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East Asheville gets short shrift from city and county East Asheville is not known as the “hip” place to live in Asheville. It isn’t a historic district or what has been newly described as an innovation district, but it does have wonderful neighborhoods with over 20 percent of the population of the Asheville. Despite these numbers, it has been ignored in many ways. We have less than 9 percent of the city’s sidewalks. The city Parks and Recreation Department leased out our community center without talking to the library staff, who used it for children’s programs. They also didn’t speak with the community associations, which used the space for meetings, educational and social programs and which now pay local churches to use their space. The city promised a Tunnel Road Corridor Study several years ago but has not followed through with it. The county has also put East Asheville on the back burner. The East Asheville branch library has been on the county’s project improvement list since 2002 and has been bumped off that list several times. It is currently scheduled for the 2019

fiscal year. This 50-year-old library is the fourth-busiest in the system and is inadequate for the current needs in space and technology. The city owns the library building, so if the library is to remain in the same location, the city and county will need to work together to bring an updated library and community space to East Asheville. The families of East Asheville deserve a new library, a community meeting space and a study of the Tunnel Road corridor to improve walkability, safety and to encourage new types of businesses for our citizens. — Jeanie Martin Asheville

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rights and acceptance for everyone except the person that makes a grievous mistake in judgment. Who among us has not made a mistake in judgment? Every day as a Ro-Hun therapist, I see clients break the patterns of self-abuse, which were projected onto others as abuse. Everyone, men and women in equal numbers, is guilty of abusing others. Every time you feel entitled and justified to withhold love from another, you have abused. Judgment, humiliation and ridicule are shadow forces and are never supported by the Loving Creator. As a progressive community, we should work toward holding people accountable for their unconscious actions without condemnation. When you journey deep within your soul and find understanding and forgiveness for yourself, it becomes much easier to extend those divine qualities to other people. The New Day of fairness and equality for everyone is not going to fall from the sky; it occurs one soul at a time as each of us goes within and heals the wounds of our own illusions of separation. Asheville can become a model for enlightened community for the entire globe or we can flounder in hypocrisy. Which would you prefer? — David Robertson Asheville

Dropping local tap water clears up health problems I am a resident of the city of Asheville (the “city”), and I have attempted to obtain public information from various departments from the city of the chemicals present in their water supply. I believe there is a chemical in sufficiently high quantities in the water that is causing me to become ill. Symptoms include wrenching gut pain, pain in my kidneys and liver, loss of appetite, weakness, severely low blood pressure, and which, for me at least, causes a neurotoxic reaction (i.e., the feeling of being electrocuted without the shock).

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My symptoms disappeared since shifting solely to an expensive need called bottled spring water, and none of my cooking or beverages are made from local tap water anymore. It works. I feel 100 percent better since dropping the city tap water, and my symptoms have not recurred. I believe the city is allowing, and it is my basic understanding as a layman, too much of all, any combination of, or one of, any chemical(s) to remain present post-process in the water supply, that exist at the source at elevated levels, to remain post-process at levels that can be dangerous to one’s health (my own health as testament). … Further, since this matter involves public health, I wanted to “go public” to see if there was anyone else in the city who might also be having similar symptoms and reaction to the drinking water, and I believe your paper/journal, the Mountain Xpress, can assist me in getting in contact with those people. Otherwise, my search for a cure is a “David versus Goliath” battle I could not possibly win against the city. If anyone out there is having the same problems drinking the local water, please contact me so we can document it, and get it properly addressed by the city. —Vasco Sena Asheville editor’s note: Asheville’s Communication & Public Engagement Division notes that Mr. Sena’s home is on the Woodfin water system, which Mr. Sena confirmed. In a subsequent email, Sena noted that his exposure to Asheville’s tap water had been during his work providing in-home care to his nursing assistant clients and at businesses on the Asheville water system. He offers: “I have to add that it appears to me that these symptoms are not wholly Asheville-related, but might be emblematic of the water provided throughout the state of North Carolina, as I have had the same problem at my daughter’s house in Fayetteville, during the three years I lived in Albemarle, and during the last year of living here in Asheville. I felt that finally there was something wrong, and as anyone is wont to do, I first blamed myself and my own health for the problems. But upon curtailing my drinking of tap water, my problems have not recurred.”

Pesticide raises concern about effects on bees, people I recently visited the garden center at Home Depot and happened to see a

group of coneflowers, also known as echinacea, in full bloom. I saw many bees collecting pollen from several of the flowers. I want to try beekeeping in the springtime, and it seemed that these plants would be good for bees and butterflies. They are also used in herbal remedies. I purchased four plants and eagerly took them home and planted them in my garden. After planting them, I noticed a plastic tab stating that the plant was treated with neonicotinoids (neonics). Note: Look up this pesticide on the Internet. It is linked to the honeybee decline, and what about the herbal benefits of this plant? What is the effect to our systems and general health? — John Vascellaro Asheville

City should stop fluoridating water Regarding Asheville’s decision to fluoridate our city water, I would like to suggest to Mayor [Esther] Manheimer she act on the side of caution immediately. Doing less is to ignore basic facts and continue a flawed and truly diabolical scheme on her watch. This historic quote requires no particular folks to become consumer-friendly (and happier, too): “The German chemists worked out a very ingenious and far reaching plan of mass control that was submitted to and adopted by the German generals staff. This plan was to control the population of any given area though mass medication of drinking water supplies. ... In this scheme of mass control, “sodium fluoride” occupied a prominent place.” — Charles Elliot Perkins, 1954, U.S. chemist sent to Germany after World War II to assess I.B. Farben industries. — William Chalk Asheville editor’s note: PolitiFact, a project of the Tampa Bay Times and its partner news organizations, concluded in 2011 that the Internet meme that the Nazis put fluoride in drinking water during World War II to pacify the Jews was an urban myth.

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Article needed on actual lives of downtown horses Although the movie Blinders, referred to by C.J. Sellers [of] Asheville Voice for Animals [“Traffic Poses Danger to Downtown Horses,” Sept. 23, Xpress], is touted as a “documentary,” the writer, Donny Moss, is an animal rights extremist, and this is his view. There is a difference between animal rights and animal welfare. Those of us who have horses and handle them every day are usually animal welfare supporters.

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The paper chase City permitting process stifles development, critics say

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BREAKNECK PACE: Jason Nortz, the city’s interim Development Services Department director, says his ofﬁce is trying to keep up with the city’s “breakneck pace” of development. “We clearly recognize the need to improve our process, and we’re working on that,” Nortz says. Photo by Hayley Benton

Developers have long complained about Asheville’s permitting process, and critics say their concerns were underscored this summer when Chris Brown dropped plans for a $2 million indoor trampoline park. City officials say they’re working hard to improve efficiency but have been hampered by a construction boom amid a serious shortage of qualified employees. “With all the new development that’s occurring, sometimes it’s hard to keep up with it at a breakneck pace,” says Jason Nortz, the Development Services Department’s interim director since June. Brown, who owns Velocity Air Sports, says he’d planned to develop the trampoline facility in a building on Sweeten Creek Road but scuttled the project in favor of more businessfriendly cities. “With all due respect, Asheville is the most difficult city I have ever experienced,” Brown wrote in an August email to City Manager Gary Jackson. “We could not get basic answers to our key concerns for almost two months. In my industry,

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time is money, and I was left with no alternative but to walk away from Asheville and pursue more businessfriendly areas. “I simply couldn’t risk more time and effort when the same amount of time and effort in other cities produces better results,” he wrote. “I’m not used to having issues getting a green light to proceed.” Nortz acknowledges that the department should have handled Brown’s application more promptly, saying, “We clearly recognize the need to improve our process, and we’re working on that.” Recent efforts include hiring more permitting staff and creating an advisory group that will recommend further ways to improve. Not everyone is unhappy with the city’s performance, however. “I really haven’t had a problem there,” says longtime local developer John Spake of Spake Real Estate. “I think it’s easy to beat up on staff: They have a tough job. There’s a lot of construction going on now. We’ve had our disagreements at times, but we’ve always been able to work them out.”

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LAG TIME Meanwhile, there’s plenty of development getting done in the city. The value of current construction in Asheville jumped from about $100 million a year four years ago to about $800 million last year, according to the city’s permit database. That, though, is part of the problem, says Nortz. “We’re seeing a tremendous amount of high-end development, and it takes a lot of resources on our end to get it up from the beginning stages of site development to the plan review process, through the inspection process, all the way to final occupancy.” The scale of these projects is also a factor, he notes. “It’s not just little mom-and-pop type developments. We’re talking about numerous hotels, numerous breweries, large apartment complexes — things that take a lot of time and resources to review and approve.” Brown says he’s developed 16 such parks in Nevada, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia. He says he invests an average of $1.8 million in each facility, which employs 40 to 50 people. “The indoor trampoline park industry is a very fast-growth segment whereby allocation of capital and allocation of time are the key decision points,” he explained in his August email. “I started looking at Asheville and Charleston [South Carolina] for potential locations in March and was able to reach letters of intent on buildings in both cities in late April.” In the email, Brown said he’d hired an architect to develop preliminary plans for the Asheville facility and had scheduled a meeting with city officials to facilitate the development process. The developer, building owner and others involved in the project “provided any and all requested data and were still not able to receive a definitive commitment from the city as to their interpretation of our use/code analysis” until July 8. In Charleston, on the other hand, it took one meeting in mid-May and “We were welcomed with open arms.” Brown says he received a permit to start construction on June 9 and opened the facility July 31. “In the lag time spent trying to get traction with the city of Asheville, I started looking in Jacksonville, Florida,” he wrote. “During that time, I was able to locate a building, negotiate a lease and have a meeting with city officials in which I received

commitments from them as to their requirements and interpretations on our use.”

AN ANTI-BUSINESS ATTITUDE? Longtime Asheville businessman Jerry Sternberg, who owns the building where Brown wanted to locate his facility, blames both an inefficient permit office staff and what he sees as city officials’ antibusiness attitude. “We spend a lot of money enticing businesses to come to Asheville,” says Sternberg. “We tell them how business-friendly we are, and here’s a guy with $2 million to spend and the possible employment of 50 people. So we lost a $2 million industry here only because of lack of being reasonable and pragmatic and getting the job done. They go through all this salesmanship with the Chamber and economic development and paint this rosy picture, and once you walk into City Hall, it’s like walking into a kangaroo court.” A lot of residents who moved here from other cities, says Sternberg, an Asheville native, “want to raise the drawbridge. Many of them end up in policymaking positions and certainly are active voters, especially among the retired people. They really are more comfortable if the Planning Department does not operate efficiently, because that slows down growth and stops what they consider overcrowding.”

NO HIDDEN AGENDA But Mayor Esther Manheimer says the permitting process has nothing to do with city policies on the amount and type of development allowed. “I don’t think … staff is obstructing applicants who are proposing to do projects that are permitted under our zoning code,” she says. “The permitting center is not a place where we, as a city, determine which is appropriate growth and development in Asheville. It is supposed to be a place where a customer can interact with city staff regarding an application for something they want to do, and they should receive appropriate service. So long as the proposed use is permitted under the zoning ordinance, then that system needs to work.” In the case of Velocity Air Sports, she concedes, “We fell down on the

job. I don’t get a sense that that’s reflective of the overall experience for folks interacting with the permitting center. That’s no judgment on whether or not Asheville wants a trampoline facility: It’s our job to be responsive. You need to constantly address your customer experience; it’s going to be an evolving process.” The mayor, though, says she generally gets positive feedback from builders and architects who regularly work with the permitting office: It’s those new to the process who have a hard time. “There really are a lot of regulations to navigate, mostly state regulations that the city is charged with imposing on folks,” says Manheimer. “If you’ve never done it before, each turn is a surprise, and it’s frustrating and time-consuming. That’s where the challenge is.”

a Long-running issue Efforts to streamline Asheville’s permitting process began in 2009 when the city launched a one-stop shop in the Public Works Building on South Charlotte Street. It was staffed by representatives from the five departments that issue construction permits: Public Works, Planning and Development, Water Engineering, Building Safety and the Fire Department. Concerns remained, however, and last year, the Mayor’s Development Task Force was formed to come up with recommendations. Composed of builders, architects, business owners and other concerned parties, the group released its report in February. Meanwhile, the Development Customer Advisory Group, charged with advising the department on

ways to improve service, held its first meeting last month. In the past four years, notes Nortz, the permit office has doubled in size (to 57 workers), but several vacancies remain. The number of permit facilitators has been doubled, to eight. “Most of the summer, we were operating at half that capacity,” he explains. “They’re the first line of defense when people come in to ask questions and apply for permits. That’s a huge positive for us, because obviously the more people we have up front, the quicker we can get to people, and the less time they’re sitting there waiting.” But finding and retaining enough qualified workers has been difficult. “The development industry,” says Nortz, “has the ability to pay more. We just can’t compete with that. We try to compete in other ways, in terms of our benefits and sometimes our flexible work schedules, but there’s only so much you can do when you work for the government. When you have less staff, it affects morale, it affects performance, it affects wait times.” In August, he notes, the department’s schedule was changed. Instead of being open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, it now operates 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. “We’re not seeing any more people per week, but we are seeing the amount of people per day spread out more evenly,” he reports, adding, “I think it’s been well received by customers.” The department has also implemented an online dashboard report that shows monthly construction stats, including the number of permits issued and applied for as well as the number of inspections. Also in the works, says Nortz, are a software upgrade enabling the public to apply for and check the status of permits, and a “standard

operating procedures manual” for the department. Nonetheless, says Sternberg, a member of the advisory group, “Once a developer gets his loan, gets his plans together, buys his land and finally walks into City Hall to start the permitting process, he’s a hostage. He has to do everything they tell him to do, and if he makes any waves at all, they will find a way to slow him down. He’s

stuck, and it appears that some of the people in that department understand that rather well, and it’s a powerful place for them to be.”

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n eWs permitting office has been generally positive. He’s a partner in developing City Centre, a 64,000-square-foot office building, 150-room hotel and 254-space parking garage now under construction on 2.4 acres at the corner of College and South Charlotte streets. So far, says Spake, the project has progressed without a hiccup, and the contractor is two and a half months ahead of schedule. Getting permit approvals in a timely manner hasn’t been an issue, he says. And like Manheimer, Spake feels that being familiar with the system helps. “My experience is, if you do your homework and you do your presubmittal meetings and you keep staff involved while you’re designing your plans, you don’t have many surprises,” he reports. “If you just showed up one day with your plans and hadn’t talked to staff, and especially if you’re from outside the market and don’t know the expectations of staff, then I can see that being a problem.” But mike plemmons, executive director of the Council of Independent Business Owners, says, “A lot of businesses have complained to us about the process. They really hated going to the department at times, because they couldn’t get answers or they thought they were being stonewalled. We’re concerned that the city loses some real good development opportunities due to some archaic thought processes. The processes they’ve had in the past have just delayed everything.”

positive signs Plemmons, however, says he’s encouraged by the recent efforts to improve the department. “In the city’s defense, they’ve been training people and trying to make it work,” he observes. “We’re watching the process and trying to provide input where we can. We know they’ve had a lot of problems, and we think the city wants to change that. Hopefully, with the efforts they’ve been doing, they’re going to overcome some of that.” Asheville architect jane mathews, who serves on the new advisory group, shares that optimism. “I think the fact that they have a group of people who … can be a sounding board to how those changes work or don’t work is a really positive aspect,” she says. Still, Mathews would like to see the department upgrade its

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technology so architectural drawings can be submitted electronically. “We bring in big sets of drawings, multiple copies,” she explains. “It gets to be a lot of paper. There’s a pent-up desire on the part of architects and probably the construction community to move to a digital format.” Mathews also dislikes having to wait for an hour or more in the permitting office while a staff member reviews an application and enters the information into a computer. “I like to think that we’re educated enough to have completed a thorough review prior to bringing it in,” she says. “We shouldn’t have to sit while the information is being entered and checked. That’s not a good use of my time and my clients’ costs. It’s obvious that there are people who bring in incomplete sets; maybe that’s better handled by a different process.” Another advisory group member, Karl Koon of Asheville Oil Co., says he was encouraged by what he heard at the first meeting. “We need to work as partners in ensuring good development in Asheville and not any type of adversarial relationship, or where it’s an attempt to either stop or slow down development,” he says. “We seem to all understand a common desire to see quality development in the area.” Koon says he’d like to see more done to educate homeowners about the Development Services Department’s requirements. “In some cases, they’ve been instructed to come down and pull a permit after they’ve actually started doing something at their house — not even aware that they needed to get permission to have it done,” he notes. Fellow advisory group member ron duyck of Duyck Construction Co. says his biggest concern is the four to six weeks it typically takes for a permit application to be reviewed. “Time is an issue for all of us, from the architect to the contractor,” says Duyck. “It makes it difficult for us to coordinate our projects, a start time, so we can add to our volume of work.” But Duyck, too, says he’s optimistic that improvements can be made. “I think we have the correct people on board, and I think the staff has bought into this opportunity. It sounds as if they have, anyway.” X

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Cost of labor: revisiting the Marion Massacre

HISTORY LESSONS: Author Travis Byrd explores the events surrounding the 1929 “Marion Massacre” in his new book, Unraveled, which hits shelves around the region this month. The author/historian says he hopes the book will shed light on the triumphs and failures of the 1920s Southern labor movement and will help in providing a framework for current-day labor efforts around WNC. Image via University of Tennessee Press In the damp morning hours of Oct. 2, 1929, gunfire erupted between law enforcement and a crowd of picketing mill workers at the gates of the

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Marion Manufacturing plant in the quiet foothills of McDowell County, leaving six residents dead and a town torn apart in its wake.

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The “Marion Massacre,” as the conflict came to be known by, marked the culmination of a year of violent labor protests across the foothills and mountains and became a turning point in the national movement to unionize laborers across the South. For the residents of Marion, the confrontation became a source of confusion and shame, literally and metaphorically buried away in closets and attics in the ensuing decades. Sparked by renewed community interest in the early 2000s, historian Travis Byrd examines the events leading up to and surrounding the deadly confrontation in a new book, Unraveled, which hits books shelves across the region this month. Combining primary documents, oral histories and extensive research, Byrd investigates how the events of that day changed the face of a community and a national movement, along with what modern society can learn from the successes and failures of labor unions in the early 20th century.

