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Hidden in plain sigHt Asheville, a city full of transplants, loves to celebrate its diversity. Yet the area’s third-largest immigrant population goes mostly unnoticed. In this issue, Xpress takes a look at WNC’s Eastern European subcultures. cover design Norn Cutson cover photo Courtesy of Andrey Medvedev

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Craving a burger?

Consider karma first Another article in the Mountain Xpress on butchery, this time titled “Sacred Sacrifice: An Upcoming Butchering Workshop Focuses on Using and Honoring All Parts of the Animal” [Oct. 7]. Again, I am left feeling perplexed and sad over this subject.

There is nothing sacred about killing another being. Eating meat is a choice, and there are choices other than meat. If it is hard to arouse compassion for the tender lives of animals, one can usually arouse compassion for oneself.

As a physician, I can clearly say you will have a healthier body by making different choices. Not only for yourself, but for the planet.

Global warming is the result of many issues, and raising livestock is a strong contributor.

If the suffering of animals, your own body and the planet are not enough to override your desire for a hamburger, consider karma. From a Buddhist perspective, taking the life of another is a heavy karmic deed.

We are contributing to this in many ways, even if we do not hold the knife to the throat of the animal and give this job to someone else.

For those of you wanting to learn this “sacred” profession, I would encourage you to expand your view, both with your heart as well as with your reasoning.

— Miriam Hard Asheville

Rudeness and stupidity aren’t crimes Several months back, a pizza restaurant in the Midwest declined to cater a gay wedding. They were attacked on a national level and driven out of business for not accepting other people’s sexual behavior.

Now, some Asheville citizens are trying to drive a coffee shop out of business because they don’t like the owners’ sexual behavior.

Double standard, anyone?

Yes, these two men behaved badly, essentially like teenage jocks in a high school locker room. Did they break any laws? No. Did they force anyone to do anything against their will? No. Being rude and stupid is not a crime, else we would all end up in jail eventually. There are popular celebrities and politicians whose sole talent is being rude and stupid. It’s not a crime.

If you don’t like these guys’ behavior, you have every reason to avoid

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spending your money on their coffee. But there is no reason in the world to pointedly try to take away their livelihood or drive them out of town.

— Bayard Kohlhepp Fletcher

East Asheville Library needs more space The East Asheville Library needs a larger, improved children’s room. As things stand now, the area for children is opposite the checkout desk, which is right beside the computers.

When people are trying to use the computers, they are distracted by the noise of the children’s programs and the activity of the front desk.

This presents problems, not just for the adults throughout the small library, but for the children, too, whose parents feel they must they must continually shush them up.

More space in the library would provide a useful separation between the spaces designated for children and adults. East Asheville Library used to have access to the community center next door for children’s programs. Now the city has leased out the space to a local nonprofit, leaving the library and the community without space for programs or meetings.

An accessible community room, which the East Asheville Library currently does not have, would provide a welcome space for story hours and other children’s events, not to mention its benefit for adult activities, as well.

— RoseLynn Katz Asheville

Salon at Liberty Corner offers wellness, too I am writing in response to Emily Nichols’ article, headlined “Yogis Corner: Asheville’s ‘Wellness Block’

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Creates Synergistic Community,” [Sept. 30, Xpress], about what a new mecca Liberty Corner has become for wellness due to … Asheville Yoga’s rising success.

At first glance, the writer took her time researching the businesses that have grown to become Liberty Corner. In fact, she even [bolded] business owners’ names, with a write-up of what they offered toward “wellness” to the Asheville area. Emily went so far as to delve into businesses that aren’t even open yet! The spinning studio and coffee house aren’t scheduled to open until 2016! Even the tomatoes got a shoutout that grow on our sidewalk.

My point is, wellness starts in and on top of our head! I work at Salon at Liberty Corner. Our owner, Karen Lenk, has worked hard for seven years creating a space that invites people in to look and feel better about themselves from the inside out.

People don’t just go the a hair salon “to get their hair cut” as Emily suggests. Clients come to us with the weight of the world on their shoulders; they feel overgrown; grays are pulling them down. More than just getting a haircut, hairdressers are morale boosters! We can take a haggard, tired soul and turn her into feeling like Miss America as she walks out glowing!

People always feel better about themselves after they get their hair done. In my 35 years as a hairdresser, my goal is to make women look and feel better about themselves as they walk out our doors. We transform people from the inside out!

— Pamela Udall Salon at Liberty Corner Asheville

Look at candidate’s statements on park issue When I shared my reasons last month, I expected them to be my last word on the park issue. Since then, my name has been used, unauthorized, in a robopoll, on mailers and signs. Now I’m one of the subjects of a column suggesting I don’t understand the nuances of funding cities and parks, that if citizens grasped the money involved and the danger (?) of transients congregating in a public park, they’d change their minds about wanting one right away.

In fact, I sit on a committee overseeing city capital projects. I

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c art o o n b Y b r e n t b r o w n know the financial considerations involved. I believe in the process, even when it’s frustratingly slow, generational work. I’ve followed city budgets for years and, what’s more, handle revenue projections for a living.

As for politics, I would never name my fellow candidates in an attack or participate in push polls or slates.

People who know me will say I’m quiet and practical, a problem-solver. I value respectful disagreement that lets both sides continue to work

productively. I can’t control what supporters do, but I’ve asked them to be respectful and positive, as I intend to keep doing. I also ask that you only refer to my statements for my positions.

— Rich Lee Asheville

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converging that will affect residents for years, maybe decades, to come. Now is the time to put the right people in office to ensure that future includes a thriving, sustainable and fair city that benefits all citizens, rather than only a select few.

As hotels are being erected left and right, catering to tourists and large corporate hoteliers who pay notoriously low wages with little or no benefits, and as our infrastructure deteriorates from overuse and underfunding, we desperately need to diversify our economy in ways that provide the most benefit to citizens across the socioeconomic spectrum.

We need someone on Council to advocate for citizens with a vested interest in creating a livable, workable community, not for developers with only a short-term interest in profit. Some Council members have had their chance, and they are not getting the job done.

So now that voters have picked the final six candidates to compete in the upcoming general election, it’s time to get serious about electing Rich

Lee to City Council. Not only does Rich have a solid history of grassroots organizing at the neighborhood level here in West Asheville, as well as a background in finance, he also has a comprehensive understanding of the most pressing issues affecting this city.

Rich is exceptionally bright, fairminded, genuine, and most importantly, he has integrity. Electing someone as honest, hardworking and knowledgeable as Rich would be a win for the city of Asheville — a win we desperately need right now.

— Tom Adams Asheville

Correction The article “Sticking with Stonehenge: After 30 Years, Ozric Tentacles Is Still Underground” in our Oct. 7 issue was incorrectly attributed. Bill Kopp should have been credited with writing the story.

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Anywhere but Asheville bY milton reaDY Asheville justifiably enjoys a reputation as a great place to resettle or retire, as Beer City USA, as one of the nation’s most charming big towns/small cities and one of the funkiest fun places to live. After all, when did Modern Maturity and Rolling Stone ever agree about anything other than Asheville’s appeal?

It’s time to strike up the Friday evening drum circle in Pritchard Park in celebration.

Still, all is not well in River City.

Many, it seems, don’t like this new Asheville, this heady mix of New and Old Agers, this place of bliss and beauty.

Overall, the critics can be divided into three groups: the transplants who didn’t, some surrounding mountain neighbors and the conservative sanctorum in Raleigh. For them, it’s definitely “anywhere but Asheville” — socially, culturally and politically.

To many dreamers, schemers and transplants, Asheville has become a paradise lost — a place that, with great expectations and personal baggage, you came to, lived in and left but never loved. Many who came from cities like Los Angeles, Atlanta or even Denver — all “more sophisticated places with various types of industry and people of all types,” according to an anonymous contributor to one online forum — have found this Appalachian ShangriLa to be Shangri-Less. These people often seem astonished that, for all its touted diversity, Asheville didn’t have many black, Asian or Hispanic gays, that “vibrant single people of various ages” couldn’t be found, that overqualified professionals couldn’t find jobs that paid what their egos expected — and oh, yes, the sun shone only 58 percent of the time and the skies weren’t always Carolina blue. One critic noted that, although she loved Asheville, she “couldn’t stand the local people.” Bummers.

Another disillusioned blogger said the locals speak poorly while the hippies “smell bad, don’t comb their hair, dress in dirty clothing” and have “badly kept dreadlocks, nose piercings and ear plugs.” For an un-city, Asheville has too much traffic congestion and accidents, because folks here can’t drive

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the way they do in New York. Lastly, the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains more resemble “small hills,” and all the hikes look similar: too leafy and overgrown, too many bubbling streams to cross, trees and flowering native plants everywhere.

Not at all like Central Park.

If you’ve traveled around the mountains of Western North Carolina, Hendersonville and Waynesville excepted, you’ve probably come across other condemnations of the “Little Paris of the South.” But these reasons smack more of cultural and historical differences, or maybe just plain dislike.

It all began with the coming of the railroad in the 1880s, which brought thousands of tourists, visitors, immigrants and “others” here. Asheville suddenly became snobby, clubby, pricy and exclusive: no room for locals at the Battery Park Hotel or the Grove Park Inn. Class, rank and status had come to an egalitarian mountain society.

Yet Asheville’s current success as a diverse, middle-class, year-round resort town — a charming, cosmopolitan small city where anyone can go to Biltmore House — has only deepened mountaineers’ resentment. Visit towns like Marshall, Robbinsville or Newland, and you’ll soon understand why.

For many mountain people, Asheville is a cesspool of vice, iniquity and godlessness, a haven for nomadic freaks and hippies, a place where you can’t even get any real American food. Music? Go to The Depot in Marshall on Friday nights

and hear real mountain music, not the stuff The Orange Peel serves up. The plain truth is that Asheville’s vaunted diversity makes it too uncomfortably “peculiar” for most mountaineers, who prefer their neighbors white, straight and kin. Heck, Sodom and Gomorrah had better reputations. Moreover, Asheville has too few Baptist churches and too many Episcopal, Presbyterian, Catholic, New Age and Jewish houses of worship.

The conservative General Assembly in Raleigh seems to share those views, supposedly referring to Asheville as “that granola ghetto,” the freakiest place in North Carolina, a liberal outpost that needs to be isolated so it doesn’t contaminate other righteous-voting mountain counties.

Better to turn over Asheville’s fortunes to Buncombe County, a conservative bastion, and marginalize it politically. After all, if the counties around Asheville hadn’t voted overwhelmingly for Mitt Romney in 2012 and Thom Tillis in 2014, North Carolina would have selected Obama and Kay Hagan, a prospect that still haunts Republicans and Raleigh. Both Romney and Tillis won by paper-thin majorities, thanks largely to rockribbed mountain counties and restrictive voting laws.

What to make of all this? Not much. A great deal of the censure seems rooted in envy, pedestrian resentment, traditional rural/suburban/urban antagonisms and grudging admiration. Indeed, much of it stems from Asheville’s success on a larger regional and national stage, which necessarily brings with it more attention, judgment and evaluation.

Lastly, when considering Asheville’s detractors, the literary figure Mrs. Grundy comes to mind.

The very personification of the tyranny of convention and respectability, the prudish, narrow-minded Mrs. Grundy was a tireless dispenser of dire disapproval. What would she say about Asheville? See all of the above.

And meanwhile, most of us might wish that the Grundys of the world lived anywhere but Asheville. Drum on, brave city!

Milton Ready is a retired UNCA history professor and Mars Hill resident.

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Hidden in plain sigHt WNC’s Eastern European subcultures bY max hunt mhunt@mountainx.com Editor’s note: Some names have been changed or withheld to protect people’s privacy.

Asheville is a city full of transplants that loves to celebrate its diversity. Yet the area’s third-biggest immigrant population goes mostly unnoticed.

In recent decades, thousands of Eastern Europeans from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and other countries have made their way to the U.S. seeking religious freedom, economic opportunities and the American dream.

Over time, some have settled here, bringing with them their various spiritual beliefs, traditions and cultures even as they worked to learn a new language and adjust to a vastly different culture. United by faith, family ties and a desire to succeed, members of this seldom-seen community continue that assimilation today.

And as their children come of age, they’re finding their place in mainstream America, weaving their distinctive heritage into the region’s overall cultural mix.

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KeePING THe FaITH: A scene from a Sunday service at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Fletcher. Religion plays an important role in many eastern European communities and was a large reason many immigrants chose to come to WNC. Photo courtesy of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church.

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According to the Census Bureau’s 2013 American Community Survey, 1,183 people of Eastern European descent live in the Asheville metropolitan area.

Most are Moldovans or Ukrainians — about 450 of each — while smaller numbers hail from Russia (185), Poland (42), Belarus (26) and several other countries.

Together, they constitute by far the area’s largest European immigrant population, trailing only residents from Central and South America.

Within the city limits, residents of Russian descent tend to live in east and southeast Asheville, according to the website zipatlas.com. Ukrainians, meanwhile, are concentrated along the city’s western edge.

“In 2014-15, 13 percent of our students were Eastern European,” says erin sebelius, ESOL director for the Literacy

Council of Buncombe County. “The vast majority are from Ukraine, with a few from Moldova, Belarus and Russia.”

Despite a significant language barrier, Sebelius says these immigrants’ generally high educational level helps smooth their transition.

“Most of our Eastern European students come to us with at least a high school diploma, and many have two- or four-year college degrees,” she notes. “Plus, [many] are already bilingual, which makes learning English easier.”

The Literacy Council’s lessons, Sebelius explains, are set in the context of daily life skills. That helps students assimilate in the workplace, access health care and other community resources, and apply for U.S. citizenship, which many eventually do.

Sebelius describes her Eastern European students as “mostly very religious, very conservative socially and politically,” placing a high value on learning English.

Despite their homelands’ geographic proximity, however, these immigrants represent diverse cultures, each with its own unique characteristics.

spiritual bonds Like many of these residents, igor and his family didn’t initially settle in Asheville. In 1994, he explains, “We moved to Pennsylvania, since my mom’s aunt lived there.”

They soon relocated to Asheville, drawn by a small community of Slavic people, mostly Russian and Ukrainians. Igor’s family, however, were the only Moldovans, a non-Slavic culture. Before long, though, more of his relatives joined them.

“My mother sponsored her two brothers,” he explains. “They moved here in 1998 with their families.” Within the next few years, his uncles had helped their wives’ families make the journey as well.

“Thus started our small Moldovan community,” notes Igor. “My aunt’s siblings invited over their in-laws and so forth, until we got to where we are today.”

Over the next decade, the Moldovan community grew to include more than 100 families, with a culture that he says is

“heavily grounded in our religion.”

In 2013, they established their own church.

After that, “We somewhat distanced ourselves from the Slavic community.”

Moldovans, he explains, are descended from the Romans and Italians. “Our language is very similar, and our culture is somewhat as well.”

Religion has played a crucial role in many Eastern Europeans’ decision to move to WNC. Many of those families attend one of several local Slavic-based churches, either Pentecostal or Russian Orthodox.

Tucked away on a sleepy side road about a mile from the airport, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is emblematic of the faith that guides these immigrants’ daily lives.

The church was built in 1995, but the congregation quickly outgrew it, Fr. steven webb explains. A new church was erected next door in 1999; the original structure is now used as an auxiliary gathering space.

“I was raised Protestant but later in life began studying Eastern philosophy, particularly nondualism,” says Webb. “I began to search out this topic in the context of Christianity, and it led me to Orthodoxy, which spells out in detail how to achieve this oneness.”

Russian Orthodox churches contain few pews. Parishioners physically able to do so stand during most of the service. Upon entering the main hall, they move around the room, kissing the hands of the icons displayed on walls and tables, lighting candles and making the sign of the cross.

This, says Webb, is meant to honor the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

After making the circuit three times, parishioners take their places, men on one side, women and children on the other. Children aren’t required to sit still, and many can be seen actively participating in the ceremony.

Much of the service resembles a Roman Catholic Mass. But Russian Orthodoxy, notes Webb, has its own traditions, rituals and saints and doesn’t acknowledge the pope in Rome as a higher spiritual being.

“In the Orthodox Church, we have many specific celebrations and feasts throughout the year,” he explains. “In the Russian Orthodox Church, we have even more that are unique to us. These church events are deeply intertwined in people’s family and social life.”

After the service, congregants gather in the hall to share a meal,

a NeW LIFe: After years as an attorney and vice-president of a petrochemical company in Moscow, Andrey Medvedev (right) fulfilled a lifelong dream of operating his own winery in the foothills of Polk County, Russian Chapel Hills. St. Anna Chapel, actively used as a part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, was built as a lasting tribute to the friends Medvedev lost in the Soviet-Afghan War. Photos courtesy of Andrey Medvedev.. socialize and discuss upcoming church events. “Hearing their life stories, especially those with family members who were martyrs for their faith in the Soviet Union, has made a deep impression on me,” Webb says.

“It’s one thing to read about this in books, but to hear these accounts from people who were connected to it is quite another.”

A look around the room reveals smiling faces, a surprising number of tattoos, long beards and excited children playing around the tables. A young girl comes up to Webb while we eat and excitedly asks about the life of a female saint. Outside, two young boys have untucked their shirts and are chasing each other with Nerf guns. It could be any church gathering in America.

“Slavic peoples seem to be able to embrace living in our modernist America while maintaining an Orthodox lifestyle that’s far older than America

itself,” Webb observes. “Through the years, others have come, because we have such a developed community.”

a different life On this day, andrey medvedev, a quiet, unassuming man from Russia, is one of the worshippers. The Moscow native, who operates a 17-acre winery in the rolling foothills of Polk County, has lived in many different worlds. For years, he was an attorney and the vice president of a Russian petrochemical company. In his youth, he served in the Soviet Army in Afghanistan.

“I had many friends die in that war, and many more struggle to come back after,” says Medvedev, who considers his experiences there “the defining moment of my life.” War, he says softly, “is a terrible thing: It is blood and mud and shit.”

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That belief also applies to the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which Medvedev says is fueled by propaganda from both sides. “I have many good friends from Ukraine,” he notes. “We do not let those things get between us.”

After years in the business world, Medvedev decided to pursue his long-standing dream of owning a winery. “I visited many vineyards in Italy, France and Spain when living in Europe,” he explains.

Originally intending to buy a vineyard in France, Medvedev says he was discouraged by the cost of living and the reception he got there.

After attending an equestrian camp in Florida in 2007, Medvedev began looking to the Western Hemisphere to fulfill his dream. Confronting the language barrier was a challenge. “I had studied English for six years, but

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SELF-MADE MAN: Like many Eastern European immigrants in WNC, Vasiliy Lebed moved to America seeking better economic opportunities following the fall of the Soviet Union. Working out of his garage, Lebed has watched his automotive business grow steadily since he opened shop in 2006. Photo by Max Hunt. when I first arrived, I couldn’t understand the accents,” he recalls. “It was like they were speaking Chinese.”

Inspired by friends he’d met at the camp, however, Medvedev visited North Carolina in 2009 and liked what

he saw. “It was not as expensive, and there was room for my horses.”

He began attending viticulture classes at the Surry community college in Dobson and bought the Green Creek Vineyards in Columbus. He grows several varieties of grapes, including chardonnay, sangiovese and the native muscadine. Before opening his business in September 2014, Medvedev changed the name to Russian Chapel Hills Winery.

The name isn’t just an homage to his heritage: After acquiring the land, Medvedev set to work building the starkly beautiful St. Anna Chapel on a low rise overlooking the vineyard.

Honoring Russian Orthodox traditions, Medvedev shipped ash wood — traditionally used in 17th-century Russian chapels — over from Europe. The structure contains no nails or screws, relying instead on the traditional groove-cut locking techniques used for generations in his homeland.

Most importantly, he says, the chapel honors friends lost in the Afghan War. It is actively used as part of the Eastern Diocese of the Russian Church Outside of Russia, and Medvedev had both it and the grapes used for his signature wine officially blessed by a priest. “We’re going to bottle the special Kagor chalice wine that could be used for services in all Orthodox churches,” he says.

Inside the chapel, the sense of solitude is palpable.

Icons adorn the simple wooden walls, including a 300-year-old painting donated by a member of the Russian royal family who’s living in Greenville, S.C. “When St. Anna was opened, this man came to the ceremony,” says Medvedev. “He has a very generous spirit and felt it was important for the painting to be here.”

Medvedev still visits his family in Russia at least once a year; his daughter is studying economics there.

Asked to compare his experiences there with his current situation, he smiles and says simply, “It was a different life.”

land of tHe free Although the Slavic churches here have drawn many Eastern European immigrants to Asheville, others come seeking economic opportunity. vasiliy lebed moved from Ukraine with his wife and children in 1997.

“When the Soviet Union fell, it was a terrible economy,” says Lebed, who lives and works in West Asheville. “We had just gotten married, and it was so hard to stay on our feet.”

Despite not knowing English, the Lebeds jumped at the chance to emigrate. “It was a long process, but it wasn’t really that difficult,” he recalls. “We had to go to Moscow to get the interview. We brought our applications and a bunch of paperwork with us. After that, we had a medical exam, got the paperwork approved, bought our tickets and went.”

Moving first to Washington state, they immediately enrolled in English classes. Adjusting to American culture was challenging at first, but “when you’re young and full of energy, it’s not that hard,” he says.

Still, high prices made buying a home there impossible, says Lebed. “We did some research and found that in North Carolina, we could afford it.” The family visited friends already living in WNC and fell in love with the area.

About a year later, they made their move. “We took some time to collect some down payment money, so we’d be ready to buy a house right away.”

FAMILY RECIPES: First-generation American Aleks Stamatovich has blended his Serbian family roots into the cuisine and motif of his restaurant, Acropolis Pizza in Asheville. He’s pictured here with his daughter, Alyssa. Photo courtesy of Aleks Stamatovich.

In 2001, Lebed began driving a bus for Asheville Transit; his wife went to work at Mission Hospital. Five years later, he opened an automotive service, repairing tires and doing brakes and alignments. Lebed eventually quit his bus job to focus on his business.

Working out of his garage, he’s continually expanded his offerings and is now looking to move to a separate location and start hiring employees.

The couple’s son is studying to be a paramedic; their older daughter is finishing high school, and the younger one is in first grade. “It’s a busy life, but we’re all happy,” he reports. “We’re very thankful that we can live here and enjoy the freedom.”

against tHe grain For children who were born here or have spent most of their lives stateside, balancing their parents’ traditional culture with the realities of an American upbringing can be difficult. “sasha” was 2 years old when her family emigrated from Ukraine. After living in the Midwest, they decided to move to Western North Carolina, drawn by the church community.

“We were religious refugees,” the bubbly teenager explains. “During Soviet times, churches were controlled by the state, forcing many denominations to practice their religion in secret.”

The daughter of a Russian and a Ukrainian, Sasha says her mother was involved in secretly printing Bibles and teaching Sunday school classes. “Even

after the Soviet Union fell apart, a lot of people still believed the propaganda and considered [church] bad.” Like many immigrants, they initially confronted cultural and language barriers: “I went into kindergarten not speaking English, so I was very lost.”

Sasha quickly learned the language, however, and her mother “went straight to school to learn English.” Her father is another story. “My dad knows English now, but it’s very shaky,” she says. “He never wanted to fully learn it, because he felt he’s Russian and didn’t need to.”

There are also social differences. “In Ukraine, people are more forward and to the point about things,” she explains. “We don’t smile a lot.” A simple social cue like eye contact “is considered rude, like a challenge. Or if you’re doing it to a male as a female, it’s considered sexual if you do it for too long.”

Even a simple trip to Wal-Mart can include an amusing culture clash. Her mother, says Sasha, “likes to barter and argue about the price of things. I have to tell her, ‘I don’t think that’s going to change.’”

Although both her parents hold college degrees from Ukraine, those credentials didn’t transfer here.

“They had to do a lot of custodial jobs at first,” says Sasha. “They didn’t like that, but it was something they had to get over just to survive.”

In her community, she says, men tend to gravitate toward manual labor. “A lot of the Russians are very good with their hands, so they do landscaping, construction, mechanics — it’s respected work and makes you manly.”

Others open their own business or take whatever jobs are available, usually custodial work or truck driving.

The latter occupation “makes good money, and you don’t need an education for it,” she notes, though the long absences involved take a toll on families. “A lot of my friends’ dads would never be home: They’d always be gone on those routes.”

For women, balancing the realities of work with their traditional role can be particularly difficult. “It’s shameful if the woman is the breadwinner,” Sasha explains. “Even though it helped our family, we would always have little snide remarks from people.”

Those attitudes, though, are beginning to shift.

“The older generation are still rather reserved, but the younger generations make them change,” she notes.

“A lot of the older generation doesn’t like it, because they feel like they’re giving up their culture.”

But as Sasha sees it, they can “end up holding on to a lot of outdated beliefs and stereotypes. The funny thing is, if you go to Ukraine or Russia, it’s not at all like it was back then, but the culture here in America is still set in that time.”

