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The Boulderification of Asheville On Sept. 3, there appeared an ad on Asheville’s Craigslist for a tiny house/ shed for rent. It is 220 square feet and costs $500/month, so almost $2/square foot. Is this outrageous? Maybe, maybe not.

Everything depends on which side of the fence you are sitting. If you’re rich, maybe “roughing” it in Asheville this way is your cup of tea; if you’re poor, this is an obvious offense by the upper classes that made this town from an artist mecca into a hipster/ yuppie theme park.

I usually sit on the latter side, but this time, I find that I don’t care all that much. For many years now, artists have been struggling with rents in and outside of the River Arts District.

Eventually the rents climb so high that they get kicked out; there is a brief stink about it; then everyone forgets and everyone returns to “business as usual.”

I live in California now, a place where this process started sometime in the ’80s or even earlier. Let’s call this process “Boulderification” because I can’t think of a better example of what happens to a mountain town once it is “discovered” and also because it has a nice ring to it.

Asheville, like Boulder, like Ashland, like Aspen, is already nicely

Boulderified, and it might be literally too late to do anything about it. The tiny house, when it first came on the scene, was supposed to be an alternative to expensive living. The house forced one to downsize, to make do with less, to be less of a burden on the environment. …

Tiny houses are manufactured like cars out here, designed by professional architects and decked out with brand names inside and out; they become top stories in design magazines and blogs. …

I learned from a friend of mine that somewhere in Berlin, when wealthy people began to move into a traditionally poor and working-class neighborhood hoping to kickstart a gentrification process that would make their new home more palatable, the residents reacted by letting their dogs crap on the streets without picking it up, hoping that the wealthy would think twice about stepping into their streets filled with excrement. I’m not sure whether it worked or not, but at least it’s a fun story about fighting back in interesting ways and doesn’t make me go “so what!”

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Project Option Poses Environmental Hazards,” Aug. 26] and the industrial chicken farms in Surry County, it seems that the affected landowners in a least two separate cases have had their constitution rights violated. …

Thank you [to Moore] for opposing the proposed Duke Energy power line route planned for a scenic area. … The health and environmental and economic damage from the electromagnetic field and 140-foot tall towers and wires and maintenance (soil erosion and chopping and spraying) from this construction is something we all have deal with along existing power routes.

Property is devalued as well.

Ask any Realtor. Can you sell this house for the price it was worth before this sparking, crackling steel tower power line route was here above my house?

In the Surry County, Stokes County and downstream Forsyth County area, we are suffering from the detrimental air and water and groundwater effects of industrial chicken farms.

There are over 2 million chickens now being raised in Tyson/Perduesponsored industrial chicken barns (defined as exempt by North Carolina regulations). Tyson and Perdue supply the young chickens to be raised, and the “farmers” supply the barn and land and water and labor and waste disposal problem solutions.

These 2 million chickens in industrial chicken farms are in the Yadkin River watershed above Winston-Salem.

The citizen dwelling owners living next to these recently installed industrial chicken barns in Surry County have had their health affected and, essentially, had their property rendered unsellable by the effects of the ammonia smell and airborne particulate matter coming from the massive chicken barns (at least 25,000 chickens per barn). …

Can they sell a house for the value it had prior to the adjacent chicken barns being installed? These neighbors [are] prisoners, as they cannot hope to sell their plot of land, so they cannot move to a safe place. …

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chicken farms have had their constitutional rights violated and can sue to address their losses.

Perhaps an alert attorney will be willing to take on a property devaluation/ deprivation case to set a precedent. …

— Clayton Moore Fairview

Let’s stop outdated water fluoridation I want to commend the editorial staff of Mountain Xpress for the article in the Sept. 9-15 edition covering the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council’s asking the City Council to stop adding “fluoridation” chemicals to the public water supply [“Protection or Poison? Food Policy Council Urges Asheville to Stop Fluoridating Water.”]

Water fluoridation has always been a matter of “tobacco science,” meaning that the real science to support the practice was never there to begin with. It’s always been a corporate scheme to profit from a toxic byproduct rather than having to spend money to properly treat and dispose of it. The citizens of Asheville fell for the scam back in 1965, and it’s been harming the populace ever since.

But over the last 25 years, literally every independent study of “water fluoridation” has shown two things: (1) the adding of fluoride chemicals to public water supplies has no appreciable effect on dental health; and (2) these neurotoxic chemicals have multiple negative effects on the human body — especially for children and blacks.

I encourage everyone to read the [article] itself on the MX website [http:// mountainx.com/?p=538106] — it’s very good!

I also love the quip by dentist Matthew Young, “Putting fluoride in the drinking water for cavities is like drinking sunblock to prevent sunburns.”

Exactly. Let’s remove this outdated, barbaric practice and have better drinking water in Asheville.

— Michael Ivey

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Adding fluoride is harmful, ineffectual In reference to [“Protection or Poison?

Food Policy Council Urges Asheville to Stop Fluoridating Water, Sept. 9, Xpress],” this article gives a good case for the U.S. to stop putting fluoride in drinking water.

Mayor [Esther] Manheimer said that because the fluoride was put in by a

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referendum, a referendum is needed to take it out, but a referendum will not work because the same big dirty money that put it in will come in in droves to prevent it from discontinuing.

Since it can be shown that fluoride is ineffective and harmful to our health, a case can be made to discontinue putting it in. There is considerable evidence that it is not only harmful to our health, but ineffectual.

— Edward Daigle Asheville

Integrity of basilica masterpiece would be destroyed Read with surprise the position of a reader about the space across from the Basilica of St. Lawrence and how it should be used. A point that is completely overlooked is the basilica itself, its beauty, architectural uniqueness and how it has added to the charm and beauty of Asheville.

The integrity of this masterpiece will be obliterated by the proposed commercial “development” of that space. A green space, for the use of all citizens and visitors, will enhance the beauty of this area rather than destroy it with yet another hotel and parking garage.

The reader suggests we already have more green spaces and parks than we need. I think what we have more of than we need are hotels.

And, why is it that the desires of most citizens of Asheville are of absolutely no interest to City Council? Can you hear us, City Council?

— Patricia Wald

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Single-issue voting is shortsighted The field of 15 Asheville City Council candidates has raised many important issues. One of them is the public’s clear desire to provide a green space across from the Basilica of St. Lawrence in downtown. It’s been called a “bellwether” voting issue by many supporters and progressives.

My opinion is that a green space is the best outcome for many reasons. Julie Mayfield, one of the candidates, is not in the camp that says that site must be green space and nothing else. She says that a significant public space must be part of the solution. However, singleissue voting is not the best approach in the long run, as we have seen happen in Raleigh and many other cases.

Julie Mayfield has a long record of supporting the environment, forestry, clean air and water, rational development and regional progressive issues. She has the ability to work with many people of differing viewpoints and was instrumental in the development of MountainTrue, the new regional organization formed from the former WNC Alliance, Environmental and Conservation Organization and Jackson-Macon County Alliance.

To not consider voting for her, based on only this one downtown greenspace issue, strikes me as shortsighted. For those opposed to environmental conservation for a higher quality of life, opposed to healthy forests and their economic benefits, opposed to clean energy, she is clearly not your candidate. But if you care about those issues and how they impact Asheville, she is one top candidate to seriously consider voting for in the larger picture.

I’ve known and worked with Julie Mayfield for many years on many issues. Our work has involved many complex problems, and I respect her ability to look at things holistically.

Taken as a whole, she is one of the top candidates running for a seat on City Council. There are minor points with other top candidates I also diverge on, but no single point that would suggest they would not bring value to the progressive efforts in Asheville.

As a longtime advocate for progressive efforts in Asheville and the Western North Carolina region, I would ask that all voters reflect objectively on each candidate’s full values and positions. And especially on Julie Mayfield’s efforts, experience and record of achievements.

Vote for whomever you feel is best for Asheville on all the issues; please don’t vote over just one single issue.

Thank you.

— Ned Ryan Doyle

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Haynes offers thoughtful approach I support Brian Haynes for Council member because he is the only candidate whose message is: “Slow down” and think.

Do we want a city that is of the rich, by the rich and for the rich? A study cited in the Mountain Xpress found Asheville is 50 percent of the way toward total gentrification.

Do want a city that is cluttered with boxlike hotels, boxlike office buildings and boxlike government buildings?

c art o o n b Y b r e n t b r o Wn Asheville developers seem to have trouble thinking outside the box.

Do we want to continue to have an economy that is heavily dependent on tourism? Tourism revived Asheville in the ’90s, but is the current economic mix the recipe for a healthy, sustainable future?

As George Harrison said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”

— Steve Rosenthal Asheville

Overdose article should have delved deeper I am confused as to why your article on the local prevalence of heroin [“Drug Epidemic: Officials See Links Between Prescription Drugs and Heroin,” Sept. 2, Xpress] chose to focus almost exclusively on shallow shock-factor statistics and the tired words of a law enforcement officer who somehow believes that IV drug use is a new phenomenon. My dismay is due in part to the lack of continuity from your commendable June coverage of naloxone access legislation and the 911 Good Samaritan Law [“To the Brink and Back: Opioid Abuse and Treatment in WNC,” June 10, Xpress].

I believe that it dishonors lives lost to overdoses to neglect reiterating the information about resources and policies that have saved over 900 other lives since those policies were implemented — many, in fact, at the hands of fellow users of heroin who have performed overdose reversals. Furthermore, one has to wonder whether the surge in heroin-related visits to the emergency room has anything to do with the fact that people who use the drug are now living long enough to receive medical care.

Alternatively, some investigation about whether the availability (or lack thereof) of affordable substance abuse treatment options is a variable in this trend would have elucidated systemic failures that are ultimately behind any so-named epidemic. In particular, I worry that the absence of this side of the discussion did more to reinforce the stigma against people with addictions than to educate the general public.

This is subject matter that must be discussed with integrity in the press, otherwise the media merely become yet another obstacle to people who put their time and energy into preventing drugrelated casualties.

— Laura Eshelman Asheville

Common Core improves critical thinking, literacy When did education become so politicized? Perhaps during the advent of compulsory public education or during the Space Race or amid the current reality that high school graduation isn’t enough.

How do we advocate for students in a partisan environment? We can agree that we want productive citizens. We may disagree on specifics, but we can find ground for compromise in some common American values.

Our Founding Fathers crafted the Constitution in a deliberately open fashion — open to interpretation, criticism and even amendment. This brought disparate philosophies together on basic ideals that allowed progress. They knew the alternative, losing the chance to form that “more perfect union,” was unthinkable.

We are at a crossroads today. We are at that ugly stage of housecleaning where things get messier before they get organized. We now have to choose the sacrifices to make in order to progress. We must discard the idea that there is a right way to teach that can be written

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out or legislated like some modernday Hammurabi’s Code.

Instead, we need an elegant, flexible document like our revered Constitution that can guide us to a world where our children become productive citizens. Luckily, we have that document already. It is the Common Core, a set of carefully crafted standards that are written to emphasize our strengths and ideals while leaving room for interpretation.

Forgo the political banter and research the Common Core — its beginnings in a bipartisan gubernatorial recognition of the danger of slipping behind in the global economy to its development over many years of fine-tuning in the trenches. Learn how it improves critical thinking, literacy and understanding in our students whose teachers have implemented it with fidelity. Visit a classroom and emerge with an understanding [of] our students’ capacity when they are truly career- and college-ready.

— LeAnna Earls Delph Sixth-grade social studies/ language arts teacher Eblen Intermediate School Leicester

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Add water for Holi tradition Holi without water is like bread without butter.

In addition to tossing colored powder about [reported in “Blissed Out: Color Faire Brings Yoga, Music and Color Throwing to Asheville,” Sept.

9, Xpress], it is customary to use various methods of spraying water on the festival participants, drenching them deliberately.

An alternative is spraying colored water. Some people buy special inexpensive white, washable pajamalike garments (called “kurta”) in which to celebrate, knowing they will develop random designs over time.

I have attended a Holi day in Udaipur, India.

— Marlene Dallo Hendersonville

Consider donating wood from tree-trimming When the tree-trimmers hired by Duke Progress Energy come to butcher, er, expertly prune the trees on your property that may interfere with their power lines, please consider donating the wood — especially if it is hickory, locust or oak, and is log-sized rather than just brush — to ABCCM’s firewood ministry, which donates firewood to families in Western North Carolina who use it to heat their homes.

This winter is predicted to be especially cold, and your donation, which will only require a few minutes of your time to make a phone call or send an email, can make a huge difference in the lives of local families.

For more details, contact ABCCM at http://www.abccm.org/cm-contact-us/ — Melissa Zenz Asheville

Pit bulls should go extinct I appreciated Chris Tarantino’s letter [“Give ‘Bully Breeds’ a Chance,” Sept. 9, Xpress], and his eloquent advocacy for these dogs. However, my

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personal experience with pit bulls, including my own beloved Clara and those of neighbors, makes it clear to me that these dogs, through no fault of their own, have an overpowering instinctual drive to attack and kill other animals. This is the result of many generations of careful breeding by men who evidently enjoy watching animals kill each other.

My dog, Clara, was the sweetest, most affectionate person imaginable, and yet she killed my cat, with whom she had lived for two years.

I realized then that pit bulls must never be given unsupervised access to any other animal (or child).

Responsible management is critical.

Chris Tarantino is right in saying that these dogs should not be killed (no animals should be), but, I will argue, they should also not be bred — that this breed is so dangerous to other animals that it should be allowed to go extinct. This will happen, I am guessing, only when demand for pit bulls drops to zero, when men with low self-esteem no longer need dangerous dogs to make themselves feel powerful.

— Rusty Sivils Leicester

Traffic poses danger to downtown horses Hey Asheville, let’s get rid of the urban carriage rides? I went to a screening of Blinders hosted by Asheville Voice for Animals, and it was about the dangers to horsesdrawing carriages in urban settings.

It opened my eyes to the risk this seemingly idyllic pastime presents to the horse.

It’s not something you think about, but traffic accidents happen all the time, and a slow-moving vehicle like a horse-drawn carriage is more likely to be involved in an accident due to its slow pace. Seems wrong to subject an animal to that level of danger — soft flesh and breakable bones in close proximity alongside metal vehicles. The carriage rides at Biltmore Estate don’t have this traffic risk — it’s private property — so I’m not speaking against Biltmore’s in this context.

But I think that Asheville is a progressive and conscientious enough of a town that we can acknowledge that the street-traffic risk to the animal is a higher priority than someone’s desire to exploit the animal for entertainment, be it tourist or operator. It’s not like the horse has a say in the matter.

Let’s not wait until a horse is maimed or killed before we act. Exploitation is inappropriate in our enlightened times and not something we ought to offer in Asheville city streets.

— C.J. Sellers Asheville Voice for Animals Asheville

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breaKing through Local women challenge political glass ceiling

SOURCE: CENTER FOR AMERIC AN WOMEN AND POLITICS

ACROSS U.S.

Of the 100 biggest U.S. cities, 17 currently have a female mayor, and in cities with populations over 30,000, only 18.4 percent are headed by a woman, according to the New Jersey-based organization, an arm of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

“I never thought that I would be mayor,” Manheimer admits. “I thought that’s something only other people are capable of, not me. I used to have this idea in my mind of people who could play these leadership roles. They were generally men, they went to Harvard, they were the most brilliant people on earth, and everyone recognized them as being so. I just remember, one day, realizing that they are people too.”

Politicians, doctors, lawyers — “All of these people are just people,” she says. “This is something you can do because you’re a person too. It just dawned on me that it wasn’t this distant thing: It was achievable for someone like me.”

And though women are still a small minority in U.S. politics, three women have served as Asheville’s mayor during 14 of the last 18 years.

“I think it says that Asheville believes leadership can be in anyone,” notes terry bellamy, the city’s first African-American mayor. “And I think it says that our community is open to good leaders, regardless of

who they are, as long as that person has a vision and can cast that vision.”

That kind of political track record is significant, says Walsh. “You don’t have many places with that kind of continuity of women leadership.

Asheville has a history now of electing women to top executive positions, and that’s not typical of what we see around the country.”

OvERCOmiNg miNDSETS “Asheville’s always been cuttingedge,” says Manheimer. “We have our first female police chief, and there are very few places in the country that have female police chiefs. I don’t feel like [gender] has even been a factor for people.”

But Bellamy, the second woman to hold Asheville’s top elective office, has a somewhat different memory.

“After I won my position as mayor [in 2005], a reporter … called and asked me how I would be able to balance my family life, my work life and my political life. My response to him was, ‘If I was a man, would you have asked me that question?’

Buncombe County Commissioner holly jones reports similar experiences. ”I’ve been in this 14 years now, and I’ve never observed ... males [getting asked], ‘How are you going to balance family and elected

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halF the population, 1/4 representation: In 1975, a mere 8.8 percent of state legislators in North Carolina were women; today, that figure is 22.4 percent, though, nationally, “we’ve actually seen kind of a flat line since about 1999 or so,” says Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics. “It’s not that women are running and losing: When women run, they win at about the same rate as men do.

But we haven’t seen enough of an increase in the number of women running for office.”

bY HaYLeY benton hbenton@mountainx.com When Asheville Mayor esther manheimer visits local elementary schools, wide-eyed little girls sometimes ask: “You’re the mayor? You’re so pretty!”

“I call it the ‘princess mayor effect,’” says Manheimer, laughing.

But underneath the humor lurks a more serious issue: Those young girls, she says, “don’t yet know that it’s possible” for them to be running the show. “It’s this thing that’s unattainable.”

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And while the number of women in politics has definitely grown over the last few decades, “Politics is still a gendered space,” says debbie walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics. “Women see these institutions and don’t see a lot of people that look like them in charge, and that may lead to a reluctance to run for office.”

Electing women, says Walsh, “matters for a number of reasons. First, 51 percent of the population is female, but at any level of office, women make up no more than 25 percent of those elected officials. Women are half the population, and they’re not represented in our government.”

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Terry Bellamy was Asheville’s second woman and first African American mayor.

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Esther Manheimer was elected mayor in 2013. Photo by Nick King

service?’ That has been a weird differentiation, you know, because a lot of times the guys also have families.

So why is life balance not also a challenge for them?“ Bellamy, meanwhile, says, ”People’s mindsets were one of the main things I had to overcome, not because I couldn’t do the job, but the limitations that were placed upon me: I had to make sure I was wellread, well-versed and stronger than anyone else in the room.“ Bellamy says she felt she needed to prove herself to her city and her constituents: ”I didn’t want anyone to look at me and think, ‘Oh, she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.’ It challenged me.“ But at the same time, she reveals, ”It made me feel empowered and just as good as anyone else in this room, and I’m going to prove it!“ Yet there’s more than self-esteem at stake, says Walsh. ”Women and men have different life experiences: Our elected officials should represent our perspectives and our needs. And it’s important to have a full range of the experiences that citizens have as part of the conversation.“ a DiFFERENT imagE Asheville’s first woman mayor, leni sitnick, says she didn’t experience ”too much gender prejudice — not from staff and not from the community.“

“Obviously I can’t compare what it’s like to be a man running for mayor,” she says. “But I ran against [Charles Worley], a native Ashevillean, very popular and very well-liked.”

And gender aside, Sitnick was “this different-looking person: I had a head of curly hair, and I wore jeans. My boys had dreadlocks down to their knees and sang in a reggae band. I was dubbed the ‘hippiegranola-Birkenstock candidate.’ We were different.”

Sitnick’s 1997 victory, she says, “was the beginning of the beginning.

It was a time when Asheville was really coming into its own.”

These days, she continues, “More and more women are taking positions of leadership in business, industry and politics — and I say, ‘Yea!’ There was a time in this country — the ‘Betty Crocker years,’ they’re called — when women were expected to assume certain roles. The men go to work, and the women stay home and take care of the household.

“That’s all changed,” says Sitnick.

“That’s not part of the modern world, and children are exposed to that today. They see women in different roles, and of course that inspires them” to pursue different paths as well. “The more it happens, the more it’s going to happen.”

As mayor, Sitnick took her mentoring role seriously, visiting schools and speaking in auditoriums. “I was always asked what was it like to be mayor, and I would always tell the story of when I was a child,” she recalls. “My parents told me, ‘If you study and you work hard, listen to your teachers and believe in yourself, you could be anything you want to be.’”

And now, “I have young adults come up to me and say, ‘You came to my school when I was in fourth grade, and I remember what you said.’ And they’ll tell me how it inspired them and made them feel confident.” gETTiNg mORE WOmEN ElECTED In 1975, a mere 8.8 percent of state legislators in North Carolina were women; today, that figure is 22.4 percent, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.

More recently, however, the progress has stalled.

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Nationally, says Walsh, “We’ve actually seen kind of a flat line since about 1999 or so. It’s not that women are running and losing: When women run, they win at about the same rate as men do. But we haven’t seen enough of an increase in the number of women running for office.”

In politics, notes Walsh, Democrats are usually more concerned with issues affecting women, children and families. “You’d see it more as a partisan split,” she says. But with women voters, “We’ve found that it cuts across party lines. While Democratic women are most likely to vote for women, Republican women are more likely than both Republican and Democratic men.”

So how do we encourage more women to run?

“The No. 1 reason why people get involved is when people ask them to,” says Jones. “We need to directly encourage talented women right out of the gate: That kind of begins the wheels turning.”

Still, cautions Walsh, “It’s not a simple answer. There’s a lot that goes into that. One of the reasons is that women have more complex lives than men.”

Because women are more likely to be taking care of children, they “tend to run for office when they’re older.

And if you don’t start until your 40s or 50s, you may not work yourself up the political ladder.”

Gender differences, notes Walsh, also affect candidates’ reasons for seeking public office. “Women are more likely to say they ran because of a policy issue, while men are more likely to say they have a longstanding interest in politics. Men are much more likely to wake up one morning and say, ‘I would be the best policymaker they’ve ever seen!’”

Another complicating factor, she says, is that women interested in promoting change are more likely to go into nonprofit work than into politics.

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CaTCH-22 Once they’re elected, however, studies have shown that “women are more likely to work across party lines to get something done,” says Walsh, so getting more women involved in politics could help address the current political gridlock. “What we’ve found is that it’s not the impact that women make: It’s the difference they bring to the table.”

But because women tend to be less confrontational than men, “it becomes a bit of a Catch-22: I see this gridlock, and I don’t want to engage in that. But if I don’t run for office, then I won’t see more women who’ll be willing to reach across party lines.’” pat deck, membership chair for the local League of Women Voters chapter, says: “There are a lot of women’s issues that need to be addressed, and who better understands them than women?”

Things like health care, education and sexual harassment, she points out, “are issues that affect young women, and I think women representatives understand that. The decisions that are made for us are made by men, usually, and they don’t get it sometimes. I don’t mean to be flippant, but they really don’t.”

Traditional gender roles create additional challenges, says Manheimer. “You can talk

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about women’s liberation all day long, but if you’re a wife or have children, it’s still very hard to overcome the traditional allocation of tasks. … I have many friends who work full time, and I cannot tell you how many times, over glasses of wine, it’s like, ‘Yes, we handle all the child care. I’m the one that monitors the homework and picks up groceries.’ I’m not saying there aren’t men out there that do these things, but the traditional role, no matter how liberated you are, is always going to be there.”

The key to increasing women’s representation, says Deck, is “talking to young women about taking on a role in public service, helping ensure equal access to jobs, to education.” Not so long, ago, she notes, women were “fighting for the right to vote. I think we have to honor that and encourage people to be involved — and not just involved, but actively involved.”

But getting involved in politics, notes Manheimer, “requires time and attention. …

I have so many friends that are smart and capable, but they can’t or don’t want to situate their lives in a way that dedicates that much time to something like that.” Government leadership “is an incredible burden — of joy,” she adds, correcting herself with a laugh. “An incredible burden of joy.” X

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The League of Women Voters is celebrating its 95th year, but the nonpartisan group is more focused on the future than the past, members say.

“Throughout its history, the league has addressed the current issues of its day, and it has changed with the times,” notes aiden carson, vice president of the organization’s Asheville-Buncombe County chapter. “I think we’re really poised to

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The organization works to educate voters, conduct research and advocate policy based on that research, Carson explains. “It’s been that way from the very beginning. We’re very involved in researching issues, and we come to conclusions, advocating for those issues.”

Over the years, those issues have included environmental quality, fair and honest campaign practices, affordable housing and an equitable tax structure, says Carson. This year, members of the local chapter chose to focus on four issues: voter rights, election reform, redistricting reform and health care (with an emphasis on Medicaid expansion).

“Our opportunity to express our preferences is through the vote,”

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The national organization was founded in Chicago in 1920, at the height of the women’s suffrage movement. Today, the league has more than 800 chapters covering all 50 states; membership is open to both men and women.

Chapter President lizzi shimer says the league was founded to give women a strong voice and help them make the most of their vote. To that end, the nonprofit hosts candidate forums, voter registration drives and other community events year-round.

“It’s not about any person or particular party,” Shimer explains. “It’s about providing that educational piece to the community so they can be as informed as possible when they make their own choices.”

Carson, a league member for more than 30 years, agrees. “Many people feel like they don’t have time to properly inform themselves, so they don’t feel like they’re qualified to vote, but it is just so important,” she says. “If you don’t vote, you’re just kind of consenting to the way things are.”

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“To me, it’s daunting to think of getting involved in partisan politics,” she says. “I think people are put off by the polarization, but there are ways that you can participate in the process and become more informed and involved that serve the overall agenda of democracy.”

Looking ahead, Carson hopes the league will continue to take a stand for human rights. She believes the next generation will help carry the organization’s goals into the future.

“I’m just really, really proud of the League of Women Voters and everything they do,” says Carson. “They’re standing up for the basic structure of our democracy. They make sure that all of the democratic processes are in place and are being followed properly. They’re watchdogs. I just think they’re a wonderful and indispensable voice for democracy.”X

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“It looks like [the spikes] are in years after presidential [elections],” says trena parker, the county’s director of election services. “The more I think about it, the more it might account for some of it: Everybody gets registered before a presidential election; everybody jumps on the wagon.” As for the larger significance, however, “I don’t know what that means,” says Parker. mEDia aND mONEy

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BUNCOmBE TURNOUT: Though 73.8 percent of Buncombe residents are registered to vote (both blue and red), only 42.5 percent (blue alone) of eligible voters made it to the polls in 2010. These numbers are based on population demographics from the 2010 U.S. Census, voter registration statistics from october of that year and voter turnout numbers from the November 2010 nonpresidential election.

“Our democracy is built on knowledge and participation, and the more we get of those two things, the better,” says chris cooper, the chair of Western Carolina University’s political science and public affairs department. That’s particularly true in local elections, he notes. “Your vote matters more, because there are fewer people voting. Mathematically, it carries more weight.”

Nonetheless, presidential elections typically generate a higher turnout, both nationally and locally. Meanwhile, across the country, overall voter participation has been dwindling for decades.

Asheville is widely considered a progressive, politically aware city, yet in municipal elections, only a woefully small percentage of registered voters actually makes it to the polls — and those already feeble numbers have been dropping even more in recent years.

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In the hotly contested 2012 presidential race, for example, 69 percent of registered Buncombe County voters showed up at the polls. Two years later, the number of participating county voters dropped precipitously, to 46.7 percent.

Asheville’s municipal elections, meanwhile, have seen even lower turnout. In the last one, in 2013, a mere 18.3 percent of registered city voters cast ballots.

There have been occasional spikes in interest, most notably in the 2001 and 2009 municipal contests, but it’s hard to say why they occurred. For example, two seemingly significant political dates — 1997, when Asheville’s first woman mayor was elected, and 2005, when the city elected its first black mayor — actually saw a decrease in turnout.

Whatever the reasons, city voter participation is clearly trending downward. And when it comes to primary elections, which help determine which choices voters will have in November, the numbers are downright dismal.

In Asheville’s October 2007 primary, only 13 percent of eligible voters showed up — the lowest figure ever recorded up till then.

But that number was trumped by 2009’s 11 percent, which was then outstripped by 10 percent in 2011.

And in 2013, Asheville primary elections hit a new all-time low with a 9 percent turnout.

“It’s a national problem: People are less engaged in local politics and know less about them,” Cooper told Xpress earlier this year. “Part of that is the media: It’s a lot easier to access information about national politics. It would be impossible not to know who Barack Obama is, but a lot of people don’t know who the mayor of their town is, or their city manager.”

Besides, he continued, “National issues are more conveniently ideological. Take abortion, for example: Most people have an opinion on that, and it’s a pretty clear-cut opinion. But a zoning ordinance?

It really does affect people’s lives in important ways, but it’s not as easy an issue to have an opinion on.”

Ironically, though, notes dolly jenkins-mullen, an associate professor of political science at UNC Asheville, “Local and state governments are most responsible for those services and life issues that we actually deal with.

If, for example, your garbage collection were to stop or slow significantly, you’d be calling the city to complain.”

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ON THE DECliNE: Even with high registration numbers, voter turnout for off-year elections is declining both locally and nationally. While 69 percent of Buncombe voters came out for the 2012 presidential election, only 18.3 percent of registered Asheville voters made it to the 2013 City Council and mayoral election. visible. People spend millions and millions of dollars putting their face in front of your face.”

And since Asheville’s municipal elections are nonpartisan, voters can’t take the easy way out and vote a straight party ticket.

Instead, they must depend heavily on their own often meager knowledge of the candidates. glaRiNg RaCial DiSpaRiTiES In 2010, 92.9 percent of eligible Buncombe County residents were registered to vote, yet only 45.7 percent of them took part in that year’s election. And the racial breakdown reveals substantial differences. Most county residents are white; 75.9 percent of them were registered to vote, and nearly half of those (47 percent) actually did.

That same year, 67.8 percent of black residents were registered, and 38 percent made it to the polls. In other words, only 25.7 percent of the county’s black population weighed in during this election.

Other races and ethnicities showed an even greater disparity. In 2010, only 2.6 percent of the Hispanic population voted, 7.5 percent of the Asian population, 9 percent of the American Indian population and 13.7 percent of those who indicated their race as “other.”

“I’m not sure the significance of voting is embraced by many Americans,” says Jenkins-Mullen.

“If you go into the communities where the voter turnout is the lowest, they’ll tell you, ‘Well, it doesn’t matter: It’s not going to make any difference.’ And you also see that manifested in directions outside of voting.”

DiSTRaCTED CiTizENS? Racial considerations aside, notes Parker, “What I can say for sure is that turnout is always influenced, one way or the other, by the candidates on the ballot: how hard they campaign, what types of issues they raise. They really generate the excitement in the long run.”

But for Jenkins-Mullen, the key point is that citizens aren’t putting their vote to work where it could actually make the most difference.

“When you consider how far away Washington is, one would think you would pay closer attention to what’s nearest you. … I think Americans are distracted, quite frankly, away from politics.”

Often, she continues, “People say, ‘I don’t do politics.’ And I say, ‘No: You may not do it, but it does you!’”X

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CUp O’ miSOgyNy: Waking Life owners Jared Rutledge, left, and Jacob Owens, right, are being publicly criticized after a previously anonymous blog and podcast surfaced, containing sexist and degrading comments about the two’s sexual conquests. Locals have been protesting outside the shop for the last few days, which has since temporarily closed. Photo by Kat McReynolds

Coffee shop owners face community outrage over sex blog Wake up and smell the misogyny: As reported by Asheville Blog, Waking Life Espresso owners Jared Rutledge and Jacob Owens were, up until yesterday, producing an anonymous blog, podcast and Twitter account with explicit and degrading details of the duo’s sexual encounters.

Thanks to some sleuthing, the authors have been outed by another anonymous blog (JaredandJacobsaid).

Under the name “Holistic Game,” Rutledge and Owens allegedly posted content such as, “There are no ‘special’ girls. There are cool ones, and lame ones. There are ones who’ve earned investment, and ones who haven’t. That’s it.” (Which is a great deal tamer than most of the posts).

Holistic Game’s Twitter account and blog were deleted after the identities of the authors were leaked

on Facebook, reported Aasheville Blog. “Fortunately,” AB wrote, “the internet is forever and we can provide archived content of the Holistic Game Guys.” (Visit avl.mx/1r3 for links to the archived content).

Both men admitted to taking part in the blog/podcast and issued apology statements, then closed their shop for the next few days to have “some room for introspection,” Rutledge and Owens wrote. “These attitudes were not grown in a day, and they will not be destroyed in a day. We want to humbly commit to that process. We’re not good people, but we want to be.”

Protests outside the coffee shop were held through the weekend and into the week, with women and men holding signs referencing the owners’ most vulgar comments.

