO MOsAiCs AnD WORKsHOPs (pd.) • The Big Concrete Leaf workshop with Linda Pannullo, Sunday, September 20. • Create a Pebble Mosaic Mandala with Deb Aldo, September 26-27. • Mosaic Mirror Class for Beginners with Linda Pannullo, October 10-11. • Layered Glass Mosaic workshop with Yulia Hanansen, November 7-8.

Information/Registration: Call (828) 337-6749 or http:// www.lindapannullomosaics. com/ ORgAniC gROWeRs sCHOOl’s 2nD AnnUAl HARvest COnFeRenCe (pd.) SA 9/12 at AB Tech Asheville. 25+ classes on fall & winter growing, preservation, fermentation, homesteading & self reliance. $50.

Organicgrowersschool.org PlAn YOUR neXt HOliDAY PARtY At HeAven’s ClOUD event CenteR (pd.) Just miles from downtown Asheville, Heaven’s Cloud is a unique venue for your next event! Information/

PsYCHiCs OF tHe YeAR (pd.) (SU 9/20) From Best American Psychics: Allison Hayes The Rock Girl & Jill M. Jackson. Gallery event: Mediumship & Psychic Messages. Advance $44; Door $55. The Altamont Theatre, 12 Church St. www.mysticandmediumasheville. bpt.me tHe COnneCtiOn PRACtiCe (pd.) September 12-13 or October 3-4. Increase your empathic communication skills and access your heart’s wisdom. Info: www.heartspeakpeace.com/ the-connection-practice or Cathy Holt, 828-545-9681.

AsHeville nAtiOnAl ORgAnizAtiOn FOR WOMen ashevillenow@live.com • 2nd SUNDAYS, 2:30pm Monthly meeting. Free. Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. AsHeville OUtlets JOB FAiR 667-2308, shopashevilleoutlets.com • WE (9/16), 11am-7pm Asheville Outlets retailers job fair. Free. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road Big ivY COMMUnitY CenteR 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm - Community club meeting.

Free.

BUilDing BRiDges buildingbridges-ashevillenc.org • THURSDAYS (9/10) through (11/5), 7-9pm - Seminar series on the dynamics of racism.

Registration required. $35.

Held at A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Road BUnCOMBe COUntY PUBliC liBRARies buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• TU (9/15), 2-3:30pm - Job

coaching class with Goodwill.

Registration required: 2506482. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville JUst PeACe FOR isRAel/ PAlestine mepeacewnc.com • WE (9/9), 9:30am - General meeting. Free. Held at Black Mountain Presbyterian, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain OntRACK WnC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/9), noon-1:30pm “Understanding Credit. Get It. Keep It. Improve It.” Free.

• THURSDAYS through (10/1), 5:30-7pm - “Money Buddies,” money management workshop series for women. Free.

• TH (9/10), noon - “How to Buy a Car,” class. Free.

• TUESDAYS (9/15) through (9/29), 5:30-8pm - “Manage Your Money,” workshop series. Free.

PisgAH legAl seRviCes 253-0406, pisgahlegal.org • TH (9/10), 5:30-7:30pm “Artisan Chocolate & Brews,” Young professionals gathering and tasting event. $15. Held at Catawba Brewing South Slope, 32 Banks Ave Suite 105 PUBliC events At UnCA unca.edu • MO (9/14) through SA (9/19) - UNCA Installation of Chancellor Mary K. Grant. See website for full schedule and locations. Free.

• TU (9/15), 6pm “Leadership Asheville Forum,” with CNBC’s guest host Gina Sanchez. Held in the Reuter Center. tARHeel PieCeMAKeRs QUilt ClUB tarheelpiecemakers. wordpress.com • WE (9/9), 10am-noon - Monthly meeting with topic on precuts. Free to attend. Held at Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville

All Breed Dog & Cat Grooming N. Asheville 51 N. Merrimon Ave, Ste 117 828-252-7171 Fairview 911 Charlotte HWY 828-628-9807

WWW .S HAMPOODLES S ALON . COM MONDAY–FRIDAY 8 AM–5 PM SATURDAY 9AM–4PM

WnC KnitteRs AnD CROCHeteRs FOR OtHeRs 575-9195 • MO (9/14), 7-9pm - General meeting. Free. Held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3070 Sweeten Creek Road YOUtH OUtRigHt 772-1912, youthoutright.org

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• TH (9/17), 8pm - “Young Voices,” annual community event with presentations from youth and spoken word excerpts from Qtopia. $30.

Held at Jewish Community Center, 236 Charlotte St.

Dance BELLY DANCE • CLOGGING CLASSES (pd.) Now at Idea Factory Inc. Dance Studio, 3726 Sweeten Creek Road, in addition to our ongoing classes for ages 2 & up.

Class schedule, registration/information: www.ideafactoryinc.org ROCOCO BALLROOM (pd.) Offering social and competitive dance instruction to couples and individuals of all levels in Ballroom, Latin and Swing.

Schedule a $25 sample lesson TODAY by calling 828.575.0905 or visiting www.rococoballroom.com

Music veteran Mac Arnold helps cure the blues in Henderson County WHAT: Thrive’s fourth annual Bids & Blues fundraiser, featuring Mac Arnold WHERE: The Cove at Highland Lake WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 13, 2-6 p.m.

WHY: “Everyone feels blue at some point in their life, and music is one of many ways to cope,” says Kristen Martin, executive director of mental health organization Thrive. “We like to connect blues music to our mission as a way to reduce stigma and promote advocacy.”

Accordingly, music veteran Mac Arnold and his band Plate Full O’ Blues plus special guest Eric Congdon will headline the nonprofit’s fourth annual Bids & Blues outdoor event. The featured artist’s resume recalls his varying roles alongside icons like James Brown (who was a member of Arnold’s first band), Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.

“All funds raised go directly to support the individuals we serve in living a happy, healthy and productive life,” Martin explains,

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noting that one of Thrive’s programs was recently cut due to lack of funds. “Thrive’s role in the Henderson County area is to assist adults with mental health symptoms to move from surviving to thriving. Thrive supports adults with a mental health diagnosis [as they] obtain employment, volunteer experience, independent living [arrangements], and social and coping skills.”

Event tickets include a catered picnic by local chef Lark Lindsey, complimentary drinks from Sierra Nevada and MetroWines, and participation in a live auction. Plus, Martin notes: “The Cove at Highland lake provides a beautiful scenic view of the lake. … It’s a great night that supports a wonderful cause!”

Bids & Blues tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for children ages 6-12 and free for children younger than 6. They are available at thrive4health.org or by calling 697-1581. X

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Asheville Movement Collective ashevillemovementcollective. org • FRIDAYS, 7:30pm - Noninstructional, free-form dances within community. $7-$15. Held at Asheville Ballet Studio, 4 Weaverville Road, Woodfin • SUNDAYS, 9am & 11amNon-instructional, free-form dance within community. $7-$15. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway Land of Sky Squares 989-5554, landofskysquares.info • TU (9/15), 7-8:30pm New student square dances and instruction. $5. Held at Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St.

Eco Asheville Citizens’ Climate Lobby facebook.com/ sustainavlwnc • SA (9/12), 12:30-3pm General meeting. Free.

Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road

Asheville Green Drinks ashevillegreendrinks.com Free to attend. Held at Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway • WE (9/9), 6pm - “Easy, Inexpensive, and Do-ItYourself Ways to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient,” presentation.

• WE (9/26), 6pm “International Day of Peace: Partnerships for Peace - Dignity for All,” presentation.

Asheville GreenWorks 254-1776, ashevillegreenworks.org • SA (9/12), 10am-2pm - “Hard to Recycle,” collection event. Free. Held at Madden Ace Hardware, 2319 US Highway 70, Swannanoa Creation Care Alliance of WNC creationcarealliance.org • TH (9/10), 5:30-7pm General meeting. Free.

Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St. Haywood County Master Gardeners 456-3575, sarah_scott@ ncsu.edu • TU (9/15), 5:30pm Presentation about monarch butterflies and tour of the library’s monarch butterfly garden. Free. Held at Haywood County LibraryCanton, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton Henderson County Big Sweep 692-0385 ext. 1001, action. mountaintrue.org/page/s/ henderson-county-bigsweep • SA (9/12), 9am-3pm Litter clean-up day for Henderson County waterways. Location given upon registration. Free.

National Drive Electric Week driveelectricweek.org • SU (9/13), noon-6pm Celebrate electric vehicles with demos, rides, plus food, music & prizes. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road Transition Asheville 296-0064, transitionasheville.org • MO (9/14), 6:30-8pm “Making the World Safer for Pollinators, One City at a Time,” presentation and social. Free.

Held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 337 Charlotte St. Wilma Dykeman Book Club 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • TH (9/10), 5:30pm Excerpts from Dykeman’s The French Broad and discussion, “Who Killed the French Broad,” led by Karen Cragnolin, executive director of RiverLink. Free.

Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St. WNC Green Building Council 254-1995, wncgbc.org • TH (9/10), 5:30-8pm Annual directory release and networking event with music by Asheville Newgrass. $5. Held at Highland Brewing Company, 12 Old Charlotte Highway

Farm & Garden Asheville Botanical Gardens 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd., 252-5190, ashevillebotanicalgardens.org • SA (9/12), 9am-3pm “Annual Fall Plant and Rummage Sale.”

Free to attend.

Bullington Gardens 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville, 698-6104, bullingtongardens.org • FR (9/11) and SA (9/12), 10am-4pm - Fall plant sale.

Free to attend.

Buncombe County Master Gardeners 255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org • 2nd SATURDAYS, 11am2pm - Plant problems, pests and compost demonstrations. Free to attend.

Held at WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road • TU (9/15), 9am-3pm Master Gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions at the Ask-a-Gardener info booth.

Free. Held at Asheville Botanical Gardens, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd.

• TH (9/17), 10am - “Gardening in the Mountains Series,” presentation about fall flowering perennials and lawns.

Registration required. Free.

CREATIVE REGIONAL SOLUTIONS Held at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Office, 94 Coxe Ave. FiRestORM CAFe AnD BOOKs 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • TU (9/15), 6pm - Annie Martin presents her book The Magical World of Moss Gardening. Free to attend.

West AsHeville gARDen stROll westashevillegardens.com • SA (9/12), 10:30am-4pm - Self-guided tour of 15 neighborhood gardens.

Free. Maps and kick-off ceremony held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road.

FestivAls 14tH AnnUAl “WeAve tHe WeB” FestivAl (pd.) Crystal Visions, Saturday, September 26, 11am-5pm. Featuring dozens of participants offering I• Psychic Readings • Energy Healing • Massage • Aura Photography • Creative Artisans • Fun • Food • Festivities1 • Admission is free. 5426 Asheville Hwy, 28791. www.crystalvisionsbooks.com COlOR FAiRe facebook.com/colorfaire • SA (9/12), noon-5pm - Color throwing festival in celebration of Holi.

Includes live world music, dance, and vendors. $15. Held at Rainbow Community School, 574 Haywood Road gOOMBAY FestivAl ashevillegoombayfestival.com • FR (9/11) through SU (9/13) - African & Caribbean culture festival.

Free to attend. See page 41 for full details.

MOUntAin stAte FAiR 687-1414, mountainfair.org • FR (9/11) through SU (9/20) - Mountain State Fair includes agriculture, music, crafts, art, food, entertainment, display of livestock, and competitions.

See website for full schedule. $9/$5 seniors and children 6-12/free for children 5 and under. Held at WNC Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road

FOOD & BeeR FOUntAinHeAD BOOKstORe 408 N. Main St., Hendersonville, 697-1870, fountainheadbookstore.com • FR (5/22), 7pm - Chef Drake demo and presentation of his book New Cookbook is Uptown Down South Cuisine.

Free to attend.

HenDeRsOnville sisteR Cities hendersonvillesistercities.org • TU (9/8) and TU (9/15), 6:30pm - “Evening of Italian-themed Wines and Foods,” tasting event.

Registration required. $30.

Held at Sage Gourmet Wine Shop, 416 N. Main St., Hendersonville leiCesteR COMMUnitY CenteR 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, 7743000, facebook.com/ Leicester.Community.

Center • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:303:30pm - Manna FoodBank distribution, including local produce. Free. living WeB FARMs 891-4497, livingwebfarms.org French Broad Food Co-op • TU (9/15), 6:30pm Cooking Class: Learn about flavorful, easy-to-grow, and nutritious greens. $10. Held at 90 Biltmore Ave.

gOveRnMent & POlitiCs AsHeville nAtiOnAl ORgAnizAtiOn FOR WOMen ashevillenow@live.com • WE (9/16), 6:30pm Postcard and letter writing to legislators. Free to attend. Held at Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar, 1 Page Ave #101 BUnCOMBe COUntY DeMOCRAtiC PARtY buncombedems.org • TH (9/10), 6pm. Potluck and presentation. $5 or potluck dish. Held at Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road

BUnCOMBe COUntY RePUBliCAn Men’s ClUB 712-1711, gakeller@gakeller.com • 2nd SATURDAYS, 7:30am - Discussion group meeting with optional breakfast.

Free to attend. Held at Corner Stone Restaurant, 102 Tunnel Road HenDeRsOn COUntY DeMOCRAtiC PARtY 692-6424, myhcdp.com • WE (9/9), 9:30am Presentation about overlooked voter populations.

Free to attend. Held at Mike’s on Main, 303 N. Main St., Hendersonville • WE (9/16), noon - General meeting and discussion on election issues. BYO lunch.

Free. Held at Henderson County Democratic Party, 905 S. Greenville Hwy., Hendersonville

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gRAnDFAtHeR MOUntAin 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, 733-4337, grandfather.com • SA (9/12), 8am-7pm “KidFest,” games, music, and activities celebrating nature. $20/$18 senior/$9 children 4-12/Free under 4. sPellBOUnD CHilDRen’s BOOKsHOP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 7087570, spellboundchildrensbookshop. com • SATURDAYS, 11am Storytime for ages 3-7.

Free to attend.

OUtDOORs BlUe RiDge PARKWAY HiKes 298-5330, nps.gov • FR (9/11), 10am - “The Empty Graveyard,” ranger led moderate 2.5 mile hike.

Meets at Graveyard Fields, MP 418.8.

BAND • PIANO • LESSONS • TUTORING (pd.) Children • BeginnersAdvanced. Professional licensed music teacher.

Your home or my studio.

• Affordable. 25 years+ experience. • Multi-child discounts. • Call Georgia Slater, B.M.E. (828) 484-9233.

BlUe RiDge PARKWAY RAngeR PROgRAMs 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• SA (9/12), 7pm “Skunks,” presentation about skunks. Free. Held at Julian Price Campground Amphitheater, MP 296.

AsHeville MUsiC sCHOOl 126 College St., 252-6244, ashevillemusicschool.com • SA (9/12), 10am-1pm - Open house with performances, refreshments, and tours. Free.

CitY OF HenDeRsOnville cityofhendersonville.org • SA (9/12), 10am & 4pm - Guided walk through historic Hendersonville neighborhood introduces the best trees for urban settings. Registration required: 713-6807. Free.

BUnCOMBe COUntY PUBliC liBRARies buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (9/11), 4-5:30pm Teen Awesome Group: “Pizza Planning Party,” discussion of possible library programs for 6th grade and up. Pizza and drinks provided. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville • WE (9/16), 3:30pm Makers and Shakers Club: Make a painting. Supplies provided. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St..