Even among young people, however, opinions on social and cultural issues are split. “A lot of the children either try to embrace their culture or wash it off and blend in with American culture.” Gender roles, in particular, continue to be a point of contention: “They still hold a standard to females: You don’t really date around much; you get chaperoned,” Sasha explains.

“You have to be a virgin when you get married.”

At an age when the typical American teenager is considering where to go to school or what career path to take, young women in Sasha’s culture are settling down and starting families. “My cousin was married when she was 18. When my other cousin got married, she was 17. Most of the time, the males get a job and the females just get married and have kids,” she says.

Sasha, though, chose to join the military. “A lot of people frowned upon it, because I’m a girl and because they’re against killing,” she explains. “But mainly it’s

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news because I’m a female doing a masculine type job.”

To Sasha, however, “It’s a good way to give back for the welcome and refuge we got here in America.” Usually, she continues, “The girls are like, ‘I can’t do that.’ I think it’s silly.”

taste of tHe old Country “Both of my parents were born in Belgrade,” says Arden resident aleksandar stamatovich, whose grandparents came to New York City from what is now Serbia, seeking political asylum from the communist regime there. “My mom came over when she was 6; my dad was 13.”

In New York, Stamatovich’s paternal grandfather opened a successful butcher shop and hotel; his maternal grandfather operated a shop for stamp collectors. His parents met while his father was working at the Serbian Orthodox Church in New York. “My mom and her family were eating there, and my dad gave them the utmost VIP service in an attempt to take my mom out and win my grandfather’s approval.”

Stamatovich was raised in Charlotte, where his parents moved during the 1980s. He moved to Asheville in 2004 to open 32° Ice Bar Lounge and Acropolis Pizza. “My parents come up here at least two to three times a month,” he reports. “I go down and visit them a lot, and my brothers live down there as well.”

In addition, he continues, “We still have family in Serbia. In fact, I just got a Facebook text from them the other day.” Stamatovich, who speaks Serbian, says, “I’m able to brush up on the language every time I go, especially in the smaller towns where they don’t speak any English.”

A member of St. Nicholas Church, Stamatovich says faith plays a cen-

tral role in his life. A mural adorning one wall in his restaurant depicts the Cathedral of St. Sava in Belgrade, one of the world’s largest Orthodox churches. “I wanted to show my family roots, and if people ask about it, I get to explain what it means to me and more about Serbian culture.”

That includes the food. “There’s a lot of cooking in our culture,” he explains. “When you go to a family’s house, you have to eat: That’s part of the tradition. If you turn down the food, you’re in trouble.”

Stamatovich says he’s started incorporating traditional Serbian dishes such as “yulo” burgers (a mixture of lamb, beef and pork) and the popular “gibanica” (layers of phyllo dough, eggs, feta and cottage cheese) into his regular menu. He’s also offering other items such as “sarma” (ground beef rolled up into cabbage) and “pasulj” (bacon-and-bean soup) on a seasonal basis. “We’re going to try it out as specials,” he explains. “If it goes well, we’ll put it on the menu permanently.”

staying grateful For older immigrants, says Lebed, “It’s easy to appreciate when you have something in your life before, and now your life is different. For our younger generation, it’s so much harder to appreciate what we have in this blessed country: They were born here and never had the big needs and other things my generation had to deal with.”

But it’s essential, he believes, “to remember what we had before and what we have now, because not many countries in the world have [what the U.S. has]. We pray for this country, that it stays like this. We really worry about this country sometimes and the way it’ll go, but can only hope for the best.” X

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buzz arouNd buNcombe Compiled by Hayley Benton

MAYFIELD, HAYNES AND HuNt CoME out oN toP AFtER PRIMARY The unofficial results of primary election night put MountainTrue co-director Julie Mayfield at the front of the game, with a near 2 percent lead on Habitat for Humanity floor manager Brian Haynes, who pulled in the second highest number of votes.

No. 3 by a close 72 votes was incumbent and Vice Mayor Marc Hunt. Keith Young trailed Hunt by 180 votes, Lindsey Simerly followed Young by 315 and Rich Lee lagged behind Simerly by a close 44 votes.

Turnout for the primary rose back into double-digit territory, as unofficial results announced 12.78 percent of registered Asheville voters showed up for the qualifying election. In 2013, only 9 percent of voters turned up at the polls for the primary — making this year’s turnout the highest it’s been since 2007 (which brought out 13.5 percent of voters).

At Asheville Brewing Company, Mayfield, Hunt and Simerly watched the votes come in among supporters.

“I feel good about how we are in the campaign,” said Hunt. “Now it’s just finger-crossing time.”

Prior to the results, Mayfield told Xpress, “Well, I’m feeling pretty good as things are coming in.”

As the final count came in, Lee, at his campaign party at Bonfire Barbecue in West Asheville, explained, “I feel like, over the next month, there will be a lot of conversations about the future of Asheville. I look forward to exploring those issues in depth with folks.

“In the top six candidates, you will find six different valid visions of how this city should shape its own growth,” Lee continued. “Everybody who ran represents what’s great about Asheville.”

Back at Asheville Brewing downtown, Mayfield said she was “overwhelmed by the results.”

“What I’m looking forward to in the next round is much more of a discussion about policy: What people want, what people think we need in Asheville,” she continued.

Hunt added, “I feel great. The Citizens have spoken.

We’ve identified a range of issues we should discuss over the coming month. Short term rentals is one of the most important issues that needs to be talked about. The entire field of candidates owes it to the community to discuss a broader range of issues … and understand that compromise is sometimes needed to come to a decision and that we can’t get stuck on single issues.” — Hayley Benton, Virginia Daffron & Able Allen BuNCoMBE CouNtY APPRovES tEACHER HouSINg PRojECt At the Tuesday, Oct. 6 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting, Buncombe County Schools Superintendent Tony Baldwin introduced a resolution to transfer a Buncombe County property to the newly formed Asheville Buncombe Educational Housing, LLC (owned by Eblen Charities) for teacher housing.

The State Employees’ Credit Union approached Buncombe County Schools in regard to affordable teacher housing, explained Baldwin. The SECU has already implemented teacher housing in Hertford County, Hatteras Island and Dare County.

The 4-acre property is centrally located (in relation to Buncombe schools) in the Erwin area, would be built by SECU and managed by Eblen under the LLC.

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PRECINCt-BY-PRECINCt: With 40 precincts voting in the Asheville municipal primary, different regions expressed different preferences for the candidates. In downtown and parts of South Asheville, candidate Keith Young came out on top. River Arts District voters rallied behind their neighbor Brian Haynes, who also won over the Montford area. North Asheville, which brought in the most votes during the primary, voted predominantly for Marc Hunt and Julie Mayfield, who was also popular in East and West Asheville. Rich Lee drew in support near Hall Fletcher Elementary in West Asheville and East Asheville’s Kenilworth neighborhood. Corey Atkins pulled in the most votes in a strip of South Asheville, and far-West Asheville brought out the more conservative votes, supporting Carl Mumpower, Ken Michalove and John Miall. Graphic by Norn Cutson Baldwin expressed excitement for the new venture, saying that young professionals seeking educational work in Buncombe County often have a hard time with local housing prices. This will hopefully entice rarer specialized educators, such as those working in special education and STEM programs.

Executive Director of Eblen Charties Bill Murdock told commissioners that as soon as the property gets transferred, the organization will be able to move forward with the project, and “hopefully, we’ll be ready to move in this [coming] July.”

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The Board approved the teacher housing project 7-0.

— Hayley Benton DRIvER LICENSE RENEwAL Now AvAILABLE oNLINE Governor Pat McCrory announced on Monday, Oct. 12 that online driver license renewal will now be available statewide.

“Renewing driver licenses online will help thousands of citizens avoid waiting in lines each year, and free up staff time to serve more customers

faster in DMV offices throughout the state,” McCrory said in a press release.

The governor made the announcement at the Garner DMV office and used the occasion to sign into law legislation (S 370) that will allow the acceptance of electronic signatures for title registration applications as well as other related DMV documents.

Since online renewals began testing in June, more than 100,000 customers have renewed their licenses without coming into an office.

Allowing online renewals decreases waiting times, an important consideration when NCDMV projects that driver license customers will grow by 1.9 million over the next 20 years.

“Our goal is to have 30 percent of all eligible renewals completed online,” said NCDOT Secretary Nick Tennyson in a release. “This means we can devote 30 percent more of our time helping others: helping the new driver safely complete a road test or helping the new resident learn North Carolina rules.

This will be a game changer not only in our offices but also on North Carolina roads.”

First-time drivers must still visit the DMV to complete testing, and drivers with a restriction other than corrective lenses must also come in. Others who must make an office visit are those in the medical review program, those renewing a commercial driver license or a state ID card or those with suspended or revoked licenses.

The online driver license process will be available to drivers every other time they renew their license, which is allowed up to six months before its expiration date.

Other customer service improvements at the DMV include cameras at every license examiner station, reducing wait time to obtain a photo and the installation of scanner and printers at each station to speed license issuance service.

And, for the first time, the DMV will accept credit and debit payments in its offices.

Self-service kiosks will provide customers with touch screen access to online services in busy NCDMV offices and other public locations.

Customers will be able to use their credit card information and print out a receipt for their service at the kiosk. Future improvements to the kiosks will include credit card swipes and facial recognition for license photo updates. X

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THOMAS WOLFE 8K BENEFIT RUN: Asheville’s oldest running event, the Thomas Wolfe 8K, takes place for the 39th time Saturday, Oct. 17. The annual event raises money for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, the Buncombe County Literacy Council and Read to Succeed Asheville. The race begins at 10:10 a.m. Saturday at the Thomas Wolfe House, winds its way through Montford and Riverside Cemetery past the grave of Thomas Wolfe, and ends back at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. Registration is available online in advance and at 8 a.m. on the day of the race. Photo courtesy of Kick It Event Management (p. 20)

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Asheville Humane Society 14 Forever Friend Lane, 761-2001, ashevillehumane.org • SU (10/18), 3pm - “Essential Oils for You and Your Pets,” information session. Free.

Benefits Eagle Run 5k Benefit soarnc.org/5k • SA (10/17), 8am - Proceeds from this 5k run benefit SOAR adventure programs for children with learning disabilities. $45/$30 advance.

Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy 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

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festival, car and bike show, and

pin-up contest benefit 8 year-old brain tumor patient Gage Guffey. $10/$5 children/$22 family of 4/$18 per couple. Held at the Brevard

Lumber Yard, 170 King St., Brevard Mountain Classic Car Show abccm.org/upcoming-events • SA (10/17), 10am-2pm - Proceeds from this car show featuring classic and new cars and trucks bene-

fit ABCCM’s services and programs for veterans. Free to attend. Held at Veterans Restoration Quarters, 1329 Tunnel Road ’Of Time and the River’ Benefit 252-8474, RiverLink.org • TH (10/15), 6-9pm - Tickets

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Time and The River exhibit benefit RiverLink. $65. Held at Sol’s Reprieve, 11 Richland St.

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Pancake Breakfast Benefit facebook.com/ events/875647115843904 • SA (10/17), 8-10am - Tickets to this pancake breakfast benefit the Hominy Valley Crisis Ministry. $7.

Held at Fatz Cafe, 5 Spartan Ave. Pumpkin Patch Benefit 885-7286, facebook.com/pumpkinpatchrevenge • FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS 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, East Main St., Brevard Thomas Wolfe 8k thomaswolfe8k.com • SA (10/17), 10:10am - Proceeds from this 39th Annual 8k benefit the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, Read to Succeed, and the Buncombe County Literacy Council. Registrations begins at 8am. $40/$35 advance. Held at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 N. Market St.

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

• 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 Rd. • TU (10/20), 10am - “SBA: Programs and Services for Your Small Business,” seminar. Held at A-B Tech Madison Site, 4646 US 25-70, Marshall • TU (10/20), 3pm - “eCommerce Elements for Successful Online Businesses,” seminar.

• WE (10/21), 5:30pm - “SCORE: Advanced Internet Marketing,” seminar. Held at A-B Tech Enka Campus, 1459 Sand Hill Rd., Candler • WE (10/21), 5:30pm - “How to Start a Non-Profit Entity,” seminar.

• TH (10/22), 10am - “How to

Develop and Screen Your Business Idea,” seminar.

G&W Investment Club klcount@aol.com • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 11:45am General meeting. Free to attend.

Held at Black Forest Restaurant, 2155 Hendersonville Rd., Arden WNC Natural Health & Wellness meetup.com/WNC-Natural-HealthWellness • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3pm Networking event for natural health & wellness practitioners. Free to attend. Held at Western North Carolina School of Massage, 131 McDowell St. Suite 302

Classes, Meetings & Events “A Taste of Argentina” History of Argentine Tango (pd.) Featuring Tate DiChiazza from Buenos Aires! Oct. 23rd at MLC 90 Biltmore. 2 shows: $25 includes wine & empanadas. A multimedia performance with live dancing!! TICKETS: www.atasteo-

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ALSO, Tango Workshops with Tate & Karen Thur., Oct.22nd & Sat., Oct. 24th. Private lessons available! kjsummit@hotmail.com. ALL INFOwww.tangogypsies.com.

ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE: FREE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE (pd.) The most effortless meditation technique is also the most effective.

Learn how TM is different from other practices (including common “mantra” methods). An evidencebased technique for going beyond the active mind to access deep inner reserves of energy, creativity and bliss — dissolving stress, awakening your highest self. The only meditation recommended for hypertension by the American Heart Association. NIH-sponsored research shows decreased anxiety, improved brain functioning, heightened well-being. Reduces insomnia, ADHD, PTSD. Personalized training, certified instructors, free follow-up classes. Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. 828-254-4350 or TM.org or MeditationAsheville.org

All Breed Dog & Cat Grooming AMAtEuR PooL LEAguE (pd.) Beginners wanted! Teams forming now. Any and all skill levels welcome. Meet people. Play Pool. Have fun. Win Prizes! 828329-8197 www.blueridgeAPA.com DRY StoNE wALLINg woRkSHoP (pd.) 10/24-25 9am-5pm 2-day workshop will teach the basics of traditional drystone walling through the construction of a retaining wall using local stone. $100/person. Info: livingstonemasons.com/workshop, livingstonemasons@gmail.com, 828-773-6955.

FARM BEgINNINgS® FARMER tRAININg (pd.) A 120+ hour, year long, farmer-led training and support program designed to help aspiring, new and expanding farmers plan and launch sustainable farm businesses. Mix of classroom sessions, on-farm tours and extensive farmer network. Classes start October 24, 2015 in Asheville.

Organicgrowersschool.org/FarmBeginnings or (828) 338-9465 gRAND oPENINg oF DéSIRANt (pd.) Désirant celebrates its grand opening with an event including live music, raffles, cocktails, canapés and more. From 4PM - 8PM the Asheville Chamber of Commerce will begin with a ribbon cutting followed by shopping where a portion of the evenings proceeds benefit Hope Chest for Women. The 7,000-square-foot retail space is located at The Windsor Boutique Hotel and showcases a curated selection of apparel, accessories, art and gifts as well as home and décor for men and women. Address: 34 Broadway, Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: (828) 575-2050 Website: http://desirantonline.com RSVP: desirant@apr-alliance.com PLAN YouR NEXt HoLIDAY PARtY At HEAvEN’S CLouD EvENt CENtER (pd.) Just miles from downtown Asheville, Heaven’s Cloud is a unique venue for your next event!

Information/reservations: (828) 225-3993. www.heavenscloudeventcenter. com AFRICAN AMERICANS IN wNC CoNFERENCE ymiculturalcenter.org/events/ event/african-americans-in-wncconference • TH (10/22) and FR (10/23) Opening and closing receptions, panel discussions, photography exhibit. See website for locations and schedule. Free.

ASHEvILLE PARADE oF HoMES paradeofhomesasheville.com • SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS until (10/18), 1-5pm - Self guided tours of homes throughout WNC. See website for full guidelines. Free to attend.

BuILDINg BRIDgES buildingbridges-ashevillenc.org • THURSDAYS through (11/5), 7-9pm - Seminar series on the dynamics of racism. Registration required. $35. Held at A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Road BuNCoMBE CouNtY PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (10/22), 3:30pm - “Learn to Download Digital Books, Audio Books and Magazines from the Library,” workshop. Contact for guidelines. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. CARoLINA LAND CoALItIoN carolinalandcoalition.org, joan@ mountaintrue.org • SU (10/18), 2pm - “Protect Our Land Picnic,” picnic and action against Duke Energy’s power plant expansion and transmission lines. Free. Held at 1 Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville EtHICAL HuMANISt SoCIEtY oF ASHEvILLE 687-7759, aeu.org • SU (10/18), 2pm - “Sexuality and Current Events,” presentation

by Kelley Johnson. Free. Held at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse, 227 Edgewood Road HENDERSoNvILLE wISE woMEN ravery09@gmail.com • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 1:303:30pm - Non-denominational support group supporting life transitions for women “of a certain age”. Registration required. Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville IkENoBo IkEBANA SoCIEtY 696-4103, blueridgeikebana.com • TH (10/15), 10am - Monthly meeting with demonstration on “miniature Ikenobo Free Style Arrangements.” Free. Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville juStECoNoMICS wNC 505-7466, justeconomicswnc.org • 3rd TUESDAYS bimonthly, 6:30pm - General meeting. Free.

Held at United Way of Asheville & Buncombe, 50 S. French Broad Ave.

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oLLI At uNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • TH (10/15), 7pm “Advance Care Planning Workshop,” panel discussion about end-of-life issues. Free.

Held in the Reuter Center. oNtRACk wNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 2555166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required. Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (10/14), 5:30pm “Budgeting 101,” seminar with a focus on women.

• FR (10/16), noon “Understanding Credit. Get it.

Keep it. Improve it.” Seminar.

• SA (10/17) & SA (10/24), 9am - “Manage Your Money Series,” 2-week series.

• TU (10/20), noon - “Budgeting 101,” seminar with a focus on women.

• WE (10/21), 5:30pm - “Understanding Credit. Get it.

Keep it. Improve it.” Seminar.

PuBLIC EvENtS At A-B tECH 398-7900, abtech.edu • TU (10/20), 7pm - Tree of Life Ceremony to remember loved ones is sponsored by Madison Home Care & Hospice. Free.

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YoutH outRIgHt 772-1912, youthoutright.org • FR (10/16), 5:30pm - “Creating Safe Spaces: Working with LGBTQ Youth in Western NC.” Registration required. Free. Held at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin, 85 Sierra Lane, Franklin • 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am - Middle school discussion group. Free.

Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TU (10/20), 4pm - “Creating

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A stAgEd rEAdiNg of Wit supports WomEN’s hEAlth

tHERAPEutIC tHEAtER: “Wit hopefully allows the audience to appreciate even further the journey that folks take on the road to recovery [from medical diagnoses] — the raw side of their triumphs,” says Lisa K. Bryant, director of the upcoming benefit performance at Flat Rock Playhouse. Image courtesy of Flat Rock Playhouse what: A stripped-down production of the play Wit where: Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown when: Saturday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. why: After attending an annual event hosted by Pardee Hospital Foundation’s Women Helping Women program Flat Rock Playhouse artistic director lisa K. bryant felt compelled to aid the organization, which helps uninsured or

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underinsured women receive medical screenings. These procedures can help prevent or prompt treatment for lifethreatening medical conditions.

“Women Helping Women is a tremendous organization that shares the compelling journeys of some incredible people who have overcome profound challenges,” she says. “We wanted to offer our specific expertise as professional storytellers to further encapsulate for people the experience these women go through when in the middle of their personal battles.”

To that end, the playhouse will host a reading of the entire Pulitzer Prizewinning play Wit to benefit Women Helping Women. Author Margaret Edson unravels the journey of a professor diagnosed with ovarian cancer to pose questions about human relationships, mortality and the true markers of a successful life.

“We felt like this play and its exploration into the world of cancer from one woman’s perspective would be a moving tribute to the countless number of women and men who endure and survive cancer diagnoses,” says Kim hinkelman, executive director for the Pardee Hospital Foundation. “For a minimal contribution and one night of quality performance, people in our community can make a big impact in the lives of women facing a serious health diagnosis.”

“It is a profoundly beautiful exploration of the complex and often ugliest, scariest parts of the human experience,” Bryant says, adding that minimal movement onstage will allow even greater focus on the content. “It touches the deepest parts of all of us and should be shared in community.”

Tickets to attend the reading are $10 each, available by calling 693-0731 or by visiting flatrockplayhouse.org. X

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Safe Spaces: Working with LGBTQ Youth in Western NC.” Registration required.

Free. Held at Trinity Episcopal Church - Spruce Pine, 15 Hemlock Ave., Spruce Pine

daNce BELLY DANCE • CLOGGING CLASSES (pd.) Now at Idea Factory Inc. Dance Studio, 3726 Sweeten Creek Road, in addition to our ongoing classes for ages 2 & up. Class schedule, registration/ information: www.ideafactoryinc.org RoCoCo BALLRooM (pd.) Offering social and competitive dance instruction to couples and individuals of all levels in Ballroom, Latin and Swing. Schedule a $25 sample lesson TODAY by calling 828.575.0905 or visiting www.rococoballroom.com StuDIo ZAHIYA, DowNtowN DANCE CLASSES (pd.) Monday 5pm Ballet Wkt Hip Hop Wkt 7:30pm Bellydance 8pm Tap • Tuesday 9am Hip Hop Wkt 5:30pm Stretch Wkt 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm Bellydance 8pm Hip Hop Choreo 2 •Wednesday 5pm Bhangra Wkt 7:30pm Bellydance 8pm Contemporary • Thursday 9am Hip Hop Wrkt 4pm Kid’s Dance 5pm Teens Dance 6pm Intro to Bellydance 7pm West African 8pm West African 2 • Saturday 9:30am Hip Hop Wrkt 10:30am Bellydance • $13 for 60 minute classes, Wkt $5. 90 1/2 N. Lexington Avenue. www.studiozahiya.com :: 828.242.7595 ASHEvILLE MovEMENt CoLLECtIvE ashevillemovementcollective. org • FRIDAYS, 7:30pm - Noninstructional, free-form dances within community. $7-$15. Held at Asheville Ballet Studio, 4 Weaverville Road Woodfin • SUNDAYS, 9am & 11amNon-instructional, free-form dance within community. $7-$15. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway joYFuL NoISE 649-2828, joyfulnoisecenter.org • MONDAYS, 6:45-7:30pm Beginner clogging class. Ages 7 through adult. $10. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave, Weaverville • MONDAYS, 7:30-8:15pm

- Intermediate/Advanced clogging class. Ages 7 through adult. $10. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave, Weaverville PuBLIC EvENtS At uNCA unca.edu • TH (10/22) & FR (10/23), 7pm - Kenbe, Amour Colere Folie: Improvisations for Love, dance choreography and performance by UNCA Professor Celia Weiss Bambara. Free.

Held in Belk Theatre.

SoutHERN LIgHtS SQuARE AND RouND DANCE CLuB 697-7732, southernlights.org • SA (10/17), 6pm - Square and round dancing with caller Dee Dee Dougherty. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

eco ASHEvILLE gREEN DRINkS ashevillegreendrinks.com Free to attend. Held at Green Sage Cafe Downtown, 5 Broadway • WE (10/14), 6pm - “Green Death - 10 Steps to a Sustainable Funeral,” presentation by Bury Me Naturally.

• WE (10/21), 6pm “Sustainable is Possible,” presentation by Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.

MouNtAINtRuE 258-8737, wnca.org • TU (10/20), 10am - Tree planting along the Hominy Creek Greenway. Free. Meet at the parking lot at 25 Shelburne Road, Asheville wNC gREEN BuILDINg CouNCIL 254-1995, wncgbc.org • TH (10/15), 10:45am - Tour of Columbia Forest Products Mill. Reservations required.

Free. Held at the Columbia Forest Products Mill, 369 Columbia Carolina Road, Old Fort

Farm & GardeN BuNCoMBE CouNtY MAStER gARDENERS 255-5522, buncombemastergardener.org • TH (10/15), 10am - Master Gardener presentation on fall gardening chores. Free.

Held at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Office, 94 Coxe Ave.

HAYwooD CouNtY MAStER gARDENERS 456-3575, sarah_scott@ncsu.edu • WE (10/14), 5pm Information seminar for the 2016 master gardener training.

Free. Held at Haywood County Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton LIvINg wEB FARMS 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River, 505-1660, livingwebfarms.org • TU (10/20), 6:30pm - “Easy Season Extension Tips for the Garden,” class with Patryk Battle. $10.

PuBLIC LECtuRES At uNCA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (10/14), 7pm - Film clips and lecture by Will Weldon on Urban Gardens in Barcelona.

Held in the Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room.

• TU (10/20), 7pm - “Gardening for Birds,” presentation

by Kim Brand of Audubon North Carolina. Free. Held at the Reuter Center.