A petition was also drafted that urged local businesses to pull Waking Life products from their shelves. In response to the petition, the owner of Orbit DVD posted on Facebook: “I am going to [go] one further. We have a few bottles of Waking Life coffee left, and they are already paid

for. So, for every bottle we sell, Orbit will donate $50 to Our Voice,” a nonprofit dedicated to helping victims of sexual violence. — Hayley Benton

Duo who removed the Confederate Flag from South Carolina’s capitol tell their story Students and members of the public packed into Warren Wilson College’s Kittredge Community Arts Center this week to speak with activists Bree Newsome and Warren Wilson alumnus Jimmy Tyson, who took down the Confederate flag at the South Carolina Statehouse grounds this past June.

The speakers were attending a question-and-answer session as part of the school’s “Spotlight Series: My America, Whose America,” and in recognition of Constitution Day. On June 27, weeks after a white gunman shot and killed nine African Americans during an evening prayer session in Charleston, Newsome and Tyson engaged in a directaction protest against flying the Confederate flag on the statehouse grounds in Columbia. With Tyson, who is white, spotting her, Newsome, who is African American, climbed the pole and removed the flag.

The flag’s removal was greeted by cheers from bystanders, and Tyson and Newsome’s swift detainment by police. Both activists were charged with “defacing monuments on state Capitol grounds,” a misdemeanor that could lead to three years in jail and a $5,000 fine. Released on bail, the two gained national media attention for their action.

The presence of the flag was seen by many as a symbol of the state’s support of white supremacy.

Newsome mentioned that, while the victims of South Carolinian racist violence were being laid to rest, it deeply disturbed and angered her that South Carolina government would have a Confederate flag flying at full mast. It was at this point that she mustered the final gumption to climb the flag pole and proclaim, “This flag comes down today.”

Newsome’s intention to take down the flag, was, she said, to “force a moral question” over the official use of a symbol that has been frequently used to represent anger and opposition to the desegregation of the South.

Tyson said their action was to “force the hypocrisy of the state,” since they figured the flag would be quickly put back up despite the discussion of its removal. (The flag was, indeed, raised again 45 minutes after Newsome and Tyson took it down.)

Tyson, speaking as a white American, touched on how important it is for white people to join in this struggle. He said white indifference to the issue of racism is problematic, and that racism can not be overcome strictly through the actions of oppressed communities.

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Asheville installs time capsule in Vance Monument As the sun was sinking down Patton Avenue on Friday, Sept. 18, a crowd of Ashevilleans gathered in the shade of the Vance Monument, ready to seal a 100-year time capsule into the base of the downtown structure.

Like its 118-year-old predecessor, this new time capsule contains relics that represent Asheville and its people. But unlike the 1897 capsule, this one is made of stainless steel and will, hopefully, repel water better than the original.

The previous capsule, which was unearthed on March 31 of this year, contained newspaper clippings, a Bible, school honor rolls, coins and more. The paper items were water damaged but, remarkably, in good condition. Most items from the 1897 capsule are now on display at the Western Regional Archives, 176 Riceville Road — though coins from the original capsule were placed into the newer package, to spend another 100 years entombed in the monument.

The 2015 capsule contained newspapers, bumper stickers, beer labels, beer caps, tourism guides, Xpress‘ Best of WNC guide, the names and signatures of 1,000 Asheville residents and other mementos from our present.

The City of Asheville and Buncombe County wrote a letter to future Ashevilleans, beginning, “We hope you enjoy this glimpse into our world!”

Following a speech by City Councilman Jan Davis, the capsule was sealed, handed off and placed under the monument’s cornerstone, where it will remain until the year 2115. — Hayley Benton X

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FarmGirl is locally owned and operated by Lauri L. Newman-Waters.

Lauri is an experienced landscape/garden designer and installer, farmer florist, and training herbalist.

FarmGirl Garden Designs specializes in creating upscale landscapes using WNC natives, edible trees/shrubs, and medicinal plants, incorporating water features and stonework.

FarmGirl Flower Farm and Adornments works hard to create one of a kind arrangements for weddings and events. With homegrown flowers, creative skills, and a rental inventory, you can be sure to dazzle your guests.

“We love the plants and earth, therefore, never use GMOs, pesticides or herbicides.” Says Lauri.

FarmGirl grows a variety of annuals, perrenials, edible flowers, herbs, unique/heirloom vegetables, flowering shrubs/trees, specimen evergreens.

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Jenna Yarosh has been an advocate for animals since she was a little girl and raised hamsters, fish, frogs and puppy dogs. She earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from The University of Vermont and has worked in many facets of the animal industry, including groomers, shelters, kennels and more. Her desire to help pet parents do the best they can for their pets led her to open Patton Avenue Pet Company in 2011.

The goal was to not just be a store, but also a resource for the pet community in Asheville. PAPCo offers a wide selection of healthy, biologically appropriate pet foods and a curated selection of pet supplies ranging from toys and treats to backpacks and sweaters. Yarosh searches high and low and conducts thorough research to ensure her store has the best products the industry has to offer. Her staff is well-informed and able to help pet owners make the right decisions for their dogs, cats and other small animals.

In 2014, PAPCo expanded to a second location in the heart of downtown Asheville where they can serve a larger clientele base and offer a greater selection of amazing pet products.

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At Eye on Merrimon...

we travel the world looking for the very best styles from small designers who haven’t been discovered yet. These are often unique companies who do their own design work and personally oversee the manufacturing of their frames. Since these family-run companies put their hearts into their designs and products instead of marketing campaigns, we can deliver excellent and unique eyewear at an incredible price. It’s a little more work for us, but it’s a much better pair of glasses for you.

Frame guru Heidi Sullivan is kind of an eyeglass robot. She’s been doing this for so long that she won’t admit the actual amount of time. With one look, she can usually pick out the frame that is perfect for a person — depending, of course, on how brave that person is. Pink is one of her favorite colors.

Dr. Amanda Osetek graduated from optometry school in Pennsylvania, but she’s originally from good old North Carolina. A fine doctor, a wonderful citizen and a lovely human, Dr. Osetek can dial in a prescription that will have you seeing across continents and through time warps. (Not really. But, jeez, wouldn’t that pair of glasses be fun?!)

701 Merrimon Ave. Asheville, NC 828-252-5255 eyeonmerrimon.com

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The pursuit of great food and drink is the passion shared among the women of Hopey & Co., a local artisan and discount food and beverage shop. Danette, Heather, Rachel and Esther are revitalizing Hopey’s three locations in downtown Asheville, South Asheville and Black Mountain.

Their entrepreneurial spirit and epicurious lives have expanded the catering department (currently located in Black Mountain and soon to open in downtown Asheville), wine selections and beer cave. A remodeled downtown market will soon open with new selections and cafe options.

The Hopey women are passionate about the community where they live and work.

Their motto, “food is people glue,” keeps them searching for the best deals and creating better local markets for people to find artisanal and discount products.

Visit online at www.hopeyandcompany.com.

Store hours in Black Mountain are 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sundays (café closes at 4 p.m.). In downtown and South Asheville, hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m., MondaySaturday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sundays.

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828.585.7230 Seven years ago, while serving as the professional photographer of a Colorado-based boutique jewelry store, Lauren Moody took her first foray into jewelry and wedding ring design. It didn’t take long for Moody to launch Fox & Beaux, a jewelry line incorporating minimalist, yet bold, design factors creating fun, unique, handmade statement pieces that are tasteful and timeless.

After five years in business, Moody is now taking Fox & Beaux’s custom wedding ring and bridal jewelry line to the next level. “When we consult, I want to hear your whole story and vision,” she says. “That’s what inspires the initial design sketches for a ring that is one of a kind.”

At Fox & Beaux, it’s all about out-of-the-box exquisite design. Clients are invited to browse Moody’s collection of rough-cut diamonds and nontraditional stones — or to bring their own stones or other relics — to be incorporated into a one-of-a-kind dream ring.

Fox & Beaux is excited to be the featured jewelry designer for The Big Fake Wedding at Asheville’s Masonic Temple Nov. 5. Moody looks forward to meeting you there!

Fox & Beaux 46 Haywood St., Suite 252, Asheville, NC 28801 foxandbeaux.com • lauren@foxandbeaux.com

Welcome to Rose’s Garden Shop! Rose Bartlett, a former garden designer and co-author of The Bartlett Book of Garden Elements, opened her shop in 2013 in a historic building in Asheville’s Albemarle Park.

At Rose’s Garden Shop, we are dedicated to providing unusual plants for the house, porch and garden. Our educated staff is delighted to guide you in the selection of plants suited to your individual needs and environmental conditions.

You’ll find more than plants at Rose’s Garden Shop! Rose frequents auctions and many varied sources and artisans throughout the region to offer an ever-changing selection of antiques, furnishings, vintage accessories and seasonal decor at affordable prices.

Come by and see what’s new each week as the fall season progresses. And we’re here throughout the year so let us brighten up the dark days of winter!

211 Charlotte St. • Asheville 828-252-2100 www.rosesgardenshop.com

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Willow Place for Women offers a beautiful, safe space where women can heal from substance use and eating disorders. Located in the heart of Asheville and in West Palm Beach, Fla., we offer a comprehensive treatment program with an integrative approach to healing the mind, body and spirit.

After operating for several years in South Florida and recognizing the need for this type of healing center in Asheville, Willow Place quickly found amazing community support that allowed us to develop our program with highly credentialed clinical and medical staff to more effectively serve our clients.

Our program offers 30 hours of services weekly, focusing on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needs of women. The 12-step-based program for substance use focuses on skills and relapse prevention, and our eating disorder program uses a skills-based approach to develop intuitive, mindful eating. The trauma track employs art and experiential therapies to elicit healing.

Our goal is to guide women in understanding their core issues and developing effective coping mechanisms, allowing them to live healthy, happy lives free from maladaptive behaviors.

In early fall, Willow Place will offer a partial-hospitalization level of care for women struggling with eating disorders. We will incorporate acupuncture, massage therapy and the Biosound therapy system (the integration of biofeedback, sound massage and guided imagery) to facilitate the healing process.

Willow Place works with treatment centers all over the country and with several local recovery residences. We accept insurance policies with out-of-network benefits, as well as self-pay. At this time, unfortunately, we cannot accept Medicaid or Medicare.

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Owner Patti Bell established Studio B Custom Framing in 1981 in Ohio and relocated to Asheville in October of 2006. Studio B specializes in museum, conservation, textile and shadowbox framing and offers a large selection of framing choices — some exclusive to the Asheville area.

With over 40 years of custom-framing experience and 35 years of owning a gallery and custom-framing business, Bell offers an extensive knowledge of color and design, as well as competitive

pricing on anything from a simple photo to your most valued artwork or keepsake. All work is done on-site with attention to detail by the owner. Studio B also offers consulting and hanging services for business, corporate and residential spaces.

The gallery showcases artwork by regional, national and international artists in a variety of media. Local artists exhibiting include Mick Donelan, Jim Hefl ey, Carol Morrow, Maggie Whitney and more.

Studio B Custom Framing & Fine Art

61 N. Merrimon Ave., Suite 10 Asheville, NC 28804 • 828-225-5200 patti.studiob@gmail.com • www.galleryatstudiob.com

As The Knitting Diva enters its third year, we are so grateful to be a part of the Asheville area fiber arts community. We have been able to expand our inventory and class offerings thanks to the wonderful support of customers from the area, as well as Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and beyond.

At The Knitting Diva, our primary passion is to build a community around the creation of beautiful fiber art. We offer classes for knit, crochet, spinning, needle felting and weaving. There are several opportunities each week to participate in circles where we laugh as much as we knit. We share patterns and skills, joys and sorrows, and ideas and dreams. We also offer a weekly help clinic with one of the most accomplished knitters in the area!

We carry yarns from Malabrigo, Plymouth, Berroco, Classic Elite, Rowan, MJ Fibers, Fibre Company, Euro, Fyberspates, Cascade and more. We also carry Schacht looms and spinning wheels.

It is pure joy to spend our days surrounded by exquisite yarns and the amazing team that is here to help with your fiber needs.

Sherry Campbell first brought The Pink House to life in 2009. Over the past six years, the boutique and studio has grown from a low-profile, three-days-a-week operation into a regional upcycling and do-it-yourself destination.

Since moving into its current location in 2014, The Pink House is now open MondaySaturday and offers workshops along with vintage and upcycled furniture. It is also the only location in Western North Carolina certified to sell Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint ®.

“When we first started carrying Chalk Paint ® in 2011, our lives got a whole lot easier,” Campbell says. Before that, she says, it took four days to sand, prime and paint a piece.

“With Chalk Paint ®, it doesn’t matter what material we’re working with — metal, glass, concrete, fabric, wood, polyurethane — the paint will coat it and stick. It holds up, looks beautiful and has zero VOCs [volatile organic compounds].”

There are knock-off brands that use the word “chalk” in their name, but Sloan’s is the original — first created in Europe 25 years ago, and now made in the United States. If you haven’t used it yet, you’re in for a treat.

Drop in for a visit. They’ll be happy to show you all the exciting ways you can bring new life to your favorite pieces.

178 Weaver ville Road Asheville, NC 828-645-7310 thepinkhouseasheville.com

ArchiScapes

ArchiScapes are architectural ink and color portraits crafted to stimulate powerful emotional and spiritual connections.

ArchiScapes offer an evocative artist’s interpretation of a photograph of a building that anyone from anywhere can send.

People’s hearts are often in a physical space: the comfort of home, shelter from the storms of life, love of family, memory cache, inspiration and creativity. ArchiScapes capture the essence of the structure.

A young man decided an ArchiScape gift certificate was perfect for “the grandmother who has everything,” thinking she would send a photo of the longtime family home in which she was still living. Instead, she sent an old, blurry photo of the beach house she visited as a child.

“The whole process of deciding on the photo to send, and receiving the beautiful drawing in return was a wonderful gift,” she said. “Looking at the drawing of that little cottage evokes memories I thought I had forgotten.”

Artist Susan McChesney, an educator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for 24 years, offers her ArchiScapes, as well as private and group art instruction, from her studio in Arden, NC.

Happy Knitting!

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Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts was founded in 2003 by a group of four women: Cissy Majebé, Junie Norfleet, Rachel Nowakowski and Patricia Bernarding. The inspiration to create a school of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine came when the women met and began studying with Jeffrey Yuen, an 88th generation Daoist priest and a world-renowned leader in classical Chinese medicine.

My career has been rewarding.

New Studio of Dance was a new studio in 1970, and Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre was founded in 1979. Through the creation of these two entities, both professional and novice dance artists have experienced the benefits of a full dance theater experience.

Daoist Traditions is the only college licensed by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to offer a Master’s degree in acupuncture and Oriental medicine. The four-year degree program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. The college also offers a postgraduate certificate program in Chinese herbal medicine for acupuncturists.

Artists from France, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia and Mexico have graced our school, the BeBe Theatre (created in 2000), and many Western North Carolina communities. ACDT has toured locally and internationally, creating exchanges that are continuing today. Many more are in the plans for our future seasons.

Daoist Traditions has grown significantly over the past 12 years. After starting with just 10 students and one classroom, the college now has 80 students and more than 30 faculty members. The campus has expanded to include the Daoist Traditions College Acupuncture Clinic and Heaven’s Cloud Event Center, an available rental space situated on 3.5 acres of land and featuring an indoor hall and outdoor pavilion.

Through the art of dance and theater, lives have been enriched, visions have been expanded and cultural differences honored. As an independent female artist, I have been blessed with a career of never-ending artistic adventures to be shared with my students and embedded in my choreography.

The college offers a variety of community events and continuing education courses throughout the year, listed at www.daoisttraditions.edu.

382 Montford Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 | 828-225-3993 | www.daoisttraditions.edu

Yes, my career is rewarding.

20 Commerce St. Asheville, NC 28801 828-254-2621 www.acdt.org

Cat Matlock is a skilled and gifted instructor of yoga, massage, trigger point therapy and self-care for chronic pain. Known for her authenticity, compassion and profound anatomical knowledge, Matlock empowers her students and clients to cultivate ease and freedom in their lives with tools for relieving physical and emotional stress.

Matlock founded West Asheville Yoga in 2006 with the vision of a studio that would be affordable, comfortable and welcoming.

Her signature class, Rolling Therapeutics and Yoga (which uses foam rollers and therapeutic yoga), was developed after more than 20 years as a trigger point therapist, as well as experience healing her own body from chronic pain. Recently, Matlock launched a YouTube channel under her name where she posts self-care videos.

As a mama yogini, Matlock created the Sacred Journey to Motherhood Prenatal Yoga program to support women in the powerful path of becoming a mother. Her prenatal program includes community building, releasing doubt and fear, strengthening the body and calming the mind. As a sacred musician, Matlock produced a CD of mantra music for pregnant women or anyone “birthing” a project into the world. Kirtan Music for The Sacred Journey to Motherhood is available locally and on CDBaby.com.

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Robin Fann-Costanzo has dedicated her life to helping others. Despite navigating the pressures and demands of children, co-owning Still Point Wellness and caring for clients, students, employees and friends, she still manages to find time for hip-hop dance class and walking the dog. She is a beautiful model of poise and grace.

Fann-Costanzo, a member of the World Massage Hall of Fame, brings more than 20 years of service in the healing arts and teaches Esalen massage and craniosacral therapy locally and internationally. She worked for 23 years at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Calif., where she studied, developed programs and taught alongside some of the best and most influential practitioners of bodywork and healing arts in the world.

Robin is proud to call Asheville home and is fulfilling her intention to bring world-class Massage to the South through teaching Esalen Massage certification workshops to massage professionals, offering individual sessions, and developing the massage crew at Still Point Wellness.

-Written by Robinʼs husband and Corey Costanzo

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Wendy H. Outland (WHO) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ringling College of Art and Design and has worked in arts administration since 1981.

She served as assistant registrar at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla., then became the Florida Department of State’s first public art director, organizing the selection of 2-D and 3-D works for university campuses and service facilities throughout the state. She also served as curator for Tallahassee’s Capitol Complex Exhibition Program, presenting work by Florida artists in five display sites that were open to the public.

In 1991, she relocated to WNC and was the first manager of Asheville’s premiere gallery, Blue Spiral 1, where she worked for more than a decade.

Since 2004, when she established her own business, Wendy has been providing consultation services to artists, galleries and arts organizations.

She also continues to jury and judge art exhibits and festivals, serve on panels, offer art business classes to groups and teach at A-B Tech Community College.

The topics she has developed include business basics, portfolio, pricing guidelines, sales strategies, galleries, exhibitions, contracts, consignment and legal issues, among others.

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Repair, Enhance and Grow Your Love Relationship Elli Schmeltekopf, Licensed Professional Counselor, intends to show up fully in her life and to support others to do the same. Specializing in trauma resolution, she supports clients to recover from wounds held in the body, mind and spirit. Now, as co-facilitator of Hold Me Tight Couples Workshops, Elli’s focus has expanded.

still does individual therapy with trauma survivors, but she knows that it is love that will change the world. We’ve all longed for deep connection and security in our intimate relationships. We now know how to achieve that. Join us and let love win.

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Scientific research in romantic love has created a revolution in couples therapy. We now understand what gets in the way of love and how to change that. Hold Me Tight Workshops give couples the opportunity to learn this new science and to move towards the loving relationships we all really want.

When we have a safe haven and a secure base in our loved one’s arms, we can go out into the world and do our life’s work. Elli

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My goal is to create beautiful, unique adornments made from ethically sourced materials. Sometimes I am working with copper scrap donated from friends in construction or going through metal bins at the scrap yard. At other times, I am placing an order for precious metals online and making sure the Made in the USA box is checked.

Jen Charlton Locke and the staff of Sensibilities Day Spa are pleased to celebrate 16 years as Asheville’s original spa establishment dedicated to your health and wellness.

In that time, a one-room spa has grown to two full-service locations, and their most recent project is a new, interactive website offering instant gift certificates.

A talented and dedicated staff of more than 40 people provides a wide array of natural and organic treatments, including Eminence facials, therapeutic massage and natural nail services. Locke and manager Gina Pindell, who is in her 15th year with Sensibilities, lead this impressive team that is unparalleled in training and experience.

Sensibilities believes participating in the community is the obligation of a successful business. In addition to holding a Living Wage Certification, the spa sells Cause for Celebration packages (10 percent of each one sold goes to the Asheville Humane Society) and established a quarterly Sensibilities Cares charitable giving program. Sensibilities also donates gift certificates, gift baskets and funds to many local nonprofit organizations throughout the year. The staff would like to thank Asheville for voting Sensibilities one of the area’s best spas and for the continued opportunity to serve the community they love.

59 Haywood Street Asheville, NC 28801 828-253-3222

I would rather not use a material with a questionable source. Through attention to detail, I am able to not sacrifice my own ethics in order to make new pieces for people to enjoy. My Etsy site, local shows and a few local brick-and-mortar stores allow me to focus on creating new works instead of running a full retail store myself.

Elementality, Rhetorical Factory, Mountain Made and, most recently, Avedian Coast are local stores that have all been greatly supportive and excited about carrying my works.

43 Town Square Blvd Asheville, NC 28803 828-687-8760

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Keeping the Dollars Local For over 20 years, Kim Hubbard’s K2 studio – a residential design, décor and furnishing company - has occupied a pride of place at the corner of College Street and North Lexington.

Originally, the idea seemed crazy. The Kress Building was absolutely derelict, with the windows boarded up or painted over. Folks were asking, “What do you mean? Who would want to shop in downtown Asheville?”

Now after years of off-site management, Hubbard is in store full time as the owner-director.

The space has likewise evolved from a design dominated by glass and stainless steel to a softer look with relaxed, contemporary lines.

“Asheville is empowering to women entrepreneurs,” she says. “The number of women in business is a powerful statistic. Not just in retail, but in restaurants, management and banking.”

Familiar with the challenge of balancing family with career, Hubbard is happy her youngest is off to high school. She gives credit to the combined creativity and experience of K2’s all-woman team a chance to breathe new life into the studio.

K2 visitors keep asking if she’s ready to expand to a second location, but for now, Hubbard is happy to remain part of the downtown scene, “We might develop an Internet marketing presence this year.

I want to serve a broader market while keeping our local identity.”

Hubbard agrees that the essence of shopping local is keeping the dollars local. As for the rewards?

“My biggest reward is getting to meet people and working with them to realize their dreams,” she says.

“The friendships and collaboration? That’s everything.”

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Franny’s Farm is an 18-acre organic farm & event venue 20 minutes from downtown Asheville in scenic Leicester. Our farm is home to vegetable, fruit and pollinator gardens; pastures with sheep; heritage chickens and turkeys; goats and a donkey. We also enjoy hosting guests in our offthe-grid eco-cabins. Join us this fall for our upcoming family-friendly events, including BARNAROO Music Festival Sept. 26 and the Rural Academy Theater Oct. 2. We are open to the public on weekends and by appointment. You can purchase seasonal garden goodies, chicken and eggs from the farm store. Despite the rumors, a real Farmer Franny has been verified! She was seen when teaching the poultry track at the Organic Growers School. Franny is a certified breeder of heritage poultry and loves her birds. All of us at Franny’s Farm strive to offer a wholesome and fun environment that’s fit to host many types of events, such as weddings, festivals and Franny’s Farm private parties. We welcome the opportunity 828-708-5587 to share our organic farm and eco-cabins — 22 Franny’s Farm Road our labor of love — with you soon. Visit us Leicester, NC 28748 at frannysfarm.com for more information. frannysfarm.com

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New Dawn Midwifery was established in 1997 in response to community demand for natural, family-centered births with medical help available if needed. New Dawn’s certified nurse-midwives attend births at home and at Mission Hospital, where midwifery is strongly supported. Whether at home or in the hospital, our midwives give personal, individualized care to women and their families.

We specialize in natural birth and have welcomed over 2,000 to Western When a woman decides overbabies 2,000 babies North into Carolina. these mountains. to have her baby with New Dawn, she knows she has the w Dawn, she knows she has the best of best of both worlds — traditional midwifery care of women y women, accesstotomedical medical by womenwith and access carecare when needed. New Dawn Midwifery’s support staff, midwives and midwives and consulting physicians are consulting physicians are committed to providing excellent care with a touch. loving touch.

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The Winters Team at Movement Mortgage in Asheville is excited to be a part of the fastestgrowing mortgage bank in the country. We specialize in an array of residential mortgage products, including refinancing, first-time homebuyers, government loans (FHA, VA and USDA), and refinancing JUMBO loans. Our goal is to tailor your mortgage program based on your interests and lifestyle. Our personalized process makes us a leader in the mortgage industry.

The team is led by Kim Winters, a senior mortgage consultant with a focus on financial and mortgage planning. Her vast knowledge and 17 years of experience will provide you with guidance and direction as you navigate the mortgage process. Winters was awarded the prestigious Mortgage Banker of the Year honor in 2011, was named one of Asheville’s Top 40 under 40 in 2014 and is in the Movement Mortgage President’s Club for outstanding service in 2014 and 2015.

We are proud to be successful women in business. Our team of professionals, who have made helping clients their career for over 25 years, include Jessica Hilton, licensed loan officer assistant and Kim Miller, licensed client care coordinator.

We can prequalify you with Movement’s seven-day loan process and get you ready to shop for your new home. Call us today for a free prequalification!

84 Coxe Ave., Ste. 1B Asheville, NC 28801

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Jewels That Dance started 32 years ago when Paula Dawkins opened a small jewelry studio on Lexington Avenue. Never did she dream that she would own Asheville’s favorite jewelry store, voted No. 1 in the city for 13 consecutive years. Jewels That Dance is the total deal — a fine jewelry store and custom design studio that was just voted one of the top 10 designer-retailers in the country by the Jewelry Design Council.

Jewels That Dance has an in-house, state-of-the-art workshop, where every custom job can be taken from design to finished product. Pictured with Dawkins are co-owner Carol Schniedewind, designer and jeweler Stephanie Ellis and showroom manager Marlene Clevenger. With Dawkins, Ellis and Pete Suder, a master jeweler and stone setter, Jewels That Dance offers 94 years of combined jewelry-making expertise. After just one visit with Dawkins’ talented jewelers and professional retail staff, you will be certain that you have found the jewelry store that is perfect for you. Jewels That Dance is a store with integrity, talent and dancing jewels.

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Real Estate City Real Estate has been owned and operated by women since its inception in 2006, when a group of veteran real estate professionals came together to start an independent company.

We began by offering full-service real estate brokerage and added property management for investor clients with rental portfolios we had helped grow. Our recent move from Magnolia Avenue in Montford to London Road in Biltmore Village has given us the opportunity to accommodate growth in all the services we offer.

Devorah Thomas has been a top-producing sales and listing agent in Asheville for over 15 years.

The property management division is overseen by Kay Smith and Toni Truett, with many years of experience between them. Kathy Watson works with both sales and property management as a licensed contractor and adviser. Melissa Crouch and Denise Cornell are part of the sales team.

We are dedicated to providing an environment of open communication with buyers, sellers, property owners and renters. We know and love Asheville, and we are proud to be an independent and women-owned business operating to help folks find their place here in Western North Carolina.

121 London Road Asheville, NC 28803

I attended my first yoga class in 1984 when I worked as a pharmacist, never dreaming that I’d become a business owner. More than 30 years later, my goal for One Center Yoga remains the same: to share the love and benefits of yoga with others.

Yoga postures train the body while increasing mental acuity and developing self-awareness. Using yogic principles of strength and flexibility in body and mind, I expanded the business in 2013, adding more teachers and classes.

Continuing to shape the business — and in response to student interest — we will offer foundational and indepth courses in concentration, meditation and breath awareness in 2016.

Check out our website to learn more.

Please join us for a class to experience how yoga can benefit you.

Namaste, Cindy Dollar (voted Mountain Xpress Best of WNC 2015 Yoga Teacher)

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828.350.0333 Boarding & Day Care Programs Here at The Soapy Dog, one of the advantages of a lower-volume kennel is our ability to maximize our individualized interaction with each and every dog in our boarding and day care programs. Play groups are kept small and are intentionally created to suit the diverse personalities of our four-legged friends. This also creates a low-stress environment where your furry family members can feel at home.

Full-service grooming with a loving touch We also provide one-on-one grooming services where the specific needs of each dog are met with a gentle hand and lots of patience. Whether the visitor is a new puppy coming in for the first time, a shelter dog with trust issues or a senior pup, all are warmly welcomed.

We’re also happy to introduce Kim Scofield, a highly skilled and compassionate groomer with six years of excellent experience.

Please call for an appointment!

The Soapy Dog

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Sacred Soul birthing helps mothers and their partners have a meaningful pregnancy and positive birth experience through education and compassionate support before, during and after childbirth.

Family to Family provides men, women and children of all ages with primary and consultative care, including functional medicine, osteopathic manipulation and traditional healing.

Dr. Lisa Lichtig is a dedicated and heartfelt family doctor and healer for over 20 years. She is a board-certified physician and initiated as a mara’akame in the Huichol tradition. Dr. Lisa specializes in restoring body, mind, and spirit through integrative and functional medicine consultations, pregnancy and parenting support, as well as plant spirit medicine and traditional healing.

Dr. Susan D. Bradt is also board-certified in family practice and integrative holistic medicine. She cares for children, adults and families in a holistic style, primarily using natural and functional medicine. Utilizing nutrition, herbal medicine and integrative therapies for both prevention and treatment of illnesses, she works with patients to achieve their goals for optimal wellness.

Childbirth is a sacred process that every mother enters the minute she becomes pregnant. As a 828.708.7993 certified and deeply intuitive doula, my presence through every stage of this process can provide confidence, comfort and clarity about all aspects of bringing a new baby into the world. Together, we enter a sacred partnership that includes all who are involved in the process – and can continue through your baby’s first three months of life – to support you and your partner as you adjust to parenting.

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My passion for this work started after helping a friend through her childbirth.

I discovered that my presence, even before my extensive training, helped her birth experience and eased her fears.

Sacred Soul Birthing provides support through holistic birth counseling, private and group childbirth classes, doula services during childbirth, postpartum support and placenta encapsulation.

My certifications, including Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE), Certified Doula (DONA) and Certified Postpartum Doula (CAPPA), inspire confidence in my skills. My gentle, compassionate and open presence creates the sacred partnership we enter together.

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Voted Woman of Year 2014 for Complementary and Integrative Medicine Dr. Mary J. Houge (ND, L.Ac, LMBT) was named “Woman of Year 2014 for Complementary and Integrative Medicine” here in Asheville. She created the concept of Acu-Na Wellness Center in 2002, pursuing her vision of a multidisciplinary comprehensive approach to creating optimal wellbeing. The skilled team of professional practitioners at Acu-Na integrate the highest quality healthcare services with compassionate care in order to guide you on your path to vibrant health. The services provided include acupuncture, therapeutic massage, holistic health consultation, signature spa treatments, organic skincare, and much more.

Mary Hougeʼs practice focuses on complete wellness by integrating the approaches of Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and herbal medicine with the knowledge of modern science, naturopathic medicine, functional nutrition, lifestyle education, as well as incorporating bodywork and spiritual guidance. In addition to the services at Acu-Na Wellness Center, she offers on-site services for corporate wellness and online services for personal wellness coaching.

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NEW Acu-Na Womenʼs Retreats Program. A variety of unforgettable getaways are offered in destinations such as Jamaica and also here in North Carolina. Our Retreats are an invitation to take time out of your daily life to reconnect, rejuvenate, and unwind with like-minded women in a beautiful and relaxing setting. Acu-Na Wellness Retreats provide a chance to reconnect with nature, explore your personal truth, your unique personal gifts, and your lifeʼs purpose. These transformative experiences restore joy, love, and laughter to the soul.

Acu-Na Wellness Community Events are another chance to relax, connect and enjoy life to the fullest. See the online calendar for such unforgettable experiences as mindful drumming, Reiki healing circles, workshops and more. Come share in our vision of vibrant health and manifest your highest potential of wellbeing.

Acu-Na Wellness Center 45 Commerce Drive Hendersonville, NC www.Acu-Na.com (828) 692-2440

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Welcome to North Asheville’s newest yoga studio: The Yoga Bin! We are so excited to bring our diverse courses and fresh style to the neighborhood in the newly renovated Shoppes at Beaver Lake.

Owner and instructor Camille Maybin found yoga during a period of severe stress and anxiety brought on by her demanding undergraduate years. A long-time loner and perfectionist, Maybin was initially surprised by yoga’s physical demands, but she was moved even more by the sense of peace and joy that she found after that first class.

Yoga has helped Maybin through injuries and personal dealings. It has also promoted her health and wellness and enhanced her overall internal self-love and happiness. Just as yoga has shown up and supported Maybin, The Yoga Bin is designed to support the mental, emotional and physical well-being of this community.

Maybin’s classes blend deep-breathing practices with a spirit of playfulness. They provide a space for relaxation and stillness, while also helping you find your physical edge and cultivate self-awareness and acceptance.