“TERRA INCOGNITA” Regarding the University of Tennessee’s decision to publish Unraveled, Thomas Wells, acquisitions editor for U.T., says that the book “fits

UT Press’ labor history list perfectly. The book is written with an arresting narrative style that reads more like a novel than a work of historical inquiry [...] Unraveled is one of the best [manuscripts] I’ve come across in my ten-plus years at the press.” However, the initial inspiration for Unraveled came in a roundabout way, according to Byrd. While researching the Gastonia labor strike of 1929 as part of his master’s thesis work at UNC-Asheville, the author says he was alerted to several sources on the Marion event by his academic adviser. “That put me in contact with Michael Blankenship, who was possession of those sources, as well as some others in possession of other sources,” says Byrd. “as I continu[ed] this research, it became apparent that the larger story was not in Gastonia, but in Marion.” This realization led Byrd to the sleepy mountain town, where he found many descendants of townspeople who’d witnessed the chaos of October, 1929 and several records and artifacts that shed light on the conflict and its effects. “In the aftermath of 1929, people there never really gave up their connection to the past,” Byrd notes, “they just put it away.” The materials unearthed included a scrapbook documenting union activities kept by Ruth Greenlee, a principal of one of the mill village schools, from 1929 until 1979. “She was truly one of those dyedin-the-wool, lady-progressive dogooders,” Byrd says,“ [and] had maintained a scrapbook on labor organization, in addition to about 20 or 30 others that are still in Marion.” After an exhaustive process of digging up primary documents

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neWs and newspaper accounts from the time, cross-checking references and searching through the branches of family trees, Byrd was able to re-create and parse through the events leading up to the outburst of violence. “We’re not told this history,” Byrd says. “It’s always been out there, but we find it almost like ‘terra incognita.’ You feel like the first person to push the bushes aside and look down this particular path.”

marion goes to War What that path reveals is a complex power struggle between mill management, labor organizers and communists to influence workers across the South. “The American Federation of Labor and the Communist Party of The United States were basically in a war of extermination against each other over who could organize the South,” says Byrd. Simultaneously, the lengthening of workers’ hours at Marion Manufacturing — without additional

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MOURNING THE DEAD: Large crowds gathered for the funeral mass of six victims of the violence at the Marion Manufacturing plant in 1929. Though union leadership initially used the Marion Massacre as a rallying cry, by 1930 the town and labor organizers were more interested in forgetting the tragedy ever occurred. Photo courtesy of Kim Clarke. pay — led employees there to seek the help of AFL organizers in forming a union. “This was the period of what was called the stretch-out,’” says Byrd, “where mill managers were trying to increase production and reduce costs at the same time to create a competitive advantage.” As a communist-led stand-off erupted into violence in nearby Gastonia through the spring of 1929 and tensions between mill management and workers at Marion Manufacturing and the nearby Clinchfield Mill grew over the course of the summer, North Carolina’s governor o. max gardner called on mill owner reginald baldwin accept the Marion workers’ terms in order to keep the peace. “It’s a very signal victory,” notes Byrd. “The mill reopened with acknowledgement that the union existed; there would be no blacklisters, no impediments to organization.” Unfortunately, mill management did not abide by these standards for long. Despite the urging of patience by AFL leaders — who were absent at the time of the Marion Massacre — a wildcat strike was initiated by several

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mill employees in the early morning hours of Oct. 2. Xpress documented the events of the bloody confrontation in detail in a March 2011 article, “Mountain Shame: Remembering the Marion Massacre.” The conflict resulted in six mill workers deaths, dozens of injuries, a host of arrests and national media attention. It also became a rallying cry for AFL leaders in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy to inspire workers across the South to organize against unfair labor practices. Despite the AFL’s coopting of the events in Marion, Byrd notes that “this had very little to do with unionization. This was about the community of Marion — and also the larger community of the entire Piedmont in 1929 — going to war against itself.” Wells adds that while neither the Gastonia nor Marion workers saw their hopes realized immediately, “the labor massacres and strikes in North Carolina were thrust into the national limelight and became a driving force behind the labor movement during FDR’s New Deal implementation.”

According to Byrd, “Marion is the genesis” for the AFL’s subsequent organizing campaign across the South. “What happened in Marion ended up being very, very powerful.”

HeaLing oLD WounDs Yet, for decades after the events of Oct. 2, 1929, the residents of Marion were loathe to revisit the tragedy that had played out in their community. Byrd suggests that a feeling of abandonment by the AFL went a long way towards fostering such feelings. “The AFL leadership did not know how to handle the firestorm that surrounded an action that they had nothing to do with,” he says. “They’d rather it just kind of go under the rug.” Despite initial calls to remember the Marion massacre, AFL leaders began to shy away from referencing the conflict as early as 1930. “There’s a very conscious distancing that goes on of the AFL at the national level from Marion,” says Byrd. “By the time the union actually folds in Marion about a

year later, people are pretty bitter about this.” But while public discourse may have shied away from the tragedy, Byrd says that the massacre lived on in the collective subconscious of the town. “It was common knowledge that wasn’t spoken about in public.” With the demolition of the original Marion Manufacturing plant in 2011, Byrd says that a kind of “psychological catharsis” took place among the community: “People went back and began to access what the mill meant to them, what it meant to the community and what had happened there.” Part of Byrd’s mission in writing Unraveled was to apply the lessons learned from the events surrounding the massacre towards providing a framework in which to examine contemporary labor concerns. “Textiles drove the economy of the ’New South.’ The the lessons that were learned in that primary industry nowadays translate very easily into today’s economy,” he says. He sees similarities in the unskilled labor market that dominated the mill industry of the 1920s and Asheville’s current service industry, where “people are still fighting for the same things: a living wage, a decent workplace and the right to fair access to a job, as well as unionization.” Byrd also hopes to help dispel some common misconceptions about labor unions’ history in Southern culture: “We’ve got some of the

best union history in the South,” he says. “People need to know that if they stand up and say ’we want our rights,’ they come from a long line of people in the South that have said and done exactly that for well over a century.” Such lessons mean learning from past movements’ failures as well as their successes. “You always hear, ’we ain’t got no unions, we don’t want no unions, we ain’t never had no unions,’ but that’s not true,” Byrd says. “Why is that lie so pervasively sold and so pervasively bought [in the South]?” The way to move forward, according to Byrd, is “knowing why we were successful defending our rights in the South, [as well as knowing] where, when and why we failed in the past.” As a part of promotional efforts for Unraveled, Byrd will be in attendance at Marion’s Mountain Glory Festival on October 10 for a book signing. He also plans to present his book and research to McDowell County students during the school district’s Local History Week. “I feel like we need to teach people that we have nothing to be ashamed of in our history as workers or advocates for workers’ rights,” he says. “The only way to counteract the potency of the hard pitch that the anti-union kind of people try to make [...] is to get out there. “If you believe in the Gospel,” Byrd asserts, “you got to preach it.” X

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beneFiTs aRT waLk aT asHeviLLe OUTLeTs 232-4190, shopashevilleoutlets.com/events • FR (10/9), 10am-5pm Proceeds from this art walk featuring work from local artists and students benefit the Buncombe County schools Foundation. Free to attend. Held at Asheville Outlets, 800 Brevard Road GeTTinG UPsTReam OF POveRTY 253-0406, gettingupstream.eventbrite.com • WE (10/14), 5:30pm - Tickets to this cocktail reception and forum presentation by Dr. Rishi Manchanda benefit Pisgah legal services. Forum presentation at 7pm. $50 reception & forum/$15 forum only. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square ’OF Time and THe RiveR’ beneFiT 252-8474, RiverLink.org • TH (10/15), 6-9pm - Tickets to the opening gala for the Of Time and The River exhibit benefit riverlink. $65. Held at Sol’s Reprieve, 11 Richland St. PUmPkin PaTCH beneFiT 885-7286, facebook.com/ pumpkinpatchrevenge • FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS (10/9) through (10/31), 6:30-10pm - Tickets to this decorated “haunted pumpkin patch” trail with games and refreshments benefit silvermont Park and the Children’s Center. $5. Held at Silvermont Park,

CITy COUNCIl CANDIDATES TAlK FOOD: The Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council is hosting a free, public and nonpartisan forum with Asheville City Council candidates on Monday, Oct. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies. The candidates will answer three moderated questions regarding local food issues and are invited to share their ideas for how Asheville can address food insecurity and hunger issues to build a thriving local food system. Photo from Thinkstock. (p. 21)

East Main St., Brevard THe sOiRee aT kaLamazOO 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com/ events/soiree-at-kalamazoo • SU (10/11), 3-6pm - Tickets to this event with live music, food, and silent auction benefit the Madison County Arts Council. $35. Held at Kalamazoo, 61 Lower Paw Paw Road, Marshall THe waLk RUn OR ROLL beneFiT eblencharities.org • SA (10/10), 9am - Tickets to this family friendly 5k/10k event benefit eblen Charities. Participants can use bikes, skates, scooters, and strollers. $15/$5 children. Held at A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Road wOmen’s HeaLTH exPO beneFiT evite.com/event/ • TH (10/8), 8-11am & 4-7pm Proceeds from this women’s health expo with health screenings, music, vendors and obstacle course competition benefit hope Chest for Women. Free to attend. Held at Ladies Workout Asheville, 802 Fairview Road #1000

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Candler unless otherwise noted. • WE (10/7), 2pm - “Department of Revenue: Business Taxes,” seminar. • TH (10/8), 10am - “Starting a Better Business,” seminar. Held at RiverLink, 170 Lyman St. • SA (10/10), 9am - “SCORE: All You Need to Know About Website Development,” seminar. • TU (10/13), 1pm - “Simple Strategies for Great Event Marketing,” seminar. • WE (10/14), 5:30pm - “SCORE: Basic Internet Marketing,” seminar. • TH (10/15), 10am - “Employing North Carolina’s Military and Veterans,” seminar. Held at A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Road LeadeRsHiP asHeviLLe 255-7100, leadershipasheville.org Sponsored by UNCA, this series of panels focuses on community leadership development. • WE (10/7), 11:30am - Annual luncheon with keynote speaker Christine Perich. $35. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St.

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asHeviLLe ObJeCTivisTs ashevilleobjectivists.wordpress.com, avlobj@att.net • TU (10/13), 6pm - General meeting. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. asHeviLLe zOmbiewaLk ashevillezombiewalk.com, ashevillezombie@gmail.com • SU (10/11), 5pm - 10th annual zombie themed costume parade for adults and kids with prizes, and food trucks. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. biG ivY COmmUniTY CenTeR 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • 2nd MONDAYS, 7pm - Community club meeting. Free. bUiLdinG bRidGes buildingbridges-ashevillenc.org • THURSDAYS (9/10) through (11/5), 7-9pm - Seminar series on the dynamics of racism. Registration required. $35. Held at A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Road bUnCOmbe COUnTY PUbLiC LibRaRies buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • THURSDAYS (10/8), & (10/22), 3:30pm - “Learn to Download Digital Books, Audio Books and Magazines from the Library,” workshop. Different devices are covered each session. Contact for guidelines. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • MO (10/12), 2pm - Goodwill job readiness workshop. Registration

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Weakening the link between poverty and illness what: Pisgah Legal Services’ fifth annual Poverty Forum with Rishi Manchanda where: Diana Wortham Theatre when: Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. (separately ticketed reception at 5:30 p.m.) why: “Since 1978, the nonprofit law firm Pisgah Legal Services has been providing free, civil legal aid to low-income people who live in Western North Carolina,” says the organization’s communications manager, evie sandlin white. “The Poverty Forum is an important opportunity for us to draw attention to the problems of poverty and have a community conversation about working together to address these issues.” To that end, Pisgah Legal has called upon the expertise of physician, author and public health activist rishi manchanda. During a speech titled “Getting Upstream of Poverty,” he’ll prompt discussion about the links between health and poverty, covering topics like

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primary care, social and environmental factors that make people ill, and health and human rights. The founder of socially geared healthcare organizations HealthBegins and RxDemocracy, Manchanda was recently recognized as one of the top 20 health care innovators in America by The Atlantic magazine. Proceeds from the event will help the hosting legal firm continue to represent WNC citizens who cannot afford an attorney. “Last year, Pisgah Legal Services helped more than 14,000 people in our region,” White adds. “This includes preventing homelessness, stopping domestic violence, protecting senior citizens and consumers from fraud, accessing health care and assisting victims of abuse.” Tickets to the forum are $15 per person. A separately ticketed cocktail reception ($50 per person) with the speaker takes place in the venue’s lobby at 5:30 p.m., with catered food from Chestnut and Corner Kitchen. Visit pisgahlegal.org for more information and tickets to both events X

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GOveRnmenT & POLiTiCs asHeviLLe bUnCOmbe FOOd POLiCY COUnCiL abfoodpolicy.org • MO (10/12), 6:30-8pm Moderated forum for Asheville City Council candidates regarding food security. Free. Held at Lenoir Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave bUnCOmbe COUnTY RePUbLiCan men’s CLUb 712-1711, gakeller@gakeller.com • 2nd SATURDAYS, 7:30am Discussion group meeting with optional breakfast. Free to attend. Held at Corner Stone Restaurant, 102 Tunnel Road CiTY OF asHeviLLe 251-1122, ashevillenc.gov • TU (10/13), 5pm - Public City Council meeting. See website for agenda. Free. Held at Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza

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(pd.) Meditation and community on Thursdays 7:00 to 8:30 PM and Sundays 10-12 noon. By donation. Asheville. Shambhala.org, 828-200-1520. 60 N Merrimon #113, Asheville, NC 28804 asbURY memORiaL UmC 171 Beaverdam Road, 253-0765 • SU (10/11), noon - 214th anniversary covered dish homecoming celebration. Worship service at 11am. Free. asHeviLLe COmmUniTY YOGa CenTeR 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • FR (10/9), 7:30pm - Kirtan, call and response devotional yoga, with Luna Ray. $15-20. 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. • 2nd MONDAYS through (11/9), 9:30am - Biblical Book Study: Grace: More than We Deserve, Greater then We Imagine by Max Lucado. Registration required. $8 book fee. • MONDAYS through (11/23), 1pm - Biblical Book Study: 66 Love Letters by Larry Crab. Registration required. $15 book fee. 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.

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Hanger Hall opened its 16th school year in its permanent home at 64 W.T. Weaver Boulevard. We are grateful to the many generous donors who made this dream a reality. We have been warmly embraced by our neighbors UNCA and the many Merrimon Avenue businesses. Thank you!

All these factors contribute to a positive, nurturing, supportive,, and robust academic atmosphere where girls feel safe to discover who they are, how they are unique, and what they have to offer the world around them.

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WELL N ESS

Coming home

Local veterans find healing in surprising places

by krista l. white

kristawhitewrites@yahoo.com Most folks don’t give it a thought when they head to the store for a gallon of milk, go outside to take a walk or pick up the phone to call a friend. But for someone diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, even these seemingly innocuous behaviors may seem daunting. “After a traumatic event, many people have stress-related reactions, such as fear, sadness, guilt, bad memories and sleep problems,” says Kristen Barlow, PTSD clinical team psychologist at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. But when debilitating symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, irritability, anger and hypervigilance “don’t go away over time and significantly disrupt a person’s life, they may have PTSD.” These core symptoms, she continues, “impact their ability to enjoy life and may hurt their relationships with others, or cause problems for them at work or school.” Across the country, growing numbers of veterans are being diagnosed with the condition. Between 1999 and 2010, the number of veterans receiving service-connected compensation for PTSD increased 222 percent, notes psychologist Laura Tugman, assistant chief of mental health services at the local VA hospital. Roughly two-thirds of the people her department is currently treating — 5,554 veterans, all told — have been diagnosed with PTSD, says Tugman. That doesn’t include those receiving disability compensation who don’t seek help from the hospital’s mental health services. Part of the problem, she notes, is that younger veterans have spent more time in combat. “Many Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans have been in combat deployments longer than veterans of any other combat era.” Increased outreach by government agencies may also play a role. “The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have implemented very strong

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WATER THERAPY: Cliff Counsell, volunteer coordinator for Team River Runner, guides a group of veterans on the upper Pigeon River in Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Rip Roaring Adventures in Hartford, Tenn. programs to increase awareness about the symptoms of PTSD, provide screenings for combat veterans and decrease the stigma surrounding PTSD,” says Tugman. As a result, “More veterans are seeking treatment.” The form that treatment takes may vary considerably, however, depending on individual preferences and needs. The VA focuses on “evidence-based, trauma-focused psychotherapies such as cognitive processing and prolonged exposure as the first-line treatment options for patients with PTSD,” she says. But those approaches go only so far, and many local veterans are turning to alternatives provided by various nonprofit groups to find the help they need to heal.

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extensive review of the literature, notes Tugman. “The decision to adopt an evidence-based treatment and invest in training VA mental health providers in it is made at the national level.” Cognitive processing therapy helps people target the distressing memories and thoughts and learn skills for handling them, says Barlow. This helps them understand what they went through and how it changed the way they see the world, themselves and others. The process is typically completed in 12 group or individual sessions. Prolonged exposure therapy starts by educating patients about PTSD and teaching them how to use breathing techniques to relax and manage stress. Then, through a combination of real-world practice and talking through the experience, veterans gradually learn that they don’t have to avoid the thoughts, feelings and situations that remind them of the

trauma, says Barlow. This usually takes anywhere from eight to 15 individual sessions. “The VA also recognizes acceptance and commitment therapy for veterans suffering from PTSD as a result of military sexual trauma,” notes Tugman. “We don’t engage in a one-sizefits-all model. We want to provide as many options as possible,” including supplemental programs such as WRAP, Veteran X/Veteran Hope and Life Abilities groups. Drawing on all of these approaches, she explains, “A treatment plan is constructed with the individual veteran’s preferences, strengths and needs strongly considered.” The VA also provides information concerning what other options are available in the community.

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going tHrougH tHe motions After serving as a U.S. Army medic in Iraq from 2004-05, Asheville resident brandon sirois found himself in an unexpected place — alone. “When I came home, I went through the motions for a little while,” says Sirois. “I enrolled in college, got a part-time job and did all the stuff I was supposed to be doing.” Soon, however, loneliness, depression and a sense of being misplaced began taking over his life. “That led me to being a hermit: I didn’t want to do anything with anyone,” he recalls. Diagnosed with adjustment disorder in 2005 and PTSD in 2008, “It’s been a long struggle for me to manage the symptoms that I was now going to live with and find my way in this new life,” he explains. “I would just spiral down and down and down and not know how to get myself out of it.” Traditional therapy gave Sirois a handle on some of his symptoms, but for years, he still felt there was something missing. A weeklong Outward Bound trip for veterans in 2014 led to a lifechanging realization. “I had formed closer bonds with people in those couple of days than I had, really, with people throughout my time being back home,” Sirois reveals. “It was talking with someone that knows what you’re talking about and knows how you’re feeling, because they’ve been through the same thing.” That prompted Sirois to help found Inspiring Our Heroes, a nonprofit that uses shared adventureand nature-based experiences to create support systems for veterans. “I really wanted to combine outdoor recreation and fellowship with other vets to create this healing environment,” he explains. “Smaller, local chapters facilitate people making new friends in their area and having a new support system.” A partnership with Navitat Canopy Adventures in Barnardsville provided free zip line tours to Inspiring Our Heroes participants. Sirois now works with the Veterans Healing Farm in Hendersonville, but the partnership with Navitat continues. There are also plans to offer kayaking and canoeing through the Asheville Outdoor Center. “There are a lot of organizations around that are trying to help vets,” notes Sirois. “This just gives another option, because everyone is unique

and heals in different ways. Having a large array available can help everyone customize their healing.” Still, it isn’t easy. “I don’t want this to come off like a success story about how I overcame PTSD, because the truth is that I still struggle with it, and there are a lot of vets out there who, like me, struggle daily,” he reveals. “I want to give them the inspiration to keep moving forward and not let it keep them down.”

