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Affordable housing deserves part of hotel tax If you had a choice to give one penny so that there would be more affordable housing, would that be a hardship, or would you gladly contribute?

We have all noticed in dismay hotels cropping up like mushrooms, while the number of homeless people increases daily. We are in a severe housing crisis in Asheville, over 5,000 units short of affordable housing!

Did you know that each time someone checks into a hotel, they pay a hotel tax? It’s 6 cents. If only 1 cent of every room tax was contributed to the Home Trust Fund, we would collect $1.8 million per year!

Think about what a difference that would make to our housing shortage!

Housing is a civil right, yes? Ask Rodney; he has been waiting for a place to live for almost two years! He works a full-time job, and yet he cannot afford a space and has been put on a waiting list!

Can you imagine working and not having housing? Can you imagine what it is like to live in a tent, no matter the weather? Can you imagine getting up each day, looking for a bathroom to try and clean yourself

and dress for work? Can you imagine trying to keep yourself functional through this ordeal?

Can you see where one penny can change lives? So would you contribute 1 cent? Will you be the one who stands up and says yes?

Please contact our state lawmakers and ask them to earmark one penny from the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority funds to go to creating affordable housing for the people of Asheville, many of whom work in hotels, restaurants, and other service industry jobs.

And please sign our online petition at www.belovedasheville.com. And while you are at it, consider asking City Council to pass mandatory inclusionary zoning, which means that every time something is built in our city, a percentage of what is developed is affordable housing.

So simple, so humane. We haven’t really lost our priorities, have we?

— Ariel Harris Asheville

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RINOs (Republicans in Name Only), it is comforting to see the progressive movement catching up.

Asheville’s City Council election reveals that PINOs (Progressives in Name Only) are a burgeoning phenomenon. Like your authentic conservative counterparts, you good folks on the left now have a matching opportunity to wring your hands over candidates who talk one thing to get elected and do another when in office. That’s what opportunism is all about — going with the temptations of convenience, reward and power over principles.

Hate to break this to those authentic progressives still attempting to steer Asheville left, but you’ve already lost. A quick glance at our blooming skyline and campaign donor trails reveals who’s really in charge.

Contrary to the spin, the moneypower thing has no more to do with conservatism than progressivism.

The Republican Party’s core principles center on America’s traditional success equation of liberty, opportunity and responsibility hitched to the same wagon. Political intrigue, crony capitalism, corrupt attorneys, opportunistic politicians and others who manipulate that formula are as deadly to my movement as yours.

For now, West Asheville remains a haven for working folks much like it was in generations past. Most of the rest of Asheville is in the hands of the people with the money. Pretty amazing how things — for the left as surely as the right — always circle back to the same color of green.

— Carl Mumpower Asheville

Park issue creates support for Haynes, Young I went to the candidates’ forum [Oct. 9] at A-B Tech and wow! I’m voting for Brian Haynes, Keith Young and Rich Lee. I’m not voting for Marc Hunt or Julie Mayfield.

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Question No. 1: Shall we have a park across from the basilica?

Brian Haynes: “When you are elected to office, you should do what the people want. And the people seem to want a park. It’s my job to go with the will of the people. Rather than say why a park can’t be done, I would see how it can be done. A park will not cost millions; we can get a lot of private donations and build it at a far lower cost. On this issue, either the people have a say-so, or the developers do. It’s that simple.”

Keith Young: “I agree. It’s up to the citizens, not the developers.” (All night long, he hit hard on the developers.

Thank you, sir.)

Rich Lee: “It should be a park as indicated in the Downtown Master Plan.” (I did not know that.)

And now, dancing around the issue: Marc Hunt: First, there was self-promotion. “I hate to toot my own horn,” he began and then proceeded to toot, listing all the green things he has done.

Finally, he said: No park. “Even the simplest park would cost $4 million.”

(Voters don’t believe that.)

After the forum, my friend and I got back into our car. I said, “So what did you think of Marc Hunt?” She said: “If he’s so green, why did he clear that space and then cover it in concrete and put a chain link fence around it?”

“What do you mean?” I asked. So she explained: “Marc Hunt is on City Council. They are the ones who voted to clear the space, cover it in concrete and put a chain link fence around it — so they can sell it to a developer!”

Julie Mayfield: Now this was masterful. “We need a significant public space (cheers). To create a park, we would need private donations (cheers). But if City Council cannot raise private donations, we will sell it to private developers (groan). Not a high-rise.

Not a hotel. Not a high-rise parking lot (cheers). Private developers can build a low-rise building with a public plaza.”

Hmm, sounds like she has a developer in mind. ...

Watch the video: http://avl.mx/1wo — Linda Brown Asheville Editor’s note: Based on reader feedback from the primary, Xpress has begun asking letter writers if they have any formal role in the campaigns of the candidates they are writing about.

Brown says she didn’t have a formal role when she wrote the letter, but has since become “captain of canvassing” for the Brian Haynes campaign.

Hunt, Mayfield and Simerly will accomplish great things I support Marc Hunt, Julie Mayfield and Lindsey Simerly for the City Council. Mr. Hunt has done an excellent job of representing the city as vice mayor. He listens to all of us.

Ms. Mayfield is a successful champion of protecting our mountain valley environment.

Ms. Simerly has shown a strong ability to implement our affordable housing programs and advocate for equality and opportunity.

I believe all three will accomplish tremendous things for our city and region. I look forward to voting for them on Nov. 3.

— David Nutter Asheville

Killing animals doesn’t ‘honor’ them I was struck by the oddity of the ideas expressed by Josephine Bloomfield, a butchery apprentice featured in your story, “Sacred Sacrifice: An Upcoming Butchering Workshop Focuses on Using and Honoring All Parts of the Animal” [Oct. 7, Xpress].

She said, “If I’m going to eat this animal, it means [it] has to sacrifice its life for me.”

Picking at random an Internet dictionary, I find “sacrifice” as a transitive verb defined [as] “to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else.” Unless Ms. Bloomfield is somehow obtaining informed consent from these animals, it seems inapt to attribute to them any sense of voluntariness about what is happening.

The animal is not “surrendering” or “giving up” anything, nor is it “permitting” itself to be killed; rather, its life is being taken by violent force against its will.

Continuing, Ms. Bloomfield says that she can “honor” the animal by “using every part of her.” I find this bizarre. If Ms. Bloomfield were to kill me, I don’t see that I would be “honored” by her consuming my flesh as opposed to leaving me to rot, using me as a crash-test dummy or scattering my ashes. Dead is dead. Perhaps the killer feels more

c art o o n b Y b r e n t b r o Wn honorable making specific choices about what happens to a carcass, but I think it delusional to believe that any such decision brings “honor” to the being that has been killed, which cannot possibly care.

Finally, Ms. Bloomfield says that honoring the animal means “respecting every part of” it. I cannot fathom how she has elevated respecting the parts of an animal’s carcass above respecting its very life.

I do not intend to condemn all eating of meat. I do, however, intend to condemn some of the vapid, self-serving, and frankly dishonest things we say to comfort and distract us from the ugly essence of what meat-eating requires: attacking, slaughtering and consuming a defenseless animal that is given no choice in the matter.

— Robert J. Woolley Asheville

bags. The signs say “no plastic bags.”

Duh — can people not read.

I propose that occasionally, there be a plastic patrol with folks at that location, catching the plastic baggers and telling them to take everything out of their bags and dispose in the correct bins. It could be a pop-up sort of thing so the transgressors will never know when they may be caught.

Wouldn’t be a bad idea to institute a fine as well. :) We all need to pay attention and help recycle what we can in an intelligent manner.

— Karen Johnson Buncombe County

Plastic patrol needed for errant recyclers

As one of the main voices in the award-winning documentary Blinders recently shown in your city, and having started the campaign to ban horsedrawn carriages in New York City in 2006, I take issue with a recent letter.

I stand with C.J. Sellers’ comments about the real possibility of an accident caused by a spooked horse in

I routinely deposit my recyclables (paper, cardboard and glass/plastic) every week and often see both paper and recyclables dumped in plastic

Carriage-horse accidents are real possibilities

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downtown Asheville [“Traffic Poses Danger to Downtown Horses,” Sept.

23, Xpress]. Unfortunately the letter by Susan Data-Samtak [“Article Needed on Actual Lives of Downtown Horses,” Oct. 7, Xpress] makes many pronouncements of something she obviously knows little about.

If being an “animal rights extremist” means having compassion for exploited carriage horses because they are unable to express their true nature; of having concern for them working nine hours a day, seven days a week with no breaks and little water between the shafts of their carriage, laden down with heavy equipment; and if it means acknowledging that putting horses in traffic is very foolish and a perfect storm brewing that may well result in a deadly accident that will make your city liable, then I proudly wear that label. That is being realistic based on facts.

But actually, it is those who want this exploitation of horses who are the true extremists — they like to call themselves “welfarists.”

A “welfarist” is someone who exploits animals for their own gain, pretending to know and care about their well-being — often to further the goal of making money off that animal’s back. It’s a contrived stance, based on lies. It’s selfish and has nothing to do with compassion or knowledge of an animal’s needs.

It’s about hubris and money.

Asheville: Do you really want to bring the very real possibility of a horrible accident to your city— something for which you will be morally and financially responsible?

— Elizabeth Forel President, Coalition to Ban

Horse-Drawn Carriages New York City

Backcountry cooking article raises questions C’mon, Mountain Xpress, what kind of journalism is this? Someone obviously didn’t do his homework.

The outdoor department manager at Mast General Store that you pictured and interviewed [in “Streamlined Cuisine: Backcountry Cooking Can Spice Up Outdoor Experiences,” Sept. 30, Xpress] does not backpack nor backcountry cook.

Did you even ask him?

Disappointed in you.

— Tamera Trexler Asheville

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ENTER THE OCTAGON: As the national profile of MMA gains popularity among sports fans, local gyms are attracting residents seeking to test their mettle against other fighters. Tony “Toe” Rogers, left, celebrates after his victory in a title match. At right, former women’s kickboxing champion Amanda Ballew, far left, poses with two of her students at Rogue Combat Club after a night of sparring. Left photo courtesy of Tony Rogers, right photo by Max Hunt.

MMA gaining popularity in WNC bY max hunt mhunt@mountainx.com Western North Carolinians looking to stay fit and blow off steam might turn to yoga or try outdoor activities like running, hiking or biking. But these days, growing numbers of area residents are taking their quest to a different level that includes armbars, takedowns and sometimes getting punched in the face.

First emerging in the U.S. during the 1980s, mixed martial arts started really gaining traction in the ’90s

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and has since taken the country by storm, becoming a multimillion-dollar business and inspiring a new generation of fighters to try their hand in the octagon.

Combining a variety of fighting styles, from jiujitsu to wrestling to kickboxing, MMA measures overall fighting ability and technique, eliminating the boundaries between traditional combat sports.

Professionals have seen the sport’s audience expand from an underground

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cult following to an international fan base. “Tough man” competitions have evolved into full-fledged pay-perview events; big money sponsors like Budweiser and Reebok have taken an active interest; and companies like the UFC and Bellator MMA have become major players in the sports world, spending millions in an effort to lure the sport’s top talent into their ranks and staging multifight events across the U.S. and around the world.

Meanwhile, here in WNC, several former professional fighters have opened their doors to folks wanting to expand their skills, improve their overall well-being and instill greater self-confidence.

And as the sport continues to grow, these trainers and students are finding their place amid the blood, sweat

and broken dreams of the national MMA scene.

“I’ve made every mistake a pro fighter can make,” proclaims johnny buck, who co-founded Rogue Combat Club on Biltmore Avenue.

But rather than harboring regrets, Buck has transmuted his experience into valuable lessons for students.

“I had nearly 30 fights and have been involved in all aspects of MMA: fighting, promoting, managing fighters, commentating and coaching,” says Buck, who fought under the moniker Buck Nasty before making the jump to trainer last year.

“That experience has given me a lot of insight that other trainers don’t have.”

Last year, he and former women’s kickboxing champion amanda

ballew rented the basement of Biltmore Fitness and began installing mats, equipment and an octagon, the eight-sided ring where fighters meet to do battle. Five to six days a week, the two teachers lead classes ranging from technique and fitness drills to sparring, seeing anywhere from five to 20 students per day.

“It’s really a mix,” says Buck, as students go through a grueling warmup regimen. “We have vegans, firefighters, people with no experience, others who are training to go pro.”

It’s a far cry from MMA’s origins, he notes. “The days of barroom brawlers are done. These men and women are supposed to be — and, in most cases, are — highly trained athletes.”

Mass appeal But MMA’s recent rise in popularity, continues Buck, is a doubleedged sword. “I’ve seen amateurs with 0-7 records, and promoters are still putting them on the cards to fill spots. Now, everyone with a Tapout shirt is an MMA fighter.” His criticism extends to the UFC — the sport’s premier promotional company — which he says is “pumping out poor-quality fights in mass numbers for a profit.”

Still, Buck sees Asheville as a prime place to stage fights, with one big caveat. “The biggest thing holding MMA back in WNC is the lack of legitimate promotion,” he maintains. “No matter how awesome your show is, if no one knows about it, no one comes.”

The best MMA shows, notes Buck, combine theatrics with physicality.

“You have your good guys and bad guys: You sell just as many tickets to support everyone’s favorite fighter as you would to watch the heel take a beating.”

Taking a page from professional wrestling, fighters enter the arena to their own theme music, often a popular, high-energy song. As in professional boxing, there are often ring announcers, scantily clad “ring girls” to signal the beginning of each round, color commentators and raffles or entertainment between fights.

Fights are generally three to five rounds, though few go the distance.

Fighters notch a win by landing a knockout, inducing an opponent to “tap out” (concede by means of a submission hold), or by decision,

based on the scores the three judges award for each round.

Rogue Combat, says Buck, aims to offer something for every student, “whether you want to be a big-name fighter, just love training or want to get in shape doing something fun.”

Those pursuing the sport solely as a fitness regimen can opt out of sparring. “MMA,” he explains, “isn’t just two people brawling in the cage every night: It can also allow the everyday athlete to get a great workout without the physical sparring and getting hit.” brie andrews, who’s trained with Buck since 2012, says MMA has enhanced her self-confidence and physical well-being. “When I started with him, I was over 200 pounds,” she reveals. Andrews has since lost 60 pounds and become a fixture at Rogue.

“It’s great cardio, and mentally, I feel like it helps you be more astute and aware of your surroundings,” she explains.

Andrews believes women’s role in the sport “still has a long way to go, but I think girls are definitely becoming more of a topic. Whereas before, you’d get laughed out of the room for saying you’re a female who did this.”

And though she hopes to eventually test her mettle in the octagon, “Right now, I’m just trying to get everything dialed in. There’s so many aspects of training: If you’re off on one point, you probably won’t do too well.”

In the meantime, the rewards of her progress under Buck’s tutelage are more personal than professional. “I find it therapuetic,” she says simply.

FroM the beginning Just outside Marshall, master tony rogers, a legend in the world of martial arts, is helping young fighters hone their skills. “I fought before people even knew what MMA was,” he says.

“Back then we called it ‘shootfighting,’ which was full contact, anything goes.”

After an injury ended his professional career, Rogers moved to Florida and began training up-and-coming fighters. But he soon grew disenchanted with the politics he encountered in big gyms. “I wanted to get back to the roots of teaching martial arts and working with individuals without all the political stuff getting in the way,” he explains.

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All iN THE fAmilY: ““I judge myself on my students,” says Tony Rogers, owner of Full Circle MMA in Marshall. Two of Rogers’ students practice against each other at a recent practice below. Photo by Max Hunt

at a time, but Rogers believes his approach allows for more hands-on instruction. “Most gyms operate on a money situation,” he says. “They just chuck [fighters] in there, and these kids get the hell beat out of them.”

For his part, says Rogers, “I judge myself on my students: You throw a good combination, I’m right there; you throw a good kick, I’m right there; you put your hand down, I’m right there telling you to pick it up.”

And while he says he’s “too old to have an ego,” Rogers’ résumé speaks for itself. Awards, letters and autographed photos cover a wall in his home; his students and colleagues have run the gamut from kickboxing champion jerry clarke to legendary trainer freddy roach, from chuck norris to grand master john pellegrini. “A lot of those people … have ranked me,” Rogers notes humbly.

At Full Circle, he offers training in both MMA and hapkido, a Korean martial art. Rogers’ students include men, women and children of all ages, including his own kids. “Both of my

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sons are good,” he exclaims proudly, adding, “Alex, my girl, she’s 8-2 [in fights].”

Rogers’ fighters have won belts and contests across the region. “todd ray, bruce gunter, ryan houston, ben perry — we’ve been very successful,” says Rogers, adding that while Full Circle receives no shortage of offers for fights around the Southeast, most aren’t local. “It would be really nice to have some more shows here in Asheville.”

Still, Rogers sees MMA’s growing popularity as a step in the right direction, particularly in regard to females’ role in the sport.

“I’ve waited a long time for women to finally get into it,” he says, praising UFC women’s bantamweight champion ronda rousey for bringing women out of the “back channels” of the MMA world. “We’ve always had women fighters — extremely talented. You just don’t see them.”

He hopes Rousey’s success will change that.

Rogers credits MMA’s recent success to the excitement it offers.

“People love blood sports, let’s face it. They loved boxing when Mike Tyson was in his prime. It’s always been that way.”

And as the number of fans and sponsorship opportunities continues to grow, Rogers hopes fighters will reap more of the rewards. Before going pro, he notes, “Many fighters have to pay a lot upfront. It gets kind of expensive.” But as the sport becomes more economically viable, he predicts, “You’ll start seeing fighters being able to earn a little more, which will help them through the training and learning process.”

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Bruce Gunter, who holds an 8-2 record and two amateur championship belts, agrees. “I think they should pay fighters more money,” he says. “You’re only fighting maybe four times a year — if you can stay healthy during training.”

Inspired by friends who were already involved in the sport and by his wrestling experience in high school and college, Gunter says MMA “seemed like the natural next step.”

Serious fighters, he says, train for several hours, six days a week. That may seem like a lot, but a day’s worth of training can be the difference between winning and losing. “Think about it this way,” he explains. “If you take time off, your opponent might not be — he’s already ahead of you going in.”

Echoing Buck, Gunter cites the lack of local options for fighters as one of the main barriers to MMA’s expansion in the region, especially for those living in remoter areas.

“Where are they gonna go?” he asks. “The closest place is still a 45minute drive.”

Nonetheless, Gunter hopes MMA’s rising popularity will create more opportunities for fighters around the mountains. Although his own career has now taken a back seat to his family, he hopes to remain involved in the sport and eventually open his own gym.

And even if he doesn’t see himself going pro anytime soon, Gunter cherishes the memories from his fighting career. “It takes a lot of time and dedication and effort, but it’s worth it,” he says. “I’ve done stuff that I’ll never regret, that I can tell my kids when I’m older. I look forward to the future.” X mountainx.com

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mAn with A PlAn Okolichany takes the helm as Asheville’s planning director short time frame to find a place for us and our two kids, so we ended up renting in Fletcher. We hope in the next year to purchase a home in the city. It’s true that the housing supply is limited in Asheville, but I’m enjoying getting to know the neighborhoods: There are so many great parts of this city.

impORTANCE Of plACE: Todd Okolichany stands on Lexington Avenue, which was just recognized by the American Planning Association as one of America’s Great Places. Okolichany joined the city as planning director in September. Photo by Virginia Daffron

“There are no one-size-fits-all solutions in planning: Each place is very different,” says todd okolichany, who began work as Asheville’s new planning director Sept. 8. “That’s a key value for me as a planner: recognizing the differences and uniqueness of each place.”

Okolichany, 36, comes to Asheville from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he was principal planner for the

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city’s Sustainable Development Department. Xpress caught up with the fast-moving Okolichany (he says it’s fine to call him “Todd O”) recently for a chat and a stroll around downtown. Here are excerpts from that conversation.

Mountain Xpress: where are you living? okolichany: My wife and I had a

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what strikes you as unique about asheville so far?

The high level of public involvement and the involvement from so many different groups. I’ve been impressed at the meetings I go to, seeing how many people attend and how interested and informed they are. I get a sense that people really care about this city and want to get involved. We need to hear every side of the story when we tackle the tough issues that come with growth and change, and I see that happening here. I don’t just see one side dominating the conversation. let’s hear a fancy-schmancy city planning term and how you think it applies to asheville.

“Tactical urbanism” is where the city and residents make low-cost, not necessarily permanent changes in how we use city spaces. The garden at the end of Lexington Avenue is a good example — community members improved a barren space using natural materials like rocks, plantings and mulch to create a welcoming garden. Asheville’s wonderful murals are another great example of the kinds of

simple interventions that make a big difference in how the city feels.

In Fort Lauderdale, we created a pop-up dining area on the beach.

Because the infrastructure is minimal, there’s not a lot of risk related to storm damage. I can see something like that being a good fit with the River Arts District, as a way to connect the waterfront with the businesses set farther back. what about street performers downtown?

One of the things that attracted me to Asheville is its vitality.

Any night of the week, it’s such an active downtown. A lot of other cities are struggling to get that same effect. The busking community creates so much of that liveliness we value downtown.

At the same time, we’re trying to serve multiple users and keep pedestrians moving along the sidewalks, while also accommodating street furniture, lights, trees and vending carts.

We need to make sure that we’re speaking with all the groups that use the downtown spaces, whether they live here or are tourists. One of the interesting aspects of planning is that it takes a while to get to the final recommendation. We’ll facilitate an open public process to make sure the buskers’ craft is still very successful but is managed in a way that balances all of downtown’s other needs. what are your thoughts on the city-owned lot across from the basilica of st. lawrence?

My understanding is that the city is working with the Chamber of Commerce on potential development opportunities for the site. As that process moves along, we need to look at not just the development site itself but also the whole area to

see what uses work well together.

There’s definitely a way to do that while respecting the basilica’s architecture and history. Realigning the roadway is another consideration we need to study.

In cities throughout the country, public spaces like parks and sidewalks have become an extension of our private spaces. So we need to look at uses that recognize and support that function, like sidewalk dining. how many parks are enough?

First we need to determine how many people the parks we already have are serving. Pack Square is very different from Pritchard Park: Pack is more open and linear, while Pritchard is more intimate. Pack Square is so successful when we’re hosting events and festivals, and at certain times of day when kids are playing in the fountains, but at other times there’s less use. Some of the vacant ground-level spaces in the surrounding buildings offer opportunities to activate Pack Square more and attract more users. what can asheville do to fix its affordable housing crisis?

This will take not one strategy but a whole toolbox of approaches.

Our first step will be evaluating the city’s current zoning ordinances to be sure there aren’t regulatory impediments. We’ll look at opportunities for infill-type development, where we can incorporate smaller multifamily or townhouse units in existing neighborhoods.

We must keep encouraging the development of housing in general.

