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letters We’ve got a broken system and it needs fixing I read Paul King’s letter, “Dear Occupy Asheville,” in the Dec. 28 Xpress and I felt the need to respond. I’m not as an “occupier” myself, though if I were I’d wear the name proudly — but I am a citizen who has tried to keep up with the movement locally and nationally. From what I understand of the Occupy movement, these folks are resorting to measures outside of those that King suggests in his letter in order to shine a light on all that is broken in our current political and financial systems (both of which seem to have become inextricably and sinisterly entangled in one another). As it says in Occupy Wall Street’s initial declaration, which I’d advise Mr. King and others who don’t fully understand the movement to read: “We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments.” (“Declaration of the Occupation of New York,” posted Sept. 30, 2011, on occupywallst. org). I understand completely why they’ve taken to the streets, why they won’t contact their representatives or volunteer or watch TV or do any of the other 10 activities that you recommend. We’ve got a broken system and it needs fixing. The first step in fixing something that’s broken is admitting that it’s broken, a step that takes courage. And it was Einstein who said,

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It’s something we seem to have forgotten, but the TV is not the public square. We are the public square. That is why we occupy the public square in person. We meet each other on a human scale and take responsibility for the immoral and unjust practices we have allowed to penetrate our culture. Ninety-one percent of us have lost trust in our leaders in Congress. It’s hard to talk about leadership and Congress in the same breath and not snort. We know that less than 0.5 percent of the population is able to buy a member of Congress, all of whom are beholden to the people who funded their election, not the people who voted for them. Take a minute, because that is a very important distinction: What does it mean to have “representatives” who don’t really care if I consent to their decisions? If you think your ideas are a gift to the Occupy movement, join us at occupyasheville. org, or join one of the multiple, free weekly teleconferences through occupycafe.org or interoccupy.org, and talk to people across the nation and world. We listen to each other and value a culture of respect. Come with an open mind. We make decisions by consensus, so no voice is ignored. Many Occupy cities have libraries of reading materials that are shared freely. You are welcome to donate any of the reading material that you have found helpful. Direct participatory democracy is a thing to behold. At this time in our history, in crisis, we need “all hands on deck,” and the best critical thinking to heal our ills and set our national priorities back on track. — Tracy Kunkler Asheville

correction The Jan. 4 Food article, “When Pigs Fly,” mistakenly identified Camp Boswell as the chef of Storm Rhum Bar. He is the chef of The Junction in the River Arts District. ration I felt for my Village Voice, so many years ago: a vessel for liberal-minded people. The reason for my shock was the article by Henry Mitchell, talking about the GOP’s goal in Buncombe County (isn’t that right there an oxymoron?) “to get conservative Republicans elected to help defeat Obama, and Gov. Perdue in 2012,” and “to reverse the direction of our liberal, social agenda.” Of course, he has the right to say all that, but I am confused as to why Xpress would give him a platform. Have I had it wrong all these years? Is Xpress heading right on me? Have I been reading just the stuff I could relate to, and ignoring the rest? I am always so excited to get the paper, for the wonderful reviews of new films, restaurants, businesses and other happenings in this amazing city of Asheville. Please tell me Xpress is not changing its format, and what I consider the hippest paper I’ve seen since I left New York City. — Abby McDonough Asheville

Publisher Jeff Fobes responds: Thanks for the adoration. No, Xpress isn’t changing (although we try to always be learning and evolving). There is a key difference, however, between Xpress and other alt weeklies such as the Village Voice: Xpress is a community paper, and as such we welcome the area’s full spectrum of vibrant, Carl Mumpower’s lament about our City jostling and contentious views. And what a Council [“Raise a Glass of Kool-Aid for Our great way to drink your espresso — amidst this Current City Council,” Jan. 4 Xpress] is surely creative cacophony that so embodies WNC. You misplaced. To say, as he does, that they are all might even decide it’s hipper than the Voice! liberal is a compliment, not any sort of criticism. That’s because the several definitions of the word “liberal” include favoring political reform, advocating representative government and permitting freedom of action with respect There are many among us who are comto personal belief or expression. Mumpower’s plaining that our citizens are either incapable mistake is to conflate being liberal with being a or unable to get a voter identification card. socialist. This is what philosophers call a “perI believe those who are saying no to the suasive definition,” one that is at odds with voter identification bill are short-changing the what a term really means. knowledge and abilities of our citizenry who Mumpower wants to persuade us that the elected our public officials. If they are incapaonly alternative to his brand of conservatism ble of getting a free Voter Identification Card, is socialism. He fails to see that being a liberal a North Carolina driver license, or the North means being able to evaluate all political views Carolina Identification Card, then what does on their merits and not by misusing words. that say about their vote for those that they — Leonard S. Carrier have elected to office? Asheville The squawking about it being too difficult for our citizenry to take time off from work to obtain a voter identification card is just that — squawking. Each citizen with a driver’s license must renew his or her driver’s license every few I was just getting cozy with my espresso, years. It is not any less important to know who skimming the pages of this week’s Xpress, is voting than it is to operate a motor vehicle. when I almost dropped my cup. Correct me if The requirement to have a picture identification I have been wrong all this time, but I looked card to vote only enforces the privilege that each upon Xpress with the same (well, almost) ado-

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For other Molton cartoons, check out our Web page at www.mountainx.com/cartoons citizen has a right to vote. As far as the identification card itself is concerned, I believe that in the bills presented, the county boards of election are to issue voter identification cards for voting only, free of charge. Voter identification would only enhance the privilege of voting. It is time that we did the right thing and insured that those who have entered the polling place to vote are the correct individuals and not someone who wishes to take another’s identification and, by the same token, take another rightful vote. You either have voter identification or you have voter fraud; anything else is pure exaggerated nonsense. To even have one case of voter fraud within the borders of North Carolina is unacceptable, especially when you have the means available to prevent it, and that is voter identification. It is time North Carolina came into the 21st century and passed a voter identification bill requiring those who vote to identify themselves. — Ray Shamlin Rocky Mount

We have the power to curb nuclear power Would you like to live just 60 miles from a nuclear reactor that could shatter “like a glass cup?” You may have that opportunity if you’re an Asheville-area resident and the proposed William States Lee III Nuclear Plant near Gaffney Units 1 and 2 is allowed to be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a decision that could be just around the corner unless the public acts now by letting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission know just how dangerous the Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Reactor could be. Check out this quote from Massachusetts Rep. Edward J. Markey, a top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee: “Today, the NRC has presented its

holiday gifts to the nuclear industry. Instead of doing all they should to protect nuclear reactors against seismically induced ground acceleration, these commissioners voted to approve the acceleration of reactor construction. While they continue to slow walk the implementation of recommendations of the NRC professional staff’s Near-Term Task Force on Fukushima, they have fast-tracked construction of a reactor whose shield building could ‘shatter like a glass cup’ if impacted by an earthquake or other natural or man-made impact.” Nevertheless four of the members of the NRC voted to approve the final rule for the Westinghouse reactor’s design in opposition to the commission’s chairman, who voted against the approval. This reactor is the one to be used for the Gaffney plant that Duke Power has its sights on. Duke customers have a right and an obligation to speak out against this plant and others, most of which are being sited for construction in Southeastern states. Submit comments by March 6 to: Chief, Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, Main Stop: TWB-05-B01M, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001; lee.colais@nrc.gov (always reference document or put on subject line: “76 FR 79228, Dec. 21, 2011”); or 301-492-3446 (fax). To participate in the public meeting on Jan. 19, join in the car pools going there by contacting Laura Sorensen at 545-4443 or lsredoak@gmail.com. — Rachael Bliss Asheville

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Developing our social innovation ecosystem by Grant Millin Social innovation and social entrepreneurship are two terms Asheville and Western North Carolina residents are likely to be hearing more about in 2012. One of the things we might want to thank President Obama for is the White House’s Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. In 2010 I invited the grants manager in Rep. Heath Shuler’s office to educate our region’s social innovators about another Obama initiative: the Social Innovation Fund. I asked that Mr. Shuler personally take action. But while Shuler’s recent role in securing an innovative $70 million Race to the Top grant for North Carolina’s children is certainly appreciated, I believe a bigger, deeper and more enriching approach to social innovation is available for Asheville and Western North Carolina in 2012 and beyond. Innovations are the products of valuable new or renewing ideas realized through entrepreneurship. Social innovations employ new thinking and programming to tackle classic social problems such as poverty and related issues. Today, social innovations are often deployed by for-profit enterprises such as iMentor, which taps the power of the Internet to recruit and empower mentors for at-risk high-school students. This Social Innovation Fund awardee is an example of the kind of social innovation that’s not being deployed here in WNC. Innovation is often thought of only in terms of science and technology. But why not apply the same innovative thinking to finally reverse local trends on stubborn issues such as poverty? If we’re serious about doing something to improve the future of the more than 100,000 adults and children in Mr. Shuler’s district who now live in poverty, innovation principles should be part of a new anti-poverty approach. After all, we’re not looking for business as usual, are we? Social innovation, social innovation ecosystems and transdisciplinary design can all help address the region’s expanding poverty rate. Applying future-oriented, innovative leadership perspectives and management tools to these kinds of persistent problems means doing something different in order to obtain better results than we’ve gotten in the past. Whatever specific steps may be needed to make the future better, we must embrace new ways of doing things if we really aim to achieve successful civilization. Asking government alone to design and execute a better future seems like something many local people don’t want or expect to ever happen. But where else can we turn? Is