“The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.” — B.K.S Iyengar

2 Weaverville Road, Suite 103 Woodfin, NC 828-785-1598 theyogabin.net

Orchids and air plants are my passion!

2 Weaverville Road Suite 2 Woodfin, NC 28804

828-774-5589

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Attention chocolate enthusiasts and connoisseurs: Since the opening of its storefront location in the newly renovated Beaver Lake Shops, The Chocolate Lab has already made North Asheville a lot sweeter!

At The Chocolate Lab, you will find such favorites as peanut butter balls, cherry coconut bombs and sea salt caramels, as well as innovative creations like s’mores, Asheville’s original beer truffles (made with local brews), spicy chocolates and flower-adorned truffle towers — perfect for events and weddings.

“I’m always experimenting,” says owner and chocolatier Lisa Klepzig. “Chocolate is my inspiration. I love finding new ways to keep my customers happy.” That endless desire to make chocolate dreams come true has driven Klepzig to great lengths to bring chocolate to the people. You may have seen her selling at farmers markets, wine and food festivals, beer festivals and at performances by the Montford Park Players.

Her new storefront features a quaint, outdoor seating area and a cafe flooded with natural light. Klepzig now has a home base for providing chocolates to walk-ins, caterers and wedding planners, plus a lovely neighborhood gathering spot for morning, noon or night.

I’m Demelza Kittles, and I founded Appalachian Tropicals in 2003 as a way to work from home with my three young children (who all were under the age of five at the time). My kitchen counters were often overflowing with plants and coloring books. Many milestones later, the kids are grown and so has Appalachian Tropicals, right into its very own greenhouse. My adoring husband now helps me run the show, and together we employ a handful of knowledgeable, friendly plant lovers.

At Appalachian Tropicals, we grow and sell exquisite retail and wholesale orchids and air

plants for every level of interest — curious beginner, florist or species aficionado. At our orchid boutique, located in our greenhouse just 10 minutes east of downtown Asheville, we provide our customers with a comfortable, boutique shopping atmosphere and an extensive educational experience. We also offer an orchid bloom exchange program, repotting services and top-of-the-line media.

From grab-and-go gifts to unusual species, our designs are sure to brighten your home, your office and your spirit. Come see for yourself!

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31 N. Lexington Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 828-252-0083 h boutiqueLp.com The Lobster Trap is excited to announce the promotion of Katie Parker to front-of-thehouse manager! She has been welcoming customers to The Lobster Trap with a warm smile and positive energy for more than eight years. Parker brought her passion for fresh fish from Pawleys Island, S.C., where, at age 13, she started in the hospitality business bussing tables at the Litchfield Beach Fish House.

The eclectic mountain town of Asheville lured her away from the sea in 2006, but she found the perfect mix of seafood and local flavor when she joined The Lobster Trap family. Asheville has been a great fit for Parker.

“I love Asheville because I am never surprised at what I see downtown,” she says. “I was raised in an area that was ultraconservative, and moving to Asheville was an eye-opening experience. I’ve seen anything from a motorcycle with a pig in a cage, on a trailer, down Patton to a guy in a full-length, tie-dyed cape walking a goat.”

Hospitality comes naturally to Parker, with her great sense of humor, love of life and outgoing personality. The Lobster Trap is thrilled to have her on the management team!

35 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 828-350-0505 • www.thelobstertrap.biz

boutique Lp, located in the heart of downtown Asheville, specializes in contemporary women’s clothing and accessories. The shop stays on trend, while also putting a focus on wardrobe staples from some of your favorite lines — Lilla P, Citizens of Humanity, Bella Dahl, Jenny Bird, Blank NYC, DL1961, Drew Clothing, My Tribe, Plenty by Tracy Reese, Comfy USA and many more.

By offering a wide variety of styles, it is easy for most any woman to find something they can’t live without, whether it is a fringe suede vest or a classic white shirt.

• organic mattresses

We will be celebrating our 10th anniversary in November! We’re so grateful to all of our wonderful customers and friends who have supported us for so long. Be sure to follow us on Facebook; we’ll be having all kinds of specials leading up to our big anniversary party.

For those of you who haven’t been in to visit us yet, we’re a paint-your-own pottery shop that offers so much more! We have mosaics, glass fusing, silver clay, hand-building with clay and pottery wheel lessons, all in one convenient location. We also offer many different kinds of birthday parties with lots of fun options and add-ons, such as tie-dye, face painting and snow cones! Everything is nontoxic and food-safe.

Come on in and release your inner artist!

(828) 277-0042 • www.clayingaround.com

• organic bedding • organic and wooden toys • organics for babies & children • handmade and local products

“Thank you, Asheville, for your continued support over the last 8 years!” — Tara, Truly and Sarah

Here at Nest Organics, we proudly offer the Southeast’s largest selection of organic, pure and sustainable products to enhance your home and family. We are deeply committed to the process of moving our culture forward toward conscious lifestyle choices based on the quality and the underlying ethics of the products we consume. Nest Organics brings you new, modern alternatives for your home that provide a perfect blend of function, style and sustainability. Thank you, Asheville, for your steadfast support over the last eight years! We look forward to continuing to serve you for years to come.

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Adi Westerman came to Asheville with a vision of bringing something new, fresh and hot to our mountain community. “Asheville met all of my criteria: good food, excellent music, beautiful scenery and a great place to start a family,” she says.

“Most of all, there was no hot yoga. I knew I could really move forward with my life in a place like that!”

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Since founding Hot Yoga Asheville in 2007, Westerman and her husband, Matthew, have not only served more than 13,000 people, but have had two beautiful daughters. They recently expanded their yoga studio for the second time to include all styles of yoga — heated and not heated.

“It’s so exciting to be able to offer a wide variety of classes: prenatal, kids, back care, Bikram, flow and more,” Westerman says. “Students are loving the variety and it is so fun to have so many offerings and host such awesome teachers all under one roof.”

“Being a mom as well as a business owner has its challenges,” Westerman adds. “But both my kids and my yoga community fill me up with so much joy, and it is simply a pleasure to be a part of such important changes in the world!”

For more information, class times, FAQ, testimonies, and more visit:

HotYogaAsheville.com • 802 Fairview Rd. • 828-299-7003

Cynthia King opened Idea Factory, Inc., now starting its 23rd season, with a passion to support others in pursuing their dancing dreams.

Studying dance since childhood, Cynthia’s varied professional experiences have influenced her philosophies of both dance and teaching.

Ms. Cynthia maintains that dancers come in all shapes and sizes, and that dancing requires a strong will and a large heart more than a skinny waistline.

Also, while dance is definitely a sport, it should not be a competitive or prohibitively expensive one.

Reasonable tuition costs enable Cynthia to offer the dream of dance to students from all backgrounds, and, more importantly, to watch those diverse students grow through the years. This season’s classes include an 18-year old instructor and recent high school graduate who began studying with Ms. Cynthia when just 5, a high school sophomore beginning her 13th year at Idea Factory, and 2 other teens who are 10 year students.

Cynthia takes great pride in the development and achievement of the dancers in her “family” and enjoys seeing the progression from preschooler to adult performer. Students find Idea Factory for quality dance instruction, but often stay because of the loving, nurturing, and supportive environment.

3726 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, NC 28704 • ideafactoryinc.org • 828.277.4010

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828.885.2599 Healthy Harvest Natural Foods, located in beautiful Brevard, is your local destination for all things healthy, yummy and organic. At Healthy Harvest, living organically is both a lifestyle and a cause for celebration.

My name is Stella, and I am the owner of Healthy Harvest. As a child, I spent many afternoons with my mom on our organic farm in the mountains of North Carolina.

With baskets made from grape and honeysuckle vines in hand, ol’ floppy hats on our heads and smiles for days, we playfully tended our vegetable and herb gardens. We gathered our food and went inside before sundown each and every night to prepare amazing fresh meals!

In the tradition of the Cherokee, we at Healthy Harvest know that herbs are food, and that food is medicine. We pay special attention to ingredients and work very diligently to provide the highest quality vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements as well as locally grown and certified organic foods that are not genetically modified. Our mission is to promote wellness and celebrate life, spirit, nature and the good that exists.

We do what we do because we love it! We are honored to be here, and we thank you for your support!

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Providing the community with affordable fashions I have made a few attempts (which became learning experiences) at owning a business on Lexington Avenue since moving to Asheville in 1990. With the right concept, I knew I could be successful and decided to take another risk in 2006. Virtue was born!

What I enjoy most is the sense of community with all the downtown business owners. It’s like having a great big family who all understand and share your struggles and joys. We all work hard to bring our best to the streets and make downtown a place people enjoy.

Asheville has the most inspiring, supportive and amazing people. I feel lucky to be a part of it. Virtue is about to celebrate 10 years in business in 2016, and I couldn't be happier! I am very grateful for my loyal customers and employees. I hope to continue getting dressed up every day with all of you.

Thank you Asheville for making my dreams come true.

All my love,

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New Reynolds Village Salon Welcome to MaryFrank! I opened a salon that personifies me and allows me to pursue my passion of transforming people and changing lives. My goal was to create a place for clients to experience a relaxing environment and feel a positive energy.

We have free and ample parking at our doorstep. Let me extend my personal invitation to visit us today and meet some of the best master colorists and stylists in town!

61 North Merrimon, Suite 103 | Asheville, NC 28804 828-232-7073 | maryfranksalon@gmail.com | maryfranksalon.com

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Lango Asheville is committed to introducing children to a world of possibilities through language immersion classes. We aspire to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children to explore new cultures and learn a language through play and adventure learning.

Sandra L. Brown, MPA Director/Owner

Our unique mission transcends linguistic education, and our main objective is to enhance cognitive development in children while also expanding their multicultural and global awareness.

The Lango method is based on several proven approaches to teaching a second language: total physical response, the Rassias Method, the theory of multiple intelligences and full immersion. Our own unique method of teaching kids new languages, Adventure Learning, blends these approaches and ensures that, in every class, our students are given many different ways to acquire and understand the target language. Students are engaged in fun, adventure-themed “challenges,” which help them acquire new vocabulary and grammar through music, movement-based activities, written activities, playacting and basic conversation.

828-761-1679 • langoasheville .com Weekly Facebook Giveaways!

AshevilleBoard.com works like a giant lottery ticket for Western North Carolina, giving away free items from all around town.

Visitors connect through Facebook and click on images from a grid of advertisements for a chance to win free prizes from local businesses. Users can try as many ads as they like, and they can win once per day. Prizes include gift certificates, coupons and buy-oneget-one-free offers.

Clicking on the ads encourages users to visit businesses’ websites, and the prizes convert those visitors into foot traffic for participating merchants. AshevilleBoard.com prizes include pizza slices from Mellow Mushroom, games at Tarheel Lanes and dishes of queso from The Cantina at Historic Biltmore Village. In addition, AshevilleBoard’s Facebook page gives away weekly gift cards to visitors.

Ashevilleboard also does month-long promotions for bigger items.

This month’s prize is two tickets to see the Carolina Panthers play the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Oct. 25.

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Porch Light Counseling

Porch Light Counseling is a collective of therapists in downtown Asheville who specialize in issues that affect children and families. Our trauma-informed approach can help you break free from old patterns, make your way through difficult life transitions, find greater ease in your relationships, and experience more joy in your life.

• Full Spectrum Perinatal Counseling - fertility support, pregnancy, postpartum, pregnancy loss, & post-abortion care • Couples & Family Counseling • LGBTQ-Affirmative & Gender Counseling Porch Light Counseling offers individual, couples, family, and group therapy in the historic W.G. Smith Building at 263 Haywood Street, with free parking behind the building.

263 Haywood St. Asheville, NC 28801 Heather Branham, LCSW | 828-368-4633 Elizabeth Gillette, LCSW | 248-213-7010 Ariel Shumaker-Hammond, MPH/LCSW | 828-970-8837 porchlightcounselingasheville.com • facebook.com/porchlightcounseling

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JENNIFER MEDDERS

at Keller Williams Realty

After moving to Asheville for college, it didn’t take long before Jen Medders had forged a deep connection with the restaurants, food, music and diversity of this self-expressed city, as well as the gorgeous mountains and rivers that surround it. In the 20 years since, she’s lived, worked and raised five children in Asheville, developing a deep familiarity with the area’s local school districts, growing neighborhoods and the latest hot spots.

Since 2013, Medders has brought her local expertise to The Brent Allen Team at Keller Williams Realty... and what a great addition she has been! After just one full year in the business, Medders ranked as their top rookie in 2014 with just over $7.5 million in property sales.

Perhaps it was a decade of running after her kids that helped build Medders’ powerhouse energy and efficiency, which she now transfers to her work with clients. Whether you are interested in buying your first home, a retirement home, an investment property or a labor of love, Medders has the knowledge to find your vision and the skills to successfully complete the process.

Your part is to just make the call. She’ll take it from there.

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Beth Benischek and Jami Redlinger opened The Middy more than two and a half years ago in a small brick building with brightly colored windows, nestled on the corner of South French Broad and Hilliard avenues. With a combined 20 years in the hair industry, the two chose to merge their visions and open a salon with a strong focus on customer service and quality styling.

Beth and Jami take the utmost pride in their work and continue to hone their craft through constant education and study. Using top quality products like Privé, Moroccanoil, DevaCurl, Pureology and Wella, Beth and Jami bring Asheville the best in products and services. Whether it’s a classic bob or something more avant garde and punk rock, The Middy can deliver above and beyond. One thing is certain: Without their wonderful clients, The Middy wouldn’t be the fantastic salon it is today.

(828) 254-4247 • dreamstylist@themiddy.com www.themiddy.com 51 South French Broad Ave. • Suite 201 • Asheville, NC 28801

The Doula Association of the Mountain Area is Asheville’s premier professional doula association, serving the area since 2002.

We connect expectant parents, new families and care providers with local, independent birth and postpartum doulas. Dedicated to providing the highest standard of support, we also educate the community about the benefits of doulas.

Visit us on the web today at www.wncdoulas.com.

P.O. Box 1822, Asheville, NC 28802 828-337-0007 • www.wncdoulas.com Ellen and her staff are proud to be celebrating Mosaic Cafe’s 10th year.

She is customer driven, with many regulars who continue to support their local cafe. Manin and her staff strive to provide the best customer service with a personal touch. Mosaic has a variety of fresh, local and organic menu options, specialty coffees and smoothies that go well with a bagel or homemade baked goods Ellen’s mom, who ran an Italian bakery in Florida has returned to the mountains and has expanded the bakery case to include cannolis, eclairs, biscotti and more. With the holidays approaching, orders for pies, cakes, gift baskets and catering are available.

Red Moon Herbs makes local, fresh extracts from prolific plants in small batches. We believe that harvesting flowers, roots and berries in the appropriate season and processing them immediately is key to creating the most vital extracts.

Whenever we can’t harvest or grow plants, we acquire freshly harvested plants from sustainable wildcrafters and organic farmers, locally and regionally. Woman-owned for more than 20 years, Red Moon continues to provide herbs and products for the entire family throughout the seasons.

Red Moon Herbs

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“We are so appreciative of our customers,” Manin says. “It is hard to be a little local business with chains surrounding us, but we are thriving due to our customers’ wonderful support!”

Mosaic Cafe 828.676.2446 1 Town Square Blvd.

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Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork

Refresh your life from the inside out...

Kudzu \ˈkəd-( ˌ )zü\ 1. A vine that grows quickly and, due to its strong roots, is nearly indestructible.

2. A powerful force of a little creative agency that can do the same for your brand.

Supporting and sustaining local businesses Kudzu Branding Co. is a locally grown boutique branding agency located in downtown Black Mountain. Owned by Murphy Funkhouser Capps, Kudzu has helped over 400 local and regional businesses get their roots in deep and go from seed to market takeover.

No factory-farmed brands Murphy and her team are passionate about using their creativity and expertise to help other businesses become successful. If you are growing something special, you need a strong brand. At Kudzu Branding Co., we grow each brand organically, giving it the nurture and care it needs to thrive.

Reduce stress, recover from injury, reduce chronic pain, and enhance sports performance Sara Whitaker is a California and North Carolina state licensed therapist trained to tailor each massage session to meet your specific needs every time you visit.

Sara’s massage modalities include Deep Tissue, Swedish, Sports Massage, Reflexology, Reiki/ Energy Bodywork, Detoxification/Rain Drop Technique, and Therapeutic Massage. Sara offers massage in a beautifully renovated office. Please call anytime with questions about massage or consultation on a treatment plan that’s right for you.

In addition to Kudzu, Murphy can be found wrangling her growing family. She is also the co-founder of the Black Mountain Front Porch Theatre, a graduate of Leadership Asheville, a speaker, writer and an accomplished playwright and actress.

Murphy & Her Husband Kenny Capps

Kudzu Branding Co. 828-357-8350 murphy@kudzubranding.com www.kudzubranding.com

Sara Whitaker

LMBT/CMT/ Healthcare Specialist for more than 15 years

Location:

20 Sardis Road Asheville, NC 28806 (across from the Asheville Outlet)

Open Mon.-Sat. 9:30am-6:30pm

To make an appointment, call or text 510-407-2775 or email sarawhitaker417@gmail.com

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828-253-9317 A third-generation recycler and Asheville native, Vonna Cloninger is one of the fi rst women to own a scrap metal business in the nation. Biltmore Iron & Metal Co. (BIMCO) has been in business since 1929 and owned by Vonna’s family since 1951. (Her sons are now in the business as the fourth generation!)

As one of the “original recyclers” in the United States, BIMCO recycles all types of metals (steel, aluminum cans, automobiles, copper, brass, electronics, stainless steel, etc.), providing full industrial services for businesses. You are invited to visit the facility. Artists and sculptors come by every day for metals, ideas and artwork, along with do-it-yourselfers, mechanics, builders, etc.

BIMCO is open Biltmore Iron & Metal Co. 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday; 1 Meadow Road 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays.

There are no strangers here, only friends we have not met.

Asheville, NC 28803 bimco@bellsouth.net biltmoreiron.com

Town and Mountain Realty, a locally owned and operated real estate company, is proud of its cohesive team of 27 professional women REALTORS® and staff.

These women are experts at focusing on their clients’ needs! They enjoy sharing their extensive knowledge of Asheville and Western North Carolina’s real estate market. Owner Joy Lovoy says: “Our philosophy has always been to create a family atmosphere within our office. We all like to provide good service and treat people the way we would like to be treated.”

Many of our women agents are involved in community service. We enjoy planning an annual event for the homeless as well as working with the Habitat for Humanity build team, Women for Women, the Literacy Council and Asheville Humane Society, among others.

Contact us with any questions or needs you have concerning buying or selling property.

We are here to help you!

www.townandmountain.com • (828) 232-2879 261 Asheland Ave. Asheville, NC

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Merry Meet & Be Blessed

As fall descends and unfolds around us, let us take a moment to honor the seasonal shift. Asheville Raven and Crone, beginning with Mabon (the fall equinox), will erect our public ancestor altar. We will be welcoming you to add your ancestors and intentions to our altar. These intentions will be burned publicly on Samhain (Oct. 31) to celebrate and honor our beloved dead!

Our October Events Are: • Working with the Ancestors (with Byron Ballard).

Thursday, Oct 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. $10.

• Dreamcatchers (with Kim). Saturday, Oct. 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. $10.

• Divination Panel Panel. Saturday, Oct. 17, from 5 to 6 p.m. Free • Ask a Witch Witch. Sunday, Oct. 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. Free • Talking with the Spirits (with Diotima). Sunday, Oct. 25, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. $50.

• Ritual for the Dead Dead. Saturday, Oct. 31, at noon.

We are a donation drop-off location for the Asheville Period Project and the Mother Grove Goddess Temple Food project.

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Waterlily was born of the simple truth that beauty resides in each of us. Beauty is nothing we need to put on or cover ourselves up with. It is an authentic expression waiting to emerge. The women at Waterlily have created an atmosphere that relaxes our clients and makes it easy for them to be their beautiful selves.

Our nontoxic healing products reflect the original meaning of cosmetics.

Cosmos was a Greek goddess who brought knowledge of plants and flowers to nurture health, wellness and beauty for all — not to cover up “defects”.

We’ve served the Asheville community since 2008, always striving to bring you clean products with professional results. We offer organic colors, haircuts (including kids), up-dos for special occasions, perms, full-body waxing and massages. We also have a tailor in the house.

Come Experience the Difference!

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Benefits Art & Soul Benefit for CARING for Children 785-1590, caring4children.org • TH (9/24), 6-9pm - Tickets to this reception featuring a live painting performance by Jonas Gerard benefit CARING for Children. $25.

Held at Jonas Gerard Fine Art, 240 Clingman Ave. Asheville Barnaroo Music Festival ashevillebarnaroo.com • SA (9/26), 10am through SU (9/27), noon - This music festival showcasing regional rock & roll, hard rock, and funk bands benefits The Asheville Music School. $25 day pass/$40 with camping/children under 12 free.

Held at Franny’s Farm, 38 Came Sharp Road, Leicester Asheville Fall Charity Jam ashevillefallcharityjam • SA (9/26), 11:30am-2am - Proceeds from this music festival with local jam bands benefit Manna Food Bank and the South Asheville Rotary Club. $20. Held at New Mountain Theater/Amphitheater, 38 N. French Broad

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DEEP AWAKE LIFE: Best-selling author, philosopher and scholar Tim Freke is having his first Asheville appearance at Jubilee Community Church on Thursday, Oct. 1, from 4-6 p.m. According to the press release from the organizers, Freke, who is the founder of The Deep Awake Life philosophy has been described as a “hugely entertaining 21st century streetwise life commentator” as well as a “leading authority on world spirituality.” Photo courtesy of Tim Freke. (p. 48)

Beers for Gears eventbrite.com/e/beesr-for-gearstickets-18366965087 • TH (9/24), 6-9pm - Tickets to this party featuring local food, beer and wine, music by Caromia and the Siamese Jazz Club and silent auction benefit Asheville on Bikes. $30.

Held at Catawba Brewing South Slope, 32 Banks Ave Suite 105 Dig In! Empty Bowls Fundraiser diginyancey.org • FR (9/25), 5pm - Tickets to this annual dinner and music event benefit the Dig In! Community Garden. $25. Held at Higgins Memorial United Methodist Church, 101 N. Main St., Burnsville Lady Laine’s re.UNION SOUL.ution facebook.com/ events/471240833044362 • SA (9/26), 2pm - Tickets to this family friendly local hip-hop music and potluck benefit hip-hop single moms. $5. Held at Bywater, 796 Riverside Drive Mother Grove & CERES Yard Sale Benefit 230-5069, mothergrovetemple.org • SU (9/27), 8am-1pm - Proceeds from this yard sale benefit

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the Mother Grove and the Coalition of Earth Religions for Education and Support. Free to attend. Held at The Mother Grove Temple, 70 Woodfin St. Music Mission Kiev 253-9361, trinityasheville.org • MO (9/28), 7pm - Proceeds from this classical, folk and sacred music concert by Music Mission Kiev Symphony Orchestra and Chorus benefit the Kiev Minestry. Tickets: $25/$20 advance/$5 students. Held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 Church St. Plate Expectations Charity Auction 253-5286, mowabc.org/events • FR (9/25), 6pm - Tickets to this reception and live auction benefit Meals on Wheels of Asheville & Buncombe County. $75. Held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive Poetry and Pie Benefit greattreetemple.org • SU (9/27), 6-7:30pm - Proceeds to this evening of poetry, music, and pie benefit Great Tree Zen Temple. $20.

Held at Urban Dharma, 29 Page Ave.

Raise Your Hand Benefit Auction & Gala wncapgala.org • SA (9/26), 6pm - Tickets to this

reception, dinner, and auction benefit the Western North Carolina AIDS Project. $125. Held at Asheville Event Centre,

991 Sweeten Creek Road Rock & Roll For Literacy 696-3811, litcouncil.org • SA (9/26), 7:30-10pm - Tickets to

this silent auction, concert and dance,

with music by the Vintage Vinyl Band, benefit the Blue Ridge Literacy

Council. $25/$20 advance. Held at

Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville St. Thomas Episcopal Church 372 Reservoir Road, Burnsville, 6820037, stthomasonline.org ShortBus Studio Benefit

Business & Technology A-B Tech Small Business Center 398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Road, Candler unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/23), 3pm - “Using WordPress to Build a Website for Your Business,” seminar.

• TH (9/24), 10am - “How Entrepreneurs can Utilize Library Resources for Business Plan Development,” seminar.

• SA (9/26), 9am - “SCORE: Simple Steps for Financial Planning,” seminar.

• TU (9/29), 6pm - “eBay: Selling From Your eBay Website & Mobile Device,” seminar.

• WE (9/30), 3pm - “Time Management Tools for the Busy Entrepreneur,” seminar.

Classes, Meetings & Events

• SU (9/27), 6pm - Tickets to this

silent auction and outdoor concert featuring Laura Blackley and the Wildflowers benefit ShortBus Studio. $10/$25 per family.

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, 6:307:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or TM.org or MeditationAsheville.org AMATEUR POOL LEAGUE (pd.) Beginners wanted! Teams forming nPow. Any and all skill levels welcome. Meet people. Play Pool. Have fun. Win Prizes! 828-329-8197 www. blueridgeAPA.com BLACKBERG CREATIVE STUDIOS (pd.) TH. (9/24) Knit 101, 6-8pm $25 • SA (9/26) Venture Local Fair, FREE Mini Craft Workshops, 12-6pm • TU (9/29) Workroom Rental Launch Party, 5-9pm FREE! • WE (9/30) Sew Infinity Scarf, 7-9pm $30 • FR (10/02)

All Breed Dog & Cat Grooming Sew Sailor Top, 6-9:30pm $45 • SA (10/03) Pom Pom Fever, 2:304:30pm $25. blackbergcreative. com • 120 Coxe Ave, 1C dry stone wAllinG worKshop (pd.) 10/24-25 9am-5pm 2-day workshop will teach the basics of traditional drystone walling through the construction of a retaining wall using local stone. $100/person.

Info: livingstonemasons.com/ workshop, livingstonemasons@ gmail.com, 828-773-6955. eMpyreAn Arts introduCtory fitness ClAsses (pd.) Monday 6:45pm, Intro Pole • Tuesday 5:15pm, Intro Trapeze & Lyra • Tuesday 8:15pm, Intro Contortion • Thursday 5:15pm, Intro Aerial Fabric • Friday 6:00pm, Intro Pole • Saturday 2:00pm, Acrobatics. Sign up at EmpyreanArts.org. fAll into heAlth, Join the pre-holidAy CleAnse (pd.) Want an Immune-Boosting, Food Craving-Eliminating, Hormone-Balancing, AllergyBusting Detox with a side effect of Weight Loss? Starting Sept. 30th www.WhiteWillowWellness.com.

828-620-1188 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/reservations: (828) 225-3993. www.heavenscloudeventcenter. com the ConneCtion prACtiCe (pd.) October 3-4, Rainbow Community School. Center in the heart to reduce stress, resolve conflicts, communicate more empathetically. Info: Cathy Holt, 828-5459681 or www.heartspeakpeace. com/the-connection-practice.

BiG ivy CoMMunity Center 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • 4th MONDAYS, 7pm Community center board meeting.

Free.

BuildinG BridGes buildingbridges-ashevillenc.org • THURSDAYS 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.

• MO (9/28), 2pm - Goodwill job readiness workshop. Registration required: 298-9023, ext. 1160.

Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TU (9/29), 2pm - Goodwill job readiness workshop. Registration required: 298-9023, ext. 1160.

Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler ChurCh of the redeeMer 1201 Riverside Drive, Woodfin, 253-3588 • SA (9/26), 8am-2pm - Baked goods and rummage sale. Lunch $3. Free to attend. dininG for woMen dfwsunsetsoiree.eventbrite.com, dfwasheville1@gmail.com • SA (9/26), 4-6pm - Meet and greet for current and prospective members. Free to attend. Held at Ten Thousand Villages, 10 College St. Glenville AreA historiCAl soCiety 743-1658, historicalsocietyglenvillearea@ yahoo.com • TH (9/24), 6:30pm - “Ancestors and Descendants, a Photo Gallery of Glenville Notables and their Stories,” annual meeting and presentation. Free. Held at Glenville Community Development Clubhouse, NC 107, Glenville GrACe lutherAn ChurCh 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • Through FR (9/25) - Registration for “Race, Gender and Privilege,” lecture series. Free. hAywood County l iBrAry-CAnton 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton, 6482924, haywoodlibrary.org • TH (9/24), 5:30pm - Crime Prevention Workshop covers how to avoid dangerous situations and prevent criminal confrontations.

Registration required: 648-2924.

Free.

JusteConoMiCs wnC 505-7466, justeconomicswnc.org • TU (9/29), 4pm - Poverty Simulation to learn about difficulties of living on minimum wage salary.

Registration required: judleavitt76@ gmail.com. $10. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St ontrACK wnC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/23), 5:30-7pm “Understanding Credit. Get It. Keep It. Improve It.” Free.

• THURSDAYS through (10/1), 5:307pm - “Money Buddies,” money management workshop series for women. Free.

• SATURDAYS through (9/26), 9am-3pm - “Homebuyer Education Series,” 2-part workshop. Free.

• TUESDAYS through (9/29), 5:308pm - “Manage Your Money,” workshop series. Free.

• WE (9/30), noon-1:30pm “Reverse Mortgages: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” workshop.

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

puBliC events At unCA unca.edu • TH (9/24), 5pm - Intertribal stickball game and demonstration featuring the Wa Le Lu team from Cherokee. Free. Held on the intramural fields.

• WE (9/30), 6-8pm - “Immigrant Realities in WNC,” forum discussion and workshop. Free. Held in the Highsmith Union, room 224. shred fest • FR (9/25), 2-5pm - Bring up to 5 boxes of documents for free shredding. Free to attend. Held at Sol Bar New Mountain, 38 N French Broad Ave swAnnAnoA vAlley MuseuM 669-9566, swannanoavalleymuseum.org • SU (9/27), 4pm - History Trivia night. Free to attend. Held at Pisgah Brewing Company, 150 East Side Drive, Black Mountain the Center for Art & spirit At st. GeorGe 1 School Road • Last TUESDAYS, 7-9pm Aramaic, Hebrew and Egyptian vocal toning, breath work and meditation. Admission by donation. youth outriGht 772-1912, youthoutright.org • SU (9/27), 4pm - General meeting and discussion. Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

Coming soon!

A new, Certified Nurse Midwife-staffed option for birth and women’s health care Tour our facility – Learn about our plans September 29 and October 3, 2015 Details at wncbirthcenter.com/ news-events

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 photo by Kathleen Brannan

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CONSC I O U S PA RT Y

By Kat McReynolds | kmcreynolds@mountainx.com

Beers for Gears

RACK ’N’ ROLL: Catawba Brewing Co.’s dedicated bike rack may necessitate overflow parking when the brewery hosts Asheville on Bikes’ next fundraiser on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 6-9 p.m. Photo courtesy of AoB WHAT: Asheville on Bikes’ Beers for Gears WHERE: Catawba Brewing Co.’s Rick Room and outdoor patio WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 24, 6-9 p.m.

WHY: 2015 has already proved a busy year for Asheville on Bikes.

“Beyond our community rides and bike corrals, we’ve focused much of our efforts on advocating for better infrastructure,” says director Mike Sule. “The two big wins thus far have been the inclusion of Asheville’s first protected bike lane as part of the RADTIP project and on-street bike parking on Haywood Road” Now Sule says AoB members are working to affirm to state representatives that transportation improvements can hold great value for communities.

“Current proposed legislation is working to curtail a city’s ability to include sidewalks and bike lanes on NCDOT roads,” he explains. “AoB is working statewide to see that legislation doesn’t pass. All of these

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projects involve working with the business community and city and state agencies. AoB is out in the community making the case and building the relationships to expand our transportation options.”

Funds from the upcoming Beers for Gears event — planned by social networking group Asheville Affiliates — will be used to expand those advocacy efforts, Sule says.

The $25/$30 cover charge includes kebabs and other appetizers catered

by Green Opportunities; live R&B, soul and jazz tunes by local band Caromia and the Siamese Jazz Club; craft beer and wine plus entry to win raffle prizes. “And several local businesses have donated a variety of gift certificates for the silent auction,” Sule adds. “It’s great to have so much support for AoB from our business community.”

Visit ashevilleonbikes.com for more information on other AoB events and advocacy. X

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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 Studio Zahiya, Downtown Dance Classes (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt 6pm Bellydance/Hip Hop Fus 6pm Hip Hop Wkt 7:30pm Bellydance 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 5pm Bollywood Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 8pm Hip Hop Choreo 2 • Wednesday 5pm Bhangra Wkt 7:30pm Bellydance 8pm Contemporary • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 5pm Teens Dance 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wrkt 10:30am Bellydance • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5.