CRADle OF FORestRY Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • SA (9/12), 11am-5pm - “Afternoon Tea with Llamas,” lead llamas on a 2 mile trail walk. BYO lunch. Tea provided. $5. eliADA HOMe 2 Compton Drive, 645-7190 • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (9/16) until (10/31) - Eliada Home Corn Maze. See website for full schedule. Discounts for volunteers. $10/$8 seniors/$7 children age 4-11.

lAKe JAMes stAte PARK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (9/11), 9am- Ranger led canoe excursion.

Registration required. Free.

• SA (9/12), 9:45am - Autumn boat tour.

Registration required. Free.

• SA (9/12), 3pm “Snakes,” Ranger led easy hike and presentation about snakes. Free.

• WE (9/16), 2pm - “Fall Migration Bird Hike.” Free.

L A N D O FS K Y. O R G P: 828.251.6622

YMCA OF WnC 210-2265, ymcawnc.org • SA (9/12), 8:45am - 3.8 mile moderate hike at Max Patch. Registration required: 658-0047. Free/$5 optional carpooling. Held at YMCA - Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St.

PUBliC leCtURes PUBliC leCtURes At AsU appstate.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/9), 7pm - “The Seen & the Unseen,” lecture by artist Annie Waldrop. Held in the Turchin Center Lecture Hall.

PUBliC leCtURes At UnCA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• SA (9/12), 2pm - Asheville History Center lecture on early American botanist John Bartram. Held at the Reuter Center. tRAnsYlvAniA COUntY liBRARY 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard, 884-3151 • TU (9/15), noon - “Playing for Empowerment: Mill Town Baseball during the Depression Era,” lecture by Robert Billinger. Free.

Canine Social Club

The Canine Social Club offers an innovative comprehensive approach to meeting the physical and psychological needs of dogs.

This unique concept gives you and your dog the best possible social experience in all of Asheville.

sPiRitUAlitY AsHeville insigHt MeDitAtiOn (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation.

Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft

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

AWAKening WisDOM (pd.) For optimal psycho-spiritual health. Guidance and training in Zen influenced meditation, mindfulness, and teachings in a completely contemporary context. Unlocking the secret of non-duality consciousness for a more authentic, wise, compassionate and sane life. Individual, group and telephone sessions available with consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz.

Very affordable. For info contact healing@billwalz.com, (828) 258-3241. Visit www.billwalz.com COMMUnitY HU sOng (pd.) In our fast-paced world, are you looking to find more inner peace? Singing HU can lift you into a higher state of

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consciousness, so that you can discover, in your own way, who you are and why you’re here. • Date: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 11am to 11:30am, fellowship follows. Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Rd. (lower level), Asheville NC 28806, 828-254-6775. (free event). www.eckankar-nc.org CRYstAl visiOns BOOKs AnD event CenteR (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts.

Event Space, Labyrinth and Garden. 828-687-1193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com OPen HeARt MeDitAtiOn (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you.

Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org

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seRenitY insigHt MeDitAtiOn (pd.) A Burmese monk leads authentic Buddhist insight meditation, grounded in 40 years of practice. Beginners and advanced practitioners welcome. • Sundays, 10am11:30am; • Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm-7pm. (828) 298-4700. wncmeditation.com AsHeville CenteR FOR tRAnsCenDentAl MeDitAtiOn 165 E. Chestnut, 254-4350, meditationasheville.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30pm “An Introduction to the Transcendental Meditation Technique.” Free.

BetteR living CenteR 606-6834 • THURSDAYS through (9/24), 6:30pm - Creationist health seminar. Free. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester gRACe lUtHeRAn CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • WEDNESDAYS (9/9) through (10/14), 9:30am - Women’s

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Massage CE Classes with Cat Matlock, LMBT #1080 SELF CARE for Knee and Back Pain 3 CEs Fri 9/18 5-8pm OPEN TO ALL $50 Trigger Point Therapy for Hip and Low Back 7 CEs Sat 9/19 1-8:30pm $140 LMBTs ONLY SELF CARE for Sciatica, Hip, and Low Back Pain 3 CEs Sun 9/20 2-5pm OPEN TO ALL $50

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Book Study: All the Places to Go by John Ortberg.

Registration required. $9.

• SA (9/12), 9:30am “YOUnique,” all ages workshop providing personal exploration of personality and lifestyle choices. Lunch provided. Free.

Registration required.

• SU (9/13), 11am - “Festival de la FE,” lunch, games, service projects, and labyrinth creation.

Registration for lunch required.

Free.

• 2nd MONDAYS (9/14) through (11/9), 9:30am - Biblical Book Study: Grace: More than We Deserve, Greater then We Imagine by Max Lucado.

Registration required. $8 book fee.

• MONDAYS (9/14) through (11/23), 1pm - Biblical Book Study: 66 Love Letters by Larry Crab. Registration required. $15 book fee.

JeWisH COMMUnitY CenteR 236 Charlotte St., 253-0701, jcc-asheville.org • WE (9/9), 4-6pm - “A Taste of Honey,” honey tasting event for the Jewish New Year. Free.

KAiROs West COMMUnitY CenteR 742 Haywood Road, 367-6360, kairoswest.wordpress.com • TUESDAYS through (12/29), 9:30am - Spirituality discussion group open to all faiths and practices. Free. tHe WAY OF lOve COMMUnitY gROUP thepowerofpassionatepresence.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Modern mind meditation class.

Free. Held at Angle Cottage, 50 Woodlawn Ave. tiBetAn BUDDHist PRACtiCe gROUP 512-289-248 • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, noon - Lunchtime meditation practice. Free. Held at KTC Asheville, 2 Wall St. Suite 112

sPOKen & WRitten WORD BlUe RiDge BOOKs 152 S. Main St., Waynesville • SA (9/12), 3pm - Members of First United Methodist Church discuss their book Journeying toward Reconciliation.

Free to attend.

BUnCOMBe COUntY PUBliC liBRARies buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• THURSDAYS (9/3) through (9/17), 3:30pm - “Learn to

Download Digital Books, Audio Books and Magazines from the Library,” workshop. Different devices are covered each session. Contact for guidelines.

Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. • TH (9/10), 1pm - Afternoon Book Club: Contact for discussion topic. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TH (9/10), 6pm - Book Club: Discussion of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • FR (9/11), SA (9/12) & MO (9/14), 10am-4pm - Used book sale benefitting the Friends of the Skyland Library. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TU (9/15), 7pm - Evening Book Club: Discussion of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • TU (9/15), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: Discussion of The Treatment by Mo Hayder.

Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TU (9/15), 2pm - Book Club: Discussion of Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TH (9/17), 2:30pm - Book Club: Discussion of Guests on Earth by Lee Smith. Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road CitY ligHts BOOKstORe 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 5869499, citylightsnc.com • SU (9/13), 1pm - English on the Ides: “Maya Book Arts on Exhibit at the WCU Fine Art Museum,” presentation by WCU English professor.

Free to attend. liteRARY events At UnCA unca.edu • SU (9/13), 3pm - Matthew Neill Null reads from his book Honey from the Lion.

Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

MAlAPROP’s BOOKstORe AnD CAFe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/9), 7pm - Power of Myth Salon: Discussion of Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth.

• TH (9/10), 7pm - Rita Zoey presents her memoir Let the Tornado Come.

• SA (9/12), 7pm - Matthew

Neill presents his novel Honey from the Lion.

• SU (9/13), 3pm - Rod Kight discusses his book Cannabis Business Law: What You Need to Know.

• MO (9/14), 7pm - Sallie Bissell shares her novel A Judgment of Whispers.

• TU (9/15), 7pm - Sonja Yoerg presents her novel House Broken.

• WE (9/16), 5pm - Messages to the Heart Salon: Discussion of art and passages from Elise & Phil Okrend’s Messages to the Heart.

• TH (9/17), 7pm - Matthew Volmer presents his story collection Gateway to Paradise. sPellBOUnD CHilDRen’s BOOKsHOP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SU (9/13), 4pm - ROYAL book Club: Hidden Talents by David Lubar. Free to attend. sPRing CReeK COMMUnitY CenteR 13075 Highway 209, Hot Springs • SA (9/12), 7pm - Storytelling with Doug and Todd Elliott. $2. tHOMAs WOlFe MeMORiAl 52 N. Market St, 253-8304, wolfememorial.com • SA (9/12), 10am - Guided tour of the Riverside Cemetery and discussion of the real people who became characters in Wolfe’s works. $5.

WRiteRs tAKe A WAlK cat@extraordinary-words.com • SA (9/12), 10am - Walk, write and share with other writers.

Free to attend. Held at Historic Riverside Cemetery, 53 Birch St.

vOlUnteeRing HAnDs On AsHeville-BUnCOMBe 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org Registration required.

• TU (9/15), 4-6pm - Volunteers needed to assist with packing and pricing merchandise. Held at Ten Thousand Villages, 10 College St. HOMeWARD BOUnD OF WnC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org Homeward Bound WNC • 3rd THURSDAYS, 11am “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population.

Registration required.

Free to attend.

For more volunteering opportunities visit mountainx.com/volunteering

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Color Faire brings yoga, music and color throwing to Asheville

BY Pat BaRcaS pbarcas@gmail.com In the Indian tradition of Holi, “color run” participants throw dyed cornstarch in the air to create deep, variably intense hues of clouds. Asheville’s Saturday, Sept. 12, Color Faire event brings all the fun and excitement of such celebrations but without the traditional running, says organizer wynne paris.

Color Faire also offers participants a chance to relax and sip a hot cacao drink before plunging themselves into yoga, music, belly dancing, flow arts and healthy food options.

“Traditionally, this type of color festival was performed in India in the spring season,” says Paris, a nationally renowned yoga and yoga music pioneer who has practiced and played in Asheville. “It’s a giant cultural event and symbolizes the triumph of good over evil.”

As music plays, fairgoers can play around with the colored powder or propel it into the air during the hourly throws, he explains. The combined effect of food, music, color and the spiritual nature of gathering together have intensely joyous results, says Paris.

“This elicits happiness. People are streaming into light. It’s a neurological effect, the vividness of it. It makes people happy,” he says. “We’re looking to make a moment of bliss. We’re still exploring the effect of color on people, but it’s really fascinating.”

At the opening ceremony, Paris adds, Asheville’s own Dr. Cacao’s Medicine of the Heart will provide the ceremonial drink, an integral part of the event. A traditional hot chocolate beverage can elevate moods, increase blood flow to the brain and heart, nourish the body at a deep level and overall intensify senses to go along with the bright colors, says jojo

LiKE coLoR FoR cHocoLatE: To enhance the experience of Color Faire, Dr. Cacao owners JoJo Silverman, left, and Binah Crabtree will offer hot chocolate, a superfood beverage. Photo by Pat Barcas silverman, who founded Dr. Cacao’s with partner binah crabtree.

“Cacao goes well with a playful, highenergy activity,” says Silverman. “We’ll be using awareness to help elevate the experience. This is not mind-altering, but it enhances one’s experience.”

The Color Faire cacao will be a ceremonial grade from Guatemala — not the run-of-the-mill concoction.

“This is a superfood,” Silverman says.

“It’s chock-full of minerals and vitamins, and bitter in its pure form. We sweeten it with stevia or honey and add natural flavors. It’s very tasty and enjoyable.”

Paris, who will also emcee the event, says a supershot of cacao fits right in with Asheville’s holistic, natural energy, as well as its playful side. In the last 10

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years, he has toured the country with his band Grooveananda and participated in more than 1,500 kirtan music festivals.

Though he currently lives in Annapolis, Md., Paris calls Asheville “the grooviest of East Coast places.” He wanted to bring a color festival to town ever since attending events out west, he says.

“This event is really right for Asheville,” says Paris, who thought up the idea after realizing that many local kirtan and spiritual musicians had a clear schedule at the same time.

“Eighty percent of the kirtan groups in Asheville were available, so I invited everyone I had jammed with before. This is about getting people together and having a party in a field,” he says.

Performing musically will be Luna Ray, Sangita Devi, Namanada and more. Local instructor Sierra Hollister headlines the yoga, and Asheville food truck Smashbox will join a local artisans marketplace.

MOre infO when Noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 where Rainbow Community School, 574 Haywood Road, West Asheville cost $10 at brownpapertickets. com or $15 the day of the event what to bring A white T-shirt and sunglasses The dye washes out, but it’s colorful and gets everywhere. more info facebook.com/colorfaireX

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Wellness BeginneR PilAtes ReFORMeR WORKsHOP (pd.) Build a strong foundation of the principles and precise technique of Pilates from the beginning! 1-2:30p Saturday 9/12 $35. Details at www.

AshevilleHappyBody.com 277-5741 AsHeville COMMUnitY YOgA CenteR 8 Brookdale Rd., ashevillecommunityyoga.com • WEDNESDAYS (9/2) through (9/23), 6pm - “Opening Through Grief – Deep Exploration, Honoring, and Connection,” yoga workshop series. $40.

• THURSDAYS (9/3) through (9/24), 6pm - “Yoga and the Neuroscience of Happiness,” workshop series. $40/$12 drop-in class.

• SA (9/12), 12:30pm - “Basics of the Bandhas,” yoga workshop. $20.

• SU (9/13), 11:30am - “Dissect Your Downward Facing Dog,” yoga workshop. $20.

AURORA stUDiO & gAlleRY 335-1038, aurorastudio-gallery.com • FR (9/11), 6:30pm - Author Rita Zoey Chin speaks about creativity as it relates to healing and panic disorder. Free Held at Asheville Area

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Arts Council, 1 Page Ave. AUtisM sPeCtRUM-WiDe BOWling meetup.com/AspergersAdultsunited • SATURDAYS until (11/7), 1-4pm Hosted by Aspergers Adults United and Aspergers Teens United. Open to all ages, ability levels. Meets every other week. Free to attend. Held at Sky Lanes, 1477 Patton Ave. leiCesteR COMMUnitY CenteR 2979 New Leicester Hwy., Leicester, 774-3000r • MONDAYS, 6-7pm - Community yoga class. Free. lUPUs FOUnDAtiOn OF AMeRiCA, nC CHAPteR 877-849-8271, lupusnc.org • SA (9/12), 10am-1pm Annual Lupus Empowerment Seminar.

Registration required. Free. Held at All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St. nAtiOnAl AlliAnCe On MentAl illness • TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS (9/8) until (10/15) - Family-to-Family education classes for family, caregivers & friends of individuals with mental illness. Free.

ReD CROss BlOOD DRives redcrosswnc.org Appointment and ID required.

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• FR (9/11), 3-7:30pm - Appointments & info: 280-9533. Held at Spring Mountain Community Club, 807 Old Fort Rd., Fairview • SA (9/12), 9am-1:30pm - Appointments & info: 1-800-REDCROSS. Held at Harley Davidson of Asheville, 20 Patton Cove Rd., Swannanoa • SU (9/13), noon-4pm Appointments & info: 658-9908. Held at Weaverville United Methodist Church, 85 N. Main St., Weaverville • TU (9/15), 11am-4:30 Appointments & info: 1-800-REDCROSS. Held at Highmith Student Center, UNCA campus. sMOKY MOUntAin lMe/MCO 800-893-6246 ext. 5132, smokymountaincenter.com • TU (9/8) and WE (9/9), 9am-4pm “Wellness Recovery Action Plan Training,” workshop. Registration required. Free. Held at Department of Cultural Resources Western Office, 176 Riceville Rd.

sUPPORt gROUPs ADUlt CHilDRen OF AlCOHOliCs & DYsFUnCtiOnAl FAMilies adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/support

for full listings.