If we’re serious about doing something to improve the future of the more than 100,000 adults and children in Mr. Shuler’s district who now live in poverty, innovation principles should be part of a new anti-poverty approach. there another system we can rely on? If so, does it merely consist of generalized notions of “community”? Or might there be a new approach, say “Civilization 3.0,” that includes a more ethical business community as well as improved government systems and services, all linked to ideas and working examples from the significant social-innovation community here in Asheville and WNC? Despite their best efforts, MANNA FoodBank, the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry, the Eblen Charities and a host of other local nonprofits and government agencies working in this arena haven’t been able to turn the tide on poverty in our community. Similarly, local business owners — whether operating individually or through advocacy groups such as the Asheville Grown Business Alliance, the Council of Independent Business Owners and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce — are unlikely to reverse the poverty rate, reduce local greenhouse-gas emissions or, for that matter, improve Asheville’s relationship with the North Carolina Legislature. And while science and technology might assist in these efforts, economics, policy management, business-community relationships and quality affordable housing represent new target areas for innovation. Reading about our many, varied and everexpanding “wicked problems” in a segregated, one-off news context is interesting and often scary. But wouldn’t it be more valuable to coordinate resources and issues as part of what MIT professor Otto Scharmer calls “[human] ecosystemwide innovation

and redesign”? Whether we call the solutions social innovation and transdisciplinary design within social innovation ecosystems — or use other, perhaps more familiar terms — I look forward to helping find more effective problem-solving methods for Asheville and WNC in 2012. The coordinating tools must be analytical and process-oriented. On the Mountain Xpress website, local consultant Sandy Maxey of Beta Regional Systems recently shared the idea of a civic forum discussing the region’s persistent underemployment from a systems perspective, in cooperation with the Plexus Institute. And indeed, face-to-face workshops can be helpful. But whatever is done and whoever makes it happen, our community’s approach to 2012 must include strategic shifts at a scale and speed far beyond the false start to the 21st century we’ve seen so far. X Asheville resident Grant Millin provides strategic innovation services through his company, InnovoGraph LLC.

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If the Buncombe County commissioners get their way, one of Asheville’s most-traveled landmarks may get a new name. During their Jan. 3 meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved asking the North Carolina Board of Transportation to dedicate the Smoky Park Bridge in honor of Capt. Jeff Bowen. The bridge crosses the French Broad River just west of downtown Asheville, linking Interstates 26 and 240 and Patton Avenue. And though the final decision lies with the state body, a number of local groups supported the move, including the Asheville Fire Department and the Buncombe County Fire Fighters Association. Asheville City Council is scheduled to consider a similar resolution later this month. Bowen, a 13-year Asheville Fire Department veteran, died July 28, 2011, while combating a fire on the top floor of Mission Health System’s building at 445 Biltmore Ave. He was the first Asheville firefighter to die in the line of duty since 1982. In the following days, investigators determined that the fatal blaze was arson; no arrests have yet been made in connection with the crime, which caused more than $20 million worth of damage. Bowen, 37, is survived by a wife and three children. Noting that Bowen worked out of a fire station on Louisiana Avenue in the same part of town as the bridge, Board of Commissioners Chair david Gantt said he thought the dedication would be a fitting honor. “Capt. Bowen made the ultimate sacrifice for our community,” Gantt observed. “Everything we learn about him is that he was just a top-notch man; he was a good family man and well-deserving.” No one spoke against the proposal during the meeting, but Gantt noted that he’d received a letter from Leicester resident Joyce Morgan urging him not to support renaming the bridge. “We live in the ‘Smoky’ Mountains and see them every day and love them,” she wrote. “I can understand the issue with Mr. Bowen and have sympathy for the widow and the Fire Department. Surely there is a better place to put in his memory. … So I beg you and City Council to please save the bridge as ‘smoky.’ This is part of our heritage.” Gantt responded via email, saying, “I understand your concerns and heritage issues but felt the resolution should go forward.” Vice Chair Bill stanley was absent from the meeting due to illness, said Gantt.

FIRES LIGHTING The commissioners also heard a report from Ben Teague, executive director of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County, who said his organization is working harder than ever to bring more jobs to the area. “We’re firing on all cylinders to make our projects happen,” Teague declared, noting the coalition’s Asheville 5x5 campaign, which began last year with the goal of raising $3 million in public and private funds. The money will be used for marketing and support efforts for both new and existing businesses, with the goal of creating 5,000 jobs within five years. The group, he reported, is constantly marketing the area to local, national and international executives as an ideal place to expand and do business. “We have a strong brand, and we’re going to continue to push that.” In addition, said Teague, “We’re going to seek the companies, with the resources we have, in very niche ways to promote our brand. … Our job is really lighting the fires of others to tell our story.” The organization’s Dec. 29 Homecoming Job Fair at Biltmore Square Mall, he noted, brought together more than 80 employers and related resources looking to fill more than 1,000 positions. And while Teague conceded that the roughly 3,000 job seekers who lined up for the event constituted “a bad sign,” he stressed the positives, adding, “It was encouraging that our organization, with your

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support, put together a really phenomenal job event that those people could come to.” Several commissioners seemed to agree, including K. Ray Bailey, who praised Teague and his team effusively. “We have a group of young people who are bright and working every day to try to bring jobs to this community,” gushed Bailey, who also chairs the coalition’s board of directors. “I can remember the day when folks would sit around waiting for someone to call. They’re not waiting for someone to call anymore: They’re out there making those calls … to companies that have given indications that they may want to come, so my hat’s off to them for the job they’re doing.” Bailey also hinted that the coalition, a project of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, the city of Asheville and Buncombe County, might have some big news soon. “We’ve got some that we’re working right now, but we can’t talk about them. ... I hope that we can make some announcements soon,” he reported. “I’m excited about where we are and where we’re going.” Not everyone in attendance shared Bailey’s enthusiasm, however. During the public-comment portion of the meeting, Jupiter resident don Yelton dismissed the commissioners’ discussion of jobs as political rhetoric. “I’d like to thank each and every one of you for great campaign speeches today,” he told them sarcastically, drawing a few grins and laughs from board members. Candler resident Jerry Rice also scolded the commissioners, saying, “Jobs, jobs, jobs. … It

sounds like President Obama when he said, ‘We want change.’ Remember that big word? Every time I hear ‘jobs’ it makes my skin crawl. Because we’ve got jobs around this area, but they don’t pay anything,” asserted Rice. “There aren’t any really good jobs being created except for the high-level folks. The people that really need the jobs ain’t getting them.”

SINESS u B R E H T O On other fronts, the board also: • Unanimously approved a rezoning request by Norris “Max” Clubb to allow for commercial development of a 1.27 acre tract at 1910 U.S. Highway 70, just west of its intersection with Warren Wilson Road. County planning staff and the Planning Board recommended approving the request, noting that surrounding property is already in commercial use. • Heard a report by Sheriff van duncan on the prevalence of substance abuse and mentalhealth problems among inmates at the county jail. In 2009, nearly 70 percent of detainees committed their crimes while under the influence of a controlled substance or in order to obtain one, noted Duncan. • Honored Buncombe County Library Director ed sheary for being named “Director of the Year” by the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association. X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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manages to find the silver lining in a tough situation. “Many copies of textbook pages are made, and PowerPoints are presented for tedious note taking,” she points out. And while that may not be ideal in some ways, adds Boyer, “Students learn more when they have to write down a new concept. Repetition helps the mind retain information.” X Autumn Kersten is a senior at Clyde A. Erwin High School.

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“ n e v e r d o u b t that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has,” said anthropologist Margaret Mead. perhaps with that in mind, asheville-area community leaders submitted a wealth of big Ideas, so many that you’ll find more online. as 2012 unfolds, we’ll see how close we get to changing the world — or at least our little corner. What’s your big idea?

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Five steps to reducing poverty by pIsgah legal servICes stop unnecessary foreclosures: In more than 80 percent of our foreclosure cases, Pisgah Legal Services is preventing foreclosures and saving homes. This success rate has convinced us that the vast majority of foreclosures can be prevented if homeowners have legal representation. Local, state and federal governments, foundations, the United Way and individuals should fund more assistance for people who can’t afford legal counsel. This is an investment in the stability of local families and neighborhoods.

while growing the local tax base — and ensuring that lower-income people don’t have to live in substandard, often dangerous housing. Invest in programs that work: Local, state and federal governments should reinvest in effective social programs. Pisgah Legal Services, Homeward Bound and other nonprofits with a proven track record of solving poverty-related problems are a critical part of our community’s infrastructure, just as much as schools, roads and public utilities. In 2011, we helped 12,000 low-income people avoid homelessness, stop domestic violence and secure health care and other essential services. This produced more than $31 million in quantifiable benefits (such as preserving home equity and securing subsistence income) for our clients and our region.