Asheville needs both affordable and market-rate housing. Tiny homes are growing in popularity; we should look at our zoning ordinances to see where they might fit in.

We must also ensure that affordable housing is located in areas where public transit or other multimodal transportation options are available. what’s your take on short-term rentals and homestays?

I’m getting up to speed on this issue. I’ve been to some public meetings where it’s been discussed. We’re refining the city’s plan to expand opportunities for residents to offer homestays within their primary dwelling for short-term guests.

As the market changes and new technologies come along, cities must constantly evolve to manage new land uses. We’re working to ensure

plANNER iN CHiEf: New Asheville Planning Director Todd Okolichany, center, reviews project documents with city planning staff. Photo by Virginia Daffron that our homestay regulations will maintain the character of residential areas. And of course, providing homestays to short-term visitors shouldn’t conflict with the city’s broader affordable housing goals.

We also have to keep an eye on the state Legislature. This is my first time in a Dillon’s Rule state, so I’m learning what we as a municipality can and cannot do. how can asheville encourage bicycle transit?

The city is actively engaged in this process, from the Transportation Department’s Asheville in Motion plan, which looks at all different modes of transit, to new road construction incorporating bike lanes in the River Arts District. The city has been identifying different types of roadways and looking at how they’re used, including the possibility of introducing buffered bike lanes on roads with higher vehicular traffic.

Fort Lauderdale has a successful bike-sharing program. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to offer tourists as well as residents and downtown workers the

option of using a shared bike to get around Asheville?

We can look at encouraging or requiring bike amenities in new development, such as bike parking spaces, integrated secure bike storage and facilities for bike commuters in office buildings. big picture, what’s one major focus for you this year?

We’ll be updating Asheville’s comprehensive plan. Staff is working on drafting a request for proposals for consulting services.

The plan will provide a blueprint for sustainable growth and development over the next 20 years and beyond. It will establish a vision for the city and will include goals and strategies reflecting community desires about how and where the city should grow, future land-use patterns and other policy guidance, while ensuring there’s sufficient infrastructure, parks and community services. A major goal is providing a strong platform for sustainability while maintaining a high quality of life where all residents and businesses can be successful. X

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of the people, for the people Artist Philip Blank exhibits illustrations from Dixie Be Damned

The history of labor relations and social equity in the South is often seen through the haze of Confederate-revisionists, plantation horror stories and concrete, immobile social structures.

Less well-known are the numerous instances in which underprivileged Southerners took a stand against the powers that be to defend themselves against the institutional inequities of slavery, industrialization and the prison system.

Winston-Salem-based artist phillip blank has chosen to highlight several of these tales in illustrations as part of the upcoming “Southern Stories” exhibit opening Thursday, Oct. 29 at Blue Spiral 1 in downtown Asheville.

Inspired by authors/activists neal shirley and saralee stafford’s book Dixie Be Damned, which was published by AK Press earlier this year, Blank has created stunning visual representations of the hard-fought, often violent struggles of the disenfranchised throughout Southern history, from the coalfields of Tennessee to the anti-KKK partisan groups that roamed Robeson County, N.C. during Reconstruction.

Xpress reached out to the authors and illustrator via email to find out more about their inspirations and what modern-day Southerners can glean from these tales. phillip blank Xpress: how did you first become aware of Dixie Be Damned? what caught your attention about the book? blank: I’m interested in the history of the South and how its culture has evolved. I originally did a painting of henry lowry years ago; one day after that, while browsing the Internationalist bookshop in Carrboro, I ran across a zine about Lowry and was really impressed by the scholarship and writing. I contacted the authors of the zine, and it turned out they were writing this book, Dixie Be Damned, with other episodes of insurrection. The book was amazing,

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neal shirley & saralee staFFord Xpress: what was the inspiration for Dixie Be Damned? shirley & stafford: We researched and wrote the book over a period of about three years, whenever there was a break from the other parts of our lives.

It was a labor of love, guided by our own participation in social struggles in the South. We’re not professional academics, so for us this was a long process of learning how to write and research.

But we also benefit from that nonacademic position, in that it helps us to ask questions and observe tensions that sometimes get glossed over by the academy’s more institutionalized approach.

We were also inspired by our own family histories — too often our ancestors painted a mythological, genteel image over the explicitly racialized violence that occurred during colonialism, slavery and Jim Crow, while burying the stories of resistance in those times.

piCTURES SAY A THOUSANd WORdS: Artist Phil Blank’s illustrations for Dixie Be Damned interpret the narratives of Southerners who stood against the insitutional powers of slavery, racism and industrialization throughout the region’s history. Several of Blank’s paintings from the book will be on display at Blue Spiral 1 in downtown Asheville beginning Thursday, Oct. 29. Image courtesy of Phil Blank. and I thought illustrating them would be a good way to make the history more vivid and get this story into a wider audience. what type of medium did you use to create the images?

I use watercolor and gouache, with ink for the lettering. This method tends to be among the most environmentally-friendly options and is also able to duplicate the look of old-time lithographs and prints. what themes became apparent as you created the illustrations?

We tend to think of older generations as being terribly serious, but in all these insurrections, there was a staggering amount of fun and humanity. I’m thinking of Lowry’s insistence on playing fiddle before negotiations or the wacky antics of the Elizabethton strikers: these folks were in life-and-death situations, and yet they were playing music, being joyous and even wonderfully silly in

ways that are hard for modern folks to imagine. In almost every insurrection in the book, there is an insistence, even amongst desperately poor people, that life not be mere survival. I think parts of this dynamic have changed and been co-opted in complicated ways in recent history, but reading about it in the book was really moving. what do you think contemporary southern society can learn from Dixie Be Damned?

My hope is that people will hang these pictures on a wall and gently and steadily be reminded that some people had a very different take on the history of the South and how it could have been. These courageous people were sometimes successful in changing the dominant culture, sometimes not, but they were determined to give their own lives meaning and did so. Those same feelings and impulses still exist and demand to be reckoned within our culture and in ourselves.

why did you choose to highlight the stories you did?

We wanted to highlight inspiring stories of resistance and revolt that we had heard little-to-nothing of, while also challenging the idea that a demand for participation in democracy via citizenship is the primary avenue for social change. An example of that is our focus on two different struggles that take place immediately after the Civil War: one led by an all-black grouping of former slaves in the Georgia lowcountry, another by a cross-racial bandit gang in Robeson County, N.C. In both situations, people who had been dispossessed and oppressed by the plantation economy led attacks on that system while simultaneously rejecting the legal processes, labor contracts, industrial projects and court systems being imported by Northern “liberators.” why is it important to highlight these stories from across history?

It’s a history of the present. We’re all living with the outcomes, the shortcomings and the repression of these uprisings. For those of us actively involved in social movements, this is absolutely apparent. The modern prison system emerges as an outgrowth of, as well as a response to, struggle against the convict lease system, which was itself a solution to the problem of figuring out how to keep controlling and exploiting black people after the Civil War. The story is similar with modern police forces, which in the South stem directly from early fugitive slave-hunting posses.

Every neighborhood we live in that’s occupied by police, every friend or mountainx.com

family member dealing with the law or courts — we’re all dealing with this, and the lower we are in society, the worse it is.

As individual participants in struggles that have tried to carry this legacy forward — and just as people living in this difficult world — the fear of repression and failure is constant.

Both of us struggle at times with a deep despair around these issues.

The writing of this book has been helpful; it’s inspiring to learn about the ways people before us have rejected these systems, found their courage and fought outside and beyond the bounds of law and property. We can do that again. what do you think contemporary southern society can learn from Dixie Be Damned?

We grew up being told that the South is a passive, conservative place, a land that time forgot, and that the only antidote to this is a certain kind of liberal, capitalist “progress”. Those are two false narratives. We actually have this incredible inspiring history of resistance in the South that rejects and challenges both those stories.

This is where whiteness, as a marker and producer of political and economic domination, originates, and (not coincidentally) this region is, in some ways, the historical heart of global capitalism. But it is also a place of creative resistance and resilience against oppression. We hope to inspire others to look into Southern history outside of the academy and paid professional world, with an eye toward sharing stories of resistance and liberation. any upcoming promotional efforts or shows to publicize the illustrations and book?

We’re on tour right now and coming through Boone to talk at Appalachian State University on Oct. 21 and 22. After that we’re heading up the East Coast for another week of tour, then coming back home to friends and work and projects back in Durham. We’re hoping to do some joint events with Phil and his incredible artwork when we get back: one in Chapel Hill and one in Durham. In mid-November we’re participating in the Howard Zinn Bookfair in the Bay Area, and then giving a talk at the Duke Coffeehouse on Nov. 20th.

Phil Blank’s illustrations will be on display at Blue Spiral 1 in downtown Asheville Oct. 29 through Dec 23. To purchase a copy of Dixie Be Damned, visit akpress.org. X october 21 - october 27, 2015

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GET lOST fOR A GOOd CAUSE: The Eliada Corn Maze is the largest in WNC with over 12 acres of trails. All of the ticket proceeds go to help the children of Eliada. This popular annual event also features hayrides, a pumpkin patch, corn cannons and a new jumping pillow. The corn maze is open Wednesdays through Sundays until Oct. 31. See the Eliada website for full schedule and information: eliada.org. Photo courtesy of Eliada (p. 24)

efit odyssey community school. Free to attend/$5 for chili/$25 for vendors.

Held at Odyssey Community School, 90 Zillicoa St. CONGREGATiON BETH iSRAEl RUmmAGE SAlE 252-8660, bethisraelnc.org • SU (10/25) & MO (10/26), 8am-4pm - Proceeds from this annual rummage sale benefit congregation beth israel. Free to attend. Held at Congregation Beth Israel, 229 Murdock Ave.

ASHEvillE OpERA CREATiONS operacreations.org, AshevilleOperaCreations@ gmail.com • SA (10/24), 5:30pm Proceeds from this Songs of Love and Loss concert benefit Asheville Opera Creations. Held at Orton Academy, 6 Colonial Place

flAT ROCk plAYHOUSE dOWNTOWN 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville, 693-0731, flatrockplayhouse.org • SA (10/24), 6pm - Proceeds from this production of Wit benefit the pardee hospital Foundation’s Women helping Women initiative. $10.

AUTUmN fAiRE autumnfaire.wordpress.com • SA (10/24), 11am-2pm Tickets to this local market, craft fair and chili cookoff with live music, games and face painting ben-

mAkiNG STRidES 5k WAlk 553-5363, goo.gl/ei97s4 • SA (10/24), 9am - Proceeds from this 5K Walk go to the american cancer society’s fight against breast can-

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Admission by donation. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St. NiGHT Of THE liviNG pUNkiNHEAdS fUNdRAiSER facebook.com/ events/1636644996614840, kaylaw@fcfsanctuary.org • WE (10/28), 7-10pm - Proceeds from this halloween event featuring a carved pumpkin contest, vegan pumpkin pie contest, costume contest, local beer, and silent auction benefit Full circle Farm sanctuary. $5. Held at Sanctuary Brewing Company, 147 1st Ave., Hendersonville OUT Of THE dARkNESS WAlk goo.gl/KI9gUf • SU (10/25), 1:30pm Proceeds from this walk benefit the american Foundation for suicide prevention. Admission by donation. Held at Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road

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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

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Held at New Mountain, 38 N French Broad Ave

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SECONd ANNUAl HAUNTEd HiGH wordpress.ashevillehighbands. com/haunted-high • FR (10/23), 10pm-midnight & SA (10/24), 8-11pm Tickets to this haunted high school tour benefit the asheville high school band. $10. Held at Asheville

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Halloween themed 5k run

benefit sheep Dog impact assistance. $35/$25 kids 1-mile fun run. Held at St., Hendersonville WOmANSONG BENEfiT CONCERT womansong.org • FR (10/23), 7:30pm &

SA (10/24), 3pm) - Tickets to this Womansong concert entitled “Tender

Lady,” with songs focused on empowerment of

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• WE (10/21), 5:30pm “SCORE: Advanced Internet Marketing,” seminar.

• 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.

• FR (10/23), 11:30am “Affordable Healthcare Overview for Business Owners,” seminar.

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NCDOT TO HOLD A CORRIDOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED INTERSTATE 26 (I-26) CONNECTOR PROJECT IN ASHEVILLE, BUNCOMBE COUNTY TIP Project No. I-2513 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a corridor public hearing on Monday, November 16, beginning with an open house from 4 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a formal presentation at 7 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom, 31 Woodfin Street in Asheville.

The I-26 Connector Project is approximately a 7-mile, interstate freeway project that is being proposed to connect I-26 in southwest Asheville to U.S. 19/23/70 in northwest Asheville. NCDOT proposes to upgrade and widen I-240 from I-40 to Patton Avenue, and then proceed northward from Patton Avenue on new location across the French Broad River and connect to U.S. 19/23/70 just south of Exit 25 (Riverside Drive – Broadway – UNC-Asheville).

Upon completion, this project will be part of the I-26 interstate that extends from Charleston, South Carolina, to Kingsport, Tennessee. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed project was signed October 13, 2015.

The proposed I-26 Connector in Asheville includes three sections: • Section C: Includes improvements to the I-26/I-240 interchange with I-40 and the Brevard Road (N.C. 191) and Smokey Park Highway interchanges.

• Section A: Includes upgrading existing I-240 from the I-26/I-240 interchange with I-40 to the I-240 interchange with Patton Avenue, west of the French Broad River. This includes upgrades to the Brevard Road, Amboy Road (S.R. 3556), Haywood Road (S.R. 3548/U.S. 19/23 Business) and Patton Avenue (U.S. 19-23) interchanges.

• Section B: Includes construction of the interstate on new location from the Patton Avenue interchange north across the French Broad River, tying into U.S. 19-23-70 south of Broadway (S.R. 1781).

The formal presentation will include an explanation of the location and design of each proposed corridor alternative, the state-federal funding relationship, right of way and relocation requirements, and procedures that will be part of the project.

Interested individuals may attend this hearing any time during the above hours. NCDOT representatives will display maps and be available to answer questions and receive comments. Written comments can be submitted at the meeting or later by December 16. The presentation and comments received will be recorded and included in the alternative selection process.

Maps displaying the proposed corridors and a copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) are available for public review at the following locations: • City of Asheville Transportation, 70 Court Plaza—Mezzanine Level, Asheville, North Carolina, 28802 • NCDOT Division 13 Office, 55 Orange Street, Asheville.

• The maps are also available online at http://www.ncdot.org/projects/I26Connector and http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings/ • Document (DEIS) only at: o State Library of North Carolina, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh. o Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood Street, Asheville. o West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road, Asheville. o Buncombe County Law Library, 60 Court Plaza, Asheville.

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, also has the DEIS document available on their website which can be accessed at http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Wetlands/Notices/Current_notices.html. Contained within this website is a local public notice drafted by the Corps announcing the release of this document as well as the description of the ongoing process in choosing the LEDPA (Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative) for the subject project.

For additional information, contact Drew Joyner at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, 27699-1598, by email at PublicInvolvement2@ncdot.gov, by phone at (919) 707-6077, or by fax at (919) 212-5785.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this hearing.

Anyone requiring special services should contact Joyner as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who speak Spanish and do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the hearing by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494 20

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BiG ivY COmmUNiTY CENTER 540 Dillingham Road, Barnardsville, 626-3438 • 4th MONDAYS, 7pm Community center board meeting. Free.

BUildiNG BRidGES buildingbridgesashevillenc.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.

Different devices are covered each session. Contact for guidelines. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • MO (10/26), 2pm Goodwill job readiness workshop. Registration required: 298-9023, ext. 1160. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St.,

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Full CirCle FArm SAnCtuAry throwS A hAlloween BeneFit what: Night of the Living Punkinheads where: Sanctuary Brewing Co. of Hendersonville when: Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 7-10 p.m. why: Full Circle Farm Sanctuary and Sanctuary Brewing Co., are partnering up to celebrate the trick-or-treat season in addition to both organizations’ year-round pursuit: animal welfare.

“We are happy that Sanctuary Brewing Co., will be hosting one event a month for Full Circle at their venue,” says the Farm Sanctuary’s founder and executive director, Kayla worden.

The next joint occasion is Night of the Living Punkinheads — a Halloween fundraiser with a competitive side. Attendees can enter to win a prize for the most attractive carved pumpkin, best costume and most flavorful vegan pumpkin pie.

SWiNE ANd dANdY: Nestled in the Proceeds will help pay for a “new, muchmountains of Yancey County sits Full needed barn currently under construcCircle Farm Sanctuary, where pigs, tion” and cover some veterinary bills. goats, chickens, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, cats, dogs and a llama roam In keeping with Full Circle’s animalthe land in peace (aside from the ocfriendly mission, all of the event’s finger casional holiday-themed photo shoot). foods and drinks will be vegan, “and Photo of Penelope Persimmon Pigour vegan pumpkin pie contest will set sworth by Kayla Worden an example of how tasty and easy it is to transform traditional, familiar holiday recipes we all grew up with into delicious, healthy, kind, plant-based versions,” Worden adds. “Going vegan is not only healthy and environmentally friendly, but it is fun, creative and all about deliciousness.”

Singer/songwriter and ukelele aficionado tessia doerfler plays from 7-9 p.m., and Worden has also planned a raffle with prizes from area businesses and individuals, “so it will be a night of frightful, delectable fun,” she says.

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Black Mountain • TU (10/27), 2pm Goodwill job readiness workshop. Registration required: 298-9023, ext.

1160. Held at EnkaCandler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler HENdERSONvillE WiSE WOmEN ravery09@gmail.com • 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 1:30-3:30pm - Nondenominational support group supporting life transitions for women “of a certain age”.

Registration required.

Held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonville HiSTORiC HAUNTEd HOUSE TOUR 669-9566, history.swannanoavalleymuseum.org/events • FR (10/23) & SA (10/24), 5-8pm - Haunted house tour of the “In the Oaks,” historic Terry Estate.

Registration required. $35.

Held at The Terry Estate, 191 Vance Ave., Black Mountain Olli AT UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • FR (10/23), 11:30am - Fab Friday Lunch & Learn: “The Mountainsto-Sea Trail Across North Carolina,” presentation

by Danny Bernstein, outdoors author and hike leader. Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

ONTRACk WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 255-5166, ontrackwnc.org Registration required.

• WE (10/21) & WE (10/28), 5:30pm - “Understanding Credit.

Get it. Keep it. Improve it.” Seminar. Free. piSGAH ASTRONOmiCAl RESEARCH iNSTiTUTE 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, 862-5554, pari.edu • SA (10/24), 6-8am - Early morning astronomical observation session and open house. Reservations required. $15/free under 10. pUBliC EvENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (10/22), 11am2pm - Fall 2015 Job and Graduate School Fair. Held in the Sherrill Center. pUBliC EvENTS AT WCU 227-7397, wcu.edu

• FR (10/23), 6:15pm WCU Homecoming Parade.

Free. Held in Downtown Sylva.

QUEER ORiENTEd RAdiCAl dAYS Of SUmmER qords.org, qordsinfo@ gmail.com • TU (10/27), 6pm - Group meeting and information session for volunteer run LGBTQQIA youth summer camp. Free to attend.

Held at Firestorm Cafe and Books, 610 Haywood Road THE CENTER fOR ART & SpiRiT AT ST. GEORGE 1 School Road • Last Tuesdays, 7-9pm - Aramaic, Hebrew and Egyptian vocal toning, breath work and meditation. Admission by donation.

WESTERN NORTH CAROliNA WOOdCARvERS • SU (10/25), 1:30-4pm Monthly meeting and open carving. Free.

YOUTH OUTRiGHT 772-1912, youthoutright.org • TU (10/27), 5:30pm “Creating Safe Spaces: Working with LGBTQ Youth in Western NC.” Registration required.

Free. Held at Unitarian Universalists of Transylvania County, 24 Varsity St., Brevard

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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, freeform dance within community. $7-$15. Held at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway JOYfUl NOiSE 649-2828, joyfulnoisecenter.org Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave, Weaverville • MONDAYS, 6:45-7:30pm - Beginner clogging class.

Ages 7 through adult. $10.

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

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• WE (10/28), 6pm “Legislative Wrap-Up,” presentation and discussion about this legislative session. mOUNTAiNTRUE 611 N. Church St., Hendersonville, 258-8737, mountaintrue.org • TH (10/29), 6-8pm Presentation on the the cur-

rent NC Legislative session.

Registration required. Free.

TRiCk OR “TREE”T WiTH dOGWOOd AlliANCE 251-2525, dogwoodalliance.org • FR (10/29), 7-9pm - “Scare Away Forest Destruction,” volunteer night to send letters to policymakers. Free.

Held at Dogwood Alliance, 129 Biltmore Ave.

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GoverNmeNt & PoliticS BUNCOmBE COUNTY liBERTARiAN pARTY 508-1248, facebook.com/LibertarianParty-of-Buncombe-CountyNC-161198447255240, chair@ buncombe.lpnc.org • TU (10/27), 8pm Libertarian social gathering and discussion. Free to attend. Held at Ben’s Tune-Up, 195 Hilliard Ave. • TU (10/27), 6:30pm - Several city council candidates will be speaking to the group. Free.

Held at Keller Williams, 86 Asheland Ave. 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 905 S. Greenville Highway, Hendersonville, 692-6424, myhcdp.com

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• WE (10/21), noon - BYO lunch and discussion group. Free.

kidS BEAvERdAm BApTiST CHURCH 399 Beaverdam Road 252-3403 • SA (10/24), 11am-2pm - “Fall Family Festival,” carnival games, inflatables, and funnel cakes.

Free to attend.

BUNCOmBE COUNTY pUBliC liBRARiES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (10/21), 3:30pm - “Makers and Shakers: Shhhhh! Secret Codes,” grades 3-6. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. • FR (10/23), 4pm - “Let’s Make Crafts! Halloween Masks.”

Grades K-6. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TU (10/27), 6:30pm - “Let’s Get Batty,” presentation about bats.

Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa • TH (10/29), 5pm - Teen Halloween party. Ages 11-18.

Costumes welcome. Held at East Asheville Library, 902 Tunnel Road fAll fESTivAl AT THE mARkET 652-2215, hometownmarion.com • TU (10/27), 3:30-5pm - Festival with trick or treating for kids, costume contest, and kids’ activities. Free to attend. Held in Downtown Marion at The Market Shade Shelter. flETCHER liBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • MO (10/26), 11am - Halloween magic with Zelnik the Magician.

Free.

• TH (10/29), 3:30pm - “Things That Go Bump in the Night,” park rangers read stories about night animals. Free.

JOYfUl NOiSE 649-2828, joyfulnoisecenter.org • MONDAYS, 6-7:30pm Capriccio String Orchestra for intermediate players. $10. Held at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road • MONDAYS, 6:15-6:45pm “Movement and Dance,” class for 5 and 6 year olds. $10. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave, Weaverville mAlApROp’S BOOkSTORE ANd CAfE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com

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• SA (10/24), 11am - Rosalind Bunn presents her childrens’ book, Whose Shadow Do I See? Free. miNi mONSTER mASH goo.gl/jvlA5C • SA (10/24), 3-5pm - Childrens’ Halloween festival with costume contest, hayrides, bounce house, performances and activities.