Al-AnOn/ AlAteen FAMilY gROUPs 800-286-1326, wnc-alanon.org • A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. For full listings, visit mountainx.com/support.

AlCOHOliCs AnOnYMOUs • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org AsHeville WOMen FOR sOBRietY 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. AsPeRgeR’s ADUlts UniteD facebook.com/ WncAspergersAdultsUnited • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2-4pm Occasionally meets additional Saturdays. Contact for details. Held at Hyphen, 81 Patton Ave. AsPeRgeR’s teens UniteD facebook.com/groups/ AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents.

Meets every 3 weeks.

Contact for details.

BRAinstORMeRs COlleCtive • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - For brain injury survivors and supporters.

BReAst CAnCeR sUPPORt gROUP 213-2508 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - For breast cancer survivors, husbands, children and friends. Held at SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Dr. CHROniC PAin sUPPORt 989-1555, deb.casaccia@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6 pm – Held in a private home.

Contact for directions.

CODePenDents AnOnYMOUs 398-8937 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TUESDAYS, 8pm – Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 DeBtORs AnOnYMOUs debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. DePRessiOn AnD BiPOlAR sUPPORt AlliAnCe 367-7660, magneticminds. weebly.com

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road.

DiABetes sUPPORt 213-4788, laura.tolle@msj.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm - In Room 3-B. Held at Mission Health, 509 Biltmore Ave. eleCtROsensitivitY sUPPORt • For electrosensitive individuals. For location and info contact hopefulandwired@gmail. com or 255-3350. eMOtiOns AnOnYMOUs 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7pm – Held at Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Rd. FOOD ADDiCts AnOnYMOUs 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Held at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School Rd. • SATURDAYS, 11am- Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 g.e.t. R.e.A.l. phoenix69@bellsouth.net • 2nd SATURDAYS, 2pm Group for people with chronic ’invisible’ auto-immune diseases. Held at Fletcher Community Park, 85 Howard Gap Rd., Fletcher gAMBleRs AnOnYMOUs gamblersanonymous.org • THURSDAYS, 6:45pm 12-step meeting. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St. HenDeRsOnville Wise WOMen ravery09@gmail.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS through (11/4), 1:30-3:30pm - Nondenominational support group supporting life transitions for women “of a certain age”.

Registration required. Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville liFe liMiting illness sUPPORt gROUP 386-801-2606 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - For adults managing the challenges of life limiting illnesses. Free.

Held at Secrets of a Duchess, 1439 Merrimon Ave. living WitH CHROniC PAin 776-4809 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa Men WORKing On liFe’s issUes 273-5334; 231-8434

• TUESDAYS, 6-8pm Contact for location.

nAR-AnOn FAMilY gROUPs nar-anon.org • WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm -

Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave. West, Hendersonville • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Rd.

nAtiOnAl AlliAnCe On MentAl illness • 2nd MONDAYS, 11am -

Connection group for individuals dealing with mental illness.

National Alliance on Mental Illness

• 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm -

Connection group for individuals dealing with mental illness.

National Alliance on Mental Illness

• 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - For

family members and caregivers of those with mental illness.

OUR vOiCe tRAUMA eDUCAtiOn seRies 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org/ trauma-education-series • 3rd TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm -

For survivors of sexual violence,

ages 18+. Registration required.

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There’s a new man in Town Green Opportunities’ new director gets his feet — and his shoes — wet

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BY caRRiE EiDSon Send your garden news to green@mountainx.com george jones jr. rolls up the cuffs on his suit pants, slips off his shoes and steps into the wet soil. “You know I gotta go barefoot when I get down here now,” Jones exclaims. “I don’t want to offend anybody, but I gotta go barefoot when I’m in the garden.”

The sun is breaking out from behind the clouds as Jones walks through the Southside Community Garden behind the Arthur R. Edington Center. As the new executive director of Green Opportunities, the green jobs training program that works with low-income Asheville residents, Jones has been spending a lot of his first month on the job getting to know this garden and the other programs that GO runs from Livingston Street.

“There’s four quadrants,” Jones says, pointing along the rows. “All the leafy greens are here, and over there they’ve got the corn and the pole beans. They’ve got okra right there, summer squash over here, and some really nice watermelons coming in slowly but surely.”

As it turns out, Jones is no stranger to a garden. “I was born and raised in Raleigh, but at 15 years old, I moved out to a 100-acre farm out northwest of the city,” he explains. “[The farmer] Mr. Baker was like a surrogate grandfather to me, and he taught me a lot about agriculture, respecting nature, being environmentally conscious, well before the whole movement of permaculture.”

It’s a seemingly good match for the work Jones will take on at GO, where programs have long focused on environmental health in addition to job training in areas such as green construction, sustainable landscaping, weatherization and culinary arts.

Jones came on board with the nonprofit in mid-July, replacing interim executive director Kendra penland.

And while he plans to continue the environmental consciousness that was practiced by previous Green Opps leadership — including co-founders dan leroy and dewayne barton — his tenure will be strongly guided by his business background.

“What I want to push for with GO is for us to be environmentally conscious, but to think about the impact of what we do,” he says. “You can mission-creep and mission-drift if you try to be all things to all people.

But if you can become really good — if you can become great — at a few key things, and your community values what you provide, then that’s the win-win.”

Jones’ career has been focused on economic development initiatives, growth strategies for small business, government procurement and workforce training. Much of that included working with women- and minority-owned businesses, developing strategies that would make them more competitive for transportation contracts.

It’s work he continued at ED3, the Hendersonville-based development firm he founded with his wife, and with the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Small Business Capacity Enhancement Program.

It’s perhaps no surprise then that one of the first programs he’ll spearhead at GO is a new soft-skills training program aimed at women ages 30-50, the demographic that makes up almost 20 percentage of Asheville’s public housing residents and who account for more heads of households than men of the same age group.

The goal of the program is to prepare participants for programs at A-B Tech in nursing, medical billing, medical coding, telemarketing or telehealth. If those careers aren’t what you would associate with green jobs, Jones would encourage you to think again. Part of the retooling he plans to bring to GO is a focus on identifying the in-demand jobs that will provide long-term employment, livable wages and a more sustainable economic situation for GO students.

“We can still be environmentally consciousness, still be focused on equality and diversity, still be focused on providing sustainable employment, but we also need to identify skilled workforce labor that is in demand,” Jones explains. “If someone says,

‘What does GO do?’ we want to be able to say that we provide a highly trained, well-established and wellskilled labor force that is meeting the market needs of the city.”

Creating more stand-alone classes, in addition to the 14-week Built Environment and Kitchen Ready programs, is step one in meeting those industry needs, Jones says.

Other steps include creating internships and incubator programs that place GO students in cafeteria jobs at Mission Hospital or retail positions at the French Broad Food Co-op. It’s a process that sees where the jobs are and figures out a way to get low- or no-income residents into those positions.

“Data really needs to be a part of our process,” Jones says. “We can’t just operate on anecdotal information. We have to identify, ‘What are the needs right now?’ There’s an ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] compliance issue for the city of Asheville. How can we address that need? There’s $400 million worth of construction going on right now in downtown Asheville. What can we do in that process? What can we do in terms of environmental consciousness in terms of that redevelopment in downtown? It’s about leveraging the network and the community need, but also focusing on workforce solutions.”

That data GO is collecting — part of a cultural engagement effort Jones is pushing — will also help the nonprofit identify its students’ needs, he says. “If you have an individual who you think could really benefit from our program, but holistically, they’ve got issues with child care, with access to food, how do get them to the workforce if there are other things that are overwhelming them?” he says. “So, when we’re building our programs and our nonprofit network, we have to look at, holistically, what the student’s life looks like and what his or her needs are.”

Ultimately, the focus has to be on creating a skilled workforce and a pipeline from public housing communities to employment opportunities in a variety of industries, Jones says.

“We’re looking at, ‘How do you come through GO and learn how to be a part of a crew? How do you go through GO and learn skills that will help you work toward attaining a degree? What are the pathways to building sustainable employment?’” he says. “That’s where my focus is at. If we’re able to build students’ morale and get them to where they’re receiving a living wage, competing in the marketplace and learning a skill, then we’ve been successful.”

It all ties together in a threepronged overhaul for GO, Jone says — one that combines workforce needs with better community engagement and a stronger support network where GO and its partners continue to “incubate” students as they navigate their first job or college semester.

Internally at GO, Jones and the board of directors are creating other changes too, including hiring new staff members and creating a more clearly defined hierarchy.

“We’ve been kind of a democratic, horizontal operation in the past, but I do think structure is important,” Jones says. “Having a little bit of accountability and responsibility goes a long way, and it’s something we want our students to value too — being focused, being clear on what the objectives are and being clear on what the outcome needs to be.

“So, when they see me coming, you’ll hear all this ‘Mr. Jones’ stuff,” he says with a laugh. “It’s not that I’m a hard disciplinarian, but you do have to have that accountability.”

Disciplinarian or not, you’ll still be able to find Jones in the garden with his shoes off, chatting with students and volunteers and checking on the vegetables. In fact, he’s so comfortable walking barefoot that even if he’s not in the garden anymore, his shoes might be.

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Food Policy Council urges Asheville to stop fluoridating water

WatERmaRK: Engineers Timothy Ormond and Melanie Brethauer joined fellow Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council volunteers in sending a letter to Asheville leaders in June asking for an end to fluoridation of the city’s water supply. Photo by Cindy Kunst

BY JonatHan ammonS jonathanammons@gmail.com Back in June, the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council sent a letter to Mayor esther manheimer and City Council “requesting the city to end the artificial fluoridation of our water supply.” Brevard, Franklin, Black Mountain and Woodfin have all cut fluoride from their water systems over the years, and the grassroots group, whose mission is to “create healthier food environments and improve healthy food access for all Buncombe County residents,” is urging Asheville to follow suit.

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controversial from the start. Recent research has raised serious health concerns, though the federal government still maintains that the additive is safe at recommended levels.

“There’s a valid discussion to be had regarding drinking water fluoridation,” says Manheimer. “Asheville is in a unique situation in that fluoride was added to the drinking water after a ballot referendum. Therefore, to remove fluoride from the drinking water, another ballot referendum is needed.” good intentions “Water fluoridation had good intentions early on,” explains timothy ormond of HydroCycle Engineering, an Asheville-based consulting firm.

“We now have a lot more information about public health concerns and

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effects that can be toxic, disrupting certain organ and enzyme functions.”

These studies, says Ormond, a Food Council volunteer, weren’t available in 2008, the last time the city considered the issue.

On April 27, the letter points out, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lowered its recommended fluoride level to avoid dental fluorosis, which causes spots on children’s teeth. The federal government, however, doesn’t recognize any other health concerns related to fluoride.

However, recent studies published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health and in the journal Environmental Health link fluoride consumption with hyperthyroidism and increased rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; other studies link the chemical to lower IQ scores in children. The Food Council’s letter also

notes that the National Research Council has recognized fluoride as an endocrine disrupter and that a study published recently in The Lancet called fluoride a “developmental neurotoxin.”

“There are benefits of fluoride for your teeth,” Ormond concedes, “but that’s assuming that it’s primarily used topically and not ingested.”

The various forms of fluoride added to drinking water, says Dr. angela hind, “harm the development of a child’s brain, both in utero and during childhood. This is significant, because children are consuming it in our tap water every day.” Hind, a physician specializing in internal medicine, says fluoride also leads to thyroid conditions. “In the ’50s, it was used as a medication to suppress overactive thyroids.

Not as much was known about thyroid function then, but now we have an epidemic of thyroid disease in our country: One in eight women will develop a thyroid condition in their lifetime.”

Contentious history Fluoridation has been a thorny issue locally for many years. In 1956, City Council decided to begin adding fluoride to Asheville’s water supply; in a referendum, however, Buncombe County voters overwhelmingly rejected the move. The resulting lawsuit reached the state Supreme Court, which ruled that a countywide referendum could not reverse a municipal decision.

Asheville began fluoridating its water in 1965 after a city referendum supported the practice. A second referendum, held in 1967 at opponents’ urging, upheld fluoridation.

The issue has been revisited several times; in 2008, local dentist matthew young compared putting fluoride in the water to drinking sunblock to prevent sunburns. After a lively debate, however, Council opted not to schedule another referendum.

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“I think we have a lot more and better information than we used to,” says Ormond. “Ninety-seven percent of Western Europe doesn’t fluoridate its water.” And a 2012 World Health Organization study found equal or better declines in tooth decay rates in countries that don’t fluoridate their water (see chart).

The Food Council’s letter also points out that the fluoride added to our water is industrial, not pharmaceutical grade.

Industrial grade fluoride, notes Hind, is “scrubbed from the smokestacks of the phosphate fertilizer industry. It’s tainted with other industrial byproducts, including lead, arsenic and cadmium, and we’re also putting those things into our water, in very small amounts.”

Civil engineer melanie brethauer, a Food Council volunteer who works on water issues, says fluoridation falls through the regulatory cracks.

“The FDA doesn’t regulate it because it’s not a drug. But the EPA doesn’t regulate it, because it isn’t being put in a river.”

Fluoride also occurs naturally in water, and though the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t regulate “additives,” it does set a limit for total fluoride in drinking water that’s much higher than the revised HHS standard. The Food and Drug Administration regulates bottled water but not public water supplies.

The letter also asserts that fluoridation discriminates against economically disadvantaged residents.

(Ironically, protecting poor children’s dental health has been one of the main arguments advanced by proponents of the practice.) “It’s a social justice issue,” Brethauer maintains. “I can drive and get bottled water, but what about people who don’t have cars or just can’t afford it?”

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And in any case, she continues, there’s no point in addressing the issue until the city’s 2014 lawsuit against the state over control of Asheville’s water system is settled.

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As local hunger-relief organizations stage fundraisers and awareness campaigns for Hunger Action Month, local restaurants make their own efforts to promote food security in the community. From donating large portions of food leftover from catered events to shelters through the Food Connection program to providing free gourmet lunches to the homeless community through the Haywood Street Congregation’s Welcome Table, there’s no question that Asheville’s restaurant owners are doing their part to help solve Western North Carolina’s food insecurity problem.

One restaurant, though, has established a simple, year-round way of giving — asking patrons if they want to skip a side dish. Customers at The Cantina at Biltmore Village can opt out of one or both of their entrée’s side dishes with the cash equivalent ($2 for one or $4 for two) being given to MANNA FoodBank. In just over two years, the Be Nice With Your Rice program has raised more than $42,000.

“The amount donated is not our profit or what it costs us to make it. It is the actual cash equivalent, which can be up to $4 per person,” says co-owner sherrye coggiola. “We collect about 300 donated sides a week.”

“The really powerful thing is that people are giving up something to give to us, and that feels good,” says alisa hixson, individual and corporate relations director at MANNA FoodBank. “You are literally giving up something tangible and potentially very satisfying — your food — so that someone else can eat.”

Focusing their charitable giving to help create food security was natural. Besides being in the food industry, co-owner anthony coggiola has firsthand experience working in developing nations where hunger is a daily battle. The Cantina originally partnered with MANNA as a culinary sponsor of the organization’s Blue Jean Ball, but the owners decided they wanted to create a deeper engagement with their giving. That idea spurred the side-dish donation program.