Create construction jobs: In 2011, we saw record numbers of people who’d fallen out of the middle class. Many of them had worked in the construction industry. Investments in affordable housing would put them back to work while increasing the supply of decent, affordable housing. Many N.C. cities have issued bonds that make housing more affordable by reducing interest Reduce domestic violence: The human rates. This creates construction jobs and social costs of domestic violence in

our country are incalculably high. We must support personal, institutional and government interventions to break the cycle of abuse. We handle more than 1,000 domestic-violence cases annually. Our staff and volunteer attorneys work closely with Helpmate and other local agencies to end abuse and help survivors rebuild their lives. National studies have shown that legal aid is one of the most critical and effective steps in ending domestic violence. Weatherize to save money and help the environment: Most low-income people are losing precious resources because their homes leak heat. This is especially true in many of Buncombe County’s dozens of mobile-home parks, which are often the housing of last resort for people in poverty. At 125 percent of the federal poverty rate, a family of four is living on just $27,938 a year. Utility bills of $300 to $400 per month are economically devastating.

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But I think there are bigger things to be mindful of, particularly the city’s water system. I’m hopeful that Asheville will be more successful in defending our water system than they were with the Sullivan Acts, and I’m hopeful that we’ll learn more about the discussions at the state level about our community-owned asset.

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The big idea behind it: LGBT folks and allies in the South taking coordinated, ongoing action calling for full equality under federal law. The Asheville piece: This effort will be headquartered in Asheville, an ideal regional hub for LGBT organizing in Weâ€™ll be doing this against the the South. charged political backdrop of an election year, discriminatory laws on the For more information, books in all Southern states â€” and an visit southernequality.org.

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Kimball cited the high level of community commitment toward sustainability and resilient economies, specific institutional assets such as Warren Wilson College, and our historical underemployment as reasons she sees Asheville as a prime target for their program. Citizens and leaders require the skill sets of 21st-century civic dialogue to address the complex problems facing our community. Our historically disproportionate focus on industrial recruitment and our fragmented (inefficient and ineffective) entrepreneurial development system are key indicators that a new way forward is necessary. However, the first step is creating the community-based, bottom-up demand for a different approach. The first step is a critical mass of shared civic knowledge.

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First things first by esther ManheIMer, Asheville City Council Maintain a balanced budget without raising taxes while still providing necessary services such as police, fire, water, garbage pickup, recycling and parks. Continue to strengthen regional partnerships. Plan affordable, long-term capital investments to improve our quality of life (sidewalks, greenways). Work with our legislative delegation to protect and enhance Asheville (e.g., the study of the water system).

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Power to the ’hood pelly aims to boost asheville’s neighborhoods by davId forbes “Specifically, I will be asking the full Council to support creating a Neighborhood Advisory Committee charged with advising Council on ways to support and enhance neighborhoods and give them a more formal voice in “I intend to try to work to advance growth-and-development issues,” the ideas on which I based my camPelly explains paign,” he reveals. “That includes expansion of our sidewalk system The committee, he notes, could to give Asheville pedestrians greater serve as a platform for calls to allosafe walking options. I also will be cate public resources, encourage trying to promote a home-weatheriza- the development of community tion program to help middle-income associations, “establish a commuhomeowners make energy-efficiency nications system capable of reachimprovements.” ing every Asheville household,” Chris Pelly’s third bid for a seat on Asheville City Council was successful, and the longtime neighborhood activist (who’s also president of the Haw Creek Community Association) has some big plans.

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Thanks to the efforts of the people of Asheville, we’re beginning to see some life in our economy, and we’ve got to build on that this year. We’ve also got to build on the momentum we have regarding affordability measures such as multimodal transportation infrastructure and affordable housing. New routes for the bus system will be implemented soon, increasing efficiency, utility and dependability. The Asheville/ Buncombe Food Policy Council will be an excellent source of leadership as we address poverty alleviation, public health, local commerce and sustainability.

This will be the year that Asheville has to fight to ensure responsible, accountable management of our water resources, and we’re going to need the whole community to come together. It’s also the year that we can advocate for fair treatment in regard to occupancy-tax rates. Keeping up with the rising costs of good service to our citizens requires that we continue to find efficiencies in our systems while being fiscally responsible in our search for equitable revenue sources. Making Asheville affordable, sustainable and prosperous: Those are big ideas that make this a great place to live.

School Days Buddy is not accepted well at school due to the fact his parents have let him have his way all his life; his harshest punishment has been a“time out”with no texting. Word has spread that Buddy was seen in the grocery store clutching a stuffed animal (they are called luvees these days). As he walks by a couple of girls in the hall they ask him,“where is your luvee, chubby Buddy?”Buddy develops a“stress migraine”and has to go home early. Mom is infuriated by the comments and stomps in the principal’s office demanding that if the administration continues to “allow this bullying”they will be held accountable. She

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The local Sierra Club chapter has another big idea for 2012: bolstering Progress Energy’s coal-ash ponds in Skyland to avoid a disaster like the massive spill at Kingston, Tenn., back in 2008.

The local utility’s two coal-ash ponds are unlined and contained by earthen dams; activists worry that toxic contaminants are leaching into local ground water and the nearby French Broad River.

“We need to get those ponds lined and covered,” says WENOCA Sierra Club leader Judy Mattox, “and to stop coal ash from blowing into neighbors’ homes and yards.”

Plant more trees by susan roderICk, Asheville GreenWorks to spread out across the community, planting shade trees at libraries, fire stations, community centers, parks and along roadways. We also need people to water and care for them. Property owners can add to the tree canopy by letting volunteer trees that come up in their yards live and thrive, instead The DOT has removed hundreds of trees along the highways, of mowing them down. Each tree is precious: Rather than and we need to take a proactive role in adding more trees taking them for granted, we need to take an active role in back into our environment. Teams of volunteers are needed protecting and adding to our urban forest.

If we want to have an immediate, affordable, doable effect on the environment, Asheville needs lots more trees planted to combat the hot summers we’ve been experiencing, while helping clean the air.

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by joshua p. Warren, paranor mal investigator, founder, the Asheville Mystery Museum As a native of Asheville, I want to help most of my friends and neighbors save money and finally move toward getting off the grid. Thank God, it’s now not that hard to move toward a solar generator.

The Earth could fit inside the sun a million times. We should be able to use the sun’s power to operate home appliances. We’re way overdue, and Asheville can lead the way on helping the world understand how easy it really is. For more about Joshua P. Warren, visit joshuapwarren.com.

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I was miserable for seven days during the blizzard of 2009. I bought a gas generator afterward, but that didn’t cut it. What happens when the fuel runs out? I couldn’t find a good solar generator online, so I built one, called the “Sunshine Simple Generator.” Since talking about it on the radio, people across the country

have asked me to build one for them. The technology is here, and this is the simplest, most affordable, way to become independent and stay comfy even when the power goes out.

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Mission Manna has spent the past decade trying to decrease the high death rate among children under 5 in the Montrouis area on Haiti’s west coast. Thanks to twice-yearly clinics where medical and lay volunteers see some 1,200 kids each trip, and distributing a nutritional mix of beans and grains, more children are reaching the survival-critical fifth birthday. Last year, we began shifting from handing out food to enabling families to create their own sustainable source of protein by giving them pairs of breeding rabbits and goats for milk and meat.

the resources needed, rather than relying on outside “experts.” Accordingly, in 2012 Mission Manna will provide resources and expertise to independently contracted Community Health Agents. These community leaders will monitor the health of 70-75 high-risk, malnourished children and provide needed nutritional and medical interventions. They’ll also provide training in animal husbandry and agriculture.

In line with this emphasis on local control and sustainable nutrition, Mission Manna is redesigning a property originally targeted for a children’s medical clinic as an agricultural station modeling best practices for crops and trees The Big Idea for 2012 is implementing — a place where families can obtain what has previously been an experi- rabbits and training in animal husmental effort: a health, nutrition and bandry. self-sustaining farming program run by local people with funding and tech- Mission Manna aims to enable the nical support from Mission Manna. people in one small area of a devasThe idea is to ensure children’s good tated country to build their own selfhealth before they become malnour- determined future on a foundation of good health and a full stomach. ished and need medical treatment.

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It’s the mission

by CatherIne peCk, YWCA of Asheville At the YWCA of Asheville, our mission itself is the big idea: We incorporate “eliminating racism and empowering women” into everything we do. In 2012, the YWCA will continue to offer vital programs bridging gaps in child care, education, health care and earning power. In April, we’ll hold our third annual Stand Against Racism campaign, which is aimed at increasing awareness that racism still exists and that it will no longer be tolerated. Our community struggles with issues related to race, and the Stand Against Racism provides an opportunity to address those issues. This year, the focus will be on how we as a community can make our common spaces more welcoming to all types of people. We invite local businesses, organizations and faith groups to join us in the Stand Against Racism. In September, we’ll hold our annual Tribute to Women of Influence, which celebrates women who have excelled in their field and empowered others through their work. This inspiring event highlights how far we have come toward equality in the workplace, and it advocates for the day when women possess the same financial and political power as men in this country. Throughout the year, our wellness programs address health disparities, our child care programs strive to minimize the achievement gap, and our economic-empowerment programs give people tools to succeed. We look forward to continuing to strive for peace, justice, dignity and freedom for all in 2012. Find out how you can get involved at ywcaofasheville.org.