Free to attend. Held at Lake Tomahawk Park, 401 S. Laurel Circle Drive, Black Mountain pUBliC EvENTS AT A-B TECH 398-7900, abtech.edu • SA (10/24), 11am-2pm - “Let’s Explore Africa,” 2015 LEA quiz tournament for 4th-12th grade students. Registration required: letsexploreafrica.net. Free. Held in Ferguson Auditorium. Held at A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Road pUBliC EvENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (10/22), 9am - Media Career Workshop for high school students. Registration required: 232-5027. $15 includes lunch.

Meets in the Highsmith Union.

• SU (10/25), 4pm - “BooFest 2015,” treats, games and activities for kids. Free. Held at Kimmel Arena.

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

outdoorS BlUE RidGE pARkWAY HikES 298-5330, nps.gov • FR (10/23), 10am - “Ghouls, Ghosts, and Gods,” 1-mile moderate ranger led hike to learn about the lore of Devil’s Courthouse. Meets at Devils Courthouse Overlook at MP 424.

BlUE RidGE pARkWAY RANGER pROGRAmS 295-3782, ggapio@gmail.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• SA (10/24), 7pm- “The Brown Mountain Lights,” presentation by geologists who have been studying the phenomenon. Held at the Museum of North Carolina Minerals, MP 331.

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.

• SA (10/24), 8am - “Fall Migration Bird Hike,” ranger led hike.

• SU (10/25), 9am - “Canoe Excursion,” ranger led canoe trip. Registration required.

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.

PareNtiNG CAROliNA dAY SCHOOl 1345 Hendersonville Road, 2740757, alawing@carolinaday.org • TH (10/29), 8:30am - Inside the Classroom: Interested families can observe lower and middle school grades. Free to attend.

• WE (10/28) & TH (10/29), 8-9:30am - Key Learning Center open house. Registration required: lpennington@ carolinaday.org. Free to attend.

PuBlic lectureS CiTY liGHTS BOOkSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • WE (10/21), 7pm - “Hello, Homo Naledi!” lecture by Zachary Throckmorton. Free to attend.

Olli AT UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • TU (10/27) 4:30pm - STEM Lecture: “Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking),” presentation with OLLI Instructor Richard Weiner. Free. Held at the Reuter Center. pUBliC lECTURES AT ASU appstate.edu • WE (10/21), 7pm - “Back to Boone: The Editorial Cartoons of Andrew David Cox,” presentation by cartoonist Andrew David Cox. Free. Held in the Turchin Center Lecture Hall. pUBliC lECTURES AT UNCA unca.edu • FR (10/23), 12:30-2pm - “The Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy Matters,” presentation by visiting professor Catherin Reutschlin. Free. Held in Karpen Hall. pUBliC lECTURES AT WCU wcu.edu

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• WE (10/21), 12:20pm - “Homo Naledi Strides Again: Deliberate Disposal of a Dated Dichotomy,” lecture by Zachary Throckmorton. Free.

SeNiorS ASHEvillE liviNG TREASURES 423-6476, ashevillelivingtreasures.com • SU (10/25), 1:30pm Celebration to honor the Fall 2015 class. Free. Held at the UNCA Reuter Center.

Olli AT UNCA 251-6140, olliasheville.com • SA (10/24), 2pm “Medicare Choices Made Easy,” workshop sponsored by Council on Aging of Buncombe County. Free. Held in the Reuter Center.

SPirituality (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 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.

CRYSTAl viSiONS BOOkS ANd EvENT CENTER (pd.) New and Used Metaphysical Books • Music • Crystals • Jewelry • Gifts. Event Space, Labyrinth and Garden.

828-687-1193. For events, Intuitive Readers and Vibrational Healing providers: www.crystalvisionsbooks.com 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 SERENiTY iNSiGHT mEdiTATiON (pd.) A Burmese monk leads authentic Buddhist insight meditation, grounded in 40 years of practice. Beginners and advanced practitioners welcome.

• Sundays, 10am-11:30am; • Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm7pm. (828) 298-4700. wncmeditation.com 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 GRACE lUTHERAN CHURCH 1245 Sixth Ave. W., Hendersonv ille, 693-4890, gracelutherannc.com • 4th MONDAYS through (11/23), 9:30am - Biblical Book Study: Grace: More than We Deserve, Greater then We Imagine by Max Lucado. $8 book fee.

Registration required.

• MONDAYS through (11/23), 1pm - Biblical Book Study: 66 Love Letters by Larry Crab.

Registration required. $15 book fee.

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

ST. lUkE’S EpiSCOpAl CHURCH 219 Chunns Cove Road, 2542133, saintlukesepiscopal.com • SA (10/24), 8pm - Outdoor candlelight labyrinth walk with harp music by Katherine Wallace.

Free to attend.

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 THE GATHERiNG CHURCH 552-3224, gatherasheville.org • SUNDAYS through (11/8), 5pm - Vision meeting for a new church in West Asheville. Dinner Provided. Free. Held at Rainbow Community School, 60 State St. UR liGHT CENTER 2196 N.C. Highway 9, Black Mountain, 669-6845, urlight.org • SA (10/24), 3-5pm “Recognizing and Expressing the Divine through Music and in Communication: Bringing the

consciousness behind healing music into day-to-day interactions,” workshop with Richard Schulman. $20/$15 advance.

SPokeN & WritteN Word 35BElOW 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, ashevilletheatre.org • TH (10/29), 7:30pm - “Listen to This,” storytelling and original songs from locals. $15.

BUNCOmBE COUNTY pUBliC liBRARiES buncombecounty.org/governing/ depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• FR (10/23), 10am-6pm - Fall book sale. Free to attend. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TU (10/27), 7pm - “First Lady Feminists,” presentation. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview CiTY liGHTS BOOkSTORE 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva, 586-9499, citylightsnc.com • SU (10/25), 1pm - English on the Ides: WCU English Professor Annette Debo presents Poets are Lyric Historians: The Necessary Past for African-American Poets.

Free to attend. fiRESTORm CAfE ANd BOOkS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • Third WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - ReVisioning History Book Group. Free to attend.

• TH (10/22), 6pm - Laura Wright presents her book The Vegan Studies Project. Free to attend.

• TU (10/27), 8pm - Not for You: Stories of Music & Work from the Precarious Service Industry, reading and discussion by Matt Dineen from his new zine. Free to attend.

• 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Other Worlds Are Possible Book Group. Free to attend.

• Last THURSDAYS, 7pm - Liberty Book Club. Free to attend. flETCHER liBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync. org • SA (10/24), 2pm - Marty P. Harris presents his book What the Road Passes By. Free. liTERARY EvENTS AT UNCA unca.edu • TH (10/22), 7pm - Gregory Orr reading poetry from his Poetry Across Fields series. Held in Karpen Hall.

mAlApROp’S BOOkSTORE ANd CAfE 55 Haywood St., 254-6734, malaprops.com Free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (10/21), 7pm - Peter Murphy presents hi book, And Is There Honey Still for Tea? • FR (10/23), 7pm - Four local authors present spooky stories.

• SU (10/25), 2pm - Presentation of book, Carolina Writers at Home.

• SU (10/25), 5pm - Shakespeare Salon: Discussion of Othello.

• TU (10/27), 7pm - Tisha Morris presents her book Decorating with the Five Elements of Feng Shui.

• WE (10/28), 7pm - Leonard Pitts, Jr. presents his novel, Grant Park.

• WE (10/28), 5pm - Messages to the Heart Salon: Elise and Phil Okrend discuss their book, Messages to the Heart, Reflections of Beauty and Truth.

• TH (10/29), 5:30pm - “Penguin Random House Representative Happy Hour,” sneak peek of coming titles from this publishing house.

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TRANSYlvANiA COUNTY liBRARY 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard, 884-3151 • TH (10/22), 4pm Author Carrie Ryan gives presentation about writing. Free.

UNiTARiAN UNivERSAliST CONGREGATiON Of ASHEvillE 1 Edwin Place, 254-6001, u uasheville.org • FR (10/23) & SA (10/24), 9am4pm - Annual used book sale with thousands of books.

Free to attend.

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Bacon or berries?

Making the diet and nutrition connection to brain health

by Kate Lundquist kvlundo@gmail.com Reconsider that bacon breakfast this week, say three brainhealth advocates: The ability to think clearly and make decisions is exactly the reason for choosing healthier foods in the morning or any time of day, say Laura Buxenbaum, Paul Barrett and Jackie Dobrinska.

“The Mediterranean diet, which includes fish, olive oil, nuts and healthy fats, may help prevent brain atrophy in old age,” says Buxenbaum, dietitian for the Southeast Dairy Association. She recently spoke in Asheville, aiming to spread awareness of nutrition for brain health.

While people in their younger years may not be concerned with brain health, it’s No. 1 for people over the age of 50, outranking physical health and Social Security, the AARP reported in 2014.

With that in mind, Buxenbaum promotes the My Plate model (choosemyplate.gov) and the DASH diet, which both emphasize portion control of fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy and grains.

“Dairy may help in keeping brains healthy,” she says. “A study … conducted at the University of Kansas [linked] milk consumption and the naturally occurring oxidant in the brain. There is also a correlation between low levels of vitamin D, which is found in yogurt and milk, and increased risk of dementia.”

Barrett, an Asheville psychologist specializing in the neuropsychological assessment of memory loss and other cognitive problems, has two suggestions for maintaining brain health: “The No. 1 recommendation I make ... is exercise, because that is where the most research is for brain health. No. 2 is diet.”

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In the last five years, there’s been more research to support the braindiet connection, he says. “I agree with the Mediterranean diet … though the portion control in my opinion is difficult in that model. I recommend the MIND — Mediterranean-DASH Intervention Neurodegenerative Delay — diet to my patients, which includes specific portion control of brain-healthy foods.”

The MIND diet includes berries, green leafy vegetables, whole grains, beans, fish, poultry, olive oil and red wine. Red meat, butter, cheese, pastries and fried food are limited in the diet. While research shows that consuming brain-healthy foods decreases the risk of Alzheimer’s, Barrett notes, research is still in the beginning stages.

There are many reasons someone could be having memory issues, including attention deficit disorders or disease, he says. As part of the neuropsychological assessments he performs, Barrett tests the ability to recall or remember what was just shown or spoken.

Memory and the ability to learn can be improved with exercise, a healthy diet and sometimes medications, he continues. “One of the difficulties is getting people to actually make a lifestyle change. They say they are going to exercise more and maybe eat less fast food, but to make the change is tricky. Habits are tough to break,” Barrett says.

As a holistic health educator, Dobrinska helps clients implement a sustainable lifestyle for long-term health. “I work with lots of different kinds of people,” she says. “Some are already on a health path, and some are on fast food. I often quote [author] Michael Pollan: ‘Eat real food, not too much, mostly plants.’ If we do that, we are going to be pretty good. Eat items that are close to the earth and not too processed. For instance, have an orange instead of orange juice.”

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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: Jackie Dobrinska, Asheville-based holistic health educator and owner of A Simple Vibrant Life, points out mullein as she instructs students about healthy lifestyle choices at the Himalayan Institute in Pennylvania. Photo by Binah Crabtree lifestyle begins with exploring the outer rings of the supermarket as well as farmers markets, says Dobrinska.

“Perfection is the enemy of good,” she says. “If we think we need to eat only organic, we will not succeed. We

can’t all afford to eat only organic, and sometimes just being organic doesn’t mean it is better for you.

Don’t let the idea of ‘perfect eating’ keep you from reaching for what is close to the earth.”

Dobrinska recommends the Lord’s Acre Farm in Black Mountain for people in need and the various farmers markets in Western North Carolina for good, low-cost options.

In addition to eating a healthy diet, Barrett emphasizes the importance of keeping one’s brain active.

“Many people retire and don’t realize that they actually need to keep working in order for their brains to be healthy,” he says. “Simply reading or doing crossword puzzles is not going to keep your brain working. Sometimes even those things end up being sedative habits.

Exercise and diet, as well as social interconnectedness, are incredibly important, especially as you age.”

Buxenbaum notes that it can be difficult to make big changes in lifestyle, including food choices, but she offers this advice: “Eat breakfast, and try eating whole grains, yogurt and berries. It breaks the overnight fast. Most people haven’t eaten for 6 to 8 hours and go without energy to feed the brain. It is like adding fuel to a car: When run-

ning on an empty tank, you don’t go very far. We are giving the body and brain energy to start on the right note.”

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WellNeSS fUll mOON mEdiTATiON ANd HANdpAN SOUNd HEAliNG (pd.) Experience the rare magical music of the handpan in the healing environment of the Asheville Salt Cave. The steel tones of the handpan and guided meditation will leave you feeling balanced, peaceful, blessed. $36 pp. Reservations required. (828) 236-5999 iNTRO TO mEdiTATiON (pd.) 10/28, 6:30-8:00 pm. Learn to cultivate awareness, explore traditions and techniques.

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Beginners and experienced welcome -$25 Details at AshevilleHappyBody.com 2775741 Happy Body Biltmore Village ASHEvillE COmmUNiTY YOGA CENTER 8 Brookdale Road, ashevillecommunityyoga.com • THURSDAYS through (10/29) - “Yoga for Trama,” workshop series. $40/$12 drop in class.

• SU (10/25), 12:30 - “Intro to Advanced Vinyasa Techniques,” workshop. $20.

BUNCOmBE COUNTY pUBliC liBRARiES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/ library • WE (10/28), 11:30am - Laughter Yoga for adults. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa flETCHER liBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 687-1218, library.hendersoncountync.org • FR (10/23), 11am - Mandala coloring for adults. Reservations required. Free.

HEAlTH EQUiTY fAiR 254-7206, ywcaofasheville.org • SA (10/24), 9am-1pm - Health screenings, chair massage, light breakfast and wellness activities. Free. Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. 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 pUBliC EvENTS AT WCU 227-7397, wcu.edu • TH (10/22), 4-5:30 - Panel discussion on Parkinson’s disease and the role of caregivers. Free. Held in the College of Health and Human Science’s Building, room 204.

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SuPPort GrouPS AdUlT CHildREN Of AlCOHOliCS & dYSfUNCTiONAl fAmiliES adultchildren.org • Visit mountainx.com/support for full listings.

Al-ANON/ AlATEEN fAmilY GROUpS 800-286-1326, wnc-alanon.org • A support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. For full listings, visit mountainx.com/support.

AlCOHOliCS ANONYmOUS • For a full list of meetings in WNC, call 254-8539 or aancmco.org ASHEvillE WOmEN fOR SOBRiETY 215-536-8026, womenforsobriety.org • THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm – Held at YWCA of Asheville, 185 S French Broad Ave. ASpERGER’S AdUlTS UNiTEd facebook.com/ WncAspergersAdultsUnited • 4th SATURDAYS, 2-5pm - Occasionally meets additional Saturdays. Contact for details. Held at Earth Fare, 1856 Hendersonville Road

12-Step Recovery Club, 370 N. Louisiana Ave. Suite G4

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dEBTORS ANONYmOUS debtorsanonymous.org • MONDAYS, 7pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak 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.

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. EHlERS-dANlOS SYNdROmE SUppORT GROUp ednf.org/support-groups • 4th SATURDAYS, 10-11:50am - Monthly meeting. Free. Held at Mission My Care Plus, 310 Long Shoals Road, Arden EmOTiONS ANONYmOUS 631-434-5294 • TUESDAYS, 7pm – Held at Oak Forest Presbyterian Church, 880 Sandhill Road fOOd AddiCTS ANONYmOUS 423-6191 or 301-4084 • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Held at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1 School 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 SECU Hospice House, 272 Maple St., Franklin

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 • Third WEDNESDAYS, 4-6pm - Peer support group for pregnant and postpartum mamas led by birth professionals.

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

ASpERGER’S TEENS UNiTEd facebook.com/groups/ AspergersTeensUnited • For teens (13-19) and their parents.

Meets every 3 weeks. Contact for details.

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

NATiONAl AlliANCE ON mENTAl illNESS WNC 505-7353, namiwnc.org, namiwc2015@gmail.com • 4th MONDAYS, 11am - Connection group for individuals dealing with mental illness. Held at NAMI Offices, 356 Biltmore Ave.

COdEpENdENTS ANONYmOUS 398-8937 • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm & SATURDAYS, 11am – Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. • TUESDAYS, 8pm – Held at Asheville

HOpE fOR THE HOlidAYS tamarahanna.com • MO (10/26), 6:30pm - Group grief recovery session focused on support for the holiday season. Held in the 2nd floor

OUR vOiCE 44 Merrimon Ave. Suite 1, 28801, 2520562, ourvoicenc.org • Ongoing drop-in group for female identified survivors of sexual violence.

OvERCOmERS Of dOmESTiC viOlENCE 665-9499 • WEDNESDAYS, noon-1pm - Held at First Christian Church of Candler, 470 Enka Lake Road, Candler OvERCOmERS RECOvERY SUppORT GROUp rchovey@sos-mission.org • MONDAYS, 6pm - Christian 12-step program. Held at SOS Anglican Mission, 1944 Hendersonville Road OvEREATERS ANONYmOUS • Regional number: 258-4821. 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 • FRIDAYS, 7-8:30pm & SUNDAYS, 6-7:30pm Buddhist path to recovery from addictions of all kinds. Held at Urban Dharma, 29 Page Ave.

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SHifTiNG GEARS 683-7195 • MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Group-sharing for those in transition in careers or relationships. Contact for location.

SmART RECOvERY smartrecovery.org • THURSDAYS, 6pm - Info: 407-0460 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 • 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - For parents to discuss the joys, transitions and challenges of parenting a transkid. Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St. SYlvA GRiEf SUppORT melee@fourseasonscfl.org • TUESDAYS, 10:30am - Held at Jackson County Department on Aging, 100 Country Services Park, Sylva T.H.E. CENTER fOR diSORdEREd EATiNG 337-4685, thecenternc.weebly.com • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm – Adult support group, ages 18+. Held in the Sherill Center at UNCA. UNdEREARNERS ANONYmOUS underearnersanonymous.org • TUESDAYS, 6pm - Held at First Congregational UCC of Asheville, 20 Oak St.

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viEW NEAR dEvil’S COURTHOUSE: looking over Pilot Mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photo and mapping by Tim Barnwell

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What began as a moment of simple curiosity for one local man morphed into a five-year project that combined some of the oldest map technologies with some of the newest — resulting in an extensive guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway and other select scenic areas in the region. The book, Asheville-based photographer tim barnwell says, is the only one of its kind and scope in the nation.

“When it comes to new projects, I’m always trying to find something that’s unique,” says Barnwell, adding that he hopes his latest book will help locals and tourists alike more fully enjoy the natural beauty of the region.

Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas: A Comprehensive Identification Guide to What You See from the Many Overlooks is Barnwell’s fourth publication and contains 120 glossy pages of panoramic photos, historical information and travel tips. It covers more than 40 overlooks along all 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway, as well as vantage points from such Asheville-area points of interest as St. Joseph’s Hospital, Asheville Mall, Chimney Rock Park and the Biltmore Estate.

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A Western North Carolina native, UNC Asheville alumnus and the son of schoolteachers in Madison and Swain counties, Barnwell currently lives in his childhood house. He says cruising the parkway is a cherished pastime, but the lack of information about what was visible along the historic road left him wanting more.

“At some point, it occurred to me that I ought to know more than I do,” he says. One particularly frustrating afternoon on the Blue Ridge Parkway nearly six years ago inspired Barnwell to embark on this often-frustrating adventure, he says.

“I was on the parkway, one time, at the Hominy Valley overlook — and there is this really sharp peak out there. I couldn’t really figure out what it was,” he recounts. “It really bothered me.”

He says he took notes about his perceived location of the peak, wrote down the GPS coordinates from the unit in his car and used a pocket compass to make rough calculations while standing at the overlook on the Buncombe-Henderson county line.

“When I got back home, I got some maps out, and I started trying to figure out what it was,” he continues.

He initially concluded that it was Sandy Mush Bald. Yet, doubts lingered in his mind as he struggled to find a resource to help him pinpoint distant mountain peaks.

“I thought that I could get on Google Earth or some other kind of software, and I’d just go take pictures, and somehow I could find something that would show me what the peaks were, but that’s not the case,” says Barnwell. “With Google Earth, you’re looking from the satellite, so you’re looking down — you’re not really looking out across the horizon.”

Barnwell then began the process of photographing views from numerous parkway overlooks, then painstakingly combing through maps and topographical computer software to determine what exactly could be seen from each location.

“It ended up being a lot more technically involved than what I had envisioned, and I don’t know that I would have pursued it if I had realized that,” Barnwell admits. “In fact, I quit many times for months. It was just so frustrating. Then, I’d just go back and start trying again.”

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When it came time for him to complete the entry for the Hominy Valley overlook, Barnwell discovered his initial determination about the mysterious, pointed peak was incorrect. It was actually Rocky Face Mountain, which sits in Candler and is 11 degrees north of Sandy Mush Bald.

Barnwell is now working on another guidebook in a similar style, this time of the area surrounding the Great Smoky Mountains, tentatively set to be published next spring. It will include aerial photographs of such Tennessee locations as Fontana Dam, Cade’s Cove and Gatlinburg.

Community book signings are scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Pisgah Inn; Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at Penland’s Store on Main Street in Marshall; Saturday, Oct. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center near Asheville; and Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Craggy Gardens Visitor Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. X mountainx.com

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Smoke on the wAter A Blind Pig Supper Club dinner brings mountain chefs to the North Carolina shore for hands-on exploration of seafood sources and coastal heritage

OUT TO SEA: Veteran fisherman Eddie Willis, far right, recently gave a group of Western North Carolina chefs some working knowledge of how the fish they serve in their restaurants gets from the ocean to their kitchens. Fish caught during the outing were prepared by the chefs then served later that day at a Blind Pig Supper Club dinner in Beaufort, N.C. Photo by Jonathan Ammons

bY Jonathan ammons jonathanammons@gmail.com “Anybody see anything they want?” calls fisherman eddie willis, untangling an errant horseshoe crab from a net and tossing it back into the water. “We’ve got some red drum over here,” he adds, pointing into the fray of hundreds of netted fish thrashing and splashing. The small boats rock back and forth in the waves and drizzling rain; the skiff full of chefs is beginning to look like a pen full of wet dogs.

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“Let’s have some of that drum and a bunch of that skate,” calls Blind Pig Supper Club chef mike moore of Asheville. Moore has gathered some of the best cooks from all over North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee to prepare an early October dinner in Beaufort, N.C., to benefit the city’s local Boys and Girls Club and Beaufort Wine & Food — a nonprofit organization that hosts fundraising dinners for local charities throughout the Crystal Coast.