Horse sense Asheville resident matthew estridge was diagnosed with PTSD after his first Army deployment and began receiving treatment while still in the service. During a second deployment in 2007, however, he was hit by an improvised explosive device that caused a traumatic brain injury and made his PTSD worse. Awarded a Purple Heart and honorably discharged in 2008, Estridge has continued to receive treatment at the local VA hospital. Last month, however, he found his way to a nonprofit called Heart of Horse Sense. “Even though the VA has been helpful with group sessions and counseling,” says Estridge, “finding a treatment like Heart of Horse Sense was something I was missing for a long time.” Based in Marshall, the organization provides free equine-assisted psychotherapy as well as instruction in therapeutic riding and natural horsemanship (a technique for training horses). “Veterans and at-risk youth are the two groups we see that can benefit the most from these services,” says Executive Director shannon Knapp. “They’re also two groups that may not choose traditional talk therapy. ‘Tell me how that makes you feel’ is generally not something they’re going to participate in.” Working with horses, says Estridge, “teaches me to be confident in myself, because that’s what they require from me: They teach me patience and make me feel at peace, like they understand what’s going on inside me.” Estridge had no prior experience with horses, but he says the program “is special to me: It’s helped me out more than I thought it could. And it gets me out of the house, so I’m not sitting around depressed.” Horses mimic human emotions, requiring calm communications that

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WeLLnes s explains, adding, “We really believe in horses’ incredible ability to do for [veterans] what humans cannot.”

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BREAKING BARRIERS: U.S. Army veteran Mary Baclich gets close with one of the horses at Heart of Horse Sense during one of the organization’s Fall Fridays. Photo by Krista L. White

moRe info FUn and FUndRaisinG Visit these websites for more information about the featured nonprofits and upcoming fundraisers: inspiring our heroes inspiringourheroes.org navitat canopy adventures navitat.com/asheville-nc On Veterans Day (Wednesday, Nov. 11), Navitat Canopy Adventures is inviting veterans to zip for free, with special discounted rates for their family members and the general public. For more information, contact Brandon Sirois (brandon.sirois@gmail.com). heart of horse sense heartofhorsesense.org A fundraiser on Monday, Nov. 9, at the WNC Agricultural Center will include a demonstration of the group’s work, a silent auction, food and a screening of the award-winning documentary Riding My Way Back. team river runner teamriverrunner.org/get-involved/ chapters/north-carolina-asheville veterans healing farm http://veteranshealingfarm.org

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promote emotional awareness, selfcontrol and impulse modulation, says Knapp, who founded the organization. “Through understanding and helping, the horse becomes less reactive, more of a partner; there’s something about that process that helps us become less reactive, more of a partner, and helps heal a traumatized brain.” This dynamic connection with another living being makes equineassisted therapy fundamentally different from some other approaches, she maintains. “Unlike other programs that have whitewater rafting or high-ropes courses, most of the time, a horse has an opinion about what you’re doing. You have a living, breathing animal who responds to you as you are; the river doesn’t care how you’re feeling today.” Veterans can also choose to get involved with her organization, notes Knapp. “Sometimes they don’t want services but would rather help; it’s in their DNA.” jake larue has been volunteering with the nonprofit for a couple of years. The 44-year-old Marine Corps veteran, who’s been diagnosed with PTSD and bipolar disorder, says his involvement with the group has taught him “self-regulation, how to

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relate to people and how to develop relationships.” But while Knapp firmly believes in the power of equine-assisted psychotherapy, “There need to be better studies to prove efficacy,” she asserts. However, “Getting good, hard numbers on such a soft subject can be really difficult.” But in a pilot study at Fort Carson, Colo., notes Knapp, a therapeutic horsemanship program reduced the risk of violence by veterans by 24 percent and suicide attempts by 62 percent. Meanwhile, her organization is studying heart rate variability (measuring the length of the inhale and exhale) in people who participate in its programs. “When they’re equal,” Knapp explains, “that’s considered a coherent heart rate, which is ideal. If I have a superlong inhale and a supershort exhale, I’m jacking up my system; if I have a superlong exhale and a supershort inhale, I’m depressing my system.” Veterans don’t need a referral to receive services from Heart of Horse Sense. “They can call us out of the blue, they can email us, or they can show up on an open day, such as Fall Fridays, which are walk-on days for vets from 9:30 a.m. to noon,” she

Team River Runner brings veterans together through paddling programs designed to help participants embrace new challenges and develop leadership skills. On any given Saturday during 10 months of the year, veterans can be found ripping whitewater in kayaks and rafts or practicing their skills in the Warren Wilson College pool. Their families are also welcome — a boon to people struggling with feelings of isolation. “Programs like these let vets know they’re not forgotten,” says cliff counsell, the group’s volunteer coordinator. “I was a child of Vietnam, and when the vets came home, they were treated horribly. This is a way of acknowledging that they’ve done something important for the country.” In addition, says beverly bradigan, lead recreation therapist at the Asheville VA facility, “It gets them out of the hospital, offers camaraderie, teaches new skills and gives them an adventure-based experience.” And because “we are always a sober paddling group,” it supports recovery from substance abuse. Veterans receiving treatment at the VA must get confirmation from their medical provider that they’re capable of taking part in Team River Runner’s program. melanie jones has been part of the paddling group since April. “It’s such a wonderful gathering of people with similar backgrounds,” says the 48-year-old Asheville resident. “And it gets me out of the house, so I’m not sitting in the living room with the curtains closed.” Her son and daughters regularly join her on river trips. No paddling experience is required, says Bradigan. “Participants have to be able to tolerate, at a minimum, sitting in a raft for several hours and getting wet,” she explains. “We always try to include everybody, from adapting equipment to adapting paddling style.”

overcoming tHe stigma Many other alternative approaches are also used to treat PTSD, including acupuncture, meditation, craniosacral therapy, eye movement desensitization and processing (EMDR) and even fly-fishing. But

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whichever therapies a given individual chooses, a key goal is overcoming the stigma veterans often feel in connection with a PTSD diagnosis — in part because news reports tend to focus on what Sirois calls “worstcase scenarios.” “A lot of times when you hear stuff in the media about PTSD, it has something to do with a bad, violent event,” he points out. “I know that is news, and people want to hear what’s going on and are truly concerned, but that sort of perpetuates the stigma.” At the same time, he continues, “Yes, I have PTSD, but I’m not a bad person. I’m a really nice, great per-

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Hemp is a variety of the cannabis plant, but smoking it doesn’t produce a high. By definition, industrial hemp must contain less than 0.3 percent of THC — the substance responsible for weed’s psychoactive effects — while marijuana’s average THC content has climbed from about 10 percent THC by weight to 30 percent over the past 30 years, according to a study by Coloradobased research lab Charas Scientific. Despite containing only trace amounts of THC, the federal government lumps hemp in with marijuana as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, meaning the plant’s production and use fall under the watchful eye of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The DEA’s main concern surrounding hemp is that

“commercial cultivation could increase the likelihood of covert production of high-THC marijuana, significantly complicating DEA’s surveillance and enforcement activities and sending the wrong message to the American public concerning the government’s position on drugs,” according to a 2015 Congressional Research Service report prepared for Congress, titled “Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity.” Hemp advocates, however, claim that cross-pollination between hemp and marijuana would actually lower the THC content of the latter, devaluing the harvest. Still, the 2014 U.S. Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79) allows states to enact their own regulatory systems surrounding industrial hemp cultivation. Until now, North Carolina law remained silent on the subject, even as other Southern state governments accommodated the controversial plant. Currently, 20 states have adopted Farm Bill-compliant laws to accommodate cultivation under varying circumstances. If signed into law, North Carolina’s new bill will call for the formation of an industrial hemp commission to manage the state’s pilot program. The commission will issue paid permits (their number and geographic distribution are still to be determined), establish a reporting system for growers and ensure compliance with federal law. Also included in the industrial hemp bill is a plan to establish research partnerships with N.C. State University and North Carolina A&T University, as well as to conduct studies on economic potential and best agricultural practices.

groWing business To be clear, it is already legal, with the correct paperwork, to process hemp in North Carolina into any of its thousands of derivative products, such as food products, hygiene items, textiles, building materials and biofuel. But for decades, North Carolinians have been forbidden to grow hemp. Instead, companies have relied upon neighboring states and other countries, including leading exporter China and dozens of other nations, for their hemp needs. To capitalize on the new legislation, then, will require action from North Carlina’s farming community. “Between thousands of acres of unused farmland and vacant textile mills in every county, this is a true, unrecognized economic opportunity for our region,” Butler says, but “it’s not even on [farmers’] radar.” Aspiring grower claudia townsend says she has applied to attend the Organic Growers School’s new yearlong Farm Beginnings course with hopes of launching a hemp farm, despite the school’s current lack of hemp-specific expertise. Until now, local landowners have been hesitant to discuss leasing her a space for the venture, but Townsend is hopeful that legalization will legitimize her proposals. Butler says he hadn’t heard any interest from WNC farmers in growing hemp until his inaugural HempX festival last month, but “farmers are starting to engage,” he says, noting an uptick in hemp-related inquiries since news of the legislative progress. molly nicholie, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s local food campaign program director, reports a similar silence in ASAP’s network, adding: “I think that a lot of [farmers] don’t want to put time into thinking about it until it’s legal [and

they] will sit back and watch other folks do it until they see if it’s worth their time.” Meanwhile, Western North Carolina companies that are particularly hip to hemp have been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to tighten the geographic spread of their supply chains. Smiling Hara Tempeh co-owner chad oliphant, for example, sourced hemp from Canada for the company’s pilot batches of Hempeh before partnering with farmer mike lewis’ Growing Warriors Project in Kentucky. Oliphant says Smiling Hara will be looking to purchase from North Carolina growers as soon as it’s feasible, but he expects that to take a few years. “I have been involved with hemp farmers in Kentucky, and we are still figuring out logistics such as processing, transport and pricing,” he says. “It will be interesting to see how quickly the industry will be able to develop in North Carolina.” Similarly, Plant chef jason sellers says buying regional hemp would “inspire me to use more of it in the kitchen.” Asheville’s Alembic Studio LLC designs and implements hempcrete buildings across North America and in New Zealand using hemp from the latter, but “we have long anticipated the opportunity to be able to source this product from our own state,” says timothy callahan, Alembic technical design analyst and master builder. sara day evans, founding director of Accelerating Appalachia, says aspiring hemp entrepreneurs are inquiring about participating in her organization’s next nature-based business accelerator program. “We have applicants from Kentucky, West Virginia and North Carolina — all doing hemp.

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Even if they are interested in pursuing hemp as an auxiliary or main crop, farmers will find it difficult to unearth conclusive figures on hemp’s demand and profitability, due to piecemeal studies. Further, differing strains of hemp are better for different end uses, meaning aggregate hemp figures may not be meaningful for each submarket. Allowing for limited data, the previously mentioned CRS study “Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity” estimates nearly $36.9 million in U.S. imported seeds and fibers (predominantly used as manufacturing inputs), which represents a sixfold increase since 2005. Annual sales for U.S. hemp-based products made with those seeds and fibers, along with other hemp-related imports, exceed $580 million. After Kentucky took advantage of the 2014 Farm Bill’s deferral to state laws, Lewis became the first person in the country to legally grow hemp. He says his crops are “well-adjusted and perform just fine without any fertilizer,” although fertilizer was used as part of trials. Strains for both food and fiber performed well on his land, but he says

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other farmers growing strains with high levels of CBD (a nonpsychoactive cannabinoid being researched for potential medicinal applications) had trouble with spider mites. With proper planning, growers can get multiple harvests in a single year, but Lewis notes that his back-to-back plantings drew twice the nutrients from the soil. “The economic feasibility still needs to be determined,” he says. The National Hemp Association’s website, meanwhile, credits the plant for requiring few pesticides and returning nutrients to the dirt, reading: “Hemp has been grown on the same soil for 20 years in a row without any noticeable depletion of the soil.” Despite hemp’s attributes and his belief in the potential for profits, Lewis says he’s still traversing the learning curve.

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Deep in Barnardsville, in a long, oval-shaped valley, Natalie Bogwalker sits among a dozen deer hides stacked like rugs in her outdoor kitchen. Munching on wild-foraged chestnuts from an iron skillet, she tells me that the deerskins were given to her by hunters, and that she’s dried and tanned each by hand. In the kitchen, garlic hangs from the ceiling in braids, and the counters are covered with Mason jars filled with freshly pressed cider and applesauce. Despite the cool morning breeze that flows in, the space is warm and rich with a sweet and nutty smell. This is Wild Abundance, a place where Bogwalker hosts permaculture classes throughout the four seasons, cultivating her land in order to live off it as much as possible while teaching people how to sustain and create self-sufficiency in their own lives. On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7-8, Bogwalker will open her land and kitchen for a two-day workshop called The Cycles of Life: Humane Slaughtering and Butchering. The goal of the class is to teach people to “face the death and sacrifice that’s necessary to sustain us, while honoring the animal, using the whole animal and giving thanks to the animal.” Slowly peeling a chestnut from its hull, Bogwalker looks into the misty mountains that surround her land and says, “If you’re going to eat meat, I think it’s really important to take responsibility for the suffering that goes into it [while] embracing the fact that we’re omnivores and understanding the depth of that.

“I think that humans evolved with a very strong connection to food, whether that came from the wild, a garden or an animal,” she continues, “and if we are disconnected from our food and where our sustenance comes from, it’s a very dangerous thing for humanity.” Bogwalker was vegan for 17 years. Now, 12 years after switching to an omnivorous diet, Bogwalker has become the unofficial butcher for her rural neighborhood, processing animals that farmers are reluctant to slaughter themselves. “It’s hard to raise an animal and then be the one to kill it,” says Bogwalker. “You get really attached, so I can come in and almost be a midwife for the death for those animals.” She does so with years of experience behind her. She started by experimenting with roadkill. With her former partner, an avid deer hunter, she learned to butcher, process and preserve meat. She learned to tan hides and turn bone into tools for scraping fresh hide. Nothing is wasted, and even deer fur finds its place as mulch in the garden beds. “They don’t come near my land,” she says, admiring her vibrant green garden, untouched by critters. “They can smell it, and they stay away.” The act of butchering has become a deeply powerful practice for Bogwalker. “I’ve developed this very spiritual relationship with the animals that I take the lives of, and that’s something I encourage with the students in the class, to really understand the depth of what they’re doing, and that taking life [for our sustenance] is not necessarily wrong. Actively engaging with the repercussions of our choices is something that I’m really into. There is

When she kills an animal herself, Bloomfield steps outside of a system she doesn’t believe in and faces the reality before her. “If I’m going to eat this animal, it means that this animal has to sacrifice its life for me. So the way I can honor this animal is by treating her kindly while I butcher her, using every part of her, respecting every part of her and then using the energy I’m getting from her to share with other people about respecting the land and animals.” For Bogwalker, it’s also about empowering people to be self-sufficient in all ways. “I want everyone who leaves this class to feel capable of going through the process of slaughtering and butchering a small animal, a goat or a sheep or a deer themselves. For me, the process of taking life and using all parts of the animal has really given me a much deeper connection to being human. I am another animal in the web of life, rather than a cog in an industrial machine. Getting in touch with the death necessary to sustain us is helping to preserve our humanity.”

MORE INFO USING EVERYTHING: “If you’re going to eat meat, I think it’s really important to take responsibility for the suffering that goes into it [while] embracing the fact that we’re omnivores and understanding the depth of that,” says Natalie Bogwalker. Photo by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt suffering that goes into meeting our needs, and [we should not] hide from that but rather feel a deep appreciation for the life that feeds us.” The two-day workshop will begin by getting to know the animal, says Bogwalker. Then, “there is some ceremony around the death process.” Students will pray together before the sacrifice, and then the sheep is fed water, an offering for it to take into the next life. Bogwalker will then take its life by slitting its throat. The sheep will be gutted and its organs placed on ice. The animal will be hung in the kitchen, where the group will gather to discuss knife sharpening. Everyone present will help skin and quarter the animal. A leg of the sheep will be cured. Preservation techniques like making sausage and salami will be discussed, along with hide-tanning practices (there is a whole three-day workshop devoted

just to hide-tanning Nov. 13-15). The sheep’s brain will be made into a tanning solution with olive oil or rendered fat and warm water, which will be used as a rub for the membrane side of the sheepskin. Assisting Bogwalker is Josephine Bloomfield, a current apprentice at Wild Abundance. Bloomfield was a vegan for years and worked in San Francisco with an animal welfare nonprofit called Maddie’s Fund. She butchered her first sheep in June after joining Bogwalker in the valley. “Coming from my animal welfare background, it was a huge edge for me,” says Bloomfield. “You know, it’s difficult, and I think that if people had to butcher their own animals for food, a lot less people would eat meat, because it’s a big deal.” Of eating meat in general, Bloomfield says, “It’s really easy to put blinders up about where our meat comes from, and factory farms are pretty terrible places.”

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VISION FOR CHANGE: In her new book, The Ethical Meat Handbook, Asheville resident Meredith Leigh urges readers to take a hands-on approach to changing the food system. “We not only need to cook more often, “ she writes, “but we need to eat everything we’re provided. The whole plant. The whole animal.” Photo by Cindy Kunst for The Ethical Meat Handbook

oceanic voyage before it arrives on our plates. It’s up to all of us, she maintains, to go beyond the plastic-wrapped trays that have come to define our experience with meat in the modern supermarket economy. “When we begin to dissect all these aspects,” says Leigh, “we see that no one is exempt, and we need many changes and community effort to realize it.” The author’s concept of ethical meat empowers consumers by allowing them to take charge of their own consumption rather than merely being passive participants in a marketplace that operates beyond their control. But with that empowerment come new responsibilities. “We not only need to cook more often,” she writes, “but we need to eat everything we’re provided. The whole plant. The whole animal.”