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town, like office workers who tend to Pink Taco Truck, owned by Marni Graves brown bag it. It also has the potential to and the Lebanese food of Gypsy Queen draw tourists into lesser-visited parts of Cuisine, owned by Suzy Phillips. downtown, he says. Visiting trucks include one that offers veg“I think it will be a destination, which is etarian Venezuelan specialties like vegwhy we all wanted to be there together,” gie arepas as well as fresh juice and soy Kelly says. “I felt like one rogue truck smoothies. Phoyabelly will offer pho and here, one rogue truck there wouldn’t other Vietnamese specialties. A grilledreally pull people the way that a food cheese truck, a brick-oven pizza truck and court would. It’s just going to add to the an all-vegan, gluten-free food truck called Nate Kelly, who owns the Lowdown eclectic nature of downtown.” Veggie Love are all expected to join the food truck (specializing in big sandwichfleet at one time or another, Kelly reports. es with bigger flavor), believes that the Kelly says the lot will offer ethnic foods lot will be a draw to people who might hard to find elsewhere in Asheville. The El Kimchi, a Korean-Mexican amalgamanot otherwise spend money in down- core group of food trucks includes The tion, will make its debut at the Coxe food

Asheville is poised to get its first dedicated food-truck food court early this year, marking the first time that truck owners will be allowed to vend in the central business district (besides during festivals and special events). The Coxe Avenue parking lot, nearing completion at press time, will accommodate four food trucks at once, with a rotating selection of about 10 vendors.

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court. While Korean and Mexican may seem like an unusual combination to some, the concept is prevalent in larger cities. In fact, some credit the rise in popularity of the gourmet food truck to the Korean-Mexican Kogi BBQ-To-Go, operated by Roy Choi in Los Angeles. Choi, sometimes referred to as the “godfather of street food,” famously utilized Twitter to broadcast the whereabouts of his truck, prompting Newsweek to dub Kogi “America’s first viral eatery.” (Incredibly, the use of the word “viral” when referring to an eating establishment did nothing to diminish Kogi’s popularity.) “You go to bigger cities, there’s at least one Korean barbecue truck there right now,” says Jimmy Lee, who will help his parents (Don and Chung, both born in Korea) operate the truck with the assistance of his sister, Iris. Chung, the matriarch of the family, is a trained chef who owned two different restaurants in South Korea for more than 10 years. “My mom makes the best kimchi in the world,” Lee says. “Some kimchis you buy at supermarkets are Americanized. We try to use local produce as much as we can. It’s authentic kimchi that no one else in Asheville makes.”

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The already established food-truck family has been more than gracious, Lee says. “It’s so great to see these people who hadn’t met before these food trucks started, but now we’re all together, working as one team,” Lee says. “And kudos to them. We’re hoping to do everything we can do to help them. It’s going to help our business, and we think it’s going to help Asheville.”

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And the food-truck vendors may have more in store than food, says Kelly. “The further along we get, the bigger and better we can make the lot,” Kelly says. “Maybe we can put a stage in there at one point.” Doing so would enable Asheville to host outdoor nighttime events similar to Atlanta’s Street Food Soiree or Austin’s Foodspotting South by Southwest Street Food Fest. “We’re eventually wanting to do a street-food festival,” says Kelly. “Maybe once, twice a year. That’s definitely in the works. We’re all very, very ambitious and have lots of crazy, big ideas. But right now, we’re just taking it one step at a time.” The food-truck court will be located at 51 Coxe Ave. Stay tuned to mountainx. com/dining for more info.

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Time to bring it home — for everyone

by Mark rosensteIn Mark Rosenstein, former chef and owner of The Market Place, left the realm of fine dining to pursue his next career: rediscovering and advocating for the family-cooked meal. He is the project manager for the new Green Opportunities Kitchen Ready Training Program, a cooking-based family training series. Green Opportunities is an organization dedicated to improving lives, communities and the health of the planet through innovative green-collar job training and placement programs. Details of Rosenstein’s cooking program can be found on his blog, The French Broad (thefrenchbroad.com). For more about GO, visit greenopportunities.org.

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Predicting the future is easy; all you have to do is polish off the rearview mirror. Looking ahead toward important food trends clearly points us in one direction, assuming we know how to look behind us at our past mistakes. Those mistakes could include negative food trends and other bad habits. At some point, food became industrialized, non-localized, eaten quickly — and the family table suffered. The food that some eat does not nourish nutritionally or emotionally, but what you eat is who you are. For many Americans, eating fresh food made at home by someone close to them is falling by the wayside. While eating out (or taking in) may save us time or bring us enjoyment, it deprives us of something important.

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of the American Dietetic Association tination,” according to TripAdvisor’s — and that includes food eaten both 2011 Readers’ Choice poll. inside and out of the home. Experts in adolescent development are emphatic about the value of family meals. It’s in the teenage years that the daily investment pays some of its biggest dividends. Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders and consider suicide. They’re also more likely to do well in school, delay having sex, eat their vegetables, learn big words and know which fork to use. “If it were just about food, we would squirt it into their mouths with a tube,” says Robin Fox, an anthropologist who teaches at Rutgers University in New Jersey. “A meal is about civilizing children. It’s about teaching them to be a member of their culture.”

The future of better food is not a trend, it’s an imperative. The single most important factor to positively impact our community, our families and ourselves is the home-cooked and regularly shared meal, made from what we can gather locally. This is the challenge of the century. Every piece of research and every intuitive insight supports this. FEAST, a program of SlowFood Asheville (slowfoodasheville.org), insists that Fresh, Easy, Affordable, Sustainable and Tasty food must be available to all of us. Food must be this first and foremost. Food as entertainment, bragging rights, technical proficiency or exclusivity must become a thing of the past. For the year (and the generations) ahead, there is one simple truth: It is time to bring food home and for everyone.

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Rising wheat by jennIfer lapIdus Jennifer Lapidus is a champion of flour — specifically locally grown and ground flour for bread that reflects a sense of place from field to hearth, as geographically distinct as true Champagne (and then some). As organic grains coordinator for Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (carolinafarmstewards.org) Lapidus, along with a pilot group of seven WNC bakeries, is working toward a goal of providing a viable market for Carolina-grown organic hard and soft wheat and other small grains.

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Truly local flour is a big idea. When the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association first launched the North Carolina Organic Bread Flour Project in 2009 with funding from the NC Tobacco Trust Fund, our intention was simple: close the gap between the farmer, miller and baker in the Carolinas. As project coordinator, I reached out early on to Mark Nightengale, manager of Heartland Mills, a highly reputable mill located in (of course) Kansas. His email back to me forewarned, “You have chosen to get involved in one of the most difficult projects in American agriculture.” From proper grain storage (grain is planted in the fall and harvested in June or July — the hottest time of year), to granary weevils, micotoxins, falling numbers (a system of sprout measurement that can make or break an entire lot of grain), protein, moisture, sparse in-state grain and seed-cleaning infrastructure ... the list of challenges has been endless.

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MIllIng around Jennifer Lapidus and the big idea: Carolina Ground, L3C, a mill dedicated to processing grains grown and ground on Carolina soil. We believe our big idea is worth all the risks and challenges, and so, against the odds, appearing in Asheville area grocery stores (Ingles, French Broad Food Coop, Earth Fare and more) and tailgate markets very soon, look for Carolina Ground flour in baked goods made by the following bakeries: Annie’s Naturally, Farm and

Sparrow Breads, Flat Rock Village Bakery, Loaf Child, Wake Robin, West End Bakery and Wild Flour Bakery. And by 2012’s harvest we intend to reach beyond these seven bakeries to other interested bakeries, restaurants and to the public. Visit ncobfp.blogspot.com for more.

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There are several cheese-making destinations and enclaves around the country. Some of those areas, like Wisconsin, have been at the craft for a very long time. In the past 20 years, other areas like New England, the Northwest and California have seen big growth in the number of artisanal cheese operations. The resurgence in cheesemaking has been slow going in the South, but Western North Carolina is emerging as one of the leading areas for Southern creameries.

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The WNC Cheese Trail will promote the region’s artisanal cheesemaking operations as a tourist destination for turophiles (also known as cheese-lovers) and foodies alike. We hope the organization will also serve as a resource for member cheese-makers. We also hope the organization will serve its members by expanding their buying power through cooperation and promotion. We believe the trail will facilitate the sharing of information among producers and promote camaraderie among member cheese-making operations.

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The number of artisanal producers in this area has grown so great that many of us in the local cheese craft are working to debut a WNC Cheese Trail this year. We’ll look to other similar and successful ventures, like the Vermont Cheese Trail, for guidance in forming this new entity.