90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 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 & 11am- Noninstructional, free-form dance within community. $7-$15. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway Joyful Noise 649-2828, joyfulnoisecenter.org Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave, Weaverville • MONDAYS, 6:45-7:30pm Beginner clogging class. Ages 7 through adult. $10.

• MONDAYS, 7:30-8:15pm - Intermediate/Advanced clogging class. Ages 7 through adult. $10.

Eco Asheville Green Drinks ashevillegreendrinks.com Free to attend. Held at Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway • WE (9/23), 6pm - “Legislative Wrap-Up,” presentation.

• WE (9/30), 6pm - “Solar Options in Western North Carolina,” presentation.

Creation Care Alliance of WNC creationcarealliance.org • TH (9/24), 6pm - “Caring for our Common Home: Responding to the Pope’s Call for Action,” interfaith dinner and discussion. Free. Held at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church, 72 Culver St. Environmental Quality Institute 333-0392, environmentalqualityinstitute.org • SU (9/27), 9am-4pm - Training workshop: Learn to identify aquatic insects & sample streams for water quality.

Ages17+. Location given upon registration. $15.

Farm & Garden Bullington Gardens 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville, 698-6104, bullingtongardens.org • WE (9/23) & FR (9/25), 1pm & 2pm - “Dahlia Daze,” information sessions and guided tours of the garden. Free to attend.

• TH (9/24), 3pm - “Dahlia Daze,” ikebana demonstration using dahlias. Free to attend.

Living Web Farms 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 505-1660, livingwebfarms.org • SA (9/26), 1:30pm - Seed Saving Intensive Workshop: Learn fundamentals of seed saving, threshing, winnowing, and hand pollination for common vegetable crops. $15.

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 ASHEVILLE FLEA FOR Y’ALL (pd.) SUN. 10/25, 9AM-4PM. Vintage, Antique & Art outdoor flea market. Food trucks and craft beer by the river. 468 Riverside Dr. at Salvage Station.

Ashevillefleaforyall.com RESONATE: ASHEVILLE (pd.) SUN (10/4), 11am-7pm Leaders in science, spirituality and wellness, featuring: ecstatic dance, sacred geometry, cymat-

ics. Benefits Art Studio World (npo): for at risk youth. 804-5178017 ResonateAsheville.com Art on the I sland Festival 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com • SA (9/26), 10am-5pm - Art vendors, live music, food, and kid’s activities. Free to attend.

Held at Blannahassett Island, 115 Blannahasset Island, Marshall Asheville Juggling Festival ashevillejugglingfestival.com • FR (9/25) through SU (9/27) - Juggling festival with shows, workshops and play areas. See website for full schedule. Free to attend. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road Suite B Hellbilly Hootenanny facebook.com/ events/882080068518534 • SA (9/26), noon-10pm Includes tattoo, mustache and pin-up contests, car show, food trucks and live music. A portion of proceeds at the festival go to benefit Brother Wolf and other nonprofits. $20/under 13 free. Held at A Broken Spoke Motorcycle Shop, 874 Riverside Drive MemFest memfest.net • SU (9/27), 5-9pm - Memorial music event featuring local folk and old-time musicians.

Proceeds benefit the memorial of Memorie King. $10. Held at Beans n’ Berries Farm, 7155 Rhoney Road, Connelly Springs Mountain Heritage Day mountainheritageday.com • SA (9/26), 8am-5pm - Includes 5k, vendors, live music, performances and demonstrations of traditional mountain music, food and arts. See website for full schedule. Free to attend. Held at WCU. Music in the Mountains Folk Festival 682-7215, toeriverarts.org/ events/music-in-the-mountainsfolk-festival • SA (9/26), 5:30-9pm - Festival featuring traditional musicians, singers, storytellers, and dancers. $14/$12 advance. Held at Burnsville Town Center, 6 Main St., Burnsville Old Timey Fall Festival oldtimeyfallfestival.com • SA (9/26), 10am-4pm - Festival features music, dancing, children’s games, heritage crafts, food, wooly worm race and antique tractor parade.

Free. Held at the Burnsville Town Square. venture loCAl fAir venturelocalfair.com • SA (9/26), noon-6pm - Street fair featuring arts, crafts, food and beer vendors, WNC GarlicFest, classes, family activities, live music and performances. Free to attend. Held on Buxton and Banks Ave. in Downtown Asheville.

food & Beer wnC GArliCfest wncgarlicfest.com • SA (9/26), noon-6pm - Garlic tastings and classes at the Venture Local Fest. Free to attend. Held on Buxton and Banks Ave. in Downtown Asheville.

GovernMent & politiCs JACKson County repuBliCAns 743-6491, jacksonctygop@yahoo.com • MO (9/28), 6:30pm - General meeting with presentation by Deon Dunn speaking for Senator Ted Cruz. Free to attend. Held at Ryan’s, 374 Walmart Plaza, Sylva

Kids 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.

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

• TH (9/24), 9:30am - “Stories Comin’ Round the Mountain,” local storytelling for ages 5 to 11.

Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • TH (9/24), 11am - “Stories Comin’ Round the Mountain,” local storytelling for ages 5 to 11. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (9/25), 3:30-5:30pm - “TLC Teen’s Top Ten Voting and Pizza Party,” voting for the YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten 2015 book list. Ages 11-18.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • TU (9/29), 6:30pm - “Monarch Butterfly Migration,” learn about monarch butterfly migration and ecological challenges. For school

age children. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa ChiMney roCK pArK 1638 Chimney Rock Park Road, Chimney Rock, 625-4688 • SA (9/25) & SU (9/26) - “Take A Child Outside Week,” special events including hikes and presentations.

See website for full schedule. $15/$7 under 16/free under 4. fletCher liBrAry 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • TH (9/24), 3:30pm - “Amazing Amphibians,” park rangers teach about amphibians and read story.

Free.

• FR (9/25), 10:30-11:30am “Read to Molly the Library Dog.” Registration required: 687-1218.

Free.

• TU (9/29), 3-4pm - “Read to Mattie the Library Dog.” Registration required: 687-1218.

Free.

Joyful noise 649-2828, joyfulnoisecenter.org • MONDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Capriccio String Orchestra for intermediate players. $10. Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road • MONDAYS, 6:15-6:45pm “Movement and Dance,” class for 5 and 6 year olds. $10. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave., Weaverville lAKe JAMes stAte pArK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (9/25), 4pm - “Take a Child Outside Week; Kids in the Creek,” ranger led activities in creeks that flow into Lake James. Footwear required. n.C. ArBoretuM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • Through SA (1/3) - The Robot Zoo, exhibit featuring giant-size robots and interactive displays to teach biomechanics of animals. $12 per vehicle. pisGAh AstronoMiCAl reseArCh institute 862-5554, pari.edu, ksteiner@pari.edu • TU (9/29), 6-8pm - SciGirls Program: “Texting/Reaction Time,” activities for girls 9-14 to study how texting impacts reaction time. $10. Held at Transylvania County Extension Office, 98 East Morgan St., Brevard spellBound Children’s BooKshop 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com

• SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

outdoors TROUT SCHOOL • LAKE LOGAN episCopAl Center (pd.) September 29-October 1: Participants will be led by instructors in the basics of this wonderful sport.

Classes covering equipment, fly tying and casting techniques. Information/ Registration: lakelogan.org Blue ridGe pArKwAy hiKes 298-5330, nps.gov • FR (9/25), 10am - “Trailing Along,” ranger-led, moderate to strenuous 2-mile hike while learning about the history of hiking. Free. Meets at Sleepy Gap Parking Overlook, MP 397.3.

Blue ridGe pArKwAy rAnGer proGrAMs 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • SA (9/26), 7pm - “Coat of Many Colors,” presentation about foxes. Free. Meets at Julian Price Campground Amphitheater, MP 296.

CrAdle of forestry Route 276, Pisgah National Forest, 877-3130, cradleofforestry.org • SA (9/26), 9am-5pm - “National Public Lands Day,” guided walks, presentations, and service projects celebrating National Forests.

Free. eliAdA hoMe 2 Compton Drive, 645-7190 • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/31) - Eliada Home Corn Maze. See website for full schedule. Discounts for volunteers. $10/$8 seniors/$7 children age 4-11. friends of dupont forest dupontforest.com • SA (9/26) & SU (9/27), 9am-2:30pm - Shuttle buses every 30 minutes to Triple Falls, High Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Lake Julia. $12/$6 under 18. Meets at the parking area near 89 Buck Forest Road, Cedar Mountain lAKe JAMes stAte pArK 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/23), 2:45pm - Autumn boat tour. Registration required.

• SA (9/26), 1:45pm - Autumn boat tour. Registration required.

• SA (9/26), 7:45pm - Star gazing event. Activities for kids at 6:30pm.

Registration required.

• TU (9/29), 6:30pm “Overmountain Victory Trail Annual Celebration,” presentations, story

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telling, and music by the Backwater String Band. pisGAh Center for wildlife eduCAtion 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest, 877-4423 • SA (9/26), 10am-3pm - “National Hunting and Fishing Day Celebration,” with archery, shooting and fishing related activities for all ages. Free. southern AppAlAChiAn hiGhlAnds ConservAnCy 253-0095, appalachian.org • SA (9/26), 10am - “For Love of Beer and Mountains,” very strenuous, 10+ mile, Clawhammer Mountain Hike in collaboration with Highland Brewing Company.

Location given upon registration: 253-0095 ext. 205. Free. vAnCe BirthplACe 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, 838-645-6706, nchistoricsites.org/vance • SA (9/26), 10am-4pm & SU (9/27), 1-4pm - “Militia Muster & Encampment,” 18th century militia camp with drills, musket firing demos, and kids activities. Free. yMCA of wnC 210-2265, ymcawnc.org • WE (9/23), 8:45am - 3 mile easy hike at Blue Falls Nature Preserve.

Registration required: 658-0047.

Free/$5 optional carpooling. Meets at YMCA - Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St.

puBliC leCtures Asheville downtown AssoCiAtion 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • WE (9/23), 5:30pm - “Reshaping the Development Paradigm,” presentation by Ed McMahon of the Urban Land Institute. Free. Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St. BunCoMBe County puBliC liBrAries buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/30), noon - “Hungry for History: The Roaring Twenties in Asheville,” presentation. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

historiC BiltMore villAGe 398-6062 ext. 1220, historicbiltmorevillage.com • SA (9/26), 10am - Presentations about defining the Olmsted legacy featuring preservation landscape architect Glenn Stach. Free. Held on the Village Green, 30 Lodge St. preservAtion soCiety of Asheville And BunCoMBe County 321-271-4593, psabc.org • SA (9/26), 1:30pm - Local historian John Turk presents an illustrated lecture on the Drovers’ Roads of the early to mid-1800s. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library - Lord Auditorium, 67 Haywood St. puBliC leCtures At Asu appstate.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/23), 7pm - “Intervention,” performance and presentation by Kirsten Stolle regarding propaganda and agricultural chemical usage.

Held in the Turchin Center Lecture Hall. puBliC leCtures At BrevArd ColleGe 884-8251, raintrlh@brevard.edu • TH (9/24), 6:30pm - “Sports: The Hype and the Hypocrisy,” presentation by NPR commentator Frank Deford. $10. Held at the Porter Center for the Performing Arts. puBliC leCtures At unCA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (9/24), 12:15pm - “The Centre of the World Depends on Where You Live,” lecture by Ambassador Johnnie Carson. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

• TH (9/24), 12:15pm - Moral Challenges Workshop Series: “What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You,” lecture by Lucile Adams-Campbell.

Held in the Sherrill Center.

seniors AArp sMArt driver ClAsses 253-4863, aarpdriversafety.org • TH (9/24), 11:45am - Driving refresher class. $20. Registration required: 299-2514. Held at Charles George V.A. Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road • WE (9/30), 12:40am - Driving refresher class. $20. Registration required: 708-7404. Held at Madison County Library, 1335 N. Main St., Marshall

lGBt elder AdvoCAtes of wnC 251-7438, lgbtelderadvocatesofwnc. org, stephaaiee@yahoo.com • TH (9/24), noon - Lunch social.

Free to attend. Held at Denny’s, 1 Regent Park Blvd.

spirituAlity Asheville insiGht MeditAtion (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 8084444, 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.

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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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 first ConGreGAtionAl uCC of hendersonville 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville, 692-8630, fcchendersonville.org • SA (9/26), 10am & 1pm & SU (9/27), 2pm - Ashley Memorial Lecture Series: Author & Reverend John Shelby Spong lectures. $25.

GrACe lutherAn ChurCh 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • WEDNESDAYS through (10/14), 9:30am - Women’s Book Study: All the Places to Go by John Ortberg.

Registration required. $9.

• 4th MONDAYS (9/28) through (11/23), 9:30am - Biblical Book Study: Grace: More than We Deserve, Greater then We Imagine by Max Lucado. $8 book fee. Registration required.

• MONDAYS through (11/23), 1pm Biblical Book Study: 66 Love Letters

by Larry Crab. Registration required. $15 book fee.

JuBilee CoMMunity ChurCh 46 Wall St., 252-5335, jubileecommunity.org • TH (10/1), 7pm - Presention and open discussion with author Tim Freke. $10.

serenity insiGht MeditAtion (pd.) A Burmese monk leads authentic Buddhist insight meditation, grounded in 40 years of

the wAy of love CoMMunity Group thepowerofpassionatepresence.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Modern mind meditation class. Free. Held at Angle Cottage, 50 Woodlawn Ave.

640 Merrimon Ave • (828) 255-2442 • wineanddesign.com/asheville september 23-29, 2015

shAMBhAlA MeditAtion Center (pd.) Meditation and community on Thursdays 7:00 to 8:30 PM and Sundays 10-12 noon. By donation.

Asheville.Shambhala.org, 828-2001520. 60 N Merrimon #113, Asheville, NC 28804

RETREAT: ISLE OF IONA • sCotlAnd (pd.) • June 9-19, 2016. A Thin Place, 9-day pilgrimage, sponsored

by Asheville First Congregational UCC. Join us for a week of retreat, reflection, recreation and renewal, led by Dr. JP Newell, internationally acclaimed for work in Celtic Spirituality. • Registration deadline for Iona pilgrimage is October 28, 2015. • Information/Registration: Revltuenge@gmail.com or www.uccasheville.org

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practice. Beginners and advanced practitioners welcome. • Sundays, 10am-11:30am; • Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm-7pm. (828) 2984700. wncmeditation.com

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.

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 (9/26), 3pm - Judy Fishel discusses her book Straight A’s are NOT Enough. Free to attend.

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

• TH (9/24), 2:30pm - Author Gary Sizer presents Where’s the Next Shelter? Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road City liGhts BooKstore 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • SA (9/26), 3pm - Becca Demers holds a conscious play workshop and presents the book Just Play with It. Free to attend. firestorM CAfe And BooKs 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • TH (9/24), 7pm - Liberty Book Club meeting. Free to attend.

• WE (9/30), 7pm - Other Worlds are Possible Book Club: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. Free to attend. literAry events At unCA unca.edu • SA (9/26), 3pm - Rick Bragg reads from his bestselling book All Over But the Shoutin. Free. Held in the Sherrill Center Mountain View Room.

• TU (9/29), 7pm - Poetry Across the Fields reading by author Quraysh Ali Lansana. Free. Held in Karpen Hall.

MAlAprop’s BooKstore And CAfe 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/23), 7pm - Power of Myth Salon: Andrea Olsen hosts discussion of Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth.

• TH (9/24), 7pm - Alexandra Duncan presents her book Launch for Sound.

• FR (9/25), 7pm - Margaret Lazarus Dean presents her book Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight.

• SA (9/26), 3pm - Doug Gibson presents his novel, Tales of a Fifth Grade Knight.

• SU (9/27), 3pm - Ted M. Alexander presents his novel, After & Before.

• TU (9/29), 7pm - Kim Boykin presents her novel, A Peach of a Pair.

• WE (9/30), 7pm - Constance Lombardo discusses her illustrated series, Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat to the Stars. norBury BooKs & CAfe 62C N Main St., Weaverville, 484-1542 • WE (9/23), 7pm - Dennis Maione

presents his book What I Learned From Cancer. Free to attend.

sports KArAKido MArtiAl Arts (pd.) Cultivate Power & Grace: Back to School Special Classes: Youth, Adult & “Women Only” * Parents ask about our After School Program Discount rates for students * Call for class time and rate: 818-712-1288.

volunteerinG BiG Brothers BiG sisters of wnC 253-1470, bbbswnc.org • MO (9/28), 5:30-6:15pm Informational session about volunteering for the program. Held at Fletcher Library, 120 Library Road, Fletcher hAnds on AshevilleBunCoMBe 2-1-1, handsonasheville.org Registration required.

• TH (9/24), 4-6pm - Volunteers needed to assist with packing and pricing merchandise. Held at Ten Thousand Villages, 10 College St. • TH (9/24), 11am - Volunteers needed for “Shake and Bake,” cooking lunch for veterans. Location given on registration.

• SA (9/26), 10am - Volunteers needed to create info packets for OnTrack financial education. Location given on registration.

• MO (9/28), 5:30pm - Volunteers needed to clean play rooms and toys. Registration required. Held at The Mediation Center of Buncombe County, 40 North French Broad Ave. Suite B hoMewArd Bound of wnC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org Homeward Bound WNC • 1st THURSDAYS, 11am - “Welcome Home Tour,” tours of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required.

Free to attend. literACy CounCil of BunCoMBe County 254-3442, volunteers@litcouncil.com • WE (9/23), 9am & TH (9/24), 5:30pm - Information sessions for volunteers interested in tutoring adults in basic literacy skills. Location given upon registration.

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news oF the weird

by Chuck Shepherd

lEaD STORy — yOUR ENgliSH TEaCHER WaS RigHT

their guns more than women like to accessorize their outfits."

In September, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery concluded that records of an investigation need not be released to the Memphis City Council — because there was no comma. The law requires the records' release "only in compliance with a subpoena or an order of a court."

Slatery said if there had been a comma after "subpoena," a council subpoena would get the records, but without the comma, only court subpoenas. And in July, Andrea Cammelleri prevailed on her parking ticket challenge because there was no comma. A West Jefferson, Ohio, ordinance banned parking of any "motor vehicle camper, trailer." A state appeals judge ruled that, with a comma after "vehicle," Cammelleri's truck would have been banned, but without it, only campers and trailers were.

THE CONTiNUiNg CRiSiS

gREaT mOmENTS iN gERRymaNDERiNg In April, the City Council of Columbia, Missouri, rigged a specially drawn "Community Improvement District" to pass a sales tax increase.

Under the law, if the District had no "residents" to vote, the "election" would be decided by the taxfriendly business owners. However, the Council somehow missed that college student Jen Henderson, 23, actually lived there and had registered to vote, meaning the business owners could not vote and that the tax increase would be decided by ... Henderson. (In late August, the Council "postponed" the election and at press time were in a quandary, as Henderson said she's against higher taxes.)

THE ENTREpRENEURial SpiRiT Spike's Tactical of Apopka, Florida, introduced its version of the AR-15 assault rifle this summer "designed to never be used by Muslim terrorists." Laser-etched on one side is a symbol of the Christian Crusades and on the other, language from Psalm 144. Spike's Tactical CEO Angela Register predicted brisk sales: "Men like to accessorize

A teenage girl in Wyandotte, Michigan, using $9.95 tools from a website called FakeABaby.com, pretended for months to be pregnant (with abdomen extenders and ultrasound photos of her "triplets"). She received gifts, had a baby shower, joined expectant mother groups and even frightened her 16-year-old boyfriend enough that he began looking for full-time work to feed the soondue "babies." However (obviously), the ruse fell apart in the 10th month (in August), drawing community outrage, but according to the sheriff, none of the "victims" who were fooled have come forward to press fraud charges.

CUlTURal DivERSiTy • While "Deep South" states' courts are notorious for death sentences, the "epicenter" of capital punishment in recent years has shifted to Southern California, according to a September Slate.com analysis. While neither Texas, Georgia, North Carolina nor Virginia has issued a death sentence this year, Riverside County, California, has recorded seven, and since 2010, Riverside and Los Angeles County have led the nation in death-row assignments. (Ironically, of course, California rarely actually executes anyone; its death row has 748 residents, and no one has walked the last mile since 2006.)

• Egypt's notorious corruption apparently reached a new level of victimizing in the summer when Mariam Malak, one of the top-performing high school students in the entire country, not only failed all six of her final exams but received scores of "zero" in each. Her family, and a legion of supporters on social media, have demanded that the prime minister investigate, especially as to whether another student had paid to acquire Mariam's scores or whether Mariam was failed intentionally because she is of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority.

BRigHT iDEaS The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company AOBiome believes we have dangerously stripped "good

bacteria" from our skins via "excessive cleaning" and has introduced for sale "Mother Dirt" spray to add it back. Chemical engineer and cofounder Dave Whitlock told WBZTV in September that he personally has "not taken a shower in over 12 years," but instead uses his odorless bacteria-restoring mist twice a day to cover himself with helpful "dirt" that activates the "good" bacteria. The company will soon begin clinical trials to demonstrate whether Mother Dirt (which also comes in shampoo form) can additionally improve certain skin conditions.

FiNE pOiNTS OF THE laW Cormega Copening, 17, and his girlfriend Brianna Denson, 16, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, are old enough to have sex ("adults," according to state law) but apparently too young to exchange nude photos.

Copening was charged with five counts of "sexual exploitation" — for receiving "sexts" from Denson and having nude photos of himself on his phone (i.e., "exploiting" himself). Denson accepted a lesser sentence and is serving a tedious, restrictive probation; she had also been charged with self-exploiting.

After much criticism for threatening felony charges and sex-offender registration, prosecutors offered Copening a similar tedious, restrictive probation in September. pERSpECTivE Ten years after Hurricane Katrina left tens of thousands homeless in New Orleans and neighboring Gulf states, many of the 120,000 hastily constructed box-type trailers ordered up — and later condemned for concentrations of carcinogenic formaldehyde — by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are still being used in the U.S., though most living in them have no clue about the risk. The most recent users were oilfield workers in North Dakota boomtowns, but shady entrepreneurs had also bought trailers at FEMA auctions and sold them for tornado and

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flood victims — after removing FEMA's "Not For Human Habitation" stickers, according to a major investigation by Grist.org, released in August.

FailURE TO KEEp a lOW pROFilE (1) Maurice Stewart, 22, on the lam since November while wanted for armed robbery in Cleveland, Ohio, was arrested in August when police spotted a man matching his description — notably, his one-of-akind tattoo of a semiautomatic rifle just below his right eye. (2) Nearly every courthouse forces visitors to walk through a metal detector after leaving pocket contents (wallets, keys, etc.) in bins. Isaac Phillips, 24, faced several charges from a courthouse visit in August in Cincinnati because among the items he had to remove from his pocket were a drug scale and a razor blade. After a short chase (and a Tasering), he was arrested. pEOplE WiTH iSSUES According to a divorce petition filed by Carole Mundy (and reported in the New York Post in August), her estranged husband Jeffrey Stein (a "top administrator" for New York's Nassau County District Attorney) drove her to posttraumatic stress disorder with his "lifestyle." According to the petition, Stein sometimes wore a chastity belt to work and, during sex, wore diapers and "a horse tail" (with an anal plug) and "gallop(ed)" around their home, used a litter box, had his wife "walk" him on a leash, dressed like a "sissy maid" named "Jessica," and wanted to be fed and diapered like a baby. Said Mundy's lawyer, it was "a bedroom nightmare."

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BEAUTY IN CoMMUNITY Aurora Studio provides space, support for transformative art — has acted as Aurora’s fiscal sponsor. “I have been able to network with some amazing organizations and people in Asheville,” says Greenberg.

bY Lisa sarasoHn lisa@loveyourbelly.com While working at a local crisis stabilization and detox facility, lori greenberg saw a homeless man clasping his only belongings, his sketchbooks, to his chest. She also saw a destitute woman passing her time in the day room sculpting figures from paper napkins, the only medium left to her. Greenberg understood: “Doing art is what kept her stable.”

With a master’s degree in counseling, Greenberg has worked in human services for more than 30 years. She has led expressive arts programs in New England and knows their therapeutic value.

But Greenberg had never run a business or launched an initiative like the one she thought would benefit “people who were artists, and [living] on the streets.”

She grew up in the 1960s and ’70s, when her parents “never got the memo that ‘women who behave rarely make history.’” She says she was in her in 40s before she “truly had the confidence to start making the big decisions on [her] own.”

Coming to Asheville five years ago was one of those decisions, says Greenberg. But before launching a major project, she thought, “This is Asheville. … There must be some kind of art center that caters to folks struggling with mental health issues, addiction issues.”

CREaTiNg In 2010, Greenberg started looking for such a place. She didn’t find one.

“I listened to what I was hearing, … and I listened to my intuition,” says Greenberg. “It told me to start a collaborative art studio for those in need of support [and] community [and] to work toward creating a holistic center for wellness.”

In 2012, she founded Aurora Studio & Gallery, a program that helps both emerging and experienced artists.

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paiNTiNg iT OUT: Aurora Studio founder Lori Greenberg says the recent group show at the Asheville Area Arts Council’s Grove Arcade Gallery gave Aurora artists the recognition they deserve — and raised awareness of how art-making in community helps people heal. Photo by Lisa Sarasohn Hosted in various locations in its early years, Aurora also generates the mutual support that sustains artists’ psychological well-being, social stability and freedom from addiction, says Greenberg.

Local business owners and partnerships with area nonprofits have proved key to Aurora’s initial success. The program’s first classes took place at a West Asheville store three years ago. A core group of participants collaborated with local artists and healing arts instructors.

“We’ve been doing classes ever since,” says Greenberg, “because the feedback from the participants showed that people were really interested, and they kept the momentum going.”

The project has continued to attract participants through word-of-mouth, as well as garner aid from the Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective, the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and local psychotherapists and physicians. Last June, Aurora moved to a downtown space, complete with utility sink and storage, donated

by Mountain Lights and Funky Mutt owner susan durrence. “She heard about our program, understood the need for alternative support for those who struggle with mental health needs

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and offered a space above her store that we use for classes one day a week,” says Greenberg.

Infused with Greenberg’s enthusiasm, Aurora has become a magnet for other types of generosity. Asheville artist jonas gerard, Roots Hummus and Everyone Cooks have donated paint, paintbrushes, canvases, lunchtime snacks and special-event refreshments. The city of Asheville stepped in, too, with help provided by economic development specialist brenda mills.

BlackBird Frame & Art offered framing for all the pieces in Aurora’s recent group show, held at the Asheville Area Arts Council. Greenberg notes strong support from AAAC executive director Kitty love.

“Before the show’s opening reception, the group gathered in a circle to share their intentions for the evening, gain strength from each other and calm any pre-show jitters. Several artists expressed their gratitude for being in Aurora. Another said we could all hold our heads up and be proud of the beautiful show we created.”

Since 2013, Arts2People — under the auspices of former and current directors jen gordon and aaron johnstone

The Aurora founder is not, by nature, a night owl. But to make her daylight hours available for organizing classes, shopping for supplies and scheduling visiting artists, Greenberg chooses to work the night shift full time, 34 hours packed into three nights a week.

Working nights is exhausting, Greenberg admits. “There are times when I think I can’t do Aurora anymore,” she says. “But I’ve wanted to see how far I could take it. And I love every one of the folks that we have. …

It’s been a great group of people, and it’s wonderful to see everybody grow as a person in different ways.”

Aurora has made a positive impact on people’s lives, she says. “Some people were artists, and they could sit and create art, but they were isolated. And they didn’t have any support. What they really needed was the human connection around something that’s important to them and to make friends,” says Greenberg.

“Other people were doing art because it helped them in their recovery, but they didn’t have a lot of training. Those people are gaining support, and they’re getting to learn new skills.”

During a typical two-month session, participants meet weekly in a four-hour class. They begin with a brief check-in and continue with painting, sketching or working with clay. A visiting artist may offer instruction. At the end of each class, participants reflect on their creative process.

“It’s not art therapy,” explains Greenberg. “It’s a supportive community in which people do art.”

From the outset, Aurora participants created their own guidelines: They agree to come to class sober, be nonjudgmental about everyone and their art, respect their own and each other’s feelings, keep confidentiality, follow through with their prescribed

mental health treatment, recognize that art is a process, not a destination, and have fun.

Now numbering 10 artists, Aurora Studio is at capacity. Over the course of many sessions, says Greenberg, conversations develop regarding difficult subjects such as medication and relapse prevention.

With a bigger group, she says, the program “would lose its intimacy, the ability for people to feel comfortable sharing.”

When Greenberg interviews prospective participants, she doesn’t ask for their diagnosis, letting them “define their needs for themselves. I look for how somebody might need extra support because they’re not able to attain some of their personal goals for either their art or their social functioning. Aurora helps give them that extra boost.”

She adds, “My take on a lot of mental health issues is that there have been multiple traumas in people’s lives, which then manifest in how they learn and how they relate to the world.

“We all go through moments — times of upheaval, anxiety, depression,” Greenberg continues. “But for most of these folks, it’s been more than a moment. It’s been several years, if not their whole lives, that they’ve not been quite able to function in everyday life in a way that meets their own needs.”

TRaNSFORmiNg Themes of safety and friendship thread through participants’ comments about their Aurora experiences. “The environment fostered a feeling of friendship and unity among everybody,” says one woman, who asked to remain anonymous, as several participants did. “So I felt like I could express myself freely without being afraid of judgment.”

Another says, “Since I’ve been in this program, I’ve been able to start another art class that is for the general population. As far as I know, I’m the only person in that class who’s recovering.” She’s been able to talk to the class leader and ask for what she’s needed because she practiced communicating her needs at Aurora, she says. The studio became her “jumping-off point” into the larger world.

“We came together as a group of strangers,” another woman reflects,

“and we ended up as friends, people that you look forward to working with. We concentrated on the work, but it was an experience where you knew that people wanted you to succeed. People were encouraging, supportive. It gave me courage and confidence. And I did things I didn’t think I could do.”

“When everyone comes together, there’s energy for witnessing, listening, understanding, respecting,” says Greenberg of the value of art done in community.

“That allows people to turn their attention toward creating, and that’s restorative.”

At the moment, Aurora depends entirely upon volunteers, including Greenberg. Continued community support will allow the program to stabilize and grow, she says. Additional funding would enable Aurora to offer classes several times each week and serve more artists who are moving beyond mental illness, addiction and homelessness.

Greenberg, meanwhile, sees herself as an organizer, not an artist.

“But I’ve had a huge amount of fun,” she says, “not only having a vision and seeing it come to life but also doing the classes. ... So while I’m doing the work of getting this organized, I have a time to play too.”

Any enterprise that provides people in distress a way to save their lives — to bring “something beautiful out of something very dark,” as Greenberg says — meets a pressing need in the community.

Aurora’s recent AAAC opening featured a message from Rita Zoey Chin, author of Let the Tornado Come. A writer and poet, Chin has applied her creative process to resolving the panic attacks that used to paralyze her. She says — and Aurora Studio artists would agree — “art can save your life.” X

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WeLLness caLe nDar wellness Birth Center tours (pd.) WNC Birth Center renovations will begin in October.

Just 2 more chances to tour our building and see the plans for this soon-to-open, wonderful new birth and women’s health option for our region. 390 South French Broad, Asheville: • Tuesday, September 29 at 5:30pm and Saturday, October 3 at 2pm. Please register at wncbirthcenter.com/newsevents or send an email to wncbirthcenter@gmail.com pilAtes MAt ClAsses (pd.) (pd.) Mon. 6:30p, Wed. 1:30p, Th. 6:30p, Sat. 10:30a.

Individualized, comfortable classes held at Happy Body, $14, details at www.

AshevilleHappyBody.com 277-5741. pilAtes reforMer ClAsses (pd.) (pd.) 15+ Reformer classes a week. Stretch, strengthen, gain flexibility and balance your body. $25. Details at www.

AshevilleHappyBody.com 277-5741 Asheville CoMMunity yoGA Center 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • WEDNESDAYS through (9/23), 6pm - “Opening Through Grief – Deep Exploration, Honoring, and Connection,” yoga workshop series. $40.

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

• FR (9/25), 2pm - “Release and Renew: A Restorative Acupuncture Workshop,” yoga workshop for all levels. $30.

• SU (9/27), 11:30am - “Yoga for a Happy Pelvis: Nourishing the Anatomical Heart of the

by Abigail Griffin Body,” yoga workshop for all levels. $20.

• THURSDAYS (10/1) through (10/29) - “Yoga for Trama,” workshop series. No class Oct. 15. $40/$12 drop in class.