FeSTIvaLS THIS SATURDAY • MouNtAIN MuSIC AND DANCE (pd.) October 17, 11am5pm. Great family fun at the Bluegrass and Clogging Festival, just $10 per car • rain or shine. 39 Spring Cove Road, Swannanoa, NC. Local bands and cloggers. Food/drinks for sale. Bring your chairs and experience this fun festival!

• Vendor spaces available.

Sponsored by Land of Sky Shrine Club. Info at 828-215-7325.

BRICkYARD BoNANZA FALL FEStIvAL 891-4360, etowahumc.org • SA (10/17), 5-8:30pm - Fall festival featuring music

by Blue Wheel Drive and Sound Investment, food, cider pressing, face painting, balloon artist and games. Free to attend. Held at Etowah United Methodist Church, 110 Brickyard Road, Etowah HARDLoX jEwISH FooD & HERItAgE FEStIvAL hardloxjewishfestival.org • SU (10/18), 11am-4pm Jewish food vendors, klezemer music, Israeli dancing, crafts, a Torah booth, and children’s activities. Free to attend. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

tHE CRADLE oF FoREStRY 11250 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest, 877-3130 • SA (10/17), 9am-5pm - “Forest Festival Day,” with over 80 traditional craftsmen, exhibitors, forestry students, and entertainers. $6. tRINItY uNItED MEtHoDISt CHuRCH 587 Haywood Road,, 253-5471 • SU (10/18), 3-6pm - Fall Festival with live music, an inflatable, activities for children, and food. Free.

Food & beer CALDwELL CoMMuNItY CoLLEgE 2855 Hickory Blvd., Hudson, 7262200, cccti.edu • TH (10/22), 6pm - Culinary arts program public dinner featuring German cuisine. Reservations required: 726-2407. $21.

LEICEStER CoMMuNItY CENtER 2979 New Leicester Highway., Leicester, 774-3000, facebook. com/Leicester.Community.Center • 3rd TUESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm - Manna FoodBank distribution, including local produce. Free.

GoverNmeNT & PoLITIcS ASHEvILLE DowNtowN ASSoCIAtIoN 251-9973, ashevilledowntown.org • WE (10/14), 5:30-7pm - Asheville

City Council Candidate Forum. Free.

BuNCoMBE CouNtY PLANNINg AND DEvELoPMENt 46 Valley St., 250-4858, buncombecounty.org/Governing/ Depts/Planning • WE (10/14), noon - Board of adjustment public hearings.

Visit website for meeting details.

CoALItIoN oF ASHEvILLE NEIgHBoRHooDS ashevillecan.org • WE (10/21), 7-8:30pm - Political forum with Asheville City Council candidates. Free. Held at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road.

HENDERSoN CouNtY DEMoCRAtIC PARtY 692-6424, myhcdp.com • WE (10/14), 9am - Discussion group. Free to attend. Held at Mike’s on Main, 303 N. Main St., Hendersonville HENDERSoN CouNtY DEMoCRAtIC PARtY 905 S. Greenville Highway., Hendersonville, 692-6424, myhcdp.com • WE (10/21), noon - BYO lunch and discussion group. Free.

MovE to AMEND oF BuNCoMBE CouNtY 299-1242, movetoamend.org/nc-asheville • MO (10/19), 7pm - General meeting. Free. Held at North

zAsheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

KIdS BuNCoMBE CouNtY PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (10/14), 10:30am - “Tap-nShake,” interactive folk music for toddlers with the Moozic Lady.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road.

• SA (10/17), 10:30am-2pm “POP-UP Picture Book Picnic!”

Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road., Candler • TU (10/20), 10:30am - “Toddler Demolition Day,” construction books and block play for 18 months to 2 years. Held at EnkaCandler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road., Candler • WE (10/21), 3:30pm - “Makers and Shakers: Shhhhh! Secret Codes,” grades 3-6. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. joYFuL NoISE 649-2828, joyfulnoisecenter.org • MONDAYS, 6-7:30pm Capriccio String Orchestra for intermediate players. $10. Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road.

PuBLIC EvENtS At uNCA unca.edu • TH (10/22), 9am - Media Career Workshop for high school students. Registration required:

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C oMMuN I t Y CA L EN D AR 232-5027. $15 includes lunch. Meets in the Highsmith Union.

SPELLBouND CHILDREN’S BookSHoP 50 N. Merrimon Ave., 708-7570, spellboundchildrensbookshop.com • SATURDAYS, 11am - Storytime for ages 3-7. Free to attend.

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• FR (10/16), 6:30pm - “Great World Wide Star Count,” international star counting event. Registration required.

• SA (10/17), 1:45pm - “Fall Foliage Boat Tour,” ranger led boat tour. Registration required.

• SU (10/18), 10am - “Fall Colors Hike,” ranger led easy hike.

CRYStAL vISIoNS BookS AND EvENt CENtER

RIvERLINk 170 Lyman St., 252-8474 ext.11 • FR (10/16), 3pm - Presentation by Chris Lechner, the first person to free paddle the entire French Broad River.

Reservations required. Free.

(R)EvoLutIoN SALoN & uRBAN REtREAt (pd.) Fri. 10/23 7-9pm Sat. 10/24 10:30 -5 pm. Aloft Hotel, 51 Biltmore Ave. with Patricia Albere, founder of the Evolutionary Collective Info & Registration online: evolutionarycollective.com/courses/ revolution-of-love-asheville

BLuE RIDgE PARkwAY HIkES 298-5330, nps.gov • FR (10/16), 10am - “Weather or Not,” ranger-led easy to moderate 1 mile hike at Craggy Gardens.

Meets at Craggy Gardens parking lot, MP 367.6.

wNC SIERRA CLuB 251-8289, wenoca.org • SA (10/17), 10am - Moderate hike for experienced hikers on Black Balsam and Tenant Mountain. Free. Location given upon registering.

BLuE RIDgE PARkwAY RANgER PRogRAMS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com • SA (10/17), 7pm - “Apples and Ghosts,” presentation on apples with ghost stories. Free. Held at the Julian Price Campground Ampitheater, MP 296.

YMCA oF wNC 210-2265, ymcawnc.org • WE (10/21), 8:45am - Easy to moderate 3.5 mile hike at Max Patch. Registration required: 658-0047. Free/$5 for optional carpool. Meets at YMCA - Woodfin, 30 Woodfin St.

ELIADA HoME 2 Compton Drive, 645-7190 • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/31) - Eliada Home Corn Maze. See website for full schedule. Discounts for volunteers. $10/$8 seniors/$7 children age 4-11.

LAkE jAMES StAtE PARk 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo, 584-7728 Programs are free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (10/15), 3pm - “Fall Foliage Boat Tour,” ranger led boat tour. Registration required.

PubLIc LecTureS PuBLIC LECtuRES At ASu appstate.edu Free unless otherwise noted. Held in the Turchin Center Lecture Hall.

• WE (10/14), 7pm - “The Performance Review,” presentation by artist Endia Beal.

• WE (10/21), 7pm - “Back to Boone: The Editorial Cartoons of Andrew David Cox,” presentation by carSeNIorS toonist Andrew David Cox. AARP SMARt DRIvER CLASSES 253-4863, aarpdriversafety.org • WE (10/14), 12:30pm - Driving refresher class.

Registration required: 692-2745. $20. Held at Blue Ridge Community Health Services, 2579 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville • SA (10/17), 8:30am - Driving refresher class. Registration required: 299-2514. $20. Held at Charles George V.A. Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road • TU (10/20), 12:45pm - Driving refresher class.

Registration required: 692-4600. $20. Held at Pardee Signature Center, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville • TU (10/20), 11:30am - Driving refresher class.

Registration required: 443-1051. $20. Held at the UNCA Reuter Center.

ALZHEIMER’S ASSoCIAtIoN oF wEStERN NC • TU (10/20), 6:30pm - “The Basics of Alzheimers,” presentation. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

SPIrITuaLITy ASHEvILLE INSIgHt MEDItAtIoN (pd.) Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation. Learn how to get a Mindfulness Meditation practice started. 1st & 3rd Mondays. 7pm – 8:30. Asheville Insight Meditation, 29 Ravenscroft Dr, Suite 200, (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com AStRo-CouNSELINg (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828) 258-3229.

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(pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts. Event Space, Labyrinth and Garden. 828-687-1193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com

joIN LAkE LogAN tHIS tHANkSgIvINg! (pd.) Thursday, November 26 with seatings from 11am to 1:30pm. Reservations required, to reserve or for more information, call 828-646-0095 or lakelogan.org oPEN HEARt MEDItAtIoN (pd.) Experience and deepen the spiritual connection to your heart, the beauty and deep peace of the Divine within you. Increase your natural joy and gratitude while releasing negative emotions. Love Offering 7-8pm Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 heartsanctuary.org SHAMBHALA MEDItAtIoN CENtER (pd.) Meditation and community on Thursdays 7:00 to 8:30 PM and Sundays 10-12 noon. By donation. Asheville.

Shambhala.org, 828-200-1520. 60 N Merrimon #113, Asheville, NC 28804

• TU (10/20), 2pm - North Asheville Book Club: discus-

sion of New York by Edward Rutherfurd. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

• TU (10/20), 7pm - Black Mountain Mystery Book Club: Discussion of Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TU (10/20), 7pm - Evening Book Club: Discussion of

Orphan Train by Christine Baker Kline. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview CItY LIgHtS BookStoRE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • TH (10/15), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet: Tina Barr presents her poetry collection, Kaleidoscope.

Free to attend.

• FR (10/16), 6:30pm - Ron Rash presents his novel, Above the Waterfall.

LItERARY EvENtS At uNCA unca.edu Free unless otherwise noted. Held in Karpen Hall.

• TU (10/20), 7pm - Leah Lax reads from Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic, Life and Finally Came Home.

• TH (10/22), 7pm - Gregory Orr reading poetry from his Poetry Across Fields series.

BEBE tHEAtRE 20 Commerce St., 254-2621 • SA (10/17), 6:30pm - Reawakening the Soul hosts a “Performance Art Playshop” on the theme of karma. $11.

MALAPRoP’S BookStoRE AND CAFE

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.

• THURSDAYS (10/15) through (10/29), 10am - “The Story Behind Advent Hymns: Educational Series.” Free.

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

of poems, Next Door to the Dead.

tENDINg tHE SPIRIt 367-6360, Kairoswest742@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS through (12/29), 6:30pm - Spirituality discussion group open to all faiths and practices. Free.

Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road uR LIgHt CENtER 2196 N.C. Highway 9, Black Mountain, 669-6845, urlight.org • 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am-4pm - Mind Body Spirit Day. $12.

SPoKeN & WrITTeN Word BuNCoMBE CouNtY PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (10/15), 2:30pm - Skyland Book Club: Discussion of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road • FR (10/16) and SA (10/17), 10am-5pm - Antique, collectible, and coffee table book sale. Free to attend. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St.

55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (10/14), 7pm - Kathleen Driskell presents her book • WE (10/14), 5pm - Messages to the Heart Salon: Elise and Phil Okrend discuss their book, Messages to the Heart, Reflections of Beauty and Truth.

• TH (10/15), 7pm - Todd May presents his book A Significant Life: Human Meaning in a Silent Universe.

• FR (10/16), 5pm - Corban Addison presents his book, The Tears of Dark Water.

• SU (10/18), 3pm - Writers at Home Reading Series: Work

from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writing Program and Review.

• MO (10/19), 7pm - Michael McGregor presents his biography, Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax.

• TU (10/20), 7pm - Peter Loewer presents his book, Solving Deer Problems.

• WE (10/21), 7pm - Peter Murphy presents hi book, And Is There Honey Still for Tea?

voLuNTeerING HoMEwARD BouND oF wNC 218 Patton Ave., 258-1695, homewardboundwnc.org • 3rd THURSDAYS, 11am - “Welcome Home Tour,” tours

of Asheville organizations that serve the homeless population. Registration required. Free to attend.

tRAuMA INtERvENtIoN PRogRAM oF wNC 513-0498, tipofwnc.org • WE (10/21) - Registration deadline for October volunteer training academy. See website for full details.

For more volunteering opportunities, visit mountainx.com/ volunteering

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WELLNESS

Taking the fearless path

SE Wise Women Herbal Conference offers recipe for well-being

by lisa sarasohn lisa@loveyourbelly.com Hurricane Joaquin’s squalls blustered through Western North Carolina the first weekend of October, but neither torrential rain, tree-downing winds or flooding tent floors could break the resolve of the more than 1,000 women who converged on Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain for the 11th annual Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference.

Women of diverse ages, races, interests and ethnicities came to the conference, held Oct. 2-4. They hailed from points across Western North Carolina, the Southeast and beyond.

Like Tiffany Boyd of Swannanoa and Allison Dains of Asheville, many women return year after year, making the conference the highlight of their annual calendar.

Dressed in a winter parka, sporting waterproof gloves and knee-high rubber boots, Ashevillean Danielle Creeksong attended the conference for the first time, both as a presenter and a participant. “This conference is the single most self-empowering event I’ve ever attended,” she says.

Although the focus of the conference is herbal healing, the program is so broad that, says Boyd, “there’s something for everyone. It’s a safe space for women. Women make strong connections here, bonding, weaving the web of women. It’s empowering because it reminds us of our strength — emotional, mental, physical and spiritual. It reminds us of our power to influence the world around us.”

Dains concurs. “I come here to recharge my batteries,” she says. “I look forward to this conference every year. I feel empowered as a person, as a woman. My confidence, self-worth and strength make it clear that it’s my choice how I share my energy.”

Honoring the grandmothers was the unifying intention this year, says conference founder and director Corinna Wood. “The 2015 classes included themes honoring the traditional earthbased and herbal wisdom of women from Latin America and Africa to the Appalachians; from the slavery era to the women’s movements,” she says.

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ELEMENTAL SISTERHOOD: More than 1,000 women attended the Oct. 2-4 Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference in Black Mountain. Participants included, from left, Jannell Kapoor, Christina Sunshine and Grace Sea. Photo by Nikki Moon Wood is co-founder of Red Moons Herbs and a longtime resident of Earthaven Ecovillage south of Black Mountain.

“In honoring the grandmothers, we acknowledge the rich heritage of women of many colors and ethnicities ... represented among us as we continue to build our capacity as a community for important and timely dialogue and understanding about healing racism,” she says.

Many conference workshops followed that thread. Dismantling racism was the subject of “Sisters of Many Colors: Cultivating Racial Equity,” a discussion panel that opened the conference on Oct. 2. Led by Amikaeyla Gaston, the panelists included Southeast Wise Women program team leader Kifu Faruq. “It was powerful,” says conference event coordinator Ema Carmona.

Workshops such as “Story Medicine Racial Healing Circle” with Asheville’s Meta Commerse and “Healing Historical Trauma” continued the dialogue. In “Herbs, Slavery and the South,” Angelique Moss-Greer shared herbal wisdom preserved by enslaved

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Africans and passed down to her through five generations of grandmothers. In addition to treating injuries and diseases, herbal knowledge allowed some enslaved women, raped by their white masters, to prevent childbirth.

Of the more than 60 workshops, the majority — like “Herbs for Cardiovascular Health,” “Nurturing Your Thyroid” and “21st Century Gut Health” with Black Mountain’s Rebecca Word — offered in-depth presentations on herbal medicine, many of them qualifying as continuing education courses for nurses.

Other sessions focused on another aspect of women’s well-being —“Your Sexual Essence,” “Erosology” and “Not Your Mother’s Sex Ed” with Asheville’s Whapio Diane Bartlett.

Some workshops — “Lesbian Herstory in the South,” “Granny’s ScotsIrish Herbal Tradition” with Byron Ballard and “Women’s Movements That Got Us Here” with Kim Duckett — blended history with herbal lore.

“Introduction to Flower Essences,” “Journey with the Elements” and

Creeksong’s “Befriending Nature Spirits” engaged women with the energetic intelligences that inform the healing power of plants.

Creeksong relates her experience of the conference this way: “In and of themselves, herbs are an incredible tool for taking charge of our own health, and there were a bevy of workshops related to growing and using herbs.”

Whapio presented “rarely discussed information on female anatomy, our entire glandular system and orgasm,” says Creeksong. And Jessica Godino’s “Strong is the New Sexy” workshop “provided fascinating scientific research on the misunderstandings, as well as new understandings, of dieting and exercise, helping everyone grasp that exercising is about way more than just losing weight or building bones. Indeed, it is life-preserving and enhancing on all levels. Her class gave me the push I needed to gladly commit to making exercise a priority.”

The wise-woman tradition, as Wood explained in a workshop by the same

name, differs from a conventional scientific approach, which views the body as a machine and positions the healer as a “mechanic.” It also differs from a heroic approach, which sets the healer up as a “savior.” In contrast to these paradigms, said Wood, the wisewoman tradition recognizes the healer as she who invokes compassion and self-love in the process of returning herself to wholeness.

One way to practice the tradition is learning to work with abundantly available local herbs — edible and medicinal plants such as nettles, chickweed and plantain, Wood explained in the workshop. A second comes through deeply nourishing ourselves with traditional foods, including fermented foods such as pickles, sauerkraut and kimchi. A third is loving ourselves ever more fully, body and soul, building sacred relationships with plants, the sisterhood of women and the earth itself, she said.

Asked later how the herbal conference points to possibilities for cultural renewal, Wood replies: “When we gather together as women, we connect and celebrate our commonalities as well as our differences. In the wise-woman tradition, we move toward a partnership culture that values women and men equally. These all-women classes offer a special opportunity to gain wisdom specific to women’s health and well-being.”

The current dominant culture, she observes, tends to devalue and disre-

spect women. The wise-woman tradition suggests an evolution: “We’re cultivating a culture in which we value and honor and respect ourselves and one another.”

Transitioning to a culture that thoroughly esteems women and girls signifies an elemental change, one more powerful — and more regenerating — than any hurricane. X

MORe infO Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference sewisewomen.com Danielle Creeksong daniellecreeksong.com Meta Commerse storymedicineasheville.com Angelique Moss-Greer naturalchoicesbotanica.com Rebecca Word blueridgenaturopath.com Whapio Diane Bartlett thematrona.com Byron Ballard myvillagewitch.com Kim Duckett followheartkd@gmail.com Jessica Godino fourflameshealing.com

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ASHEvILLE CoMMuNItY YogA CENtER 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • THURSDAYS through (10/29) “Yoga for Trama,” workshop series. $40/$12 drop in class.

BuNCoMBE CouNtY PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• SA (10/17), 2pm - Isha foundation Hatha yoga for adults. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • SA (10/17), 2pm - Introductory session of Hatha Yoga. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TU (10/20), 6pm - “The Basics of Alzheimer’s,” presented by The Alzheimer’s Foundation. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. oLLI At uNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (10/16), 11:30am - Fab Friday Lunch & Learn Lecture: “Accountable Care and Health Care Delivery,” presentation by Dr. Bradley Fuller. Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

PRAMA YogA AND MEDItAtIoN 712-9326 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8:30pm - All levels yoga and meditation class.

Proceeds benefit the Women’s Welfare and Development Foundation. Registration required. $5. Held at Asheville Therapeutic Yoga, 29 Ravenscroft

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ASPERgER’S tEENS uNItED facebook.com/groups/ AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents. Meets every 3 weeks.

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BRAINStoRMER’S CoLLECtIvE 254-0507, puffer61@gmail.com • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-7:30pm - For brain injury survivors and supporters. Held at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road BREASt CANCER SuPPoRt gRouP 213-2508 • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - For breast cancer survivors, husbands, children and friends. Held at SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Drive CHRoNIC PAIN SuPPoRt 989-1555, deb.casaccia@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6pm – Held in a private home. Contact for directions.

CoDEPENDENtS ANoNYMouS 398-8937 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TUESDAYS, 8pm – Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 DEBtoRS ANoNYMouS debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. DEPRESSIoN AND BIPoLAR SuPPoRt ALLIANCE 367-7660, magneticminds.weebly.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 4pm – Held at 1316-C Parkwood Road DIABEtES SuPPoRt 213-4788, laura.tolle@msj.org • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 3:30pm - In Room 3-B. Held at Mission Health, 509 Biltmore Ave.

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EMotIoNS ANoNYMouS 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7pm – Held at Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road

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FooD ADDICtS ANoNYMouS 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Held at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School Road • SATURDAYS, 11am- Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 FRANkLIN AREA gRIEF SuPPoRt gRouP 692-6178, mlee@fourseasonscfl.org • THURSDAYS, 12:30pm - Held at

Send your event listings to calendar@mountainx.com SECU Hospice House, 272 Maple St., Franklin gAMBLERS ANoNYMouS gamblersanonymous.org • THURSDAYS, 6:45pm - 12-step meeting. Held at Basillica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St. LIFE LIMItINg ILLNESS SuPPoRt gRouP 386-801-2606 • TUESDAYS, 6:30-8pm - For adults managing the challenges of life limiting illnesses. Free. Held at Secrets of a Duchess, 1439 Merrimon Ave. LIvINg wItH CHRoNIC PAIN 776-4809 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm Hosted by American Chronic Pain Association. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa MEN woRkINg oN LIFE’S ISSuES 273-5334; 231-8434 • TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - Contact for location.

MINDFuLNESS AND 12 StEP RECovERY avl12step@gmail.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7:30-8:45pm Mindfulness meditation practice and 12 step program. Held at Asheville 12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4 MouNtAIN MAMAS PEER SuPPoRt gRouP facebook.com/mountainmamasgroup Peer support group for pregnant and postpartum mothers led by birth professionals.

• Third SATURDAYS - Held at First Congregational UCC of Hendersonville, 1735 5th Ave. W., Hendersonville • Third WEDNESDAYS - Held in the main conference room. Held at Community Service Building, 98 E. Morgan St., Brevard NAR-ANoN FAMILY gRouPS nar-anon.org • WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - Held at First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, 204 6th Ave. West, Hendersonville • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road NAtIoNAL ALLIANCE oN MENtAL ILLNESS wNC 505-7353, namiwnc.org, namiwc2015@gmail.com Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave. • 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm Connection group for individuals dealing with mental illness.

• 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - For family members and caregivers of those with mental illness.

ouR voICE 44 Merrimon Ave. Suite 1, 28801, 252-0562, ourvoicenc.org • Ongoing drop-in group for female identified survivors of sexual violence.

• 3rd TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm For survivors of sexual violence, ages 18+. Registration required. ovERCoMERS oF DoMEStIC vIoLENCE 665-9499 • WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm Held at First Christian Church of Candler, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler ovERCoMERS RECovERY SuPPoRt gRouP rchovey@sos-mission.org • MONDAYS, 6pm - Christian 12-step program. Held at SOS Anglican Mission, 1944 Hendersonville Road ovEREAtERS ANoNYMouS • Regional number: 258-4821. Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

RECovERINg CouPLES ANoNYMouS recovering-couples.org • MONDAYS, 6pm - For couples where at least one member is recovering from addiction. Held at Foster Seventh Day Adventists Church, 375 Hendersonville Road REFugE RECovERY 225-6422, refugerecovery.org Held at Urban Dharma, 29 Page Ave. • FRIDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Buddhist path to recovery from addictions of all kinds.

S-ANoN FAMILY gRouPS 258-5117, wncsanon@gmail.com • For those affected by another’s sexual behavior. Confidential meetings available; contact for details.

SHIFtINg gEARS 683-7195 • MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Groupsharing for those in transition in careers or relationships. Contact for location.

SMARt RECovERY smartrecovery.org • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Info: 4070460 Held at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • SUNDAYS, 7pm - Info: 925-8626.

Held at Crossroads Recovery Center, 440 East Court St., Marion SuNRISE PEER SuPPoRt voLuNtEER SERvICES facebook.com/sunriseinasheville • TUESDAYS through THURSDAYS, 1-3pm - Peer support services for mental health, substance abuse and wellness. Held at Kairos

West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road SuPPoRtIvE PARENtS oF tRANSkIDS spotasheville@gmail.com • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - For parents to discuss the joys, transitions and challenges of parenting a transkid. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

SYLvA gRIEF SuPPoRt melee@fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 10:30am Held at Jackson County Department on Aging, 100 Country Services Park, Sylva t.H.E. CENtER FoR DISoRDERED EAtINg 337-4685, thecenternc.weebly.com Held in the Sherill Center at UNCA. • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm –

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• 3rd MONDAYS, 5:30pm Teaches parents, spouses & loved ones how to support individuals during eating disorder treatment. uNDEREARNERS ANoNYMouS underearnersanonymous.org • TUESDAYS, 6pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

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Heavy rains impact French Broad water quality oF E. CoLI AND tHE RIvER: In this file photo, hundreds of tubers joined on the French Broad River last September to attempt to break a world record for most linked tubers on the water (they fell short). Last week, heavy rainfall pushed E. coli levels in the Asheville part of the river past the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety threshold, posing a health threat to swimmers and tubers. Photo by Cindy Kunst

bY rachel ingram ringram@unca.edu Last week’s heavy rainfall pushed E. coli levels in Asheville’s portion of the French Broad River past the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety threshold, posing a health threat to swimmers and tubers.