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What will I make happen? by vICkI lane, author of the day of small things & the elizabeth goodweather appalachian Mysteries I must begin with a double disclaimer. I’m not a resident of Asheville or Buncombe County. I am also Not From Here, having moved (from Florida, of course) to our Madison County farm back in 1975. But I’ve watched downtown Asheville change from a boardedup wasteland to the vibrant place that it is today, just as I’ve watched condos and McMansions begin to cover the oncewooded hillsides that made the area so appealing in the first place. Change for better ... and for worse.

I’m especially interested in is Muddy Sneakers (muddysneakers.org), a local group that works with fifth-grade classes in the area “enriching North Carolina’s standard course of study with handson learning in pristine forest areas and wilderness sites and allowing students to develop a personal connection with the land, become more physically active, gain in self-confidence and connection with peers.” In a time when it’s far too easy for kids to grow up detached from nature, a program like Muddy Sneakers is vital for helping the next generation appreciate and respect the environment, and understand the necessity for protecting this amazing place in which we live.

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What would I like to see happen in the Asheville area in 2012? Oh, I can make a never-ending wish list, beginning with universal peace and love, harmony, understanding and respect for all living things. With the wave of a wand, I’d ensure that mountaintop removal was forever banned, that fracking was a silly euphemism rather than a threat to the water table, that new housing blended into the landscape, that there were no unwanted children or pets, that recycling became a way of life for everyone, that conspicuous consumption was something to be ashamed of. But I don’t have a magic wand. More’s the pity. And wishing is just a hazy beginning. It’s the second question that’s the kicker: What will I make happen? There are lots of good organizations already in place, working to achieve the goals on my wish list. One that

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There are many other shining examples of groups out there working for positive change. But as a writer, I believe I can have the most impact by continuing to record and preserve the fast-disappearing old ways. I hope to promote in my work, a deeper understanding of the unique qualities of our mountains — their flora and fauna and their peoples, from the first Cherokee to the most recent transplant. And I hope that this understanding will translate to a desire to preserve and care for these same flora, fauna and people. For more about Vicki Lane, visit vickilanemysteries.com.

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My big idea for 2012 is to continuously make folks aware that this community’s well-being depends on all of us supporting local. Sending your hard-earned money to other states and out-of-state corporations is not supportive of our constant effort to make life in our state the best possible future. Education is my ongoing goal for 2012, since every little thing is everything! For more about Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café, visit malaprops.com.

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You’ve probably heard of Toms Shoes and their Soles4Souls program (for each pair of the comfy canvas slip-ons purchased, a pair is donated to a child in need). Well, Asheville’s Sole Hope works in a similar way — helping needy children in Africa while also providing jobs locally. “We are based out of Asheville because we love the community here and the groups of socially minded people who reside in Asheville,” says founder Asher Collie. In 2010 she came across a YouTube video that shows children having parasites removed from their feet. Without access to closed-toed shoes, millions of children in Africa are affected by jiggers

that, if untreated, can lead to infection and possible amputation. A trip to Africa confirmed not only this tragedy, but the fact that the parents of these children had no way to support their families. An idea was born: to fashion closed-toed shoes with cloth uppers and recycled soles, and to hire those in need of a job to construct the shoes. And so Sole Hope was born.

Currently, “All of our shoemakers for the baby shoes are employed locally,” says Collie. To take the social program to the next level, another goal for the new year is to employ homeless men and women in Asheville to fashion the locally sold children’s shoes. For now, Collie says, “We hope to be able to get more people in the U.S. excited about helping others, giving of their time/talents and making more people aware of the diseases that enter through the feet that are ultimately harming the future of children in Third World countries like Africa.”

The goal for 2012, Collie says, “is to make and sell 4,200 pairs of shoes in Asheville. ... Because of additional donations from individuals who believe in our mission, plus we give a pair of shoes for every shoe we sell in the U.S., we are hoping Purchase Sole Hope baby shoes at Garage 34 to protect at least 9,000 children’s feet (34 S. Lexington Ave., g34avl.com), or online in 2012.” at solehope.com.

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by writer and Grateful Steps marketing director Laura Hope-Gill) take place in the light-filled space of the publishing company and bookstore.

So, with all of that already in the works, what does Grateful Steps have up its sleeve for the coming year? Hope-Gill offered this list of goals for both the pubLocated in Lexington Station (159 S lisher and the local literary community: Lexington Ave.), Grateful Steps does more than simply print the books of 1. Grateful Steps will launch Collection II authors whose voices might otherwise go of Look Up Asheville to global recognition unheard. The publishing company also of the city’s status as polycentric center hosts events and programs. Asheville of the polycentric universe. Bookfest, which took place in October, 2. Social enterprises like Grateful Steps set its evening events in Grateful Steps’ and many others that gather here for space. Classes like “Geopoetics” (led Social Enterprise Thursdays will find

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great support from the community and more startups will build a social component into their mission. 3. Amazon.com will stop creating jugular-slashing apps and never again reward people to use them. 4. Local business and friends will sponsor the awesome poets reading at Asheville Wordfest and make the festival completely sustainable. 5. Barbie Angell’s book of young people’s poetry will find its way into the reading lives of children everywhere. 6. Ashevilleans will source more things locally, including locally written and published books.

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calendar categories community events & workshops / social & shared-interest groups / government & politics / seniors & retirees / animals / technology / business & careers / volunteering / health programs / support groups / helplines / sports groups & activities / kids / spirituality / arts / spoken & written word / festivals & gatherings / music / theater / comedy / film / dance / auditions & call to artists calEndaR FoR JanuaRy 11 - 19, 2012 Unless otherwise stated, events take place in Asheville, and phone numbers are in the 828 area code. Day-by-day calendar is online Want to find out everything that’s happening today — or tomorrow, or any day of the week? Go to www.mountainx.com/events. Weekday Abbreviations: SU = Sunday, MO = Monday, TU = Tuesday, WE = Wednesday, TH = Thursday, FR = Friday, SA = Saturday

Animals Asheville Aussie Club • MONTHLY - This social club meets regularly to connect Australian Shepherd lovers. Call or email for activities and monthly meeting times: (704) 806-7300 or kspotential@aol.com.

Backyard Chickens • TH (1/19), 6pm - Chickens are easy and inexpensive to maintain, provide fresh and nutritious eggs, are excellent for bug and weed control and manufacture the world’s best fertilizer. Learn more about their care at this course with Ashley English. Presented at A-B Tech. Info and registration: www1.abtech.edu/ce/ registration. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue A no-kill organization. Info: www.bwar.org or 505-3440. • DAILY, 8am-8pm - Pet Adoption Day at the rescue center, 31 Glendale Ave. Open from 8am-6pm on Sundays. Pet Biggest Loser Contest • Through SU (5/20) - All Pets Animal Hospital and Rehabilitation Center will hold a Pet Biggest Loser Contest to promote a healthy lifestyle in pets. Info: 645-5252.

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Due to the abundance of great things to do in our area, we only have the space in print to focus on timely events. Our print calendar now covers an eight-day range. For a complete directory of all Community Calendar groups and upcoming events, please visit www.mountainx.com/events..

Calendar information In order to qualify for a free listing, an event must cost no more than $40 to attend and be sponsored by and/or benefit a nonprofit. If an event benefits a business, it’s a paid listing. If you wish to submit an event for Clubland (our free live music listings), please e-mail clubland@mountainx.com. Free Listings To submit a free listing: * Online submission form (best): http://www.mountainx.com/ events/submission * E-mail (second best): calendar@mountainx.com * Fax (next best): (828) 251-1311, Attn: Free Calendar * Mail: Free Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), second floor, downtown Asheville. Please limit your submission to 40 words or less. Questions? Call (828) 251-1333, ext. 365. Paid Listings Paid listings lead the calendar sections in which they are placed, and are marked (pd.). To submit a paid listing, send it to our Classified Department by any of the following methods. Be sure to include your phone number, for billing purposes. * E-mail: marketplace@mountainx.com. * Fax: (828) 251-1311, Attn: Commercial Calendar * Mail: Commercial Calendar, Mountain Xpress, P.O. Box 144, Asheville, NC 28802 * In person: Classified Dept., Mountain Xpress, 2 Wall St. (the Miles Building), Ste. 214, downtown Asheville. Questions? Call our Classified Department at (828) 251-1333, ext. 335.

Art aRt The Painting Experience with Stewart Cubley (pd.) Experience the power of process painting as described in the groundbreaking book Life, Paint & Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression. January 20-22 near Washington, DC and January 27-29 in Chapel Hill. (888) 639-8569. www.processarts. com American Folk Art and Framing The gallery at 64 Biltmore Ave. is open daily, representing contemporary self-taught artists and regional pottery. Info: www.amerifolk.com or 281-2134. • Through TU (2/7) - Still Season, works by self-taught artists from the Southeast. • Through FR (1/13) Handmade in the South, “featuring hand-made beauties in the spirit of the season.” Animal House ... and a Few Veggies • Through SA (1/28) - This photography exhibit depicts an Appalachian farm couple’s first year using bio-dynamic methods. Held at Rosetta’s Kitchen, 116 N. Lexington Ave. AnTHM Gallery Located at 110.5 W. State St. in downtown Black Mountain. Info: www.anthmgallery.com. • Through TU (1/31) - Resurrection, works by Amy Greenan, and Abstracts and Writings, works by Lou Majors. Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. unca.edu. • Through WE (2/8) Perception, works by UNCA’s student art organization, will be on display in the Highsmith University Union Gallery. • Through TU (2/28) Caprice, mixed media pieces by Vasily Polevoy, will be on display in the Blowers Gallery. • FR (1/13) through FR (2/3) - The annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition will be on display in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. • FR (1/13), 6-8pm Opening reception will be held in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.