AutisM speCtruMwide 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. nAtionAl AlliAnCe on MentAl illness • TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS until (10/15) - Family-to-Family education classes for family, caregivers & friends of individuals with mental illness. Free.

Held at the NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave. puBliC leCtures At unCA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (9/30), 6:30pm - Native health panel with speakers from across the country. Topics include elder care, chronic illness, youth health, and food pathways. Free. Held in the Sherrill Center. red Cross Blood drives redcrosswnc.org Appointment and ID required.

• TH (9/24), 1-5:30pm Appointments & info: 771-2448.

Held at Van Winkle Law Firm, 11 North Market St. • FR (9/25), 9am-1:30pm - Appointments & info: 6705010. Held at Enka Middle School, 390 Asbury Road, Candler • FR (9/25), 8am-12:30pm Appointments & info: 232-4402.

Held at Erwin Middle School, 20 Erwin Hills Road • SA (9/26), 8:30am-1pm - Appointments & info: 225-

Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com 5753. Held at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road • SA (9/26), 11am-3:30pm - Appointments & info: redcrossblood.org Held at Prestige Subaru, 585 Tunnel Road • SU (9/27), 8:30am-1pm - Appointments & info: redcrossblood.org Held at First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, 40 Church St. • WE (9/30), 8am-12:30pm Appointments & info: 259-5636.

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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 • 4th SATURDAYS, 2-5pm Occasionally meets additional

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BrAinstorMer’s ColleCtive 254-0507, puffer61@gmail.com • 1st THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Led by brain injury survivors for brain injury survivors and supporters. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road 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. ehlers-dAnlos syndroMe support Group ednf.org/support-groups • 4th SATURDAYS, 10am-noon Monthly meeting. Free. Held at Mission My Care Plus, 310 Long Shoals Road, Arden eMotions AnonyMous 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7pm – Held at Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road 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

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GAMBlers AnonyMous gamblersanonymous.org • THURSDAYS, 6:45pm 12-step meeting. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St.

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Mindfulness And 12 step reCovery avl12step@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7:30-8:45pm - Mindfulness meditation practice and 12 step program. Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 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 Road nAtionAl AlliAnCe on MentAl illness • 4th MONDAYS, 11am Connection group for individuals dealing with mental illness.

Held at the NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave. our voiCe 44 Merrimon Ave. Suite 1, 28801, 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • Ongoing drop-in group for female identified survivors of sexual violence. overCoMers of doMestiC violenCe 665-9499 • WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm Held at First Christian Church of Candler, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler overCoMers reCovery support Group rchovey@sos-mission.org • MONDAYS, 6pm - Christian 12-step program. Held at SOS Anglican Mission, 1944 Hendersonville Road overeAters AnonyMous • Regional number: 258-4821.

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Confidential meetings available; contact for details. shiftinG GeArs 683-7195 • MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm Group-sharing for those in transition in careers or relationships. Contact for location. sMArt reCovery smartrecovery.org • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Info: 4070460 Held at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Info: 9258626. Held at Crossroads Recovery Center, 440 East Court St., Marion sunrise peer support volunteer serviCes facebook.com/sunriseinasheville • TUESDAYS through THURSDAYS, 1-3pm - Peer support services for mental health, substance abuse and wellness.

Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road supportive pArents of trAnsKids spotasheville@gmail.com • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6pm For parents to discuss the joys, transitions and challenges of parenting a transkid. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. sylvA Grief support melee@fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 10:30am - Held at Jackson County Department on Aging, 100 Country Services Park, Sylva t.h.e. Center for disordered eAtinG 337-4685, thecenternc.weebly.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm – Adult support group, ages 18+. Held in the Sherill Center at UNCA. undereArners AnonyMous underearnersanonymous.org • TUESDAYS, 6pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

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golden girls

How women are lighting up the solar industry

REaCH FOR THE SUN: Despite being one of the fastest growing industries in the country, solar isn’t a very diverse field: In fact, only 19 percent of solar jobs are held by women. But with the technology becoming increasingly affordable and the number of jobs in the industry increasing, professionals working in the field say solar is taking off — and providing women with a lot of new opportunities.

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early age. Growing up in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, she loved taking apart solar calculators and using the cells to power remote-controlled toy cars.

As an adult, she studied renewable energy and environmental economics

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before moving to Asheville to work for the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute. Inspired by an initiative that was happening on the West Cost, she launched a program through BRS and the city of Asheville that connected solar installers with

residential homeowners for group purchasing of solar panels, and soon found herself at the front of the state’s solar revolution.

“Before that program, there were very few solar projects in North Carolina,” Bray recalls of the 2013 project, known as Solarize Asheville. “So, to all of a sudden install 52 solar installations, which was more than had cumulatively been installed in the history of our state, was a big deal.”

Legislative action in the state was also paving the way for solar to advance. In August 2007, North Carolina became the first Southeastern state to adopt a Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard. The law required investor-owned utilities to supply 12.5 percent of their electricity sales through renewable energy sources by 2021 and 10 percent by 2018.

For Zoe hanes, the regulations presented a major career opportunity. Hanes had studied energy law at Vermont Law School before moving to North Carolina where her work focused on affordable housing tax credits.

“When the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard passed, I was somebody who had enough knowledge about energy law and a lot of knowledge about tax equity,” Hanes says. “There weren’t many people in this state willing to serve the solar industry because it was very nascent.”

Hanes formed a renewable energy practice at her firm in WinstonSalem, served on the board of the League of Conservation Voters and worked nearly 800 pro bono hours for renewable energy startups, all while still in her 20s. At eight months pregnant, she came to work at FLS Energy, a $147.3 million Asheville-based utility-scale solar company, as vice president and general counsel.

Hanes credits a long history of working women role models with propelling her career: Her grandmother raised three children as a young widow; her mother was a single, working parent; and Hanes worked her way through community college, undergraduate studies and law school by painting houses. It was an experience that taught her not to be afraid of risks — like abandoning a partnership-track career to make the jump into the fledgling solar industry.

SOlaR’S gENDER gap As successful women in solar, Hanes and Bray are very much in a minority. Despite being one of the fastest growing industries in the country, solar isn’t a very diverse field. The nonprofit Solar Foundation reported in its most recent census that employment in the industry grew by 53 percent from 2010 to 2013, and 2/3 of the industry’s jobs pay at least a livingwage. But despite being a seemingly attractive career path, the report also found that only 19 percent of solar jobs are held by women.

Bray and Hanes both agree that the solar industry in North Carolina is extremely male dominated. Bray notes that of the 17 different energy efficiency companies she contracts with in North Carolina, there are only a handful of female employees total, and several of the companies have no female employees at all. Hanes notes that it’s not uncommon to go to a solar industry conference of 800 people and find 10 women in the room. heath moody, department chair of Construction and Sustainability Technology at A-B Tech, says gender diversity in solar is increasing, albeit slowly.

“There’s been a push for a few years now on campus to really get more women into some of the engineering fields in general, but particularly with solar and renewable energy,” Moody notes, adding that the school has received grants to encourage those efforts. Larger solar companies often offer incentives for women to come on board or actively recruit females, he adds, though many of those companies are not yet active in North Carolina.

Moody, Hanes and Bray all note that the gender gap exists in a lot of the solar’s related fields as well: finance, construction, utilities, transportation, agriculture and public policy. “Solar is like a lot of fields that have been traditionally male dominated, in that the change has been pretty slow,” Moody says. “But I think it appeals to men and women alike. It’s a pathway for people that are seeking a job that is solution-based instead of exploitive. It’s for people who want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.”

A quICkLy CHaNgiNg ClimaTE Bray says that when she first came to North Carolina and started working in solar, the timing was perfect. A combination of natural resources and a 35 percent state tax credit for residential solar projects — one of the most

competitive in the country — made solar in the state primed for rapid growth.

Building on the success of Solarize Asheville, Bray decided to look to market forces and approach promoting solar technology with a for-profit model. She founded Sawtooth Inc., the social enterprise company through which she now runs several rooftop solar and energy efficiency campaigns including Clean Energy for Us, Solarize WNC, Solarize Durham and Clean Energy for WNC. So far more than 2,000 people have signed up for a Clean Energy or Solarize program, either to install solar panels or increase the energy efficiency of their home.

Bray notes that the market for solar has matured since solar’s early days.

Though she says it was once thought of as technology for “hippie do-gooders,” now the people who sign up for her solar programs come from many different background with many different motivations.

“I could not generalize to you who they are,” she explains. “They’re old; they’re young; they’re rich; they’re poor; they’re doing it for environmental reasons; they’re doing it for purely economic reasons; they’re doing it because they hate Duke Energy. It’s so diverse.”

Hanes adds that she expects solar to be a ubiquitous part of everyday life. She compares the field to the mobile technology industry: There was a time when cellphones were considered a luxury, not affordable for the average family, but that changed thanks to technological revolutions and policy changes.

“I think solar is following a very similar trajectory in that sense that it was once extremely unaffordable,” Hanes says. “But at the utility-scale within FLS, I’ve seen that cost drop 80 percent since I started working in this industry.”

Of course, there are still several challenges facing solar, particularly in the South. Bray points out that Southern states and North Carolina in particular are “not very friendly states for solar.”

“Third-party financing has been the key to unlocking residential solar in every state in the U.S. that has a solar market: California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Hawaii,” Bray notes. “These states have huge solar movements going on. Meanwhile, we’re one of four states that went so far as to specifically disallow [third-party financing]. That’s a huge barrier.”

North Carolina’s highly competitive 35 percent tax credit is also set to expire at the end of this year. An extension for the credit was passed in the state House of Representatives, but

stalled in the Senate and was ultimately dropped from the state budget.

Hanes points out that solar is the only energy industry whose tax credits are not permanently written into the state tax code, effectively affording traditional energy sources a monopoly.

And while she had hoped to see the extension pass, Hanes adds that, like cellphones, solar’s growth is inevitable — with or without the credit. “[Solar] is no longer on the fringe,” Hanes says. “It’s not going to just be in the startup space. There’s going to be more medium- and large-size companies. There’s going to be exponential, tremendous growth in the next 10 years. Just unimaginable growth.”

Hanes says she hopes to see more women jumping at the chance to enter the solar industry as it grows. She notes that women are often more hesitant than men to enter fields that seem less established, in part, she says, because it is often women who bear the brunt of childcare, making them reluctant to take financial risks. But Hanes says if women are frightened by solar’s relative young age or by being a minority in the field, they shouldn’t be.

“A big consideration for me when I was leaving my law firm to basically work for a startup was that exposure to risk, letting go of that stability and that road to partnership — which is what we’re taught in society is what success looks like,” Hanes notes. “But I think we’re in the middle of this generational mind-shift away from needing to be at the same company for 30 years. We’re thinking about our careers as more dynamic and fluid, we’re more willing to start something new later or jump on to something that is untested.

“If I can give any advice to young women, it’s to go for it,” she adds.

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tapping success Mother Earth Produce takes its business model to the big leagues in Miller Lite’s Tap The Future competition

SHOW BUSiNESS: Mother Earth Produce owners Graham DuVall (second from left) and Andrea DuVall (second from right) are pictured with (from left) Steve Canal, national community affairs manager for MillerCoors; Kenny Burns of Revolt TV and Daymond John of ABC’s “Shark Tank after winning the Tap The Future regional semifinals in July. Photo courtesy of Miller Lite Tap The Future

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Just a few years ago, it’s unlikely that former middle school teacher and textbook salesperson andrea duvall would have imagined herself pitching a business model in front a panel of celebrity judges for a $200,000 prize. But on Saturday,

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Sept. 19, she and her husband, graham duvall, did just that, representing their Asheville-based farm-todoor delivery business, Mother Earth Produce, as one of six national finalists in Miller Lite’s Tap The Future smallbusiness competition.

In the end, Mother Earth Produce didn’t come out on top — Edovo, a business that provides self-driven educational platforms for inmates, ultimately claimed the prize. But as the winner of one of the competition’s six

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regional semifinal rounds, the DuValls earned $20,000 toward achieving their business goals.

And those objectives are not modest. “Our three-year goal for Mother Earth Produce is to triple our current customer base,” says Andrea DuVall. “We will continue to serve Asheville, Greenville and Spartanburg while expanding our delivery radius to Charlotte.” These plans, she says, include buying a third delivery van and finding new warehouse space to

accommodate the growth. Had they won Tap The Future, they had aimed to use the prize money to cover costs for the van and expanded space with refrigeration units and hire a fulltime marketing manager.

Although the award was lucrative, the contest offered more than just money. The experience, says Andrea DuVall, was invaluable. Mother Earth Produce was chosen from more than 1,000 applicants for the semifinals in July based on a written business proposal and description of the company. Semifinalists did a live pitch on various aspects of their business model before a panel of judges, including Daymond John, a regular judge on the ABC’s “Shark Tank” television show who was recently named an ambassador for global entrepreneurship by the White House.

As finalists, the DuValls were required to create a detailed, 20-page business plan with three-year financial projections and do a 20-minute live presentation before judges in Chicago on Sept. 19. “We have had an opportunity to meet many inspirational business leaders, and we have learned a great deal from all of them,” say Andrea DuVall. “We have also worked with some incredible mentors to create our financials and plan for sustainable growth for the next stage of our business. These are areas where we have grown so much regardless of the final outcome.

“This has been an amazing ride,” she adds, noting that she and her husband are grateful to have won the $20,000 for their business.

The DuValls launched Mother Earth Produce in 2012 as a way for people with busy schedules to access locally grown, organic food.

The company works with more than 20 local farms and food producers.

Andrea DuVall says the business grew very slowly at first as she and her husband developed relationships with growers and created efficient systems for packing and delivery.

The company started taking off in January of this year, she says, “when everything we have been working so hard for seemed to fall into place. We have been growing at fast pace since then, and we are so excited to see how the future unfolds.”

For more on Mother Earth Produce, visit motherearthproduce.com. To apply for the next Tap The Future, visit mltapthefuture.com. X

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REgiONal appEal: On Sunday, Sept. 27, more than 40 Tryon-area businesses will offer a smorgasbord of edible and drinkable samples at the Taste of Our Carolina Foothills food and wine festival at Overmountain Vineyards and Winery. The goal of the event is to celebrate the region’s appeal as a culinary destination. Photo by Cindy Kunst

“We are quite fortunate in the Foothills to have a wide variety of restaurants, caterers and food artisans,” says mindy wiener, a planner for the second Taste of Our Carolina Foothills event at Tryon’s Overmountain Vineyards and Winery. The festival brings together more than 40 specialty food and drink makers — including craft beer, wine and spirits — to celebrate the region’s appeal as a culinary destination.

Fare for the outdoor smorgasbord is predominantly sourced from Landrum, S.C., Columbus, S.C., and Saluda in addition to the host town, although a few other Carolinas towns are peppered into the mix of

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participants. The eclectic menu already includes dishes like smoked salmon nachos from Bright’s Creek resort; six types of wings and barbecue pork sliders from Mountain View Barbeque and Deli; apple and pecan muffins from Marilyn’s Historic Melrose Inn; and she-crab soup and shepherd’s pie from Stone Soup Restaurant.

Proceeds from the event will support Our Carolina Foothills’ efforts to position the region as a unique and desirable destination. Two projects in particular will benefit from ticket sales: the organization’s “Four Towns, Two States, One Great Experience!” advertising campaign to promote tourism and agri-tourism in the Foothills region plus Isothermal Community College’s

free One Minute Ambassador classes that “enable businesses to speak of the Foothills region in a cohesive and informed manner.”

For entertainment, Tryon-based acoustic folk duo Lake and Moore will play an opening set before a jazz performance by Asheville’s daniel Keller.

“Last year’s event was even better than we had hoped for, so there’s not much we are changing,” Weiner says, noting that last year’s event sold out several days in advance.

Taste of Our Carolina Foothills is 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Overmountain Vineyards and Winery, 2014 Sandy Plains Road, Tryon, Advance tickets are $48 online at avl.mx/1nl or $45 by phone at 817-1079.

Tickets at the event are $55, if available.

WNC gaRliC FEST Sponsored by Sow True Seed and scheduled in conjunction with the inaugural Venture Local Fair, the WNC Garlic Fest will celebrate the pungent, edible bulb through food, art and education. Workshops on growing and preserving garlic are scheduled throughout the day, and a Garlic Trail that winds down Buxton and Banks avenues will feature vendors providing free garlic experiences. Adventurers tackling the trail can expect to find everything from garlic-themed body art to food tastings. Food offerings promise to highlight garlic in familiar settings — garlic hummus from Roots Hummus and garlic aioli from Gypsy Queen Cuisine, for example — as well as outside traditional culinary comfort zones with choices like garlic ice cream from The Hop and garlic ganache from French Broad Chocolates.

WNC Garlic Fest takes place Saturday, Sept. 26, at Sow True Seed, 146 Church St., and at locations throughout the South Slope. The Garlic Trail will be open noon-6 p.m. or until samples run out. For more details and the workshop schedule, visit wncgarlicfest.com.

covers Keeping Chickens, Keeping Bees, Home Dairy and Canning & Preserving. The last of those is the subject of her forthcoming workshop: a hands-on class where she’ll whip up and can a fresh batch of jam with students.

English’s workshop is 5-7 p.m.

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a passion for breWing Lookout Brewing Co.’s name might conjure images of a rocky outcrop overlooking an idyllic valley, but at the Black Mountain nanobrewery, nothing is ever set in stone. The tap list can change daily, and even the three mainstay beers can vary in flavor as owner john garcia constantly tweaks recipes to hit just the right notes.

Since opening a little over two years ago, Garcia says he’s brewed more than 75 finished beers and tried more than 90 recipes. Garcia and his brewing team try to keep three beers consistently on tap — Black Mountain IPA, Dark Town Brown (Summertime Brown in the warmer months) and Alison’s Front Porch Pale Ale (named after Garcia’s wife) — but the others are in constant flux, depending on what’s fresh and what the brewers come up with next.

“If you’re not doing something wild,” he says, “you get burnt out. I could give you Pliny the Elder and say, ‘Here you go: Brew this for the rest of your life,’ and in about three months you’ll say, ‘To hell with Pliny the Elder.’

“So, by doing this, we keep a passion for brewing and keep looking for the next focus.”

Lookout is in a constant state of growth and change. Since opening in May 2013, it’s expanded twice into neighboring units of the vacant strip mall where it began, and in the coming months, Garcia plans to add a covered outdoor area, stage and deck, and a pass-through to a second bathroom that will eventually raise the maximum occupancy. He hopes to have the stage and covered outdoor area completed before the cold weather arrives.

Lookout’s brewers produce about 200 gallons a day, two to three times per week, but they recently ordered six new fermenters and expect to start brewing 800 gallons per week soon.

Garcia began getting into beer while working as a bartender at the Black Mountain Ale House, where he started dealing with

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After two years, Black Mountain nanobrewery is still growing — and still wild

Garcia enlisted the help of his mother and stepdad to further renovate the space.

“My stepdad and I built everything you see in here,” Garcia explains.

“This bar, we built it from the ground up.”

The DIY aesthetic is evident everywhere. A wooden pallet painted with chalkboard paint displays the current tap list behind the bar that Garcia and his stepfather made; the two walk-in coolers are hand-built, with foil-faced foam insulation.

Garcia calls it “brew-gineering,” a less expensive way to get things done.

“A glycol system is about $8,000 to start,” he estimates, showing off his own brew-gineered cooling system: a freezer filled with water and canning salt, plus a pump, coil and tubing.

“This freezer is about $170. [The] pump is about $150. … It’s definitely not $8,000. There are ways to make stuff work.”

It’s a lot of work running a brewery and keeping everything together, says Garcia. “But at the end of the day, you get to have beer. I like it. My wife puts up with it; my kids somehow deal with it. It’s fun.”

BREW-giNEER: “We’re getting there,” owner John Garcia says of Lookout’s success. “We just have to keep that beer good. It seems to be working.” Photo by Jesse Farthing distributors and breweries and learning more about different beers and the brewing process. Eventually he bought a home brewing kit and started trying different recipes.

“After my third batch, I was thinking I wanted to do this for a living,” Garcia reveals. “So my wife and I started looking at our finances … and decided to buy a really good brewing system. We bought that, rented a space out here at Ridgecrest and started brewing all the time.”

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It wasn’t exactly his dream space, however.

“When I first walked in, I was like, ‘Hell, no,’” Garcia recalls. The carpeted floors and drop ceiling immediately discouraged him, but he wanted to be close to downtown Black Mountain, and the strip mall space was the best thing available. “alison and I ripped up the carpet,” he recalls. “We went through a couple of pairs of shoes. We were up at 3, 4 in the morning scraping glue off the damn ground. It was nuts.”

aSHEvillE OKTOBERFEST Tickets are still available for Asheville’s seventh annual Oktoberfest celebration, which happens Saturday, Oct. 10. The event will transform Woodfin Street into “Little Germany,” featuring tastings from local breweries and special seasonal releases.

Tickets ($40 until Oct. 1, $45 after that) come with a sampling mug. Designated drivers and children over 8 can get in for $10; no charge for children under 7. Checkin begins at noon; the event runs from 1-6 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ashevilledowntown.org. X

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In its sixth year, Barnaroo offers most diverse lineup to date

bY eDWin arnauDin edwinarnaudin@gmail.com If idle hands are the devil’s playthings, then local musician andrew scotchie and Frannie’s Farm owner frances tacy are well out of evil’s reach. Scotchie sees a kindred soul in Tacy who, like him, is unable to sit still — a quality that Scotchie says contributes to their smooth working relationship and is a big reason why his barnaroo outdoor music festival is returning to Tacy’s Leicester property for the third year.

The sixth annual festival, which runs Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27, showcases its most eclectic and, in Scotchie’s opinion, best lineup yet. While past Barnaroos have unintentionally focused on rock and blues acts, this year includes groups like les amis. A collaboration between members of toubab Krewe and Zansa, Les Amis was one of over 40 band submissions that Scotchie received. He says it was challenging to sift through the interested parties and pick out acts that he felt were both a good fit for Barnaroo and understood the festival’s mission of inspiring the next generation of local musicians.

“It’s crucial that I bring back bands I know the core festival crowd loves,” Scotchie says. His close friend lyric and funk rockers porch 40 and demon waffle fit the bill. Scotchie’s hope each year is to have four-to-five fan favorites mixed with five-to-six

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plaN TO jam: Barnaroo founder Andrew Scotchie, top left with Lyric, is moving out of the spotlight so that his festival can grow and add more acts. Included in this year’s lineup are, clockwise from top right, The Paper Crowns, Danielle Howle and Les Amis. Images by Jim Donohoo photography bands new to the festival. Among those making their Barnaroo debuts are Charleston songstress danielle howle (who’s opened for Bob Dylan and Indigo Girls) and Greensboro’s bare the traveler (who recently shared the stage with Smash Mouth). But in order to maximize the number of fresh sounds in 2015, that meant Scotchie and his band, the river rats, giving up their usual slot. It was something they were glad to do.

“I started to realize that we were becoming a band people would count on seeing. That’s fantastic, but with so many bands that submitted … I wanted people to see a different act in that

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slot,” Scotchie says. “It’s not like the River Rats Festival anymore. It’s not the Andrew Scotchie Festival anymore.

We’re well beyond that, and there’s a much greater goal.”

Not completely stepping away, Scotchie will be sitting in on guitar during a few sets throughout the day.

He’s looking forward to that arrangement after last year’s experience of stage managing and having his walkietalkie go off right when he walked out to perform. He views the shift as a logistical move that allows him to focus more on Barnaroo, encouraging a jam atmosphere in a direct nod to one of Asheville’s most revered annual

shows. “I’ve respected how Warren Haynes treats the Christmas Jam — he jumps up with his buddies [and] bands he loves. That’s kind of a goal of mine,” Scotchie says.

An additional 200-300 people are expected this year, bringing the total of campers and daytime attendees to 800. Scotchie has noticed “exponential growth online” in regard to festival interest, including a major spike in the Barnaroo Facebook page’s traffic after Our State Magazine listed it alongside the Hopscotch Music Festival and the Smoky Mountain

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Folk Festival in a roundup of the top dozen North Carolina fall music festivals. He calls that mention “a beautiful surprise” and is similarly moved by participating bands working hard to advertise Barnaroo around town.

More cleared land at Frannie’s Farm, solar eco-cabins and an improved flow of the property makes such increases possible, but just how big will Barnaroo become?

“There’s always room to expand, but I never want to have people feel overwhelmed and where they can’t find a parking spot,” Scotchie says.

“Someone should be able to come up from Greenville with their buddies wanting to see a certain band, get there and interact with the band, who then introduces them to friends they met that day. I want to have that kind of vibe.”

Such an atmosphere holds true to the original mission of Barnaroo. It started in 2009 in Scotchie’s mom’s

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Weaverville barn as a place where teens not old enough to get into area venues could play music. In the process, Scotchie discovered he has an affinity for working with bands and organizing events, interests that led him into becoming involved with the Asheville Music School. He and the River Rats quickly gravitated to the nonprofit’s focus on teaching a variety of instruments to children representing a wide range of ages and forming bands who then go out and perform.

Now in the second year of their partnership, Scotchie got better acquainted with the students when they performed and mingled at the inaugural Barnaroo pre-jam at The Orange Peel in August. He says that their association “feels like a big family.” A silent auction and a percentage of Hi-Wire Brewing’s beer sales at the festival will benefit the music school. X

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Who feels it, knows it Daniel Nevins exhibits paintings inspired by the Torah

lEap OF FaiTH: Shortly after leaving figurative work for abstract, artist Daniel Nevins was commissioned to create 40 paintings to illustrate the stories of the Torah, such as this image of Adam and Eve. Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Daniel Nevins. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, Mass.

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daniel nevins sent samples of his work to Candlewick Press, a children’s book publisher, in the mid-1990s. It took the company almost two decades to respond to the Asheville-based artist’s query, but it was worth the wait: Candlewick paired Nevins with writer amy ehrlich, and together they created With a Mighty Hand: The Story in the Torah.

Nevins’ part of that publication was a series of 40 narrative paintings depicting various characters and scenes from the first five books of the Bible. Those works will be shown for the first time, alongside some of Nevins’ related paintings and large-scale abstracts, at UNC Asheville’s S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. An opening reception takes place Thursday, Sept. 24.

The images in With a Mighty Hand are immediately recognizable as Nevins’ creations — the wide-eyed faces are reminiscent of iconography, gestures are graceful, colors are saturated, and graphic shapes and swirls depict plants and topography.

(Ingeniously, the Red Sea spans the center spread, allowing the reader to part its waves and whorls of blue and crimson.)

Even the animals are sweetly rendered, from the speckled goats and swarming frogs to the sturdy donkey ridden by the sorcerer Balaam. But while the figures recall Nevins’ previous spiritually infused paintings, he says this project came with special considerations.

“There was a series of emails about how long Moses’ beard should be,” says Nevins. “There was a point where I decided everyone should be barefoot, because sandals look so silly ... barefoot is poetic.” It was a lot of work to iron out the details but, Nevins points out, people feel strongly about religious work — and this particular book is based on the beginnings of not just Judaism but also Islam and Christianity.

A friend said to Nevins, “No pressure, but you’re going to shape the way generations of Jewish children are going to see their religion.” His response: “As long as Candlewick is OK with ancient Hebrews-meet-The Yellow Submarine.” Turns out the publisher owns the rights to that particular Beatles imagery, so the philosophical mashup resonated.

Another win for the painter: “One thing I’m proud of in there is that I painted Adam and Eve without bellybuttons,” he said on the podcast Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson. “Because why would they have them? … Unless God is a faux-finisher, it wouldn’t make any sense.”

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Bonfire with S’mores: $1.00 Jokes aside, the project was a momentous one for Nevins. He dedicated two years to the collection. With a Mighty Hand entered the painter’s life, ironically, shortly after he’d decided to move from figurative to abstract work. But those pieces — not so much abstractions as representations of emotions, senses and organic explorations — have rarely been seen by Asheville audiences. Blue Spiral 1 hosted an exhibit of five new paintings in 2009, and Nevins was part of a group show at the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh last year showcasing the work of the 2013 N.C. Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards recipients.

“It seems like we all have a floating world inside of us that I feel like I can express in shapes and colors and forms,” Nevins said of his abstract work on Anecdotal Evidence. “But it’s not necessarily supposed to relate to anything you can encounter in your daily life.”

Something similar could be said of the mysticism inherent in religion and the experiences of those of faith. “Religion and art have always been entwined in my imagination,” wrote Nevins — who describes himself as a failed Irish Catholic — in the artist’s note at the end of With a Mighty Hand. “The impulse toward each was the same, and the feeling I had while involved in each was a profound remembering.”

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CREaTivE liCENSE: In addition to the 40 paintings that appear in With a Mighty Hand, Daniel Nevins also created some alternate images, such as this abstract of the burning bush. Image courtesy of Nevins The exhibition at UNC Asheville is intended, Nevins says, to be a conversation between the humanities and the visual arts as they meet in book form. The show is co-sponsored by the university’s Center for Jewish Studies and paired with the related lecture, “Riffing on Scripture: Artistic License and the Bible” on Wednesday, Sept. 30, by jay jacoby. A writing and literature instructor, Jacoby also leads classes on the Hebrew Bible at the university’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

“It’s also a meeting between representational art, narrative art and abstract art,” Nevins says of the show.

The N.C. Arts Council fellowship allowed him to move into a roomier studio space and work not only on his

abstract pieces but in large form.

But despite the immediate differences between the Torah-based paintings (meant, according to a press release, “to appeal to audiences of all ages and faiths, serving as a vehicle for contemplation and conversation”) and Nevins’ nonfigurative pieces, the painter is aware of the link between the two.

“Where the Torah paintings are depictions of stories, the abstract paintings are about the internal world we each carry inside of us, our emotional landscape,” Nevins says in a press release. And to Xpress, “The figurative work is what it looks like. The abstract work is what it feels like.” X

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FIGhT soNGs Jill andrews debuts The War Inside at the grey eagle For singer-songwriter jill andrews, Asheville is pleasantly familiar. “I’ve played there so many times, it feels like another home to me,” she says. She’s particularly comfortable at The Grey Eagle, having performed there on numerous occasions over the years. It’s there that she’ll debut her newest album, The War Inside, Friday, Sept. 25.

Born an hour away in Johnson City, Tenn., and now based in Nashville, Andrews got her start as part of altcountry band the everybodyfields.

She formed that group with fellow singer-songwriter sam Quinn; they met as teens while working at summer camp. Andrews’ unique

pop-folk sensibility and warm, soulful sound — apparent early on — have helped her steadily grow as a solo artist since striking out on her own in 2009.

Her songs have appeared on shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Nashville” and MTV’s “Scream.” She’s shared stages with The Avett Brothers, Willie Nelson, Joan Osborne and others.

The tracks of The War Inside are windows into the singer’s personal journey. “Get Up, Get On,” for instance, was written after she’d lost two cousins. She had attended a funeral, and the emotions started to pour out of her.

“I’m really close with my aunt, and I wanted to write a song for her to kind of lift her spirits up,” she says. With

FEEliNg FiNE: Singer-songwriter Jill Andrews’ records don’t revolve around any particular topics. Instead, she follows her heart when it comes to selecting songs. “I tend to think that if you’re writing [an album] in a certain period of time, a theme will kind of emerge,” she says. “I just pick the songs that I like the most.” Photo by Fairlight Hubbard lines like, “Take each day as it comes, hold onto the ones you love,” the song strikes a balance between heartache and hope.

The album’s title is a line from the same song, and Andrews says it’s a tribute to the struggles of daily life.

“Just like everybody else, I’m constantly trying to work and be a mom and not go totally insane,” she says.

(Andrews’ son, Niko, is 6.) Her challenges include “dealing with even just the mundane battles like coming home to mounds of laundry every day and not [going] crazy.”

A lot has happened since Andrews first started strumming a guitar. The War Inside suggests that those early years as an artist are long behind her.

“The stuff in the everybodyfields that I did — you can hear in my voice that I wasn’t confident. It’s so obvious,” she says. Fans are likely to say the everybodyfields’ artful melancholy has stood the test of time. But as a singer-songwriter in 2015, Andrews is more mature and experienced, and self-assured enough to release her new record independently.

Such a strategy involved hefty upfront production fees, which Andrews funded in part through a

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successful Kickstarter campaign.

“It’s a pretty insane financial risk, but totally worth it as far as I’m concerned,” she says of working without a label.

The album’s production took three years, far longer than Andrews expected. She was writing throughout the process, so she ended up with an entire library of material to choose from. “It was hard narrowing songs down,” she says. “But that was a really good problem to have.” The resulting 12 tracks range from the lilting sweetness of “I’m So In Love With You” to the pulsing passion of “Cannibal.”