Blind Pig, the Asheville-based, underground supper club, has hosted meals all over the U.S., but this one is different. Dubbed “Brogue: A Sea and Farm Dinner of Downeast,” it is what

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Moore calls a “research dinner.” The project finds the chefs on boats off the North Carolina coast, gleaning from Willis — a 40-year veteran of the fishing industry and owner of Mr. Big Seafood in Harkers Island — some hands-on knowledge of how the fish they prepare in their restaurants are really caught.

The day before, the group ventured out to Underground Farm, a sustainable fish, chicken and vegetable farm in Carteret County, local farmers markets and a fish market.

Later that day, there is more rain in the forecast, but at Harkers Point — an estate owned by the Maxwell family of Butterball Turkey fame — there is a large tent set up right on the dock with long tables and glowing candles ready to host the 170 people who have tickets to the sold-out dinner. As the storms begin to roll in, the chefs begin prepping the fish caught just hours ago. Lined up along the rails of the

dock, the fish are gutted and the offal is tossed into the ocean, where waiting gulls swoop into the water to devour it. A pit is dug and whole mullet are laid on the burning coals.

Oysters are placed on a wood grill, piled so deep they have to be stirred with a shovel.

As dinner is served, the rain starts to fall. Guests move to find their seats just as the first course rolls out — an incredibly fresh crudo made by chef levon wallace of Cochon Butcher in Nashville, Tenn., from the grouper caught earlier that day. Then, chef clarke merrell of Circa 81 and Dank Burrito food truck in Morehead City, brings out his creation: a down-east clam chowder with an elegant, milky-white, briny broth. The third course is Moore’s soft-shell crabs, tomato, aioli and freshly dug potatoes.

Clam fritters with a slaw of local shrimp and vegetables is the offering from chef travis milton of Shovel & Pick in Virginia. The fritters are different from what one would expect, resembling a grit cake more than a hushpuppy. Next, comes the contribution from nate allen of Spruce Pine’s Knife & Fork, who has been manning the mullet pit. He marinated the mullet in a fresh fish sauce made from guts saved during cleaning process, then smoked them over the wood fire and seasoned them with ash. The result has a rustic grit and an almost overwhelmingly fresh flavor.

The final savory course is from chef Kyle mcKnight of Hickory’s Highland Avenue. His house-preserved pork has been seared on the flat-top grill in Merrell’s food truck, which had been brought along on the adventure as a mobile backup kitchen. Paired with field peas and cornpone in a bed of watermelon molasses, the dish has a sweet, savory, salty and tangy kind of thing going on.

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fRESH CATCH: Nate Allen of Spruce Pine’s Knife & Fork restaurant was among WNC chefs who traveled to the North Carolina coast for a recent weekend of exploring seafood sources and celebrating coastal food heritage with the Blind Pig Supper Club. Photo by Jonathan Ammons Bar. A large, cup-shaped crust made of crumbled crackers is filled with whipped goat cheese and muscadine grapes. Atlantic Beach pie is one of those throwback dishes that has been around since the 1940s. It’s an endangered species of Southern culture and a perfect way to finish such a reverent dinner.

As the night wraps up, a zydeco band plays, and the rain passes.

Guests slump back, satisfied, with full bellies and wine-soaked livers. And the chefs, beyond having a once-in-a-lifetime fishing experience,

learning about Carolina coastal culture and feeding nearly 200 guests, have achieved something crucial.

Through the weekend’s experiences, they’ve been able to absorb and convey a history and a community preserved in food — a soul, culture and history shared through hands, knives, hooks, nets, grills, pits and plates.

Moore is planning two future research dinners — one in Williamsburg, Va., and one in Savannah, Ga. For updates on those, visit theblindpigofasheville.com. X

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“Come on in, guys: We’re just about ready to eat!” scott mullins, president of Asheville Fire Fighters Local 865, sings out. Before his promotion, he served at Fire Station 6 in West Asheville. But tonight, he’s back to fix dinner and spend time with old friends.

I grew up around fire stations. My father, a volunteer fireman fresh out of high school, later founded a financial company that specializes in financing emergency equipment for volunteer departments all over the Carolinas.

Sometimes they’d invite us to stay for dinner or eat out with them. From a

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young age, I understood that food was important to firefighters and that most were good cooks.

“This is a Myrtle Beach thing,” says Mullins, pulling chicken for his chicken bog. I say I’m suprised that he doesn’t use celery, a traditional component of Myrtle Beach bog. “It’s cheaper without it: That $2 gets you more meat!” he explains, adding, “Every meal for us is typically under or around $5.”

The station doesn’t provide food, nor is there a cafeteria or kitchen ration.

Instead, firefighters pool their money and go grocery shopping together.

Hence the tradition of good, cheap

food. No crab legs or steaks here: It’s more wholesome, hearty stews, soul food and one-pot wonders like chili, chicken casserole or fajitas.

“It’s a hit if it sticks to your ribs,” says Capt. dana trantham, “but it’s even better if you can have some leftovers for later.” Chicken bog does both quite well. An eastern North Carolina/ coastal South Carolina tradition, bog is as simple as it gets: sausage, chicken and celery mixed in with a massive pot of rice and cooked in chicken stock.

Heaped high on a plate and smothered in hot sauce, it makes for a damn fine meal.

on call Sure enough, however, 10 minutes into dinner, walkie-talkies buzz, the lights all over the station kick on, and everyone jumps into action. “At least chicken bog stays pretty hot!” jokes Mullins. Within three minutes of the signal, the four men are suited up and on the road, sirens blaring, lights glowing.

Firefighters have extremely long shifts, though most of that time is spent waiting for something to happen. “We try to make dinner family time, just sitting around eating together,” Trantham explains. “We’re together every day, just about.” The station is a small, cinder block building, and the cramped bunks are fitted with lights triggered when a latenight call comes in.

Happily, the food doesn’t get too cold this time: Within 30 minutes, they’ve returned from a false alarm at the Moose Cafe. “They burned the biscuits, I guess,” someone jokes, and just as quickly as they left, they’re back around the table, shoveling down spoonfuls of bog and ragging one another like any good family.

Their backgrounds are as varied as the roads they took to firefighting. matt hooker hails from San Francisco, Mullins from Ohio by way of Myrtle Beach. Several are locals, including Trantham, chad bryson and jason worley, who worked construction till he saw that the Fire Department was hiring and decided to apply. “I grew up in this neighborhood back here,” says matthew pride, pointing toward the rear of the station.

But protecting the neighborhood that raised him isn’t Pride’s only claim to fame. In 2012, his station enrolled him in the annual Toughman Contest on a dare, and he won all five fights en route to the title. “He’s got the belt to prove it!” Trantham says, laughing.

“We were coming back from a call and saw a billboard for the sign-up,” remembers Pride. “Well, between my loud mouth and my captain, they signed me up.” a groWing need The Asheville Fire Department’s more than 220 firefighters are spread

among the city’s 12 stations, with more than 80 on duty at any given moment. And given Asheville’s rapid growth, that number will only increase. “There’s a lot of people moving here,” notes Mullins, “and that means more job openings on the way.”

Firefighters are the first ones on the scene for almost any 911 call or alarm, whether it’s something as massive as the 2003 Beacon Manufacturing Co. fire in Swannanoa or the 2011 medical office fire that claimed the life of Capt. jeff bowen, or as simple as burned biscuits at a restaurant.

But when they’re not barreling down the highway, lights blazing, they’re here, at their home away from home.

And if the comics and the silver screen drape their heroes with capes and masks, in the real world they look more like your neighbors, gathered around the kitchen table in T-shirts eating chicken bog and telling stories, waiting for the walkie-talkie’s all-toofamiliar buzz. X

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Bon apétit!

Another beautiful evening event in Catawba Brewing’s culinary series will take place on Asheville’s South Slope the Sunday before Thanksgiving,

Nov. 22, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Catawba is located at 32 Banks Ave., Suite 105.

A cornucopia of all the traditional favorites will be offered on the giant maple-slab table beside the brewhouse. Dinner tickets are now for sale for $24 per person (beer sold separately). The meal includes:

— Roasted turkey breast with gravy.

— Autumn greens salad with celery heart, goat cheese & pomegranates, served with spiced vinaigrette.

— Sweet potato mash with bourbon butter.

— Roasted fennel, parsnip & leek stuffing.

— Cranberry sauce.

— Dinner rolls with butter.

— Pumpkin pudding with toasted marshmallows.

RSVP for a scrumptious Thanksgiving meal at this address https://goo.gl/dCN39g

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Never Blue is located just south of Asheville on beautiful Main Street in historic downtown Hendersonville. We offer an eclectic menu with a Southern flair, featuring organic and sustainably grown local ingredients. Executive Chefs Jesse and Edson Roque, along with their team of highly skilled chefs and pastry chefs, create scratch-made, mouth-watering cuisine daily for your enjoyment. Lunch and dinner are served from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

Relax in our warm, inviting atmosphere and enjoy a delicious handcraft ed cocktail, a local draft beer or one of over 40 wines by the glass. We offer indoor dining, covered garden dining and sidewalk dining. Please visit us online for more information concerning menus, catering (bot h on and off the premises), private parties, private rooms and special events.

For reservations please call 828-693-4646.

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Located in the heart of downtown Asheville, The Market Place Restaurant specializes in handcrafted cuisine using seasonal, local ingredients, many of which come from within a 100-mile radius of Asheville.

Enjoy the creative cuisine of nationally recognized chef William Dissen in our ingredient driven restaurant.

Serving dinner from 5:30 p.m. seven days a week, and brunch from 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Listen to live music in our classic American bar and lounge, where we serve local brews and handmade cocktails daily.

the market place restaurant 20 wall street

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Nostalgia returns to one of Asheville’s historic landmarks, F.W. Woolworth Co., established in 1938 and restored in 2001. It hosts a fully operational old-fashioned soda fountain built to resemble the original Woolworth luncheonette. A ’50s decor was carefully cultivated to bring back memories of a classic era.

Still in its original location, The Soda Fountain is open daily serving many of the original menu items, including egg creams, club sandwiches, coffee and, of course, old-fashioned ice cream sodas. Other standard menu items include black-bean burgers and a hummus plate. You can’t beat this Asheville experience: lunch in the historic Woolworth building surrounded by a diverse array of all-local art!

The Soda Fountain at Woolworth Walk

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In Asheville, we are fortunate to be surrounded by a rich culture that has a deep concern for the environment and our individual and collective health, as well as ethical and compassionate lifestyles. These are some of the reasons why Asheville has become a top destination for serious foodies who travel not just from all over Western North Carolina, but from around the world.

We are honored to have a place within the restaurant culture in Asheville, and we strive daily to reach our goals and meet the expectations of our guests. 2016 offers us a chance to bolster our reputation among vegan restaurants committed to furthering plant-based culinary culture. We are grateful for the opportunity.

Plant | 165 merrimon avenue | 828.258.7500 | www.plantisfood.com

25 Haywood St. Asheville NC 28801 • 828-254-9210 info@woolworthwalk.com • woolworthwalk.com

Okie Dokies got its start back in 1999 selling bbq sandwiches on the side of the road out of our “Little Red Wagon” -long before the Asheville food truck revolution. We use old school principles that start with quality meat, natural ingredients and “low and slow” barbeque techniques over hardwood coals. Tradition overrules the trappings of modern day bbq trends, there’s no room for short cuts here. This commitment makes Okie Dokies Smokehouse a must stop for bbq aficionados looking for the real deal bbq joint. We have been featured on multiple TV shows, as well as highlighted in Southern Living’s Off The Eaten Path, Southern Living’s Best Drives and Dives and Bob Garner’s Book of Barbeque.

Though pulled pork bbq and ribs are our specialty, we also serve chopped beef brisket, smoked chicken breasts and tangy, smoked, jumbo wings and a variety of traditional scratch made southern sides.

The Okie Dokies experience is never complete without our famous fried pickles and jalapeno hushpuppies! Come on out and see what has people traveling miles out of their way just to enjoy a little “Swannanoa Swine Dining”

2375 US Hwy 70 Swannanoa, NC 28778 I-40 exit 59 • 828-686-0050 Okiedokiesbbq.com • Monday – Saturday 11am-8pm

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At Kilwins, you’ll experience rich aromas from copper pots filled with hot, bubbly fudge or caramel made by our talented cooks—right before your eyes! You’ll taste samples of our delicious hand-paddled fudge and original recipe ice cream. Enjoy the best selection of confections in Asheville, including sugar-free and vegan options, as well as single-origin chocolates from Peru and Mexico.

Try a delicious handmade caramel apple or a bag of freshly made caramel corn. You might prefer a mouth-watering truffle or almondtoffee crunch. An entire case is filled with goodies hand-dipped in luscious chocolate and decadent caramel. We also have grab-and-go boxed chocolates and gift baskets, and we cater parties, weddings and other events with unique confections that will make any celebration sweeter! Great products, friendly staff and an old-fashioned candy store atmosphere — you’ll love your experience at Kilwins!

Roux, the signature restaurant of the four-diamond Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park, features an innovate menu with a creative twist.

Roux fuses Southern comfort with modern sophistication, serving dishes that are inspired by executive chef Randy Dunn’s grandmother’s kitchen — then spiced with locally farmed ingredients that are all Asheville. A diverse wine list, full-service bar and select desserts created in the Roux kitchen complete the experience.

Roux is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as weekend brunch.

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Open 7 days a week!

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Roots & Fruits Market | The Juice Box Still Growing CommunityThrough Food

As our name states, we make our thick, creamy, smooth frozen custard fresh every day so you can enjoy the best experience that frozen custard has to offer.

From our fresh cream and pasteurized eggs to the premium chocolates, fruit toppings, and fresh roasted nuts, you’ll taste the difference. Our custard is gluten-free and kosher (with the exception of any added toppings that aren’t).

Pick a daily flavor and order a Whitser, sundae, shake, float, malt or a Whit’s Jones Soda freeze. We keep the freezers full of the favorite flavors in quarts and pints. We also make custard cakes, pies and custard cookie sandwiches.

We cater parties with individual servings. Call us at 828-565-7117 to inquire.

And don’t forget to reserve your pumpkin custard pie for Thanksgiving!

Join our Facebook for Weekly Flavors and Specials: facebook.com/whitsasheville

We also have a NEW COFFEE BAR, featuring regular, decaf and flavored coffees, cappuccino, hot chocolate, chai, affogato and fresh baked gourmet cookies.

Thanks for voting us #1 Frozen Yogurt/Custard!

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Since the opening of Roots & Fruits Market last March, we’ve been working to bring our mission and vision to life. In just 18 months we have cultivated a garden, installed a greenhouse, raised 25 chickens, transformed the Market, established an outdoor dining experience and created a ‘magical’ space for music, education, and community events.

None of this would have been possible without the vision, creativity and hard work from my son Kyle Nuccilli and the energetic and ambitious crew of the Market and The Juice Box. We look forward to continuing in our shared goal of supporting local farmers, providing a platform for local artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs, and growing community through food.

Be sure to check out The Juice Box, serving Breakfast & Lunch and featuring a Live Music Sunday Brunch.

Thank you so much for your continued support.

Sheila Nuccilli

151 S. Ridgeway Ave. Black Mountain, NC

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For folks living in the Fletcher, Arden and Mills River areas, your options of where to grab a great beer and a bite to eat while gathering with friends just got a lot better. With 24 beers on tap; a deli with subs, pizzas, bratwurst, hotdogs and charcuterie boards; and fresh-baked pretzels from Carolina Mountain Bakery, Mills River Brewery is excited to be the new neighborhood hub with a distinctly independent and local style and flavor. The new pub offers lunch specials Wednesday through Friday, $3 pints on Monday nights, live music on Saturday nights and the NFL Sunday Ticket.

Before opening Mills River Brewery, we had long noticed the need for a local pub and gathering spot in our neighborhood — an outpost with the same independent style that people prize about Asheville and greater Western North Carolina. We’re proud to offer Mills River Brewery as one of the first microbrew pubs in the area to fill that community need— and with plenty of parking to boot!

The best is just around the corner! Starting in November, four rotating MRB beers will be on tap. Come in and have a pint or bring your growler and take your favorite brew home!

Thai Citrus Restaurant

A married couple, Chef Pat (left) and Chef Sun (right), have made it their lives’ mission to share authentic Thai cuisine.

Chef Sun has a decade of experience in Thai cooking and comes from a family who has owned and operated restaurants in Thailand for three generations. He originally moved to America to attain a computer science degree at The California State University. After working in the computer field for five years, he changed his career path to fulfill his culinary mission.

Chef Pat earned a mathematics degree in Thailand, then came to America to follow her dream, joining the AB-Tech culinary program. After she graduated with honors, Pat and Sun opened Thai Citrus Restaurant in 2010, serving healthy and delicious Thai food.

Every dish is made fresh with love and passion. The restaurant is located just one mile north of exit 23 off I-26. See you at the restaurant!

100 Stone Ridge Blvd.

Asheville, NC 28804

Mills River Brewery 330 Rockwood Road Arden, NC 28704 828-989-3747 millsriverbrewery.net

828-771-4779 www.thaicitrus.com

Pack’s is More Than Just a Tavern Family-owned for five years, Pack’s Tavern has established itself as a go-to spot in downtown Asheville for good beer and delicious food. Whether you’re craving a burger, a fresh salad or one of the pizzas or hot sandwiches from our wood-fired oven, the Pack’s menu has a little something for everyone. Our team is dedicated to providing quality food and stellar service.

Our beautifully restored 1900s-era building has multiple dining spaces: the expansive North Bar with 32 taps, large-screen TVs and seating overlooking the park; the South Bar with more TVs and free live music every weekend (great for large groups, whether there’s one check or 60); and the park-side outdoor patio with its beautiful magnolia — the perfect place for a quiet meal.

The Century Room, located on the second floor, is a special-event venue hosting wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners, business meetings, luncheons and more. With a private kitchen, large open-floor plan, beamed ceiling and 32-foot bar, the Century Room can accommodate 50 to 250 guests!

20 S. Spruce St., Asheville NC 28801 • 828-225-6944 packstavernasheville@gmail.com • packstavern.com

Family-owned and -operated for over 20 years, we serve authentic, delicious Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine from the Badr family recipe book.

Owner Farouk Badr brings recipes from his homeland — allowing you to transport your senses to faraway lands.

Come enjoy our exotic, relaxing dining room in downtown Asheville!

We serve lunch and dinner six days a week, in addition to Saturday and Sunday brunch, and feature live music and belly dancing every Friday and Saturday night!

Jerusalem Garden Cafe 78 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 828-254-0255 jerusalemgardencafe.com

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by Gina Smith

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local proVIsIons Chef Justin Burdett’s new downtown restaurant will offer modern interpretations of traditional Appalachian and Southern flavors Things have been a little crazy lately in justin burdett’s world.

Since early summer, the chef has been endlessly moving kitchen equipment, furniture and building supplies around in the Biltmore Avenue space that will soon be his new restaurant, Local Provisions.

When he paused to speak with Xpress recently, he had to step outside as a new 20-foot zinc bar was being installed. “We’ve been playing the biggest life-sized game of Tetris for months now,” he jokes, referencing an assortment of wood, tin, tables, machinery and appliances — not to mention the recently arrived 300-pound copper-andwood business sign — that have been stored there since he claimed the space in June.

The location was previously occupied by chef mike moore’s rustic-looking Seven Sows Bourbon & Larder. But Burdett, previously of Ruka’s Table in Highlands and a Star Chefs Carolinas Rising Star Chef for 2013, is heading in a different direction visually with Local Provisions.

“Literally everything is different,” he says. “[Seven Sows’] food and their space represented each other really well, but I’m going for something a little more modern and elegant-looking. … We’ve created a really clean, modern-looking space, but with some touches of farmy feel and Southern accents in the décor.”

Seven Sows’ big garage door has been replaced with glass. Gray walls and white ceilings are accentuated with black trim; shiny, sealed floors and dramatic wall sconces.

Banquette seating and zinc-topped

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SHAdES Of GRAY: Justin Burdett’s new restaurant, Local Provisions, sports a sleek, modern look with gray walls, black trim and whitewashed wood. Photo by Cindy Kunst tables with cast-iron bases will share space with the bar. Existing wood in the bathrooms and on the front of the bar has been whitewashed in keeping with the color scheme.

The large sign and a smaller secondary sign for the corner of the building were both designed and made

by Hendersonville tattoo artist mike pace, the man responsible for much of Burdett’s distinctive body art. “I trusted him enough to put ink on me permanently,” he says, “so I figured I could trust him to do our sign.”

In the spring, Burdett and his business partner, neil mccarthy of Union Mill in Atlanta, plan to renovate and expand the patio area. “We’re just giving it a massive, massive overhaul,” says Burdett.

The menu, likewise, will reflect Burdett’s aesthetic vision as well as his penchant for doing creative, modernized riffs on traditional Appalachian and Southern fare. “I try to do flavors that are recognizable to people, or that I grew up eating,” says Burdett, who is originally from Georgia. “So [it’s about] taking things that are familiar

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and just giving them a facelift; I just elevate it little.”

As the name states, Local Provisions will mainly offer dishes made from locally sourced ingredients. Burdett, who worked a stint with mark rosenstein at The Market Place, estimates that as much as 90 percent of the menu will be crafted from food produced in Western North Carolina. His lamb and pork will come from Sugar Creek Meats in Leicester, for example, and evan chender of the Culinary Gardener will supply an assortment of unusual vegetables and edible flowers to add color and spice.

“He’s been bringing us the coolest stuff, like these crazy little peppers that look like habaneros but without the heat,” says Burdett. “We fermented a bunch of those. They have a lot of the fruit notes to them … so we are doing a fermented pepper puree with curds and whey, muscadine and lemon balm.”

Burdett developed a passion for fermenting and preserving foods during his time in Highlands, where access to quality local produce was hit or miss.

He got in the habit of buying whatever farmers brought him, no matter how large the quantity, then preserving what he couldn’t use immediately for inclusion in winter dishes.

Accordingly, the menu at Local Provisions offers a section of $5 preserved dishes. Curried lamb loin, shaved pâté de campagne and other meaty items share the spotlight with kimchi, sour pickles and local cheeses.

Some of Burdett’s ingredients will come directly from the mountains themselves rather than from a farm.

Burdett has a long-standing relationship with Highlands forager ross pearman, which he plans to continue at Local Provisions. “Ross has spots out in the woods out there that are completely untouched by anyone else,” he explains. “He can get things out there other foragers in Asheville can’t get. ... It’s very much the flavor of this area and the mountains.”

Prices on the menu range from $5 “tastes,” such as buttermilk curds and whey; sea urchin and shaved, roasted cauliflower, to $24 entrees such as sweet-tea brined quail; Georgia rabbit; and South Carolina snapper. A wide selection of small plates ranges from whey-fermented carrots or a bitter green salad for $4 to a mixed-grain salad or a green-peanut risotto at the $8 mark.