• FR (1/13), 5-6pm - Figurative artist Jerome Witkin will present a lecture in Lipinsky Auditorium. Asheville Art Museum Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/ Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 35pm. Info: www.ashevilleart. org or 253-3227. • Through SU (3/4) Homage2 will pay tribute to Josef Albers. Black Mountain Center for the Arts Located in the renovated Old City Hall at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain. Gallery hours: Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs. 11am-3pm. Info: www. BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930. • Through FR (1/27) - A teacher/student exhibit will feature works from BMCA Clay Studio. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College. Info: bmcmac@ bellsouth.net or www. blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484. • Through SA (1/14) - John Cage: A Circle of Influences will explore Cage’s work during his time at Black Mountain College and his later collaborative projects. BookWorks 428 1/2 Haywood Road. Info: 255-8444, info@ashevillebookworks.com or www. ashevillebookworks.com. • TU (1/17) through WE (2/29) - Time Travelers: Historical Bindings. • TU (1/17), 1-8pm Opening reception. Caribbean Christmas Exhibit • Through TU (1/31) Caribbean Christmas, travel photography by Sara Shea, will be on display at Havana Restaurant, 1 Battle Square. Info: www.havanaasheville. com or 252-1611. Haywood County Arts Council Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC’s Gallery 86 in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: www.

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From spirituals to ballads, any kind of music is welcome at Asheville Community Sing.

wed Singers of all levels are invited to 41 Balsam St. on Wednesday, Jan. 11 from 6:30-8 p.m. Info: saralyncht@gmail.com.

Enrich your music appreciation at a classical music pre-concert lecture. Works by Mozart,

thur Beethoven and others will be discussed on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 4:15 p.m. in UNCA’s Reuter

Center. The American Chamber Players will perform the following day. Info: unca.edu/ncccr or ashevillechambermusic.org.

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Stretch it out for a good cause at Lighten Up Yoga’s free yoga day to benefit Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. Yoga, by donation, will be offered on Friday, Jan. 13 and continue through Saturday, Jan 14. Times vary. Info: lightenupyoga.com.

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Join the Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square, for a screening of Between the Folds, a film about origami, on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. An additional screening will be held Sunday, Jan. 15. Info: ashevilleart.org.

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Join local bluesman Sleepy Ralow at the Haywood County Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville, when he performs as part of the Haywood County Art Council’s Sunday concert series on Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. Info: haywoodarts.org or 452-0593. Honor Martin Luther King Jr. at a peace walk and rally on Monday, Jan. 16. The walk

mon departs from St. James AME Church, 44 Hildebrand St. at 11:30 a.m. Nonperishable food will

be collected for MANNA FoodBank. Info: 281-1624. See mountainx.com/events for a full list of Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative events.

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UNCA presents a screening of Iron Ladies of Liberia, a documentary which follows the administration of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s first female president and Africa’s first freely elected female head of state, on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. Hosted in the campus’ Highsmith University Union, room 143. Info: 251-6585.

haywoodarts.org or 4520593. • Through SA (2/4) - A Muralist’s Private Artwork, works by Laurel Tewes. • SA (1/14), 1-4pm Opening reception.

New Works by Fleta Mognahan • TH (1/19), 6-8pm - Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St., Suite 201, will host an opening reception for a show of new works by Fleta Mognahan. Drinks and snacks provided. Info: info@ nourishflourishnow.com. Push Skate Shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave., between Stella Blue and the Kress Building. Info: www. pushtoyproject.com or 2255509. • Through TU (1/17) - See What Inspired Me, multimedia works by Severn Eaton. Seven Sisters Gallery This Black Mountain gallery is located at 117 Cherry St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.sevensistersgallery.com or 669-5107.

• Through SU (3/11) - A Blue Ridge Rhapsody, works by Paul Hastings. Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: www.artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787. • Through WE (1/11) - The Animal Patch, works by adults with disabilities who attend the Life Skills Program at Transylvania Vocational Services. Transylvania Heritage Museum Located at 189 W. Main St., Brevard. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Donation. Info: www.transylvaniaheritage.org or 884-2347. • Through SA (3/31) - From Tallow Candles to Dynamos.

Auditions & Call to Artists Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame • Through WE (2/29) - Applications for the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame will be accepted through Feb. 29. Info: http://avl.mx/8m.

Auditions for “We Are the 99%” • WE (1/18) & FR (1/20) Anam Cara Theatre Company, 203 Haywood Road, will hold workshop-style auditions for its next mainstage play, We Are the 99%. Show runs March 9-11 and 16-18. See website for audition times. Info: www.anamcaratheatre. com. Caldwell Arts Council Located at 601 College Ave., Lenoir. Hours: Tues.Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat. by appointment. Info: 754-2486 or www.caldwellarts.com. • Through FR (1/13) - The Caldwell Arts Council will accept submissions for its 2013 gallery exhibits through Jan. 13. Info: 754-2486. Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock. Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville. Info: www. flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731. • Professional musicians sought for Flat Rock Playhouse’s musical productions and the “Music on the Rock” series. Mail audio or

video samples, with resume, to P.O. Box 310, Flat Rock, 28731. No emails or phone calls. Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative • Through TU (1/17) - The Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative will accept applications from Yancey and McDowell counties through Jan. 17. Info: pcabe@goldenleaf.org or 888-684-8404. North Carolina Writers’ Network • Through WE (2/15) - The North Carolina Writers’ Network will accept short fiction for its Doris Betts Fiction Prize through Feb 15. Info: www.nclr.ecu.edu. Outdoor Photography • Through MO (2/27) - TC Arts Council will accept submissions for its outdoor photography exhibit through Feb. 27. Info: tcarts@comporium. net or 884-2787. Saluda Arts Festival • Through TH (3/15) - The Saluda Business Association will accept applications for the Saluda Arts Festival through

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Catch Orion’s belt What: If you think that all you need to see the constellations is a clear night sky, think again. Nothing quite compares to viewing the sky through a radio telescope and the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute has a powerful one. The focus of this week’s observations will be Orion, Taurus and the lesser-known Lepus. The evening kicks off with a tour of the PARI campus and the planetarium’s equipment. Commemorate your evening with the stars with a photo in front of a high-tech telescope. When: Friday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. pari.edu or 862-5554. Where: Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, 1 PARI Drive, Rosman. Price: $20 adults, $15 seniors/military, $10 children under 14. Reservations required. Photo: PARI science educator Stephen Hawk (photo courtesy of PARI).

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What: Indoor mini golf to benefit Buncombe County Special Olympics. Where: Sweet Tee Mini Golf in the Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road. When: Saturdays, Jan. 14 through Feb. 11, from 11 a.m to 8 p.m. $3 for nine holes. sweetteeminigolf.com or 250-4260. Why: The events of the Special Olympics bring to mind volleyball, soccer and cycling for those with developmental disabilities, but what about mini-golf? Unlike regular golf, mini golf is not an official competition. But it is what’s bringing people together to raise money for sports opportunities for the intellectually disabled. Buncombe County Special Olympics is a local chapter of the well-known national organization. “Special Olympics is founded on the belief that people with intellectual disabilities can, with proper instruction and encouragement, learn, enjoy and benefit from participation in individual and team sports,” reads the event’s website. Why mini golf? It’s a sport in which everyone in the area, whether they are part of the Special Olympics community or not, can participate. Sweet Tee Mini Golf’s indoor location is a muchneeded break from winter’s frosty grip, and it’s a great way to feel the warmth of a summer sport without stepping into the cold.

benefitscalendar calEndaR FoR JanuaRy 11 - 19, 2012 A Day of Dances • SA (1/14), 1-9:30pm - A day of dance, spiritual walks and prayerful conversation to benefit The Sufi Ruhaniat International. Held at Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St. Info: laurabreathing@yahoo.com or 577-9090. Evergreen Community School Benefit • FR (1/13), The CAFE 9 benefit concert will feature a performance from the Grammy-nominated Steep Canyon Rangers. Held at the Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave. Proceeds benefit Evergreen’s Community Charter School’s Environmental Ed and Arts Programs. $20/$22. Info: www.theorangepeel. net. Info: www.biddingforgood.com/CAFE9. Free Yoga Day Fundraiser • FR (1/13) & SA (1/14) - Free Yoga Day will raise money for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue at Lighten Up Yoga, 60 Biltmore Ave. See website for times. Info: www.lightenupyoga.com or 254-7756. Heritage Tree Sale • Through SA (2/11) - A heritage tree sale, to benefit ECO, will offer apple, chestnut, peach and other trees.