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meredith leigh has worked as a farmer, butcher, chef, teacher, nonprofit director and writer. This broad range of experience has yielded the reflections, advice and instruction presented in the Asheville resident’s forthcoming book, The Ethical Meat Handbook: Complete Home Butchery, Charcuterie and Cooking for the Conscious Omnivore. The book is due to be released Nov. 10 through New Society Publishers. “I’ve seen a lot of growth in the local and organic agriculture movement over the last 15 years, but there are still major gaps in our ability to produce clean food, restore land and ensure that farmers stay profitable,” she explains. “The problems within our food system are epic and touch nearly every sphere — economic, political, social, environmental — you name it. As I’ve moved through my career, I’ve taken many approaches to helping people

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understand the complexities facing us without discouraging them from taking positive action. And in no other area did I feel that a book of this kind would be more beneficial than in the way people think about and endeavor to consume animal products.”

grassroots FooD The Ethical Meat Handbook begins by explaining what a more humane and sustainable food system might look like, highlighting consumers’ central role in transforming our foodways and expanding the availability of more ethically produced meats. Rather than serving up vivid descriptions of pink slime and concentrated animal feeding operations, however, Leigh tries to give the reader an idea of what could and should be. Ethical meat, she writes, “is most succinctly summed up as meat from an animal

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that lived a good life, was afforded a good death, was butchered properly and efficiently, and cooked correctly.” But the heart of her argument is an extremely hands-on approach that encourages readers to change the food system themselves rather than expecting change to arrive via some external agency or in response to new food regulations. Making this happen, Leigh believes, is up to what she calls the “first and middle economies.” The first economy embodies the types of activities we can engage in ourselves at the individual household level. The middle economy takes place at the community level, with a strong emphasis on enterprises steeped in the mantra of local. On this platform, Leigh builds a vision of ethical meat that empowers farmers and consumers alike, fostering a shift from a global meat economy that allows a chicken to make a trans

To that end, the book immerses readers in the topic of meat, clarifying the meaning of product labels such as “pasture-raised,” “organic” and “grass-fed,” and helping them understand what Leigh believes humane animal husbandry should look like. Essentially, The Ethical Meat Handbook functions as a sort of “field guide.” Step-by-step photographs dispel the mysteries surrounding the various cuts of meat. Meanwhile, flavorful recipes enable home cooks to take full advantage of each type of protein as they move beyond the choice cuts we’ve all been trained to crave. Alternating between theory and practice, Leigh’s book ably guides readers in applying the concepts she presents. And by framing an emotionally charged topic in different terms, the author comfortably navigates this challenging terrain, creating space for a new conversation that goes beyond the traditional vegetarian vs. omnivore dichotomy. “I believe if we can begin to see our challenges and opportunities around ethical meat production, and make improvements in this sector of our agriculture and our diets, we can begin to shift our thinking and our action toward all of our food,” she explains. The Ethical Meat Handbook: Complete Home Butchery, Charcuterie and Cooking for the Conscious Omnivore (256 pages, $24.95). X

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sOnG and danCe: In addition to offering attendees a smorgasbord of Latin foods, the 18th annual Fiesta Latina brings a diverse lineup of culturally inspired performances to Pack Square Park on Saturday, Oct. 10. Photo courtesy of Fiesta Latina

Not only is Fiesta Latina a melting pot of Latin American cuisines, but the free street festival — now in its 18th year — also offers traditional dances, a kids area (also known as Niñoville), raffles, live music and other vibrant displays of entertainment. The collective menu is formidable, including various tacos, quesadillas, burritos and tamales inspired by the Mexican palate; ground beef or chicken empanadas representing Argentina; pupusas (handmade corn tortillas) stuffed with meat and cheese for a taste of El Salvador; and rice, beans and Cuban sandwiches to invoke the Caribbean. Musical performances come from local Latin sextet Sol Rhythms, traditional mariachi group Sombras de Mexico, Mexican musicians Tecno Caliente and local act Montuno. Meanwhile, periodic dance acts decorate downtown with “an explosion of brilliantly colored costumes and

time-honored cultural traditions,” according to an event release. “Tlaxochimaco is one of the most exciting performances I have ever experienced. It is a traditional Aztec ritual performed for everyone to enjoy,” says Enny Guerrero, organizer and patient assistance specialist at Western North Carolina Community Health Services. WNCCHS is the event’s host sponsor, so it’s no surprise that Guerrero’s team is planning to emphasize health and nutrition. In addition to attracting thousands of attendees of all backgrounds, Fiesta Latina aims to please all ages. “As a family-friendly event, children will be able to enjoy the fiesta,” Guerrero says. “Every year, we focus on providing the same level of excitement for the little ones [as we do for adults]. Dora, Diego and Sponge Bob will be present throughout the event.” Fiesta Latina is at Pack Square Park on Saturday, Oct. 10, from noon until 7 p.m. Visit http://avl.mx/1sp for more information.

With a background in medical herbalism and wilderness education, christina bertelli “has been known to dance with delight when delicious food and potent medicine just happen to overlap,” according to a description of her upcoming workshop at Villagers. The hands-on event covers vinegars and vinegar infusions with an emphasis on benefits and applications of the pungent liquid. During the session, Bertelli will cover preferred ingredients and tools used to make infusions in addition to providing sample recipes and suggested herb-vinegar pairings. Bertelli leads the workshop at Villagers, 278 Haywood Road, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 5-7 p.m. Information and tickets ($20 per person) are available at forvillagers.com.

a year-round basis is resulting in a move of the restaurant from the interior courtyard to Lexington Avenue,” according to a release from the French Quarter restaurant group. Owner michel baudouin says the early October space swap between Creperie Bouchon and his latest restaurant ,Lafayette comes in anticipation of fall’s influx of visitors. With a larger kitchen comes an expanded menu for the creperie, which is now offering buckwheat- and chickpea flour-based crepes, brunch and new desserts. Plus, the restaurant’s employees won’t have to contend with reduced seating capacity (a closed patio) during inclement weather, as they did at the old location. A quick service model and large takeout component make Lafayette less susceptible to outdoor seating woes. Creperie Bouchon is now at 68 N. Lexington Ave. and Lafayette is now at 62 1/8 N. Lexington Ave. For more information, visit creperiebouchon. com or ashevillelafayette.com.

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Hops & vines’ Yeast anD Fermentation cLass Not only do yeast cells handle the important work of converting sugar to alcohol (among other byproducts) during the beer-making process, but the microscopic fungi have other marked effects on the finished beverage. During an upcoming workshop, Hops & Vines owner alex buerckholtz will educate brewers on the various stages of the fermentation process, with a focus on how commercially available yeast strains affect flavor, texture and mouthfeel of beer. “We will also discuss wild yeasts and sour beers as well as the importance of fermentation temperature and aging,” he says. Buerckholtz hosts the free class at Hops & Vines, 797 Haywood Road, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 6-7 p.m. For more information, visit hopsandvines.net/ yeast-and-fermentation/.

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Fridays in October, 3-10:30 p.m. — Feel the qi! Experience Yunnan teas in the Gong Fu Room at Dobra Tea West. Led by the Tea Monk-y of Panther Moon Tea Co. Over 30 fine Puerh teas are featured along with other Hei Cha and Yunnan specialties. $7 per person. Dobra West Asheville, 707 Haywood Road.

autumn communi-tea FestivaL Sunday, Oct. 25, 11-5 p.m. — Celebrate the change of seasons at Dobra Tea in Black Mountain. Get to know various local tea vendors, participate in family-friendly activities and enjoy the autumn air as you sample teas from around the globe. Dobra Tea, 120 Broadway St., Black Mountain. Details: 357-8530 Compiled by Jacqui Castle. Send your tea news to jacquicastle@gmail.com.

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Asheville’s OktOberfest Brand-new space, same old love of beer Fall has arrived. The leaves are changing, flannel shirts are making a triumphant return, tourists are flocking to the mountains en masse, pumpkin spice-flavored everything is here and — good news for beer drinkers — Oktoberfest is making its annual comeback. On Saturday, Oct. 10, Asheville Oktoberfest marks its seventh year running with a new location, new games and a good, old-fashioned love of beer. “The Downtown Association was founded in 1987,” says meghan rogers, executive director of the Asheville Downtown Association. “There was nothing going on downtown at the time. They had an event called Fall in the Fall — it wasn’t necessarily an Oktoberfest-style event, but it was a fall event, and we sort of took that model and location and started Oktoberfest as the beer scene in Asheville started to really blossom.” Oktoberfest is a celebration of Asheville’s beer culture, aiming to highlight (with the exception of the inclusion of Spaten, a traditional German brew) local breweries, local food and local talent. Local polkastyle band Lagerhosen will provide onstage entertainment throughout the festival as attendees participate in games of cornhole, mini-golf, a costume contest and, of course, ample beer tasting. “The costumes are always fun,” Rogers says. “You get everything from the traditional Oktoberfest dirndl lederhosen costume to the crazy, Asheville eclectic I’m-just-gonnadress-up-to-dress-up costumes, which are always a lot of fun too.” Tickets cost $45 and include a stein for unlimited beer sampling. “To an extent,” Rogers says. “We certainly want people to be safe and responsible. We have trained all of our volunteers who help us serve beer by the state standards in how to serve. “Most people are very responsible,” she adds. “We certainly try to look out for those who maybe aren’t

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AUTUMN BREWS: “The costumes are always fun,” says Meghan Rogers, executive director of the Asheville Downtown Association. “You get everything from the traditional Oktoberfest dirndl lederhosen costume to the crazy, Asheville eclectic I’m-just-gonnadress -up-to-dress-up costumes, which are always a lot of fun too.” Photo courtesy of Asheville Ale Trail being responsible and maybe need to take a break.” After spending two years on Coxe Avene, Oktoberfest is moving this year to a new location on Woodfin Street to allow for more space and easier navigation of the festival grounds. “The Coxe Avenue move resulted in a desire to showcase the South Slope area,” Rogers says. “Two years ago, that made sense. Now there’s so much going on down there they almost don’t need an event that comes in and shuts down the street.” Oktoberfest has sold out for five years running, but as more and more breweries pop up — each hosting their own events — it becomes more challenging to host something that really sets itself apart. “There’s more competition nowadays when it comes to beer festivals,” Rogers says. “We have a very significant brewing culture in this community.” Oktoberfest kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, with a parade from the check-in area to the stage for the traditional tapping of the keg. Tickets available at eventbrite.com. Read on for previews from the individual brewers of some of the local beers to look for at Oktoberfest:

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catawba brewing co. King Don’s Pumpkin Ale This complex beer uses five separate barley styles, an artistic touch of hops, spices normally used in baking and fresh pumpkin. The caramel, spice and pumpkin flavors meld into a wonderfully smooth, orange-hued beer that sports a luscious, creamy foam head. 5.5 percent ABV highland brewing co. Clawhammer Oktoberfest Lightly colored, but toasty, rich and full-bodied Märzen-style lager, brewed with traditional German malt and the finest noble hops. A spicy hop finish and aroma balance out the abundance of malt flavor. 5.8 percent ABV hi-wire brewing co. Zirkusfest Oktoberfest Lager This traditional Märzen boasts all the flavors one wants in a rich Oktoberfest lager without the heavy finish. The use of Munich malt provides upfront biscuity and honey flavors that fade into a dry finish. 6.0 percent ABV asheville brewing co. Drink the Bismarck! An oak-aged, unfiltered Oktoberfest lager. Delicious malty goodness meets a touch of vanilla and hints of pepper in this tasty brew. 5.6 percent ABV

lexington avenue brewery Pumpkin Porter We could not think of a more appropriate way to invite the season in than throwing nearly 100 pounds of pumpkin into this brew. A healthy portion of rye malt gives this beer a spicy dry mouthfeel, while the pumpkin mingles with notes of chocolate to coat your palate and linger not a moment too long. 5.4 percent ABV one world brewing Berliner Weisse Very light and mildly tart German wheat bier known as “Napoleon’s Champagne.” 3.4 percent ABV noble cider The Standard Bearer The everyday, everybody cider. Whether you’re leading the way into battle or bringing up the rear, this is the cider for all. Our flagship cider is straight ahead, crisp and refreshing. The dry finish leaves you thirsty for more. 7.5 percent ABV oskar blues brewery Ten Fidy Imperial Stout A titanic, immensely viscous stout loaded with inimitable flavors of chocolate-covered caramel and coffee. Made with enormous amounts of two-row malt, chocolate malt, roasted barley, flaked oats and hops. 10.5 percent ABV new belgium brewing co. Pumpkick Ale Adding the unexpected kick of cranberry juice brightens this traditionally spiced seasonal ale. Pumpkick is brewed with plenty of pumpkin juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice — but it’s the cranberries and touch of lemongrass that send your taste buds sailing. 6.0 percent ABV sierra nevada brewing co. Oktoberfest Festival Lager Created in partnership with Brauhaus Riegele of Augsburg, an authentic Oktoberfest beer, true to the roots of the festival, that’s deep golden in color and rich with complex malt flavor from the use of traditional German Steffi barley. 6.0 percent ABV french broad brewery Zepptemberfest A classic fest/Märzen recipe fermented with Kölsch yeast, yielding a bit more malt flavor and body than a traditaional lager beer. 5.3 percent ABV X

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time with my instrument. I feel a sense of relief when I play my guitar because I can channel my emotions through it and, with music, communicate with other people.” Numerous sonic dialogues make up the Jon Stickley Trio’s riveting album, Lost at Last. A record release show is planned for Saturday, Oct. 10, at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall. Having honed their sound for three years, a successful Kickstarter campaign gave the three musicians a stronger sense of accountability to create the best project they could for their fans and the budget to make it happen. In turn, they sought a producer who could put their music through a creative filter to help them shape their sound. “There aren’t a lot of other guitar-fiddle-drum bands out there to copy, so we needed some professional guidance,” Stickley says. “None of the names

that came up from the progressive bluegrass scene early on felt right, so we started thinking outside of that box.” One person who came to mind in the second round of talks was dave King. While growing up in Minneapolis, Armitage took weekly lessons from the esteemed drummer, whose band The Bad Plus is a favorite among the trio. (“It’s just insane what they play,” Stickley says.) At one point during the producer discussion, Stickley and Armitage simultaneously looked at each other and said, “Dave King?” “He was the first and only person we all agreed would be perfect,” Stickley says. “First of all, his band is an experimental-yet-accessible, internationally popular trio who we deeply respect. He is literally one of the best drummers in the world, and we wanted help marrying Patrick’s drums to the guitar and violin in a tasteful, cohesive way.” Not having communicated with his former instructor in roughly a decade, Armitage emailed King a few videos of the trio and explained the project. Three months later they got a response: “Let’s do it. I’ll come down. —DK” King and the trio converged at Echo Mountain Studios, where Stickley, Pruett and Armitage all have extensive experience as studio musicians and feel comfortable inside its walls. “Every time I worked there prior to the album, I was secretly planning how I would do my own record there. So, when it was time to make Lost at Last, I had the plans pretty well drawn up in my head,” Stickley says. “Doing our own project there and having total freedom and control was kind of like getting to play on the whole playground after only being allowed to use the slide.”

Vocals were part of the initial recording plan, including fan favorites “All That I Can Take” and Pruett’s “9 Curves.” The trio’s self-titled 2012 album — with Steep Canyon Rangers’ mike ashworth on drums — was purely instrumental, and the current configuration wanted to capture the 30/70 vocal/instrumental split of recent live shows. The night before the recording session, Stickley says King dropped a bomb on them, calling the trio’s compositions and instrumental musicianship virtuosic and recommending they set the vocals aside for now. “Pretty much everyone was in total disagreement with him on this at first,” Stickley says. “However, over the course of the next few hours it started to make sense, and we figured it’s what we hired him for, right? So, we recorded another instrumental album, and, shortly after, played our first all-instrumental festival set. Let’s just say it’s probably the best decision the band has ever made. We have focused all of our energy on the instrumental and compositional aspects of the music that comes so naturally to us. We’ll still sing a song or two every now and then just for fun.” X

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stiCkiNG With stONeheNGe After 30 years, Ozric Tentacles is still underground who Ozric Tentacles, with Jonathan Scales Fourchestra and Mantismash where The Altamont Theatre thealtamont.com when Thursday, Oct. 8, at 8 p.m., $17 advance/$20 day of show

Ozric Tentacles is that rare group that appeals to fans of trance/rave, techno, jam, psychedelic and space/progressive rock. Founded in Somerset, England — and currently based in Colorado — the festival favorite brings its music indoors to The Altamont Theatre Thursday, Oct. 8. The Ozrics (as the band is known among fans) have been together for 30 years and have released a new album nearly every year. And though they have a distribution deal with Snapper Music, they’ve never signed with a record label. “I tried getting a record deal early on,” says founding guitarist ed wynne, “and they really didn’t like [our music] at all.” He shopped the band’s demo recordings to several label representatives. “The third guy put it on, heard the intro and started shaking his head slowly. He walked up to the machine, switched it off and said, ‘Go back to the Stonehenge Festival.’ I took his advice, and it was the best move I ever made.” brandi wynne, Ed’s wife and the group’s longtime bassist, says, “We did try going with an almost-proper record company. But they really had a lot of input about what they

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wanted the album to sound like and what they wanted our cover to look like.” She adds, “We don’t really speak much now.” And even though it’s proved a viable method for countless bands, the Ozrics have never taken advantage of crowdfunding. “I just can’t do it,” Brandi says. “It just feels so weird.” Instead, the group resolutely charts its own path, one that’s underground by most commercial measures. But, along the way, the band has sold over a million albums. More than two dozen musicians have come and gone from Ozric Tentacles; the current lineup is by far the group’s most stable and longlasting. “We try to keep everyone happy,” says Brandi. Relocating to the U.S. about seven years ago may have played a role in that happiness. Though the musicians enjoyed life and work in Somerset, “It just wouldn’t stop raining,” Ed says. He describes a situation common to British music festivals: “When you go to a festival and you see emergency vehicles with rubber boats on top, you think, ‘Well, let’s turn ’round and go the other way!’” Brandi adds, “I’ve been to the Glastonbury Festival many times. And I’ve never had a dry one.” At the group’s last performance there, Ed Wynne lost a boot down a muddy hole on the first day. “That was not nice. One foot was wet the whole time,” he says. But 2012 was the start of a difficult period for the band. First, wildfires were plaguing Colorado. “The house and studio burned down,” Brandi says. “We lost everything. All our recordings, all our hardware. We had been on tour, our van was already full with gear. We rushed home and grabbed a couple of things, including the cat, and then we had to go.” And

LOnG-TeRm ReLaTiOnsHiP: Over 30-plus years and nearly as many albums, space-rockers Ozric Tentacles remain steadfastly underground. Photo courtesy of the band

then three weeks later, Ed landed in the hospital, suffering from a burst appendix. “We spent a year dealing with all kinds of craziness there,” Brandi says. Once everything settled down, the band returned to music. Its latest album, Technicians of the Sacred, is the group’s first release since 2011’s Paper Monkeys. It’s being hailed in progressive quarters as a return to form and the group’s strongest work in decades. Ed doesn’t believe that the character of Ozric Tentacles’ music — strong and throbbing bass lines layered with synthesizer textures and long (but not meandering) guitar solos — has changed very much since Erpsongs, the group’s 1986 cassette-only debut. “The quality and the technology has [gotten] better,” he says. “The early stuff was done on four-track [tape], and now they’re done on computer, obviously.” But the music — always instrumental — has remained remarkably consistent. “Inside my head,” Ed says, “it hasn’t really changed. I just have more toys to play with now.” X

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Photo by Scott Simontacchi jim lauderdale would be a fine candidate to pick up the mantle once proudly worn by Glen Campbell. He’s a skilled singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and musician. In fact — as his regular gig as emcee for Nashville’s annual Americana Music Association Awards show demonstrates — he’s a highly engaging all-around entertainer, a true natural in front of an audience. Consistent with Lauderdale’s

wide musical vision, he recently recorded an album’s worth of material with Nick Lowe’s band. But, for now, that project remains in the can. “I delayed the release of it, since I decided to write and record what became Soul Searching,” he says. Soul Searching, a double album, is an exemplar of Lauderdale’s genre-spanning muse. Recorded in Memphis and Nashville, it explores the man’s diverse

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musical interests. “I think growing up in the Carolinas, radio was much more diverse,” says the Troutman native. “There was such a mixture of soul, rock, blues, country and bluegrass that it gave me a wide variety of things to listen to and adapt to. And that gave me an appreciation for all those styles.” Contrary to rumors, Lauderdale hasn’t relocated to Western North Carolina — he still calls Nashville home — but he’s a frequent visitor to the region. While Lauderdale’s Saturday, Oct. 10, show at The Altamont Theatre will be a solo set (“I’ll do songs from the new album and also from [2014’s] I’m A Song,” he says), he’s already planning his next visit to Asheville — hopefully with brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson and other musicians who contributed to Soul Searching. Show at 8 p.m., $25 advance/$30 day of show. thealtamont.com — B.K.