“We have children going to school hungry, and that is amazing to me,” says Sherrye Coggiola. “I was born and raised in this town, and am so thankful that for what Asheville is today, but we all have

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FiGHtinG HunGER: Anthony and Sherrye Coggiola, owners of The Cantina at Historic Biltmore Village, stand in front of a board above the restaurant’s bar that keeps track of the total amount of donations their Be Nice With Your Rice giving program raises for MANNA FoodBank. Photo by Krista L. White

a responsibility that everyone can live here and enjoy this town. As things get more expensive and it gets harder to live here and eat here, we all have a duty — no one should go hungry.”

The Coggiolas feel so strongly about their partnership with MANNA that even their staff is educated on what the organization does, with each new employee touring the site.

“One of the main reasons their program is so successful is that the wait staff is really on the front lines explaining exactly what we do,” says Hixson. “I think they feel really connected to it.”

All around the restaurant, patrons can see how the Coggiolas have chosen to direct their support — stickers on the front door, the box on the menu depicting the sidedish donation program and the chalkboard behind the bar that displays the monthly donations raised and how that equates to meals provided.

Not only have they managed to involve the local community through their donation program, they’re also involving visitors to the area. “Biltmore Village gets a tremendous amount of tourists,” says Hixson. “They have found a way for the tourists to support MANNA’s work.”

“We are a triple bottom line company — people, planet and profit,” says Sherrye Coggiola. “In everything we do, we look back toward that and know that we can improve.”

She challenges “all businesses in the area to take a look at their generosity and consider focusing for impact by partnering with the local charity of their choice in a way of their choice based on their business model. We know how generous this community is, but working with nonprofits in this and other business endeavors has given us a unique perspective.” X

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by Kat McReynolds kmcreynolds@mountainx.com

Bikers and Burger lovers uniTe aT dave’s 209

BiKERS anD HiKERS: Dave’s 209, a new restaurant owned by Dave Thomas, is on a scenic stretch of highway in Hot Springs near Max Patch mountain. Accordingly, the eatery has become a go-to spot for passing motorcycle riders, outdoor adventurers and locals looking to grab a bite. Photo courtesy of Dave Thomas

Bisecting a challengingly curvy, 40-mile stretch of road that gambols about the Smoky Mountains is a 2-mile straightaway, and at the midpoint of that paved length of respite sits Dave’s 209. Named after owner dave thomas and its setting on Route 209 — also known as The Rattler for its snaky layout — the Hot Springs eatery has been gaining traction as a hub for burgers, bikes (the kind sporting an engine) and community meetups since opening in June.

“We are located in an old schoolhouse that closed in the early ’90s,” Thomas explains.

“Soon after the school closed down, the building was made into a community center. However, funding for the restoration has been hard to come by. Bringing in the restaurant gives the community center’s management board a steady rent from us.”

These funds, Thomas says, will eventually help restore an unfinished wing of the property.

Since many of Thomas’ customers pass through the scenic area by motorcycle, he’s built a special parking pad for them and decked out the interior with bike-themed posters. Car club members, hikers visiting nearby Max Patch mountain and locals round out the clientele. Some come for the restaurant’s four stand-up arcade games and two big-screen televisions. Others just come hungry.

“Our menu is focused on burgers, and as a burger lover, I make sure to use just the best ingredients,” he says, listing the jalapeno-topped Rattler burger as a favorite. “Jalapeno on a burger is not new. They way we do it, though, cuts most of burn out.” Thomas finishes each with bacon, cheddar cheese, Bermuda onions, lettuce and tomato.

Also on the menu is a handmade blackbean burger with roasted red peppers and sriracha aioli, a bacon-wrapped hot dog, chicken tenders cut from tenderloins and hand-dipped milkshakes made with fresh fruits. Much of the produce is sourced from nearby farms and markets, and meats come primarily from a Leicester-based farm.

Food scraps are returned to local swine that “will come back to us as bacon later in the year,” Thomas says, and “our used frying oil is used to make biodiesel — some to power a nearby farm’s tractors.”

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“Kids now have a place to go to hang out, which will help keep them out of trouble,” Thomas says, and “it gives [locals] a reason to get out of the house and be with people they know and otherwise would not see that often.”

Dave’s 209 is at 13075 Highway 209 in Hot Springs. Business hours are Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m., and Sundays noon to 4 p.m.

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sOil-BUilDing seCRets elizabeth murphy, soil scientist and author of Building Soil: A Downto-Earth Approach, will lead a twohour workshop on the importance of healthy, living soil to productive, green gardens. Her class will teach participants to recognize healthy soil, feed and nourish the soil food web and build fertility using natural strategies and techniques that come from getting down to the ground. She calls this last strategy “a soil-eyed view that will change the way you grow.”

Murphy leads the workshop at Villagers, 278 Haywood Road, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 6-8 p.m.

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BRAin FOOD tRiviA One Love Chiropractic will celebrate brain-boosting foods with a nutrition-themed trivia game and party. Participants can enjoy healthy snacks, recipe swapping and raffle prizes before wrapping up the evening with the Brain Food Trivia competition. Awards include gift certificates to Mother Earth Produce, Dobra Tea and Cosmic Groove Massage plus a Ninja blender.

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12. Cider specials, cider sorbets, discounted pours and growler fills are all in the mix. Noble’s creations plus other regional ciders, beers, sake and kombucha will flow from the room’s 20 taps while Cecilia’s Kitchen serves crepes, empanadas and the like. Orange Krush (along with Noble Cider’s joanna baker and lief stevens) will provide the live music.

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12, at Noble Cider’s new taproom, 356 New Leicester Highway. Carpooling is encouraged. Visit avl.mx/1hk for more details and a full schedule.

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FOOD WRiteR JOnAtHAn AMMOns lets Us in On His FAvORite DisH DU JOUR. Periwinkles at The Bull & Beggar: What’s better than eating teeny, tiny snails out of the shell and dipping them in mustard or malt-vinegar mayonnaise? Paying half price for them during the restaurant’s Raw Bar Happy Hour (until 6 p.m. daily) and pairing them with a cocktail, that’s what. This is inarguably my new favorite bar snack.

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PuttinG DoWn RootS: “When they started tearing stuff down, it felt like Christmas,” says Twin Leaf Brewery owner Tim Weber of his business’s expansion project. “I’ve been waiting to do it for so long, and it’s finally happening.”

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Twin Leaf Brewery is growing up.

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size. In a couple of weeks, Twin Leaf’s small, 80-person-capacity taproom will grow to inhabit a 180-capacity indoor space and stretch its limbs over a 2,000-square-foot outdoor area.

“Now’s the time,” says owner tim weber. “We had a moment there where we had a little bit of an upper hand, because there wasn’t really much going on down here yet, but then Burial blew up – they have that huge outdoor space now and a great staff. Green Man is about ready to explode.

Now’s the time to invest everything we can into being on-par with everyone else or better than everyone else.”

The temporary wall that’s been hiding a storage area to the left of the bar is coming down, and that space will open up a new main entrance, two more bathrooms, a place for live music and more.

“We’ll finally get some cross-flow in here,” Weber says about the new entrance and outdoor areas. “It’s just hot in here. We’re air-locked.”

Weber says the outdoor area is going to be the most exciting part of the expansion. He plans to spruce it up with plants, trees, gardens and what he calls “creative seating,” due to the narrow space.

“It’s going to be a game-changer for us,” he says. “Everybody wants to sit outside in Asheville. I don’t go anywhere unless they have outdoor seating. I probably wouldn’t come here if I didn’t own it,” he jokingly adds.

For this expansion, Weber is taking over a 2,000-square-foot portion of the lot Twin Leaf sits on, but he says he hopes to eventually develop the entire 12,000-square-foot lot into a family- and dog-friendly beer garden area. For now, however, the outdoor seating area is a good starting point.

“That’s going to finally get us closer to where I want us to be,” he says.

Weber says he’s moving toward the vision he’s always had — Twin Leaf as a celebration spot for outdoor adventurers. That vision began to shape back in 2008 when he visited a friend in Colorado. “We’d always go on a massive hike and then find a microbrewery right after,” he says.

“That’s how I always think of craft beer — go on an epic hike, destroy your body, drink a couple of beers,

awesome weekend. ... People who go hiking, mountain biking, kayaking climbing … afterward you always want to get a beer,” he says. “I want to be the spot where you get that beer.”

Weber says he is also working on canning Twin Leaf’s beer to sell in-house. “I don’t want to do distribution. I want to be a locals kind of thing,” he says. “I want to do it for those people who want to grab an IPA and take [it] on an adventure with them.”

Work has already begun on the expansion project, which is scheduled to be complete by Sept. 21.

Twin Leaf is open regular hours during construction.

Four Farms at Burial Beer Burial Beer Co. will host Four Farms, a small-plate, beer-pairing event, to benefit the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19.

“Four Farms is a celebration of food, agriculture and beer,” says Burial co-owner jess reiser. The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association is a farmer-driven, membership-based non-profit organization that helps people in the Carolinas grow and eat local, organic foods by advocating for fair farm and food policies, building systems family farms need to survive and educating communities about local, organic agriculture.

Burial Beer, Wicked Weed Brewing, Fonta Flora Brewery and Haw River Farmhouse Ales — all members of the CFSA — are partnering with four chefs from their local areas to create small plates to pair with 16 different farmhouse-style saisons for the event.

“Saisons, historically, were beers brewed for farmers,” Reiser says.

“That’s why we’re linking that beer style with this event.”

The featured food comes from isaiah allen of The Eddy Pub in Saxapahaw, NC; cardiff creasey of Wicked Weed’s restaurant; obie ferguson of Morganton’s Wisteria Southern Gastropub and matt dawes from The Bull and Beggar.

The event is not like your typical ticketed beer-pairing dinner.

Guests will purchase a $5 commemorative glass at the door to get in, and individual tickets for beer and food will be available for $3 and $4, respectively.

A raffle for gift cards, brewery merchandise and other items will raise funds for the CFSA, and a portion of the glassware sales will benefit that organization as well.

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26, in Hot Springs. Tickets for the day-long festival are $75 and include a T-shirt, commemorative glass, unlimited beer samples and camping for the night. More than 15 different regional breweries will be pouring, and a full lineup of musicians — including The Honeycutters, Pierce Edens & The Dirty Work and many more — will take the stage throughout the day and night. Tickets can be purchased on Ticketweb.com or at Southern Raft Supply (2000 Riverside Drive, Suite 3B).X

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a ChanCe for asheville WNC-native rapper headlines Goombay’s Sunday gospel celebration

BY EDWin aRnauDin edwinarnaudin@gmail.com Early in August, a press release announcing the lineup for the 35th Goombay Festival was emailed to local media outlets and promptly disseminated. Among those down for the Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13, event at Pack Square Park were local acts jonathan scales fourchestra and lyric, as well as hip-hop legend doug e. fresh and popular Chicago MC Chance the Rapper. It’s was Chance’s name that set social media ablaze — fans were incredulous that such a big act would play a free show in Asheville.

It turns out that such skepticism was warranted, but only on a basic identification level. The following day, a corrected release was sent out, clarifying that the Sunday, Sept. 13, headliner would be gospel-rapper chance the artist, an Asheville native currently based in Atlanta. Though not as well-known nationwide as his similarly named colleague, Chance the Artist has a strong local following thanks to smooth, positive rhymes and a gift for selecting complementary beats.

When the initial news broke, however, even his hometown friends who knew he’d be playing Goombay called him up to confirm just which Chance was coming to town. It wasn’t the first time the two lyricists have been mixed up, and it probably won’t be the last.

“I’ve learned to flow with it,” Chance the Artist says. “The funny thing is, I had my name before Chance the Rapper came out. It was so weird. I tell everybody this story: I was out, I was doing my music, gospel-rap, and next thing you know, out of nowhere this guy Chance the Rapper pops up. So, I had a decision — am I going to

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Don’t GEt it tWiStED: Gospel-rapper Chance the Artist only has love for Chance the Rapper, for whom he’s often confused. Though they’ve yet to meet, “I believe we’re definitely going to do something dope together, something crazy,” he says. Photo by Reggie E. change my name or keep it? So, I decided to keep my name. I said, ‘You know what? It’ll be good conversation.’ It happens all the time.”

Chance the Artist grew up in the Hillcrest area and attended Asheville High School. He’s been doing music “since [he] could walk” and at age 12 started the hip-hop group The Hard Heads with a few local friends. They were focused not on gospel-rap but what the musician calls “the other stuff.” He began selling mountainx.com

drugs and was in and out of the court system for seven years until he had what he calls “a real awakening with God” in 2008.

“I needed a life change. I decided to just take my music and say something that would help somebody,” Chance says. “There’s a lot of negative music out there — I’m not knocking anyone for doing what they do, but I just felt I needed to be different and say something that’s going to uplift people.”

Feeling the need to test the waters in a new scene, Chance moved to Atlanta in 2010 and has since established himself as a key member of the city’s rich gospelrap community. His continued faith in divine guidance has put influential people like singer/producer Sam Collier in Chance’s life and opened doors to take his music ministry to the next level.

Chance now finds himself on the cusp of some potentially major turning points, including the forthcoming debut of an

official website, a DJ to enhance his live shows and a team to assist him on the business side. Since making music his profession — he’s also a public speaker, sharing his story of hope and redemption at schools, juvenile centers and churches — Chance has been his own booking agent, manager and personal assistant. With looming attention from labels, he’s looking for help from his fellow man as well as the man upstairs.

“I’ve been really seeking God about the label thing, which I know is going to come up soon.

I already know opportunities are going to come to me soon, so I’m really trying to debate if I want to stay independent or really do the label thing,” says Chance, noting that he’s wary of potentially losing creative control over his music. “The independent thing has been great. It’s a grind — the independent scene is a grind.”

Essentially touring nonstop for the last five years, Chance is currently blocking out time for his

next project and is on the lookout for producers both Christian and secular. (“If you’ve got dope beats, I’m looking to rock with you,” he says.) He also continues to keep tabs on the Asheville hip-hop scene, especially the Ponkinhead Entertainment roster (which includes close friends mr. 1ne 5ive and producer big doe). And Chance is excited to perform at Goombay, which he attended regularly growing up.

“Yeah, man. That was the spot,” he says. “That and Bele Chere.”

As for the rapper with whom he’s often confused, the two Chances have yet to cross paths or communicate, but Chance the Artist looks forward to the hour when they make one another’s acquaintance. It’s a meeting that he’s confident will result in more than quick salutations. “I believe we’re going to do a song together.

It’s going to come up,” he says.

“I believe we’re definitely going to do something dope together, something crazy.” X

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• Free Radio (hip-hop), 3:45 p.m.

• Doug E. Fresh (hip-hop), 5 p.m.

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LIVING ROOM CHARM Watkins Family Hour takes its casual, intimate vibe on tour The Watkins Family Hour was never supposed to lead to an album, let alone a touring entity. sean and sara watkins, the brother-and-sister duo who rose to fame as youngsters in the acoustic trio Nickel Creek, alongside virtuoso mandolin player chris thile, started the “family hour” as a monthly residency at the Largo in Los Angeles over a decade ago. It was a way to play music in an informal setting.

That show comes to The Grey Eagle for two nights, Friday, Sept. 11, and Saturday, Sept. 12.

“The nice thing about [something like] the family hour is that if you want to just try out a song once or twice, you can,” says Sara, who primarily plays fiddle and sings. “It’s very low-stakes, and the frequency of the shows encourages us to work on songs on a regular basis.”

Although the two have gone on to a variety of gigs since Nickel Creek’s hiatus in 2007 — including solo efforts, one-off collaborations and a brief reunion of the trio in 2014 — the monthly residency continued

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irregularly throughout. A strict notaping policy was instituted for these shows, emphasizing the casual vibe that pervaded the sessions and giving it a carefree, workshoplike feel.