Andrews’ records don’t revolve around any particular topic. Instead, she follows her heart when it comes to selecting songs. “I tend to think that if you’re writing [an album] in a certain period of time, a theme will kind of emerge. ... I just pick the songs that I like the most.”

With a total of six albums under her belt (including the everybodyfields catalog), Andrews’ music is almost a written record of her maturation. “It really does show growth — personal growth and growth as a musician and in writing. It’s really cool to see that and for it to be seen,” Andrews says. She hopes her work will reveal to her son how much effort and emotion she’s invested in her career. Already, he’s learned to sing with his mother.

At first Niko wasn’t interested in the spotlight, but now every time he’s going to be at a show, he asks if he can go onstage, Andrews says. In Knoxville, where Niko was born and spent the first years of his life, audiences know him. One night, after taking the stage with his mother, he got a chorus of cheers.

“He was with a baby sitter that night,” Andrews says. “He turned to her and said, ‘Well I guess I’m kind of a star now.’” X

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The nine lives of a stunt cat Constance Lombardo’s film-loving feline finds his way into a middle-grade novel

maybe I should make that a little more involved.’” A particular cat character (at first his name was simply Puffball) showed up repeatedly. Soon the cartoons focused on Mr. Puffball’s story.

Then a member of the Secret Gardeners (the writers’ group Lombardo formed after moving to Asheville) professed an interest in doing a graphic novel, and Lombardo seized on the idea for Mr. Puffball. She stuck with it even when her panels didn’t come out straight and her text was small and squished, as if her words needed more room.

“I don’t know why I thought this would work,” Lombardo says. But her draft attracted attention — first of an agent and then of jill davis, an editor at Katherine Tegen Books. It was Davis who looked at Lombardo’s manuscript and realized Mr. Puffball’s story needed to change form once again. “What she said to me was, ‘I love Mr. Puffball, but I don’t think it should be a graphic novel,’” Lombardo says. So she set out to write a middle-grade novel, telling the story of a young cat seeking fame and fortune in Hollywood. She supplemented the text with her own offbeat illustrations.

Lombardo happily admits that her success hasn’t been a solo endeavor.

From her songwriter husband, her daughter, the members of her writing group and her colleagues at the West Asheville Library, where she worked as a page, “I got a lot of help along the way,” she says. She also praises Davis for her collaborative approach: “I just needed that guidance.”

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Lombardo’s event at Malaprop’s will also be a collaboration. Instead of speaking about her book, the author will sit down for a public interview with fellow Secret Gardener (and YA novelist) megan shepherd. cynthia pierce, owner of Yuzu Patisserie, will supply catshaped cookies. And music will be provided by Lombardo’s husband (and member of the band Three Cool Cats ), hank bones.

Stunt Cat to the Stars doesn’t mark the end of Mr. Puffball’s many lives.

Lombardo has a three-book contract, and the next installment sends the young protagonist on a trip from Hollywood to New York with his movie star hero, El Gato.

Eventually, Lombardo says, Mr. Puffball will have to adapt to life as a movie star in his own right. The author is just as amazed by her own transformative journey. “I’m still such a newbie,” she says. “I thought I was a picture-book writer.” X

CaT TalES: Originally intended as a book of cartoons for cat lovers, Constance Lombardo’s project took on a life of its own. A particular cat character (at first his name was simply Puffball) showed up repeatedly. Soon the cartoons focused on Mr. Puffball’s story. Author photo by Chris Chromey Photography By the time the protagonist of Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat to the Stars made it into print, he had already gone through at least two of his nine lives.

Author and illustrator constance lombardo, who will mark the book’s release with a launch party at Malaprop’s Wednesday, Sept. 30, tried two different means of telling Mr. Puffball’s story. The third (and final) version became a middlegrade novel.

Lombardo trained as an artist and started her career as an illustrator in New York City. After her daughter’s

birth, she worked at writing (and occasionally illustrating) children’s picture books. Then, inspired by parodies of Goodnight Moon, Lombardo, who had also been working on young adult novels, decided to try her hand at novelty books. “I had this idea,” she says. “I’m going to draw cats. They’re going to have funny captions, and it’s going to be a book of cats for cat lovers, and it’s just going to be fun.”

The cartoons, though, started to take on a life of their own. “I was doing these single drawings of cats with captions,” says Lombardo. “I said, ‘OK,

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american dream If you want great Americana music, listen to a Swedish artist. Not that there aren’t talented Americana musicians in the U.S. (there are) or that all Swedish singer-songwriters are inspired

by American folk and roots (they aren’t).

But sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg of First Aid Kit, and Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, loom large on current Americana playlists.

Musician sofia talvik, another Swede, has a theory. “As Europeans, we come to America and see it with fresh eyes. [We] have a little bit more romantic view of the U.S.,” she says. “When you come from Europe, you get the best of the U.S.” In 2011, Talvik had the quintessential American experience: She spent 1 1/2 years traveling the country in an RV for her Drivin’ & Dreaming tour. Songs written during and after that excursion led to her recent release, Big Sky Country.

In support of the album, Talvic performs an early (6 p.m.) show at Jack of the Wood Friday, Sept. 25. (She also plays the Buffalo Valley Music Festival in Unicoi, Tenn., the next day, for those inspired to take a road trip.)

The title song from Talvik’s new record starts with the line, “I’ve seen the Blue Ridge Mountains rise tall” before name-checking dozens of other places and experiences from her travels: California sand, Texas oil fields, the open vistas of Idaho. “I wrote this song with my love behind the wheel, but no matter how I sing it, it won’t tell you how I feel,” she sings. Talvik and her husband, jonas westin — a videographer who quit his day job in TV for the trip — saw 37 states. Footage of the journey, filmed and edited

by Westin, is featured in Talvik’s music videos.

The singer-songwriter also released a book, Drivin’ & Dreaming: One Artist’s Odyssey through America, mainly as a way to share road stories and photos with her fans. “It’s also a lot of recipes,” she says. “I love to cook and I was

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cooking every day in the RV so we didn’t have to go to McDonald’s or Taco Bell.” But as forthcoming as Talvik is in her art — and also on social media — she’s tight-lipped when it comes to talking about the ideas behind her songs.

“Sometimes someone comes up to [me] after a show and tells [me] how they interpreted the song,” she says. “That’s always really interesting and can also color what [I] feel about the song or what [I] think about when I sing it.”

She continues, “The best thing is when you listen to a song and think, ‘Wow, this was really written about me’ ... and you connect to that song, and you love it because of that.” If you later read an interview with the artist who says that particular song was actually just about taking out the trash, it’ll ruin your experience, Talvik says. She does her best to keep her listeners’ personal impressions intact.

As for crafting her songs, Talvik says she takes a number of different approaches. “Most of the time, it’s so many different impressions that I piece together,” she says. “Every now and then, I’ll write it more like a short story.”

When Talvik was a child, she imagined becoming an author but found it easier to focus on the shorter form of lyrics. “With the music and melody, you can add so many feelings that you can’t really put into words,” she says. “It fits my lifestyle better.” X

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Lord Huron There is no real-life Lord Huron for whom the LA-based band was named, though the character seems most summed up by the haunting and mist-shrouded song “The Ghost on the Shore” from the band’s 2012 release, Lonesome Dreams. But as much as the project was a concept album — a series of tracks inspired by frontman Ben Schneider’s childhood memories of summers spent on Lake Huron — the band itself is an imaginative and cinematic narrative developed by Schneider, a visual-artist-turned-musician. The band’s new album, Strange Trails, though departed from the lake shore, is equally tormented and storied. Imaginary characters rise from the dead and wander dark soundscapes. There are also desperados and hallucinating rockabillies. “I wanted this to feel sort of like an origin story from a comic book,” Schneider told NPR about the track “World Enders.” Lord Huron performs at The Orange Peel Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 9 p.m. Son Little opens. $18/$20. theorangepeel.net. Photo by Josh Sanseri

Lots of people (and T-shirts) speculate about whether or not punk is dead, but a scan of guitarist Sonny Vincent’s website hints, not so gently, at the continued existence of the libertine ethos.

“Join the revolution!” reads Vincent’s battle cry. “Annihilation of all systems that limit personal freedoms!

Destruction to the overlords who pollute our potential paradise! Bring the dentist drill into the classical music orchestras!” Considering that his first band, The Testors, played iconic club CBGB plus spent nine years touring with The Velvet Underground’s Moe Tucker (among many, many other collaborations and solo albums), Vincent is probably an accurate litmus for the loud-and-fast lifestyle. The hellbent veteran plays to support his latest album, Spiteful (featuring members of The Damned, The Sex Pistols and The Stooges) at The Odditorium Sunday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. $10-$12. Zin Vetro, Flashbang and Future West open. facebook.com/ashevilleodditorium.

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Ariel String Quartet “We are looking forward to our 63rd season this year with another incredible roster of outstanding musicians and the opportunity to present our series in the newly expanded setting of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, our concert home,” says Asheville Chamber Music Series President Polly Feitzinger. First up for the 2015-16 season is the Ariel String Quartet, which formed in Israel in 1998, when its members were brighteyed understudies. The ambitious four, who recently won the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, travel to Asheville to play Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in B flat, Opus 76, No. 4; Béla Bartók’s String Quartet, Opus 7, No. 1; and Johannes Brahms’ String Quartet in A minor, Opus 51, No. 2. The concert will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville Friday, Sept.

25, at 8 p.m. $38. ashevillechambermusic. org. Photo courtesy of the artists

Douglas Gibson On a hunt for his missing kid sister, fifth-grade student Isaac Thompson and friends venture into a lair beneath their school, where they find some unexpected residents — an infantry of armed rats, a talking human-sized bat and a derisive prison guard. That’s the precarious situation posed by local writer and book designer Douglas Gibson, who also contributes to Xpress’ arts coverage. Unfortunately for the subterranean crew of youngsters (some inspired by the novelist’s son and his buddies), Gibson has dreamed up another obstacle: Humans who linger in “the Underground” transform into nasty servants for the lair’s tyrant Elf King. Oh dear! Find out more about the imaginative adventure, recommended for students in grades four through seven, when Gibson discusses his debut book Tales of a Fifth-Grade Knight at Malaprop’s Saturday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m. Free. Malaprops.com. Photo courtesy of the author mountainx.com

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Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com connecting with your inner rhythm. No experience necessary. Drums provided. $12/ class. (828) 768-2826. www.skinnybeatsdrums. com AUSTRIA TO FRANCE • An Afternoon of ChAMBer MusiC (pd.) Weber and Gounod performed by the Blue Ridge Orchestra Chamber Players: • Saturday, October 3, 3pm, St. Giles Chapel, Deerfield, 1617 Hendersonville Road, Asheville; • Sunday, October 4, 3pm, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, One Edwin Place, Asheville. • Free admission; donations welcome. Further information: blueridgeorchestra.org

Say yES TO yES FEST: The Magnetic Theatre is hosting some of the most loved comedy improv troupes of the Asheville area for The Asheville Yes Fest! — Sept. 24-26 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. each night. The shows feature Reasonably Priced Babies, No Regets, Blacklist Improv and The OxyMorons. Tickets are $18 at the door and $15 in advance. Photo of No Regrets Improv Troupe courtesy of The Magnetic Theatre. (p. 70)

Art Asheville urBAn lAndsCApe proJeCt 447-4772, ashevilleurban.com, coleen55@gmail.com • TUESDAYS through (10/20), 9:30am-12:30pm - Plein air painting demonstrations by local artists. Held at Vance Birthplace, 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville BeArfootin’ puBliC Art wAlK 2015 downtownhendersonville. org/bearfootin-public-artwalk-2015 •TH (10/1) through FR (10/23) - Exhibit of fiberglass outdoor bear sculptures. Free. Held along Main St. in Downtown Hendersonville Grovewood GAllery 111 Grovewood Road, 2537651, grovewood.com • TU (9/29), 11am-4pm Needle-felting demonstration.

Free to attend. nAtionAl reCovery Month exhiBit facebook.com/

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HelloMyNameIsProject • SA (9/26), noon-6pm Hello My Name Is... National Recovery Month exhibit featuring a collection of portraits and recovery stories. Free.

Held at All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St. trAnsylvAniA CoMMunity Arts CounCil tcarts@comporium.net • 4th FRIDAYS until (11/27), 5-8pm - Gallery Walk. Held in downtown Brevard.

Free to attend.

Art/CrAft fAirs n.C. ArBoretuM 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, 665-2492, ncarboretum.org • SA (9/26), 10am-4pm - “Carolina Craft Day,” traditional and contemporary Southern Appalachian art and craft fair. $12 per vehicle.

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CoMedy Auditions & CAll to Artists

Asheville AreA Arts CounCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SU (11/30) Submissions accepted for July 2016-June 2017 exhibitions at the AAAC. Contact for guidelines. Free.

CAldwell Arts CounCil 601 College Ave SW, Lenoir, 754-2486 • Through WE (9/30) Sculptor applications accepted for City of Lenoir outdoor sculpture gallery. Contact for guidelines. Free. the writers’ worKshop 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through MO (11/30) Submissions will be accepted for the 20th Annual Memoirs Contest. Contact for guidelines. $25.

the MAGnetiC theAtre 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • TH (9/24) through SA (9/26), 7:30pm & 9:30pm - The Asheville Yes Fest! Improv comedy with four local comedy troupes. $18/$15 advance.

MusiC 5PM • FREE • RIVERMUSIC • fridAy oCtoBer 9 (pd.) RiverLink’s finale RiverMusic event features legendary funk master, Fred Wesley and the 7 piece New JB’s for an evening of funky excitement. Opening is Asheville’s own Lyric and sacred steel gospel group, the Lee Boys. Come on out and enjoy great music, food, beer and wine on your river!

AfriCAn druM lessons At sKinny BeAts druM shop (pd.) Sundays 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to

Asheville AreA piAno foruM Benefit ConCert 257-4530, dwtheatre.com/ boxoffice • SU (9/27), 3pm - Tickets to this concert featuring over 17 local professional pianists benefit the asheville area piano Forum. $25/$50 patron/$3 students/free under 13. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square Asheville ChAMBer MusiC series 259-3626, ashevillechambermusic.org • FR (9/25), 8pm - Ariel String quartet presents works by Haydn, Bartok and Brahms. $38. Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place CAldwell CoMMunity ColleGe 2855 Hickory Blvd., Hudson, 726-2200, cccti.edu • WE (9/23), 1pm - “It’s Mighty Dark to Travel: Brother Duets of the American South,” featuring Kay and Patrick Crouch.

Free.

MusiC At Asu appstate.edu • TH (9/24), 7pm - Rhiannon Giddens, American roots. $30/$15 students. Held in the Schaefer Center. north MAin MusiC & Art deMonstrAtions Held at Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 536 N. Main St., Hendersonville • SA (9/26) - 4:30pm Letters To Abigail, blue grass/Americana. Free to attend.

pAn hArMoniA 254-7123, pan-harmonia.org • SU (9/27), 4pm “Andalusian Nights,” music for guitar and harpsichord

by Spanish and French composers. $10. Held at Freeburg Pianos, 2314 Asheville Highway Suite D, Hendersonville sAils oriGinAl MusiC series downtownhickory.com/ events-pages/sails-musicseries.html • FR (9/25), 6pm-8:30pm - Randall Bramblett, soul.

Free. Held at Sails on Square Stage, Downtown Hickory. sonG o’sKy Chorus • TU (9/29), 6:45pm - Open house rehearsal and meet and greet. Free. Held at Reed Memorial Baptist Church, 756 Fairview Road

theAter different stroKes perforMinG Arts ColleCtive 275-2093, differentstrokespac.org • FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS through SA (9/19), 10pm - The Shape of Things.

Alternating casts for the early and late shows. $18/$30 both shows.

Held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St. 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.

• WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (10/1) until (10/25) - Pump Boys & Dinettes, musical theater.

Wed. - Sat.: 8pm. Wed., Thu., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. $15$40. theAter At wCu 227-2479, bardoartscenter. wcu.edu • SU (9/27), 3pm - Galaxy of Stars Series: An Evening With Groucho, two act comedy. $21/$7 students & children. Held at the Bardo Performing Arts Center.

G aL L e rY Di re ctorY vessels of MerriMent (pd.) Grovewood Gallery in Asheville presents Vessels of Merriment, an intoxicating exhibition of handcrafted drinking vessels by 25 artists from around the country. Opening reception October 3 (3 – 6pm). On view through December 31, 2015. Sponsored by Metro Wines and Noble Cider.

Artists’ reception: Nov. 6, 6-10pm.

Held in the Turchin Center.

310 Art 191 Lyman St. #310, 776-2716, 310art.com • TH (10/1) through SU (12/15) Openings, exhibit featuring gallery members. Opening Reception: Oct. 10, 3-5pm.

Art At wArren wilson ColleGe warren-wilson.edu Exhibits are held in Elizabeth Holden Art Gallery, unless otherwise stated.

• MO (9/28) through FR (10/9) - A Way of Working, weavings by Robin Johnston and the Warren Wilson Fiber Arts Crew. Artists’ reception: Oct. 1, 5–7pm.

AMeriCAn folK Art And frAMinG 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • TH (10/1) through TH (10/22) - The Myth, the Man & His Paintings, paintings of John “Cornbread” Anderson. Artist’s Reception: Oct. 2, 5-8pm.

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.

Art At unCA art.unca.edu • Through FR (10/30) - With a Mighty Hand: Torah Paintings + Abstraction, illustrations by Daniel Devins. Opening reception: Sept.

24, 6-8pm. Held in Owen Hall.

Art At wCu 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu Held in the Bardo Fine Arts Center unless otherwise noted.

• Through FR (10/30) - Tomb to Taller: Maya Collection, exhibition of contemporary Maya artist books.

Asheville AreA Arts CounCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • FR (9/25) through SA (10/31)

- Connections, textile exhibit and sale produced by Local Cloth Inc. Opening reception: Oct. 2, 5-8pm.

Asheville BooKworKs 428 1/2 Haywood Road, 255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through WE (11/25) - PrintOcracy: PLAY!, printmaking portfolio exchange from artists across the country.

• Through WE (11/25) - Colossal Cuts: Steamroller Prints, exhibition of large prints made with steamrollers.

Asheville GAllery of Art 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through WE (9/30) - Renewal: Meditations on Nature, watercolor and ink paintings by Sandra Brugh Moore.

• TH (10/1) through SA (10/31) Fall Light, exhibition featuring the oil landscapes of Judy Rentner.

Opening reception: Oct. 2, 5-8pm.

BlACK MountAin Center for the Arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through FR (10/9) - What’s the Buzz About Bees? Bee related art by more than 25 artists.

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.

Burnsville trAC GAllery 102 W. Main St., Burnsville, 6827215, toeriverarts.org/facilities/ burnsville-gallery • Through SA (9/26) - Local authors’ books are showcased.

Free to attend.

ChiesA restAurAnt 152 Montford Ave., 552-3110, chiesaavl.com • WE (9/23) through MO (11/23) Asheville Urban Landscape Painters exhibit. Opening reception: Sept.

23, 5-7pm. hiCKory MuseuM of Art 243 3rd Ave. NE, Hickory, 327-8576 • Through SU (5/8) - Unexpected

Beauty: Views from the Lens of Steve McCurry, photography exhibition.

• Through SU (2/28) INTERCONNECTED: Tangible Dualities, sculpture & assemblage

by Joël Urruty. odyssey CooperAtive Art GAllery 238 Clingman Ave., 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • Through WE (9/30) - Ceramic art of Barbara Quartrone and Dyann Myers.

• TH (10/1) through SA (10/31) - Exhibit featuring ceramic art

by Anna Koloseike and Christine Sams. 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.

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trAnsylvAniA CoMMunity Arts CounCil 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 8842787, tcarts.org • FR (9/25) through FR (10/16) Paintings by Ray Byram and wood sculpture by Mark Gardner. Artists’ reception: Sept. 25, 5-8pm.   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. yMi CulturAl Center 39 South Market St., 252-4614, ymicc.org • Through SA (11/7) - Americans Who Tell the Truth, life sized portraits of American heroes and heroines by artist Robert Shetterly. $10.

ZApow!

21 Battery Park Suite 101, 5752024, 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 wild winG CAfe south Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 7pm

wednesdAy, septeMBer 23 185 KinG street Movie night, 7pm

thursdAy, septeMBer 24

5 wAlnut wine BAr Wine Tasting w/ Aaron Kaz Duo (international folk), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 8pm

185 KinG street Sofia Talvik (neo-folk), 8pm 5 wAlnut wine BAr Pleasure Chest (blues, rock, soul), 8pm

AltAMont theAtre An evening w/ The War & Treaty (Americana, folk, soul), 8pm

AltAMont theAtre The Grahams (Americana, folk), 8pm

Asheville MusiC hAll The Brown Bag Songwriting Competition w/ Debrissa McKinney (all genres), 7:30pm

BArley’s tAprooM AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm BlACK MountAin Ale house Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8pm

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

Blue MountAin piZZA & Brew puB Bob Zullo (acoustic), 7pm

BlACK MountAin Ale house Play to Win game night, 7:30pm

CAtAwBA BrewinG south slope Beers For Gears w/ Caromia & The Siamese Jazz Club (singer-songwriter, soul), 6pm

Blue MountAin piZZA & Brew puB Open mic, 7pm

CluB eleven on Grove Swing lessons & dance w/ One Leg Up, 7:30pm

dirty south lounGe Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

CreeKside tAphouse Station Underground (reggae), 8pm

douBle Crown Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm foGGy MountAin BrewpuB Billy Litz (soul, Americana), 9pm funKAtoriuM John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm Grind CAfe Trivia night, 7pm hiGhlAnd BrewinG CoMpAny Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm iron horse stAtion Kevin Reese (Americana), 6pm

lex 18 Sheila Gordon sings “Tapestry” (Carole King tribute), 5:45pm

isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll An evening w/ Roy Schneider & Kim Mayfield (roots, folk, Americana), 7pm Widespread Panic “Street Dogs” prerelease listening party, 8:30pm

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

JACK of the wood puB Old-time session, 5pm Honky-tonk dance party w/ Hearts Gone South, 9pm

noBle KAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

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

september 23-29, 2015

MountAin MoJo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm

o.henry’s/the underGround “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm odditoriuM Axxa Abraxas w/ Gullible Boys & Noel Thrasher (acoustic, indie), 9pm

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.

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FROm BayOU TO BlUE RiDgE: New Orleans Mardi Gras collective 101 Runners has toured around the world for nearly nine years, bringing a dose of Big Easy “heavy percussive Mardi Gras Indian funk” to gatherings like the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, France’s Musique Nouvelle Orleans Perrigoux and WNC’s LEAF Festival. The nine-piece musical extravaganza takes the stage at Salvage Station on Saturday, Sept.

26 for the Crescent City Mountain Summit festival beginning at 4 p.m.

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

Good stuff Annette Conlon (Americana, country, folk), 7pm

sly GroG lounGe Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm sol BAr new MountAin World Wednesdays, 8pm

Grey eAGle MusiC hAll & tAvern David Liebe Hart w/ Shake It Like A Caveman & Myn Dwun (comedy), 8pm

tAllGAry’s At four ColleGe Open mic & jam, 7pm

isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Mipso album release (folk, Americana), 8:30pm

the Joint next door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

JACK of the wood puB Bluegrass jam, 7pm

the nAtionAl High Violet (indie rock, post-punk), 8pm Live DJ (dance), 10pm

lex 18 Ray Biscoglia Duo (jazz standards), 7pm Michael Andersen (honky-tonk piano), 10pm

the phoenix Jazz night, 8pm

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

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

MArKet plACe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

tiGer MountAin Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm

pisGAh BrewinG CoMpAny Savannah Smith (country, singer-songwriter), 6pm

tiMo’s house Spectrum AVL w/ rotating DJs, 9pm

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foGGy MountAin BrewpuB Sol Rhythms (Latin jazz), 9pm

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

one world BrewinG Stevie Lee Combs (Americana, blues, folk), 8pm

reJAvAnAtion CAfe Open mic night, 6pm

elAine’s duelinG piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

frenCh BroAd Brewery Elonzo Wesley (singer-songwriter), 6pm

the southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

pulp Leopard Island (alternative, indie rock, pop), 9pm

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

rooM ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm

one stop deli & BAr Lip sync karaoke, 10pm

pour tAprooM Karaoke, 8pm

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

town puMp Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, oldtime, folk), 6pm tressA’s downtown JAZZ And Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

o.henry’s/the underGround Game Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am odditoriuM Stereolips w/ American Hate & Watchers Woods (rock, punk), 9pm off the wAGon Dueling pianos, 9pm olive or twist Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm one stop deli & BAr Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm one world BrewinG Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 8pm

orAnGe peel Kap Slap (electronic, dance), 9pm osKAr Blues Brewery Bradley Carter (bluegrass), 6pm

trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

pACK’s tAvern Mark Keller (acoustic rock, folk), 9pm

tressA’s downtown JAZZ And Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

pisGAh BrewinG CoMpAny The Screaming J’s (boogie-woogie, swing), 8pm

twisted lAurel Karaoke, 8pm

purple onion CAfe Dan Keller Trio (jazz), 7:30pm

wild winG CAfe Throwin’ Down Thursday w/ DJ Ramin, 5pm

renAissAnCe Asheville TLQ+2 (rock, blues), 6:30pm

wild winG CAfe south Live DJ, 9pm

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

wxyZ lounGe At Aloft hotel Lenny Pettinelli (soul, pop, funk), 7:30pm

sAnCtuAry BrewinG CoMpAny Ellen Trnka (singer-songwriter), 7pm sCAndAls niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sly GroG lounGe Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm sol BAr new MountAin Songwriter Thursdays w/ Caine McDonald, 8pm southern AppAlAChiAn Brewery The Blue Ribbon Healers (old-timey thrash, swanky-tonk), 7pm sprinG CreeK tAvern Open Mic, 6pm tAllGAry’s At four ColleGe Electric blues open mic w/ Gentle Jones, 7pm the MothliGht Megan Jean & The KFB w/ Pirate’s Canoe & Amythyst Kiah (Americana), 9:30pm the nAtionAl DJ Phantom Pantone (Euro, dance), 10pm the soCiAl Jordan Okrend (pop, rock, soul), 6pm the southern Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm tiMo’s house Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 10pm

fridAy, septeMBer 25 185 KinG street The Flatland Tourists (Americana), 8pm 5 wAlnut wine BAr De Tierra Caliente (Latin party), 9pm AthenA’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm BACK yArd BAr Karaoke w/ Get Vocal Entertainment, 9pm Ben’s tune-up Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm BlACK MountAin Ale house Company News (alt-country, Americana), 7:30pm Blue MountAin piZZA & Brew puB Acoustic Swing, 7pm Boiler rooM Romero’s Ghost, Terror Brigade Co. 423 & Destroy the Facade (thrash metal), 9pm BywAter Carolina Ceili (Celtic), 8pm ClAssiC wineseller Bob Zullo (pop, jazz), 7pm CluB eleven on Grove The Red & Black Classic w/ MS Toni Carlton, Ryan Barber,MissKey & DJ Twan (R&B), 10pm

CorK & KeG One Leg Up (Gypsy jazz, Latin, swing), 8:30pm

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

Crow & Quill Andrea Lee & Voodoo Wedding (indie rock), 9pm

lex 18 Conte’-Jass (Ella Fitzgerald hits), 6:30pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop, jazz), 9:45pm

diAnA worthAM theAtre Red Moon Road (folk, roots), 8pm douBle Crown DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm

livesotCK fest Livestock festival w/ Skribe, Brushfire Stankgrass, Swampcandy & Bobby Miller and the Virginia Daredevils, 6pm

duGout Unit 50 (rock), 9pm

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

elAine’s duelinG piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm

MArKet plACe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

foGGy MountAin BrewpuB Paper Crowns (folk, Americana), 10pm frenCh BroAd Brewery Corey Hunt Band (country, Americana), 6pm Good stuff The Screaming J’s w/ The Rubber Knife Gang (boogie-woogie), 7pm Grey eAGle MusiC hAll & tAvern Jill Andrews album release show w/ Humming House (singer-songwriter, indie, folk), 9pm hiGhlAnd BrewinG CoMpAny Floating Action (pop), 7pm hot sprinGs CoMMunity 5th Annual French Broad Brew Fest w/ The David Mayfield Parade, The Legendary Singing Stars, Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work, Grasshoppa, Wick-it the Instigator & more (roots, rock, Americana), 4am iron horse stAtion Barb Turner (R&B), 7pm isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Mipso album release (folk, Americana), 9pm JACK of the wood puB Sofia Talvik (neo-folk), 6pm The Straight 8’s w/ Shake It Like A Caveman (rockabilly, dance), 9pm JerusAleM GArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm lAZooM Bus tours The House Hoppers (traditional jazz, Dixieland), 2pm

new MountAin theAter/ AMphitheAter Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead tribute), 9pm noBle KAvA An evening w/ Beat Life Lounge (downtempo, instrumental, hiphop), 8:30pm o.henry’s/the underGround Kings & Queens (drag dance party), 10pm Drag Show, 12:30am odditoriuM Fable Cry w/ Plankeye Peggy & Morgan of the Pines (art-folk, rock), 9pm off the wAGon Dueling pianos, 9pm one stop deli & BAr Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm orAnGe peel Greensky Bluegrass w/ American Babies (bluegrass, jam), 8pm osKAr Blues Brewery City Mouse (Americana, folk), 6pm pACK’s tAvern DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9pm pisGAh BrewinG CoMpAny Porch 40 w/ The French Broads (rock, blues, jam), 9pm root BAr no. 1 Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz), 9pm sAnCtuAry BrewinG CoMpAny Annette Conlon (Americana), 7:30pm sCAndAls niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

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Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

Tues-Sun

5pm–12am

Full Bar

12am

Mark Keller (acoustic rock, folk)

COMING SOON 7:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH

FRI. 9/25

ROY SCHNEIDER AND KIM MAYFIELD

DJ MoTo

8:30 PM – WIDESPREAD PANIC’S

(pop, dance hits)

“STREET DOGS”PRE-RELEASE LISTENING PARTY

SAT. 9/26

THU 9/24

The Tailgaters w/ Cousin Steve(bit of everything)

6:30 PM – MAGENTA SUNSHINE ON THE PATIO 8:30 PM – MIPSO ALBUM RELEASE CELEBRATION W/ LINDSAY LOU AND THE FLATBELLYS

FRI 9/25 6:30 PM – LOVE AND THE ZEALOUS ON THE PATIO 9:00 PM – MIPSO ALBUM RELEASE CELEBRATION W/ FRONT COUNTRY

20 S. SPRUCE ST. • 225.6944 PACKSTAVERN.COM Wed • September 23 Woody Wood 5:30-7:30

Fri • September 25 Floating Action 7:00-9:00

Sat • September 26 Gaelic Storm – check website for tickets

Sun • September 27 Meadow is open with Reggae Sundays 1:004:00! Tasting Room is closed for private event

Mon • September 28 Sylvan Esso – check website for tickets

Tue • September 29 Flights & Bites

SAT 9/26 7:00 PM – DARK WATER RISING 9:00 PM – GRASS IS DEAD (W/ BLUGRASS ON THE PATIO 7PM-9PM)

WED 9/30 5:00 – 7:00 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS

7:00 PM – THE CHEEKSTERS IN THE LOUNGE THU 10/1 5:30 PM – NOAH LARSSEN IN THE LOUNGE 8:30 PM – JAYME STONE’S LOMAX PROJECT FRI 10/2 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ SLAID CLEAVES 9:00 PM – RANDALL BRANBLETT CD RELEASE: “DEVIL MUSIC” SAT 10/3 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ MAYBE APRIL 9:00 PM – MISS TESS AND THE

TALKBACKS, RAISING CAINE

Every Tuesday

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

Every Sunday

6pm–11pm

JAZZ SHOWCASE

Featuring French Broad Chocolate Lounge & music by Mike & Amy

september 23-29, 2015

tAllGAry’s At four ColleGe Apple Blue Horse (country), 9:30pm the AdMirAl Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm the MothliGht Beatlife w/ Byron The Aquarius, Bells and Robes & CPT Hyperdrive (hip-hop, EDM, jazz), 9pm the nAtionAl Live Jazz, 7pm DJ Tony (nu-disco, dance), 10pm the soCiAl Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm the vAlley MusiC & CooKhouse Friday After Work Wind Down w/ Albi & The Lifters (string trio), 5pm Free Jukebox Friday!, 9pm tiGer MountAin Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm town puMp The Driftwood Gypsy (soul, jam, funk), 9pm twisted lAurel Live DJ, 11pm white horse BlACK MountAin The Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8pm wild winG CAfe south A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm wxyZ lounGe At Aloft hotel Ben Hovey (live jazztronica), 8pm ZAMBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sAturdAy, sept. 26 185 KinG street Joe Lasher Jr. (rock, country), 8pm 5 wAlnut wine BAr Dave Dribbon (Americana, rock), 6pm Shake It Like A Caveman (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm A BroKen spoKe MotorCyCle shop Hellbilly Hootenanny w/ L’Assassins, Nekromantix, The Koffin Kats, The Loveless & Drink & Destroy Crewe (garage, punk, rock), 12pm