Limited quantities; early reservations suggested. $25. Info: www.eco-wnc.org or 692-0385. Laurel Valley Watch Concert • SU (1/15), 7pm - A concert, featuring singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe and Celtic musician Gerald Trimble, will benefit Laurel Valley Watch. Held at Madison County Arts Council, 90 St. Main St. $15 donation. Info: www.laurelvalleywatch.org or 6809484. LEAF in Schools and Streets • TH (1/12), 7pm - Abigail Washburn and Kai Welch will perform to benefit LEAF in Schools & Streets at White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road. $25/$22 in advance. Info: 686-8742. Shawls for Sharing • Through TU (1/31) - Traditions Acupuncture Foundation will sell pashmina shawls at Chinese Acupuncture Clinic, 369 Montford Ave., and Village Antiques, 755 Biltmore Ave., to raise funds for alternative care for the medically underserved in Asheville area. $30 with a $24 tax-deductible receipt. Info: www.traditionsacupuncturefoundation.org. Short Stacks for Big Change

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• SA (1/14), 8-10am - A pancake breakfast, to benefit the Erwin Varsity Cheerleading Squad’s trip to the state championship will be hosted at FATZ, 5 Spartan Ave. Info: coachmcbeth@charter.net. Special Olympics Benefit • SATURDAYS (1/14) through (2/11), 11am-8pm - Sweet Tee Mini Golf will raise funds for the Special Olymics at Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road #590. Nine holes for $3. Info: jay.nelson@buncombecounty or 250-4260. Winesdays • WEDNESDAYS, 5-8pm - Winesdays wine tastings will benefit a different organization each week at the Wine Studio of Asheville, 169 Charlotte St. $5. Info: www.winestudioasheville.com or 255-5955.

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March 15. Info: sswelsh@ tds.net or 749-3900. Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.Fri., 9:30am-4:30pm. Info: www.artsofbrevard.org or 884-2787. • Through MO (2/27) Submissions for the outdoor photography contest will be accepted through Feb 27. • Through MO (1/16) - Submissions for Five Elements will be accepted through Jan. 16. WNC AIDS Project Info: www.wncap.org or 252-7489. • The WNC AIDS Project encourages bilingual actors to audition for its radio novella about AIDS/HIV. Acting experience encouraged, but not required. Selections will take place during the month of January. Info: vpalomino@ wncap.org. YouTheatre YouTheatre is the youth company of Flat Rock Playhouse. Performances and auditions are held at the YouTheatre Education Center, 1855 Little River Road, Flat Rock. www. ytrocks.com or 693-3517. • FR (1/13) through SU (1/15) - Child and adult auditions for The Boxcar Kids will be held Jan. 13 through Jan. 15.

Beer Team Trivia Tournament • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Hosted by Thirsty Monk South, 1836 Hendersonville Road, this three-month tournament will include new beer trivia rounds and a chance to win a New Belgium cruiser bicycle. Info: www.monkpub. com. Thirsty Monk (downtown) 92 Patton Ave. Info: www. monkpub.com or 254-5470. • TH (1/12), 4pm - Heavy Seas Waaay Below Decks, a barleywine tasting with Heavy Seas’ Kevin Fox and Joe Gold. • FR (1/13), 7pm - A tasting of Epic Brewery beer will feature Epic’s “Big Bad Baptist” beer, as well as a meet-and-greet with the brewery’s co-founder and national sales rep.

Classes, Meetings, Events & Lectures Cut The Risk- A Women At Risk Benefit (pd.) Monday January 16, 2012. Area salons and spas are generously donating their services at reduced rates for Cut-The-Risk. All proceeds benefit Women At Risk. For

information or an appointment call 828-774-2484. Mac Basics Classes at Charlotte Street Computers (pd.) Mac Basics Computer Classes are being held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte Street. Class time is 12:15 - 12:45pm. Mondays - Mac OS X, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month - iPhoto, 2nd Tuesday - iWork Essentials, 4th Tuesday - iMovie Basics, 5th Tuesday - Garageband, Wednesdays - iPad Basics. Registration is just $9.99 at classes@charlottestreetcomputers.com. Open Stitch Groups at Purl’s Yarn Emporium (pd.) On Wall Street downtown: Wednesdays, 10am12pm; Thursdays, 6-8pm. Bring a knit or crochet project or find something new to cast on. (828) 253-2750. www. purlsyarnemporium.com The Artist’s Way Workshop with James Nave at NYS3 (pd.) Free: internationally know poet, writer and creativity facilitator James Nave will preview his 12-week class designed to help cultivate your individual higher creativity. 1/21/12 12:30 www. nys3.com The New York Studio of Stage and Screen in Asheville (NYS3) (pd.) Ten Professional Instructors from NYC and LA. Twenty-seven unique classes and workshops in theatre, film, and design. www.nys3. com (917) 710-2805 Crochet Slipper Socks Class • TH (1/19) & TH (1/26), 6pm - Learn to crochet in the round and create a textured, rib-like cuff. Bring worsted weight yarn and an H or G hook. Participants should be comfortable with basic crochet stitches before joining the class. Held at A-B Tech. Info and registration: www1. abtech.edu/ce/registration. Acrylic Painting Class • WEDNESDAYS (through 4/25), 10am-noon - Acrylic painting classes will be offered by the Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. $30 per session includes supplies (except brushes). Registration required. Info: harvesth@ ashevillenc.gov or 350-2051. ACT vs SAT Comparison Test • SATURDAYS, 9am & SUNDAYS, 1pm - Asheville students are invited to take an “ACT vs SAT Comparison Test” to determine which represents their best match. Held at Chyten Educational Services, 1550 Hendersonville Road, Suite 104, Asheville. Free. Info and reservations: www.chytenasheville.com or 505-2495.

Appalachian Pastel Society www.appalachianpastelsociety.org • SA (1/14), 10am-noon - A meeting will be proceeded by a “paint-around.” Bring an easel, board and pastels to the WNC Ag Center’s Youth Building. Asheville Chamber Music Series Pre-Concert Lecture • TH (1/12), 4:15pm - The Asheville Chamber Music series pre-concert lecture will discuss pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Brahms at UNCA’s Reuter Center. Free. Info: unca.edu/ncccr or 251-6140. Asheville Community Sing • WE (1/11), 6:30-8pm - This singing group meets twice a month to share traditional songs, from spirituals to ballads. No singing experience required. Held at 41 Balsam St. Info: saralyncht@ gmail.com. Asheville Newcomers Club • 2nd WEDNESDAYS Women who are new to the area are welcome to make new friends, explore Asheville and learn more about the community. Join us for a meeting or activity. Info: ashevillenewcomersclub.com or 654-7414. Byzantine History Lecture • TU (1/17), 2pm - A presentation on Byzantine history will be offered in A-B Tech’s Ferguson building on the Asheville campus. Free. Info: 254-1921. Chorus Rehearsals • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Land of the Sky Chorus will hold rehearsals at Francis Asbury UMC, 725 Asbury Road, Candler. New singers and guests welcome. Info: www. ashevillebarbershop.com or 866-290-7269. Italian Conversation Class • FRIDAYS through (1/20), 10-11am - An Italian conversation class will be offered at Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway. $40. Info: 692-0575. Laughing Place Forest Faerie Crafting Circle • TUESDAYS, 1-4pm - This free crafting circle is held weekly rain or shine. Bring your own crafting supplies and projects, extra materials for swap and skills and interests to share. Held in Fairview. Info and location: 707-0154 or http://avl.mx/8b. Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Located at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman. Info: 862-5554 or www.pari.edu. • FR (1/13), 7pm - “A Warm Winter Sky” will feature a presentation about Orion and other constellations. $20/$15 seniors/$10 under 14.

The Artists Way Meetup • SU (1/15), 6:30-8:30pm - “The Artists Way Meetup” networking event will be held at Town and Mountain Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave. Food and entertainment provided. Free. Info: www. artistwayasheville.com. The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Located at 362 Depot St. Info: www.fineartsleague.org or 252-5050. • THURSDAYS, 7-9pm Open drawing class with live models. $7/$5 students.

Dance Beginner Swing Dancing Lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person. • No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville. Details: www. SwingAsheville.com Bharatanatyam Classes • Adult • Children (pd.) Bharatanatyam is the sacred classical dance form of India. Adult and children’s classes now forming. Traditional Kalakshetra Style. • DakshinaNatya Classical Arts. Riverview Station. • Call Tess: (828) 301-0331. Learn more: www.riverviewstation.com Dance Classes with Kathleen the Dancing Queen (pd.) Starts Jan. 9th, Mon. 6pm-7pm. Learn an awesome funk dance to Bel Biv Devoe’s Poison (at Loretta’s Cafe, 114 N. Lexington Ave.). More info at idodances. com. Sign up for classes: idodances@gmail.com, 828275-8628 Dance Classes with Kathleen the Dancing Queen (pd.) Starts Jan. 9th, Mon. 7:30pm. Learn the sexy Salsa routine from the Dirty Dancing movie (at Loretta’s Cafe, 114 N. Lexington Ave.). More info at idodances.com. Sign up for classes: idodances@gmail. com, 828-275-8628 Dance Classes with Kathleen the Dancing Queen (pd.) Jan. 10th, Tues. 6:30. Dance and Sweat Funk Class (Loretta’s Cafe, 114 Lexington Ave). More info at idodances.com. Sign up for classes: idodances@gmail. com, 828-275-8628 Bhangra/Hip-Hop Workshop • SU (1/14), 2-4pm - Learn the lively Indian dance Bhangra, as seen in Slumdog Millionaire — mixed with a little hip-hop — at this intro workshop. Beginners welcome. Held at Anytime Fitness, 805 Patton Ave. Info: www.holisticwithhumor. com/dance. Family Dancing at the YMCA

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• 2nd SATURDAYS, 6pm - Family dancing at the YMCA will feature live local music and callers. Experienced dancers and beginners welcome. Friendly instruction provided at the beginning of each dance. Held at 30 Woodfin St. Info: jhart@ ymcawnc.org.