“It’s a goal of ours to indulge in the living-room scenario, where everybody wants to play a song and everyone joins in,” Sara says. “It’s like working out [for musicians], but it’s also special and intimate.”

Eventually, Sara and Sean were talked into the studio by producer sheldon gomberg, who owns a studio in the Silver Lake neighborhood of LA, to capture the sound and spirit of their monthly jam sessions.

The novelty of star talent — on record and in their touring live band, the siblings are supported by the likes of singer-songwriter and pianist fiona apple, pianist and organ player benmont tench (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) and pedal steel guitarist greg leisz — is part of what gives the sessions’ recording debut its charm. The resulting self-titled album

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tHE FamiLY tHat PLaYS toGEtHER: Sara and Sean Watkins, center, began performing in acoustic music trio Nickel Creek when they were 8 and 12, respectively. The Watkins Family Hour side project began as an informal monthly residency to workshop songs and just have fun. Photo by Roman Cho consists of 11 covers with each member of the band taking a turn at the microphone.

The anything-goes nature of the residency translated well in the studio.

“We didn’t overthink it,” Sara says.

“There were a handful of songs that were natural selections because we’ve been playing them for such a long time.

‘Early Morning Rain’ [is a song] I think we played at our first show and continues to be one we always pull out every once in a while.”

That Gordon Lightfoot tune sits comfortably next to a diverse selection that ranges from the Apple-sung “Where I Ought to Be” (originally a classic country ballad by Skeeter Davis), to a lovely reading by Sean of Roger Miller’s “Not in Nottingham” (a song written for Disney’s animated Robin Hood feature), to Sara’s steely delivery of Crooked Still’s “Hop High.”

On each of these tunes, though, the emphasis is less on nailing a definitive articulation of the song and more on reveling in the interplay of the players themselves. On “Where I Ought to Be,” Sara and Apple sing together almost playfully, while Tench’s piano, Sean’s guitar and Leisz’s pedal steel all slide in and out of the arrangement with a carefree amiability.

“It’s really about the collection of people onstage,” says Sara. “Sometimes

there’s more talking and sometimes there’s less [between the songs], but it’s always kind of fun to just enjoy each other’s company.”

As for the long-running nature of the Watkins siblings’ music collaboration — they began performing together in Nickel Creek when Sean was 12 and Sara was 8 — it’s a bit like what a “family hour” would suggest. “It’s just like any sibling relationship,” says Sara. “We work together well, but we can also nitpick at each other. It’s nice to be able to do that onstage and not be superprofessional sometimes.”

All in all, the touring version of the Watkins Family Hour seems to be living up to the qualities that made the group’s monthly residencies so special. “It’s about valuing the moments you come across,” Sara says. “Playing in the moment is a huge part of what I love about making music.” X what Watkins Family Hour where The Grey Eagle thegreyeagle.coml when Friday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Sept.

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name sake Fruit Bats return with new songs, new tour “I made the attempt to do the solo thing, but everyone wanted to call it Fruit Bats,” says eric d. johnson, the frontman (and sole core member) of indie-rock outfit Fruit Bats.

“Apropos of nothing, I had a couple of friends who said, ‘You could just change the name back.’ So I did.”

Johnson was last in Asheville just about a year ago — performing as EDJ in support of his solo album of the same name — as part of Harvest Records’ Transfigurations II festival lineup. He and Fruit Bats take the stage at The Mothlight Friday, Sept. 11, as part of a mini-Southeast tour shoehorned in between an appearance at Savannah,

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Ga.’s, Revival Fest and a string of West Coast dates opening for My Morning Jacket.

“I definitely come from that late ’90s construct of Mark Kozelek/Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters,” Johnson says. Musicians who are, in and of themselves, bands — singersongwriter Bill Callahan, aka Smog, and musician Will Oldham, aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy, aka Palace also make that list. Johnson insists he’s not comparing himself stylistically to those artists, other than the idea that a new moniker reflects a different project. But this is the age of Goggleability (Johnson’s word, and it’s a good one) and a name change, however meaningful,

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comes with the risk of losing fans who can’t follow the virtual breadcrumbs.

But for those who love the cinematic sweep, lush orchestration and heart-on-quirky-sleeve lyrics of EDJ, Johnson promises the full band will still play those songs.

“That’s the lost Fruit Bats record for serious fans,” he jokes.

And new songs are in the works, though talking about them is an exercise in sketches and abstractions. “I might be writing a record about the EDJ record, which is the dorkiest thing ever,” says Johnson (it’s actually not). “But from a conceptual perspective, it’s a response ,or a companion piece.”

He continues, “It’s probably going to have some feelings that are similar to that, but I’m going to go for more of a meat-and-potatoes vibe with some bigger sounds.” He’s been listening to a lot of Crazy Horse — the rock band associated with Neil Young — and “things that are kind of ‘first-thought, bestthought.’” The Ruminant Band seems to be the enduring favorite among Fruit Bats albums, Johnson says, and “weirdly, I’m in a similar space that I was when I was working on that — doing things that are comfort food to myself and painting with some broad strokes.”

The musician says he’s currently liking minimalistic production in albums and is compelled by simple sounds. If his last albums were works of multilayered pop alchemy, he now finds himself moving in a different direction. “But it could totally turn out to sound like a Tame Impala record, and I’ll eat my words,” Johnson says, referencing the Australian band known for its dense and hypnotic brand of psych-rock. “The best-case scenario is that you go in [to the studio] with an idea and come out with something different than you thought.”

The final product will likely be out next spring.

And, although it seems like an unorthodox choice to set out on tour not only before the album is released, but before the songs are

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FRESH PRoDucE: Eric D. Johnson could have a dozen musical projects with as many names. “I have tons of [experimental] stuff laying around. At the time I was doing film scores and thinking I was going to tie everything together,” he says. But it’s on hold while he reunites Fruit Bats. Still, “You’ll definitely get some of that one of these days,” Johnson promises. Photo by Annie Beedy even written, Johnson has some experience with the path less traveled. He’s taught music, scored films (Our Idiot Brother and Smashed) and collaborated with bands like The Shins, Vetiver and Califone.

That uncharted journey has worked out well so far (even if it’s hard to

Google). Going into anything with a little bit of naiveté can be beneficial, especially when it comes to making records, Johnson says. “Most of my favorite things sound like they took some twists and turns before they came down the hallway.” X

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‘a geT-uP-and-move sorT of Band’ The Revelers bring eclectic, danceable Louisiana music back to Asheville

cRoSSovER aPPEaL: “When somebody brings a song, we ask ourselves, ‘How does this fit into what we’re doing?’” says fiddler Daniel Coolik of genre-spanning group The Revelers. Photo by Lee Celano

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Eclectic Louisiana-based group The Revelers make music for dancing. “It has to be danceable,” says multi-instrumentalist daniel coolik.

“We pride ourselves on being a getup-and-move sort of band. That’s where we come from. If you play stuff that people can’t dance to, they’re just not going to come out.”

When called upon to do so, Coolik says that The Revelers are a “danchall, club kind of band” that can play a four-hour set of “all the old songs you’d want to hear.” The band hopes that people will move tables out of the way and show off their moves at the Isis Restaurant & Music Hall Friday, Sept. 11.

Though often referred to as a supergroup — the musicians in The Revelers are previous members of

celebrated Americana acts The Pine Leaf Boys and The Red Stick Ramblers — this band doesn’t take itself too seriously. A Wikipedia entry includes a number of fanciful “facts” such as, “[Daniel Coolik] has since renounced his faith in bluegrass music. He’s more into Stax now.” Coolik (who lived in Asheville from 1999 to 2008) admits that much of that information was put in “just to see how much we could get away with.” He and his bandmates do have a deep affinity for Southern soul from the Memphis label, though.

In fact, that open-minded approach informs The Revelers’ music. Less genre-specific than the bands out of which it rose, The Revelers fold healthy amounts of country, rock ’n’ roll, blues and western swing into their Cajun musical stew. Sometimes described

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as a Zydeco or “swamp-pop” group, The Revelers consciously aim to create music that can’t easily be described with a simple label. “We’re trying to do more rock ’n’ roll,” Coolik says, though the group’s deep Louisiana roots — not to mention its decision to sing many songs in French — color the music so that it’s always interesting and unique.

And Coolik notes that “there’s a lot of crossover between Cajun and country music,” both of which find their way into The Revelers’ sound. “When somebody [in the band] brings a song, we ask ourselves, ‘How does this fit into what we’re doing?’”

What The Revelers are doing is staying busy, both in the studio and on the road. Last year saw the release of Play the Swamp Pop Classics, Vol. 1, an EP containing four traditional covers.

And the group’s most recent effort is the all-original Get Ready. The Isis date is a release party for the new album, the band’s second fulllength release.

Swamp-pop is an umbrella term used to describe music from Louisiana, but the label often applies to very disparate styles of music.

Coolik describes it as often made by “Cajun musicians coming out of playing French, Acadian music.

They listened to Fats Domino, the rock ’n’ roll and rhythm and blues that was coming out of New Orleans, that kind of 6/8 beat.” The fact that the musicians came out of Southwest Louisiana influenced the way that they played, Coolik says. Like The Revelers’ music, “it was for dancing.”

The band finds itself in demand for a number of different kinds of engagements. “We just played at a concert series in Connecticut, something that we’ve been doing [annually] for a couple of years now,” says Coolik. “We did that, and then we had a nice, easy day gig. We’re playing a club gig in New York City tomorrow and then a couple concert series dates in Pennsylvania.” This time of year is the busiest. “We usually try to fill up the summer. It’s not too fun to be in and around Louisiana during the summertime.”

That touring savvy speaks to the band’s experience. But even though all of The Revelers are seasoned musicians, the history of their musical style predates all of them. “We played a gig in Rhode Island not long ago,” says Coolik. “An older visiting musician came up to me, looked at us and said, ‘Y’all are so young!’” X

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Callaghan It’s been more than a year since Nashville-by-way-of-Atlanta-byway-of-London singer-songwriter Callaghan last headlined The Altamont Theatre. Back then, she was a newcomer to Music City and still touring in support of Life in Full Colour, the album she’d moved the states to make with producer Shawn Mullins. This year, the single-monikered musician released A History of Now, a dozen lush tracks highlighting her pop-savvy melodies, memorable hooks and upbeat lyrics. “Here we go, walking on sunshine … all we got is all we need,” she sings on “Crazy Beautiful Life,” which seems to encapsulate Callaghan’s own expat adventures and growing musical success. She returns to The Altamont Theatre Friday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. $12 advance/$15 at the door. thealtamont.com. Photo

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Back South Back South frontman Todd Cecil explains his Memphis-made instrument as “an electrified variation of a very old instrument called a “diddley bow,” in which a wire is pulled across a board and then played with a broken wine-bottle neck on the string to create a voicelike tone.” Although it’s fashioned from two broomsticks and uses both guitar and bass strings, Cecil’s instrument competes with bandmate Willaye’s 100-year-old percussive chicken coop for Asheville’s most original repurposing project. The two musicians, plus Andy Applegate on a standard drum kit — ironically, the odd man out — bring Back South’s danceable, Appalachian-crafted and blues-inspired rock set to The Bywater Sunday, Sept. 13, at 5 p.m. $5 suggested donation. bywaterbar.com. Photo by Sadi Schuldt

Peggy Ratusz covering Bonnie Raitt “Bonnie Raitt is my No. 1 influence,” says vocalist Peggy Ratusz.

“She empowers and shows women like me that we can perform into our ages, and she was a forerunner proving to all people that female players should be taken seriously.

Simply put, she’s changed the face of music.” Asheville instrumentalists Mike Barnes (multiple guitars), Michael Hynes (bass), Aaron Price (keys) and Ben Bjorlie (drums) will back Ratusz as she performs a live tribute to the soul and blues singer.

Ratusz will also share her own commentary on Raitt’s history and social influence throughout the evening, giving audience members “something to talk about” between covers of hit songs and lesser-known favorites. Isis Restaurant & Music Hall hosts the show Saturday, Sept. 12, at 9 p.m. $12/$15. isisasheville.com.

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Jim Bizer and Jan Krist While the Mountain Spirit Coffeehouse concert series continues into the fall at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall, organizers are also kicking off their 11th season of music where the national program’s local chapter began — the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville. First up is Jim Bizer and Jan Krist, a Detroit-based duo with a lighthearted and uplifting acoustic sound that’s marked by male-female vocal conversations and eventual harmonies. During their set (and future Coffeehouse iterations), listeners can enjoy coffee, tea and baked goods in an intimate, smoke- and alcohol-free environment. The duo takes the stage at UUAC Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. $15 adults/$10 students. uuasheville.org/mountain-spirit-coffeehouse. Photo courtesy of the artists mountainx.com

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season. Free.

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PAn HARMOniA 254-7123, pan-harmonia.org • MO (9/14), 7:15pm - “American Mosaic 1,” flute and guitar works from Katherine Hoover, George Gershwin, Gary Shocker, and Stephen Foster. $22/$20 advance/$8 students. Held at Haen Gallery Asheville, 52 Biltmore Ave.

rhythm. No experience necessary. Drums provided.

PUBsing

$12/class. (828) 768-2826.

254-1114

www.skinnybeatsdrums.com AMiCiMUsiC

• 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm - Gospel jam and singalong. Optional snack time at 5:30pm. Free

802-369-0856, amicimusic.org

to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101

• SU (9/13), 3pm - “Live at the USO,” songs celebrat-

Fairview Road

ing the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. $20/chil-

sAils ORiginAl MUsiC seRies

Free to attend.

AsHeville MUsiC sCHOOl

sails-music-series.html

RiveR ARts DistRiCt ARtists

126 College St., 252-6244, ashevillemusicschool.com

• FR (9/11), 6-8:30pm - Cahalen Morrison and

riverartsdistrict.com

• SA (9/12), 10am-1pm - Open house with performances by students and faculty.

Country Hammers, Americana. Free. Held at Sails

• 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-6pm - Self-guided open studio tour through the River Arts District with artist demonstrations and classes.

Free to attend.

Free to attend.

CenteR FOR CUltURAl PReseRvAtiOn 692-8062, saveculture.org • TH (9/17), 1pm - Keeping the Fires Burning Series:

AUDitiOns & CAll tO ARtists

Betty Smith, ballad music. $5. Held in the Patton

downtownhickory.com/events-pages/

on Square Stage, Downtown Hickory. tOP OF tHe gRADe COnCeRts saluda.com • FR (9/11), 7pm - 6 String Drag, Southern rock.

Free. Held at McCreery Park in Downtown Saluda.

Building. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, AsHeville AReA ARts COUnCil

180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock

tHeAteR

1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com

FiRst BAPtist CHURCH OF WeAveRville

• Through (11/30) - Submissions accepted for July

63 N. Main St., Weaverville

35BelOW

• FR (9/11), 7pm - The Simple Faith Quartet, gospel.

35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320,

2016-June 2017 exhibitions at the AAAC.

Great Fall Certification Programs

teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner

Steinbeck discusses Pan Harmonia’s upcoming

dren free. Held at All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St.

• SA (9/12), 11am-5pm - Second Saturday Celebration with food, music, and artists’ demon-

(pd.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski

• FR (9/11), 3pm - Chamber Music Chat: Kate

Lawn,” outdoor group art exhibition.