“After rain, the bacteria data spikes, dramatically in some places,” says longtime French Broad Riverkeeper hartwell carson.

“Last week, every single site was over the limit because of all that rain we had.”

With the help of volunteers, Carson tests water weekly at 22 sites

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on the river from April to October.

They use an EPA-approved method to measure E. coli levels and report their findings on Swim Guide, a website that publishes water-safety ratings.

“Overall this summer, our sites have been pretty good: An average of 75-80 percent of the time, most of our sites have been at safe-forswimming levels,” Carson reports.

“Most of the time the French Broad is pretty clean, and its tributaries are, too.”

Rainfall, however, carries sediment and other contaminants into the river.

E. coli is transmitted through human and animal feces.

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getting down in the river and using the river as a bathroom,” says Carson. deadly sediment Bacteria isn’t the only threat to water quality.

“When we’re talking about Western North Carolina and the French Broad River basin, contaminants like metals, bacteria and chemicals are not as big an issue as sediment itself,” says ed williams, environmental specialist with the North Carolina Division of Water Resources. “Sediment causes way more damage. When sediment goes into the stream, it fills in all those interstitial spaces” between rocks in a riverbed. “Then there’s no habitat for fish, insects, amphibians and salamanders. The whole food chain suffers.”

Although soil washes into the river daily, urban development, notes Williams, accelerates erosion. And while sedimentation may not be a primary concern of recreational river users, it can have a devastating impact.

“We have some really important aquatic species. We have rare, cool fish and mussels here in Western North Carolina. We have hellbenders, a salamander that grows up to 2 ½ feet long — they’re awesome,” says Williams. “Those things are going to be gone unless we do a better job with water quality.”

His department issues permits for businesses wanting to discharge wastewater into North Carolina’s rivers. This is what’s called pointsource pollution, he explains,

because it originates from a single identifiable location.

Across Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties, 18 facilities hold permits to discharge treated wastewater directly into the French Broad, according to data on the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources website. Four are in Buncombe County.

Monitoring such sources is easy, notes Williams. “Think about it: You’ve just got one pipe that discharges to the river. We can go down and we can see it, we can sample it, we can do all kinds of things to characterize it and make sure that point source is in compliance.” big stuff, little stuff Nonpoint-source pollution, such as when snowmelt or rainfall washes contaminants into water sources, is harder to manage.

“There are 2 million different things going on out there in the watershed; you can’t get a handle on it,” says Williams. “Each and every one of us is doing something to cause a problem in the river. It’s widespread: It’s everywhere.”

The state also tests French Broad River water monthly at about eight sites, he notes. “We’ve been testing the French Broad for the last 50 years.”

The Environmental Quality Institute also monitors water quality in the French Broad monthly.

Volunteers draw samples from eight sites on the French Broad, five of them in Buncombe County, says ann marie traylor, the nonprofit’s executive director. She, too, points the finger at urban and agricultural runoff. “Everyday pollution is really sediment and nutrients — bare soil that gets washed away into the water.”

Stabilizing soil, she notes, can reduce the amount of chemicals, nutrients and sediment that ends up in rivers and streams during heavy rains.

Construction sites, car care facilities and housing developments also contribute to nonpoint pollution when rain washes oil waste, pesticides and other contaminants into waterways, says Carson. “It’s a lot of little stuff that adds up.”

At the same time, he continues, “There are some big polluters still out there,” and past spills have had long-term implications for water quality.

“For example, you do have Duke

Energy here, and we’ve been caught up in a big battle with them for five or six years to clean up their coal ash,” he explains. “Now they’re going to clean it up, but that’s only because we sued them.”

The decrease in industrial facilities along the French Broad in recent decades has eliminated most of those issues, says Carson, but “There definitely is still some of that that happens.” everybody’s problem The passage of the federal Clean Water Act in 1972 was a turning point in managing water quality in Western North Carolina, notes Williams. In the era of paper mills, factories and big industry, point-source pollution was rampant: These facilities didn’t even treat the effluent they dumped in the river.

“We don’t really see those types of things today,” he says. “The high volume of water that goes into the streams now is the result of impervious surfaces like parking lots and rooftops.”

Water quality is a complex issue, he continues, and public perception isn’t always accurate.

“The public sees a pipe with something coming out of it and going into the river. It’s easy to wrap your mind around that, because you can see it and it’s right there,” he says.

“But all our roads, the houses we live in, all our parking lots, everything we do as human beings has an impact on water quality. That’s the part that’s hard to wrap our minds around. It’s really the part we need to understand better so everyone can take responsibility. You just can’t blame one company, or one person, or this or that for the problems in the river, because it’s caused by everyone.”X

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oNE hour out

Fall foodie getaways near Asheville And on any given day, owners pete and Karen nagle may be dining there as well, creating a fun and welcoming atmosphere.

Entrees average $16-$26. tRYoN

out AND ABout: Canyon Kitchen, situated in a box canyon near near Cashiers, is one of many destinations only a short drive from Asheville that offer a unique dining experience along with other adventures in a day trip. Photo by Kevin Meechan courtesy of Canyon Kitchen

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A soak in the tubs at the Hot Springs Resort and Spa, a hike up to Lover’s Leap or a fly-fishing excursion to the Laurel River all pair nicely with dinner at the Mountain Magnolia Inn, Suites and Restaurant in Hot Springs.

The restored 1868 mansion offers a serious menu in a casual atmosphere.

Whether your’re wearing a business suit or hiking boots, you can sip fine wine with your well-behaved dog at your feet, surrounded by lush gardens, or admire the view of looming, cloudtopped mountains through the dining room’s bay windows.

Enhancing those elegant surroundings are the sumptuous culinary creations of executive chef zeb mcdermott, a WNC native, who prides

As splashes of crimson, gold and burnt orange start to overtake the landscape, a Western North Carolina day trip is a great way to enjoy fall in all its fiery glory. It’s easy to find good eats in Asheville, but even if you’re heading out of town, you don’t have to settle for subpar food.

From Cashiers to Hot Springs, chefs are cooking up extraordinary dishes showcasing local ingredients, and vintners and brewers are creating drinks that reflect the changing seasons.

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himself on being able to offer dishes that reflect the area.

“The food is as fresh as we can possibly get,” he says, “with much of the produce and herbs coming from the inn’s own gardens or local farms.”

And, while the menu features staples such as steak and lamb, McDermott also prides himself on dishes that highlight what’s in season.

Current offerings include local cheeses, venison, wild-caught North Carolina shrimp and a consommé made with local shiitake mushrooms. For dessert, there’s house-made pumpkin cheesecake and pawpaw ice cream, a local favorite.

Those seeking a more intimate food experience can request a chef’s table — a five-course dinner specially geared toward guests’ preferences.

Those favoring a wine-themed day trip or an equestrian adventure should consider making the hourlong drive to Tryon.

“When people come down, they’re just amazed by the beauty of the area and the caliber of the wineries,” says mindy wiener, founding director of Our Carolina Foothills.

There are five wineries within a few miles of one another, she notes, each offering a different experience. Green Creek Winery, for example, focuses on foods made with wine, such as a chocolate merlot ice cream; Mountain Brook Vineyards’ specialty is red wines.

Many of these wineries offer snacks such as local cheese, crackers and salami, but guests are welcome to bring a picnic and enjoy it on the grounds, says Wiener.

Nearby, the Tryon International Equestrian Center offers on-site options ranging from an authentic ’50s-style diner to sushi at the Blue Ginger to upscale dining at Legends Grille. “We provide a variety of food at a variety of prices,” says community relations director molly oakman.

Food and beverage director doug grondahl says he’d pit the quality of the food offerings against anyplace else, adding that center’s chefs have previously worked at Biltmore Estate and The Ritz-Carlton.

On the remaining Saturdays in October, guests can experience Saturday Night Lights, a free Grand Prix equestrian event featuring food, live music and the highest level of competitive show jumping, notes Oakman.

The restaurants will remain open year-round, with smaller shows and events throughout the fall and winter.

Meal prices range from an average of around $7 at Roger’s Diner to around $24 at Legends Grille.

local favorite food joint, Williams suggests Bourbon Barrel Beef & Ale on Hazelwood Avenue.

Frog Level’s outdoor beer garden has a large deck and four picnic tables along Richland Creek.

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HoRSINg ARouND: Roger’s Diner, a ‘50s-style eatery, is among numerous dining choices on the grounds of the Tyron International Equestrian Center.

Photo courtesy of Tyron International Equestrian Center CASHIERS If you’re looking toward Cashiers, the Canyon Kitchen in Lonesome Valley features the culinary artistry of award-winning chef adam hayes.

The restaurant, which was founded in 2008 by Rhubarb chef john fleer, will close for the season at the end of October, but in the meantime, patrons can savor an ever-changing menu featuring locally grown, seasonal ingredients.

At Canyon Kitchen, says Hayes, it’s about being true to his Appalachian roots while incorporating other food traditions, such as Spanish and Italian cuisine. A recent menu featured a kale and root vegetable salad, acorn squash and apple bisque, elk tenderloin and a pecan tart. During the summer, one might have found a salad featuring an heirloom tomato sorbet, crispy fried okra, fresh greens and melon; rabbit rillettes with wild mushrooms, or desserts featuring freshly picked berries and house-made ice cream.

“Guests coming from Asheville can expect to have a beautiful scenic drive to get here, and if you’ve never been here, the view will really take your breath away,” says Hayes.

The high-ceilinged, open-air restaurant overlooks a patio and wide lawn as well as the kitchen garden and orchards from which Hayes sources many of his ingredients.

Diners are welcome to stroll the grounds or cozy up beside one of the large fireplaces, enjoying a stunning view of the surrounding box canyon and cliffs.

Canyon Kitchen’s four-course dinners cost $53-$63, not including drinks and tax. wAYNESvILLE If beer is a must for your excursion, consider visiting Waynesville or stopping off there before or after a Smoky Mountain adventure.

Opened in 2011, Frog Level Brewing Co. offers an English pubstyle atmosphere that’s perfect for sampling its Hop-Scotch Ale, Nutty Brunette, Salamander Slam IPA or seasonal offerings.

“Now’s the time to visit, because Waynesville is just coming of age,” notes owner-brewer clark williams.

“We’ve decided what we want to be and we’re kind of growing up: Waynesville has a great culinary scene and four great breweries now.”

The brewery doesn’t serve food, but on weekends, a local sushi company and the Appalachian Smoke BBQ food truck are on hand. The brewery also shares a back deck with Panacea Coffee House + Cafe, which has soups, wraps and sandwiches.

Frog Level visitors may also bring in food, but if you’re looking for a

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MouNtAIN MAgNoLIA INN REStAuRANt The inn is open for dinner Wednesday-Monday 5:30-9 p.m. in October; Thursday-Monday, 5:30-9 p.m., in November. It’s a popular wedding venue during leaf season, so it’s best to call ahead. Walk-ins are welcome when no events are happening. mountainmagnoliainn.com ouR CARoLINA FootHILLS This website provides general information about the foothills area. ourcarolinafoothills.com tRYoN INtERNAtIoNAL EQuEStRIAN CENtER Saturday Night Lights events will take place Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. Activities begin at 5 p.m. tryon.coth.com X

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Copper Crown With his soon-to-open tunnel Road restaurant, Zambra chef Adam Bannasch aims to create a new East Asheville hangout

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FAMILY BuSINESS: Copper Crown owners Adam and Kate Bannasch, pictured in the redesigned dining room with sons, Milo, left, and Max, right, want their new restaurant to function as a neighborhood go-to spot for both food and cocktails. Photo by Thom O’Hearn Set slightly off the street in the Hometrust Bank Plaza, the restaurant space at 1011 E. Tunnel Road is most easily identified from afar by its tall, pointed copper roof. It was this distinguishing architectural highlight that inspired the name for East Asheville’s soon-to-open Copper Crown.

The restaurant, a project of Zambra executive chef adam bannasch and

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his wife, Kate, takes over the corner spot that was once occupied by Café Azalea and later by 1011 Pizzeria and Deli. It is scheduled to open later this month.

As residents of East Asheville’s Beverly Hills community, the Bannasches are looking forward to bringing another dining option to their neighborhood. “We felt so strongly that

there needed to be more on this side of town,” Kate explains. “We used to drive by this spot, and I would think, ‘If only that became available.’”

Adam will be the executive chef at Copper Crown while maintaining his position at Zambra, where he has worked for 11 years. He brings with him from Zambra sous chef seth walters. Kate, previously a

Meet Your Next Best Friend server at Cucina 24, will fill the role of general manager, and heading up the bar program will be andrew lafiosca, the Southern Kitchen & Bar bartender who spearheaded that restaurant’s successful Monday night speakeasy series in its Dirty South Lounge.

And although the Bannasches, who are the parents of two school-aged boys, are aiming to create a neighborhood bistro that will be welcoming to families, the bar will also be a focal point, both visually and menu-wise.

Form & Function Architecture completely redesigned the space, giving it a retro-modern feel with with lots of wood, white subway tile, vinyl and chrome accented with bursts of color.

The new 54-seat floor plan features a prominent granite-topped bar that extends into the dining area.

“We’re hoping that the bar will be one of the main attractions here,” says Kate. “We have a lot of confidence that [LaFiosca] is going to help us find that middle ground where we can bring in some really fun and exciting cocktails but also keep them really accessible.”

In the evenings, the bar will offer a few classics plus specialty cocktails, including a $9 Mezcal Mule with mezcal, fresh lime, pineapple, ginger beer and cayenne, and the $8 Copper Cup with gin, orange bitters, Campari, St. Germaine elderflower liqueur and fresh grapefruit. LaFiosca has also created a menu of lunch cocktails, all available for around $6 each. Choices will include a house-made rosemary or lavender lemonade with either gin or vodka, beer cocktails and rum punches.

To begin with, the Copper Crown will be open for lunch, dinner and Saturday and Sunday brunch. The Bannasches plan to cater to breakfast and brunch lovers on a daily basis by offering a breakfast-brunch crossover concept. The restaurant will open at 10:30 a.m. on weekdays, and the lunch menu will always feature a couple of breakfast dishes — think egg and cheese with sorghum sausage on an English muffin for $4 or a breakfast taco with egg, potato, green chiles and queso fresco for $3. Adam says they will consider adding earlier morning hours and a full breakfast menu in the future if there is interest.

There will be counter service for lunch, switching to table service in the evening and for weekend brunch. “For lunch, we want to cater to people who work in this part of town who maybe don’t have time for a sit-down lunch,” says Kate. “They can either do takeout or will have a very expedited experience if they decide to stay. For dinner, we’ll have the same sort of idea — a

very approachable, New American style — but just a little bit more refinement.”

In addition to the breakfast fare, the lunch menu will offer an affordable selection of salads and sandwiches such as a pork cutlet with lemon-caper aioli, Swiss cheese and chow-chow for $8.50 and double-patty burgers with all the trimmings for $6.50. A generous array of side items includes Buffalo-fried green tomatoes and red beans and rice.

The dinner menu will feature fresh pasta and risotto specials and entrees such as cornmeal-encrusted North Carolina catfish over jambalaya with Haw Creek Honey-Tabasco butter, all in the $12-$20 range. A small-plate menu will also be available, including choices such as black-eyed pea fritters with ham-hock salad and hot-pepper vinaigrette for $5 and barbecued shrimp with charred bread for $9.

Brunch patrons will find small plates in the $3-$5 range (beignets, sweetpotato johnnycakes and crispy chicken livers on toast with tomato-pepper jam, to name a few) as well as loaded hashbrowns, veggie and egg plates; blackened chicken po’ boys and other hearty options in the $8-$9 range.

Adam works with local farms, including 10-Mile Farm, Gaining Ground, Hickory Nut Gap and others, as well as frequenting area tailgate markets, to source meat and vegetables. Plenty of vegetarian options will be available, and there will be a kids’ menu too.

The mention of jambalaya, beignets and po’ boys — plus the fact that the Bannasches moved to Asheville from New Orleans — may lead one to believe that the Copper Crown’s specialty is Louisiana cuisine. But the Bannasches want to dispel any rumors that they are opening a Creole restaurant. “There may be a po’ boy here and there as a special,” says Kate, “but that’s definitely not what our focus is.”

With ample parking both in front of and below the building and a cov-

ered outdoor dining area that features a fountain and shade trees, the Bannasches hope to draw all types of diners, from Blue Ridge Parkway tourists to local soccer parents from the nearby Azalea Park soccer fields in need of post-practice burgers for the family. But, mainly, they want to provide East Asheville with a new neighborhood hangout.

“We just want to be a part of East Asheville and help it be all it can be,” Kate says. X

MORe infO what Copper Crown where 1011 E. Tunnel Road in the HomeTrust Bank Plaza (near the intersection of Swannanoa River Road and Tunnel Road) when The Copper Crown is set to open in the coming days, but no official launch date was available at press time.

Regular hours will be 10:30 a.m.-midnight Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

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Brunch service will be available Saturdays and Sundays. details For updates, look for Copper Crown on Facebook.

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Jewish festival schmears on the heritage

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Jewish Americans who grew up in cities like New York and Miami. And, for those less accustomed to the staples, a printed guide with definitions of menu items is available at the door.

Beyond just food, Gillen says the festival represents an opportunity for the local Jewish community to “share our music … and our heritage with the city of Asheville.” He says that although many local Jews are not affiliated with any particular congregation, there is a sizable, cohesive and supportive population of Jewish people in Western North Carolina.

The festival is open to all backgrounds, though.

Between munching, attendees can peruse the booths of vendors selling Judaica (trinkets and such inspired

by Jewish heritage) and enjoy live music by the Goldstein Family Band, The Beth HaTephila Kol Simcha Choir, The Beth HaTephila Children’s Choir, The Bandana Klezmer Band, Gam Yachad! and Tennessee Schmaltz.

“We see [Asheville’s nicknames like] Beer City and Bee City, and, on that Sunday at HardLox, we’re gonna schmear cream cheese on hundreds and hundreds of bagels,” Gillen says with a laugh. “We figured that we could declare that day as Schmear City, USA [day] here in Asheville.”

HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival is at Pack Square Park Sunday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit hardloxjewishfestival.org for more information.

Daniels, Woodford Reserve, etc.) stops in at 6 p.m., to meet and purchase drinks for patrons.

Celebrations are at Top of the Monk, 92 Patton Ave., beginning Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 4 p.m., and running through Sunday, Oct. 17. Visit topofthemonk.com for more information. tREE CRoPS FoR tHE APPALACHIAN HoME oRCHARD Buy one tree, get one free class on growing a whole orchard. That’s the offer from Nutty Buddy Nursery owners justin holt and tom celona, who are hosting a workshop on the fruit trees. Not only will the two cover the basics of growing, but they’ll suggest some of their favorite tree types for the region just in time for fall planting season.

Holt and Celona present their class at Villagers, 278 Haywood Road, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person or free with the purchase of an apple or pear tree from Nutty Buddy. For details, visit forvillagers.com. X

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PICkINg AND CHooSINg: In addition to sourcing a feast of various Jewish dishes from across the nation, the 13th annual HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival curates its music and vendors carefully, including only entities that convey culture. “We try and create an environment of Jewish celebration within Pack Square,” organizer Marty Gillen says, “and the festival really has that energy during the day.” Photo of Lotte Meyerson

by Laurie Johnson “The Jews never get together without food,” says marty gillen, organizer of the forthcoming HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival. “That’s just the way we are.”

“We bring [dishes] in from all over,” he says of the festival fare, citing 26 meal options like knishes from Coney Island in New York City; corned beef and pastrami from the greater Boston area; and locally made items — matzo ball soup, rugelach, kosher hot dogs, bagels with lox and cream cheese and hot-from-theoven rye bread (from City Bakery), for instance.

Gillen is a member of Congregation Beth HaTephila, which started the free event 12 years ago. He says the smorgasbord represents familiar, comfort food for

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An annual fundraiser for the RAD Farmers Market, Harvest Dinner offers a multicourse meal sourced exclusively from the organization’s market vendors and prepared by chefs brendan reusing and david bauer of All Souls Pizza. The planned menu includes sweet potato and ginger soup with fermented-chili yogurt; radicchio salad with roasted winter squash and balsamic vinaigrette; pizzoccheri with greens, potatoes, cabbage and goat cheese; and, to end on a sweet note, fennel and mint sorbet with shortbread.

Gypsy jazz group Hot Point Trio and comedian Minori Hinds provide entertainment in addition to the raffle and silent auction.

All Souls Pizza hosts the Harvest Dinner benefit event Monday, Oct. 19, 6-9 p.m. For information or tickets ($30/$40), visit radfarmersmarket.com. toP oF tHE MoNk’S ANNIvERSARY AND HALLowEEN CELEBRAtIoNS Top of the Monk has four days of festivities planned to celebrate its own second anniversary and Halloween. The bar will offer a new Halloween menu by bar manager Kala brooks, with cocktails like the Headless Horseman (a version of an autumnal boilermaker with bourbon, pumpkin ale, orange, two types of bitters, house-made spiced grenadine and a dusting of pumpkin pie spices) and a Potion de Los Muertos (a savory concoction of tequila, orange, lemon, ancho chili saturated agave syrup, two kinds of bitters and beet pomegranate molasses). Industry swag and other freebies are also up for grabs, particularly on kickoff night (Wednesday), when multi-brand ambassador larken eggleston (Bombay Gin, Jack

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toad-in-a-hole at sovereign remedies: A little different than mom used to make, this breakfast classic is served on the brunch menu on Sundays and Mondays. Fresh bread is piled high with Black Forest ham, a farm-fresh egg, Gruyere cheese, heirloom tomato and arugula so fresh it crunches. A perfect dish. Best paired with a breakfast cocktail.

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‘It’s all about pace and scale’ Ben Sollee teams up with indie-orchestra Mother Falcon bY alli marshall amarshall@mountainx.com

Plenty of musicians pour into Los Angeles each day (a number of former Ashevilleans among them), but singer-songwriter and cellist ben sollee can’t seem to get out fast enough. “I like a lot of things being created in L.A.,” he says. Among them a practice session with former Sparrow Quartet bandmate abigail washburn, captured on Instagram.

Before that, Sollee was in the San Francisco Bay area for the premiere of a new dance collaboration with choreographer ben needhamwood. The score was commissioned by the Smuin Ballet. Speaking to Xpress from the airport on his way back to his native Kentucky, Sollee says, “It’s all about pace and scale.

The pace I’m moving at in my career is more sustainable for me as a husband and father.”

Not that Sollee, who’s played many shows in Asheville in the past (including a stop on his Ditch the Van tour by bicycle), is moving slowly.

Current projects include the next installment of his Steeples recording project, to be released as a series of EPs. He’s working on that around film score commissions, the design of “The Vanishing Point” virtual reality musical experience app (a

who Ben Sollee with Mother Falcon where The Grey Eagle thegreyeagle.com when Friday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. $14 advance/$17 day of show

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BIRDS oF A FEAtHER: “It’s all of us musicians who were sitting in the back of the orchestra goofing off with musical ideas,” says cellist Ben Sollee of his collaboration with indie-orchestra Mother Falcon. “We’re uniting now. The back of the orchestra takes the front of the stage.” Photo courtesy of the artist collaboration with game developers Woodpenny) and the ground work for a music residency pilot program through the Carolina Theatre of Durham. For that, Sollee has already toured schools and worked with Beat Making Lab. But more immediately, Sollee and his band are embarking on a tour with Mother Falcon, a 15-plus-member collective from Austin, Texas. The two groups perform together at The Grey Eagle Friday, Oct. 16.

That collaboration evolved out of a shared show years ago, followed by a joint cover of Daft Punk’s “Lose Yourself to Dance.” “We said, ‘We should do a tour sometime,’” says Sollee. “Saying that is one thing, but doing it is another considering it’s a

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small army of musicians. It took some time.” But they’re excited to be able to set up onstage as one big band.

The show promises fresh music and creative, collective arrangements of each other’s material. Much of that has been hashed out through email and shared demos.

“It’s all of us musicians who were sitting in the back of the orchestra goofing off with musical ideas,” says Sollee.

“We’re uniting now. The back of the orchestra takes the front of the stage.”

Mother Falcon was born out of the after-school jam sessions of a group of teenage orchestra members. Led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist nick gregg, the indie-orchestra (instruments range from violin and viola to bouzouki

and tenor sax) recently released its third album, Good Luck Have Fun. Half of the album is made up of “experimental instrumental soundscapes composed as the score to an upcoming documentary about competitive gaming,” according to a press release.

If the path from high school band to South by Southwest darlings and in-demand touring outfit seems like the road less taken, Mother Falcon has found a kindred spirit in Sollee.