Highlights from the $4 dessert menu include caramelized banana bread and a fried apple pie.

Burdett says Local Provisions is on track to open for dinner and Sunday brunch by the end of October, early November at the latest. Lunch service may be added in the spring. X

more INfo what Local Provisions where 77 Biltmore Ave. when Scheduled to open in late October/early November for dinner and Sunday brunch.

Closed Mondays. details For updates, check Facebook. com/LocalProvisionsAsheville

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by Kat McReynolds | kmcreynolds@mountainx.com

chicken salad chick

“The demand for the Chicken Salad Chick experience is ever-growing across North and South Carolina,” Singleton says. “We are confident that the Asheville community will love our fresh, homemade recipes and look forward to becoming a favorite destination for friends and family.”

Chicken Salad Chick opens at 4 S. Tunnel Road on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. For details, visit chickensaladchick.com. coMMuni-tea Festival

CHiCk, plEASE: Chicken Salad Chick’s chicken salad and side salads are made in-house each day. The franchise plans to choose a local produce partner to provide ingredients for the salads. Photo by Sara Hanna Photography

“Chicken Salad Chick fits into its own little niche,” co-owner julie beville says of her newly purchased franchise eatery, which is scheduled to open on Tuesday, Oct. 27, on Tunnel Road (next to Whole Foods Market). Although a first for Asheville, Chicken Salad Chick has 41 existing locations across the Southeast, including eight storefronts in the Carolinas that are owned by Beville and her business partner michelle singleton.

Chicken Salad Chick is entering a massive growth spurt, with a fleet of 141 additional locations being developed across Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Alabama, where the brand was founded by former doorto-door chicken salad saleswoman stacy brown. Her fast-casual concept is praised for its “custom-fit chicken salad experience with 15 original flavors to choose from as well as gourmet soups, flavorful side salads and freshly baked desserts,” according to a media release.

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“We’ve heard from so many guests how one flavor or another reminds them of their mother or grandmother’s favorite recipe,” Beville says. “We love that we can rekindle those fond memories for our guests, but we also like the fact that we can offer a unique twist on something that is such a Southern classic. Truly, there is a favorite flavor for everyone once they try and compare.”

Beville and Singleton, who live in Greenville, S.C., and Auburn, Ala., respectively, are celebrating the eatery’s move to Asheville with a week of specials. On opening day, the first 100 guests will get a “Meet the Chicks” punch card, redeemable for a free scoop of the restaurant’s flavor-of-theweek item for 16 weeks. The following day, any purchase of 2 pounds of chicken salad earns a free cooler with ice.

On Thursday, the first 100 guests will get one free scoop of product, and that Friday, the first 100 guests get a complimentary koozie. To round out the week of promotions, Halloween diners get a free cookie with the purchase of a Chick Trio.

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Dobra Tea’s Black Mountain location will host its annual fall CommuniTea Festival, which unfolds outside on the green Sunday, Oct. 25. Fellow tea purveyors Panther Moon Tea Co., AppalaChai, Infusion Lounge and Hanami Tea Co. will be in attendance in addition to local herbalists, health practitioners, healing artists and more.

Also on the menu 2-4 p.m. are chair massages, sound healing, guided qi gong, Chinese medicine talks, acupuncture, pottery displays, live art, face painting, sweets and live music.

Communi-Tea Festival is at Dobra Tea of Black Mountain, 120 Broadway Ave., on Sunday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $5-10 admission benefits ArtSpace Charter School. Visit dobrateanc.com for details.

Short Street Cakes is at 225 Haywood Road. The opening reception happens 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, next door at 227 Haywood Road. For details about COLA, visit colawnc.org. For more on Short Street Cakes, visit shortstreetcakes.com. youth outright Month and Free tasting During October, MetroWines will donate 10 percent of proceeds from sales of its Villa Pozzi Nero d’Avola or Grillo — two of the shop’s top sellers — to Youth OUTright.

MetroWines owners gina trippi and john Kerr will also match the total amount raised for the local nonprofit, whose mission it is to empower the LGBTQ youth “to be confident and vital members of our community.” For double the action, visit the shop on Friday, Oct. 25, 5-7 p.m., for a free tasting with Rodney Strong Vineyards.

MetroWines is at 169 Charlotte St. Visit metrowinesasheville.com for more information. X

day oF the dead Fundraiser For iMMigrant rights Short Street Cakes kicks off its seventh annual Dia de Los Muertos celebration and fundraiser for Coalición de Organizaciones Latino-Americanas (soon to be Compañeros Inmigrantes de las Montañas en Acción) on Thursday, Oct. 22, with an opening reception offering wine, snacks and a chance to help build a community altar for families and individuals to honor loved ones who have died. Every day between the kickoff and Sunday, Nov. 1, Short Street will make and sell sugar skulls for $5 each with half of the proceeds benefiting COLA. A decoration station stocked with icings and other fancy trimmings will be available for those who are feeling creative. On Sunday, Nov. 1, the altar will be open to the public all day and into the evening. Discounts are available to school groups wishing to learn the tradition of honoring loved ones and ancestors through altar decoration and sugar skulls. COLA is an organization that advocates for immigrants’ rights in Western North Carolina.

Food writer Jonathan Ammons lets us in on his favorite dish du jour. honey, almond and chevre fizz at top of the monk: This is easily the strangest and most delicious cocktail I’ve had in a while. Absolut vodka, amaretto, Tuaca and Frangelico provide the kick, while local raw honey, orgeat syrup, egg white, almond extract, fresh lemon, yogurt and goat cheese provide the flavor bomb.

Topped with soda, shaved almond and black sea salt, it is a wild ride and well worth the $13 price tag .— Jonathan Ammons

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by Thom O’Hearn | Send your beer news to avlbeerscout@gmail.com or @thomohearn on Twitter.

Asheville Brewing Co. consolidates production Still innovating after all these years — Asheville Brewing ramps up experimental and specialty brews Asheville Brewing Co.’s head brewer, Doug Riley, has been making beer at the company’s Merrimon Avenue location since it first opened in December 1997 as Two Moons Brew-N-View. In January 1999, Asheville Pizza took over the business and rebranded it to become Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co., which later expanded to include locations on Coxe Avenue and Hendersonville Road.

Soon, the Merrimon Avenue facility will brew its final beers, and Asheville Brewing will consolidate its brewing equipment downtown at the Coxe Avenue store.

The removal of the brewing equipment will allow for a new walk-in cooler and allow for more keg storage at Merrimon Avenue — up until now, storage has been upstairs at the facility.

“It’s exciting,” Riley says of the move. “Just to have everything under one roof so that we can produce more beer.”

Asheville Brewing released the first Farewell to the Mothership beer on Oct. 1, as part of a going-away celebration for the Merrimon brewing location. Farewell to the Mothership, Part One, is only the second sour beer the brewery has ever produced, and it was made without lactobacillus, the bacteria traditionally used for souring beers.

Instead, Riley used Greek yogurt.

“It’s something people in the Pacific Northwest have been doing for a long time,” he notes. Not to

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TAPS: Asheville Brewing Co. is rolling out new taps created by local company Industry Nine. “They’re friends of ours,” says brewer Doug Riley. “It was good to be able to get something made here in town instead of outsourcing everything.” Photo by Jesse Farthing mention, it’s significantly less expensive than purchasing lactobacillus in large quantities.

Asheville Brewing has been ramping up its production of unique, smallbatch beers for quite some time now, and the consolidation of all the equipment will help a lot with how much his team can do, Riley says.

“We’re trying to keep up with the trends and keep up with the beer drinkers,” he says. “Give them something new all the time so it’s not just the same beers that they can get anywhere else.

“We can age some more stuff,” he adds. “We can age in barrels and do some blending. It’s going to create a lot more fun stuff and give us more room to do that. It’s exciting.”

Riley says Asheville Brewing is focusing more on pub sales than distribution right now but notes that the consolidation will allow the brewery to put more bottles out on the market as well.

Farewell to the Mothership, Part 2— a chocolate raspberry oatmeal stout

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spiced with ghost peppers — blasts off on Friday, Oct. 23, and will commemorate the last of the brewing operations at the Merrimon Avenue facility.

Maybe.

Depending on how long it takes to get the permits to move the equipment, Riley says he may end up doing another commemorative brew. “We don’t have permits yet, so we can’t start work,” he says. “It’s not really a big thing, but the city requires permits.

It should be fairly quick.”

But if it takes longer, they’ll keep brewing at Merrimon and keep coming up with more interesting beers, he says.

Burnpile Harvest Festival Last year, Burial Beer Co. hosted its inaugural Burnpile Harvest Festival at the beginning of November to complement its Saison Fest held in the springtime.

“We’ve always loved that season,” Burial’s Jess Reiser says. “Our

namesake, Burial, and the farm tools [in our logo] lend themselves to really trying to bring awareness to farms and harvests.”

The event featured live music, and dozens of different beers from more than 20 North Carolina breweries.

Then, of course, it snowed.

“We still had an amazing turnout though,” Reiser says. “But this time we’ll have the back patio enclosed, so there will be more heated space — just in case the weather turns awful again.

“We’ve had like three outdoor events where it’s been sunny and amazing,” she adds. “We’re due for bad weather.”

Burnpile returns this year — bigger, better and hopefully warmer — at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. More than 35 beers from 30 different North Carolina breweries will be represented throughout the day, showcasing a wide variety of brews, including Burial’s own Slasher Sweet Potato Porter.

“What we really encourage is that they are either brewing a beer that is traditionally released in the fall — like a Märzen or an Oktoberfest — or a beer that is seasonally inspired,” Reiser says, mentioning everything from pumpkins, yams and apples to spices like nutmeg and vanilla.

“That gives it a range,” she says.

“Although it has a theme to it, the breweries and people can get a range of things from stouts to IPA — all kinds of seasonally inspired beers.”

Beers will rotate in waves in the main bar, patio bar and lower beer garden.

Entry to Burnpile is $4, including a 5-ounce commemorative glass.

Tokens for pours are $2 each. Salt & Smoke will serve a harvest feast 2-8 p.m. in the lower beer garden, and live music from Rich People, Camp David and Nest Egg begins at 5 p.m. For more on the festival, visit burialbeer.com. X

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‘InspIratIon Is contagIous’ Elizabeth Gilbert presents Big Magic in Asheville bY alli marshall amarshall@mountainx.com The jobs of motivational speaker and self-help guru have probably topped very few “what I want to do when I grow up” lists. Author elizabeth gilbert didn’t set out to write books for that particular shelf — “When I was 30, it would have seemed like the most ludicrous thing in the world for anyone to pay me money to get up onstage and tell them how to live,” she says. “I’d made such a dog’s breakfast out of my life at that point.”

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Gilbert appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want Tour and will be a featured speaker at Deepak Chopra’s center in May. Despite that kind of platform, “I’m careful that I’m not presenting myself as an authority on anything that I’m not an authority on,” she says. “But if you want to talk to me about creativity, that I can do.”

In Big Magic, Gilbert shares her early interest in writing. As a teenager, she held a ceremony in her bedroom where she dedicated herself to the craft and went on to spend years working at short stories,

submitting to publications and collecting rejection letters. Where she differs from so many creatives is that she views her relationship to writing as a joyous one and, for decades, has bucked the notion that creativity is a self-destructive business or that artists must suffer for their craft. “I told the universe (and anyone who would listen) that I was committed to living a creative life not in order to save the world, not as an act of protest, not to become famous ... but simply because I liked it,” she writes.

Gilbert did become famous, her success with Eat, Pray, Love making it hard to know if the writer’s relationship with creativity would have changed had she continued to work in relative obscurity. But accomplishment brought its own challenges as Gilbert discussed in the 2014 TED Talk on how to carry on, regardless of the outcome.

Material from that presentation, as well as another TED Talk, “Your Elusive Creative Genius,” from 2009, made its way into Big Magic.

There are also ideas from Gilbert’s author appearances. In Asheville last year, she touched on fear as a companion to creativity, a concept she expounds upon in the chapter, “The Road Trip.” Big Magic is a book she’d been thinking about writing for 12 years.

“Inspiration is contagious, and courage is contagious,” Gilbert says. She seeks out people who are not letting fear stop them, people who are revolutionizing their artistic genres. “It doubles down my commitment to the challenge of, ‘Are you really courageously doing the most interesting possible thing you could be doing right now?’

The more you can spend time around people who just continuously show up for the most curious possible path, the more you want to play, too.”

But the author isn’t advocating for everyone to take huge risks.

Big magic, it turns out, can work in small ways, too. “Passion makes you get divorced and sell all your

possessions and shave your head and move to Nepal. Curiosity doesn’t ask nearly so much of you,” Gilbert writes. “In fact, curiosity only ever asks one simple question: ‘Is there anything you’re interested in?’”

Following her own curiosity, Gilbert is in the early stages of a new historical novel. For now, that writing and research comes in short bursts as her current book tour ramps up. But the writer seems to delight in even her hectic schedule, seeing that, too, as a part of the magic of artistic work. “I don’t just want to be a hand-puppet with a job who walks around paying bills all the time,” she says. “I want to engage with creation, I want to dance with inspiration, and I want to put my fingerprint on the world in some weird way.” X

who elizabeth gilbert presents big magic where asheville high school auditorium when: thursday, oct. 22, 7 p.m. $35 includes pre-signedcopy of the book. malaprops.com

home IS where the art IS For book lovers and literature fans, it’s always interesting to get a glimpse into the process of writers. Technique tips, pithy quotes and transcriptions of readings provide some of the behind-the-scenes experience. There’s also the literary tourist’s favorite: visiting the home-turned-museum of an important author. But, since most living writers don’t open their houses to strangers (even friendly fans), one new book is offering just that sort of insider perspective.

Carolina Writers at Home, edited by meg reid with photos by rob mcdonald, enters the domiciles of Southern authors such as jill mccorkle, nikky finney, allan gurganus, clyde edgerton and michael parker. “The homes in these essays range from the classic bungalow and midcentury modern ranch house to wilder locales: a church, a trailer and a sparsely inhabited barrier island,” says a press release for the book, published by Spartanburg, S.C.-based Hub City Press. It “pays homage to those who have taken inspiration from the beauty and singularity of the Carolina landscape and turned it into the written word.”

Local writers thomas rain crowe, Keith flynn and Kathryn stripling byer join Reid at Malaprop’s on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m., to present Carolina Writers at Home. malaprops.com — A.M. mountainx.com

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NECESSARY HEROiCS: Cosplayers who will be attending the Asheville Comic Expo showed off their costume at Free Comic Book Day in May. This year’s expo is expected to bring larger crowds, more special features and new-andimproved superpowers. Photo by Anthony Hardin and JC Mero

We live in an age when many of the major blockbuster movies are either comic book-derived or from similar genres of fantasy or science fiction. There are currently half a dozen live-action TV shows based on comic books, with more in development. Indeed, it appears that the geeks have inherited the Earth, or at least the realm of popular entertainment. And the Asheville Comic Expo celebrates all things geeky in Western North Carolina Saturday, Oct. 24.

“Asheville had a couple of great conventions in the past, but they never seemed to last more than two years or so,” says darrin williams, Asheville Comic Expo founder and owner of Comic Envy. “After the last one closed its doors, a few customers suggested to me that I think about running my own. The idea took root and here we are, four years later.”

This year’s event features the biggest names on the guest list to date, with comic book legends steve rude and mike grell. Grell and Rude both signed on with independent

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publisher First Comics in the 1980s, and were among the first creators to actually own the characters they wrote and drew. Rude is known for his book, Nexus, with writer Mike Baron, as well as his work on iconic characters like Superman and Batman. He’s bringing a series of artist workshops with him to Asheville, which take place in and around the Asheville Comic Expo, with two sessions scheduled at ZaPow Gallery and Solid Studios.

Grell gained fame in the mid 1970s with DC Comics before becoming one of the leaders of the creator-owned movement of independent publishers in the early ’80s. He created the shortlived science fiction series Starslayer, before crafting his most iconic character, Jon Sable. The Jon Sable Freelance series was even a short-lived TV show in 1987, in which actress Rene Russo debuted as Sable’s girlfriend, Eden. Grell returned to DC Comics in the mid-’80s and helped relaunch the publisher’s Green Arrow superhero. Much of Grell’s interpretation of that character can be seen in the

current TV show, “Arrow.” Sable was nearly made into a film in 2001 after Grell released a novel version of the character’s origin story, but it has been stalled in development for over a decade.

“The best part for me, as ACE grows, is watching the milestones tick by,” Williams says. Just over 1,000 people attended in 2012, the expo’s inaugural year. This time around, Williams is cautiously optimistic but hopes to see over well over 3,000. “Expanding into the main arena of the U.S. Cellular Center was a great moment for us and then, even better, was realizing how quickly we could fill it,” he says. “Over the years we have had to spend less time contacting vendors, artists and special guests — they started to contact us.”

And, Williams adds, this year’s roster of creators and professionals like Grell and Rude includes the type of names he would stand in line to meet if they were at another show.

The expo includes numerous charities like Warrior Service Dog and the 501st Legion Carolina Garrison, a

contingency of Star Wars cosplayers who are often involved in childrenrelated causes, including an annual Star Wars toy drive. There will also be a dozen special guests, more than 50 artists and indie-creators, and nearly 30 vendors selling everything from comics to collectibles. Plus, the Asheville Comic Expo is being graced with a special edition of the new Back To The Future comic series from IDW Publishing. A 500-copy print-run, timed for release the year that Doc Brown and Marty McFly went to the future (2015, despite much online squabbling about the date) has an exclusive cover just for the local event. It will be available at the expo while supplies last.

“The next step is to expand to a two day show and really give Asheville the convention it deserves,” Williams says. “Moving forward, we want to keep focusing on local talent and local business, while still bringing in some of the best and biggest names working in comics. Putting on a great show, giving our attendees what they want, and having fun is the most important part.”

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Shared accomplishments Lowland Hum works on collaborations large and small If the ambient folk music of Lowland Hum sounds relaxed and peaceful on the duo’s self-titled sophomore album, those melodies might be a reflection of the musicians’ offstage life as husband and wife.

“We have been performing together for about four years but began collaborating more fully and writing together just after we got married a bit over 3 1/2 years ago,” says vocalist and songwriter lauren goans from the couple’s home in Charlottesville,

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Va. “Of course, it is not without tension, but neither of us can rush off to work in the middle of a dispute. We are together literally all of the time, and our performances often act as a deadline for any disagreement.

We don’t perform well when we aren’t in unity, so we have to work things out by the time we get onstage each night.” Lowland Hum brings its close-knit performance to The Grey Eagle Sunday, Oct. 25.

Goans and her husband, daniel, make music infused with a style similar to that of The Weather Station or Sixpence None the Richer. They create an almost ethereal sound that Lauren

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calls “very forward folk music.” It comes across as both therapeutic and starkly personal.

“While Daniel’s background is rooted in music and story, mine is in visual art,” Lauren says. Her work includes designing the band’s album covers, posters, merchandise and even some music videos. “I handle all of the visual aspects of our operation. I also designed the lyric books we pass out at shows, and we have an illuminated, layered fabric forest we set up whenever the venues have space for it,” she says. “Our hope is to offer audiences different ways to interact with our music in the live setting.”

Lowland Hum’s sound also offers the listener a dreamlike sonic experience — appropriate considering the band’s genesis. “The name came to me when I was sitting up in bed one morning,” Lauren says. “We had been considering a lot of different names, but when those two words popped into my head side by side, neither of them were words we had previously thought of. A lot of what we write about is mysterious and hard to nail down, such as dreams, memory and identity. When we sat with the name for a while, we realized it felt consistent with the themes in our music.”

Those themes got the attention of NPR last year when Lowland Hum was added to the network’s “First Listen,” “Tiny Desk Concert” and “World Café” programs. Around the same time, the Greensboro natives were offered an arts residency with the nonprofit New City Arts Initiative, working with arts education programs in Charlottesville, which necessitated a move to Virginia.

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Their onstage collaboration with Greensboro friends The Collective serves as a reunion for the two groups. Phot by Griffin Hart Davis country and back with our dear friends,” Lauren says. Seven-piece Greensboro act The Collection backed the Goanses onstage, and the collaboration proved successful.

“They will be sharing the stage with us at The Grey Eagle,” Lauren says.

“Though we haven’t been apart for long, it will undoubtedly be like a mini-reunion.”

But while she’s looking forward to playing music with her hometown pals, the female half of Lowland Hum says she and her husband have very few predictions about their return to Western North

Carolina. “We try not to go into shows with expectations,” Lauren says. “Rather, we try to have open hands and just receive the night as it comes. Life is a lot more peaceful that way.”

She continues, “We believe, at a performance, the artist brings something, and each person in the audience brings their thing, and it all mixes together to create a night that cannot be replicated. Those who come out [to The Grey Eagle] will play a huge role in the way the night unfolds.” X

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Weaverville Art Safari With 41 contributing artists, the fall iteration of the Weaverville Art Safari is as eclectic and vibrant as the changing leaves that signify the biannual event’s arrival. Potters, glassworkers, sculptors, jewelers, furniture crafters, painters, drawers, fiber artists, photographers and others invite visitors into their studios to explore each maker’s unique approach to art. “Creativity abounds in our area, and our artists love to show off what they do and how they do it,” says Cindy Ireland, 2015 Art Safari president. The free, self-guided, multi venue tour of the town runs Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 and 25, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.

Plus, Weaverville Town Hall will host a kickoff fundraiser with entertainment and food to benefit the community Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. $10. weavervilleartsafari.com. Earthshots by Steven Forbes-deSoule

In addition to organizing the second annual African-Americans in Western North Carolina Conference, UNC Asheville assistant history professor Darin Waters, along with his family, is donating a collection of historic photographs for the university to digitize, archive and selectively exhibit. Taken by local hobbyist photographer Isaiah Rice (Waters’ grandfather) from the ’40s until his death in 1980, the collection highlights communities such as Burton Street and Shiloh. “What people will see in these photos is a different Asheville as far as the presence of AfricanAmericans is concerned,” Waters says, noting one photo’s depiction of Pack Square Park bustling with AfricanAmerican students and youths. The collection, he says, demonstrates the African-American experience through the eyes of a “very middle-class,” forward-thinking family. Waters and his colleagues will debut a slideshow of select photos by Rice at the UNCA Highsmith Student Union’s Alumni Hall Friday, Oct. 23, during a panel that runs from 2-5 p.m. Free. avl.mx/1u0. Self-portrait by Isaiah Rice

Stephen Evans & The True Grits There are two main moods to Something to Bleed, the new 10-track album by local musician Stephen Evans — the energetic folk-rock found on lead offering “The Ghost” and the more wistful, lilting melodies of songs like “1000 Roses.” Evans’ tenor is emotive and more concerned with ache and character than with polish. His vocal is matched at many points by poignant violin. The local singer-songwriter does a nice job of crafting imagery and matching instrumentation to poetic temperament. That’s on recording, but what about the live act? Evans and his band, The True Grits, perform a free show at French Broad Brewery Saturday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. frenchbroadbrewery.com.