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adULT THeMeS Warren Wilson Theatre launches Not Suitable For Children season

SO MUCH DRAMA: “Nan Carter is fed up with her life and the spirit-crushing abuse of her drunken husband, Kyle,” says a press release for Warren Wilson College’s production of Exit, Pursued by a Bear. “After a chance encounter sparks an unlikely friendship with a Shakespearean actress-turned-stripper, Nan finds the strength to take charge of her future and leave Kyle, but not before teaching him a lesson he’ll never forget.” Photo courtesy of the Warren Wilson Theatre Department

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There’s a wealth of cutting-edge theater in Western North Carolina, but some of the most daring work to be seen on stage is on the campuses of local colleges. The Warren Wilson College theater department, under the guidance of candace taylor, is about to launch a new season under the heading, Not Suitable For Children. “We gave our season a theme a few years ago and choose shows that fit within that theme,” says Taylor, who is entering her sixth year as department chair. “It worked out well, so we thought we would do it again. All of our plays this year are contemporary plays written by up-and-coming playwrights or very hot playwrights.” The season kicks off Thursday, Oct. 8, with Lauren Gunderson’s Exit, Pursued By a Bear. The title takes its name from the peculiar line of direction written by Shakespeare in The Winter’s Tale (which was produced last year as a collaboration between Warren Wilson and the Montford Park Players). No other information was provided by The Bard, leaving the interpretation up to generations of directors’ imaginations. Gunderson’s play is a comedic take on a not-so-funny tale about the horrors of domestic violence, where the wife has duct-taped her abusive husband to a chair. She plans to act out all of his transgressions in front of him with the help of a local stripper and a gay friend. “Crisis. Catharsis. Comedy.” That is the tag line for Warren Wilson’s season, and those three C’s are certainly on display in the catalog. Recent Broadway sensation The Motherf**ker With The Hat, by Stephen Aldy Guirgis, is on the list. Comedian Chris Rock made the show famous, partly for the attention-grabbing title on Broadway, but mainly for the fast-paced, foulmouthed comedy about drugs and violence in the inner city. The second semester of shows features the play Marisol, a tale of a young Puerto Rican woman who wakes to find a war among the angels in heaven has spilled over to the streets of her Bronx neighborhood. Humanity’s future hangs in the balance. Playwright Jose

Rivera is from Puerto Rico and won numerous awards when the play was first produced in the mid-1990s. Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire rounds out the offerings. His play, Fuddy Mears, humorously tackles the subject of a woman with amnesia who finds herself taken hostage by a man who claims to be her husband. The title comes from the slurred speech of a character who has suffered a stroke and is trying to say “funny mirrors.” It will close out the season in April. “In the past, we’ve done shows with an eye toward the age range of our audience, and we try to make sure to say whether this is suitable for children or not,” says Taylor. For this season, “we decided to do the whole ‘not suitable for children’ thing.” But young audiences and their parents shouldn’t despair. Taylor says her plan, going forward, is to include a children’s show each year. “We’re doing more plays than we typically do in a season,” she says. “We usually do three plays, and this year we’re doing, basically, a play every eight weeks.” That’s good news for the college’s up-and-coming theater professionals. “We can offer more opportunities to more students,” says Taylor. So, she jokes, “we’re going to see if we survive this.” X

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NO PlACE lIKE HOMEWOOD: UNC Asheville’s drama department launches its theater season in the local landmark. Photo courtesy of the UNC Asheville drama department

UnC ASheViLLe LAUnCheS fA L L T h e AT e R S e A S o n AT h o m e w o o D It’s hard not to pass by Homewood — the stone castlelike building in Montford — and not dream up elaborate parties, dances and dinners that would be perfect in that storied atmosphere. And why not? Homewood was constructed in 1927 as the home of Dr. Robert Carole, who founded Highland Hospital. Bela Bartok gave private concerts there, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald attended parties, and Nina Simone studied piano within Homewood’s walls. Fittingly, UNC Asheville’s drama department is staging its season opener, the 1935-set play, Fefu and Her Friends, at Homewood. Performances take place Thursday and Friday, Oct. 8 and 9, and Wednesday to Friday, Oct. 14-16. The script is by Cuban-American playwright maria-irene fornes, who came to the U.S. in 1945. She was, according to a press release, “a leading figure in New York City’s off-off-Broadway movement of the 1960s.” Fefu and Her Friends is the story of “eight intelligent, witty and frustrated women who

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are attempting to navigate life in a male-dominated world.” During the show’s middle section, the audience will move in groups throughout Homewood to take in various parts of the drama. The staging is one of main reasons that scott walters, the show’s director and UNCA professor of drama, chose this particular production. Of the small scenes that play out in different rooms, glimpsed by different groups, Walters says, “It’s like a close-up in a movie and totally changes the relationship between the audience and the characters.” Fefu and Her Friends features casey clennon, emily crock, rosemary fischer, maggie Kennedy, joan owens, riley schatz, virginia shafer and grace siplon. Shows are at 7:30 p.m., and latecomers will not be seated. UNCA will provide a shuttle from Belk Theater on the university campus. Tickets are $12 general/$10 seniors/$7 students. drama. unca.edu — Alli Marshall

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Red Baraat Depending on what iteration of Red Baraat’s members is playing at a given time, the octet can take on any number of vibes. Through peppy ska moments, horn-assisted rock chants and ample variations of aggressive jazz, a doubleheaded dhol (Indian drum) played by frontman Sunny Jain seems to be the single ever-present element. It’s not a fixture of the band’s logo by coincidence, after all. The juxtaposition of traditional instruments and new technology is the latest contribution to the outfit’s musical composites. “With [the song] ‘Gaadi of Truth,’ ... I’m putting the dhol through some effects pedals,” Jain explains in an online bio, “while our sousaphone player is processing his sound through various synth effects.” Local reggae group Satta Roots opens for the experimental players at Asheville Music Hall Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10 p.m. $10/$15. ashevillemusichall.com. Photo by James Bartolozzi

If it weren’t for the weeping pedal steel and low-altitude vocals, Futurebirds’ latest album title Hotel Parties could be a misinterpreted as a gloating reference to a city-by-city romp. But guitarist Thomas Johnson’s lyrics preclude any confusion about the band’s touring lifestyle: “I wound up drinking backstage alone, wondering why I booked a show in Toronto on the Fourth of July,” he laments. “The company I keep, they all live in my TV.” Add to those digital allies a slew of media outlets, including Paste, Stereogum and The Wall Street Journal, which all premiered tracks from the new album alongside positive words about the bearded band. The Southern-bred travelers play a set at The Mothlight Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 9:30 p.m., with support from Susto. $10/$12. themothlight.com. Photo by David McClister

The Lee Boys It takes approximately 30 seconds of a Lee Boys video to get what the band is all about. The musicians all instantly lock into a superdeep grove, their voices fall into tight harmonies and, even as they tap into a higher power, they totally rock. Drawing on gospel and spiritual steel traditions, the family band — brothers Alvin Lee (guitar), Derrick Lee and Keith Lee (vocals), with nephews Roosevelt Collier (pedal steel guitar), Alvin Cordy Jr. (seven-string bass) and Earl Walker (drums) and brother-from-another-mother Chris Johnson (pedal steel) — has traveled a long way from the House of God Church in Miami. Sharing stages with the likes of Robert Plant, Mavis Staples, Gov’t Mule and many others, The Lee Boys are musicians’ musicians and festival favorites. They help close out the final RiverMusic installment of the season Friday, Oct. 9. Music starts at 5:30 p.m. with Lyric; Fred Wesley & The New JBs headline at 8:15 p.m. Free. riverlink.org. Photo by Edwin Cardona 46

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stephaniesid Film aficionados may know local pop-noir band stephaniesid from its inventive (and sometimes kid-filled) music videos, including 2015 Music Video Asheville Crowd Choice award winner “Lonely in Manhattan.” The literarily inclined, however, will appreciate soulsearching frontwoman Stephanie Morgan’s expressive online musings on art, its accompanying industries and more. Check out her unexpectedly poignant defense of cover songs, for example, at avl.mx/1ri. But it’s concertgoers who have the most to gain when stephaniesid brings a soulful voice and other sonic pleasantries to Isis Restaurant & Music Hall — where recent album Excavator was partially developed during a 2014 residency — Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 8:45 p.m. Phillip Lassiter (trumpet for Prince, Snarky Puppy) and Mike Hicks (Keb’ Mo) open. $10. isisasheville.com. Photo by Michael Oppenheim

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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 professional artists. Held at Vance Birthplace, 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville beaRFOOTin’ PUbLiC aRT waLk 2015 downtownhendersonville. org/bearfootin-public-artwalk-2015 • Through (10/23) - Exhibit of fiberglass outdoor bear sculptures. Free. Held along Main Street in Downtown Hendersonville FiResTORm CaFe and bOOks 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • SA (10/10), 6pm - Art Talk & Film Screening: Discussion of the works of artist Alma Rumball. Documentary screened. Free to attend GROvewOOd GaLLeRY 111 Grovewood Road, 2537651, grovewood.com • TU (10/13), 11am-4pm - Needle-felting demonstration. Free to attend. HiGHwaY 80 sOUTH aRT HOP 80arthop.com • SA (10/10) & SU (10/11), 10am-5pm - “Third Annual Highway 80 South Art Hop,” open art studios and galleries along 10 miles of Highway 80. Full guidelines on website. Free to attend. Held at OOAK Art Gallery, 573 Micaville Loop, Burnsville 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. OdYsseY COOPeRaTive aRT GaLLeRY 238 Clingman Ave, 285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • SA (10/10), 11am-5pm Second Saturday Celebration with food, music, and artists’ demonstrations. Free to attend. RiveR aRTs disTRiCT aRTisTs riverartsdistrict.com

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aRT/CRaFT FaiRs aLL sainTs anGLiCan CHURCH 15 McDowell Road, Mills River, 891-7216, allsaintsmillsriver.org • SA (10/10), 9am-3pm Christmas craft fair with over 25 local vendors and Boy Scout lunch fundraiser. Free to attend. aRTisT’s aUTUmn FaiR 749-9224, wildflourbakerync.com • SA (10/10), 10am-4pm Arts & crafts vendors and music by The HogTown Squealers. Free to attend. Held at Nostalgia Courtyard, 173 E. Main St., Saluda CHRisTmas CRaFT FaiR 891-7216, allsaintsmillsriver.org • SA (10/10), 9am-3pm Craft fair with over 25 vendors. Free to attend. Held at All Saints Anglican Church, 15 McDowell Road, Mills River

aUdiTiOns & CaLL TO aRTisTs sT. maRY’s ePisCOPaL CHURCH 337 Charlotte St., 254-5836, stmarysasheville.org • Through FR (10/9) - Call for art/craft vendors for Christmas Craft Fair that will be held Nov. 21. Contact for guidelines and registration: jeanne@jeanneshair.com THe aUTUmn PLaYeRs 686-1380, www,ashevilletheatre.org, caroldec25@gmail.com • TU (10/13), 10:30am2:30pm - Open auditions for Readers Theatre, The Winslow Boy. Contact for full guidelines. Free. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. THe wRiTeRs’ wORksHOP 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through MO (11/30) Submissions will be accepted for the 20th Annual Memoirs

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COmedY diana wORTHam THeaTRe 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • FR (10/9), 8pm - Kathleen Madigan, comedy. $36.38.

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! asHeviLLe LYRiC OPeRa • SU (10/11), 1-3pm “Singing in the Park,” music by the Asheville Lyric Opera and Asheville Youth Choir. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St..

OLLi aT UnCa 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (10/9), 3pm - Chamber Music Chat: Featuring Pan Harmonia’s Kate Steinberg and Ivan Seng. Free. Held in the Reuter Center. Pan HaRmOnia 254-7123, pan-harmonia.org • SU (10/11), 3pm “American Mosaic 1,” music of Katherine Hoover, Gary Shocker, Stephen Foster & the 19th Century. $20/$15 advance/$5 students. Held at Haen Gallery Brevard, 200 King St., Brevard PUbLiC LeCTURes aT wCU wcu.edu Free unless otherwise noted. • TH (10/8), 7pm - “If We Learn Like That, Why Do We Teach Like This?” Lecture by traveling music professor Bob Duke. Free. Held in the A.K. Hinds Theater. • FR (10/9), 1:25pm - “Beautiful,” lecture regarding the emotional connection to music during music instruction. Free. Held in the Coulter Building recital hall.

PUbsinG 254-1114 • 2nd SUNDAYS, 6-8pm Gospel jam and sing-along. Optional snack time at 5:30pm. Free to attend. Held at French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road TOP OF THe GRade COnCeRTs saluda.com • FR (10/9), 6-8pm - The Super 60’s, musical retrospective. $5. Held at McCreery Park in Downtown Saluda.

THeaTeR asHeviLLe COmmUniTY THeaTRe 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/25) - Young Frankenstein, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 2:30pm. $25/$22 seniors & students/$15 children. FLaT ROCk PLaYHOUse 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org

• WEDNESDAYSthrough SUNDAYS until (10/25) Pump Boys & Dinettes, musical theater. Wed., Thur., Sat., & Sun.: 2pm, Wed. - Sat.: 8pm. $15-$40. OLLi aT UnCa 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (10/9), 11:30am - Fab Friday Lunch & Learn Lecture: “The Theatre Scene in Asheville,” presentation by NC Stage Company artistic director. Free. Held in the Reuter Center. THeaTeR aT UnCa 251-6610, drama.unca.edu • TH (10/8), FR (10/9) & WE (10/14) through FR(10/16) 7:30pm - UNCA student production of Fefu and Her Friends. $12/$7 student. Held at Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St. THeaTeR aT waRRen wiLsOn COLLeGe inside.warren-wilson.edu/ blogs/theatre • THURSDAY through SUNDAY (10/8) until (10/11) Exit, Pursued by a Bear. Thu. - Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $10. Held at Kittredge Theatre.

CaLdweLL COmmUniTY COLLeGe 2855 Hickory Blvd., Hudson, 726-2200, cccti.edu • WE (10/7), noon - Faculty concert featuring David Smith. Free. Held on the Watauga Campus, Building W372. FLaT ROCk PLaYHOUse dOwnTOwn 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/18) Music on the Rock: The Music of Chicago. Thu. - Sun.: 8pm. Sat.: 2pm. $25. mOUnTain sPiRiT COFFeeHOUse 1 Edwin Place, uuasheville.org • SU (10/11), 7pm - Louise Mosrie and Cliff Eberhardt, acoustic folk. $15/$10 students. mUsiC aT UnCa 251-6432, unca.edu • WE (10/14), 7pm - “A Moving Sound,” Taiwanese traditional and avant-garde music and dance. $20/$8 students. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium.

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G a L L e RY d i R e C T O RY 310 aRT 191 Lyman St. #310, 776-2716, 310art.com • Through SU (12/15) - Openings, exhibit featuring gallery members. Opening Reception: Oct. 10, 3-5pm. ameRiCan FOLk aRT and FRaminG 64 Biltmore Ave., 281-2134, amerifolk.com • Through TH (10/22) - The Myth, the Man & His Paintings, paintings of John “Cornbread” Anderson. aRT aT asU 262-3017, tcva.org • FR (10/2) through SA (2/6) - At the Junction of Words & Pictures: The Tenth Anniversary of The Center for Cartoon Studies, exhibit features the artwork of CCS faculty, students, and alumni. Held in the Turchin Center Gallery. aRT aT bRevaRd COLLeGe 884-8188, brevard.edu/art • Through FR (10/30) - Brevard College Alumni exhibit. Held in the Spiers Art Gallery. aRT aT UnCa art.unca.edu • Through FR (10/30) - With a Mighty Hand: Torah Paintings + Abstraction, illustrations by Daniel Devins. Held in Owen Hall. • Through (10/15) - Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibition, with works by Victor Verde, Chris Corral and Victor Palomino. Held in the Highsmith Art Gallery. aRT aT waRRen wiLsOn COLLeGe warren-wilson.edu Exhibits are held in Elizabeth Holden Art Gallery, unless otherwise stated. • Through FR (10/9) - A Way of Working, weavings by Robin Johnston and the Warren Wilson Fiber Arts Crew. 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. • Through TH (10/16) - MFA Thesis Exhibit: Laura Sellers. • MO (10/12) through FR (1/22) Connections, exhibit featuring the work of Diane Fox & Beauvais Lyons. Artist reception: Nov. 19th, 5-7pm. asHeviLLe aRea aRTs COUnCiL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (10/31) - Connections, textile exhibit and sale produced by Local Cloth Inc. asHeviLLe bOOkwORks 255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • FR (9/18) through WE (11/25) - PrintOcracy: PLAY!, printmaking portfolio exchange from artists across the country. Held at Asheville Bookworks, 428 1/2 Haywood Road • Through SA (10/31) - Colossal Cuts: Steamroller Prints, exhibition of large prints made with steamrollers. Free. Held at Odd’s Cafe, 800 Haywood Road asHeviLLe GaLLeRY OF aRT 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through SA (10/31) - Fall Light, exhibition featuring the oil landscapes of Judy Rentner. bendeR GaLLeRY 12 S. Lexington Ave., 505-8341, thebendergallery.com • Through MO (11/30) - Abstracted Movement, glass works by Karsten Oaks.

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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. bLUe sPiRaL 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com • Through FR (10/23) - Natural Order, mixed media work of Heather Allen Hietala. bUnCOmbe COUnTY PUbLiC LibRaRies buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library • Through SA (10/31) - Nature’s Light, photographs of Chris and Bonnie Allen. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road CaRLTOn GaLLeRY 10360 Highway 105 S., Banner Elk, 963-4288, carltonartgallery.com • Through SU (11/15) - Celebrating a Lifetime of Art, autumn group exhibition showcasing the work of Warren Dennis. CHiesa ResTaURanT 152 Montford Ave., 552-3110, chiesaavl.com • Through MO (11/23) - Asheville Urban Landscape Painters exhibit. HiCkORY mUseUm OF aRT 243 3rd Ave. NE, Hickory, 327-8576 • Through SU (2/28) - INTERCONNECTED: Tangible Dualities, sculpture & assemblage by Joël Urruty. • Through SU (1/10) - Nature … In High Definition, large format aluminum prints by photographer Wink Gaines. Artist reception: Nov. 6, 6-8pm. OdYsseY COOPeRaTive aRT GaLLeRY 238 Clingman Ave, 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery • Through SA (10/31) - Exhibit featuring ceramic art by Anna Koloseike and Christine Sams. sTUdiOs aT FLaT ROCk 2702A Greenville Highway Flat Rock, 698-7000, studiosflatrock.com • FR (10/9) through WE (12/30) - Fall Salon Show, exhibition of regional artists’ work. THe CenTeR FOR CRaFT, CReaTiviTY & desiGn 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through TH (10/29) - Wood fired ceramics installation by Daniel Johnston. TRansYLvania COmmUniTY aRTs COUnCiL 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard, 884-2787, tcarts.org • Through FR (10/16) - A Walk in the Woods, paintings by Ray Byram and wood sculpture by Mark Gardner. wesT end bakeRY 757 Haywood Road, 252-9378, westendbakery.com • Through Su (11/8) - Chance, paintings by Rena Lindstrom. 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 acclaimed artist Robert Shetterly. $10. zaPOw! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow.net • Through SU (10/11), Heroes and Villains!, a member artist group show. Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees.

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COlORADO BlUEGRASS: Trout Steak Revival began as an informal jamming unit, but soon the Denver-based quintet evolved into one of Colorado’s most tightly-knit bluegrass bands. The band’s heartfelt songwriting blends dynamic musicianship with intricately woven harmonies, tied together with the unmistakable sound of their years of friendship. Trout Steak Revival performs at Asheville Music Hall on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 9 p.m., with local band Sanctum Sully.