The cellist has used his talent to draw attention to environmental causes, such as mountaintop removal in coal mining, and his September collaboration with the Smuin Ballet was not his first foray into composing music for classical dance. The cellist’s work with

MoRE tHE MERRIER: Mother Falcon is made up of at least 15 band members with instruments ranging from violin and viola to bouzouki and tenor sax.

Photo by Tamir Kalifa the North Carolina Dance Theatre in Charlotte includes an original score for the company’s performance of Dangerous Liaisons.

Sollee went to the School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Lexington, Key., where he got involved with theater, including two years of studying dance. “There’s not a wealth of young male dancers in Kentucky, for some reason,” he jokes. He chose to focus on music in college, “but I promised myself I’d do what I could to bring live music to dance, because, budgets being what they are, dancers often have to dance to canned music.

And that’s no way to dance.”

The cellist is also interested in bringing live music to less obvious places, such as the wilderness. As part of his work with the Carolina Theatre, Sollee recently performed a Hike-In Concert at West Point Park. “I’m finding [inspiration] more and more in nature these

days,” he says. “I like the sound of acoustic music outdoors. You don’t have the reflections of being in a building, and people can gather and do their thing. It’s more of an unscripted play.”

He continues, “There’s a fine line with polluting the environment with sound and just being another bird in a tree.” It’s been a bit of a moral dilemma. “I don’t want to take music into one of the few places where people can get quiet,” he says. “I might be heading down the path of just capturing the natural sounds that are already there.”

Or maybe not. Sollee’s upcoming shows with Mother Falcon promises to be a study of refined and unbridled sonic expression. “There will be impromptu moments,” he says, along with an effort to maximize the various talents among the musicians. “It’s going to be the type of show that people don’t see very often.” X

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AshEVillE: thE shoW New Web series “transplanting” satirizes our city

FuNNY ’CAuSE It’S tRuE: In a still from episode No. 2 of the satirical Web series “Transplanting,” new resident Maeve (Hayley Heninger, right) is welcomed to a West Asheville Womyns Group gathering by Chandra (Jennifer Trundrung).

Image courtesy of Lea McLellan

The cornerstone of any successful relationship and work of art is honesty. So while the new Web series “Transplanting” is a comedic love letter to Asheville, co-creators lea mclellan and andrew vasco are sure to include a dose of truth with each episode — or at least an exaggerated version of it.

“Transplanting” debuted Sept.

30, on transplantingseries.com, and a new installment will be posted each Wednesday, at 2 p.m., through the end of January. The series follows Maeve (hayley heninger), a millennial who moves from New York City to Asheville after seeing the Paris of the South named as the top-ranked of 23 hidden paradises on the website Buzzlizt. Upon arrival in her new surroundings, she experiences the tragicomic odyssey of finding affordable, habitable housing and soon discovers the many other quirks that make

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Asheville equal parts wonderful and ridiculous.

Like many trying to find a place in Asheville, Austin, Portland and elsewhere, writer/co-producer McLellan and director/co-producer Vasco can relate to Maeve’s predicament. Within the past two years, McLellan — an Xpress contributor and former staffer — moved to Asheville from Boston, and Vasco relocated from from Los Angeles. Most of the people they’ve met in their new surroundings are also from somewhere else, including many from larger cities.

The two met through Vasco’s girlfriend, who’d passed him a spec script

by McLellan that he thought was hilarious. Both are fans of the satirical comedies “Portlandia” and “Broad City,” and the more they watched these shows, the more commonalities they saw with Asheville. “There are plenty of other great comedies, but I think those shows really touch more upon

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the ‘it can happen to me’ scenarios,” Vasco says. He also cites “Parks and Recreation,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and short online series such as “High Maintenance” as relatable inspirations.

The new friends started exchanging ideas, and when Vasco pitched a concept for a show eerily similar to something McLellan had started writing, a partnership was born. The extent to which they were on the same page was so staggering that Vasco was convinced such a project already existed or would be completed by the time Transplanting got an episode online, so he took strong measures to protect the idea.

“We kept everything hush-hush,” he says. “When we first got Hayley involved, we made her sign [a non-disclosure agreement and] didn’t release any info, not even the name, until the script was registered with the Writers Guild of America. I thought for sure

someone else would do it, but it never happened.”

McLellan wrote every episode with copious feedback from Vasco and other friends. Since “Portlandia” satirizes a city that has much in common with Asheville, she was conscious not to copy its material. (In other words, don’t expect a brunch line episode.) She also strove to differentiate “Transplanting” by developing an episodic story arc and making it less of a sketch show while still capping each episode at five minutes.

“For whatever reason, when a Web series episode gets longer than five minutes, it can start to feel a little draggy,” McLellan says. “I’ve watched Web shorts that I think are legitimately well done, but around minute six I’m starting to get bored anyway. It’s the Internet, and we wanted to be realistic about attention spans.”

Over the first 10 episodes, Maeve interviews for various jobs, goes glamping (glamorous camping), rents movies at Orbit DVD and goes on a bad date with a “brogi” (a manchild who practices yoga). McLellan is currently writing the second half of the first season and feels as if there are countless premises to utilize (e.g. dogs in strollers, which Vasco hopes will make the cut).

Actors were found through the self-admitted “Facebook stalking” of people in local acting groups, as well as using the talent website Backstage and speaking with performers in area improv troupes such as Blacklist and No Regets. The crew consisted of Vasco operating his camera and providing direction and, in his words, “some wonderfully talented friends who got to hold a boom pole for the first time.”

He adds, “If you know your way around film stuff and don’t mind working for food, give us a call.”

Along with Orbit DVD, local businesses Biscuithead, French Broad Food Co-op, Mojo Coworking and Vortex Donuts allowed on-site filming during off hours. Though early mornings before the workday began were sometimes all that was available, the entire cast and crew were grateful for every opportunity.

“Being new in town, I was amazed to get access to film at some incredible local establishments,” Vasco says.

“Unless you have serious connections, you can’t do that in LA. That’s the beauty of Asheville.”

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From politics to sci-fi geekdom Monthly Super Happy trivia Challenge is more ’70s game show than pub contest Asheville already has its share of totally rad weekly trivia quizzes and pub games for geeks who like to drink, but those trivial pursuitants looking for something with a ’70s game show vibe may want to bring their big brains to 35below once a month for the delightfully different Olde Virden’s Super Happy Trivia Challenge. The next installment is Wednesday, Oct. 21.

“Asheville is overrun with incredibly talented sketch and improv groups, so I wanted to do something a little different,” says Super Happy Trivia Challenge co-host and co-creator adam jack arthur. “From there, the idea of a panel-style trivia show began to form. ‘Match Game’ and ‘Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!’ were huge inspirations for me.”

One Wednesday a month, Arthur and his co-host, troy burnette, invite local performers to answer questions from a thoroughly researched stack of several hundred topics ranging from beer, superstitions and various geeky minutiae from “Star Trek,” Star Wars, “Doctor Who” and “The X-Files,” to

guessing the song title from lyrics read by a Christopher Walken impersonator.

“The categories ran the gamut from political to scifi geekdom to pop culture,” says previous participant betsy puckett of the LaZoom Comedy Tour and the improv comedy troupe LYLAS. “There wasn’t an animal husbandry category, though — clearly an oversight — and Mr. Arthur seems to find sadistic pleasure in making middle-aged creative people do math on the fly.”

“The math stuff was somewhat difficult,” admits panelist jeff cantanese, who participated in September’s inaugural challenge. “Well, not so much difficult as to be entertaining while calculating.

Adam may require us to show our work, but then where else might you get to see ‘y-intercept’ graphed in the form of interpretative dance? It’s definitely a game show and entertainment, as opposed to a trivia night. Although there are opportunities for audience participation, it’s mainly an opportunity to watch a bunch of local ‘celebrities’ act like idiots and attempt

to answer questions in categories about which they know nothing.”

Aside from obtaining the affection or derision of the audience attending the proceedings in Asheville Community Theatre’s intimate black-box performance space, contestants are also vying to win a prize offered by the event’s sponsor.

“I have two friends in Tennessee who make and sell Olde Virden’s Red Hot Sprinkle, which is an amazing pepper shake like what you see in pizza joints,” Arthur says. “We eventually will search out more sponsors, but it is a live show, and despite my best efforts, the panelists (and the audience) can get a bit risqué.”

Audience participation, while not onstage, is still certainly appreciated.

“The audience does interact with the panel, often unsolicited,” Arthur says. “The atmosphere is so fun and free-flowing, I think they get swept up in the

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Cantanese, who in addition to being an SHTC participant is also the artistic director of the Asheville’s Attic Salt Theatre Company, says 35below is a perfect location for the once-a-month event.

“It’s intimate and allows for audience-actor interaction,” he says.

“I’ve loved watching Adam get excited about new ideas as the con-

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SCRATCHING THE SURFACE the Craft fair of the southern highlands showcases color, pattern and texture While an old idiom tells us not to judge a book by its cover, it may be reasonable to approach a vessel by first considering its surface. From pottery to woodturning, surface design extends across craft mediums, and there we can find a richness and complexity that brings us to ruminate on an object’s exterior. This season’s Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands features three artists who create vessels with interesting surfaces in vastly different results.

what Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands where U.S. Cellular Center southernhighlandguild.org when Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 15-17, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $8 per day/$12 two-day pass/free for children younger than 12

The four-day event, held Thursday to Sunday, Oct. 15-18 in the U.S. Cellular Center, will showcase the wares of nearly 200 craft artists. Worth noting, of the two annual fairs organized by the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the autumn show is the larger one, with 20 to 30 more craft vendors and a higher attendance, bringing the yearly visitor count to 20,000.

CARvED wItH CARE The densely patterned surfaces of becky lloyd’s work are covered with intricate marks in bold black and white. Using a technique called sgaffito (Italian for “to scratch”), she carves through of an outer layer of black slip in order to reveal the underlying white porcelain. Taking

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toPICAL SoLutIoNS: “I sometimes look at a piece and know exactly what pattern should be carved on it,” says ceramist Becky Lloyd. “Other times, it takes me a week or even months to decide what pattern I will carve.” Works, clockwise from top left, by Matt Tommey, Lloyd Pottery, another from Lloyd Pottery and Jim McPhail. Photos courtesy of the artists care to find a unison between the form and the surface, she says, “I sometimes look at a piece and know exactly what pattern should be carved on it.

Other times, it takes me a week or even months to decide what pattern I will carve.” Since she began working with the technique in 2001, her patterns slowly evolved, growing smaller and denser.

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Based in Haywood County, Lloyd worked with her husband, Steve Lloyd, until he passed away last year.

The Southern Highlands show will be her first large fair without her partner, another step in continuing the work that the couple began. Having previously used Steve’s thrown forms on which to create her surface designs, Becky is returning to the wheel after

nine years. “Steve had a good eye for form and was an amazing thrower, so I have pretty high standards for myself,” she says. “But I am starting to enjoy it more.”

Becky’s primary interest remains the surface decoration of the piece, acknowledging the necessary dialogue between form and surface.

When developing the surface, “I

really have to pay attention to the curve of the lip, the undulations of the wall and sweep of the neck of the pot,” says Lloyd. “This shows me where I need to break up the pattern in order for it to enhance the shape of the pot.” wovEN INto FoRM The type of weave used in making a basket determines the texture and surface of the end result. Will the form be open and airy, or will it be tight, with a densely rippled surface? These are some of the considerations of matt tommey, who has been making baskets for the past 21 years. “I made traditional forms using locally harvested vines for about 15 years before moving exclusively into sculptural forms about six years ago, upon moving to Asheville,” he says. Tommey now has a studio in the River Arts District.

With nontraditional materials such as kudzu, honeysuckle and wisteria, the tactile quality of the woven natural materials creates a richly textured surface with a rustic luster. Tommey enhances the overall forms by incorporating other natural materials, such as pine cones or wood, while also altering the surfaces with clay, wax and paint.

In some pieces, the surface pattern is orderly and linear, showing his inspiration taken from traditional Appalachian baskets. Other pieces give the appearance of a nestlike chaos with a random weave.

“I’m always interested in making my sculptures reflect the beauty and aesthetic of nature,” saysTommey. “I want people to think [of] things like nests — natural, beautiful sculpture — not necessarily [of] baskets.”

StACkED AND tuRNED Rather than the surface design being a final addition, Fairviewbased woodworker jim mcphail begins his process by imagining the finish. Using a stack-lamination technique, he composes a block of diverse wood types that will determine a bowl’s final color and pattern. The layers of interesting and exotic woods eventually reveal their grain after being turned on a lathe.

“I look for really exciting, pretty woods, ones that have really a nice composition with each other,” says McPhail. He also seeks textures,

stripes and unusual wood grain patterns, like those found in wood burls (growths or deformities on trees).

Although the finish is smooth and shiny, the surface design is vivid.

“I look at wood not so much as being wood, but as being texture and color,” he says.

McPhail has been making his layered bowls commercially since 1995, keeping the pieces small — approximately 2 to 4 inches in diameter — so they’re priced to suit his market. The woodworker uses narrow veneers for stripes and certain exotic grasses for their tactile qualities. But while he’s the one choosing his design palette, there’s still an element of surprise and risk. “The design of the bowl is determined by how I stack up the wood originally,” he says. “If I want to change my mind, it’s too late.”

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Of time and the River RiverLink’s French Broad River-themed exhibit features the work of 19 artists who have committed to experiencing their subject while depicting it. “We hop out onto the rocks and paint,” explains organizer and contributor Paul Blankinship.

“We don’t use cameras, and we don’t use projectors to cast a photographed image onto our canvases. The only storage-and-retrieval device for the art you see is the human person.” This creative immersion (waking up at 5 a.m. daily to replicate a sunrise, for example) gives participating creatives a native’s knowledge of the river’s intricacies in addition to bolstering their stewardship. Meet the potamophilous visual artists during an opening reception for the exhibition Of Time and the River at Sol’s Reprieve Thursday, Oct. 15, from 6-9 p.m. ($50-$65 includes food, beer and wine) or enjoy a free perusal until Sunday, Oct. 19. Tickets and a portion of sales benefit RiverLink. riverlink.org. Image of “Golden Shallows on the French Broad” by Luke Allsbrook

“I was born and I’ve been running since, done things that make no sense,” Langhorne Slim sings at the beginning of “Strangers,” the single from his new album The Spirit Moves. Slim and his band, The Law, played that song on “Conan.” That’s something that makes a lot of sense, because more than a decade into Slim’s career as a troubadour, the mainstream public is catching on to his highwattage charm and high-energy performances. But Asheville has long welcomed the fedora-wearing singer-songwriter. And while Slim and company usually play The Grey Eagle, they’ll headline The Orange Peel Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Don’t miss out: The Spirit Moves is charged with thoughtful writing, propulsive folk-rock and an open-hearted embrace of love, adventure, growth and the pang of change. 9 p.m., $16 advance/$18 day of show. theorangepeel.net.

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Paul Pfau “I started singing for my supper toward the end of college,” says Marylandbased singer-songwriter Paul Pfau.

Several years later, the musician’s soulful rasp landed him a spot on NBC’s “The Voice” and the guidance of Pharrell Williams. Since then, he’s kept busy touring and recording the follow-up to his debut full-length album, Happy to Be. “I feel like most people think that, once you are on one of these shows, that everything after that is gonna be taken care of for you,” he says. “I think it just helps you jump in the game at a higher level, but you have to be willing to maintain, and then exceed, that work ethic. It’s not a means to an end. It’s a catalyst.”

So, it’s back to the touring grind for Pfau, who has a solo acoustic set of new tunes (and the occasional cover) in mind for his Asheville debut. The musician opens for all-female country quartet Sweet Claudette at The Altamont Theatre Friday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. $15/$18. thealtamont.com. Photo

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Corban Addison The research that preceded best-selling author Corban Addison’s latest commercial fiction work was extensive, including explorations into FBI hostage negotiation practices, interviews with government officials, sailing lessons on the Chesapeake Bay, considerable overseas travels, attendance at the trial of several modern-day pirates and more hands-on lessons. The Tears of Dark Water, his resulting book on a father-son duo’s capture during a sailing trip, “is not just a story about Somali piracy,” the author writes on his website.

“It is about the multidimensional fallout of Somalia’s disintegration over the past 20 years, both for the Somali people and for the rest of the world. In essence, it is about the problem of violence [and] the question of forgiveness.” Addision presents his work at Malaprop’s Friday, Oct. 16, at 5 p.m. Free. malaprops.com. Images courtesy of the author mountainx.com

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LEAvINg ARt uP to CHANCE: Artist Rena Lindstrom has been exploring random operations as a means of composition since 2011. Inspired by John Cage’s experimental art from the 1940s at Black Mountain College, her new painting series, Chance, is an experiment in possibilities. Lindstrom used a lottery drum to randomly select the paint colors of her new works in order to “isolate her own will from the composition.” She then arranged the colors on a simple grid to provide the simplest structure for holding the colors. Lindstom’s exhibit is being displayed until Nov. 8 at the West End Bakery at 757 Haywood Road. Photo courtesy of Rena Lindstrom (p. 49) arT SIP AND DooDLE (pd.) “Everyone leaves with a Painting” Sip your favorite drink and have fun painting. Ask about - Private Parties (Birthday, Anniversary, etc.) $25.00 with this AD. (828) 712-1288 ARt At uNCA art.unca.edu • MO (10/19), 6pm - Lecture by visiting artist David Dodge Lewis.

Free. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

• TH (10/22), 6pm - Lecture by illustrator Daniel Devins. Free. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

ASHEvILLE AREA ARtS CouNCIL 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • TU (10/20), 10am - Artist Business Brainstorm Session: “Money Matters,” with Jen Aly. Registration required. Free.

ASHEvILLE SIStER CItIES 33 Page Ave., ashevillesistercities.org • FR (10/16), 5:30-8pm - Memories of Mexico, photography exhibit of Mexican sister cities Valladolid and San Cristobal de las Casas. Free.

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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-art-walk-2015 • Through (10/23) - Exhibit of fiberglass outdoor bear sculptures.

Free. Held along Main Street in Downtown Hendersonville 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.

arT/craFT FaIrS LAkE LuRE ARtS & CRAFtS FEStIvAL lakelureartsandcraftsfestivals.com • SA (10/17) & SU (10/8) - Festival with over 80 art vendors, live music and food vendors. See website for full schedule. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Lake Lure.

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tHE CRAFt FAIR oF tHE SoutHERN HIgHLANDS southernhighlandguild.org • TH (10/15) through SU (10/18) 10am-6pm - 68th annual juried craft fair featuring nearly 200 artists. $8/$12 for 2 day pass/Free for children under 12. Held at US Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St.

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with local personalities. $12.

PuBLIC EvENtS At wCu 227-7397, wcu.edu • WE (10/21), 7:30pm - Comedy show featuring Colin Jost, Jose Barrientos, Chloe Hilliard and Kevin Yee. $10/Free for students. Held in the Bardo Center.

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ARt At ASu 262-3017, tcva.org • Through FR (11/20) - Submissions accepted for the 13th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition. See website for guidelines: appmtnphotocomp.org. tHE wRItERS’ woRkSHoP 254-8111, twwoa.org • Through MO (11/30) Submissions will be accepted for the 20th Annual Memoirs Contest.

Contact for guidelines. $25.

comedy 35BELow 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • WE (10/21), 7:30pm - “Olde Virden’s Super Happy Trivia Challenge,” panel-style game show

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• SA (10/17), 8pm - Guest artist David Kim performs Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1. The orchestra performs Osvaldo Golijov’s Sidereus and Schumann’s Second Symphony. $38 for area 2/$22 for area 1. Held at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St. BuNCoMBE CouNtY PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (10/22), 2:30pm - “Interpreting Classical Music,” interpret several versions of the same piece of classical music with Chip Kaufmann.

Held at Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Road FLAt RoCk PLAYHouSE DowNtowN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org

• TH (10/15) through SU (10/18), Music on the Rock: The Music of Chicago. Thu.- Sun.: 8pm. Sat.: 2pm. $25.

HENDERSoNvILLE CoMMuNItY BAND hcbmusic.com • SU (10/18), 3pm - Fall concert. $10. Held at Blue Ridge Community College, 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock 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.

• FR (10/16), 3pm - Symphony Talk with Asheville Symphony Orchestra music director Daniel Meyer. Free.

Held in the Reuter Center.

• SU (10/18), 3pm - UNC Asheville Singers, student ensemble.

Free. Held in Lipinsky Hall.

MuSIC At wCu 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (10/22), 8pm - Hunter Hayes, country. $25. Held in the Ramsey Center.

NoRtH MAIN MuSIC & ARt DEMoNStRAtIoN 692-6335 Free to attend. Art Demo starts at noon; Music starts at 4:30pm.

• SA (10/17) - Justified VIBE, R&B/

classic rock. Held at Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 536 N. Main St., Hendersonville St. MAttHIAS CHuRCH 1 Dundee St., 285-0033, stmatthiasepiscopal.com • SA (10/17), 7pm - Alex de Grassi solo guitar concert. $20.

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 Hwy. 225, Flat Rock, 6930731, flatrockplayhouse.org • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/25) - Pump Boys & Dinettes, musical theater. Wed., Thur., Sat., & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. - Sat.: 8pm. $15-$40. tHEAtER At uNCA 251-6610, drama.unca.edu • 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.

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191 Lyman St. #310, 776-2716, 310art.com • Through SU (12/15) - Openings, exhibit featuring gallery members.

255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through WE (11/25) - PrintOcracy: PLAY!, printmaking portfolio exchange from artists across the country. Held at Asheville Bookworks, 87 Haywood St. • Through SA (10/31) - Colossal Cuts: Steamroller Prints, exhibition of large prints made with steamrollers. Held at Odd’s Cafe, 800 Haywood Rd.

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 • 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.

• Through FR (11/6) - From the Edge, collaborative exhibit of performance design pieces from UNCA Arts & Drama program, Bakhrushin Center State Theatre Museum, and Carnegie Mellon University. Reception: Oct. 19, 5:30-9pm.

• FR (10/16) through TU (11/3) - “Art Front Exhibition,” work by UNCA students.

• FR (10/16) through WE (11/11) Simultaneity: Shared Spaces, student works from Virginia Commonwealth University.

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.

• 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 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.

BLACk MouNtAIN CENtER FoR tHE ARtS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • FR (10/16) through WE (11/25) Appalachian Pastel Society Juried Show.

Artists’ reception: Oct. 16, 6-8pm.

• 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

• 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.

238 Clingman Ave, 285-9700, facebook.com/odysseycoopgallery wESt END BAkERY • Through SA (10/31) - Exhibit featuring ceram- 757 Haywood Road, 252-9378, ic art by Anna Koloseike and westendbakery.com Christine Sams.

• Through Su (11/8) - Chance, paintings by Rena Lindstrom.

SoL’S REPRIEvE 11 Richland St. • FR (10/16) through SU (10/18) - Of Time and the River, exhibit of Asheville Plein Air Artists.

StuDIoS At FLAt RoCk 2702A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 6987000, 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

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 • SA (10/17) through MO (11/30) - BEER! art inspired by the beer culture of Asheville.

Opening Reception: Oct. 17, 7-9pm.

Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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.

Free. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road CARLtoN gALLERY 10360 Highway 105 S., Banner Elk, 9634288, 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.

HAEN gALLERY ASHEvILLE 52 Biltmore Ave., 254-8577, thehaengallery.com • SA (10/17) through MO (11/30) - New Work 2015, oil paintings by Lynn Boggess.

HICkoRY MuSEuM oF ARt 243 3rd Ave. NE, Hickory, 327-8576

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WedNeSday, ocTober 14 185 KING STreeT Movie Night: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, 8pm

ToWN PumP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9pm TraILHead reSTauraNT aNd bar Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, old-time, folk), 6pm

5 WaLNuT WINe bar Wine Tasting w/ Ryan Oslance Duo (jazz), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (flamenco), 8pm

TreSSa’S doWNToWN Jazz aNd bLueS Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

aSHevILLe muSIc HaLL Brown Bag Songwriting Competition w/ Debrissa McKinney (all genres), 7:30pm

WHITe HorSe bLacK mouNTaIN Film night: UTOPIA, 7pm

baTTery ParK booK eXcHaNGe Dramatic Readings w/ Randi Janelle (open mic), 6pm

THurSday, ocTober 15

bLacK mouNTaIN aLe HouSe Play to Win game night, 7:30pm

185 KING STreeT Kate Rhudy & the Boys w/ Clint Roberts (“sad river folk”), 8pm

bLue mouNTaIN PIzza & breW Pub Open mic, 7pm corK & KeG Haywood County Ramblers (old-time, Appalachian), 8:30pm

5 WaLNuT WINe bar Lyric (acoustic soul), 8pm aLTamoNT THeaTre Yarn (Americana), 8pm

doubLe croWN Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm

barLey’S TaProom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm

FoGGy mouNTaIN breWPub Ram and Justin (Afro-fusion, jam), 9pm

bLacK mouNTaIN aLe HouSe Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8pm

FuNKaTorIum John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm Good STuFF Karaoke!, 7pm Grey eaGLe muSIc HaLL & TaverN Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons w/ Patrick Sweany (rock ’n’ roll, singer-songwriter), 9pm GrINd caFe Trivia night, 7pm HIGHLaNd breWING comPaNy Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm IroN HorSe STaTIoN Jason York (Americana), 6pm ISIS reSTauraNT aNd muSIc HaLL An evening w/ Wyatt Easterling & Tim Hildebrandt (singer-songwriter, folk, Americana), 7pm stephaniesid w/ Mike Hicks & Philip Lassiter (funk, rock, pop), 8:45pm

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SPIRIt oF SoNg: In 2014, singer-songwriter Trevor Hall embarked on a trilogy of albums documenting his spiritual and musical evolution. The latest and final installment, KALA, recently debuted at No. 2 on iTunes and No. 5 on Billboard’s Folk chart. The South Carolina native brings his blend of rock, reggae and Sanskrit chanting to the Grey Eagle on Sunday, Oct. 18 for an 8 p.m. show.