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The Fantastic Violinaires When lyrics are about or directed toward God, their delivery tends to pack a certain emotional intensity. That’s why The Fantastic Violinaires’ songs of praise are fueled by spirited rasp, intense vibratos and the occasional all-out howl. Formed in Detroit in 1952, the vocal-heavy ensemble has watched dozens of albums (and nearly as many members) come and go over the decades, even experimenting with several variations of the band’s name along the way. But a penchant for vocal harmonies and the group’s defining falsetto background singers have remained constant. The musicians typically appear in educational and religious settings, clad in matching suits, but an upcoming local show brings the singers to West Asheville bar The Double Crown Thursday, Oct. 22, at 10 p.m. $10. facebook.com/thedoublecrown. Image by Steve Mann

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Chris Jamison “Juniper Blues,” a track from Lovecraft, the newest album by Chris Jamison, knocks the dust off its cowboy boots before two-stepping slowly around an empty room. It’s a standout song — as lush as it is soulful — on an impeccable collection.

The good news is that Jamison (not to be confused with “The Voice” contestant of the same name) recently relocated from Austin, Texas, to Asheville. And while his songs take cues from Southwestern landscapes and Tex-Mex soundscapes here and there, the Appalachian Mountains are not all that foreign to the singersongwriter. He grew up in the Virginian Blue Ridge and spent time in London, all of which surely add to his universal and poetic approach to song craft. Jamison performs with Jackson Dulaney on lap steel at Pisgah Brewing Co. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m. Free. pisgahbrewing.com. Photo by Carol Spagnuola

Benefit for the UN Refugee Agency In response to the devastation in Syria, one corner of Asheville’s art scene has come together to host benefit show. Refuge: A Benefit for Those Seeking Shelter “will be an evening celebrating Middle Eastern dance and culture, and will feature performances by nearly all of Asheville’s belly-dance community,” says organizer Sparrow Pants, who will perform as both a dancer and with her band Resonant Rogues to open the show. Additional belly dancers include Lisa Zahiya, Claire Dima, Sami Te, Mahsati Janan and Ani Oakley. As a final touch, Sankofa Electrofolk will play a “dance party set for folks to get down to.”

New Mountain hosts the benefit for the United Nations Refugee Agency Sunday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. $10/$12. newmountainavl.com. Photo by Lady O Photography

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TRilliUm dANCE COmpANY 706-254-8876, trilliumevents.org, trilliumavl@gmail.com • SU (10/25), noon - Open auditions for dancers. Contact for full guidelines. Free. Held at The Landing, 68D Kentucky Drive

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 with local personalities. $12.

‘pARAdiSE pARk ZOO’: Anam Cara Theatre Company presents Paradise Park Zoo, a new three-act play that the troupe describes as a “meditation on capitalism, the radical left and the impossible task of imagining ourselves free.” Shows will take place at 8 p.m. at the Toy Boat Community Art Space on Friday and Saturday Oct. 23-24, Thursday and Friday Oct. 29-30 and Friday and Saturday Nov. 6-7. Tickets are $18 at the show and are also available for $15 online in advance: anamcaratheatre. org. Photo courtesy Anam Cara Theatre Company. (p.54) art AlYS JORNS fiNE HANdCRAfTEd JEWElRY & TRUCk SHOW (pd.) Alys Jorns fine handcrafted jewelry is launching with a trunk sale on Sat., Oct. 24th from 11am-5pm at Sovereign Remedies downtown, 29 N. Market St. Refreshments will be offered. More at AlysJorns.com ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • TH (10/22), 6pm - Lecture by illustrator Daniel Devins. Free. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

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BlACk mOUNTAiN COllEGE mUSEUm & ARTS CENTER 56 Broadway, 350-8484, blackmountaincollege.org • FR (10/23), noon-1:30pm - Ideas without walls/In-between the Spaces, presentation by awardwinning architect Arne Emerson of Morphosis Architects. $7. fiRESTORm CAfE ANd BOOkS 610 Haywood Road, 255-8115 • SA (10/24), 6-8pm - Author and photographer Priya Ray presents her work Completely Tilted Back. Music by Chris Head.

Free to attend. mARk BETTiS STUdiO & GAllERY 123 Roberts St., 941-587-9502, markbettisart.com • WE (10/28), 5:30-8:30pm - Spirit Animals, exhibition opening. Free to attend.

ASHEvillE AREA ARTS COUNCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • SA (10/24), 1-4pm - “Connections: Sheep to Shawl Demo,” demonstration on how to turn raw wool into a shawl. Free to attend.

pUBliC lECTURES AT WCU wcu.edu Free unless otherwise noted.

• TH (10/22), 7:30pm - “Ideas without walls/In-between the Spaces,” presentation by awardwinning architect Arne Emerson of Morphosis Architects. Free. Held in the Bardo Center.

BEARfOOTiN’ pUBliC ART WAlk 2015 downtownhendersonville.org/ bearfootin-public-art-walk-2015 • Through (10/23) - Exhibit of fiberglass outdoor bear sculptures.

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muSic BlUE RidGE ORCHESTRA CONCERT • NOVEMBER 7 ANd 8 (pd.) Britain to Brazil; Britten, Villa-Lobos, Rimsky-Korsakov performed • Saturday, November 7, 7:30pm; • Sunday, November 8, 3pm, Rainbow Community School Auditorium, 58 State St., West Asheville. $15 General Admission; $10 Friends of the Blue Ridge Orchestra; $5 Students. • Tickets available online and (cash and checks only) at Soli Classica, 1550 Hendersonville Road, and Musician’s Workshop, 310 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville. • Season Passes also available. • Further information: blueridgeorchestra.org ASHEvillE lYRiC OpERA • FR (10/23), 8pm & SU (10/25), 3pm - Rossini’s Barber of Seville, comedic opera. $33/$17 students.

Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square 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 CANTARiA: THE GAY mEN’S CHORUS Of ASHEvillE 274-8971, cantariaasheville.org • SA (10/24), 7pm - Bluegrass to Bach Concert Series. $15. Held at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville, 2021 Kanuga Rd., Hendersonville CATHEY’S CREEk COmmUNiTY CENTER 131 Island Ford Rd., Brevard • SA (10/24), 7pm - Carolina Blue, bluegrass. $5/$3 kids under 12. flETCHER liBRARY 120 Library Road, Fletcher, 6871218, library.hendersoncountync.org • WE (10/28), 5:30pm - “Halloween Hootenanny,” 60’s sing-a-long music

by Kindred Spirit. Free. mAdiSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCil 90 S. Main St., Marshall, 649-1301, madisoncountyarts.com • Fr (10/23), 7:30pm - David Holt and the Lightning Bolts. $20. mUSiC AT UNCA 251-6432, unca.edu • FR (10/23), 3pm - Opera Talk with Asheville Lyric Opera Director David Craig Starkey Free. Held at the Reuter Center. mUSiC AT WCU 227-2479, wcu.edu • TH (10/22), 8pm - Hunter Hayes, country. $25. Held in the Ramsey Center.

• TH (10/22), 5pm - James Naigus, piano and horn. Free. Held in Coulter Recital Hall.

• SU (10/25), 3pm - United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra. $21/$7 students & children. Held in the Bardo Center.

NORTH mAiN mUSiC & ART dEmONSTRATiON 692-6335 Free to attend. Art Demo starts at noon; Music starts at 4:30pm.

• SA (10/24) - Artist Sandy Setliff and Appalachian Fire, blue grass. Held at Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 536 N. Main St., Hendersonville pAN HARmONiA 254-7123, pan-harmonia.org • FR (10/23), 7:30pm - “American Mosaic 2,” music of Eric Ewazen, Gene Koshinsky and the American Songbook. $20/$15 advance/$5 students. Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain • SU (10/25), 3pm - “American Mosaic 2,” music of Eric Ewazen, Gene Koshinsky and the American Songbook. $20/$15 advance/$5 students. Held at All Souls Cathedral, 9 Swan St.

theater ANAm CARA THEATRE 545-3861, anamcaratheatre.com • FR (10/23), SA (10/24), TH (10/29), FR (10/30), FR (11/6), & SA (11/7), 8pm - Paradise Park Zoo. $18/$15 advance. Held at Toy Boat Community Art Space, 101 Fairview Road Suite B ASHEvillE COmmUNiTY THEATRE 35 E. Walnut St., 254-1320, a shevilletheatre.org • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (10/25), 7:30pm - Young Frankenstein, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $25/$22 seniors & students/$15 children.

ASHEvillE mASONiC TEmplE 80 Broadway, 252-3924 • THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SUNDAY (10/29) through (11/1), 7:30pm & SA (10/31), 5pm & 8pm - Live theatrical performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tickets: rockyhorrorasheville.com $15-$30.

BlUE RidGE COmmUNiTY COllEGE 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock, 694-1885 • WE (10/28) through FR (10/30), 7:30pm - Night of the Living Dead, presented by the BRCC Drama Department. $7/$5 students. diANA WORTHAm THEATRE 2 S. Pack Square, 257-4530, dwtheatre.com • WE (10/28) & TH (10/29), 9:30am - Hamlet, presented by Warehouse Theatre. $8.50. flAT ROCk plAYHOUSE 2661 Highway 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.

• WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS (10/1) through (10/25), 8pm - Pump Boys & Dinettes, musical theater. $15-$40.

THE ASHEvillE SCHOOl 360 Asheville School Road, 2546345, ashevilleschool.org • TH (10/22) & FR (10/23), 7:15pm The Spitfire Grill, presented by The Asheville School Dramatic Society.

Free.

THE mAGNETiC THEATRE 375 Depot St., 279-4155 • TH (10/29) through SU (10/31), 8pm - Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet Dreams: Halloween Edition, short films and Hobey Ford’s live-action puppetry, Ichabod: Sketches from Sleepy Hollow. $10/$7 advance.

G a l l e rY D i r e c t o rY

BlUE SpiRAl 1 38 Biltmore Ave., 251-0202, bluespiral1.com

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

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.

• Through FR (10/23) - Natural Order, mixed media work of Heather Allen Hietala.

BUNCOmBE COUNTY pUBliC liBRARiES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• Through SA (10/31) - Nature’s Light, photographs of Chris and Bonnie Allen. Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road

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.

CARlTON GAllERY

ART AT BREvARd COllEGE 884-8188, brevard.edu/art • Through FR (10/30) - Brevard College Alumni exhibit. Held in the Spiers Art Gallery.

CHiESA RESTAURANT

ART AT UNCA art.unca.edu • Through TU (11/3) - “Art Front Exhibition,” work by UNCA students.

• Through WE (11/11) - Simultaneity: Shared Spaces, student works from Virginia Commonwealth University.

• 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.

ART AT WCU 227-3591, fineartmuseum.wcu.edu Held in the Bardo Fine Arts Center unless otherwise noted.

• Through FR (1/22) - Connections, exhibit featuring the work of Diane Fox & Beauvais Lyons.

Artist reception: Nov. 19th, 5-7pm.

ASHEvillE AREA ARTS COUNCil 1 Page Ave., 258-0710, ashevillearts.com • Through SA (10/31) - Connections, textile exhibit and sale produced by Local Cloth Inc. ASHEvillE BOOkWORkS 255-8444, ashevillebookworks.com • Through SA (10/31) - Colossal Cuts: Steamroller Prints, exhibition of large prints made with steamrollers. Free. Held at Odd’s Cafe, 800 Haywood Road ASHEvillE GAllERY Of ART 16 College St., 251-5796, ashevillegallery-of-art.com • Through SA (10/31) - Fall Light, exhibition featuring the oil landscapes of Judy Rentner.

BENdER GAllERY 12 S. Lexington Ave., 505-8341, thebendergallery.com • Through MO (11/30) - Abstracted Movement, glass works by Karsten Oaks.

BlACk mOUNTAiN CENTER fOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain, 669-0930, blackmountainarts.org • Through WE (11/25) - Appalachian Pastel Society Juried Show.

10360 Highway 105 S., Banner Elk, 963-4288, carltonartgallery.com • Through SU (11/15) - Celebrating a Lifetime of Art, autumn group exhibition showcasing the work of Warren Dennis.

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 • Through MO (11/30) - New Work 2015, oil paintings

by Lynn Boggess.

OdYSSEY COOpERATivE ART GAllERY 238 Clingman Ave, 285-9700, facebook.com/ odysseycoopgallery • Through SA (10/31) - Exhibit featuring ceramic art

by Anna Koloseike and Christine Sams.

STUdiOS AT flAT ROCk 2702A Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 698-7000, studiosflatrock.com • Through WE (12/30) - Fall Salon Show, exhibition of regional artists’ work.

THE ASHEvillE SCHOOl 360 Asheville School Road, 254-6345, ashevilleschool.org • Through Th (11/5) - Emergent Animals, paintings by Daniel McClendon.

THE CENTER fOR CRAfT, CREATiviTY & dESiGN 67 Broadway, 785-1357, craftcreativitydesign.org • Through TH (10/29) - Wood fired ceramics installation by Daniel Johnston.

TRYON fiNE ARTS CENTER 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 859-8322, tryonarts.org • Through SA (11/28) - Sculpture 2015, exhibit featuring local and southern artists.

WEST ENd BAkERY 757 Haywood Road, 252-9378, westendbakery.com • Through Su (11/8) - Chance, paintings by Rena Lindstrom.

ZApOW! 21 Battery Park Suite 101, 575-2024, zapow.net

Andrew & JulieAnn Nugent-Head Bring to Asheville 30+ Years Experience in China “I highly recommend the Alternative Clinic.

The incredible knowledge, sincere dedication, and individualized treatments have been the most effective of any doctor I have worked with” Emily A.

• Through MO (11/30) - BEER! art inspired by the beer culture of Asheville.

Contact the galleries for admission hours and fees

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cluBlaNd the PhoeNiX Jazz night, 8pm

WedNeSday, octoBer 21

the SoutherN Disclaimer Comedy open mic, 9pm

185 kiNG Street Movie night: Back to the Future, 8pm

tiGer mouNtaiN Flux (’80s & ’90s dance party), 10pm

5 WalNut WiNe Bar Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie, Americana), 5pm Juan Benavides Trio (Flamenco), 8pm

timo’S houSe “Spectrum AVL” w/ DamGood & rotating DJs, 9pm

aSheville muSic hall Brown Bag Songwriting Competition w/ Debrissa McKinney (all genres), 7:30pm

toWN PumP Open mic w/ Billy Presnell, 9pm

Battery Park Book eXchaNGe Dramatic Readings w/ Randi Janelle (open mic), 6pm

trailhead reStauraNt aNd Bar Acoustic jam w/ Kevin Scanlon (bluegrass, old-time, folk), 6pm

Black mouNtaiN ale houSe Play to Win game night, 7:30pm

treSSa’S doWNtoWN Jazz aNd BlueS Blues & soul jam w/ Al Coffee & Da Grind, 8:30pm

Blue mouNtaiN Pizza & BreW PuB Open mic, 7pm

White horSe Black mouNtaiN Wednesday Night Waltz, 7pm

creekSide taPhouSe Honky Tonk in Haw Creek w/ the Asheville Country Music Revue (country, honky-tonk), 8pm

thurSday, octoBer 22

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

5 WalNut WiNe Bar Lyric (acoustic soul), 8pm altamoNt theatre Shawn Phillips w/ The DuPont Brothers (folk rock), 8pm

foGGy mouNtaiN BreWPuB Billy Litz (soul, Americana), 9pm fuNkatorium John Hartford Jam (folk, bluegrass), 6:30pm

aSheville muSic hall ESP w/ Wavy Train (jam, rock), 10pm

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

Barley’S taProom AMC Jazz Jam, 9pm Black mouNtaiN ale houSe Bluegrass jam w/ The Big Deal Band, 8pm

Grey eaGle muSic hall & taverN The Lonely Biscuits w/ Worldline (indie, funk, soul), 9pm GriNd cafe Trivia night, 7pm hiGhlaNd BreWiNG comPaNy Woody Wood Wednesdays (rock, soul), 5:30pm iSiS reStauraNt aNd muSic hall An evening w/ Muriel Anderson (classical, pop-jazz, world), 7pm An evening w/ Djoukil (French Gypsy-jazz), 9pm Jack of the Wood PuB Old-time session, 5pm Honky-tonk dance party w/ Hearts Gone South, 9pm

ShoW at the BookStore: Though she’s played with popular musicians like Jack White, Ricky Skaggs, Tom Jones and mewithoutYou, harpist and songwriter Timbre Cierpke does just fine on her own. Her unique harp-based folk-rock brings “complete stillness to crowded bars and festivals, … creating lush soundscapes that pulls in listeners of every background,” reads the musician’s biography. Joined by locals Youth Eternal, Timbre will perform at Firestorm Books & Cafe on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. lazy diamoNd Killer Karaoke w/ KJ Tim O, 10pm

oNe World BreWiNG Stevie Lee Combs (Americana, folk, blues), 8pm

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

oraNGe Peel Langhorne Slim (alt-country), 9pm

loBSter traP Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet), 6:30pm To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed / To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue / Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Hayley Benton at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801.

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

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mouNtaiN moJo coffeehouSe Open mic, 6:30pm NeW mouNtaiN theater/amPhitheater The Pimps Of Joytime (soul, funk, Afrobeat), 9pm NoBle kava Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert, 9pm o.heNry’S/the uNderGrouNd “Take the Cake” Karaoke, 10pm odditorium Abstruktor (metal), 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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PiSGah BreWiNG comPaNy The Gold Magnolias (Southern soul), 6pm reJavaNatioN cafe Open mic night, 6pm room iX Fuego: Latin night, 9pm Scully’S Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 6pm Sly GroG louNGe Cards Against Humanity Game Night, 10pm Sol Bar NeW mouNtaiN Back To The Future Mermaid Oasis Fundraiser & Harry Hickman B-Day Bash! w/ Selector Az-iZ, Starspinner & Biig Poppa (DJ, world, hip-hop), 7pm tallGary’S at four colleGe Open mic & jam, 7pm the JoiNt NeXt door Bluegrass jam, 8pm the mothliGht Kreamy ’Lectric Santa w/ Radio Shock & The Errs (rock, experimental, psych-punk), 9:30pm

Blue mouNtaiN Pizza & BreW PuB Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk), 7pm BoGart’S reStauraNt & taverN Eddie Rose & Highway Forty (bluegrass), 6:30pm claSSic WiNeSeller Lacy Green (country, pop), 7pm cluB eleveN oN Grove Djoukil (French swing), 7:30pm douBle croWN 33 and 1/3 Thursdays w/ DJs Devyn & Oakley, 10pm elaiNe’S dueliNG PiaNo Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm foGGy mouNtaiN BreWPuB Charlie Whitten (folk, rock, singer-songwriter), 9pm freNch Broad BreWery Matt A. Foster (country, blues), 6pm Good Stuff Nate Hall (rock), 8pm Grey eaGle muSic hall & taverN Martha Scanlan (folk, roots, old-time), 8pm iSiS reStauraNt aNd muSic hall An evening w/ Don Alder (folk, blues, jazz), 7pm Jack of the Wood PuB Bluegrass jam, 7pm leX 18 Thomas Wolf Mystery Dinner Theater [ticket required], 10pm loBSter traP Hank Bones (“The man of 1,000 songs”), 6:30pm market Place Ben Hovey (dub jazz, beats), 7pm

moe’S oriGiNal BBQ WoodfiN The Caribbean Cowboys Band, 6pm o.heNry’S/the uNderGrouNd Game Night, 9pm Drag Show, 12:30am odd’S cafe Edibles, Audibles & Applaudables w/ Brian Claflin (Americana), 7pm odditorium Dissevered w/ Hellrad (metal), 9pm off the WaGoN Dueling pianos, 9pm

olive or tWiSt Dance lesson w/ Ian & Karen, 8pm DJ (oldies, Latin, line dance), 8:30pm oNe StoP deli & Bar Phish ’n’ Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Space Carnival (disco, funk), 10:30pm oNe World BreWiNG Ben Phan & the Soul Symphony (indie, folk), 8pm oraNGe Peel Paul Thorn Band (Americana, Southern rock, country), 8pm oSkar BlueS BreWery The Bad Popes (folk), 6pm

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Wed • October 21 Woody Wood @ 5:30pm

Thu • October 22

Flights & Bites featuring Bee Charmers and Community Night featuring Full Moon Farm

Fri • October 23

Virginia & the Slims @ 7pm

Sat • October 24

Meadow open with The Dirty Badgers @ 7pm Tasting Room is closed for private event

Sun • October 25

Reggae Sunday with Dennis “Chalwa” Berndt @ 1pm

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Send your listings to clubland@mountainx.com

Pack’S taverN Mark Keller (acoustic rock, folk), 9pm

Blue mouNtaiN Pizza & BreW PuB Acoustic Swing, 7pm

PiSGah BreWiNG comPaNy Hurricane Bob Band (blues), 8pm

Boiler room Hoptober Fest w/ Deuce, TIP TMG Legend, Carolina Bread, Mayor Black, Profit, Marlow Griffin & Carolina Niddy Kang (hip-hop), 9pm

reNaiSSaNce aSheville hotel Chris Smith (acoustic, alt-country), 6:30pm room iX Throwback Thursdays (all vinyl set), 9pm root Bar No. 1 catl. (rock ’n’ roll, punk, blues), 7pm SaNctuary BreWiNG comPaNy Emily Bodley (jazz, singer-songwriter), 7pm ScaNdalS NiGhtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm Sly GroG louNGe Open mic (musicians, poets, comedians & more welcome), 8pm Sol Bar NeW mouNtaiN Songwriter Thursdays w/ Caine McDonald, 8pm SoutherN aPPalachiaN BreWery Marc Yaxley & Julie Hawkins (classical, Brazilian, jazz), 7pm SPriNG creek taverN Open Mic, 6pm tallGary’S at four colleGe Electric blues open mic w/ Gentle Jones, 7pm the mothliGht Tina & Her Pony w/ Sharayah Spears & Circada Rhythm (indie, Appalachian, folk), 9pm the PhoeNiX Mike Sweet (acoustic rock covers), 8pm the SoutherN Throwdown Thursday w/ Jim Raves & Nex Millen (DJ, dance party), 10pm timo’S houSe Dance Party w/ DJ Franco Nino, 10pm

TAVERN

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

Saturday, Octob er

31 @ 9PM

Pack’s Fright Night Hal loween Bash THU. 10/22 SAT. 10/31

Mark Keller (acoustic rock, folk)

FRI. 10/23

DJ Moto

(dance hits, pop)w

SAT. 10/24

WestSound (funk, jazz)