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aLTamOnT THeaTRe Emily Hearn w/ Millie Palmer (singer-songwriter), 8pm

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asHeviLLe mUsiC HaLL The Brown Bag Songwriting Competition w/ Debrissa McKinney (all genres), 7:30pm

GReY eaGLe mUsiC HaLL & TaveRn Destroyer (indie rock), 9pm

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LazY diamOnd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm Lex 18 Patrick Lopez Experience (modern and Latin jazz), 7pm LObsTeR TRaP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm mOUnTain mOJO COFFeeHOUse Open mic, 6:30pm naTive kiTCHen & sOCiaL PUb Chris Jamison, 6:30pm new mOUnTain THeaTeR/ amPHiTHeaTeR Big Mean Sound Machine (Afrobeat, experimental, funk), 8pm nObLe kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm O.HenRY’s/THe UndeRGROUnd “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm OddiTORiUm Synergy Story Slam, 7pm OFF THe waGOn Piano show, 9pm

OLive OR TwisT Intermediate swing dance lessons w/ Bobby Wood, 7pm Beginning swing dance lesson w/ Bobby Wood, 7:30pm 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm One sTOP deLi & baR Lip sync karaoke, 10pm One wORLd bRewinG Joseph Houck (singer-songwriter, folk rock, Americana), 8pm ORanGe PeeL Beach House w/ Jessica Pratt [SOLD OUT], 9pm PisGaH bRewinG COmPanY Bradley Carter (bluegrass, oldtime, Americana), 6pm ReJavanaTiOn CaFe Open mic night, 6pm

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the ballroom thieves w/ matt townsend &the

wonder of theworld

10/12 mon free mothlight monday!

camp david w/ valley maker, mark casson, tiny things

10/13 tue futurebirds w/

Every Tuesday

susto

Every Sunday

10/14 wed a tribute to jimmie rodgers

6pm–11pm

JAZZ SHOWCASE

& lefty frizzell 10/17 sat roney

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

10/20 tue Widowspeak

743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737 ISISASHEVILLE.COM

pretty pretty

october 7 - october 13, 2015

asHeviLLe mUsiC HaLL Trout Steak Revival w/ Sanctum Sully (bluegrass), 9pm baRLeY’s TaPROOm AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm bLaCk mOUnTain aLe HOUse Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8pm bLUe mOUnTain Pizza & bRew PUb Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm CLUb eLeven On GROve Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm Swing lessons & dance w/ Moonshine Rhythm Club, 7:30pm dOUbLe CROwn 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm eLaine’s dUeLinG PianO baR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FOGGY mOUnTain bRewPUb Sufi Bros (folk, rock), 10pm FRenCH bROad bReweRY Laura Jane Vincent (singer-songwriter), 6pm GOOd sTUFF Stephen Chopek (folk, rock, indie), 7pm Alex and the XOs (indie, pop, alternative), 8:30pm GReY eaGLe mUsiC HaLL & TaveRn Noah Gundersen (acoustic, indie, folk), 8pm isis ResTaURanT and mUsiC HaLL An evening w/ Wild Ponies (Americana, folk, alt-country), 7pm Celebrating the life & times of Billy Constable (bluegrass, tribute), 7:30pm JaCk OF THe wOOd PUb Bluegrass jam, 7pm Lex 18 Ray Biscoglia Duo (jazz standards), 7pm Michael Andersen (honky-tonk piano), 10pm LObsTeR TRaP Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm maRkeT PLaCe Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

new mOUnTain THeaTeR/ amPHiTHeaTeR Eliot Lipp (electro funk), 9pm

10/18 sun honky tonk country night: hearts gone south w/ cyndi lou & the want to

aLTamOnT THeaTRe Ozric Tentacles w/ Jonathan Scales Fourchestra (psychedelic, jazz, rock), 8pm

mOe’s ORiGinaL bbQ wOOdFin The Caribbean Cowboys Band (country, reggae, rock), 6pm

at ten!

the rolling stoneys w/ the family swaggards

5 waLnUT wine baR Lyric (acoustic soul), 8pm

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O.HenRY’s/THe UndeRGROUnd Game Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am Odd’s CaFe

Wed • October 7 Woody Wood, 5:00pm Edibles, Audibles & Applaudables w/ Brian Claflin (Americana), 7pm OddiTORiUm Cantelope w/ Morbids, Mr. Mange & The Spiral (rock, indie), 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 Mammal Dap (indie fusion), 10pm One wORLd bRewinG Hustle Souls (Americana), 9pm ORanGe PeeL Autechre w/ cygnus & Rob Hall (IDM, techno), 9pm OskaR bLUes bReweRY Hadley Kennary (folk), 6pm PaCk’s TaveRn Steve Mosely Duo (classic hits, bluegrass), 9pm PisGaH bRewinG COmPanY The Rough & Tumble (indie, Americana), 8pm RenaissanCe asHeviLLe HOTeL Carver & Carmody (country), 6:30pm ROOm ix Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm sanCTUaRY bRewinG COmPanY Emily Bodley (Americana), 7pm

dance party), 10pm

& soul obscurities), 10pm

THe sTRand @ 38 main Michael Reno Harrell (singersongwriter, folk, Americana), 7:45pm

dUGOUT Hustle Souls (Southern soul), 9pm eLaine’s dUeLinG PianO baR Dueling Pianos, 9pm

TimO’s HOUse Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 10pm TRaiLHead ResTaURanT and baR Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm TRessa’s dOwnTOwn Jazz and bLUes The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm TwisTed LaUReL Karaoke, 8pm wiLd winG CaFe Throwin’ Down Thursday w/ DJ Ramin, 5pm wiLd winG CaFe sOUTH Live DJ, 9pm wxYz LOUnGe aT aLOFT HOTeL The Moon and You (cello folk), 7:30pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 185 kinG sTReeT Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats (rock, blues, funk), 8pm 5 waLnUT wine baR Mande Foly (electric African folk), 9pm aLTamOnT THeaTRe A tribute to Johnny Cash w/ Matthew Curry & the Carolina Two, 8pm asHeviLLe mUsiC HaLL Big Something w/ special guests (jam, rock), 10pm

sCandaLs niGHTCLUb DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

aTHena’s CLUb Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

sLY GROG LOUnGe Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm

baCk YaRd baR Karaoke w/ Get Vocal Entertainment, 9pm

sOL baR new mOUnTain Songwriter Thursdays w/ Caine McDonald, 8pm sOUTHeRn aPPaLaCHian bReweRY Hip Bones’ Two-Bass Hit (groove, jazz), 7pm

ben’s TUne-UP Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm bLaCk mOUnTain aLe HOUse Company News (alt-country, Americana), 7:30pm

sPRinG CReek TaveRn Open Mic, 6pm

bLUe mOUnTain Pizza & bRew PUb Acoustic Swing, 7pm

TaLLGaRY’s aT FOUR COLLeGe Electric blues open mic w/ Gentle Jones, 7pm

bOiLeR ROOm Drunk on the Regs w/ Rich People & The Business People (rock ’n’ roll, punk), 9pm

THe miLLROOm Brews & Brains (trivia, United Way benefit), 6:30pm THe mOTHLiGHT Shannon and the Clams w/ Cool Ghouls & Charlie Megira (indie rock, punk, doo-wop), 9:30pm THe PHOenix Max Gross Weight Acoustic Duo (Americana), 8pm THe sOUTHeRn Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ,

CLassiC wineseLLeR Joe Cruz (Beatles, Elton John covers, piano), 7pm CORk & keG Champagne Wilson & The Corkscrews (swing, jazz, standards), 8:30pm diana wORTHam THeaTRe Kathleen Madigan (comedy), 8pm dOUbLe CROwn DJ Greg Cartwright (garage

FOGGY mOUnTain bRewPUb Lazy Sunday (rock), 10pm FRenCH bROad bReweRY Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie, pop), 6pm GOOd sTUFF Shadow Show (indie, rock, psychedelic), 8pm Hi Def Innovative (rap, hiphop, instrumental), 9pm GReY eaGLe mUsiC HaLL & TaveRn Particle (livetronica, electrofunk, rock), 9pm HiGHLand bRewinG COmPanY Thunderstruck (rock ’n’ roll, AC/DC tribute), 7pm iROn HORse sTaTiOn Barb Turner (R&B), 7pm

Thu • October 8 Meadow is open! Tasting Room is closed for private event

Fri • October 9 Thunderstruck release party featuring music by Thunderstruck

Sat • October 10 Meadow is open with music by Virginia & the Slims, 7:00pm / Tasting Room is closed for private event

Mon • October 12 Meadow open! Tasting Room is closed for private event

Tue • October 13 Meadow open! Tasting Room is closed for private event

isis ResTaURanT and mUsiC HaLL Up Jumped Three (jazz), 7pm Friday night dance party w/ Jim Arrendell (classic Motown & soul), 9pm JaCk OF THe wOOd PUb Through The Hills w/ Dirty Soul Revival (Appalachian music, funk, rock), 9pm JeRUsaLem GaRden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm

JACK

LazOOm bUs TOURs Roaring Lions (brass band), 2pm

WOOD

LazY diamOnd Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm Lex 18 Michael Jefry Stevens (modern jazz), 6:30pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop, jazz), 9pm LObsTeR TRaP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm LUeLLa’s baR-b-QUe Riyen Roots w/ Scooter Haywood (blues, rock, soul), 8pm maRkeT PLaCe The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm mOe’s ORiGinaL bbQ wOOdFin Lee Renard and the Junkyard Dogs (blues, R&B, rock), 6pm naTive kiTCHen & sOCiaL PUb Kevin Williams & Co., 7:30pm new mOUnTain THeaTeR/amPHiTHeaTeR The Polish Ambassador w/ The Human Experience (funk, electronic), 6:30pm Official TPA afterparty w/ Wildlight & Ayla Nero (indie rock, pop), 10:30pm

OF THE

PUB

#1 Pub Grub #2 Bar for Live Music

FRI 10.9 SAT 10.10 SUN 10.11 MON 10.12

TUE 10.13 FRI 10.16

THROUGH THE HILLS

(APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN PARTY BAND) w/ DIRTY SOUL REVIVAL (Dirty, Funky, Bluesy Rock and Roll) 9 p.m. $7

THE WOODY WOOD FAMILY BAND (Appalachian Soul music)

9 p.m. $5

MY BROTHER THE BEAR (MOUNTAIN FOLK BAND )

9 p.m. FREE

(Donations Encouraged)

THE BUMPER JACKSONS

9 p.m. FREE (HOT NEW ORLEANS DIXIE JAZZ) (Donations Encouraged)

KEITH KENNY

One-Man Rock Band – “The Big Red Suitcase Tour”

9 p.m. FREE

(Donations Encouraged)

STRAHAN & THE GOOD NEIGHBORS

(STRAIGHT UP!!! GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC ) w/ CYNDI LOU AND THE WANT TO (COUNTRY MUSIC HONKY TONKERS FROM ASHEVILLE NC)

9 p.m. $5

Sat., OCT 31 HONKY TONK HALLOWEEN with ASHEVILLE COUNTRY MUSIC REVUE

feat members of Town Mountain Bluegrass Band Dress like your fav Country Star Cash Prize Costume Contest

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

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

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october 7 - october 13, 2015

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nObLe kava An evening w/ Mystic Ferryman (electro-coustic, ambient, improv), 8:30pm

One sTOP deLi & baR Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Pasadena (folk, rock), 10pm

O.HenRY’s/THe UndeRGROUnd Drag Show, 12:30am

OskaR bLUes bReweRY Clydes on Fire (old soul, Americana), 6pm

OFF THe waGOn Dueling pianos, 9pm

PisGaH bRewinG COmPanY Yess-I (reggae, dub), 8pm

sCULLY’s DJ, 10pm

OLive OR TwisT Westsound (Motown), 8pm

ROOT baR nO. 1 The Willy Whales (roots, blues),

sLY GROG LOUnGe Comedy open mic w/ Danielle

Noah Gundersen

10/10 zach deputy

peacock 10/11 alice & peter mulvey

w/ DRFAMEUS

7PM Doors 8PM Doors

10/14

A Very Special Evening with jerry joseph & the jackmormons + patrick sweany

The Bottle Rockets

Olsen 10/15 +(OfMark The Jayhawks)

8PM Doors

TUE

Aldridge, 10/13 Hannah David Mayfield & Levi Lowery

WED

7PM Doors

An Evening with

8PM Doors

Charlie Traveler presents:

An Evening with

THU

8PM Doors

w/ Field Report (solo)

7PM Doors

THU FrI sAT

w/ Jennifer Castle

8PM Doors

DESTROYER

sUN

WED

10/7 10/9

10/16 & Ben Sollee

Mother Falcon

7PM Doors

FrI

An Evening with

Ray Wylie

7PM Doors

10/17 Hubbard 10/18 Trevor Hall

7PM Doors

-The Fall Migration

sAT

sOUTHeRn aPPaLaCHian bReweRY Petty Cash (‘70s rock), 8pm

PaCk’s TaveRn DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9pm

10/8

sUN

Richardson, 8pm

sanCTUaRY bRewinG COmPanY Aaron Burdette (Americana, bluegrass, folk-rock), 7pm sCandaLs niGHTCLUb PechaKucha Night, 7pm DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm

OddiTORiUm Cavern w/ Horseburner & Boar (metal), 9pm

8pm

october 7 - october 13, 2015

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sPRinG CReek TaveRn American Hologram (Americana, folk, goth-pop), 8:30pm sTRaiGHTawaY CaFe The Wilhelm Brothers (folk rock), 6pm TaLLGaRY’s aT FOUR COLLeGe Rory Kelly TripleThreat (rock), 9:30pm

THe admiRaL Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm THe mOTHLiGHT Luzius Stone w/ Tin Foil Hat & Disco Goddess (hip-hop, electronic, future-rock), 9:30pm THe PHOenix Opus Vita (funk, rock), 9pm THe sOCiaL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm TiGeR mOUnTain BOYTOY (rock), 9pm

Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm TimO’s HOUse Family Reunion Tour w/ Ixnee, DJ Whistleblower, Vinnie the Creep & more!, 9pm TwisTed LaUReL Live DJ, 11pm wiLd winG CaFe sOUTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm wxYz LOUnGe aT aLOFT HOTeL Ben Hovey (souljazztronica), 8pm zambRa Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

saTURdaY, OCTObeR 10 185 kinG sTReeT Ben Phan Trio (jazz, bluegrass, blues), 8pm 32nd annUaL CHURCH sTReeT aRT & CRaFT sHOw Eddie Rose & Highway Forty (bluegrass), 10am 5 waLnUT wine baR Patrick Fitzsimons (jazz, blues, world), 6pm Drayton & The Dreamboats (vintage jazz), 9pm aLTamOnT THeaTRe Jim Lauderdale CD release (country, bluegrass, Americana), 8pm asHeviLLe mUsiC HaLL Red Baraat w/ Satta Roots (world), 10pm aTHena’s CLUb Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm baCk YaRd baR Chad Ray (blues, country), 9pm ben’s TUne-UP Gypsy Guitars, 2pm bLaCk mOUnTain aLe HOUse Hustle Souls (soul, altcountry), 9pm bLUe mOUnTain Pizza & bRew PUb Bob Zullo (acoustic), 7pm CLassiC wineseLLeR Fall for jazz series w/ the Russ Wilson Quartet (jazz, swing), 7pm CORk & keG Jackomo Cajun Country Band (Cajun, zydeco, twostep), 8:30pm CReekside TaPHOUse Roots & Dore (blues, rock, soul), 7pm dOUbLe CROwn Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm eLaine’s dUeLinG PianO baR Dueling Pianos, 9pm FOGGY mOUnTain bRewPUb The Digs (funk, jazz),

10pm

(singer-songwriter), 6pm

FRenCH bROad bReweRY CarolinaBound (Americana), 6pm

PaCk’s TaveRn WestSound (Motown, funk, jazz), 9pm

GReY eaGLe mUsiC HaLL & TaveRn Zach Deputy (jam, funk, soul), 9pm HiGHLand bRewinG COmPanY Virginia & the Slims (blues, jazz, swing), 7pm iROn HORse sTaTiOn Luke Wood, 7pm isis ResTaURanT and mUsiC HaLL Jon Stickley Trio album release (Gypsy jazz, hiphop, bluegrass), 9pm JaCk OF THe wOOd PUb The Woody Wood Family Band (Appalachian soul, rock, Delta blues), 9pm JeRUsaLem GaRden Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LazOOm bUs TOURs The Dandyls (party punk), 2pm LazY diamOnd Unknown Pleasures w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10pm Lex 18 Michael Jefry Stevens (modern jazz), 6:30pm Michael Andersen (honkytonk piano), 10pm Whispers in the Night: An immersive seance experience w/ Ariann Black and Madame Salma, 11:30pm LObsTeR TRaP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm maRkeT PLaCe DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm mOJO kiTCHen & LOUnGe Dine ’n’ Disco (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm new mOUnTain THeaTeR/amPHiTHeaTeR Kylesa w/ Inter Arma, Irata & Indian Handcrafts (rock, metal, psychedelic), 8pm nObLe kava An evening w/ Ex Nihilo & Alfonso Graceffo (experimental, electronic), 8:30pm OddiTORiUm Jam Fest (hip-hop), 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 AVL mixtape release party (hip-hop), 10pm

ROOm ix Open dance night, 9pm ROOT baR nO. 1 John the Revelator (blues), 8pm sanCTUaRY bRewinG COmPanY Twelfth Fret, 7pm sCandaLs niGHTCLUb DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm sCULLY’s DJ, 10pm sOUTHeRn aPPaLaCHian bReweRY Spin Sessions w/ Robin Tolleson (vintage DJ), 2pm sPRinG CReek TaveRn Ruby Mayfield & The Friendship Train (blues, R&B, soul), 8:30pm TaLLGaRY’s aT FOUR COLLeGe Twist of Fate (rock), 9:30pm THe admiRaL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm THe mOTHLiGHT Pure Bathing Culture w/ Wild Ones (new age, soul), 9:30pm THe PHOenix Stepchild (rock), 9pm TimO’s HOUse Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino (top 40), 10pm TOY bOaT COmmUniTY aRT sPaCe Asheville Vaudeville (burlesque, comedy, performance), 7:30pm

TAVERN

TRaiLHead ResTaURanT and baR Carey Fridley & Dave Perkins (country, blues, bluegrass), 8pm

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

TwisTed LaUReL Live DJ, 11pm wiLd winG CaFe Karaoke, 8pm

Saturday, O

Pack’s Frigctober 31 Hallowe ht Night

wOOdFin sTReeT dOwnTOwn avL Oktoberfest w/ Lagerhosen (polka), 1pm

en Bash

wxYz LOUnGe aT aLOFT HOTeL Salsa Saturday w/ DJ Malinalli (salsa, DJ), 8pm

THU. 10/8 Steve Mosely Duo (classic hits, bluegrass)

zambRa Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

FRI. 10/9 DJ Moto

sUndaY, OCTObeR 11

(dance hits, pop)