JacK oF THe Wood Pub Old-time session, 5pm Honky-tonk dance party w/ Hearts Gone South, 9pm Lazy dIamoNd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm LeX 18 Patrick Lopez Experience (modern & Latin jazz), 7pm LobSTer TraP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm mouNTaIN moJo coFFeeHouSe Open mic, 6:30pm NaTIve KITcHeN & SocIaL Pub Andy Ferrell, 6:30pm NeW mouNTaIN THeaTer/ amPHITHeaTer Phutureprimitive w/ Bass Physics (electronica), 8pm NobLe Kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm o.HeNry’S/THe uNderGrouNd “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm oddITorIum The Genitorturers (rock, industrial), 9pm 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

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bLue mouNTaIN PIzza & breW Pub Matt Sellars (Americana, blues, roots), 7pm cLub eLeveN oN Grove Tango lessons & practilonga w/ Tango Gypsies, 7pm Swing lessons & dance w/ Mick’s House Hoppers, 7:30pm corK & KeG Buddy Davis & the Session Players (honky-tonk, classic country), 8:30pm doubLe croWN 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm duGouT Matt Jackson jam night, 8pm eLaINe’S dueLING PIaNo bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm FoGGy mouNTaIN breWPub Spectrum (folk, Americana), 9pm FreNcH broad breWery Matt Walsh (blues), 6pm Good STuFF Viva DeConcini (blues, indie, rock), 9pm Grey eaGLe muSIc HaLL & TaverN The Bottle Rockets & Mark Olson (outlaw country, cowpunk, Southern rock), 9pm ISIS reSTauraNT aNd muSIc HaLL An evening w/ Abbie Morin (foxy folk), 7pm Taylor Martin’s Engine w/ Jay Sanders & Billy Cardine (folk, “alley cat country”, Americana), 8:45pm JacK oF THe Wood Pub Bluegrass jam, 7pm LeX 18 Ray Biscoglia Duo (jazz standards), 6:30pm Michael Andersen (honky-tonk piano), 10pm

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10/26: YAMN $3 YOU-CALL-IT-DRINKS ALL NIGHT LONG 10/29: SUICIDE GIRLS: BLACKHEART BURLESQUE 10/30: VIBES STREET W/ FRAMEWORKS & DREAMER’S DELIGHT 10/31: BEN LOVETT’S TIME MACHINE HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY 11/1: NANO STERN

A Social Function

(classic cover, rock ‘n’ roll)

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

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Dinner Menu Tues-Sun till 10pm 5pm–12am Late Night Full Menu till Bar WED 10/07

10/14 wed a tribute to jimmie rodgers

12am

& lefty frizzell 10/17 sat roney

10/18

w/

10/20

tue

cyndi lou & the want to

Widowspeak

w/

pretty pretty

10/21 wed kreamy w/

10/22

thu

'lectric santa

radio shock, the errs

tina & her pony

sharayah spears, cicada rhythm w/

10/23

fri

the girly girl revue presents…

hocus pocus!

halloween burlesque show 10/24 sat no w/

bs! brass band

metal

10/25 sun bright light social hour w/ firekid

NeW mouNTaIN THeaTer/ amPHITHeaTer Michal Menert & the Pretty Fantastics w/ Russ Liquid (space jazz, psyche-funk), 9pm

odd’S caFe Edibles, Audibles & Applaudables w/ Brian Claflin (Americana), 7pm

honky tonk country night:

hearts gone south

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o.HeNry’S/THe uNderGrouNd Game Night w/ Xandrea Foxx, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am

at ten!

the rolling stoneys w/ the family swaggards

sun

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COMING SOON WED 10/14

5 -7PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ WYATT EASTERLING & TIM HILDEBRANDT 8:45 PM – STEPHANIESID W/ MIKE HICKS AND PHILIP LASSITER THU 10/15 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ ABBIE MORIN 8:45 PM – TAYLOR MARTIN’S ENGINE FEAT. JAY SANDERS AND BILLY CARDINE OF ACOUSTIC SYNDICATE FRI 10/16 7:00 PM – CLASSICAL DINNER AND A CONCERT: AMICIMUSIC PRESENTS:“TANTALIZING

TRIOS”

ALL NIGHT FRIDAY : 3 TAP BEER RELEASE

• FOOTHILLS 2014 SEXUAL CHOCOLATE 9%ABV • DOGFISH HEAD 2014 MILES DAVIS BITCHES BREW 9%ABV • GREAT DIVIDE 2014 ESPRESSO OAK AGED YETI IMPERIAL STOUT 9.5%ABV WITH SUGGESTED APP PAIRING FROM CHEF CHRIS

SAT 10/17 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ AMY STEINBERG 9:00 PM – FRANK SOLIVAN AND DIRTY KITCHEN WED 10/21 5 -7PM – ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ MURIEL ANDERSON 9:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ DJOUKIL - FRENCH GYPSY JAZZ THU 10/22 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ DON ALDER

IN THE LOUNGE

FRI 10/23 9:00 PM – THE STRAY BIRDS SAT 10/24 9:00 PM – ANDREA ZONN CD RELEASE CONCERT “RISE” WED 10/28 5-7:00 PM ALL YOU CAN EAT SNOW CRAB LEGS 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/ JOSH HARTY 8:30 PM – AN EVENING W/ ALASH THU 10/29 8:30 PM – APRIL VERCH BAND Every Tuesday

7:30pm–midnite

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS

Every Sunday

6pm–11pm

JAZZ SHOWCASE

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FrIday, ocTober 16

oFF THe WaGoN Dueling pianos, 9pm

5 WaLNuT WINe bar The Blood Gypsies (Gypsy blues), 9pm

oLIve or TWIST Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm

aLTamoNT THeaTre Sweet Claudette w/ Paul Pfau (Americana, country, soul), 8pm

oNe SToP deLI & bar Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Ex Nihilo w/ Rodney Easter Jr., Walker Farrell & Kavalactones (improv), 10:30pm

aTHeNa’S cLub Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

oNe WorLd breWING Lionz of Zion (jam, reggae, soul), 9pm oraNGe PeeL Mac DeMarco w/ Alex Calder & Walter TV [SOLD OUT], 9pm oSKar bLueS breWery Circus Mutt (Americana, blues), 6pm PacK’S TaverN Jeff Anders & Scott Raines (acoustic rock), 9pm PISGaH breWING comPaNy Rick Wilkerson & friends (jazz fusion), 8pm reNaISSaNce aSHevILLe HoTeL Chris Rhodes (jazz, blues, R&B), 6:30pm room IX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm ScaNdaLS NIGHTcLub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm SLy GroG LouNGe Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm SoL bar NeW mouNTaIN Songwriter Thursdays w/ Caine McDonald, 8pm SouTHerN aPPaLacHIaN breWery Neil Cribbs (Americana, blues, soul), 7pm SPrING creeK TaverN Open Mic, 6pm TaLLGary’S aT Four coLLeGe Electric blues open mic w/ Gentle Jones, 7pm THe moTHLIGHT The Moth: True Stories Told Live (storytelling), 7:30pm THe PHoeNIX Bradford Carson (modern mountain music), 8pm THe SouTHerN Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm

TraILHead reSTauraNT aNd bar Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm

october 14 - october 20, 2015

WXyz LouNGe aT aLoFT HoTeL Russ Wilson & Friends (swing), 7:30pm

185 KING STreeT Charles Walker Band (funk, R&B, soul), 8pm

ToWN PumP Troy Batey (acoustic, pop, singer-songwriter), 9pm

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WHITe HorSe bLacK mouNTaIN Claude Borboun (folk, acoustic, medieval & Spanish blues), 7:30pm

oddITorIum All Hell w/ Veldtchasm & Covenator (metal), 9pm

TImo’S HouSe Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 10pm

743 HAYWOOD RD 828-575-2737 ISISASHEVILLE.COM

TWISTed LaureL Karaoke, 8pm

TreSSa’S doWNToWN Jazz aNd bLueS The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm

bacK yard bar Karaoke w/ Get Vocal Entertainment, 9pm beN’S TuNe-uP Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm bLacK mouNTaIN aLe HouSe String Slingers (bluegrass), 7:30pm bLue mouNTaIN PIzza & breW Pub Acoustic Swing, 7pm boILer room Rebirth 25 w/ Dj Luis Armando (electronic), 10pm cLaSSIc WINeSeLLer The Flea Bitten Dogs (pop), 7pm doubLe croWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm duGouT Calvin Get Down (funk, soul, groove), 9pm eLaINe’S dueLING PIaNo bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm FoGGy mouNTaIN breWPub Jangling Sparrows (folk, rock), 10pm FreNcH broad breWery Max Gross Weight (rock ’n’ roll), 6pm Good STuFF Rick Wilkerson (jazz, future soul, pop), 9:30pm Grey eaGLe muSIc HaLL & TaverN An evening w/ Mother Falcon & Ben Sollee (classical pop, rock), 8pm HIGHLaNd breWING comPaNy The Beat Kids (rock, ’60s pop, soul), 7pm IroN HorSe STaTIoN Jamie Paul (Americana), 7pm ISIS reSTauraNT aNd muSIc HaLL Amicimusic presents “Tantalizing Trios” (Beethoven, Brahms, classical), 7pm JacK oF THe Wood Pub Strahan & The Good Neighbors w/ Cyndi Lou & The Want To (country, honky-tonk), 9pm JeruSaLem GardeN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm LaKe edeN LEAF Festival, 4pm Lazoom buS TourS Crooked Beats (Americana, rock), 2pm Lazy dIamoNd Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm LeX 18 Ray Biscoglia Duo (jazz standards), 6:30pm Michael Andersen (honky-tonk piano), 9:45pm

JACK OF THE

LobSTer TraP Gypsy Guitars (Gypsy jazz), 6:30pm

WILd WING caFe Contagious (rock), 6pm

marKeT PLace The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm

WILd WING caFe SouTH A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm

moe’S orIGINaL bbQ WoodFIN Travis Bowlin (R&B, soul, rock ’n’ roll), 6pm NaTIve KITcHeN & SocIaL Pub The Willy Whales (old-time), 7:30pm NobLe Kava Steve Karla (gypsy jazz jam), 8:30pm o.HeNry’S/THe uNderGrouNd Drag Show, 12:30am oddITorIum Motel Glory w/ The Blots, Youth Eternal & The Cannonball Jars (rock), 9pm oFF THe WaGoN Dueling pianos, 9pm oLIve or TWIST Westsound (Motown), 8pm oNe SToP deLI & bar Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm Bunk Buddha (electronic), 10pm oraNGe PeeL Old 97’s w/ Banditos (alt-country), 9pm oSKar bLueS breWery Roots & Dore (rock, blues, soul), 6pm PacK’S TaverN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9pm rooT bar No. 1 SIRSY (rock), 8pm SaNcTuary breWING comPaNy Petty Cash (rock), 7pm ScaNdaLS NIGHTcLub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm ScuLLy’S DJ, 10pm

SaTurday, ocTober 17 5 WaLNuT WINe bar Willie DE (singer-songwriter, folk, blues), 6pm Jason Moore & Trust Trio (jazz, funk), 9pm aLTamoNT THeaTre Doyle & Debbie (country music parody), 8pm aTHeNa’S cLub Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm beN’S TuNe-uP Gypsy Guitars, 2pm bLacK mouNTaIN aLe HouSe Hank West & The Smokin’ Hots (jazz exotica), 9pm

THe PHoeNIX The Zealots (rock), 9pm THe SocIaL Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm THe STraNd @ 38 maIN Rhonda Vincent (bluegrass), 8pm TIGer mouNTaIN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm TImo’S HouSe Murkel w/ Gazeybby & The Animal (psychedelic, trance), 9pm ToWN PumP Hearts Gone South (honky-tonk), 9pm TWISTed LaureL Live DJ, 11pm WHITe HorSe bLacK mouNTaIN Andy Cohen (folk, blues, ragtime), 8pm

STRAHAN & THE GOOD NEIGHBORS

SAT 10.17

RANDALL CONRAD OLINGER

MON 10.19

DJOUKIL

FRI 10.23

STRUNG LIKE A HORSE

SAT 10.24

GRAND OLE UPROAR

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

9 p.m. $5

(OUTLAW COUNTRY BLUES / ROCK / GRIT) w/ LORIN WALKER MADSEN & THE HUSTLERS

9 p.m. $5

(FRENCH GYPSY JAZZ & AMERICAN SWING)

9 p.m. Free (Donations Encouraged)

(GYPSY PUNK /HOME-MADE HILLBILLY STOMP GRASS)

9 p.m. $5

(HIPPIE TONK COUNTRY)

9 p.m. $5

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

boILer room Damsel In Distress w/ Space Truckers & Opus Vita (Southern rock, blues, rock), 9pm

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

cLaSSIc WINeSeLLer Fall for jazz series w/ Sidney Barnes & Richard Shulman (jazz), 7pm

95 PATTON at COXE • Downtown Asheville

252.5445 • jackofthewood.com

croW & QuILL Freaksheaux to Geaux & Tinderbox Circus Sideshow (vaudeville, burlesque, variety), 8pm

Wed • October 14

dIaNa WorTHam THeaTre Asheville Symphony w/ David Kim (classical), 8pm

FoGGy mouNTaIN breWPub Third Nature (rock, dance fusion), 10pm

FRI 10.16

Sat., OCT 31 HONKY TONK HALLOWEEN

bLue mouNTaIN PIzza & breW Pub Bob Zullo (acoustic), 7pm

SouTHerN aPPaLacHIaN breWery Howie Johnson w/ Ellen Trnka & Craig Woody and the Electric Band (blues, rock, soul), 8pm

THe admIraL Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm

#1 Pub Grub #2 Bar for Live Music

zambra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SLy GroG LouNGe Rian Adkinson (prog-rock, pop), 10pm

TaLLGary’S aT Four coLLeGe Old School (classic rock), 9:30pm

PUB

WXyz LouNGe aT aLoFT HoTeL Omnitet (funk, groove, soul), 8pm

doubLe croWN Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm

SPrING creeK TaverN The Paper Crowns (Americana, rock), 8:30pm

WOOD

Woody Wood, 5:30pm

Thu • October 15 Meadow is open!

Tasting Room is closed for private event

eLaINe’S dueLING PIaNo bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm

Fri • October 16

The Beat Kids @ 7pm

Sat • October 17

FreNcH broad breWery Lorin Walker Madsen (country, blues), 5:30pm

The Dirty Soul Revival @ 7pm!

Good STuFF The Paisley Fields w/ Arrows of Aela & Hope (country), 9pm

Tasting Room is closed for private event

Grey eaGLe muSIc HaLL & TaverN Ray Wylie Hubbard (country, folk, rock), 8pm

Sun • October 18

Reggae Sunday with Dennis “Chalwa” Berndt @ 1pm

HIGHLaNd breWING comPaNy The Dirty Soul Revival (rock, blues, soul), 7pm IroN HorSe STaTIoN Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

Tue • October 20 Team Trivia with Dr. Brown @ 6pm

ISIS reSTauraNT aNd muSIc HaLL An evening w/ Amy Steinberg (blues, pop, comedy), 7pm Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen (bluegrass, newgrass), 9pm JacK oF THe Wood Pub Randall Conrad Olinger w/ Lorin Walker Madsen & The Hustlers (outlaw country, blues, rock), 9pm JeruSaLem GardeN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm Lazoom buS TourS River Rats (rock, blues, funk), 2pm

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Lazy dIamoNd Unknown Pleasures w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10pm LeX 18 Ray Biscoglia Duo (jazz standards), 6:30pm Andrew J. Fletcher (barrel house stride piano), 9:45pm LobSTer TraP Sean Mason Trio (jazz), 6:30pm marKeT PLace DJs (funk, R&B), 7pm marSHaLL coNTaINer co.

David Hughes & West of Roan (old-time, puppetry), 7pm moJo KITcHeN & LouNGe Dine ’n’ Disco (funk, soul, hip-hop), 5:30pm NeW mouNTaIN THeaTer/amPHITHeaTer Phuncle Sam (Grateful Dead covers, jam), 10pm NobLe Kava Polly Panic (Appalachian chamber rock), 8:30pm oddITorIum Houston In The Blind w/ America Is a Mistake & Telecine (rock), 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 Backup Planet (funk, rock), 10pm oraNGe PeeL Patty Griffin w/ Darlingside (folk, Americana, alt-country), 9pm oSKar bLueS breWery Petty Cash (singer-songwriter), 6pm PacK’S TaverN A Social Function (classic covers, rock ’n’ roll), 9pm room IX Open dance night, 9pm rooT bar No. 1 Russ T. Nuttz w/ the Punknecks (country, rockabilly), 8pm

SaNcTuary breWING comPaNy Jamison Adams Project (jam, funk, fusion), 7pm ScaNdaLS NIGHTcLub DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm ScuLLy’S DJ, 10pm SLy GroG LouNGe Refugee Benefit w/ Eric and Erica, Lilli Jean & Paranoid Pious (dream pop, ambient), 7pm SoL bar NeW mouNTaIN Mayor Black Halloween Showcase w/ Sass, Daree & Deelayne (hip-hop), 9pm SouTHerN aPPaLacHIaN breWery Eric Congdon (blues, rock, world), 8pm SPrING creeK TaverN Grand Ole Uproar (hippie-tonk), 8:30pm TaLLGary’S aT Four coLLeGe Jarvis Jenkins (Southern rock), 9:30pm THe admIraL Soul night w/ DJ Dr. Filth, 11pm THe moTHLIGHT The Rolling Stoneys w/ The Family Swaggards (Rolling Stones tribute, rock), 8pm THe PHoeNIX Carolina Bound Trio (singer-songwriter), 9pm THe STraNd @ 38 maIN The DuPont Brothers (Americana, folk), 8pm THe vaLLey muSIc & cooKHouSe Roots & Dore (rock, blues, soul), 8pm TIGer mouNTaIN The Gooch Palms (“shit-pop”), 7pm TImo’S HouSe Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino (top 40), 10pm ToWN PumP Shotgun Gypsies (rock, Americana), 9pm TraILHead reSTauraNT aNd bar Old Blues Browns (members of The Lazybirds), 8pm TWISTed LaureL Live DJ, 11pm WHITe HorSe bLacK mouNTaIN Vadim Kolpakov (world, pop, jazz), 8pm

WILd WING caFe Karaoke, 8pm WILd WING caFe SouTH DJ, 8pm WXyz LouNGe aT aLoFT HoTeL Les Amis (world, West African fusion), 8pm zambra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

SuNday, ocTober 18 5 WaLNuT WINe bar The Moon & You (cello folk, soul), 7pm bLacK mouNTaIN aLe HouSe Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ James Hammel, 12pm bLue mouNTaIN PIzza & breW Pub Erin Kinard, 7pm doubLe croWN Karaoke w/ Tim O, 9pm Grey eaGLe muSIc HaLL & TaverN Trevor Hall w/ Will Evans & Christina Holmes (rock, reggae, acoustic), 8pm IroN HorSe STaTIoN Mark Shane (R&B), 6pm ISIS reSTauraNT aNd muSIc HaLL Sunday Classical Brunch, 11am Sunday jazz showcase, 6pm JacK oF THe Wood Pub Irish session, 5pm Lazy dIamoNd Tiki Night w/ DJ Lance (Hawaiian, surf, exotica), 10pm LeX 18 Thomas Wolf Mystery Dinner Theater [ticket required], 10pm oddITorIum Adult Poetry Slam, 7:30pm Plucky Walker w/ Friends (hip-hop), 9pm oFF THe WaGoN Piano show, 9pm oLIve or TWIST DJ (oldies rock, swing), 8pm oNe SToP deLI & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ Woody Wood, 11am Reggae Sundays, 7pm oraNGe PeeL Josh Garrels w/ Liz Vice (folk), 8pm ScaNdaLS NIGHTcLub Miss & Mister Inferno Pageant, 9pm SocIaL LouNGe & TaPaS In the Biz Networking Night w/ Patrick Lopez (acoustic, piano, pop, open to everyone), 8pm SouTHerN aPPaLacHIaN breWery Circus Mutt (world, jam), 5pm SPrING creeK TaverN Mark Shane (R&B), 2pm TaLLGary’S aT Four coLLeGe Jason Brazzel (acoustic), 6pm THe moTHLIGHT Hearts Gone South w/ Cyndi Lou & The Want To (country, honky-tonk), 9pm THe omNI Grove ParK INN Lou Mowad (classical guitar), 10am Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm THe SocIaL Get Vocal Karaoke, 9:30pm THe SouTHerN Yacht Rock Brunch w/ DJ Kipper, 12pm

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TImo’S HouSe Asheville Drum ’n’ Bass Collective, 10pm

TImo’S HouSe Movie night, 7pm

WedGe breWING co.

Vollie McKenzie & Hank Bones (acoustic jazz-swing), 6pm

ToWN PumP Ned & the Dirt (rock), 9pm

LeXINGToN ave breWery (Lab) Kipper’s “Totally Rad” Trivia night, 8pm LobSTer TraP Bobby Miller & Friends (bluegrass), 6:30pm

beN’S TuNe-uP Eleanor Underhill (acoustic), 5pm bLacK mouNTaIN aLe HouSe Trivia, 7pm

A Very Special Evening With

10/14

buFFaLo NIcKeL Trivia, 7pm corK & KeG Old-time Jam, 5pm doubLe croWN DJ Brody Hunt (honky-tonk, Cajun, Western), 10pm

jerry joseph & thejackmormons + Patrick Sweany

The Bottle Rockets

10/15 + Mark Olsen

(Of The Jayhawks)

8PM DooRS

bLue mouNTaIN PIzza & breW Pub Mark Bumgarner (Americana), 7pm

8PM DooRS

Lazy dIamoNd Heavy Night w/ DJ Butch, 10pm

bacK yard bar Open mic & jam w/ Robert Swain, 8pm

An Evening With

Good STuFF Old time-y night, 6:30pm

o.HeNry’S/THe uNderGrouNd Geeks Who Drink trivia, 7pm

Falcon 10/16 Mother & Ben Sollee

7PM DooRS

JacK oF THe Wood Pub Quizzo, 7pm Djoukil (French Gypsy-jazz), 9pm

aSHevILLe muSIc HaLL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11pm

SocIaL LouNGe & TaPaS In the Biz Networking Night w/ Patrick Lopez (acoustic, piano, pop, open to everyone), 8pm SoL bar NeW mouNTaIN Aqueous w/ The McLovins (rock, funk, jam), 8pm

SAT

oSKar bLueS breWery Mountain Music Mondays (open jam), 6pm

SUN

oraNGe PeeL Preservation Hall Jazz Band [SOLD OUT], 11am Tobias Jesso Jr. (indie, rock, Baroque pop), 8pm

Will Evans 10/18 w/+ Christina Holmes

WED

oNe WorLd breWING Beats & Brews w/ DJ Whistleblower, 8pm

10/17

LONELY BISCUITS 10/21 THE w/ WORLDLINE

THU

oLIve or TWIST 2 Breeze Band (Motown), 6pm

10/22 MARTHA SCANLAN

FRI

- The Fall Migration

REVEREND BIG 10/23 PEYTON’S DAMN BAND

SovereIGN remedIeS Stevie Lee Combs (acoustic), 8pm

Ray Wylie

Hubbard

w/ Aaron Lee Tasjan

Trevor Hall

7PM DooRS

Grey eaGLe muSIc HaLL & TaverN Contra dance (lessons, 7:30pm), 8pm

oNe SToP deLI & bar Turntable Tuesdays (DJs & vinyl), 10pm

8PM DooRS

Good STuFF Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

oFF THe WaGoN Rock ’n’ roll bingo, 8pm

8PM DooRS

doubLe croWN Country Karaoke, 10pm

LobSTer TraP Jay Brown (acoustic-folk, singer-songwriter), 6:30pm

oddITorIum Odd comedy night, 9pm

7PM DooRS

courTyard GaLLery Open mic (music, poetry, comedy, etc.), 8pm

LeX 18 Bob Strain & Bill Fouty (jazz ballads & standards), 7pm

8PM DooRS

byWaTer Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8pm

aLTamoNT breWING comPaNy Open mic w/ Chris O’Neill, 8:30pm

Lazy dIamoNd Punk ’n’ Roll w/ DJ Leo Delightful, 10pm

w/ OLD SALT UNION

THe omNI Grove ParK INN Bob Zullo (pop, rock, blues), 7pm

THe SouTHerN Speakeasy Mondays w/ The Low-Down Sires & friends (hot jazz, swing), 9:30pm

LOWLAND HUM + THE COLLECTION

10/25 W/ JOSIAH EARLY

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SUN

THe PHoeNIX Jeff Sipe & Friends (jazz, fusion), 8pm

10/24 RASPUTINA W/ DANIEL KNOX

7PM DooRS

SAT

THe moTHLIGHT Jeremy Porter and The Tucos w/ The Melons & Poet Radio (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

8PM DooRS

5 WaLNuT WINe bar Siamese Jazz Club (R&B, soul, jazz), 8pm

5 WaLNuT WINe bar The John Henrys (hot jazz), 8pm

NeW mouNTaIN THeaTer/ amPHITHeaTer Tuesday Tease (“open mic” burlesque), 9pm Ed Kowalczyk (alt-rock, post-grunge, acoustic), 9pm

THU

185 KING STreeT Open mic night, 7pm

TueSday, ocTober 20

ISIS reSTauraNT aNd muSIc HaLL Tuesday bluegrass sessions, 7:30pm

THU

moNday, ocTober 19

urbaN orcHard Old-time music, 7pm

marKeT PLace The Rat Alley Cats (jazz, Latin, swing), 7pm

FRI

WIcKed Weed Mrs. Dubfire (reggae), 3pm

IroN HorSe STaTIoN Open mic, 6pm

(FROM HBO’S BOARDWALK EMPIRE)

THe vaLLey muSIc & cooKHouSe Monday Pickin’ Parlour (open jam, open mic), 8pm TIGer mouNTaIN Service industry night (rock ’n’ roll), 9pm

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oNe WorLd breWING The Franklin Rattlers, 8pm

Lazy dIamoNd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

oraNGe PeeL Joey Bada$$ w/ Denzel Curry, Bishop Nehru & Nyck Caution (hip-hop), 8pm

LeX 18 Patrick Lopez Experience (modern & Latin jazz), 7pm

TaLLGary’S aT Four coLLeGe Jam night, 9pm

LobSTer TraP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm

THe JoINT NeXT door Open mic w/ Laura Thurston, 7pm

Asheville’s newest way to give

kick off party!