ODYsseY COOPeRAtive ARt gAlleRY 238 Clingman Ave, 285-9700, facebook.com/

AFRiCAn DRUM lessOns At sKinnY BeAts DRUM sHOP

251-6140, olliasheville.com

Contact for guidelines. Free.

Admission by donation.

BlACK MOUntAin CenteR FOR tHe ARts

MOUntAin sPiRit COFFeeHOUse

225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930,

1 Edwin Place, uuasheville.org

blackmountainarts.org

• SU (9/13), 7pm - Jim Bizer and Jan Krist, acoustic.

• TU (9/8) and SA (9/12), 10am - Auditions for Bell

$15/$10 students.

Book and Candle, comedy. Contact for guidelines and appointment. Free.

MUsiC At UnCA 251-6432, unca.edu

ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/20) - The Actor’s Center of Asheville presents Art. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $15.

DiFFeRent stROKes PeRFORMing ARts COlleCtive 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (9/19)

CAlDWell ARts COUnCil

• WE (9/9), 7pm - Blue Ridge Orchestra open

601 College Ave SW, Lenoir, 754-2486

rehearsal. Free.

• Through WE (9/30) - Sculptor applications accepted

Held in the Reuter Center.

for City of Lenoir outdoor sculpture gallery.

• TH (9/10), 7pm - Alsarah and the Nubatones, East

Sat.: 10:30pm. $18/$30 both shows. Held at BeBe

Contact for guidelines. Free.

African retro pop. $20. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

Theatre, 20 Commerce St.

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- The Shape of Things. Alternating casts for the early and late shows. Thu. - Sat.: 7:30pm. Fri. &

FlAt ROCK PlAYHOUse 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (9/27) - Fly. Wed. - Sat.: 8pm. Wed., Thu., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $15 - $40. nORtH CAROlinA stAge COMPAnY 15 Stage Lane, 239-0263 • TU (9/15), 8pm - Ask a Sex Abuse Survivor, interactive show in partnership with the National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse. $18/$15 advance. tHe MAgnetiC tHeAtRe 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (9/12), 7:30pm - The Jacob Higginbotham Show, oneman lyric-drama. $21/$18 advance. tHeAteR At WCU 227-2479, bardoartscenter.wcu.edu • WE (9/9), 7:30pm - The Golden Dragon Acrobats perform Chinese acrobatics. $10/$5 students. Held at the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center.

Ga L L E RY D iR Ec toRY ARt At AsU 262-3017, tcva.org • Through SA (12/19) - Photography by Endia Beal, multimedia art by Kirsten Stolle and mixed media paintings by Ruth Ava Lyons. Artists’ reception: Nov. 6, 6-10pm. Held in the Turchin Center.

ARt At UnCA art.unca.edu • Through TH (9/17) - Unfathomable, silverpoint and mixed media by Carol Prusa. Held in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.

ARt At WARRen WilsOn COllege warren-wilson.edu • Through SA (9/19) - Warren Wilson College art faculty exhibition. Artists’ Reception: Sept. 10, 5:30-7pm. Held in Elizabeth Holden Art Gallery.

AsHeville AReA ARts COUnCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through (9/19) - Adieu original paintings on wood by Heather Shirin.

AsHeville ARt MUseUM 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • Through SU (1/24) - Cubism and Other-isms, the work of William Wegman.

AsHeville gAlleRY OF ARt 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com

Your table is ready.

• Through WE (9/30) - Renewal: Meditations on Nature, watercolor and ink paintings by Sandra Brugh Moore.

AURORA stUDiO & gAlleRY 335-1038, aurorastudio-gallery.com • FR (9/10) through SA (9/19) - Aurora; A Healing Light, group show of 9 artists. Opening reception: Sept. 11, 5-8pm. Held at Asheville Area Arts Council, 1 Page Ave. BlACK MOUntAin CenteR FOR tHe ARts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • TH (9/10) through FR(10/9) - What’s the Buzz About Bees? Bee related art by more than 25 artists. Opening reception: Sept. 10, 6-8pm.

BlACK MOUntAin COllege MUseUM & ARts CenteR 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • Through TH (12/31) - Convergence/Divergence: Exploring Black Mountain College + Chicago’s New Bauhaus/Institute of Design, exhibition.

BlACKBiRD FRAMe & ARt 365 Merrimon Ave., 225-3117 • Through (10/31) - The Art of the Print, stone lithographs by Vico Calabro and etchings by Graziella Da Gioz.

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BURnsville tRAC gAlleRY 102 W. Main St., Burnsville, 682-7215, toeriverarts. org/facilities/burnsville-gallery • Through SA (9/26) - Local authors’ books are showcased.

HiCKORY MUseUM OF ARt 243 3rd Ave. NE, Hickory, 327-8576 • SA (9/12) through SU (5/8) - Unexpected Beauty: Views from the Lens of Steve McCurry, photography exhibition.

ODYsseY COOPeRAtive ARt gAlleRY 238 Clingman Ave, 285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • Through WE (9/30) - Ceramic art of Barbara Quartrone and Dyann Myers. sPRUCe Pine tRAC gAlleRY 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine, 765-0520, toeriverarts. org/facilities/spruce-pine-gallery • Through SA (9/19) - Wax, featuring work of nine artists who include wax in their creative process. tHe CenteR FOR CRAFt, CReAtivitY & Design 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through SA (1/9) - Made in WNC, textile, furniture, ceramics, and art exhibit exploring how craft, design, and production relate. tHe FRenCH BROAD ARtists saharfakhoury@yahoo.com • Through WE (9/30) - Autumn plein air landscape paintings group show. Held at Riverview Station, 191 Lyman St. tRYOn Fine ARts CenteR 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • Through SA (10/10) - Historic furniture and wood carvings from the Tryon Toy Makers. zAPOW! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow.net • Through SU (10/11), Heroes and Villains!, a member artist group show.

Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees.

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ClublaNd tHe sOCiAl Marc Keller, 6pm Karaoke, 9:30pm

WeDnesDAY, sePteMBeR 9 185 King stReet Movie Night, 7pm

tHe sOUtHeRn Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

5 WAlnUt Wine BAR Wine tasting w/ Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 10pm

tigeR MOUntAin Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm tiMO’s HOUse Spectrum AVL w/ rotating DJs, 9pm

AsHeville MUsiC HAll Brown Bag Songwriting Competition hosted by Debrissa McKinney, 7:30pm

tOWn PUMP Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm tRAilHeAD RestAURAnt AnD BAR Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, old-time, folk), 6pm

Ben’s tUne-UP Asheville Country Music Review w/ Town Mountain, The Honeycutters & John Stickley Trio, 5pm

tRessA’s DOWntOWn JAzz AnD BlUes Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

BlACK MOUntAin Ale HOUse Play to win game night, 7:30pm BlUe MOUntAin PizzA & BReW PUB Open mic, 7pm

WHite HORse BlACK MOUntAin Asheville Tango Orchestra, 7:30pm

DiRtY sOUtH lOUnge Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm DOUBle CROWn Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm FOggY MOUntAin BReWPUB Redleg Husky (folk), 10pm FUnKAtORiUM John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm gReY eAgle MUsiC HAll & tAveRn Jazz Is Phish w/ special guests (members of Strange Design, Snarky Puppy, Victor Wooten Band & more), 8pm gRinD CAFe Trivia night, 7pm HigHlAnD BReWing COMPAnY Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm iROn HORse stAtiOn Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm isis RestAURAnt AnD MUsiC HAll An evening w/ the Bumper Jacksons (jazz, country blues, bluegrass), 7pm JACK OF tHe WOOD PUB Old-time session, 5pm lAzY DiAMOnD Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed / To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue / Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Hayley Benton at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801.

Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland / Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed / The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues / Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. this is a firm deadline.

WilD Wing CAFe sOUtH Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 7pm

LouiSviLLE SLuGGERS: Led by multi-instrumental troubadour Scott Moore, Louisville, Kentucky’s Niles Foley mixes classic rock raucousness with elements of bluegrass and Americana. Lauded by the Louisville Orchestra Director Teddy Abrams for its “layers of complexity and musicality” and proclaimed “Staggeringly versatile and gifted” by LEO Weekly, Niles Foley ventures south to Asheville for a show at Altamont Brewing Company on Sept. 11 beginning at 9:30 p.m. leX 18 Frank Sinatra birthday party w/ Dean Vellef (Sinatra tribute), 5:45pm lOBsteR tRAP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm MOUntAin MOJO COFFeeHOUse Open mic, 6:30pm nOBle KAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm O.HenRY’s/tHe UnDeRgROUnD “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm ODDitORiUM Stalebred Scottie Swears, Shifty Drifters & Carolina Cud Chewers (old-time), 9pm

tHURsDAY, sePteMBeR 10 5 WAlnUt Wine BAR Pleasure Chest (blues, rock ’n’ roll, soul), 8pm AltAMOnt tHeAtRe Reasonably Priced Babies (improv comedy), 8pm

sOl BAR neW MOUntAin World Wednesdays, 8pm

BARleY’s tAPROOM AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

tAllgARY’s At FOUR COllege Open mic & jam, 7pm

BlACK MOUntAin Ale HOUse Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8pm

tHe JOint neXt DOOR Bluegrass jam, 8pm

BlUe MOUntAin PizzA & BReW PUB Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm

tHe MOtHligHt Call the Next Witness w/ Vic Crown, Black Armband (rock, metal), 9pm tHe PHOeniX Jazz night, 8pm

ClUB eleven On gROve Swing lessons & dance w/ The Gamble/ Wilson Swing Orchestra, 7:30pm CReeKsiDe tAPHOUse Station Underground (reggae), 8pm

OFF tHe WAgOn Piano show, 9pm Olive OR tWist Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm One stOP Deli & BAR Lip sync karaoke, 10pm One WORlD BReWing Stevie Lee Combs (Americana, folk, blues), 8pm PisgAH BReWing COMPAnY Young Valley (Americana, indie), 6pm POUR tAPROOM Karaoke, 8pm ReJAvAnAtiOn CAFe Open mic night, 6pm ROOM iX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm sCUllY’s Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm slY gROg lOUnge Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm

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JACK WOOD PUB

DOWNTOWN ON THE PARK

13 TV’S, Football, Burgers, Pizza, an d Beer!

THU. 9/10 Hope Griffin Duo (acoustic folk)

FRI. 9/11 DJ MoTo

(pop, dance hits)

#1 Pub Grub #2 Bar for Live Music

FRI 9.11

(rock, classic covers)

APPALATIN (LATIN INFUSED MOUNTAIN ROOTS)

LATER SET W/ THE PLATE SCRAPPERS

8 p.m. $5

EARLY SET W/ THE BLUEGRASS SWEET-

SAT 9.12

HEARTS DAVID & VALERIE MAYFIELD

(PARENTS OF THE DAVID MAYFIELD PARADE) W/ ELLIS DYSON & THE SHAMBLESH (RAG-TIME FOLK) A LATE NIGHT SET W/ WILLIAMS & COMPANY (COUNTRY ROCK)

8 p.m. $5

SUN 9.13 TUE 9.15

SAT. 9/12 Grand Theft Audio

ACCIDENTAL SEABIRDS

9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

TUESDAY RESIDENCY NIKKI TALLEY (FOLK AMERICANA SONGSTRESS)

5 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

MAMADRONES (APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ROOTS &

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

elAine’s DUeling PiAnO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

tiMO’s HOUse Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 10pm

FOggY MOUntAin BReWPUB Wilhelm Brothers (soul, Americana), 9pm

tRAilHeAD RestAURAnt AnD BAR Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

FRenCH BROAD BReWeRY The Greenliners Duo (bluegrass), 6pm gOOD stUFF Young Valley, 7pm gReY eAgle MUsiC HAll & tAveRn Love Canon (bluegrass-style ’80s covers), 8pm isis RestAURAnt AnD MUsiC HAll Chelsea LaBate & The Ten Cent Orchestra (folk), 7pm Sam Lewis w/ Margo & The Price Tags (classic country, folk), 8:30pm JACK OF tHe WOOD PUB Bluegrass jam, 7pm lOBsteR tRAP Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm

THE GET RIGHT BAND (FUNKY SOUL DANCE PARTY) W/ THE CARMONAS (AMERICAN FOLK ROCK)

MARKet PlACe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

FRI 9.18

DOUBle CROWn 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm

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95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

Wed • September 9 Woody Wood 5:30-7:30

Thu • September 10

O.HenRY’s/tHe UnDeRgROUnD Game Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am OFF tHe WAgOn Dueling pianos, 9pm Olive OR tWist Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm One stOP Deli & BAR Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm

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Fri • September 11

Tellico 7:00-9:00

Sat • September 12 Future Prezidents Sun • September 13

Team Trivia with Dr. Brown 6:00-8:00

5 WAlnUt Wine BAR Mande Foly (African folk), 9pm AltAMOnt BReWing COMPAnY Niles Foley (roots, rock ’n’ roll), 9:30pm AltAMOnt tHeAtRe Callaghan (singer-songwriter, pop, Americana), 8pm

Ben’s tUne-UP Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm

PUlP Slice of Life (comedy open mic), 9pm

BlUe MOUntAin PizzA & BReW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7pm

PURPle OniOn CAFe Letters to Abigail (Americana, country, folk), 7pm

BYWAteR Hustle Souls (Southern soul), 8pm

RenAissAnCe AsHeville Carver & Carmody (country), 6:30pm

CitY ligHts BOOKstORe William Ritter & Sarah Ogletree CD release party (mountain music), 6:30pm

ROOM iX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

ClAssiC WineselleR Kevin Lorenz (pop, jazz, ragtime), 7pm

sOUtHeRn APPAlACHiAn BReWeRY Hip Bone’s Two Bass Hits (funk, jazz), 7pm sPRing CReeK tAveRn Open Mic, 6pm

tHe sOCiAl Jordan Okrend (pop, rock, soul), 6pm

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BACK YARD BAR Karaoke w/ Get Vocal Entertainment, 9pm

tHe MOtHligHt Vinyl Williams w/ Gazoota & Tin Foil Hat (psychedelic, synth-pop), 9:30pm

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PACK’s tAveRn Hope Griffin Duo (acoustic folk), 9pm

tAllgARY’s At FOUR COllege Electric blues open mic w/ Gentle Jones, 7pm

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

sOl BAR neW MOUntAin Atlas Road Crew w/ The Steppin’ Stones (rock), 7pm

Tue • September 15

WilD Wing CAFe Throwin’ Down Thursday w/ DJ Ramin, 5pm

OsKAR BlUes BReWeRY Redleg Husky (folk), 6pm

slY gROg lOUnge Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm

Dennis “Chalwa” Berndt Roots Reggae Trio 1:00-4:00

WHite HORse BlACK MOUntAin Movies that Matter: Beyond Right and Wrong, 7pm

AsHeville MUsiC HAll “Reggae on the Mountain” w/ Roots of a Rebellion & Dub Kartel (reggae), 10pm

sCAnDAls nigHtClUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

7:00-9:00

tWisteD lAURel Karaoke, 8pm

One WORlD BReWing Dennis Berndt (acoustic, reggae), 8pm

PisgAH BReWing COMPAnY The Screaming J’s (boogie-woogie, swing), 8pm

WNC Green Building Council Annual Networking Night –

tRessA’s DOWntOWn JAzz AnD BlUes The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

CORK & Keg The Resonant Rogues (folk, Gypsy jazz, blues), 8:30pm CROW & QUill Ohioan w/ Wes Tirey & Mother Explosives (folk, indie, rustic crust), 9pm DOUBle CROWn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm DUgOUt Carolina Rex (blues-rock), 9pm elAine’s DUeling PiAnO BAR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FOggY MOUntAin BReWPUB Station Underground (reggae), 10pm FRenCH BROAD BReWeRY Ellis Dyson & The Shambles (ragtime, swing), 6pm