SAT. 10/10

5 waLnUT wine baR Steelin’ Time (steel guitar), 7pm

WestSound

bLaCk mOUnTain aLe HOUse Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm

ORanGe PeeL Third Eye Blind w/ iamdynamite [SOLD OUT], 8:30pm

bLUe mOUnTain Pizza & bRew PUb Billy Litz (Americana, singersongwriter), 7pm

OskaR bLUes bReweRY Jamison Adams Project

bYwaTeR Kate & Corey (folk-rock), 5pm

(funk, Motown)

20 S. SPRUCE ST. • 225.6944 PACKSTAVERN.COM mountainx.com

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dOUbLe CROwn Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm GOOd sTUFF Russ T. Nutz (Americana, comedy), 6pm GReY eaGLe mUsiC HaLL & TaveRn An evening w/ Alice Peacock & Peter Mulvey (folk, rock ’n’ roll), 8pm iROn HORse sTaTiOn Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm

4pm-2am Mon-Fri | 12pm-2am Sat | 3pm-2am Sun Mon.-Thur. 4pm-2am • Fri.-Sun. 2pm-2am

87Patton Patton Ave., Asheville 87 Asheville

isis ResTaURanT and mUsiC HaLL Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am Sunday jazz showcase, 6pm JaCk OF THe wOOd PUb Irish session, 5pm My Brother The Bear (mountain folk), 9pm LazY diamOnd Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10pm Lex 18 Michael John Jazz (classic jazz), 7pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop, jazz), 9pm Whispers in the Night: An immersive seance experience w/ Ariann Black and Madame Salma, 11:30pm LObsTeR TRaP Hot Club of Asheville (swing n’ grass), 6:30pm OddiTORiUm Jeff The Brotherhood (rock, punk, garage), 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 PisGaH bRewinG COmPanY The Saint Francis Band (jam), 4pm 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 sOUTHeRn aPPaLaCHian bReweRY Redneck Mimosa w/ Asheville 2nd Line (gospel), 12pm sPRinG CReek TaveRn Cornbred Fred, 2pm TaLLGaRY’s aT FOUR COLLeGe Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm THe mOTHLiGHT The Ballroom Thieves w/ Matt Townsend & The Wonder of The World (alternative, Americana, folk-rock), 9pm THe Omni GROve PaRk inn Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm THe PHOenix Bradford Carson (modern mountain music), 12pm THe sOCiaL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm THe sOUTHeRn

october 7 - october 13, 2015

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Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm THe sTRand @ 38 main Bill Leslie & Lorica (Celtic), 4pm TimO’s HOUse Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm wedGe bRewinG CO. Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazz-swing), 6pm wHiTe HORse bLaCk mOUnTain The Buddy K Big Band (big band, jazz), 7:30pm wiCked weed Mrs. Dubfire (reggae), 3pm wiLd winG CaFe Bluegrass Afternoons, 3pm wiLd winG CaFe sOUTH Party On The Patio w/ Crocs Duo, 5pm

mOndaY, OCTObeR 12 185 kinG sTReeT Open mic night, 7pm 5 waLnUT wine baR Siamese Jazz Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8pm aLTamOnT bRewinG COmPanY Old-time jam w/ Mitch McConnell, 6:30pm bYwaTeR Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8pm COURTYaRd GaLLeRY Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm dOUbLe CROwn Country Karaoke, 10pm GOOd sTUFF Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm GReY eaGLe mUsiC HaLL & TaveRn Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm iROn HORse sTaTiOn Open mic, 6pm JaCk OF THe wOOd PUb Quizzo, 7pm The Bumper Jacksons (dixie-jazz, folk, roots), 9pm LazY diamOnd Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm LexinGTOn ave bReweRY (Lab) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm LObsTeR TRaP Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm new mOUnTain THeaTeR/ amPHiTHeaTeR Cabinet w/ Fruition (bluegrass, Americana), 7pm Twiddle & The Werks (psychedelic, funk, rock), 8pm O.HenRY’s/THe UndeRGROUnd Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm OddiTORiUm Upsilon Acrux w/ Lulo & Kortriba (experimental), 9pm OLive OR TwisT 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm

One wORLd bRewinG Beats & Brews w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8pm ORanGe PeeL Free movie series: A Nightmare On Elm Street, 8pm OskaR bLUes bReweRY Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm sOCiaL LOUnGe & TaPas In the Biz Networking Night w/ Patrick Lopez (acoustic, piano, pop, open to everyone), 8pm sOveReiGn Remedies Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm THe mOTHLiGHT Camp David w/ Valley Maker, Mark Casson & Tiny Things (indie, folk, post-rock), 9pm

GOOd sTUFF Old time-y night, 6:30pm GReY eaGLe mUsiC HaLL & TaveRn Hannah Aldridge, David Mayfield & Levi Lowrey (Americana), 8pm isis ResTaURanT and mUsiC HaLL Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm JaCk OF THe wOOd PUb Keith Kenny (“one-man” rock band), 9pm LazY diamOnd Punk ’n’ Roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm

THe Omni GROve PaRk inn Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

Lex 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (romantic jazz), 7pm

THe PHOenix The Wilhelm Bros. (Americana), 8pm

LObsTeR TRaP Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singersongwriter), 6:30pm

THe sOUTHeRn Speakeasy Mondays w/ The LowDown Sires & friends (hot jazz, swing), 9:30pm THe vaLLeY mUsiC & COOkHOUse Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm TiGeR mOUnTain Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm TimO’s HOUse Movie night, 7pm URban ORCHaRd Old-time music, 7pm wHiTe HORse bLaCk mOUnTain Lightbulb Jazz Ensemble, 7:30pm wiLd winG CaFe sOUTH Monday Bike Nights, 6pm

TUesdaY, OCTObeR 13 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 baCk YaRd baR Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm ben’s TUne-UP Eleanor Underhill (acoustic), 5pm bLaCk mOUnTain aLe HOUse Trivia, 7pm bLUe mOUnTain Pizza & bRew PUb Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm bUFFaLO niCkeL Trivia, 7pm CORk & keG Honky-tonk Jamboree w/ Tom Pittman, 6:30pm dOUbLe CROwn DJ Brody Hunt (honky-tonk, Cajun, Western), 10pm

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HHHHH = pick of the week

Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s mississippi Grind — a terrific film that flirts with greatness.

Mississippi Grind HHHHS

Director: anna boden and ryan Fleck (it’s Kind of a Funny story) PLayerS: ben mendelsohn, ryan reynolds, sienna miller, robin Weigert, alfre Woodard, analeigh tipton Drama rated r tHe Story:two gamblers team up for a road trip to a big game in new orleans. tHe LowDown: edging close to greatness, this is a very good —

albeit rather sad — character study about friendship, addiction and the hope for redemption — or the next closest thing. the performances of ben mendelsohn and ryan reynolds are flawless. Mississippi Grind — the latest film from writer-director team Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck — is something of a throwback. And a very welcome throwback it is, even if it just misses greatness. This feels like a movie that could have been made in the 1970s (even

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the credits look it). It has that 1970s road-trip sensibility — something like Robert Altman’s 1974 California Split. (Compare the poster for Mississippi Grind with the DVD case for the Altman movie.) But the tone is more in keeping with the grimness of Karel Reisz’s The Gambler, another 1974 film. In fact, the screenwriter of The Gambler, James Toback, appears in a small role late in Mississippi Grind, making it obvious that the similarities are hardly coincidental. But while this film is savvy as concerns its roots, it’s considerably more than just a nod to an earlier era or a film out of its time. The film stars Australian character actor Ben Mendelsohn (with a perfectly credible American accent), as badly down-on-his-luck compulsive gambler Gerry, and Ryan Reynolds (again proving there’s more to him than is often assumed), as the more level-headed, self-aware gambler-drifter Curtis. In many ways, they resemble the characters played by Mendelsohn and Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012). Again, we find the same olderman, younger-man dynamic. While it’s never as obvious here, there’s little doubt that Mendelsohn’s Gerry is attracted to the younger man in an unresolved (and unresolvable) way. The duo meet across a gambling table with the bright, joking younger man at first making the older one skeptical. Who can blame him? Curtis lights up a room; Gerry darkens one with his worn face and gloomy demeanor. It quickly transpires that Gerry has good reason for his gloom. He’s in debt to loan sharks (including a castagainst-type Alfre Woodard) and completely out of control — panic-stricken at the thought of his situation. He doesn’t know when to quit, whether it’s gambling, drinking or coming up with excuses and notions of his luck turning. But Curtis, he reasons, might be the signal that his luck could indeed be turning, since the younger man’s claim that he always wins (because he doesn’t care) seems to be true. Why not throw in his lot with Curtis? Gerry provides the transportation for the trip to a big poker game in New Orleans —

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tHe ate r L iStinGS Friday, october 9 thursday, october 15 Due to possible scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm showtimes with theaters.

• Asheville PizzA & Brewing Co. (254-1281) ant-man (pG-13) 7:00, 10:00 sHaun tHe sHeep movie (pG) 1:00, 4:00

• CArmike CinemA 10 (298-4452) • CArolinA CinemAs (274-9500)

99 Homes (r) 11:50, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:15 blaCK mass (r) 11:05, 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 everest 2D (pG-13) 11:30, 2:20, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 GranDma (r) 12:45, 2:40, 10:20 He nameD me malala (pG-13) 12:05, 2:10, 4:15, 6:20, 8:25, 10:30 Hotel transylvania 2 2D (pG) 10:55, 1:00, 3:10, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40 tHe intern (pG-13) 11:55, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30 maze runner: tHe sCorCH trials (pG-13) 7:10 tHe martian 3D (pG-13) 3:00, 9:00 tHe martian 2D (pG-13) 11:00, 12:00, 12:55, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 mississippi GrinD (r) 4:25, 9:05 pan 3D (pG) 9:45 pan 2D (pG) 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15 siCario (r) 11:20, 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:05 tHe WalK 3D (pG-13) 11:10, 4:35, 10:05 tHe WalK 2D (pG-13) 1:55, 7:20 a WalK in tHe WooDs (r) 11:35, 1:50, 4:30, 6:55

• 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) FinDers Keepers (r) 1:00, 7:00, late show Fri-sat 9:30 GranDma (r) 4:00 He nameD me malala (pG-13) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, late show Fri-sat 9:20

• flAtroCk CinemA (697-2463) tHe intern (pG-14) 3:30, 7:00 (Closed mon.)

• regAl Biltmore grAnde stadium 15 (684-1298) • United Artists BeAUCAtCher (298-1234)

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with stops in St. Louis, Memphis and Little Rock — and the two become traveling and gambling companions. Though there are meaningful encounters along the way, especially with two women in St. Louis, the film is really all about Gerry, Curtis and gambling. The St. Louis scenes are, however, instructive in what they reveal about both men. Curtis immediately settles into his quasi-relationship (or fantasy of one) with Simone (Sienna Miller), while Gerry hesitantly — and chastely — takes up with her friend Vanessa (Analeigh Tipton) and surprisingly reveals his ability not only to play piano, but to play compositions by Erik Satie. There is — or was — more to him than meets the eye. The same may be true of Curtis. But neither they, nor the film, are forthcoming. The revelations and hints of revelations continue with the journey, which also includes a pathetic trip to visit Gerry’s ex-wife (Robin Weigert) — an event that works on Curtis’ emotions concerning Simone, but turns out not to be for exactly sentimental reasons. It’s all a character study and an essay on atmosphere. It’s a meditation on loss, regret and the vague possibility of redemption and a better tomorrow. It may sound bleak, but it doesn’t play that way. That it never quite becomes a great movie is regrettable — like one of those hands that Gerry should have won — but it gets very near it. Rated R for language. Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas. Reviewed bY ken Hanke kHanke@mOUnTainx.COm

finders Keepers HHHH

Director: Bryan Carberry, J. Clay Tweel pLaYers:John Wood, Shannon Whisnant, Marian Lytle, Tom Lytle, Peg Wood, Lisa Whisnant DocumentarY Rated R tHe storY: The thoroughly preposterous — but true — story of the battle over possession of an amputated foot. tHe LoWDoWn: Every bit as strange as it sounds, the film is at once

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very funny, yet strangely moving and even tragic. Somewhere at the intersecion of reality TV and a Coen Brothers picture lies Finders Keepers — as peculiar and entertaining a story as you’re likely to find. You know the old Groucho Marx gag where he sells a hapless ship’s steward an insurance policy, claiming, “If you lose a leg, we help you look for it”? Well, John Wood — who is at the center of this eccentric documentary — could have used such a policy. Wood is a man who indeed did lose a leg (or a foot and part of his leg). The remarkable thing — actually, the first of many remarkable things — is that he managed to lose it more than once. I shall explain. Born into an upscale family in Maiden, N.C., Wood lost his leg in 2004 in the small plane crash that also killed his father. For reasons not entirely clear, Wood decided he wanted to keep the amputated appendage. Expecting (goodness knows why) to be presented with the skeletal remains, Wood is horrified to find he’s been given the whole leg. Since storing it is awkward in his small refrigerator, Wood does what any clear-thinking person would — he gets an acquaintance to put it on ice at the local Hardee’s, a solution that lasts only briefly (imagine that). Various attempts at preserving the leg result in the sort-of-embalmed, sort-of-mummified extremity being stored in Wood’s meat smoker. It might have remained there if Wood’s various addiction problems hadn’t ended up with him losing his house and then losing the storage locker where his worldly goods (and the odd body part) were stored, whereupon its contents were auctioned off. Enter self-proclaimed (and very small time) wheeler-dealer Shannon Whisnant (identified in the film as an entrepreneur). He buys the smoker, discovers the detached limb and, being a canny businessman, decides he’s struck oil — sort of. No longer in possession of the errant foot — the sheriff’s department placed it in a funeral home — he opts to charge admission for people to see the smoker, setting himself up as “The Foot Man.” Soon realizing that he needs the actual body part to really make this enterprise go, he tries to reclaim his property (he has the receipt). So begins (in a Dollar General parking lot) the strange battle for possession of this frankly grisly artifact — a notquite-epic struggle between a wouldbe P.T. Barnum and a singularly

contact xpressmovies@aol.com bewildered (and bewildering) man who somehow sees the body part as the centerpiece for a memorial to his father. Now, it may seem that I’ve just told you the whole story, but I haven’t by any means. What follows is so deeply strange that the most rational thing in it is an appearance on Judge Mathis. But the truth is that Finders Keepers transcends its admittedly entertaining tabloid tackiness to become something more. What starts as a weird comedy, involving characters you’ve seen — but perhaps not known — all your life (if you’ve spent that life anywhere near the rural South), becomes something tragic and unexpectedly moving. It also hints at redemption and touches on the not-so-subtle class distinctions that still exist today — however much we might like to believe otherwise. Come for the freakish story; stay for its surprising humanity. Though Finders Keepers opens Friday for regular showings, there is a special screening Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theatre with special guest John Wood (the fellow whose foot was in contention) and producer Tim Grant. (No word on whether the foot will be in attendance.) Tickets for this event only are $12. Rated R for language. Starts Friday at the Fine Arts Theatre. Reviewed bY ken Hanke kHanke@ mOUnTainx.COm

He Named Me Malala HHHS

Director: Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) pLaYers: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai, Khushal Yousafzai, Atal Yousafzai DocumentarY PG-13 tHe storY: Straightforward, informational documentary on Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban in her native Pakistan.

HHHHH = max rating tHe LoWDoWn: At once solid — as concerns the basic story — and disappointingly insubstantial — as concerns creating a portrait of its famous subject. It’s mostly a thumbnail sketch, made reasonably worthwhile by the personalities of Malala Yousafzai and her father. On some level, Davis Guggenheim’s He Named Me Malala qualifies as “Perfectly Fine” — for what it is (and only just). Now, I have nothing but respect for its subject, Malala Yousafzai, and I have no doubt that Guggenheim had the best of intentions in making the film. Unfortunately, we all know where Good Intentions Road is paved to lead. And, if it doesn’t actually reach that destination, no amount of animated distractions (or filler) or endlessly recycled shots of Malala staring thoughtfully out of a car window is going to make the documentary anything other than an inflated featurette that has trouble stretching to feature length. It’s just too tentative and too content to coast on the importance of its subject and her natural charisma — and, even at a brief 87 minutes, is something of a slog. Whether it will draw viewers who want a very straightforward informational documentary remains to be seen. I am not saying that the film is without merit or that it doesn’t present Malala’s story more or less effectively. No, I’m saying it’s basically a rather dull promo film for a young woman who needs no promotion — and never escapes the sense that it belongs more in a high school auditorium than a movie theater. It’s Malala Yousafzai 101. The problem is that the story of Malala — the young Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban and recovered to become an even stronger advocate for the education of girls, eventually becoming the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize — is too well-known to offer much in the way of revelation. The film is at its best when it offers seemingly unguarded glimpses into Malala’s home life after she and her family relocate to England. Here, we either get glimpses of the real Malala or, at the very least, a carefully crafted approximation of her. We see her arm wrestle with her brother, look at pictures of sports stars on the Internet and, in general, act like a normal teenager — or as close to one as someone with a remarkable life and who lives on a worldwide stage can. This is good stuff, but it never goes far enough and always pulls

away from getting into anything too thorny. There’s a good chance that this has as much to do with Malala as with Guggenheim, since she clearly tends to clam up when she encounters subjects she doesn’t choose to discuss. That’s her right, of course, but it leaves us with a relatively shallow portrait that seems too concerned with charting her progress across the world to the Nobel Prize — at the expense of characterization. What keeps the film from collapsing under its own too-careful good intentions comes down to Malala herself and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai. It is utterly impossible to not respond to Malala. More, it’s impossible not to genuinely like her. She’s too appealing to resist and the camera loves her. Her father — a man of vision, deeply worried that his teaching and encouragement nearly got his daughter killed — is almost equally irresistible. They keep this often-tepid movie and its unanswered — even un-raised — questions afloat by the sheer force of their personalities, but it’s a very near thing. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving disturbing images and threats. Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre. Reviewed bY ken Hanke kHanke@ mOUnTainx.COm

Sicario

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Director: Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) pLaYers: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Daniel Kaluuya, Jon Bernthal crime Drama Rated R tHe storY: A naive FBI agent is thrust into the corrupt world of the drug wars. tHe LoWDoWn:Despite being well-made and well-acted (and all the art house accolades it has received), this is essentially just another violent crime drama straining — and failing — to be a significant statement. Yes, Sicario is well-made — in the sense that it looks, feels and plays

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super 8: As part of an international celebration of amateur films and filmmaking, Mechanical Eye Microcinema will host a Home Movie Day event on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the West Asheville Public Library. Image courtesy of the Center for Home Movies • UNC Asheville presents a screening of the documentary The Hunting Ground in the Humanities Lecture Hall Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. According to the the 103-minute film’s official description, it is “an exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional coverups and the devastating toll they take on students and their families.” The film debuted at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and is written and directed by Kirby dick, whose Oscarnominated documentary The Invisible War investigated similar issues within the U.S. military. A panel of faculty, students, a representative from the Buncombe County nonprofit crisis intervention and prevention agency Our VOICE, UNCA’s counseling center and UNCA’s police staff will be part of a post-screening discussion. This event is free and open to the public. • White Horse Black Mountain’s Movies that Matter series continues Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. with Utopia. john pilger’s film draws on his long association with the first people of his Australian homeland. It’s both a grand portrayal of the world’s oldest continuous human culture and an investigation into a suppressed colonial past and greedy present. Series organizer Katie Kasben will ask viewers to consider the ways in which they can confront the cultural genocide in indigenous Australia and meaningfully engage