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sprinG CreeK tAvern The Blue Ribbon Healers (gypsy-folk, jazz, old-time), 8:30pm

WED 9/23 5:00-7 PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS

THU. 9/24

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southern AppAlAChiAn Brewery The ZuZu Welsh Band (rock, blues, Americana), 8pm

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AltAMont theAtre Minton Sparks w/ John Jackson (storytelling, singersongwriter, folk), 8pm

Asheville MusiC hAll An evening w/ Gang of Thieves (funk, rock), 10pm

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

AthenA’s CluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

lex 18 Ray Biscoglia Duo (jazz standards), 6:30pm Shelia Gordon (romantic love songs), 10pm

Ben’s tune-up Gypsy Guitars, 2pm BlACK MountAin Ale house The Mug (blues, rock, boogie), 9pm Blue MountAin piZZA & Brew puB Gene Holdway (Americana, bluegrass, folk), 7pm BywAter Laine Lewis Benefit & Music Fest (soul, hip-hop), 1pm Chris Jamison’s Ghost (pop, soul), 8pm ClAssiC wineseller Joe Cruz (piano, Beatles & Elton John covers), 7pm CorK & KeG Zydeco Ya Ya (two-steps & waltzes), 8:30pm Crow & Quill The Magic Room: classical magic by Doc Docherty (sleight of hand, conjuring), 9pm douBle Crown Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm duGout Flashback Sally (Southern rock), 9pm elAine’s duelinG piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foGGy MountAin BrewpuB Blood Gypsies (soul, R&B), 10pm frenCh BroAd Brewery Wintervals (indie, folk), 6pm Good stuff Art on the Island Festival, 12pm Brandon Quinn (Irish & Cherokee ballads), 8:30pm Grey eAGle MusiC hAll & tAvern Benji Hughes & members of Stephaniesid w/ Alternative Champs (rock, indie, pop), 9pm hiGhlAnd BrewinG CoMpAny Gaelic Storm (Celtic), 7pm iron horse stAtion Mark Shane (R&B), 7pm isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Dark Water Rising (soul, blues, traditional), 7pm Grass is Dead (bluegrass, Grateful Dead covers), 9pm JACK of the wood puB Bull Moose Party (bluegrass, partygrass, country), 9pm JerusAleM GArden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm lAZooM Bus tours Charlie Megira (Israeli rock ‘n’ roll), 2pm

livesotCK fest Livestock festival w/ Andy Jenkins & friends, Josh Pierce, Eastern Slope Speak, Circus Mutt, Screaming J’s, Redleg Husky, Jug Tucker & Murmuration, 12pm MArKet plACe DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm MoJo KitChen & lounGe Dine ’n’ Disco (funk, soul, hiphop), 5:30pm new MountAin theAter/ AMphitheAter 3rd annual Asheville Fall Charity Jam w/ Danny Hutchens, Sam Holt and Friends, The Marcus King Band, The Work, Aeroplane String Band, Travers Brothership, Bobby Miller and the Virginia Dare Devils, The Corbitt Brothers, Wavy Train, Fiddle Dave and the Midnight Farmers & Dirty Badgers, 12pm Sex Knuckle w/ MindShapeFist, Howling Giant & Silent Monolith (rock, metal), 8pm noBle KAvA An evening w/ The Hellacious Habaneros (old time jazz fusion), 8:30pm odditoriuM Future Burnouts w/ Forsaken Profits, Pleasures of the UV & Rotten Stitches (punk), 9pm off the wAGon Dueling pianos, 9pm olive or twist 42nd Street Band (big band jazz), 8pm Dance party (hip-hop, rap), 11pm one stop deli & BAr Driftwood Gypsy (funk, soul), 10pm osKAr Blues Brewery Arouna Diarra (world, African), 6pm pACK’s tAvern The Tailgaters w/ Cousin Steve (outlaw country, alternative), 9pm pisGAh BrewinG CoMpAny Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead covers), 9pm purple onion CAfe Lonesome Road Band (bluegrass), 7:30pm rooM ix Open dance night, 9pm root BAr no. 1 Stephen Lee (roots, acoustic), 9pm sAlvAGe stAtion Crescent City Mountain Summit w/ 101 Runners, The Bluegrass Project, Kirk Joseph, Raymond Weber, June Yamagishi, Lionel Batiste Jr., Tom Worrell, Boubacaar Cisokko, Chris Jones & more, 4pm

sAnCtuAry BrewinG CoMpAny Hope Griffin (folk, Americana, singer-songwriter), 7:30pm

Blue MountAin piZZA & Brew puB Billy Litz (Americana, singersongwriter), 7pm

sCAndAls niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

BywAter Station Underground (reggae, roots), 5pm

sCully’s DJ, 10pm

douBle Crown Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm

sly GroG lounGe Merritt Rooke (rock), 9pm

Good stuff Rue Snider (indie, folk, Americana), 5:30pm

southern AppAlAChiAn Brewery Carolina Rex (blues, Americana), 8pm

Grove ArCAde Gene Peyroux & New Vintage Jazz Co., 1pm

sprinG CreeK tAvern Riyen Roots (blues), 8:30pm tAllGAry’s At four ColleGe Picasso Facelift (classic rock), 9:30pm the AdMirAl Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm the MothliGht Wailin’ Storms w/ Shallows & Morbids (doom, punk, rock), 9:30pm the nAtionAl Live Jazz, 7pm +1 Dance Party w/ DJ Lezlie Snipes (dance), 10pm the soCiAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm the vAlley MusiC & CooKhouse AWAKE in the DREAM, 9pm tiMo’s house Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino (top 40), 10pm town puMp TimLee 3 (rock), 9pm trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Fireside Collective (progressive bluegrass), 8pm twisted lAurel Live DJ, 11pm white horse BlACK MountAin Marcel Anton (New Orleans blues), 8pm wild winG CAfe Karaoke, 8pm wxyZ lounGe At Aloft hotel Hank West & Friends (jazz exotica), 8pm ZAMBrA Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

sundAy, sept. 27 5 wAlnut wine BAr The Paper Crowns (alt-folk), 7pm Aloft rooftop/poolside Jamar Woods Acoustic Band (funk, modern soul), 4pm BlACK MountAin Ale house Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm

historiC downtown hendersonville 5th Annual Oktoberfest w/ Mountain Top Polka Band, 1pm iron horse stAtion Mark Murray (R&B), 6pm isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am Sunday jazz showcase, 6pm JACK of the wood puB Irish session, 5pm Love & Zealous (Southern soul, funk), 9pm lAZy diAMond Tiki Night w/ DJ or band (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10pm lex 18 Michael John Jazz (classic jazz), 7pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop jazz), 9pm loBster trAp John Stineman & Lyndsay Pruett (old-time, traditional), 6:30pm new MountAin theAter/ AMphitheAter Ott w/ Plantrae & Aligning Minds (electronica, dub, triphop), 8pm odditoriuM Sonny Vincent w/ Zin Vetro, Future West & Flashbang! (rock), 9pm off the wAGon Piano show, 9pm olive or twist DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm one stop deli & BAr Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Reggae Sundays, 7pm orAnGe peel Moon Taxi w/ Firekid (indie, rock, jam), 9pm pisGAh BrewinG CoMpAny Lyrics Born (hip-hop), 9pm pour tAprooM Open mic, 8pm sCAndAls niGhtCluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm soCiAl lounGe & tApAs In the Biz Networking Night w/ Patrick Lopez (acoustic, piano, pop, open to everyone), 8pm sprinG CreeK tAvern Travers Brothership (funk), 2pm

tAllGAry’s At four ColleGe Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm the nAtionAl Indie Electro, 9pm the oMni Grove pArK inn Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm the phoenix The Wilhelm Brothers (folk rock w/ cello), 12pm

FALL EVENTS & CIDER RELEASES

the soCiAl Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm the southern Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm tiMo’s house Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm wedGe BrewinG Co. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazz-swing), 6pm white horse BlACK MountAin Free Film: “A Place At The Table”, 4pm wiCKed weed Mrs. Dubfire (reggae), 3pm wild winG CAfe Bluegrass Afternoons, 3pm wild winG CAfe south Party On The Patio w/ Crocs Duo, 5pm

AUTUMNAL CELEBRATION Scarecrow Release (chai tea cyser) Sept. 26 HALLOWEEN/HARVEST PARTY Croatan Release (sweet potato cyser) October 31 104 EASTSIDE DRIVE, #307 • BLACK MOUNTAIN 828.419.0089 BLACKMOUNTAINCIDERWORKS.COM

MondAy, sept. 28 185 KinG street Open mic night, 7pm 5 wAlnut wine BAr The Get Right Band (funk, rock, reggae), 8pm AltAMont BrewinG CoMpAny Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm BywAter Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8pm CluB eleven on Grove Postal Express Street Riders Dance Party (hip-hop, soul, funk), 9pm 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 Grey eAGle MusiC hAll & tAvern Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm hiGhlAnd BrewinG CoMpAny Sylvan Esso (alternative, indie pop), 7pm JACK of the wood puB Quizzo, 7pm lAZy diAMond Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

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lexinGton Ave Brewery (lAB) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm loBster trAp Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm o.henry’s/the underGround Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm

BywAter Fire spinning night, 8:30pm

the nAtionAl Ryan Adams “Cold Roses” album play, 8pm the oMni Grove pArK inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

sat

w/ shallows, morbids

9/28

mon

9/29

free mothlight monday! cave w/ nest egg, chives

invisible circle w tellavision,

tue

wizardskin, derek m. poteat

9/30 wed 10/1 10/2

10/4

w/ pallor, veldt chasm

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

w/ absolute fantasy, chiffon, elon fri

ggsie (album release) w/aesc cpi, michael flanagan + carmelo pampillono, andy loebs

sun

superhumanoids

mon

free mothlight monday!

radiant beings of light

w/ earth collider, kortriba

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tiGer MountAin Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

tuesdAy, sept. 29

w/ rush midnight

10/5

the southern Speakeasy Mondays w/ The Low-Down Sires & friends (hot jazz, swing), 9:30pm

wild winG CAfe south Monday Bike Nights, 6pm

gnarl star

lush agave

thu

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

the vAlley MusiC & CooKhouse Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm

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the vAlley MusiC & CooKhouse Tuesday team trivia w/ prizes!, 8pm

one world BrewinG Beats & Brews w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8pm

the MothliGht Cave w/ Nest Egg & Chives (funk minimalism), 9pm

9/26

BlACK MountAin Ale house Trivia, 7pm

BuffAlo niCKel Trivia, 7pm

sovereiGn reMedies Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

bells and robes, cpt hyperdrive, more!

the soCiAl Jason Whitaker (acoustic), 5pm

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

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

beatlife w/ byron the aquarius,

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

Blue MountAin piZZA & Brew puB Matt Sellers (Americana, blues, roots), 7pm

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

9/25 fri

the nAtionAl Antonio’s Date Night Set (future R&B), 10pm

odditoriuM Isaacson w/ Sentiments & Shadow Show (rock), 9pm

orAnGe peel Sylvan Esso w/ Tuskha (indie pop), 7pm

9/24 thu megan jean and the kfb w/ pirate's canoe, amythyst kiah

BACK yArd BAr Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm

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

town puMp Bjorn Jacobsen (Delta Gypsygrass), 9pm tressA’s downtown JAZZ And Blues Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm

CorK & KeG Old Time Jam, 5pm

urBAn orChArd Billy Litz (Americana, singersongwriter), 7pm

douBle Crown DJ Brody Hunt (honky-tonk, Cajun, Western), 10pm

westville puB Blues jam, 10pm

Good stuff Old time-y night, 6:30pm iron horse stAtion Open mic, 6pm isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll The Blackberry Bushes Stringband (Americana), 7:30pm JACK of the wood puB Nikki Talley (folk, Americana), 5pm The Shady Rest Band (honkytonk, skifflegrass), 9pm lAZy diAMond Punk ’n’ Roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm lex 18 “Golden Age of Jazz” w/ Jesse Earl Junior Trio (classic jazz), 5:45pm loBster trAp Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm MArKet plACe The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm odditoriuM Odd comedy night, 9pm off the wAGon Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm one stop deli & BAr Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm one world BrewinG Chris Jamison (singer-songwriter), 8pm orAnGe peel Lord Huron w/ Son Little (indie folk), 9pm pour tAprooM Frank Zappa night, 8pm

white horse BlACK MountAin Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm wild winG CAfe south Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8:30pm

wednesdAy, sept. 30 185 KinG street 185 Movie Night, 7pm 5 wAlnut wine BAr Wine Tasting w/ Sean Gaskell (world), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 8pm AltAMont theAtre Mikaela Davis w/ Lauren Shera (indie, folk, pop), 8pm Asheville MusiC hAll The Brown Bag Songwriting Competition w/ Debrissa McKinney (all genres), 7:30pm Ben’s tune-up Asheville Country Music Review w/ Town Mountain, The Honeycutters & John Stickley Trio, 5pm BlACK MountAin Ale house Play to Win game night, 7:30pm Blue MountAin piZZA & Brew puB Open mic, 7pm dirty south lounGe Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm douBle Crown Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm

tAllGAry’s At four ColleGe Jam night, 9pm

foGGy MountAin BrewpuB John and Zack (Americana), 9pm

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

funKAtoriuM John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm

the MothliGht Invisible Circle w/ Tellavision, Wizardskin & Derek M. Poteat (drone, meditation, psychedelic), 9pm

Good stuff Karaoke!, 7pm 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 The Cheeksters (pop, rock, soul), 7pm JACK of the wood puB Old-time session, 5pm Honky-tonk dance party w/ Hearts Gone South, 9pm lAZy diAMond Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm lex 18 Patrick Lopez Experience (modern, Latin jazz), 7pm loBster trAp Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm MountAin MoJo Coffeehouse Open mic, 6:30pm noBle KAvA Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm

the MothliGht Gnarl Scar w/ Pallor & Veldt Chasm (metal, rock), 9:30pm

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

the phoenix Jazz night, 8pm

MArKet plACe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

the soCiAl Marc Keller, 6pm Karaoke, 9:30pm the southern Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm tiGer MountAin Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm tiMo’s house Spectrum AVL w/ rotating DJs, 9pm town puMp Open mic w/ Parker Brooks, 9pm trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, old-time, folk), 6pm tressA’s downtown JAZZ And Blues Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

o.henry’s/the underGround “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm

wild winG CAfe south Skinny Wednesdays w/ J Luke, 7pm

odditoriuM A Cinematographer’s Party (indie, country, rock), 9pm

thursdAy, oCtoBer 1

off the wAGon Piano show, 9pm

AltAMont theAtre Cheryl Wheeler w/ Don Henry (folk, country), 8pm

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

BArley’s tAprooM AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

one stop deli & BAr Lip sync karaoke, 10pm

BoGArt’s restAurAnt & tAvern Eddie Rose & Highway Forty (bluegrass), 6:30pm

pisGAh BrewinG CoMpAny Wilhelm Bros CD release (folk, Americana), 6pm

BlACK MountAin Ale house Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8pm

pour tAprooM Karaoke, 8pm

CluB eleven on Grove Swing lessons & dance w/ Swing Asheville, 7:30pm Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm

pulp Rad Lou (rock, soul, punk), 9pm

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

reJAvAnAtion CAfe Open mic night, 6pm

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

rooM ix Fuego: Latin night, 9pm root BAr no. 1 Scrapyard (rock), 9pm sCully’s Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm sly GroG lounGe Word Night (trivia-ish), 8pm Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm sol BAr new MountAin World Wednesdays, 8pm tAllGAry’s At four ColleGe Open mic & jam, 7pm the Joint next door Bluegrass jam, 8pm

elAine’s duelinG piAno BAr Dueling Pianos, 9pm foGGy MountAin BrewpuB Wilhelm Brothers (folk, rock), 9pm isis restAurAnt And MusiC hAll Noah Larssen (singer-songwriter, rock, blues), 5:30pm Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Americana, Appalachian, folk), 8:30pm JACK of the wood puB Bluegrass jam, 7pm JuBilee CoMMunity ChurCh Tim Freke (author, lecture), 7pm

new MountAin theAter/ AMphitheAter Cornmeal w/ Soldier’s Heart (progressive bluegrass, jamgrass), 8pm o.henry’s/the underGround Game Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am odditoriuM Dr. Sketchy Presents, 6:30pm 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 orAnGe peel Dawes w/ John Moreland (folk, indie, rock), 9pm

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pisGAh BrewinG CoMpAny Trampled By Turtles w/ Dr. Dog (indie, folk, rock), 7:30pm rooM ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm

JACK

sCAndAls niGhtCluB Miss Blue Ridge Pride Pageant, 9pm sly GroG lounGe Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm sol BAr new MountAin Songwriter Thursdays w/ Caine McDonald, 8pm sprinG CreeK tAvern Open Mic, 6pm tAllGAry’s At four ColleGe Electric blues open mic w/ Gentle Jones, 7pm the MothliGht Lush Agave w/ Absolute Fantasy, Chiffon & ELON (experimental, classical, electronic), 9:30pm the soCiAl Jordan Okrend (pop, rock, soul), 6pm the southern Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm tiMo’s house Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 10pm town puMp Jeremiah (blues, rock), 9pm trAilheAd restAurAnt And BAr Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

OF THE

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FRI 9.25

SOFIA TALVIK (NEO-FOLK FROM SWEDEN)

6 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

THE STRAIGHT 8’S (ROCKABILLY 50’S STYLE HOT

ROD DANCE PARTY) w/ SHAKE IT LIKE A CAVEMAN

9 p.m.$5

SAT 9.26

BULL MOOSE PARTY

SUN 9.27

LOVE AND ZEALOUS

TUE 9.29 TUE 9.29

(Bluegrass, Partygrass and Country)

9 p.m. $5

9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

NIKKI TALLEY (FOLK AMERICANA SONGSTRESS)

5-7 p.m.

SEPTEMBER TUESDAY RESIDENCY

5 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

THE SHADY REST BAND (FOOT STOMPIN

TUNES FROM SAN MARCOS, TX) 9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

OPEN AT NOON DAILY

SATURDAY Parker & Smith (old-fashioned blues), 2-4pm SUNDAY Celtic Irish session 3-9pm MONDAY Quizzo! 7:30-9pm • WEDNESDAY Old-Time 5pm SINGER SONGWRITERS 1st & 3rd Tuesdays THURSDAY Scottie Parker (old-fashioned blues) 2-4pm, Bluegrass Jam 7pm FRIDAY The Low Counts (blues) w/ Todd Cecil & Back South A Dirty Dance Party

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

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tressA’s downtown JAZZ And Blues The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

odditoriuM Paakii (Finnish punk), 9pm

twisted lAurel Karaoke, 8pm

off the wAGon Dueling pianos, 9pm

white horse BlACK MountAin David Roth (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm

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MArKet plACe DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm MoJo KitChen & lounGe Dine ’n’ Disco (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm

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the soCiAl Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm

odditoriuM The Chickenhawks w/ Jacques Le Coque (rock), 9pm

tiGer MountAin Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm

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town puMp The Jonny Monster Band (rock), 9pm

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

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foGGy MountAin BrewpuB Murmuration (funk, rock), 10pm

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Liev Schreiber and Tobey Maguire in Edward Zwick’s Pawn Sacrifice, an altogether remarkable biopic on Bobby Fischer.

Pawn Sacrifice HHHHS

Director: Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond) pLayers: Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lily Rabe, Robin Weigert bioGrapHicaL Drama Rated PG-13 tHe story: Biopic on chess master Bobby Fischer centered around his 1972 championship match against Boris Spassky. tHe LowDown: It may not be the most cinematically adventurous film, but this fact-based drama more than makes up for it with an intelligent script and exceptional performances.

Landing somewhere between arthouse and solid mainstream entertainment, Pawn Sacrifice probably owes its art-house cred to its cast, subject matter and screenwriter Steven Knight (Locke), and its mainstream quality to director Edward Zwick. It’s a surprisingly agreeable blending — all the more so because Zwick usually tackles pseudo-prestige pictures of an alarmingly middle-brow nature, and this is neither. I’m not saying it’s necessarily all that high-brow (that may depend on your take on chess), but neither is it your standard mainstream fare. And it is certainly the best thing Zwick has ever done.

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The film is a biopic of Bobby Fischer, but its focus is ultimately the 1972 chess match between Fischer (Tobey Maguire — with added facial moles) and Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber). That’s a perfectly reasonable approach, since that match was a cultural event of some note. I can’t claim to have followed it at the time, but it was impossible not to be aware of it. (My major memory is from the spillover into pop culture — like the bogus ad in National Lampoon with a doctored picture from The Seventh Seal promising, “Bobby Fischer shows you how to beat Death.”) It was somehow transformed from a chess match into a heavily politicized event. This wasn’t just Fischer vs. Spassky. This was the U.S. vs. the U.S.S.R. The idea of a chess match being of such international significance may be hard to grasp 40-plus years on, but it was.

Steven Knight’s screenplay uses the match as both the film’s centerpiece and its underpinning. The film opens in the midst of the match with a grabber scene that is close to incomprehensible outside the context of the film, but one that undeniably captures your attention. From there, the film flashes back to Fischer’s childhood (where he’s portrayed at different ages by Aiden Lovecamp and Seamus DaveyFitzpatrick), charting his strained relationship with his neglectful, cardcarrying communist mother (Robin Weigert), the discovery of his amazing talent for chess, his self-absorption, his desire for solitude — and his complete lack of social skills and his incipient mental problems and paranoia. The film suggests much in these scenes, but spells out little. Is Fischer’s paranoia grounded in his mother using him as a buffer against U.S. agents investigating her political ties? Is his later rabid anticommunist stance an expression of his resentment of his mother? The film says — maybe, but doesn’t pretend to know. That’s a refreshing approach in a “true story” film.

A lot of why the film works lies in the cast. Tobey Maguire truly pulls off the role of Fischer. He captures the man’s genius, his tragedy, but perhaps

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• Asheville PizzA & Brewing Co. (254-1281) american uLtra (r) 1:00 (Mon-Fri), 7:00, 10:00 avenGers: tHe aGe of uLtron (pG-13) 1:00 (Sat-Sun), 4:00

• CArmike CinemA 10 (298-4452) • CArolinA CinemAs (274-9500)

bLack mass (r) 11:00, 12:20, 1:40, 3:00, 4:20, 5:40, 7:00, 8:20, 9:40 everest 3D (pG-13) 2:15, 7:45 everest 2D (pG-13) 11:30, 5:00, 10:25 GranDma (r) 12:00, 2:20, 4:15, 6:15, 8:10, 10:05 tHe Green inferno (r) 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 10:15 HoteL transyLvania 2 3D (pG) 11:00, 3:00, 7:00 HoteL transyLvania 2 2D (pG) 1:00, 5:00, 9:00 tHe intern (pG-13) 12:05, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30 Jimmy’s HaLL (pG-13) 11:40, 3:40, 8:15 LearninG to Drive (r) 1:30, 6:10, 10:30 maze runner: tHe scorcH triaLs (pG-13) 12:30, 3:20, 6:10, 9:00 meet tHe pateLs (pG) 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 meru (r) 11:30, 1:45, 3:55, 6:50, 9:05 pawn sacrifice (pG-13) 11:30, 2:10, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 tHe visit (pG-13) 11:15, 1:35, 3:50, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 a waLk in tHe wooDs (r) 11:35, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30

• Co-ed CinemA BrevArd (883-2200) tHe intern (pG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00

• ePiC of hendersonville (693-1146) • fine Arts theAtre (232-1536) GranDma (r) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, Late show Fri-Sat 9:20 pawn sacrifice (pG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show Fri-Sat 9:30

• flAtroCk CinemA (697-2463) tHe intern (pG-14) 3:30, 7:00 Fri, Sat.,Tue., Wed., Thu. manHattan sHort fiLm festivaL (nr) 3:00, 7:00 Sun., Mon.

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most importantly what an impossible person he was. It is possible to feel a measure of sympathy for Maguire’s Bobby Fischer. He is very clearly a man trapped in the confines of his own troubled mind, but he is almost never likable. He’s brusque, arrogant and eccentric beyond all reason. It’s no wonder that Spassky thinks his persona is a pose — and at times, it’s possible for us to believe that, too. But if it ever was a pose, it quickly became all too real.

Maguire’s performance catches all these aspects and more. Still, he’s not the whole show. Peter Sarsgaard as the Catholic priest chess master who serves as Fischer’s coach (and most concerned friend), and Michael Stuhlbarg as his manager are both excellent. So is Schreiber’s Spassky.

In fact, the whole cast — even the smaller supporting players — are at the top of their game.

While I do attribute the film’s near greatness to factors other than Zwick’s direction, it has to be considered. It’s his usual craftsmanlike approach, but it fits here as it has rarely done in the past, and it would be foolish to think that Zwick had nothing to do with the performances.

Moreover, it takes more than a little talent — certainly more than a great script and performances — to manage to make chess games cinematically exciting, and Zwick does. The film may just miss greatness, but it’s not far off from it. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content and historical smoking.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre reviewed by Ken hanKe KhanKe@ mountainx.com

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Director: Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) pLaYers: Johnny Depp. Joel Edgeton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard bioGrapHicaL crime Drama Rated R tHe storY: Straightforward account of the criminal career of Whitey Bulger.

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tHe LoWDoWn: It’s well-made. It boasts a lot of good actors. It proves (if proof were needed — and it wasn’t) that Johnny Depp can underplay. But it’s also neither particularly compelling, nor exciting.

Scott Cooper’s Black Mass is perhaps the quintessence of “perfectly fine.”

It efficiently tells the story of psychopath gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in a straightforward, non-editorializing manner. Period. It boasts a large cast of name actors giving solid, if rarely exciting, performances. And, yes, it affords Johnny Depp an Oscar-bait role: heavy make-up, including pale blue contact lenses, completely unlikable, not a glimmer of humor — all the things Oscar dotes on. It is also a role that will allow the anti-Depp brigade (of which I am not a member) to claim that he’s achieved some measure of “redemption.” In that regard, I suppose it serves its purpose.

But much like the performances — and I include Depp’s in this — it’s just not very exciting. Mostly, it made me want to come home and watch Jack Nicholson’s fictionalized turn as Bulger in Scorsese’s The Departed (2006). If nothing else, The Departed contained an authentic whiff of madness — something sorely lacking in this singularly humorless film.

Apart from the insertion of interview/ deposition footage, Black Mass is textbook biopic basic — almost completely devoid of surprise or personality. I can only assume that this is intentional, though I don’t understand the point of the approach. Here is Whitey Bulger.

This is what he did. This is what happened. And here is the obligatory series of “what happened next” titles to bring it all to a close while Tom Holkenberg’s dirge-like music plays on the soundtrack.

The impression is supposed to be that we have just witnessed some kind of grand tragedy. The effect — at least for me — falls short of anything approaching that.

All I see is a solidly-made, uninvolving, efficient movie about people I wouldn’t want to know. No amount of glossy production or A-list actors or dreary music really changes that.

The problem, I think, is that there’s no one to care about. It may be reasonably argued that these people are gangsters, psychos and generally unlikable.

Fair enough, but there’s also just plain no characterization to speak of. By way of characterization what we get is that Whitey let his mother cheat at cards with him, loved his son, prided himself on loyalty and killed people. I’m not sure that’s really enough reason to spend two hours in his company. And no one else is served any better.

HHHHH = max rating Now, I’m not saying Black Mass is a bad movie as such. It’s professionally made. It gives you a reasonable account of Whitey Bulger. The cast is first rate and does the best job possible given the material, but the material is simply too shallow to make the kind of impression it intends. I had no problem sitting through it, but frankly could muster no more than a shrug by the time I left. The most remarkable thing about it is that it left me with almost nothing to say. I didn’t like it. I didn’t hate it.

It was just sort of there. One of the big lessons Whitey teaches his son is, “If nobody sees it, it didn’t happen.” Well, I saw it and it still seems to have barely happened. Rated R for brutal violence, language throughout, some sexual references and brief drug use.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Ken hanKe KhanKe@ mountainx.com

Captive H Director: Jerry Jameson pLaYers: Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Michael K. Williams, Mimi Rogers, Leonor Varela FaitH-baseD tHriLLer Rated PG-13 tHe storY: The true story of a woman who’s kidnapped by a murderer and racist, and her attempts to be free of him. tHe LoWDoWn: More warmedover sermonizing and flat drama undermined by treacly faithbased motives.

I don’t even know what to say about Jerry Jameson’s Captive, yet another faith-based film diluted by its heavy-handed message and lukewarm melodramatics. Captive attempts to set itself apart by having a very specific desire to shill for author Rick Warren’s Christian devotional The Purpose Driven Life (nothing’s quite as cinematic as watching someone read) while attempting to be a gritty sort of thriller cum police procedural. Obviously, this doesn’t

quite mesh. I guess, in theory, maybe it could, but not in the hands of director Jameson, a man whose credits include Mod Squad episodes and a long run on Walker, Texas Ranger, and writer Brian Bird, who wrote multiple episodes of Touched by an Angel.

The film is based on the true story of Ashley Smith, an Atlanta woman who was taken hostage by Brian Nichols, a fugitive wanted for multiple homicides, and the numerous hours they spent together before Smith convinced him to surrender, with help and inspiration from Warren’s book. This true-story conceit and the resumés of the filmmakers give a good idea of the level Captive operates on. Though it has the veneer of professionalism, this is really just Movie of the Week nonsense with a budget.

I mean, a cast of Kate Mara (Fantastic Four) and David Oyelowo (Selma) at least appears like something you might find in a real movie, but to what ends? Oyelowo, as Nichols, is horribly miscast since he’s one of film’s least menacing actors attempting to play an unstable rapist and murderer. He never knows the right pitch, either coming off, in a strange way, too innately likable or almost comical — like the scene where he smokes meth, starts shoving numerous pistols into his waistband and basically plays it like coked-up Alfred Molina in Boogie Nights (1997). Mara comes off better only because her character is so nonexistent that she’s given less opportunity to genuinely embarrass herself.

In order to pad the film and a story we already know the conclusion to, Captive adds a police procedural aspect to the plot, with Michael K. Williams playing the detective hunting down Nichols. This is not very interesting, and mostly feels like it’s going through the motions of what a Law & Order episode would do.

A Law & Order episode would’ve been a much better prospect, since it’d be shorter, devoid of Jameson’s shaky-cam cinematography, and any ads for Christian literature would be confined to commercial breaks.

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving violence and substance abuse.

Playing at Carmike 10, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Justin souther Jsouther@mountainx.com

Everest HHHS Director: Baltasar Kormákur pLaYers: Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Emily Watson, Robin Wright, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington Fact-baseD aDventure Drama Rated PG-13 tHe storY: Yet another recounting of the 1996 disaster on Everest that claimed the lives of eight climbers, at that time the greatest loss of life in the mountain’s history. tHe LoWDoWn: Shortchanging story in favor of spectacle, Everest should be seen in IMAX 3D or not at all.

The decision to open Everest on a limited number of screens and exclusively in large-screen formats (in Asheville that would be Regal’s IMAX-lite, RPX) was a wise one on the part of the film’s distributors and marketers. The cinematic grandeur of this film will not hold up on your laptop, TV or even the standard screen at your favorite theater. Ultimately, visual presence is all that Everest really has to recommend it to viewers, as its striking 3D cinematography conveys far more depth than its script’s shallow caricaturization of the mountaineers involved.

Retreading the same ground covered by at least a half-dozen other books and films relating the tragic events of May 1996 on the eponymous mountain, Everest attempts to say something new without ever really saying anything at all. For those unfamiliar, the ’96 disaster entailed the death of eight climbers resulting from a confluence of financial pressures, poor decision-making and old-fashioned bad luck. Among those lost were professional guides Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) and Scott Fischer (Jake Gyllenhaal), with the film being largely based on unlikely survivor Beck Weathers’ memoir, Left for Dead. Director Balthasar Kormákur and screenwriters William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy have attempted to conglomerate multiple points of view into a cohesive whole, with the predictable lack of focus

s tart inG F riDaY The Green Inferno Somewhat surprisingly, The Green Inferno actually boasts some early reviews and some of them are actually positive — but those are from people who call Eli Roth a “master of horror.” The movie blurb claims, “From acclaimed horror director, Eli Roth, The Green Inferno follows a group of student activists who travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest.