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gOOD stUFF Ben Phan, 8pm

tigeR MOUntAin Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm

gReY eAgle MUsiC HAll & tAveRn Watkins Family Hour: Night One (Americana), 8pm

tWisteD lAURel Live DJ, 11pm

North Carolina’s First Cider Bar

HigHlAnD BReWing COMPAnY Tellico (Americana, bluegrass), 7pm

2nd Anniversary & Halloween Party on Oct. 31st Fire Shows, Fire Flights Costume Contest, DJ Malinalli, Dance Party, Benefitting Brother Wolf

isis RestAURAnt AnD MUsiC HAll AmiciMusic: Live at the USO (songs from the 1940s), 7pm The Revelers CD release (acoustic, Cajun), 9pm

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iROn HORse stAtiOn Ben Wilson (Americana), 7pm

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FLAWLESS AND RAW 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/

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7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ CHELSEA LA BATE &

THE TEN CENT ORCHESTRA (LOUNGE) 8:30 PM – SAM LEWIS W/MARGO AND THE PRICE TAGS

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FRI 9/11 7:00 PM – CLASSICAL DINNER AND A CONCERT: “LIVE AT THE USO: GREAT SONGS FROM THE 1940’S” 9:00 PM – THE REVELERS CD RELEASE

“GET READY” CELEBRATION SAT 9/12

7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH CARSIE BLANTON 9:00 PM – “LOVE LETTER” BONNIE RAITT

BLUES W/ PEGGY RATUSZ WED 9/16

5:00 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT

SNOW CRAB LEGS 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ DANA AND SUSAN ROBINSON THU 9/17 7:00 PM – THE APPLESEED COLLECTIVE 8:45 PM – KINGSLEY FLOOD,

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JACK OF tHe WOOD PUB Appalatin w/ The Plate Scrappers (Latin mountain music, roots), 8pm JeRUsAleM gARDen Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm lAzY DiAMOnD Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm lOBsteR tRAP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm MARKet PlACe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm MCCReeRY PARK Six String Drag (roots, rock ’n’ roll, alt-country), 7pm neW MOUntAin tHeAteR/ AMPHitHeAteR Kevin Kinny (rock, folk, alt-country), 8pm O.HenRY’s/tHe UnDeRgROUnD Drag Show, 12:30am ODDitORiUM Spearfinger w/ Terror Brigade Co. 423 & Covenator (metal), 9pm OFF tHe WAgOn Dueling pianos, 9pm One stOP Deli & BAR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Group Therapy (rock), 10pm ORAnge Peel Heartless Bastards w/ Alberta Cross (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm PACK’s tAveRn DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9pm sAPPHiRe MOUntAin BReWeRY The Wilhelm Brothers (folk rock), 7pm sCAnDAls nigHtClUB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sCUllY’s DJ, 10pm slY gROg lOUnge Comedy open mic, 8pm sOUtHeRn APPAlACHiAn BReWeRY Howie Johnson Trio (blues, rock), 8pm sPRing CReeK tAveRn Moonshine Racers (bluegrass), 8:30pm tAllgARY’s At FOUR COllege The Gentle Jones Band (blues, classic rock), 9:30pm tHe ADMiRAl Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm tHe MOtHligHt Fruit Bats w/ Jake Xerxes Fussell (folk, rock), 9:30pm

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tHe PHOeniX Riyen Roots & Kenny Dore (blues), 8pm

FRenCH BROAD BReWeRY Buncombe Turnpike Trio (bluegrass), 6pm

tHe sOCiAl Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

gOOD stUFF Shotgun Gypsies (rock, Americana, hip-hop), 8pm

Grey eaGle Music Hall & Tavern Watkins Family Hour: Night Two (Americana), 8pm

THe MoTHliGHT Repeat Repeat w/ Fashion Bath & The Cannonball Jars (surf rock, flowerpop), 9:30pm

social lounGe & Tapas In the Biz Networking Night w/ Patrick Lopez (acoustic, piano, pop, open to everyone), 8pm

HiGHland BrewinG coMpany Future Prezidents (reggae, pop, world), 7pm

THe social Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

souTHern appalacHian Brewery Gospel brunch w/ Redneck Mimosa, 12pm

iron Horse sTaTion Jamie Paul (Americana), 7pm

TiMo’s House Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino (top 40), 10pm

sprinG creek Tavern Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 2pm

isis resTauranT and Music Hall An evening w/ Carsie Blanton (singer-songwriter, jazz, rock), 7pm “Love Letter” Bonnie Raitt blues w/ Peggy Ratusz (Bonnie Raitt tribute, blues, roots), 9pm

TrailHead resTauranT and Bar Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

TallGary’s aT four colleGe Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm

TwisTed laurel Live DJ, 11pm

Jack of THe wood puB David & Valerie Mayfield w/ Ellis Dyson and The Shamblesh & Williams and Company (bluegrass, ragtime, country-rock), 8pm

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Movie night: The Royal Tenenbaums, 8:30pm

THe MoTHliGHT Sheer Mag w/ Basement Benders & Patois Counselors (punk, rock ’n’ roll), 9:30pm

wicked weed Mrs. Dubfire (reggae), 3pm wild winG cafe Bluegrass Afternoons, 3pm wild winG cafe souTH Party On The Patio w/ Crocs Duo, 5pm

off THe waGon Dueling pianos, 9pm

Blue MounTain piZZa & Brew puB Larry Dolamore (acoustic), 7pm

olive or TwisT 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm

BywaTer Todd Cecil & Back South (Swamp-rock, Americana), 5pm

one sTop deli & Bar Danimal Planet (electronic rock), 10pm

douBle crown Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

185 kinG sTreeT Open mic night, 7pm

oranGe peel 7th annual Rock Academy Benefit, 6:30pm

Good sTuff Michael McFarland (singer-songwriter), 5pm

5 walnuT wine Bar The Get Right Band (funk, rock, reggae), 8pm

oskar Blues Brewery The Mug (blues), 6pm

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laZy diaMond Tiki Night w/ DJ or band (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10pm loBsTer Trap Hot Club of Asheville (swing, bluegrass), 6:30pm

courTyard Gallery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm douBle crown Punk ’n’ roll w/ DJs Dave & Rebecca, 10pm Good sTuff Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

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Grey eaGle Music Hall & Tavern Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm

scully’s DJ, 10pm

oddiToriuM Adult Poetry Slam, 7pm Poet Radio & The Melons w/ guests (rock), 9pm

sly GroG lounGe Divination Burlesque, 8pm

off THe waGon Piano show, 9pm

laZy diaMond Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

sol Bar new MounTain Asheville Gathering for Carl Lindberg w/ Timi Conley (jam, rock), 8pm

olive or TwisT DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm

leXinGTon ave Brewery (laB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm

souTHern appalacHian Brewery Two Dollar Pistol (Americana, rock), 8pm

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

loBsTer Trap Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm

sprinG creek Tavern Paper Crowns (Americana), 8:30pm

oranGe peel Waltz Night, 6pm

TallGary’s aT four colleGe Old School (classic rock), 9:30pm

pour TaprooM Open mic, 8pm

oddiToriuM The New York Nudie Revue (burlesque, variety), 9pm

THe adMiral Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm

scandals niGHTcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

olive or TwisT 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm

Jack of THe wood puB Quizzo, 7pm

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purple onion cafe Shana Blake Band (funk, R&B, soul), 8pm

Jack of THe wood puB Irish session, 5pm Accidental Seabirds (indie folk), 9pm

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pisGaH BrewinG coMpany Copious Jones (rock, jam), 8pm

BywaTer Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8pm

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pack’s Tavern Grand Theft Audio (rock, classic covers), 9pm

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Black MounTain ale House Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm

wHiTe Horse Black MounTain Dori Freeman (Americana), 7:30pm

5 & 8PM Doors

oddiToriuM Amnesis w/ Verse Vica, The Aurora Observatory & Invoking the Abstract (metal), 9pm

alTaMonT THeaTre An evening w/ Pierre Bensusan (Celtic, folk, acoustic), 7pm

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Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazzswing), 6pm

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new MounTain THeaTer/aMpHiTHeaTer Southeast B-Boy Championships 6 (breakdancing), 2pm

5 walnuT wine Bar Mary Frances & The Dirty Classics (funk, soul), 7pm

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

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MarkeT place DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm

ZaMBra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

THe souTHern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm

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loBsTer Trap Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm

wXyZ lounGe aT alofT HoTel Salsa Saturday w/ DJ Malinalli (salsa), 8pm

THe social Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

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sOveReign ReMeDies Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

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tHe MOtHligHt Leverage Models w/ Delta Quadrant, Young Rapids & Aunt Sis (pop, indie), 9pm

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5 WAlnUt Wine BAR The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm AltAMOnt BReWing COMPAnY Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm AsHeville MUsiC HAll Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm

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HHHHH = Pick Of The week

Jimmy’s Hall HHHHS DiREctoR: Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes the Barley) PLaYERS: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Simone Kirby, Aileen Henry, Jim Norton, Andrew Scott, Brian F. O’Byrne FaitH-BaSED DRama Rated PG-13 tHE StoRY: Fact-based tale of Jimmy Gralton and the furror that erupts over his community center and leftist political beliefs in 1932 Ireland. tHE LoWDoWn: Deeply political, but warm, human and completely engaging drama from British director Ken Loach. No, you’ve probably never heard of most of the cast or Jimmy Gralton — but neither should keep you from seeing this fine film.

At the age of 79, British filmmaker Ken Loach has delivered one of his warmest and most appealing films with Jimmy’s Hall — but it’s also a film that shows that time has not dimmed his leftist political passion. If this is, as Loach has indicated, to be his last film, it’s an excellent final bow. Based on areal events, the film is no more and no less factual than any film of its type. It is, however, interesting to see that a little-known story that ends around 1932 is still capable of stirring up a controversy as to how closely it hews to the facts — or doesn’t. This debate mostly concerns the choice of downplaying the main character’s real life communism and political activism in favor of making him more a straight-up populist hero. The truth behind these objections, I suspect, has much to do with the fact of how relevant the film is

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to today — with its depiction of a society where the top 1 percent owns and controls most everything. Lines like these are impossible not to connect to today: “Do you think they give a damn about our old, the sick, the unemployed, the hungry, the homeless and those forced to leave our shores desperate for work?

I saw the ’20s in New York, with my own eyes, and the wild speculation and greed that infected everyone. And then I saw the bubble burst. The crash of ’29 and misery in a land of plenty. Let’s not forget how it spread ’round the world, from a system steeped in illusion, exploitation and avarice.”

The story concerns Jimmy Gralton (Barry Ward) returning to County Leitrim, Ireland, in 1932 following a 10-year stint in America — a stint not entirely of his own choosing, as becomes apparent from the mixed reactions to his reappearance. Particularly displeased to see Jimmy is Father Sheridan (Jim Norton), who fears that his return will bring trouble — trouble of the kind that occurred 10 years earlier. That trouble all centers on the “Jimmy’s Hall” of the title, which is in fact a community center named Pearse-Connolly Hall, built on Jimmy’s land and mostly with Jimmy’s money. It has stood empty since his departure and was largely the cause of his departure, since the Church and the rich landowners saw it as a threat to their power. For the regular locals, Jimmy’s return marks the possibility of the hall — with its dances and poetry readings and art lessons — reopening.

The very thing the Powers That Be do not want, but the very thing they will get.

This is the crux of the drama — Jimmy and the people vs. the authorities. (And, yes, it bears certain similarities to Footloose, which are probably coincidental.) But there’s more to the film. There’s also the story of Jimmy and Oonagh (Simone Kirby), the girl he left behind, who is now married to someone else, but the past isn’t quite dead to either of them. This is evidenced in a late night dance — and implicit tryst — which is perhaps the most romantic scene in anything Loach has ever made.

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the conflict between the stodgy (if not downright silly) beliefs of Father Sheridan and the more progressive views of the younger Father Seamus (Andrew Scott), who is mostly amused by his elder’s concerns over sinful dancing (with its pelvic thrusts) to that pagan American music that Jimmy brought back with him. (“That’s a black woman singing,” Sheridan notes of a Bessie Smith record Jimmy had the “cheek” to send him.) The amusement is shortlived when Seamus realizes the conflict is all about Jimmy’s Marxist politics and Sheridan’s fear of losing control — and the lengths to which the older man is willing to go.

Make no mistake, Loach is not out to

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CHOICES: A still from Beyond Right & Wrong, a documentary about victims of three devastating conflicts who attempt to rebuild their lives. The film kicks off the six-month “Movies That Matter” series.

Photo courtesy of Article 19 Films • Katie Kasben, a teacher, actress and event planner who was instrumental in bringing the 48 Hour Film Project to Asheville, is curating a monthly documentary film series with White Horse Black Mountain. Titled Movies That Matter, the program starts Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. with Beyond Right & Wrong. roger spottiswoode’s and lekha singh’s film explores what happens when victims of three devastating disputes — the Rwandan genocide, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and The Troubles in Northern Ireland — attempt to rebuild their lives, balancing their quest for justice with the desire to forgive. The evening also includes a discussion with guest speaker the rev. lyndon harris, who was a pastor at the ground floor of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

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make a carefully nuanced, evenhanded account of the events.

There’s never any doubt whose side Loach is on, nor that he finds the oppressing forces both foolish and dangerous. That he presents two sides of the church’s view and even presents Sheridan as ultimately something more than a cartoonish villain is, however, a testament to Loach’s humanist views. (And, if we’re honest, it also makes for better, more effective and more appealing drama.) In the end, Jimmy’s Hall succeeds not because it’s a highly-charged political film and not because it’s remarkably pertinent to our own time, but because it’s a warmly effective human drama of a kind we rarely see — the kind that doesn’t bog down in treacly goo. Rated PG-13 for language and a scene of violence.

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

A Walk in the Woods HHS DiREctoR: Ken Kwapis (License to Wed) PLaYERS: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman comEDY aDvEntuRE Rated R tHE StoRY: Two grumpy codgers set off to walk the Appalachian Trail.. tHE LoWDoWn: Loose adaptation of the popular memoir by Bill Bryson refitted for its stars and played for broad comedy as an odd-couple buddy comedy — not very successfully. Probably harmless, but largely mediocre.

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Ken Kwapis’ A Walk in the Woods is the sort of boomer-bait designed to work best with viewers who find it hysterically funny to hear old folks indulge in outbursts of various permutations of the “f” word. While I am not in the least bothered by the elderly swearing in the movies (I’ve certainly done my share of swearing at the movies, especially during the trailers), I can’t say I find it convulsingly funny. The concept has a central problem: What’s amusing once because it’s unexpected is neither amusing, nor unexpected on the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth go around.

This, however, is not my only issue with the movie, which is essentially Grumpy Old Men Go Camping. I have no doubt that there’s an audience for the movie — my mother would have loved it and I know at least one person who will blast me for not loving it (and cite my fondness for I Heart Huckabees as proof of how ill-suited I am to judge movies). I am simply not that audience.