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with First Nations communities in Western North Carolina. Tickets are $6 and available online and at the White Horse box office. avl.mx/1sd • Mechanical Eye Microcinema will host a Home Movie Day event Saturday, Oct. 17, 1-4 p.m. at the West Asheville Public Library. Now in its 13th year, the screening is part of an international celebration of amateur films and filmmaking that will take place on the same date. Everyone is welcome to bring films in 16mm, 8mm, and Super 8 form. Volunteers will inspect and project the submissions and will also project DVDs, VHS and VHS-C. If footage is on more unusual formats (e.g. 28mm or 9.5mm), participants are encouraged to contact Mechanical Eye representatives in advance, who will in turn do their best to help find a safe, cost-effective way to view these prints. Each participant will have the opportunity to screen one reel (three to five minutes) until everyone has had a chance to show their home movies. After that, second turns are acceptable. Those sharing are welcome to introduce and/or narrate their reel(s), and audience commentary is encouraged. The event is free and open to the public, and attendees are not required to bring a home movie. Donations will be accepted to help offset costs. Send your local film news to ae@ mountainx.comX

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like a wholly competent professional piece of filmmaking. Yes, it is splendidly acted by its stars. No complaints so far, but it’s also quite possibly the most overrated film of the year. It is punishingly slow and obvious (which only accentuates the slowness). The idea that it has some kind of message to convey must be grounded in the overbearing humorlessness of director Denis Villeneuve. Just like his last attempt at a profound statement, Prisoners (2013), he takes what is basically a lurid thriller and insists you buy into a significance that simply isn’t there — and playing it without cracking a smile doesn’t change that. At least Prisoners offered a mystery and wasn’t obvious about where it was going. Apart from a deeply strange opening sequence (that promised a far more intriguing film than Sicario delivered), this is basically just another violent movie about drug trafficking. It’s efficient enough at what it does, but what it does is neither new nor significant. Following the aforementioned opening (about which I am saying nothing, since it’s the movie’s most interesting scene) in which two FBI agents are killed, improbably naive agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) finds herself and her partner Reggie (Daniel Kaluuya) recruited to work with a shadowy agency (no prizes for guessing which one) to fight the Mexican drug cartel. No one seems to be even slightly inclined to tell her exactly who her new bosses — the flip-flop-wearing (the movie’s concession to quirkiness) Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and his enigmatic partner Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) — are or who they work for. It’s either very hush-hush or illegal — and probably both. She goes along with it because she’s idealistic (of course) and because she’d like to get revenge for the two dead agents. Plus, she has no real personal life, apart from being a secret smoker divorcee with sketchy hygiene. Partner Reggie goes along for reasons the movie is disinclined to make clear (except that he’s her partner), which is perhaps why he’s sidelined for lengthy stretches. At this point, the movie turns full-on drug war stuff that feels ever so slightly like it’s playing on a kind of Donald Trump view of all-things-Mexican. As presented in the film, everything in Mexico — where bodies dangle from overpasses — is corrupt and no one can be trusted. But, for that matter, things don’t seem that much better stateside, and that, I suspect, is the supposed point of the film. We get to watch Kate’s idealistic naivete wear away as she watches everything she believes in get shunted to one side in pursuit

of a course of action that makes us little better than the bad guys we’re after. Her realization that she’s really only there to fulfill a technical requirement seems to surprise her, but no one else. OK. This is not exactly an original idea, and there’s very little distinctive about it here. Yet, there are occasional hints that there might have been more to it had the film actually explored the basic similarities between Kate and Alejandro — something Alejandro at least grasps. But, no, the film is more interested in a subplot about a Mexican family man who is also a corrupt policeman involved in the drug trade. This could have been interesting, but it goes nowhere and adds little to the proceedings — except running time that the film did not need. Mostly, however, what we end up with is a humorless, wellacted, violent and not particularly deep drug war movie. What was supposed to be serious art house fare is really just a Hollywood movie. How Hollywood? Well, they’ve already announced a sequel. Rated R for strong violence, grisly images and language. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. Reviewed bY ken Hanke kHanke@mOUnTainx.COm

The Martian

HHHHS Director: Ridley Scott pLaYers: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristin Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Donald Glover science Fiction Rated PG-13 tHe storY: Matt Damon as a man stranded on Mars fighting for survival and hoping for a rescue. tHe LoWDoWn: A grandly entertaining film on every level. It’s smart, funny, suspenseful, clever and beautifully acted. Is it profound? Not really, but it’s such great entertainment that it hardly matters.

Ridley Scott’s The Martian may not be a great film, but it is great pop entertainment. For a full two hours and 20 minutes, it has the ability to hold an audience spellbound with a clever screenplay, perfectly cast performers, stunning visuals, sharp comedy, suspense and a wickedly funny and apt pop music soundtrack. It’s a feel-good movie without the guilt, because each such moment is earned. It may have no great staying power. You probably won’t be thinking about it for days on end — except maybe to remember how cool it was and how much fun you had in its company. But while it’s onscreen it’s hard to fault — unless you work at it, and I’m not inclined to, since I was perfectly happy with it as a moviegoing experience. Having said that, I urge you to see it in a theater. It needs the size. No matter the state of your state-of-the-art home theater, it won’t really duplicate the experience. If you don’t know — which seems improbable at this point — The Martian is at its heart a modern scifi variant on Robinson Crusoe, which, yes, already had been rather quaintly played with in 1964’s Robinson Crusoe on Mars (a movie best left to childhood memory). Modern audiences might more readily think of it as Cast Away in Orbit — minus the volley ball, of course. But here we have Matt Damon as astronautbotanist Mark Watney. The hapless soul has been left for dead on the red planet when his vital signs monitor is broken in a sandstorm, which had threatened to destroy the ship he and his comrades landed in if they didn’t take off at once. Even without the added bother of having been impaled by a bit of antenna, this is what we used to call “a bad scene” — marooned on a lifeless, inhospitable world with limited supplies and oxygen and only his commander’s (Jessica Chastain) vast collection of disco music for company. Watney, however, isn’t the sort to just give in, and so he sets about figuring out how to survive in the mission’s somewhat limited lab and living quarters — and how to get a message to earth that he’s alive. This sounds like pretty standard stuff, but it doesn’t play like it. It’s all handled with style and wit — helped immensely by Watney keeping a wryly humorous video log of his efforts. But there’s more, because this is a tale that takes place in three places — Mars, earth and the returning spaceship. Against all manner of improbable odds, the film actually

manages to find worthwhile ways to make use of its impressive cast — something I thought was impossible going in. Sure, the film’s focus is on Matt Damon, but the large, brandname cast is not ill-used in any way. This isn’t just a string of glorified cameos. It’s not a game of “look quick or you’ll miss Chiwetel Ejiofor.” Perhaps more remarkable still is the fact that the various locations shrewdly build in such a way that, by the end, the film manages to feel like the three parts are all the same. It’s a pretty neat trick if you can pull it off, and Scott and screenwriter Drew Goddard can. As with any film of this type, there’s a tendency for it to play out in a series of set-pieces — some tense, some comic, some desolate — but they never feel forced. This is a movie that includes two montages set to complete pop songs — David Bowie’s “Starman” and ABBA’s “Waterloo” — and it pulls it off both times, despite the fact that “Waterloo” is part of the running gag about the commander’s dubious musical taste. (However, she gets the last word over the ending credits with an unarguably perfect disco choice.) Really, I can’t think of anything that doesn’t work — even the theoretically accurate sciencespeak goes down smoothly. Certainly, I can’t think of any reason you shouldn’t see this movie, and quite a few reasons why you should. Rated PG-13 for some strong language, injury images and brief nudity. Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@mountainx.com

The Walk

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Director: Robert Zemeckis Players: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale fact-based drama Rated PG-13 The Story: A dramatic retelling of Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The Lowdown: A glossy, but unnecessary, retread of a story told more effectively (and affectingly) seven years ago.

The Walk is one of those films that’s too good to hate, yet too bad to enjoy. If you’ve ever met a stranger at a party who, although superficially interesting, populated your conversation entirely with cliches and banalities, then you have some sense of The Walk. Though the last act is engaging as pure cinematic spectacle, the 80 minutes leading up to it are comprised solely of conflict-free tedium. The film might be functional as broad popcorn fare, but those familiar with the Oscarwinning 2008 documentary Man on Wire would be better served revisiting that picture instead. That The Walk does not compare favorably to Man on Wire is a particularly difficult fact to avoid, as Zemeckis seems to borrow from it in all the wrong places. While he cribs some stylistic cues from the ’08 doc, such as a Chaplin-esque silent sequence early on, he overlooks the prior film’s most compelling structural choice, namely its framing device. Wire stretches the story of Petit’s team of international accomplices breaking into the World Trade Center to stage their “coup” over the majority of its 94 minutes, inserting background interviews into the action in order to maintain suspense. Walk, on the contrary, devotes a comparable amount of screen time to a whitewashed backstory that fails to add much to the narrative and drags noticeably. Rather than lean on Wire’s structural accomplishment, Zemeckis inexplicably chooses to fracture his narrative with images of Petit atop the Statue of Liberty’s torch, delivering monologues that trail off into purposeless voice-over narration. To say that this is a lazy script would be an understatement, but then again nobody’s buying tickets to IMAX theaters because they’re interested in screenwriting. Strong performances anchor what is an otherwise unremarkable recounting of a remarkable story. Joseph GordonLevitt does the best he can with what he’s been given, expertly mirroring the physicality of the actual Philippe Petit. Unfortunately, his believability is hampered by a terrible wig and the most distracting contacts this side of Black Mass, and few could fault him for hamming up a poorly affected accent on the more ridiculous lines of his Franglais dialogue, because sometimes you have to make your own fun. Ben Kingsley is a highlight as Petit’s mentor Papa Rudy, and Charlotte Le Bon infuses a spark of life into her meet-cute with Gordon-Levitt until the script relegates her to nagging-girlfriend-prop status. The rest of the supporting cast suffers from underdefined characterization and some absurd dialogue, but, by the time they’re fully introduced, the 3D high-wire show is soon to take the cen-

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ter ring to distract the audience from the script’s shortcomings. Cinematographer Daiusz Wolski shows a clear mastery of 3D and largeformat media, but knowledge does not necessarily preclude overuse. When early two-shots of Kingsley and Gordon-Levitt are painstakingly rendered in three dimensions, otherwise revelatory shots from a thousand-foot rooftop inevitably lose some of their impact. More damning still, the lovingly recreated towers and long departed cityscape would’ve done the CGI team credit had they not been tasked with a preponderance of things-flyingat-your-face shots that cheat the significance of their accomplishment in rendering the height of Petit’s wire in visceral detail. If the film fails as narrative, it does so in spite of the visual virtuosity of its last 40 minutes. There can be no question that The Walk is at times visually breathtaking, but its script’s adherence to a staidly traditional structure robs the narrative of all vitality, leaving a band of ill-defined characters to arrive at a heavily telegraphed end that deprives the audience of any catharsis. If you have a young child that refuses to watch documentaries, this might be the best way for you to share a truly inspirational story of determination and ingenuity with your offspring. Otherwise, your best options are to show up near the end or stay home and watch Man on Wire. Rated PG for perilous situations, some nudity, language, brief drug references and smoking. Playing at Regal Biltmore Grande, wide release Oct. 9 reviewed by Scott Douglas jsdouglas22@gmail.com

Film Asheville Art Museum 2 N. Pack Square, 253-3227, ashevilleart.org • SA (10/10) & SU (10/11), 2pm - Film screening of William Wegman’s The Hardly Boys in Hardly Gold. $8/$7 students & seniors. Buncombe County Public Libraries buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted. • TH (10/8), 6:15pm - Documentary Film Series: Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road • SA (10/10), 2pm - Jeepers Creepers Film Series: M. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. Film at UNCA 251-6585, unca.edu • TU (10/13), 7pm - The Hunting Ground, documentary about rape culture on college campuses. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

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The Night They Raided Minsky’s HHHS

director: Paul Fejos players: Barbara Kent, Glenn Tryon, Fay Holderness, Gusztav Partos, Eddie Phillips, Andy Devine romantic drama Rated NR I first read about Paul Fejos’ Lonesome (1928) when I was in high school — a rather long time ago. I don’t remember the book, but I do remember that the film sounded like something I wanted to see, just from the story. I’ve always been drawn to movies with simple stories that are built on universal human feelings where the filmmaker remains devoted to making a single point, or arriving at a single simple truth, but has the freedom to move around within his chosen framework. This sounded like it would fit the bill admirably. Seeing the film was another matter (as it was with so many films I read about back then), and it would be a very long time before I’d actually get to experience Lonesome. That changed only three years ago when I finally saw it (and Fejos’ 1929 film Broadway). That was amazing in itself. More amazing is the fact that Lonesome more than lived up to my idea of the film that had been built up over those 40-plus years. In all honesty, I suspect I appreciate it far more now than I would have then because I better understand the era now than I did when I was 15 or 16 . And I’ve certainly seen more of the movies — enough to know that Lonesome is very near the top of the class. I don’t hesitate to call it a masterpiece. The Asheville Film Society will screen lonesome Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

director: William Friedkin players: Jason Robards, Britt Eckland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Joseph Wiseman comedy Rated PG The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968) is a surprisingly pleasant early William Friedkin film that (like any number of movies editor Ralph Rosenblum tried to take credit for “saving”) works far better than so many films trying to depict the 1920s. Oh, the music isn’t exactly period, and the sleaze factor of burlesque is a little sanitized (compare this with Rouben Mamoulian’s 1929 Applause), but it’s a game try and the performers aren’t glamorized out of all proportion. It’s a simple work that builds up to the event of the title, but mostly centers on a stage-struck Amish girl (Britt Eckland) who comes to the big city with dreams of being in the theater — and who gains the amorous attentions of a pair of burlesque comics (Jason Robards and Norman Wisdom). There are subplots aplenty and lots and lots of reasonably authentic burlesque routines (which is either a plus or a large dose of tedium, depending on how you feel about burlesque comedy). The Hendersonville Film Society will show the night they raided minsky’s Sunday., Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

The People Under the Stairs HHHHS

director: Ingmar Bergman players: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson drama Rated NR Highly regarded, but little loved, Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring (1960) was a title the director himself seems to have had little fondness for. I tend to agree with that. The fact that it was successfully marketed on the exploitation value of its story — rape and revenge — should perhaps tell you that this an ugly film. No, I don’t mean visually. Though more austere than the films that preceded it, The Virgin Spring is visually striking, though in a drab way (which I can only assume was deliberate). It is Bergman stripped to his essentials. (It almost feels more like a Bela Tarr movie, which is not meant as a compliment.) Unlike the films that came before it, there’s not a hint of humor in The Virgin Spring. It exists in a grim world and is grimly presented. Oh, it has its merits, raises all the usual spiritual questions found in Bergman’s works and reaches the same non-answers (though one might question if the word “spring” in the title hints at one). Is it a bad film? By no means, but it’s one I can do without. Looking at it again, I was impressed by the filmmaking and surprised to realize how little Wes Craven had to do to turn its basics into his (also exploitative) horror film The Last House on the Left (1972). Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present the virgin spring Friday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 828-273-3332, www.ashevillecourtyard.com

The Virgin Spring HHHH director: Wes Craven players: Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer, Ving Rhames, Bill Cobbs, Kelly Jo Minter horror / political satire Rated R The Thursday Horror Picture Show’s second film in their tribute to Wes Craven is his often-overlooked and undervalued (and most political) film, The People Under the Stairs (1991). Because of their already-somewhatoutsider — even disreputable — status, it’s not that uncommon to find horror films pretty fearless in what they’ll explore in terms of subtext. Distributors and studios don’t care all that much about what’s in these films (much less what they might be saying), as long as they end up with a movie that can be promoted on its horror content and has the content to back it up. The People Under the Stairs is unusual, in that its “transgressions” are more text than subtext — and Craven stated outright at the time that the film was his response to the Reagan years. What is surprising is that almost no one seems to have gotten it. Even stranger to me is that I don’t see how you can miss it. The greedy, ultra-“Christian,” racist villains of the piece (Everett McGill and Wendie Robie) are clearly meant to evoke the Reagans — albeit in horror-film form and considerably exaggerated for that purpose. In other words, this is allegory. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen the people under the stairs Thursday, Oct. 8, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

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fReewiLL ASTRoLogY aries (March 21-April 19): If I warned you not to trust anyone, I hope you would reject my simplistic fearmongering. If I suggested that you trust everyone unconditionally, I hope you would dismiss my delusional naiveté. But it's important to acknowledge that the smart approach is far more difficult than those two extremes. You've got to evaluate each person and even each situation on a case-by-case basis. There may be unpredictable folks who are trustworthy some of the time, but not always. Can you be both affably open-hearted and slyly discerning? It's especially important that you do so in the next 16 days. taurus (April 20-May 20): As I meditated on your astrological aspects, I had an intuition that I should go to a gem fair I'd heard about. It was at an event center near my home. When I arrived, I was dazzled to find a vast spread of minerals, fossils, gemstones, and beads. Within a few minutes, two stones had commanded my attention, as if they'd reached out to me telepathically: chrysoprase, a green gemstone, and petrified wood, a mineralized fossil streaked with earth tones. The explanatory note next to the chrysoprase said that if you keep this gem close to you, it "helps make conscious what has been unconscious." Ownership of the petrified wood was described as conferring "the power to remove obstacles." I knew these were the exact oracles you needed. I bought both stones, took them home, and put them on an altar dedicated to your success in the coming weeks. gemini (May 21-June 20): George R. R. Martin has written a series of fantasy novels collectively called A Song of Ice and Fire. They have sold 60 million copies and been adapted for the TV series Game of Thrones. Martin says the inspiration for his master work originated with the pet turtles he owned as a kid. The creatures lived in a toy castle in his bedroom, and he pretended they were knights and kings and other royal characters. "I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom," he has testified. I think the next seven months will be a perfect time for you to make a comparable leap, Gemini. What's your version of Martin's turtles? And what valuable asset can you turn it into? cancer (June 21-July 22): The editors of the Urban Dictionary provide a unique definition of the word "outside." They say it's a vast, uncomfortable place that surrounds your home. It has no ceiling or walls or carpets, and contains annoying insects and random loud noises. There's a big yellow ball in the sky that's always moving around and changing the temperature in inconvenient ways. Even worse, the "outside" is filled with strange people that are constantly doing deranged and confusing things. Does this description match your current sense of what "outside" means, Cancerian? If so, that's OK. For now, enjoy the hell out of being inside. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): We all go through phases when we are tempted to believe in the factuality of every hostile, judgmental, and random thought that our monkey mind generates. I am not predicting that this is such a time for you. But I do want to ask you to be extra skeptical toward your monkey mind's fabrications. Right now it's especially important that you think as coolly and objectively as possible. You can't afford to be duped by anyone's crazy talk, including your own. Be extra vigilant in your quest for the raw truth. virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you know about the ancient Greek general Pyrrhus? At the Battle of Asculum in 279 BCE, his army technically defeated Roman forces, but his casualties were so substantial that he ultimately lost the war. You can and you must avoid a comparable scenario. Fighting for your cause is good only if it doesn't wreak turmoil and bewilderment. If you want to avoid an outcome in which both sides lose, you've got to engineer a result in which both sides win. Be a cagey compromiser.

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