Halloween Fright Night Bash

Asheville’s Largest Halloween Party Live Band and DJ Cash Prizes for Best Costume $5 at the door Starting at 8pm

toWN PumP Joe Cat (rock, Americana), 9pm trailhead reStauraNt aNd Bar Cajun & western swing jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm treSSa’S doWNtoWN Jazz aNd BlueS The Westsound Revue (Motown, soul), 9pm tWiSted laurel Karaoke, 8pm White horSe Black mouNtaiN Ian Ridenhour Band (rock), 7:30pm WXyz louNGe at aloft hotel Caromia (soul, blues, folk), 7:30pm

friday, octoBer 23 185 kiNG Street Ellis Dyson & the Shambles (jazz, “whiskeyfolk”), 8pm 5 WalNut WiNe Bar Hank West & The Smokin‘ Hots (jazz exotica), 9pm

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douBle croWN DJ Greg Cartwright (garage & soul obscurities), 10pm duGout Carolina Rex (blues, rock), 9pm elaiNe’S dueliNG PiaNo Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm foGGy mouNtaiN BreWPuB Hustle Souls (R&B, soul), 10pm Good Stuff Johnny Caucasian & the Honkeys, 9pm Grey eaGle muSic hall & taverN Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band w/ Old Salt Union (folk, country, blues), 9pm hiGhlaNd BreWiNG comPaNy Virginia & the Slims (blues, jazz, swing), 7pm iSiS reStauraNt aNd muSic hall Don Alder (acoustic, singer-songwriter), 7pm The Stray Birds (folk), 9pm Jack of the Wood PuB Strung Like A Horse (Gypsy-punk, bluegrass, folk), 9pm JeruSalem GardeN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm k louNGe DJ CVtheProducer (old-school hip-hop), 10pm lazoom BuS tourS Roaring Lions (brass), 2pm lazy diamoNd Sonic Satan Stew w/ DJ Alien Brain, 10pm leX 18 Hot Point Trio (Gypsy-swing), 6:30pm Lenny Pettinelli (pop, jazz), 9:45pm loBSter traP Calico Moon (Americana), 6:30pm madiSoN couNty artS ceNter David Holt & The Lightning Bolts (mountain music), 7:30pm market Place The Sean Mason Trio (groove, jazz, funk), 7pm moe’S oriGiNal BBQ WoodfiN Ashley Heath (singer-songwriter), 6pm NeW mouNtaiN theater/amPhitheater Juan Benavides Group w/ Drumstrong and Jason Kenny & Caromia Tiller (Latin, flamenco), 7pm NoBle kava An evening w/ Emerald Curtain (downtempo, hip-hop, electronica), 8:30pm o.heNry’S/the uNderGrouNd Sweat dance party & masquerade, 10pm Drag Show, 12:30am

aSheville muSic hall Blackbird Blackbird (electronic), 10pm

odditorium Crown Larks (experimental, psych), 9pm

Back yard Bar Karaoke, 9pm

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cork & keG The Barsters (old-time, bluegrass), 8:30pm

altamoNt theatre Adult Magic Show w/ Doc Docherty, 8pm

atheNa’S cluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

20 S. SPRUCE ST. • 225.6944

claSSic WiNeSeller Joe Cruz (Beatles & Elton John covers, piano), 7pm

BeN’S tuNe-uP Woody Wood (acoustic, folk, rock), 5pm

off the WaGoN Dueling pianos, 9pm olive or tWiSt 3 Cool Cats (vintage rock), 8pm oNe StoP deli & Bar Free Dead Fridays w/ members of Phuncle Sam (jam), 5pm

Xero God w/ Slums, EmE, Calapse and DJ Kutzu & Vietnam Jerry (hip-hop, electronic), 10pm oNe World BreWiNG Ahora Si Latin (Latin, salsa), 9pm oSkar BlueS BreWery Bradley Carter (old soul, Americana), 6pm Pack’S taverN DJ MoTo (dance hits, pop), 9pm PiSGah BreWiNG comPaNy The Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie, rock), 8pm root Bar No. 1 Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz), 8pm SaNctuary BreWiNG comPaNy Hope Griffin Duo (folk, Americana), 7pm ScaNdalS NiGhtcluB DJ dance party & drag show, 10pm Scully’S DJ, 10pm Sly GroG louNGe Word Night (“it ain’t trivia”), 8pm SoutherN aPPalachiaN BreWery Fin Dog (bluegrass), 8pm SPriNG creek taverN The Pea Pickin Hearts (Americana, folk, country), 8:30pm tallGary’S at four colleGe Picasso Facelift (classic rock), 9:30pm the admiral Hip Hop dance party w/ DJ Warf, 11pm the millroom Best of Atlanta comedy showcase w/ Caleb Synan, Rob Haze & Paul Pallois, 8pm the mothliGht Hocus Pocus! A Halloween Burlesque Show, 9pm the PhoeNiX The Graveleys (rock), 9pm

aSheville muSic hall Asheville Comic Expo after party w/ Bit Brigade, Poor Unfortunate Souls, Eight Bit Disaster, The Last Word Benders, Browncoat Bellydance, Midiboss & The Droids You Looking For (multi-genre), 8pm

BeN’S tuNe-uP Gypsy Guitars, 2pm Black mouNtaiN ale houSe Asheville Aces (blues), 9pm Blue mouNtaiN Pizza & BreW PuB Matt Sellars (Americana, blues, roots), 7pm Burial Beer co.

Burnpile Harvest Fest w/ Rich People, Camp David & Nest Egg (folk, punk), 5pm claSSic WiNeSeller Fall For Jazz Series w/ the 9th Street Stompers (swing, blues, gypsy-jazz), 7pm cluB eleveN oN Grove Tango workshop w/ Tate Di Chiazza, 12pm cork & keG Old-time jam, 7:30pm douBle croWN Rock ’n’ Soul w/ DJs Lil Lorruh or Rebecca & Dave, 10pm duGout Mojomatic (blues, funk, rock), 9pm elaiNe’S dueliNG PiaNo Bar Dueling Pianos, 9pm foGGy mouNtaiN BreWPuB Paper Crowns (folk, Americana), 10pm freNch Broad BreWery Stephan Evans & The True Grits (acoustic, indie), 6pm

tiGer mouNtaiN Dark dance rituals w/ DJ Cliffypoo, 10pm

Grey eaGle muSic hall & taverN Rasputina w/ Daniel Knox (cello rock, indie, folk), 9pm

tWiSted laurel Live DJ, 11pm White horSe Black mouNtaiN Beth McKee w/ Colin Allured (singer-songwriter, roots, Americana), 8pm Wild WiNG cafe Rumours (Fleetwood Mac tribute), 6pm Wild WiNG cafe South A Social Function (acoustic), 9:30pm WXyz louNGe at aloft hotel Ben Hovey (live souljazztronica), 8pm zamBra Zambra Jazz Trio, 8pm

Saturday, octoBer 24 185 kiNG Street Eric Stuart Band (singer-songwriter, rock, pop), 8pm 5 WalNut WiNe Bar Resonant Rogues Duo (old-time), 6pm Eleanor Underhill & Friends (Americana, soul), 9pm

5pm–12am

Full Bar

12am

Back yard Bar Twist of Fate (hard rock), 5pm 4Reels Band (classic rock, blues), 9pm

Good Stuff Michael Cody (singer-songwriter), 8pm

trailhead reStauraNt aNd Bar Laura Blackley (folk, country), 8pm

Tues-Sun

atheNa’S cluB Dave Blair (folk, funk, acoustic), 7pm

the Social Steve Moseley (acoustic), 6pm

toWN PumP The Big Deal Band (bluegrass), 9pm

Dinner Menu till 10pm Late Night Menu till

hiGhlaNd BreWiNG comPaNy The Dirty Badgers (rock, blues, punk), 7pm iroN horSe StatioN Dave Desmelik (Americana, folk, singer-songwriter), 7pm iSiS reStauraNt aNd muSic hall Andrea Zonn CD release (folk, Americana), 9pm Jack of the Wood PuB Grand Ole Uproar (hippie-tonk, country), 9pm JeruSalem GardeN Middle Eastern music & bellydancing, 7pm lazoom BuS tourS The Sufi Bros (bluegrass, folk, rock), 2pm lazy diamoNd Unknown Pleasures w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 10pm leX 18 Patrick Lopez Experience (modern & Latin jazz), 6:30pm Shelia Gordon (love songs), 9:45pm

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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 FRI 10/30 7:00 PM – AN EVENING W/

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8:30 PM – UNSPOKEN TRADITION AND KATHRYN BRICKEY BAND SAT 10/31

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HHHHH = PIck of the week

Mia Wasikowska in Guillermo del Toro’s stylish, gorgeous and very effective gothic horror film Crimson Peak.

crimson peak HHHHS

Director: Guillermo del Toro plaYers: Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver Gothic horror Rated R the storY: A young woman marries a strange man and discovers that life with him and his sister in the family mansion isn’t what she’d hoped for. the loWDoWn: Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror, haunted house shocker — perhaps the most visually striking film of the year — is in a class by itself. A rich and effective

horror movie with exquisite detail, real scares and surprisingly strong characters. Go see it.

If you approach Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak with visions of it being another Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), chances are you will be disappointed. But the simple truth is that the director’s latest was never intended to be anything other than the lushest gothic horror movie ever made. This isn’t an attempt to reinvent the genre, but an attempt to create the ultimate expression of it.

And, if he doesn’t entirely succeed, he comes so close that complaining feels like splitting hairs. This is, first and

C O N TA C T AT P R E S S M O V I E S @ A O L . C O M m a x r at i n g

foremost, a film of atmosphere and style, but this is not empty style. No, it’s all in the service of creating an uncanny sense of creepy dread with the threat of violence always in evidence — and it’s all done without violating its chosen genre.

The film stars Mia Wasikowska as Edith Cushing, a young woman, with ideas of being a writer, who finds her literary endeavors dismissed because of her sex and because she’s written what is referred to as a “ghost story.” When she objects that it’s not a ghost story, but a story with ghosts in it, she might well be speaking of the film itself. She is certainly addressing her own experience, since — as we’ve seen in the striking prologue — she’s certainly had an encounter with a ghost. The story, however, centers on the arrival of Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston — looking for all the world like Gabriel Byrne’s Lord Byron in Ken Russell’s Gothic, which I suspect is not coincidental) in her world. He’s come to America — along with his sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain) — to attempt to secure financing for his invention to mine the rich, blood-red (of course) clay beneath his decaying estate in the English Lake District.

Instead of finding the money he hoped for from Edith’s father, Carter Cushing (Jim Beaver), he finds and romances Edith — something that doesn’t sit well with her father, who has taken a dislike to the young man.

It turns out there is good reason to dislike Sharpe. Though the specifics are kept from us, they’re sufficient to allow Cushing to buy off Sharpe and secure a promise that Sharpe will disillusion Edith and leave. But, before Sharpe can leave, Cushing is murdered (though it’s considered an accident), leaving Sharpe free to marry the wealthy heiress and take her home to Cumberland — and the world’s ultimate Old Dark House. It is here, in this crumbling house filled with ghosts, where even the very earth appears to bleed, that Edith will piece together the truth of her situation and the secrets of Thomas and Lucille. mountainx.com

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It may be fairly said that Crimson Peak hews pretty close to the basics of gothic horror, which is to say that — at least in broad strokes — little happens that you don’t expect, though you probably don’t expect it to play out quite the way it does.

For instance, Edith may be a damsel in distress, but she’s hardly of the helpless kind, even if her former boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) comes to her rescue — or at least is part of it. Plus, Crimson Peak isn’t storydriven and doesn’t rely on cheap gimmicks and twists. No, it relies on atmosphere, filmmaking style and surprisingly compelling characterizations to make it work.

Crimson Peak doesn’t short us on thrills and suspense, and there’s certainly no shortage of things that go bump in the night (or really any time of day) in del Toro’s sumptuous spook house. And, by itself, that would be enough, but it’s too richly complex for that. Unfortunately, it’s also, apparently (to judge by the box office), too complex for mass consumption — or maybe it’s simply a film out of its time. Maybe in a world of cheap shockers — like umpteenth

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Paranormal Stupidity movie opening this week — there’s just not a market for a movie this classy and thoughtful.

That’s not only unfortunate for the film, but it’s unfortunate for us. Rated R for bloody violence, some sexual content and brief strong language.

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

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Bridge of spies HHHS

Director: Steven Spielberg plaYers: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Sebastian Koch

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HHHHH = max rating Fact-baseD espionaGe Drama Rated PG-13 the storY: Fact-based story of Cold War politics and espionage. the loWDoWn: Solid old-fashioned moviemaking with everything that implies. Sure, it’s well-made and it does what it sets out to do, but there’s an inescapable sense of ossification.

While watching Bridge of Spies I couldn’t help but think I was in some kind of time loop that had taken me back to 1963. It felt like I was at the Ritz Theater in Winter Haven, Fla., on a Sunday outing with my parents. All it needed was to be followed by being taken to Morrison’s Cafeteria for dinner and then to Rexall Drugs to buy a magazine. Yes, Spielberg’s latest — an F-bomb to one side — really is that oldfashioned. Some will see that as a plus, and while I understand this, I can’t really view it that way. While I can appreciate the basic idea of what could be called a “classical” approach — at least in theory — the results remind me of all the things I disliked about so much of late 1950s and early 1960s filmmaking. It’s too long, too inclined to speechify, too filled with straw-man adversaries, too sold on its own importance — and inclined to be dull. And, since this is Spielberg in full ersatz Frank Capra mode, Bridge brims with corny touches and faux naïveté.

I am not saying that Bridge of Spies is a bad movie. It’s very well-made as concerns production values. There are even some nice stylistic flourishes — usually at scene changes — but I’m not convinced they’re a lot more than window dressing. I don’t even mind that the film plays fast and loose with the James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) character, though I question the need to remake Donovan in James Stewart’s image of the naif American — even if Hanks is the Stewart of our time, but in liberal terms. This is, after all, a movie and not a history lesson, though I’d feel better about that if it didn’t feel like a lesson — and one with a very poorly defined timeline. So much is mashed together that it comes across as taking place in a relatively short time, rather than the five years it spans.

The fact-based story starts with Soviet agent Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance, who is the best thing about the movie) being arrested as a spy (there’s no mystery concerning his culpability) and insurance lawyer Donovan being tapped by the government to defend him — or, as the film has it, to put up a show of defending him for PR purposes. This last is probably fiction, but

it sets the stage for the Spielbergian David-and-Goliath aspects of it all, since it allows Donovan to be the little guy who sticks to his beliefs and does the right thing against all odds and everyone else’s opinions.

In other words, this is feel-good history — you know, the kind that baits Oscar.

The way it all plays out is too complicated to detail here, especially since Francis Gary Powers’ (Austin Stowell) U2 spying incident — along with another plot aspect — has to be factored in. Suffice it to safely say (the trailer does) that it all ends up with a spy swap between the U.S. and the USSR (and the German Democratic Republic) on the bridge of the title. And then we get a series of uplifting post-ending scenes that are startling in their literal-mindedness and high school-level symbolism — not to mention suffering from Return of the King-itis.

There’s no denying that Bridge of Spies carefully crafts a persuasive picture of its era. It hits all the right notes by sketching in anticommunist fever, fear of nuclear war, meat loaf, hair-rollers, ugly TV sets with 77 Sunset Strip playing on them, offering at least a veneer of the period. (That it might be a little free with coiled phone cords in 1957, and that the phrase “That would be me” was hardly common coin at the time, may be let slide.) It undeniably feels solid in broad strokes. Whether it’s real history or just the movie version to one side, it’s all that Capra-esque corniness that keeps me at arm’s length, though I find it kind of ironic that the film ends at almost the exact moment that Capra decided to call it a day as a filmmaker. Rated PG-13 for some violence and brief strong language.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Co-ed of Brevard, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

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Director: Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) plaYers: ulianne Moore, Ellen Page,

Michael Shannon, Steve Carell Fact-baseD Drama Rated PG-13 the storY: A New Jersey police detective dying from cancer bands together with her domestic partner to fight bureaucratic idiocy for justice, equality and legal recognition of their relationship. the loWDoWn: A capable cast fails to elevate a weak script in this attempt to preach to the choir.

I’ve reviewed a number of films this year, predominantly those of an Evangelical Christian bent, that I have painted with the brush of exploitation cinema. What I mean in the use of this term is that these films seek to drive box-office receipts by catering to a predetermined audience who will likely be amenable to the story or subject matter presented in the given film. By extracting money from moviegoers through reaffirming their pre-existent worldview, these films inherently exploit their intended audience’s biases simply for financial gain. Based on Cynthia Wade’s 2007 documentary short of the same title, Freeheld feels at times like just such a cynical ploy to cash in on the heroic struggles of its central characters.

If Freeheld falls short of greatness, its shortcomings can not be blamed on the cast, who exceed all expectations given the shoddiness of the script. Julianne Moore performs admirably as Detective Laurel Hester, carrying later makeup-laden scenes with a dignity that outshines her poorly executed bald cap. Steve Carell makes economic use of his limited screen time by injecting a dose of humor into the otherwise maudlin proceedings while simultaneously forwarding the plot. But Ellen Page and Michael Shannon are the real highlights here, imbuing their roles as Hester’s romantic and professional partners, respectively, with a sense of passion and urgency that belies a deep, personal commitment to telling this story with the respect it justifiably deserves.

The script, however, undermines the cast’s best intentions. Largely lacking in dramatic conflict for the first hour, screenwriter Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia) opts for concision once it is no longer necessary, resulting in a plodding first two acts followed by an unduly truncated third. Even were the pacing more balanced, Nyswaner’s script would still be plagued by shallow characterization and plot developments so

heavily telegraphed that they might as well be in Morse code. The problem with this level of predictability is that it robs the audience of any substantial catharsis, with all the major plot points being so loudly announced that they amount to foregone conclusions by the time they finally arrive.

I saw Freeheld at a sparsely attended late-night screening, and my fellow moviegoers were probably more motivated to be there than I was.

The story beats that fell flat for me seemed to resonate more with the rest of the audience, so your mileage may vary. As a straight male, I am likely not the target demographic for Freeheld. Which is a problem, because I am precisely representative of a demographic that should be more aware of the courage embodied by people such as Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree. An otherwise competently made and respectful piece of filmmaking, Freeheld goes too far in pandering to an audience predisposed to agree with its message.

If an accepted purpose of art is to challenge, rather than reinforce, the boundaries of one’s worldview, then this film fails in its artistic aspirations. After the credits rolled, all I could think about was how much fun it would be to schedule a double-bill with this film and one of the morepopular recent Evangelical Christian releases, switch the prints, lock the doors and see which theater riots first. Perhaps filming the ensuing chaos could be the genesis of a more entertaining sub-genre of exploitation cinema. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, language and sexuality.

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Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz plaYers: Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwartz, Hans Escher, Elfriede Schatz, Karl Purker psYcholoGical horror Rated R

the storY: Two children become convinced that their mother — wrapped in bandages following cosmetic surgery — isn’t their mother. the loWDoWn:Highly regarded on the festival circuit it may be, but this is a slow, unpleasant thriller with the most transparent “twist” of all time.

Goodnight Mommy probably takes the cake for the year’s most overrated horror film. It’s a movie with a twist that I spotted (without even knowing there was a twist) within the first six or seven minutes. It was so obvious, I kept thinking the twist had to have a twist. But it never did. This is the kind of movie that gets taken far too seriously based on three factors — it’s slow, it’s deeply unpleasant, it’s in a foreign language. (The cultural inferiority complex of the Englishspeaking world continues unabated.)

It’s kind of the love child of Michael Haneke and Eli Roth, meaning that it’s basically arty torture-porn, but made on tranquilizers. I suppose what it most resembles is Robert Mulligan’s The Other (1972), another

film BUNCOmBE COUNTY pUBliC liBRARiES buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library Free unless otherwise noted.

• SA (10/24), 2pm - Jeepers Creepers Film Series: Freaks.

Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. film AT BREvARd COllEGE 883-8292, brevard.edu • TU (10/27), 7:30pm - Girl Rising, documentary and discussion. Free. Held in Ingram Auditorium. film AT UNCA 251-6585, unca.edu Held in the Highsmith Union Grotto.

• WE (10/18), 6pm - “Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle,” documentary series. Free.

• TH (10/29), 7pm - Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, documentary followed by panel discussion. Free.

HENdERSON COUNTY pUBliC liBRARY 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville, 697-4725 • TU (10/27), 2pm - Folkmoot, documentary. 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. WAYNESvillE CREATivE THOUGHT CENTER 449-D Pigeon St., Waynesville, mountainshops.com/ctc • FR (10/23) & SA (10/24), 7pm - A Chorus in Miracles. $10.

WNC film SOCiETY wncfilmsociety.com • TU (10/27), 7pm - Marie’s Story. $5. Held at Grace Center, 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River

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fAST film: Artivational, a team of aspiring area filmmakers, pauses on the set of its Asheville 48 Hour Film Project Best Film winner, Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow. Photo courtesy of the filmmakers • In July, a team of aspiring area filmmakers united under the name Artivational to compete in the Asheville 48 Hour Film Project.

Not only did its comedy Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow win the Best Film honor, it also took home Best Cinematography, Best Writing, Best Graphics and Best Use of Character.

The top prize earned Artivational a spot in the 2016 Filmapalooza in Atlanta, where Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow will be screened against other 48 Hour Film Project winners from across the country. It also caught the attention of 48 Hour Film Project creator and executive producer mark ruppert, who invited the team to represent North America in the international competition 48 Day Film Project — 5 Continents.

For this new challenge, Artivational will be working with casts and crews from Bolivia, Dubai, the Czech Republic and Durban, South Africa, to create a full-length feature film in 48 days. Work began Friday, Oct. 9, and the final cut must be completed by Thursday, Nov. 26.

To help pay for renting cameras, lights and other film equipment and meals for the volunteer crews, the teams have launched an IndieGogo campaign. Contributions are accepted through Tuesday, Oct. 27, and are part of a Flexible Funding campaign, which means that the project will receive all funds raised even if it doesn’t meet its (appropriately) $4,848 goal. avl.mx/1v7 • The short documentary Our Daily Dose has its North Carolina pre-

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miere at The Millroom Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. The film offers a new critical look at water fluoridation by GMO OMG director jeremy seifert, who will participate in a post-film panel discussion with dr. angela hind and Asheville-based attorney lakota denton. Light snacks and hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Green Sage Cafe, and The Millroom will have a full cash bar. $5-10 suggested donation. avl.mx/1v9 • The documentary A Chorus in Miracles will be screened at the Creative Thought Center in Waynesville Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24, at 7 p.m. The film is directed and produced by james twyman — author of The Moses Code, which he also adapted for the screen — and is a celebration of helen schucman’s spiritual text, A Course in Miracles, which was first published in 1976.