What we have here is exactly the sort of slapdash sitcom movie I expected from Ken Kwapis, whose career highpoint remains Dunston Checks In (1996), a movie that explored the comedic possibilities of an orangutan in a posh hotel. (It is possible that Mr. Kwapis approached his new film with the idea that Nick Nolte was Dunston, or a kind of talking, horny old man variant.) The writing, the staging, the pacing, the lighting, the acting all have that sitcom feeling. It doesn’t help matters that the proceedings have been approached purely in terms of a star-vehicle buddy-comedy for Robert Redford and Nolte — which is to say FilM

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that Bill Bryson’s book (and his character) has been reconfigured to suit the ages of the stars. This, in turn, changes the point of the story. I’m not saying that the filmmakers don’t have every right to make whatever changes suit their purposes. They do. But it helps if those changes are... well, actually good. These aren’t.

The problem isn’t so much that the story had to be remonkeyed to make the 40-something Bryson and Steve Katz into 79-year-old Redford and 74-year-old Nolte. Improbable, yes, but it could have been more or less workable, except that the film insists on playing it all for what can only be called maximum forced wackiness. We’re talking the kind of wackiness that translates into gags like what happens when you put the portly Nolte on the bunk over Redford — with the expected results.

It made me slap my knee in hilarity, I can tell you — but only if I lie about it. The funniest bit involves a TV interview Bryson suffers through, and it’s unfortunately at the beginning of the film.

There’s less a story here than a series of quirky encounters wrapped around a couple of old duffers bickering and complaining — all of it grounded in the idea that the presence of Messrs. Redford and Nolte will make it somehow palatable.

Whether or not that’s true is a personal call, but it’s certainly worth noting that broad comedy is hardly Redford’s strong suit. I suppose the idea was that it would be the geriatric version of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which made more sense when it was intended to costar Paul Newman. But with this script? No. There’s somewhat less here as a depiction of walking the Appalachian Trail. The film can’t even be bothered to keep track of where we are. The film just sort of magically seems to jump from Georgia to Virginia with no sense of progression. For most of the time, the setting could be just about anywhere in any old woods. Then again, this is a movie with a screenplay that seems to believe the Trail is rife with grizzly bears.

It’s not so much that the movie is actively bad — well, the largely dismissive attitude toward women is pretty bad — as that it’s almost aggressively mediocre. Oh, it won’t do you any kind of serious damage should you encounter it, but I doubt it’s likely to enrich your life in any significant manner. Rated R for language and some sexual references.

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The Transporter Refueled HH DiREctoR: Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) PLaYERS: Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol, Radivoje Bukvic, Gabriella Wright action Rated PG-13 tHE StoRY: Ex-mercenary turned “The Transporter” returns, this time getting himself entangled in a revenge plot against an prostitute ring. tHE LoWDoWn: An occasionally clever action flick that feels a bit too padded and chintzy to really work.

If you really want to be especially nihilistic, all movies to some degree are pointless and superfluous. But there are degrees of pointlessness and superfluousness, and high up the chart is a fourth Transporter film. Still higher is a fourth Transporter film that doesn’t even have Jason Statham in it.

But here we are with The Transporter Refueled, the latest installment — some seven years after Olivier Megaton’s Transporter 3 — a film that, for some reason exists in spite of the absence of the only recognizable aspect of the franchise, Statham.

Oddly, the franchise hasn’t been rejiggered all that much, as Refueled still centers around our titular tough guy, private driver and ex-mercenary Frank Martin. This was Statham’s role, one that wasn’t written out of this fourth installment, but instead simply recast — with someone 15 years younger and about 50 pounds lighter, not to mention with a full head of hair. Statham has been replaced by Ed Skrein (The

HHHHH = max rating Sweeney), a much less imposing or charming version of Frank Martin, although — to an extent at least — he’s able to hold his own in this wise-cracking action-hero role. And in all honesty, what difference does the change make (really, who knows who Frank Martin is anyway?)

In the film’s defense, it’s not like this drastic switch in actors is all that jarring in a film universe that’s revealed in its own goofy absurdity.

Unfortunately — in this department at least — Refueled has lost a bit of the franchise’s luster. The plot is generally in the same vein and wonderfully convoluted, as Martin gets roped into helping a quartet of prostitutes get very complex, very intricate revenge on the leaders of a French sex ring. The way in which the plot unfurls is really the most entertaining aspect of the film. On the side, there are the requisite car chases and fist fights and explosions, but the level of absurdity in Refueled compared to the rest of the Transporter series is a bit weak.

Sure, Martin and company take on a nightclub full of people by hooking knockout gas up to a smoke machine. And yes, Martin manages to escape a squad of police motorcycles by whizzing around a roundabout and knocking the caps off a series of fire hydrants with the tail end of his Audi. But these (admittedly fun) over-the-top moments just don’t quite come often enough.

It’s a shame, too, since the repartee between Martin and his womanizing father (Ray Stevenson) is enjoyable, while a handful of fight scenes — like one featuring a hallway full of filing cabinets — are clever (even with director Camille Delamarre’s spastic fight direction). But in between these moments of inspired foolish action filmmaking are a lack of budget, a lack of urgency and a petering out of ideas, the unfortunate side effects of so many long-running franchises. Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, sexual material, some language, a drug reference and thematic elements.

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Director: David Lynch Players: Kyle MacLachlan, Sean Young, Brad Dourif, Dean Stockwell, Freddie Jones, Patrick Stewart, Jürgen Prochnow, Max von Sydow, Sting, Kenneth McMillan EPIC SCI-FI FANTASY Rated PG Generally considered a science-fiction film, David Lynch’s Dune is really an epic operatic horror fantasy that owes more to cockeyed myth-making and grotesque — often disturbing — imagery than to sci-fi. When it was released in 1984, it was not a hit with critics or audiences. It was considered confusing to the point of incoherence. Some theaters even handed out glossaries to explain some of the terms in the film. A frequent complaint was that you had to read the book to understand it. The funny thing is it always made perfect sense to me — and I only read the book years later — and I remain baffled as to why it was considered impossible to follow.

Even now — when people are more “used” to Lynch’s...eccentricities, and people realize this isn’t Star Wars — the tendency is to couch grudging praise in terms of “It’s not as bad as you’ve probably heard.” My advice is to try it again and just go with the story. The basics of the plot are not in the least difficult to follow — it’s all laid out pretty clearly, but you do have to pay attention. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen dune Thursday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Imitation of Life HHHHH

Director: John M. Stahl Players: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Louise Beavers, Ned Sparks, Fredi Washington DRAMA Rated NR John M. Stahl’s Imitation of Life (1934) is unashamedly a soap opera, but it’s not only an excellent example of that too easily dismissed form — it’s a soap opera with an agenda. It is, in fact, one of the very few films of its era to tackle racism headon with its story of two women — one white, Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert), one black, Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers) — who found a pancake empire. At its center, however, is the conflict between Delilah and her light-skinned daughter (Fredi Washington) who desires nothing less than to disown her mother and pass for white. Strong stuff in 1934 and still powerful now. The film was one of Universal’s biggest productions, which the sets and costumes attest to — as does the importation of Claudette Colbert as the star. But it’s really the sensitive handling of the story — even as concerns the slightly absurd romantic trials of Bea’s grown daughter, Jessie (Rochelle Hudson), falling in love with Bea’s own love interest, Steven Archer (Warren William) — and the wit of William Hurlbut’s screenplay that makes the film work. There’s never any question that Stahl takes it all very seriously — devoting care to every aspect of the film, from its social consciousness to its romance. The Asheville Film Society will screen Imitation of Life Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

Pagdi: The Honour HHHS

Director: Rajeev Bhatia Players: Yashpal Sharma, Baljinder Kaur, Ravi Chauhan, Daksh Mahotra, Nidhi Mahla Rated NR Rajeev Batia’s Pagdi: The Honour is an Indian film and the winner of the 22nd annual Twin Rivers Media Festival in Asheville.

If you are unfamiliar with the Twin Rivers Festival, that’s hardly surprising. It has been almost completely ignored by local media. Yet for a very small film festival, it’s managed to keep going far longer than any other, larger film festival. And, as has often been the case in the past, this year’s winning film is a notch or two (or more) above the entries of most small festivals. Oh, they’ve had better films, but Pagdi: The Honour almost makes up for this because of its combination of technical accomplishment (apart from an old-fashioned reliance on fade-outs) and the fact that it gives a look — without any pandering to Western sensibilities — into Indian society we rarely see. The story is fairly simple. It’s basically a kind of Romeo and Juliet affair (minus the tragedy) about the “unsuitable” love between two young people from different classes, but the story matters less than the way it’s presented. In addition to the feature winners, the festival continues the following day, Sept. 12 with Documentary winners: 1 p.m.-3 p.m; Experimental winners: 3 p.m.-4 p.m.; Short Drama winners: 4 p.m.-6 p.m.; and more Short Drama and Animation winners: 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.

The Long, Hot Summer HHHS

Director: Martin Ritt Players: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson DRAMA Rated NR Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles (and his perpetually melting fake nose) and a collection other stars got together in 1958 — along with their phony (and often wavering) southern accents — to bring this mash-up William Faulkner to the screen under the direction of formerly black-listed Martin Ritt. The resulting movie — immensely popular at the time — now plays more like a knock-off of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, despite the fact that it beat the film version of Cat to the screen by four months. The Long, Hot Summer is everything you might reasonably expect from a movie of its era. It’s glossy and slick (though marred by rampant rear screen and process work that ruins any illusion of realism) and overacted and over-heated and pretty empty-headed. It even boasts one of those awful 1950s theme songs. In short, it’s so completely of its era that it serves as a perfect example of what’s wrong with so much American film of the time.

This isn’t to say it’s not entertaining. As camp, it’s pretty hard to beat.

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freewill AsTrOlOgY aRieS (march 21-april 19): "More and more I have come to admire resilience," writes Jane Hirshfield in her poem "Optimism." "Not the simple resistance of a pillow," she adds, "whose foam returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous tenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side, it turns in another."

You have not often had great access to this capacity in the past, Aries. Your specialty has been the fast and fiery style of adjustment. But for the foreseeable future, I'm betting you will be able to summon a supple staying power — a dogged, determined, incremental kind of resilience. tauRuS (april 20-may 20): "The fragrance from your mango groves makes me wild with joy."

That's one of the lyrics in the national anthem of Bangladesh.

Here's another: "Forever your skies . . . set my heart in tune as if it were a flute." Elsewhere, addressing Bangladesh as if it were a goddess, the song proclaims, "Words from your lips are like nectar to my ears." I suspect you may be awash with comparable feelings in the coming weeks, Taurus — not toward your country, but rather for the creatures and experiences that rouse your delight and exultation. They are likely to provide even more of the sweet mojo than they usually do. It will be an excellent time to improvise your own hymns of praise.

GemiNi (may 21-June 20): There have been times in the past when your potential helpers disappeared just when you wanted more help than usual.

In the coming weeks, I believe you will get redress for those sad interludes of yesteryear. A wealth of assistance and guidance will be available. Even people who have previously been less than reliable may offer a tweak or intervention that gives you a boost. Here's a tip for how to ensure that you take full advantage of the possibilities: Ask clearly and gracefully for exactly what you need.

CaNCeR (June 21-July 22): Why grab the brain-scrambling moonshine when you may eventually be offered a heartgalvanizing tonic? Why gorge on hors d'oeuvres when a four-course feast will be available sooner than you imagine? According to my analysis of the astrological omens, my fellow Crab, the future will bring unexpected opportunities that are better and brighter than the current choices. This is one of those rare times when procrastination may be in your interest. leo (July 23-aug. 22): As I hike up San Pedro Ridge, I'm mystified by the madrone trees. The leaves on the short, thin saplings are as big and bold as the leaves on the

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older, thicker, taller trees. I see this curiosity as an apt metaphor for your current situation, Leo. In one sense, you are in the early stages of a new cycle of growth.

In another sense, you are strong and ripe and full-fledged. For you, this is a winning combination: a robust balance of innocence and wisdom, of fresh aspiration and seasoned readiness. viRGo (aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hope it's not too late or too early to give you a slew of birthday presents.

You deserve to be inundated with treats, dispensations, and appreciations. Here's your first perk: You are hereby granted a license to break a taboo that is no longer useful or necessary. Second blessing: You are authorized to instigate a wildly constructive departure from tradition. Third boost: I predict that in the next six weeks, you will simultaneously claim new freedom and summon more discipline. Fourth delight: During the next three months, you will discover and uncork a new thrill. Fifth goody: Between now and your birthday in 2016, you will develop a more relaxed relationship with perfectionism. libRa (Sept. 23-oct. 22): A "wheady mile" is an obsolete English term I want to revive for use in this horoscope. It refers to what may happen at the end of a long journey, when that last stretch you've got to traverse seems to take forever. You're so close to home; you're imagining the comfort and rest that will soon be yours.

But as you cross the "wheady mile," you must navigate your way through one further plot twist or two. There's a delay or complication that demands more effort just when you want to be finished with the story. Be strong, Libra. Keep the faith. The wheady mile will not, in fact, take forever. (Thanks to Mark Forsyth and his book Horologicon.)

SCoRPio (oct. 23-Nov. 21): Trying improbable and unprecedented combinations is your specialty right now. You're willing and able to gamble with blends and juxtapositions that no one else would think of, let alone propose. Bonus: Extra courage is available for you to call on as you proceed. In light of this gift, I suggest you brainstorm about all the unifications that might be possible for you to pull off. What conflicts would you love to defuse?

What inequality or lopsidedness do you want to fix? Is there a misunderstanding you can heal or a disjunction you can harmonize?

SaGittaRiuS (Nov. 22-dec. 21): Is feeling good really as fun as everyone seems to think? Is it really so wonderful to be in a groove, in love with life, and in touch with your deeper self? No! Definitely not! And I suspect that as you enter more fully into these altered states, your life will provide evidence of

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the inconveniences they bring. For example, some people might nag you for extra attention, and others may be jealous of your success. You could be pressured to take on more responsibilities. And you may be haunted by the worry that sooner or later, this grace period will pass.

I'M JUST KIDDING, SAGITTARIUS! In truth, the minor problems precipitated by your blessings won't cause any more anguish than a mosquito biting your butt while you're in the throes of ecstatic love-making.

CaPRiCoRN (dec. 22-Jan. 19): In this horoscope, we will use the Socratic method to stimulate your excitement about projects that fate will favor in the next nine months. Here's how it works: I ask the questions, and you brainstorm the answers. 1. Is there any part of your life where you are an amateur but would like to be a professional? 2. Are you hesitant to leave a comfort zone even though remaining there tends to inhibit your imagination? 3. Is your ability to fulfill your ambitions limited by any lack of training or deficiency in your education? 4. Is there any way that you are holding on to blissful ignorance at the expense of future possibilities? 5. What new license, credential, diploma, or certification would be most useful to you? aQuaRiuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The story of my life features more than a few fiascos. For example, I got fired from my first job after two days.

One of my girlfriends dumped me without any explanation and never spoke to me again. My record label fired me and my band after we made just one album. Years later, these indignities still carry a sting. But I confess that I am also grateful for them. They keep me humble. They serve as antidotes if I'm ever tempted to deride other people for their failures. They have helped me develop an abundance of compassion. I mention this personal tale in the hope that you, too, might find redemption and healing in your own memories of frustration. The time is right to capitalize on old losses.

PiSCeS (Feb. 19-march 20): It's never fun to be in a sticky predicament that seems to have no smart resolution. But the coming days could turn out to be an unexpectedly good time to be in such a predicament. Why? Because I expect that your exasperation will precipitate an emotional cleansing, releasing ingenious intuitions that had been buried under repressed anger and sadness. You may then find a key that enables you to reclaim at least some of your lost power. The predicament that once felt sour and intractable will mutate, providing you with an opportunity to deepen your connection with a valuable resource.

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