THe mILLroom Reformed Whores (comedy), 8pm THe moTHLIGHT Widowspeak w/ Pretty Pretty (indie rock, dream pop, shoegaze), 9:30pm THe PHoeNIX Grayson Barton (singer-songwriter), 8pm TreSSa’S doWNToWN Jazz aNd bLueS Funk & jazz jam w/ Pauly Juhl, 8:30pm urbaN orcHard Billy Litz (Americana, singer-songwriter), 7pm WeSTvILLe Pub Blues jam, 10pm WHITe HorSe bLacK mouNTaIN Irish sessions & open mic, 6:30pm WILd WING caFe SouTH Tuesday bluegrass, 6pm Trivia w/ Kelilyn, 8:30pm

WedNeSday, ocTober 21 185 KING STreeT Movie night: Back to the Future, 8pm 5 WaLNuT WINe bar Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie, Americana), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Flamenco), 8pm aSHevILLe muSIc HaLL Brown Bag Songwriting Competition w/ Debrissa McKinney (all genres), 7:30pm baTTery ParK booK eXcHaNGe Dramatic Readings w/ Randi Janelle (open mic), 6pm bLacK mouNTaIN aLe HouSe Play to Win game night, 7:30pm bLue mouNTaIN PIzza & breW Pub Open mic, 7pm doubLe croWN Classic Country w/ DJs Greg Cartwright, David Gay, Brody Hunt, 10pm FoGGy mouNTaIN breWPub Billy Litz (soul, Americana), 9pm

re�!

FuNKaTorIum John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm

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November 1

Good STuFF Red Cedar Review (folk, country, bluegrass), 7:30pm

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Idris Elba in Cary Joji Fukunaga’s unflinching, uncompromising, often brutal Beasts of No Nation, a flawed work that nonetheless flirts with greatness.

Beasts of No Nation HHHH

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga (Jane Eyre) plaYers: Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Nii Adorn Quaye, Ama K. Abebrese, Richard Pepple, Opeyemi Fagbohungbe war Drama Rated NR the storY: Uncompromising account of a child soldier in an

African war the lowDown: Stark, powerful, finely crafted, but inclined to redundancy in its excessive length. Still, its unflinching portrait of the unthinkable is unforgettable.

The good news is that Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation is a

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film of power, grace and often subtle beauty. It is made with artistry and care that is evident in nearly every shot. The bad news is that it’s at least 30 minutes too long, and its young lead actor, Abraham Attah, should have been given subtitles even when speaking English. What’s particularly unfortunate here is that young Attah gives a truly remarkable performance as Agu, the child-soldier whose story the film tells — so remarkable, in fact, that his sometimes incomprehensible dialogue doesn’t diminish it, though it is distracting. By far, the greater problem is that 137-minute running time, and even that doesn’t cripple the film.

Based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala — adapted by director Fukunaga, who also photographed the film — Beasts is not an easy watch.

It is unflinching in detailing (often brutally) the story of this boy, who is separated from what remains of his family in a civil war and trained to be a soldier in a platoon led by a volatile figure only known as the Commandant (Idris Elba). This isn’t the first movie to address the topic of children being used as soldiers, but it’s apt to be the most widely seen one — even with the four biggest of the big-box theater chains (Regal, AMC, Cinemark and Carmike) boycotting the film because of the way Netflix is handling its distribution. It is also quite possibly the most harrowing, by virtue of its refusal to contextualize the war being depicted.

The film is completely hemmed in by the limits of Agu’s inability to process the war himself. It’s impossible to tell who is fighting whom or why. It’s simply living a nightmare. And a nightmare it is.

Following a deliberately — and not wholly successful — deceptive setup done in a lighter tone, Beasts quickly descends into its nightmare world, reaching a kind of fever pitch when Agu is forced to execute an enemy soldier (if the captive even is the enemy or a soldier). Fukunaga spares us nothing, and with the aid of Dan Romer’s insistent, intensifying score, he builds a scene that is almost unbearable. And this is but the first of many nearly

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the ate r l istings FrIday, ocTober 16 THurSday, ocTober 22 Due to possible scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm showtimes with theaters.

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carmIKe cINema 10 (298-4452) caroLINa cINemaS (274-9500) beasts oF no nation (r) 12:30, 3:30, 7:00, 9:55 black mass (r) 11:05, 1:45, 4:30, 7:35, 10:05 briDe oF spies (pg-13) 12:15, 1:20, 3:15, 4:20, 6:15, 7:20, 9:15, 10:20 crimson peak (r) 11:50, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:30 goosebumps 3D (pg) 9:25 goosebumps 2D (pg) 11:50, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05 he nameD me malala (pg-13) 12:20, 5:35, 10:20 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 the martian 3D (pg-13) 3:00, 9:00 the martian 2D (pg-13) 12:00, 1:25, 4:25, 6:00, 7:25, 10:25 pan 2D (pg) 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 sicario (r) 11:20, 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 the walk 2D (pg) 2:50, 7:40 wooDlawn (pg) 11:00, 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50

co-ed cINema brevard (883-2200) briDge oF spies (pg-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00

ePIc oF HeNderSoNvILLe (693-1146) FINe arTS THeaTre (232-1536) FreehelD (r) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show Fri-Sat 9:15 granDma (r) 7:20, Late show Fri-Sat 9:15 he nameD me malala (pg-13) 1:20, 4:20

FLaTrocK cINema (697-2463) testament oF Youth (pg-13) 3:30, 7:00 (Closed Mon.)

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FILM ASHEvILLE CoMMuNItY tHEAtRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • WE (10/14), 7:30pm - Monty Python and the Holy Grail. $8.

BuNCoMBE CouNtY PuBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• SA (10/17), 1-4pm - “Home Movie Day,” share and watch home movies (16/8mm, Super 8, VHS, DVD). Sponsored

by Mechanical Eye Microcinema. Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road • SA (10/17), 1-4pm - “Home Movie Day,” bring your home movies to watch. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road DIANA woRtHAM tHEAtRE 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • TH (10/15), 7pm - Reel Rock Film Tour featuring climbing and adventure films. $17.

FILM At uNCA 251-6585, unca.edu • WE (10/14), 6pm - “Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle,” documentary series. Free. Held in the Highsmith Union Grotto. gRoovY MovIE CLuB 926-2508, johnbuckleyX@gmail.com • FR (10/16), 7pm - Far from the Madding Crowd. Optional pot luck at 6:30pm. Held in a private home. Contact for location. Free.

MoM’S AgAINSt FLuoRIDAtIoN momsagainstfluoridation.org, momsagainstfluoridation@gmail.com • WE (10/21), 7pm - Our Daily Dose, documentary and panel discussion. $5-10.   Held at The Millroom, 66 Ashland Ave. uNItARIAN uNIvERSALISt CoNgREgAtIoN oF ASHEvILLE 1 Edwin Place, 254-6001, uuasheville.org • TH (10/15), 7pm - When I Came Home, film about veterans of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Free. wHItE HoRSE BLACk MouNtAIN 105C Montreat Rd., Black Mountain, 669-0816 • WE (10/14), 7pm - Movies that Matter: Utopia, documentary. $6.

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unwatchable scenes — scenes that are apt to make even the most jaded viewer cringe. This uncompromising approach is both the film’s greatness and its greatest trap. It isn’t that these scenes become numbing. It’s more that they become redundant and somewhat distancing in a way I can’t imagine was intended. It’s impossible not to be horrified by what’s happening — especially since Agu is increasingly aware that these actions are wrong — but it’s hard to truly relate to him.

Don’t misunderstand. Beasts is a good film. It’s even a film that flirts with greatness on several occasions. As noted, young Attah gives an impressively nuanced performance as Agu. Also noteworthy is the complexity of Idris Elba’s performance as the Commandant. I won’t detail the trajectory of his characterization, except to note that it’s frequently surprising. This is also a magnificent looking film. Fukunaga evidences a firm control of imagery. That it falls shy of being a masterpiece is regrettable, but it’s still a film worth having. Not Rated, but contains violence, horrific images, sexuality and language and is not for children.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas.

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99 Homes HHHS

Director: Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo) plaYers: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown, Tim Guinee, Noah Lomax Drama Rated R the storY: A man who loses his home in the housing bust goes to work for the crooked realtor who evicted him. the lowDown: It’s powerful, and it’s still timely, but 99 Homes is also obvious and increasingly less compelling as it goes on.

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HHHHH = max rating not be said about the other Ramin Bahrani films I’ve seen. Whether that is a desirable thing is a separate question, better debated by persons more in tune with Bahrani than I am. I have nothing against Mr. Bahrani. I suspect — based on his films — that his worldview is one I’m comfortable with, but I’ve seen nothing to convince me of Roger Ebert’s claim that he’s “the great new American director.” I don’t think he’s a bad filmmaker. I simply see nothing remarkable about his films or filmmaking. And 99 Homes did nothing to change that. If anything, it may have lessened my appreciation. That it’s a righteously angry film about the predators who preyed on the victims of the burst of the housing market in the 2008 economic crisis is fine — even if Bahrani’s strained seriousness makes it a hard film to like. What’s not so fine is that, when all is said and done, it’s a very old-fashioned morality play. If DeMille had made it 90 years ago, he would have capped it off with a title reading, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

— in Olde English lettering.

The attempt to find a broader audience by using name (but not box office draw) actors, and the fact that the film is less contemplative (read: faster-paced) than the usual Bahrani fare, doesn’t keep it from being every inch an indie — right down to its obnoxious musical score — and a prickly one. The market for a movie about the American Dream becoming the American Nightmare is small to say the least, and it’s whittled down even further by having a script that never cracks a smile. It’s as if it’s far too high-minded for that sort of thing, and maybe it is, but it’s stifling its own message in the bargain.

The film stars Andrew Garfield as Dennis Nash, a nice guy who lives with his mother (Laura Dern) and his son (Noah Lomax) in the old family home (a non-descript 1970s piece of Florida suburbia) until he misses three mortgage payments. This results in him finding the sheriff’s department and unscrupulous real estate broker Rick Carver (Michael Shannon) on his front porch evicting him, leaving most of his possessions on the street and his family taking up residency in a rundown motel filled with people just like them. Through circumstances that could only be called contrived, Nash ends up working for Carver, quickly advancing from grunt labor to a full-blown protege, and slowly losing his own sense of humanity in the process.

It’s all well-done and well-acted.

But, while aspects of it are undeniably powerful and important, its trajectory is awfully apparent early on. With each increasingly predictable move, 99 Homes loses some of its punch. By the time it arrives at its conclusion — dealt from a very stacked deck — its power has significantly diminished. Yes, both Garfield and Shannon are excellent. Bahrani’s direction is solidly workmanlike (with one brilliant shot that goes on too long). But, for me, it’s not enough to justify almost two solid hours of hard luck and moral crises. Rated R for language, including some sexual references, and a brief violent image.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas and Regal Biltmore Grande.

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Pan

HHH Director: Joe Wright (Anna Karenina) plaYers: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Adeel Akhtar, Amanda Seyfried FantasY aDventure Rated the storY: An attempt at creating an origins story for Peter Pan. the lowDown: A deeply disappointing film from an incredibly talented filmmaker. It sometimes works. More often, it doesn’t. It’s mostly watchable, but it’s a lot of fuss over not much. Think of it as Peter Pan: The YA Years If you were to tell me that there was a movie that told the story of Peter Pan as an orphan sold into slavery by evil nuns and parceled off to Neverland by pirates in a flying galleon, I’d be intrigued. If you then told me that he’d be forced — with a lot of other lost boys of varying ages who sing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for no apparent reason — to work in a mine in search of some kind of crack cocaine fairy dust that Blackbeard the Pirate huffs through a steampunk-ish face mask in order

to retain immortality, I’d say, “Sign me up.” And, yes, all those things — along with natives who vanish in a puff of brightly colored smoke when killed, Smee played like a Cockney Jew and a prophecy that makes Peter into some kind of Kwisatz Haderach — are in Joe Wright’s Pan. Unfortunately, this sounds a hell of a lot more interesting than it plays — something that causes me no joy to relate.

Despite having been underwhelmed by the trailer, I really had held out some hope for Pan. I knew the critical populace had been down on it, but that mattered little (if at all) to me. This was, after all, a Joe Wright picture, and I have liked everything (well, not so much 2009’s The Soloist) he’s made — except for Anna Karenina (2012), which I absolutely loved and still do. The problem is this new film simply does not work. Oh, I don’t think it’s as bad as has been claimed, but neither is it good. What it lacks more than anything is a sense of whimsy. Good Lord, Anna Karenina was more whimsical, and it was a tragedy. This is a fantasy and is almost completely whimsy-less. All too often, when it should soar, it lays there like a landed fish gasping for breath. Oh, there are moments when it works, but they remain moments in search of a film that almost isn’t there.

Wright has said that he made Pan for his children. The last time I heard a filmmaker say that was when Roman Polanski made his 2005 Oliver Twist. The results there were a solid enough version of the story with no real personality. Pan has personality, but isn’t solid in any sense of the concept. It’s certainly busy — at being busy to no real end. For all its downright bizarre trimmings, the story is rather dull. Peter (newcomer Levi Miller) is an orphan with mommy issues and a destiny, and that’s about it as far as his character is concerned. The word “generic” comes to mind. The idea of him being friends with Hook (a dreadful Garrett Hedlund doing a bargain-basement Indiana Jones) doesn’t go anywhere — unless you count ham-fisted foreshadowings of Hook minus a hand as going somewhere. Having Peter’s panpipe (get it?) necklace turn out to be a literal key is almost clever, but that doesn’t keep the thing from looking like one of those corrugated keys used on toilet paper dispensers in public restrooms.

What is most dismaying, though, is that Pan — with all its bright colors and strange imagery — isn’t all that stylish. That’s something I never thought I’d say about a Joe Wright film. Here, however, so much of the movie is given over to CGI effects that it loses any individual signature. The effects are driving the big scenes while Wright seems to be an onlooker. But even that doesn’t explain why Rooney Mara in a Carmen Miranda headdress just looks silly, rather than exotic or even enjoyably campy.

In fact, the only camp element is Hugh Jackman’s Blackbeard, and that’s a creation that works in fits and starts in its combination of over-the-top flamboyance and outright creepiness.

In the end, what we’re left with is a collection of odd ideas that never seem moored to much of anything. You get some Nirvana here, some Ramones there, a little bit of steampunk tossed in and ... what? Because of the anachronistic pop songs, it’s been inevitably likened to Baz Luhrmann. But where Luhrmann could weave such into a fantastic tapestry, Wright serves up slabs that don’t seem like part of a vision. They’re just there. What I think we have mostly is a movie afraid to live up to its own inherent insanity — and that’s a great pity.

I imagine it’s fine for kids (though I’ve seen it suggested that it’s too disturbing), but, all in all, you’d be better off breaking out P.J. Hogan’s 2003 Peter Pan, which manages to be whimsical, stylish and a little dangerous. Rated PG for fantasy action violence, language and some thematic material.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

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REtuRN to SPAMALot: Asheville Community Theatre hosts a 40th anniversary screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The event is cosponsored by the Grail Moviehouse, whose name is inspired by the comedy classic. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures

• To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Asheville Community Theatre is hosting a screening of the comedy classic Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the forthcoming downtown theater Grail Moviehouse, whose name was divined when partners and co-owners davida horwitz and steve white saw ACT’s production of Spamalot last year with all five of their children in tow.

“We’ve always been Python fans, but that performance of ‘Find Your Grail’ made an impact. We were already looking for a location for our theater, but hadn’t settled on a name yet,” White says. “When we approached ACT, they were immediately on board with the idea. We’ve found kindred spirits when it comes to wonderfully silly movies.”

Tickets are $8 (plus a $2 fee) and available online through the ACT box office or at the theater. ashevilletheatre.org • The latest one-day workshop from award-winning documentarian Kevin peer is titled “Hands-On Field Production: Digital Cinematography, Lighting and Sound” and takes place Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Marshall High Studios.

The day will be devoted to learning the core elements of digital cinematography, lighting and sound recording that will allow aspiring filmmakers to bring their vision to vibrant life. While the workshop will cover the basics, it will also go beyond that to provide students with the tools they need to take

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their existing level of camerawork and lighting to a more compelling and subtle level. Bringing one’s own camera and tripod is encouraged but not required.

Additional workshops on different topics will be offered in November and December. The cost is $175 for a single workshop, but students who sign up for multiple classes receive a discounted rate. avl.mx/1g2 • Asheville School of Film is offering a weekend seminar on location sound recording Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The course will teach students the craft of professional audio as it applies to capturing dialogue and sound effects on location. Instructor sid williams is a renowned local sound engineer with experience on numerous national and regional projects, including The Hunger Games. The cost is $175 for the weekend and includes access to all necessary sound equipment.

Sign-ups are also open for an eight-week Screenwriting 101 course that starts Monday, Nov. 9, 6:30-9:30 p.m. This class will meet weekly and be taught by screenwriter rodney rogers. The course is a detailed instruction on the process of screenwriting and will explore the craft using appropriate writing exercises.

It will guide students through the development of a personal screenplay, teleplay or series. The course costs $495, and a $99 deposit is due

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Cobra HHHH

Crimes and Misdemeanors HHHHH

Director: Joseph Henabery Players: Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Casson Ferguson, Gertrude Olmstead ROMANTIC DRAMA Rated NR Rudolph Valentino’s penultimate film, Cobra (1925), is something of an oddity. Cobra (no, the title doesn’t refer to Valentino) is essentially a drawing room romantic drama done in the typical Hollywood style of the era. The camera is nailed down (the one shot where it moves is startling just because it feels out of place) and there’s a tendency for scenes to look like they were blocked for the stage. There’s a reason that director Joseph Henabery would be relegated to short films by the dawn of sound and is best remembered for his brief turn playing Lincoln in D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915). And, despite striking sets by William Cameron Menzies (and an uncredited Natacha Rambova, who was also Mrs. Valentino), that reason is on display here — but it also contains one of Valentino’s best and most subtle performances. As Count Rodrigo Torriani — a down-on-his-luck Italian aristocrat with a weakness for women and a fine knowledge of antiques — Valentino is fascinating from first to last. Cobra may be rather indifferent cinema, and it’s certainly undistinguished melodrama, but it presents a compelling performance from its star.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Cobra Sunday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

Director: Woody Allen Players: Woody Allen, Alan Alda, Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston DRAMA COMEDY Rated R If Crimes and Misdemeanors isn’t Woody Allen’s best blending of drama and comedy, it’s most certainly in the running (and beats the pants off his 2005 white-bread, wholly dramatic reworking of similar material, Match Point). It may also be the filmmaker’s most intensely Jewish work. Jewishness, of course, is rarely far removed from any Allen film, but, in Crimes and Misdemeanors, he addresses it more directly than usual — even more so than in the more-comedic Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), where his character dabbled in a variety of other religions in a search for meaning. (That he finally finds a reason to live by watching four Jewish comedians — the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup — is hardly coincidental.) In Crimes and Misdemeanors, however, the question of being a Jew — the beliefs it entails, the doubts generated by Jewish intellectualism, the capacity for guilt — is at the center of the film. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Crimes and Misdemeanors Friday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, www. ashevillecourtyard.com

International House HHHHS

Director: David Cronenberg Players: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Henry Beckman, Nuala Fitzgerald, Cindy Hinds HORROR Rated R The Brood (1979) may reasonably be considered the first of David Cronenberg’s mature films. It’s undeniably the first that afforded him the presence of two actual stars — Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar. It’s also the first that is clearly about more than it seems, which only serves to make its excursions into Cronenbergian “body horror” even more horrific. The premise has disturbed wife-and-mother Nola Carveth (Eggar) undergoing a series of experimental treatments at a controversial, unorthodox center run by Dr. Hal Raglan (Reed). Raglan’s approach is to externalize — quite literally — the patients’ problems and anger. The question is whether he mightn’t be succeeding too well. The bulk of the film’s mayhem comes from murderous small creatures in hooded Dr. Dentons who aren’t children — or even human — yet resemble nothing else. That sounds amusing, but it doesn’t play that way. More disturbing, though, is the fact that, underneath, the film is about child abuse. The levels in which it deals with the topic are varied, ranging from the fantasticated (the idea of the rage of an abused child literally manifesting itself) to the disturbingly suggestive (that the pattern will continue from generation to generation). Few horror films have ever dared to explore such territory.

The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Brood Thursday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

The Brood HHHHS Director: A. Edward Sutherland Players: W.C. Fields, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bela Lugosi, Stuart Erwin, Cab Calloway PRE-CODE COMEDY Rated NR With International House, the Asheville Film Society celebrates not its star, its strangeness, nor its Pre-Code freedom, but rather the birthday (the 133rd) of horror icon Bela Lugosi, who here (despite his billing) had probably his best non-horror role. A friend of mine once summed up A. Edward Sutherland’s International House (1933) by running down the cast list and concluding, “You need own no other movie.” I won’t go that far, but the cast is what makes this silly musical-comedy a joy to behold. The story — about company reps showing up in Wu Hu, China, to buy Dr. Wong’s (Edmund Breese) radioscope (a remarkable form of television) — is merely an excuse for an exotic setting, musical numbers and comedy routines. The racy nature of much of this — especially a musical number with girls in cellophane, pasties and very little else — was one of the things that helped usher in the production code. Even years later, when the film was on TV, Cab Calloway’s “Reefer Man” musical number was often cut out. But don’t worry, it’s here now — along with every double entendre (some are almost single entendres) and scantily-clad chorus girls. The Asheville Film Society will screen International House Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

The Exorcist HHHHH Director: William Friedkin Players: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb HORROR Rated R For the Halloween season, the Asheville Film Society has booked — from a new DCP rendering of the movie — William Friedkin’s horror classic The Exorcist (1973). Friedkin’s film treatment of William Peter Blatty’s best-selling novel about a young girl possessed by a demon originally seemed more an “event” than a great movie. Its popularity had less to do with any intrinsic merit than with the fact that it contained the most overt depictions of horror ever seen in a mainstream film at the time. Friedkin pioneered such in-your-face grotesqueries in a way that earned him a place alongside James Whale (for Frankenstein) or Alfred Hitchcock (for Psycho) in the history of the horror film. Then came the “new and improved” version of the film, familiarly known as Exorcist 2000 for advertising purposes. However, unlike so many attempts to improve on older films, this one actually lived up to its promise, revealing a depth to the film that actually proves it is a great film after all. It isn’t so much the new version’s added horrors that enhance it as it is that depth of content. There are some “subliminal” inserts, which serve no real function, though they aren’t intrusive. The “spider walk,” on the other hand (in which Linda Blair contortedly descends the stairs), does make the film play more logically, bringing the story to a pitch that makes the subsequent events seem more believably structured. A supreme shudder in a film full of them — and here’s a chance to see it on the big screen. The Asheville Film Society is showing The Exorcist Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 8:00 p.m. at The Carolina Asheville as part of the Budget Big Screen Series. Admission is $6 for AFS members and $8 for the general public. Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther will introduce the film.