However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone... and that no good deed goes unpunished.” The cast is made up folks you never heard of and the overall sense of the reviews is that this yet another bout of Rothian torture porn. (r)

Hotel Transylvania 2 For those who can’t get enough of CG animation and Adam Sandler doing a bad Bela Lugosi impression, here’s the inevitable sequel to Hotel Transylvania. Now, it has no early reviews. The trailer is profoundly ho-hum. Among the perpetrators (vocally at least) are Mel Brooks, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Andy Samberg and Steve Buscemi. (pg)

The Intern Robert De Niro co-stars with Anne Hathaway in this latest comedy from Nancy Meyers. This appears to be about a retired business owner who gets an internship at a fashion website run by a young woman. Also not reviewed. But it’s Nancy Meyers, so you know it’ll look like an Architectual Digest spread and probaly a half-hour too long.(pg-13)

Meet the Patels See review in “Cranky Hanke”

Pawn Sacrifice See review in “Cranky Hanke”

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Robert Mitchum as the nefarious Harry Powell in a still from The Night of the Hunter. The film kicks off the free month-long “Jeepers Creepers Theater” at the North Asheville Library. Photo courtesy of United Artists • davida horwitz and steve white have posted a video showcasing their construction progress on the Grail Moviehouse at 45 S. French Broad. Set to wendy carlos’ interpretation of beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement, as heard in A Clockwork Orange, the various clips and photos depict the loading, transportation and unloading of the theater’s seats, popcorn machine, soda fountain and some A/V equipment, as well as the construction of the Theater 1 screen wall.

“We got permits for the walls this week [Sept. 10] and should be getting electrical, plumbing and A/C soon. Things will start moving quickly,” White says. He and Horwitz plan to show a wide range of films on the theater’s two screens and are shooting for a January opening. avl.mx/1n6 • Each Saturday in October at 2 p.m., the North Asheville Library will show a classic horror or suspense film. Selections for the “Jeepers Creepers Theater” series include charles laughton’s The Night of the Hunter, starring robert mitchum and shelley winters (Oct. 3); fritz lang’s M, starring peter lorre (Oct. 10); tod browning’s Freaks (Oct. 24); and george a. romero’s Night of the Living Dead (Oct. 31).

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The screenings are free and open to adults and mature teens. The Night of the Hunter and M will be shown in the Community Room and, due to early voting, Freaks and Night of the Living Dead will be shown on the covered reading patio behind the library. avl.mx/1d0 • douglas fairbanks stars in The Mark of Zorro, shown Friday, Sept.

25, as part of the Leicester Library’s silent movie series. The two-hour program begins at 6 p.m. and will be hosted by local film historian chip Kaufmann. Based on the 1919 story, The Curse of Capistrano, by Johnston McCulley, this swashbuckling adventure movie introduced the masked hero Zorro. Fairbanks produced the 1920 screen adaptation, which was the first film released through United Artists, a company that he formed with mary pickford, charles chaplin and d. w. griffith.

The 105-minute film will be preceded by the nine-minute animated comedy, Felix the Cat in Hollywood (1923), which features caricatures of famous stars of the time, including Chaplin and Fairbanks.

Complimentary popcorn will be served, and all ages are welcome.

The series will continue with film screenings Friday, Oct. 30, 6-8 p.m.

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such a strategy implies. Taking creative liberties, the team establishes Hall and Fischer as somewhat friendly rivals with Weathers standing in as the clichéd Texas wildcard, but none of the characters or their relationships are ever significantly developed. The script occasionally touches on significant thematic elements, such as the overcrowding and commercialization plaguing Everest or the psychology underlying attempts to summit, but these threads are dropped almost as soon as they are raised.

That characterization and high-concept themes are dropped in favor of sweeping vistas of Tibetan plains and deft employment of 3D shots into bottomless crevasses might initially seem misguided, but is ultimately the film’s lone saving grace. Shot on location at Everest, as well as in the Italian Alps, the camera work alone is worth the price of admission. Digital effects are clearly at play, but never obtrusively so, and exemplary sound design places the audience firmly on the mountainside. As gorgeous and technically proficient as Everest is, however, no amount of slick production work can make up for a script lacking fullyformed characters.

The ensemble cast has plenty of material to work with; they just aren’t given enough screen time to convincingly do so. While Clarke, Brolin and Gyllenhaal ostensibly drive the story, their characters are all decidedly onenote. Unfortunately, as paper-thin as these characters are, competent supporting actors are given even less compelling material. As Hall and Weathers’ respective spouses, Keira Knightley and Robin Wright serve no narrative function other than to draw the audience back into a mundane world far removed from the drama on the mountain, grinding the story to a halt so that we can watch them both fret on the phone in an attempt to build audience sympathy. Emily Watson initially appears to have something more to do, but is immediately relegated to the exact same dramatic purpose as Knightley and Wright. Poor Michael Kelly is possibly given the shortest shrift in his role as Jon Krakauer, who seems to be marginalized here if for no other reason than his bestseller Into Thin Air is the basis for most of the other films on this subject.

Everest’s fails to create convincing characters because it spends more time creating a convincing blizzard.

The general rule of thumb for a screenplay’s length is roughly one page per minute of screen time, the catch being that big action set-pieces require fewer pages and eat more minutes. The

script for all two hours of Everest is probably less than a hundred pages long. This is both the film’s greatest strength and greatest weakness, as the set-pieces are indeed impressive, but the paucity of time spent on character development leaves the entire enterprise teetering on the precipice of meaninglessness.

Everest reaches laudable heights of cinematic virtuosity while falling distinctly short of its lofty narrative aspirations. But it sure is nice to look at. Rated PG-13 for intense peril and disturbing images Playing at Regal Biltmore Grande, expanding to other theaters this Friday. reviewed by scott douglas Jsdouglas22@gmail.com

Maze Runner: The scorch Trials HHHS Director: Wes Ball (The Maze Runner) pLaYers: Dylan O’Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Giancarlo Esposito, Patricia Clarkson. Aidan Gillen DYstopian sci-Fi tHriLLer Rated PG-13 tHe storY: Continuation of the events laid out in The Maze Runner. tHe LoWDoWn: Effective, quirky and even downright strange, this sequel overcomes a bumpy start to become a minor delight of the fall season.

Wes Ball’s Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is a worthy successor to his original The Maze Runner (2014). In fact, in most ways, it’s even better.

Both of those statements are of course

predicated on the idea that you found the first film a positive experience. I thought it was a superior entry in the apparently unending supply of movies adapted from YA science fiction about teens rebelling against a dystopian future.

(It is presumably exactly the sort of thing that Brad Bird was railing against with this year’s earlier Tomorrowland.) Truthfully, I’ve preferred both Maze Runner films to the immensely popular — and thankfully soon to end — Hunger Games movies. They’re grittier, more exciting and, frankly, better acted. And with this second entry, they’ve become a lot stranger. Of course, the films pose no box office threat to The Hunger Games series because they lack the star power and the fanbase, but that has nothing to do with the quality.

The Scorch Trials picks up where the first movie ends, with our (surviving) main characters —Thomas (Dylan O’Brien), Minho (Ki Hong Lee), Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), Frypan (Dexter Darden), Winston (Alexander Flores) — being rescued and taken to a kind of holding facility by a man called Janson (Aidan Gillen in one of those performances where you know he’s evil from scene one). It doesn’t take long before Thomas (the leader of the pack) is informed by a mopey character named Aris (Jacob Lofland) that things are not what they seem. A bit of detective work reveals that the kids in the facility are not being taken away to new homes, but are being hauled off to be hung up and slowly drained of their lives. This is of course more inhospitable chicanery from evil Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson) and (World Catastrophe Killzone Department — pronounced wicked), and soon our heroes (plus Aris) are on the run into the desolation of the blighted wasteland that remains of much of the world.

This is effective enough, but it’s also where The Scorch Trials is at its weakest. The set-up just takes too long and starts to drag pretty fast. But once the movie makes it into the wasteland, things take a quick turn for the better. The wasteland, it transpires, is kind of like Mad Max, but with zombies, or some kind of infected and infectious flesh munchers of the irritable variety. In itself, this may not be remarkable — apart from the fact that the zombies are blessedly solid and not your stock cartoonish CGI

creatures — but what is remarkable is how very strange and frequently creepy all this is. It’s not just the fact that the renegade Jorge (Giancarlo Esposito — the first in a procession of never-quite-made-it B-List “guest stars”) — has a secret lair guarded by chained zombies. Actually, this is a secret lair with a self-destruct mechanism that’s triggered by playing Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight.”

From here on the film is on deliriously what-the-hell? ground that propels it for the rest of its length.

Without giving too much away, I can report that the film boasts some truly unsettling subterranean zombies, a terrific and suspenseful action scene in a toppled skyscraper, and a kind of ’70s style LSD rave presided over by a velvet-clad (and very duplicitous) Alan Tudyk (B-lister number two). This is so far ahead of the fairly tame — and often repetitive — Hunger Games efforts that it’s all quite startling. And it doesn’t end there. Sure, the revelations about what’s really at the bottom of all this are hardly shocking — even if they’re enlivened by B-lister number three, Barry Pepper, as the head of the resistance. One big moment involving a “traitor” in their midst is too telegraphed to work as it was intended, while the inevitable reappearance of Patricia Clarkson is more amusing than it should be. However, the film’s latter portions are such loopy — and exciting — fun that my only complaint lies with its too-slow opening scenes. Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of violence and action, some thematic elements, substance use and language.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

Meet the Patels HHHH Director: Geeta Patel, Ravi Patel Players: Ravi Patel, Geeta Patel, Champa V. Patel, Vassant K. Patel

DOCUMENTARY COMEDY Rated PG The Story: Combination documentary and rom-com about Ravi Patel trying to find his ideal bride through the traditional marriage market.

The Lowdown: It’s nothing new under the sun, but this is a charmingly unassuming and often very funny little movie.

The slight, but charming documentary — from brother and sister filmmakers Ravi and Geeta Patel — Meet the Patels is being promoted via a review quote calling it, “A real life My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” Whatever can be said about Meet the Patels, it is at least better than that. The main things linking to the two are the examinations of culture and an unfortunate tendency to be predictable. In that second regard, if you can’t tell how things are going to work out by the 20 — maybe 30 — minute mark, you probably haven’t seen many movies.

What we have here is a film of many slender delights. It’s something of a mish-mash. It’s a documentary, but an obviously often-staged and scripted one. It feels a bit like reality TV — though not in a bad way. Then again, it’s kind of a documentary rom-com — with injections of animated sequences that serve little function, but are cute.

And finally, it’s a — lightweight — study in Indian culture and the problem of first-generation American children coming to terms with balancing that culture and that of their Westernized sensibilities. It may not be deep, and at times it comes across as a promotional film for Ravi Patel’s acting career, but it’s mostly an agreeable movie about agreeable people. That may be enough.

The film focuses on Ravi and his attempts to please his parents — and satisfy his own conflicted and confused ideas of what he thinks his life should be — by marrying not just an Indian girl, but one from a particular region, one where just about anyone is named Patel. (Ravi tells us at one point that Ravi Patel is about on par with John Smith over there.) Having just split up with his white girlfriend of two years — a relationship he scrupulously kept from his parents — he’s prepared (at 29) to enter into the Patel marriage market with the help of his wellmeaning parents and the extended and extensive network of Patels. This is the thrust of the film, but oddly, the actual encounters that are generated

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by this method are given short shrift.

That may be a good thing, because what little we see of them constitute the film’s weakest material. Meet the Patels is on better footing in its colorful, yet loving portrait of the immediate Patel family.

The film is also delightful when it wanders down paths that might otherwise be considered digressions.

At one point, Ravi comments on the fact that he tends to be cast as a doctor in TV shows, and a quick look at his credits proves the honesty of that status. (Whether it really does provide his parents with the vicarious sense of having a doctor for a son is never examined, despite his claims.) There’s also a delightful animated sequence involving his... er...frugal father securing free motel lodging when he discovers the owners are — yes — Patels. The biggest problem — if it really is one — next to the predictability of the outcome, is that his sister, Geeta, is shoved to the edges of the film, and this despite the fact that the parents are equally concerned with her getting married.

But this is largely, I think, because she’s operating the camera. I don’t want to oversell the film. It is, as I say, slight. But it is a pleasurable experience. Rated PG for thematic elements, brief suggestive images and incidental smoking.

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

Film Bounty & Soul 419-0533, bountyandsoul.org • SU (9/27), 4pm - A Place at the Table, documentary.

Free. Held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (9/25), 6-8pm - Silent Movie Series: The Mark of Zorro hosted by Chip Kaufmann. Held at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road, Leicester Film at UNCA 251-6585, unca.edu • WE (9/30), 6pm - “Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle,” documentary series. Free. Held in the Highsmith Union Grotto.

Roots and fruits market 664-0060, 151 S Ridgeway Ave., Black Mountain • FR (9/25), 6pm - Family Movie Night: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Free to attend.

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The Bank Dick HHHHH Director: Edward Cline (Million Dollar Legs) Players: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Jessie Ralph, Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Russell Hicks COMEDY Rated NR Often cited as W.C. Fields’ best movie — or at least as the equal to 1934’s It’s a Gift — The Bank Dick (1940) is probably the purest expression of the great comedian’s humor. Fields himself wrote the screenplay — under the preposterous name of Mahatma Kane Jeeves (a groan-worthy pun if ever there was one) — about a genial layabout drunk, Egbert Sousé (Fields), who, through no fault of his own, foils a bank robbery and is rewarded with the job of bank detective (“or in the argot of the underworld, a bank dick”). Though employment doesn’t really suit him — and he has no intention of letting it interfere with his hanging out at his favorite watering hole, The Black Pussy Cat Cafe — Egbert clearly enjoys the authority and the prestige. The plot is largely immaterial — we don’t even get to it until some rambling comedy and Egbert’s brief employment filling in for a drunken movie director — but the point of it all is that it allows Fields free rein to indulge his every comedic desire. The Asheville Film Society will screen The Bank Dick Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

The Midnight Meat Train HHHH Director: Ryûhei Kitamura Players: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, Vinnie Jones, Roger Bart HORROR Rated R Apart from having what is perhaps the greatest title ever, it’s quite a treat to see that the film itself not only lives up to that title, but even lives up to the trailer’s claim that director Kitamura is “visionary.” (If I had a nickel for every nonvisionary “visionary” who’s come down the pike — running from A to Zack Snyder — I’d buy, well, something.) This effective expansion of Clive Barker’s short story of the same name simply never got the break it deserved, thanks to inner-studio jackassery. The story concerns struggling photographer Leon (Bradley Cooper), who happens to witness the preamble to a disappearance in the subway that might be a murder — and takes a photo of an unusual ring on the hand of the possible murderer.

We already know that there has been a murder and that the man with the ring, Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), is indeed the killer. What we don’t know is what this — and other killings we see committed by this man — is all about. The bulk of the film is designed to pull Leon further and further into the mysterious world of Mahogany and the grisly secret of the titular train. So, come take a ride on The Midnight Meat Train. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Midnight Meat Train Thursday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

The Third Man HHHHH Director: Carol Reed Players: Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Wilfrid Hyde White SUSPENSE THRILLER Rated NR In keeping with the practice of bringing newly restored classic films to Asheville, the Asheville Film Society has booked the brand new 4K restoration of Carol Reed’s The Third Man (1949) for one show only on Wed., Sept. 30. Judging by the eye-popping quality of these restorations, I fully expect this version to be revelatory in its sharpness and detail. The movie is about as close to a perfect film as you’re likely to get. It’s that rarest of movies in that it’s a filmmaker favorite (I’ve yet to meet the director who didn’t treasure it), a film buff’s delight and immediately accessible to the more casual moviegoer all at once. Why? Because it works on so many levels simultaneously and is positively breathless in its flow. From the very first scenes, The Third Man never really lets up. Director Reed’s voice-over about postwar Vienna and the start of the story of Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) is delivered at almost breakneck speed. It hardly even matters that the film’s mystery isn’t much of a mystery (assuming you know who Orson Welles plays). The story is always fascinating and the dialogue first-rate throughout, all delivered by a perfect cast in amazing settings, and all framed by Reed in such a manner that there’s not an uninteresting composition in the entire film. The Asheville Film Society is showing The Third Man on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 8:00 p.m. at The Carolina Asheville as part of the Budget Big Screen series. Admission is $6 for AFS members and $8 for the general public. Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther will introduce the film.

The White Countess HHHH Director: James Ivory Players: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada DRAMA Rated PG-13 The White Countess (2005) is the final film from the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant (who died before this was released). The film marks something of a return to form after their disastrous Le Divorce and tepid The Golden Bowl. In fact, this is probably the most satisfyingly realized of their films since Remains of the Day. That does not, of course, mean that it isn’t still a film for specialized tastes; all Merchant-Ivory films are. There’s a literary-mindedness and a slowness of pace that’s impossible to mistake. More character than plot-driven, the duo’s films often lack for much in the way of incident, and even at their most heated (Maurice, for example), there’s a degree of restraint that can be off-putting. It’s as if Merchant-Ivory films all came in handsome bindings of Moroccan leather with gilt-edged pages that need to be cut open with a paper knife to be read. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it requires of viewers a patience and an appreciation for well-crafted objects of beauty for their own sake. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The White Countess Sunday, Sept. 27, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Y Tu Mamá También HHHHH Director: Alfonso Cuarón Players: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Maribel Verdú, Marta Aura DRAMA Rated NR World Cinema is revisiting Alfonso Cuarón’s masterful Y Tu Mamá También (2001), a film I’ve written about several times. In the original review, I wrote in part: “Following two English-language films — Great Expectations and A Little Princess — director Alfonso Cuarón returned to Mexico to make this brilliant, challenging and unorthodox film. That’s obviously in part because Y Tu Mamá También (And Your Mother, Too) is the sort of movie that wouldn’t and couldn’t be made in Hollywood. It’s too bold and too openly and honestly sexual. As it is, the movie is being released in this country without the blessing of the MPAA and a rating. But the film also very clearly requires its Mexican setting in order to work as it does. Though never stressed, the film is almost as much political as it is sexual, taking place in a land where dire poverty rests side-by-side with more-than-comfortable wealth, where roadblocks and quixotic car searches are an expected ’annoyance,’ where a much more visible class structure than we have in America controls much of what happens. This may only be the background against which Y Tu Mamá También is set, but it’s a background that’s essential to the film. Several critics have pointed out that the film is essentially a variant on the Hollywood teenage flick and the ’road’ movie — and that’s not entirely wrong, but that analysis hardly does the movie justice. This film goes places those formulaic pieces never do, even while working in a format that is not dissimilar.” Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Y Tu Mamá También Friday, Sept.

25 at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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S Ki l l E D l aBO R / TR a DE S enerGy serviCe teChniCIAN I • NEEDED IMMEDIAtely Full-time. Community Action Opportunities needs a

skilled crew member to perform responsible residential energy-efficiency and health and safety work on homes of people who live on low income.

This position is funded by grants, requires a Technician with a working knowledge of current residential building science principles and techniques and understanding of energyefficiency-related work. The work uses written NC Installation Standards, job-specific work orders, oral instruction and diagnostic information to guide energy-efficiency and health and safety work. Work also includes making minor repairs using materials such as drywall, lumber and glass, making mathematical computations and maintaining up-to-date and accurate written records. Work requires exposure to a variety of potential hazards associated with building construction, including extreme weather conditions and temperatures for prolonged periods, mold, pests, loud noises, chemicals, fumes, lead, dusts and oils; proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical hand-held and bench-mounted equipment and electrical current.

The EST I must also be able to • Organize and execute work to meet production schedules, • Communicate clearly and accurately with co-workers and customers. • Work on teams or alone • Use a variety of electronic and internet-supported devices. • Special Requirements: Must possess a valid North Carolina Driver License and pass pre-employment pulmonary function and respirator fit tests. • Education and Experience: High school graduate or GED required. Some college, with courses in basic carpentry, industrial work or environmental science preferred, or two years of work experience in other building trades such as plumber, electrician, HVAC Specialist or related. BPI or related certification and bilingual in English/Spanish preferred. • Salary Range: $15.35/ hour-$16.60/hour, DOQ and paid benefits. Send resume, cover letter and complete contact information for 3 work references to: Human Resources Manager: email: admin@communityactionopportunities.org Subject: EST I or Fax: (828) 253-6319. Open until filled.

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AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MeridiAn BehAviorAl heAlth Jackson County Psychiatric Nurse Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT).

Seeking a psychiatric nurse with 2 years of psychiatric nursing experience to join our Jackson County Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. Come experience the satisfaction of providing recovery-oriented services within the context of a strong wraparound model. If you are not familiar with ACTT, this position will provide you with an opportunity to experience a service that really works! Clinician Assertive Community treatment team (ACtt) Seeking an energetic and passionate individual to join the Assertive Community Treatment Team in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. Come experience the satisfaction of providing recovery-oriented services within the context of a strong team wraparound model. If you are not familiar with ACTT, this position will provide you with an opportunity to experience an enhanced service that really works! Must have a Master’s degree and be licensed/license-eligible. Clinician offender services Meridian is seeking a therapist to be a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team, providing assessment, individual and group therapy services to sex offenders and their non-offending partners within a structured Sexual Abuse Intervention Program (SAIP) and to domestic violence abusers and their families within a structured Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP). Prior clinical experience working with sexual offenders and an understanding of the dynamics of sexual deviance strongly preferred as well as familiarity with relevant research literature, clinical assessments, procedures and methods, particularly those designed for sexual offenders.

Demonstrated interpersonal skills and the ability to establish rapport and maintain objectivity with a criminal or forensic population is a necessity. Master’s Degree in a human services field and licensure as a Professional Counselor or Clinical Social Worker or Psychological Associate is required. At least one year of supervised clinical experience is required, preferably in a community mental health center setting. Services

provided in Haywood, Jackson, and Cherokee County. engagement specialist – phone This full-time position is ideally suited for a highly extroverted, enthusiastic, organized, multitasking, over-achieving, “people-person,” who approaches work with superior levels of commitment, integrity and customer service. Position will interact with service recipients and stakeholders via inbound calls for the purpose of scheduling/rescheduling appointments, routing calls to appropriate staff member, providing basic information about services and programs etc. Position will also focus on “one call resolution” for all callers’ requests, concerns and complaints. support services Coordinator The responsibilities of this position include technical support for all support staff, conducting monthly on-site support/training with all support staff and quarterly support staff meetings. This individual will be directly responsible for supervising and assuring coverage in Jackson County and assist in orchestrating coverage for support staff agency wide when they use PTO or need emergency leave. Applicants must demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills, have strong computer literacy skills and a minimum of two years supervisory experience.

This position requires travel throughout all counties that Meridian serves. haywood County Clinician, team leader Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) We are seeking a passionate, valuesdriven and dynamic professional to oversee our Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT). ACTT is an evidencebased, multi-disciplinary, community-based service which supports individuals with severe psychiatric disorders in remaining in the community and experiencing mental health recovery. We have a deep commitment to our ACTT services because, over the years, we have seen that is a service that truly makes a difference in the lives of the people that struggle the most with mental health challenges. Our ACTT staff have been known to describe the work as the “hardest job that you will ever love”. Come be part of our rural team and experience it for yourself! Master’s Degree in Human Services Required, One Year Experience with Adults with Mental Health, Substance Abuse or Development Disability Required.

Macon County Clinician recovery education Center (reC) Seeking passionate, values-driven and dynamic professional to join our Macon County Recovery Education Center.

This program reflects a unique design which integrates educational, clinical and peer support components in a center-based milieu. To be considered, an applicant should be familiar

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with the recovery paradigm of mental health and substance abuse services. A Master’s degree and license eligibility are also required. employment support professional (esp) Supported Employment. The ESP functions as part of a team that implements employment services based on the SE-IPS model. The team’s goal is to support individuals who have had challenges with obtaining and/or maintaining employment in the past and to obtain and maintain competitive employment moving forward.

The ESP is responsible for engaging clients and establishing trusting, collaborative relationships that result in the creation of completion of individualized employment goals. The ESP will support the client through the whole employment process and provide a variety of services at each state to support the individual in achieving their employment goals. transylvania County Clinicians & team leader Child and family services Seeking licensed/ associate licensed therapist for an exciting opportunity to serve youth and their families through individual and group therapy, working primarily out of the local schools. Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Graduate of an accredited Certified Medical Assistant program and CMA certification with AAMA or AMT required.

Two years of related experience preferred, preferably in an outpatient medical office setting.

AGenCy-wide peer support specialist Peers Assisting in Community Engagement (PACE) Being a Peer Support Specialist provides an opportunity for individuals to transform their own personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction challenges into a tool for inspiring hope for recovery in others. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and have moderate computer skills. Clinician peers Assisting in Community engagement (pACe) Clinician will be providing ongoing therapy with individuals and clinical support to the peer support team. The position will involve travel and community-based work in multiple counties. A Master’s degree and license eligibility are required. PACE provides structured and scheduled activities for adults age 18 and older with a diagnosis of Mental Health and Substance Use disorders. • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www. meridianbhs.org Child/AdolesCent MentAl heAlth positions AvAilABle in hAywood And JACKson Counties Positions available in Haywood & Jackson Counties. Licensed/ provisional therapists to provide Outpatient, Day Treatment

or Intensive In-home services to children/adolescents with mental health diagnoses. Therapists must have current NC therapist license. Also looking for QP/ Qualified professionals to provide Intensive In-home or Day Treatment services. QP’s must have Bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of experience postdegree with this population (experience required depends on type of degree). Apply by submitting resume to telliot@ jcpsmail.org Child/AdolesCent MentAl heAlth positions in trAnsylvAniA County Jackson County Psychological Services (in partnership with Meridian Behavioral Health) Is expanding school-based mental health services to Transylvania County Schools. We are currently recruiting for immediate therapist positions to work with elementary, middle and high school age students struggling with functional mental health issues in the Transylvania County Schools.

We are also recruiting a therapist and a QP for an Intensive In-Home team that will begin on January 1, 2016. This is a great opportunity for gaining clinical experience, supervision, training and helping to bring responsive, high-quality mental health services to the schools of Transylvania County. Interested candidates please submit a resume and cover letter to telliot@jcpsmail.org

CustoMer serviCe CliniCiAn -Asheville Hours Tuesday – Friday 9pm – 7am This position will provide telephone screening and triage for consumers and families seeking MH/SA or DD services. Masters degree in Human Services field or Nursing degree required, with two years post-degree experience. Current professional NC license required. This position is full time and has the potential to be home based.

Salary determined by qualification and experience. Competitive salary and an excellent benefit package including Health, Dental, Vision, Accident, Employer paid Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Colonial Supplemental Insurance Plans, Annual & Sick leave Accrual , 12 Paid Holidays, 401K w/Company Match and NC Local Government Retirement. Send NC State Application to: Smoky Mountain LME/MCO, Department of Human Resources, 44 Bonnie Lane Sylva, NC 28779.

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fReewIll asTRologY Aries (March 21-April 19): You are destined to become a master of fire. It's your birthright to become skilled in the arts of kindling and warming and illuminating and energizing. Eventually you will develop a fine knack for knowing when it's appropriate to turn the heat up high, and when it's right to simmer with a slow, steady glow. You will wield your flames with discernment and compassion, rarely or never with prideful rage. You will have a special power to accomplish creative destruction and avoid harmful destruction. I'm pleased at the progress you are making toward these noble goals, but there's room for improvement. During the next eight weeks, you can speed up your evolution. tAurus (April 20-May 20): Taurus-born physicist Wolfgang Pauli won a Nobel Prize for his research.

His accomplishment? The Nobel Committee said he discovered "a new law of nature," and named it after him: the Pauli Principle. And yet when he was a younger man, he testified, "Physics is much too difficult for me and I wish I were a film comedian or something like that and that I had never heard anything about physics!" I imagine you might now be feeling a comparable frustration about something for which you have substantial potential, Taurus. In the spirit of Pauli's perseverance, I urge you to keep at it.

GeMini (May 21-June 20): In 1921, the French city of Biarritz hosted an international kissing contest. After evaluating the participants' efforts, the panel of judges declared that Spanish kisses were "vampiric," while those of Italians were "burning," English were "tepid," Russians were "eruptive," French were "chaste," and Americans were "flaccid." Whatever nationality you are, Gemini, I hope you will eschew those paradigms -- and all other paradigms, as well. Now is an excellent time to experiment with and hone your own unique style of kissing. I'm tempted to suggest that you raise your levels of tenderness and wildness, but I'd rather you ignore all advice and trust your intuition.

CAnCer (June 21-July 22): The astrological omens suggest you could get caught up in dreaming about what might have been. I'm afraid you might cling to outworn traditions and resuscitate wistful wishes that have little relevance for the future. You may even be tempted to wander through the labyrinth of your memories, hoping to steep yourself in old feelings that weren't even good medicine for you when you first experienced them. But I hope you will override these inclinations, and instead act on the aphorism, "If you don't study the past, you will probably repeat it." Right now, the best reason to remember the old days is to rebel against them and prevent them from draining your energy. leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You may laugh more in the next fourteen days than you have during any comparable fourteen-day period since you were five years old. At least I hope you will. It will be the best possible tonic for your physical and mental health.

Even more than usual, laughter has the power to heal your wounds, alert you to secrets hiding in plain sight, and awaken your dormant potentials.

Luckily, I suspect that life will conspire to bring about this happy development. A steady stream of antics and whimsies and amusing paradoxes is headed your way. Be alert for the opportunities. virGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22): It's a favorable time to fantasize about how to suck more cash into your life.

You have entered a phase when economic mojo is easier to conjure than usual. Are you ready to engage in some practical measures to take advantage of the cosmic trend? And by that I don't mean playing the lottery or stealing strangers' wallets or scanning the sidewalk for fallen money as you stroll. Get intensely real and serious about enhancing your financial fortunes.

What are three specific ways you're ignorant about getting and handling money? Educate yourself.

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liBrA (sept. 23-oct. 22): “I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth," wrote author William Faulkner.

Some astrologers would say that it's unlikely a Libra would ever say such a thing — that it's too primal a feeling for your refined, dignified tribe; too lush and unruly. But I disagree with that view. Faulkner himself was a Libra! And I am quite sure that you are now or will soon be like a wet seed in the hot blind earth — fierce to sprout and grow with almost feral abandon. sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21): You and I both know that you can heal the sick and raise the dead and turn water into wine -- or at least perform the metaphorical equivalent of those magical acts. Especially when the pressure is on, you have the power to attract the help of mysterious forces and unexpected interventions. I love that about you! When people around you are rendered fuzzy and inert by life's puzzling riddles, you are often the best hope for activating constructive responses. According to my analysis of upcoming cosmic trends, these skills will be in high demand during the coming weeks. sAGittArius (nov. 22-dec. 21): Some astrologers regard the planet Saturn as a sour tyrant that cramps our style and squelches our freedom. But here's my hypothesis: Behind Saturn's austere mask is a benevolent teacher and guide. She pressures us to focus and concentrate. She pushes us to harness and discipline our unique gifts. It's true that some people resist these cosmic nudges. They prefer to meander all over the place, trying out roles they're not suited for and indulging in the perverse luxury of neglecting their deepest desires. For them Saturn seems like a dour taskmaster, spoiling their lazy fun. I trust that you Sagittarians will develop a dynamic relationship with Saturn as she cruises through your sign for the next 26 months. With her help, you can deepen your devotion to your life's most crucial goals.

CApriCorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to break a spell you've been under, or shatter an illusion you have been caught up in, or burst free from a trance you have felt powerless to escape. If you are moved to seek help from a shaman, witch, or therapist, please do so. But I bet you could accomplish the feat all by yourself. Trust your hunches! Here's one approach you could try: Tap into both your primal anger and your primal joy.

In your mind's eye, envision situations that tempt you to hate life and envision situations that inspire you love life. With this volatile blend as your fuel, you can explode the hold of the spell, illusion, or trance.

AQuArius (Jan. 20-feb. 18): "Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down."

So advised author Ray Bradbury. That strategy is too nerve-wracking for a cautious person like me. I prefer to meticulously build and thoroughly test my wings before trying a quantum leap. But I have observed that Aquarius is one of the three signs of the zodiac most likely to succeed with this approach. And according to my astrological calculations, the coming weeks will be a time when your talent for building robust wings in mid-air will be even more effective than usual. pisCes (feb. 19-March 20): You are being tempted to make deeper commitments and to give more of yourself. Should you? Is it in your interests to mingle your destiny more thoroughly with the destinies of others? Will you benefit from trying to cultivate more engaged forms of intimacy? As is true for most big questions, there are no neat, simple answers.

Exploring stronger connections would ultimately be both messy and rewarding. Here's an inquiry that might bring clarity as you ponder the possibility of merging your fortunes more closely with allies or potential allies: Will deeper commitments with them inspire you to love yourself dearly, treat yourself with impeccable kindness, and be a superb ally to yourself?

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