The documentary profiles people throughout the U.S. who live the teachings of Schucman’s writing in interesting ways. Among them are an Emmy-winning composer, a professor at Oakland University in Michigan, who uses the book to teach the finer points of systems engineering, and five-time Grammy-winner victor wooten, who has been a student of A Course in Miracles since he was 16.

Reserve tickets for these limitedseating events by calling 246-2794. $10 at the door. avl.mx/1v8 Send your local film news to ae@ mountainx.com X

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slow-burn thriller that never thrills (but which has mystifyingly become some kind of cult classic).

Now, understand that when I say I don’t think much of this film, I am not saying that it is poorly made — apart from the twist, which I just find inept. On the contrary, at least on a technical basis, Goodnight Mommy is very well done. There are, I grant you, things that might be better left unasked — like the whole idea of a boy and his terrarium of large cockroaches. Well, who knows what they get up to in rural Austria? This is, however, a nicely produced, goodlooking — in its minimalist way — movie. I also cannot deny that it has more than its fair share of things to make your squirm. Whether that is the same thing as scaring you is a personal call. It’s really not that hard to make an audience go, “Ick!” — just show them something unpleasant or repellent. But is that really inducing fear or merely revulsion?

There’s a big difference between making an audience cringe and making it scream.

The premise is very simple, if deliberately vague. You have a mother (Susanne Wuest) recovering from some kind of surgery that leaves her in mummy-like bandages. There are cryptic references in phone conversation to an accident, but this is misdirection. She’s holed up in this upscale and featureless country house with her twin sons Lukas (Lukas Schwarz) and Elias (Elias Schwarz). The situation is obviously tense and, of course, not what it seems. The problem with discussing this in any detail is that it inevitably will tip the movie’s hand.

And, since I know one person who was completely surprised by the Big Reveal, I’m stepping aside. I can say — the trailer certainly does — that the boys become convinced that mama isn’t really mama under those bandages, but some kind of impostor, and they’re determined to discover the truth. The means to this become — let us say — rather drastic and sadistic.

This is essentially a chamber piece. It’s almost entirely the three characters, the roaches and a quickly defunct cat (that’s not a spoiler, since it’s immediately obvious that the kitty isn’t going to make it to the last reel — at least not in mobile form). Any others we see are either for atmosphere or to keep the plot moving. The biggest problem — at least for me — is that I never even briefly cared what happened to anyone. I was appalled by some of

the things that happened, but that wasn’t due to liking the characters.

Bear in mind, I am in the minority on this one. A lot of people seem to think Goodnight Mommy is some kind of masterpiece. I don’t get that, but others may. Rated R for disturbing violent content and some nudity.

Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre.

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goosebumps HHHS Director: Rob Letterman (Gulliver’s Travels) plaYers: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell comeDY FantasY horror Rated PG the storY: The assorted monsters from R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books get loose, causing kid-friendly mayhem. the loWDoWn: It’s better than you probably think, and children should love it. It looks good, is pleasant enough, but anything more than that — probably not.

In that I have never so much as picked up a Goosebumps book, I have no way of commenting on whether or not Rob Letterman’s Goosebumps movie is in any degree an approximation of its source. I know it takes a broad approach, turning author R.L. Stine (who has a cameo in the film as “Mr. Black”) into a character — played by Jack Black — in the story, rather than adapting any specific book. The premise is that Stine’s creations are a little too real and have to be kept in locked volumes of his manuscripts. Since the books are on the short side, this “R.L. Stine’s Greatest Hits” approach makes sense — especially after the failure of the attempt to film the Lemony Snicket books as a series in 2004. This also makes for a creation that is part Goosebumps movie and part Jack Black vehicle.

However, as Jack Black vehicles go, this is a pretty good one. I’m not saying that his rather ... let’s say, eccentric performance isn’t broad. It most

certainly is — though not as much as the stills suggest — and it has a certain pandering-to-his-supposedstrengths feel to it. But, on balance, it works pretty well within the film.

The plot concerns a widowed mother (Amy Ryan) and her son Zach (Dylan Minnette) moving in next door to the reclusive Stine and his under-lock-and-key teenage daughter Hannah (Odeya Rush).

Naturally, Stine warns Zach to stay away from his daughter. Just as naturally — and mostly at her behest — he doesn’t. Following some fairly tedious misunderstandings, Zach and his geeky new friend Champ (Ryan Lee) break into the house and, sure enough, one of the monsters gets out of his book. On the positive side, this definitely speeds up the proceedings. It also threatens to reduce the film to the inevitable CGIathon it was always fated to be. And, no, it’s not always very good CGI. There’s a shot later on of a werewolf rising into view behind a fruit display in a supermarket that looks less like something rising into frame than it looks like pixels being assembled.

Of course, that’s what it is — but it’s not supposed to look like it.

What rescues the film — to some degree at least — is a combination of appealing characterizations, a story with something on its mind, some gorgeous production design and, best of all perhaps, a strong, central villain. This whole procession of werewolves, snowmen, garden gnomes, zombies, giant insects, mummies, vampire poodles and on and on is OK, but it lacks much in the way of point. This is supplied by giving them an evil mastermind in the form of Slappy, an evil ventriloquist’s dummy who bears a striking resemblance to Jack Black. That’s only fair since Black gives voice to the thing — and the dummy functions as the alter ego to the movie version of Stine. That’s what I meant when I said the film has something on its mind. The monsters in his books are all creations born of their creator having been bullied and alienated as a child — sort of like Cronenberg’s The Brood (1979) for the bubblegum set. It’s a nice break from the usual “believe in yourself” bromides these films thrive on.

There’s no denying that Goosebumps is a good-looking production. The best of the production design is the abandoned amusement park, especially the grisly funhouse that allows for an all-too-brief genuinely creepy hall-of-mirrors scene.

Whether or not the film functions

— as has been suggested — as a way to get younger viewers turned on to the horror genre remains to be seen.

Personally, I never needed encouragement. Regardless, this isn’t a great movie or anything like one, but it’s better than you might expect. Rated PG for scary and intense creature action and images and for some rude humor.

Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com

Rock the Kasbah HHHS Director:Barry Levinson Players: Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, Leem Lubany, Fahim Fazli, Arian Moayed, Bruce Willis COMEDY-DRAMA WITH MUSIC Rated R The Story: A meandering series of events that ultimately becomes the tale of a low-rent talent agent getting a young Afghan girl on the show “Afghan Star.”

The Lowdown: The first half of this Bill Murray vehicle is just not good, but it gives way in its second half to a movie that’s very worth seeing to a degree that at least comes close to cancelling out the wonky first half.

Barry Levinson’s Rock the Kasbah is one of the oddest movies I’ve seen in a while. It’s virtually two different movies — and not in a good way. It’s one-half a good movie, and one-half this perplexing ... thing. The first half (give or take) is something of a meandering mess that I can only presume is meant to be funny. Mostly, it’s not.

It’s just a disjointed mess that serves no useful function other than to (finally) get to the actual story. The actual story is good — maybe even very good — but getting to it may try the patience of even the stoutest Bill Murray fan. Since I was duty-bound to watch the whole movie, I made it to the part of the movie that I liked —

a lot — but I have to wonder how many people will bail before getting to that part. All in all, I’d say bailing would be a mistake.

Despite briefly touching on where the film will eventually go at the very start, the action quickly moves to down-on-his-luck talent agent Richie Lanz (Bill Murray), who is eking out a bare existence in a motel in Van Nuys by bilking talentless — and gullible — hopefuls into paying him to represent them. This should work, and it almost does in the bit where he tells a potential client (Sarah Baker) that she’s so bereft of talent that she has a good shot at fame. But it quickly sputters and flames out by detailing Richie’s relationship with his only (sort of) working client (Zooey Deschanel in a thankless, unpleasant and blessedly brief performance). Anyway, it’s all a setup for Richie signing her for a USO tour in Afghanistan and moving the action there. The big problem with this — and a lot of what happens in Kabul — is that it’s neither funny, nor all that interesting.

All this and more is in the service of getting Richie stranded in Afghanistan, when Deschanel runs off with his money and his passport, and in debt to an irritable mercenary (Bruce Willis).

On the plus side, it also lands him in bed — and then in cahoots — with a hooker (Kate Hudson in an unusually agreeable performance) who may not have the proverbial heart of gold, but is not immune to Bill Murray’s Bill Murrayness. And it gains him a sympathetic sidekick-interpreter-taxi driver, Riza (Arian Moayed), who is a lot more fun than Zooey Deschanel. On the downside — but necessary to the plot — we get Scott Caan and Danny McBride as unfunny crooked arms dealers who, at long last, get Richie to the desert, where he closes a deal and hears a girl, Salima (Leem Lubany), singing Cat Stevens’ “Trouble” in the dead of night. And here’s where the movie turns into something worth having.

What follows is essentially a highly — highly — fictionalized variation on the events of the documentary Afghan Star (2009), which dealt with the taboo incursion of women on the popular Afghan version of “American Idol.” It’s a bit of a culture-clash (mostly) comedy and a bit of a self-realization and redemption story, and it’s all pitched to a feel-good vibe — one that works on the charms of Lubany, Murray, Hudson and a good selection of Cat Stevens songs. But it does work. It works so well, in fact, that it all but washes away the shortcomings of the first half of the movie.

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I blame that first section on screenwriter Mitch Glazer and his apparent belief that Murray is funny by just showing up. Though I’m no fan of Barry Levinson, I think he does what he can with the early scenes and shines in the later ones. What I end up with is, I suppose, a conflicted recommendation for half of a movie.

And if you’re not sure what to make of that, neither am I, but it’s the best I can do. Rated R for language including sexual references, some drug use and brief violence.

Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, UA Beaucatcher. reviewed by Ken Hanke khanke@ mountainx.com

Woodlawn H Director: Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin (Mom’s Night Out) Players: Nic Bishop, Caleb Castille, Sean Astin, Jon Voight UPLIFTING CHRISTIAN SPORTS DRAMA Rated PG The Story: An Alabama high school football team struggling through integration finds inspiration through Christianity.

The Lowdown: Another corny, schmaltzy and forgettable entry into the world of Christian cinema.

I’ve lost track of how many uplifting Christian films I’ve seen this year, partly because there have been so many, partly because none of them have been memorable. They’re basically all the same — cheesy, sentimental, emotionally unrealistic — and when I think back on them, I remember few specifics, just a strange morass of corny schmaltz.

The latest in this seemingly neverending parade is Woodlawn, which is perhaps the best of the bunch.

This is not an endorsement. Instead, it’s an idea of how low the bar has been set. All it takes is some production value, passable acting and solid direction and you at least have something that resembles a movie, even if that movie has all the worst tendencies of both Christian cinema (the

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Set in ‘70s Alabama (in case you don’t realize this, there’s a lot of Lynyrd Skynyrd on the soundtrack to remind you), Woodlawn is centered around the titular high school, one that’s struggling through integration. This is shown through the school’s football team and their coach, Tandy Gerelds (TV actor Nic Bishop), who’s facing the challenge of integrating his players. At the end of his rope, he finally allows the persistent and religiously exuberant Hank (Sean Astin) to speak to his players — something that leads to a mass conversion of the Woodlawn football team, which, slowly but surely, begins to show improvement.

Helping things is Coach Tandy’s openness to playing his black players, specifically the gifted Tony (newcomer Caleb Castille), who soon gains the interest of the University of Alabama and legendary coach Bear Bryant (Jon Voight).

There’s little here that’s surprising or out of the ordinary. Odds are overcome, football games are won, perseverance and faith win the day.

Whatever. The rest of the film that surrounds this is pretty thickheaded.

Much of the film focuses on Coach Tandy’s skepticism on the power of God and its influence on his team, something he eventually can’t deny.

But this is totally pegged to Tandy’s amazement at this “miracle” conversion of his football team and his idiotic shock that there are — surprise! — a whole lot of Christians living in rural Alabama in the ‘70s.

There’s also the film’s simplemindedness revolving around the doeeyed idea that we can cure racial divides through prayer, ignoring all the complex and culturally ingrained reasons these fissures exist in the first place — something that adds a layer of tonedeafness to the proceedings. Sure, the acting is good enough and the (too many) football scenes are cinematically engaging, but there’s nothing very interesting happening here unless you’re already converted. Rated PG for thematic elements, including some racial tension and violence.

Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande reviewed by Justin Souther jsouther@mountainx.com

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Au Revoir, les Enfants HHHHS Director: Louis Malle Players: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fetjo, Francine Racette, Philippe Morier-Genoud DRAMA Rated PG Generally speaking, Louis Malle’s films are a little too restrained for my taste, but, as with most things, there are exceptions. With Malle, the exception is his semiautobiographical 1987 work, Au Revoir, les Enfants, a film where his restraint is less pronounced than usual. Malle’s approach is perfectly suited to the subject — not in the least because his deliberate pacing conveys a child’s sense of time, capturing the feeling that three short weeks seem like an eternity to the young. The story is based on memories of a Catholic boarding school in the last part of World War II and of an incident when three Jewish children disguised as gentiles were hidden there by the priests. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Au Revoir, les Enfants Friday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library).

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Gojira (Godzilla) HHHHS Director: Ishirô Honda Players: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Fuyuki Murakami SCI-FI HORROR Rated NR Perhaps no series in the history of movies ever went to hell as fast as the seemingly endless spawn of Gojira — or Godzilla as it came to be known in the West. Oh, sure, the immediate cheapjack sequel Godzilla Raids Again (1955) — which made it to the U.S. in 1959 as Gigantis the Fire Monster — was at least seriously intended, but it was a cheap sequel that showed up in Japanese theaters about four months after Gojira. It also had none of the first film’s genuine sense of dread or weightiness of theme — perhaps because co-writer-director Ishirô Honda was nowhere to be found. However, this first film is a kind of postwar masterpiece. And there is very much the specter of the war haunting the film. One of the early scenes — after Gojira has made his presence known — involves people on a commuter train talking about bomb shelters, with one commenting, “The shelters again. That stinks.” The whole very anti-nuclear tone (a staple in Honda’s films) is plugged into that mindset and the ghost of the atomic bomb. Gojira is even said to have been released by nuclear testing — and you hardly have to reflect to find the allegory in an unstoppable force that can incinerate people and level entire cities with its radioactive blast. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Gojira (Godzilla) Thursday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

The Ghost Breakers HHHHH Director: George Marshall Players: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best, Paul Lukas, Richard Carlson, Anthony Quinn HORROR COMEDY Rated NR For their Halloween movie, the Asheville Film Society revisits the Bob Hope horror-comedy The Ghost Breakers, which they showed four years ago. After spending nearly a year trying to figure out what to do with Hope, Paramount had struck gold by putting him in a film version of an “old dark house” stage play with The Cat and the Canary (1939), and it stood to reason to dust off another such play and adapt it to Hope’s talents. What the studio came up with was a relic from 1909 by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard called The Ghost Breaker. Cecil B. DeMille (co-directing with Oscar Apfel) had filmed it in 1914, and Alfred E. Green took a stab at in 1922 — and since both were from Paramount, the studio already owned the property. They also turned it over to Walter DeLeon, who had adapted the play in 1922, to rewrite the screenplay with the aid of the inevitable battery of Hope gag-writers. Hope, Paulette Goddard and an old dark castle — what could be better? Well, teaming Hope with black comic Willie Best was a master stroke, since it gave Hope someone talented to play off. Moving the castle from Spain to Cuba allowed the introduction of voodoo — and with that came Noble Johnson as one of the most effective zombies ever to lurch across the screen. The Asheville Film Society will screen The Ghost Breakers Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. in Theater Six at The Carolina Asheville, hosted by Xpress movie critic Ken Hanke.

The Innocents HHH Director: Jack Clayton Players: Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Peter Wyngarde, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Michael Redgrave GHOST STORY Rated NR Though highly regarded in some quarters, I have always found Jack Clayton’s The Innocents (1961) a well-produced bore with literary pretensions of the stupefyingly trapped-in-amber kind. But I thought it was time to give it another try when this screening popped up. I wish I could say another viewing of this film version of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw convinced me of its greatness, but, if anything, it had the opposite effect. What had seemed to me an altogether handsome, but too-reverential, ghost yarn now seems to me like a high-end TV drama with occasional flashes of visual panache — and some striking imagery from cinematographer Freddie Francis when the dialogue subsides. Most of the interior dialogue scenes — pretty much any time Deborah Kerr isn’t wandering around the Old Dark House — are blocked like a high school play, and the acting isn’t much better. Kerr spends most of the film looking apprehensive or terrified. The children do manage to suggest a degree of incipient depravity that — at least in Martin Stephens’ case — is disturbingly unwholesome, but the film mostly comes across as overwrought. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Innocents Sunday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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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 shift-management 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.

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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

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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. AGENCY-WidE peer Support Specialist peers Assisting in Community Engagement (pACE) Being a Peer Support Specialist provides an opportunity for individuals to transform their own personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction challenges into a tool for inspiring hope for recovery in others. Applicants must demonstrate maturity in their own recovery process, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and have moderate computer skills.

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freewIll aStroloGY ARiES (march 21-April 19): According to the online etymological dictionary, the verb "fascinate" entered the English language in the 16th century. It was derived from the Middle French fasciner and the Latin fascinatus, which are translated as "bewitch, enchant, put under a spell." In the 19th century, "fascinate" expanded in meaning to include "delight, attract, hold the attention of." I suspect you will soon have experiences that could activate both senses of "fascinate." My advice is to get the most out of your delightful attractions without slipping into bewitchment. Is that even possible? It will require you to exercise fine discernment, but yes, it is.

TAURUS (April 20-may 20): One of the largest machines in the world is a "bucket wheel excavator" in Kazakhstan. It's a saw that weighs 45,000 tons and has a blade the size of a four-story building. If you want to slice through a mountain, it's perfect for the job. Indeed, that's what it's used for over in Kazakhstan. Right now, Taurus, I picture you as having a metaphorical version of this equipment. That's because I think you have the power to rip open a clearing through a massive obstruction that has been in your way.

GEmiNi (may 21-June 20): Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock did a daily ritual to remind him of life's impermanence. After drinking his tea each morning, he flung both cup and saucer over his shoulder, allowing them to smash on the floor. I don't recommend that you adopt a comparable custom for long-term use, but it might be healthy and interesting to do so for now. Are you willing to outgrow and escape your old containers? Would you consider diverging from formulas that have always worked for you? Are there any unnecessary taboos that need to be broken?

Experiment with the possible blessings that might come by not clinging to the illusion of "permanence."

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Terence was a comic playwright in ancient Rome. He spoke of love in ways that sound modern. It can be capricious and weird, he said. It may provoke indignities and rouse difficult emotions. Are you skilled at debate? Love requires you to engage in strenuous discussions. Peace may break out in the midst of war, and vice versa. Terence's conclusion: If you seek counsel regarding the arts of love, you may as well be asking for advice on how to go mad. I won't argue with him. He makes good points. But I suspect that in the coming weeks you will be excused from most of those crazy-making aspects. The sweet and smooth sides of love will predominate. Uplift and inspiration are more likely than angst and bewilderment. Take advantage of the grace period! Put chaos control measures in place for the next time Terence's version of love returns. lEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming weeks, you will have a special relationship with the night. When the sun goes down, your intelligence will intensify, as will your knack for knowing what's really important and what's not. In the darkness, you will have an enhanced capacity to make sense of murky matters lurking in the shadows. You will be able to penetrate deeper than usual, and get to the bottom of secrets and mysteries that have kept you off-balance.

Even your grimy fears may be transformable if you approach them with a passion for redemption. viRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): New friends and unexpected teachers are in your vicinity, with more candidates on the way. There may even be potential comrades who could eventually become flexible collaborators and catalytic guides. Will you be available for the openings they offer? Will you receive them with fire in your heart and mirth in your eyes? I worry that you may not be ready if you are too preoccupied with old friends and familiar teachers. So please make room for surprises.

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liBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): More than any other sign, you have an ability to detach yourself from life's flow and analyze its complexities with cool objectivity.

This is mostly a good thing. It enhances your power to make rational decisions. On the other hand, it sometimes devolves into a liability. You may become so invested in your role as observer that you refrain from diving into life's flow. You hold yourself apart from it, avoiding both its messiness and vitality. But I don't foresee this being a problem in the coming weeks. In fact, I bet you will be a savvy watcher even as you're almost fully immersed in the dynamic flux.

SCORpiO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you an inventor? Is it your specialty to create novel gadgets and machines?

Probably not. But in the coming weeks you may have metaphorical resemblances to an inventor. I suspect you will have an enhanced ability to dream up original approaches and find alternatives to conventional wisdom. You may surprise yourself with your knack for finding ingenious solutions to long-standing dilemmas.

To prime your instincts, I'll provide three thoughts from inventor Thomas Edison. 1. "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." 2. "Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." 3. "Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait."

SAGiTTARiUS (Nov. 22-dec. 21): Some unraveling is inevitable. What has been woven together must now be partially unwoven. But please refrain from thinking of this mysterious development as a setback.

Instead, consider it an opportunity to reexamine and redo any work that was a bit hasty or sloppy.

Be glad you will get a second chance to fix and refine what wasn't done quite right the first time.

In fact, I suggest you preside over the unraveling yourself. Don't wait for random fate to accomplish it. And for best results, formulate an intention to regard everything that transpires as a blessing.

CApRiCORN (dec. 22-Jan. 19): "A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way," said Irish author Oscar Wilde. I appreciate the wit, but don't agree with him. A plain old ordinary waterfall, with foamy surges continually plummeting over a precipice and crashing below, is sufficiently impressive for me. What about you, Capricorn? In the coming days, will you be impatient and frustrated with plain old ordinary marvels and wonders? Or will you be able to enjoy them just as they are?

AQUARiUS (Jan. 20-feb. 18): Years ago, I moved into a rental house with my new girlfriend, whom I had known for six weeks. As we fell asleep the first night, a song played in my head: "Nature's Way," by the band Spirit. I barely knew it and had rarely thought of it before. And yet there it was, repeating its first line over and over: "It's nature's way of telling you something's wrong." Being a magical thinker, I wondered if my unconscious mind was telling me a secret about my love. But I rejected that possibility; it was too painful to contemplate. When we broke up a few months later, however, I wished I had paid attention to that early alert. I mention this, Aquarius, because I suspect your unconscious mind will soon provide you with a wealth of useful information, not just through song lyrics but other subtle signals, as well. Listen up! At least some of it will be good news, not cautionary like mine. piSCES (feb. 19-march 20): When I advise you to GET NAKED, I don't mean it in a literal sense. Yes, I will applaud if you're willing to experiment with brave acts of self-revelation. I will approve of you taking risks for the sake of the raw truth. But getting arrested for indecent exposure might compromise your ability to carry out those noble acts. So, no, don't actually take off all your clothes and wander through the streets. Instead, surprise everyone with brilliant acts of surrender and vulnerability. Gently and sweetly and poetically tell the Purveyors of Unholy Repression to take their boredom machine and shove it up their humdrum.

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