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Marketplace rea l e s tat e | r e n ta l s | r o o m m ates | serv ices | job s | a n n ou n cements | m i nd, bo dy, spi r i t cl as s e s & w or k s hop s | m u s ic ia n s’ serv ices | pets | a u tomotiv e | x c hang e | adult Want to advertise in Marketplace? 828-251-1333 x111 tnavaille@mountainx.com • mountainx.com/classifieds If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Remember the Russian proverb: “Doveryai, no proveryai,” trust but verify. When answering classified ads, always err on the side of caution. Especially beware of any party asking you to give them financial or identification information. The Mountain Xpress cannot be responsible for ensuring that each advertising client is legitimate. Please report scams to ads@mountainx.com REAL ESTATE real estate LAND FOR SALE 30.32 ACRES • SWANNANOA VALLEY Full southern exposure, water, good timber, easy sloping, w/many building sites. 15 minutes to Asheville. $7,500/acre. Purcell Realty and Associates. Call 828279-8562. realti@hotmail.com

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$150/day (2-day minimum), $650/ week, $1500/month. Weaverville area. • No pets please. (828) 6589145. mhcinc58@yahoo.com

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HOMES FOR RENT LOOKING FOR EXECUTIVE RENTAL LONG TERM Looking for high quality long term home/ condo for rent up to 2-3 years.

In or near downtown Asheville.

Min 3 bedrooms or 2 bedrooms plus den. Furnished /unfurnished.

Executive couple relocating from Canada. Excellent references. 250 364 8781 gregory.m.belland@ gmail.com

SHORT-TERM RENTALS 15 MINUTES TO ASHEVILLE Guest house, vacation/short term rental in beautiful country setting. • Complete with everything including cable and internet. •

eMployMent GENERAL DELUXE OPPORTUNITY -- 13 YEAR OLD SOLID COMPANY An Asheville based art glass supply company is looking for someone to join our crew. We are looking for people who want to be recognized for working hard and treated with respect. Our entry level job involves preparing and packing orders for shipment.

Other responsibilities would involve pulling customer orders in the warehouse. Employees must be able to lift 50 Lb boxes during the day. This is an entry level position, however, ideal candidate would show potential for advancement to other areas of the company. We prefer to promote from

within and are a progressive fast growing company. Please submit your best resume and cover letter.

Tell us a little about yourself, hobbies interests etc. References from former employers and letters of recommendation are good to see as well. This is a full time position starting at $11.50 per hour. Hours are Monday -- Friday 9:30am to 5:30pm. Benefits include health care, profit sharing, 401K, paid vacations, paid breaks, and lunch for everyone on Fridays. Reviews are conducted at 6 month intervals to determine promotions and pay increases. We are a Fair Wage Certified company. No Phone Calls Please. Applicants MUST live in the Asheville area to be considered. Please Email : hiringavl@ yahoo.com GRAY LINE TROLLEY SEEKS DIESEL MECHANIC Opening for experienced diesel mechanic; minimum 5 years verifiable experience; certifications a plus; must have own tools; part-time, possible full-time. Jonathan@GrayLineAsheville.com; 828-251-8687; www.GrayLineAsheville.com HOLIDAY STAFF WANTED – THE NORTH CAROLINA ARBORETUM The North Carolina Arboretum is looking for temporary holiday staff for the 2015 Winter Lights Holiday Light show.

Temporary hourly employees will be paid $10-$15 depending on position and experience; typical hours are 5:30PM-10:30PM. The show runs from November 20thJanuary 2nd. For more information and instructions of how to apply visit our website at: http:// www.ncarboretum.org/aboutus/employment/

JOBS PART TIME LEAD & ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS Engineering for Kids - Looking for lead and assistant instructors to teach after school program weekday afternoons 4-12 hours/week. 828279-2553 asheville@engineeringforkids.com SEEKING A REWARDING JOB? Mountain Xpress employment Classifieds are effective at pairing local employers with qualified candidates. Visit our desktop or mobile site at mountainx.com/ classifieds to browse additional online-only job listings OR post a personalized “Jobs Wanted” ad for extra exposure during your search. Check our jobs page often, and be the first to apply! mountainx.com/classifieds

ADMINISTRATIVE/ OFFICE CLIENT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE You will be the initial point of contact with our clients. Desire to serve disadvantaged populations. 40hrs/week; 8-5pm, $11.00 to $12.50 an hour email: EllenS@ ontrackwnc.org Deadline: Oct. 28 828-255-5166 www.ontrackwnc.org DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT Development Assistant will provide administrative support to the Development Department of Asheville Humane Society.

20 hrs. p/wk. See full posting at http://www.ashevillehumane.org/ job-openings.php Send resume, cover letter to telliott@ashevillehumane.org. No phone calls.

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FINANCE COORDINATOR Children First/CIS and The Mediation Center are hiring a Finance Coordinator to be responsible for the bookkeeping and accounting activities. For more information visit www.childrenfirstcisbc.org

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

DRIVERS/ DELIVERY FEMALE DRIVER NEEDED Visually impaired, active senior citizen living in South Asheville looking for female driver. Need rides to Southeastern Sports Medicine pool, doctor appointments, and errands. Car needs room for lightweight walker. Days are flexible.

Please call: 828-785-1397.

MEDICAL/ HEALTH CARE MAXIM HEALTHCARE IS LOOKING FOR CNA'S, LPN'S, AND RN'S Maxim Healthcare is looking for CNA’s, LPN’s, and RN’s in the Asheville and surrounding area to work in Home Healthcare. Call 828-299-4388 or email dapolich@maxhealth.com if interested. 828-299-4388 dapolich@maxhealth.com

AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Haywood and Buncombe Counties Clinician, Team Leader - Assertive Community Treatment Team – (ACTT) We are seeking a passionate, valuesdriven and dynamic professional to oversee our Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT), which primarily serves Haywood County. ACTT is an evidencebased, multi-disciplinary, community-based service which supports individuals with severe psychiatric disorders in remaining in the community and experiencing mental health recovery. We have a deep commitment to our ACTT services because, over the years, we have seen that is a service that truly makes a difference in the lives of the people that struggle the most with mental health challenges.

Our ACTT staff have been known to describe the work as the “hardest job that you will ever love”.

Come be part of our rural team and experience if for yourself!

Master’s Degree in Human Services required. Two years’ experience with adults with Mental Health, Substance Abuse or Development Disability required.

Haywood County Driver/Peer Support Specialist – SAIOP This is a part-time position only. Hours are for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Driver is responsible for providing transportation for clients attending substance abuse group and returning them to their location after group ends

at 8pm. This person will be in recovery him/herself and will also be co-facilitating the substance abuse groups. • Must Have: valid driver license with no restrictions, current vehicle liability insurance, motor vehicle record free of driving violations, pass a post-offer/ pre-employment drug test, and moderate computer skills. Jackson County Nurse – Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) Seeking an RN, or LPN, to join our Jackson County Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. The ACTT nurse is responsible for conducting psychiatric assessments; assessing physical needs; making appropriate referrals to community physicians; providing management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist; providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation and support services; and sharing shiftmanagement responsibility with the ACTT Coordinator. Employee must have a valid driver's license without violations or restrictions, which could prevent completing all required job functions. Full or Part time applicants welcome.

Support Services Coordinator The responsibilities of this position include technical support for all support staff, conducting monthly on-site support/training with all support staff and quarterly support staff meetings. This individual will be directly responsible for supervising and assuring coverage in Jackson County and assist in orchestrating coverage for support staff agency wide when they use PTO or need emergency leave. Applicants must demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills, have strong

computer literacy skills and a minimum of two years supervisory experience. This position requires travel throughout all counties that Meridian serves. Haywood and Jackson Counties Clinician – Offender Services Meridian is seeking a therapist to be a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team, providing assessment, individual and group therapy services to sex offenders and their non-offending partners within a structured Sexual Abuse Intervention Program (SAIP) and to domestic violence abusers and their families within a structured Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP). Prior clinical experience working with sexual offenders and an understanding of the dynamics of sexual deviance strongly preferred as well as familiarity with relevant research literature, clinical assessments, procedures and methods, particularly those designed for sexual offenders. Demonstrated interpersonal skills and the ability to establish rapport and maintain objectivity with a criminal or forensic population is a necessity. Masters Degree in a human services field and licensure as a Professional Counselor or Clinical Social Worker or Psychological Associate is required. At least one year of supervised clinical experience is required, preferably in a community mental health center setting.

Services provided in Haywood, Jackson, and Cherokee County.

Macon County Clinician - Recovery Education Center (REC) Seeking passionate, values-driven and dynamic professional to join our Macon County Recovery Education Center. This program reflects a unique design which integrates educational, clinical and

Expected occupancy in December 2015!

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freewill astrology arIes (March 21-april 19): Here's actor Bill Murray's advice about relationships: "If you have someone that you think is The One, don't just say, 'OK, let's pick a date. Let's get married.' Take that person and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to go to places that are hard to go to and hard to get out of. And if, when you come back, you're still in love with that person, get married at the airport." In the coming weeks, Aries, I suggest you make comparable moves to test and deepen your own closest alliances. See what it's like to get more seriously and deliriously intimate. taUrUs (april 20-May 20): Some firefighters use a wetter kind of water than the rest of us. It contains a small amount of biodegradable foam that makes it ten times more effective in dousing blazes. With this as your cue, I suggest you work on making your emotions "wetter" than usual.

By that I mean the following: When your feelings arise, give them your reverent attention. Marvel at how mysterious they are. Be grateful for how much life force they endow you with. Whether they are relatively "negative" or "positive," regard them as interesting revelations that provide useful information and potential opportunities for growth.

GeMInI (May 21-June 20): Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is a BBC TV min-series set in the early 19th century. It's the fictional story of a lone wizard, Mr. Norrell, who seeks to revive the art of occult magic so as to accomplish practical works, like helping the English navy in its war against the French navy. Norrell is pleased to find an apprentice, Jonathan Strange, and draws up a course of study for him. Norrell tells Strange that the practice of magic is daunting, "but the study is a continual delight." If you're interested in taking on a similar challenge, Gemini, it's available. cancer (June 21-July 22): We humans have put buttons on clothing for seven millennia. But for a long time these small knobs and disks were purely ornamental -- meant to add beauty but not serve any other function. That changed in the 13th century, when our ancestors finally got around to inventing buttonholes. Buttons could then serve an additional purpose, providing a convenient way to fasten garments. I foresee the possibility of a comparable evolution in your personal life, Cancerian. You have an opening to dream up further uses for elements that have previously been one-dimensional. Brainstorm about how you might expand the value of familiar things. leo (July 23-aug. 22): You would be wise to rediscover and revive your primal innocence. If you can figure out how to shed a few shreds of your sophistication and a few slivers of your excess dignity, you will literally boost your intelligence.

That's why I'm inviting you to explore the kingdom of childhood, where you can encounter stimuli that will freshen and sweeten your adulthood.

Your upcoming schedule could include jumping in mud puddles, attending parties with imaginary friends, having uncivilized fun with wild toys, and drinking boisterously from fountains of youth.

VIrGo (aug. 23-sept. 22): While still a young man, Virgo author Leo Tolstoy wrote that "I have not met one man who is morally as good as I am." He lived by a strict creed. "Eat moderately" was one of his "rules of life," along with "Walk for an hour every day." Others were equally stern: "Go to bed no later than ten o'clock," "Only do one thing at a time," and "Disallow flights of imagination unless necessary." He did provide himself with wiggle room, however. One guideline allowed him to sleep two hours during the day. Another specified that he could visit a brothel twice a month. I'd love for you to be inspired by Tolstoy's approach, Virgo. Now is a favorable time to revisit your own rules of life. As you refine and recommit yourself to these fundamental disciplines, be sure to give yourself enough slack.

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lIbra (sept. 23-oct. 22): Many astronomers believe that our universe began with the Big Bang.

An inconceivably condensed speck of matter exploded, eventually expanding into thousands of billions of stars. It must have been a noisy event, right? Actually, no. Astronomers estimate that the roar of the primal eruption was just 120 decibels -- less than the volume of a live rock concert. I suspect that you are also on the verge of your own personal Big Bang, Libra. It, too, will be relatively quiet for the amount of energy it unleashes. scorpIo (oct. 23-nov. 21): For now, you are excused from further work on the impossible tasks that have been grinding you down. You may take a break from the unsolvable riddles and cease your exhaustive efforts. And if you would also like to distance yourself from the farcical jokes the universe has been playing, go right ahead. To help enforce this transition, I hereby authorize you to enjoy a time of feasting and frolicking, which will serve as an antidote to your baffling trials. And I hereby declare that you have been as successful at weathering these trials as you could possibly be, even if the concrete proof of that is not yet entirely visible. saGIttarIUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): One afternoon in September, I was hiking along a familiar path in the woods. As I passed my favorite grandmother oak, I spied a thick, six-foot-long snake loitering on the trail in front of me. In hundreds of previous visits, I had never before seen a creature bigger than a mouse. The serpent's tail was hidden in the brush, but its head looked more like a harmless gopher snake's than a dangerous rattler's. I took the opportunity to sing it three songs. It stayed for the duration, then slipped away after I finished. What a great omen! The next day, I made a tough but liberating decision to leave behind a good part of my life so as to focus more fully on a great part. With or without a snake sighting, Sagittarius, I foresee a comparable breakthrough for you sometime soon. caprIcorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Canadian author Margaret Atwood has finished a new manuscript. It's called Scribbler Moon. But it won't be published as a book until the year 2114. Until then, it will be kept secret, along with the texts of many other writers who are creating work for a "Future Library." The project's director is conceptual artist Katie Paterson, who sees it as a response to George Orwell's question, "How could you communicate with the future?" With this as your inspiration, Capricorn, try this exercise: Compose five messages you would you like to deliver to the person you will be in 2025. aQUarIUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Every hour of your life, millions of new cells are born to replace old cells that are dying. That's why many parts of your body are composed of an entirely different collection of cells than they were years ago. If you are 35, for example, you have replaced your skeleton three times. Congratulations! Your creativity is spectacular, as is your ability to transform yourself.

Normally these instinctual talents aren't nearly as available to you in your efforts to recreate and transform your psyche, but they are now. In the coming months, you will have extraordinary power to revamp and rejuvenate everything about yourself, not just your physical organism. pIsces (Feb. 19-March 20): The coming weeks will NOT be a favorable time to seek out allies you don't even like that much or adventures that provide thrills you have felt a thousand times before. But the near future will be an excellent time to go on a quest for your personal version of the Holy Grail, a magic carpet, the key to the kingdom, or an answer to the Sphinx's riddle. In other words, Pisces, I advise you to channel your yearning toward experiences that steep your heart with a sense of wonder. Don't bother with anything that degrades, disappoints, or desensitizes you.

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peer support components in a center-based milieu. To be considered, an applicant should be familiar with the recovery paradigm of mental health and substance abuse services. A Master’s degree and license eligibility are also required. Macon and Haywood Counties Employment Support Professional (ESP) Supported Employment The ESP functions as part of a team that implements employment services based on the SE-IPS model.

The team’s goal is to support individuals who have had challenges with obtaining and/or maintaining employment in the past and to obtain and maintain competitive employment moving forward. The ESP is responsible for engaging clients and establishing trusting, collaborative relationships that result in the creation of completion of individualized employment goals. The ESP will support the client through the whole employment process and provide a variety of services at each state to support the individual in achieving their employment goals. Transylvania County Clinicians & Team Leader - Child and Family Services Seeking licensed/associate licensed therapist for an exciting opportunity to serve youth and their families through individual and group therapy, working primarily out of the local schools. Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Graduate of an accredited Certified Medical Assistant program and CMA certification with AAMA or AMT required. Two years of related experience preferred, preferably in an outpatient medical office setting. Clinician, Team Leader – Community Support Team (CST) We are seeking a passionate, values-driven and dynamic professional to oversee our Community Support Team (CST), serving Transylvania County. CST is a community-based mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation service, which provides support through a team approach to adults. Licensed Professional or Associate level Licensed Professional required.

Substance Abuse credential preferred. At least one year of supervised, clinical experience is required. This is a new service for Transylvania County, requiring someone who can confidently manage a team of three and is comfortable working with the challenges of bringing up a new service. Peer Support Specialist – Community Support Team (CST) Being a Peer Support Specialist provides an opportunity for individuals to transform their own personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction challenges into a tool for inspiring hope for recovery in others. We currently have a vacancy for a Peer Support Specialist on our Community Support Team (CST), serving Transylvania County. CST is a community-based mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation service, which provides support through a team approach to adults. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and have moderate computer skills. Qualified Professional (QP) – Community Support Team (CST) We are seeking a passionate, values-driven and dynamic Qualified Substance Abuse or Mental Health Professional to join our Community Support Team (CST), serving Transylvania County. CST is a community-based mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation service, which provides support through a team approach to adults. Individual must meet state requirements to serve adults with either mental health or substance use challenges and be comfortable working as part of a small, three-person team. AGENCYWIDE Peer Support Specialist Peers Assisting in Community Engagement (PACE) Being a

Peer Support Specialist provides an opportunity for individuals to transform their own personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction challenges into a tool for inspiring hope for recovery in others. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and have moderate computer skills. Clinician Peers Assisting in Community Engagement (PACE) Clinician will be providing ongoing therapy with individuals and clinical support to the peer support team. The position will involve travel and community-based work in multiple counties. A Master’s degree and license eligibility are required. PACE provides structured and scheduled activities for adults age 18 and older with a diagnosis of Mental Health and Substance Use disorders. • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org CHILD/ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH POSITIONS IN HAYWOOD, JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES Positions available in Haywood & Jackson Counties. Licensed/provisional therapists to provide Outpatient, Day Treatment or Intensive Inhome services to children/adolescents with mental health diagnoses. Therapists must have current NC therapist license. Apply by submitting resume to telliot@ jcpsmail.org CHILD/ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH POSITIONS IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY Jackson County Psychological Services (in partnership with Meridian Behavioral Health) Is expanding school-based mental health services to Transylvania County Schools. We are currently recruiting for immediate therapist positions to work with elementary, middle and high school age students struggling with functional mental health issues in the Transylvania County Schools. We are also recruiting a therapist and a QP for an Intensive In-Home team that will begin on January 1, 2016. This is a great opportunity for gaining clinical experience, supervision, training and helping to bring responsive, high-quality mental health services to the schools of Transylvania County.

Interested candidates please submit a resume and cover letter to telliot@jcpsmail.org FOCUS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES Licensed or Provisionally Licensed LPC or LCSW to work with child/ adolescents at school based out-patient in Spruce Pine, NC. Full time position with benefits and gas stipend. or part time with gas stipend only. bbray@focusbhs.com FULLTIME INDEPENDENT LIVING SPECIALIST/ASHEVILLE The Independent Living Specialist is a strong voice for disability rights and independent living, working to assist consumers in maintaining their lives independently in the community. Promotes Disability Partners in the seven county service area and collaborates with community agencies to best assist the consumer to reach goals for independent living. The Independent Living Specialist will provide general information and referral for consumers and the community as requested. The Independent Living Specialist works as a team player to achieve the stated goals and objective of the all Pathways’ programs. Application packets can be picked up at the Disability Partners office at 108 New Leicester Hwy Asheville 28806 or requested via email at krowe@ disabilitypartners.org No phone calls please

LICENSED NUTRITIONIST (RD) We are a high-performing, nonprofit Community Action Agency created by the Economic Act of 1964 to end poverty. We are looking for a seasoned and skilled professional to fill a full-time management position. This position requires a unique individual with a variety of skills and talent to: • Support and assist the Health Services Program Manager with development and implementation of goals and objectives for the nutrition program according to state and federal standards.

• Provide nutrition services for children and families served by Community Action Opportunities. • Knowledge and skills in community nutrition issues. • Skilled in working with individuals from diverse backgrounds; respectful, team member, · Team player and team worker.

• Responsible for the Child Care Food Program (CCFP). • Provides Nutritional training to parents and teachers. • Assist teachers with lesson plans to teach nutritional and dietary concepts to children. • Identifies and plans or special dietary needs which include advising teachers and parents regarding special nutritional requirements for special needs children. • Manages all menu planning, food inventory, and food procurement. • Obtain child nutritional data through documenting and analyzing child screening and results and parent nutritional questionnaire. • Develop and implement monthly nutrition plans; make necessary nutrition plan changes and include special dietary needs. • Refers children with nutrition related medical concerns to appropriate health care providers. • Compiles and ensure accuracy of CCFP Reports. This position requires high attention to detail, high accuracy and quality standards in work. Must possess a valid North Carolina Driver License, and pass pre-employment background checks and physical. Education and experience: Graduation from a regionally- or CHEAaccredited four-year college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in foods and nutrition, dietetics or public health nutrition and be an NC Registered Dietitian. Also requires, at least, four years of experience as an RD in a public health or related setting and a minimum of two years managing commercial kitchen operations and supervising food service para-professionals. Prefer Master’s degree and fluency in Spanish Compensation: DOQ – plus a competitive benefit package. • CAO shall exclude from consideration of applicants who fail to comply with the following submittal requirements: Send resume, cover letter and complete contact information for three (3) professional references to: Human Resources Manager, 25 Gaston Street, Asheville, NC 28801 or email: Admin@communityactionopportunities.org Subject: Licensed Nutritionist (RD) Open until filled. EOE and DFWP • For complete job description to: www.communityactionopportunities.org PROGRAM DIRECTOR The Mediation Center is hiring a Program Director for the Family Visitation Program. For more information, please see www. mediatewnc.org/jobs

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RECRUITER/EXECUTIVE SEARCH CONSULTANT Mountain Management Group is seeking Executive Search Consultants with a great work ethic and willingness to learn. We offer the some of the best compensation and commission plans in the industry, exceptional training, unlimited earning potential, and outstanding advancement opportunities. If you are hardworking, self-motivated and an individual who enjoys helping others, we’d like to hear from you! No recruiting experience required. Email resume to info. mmg@mtnmg.com and start looking forward to Mondays!

TEACHING/ EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER We are a high-performing, nonprofit Community Action Agency created by the Economic Act of 1964 to end poverty and need a seasoned and skilled professional to fill a full-time management position. This position requires a unique individual with a variety of skills and talent to: • Develop annual program plans, goals, objectives and procedures based on Head Start Performance Standards and other applicable directives, state licensing and professional accreditation requirements • Support and promote directly and indirectly, the developmental status of CAO’s Head Start children, may make home visits and attend/facilitate parent conferences • Oversee and ensure staffing adequacy in classrooms; • Create, implement, monitor and evaluate effectiveness of annual comprehensive professional development program to ensure all Education staff meet and maintain required credentials & licenses. • Respectfully supervise and support, counsel and team with professional Early Childhood Education Supervisors who supervise classroom staff and service delivery. • Ensure appropriate actions related to and maintain records of classroom monitoring, student developmental screenings/assessments, child progress reports, home visits, parent conferences, etc. Conduct periodic classroom observations of staff/children and provide consulting/technical assistance support as needed.

• Designate, recommend and monitor procurement of teaching materials and equipment. • Help to design and ensure implementation of the School Readiness Plan including the plan of action to achieve the CAO Head Start school readiness goals. • For complete job description go to: www.communityactionopportunities.org • Requires: A valid North Carolina Driver License, the ability to obtain a NC Division of Child Development Criminal Record Check qualifying letter and pass pre-employment background checks, TB screen and a physical examination. Also Requires: Graduation from a regionally- or CHEA-accredited four year college or university with a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and at least five years of related experience with preschool children, including three years of administrative, supervisory and training experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Prefer bilingual in Spanish. Compensation is DOQ and includes generous benefit package CAO shall exclude applicants from consideration who fail to comply with

the following submittal requirements: Send resume, cover letter and complete contact information for three (3) professional references to: Mail or Delivery: Human Resources Manager, 25 Gaston Street, Asheville, NC 28801 Email: admin@communityactionopportunities.org Sub: Early Childhood Education Program Manager EEO/DFWP Open until filled.

Interviews to begin mid- to late October.

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