Eco Transition Asheville Community Potluck • FR (1/13), 6-9pm - Bring food to share, your own dishes and a serviceable item you no longer need to give away. Book discussion groups will form to explore Rob Hopkins’ books on Transition Towns. Held at the UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: colnstash@att.net. Green Restaurant Education Forum • FR (1/13), 9-11am - Learn tactics to build efficiency at your restaurant such as Progress Energy rebates, new refrigeration lines and new building codes at this forum, hosted by the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute at Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave. Info: kcavert@blueridgesustainability.org. Introduction to Permaculture Design • WE (1/11), 6pm - This class will combine lecture and exercises to introduce the ethics and principles of permaculture design. Held at AB-Tech’s Enka Campus. $20. Info and registration: hhanford@abtech.edu or www1.abtech.edu/ce/registration. RiverLink Events Info: www.riverlink.org or 252-8474. • WE (1/11), 10am & 5pm - Volunteer information sessions will be held at 170 Lyman St. • TH (1/19), 11:45am-2pm - A bus tour of the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers will depart from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 36 Montford Ave.

Food Healthy Eating Demos • WEDNESDAYS (1/18) through (2/1) - Healthy eating demos will be hosted by Greenlife Grocery, 70 Merrimon Ave. Info: 2545440. Pantry Makeover Tours • WEDNESDAYS (1/18) through (2/8) - Pantry makeover tours will teach participants how to stock their pantries with healthy food. A sample grocery list, recipes and shopping guides will be provided. Held at Greenlife Grocery, 70 Merrimon Ave. Registration suggested and

available at customer service desk. Info: 254-5440. Wine Studio of Asheville 169 Charlotte St. Info: www. winestudioasheville.com or 255-5955. • TH (1/12), TU (1/17) & SU (1/29), 7pm - Girls on Grapes women’s wine tasting group will focus on “finding quality and value” in a variety of wines. $15. Registration required. • SATURDAYS through (1/28), 2-6pm - Free wine tastings will be held each week. • SU (1/15), 5pm - Sake 101. $15. Registration required.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Week Events MLK at Bethel Baptist Church 290 Oakdale St., Brevard. Info: 702-9196. • SA (1/14), 10:30am - An interfaith prayer brunch will be held to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Free. Info: 702-9196. • SU (1/15), 3pm - A workshop service will honor Martin Luther King Jr. Info: 702-9196. MLK at Brevard College • MO (1/16), 7pm - A community walk, to honor Martin Luther King Jr., will depart from Brevard College’s Porter Center. Info: 702-9196. MLK at UNCA • TU (1/17), 12:30-1:30pm - A panel discussion will feature members of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as part of UNCA’s Martin Luther King Jr. week. Held in Highsmith University Union. Info: 2325024. —- 8pm - Iron Ladies of Liberia will be screened at UNCA’s Highsmith University Union as part of MLK week. Info: 251-6585. • TH (1/19), 12:30pm - Whatever it Takes will be screened in Highsmith University Union. —- 7pm - “Are You Ready to Fix Racism? (Or are you Still Pretending it Doesn’t Exist?)” will be presented in UNCA’s Reuter Center. Info: unca. edu/ncccr or 251-6140. MLK Candlelight Service • MO (1/16), 6pm - A candlelight service, to honor Martin Luther King Jr., will be held at Nazareth First Baptist Church, 146 Pine St. Info: 281-1624. MLK Peace Walk • MO (1/16), 11:30am - A peace walk and rally, to honor Martin Luther King Jr., will depart from St. James AME Church at the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Hildebrand Street. Nonperishable food

will be collected for MANNA Foodbank. Info: 281-1624. MLK Prayer Breakfast • SA (1/14), 8:30am - A prayer breakfast, featuring Dr. Boyce Watkins, “The People’s Scholar,” will be held at the Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave. $30/$25 in advance/ $15 under 13. Info: 281-1624. MLK Teen Week • WE (1/11), 9:30-11am - Teen Week will honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. at the YWCA, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Sponsored by Congregation Beth HaTephila. Info: rsvpcbhtbookfair@ gmail.com. MLK Worship Service • SU (1/15), 7pm - The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance will host a worship service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Location TBD. Info: 281-1624. MLK Youth Celebration • TH (1/12), 4pm - A youth celebration and awards ceremony will honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. at UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: 281-1624. Peace and Violence, Two Perspectives into Action • SU (1/15), 2-3:30pm - “Peace and Violence, Two Perspectives into Action” will honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. at the YMI Cultural Center, 39 South Market St. Info: www.aeu.org or 6877759.

Government & Politics Liberating Liberals • FR (1/13), 1:30-3:30pm - Bill Branyon will discuss his book Liberating Liberals at UNCA’s Reuter Center. Info: 251-6600.

Gardening Ikenobo Ikebana Society The Blue Ridge Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana Society (Japanese Flower Arranging) meets monthly at St. John’s in the Wilderness Parish House (Rt. #225 South and Rutledge Road) in Flat Rock. Info: 696-4103. • TH (1/19), 10am - Monthly meeting will focus on Wabi Sabi.

Kids Affordable Family Fun For Winter! (pd.) Sweet Tee mini Golf indoors at Biltmore Square Mall. 10 hole course,Toddler Course, Game Area, Putt Bowling, FREE Events. Look us up 4FUN! (828) 333-1152. www.SweetTeeMiniGolf.com

Art and Poetry Contest for Kids • Through FR (3/9) - RiverLink will accept submissions from children in grades pre-K through 12 for the Voices of the River Art and Poetry Contest through March 9. Info: www.riverlink. org or 252-8474. Hands On! This children’s museum is located at 318 North Main St., Hendersonville. Hours: Tues.Sat., 10am-5pm. Admission is $5, with discounts available on certain days. Info: www. handsonwnc.org or 6978333. • WE (1/11) - Wacky Tacky Day. Wear your silliest outfit. • FR (1/13), 10:30am - Singa-long with Tara. • MO (1/16) - Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities will be offered throughout the day. • TU (1/17) through FR (1/20) - Curiosity Week will feature art projects, word searches, mazes and more. • WE (1/18), 10:30am Book ‘n’ Craft. Kid’s Club at the YMCA • SATURDAYS, 2:30pm - Kid’s Club is an opportunity for children to learn, play and make new friends. Open to children ages 7-15. Held at 30 Woodfin St. Info: www. ymcawnc.org/centers/asheville. Mother Goose Story Time • MONDAYS & SATURDAYS, 10:30-11am - Sweet Tee Mini Golf will host Mother Goose Story Time at the Biltmore Square Mall, 800 Brevard Road. 1 1/2 years and under, siblings welcome. Info: 3331152 or www.sweetteeminigolf.com.

Outdoors Lake James State Park N.C. Highway 126. Info: 584-7728. • SA (1/14), 10am - A onemile hike around Paddy’s Creek Loop will depart from the Paddy’s Creek Bridge parking lot. • SU (1/15), 10am - A wilderness survival class will be held at the Catawba River Area basement classroom.

Parenting Affordable Family Fun For Winter! (pd.) Sweet Tee mini Golf indoors at Biltmore Square Mall. 10 hole course,Toddler Course, Game Area, Putt Bowling, FREE Events. Look us up 4FUN! (828) 333-1152. www.SweetTeeMiniGolf.com Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. Free, but

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registration is required unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600. • TH (1/5) & TH (1/12), 6:30-9pm - A class for expectant parents about labor and delivery. • TH (1/19), 6:30-8pm - The Art of Breastfeeding. New Baby Asheville • FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm - Get support with your new baby, meet other moms, share your story, ask questions and connect with community at this free weekly meeting. Info and directions: Lisahicks1018@ gmail.com. Odyssey Community School • WE (1/11), 5:30-7pm - An open house will be held at 90 Zillicoa St. Now accepting mid-year enrollment for pre-K through high school. Info: www.odysseycommunity.org or 259-3653. Parenting Classes • Love and Logic parenting classes will be held at the Children First/CIS Family Resource Center at Emma, 37 Brickyard Road. Classes begin in January. $10 includes workbook. Info: lisab@childrenfirstbc.org or 252-4810.

Performance & Film Song O’ Sky Show Chorus (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - Rehearsal at First Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) 20 Oak Street Asheville 28801.(Enter Fellowship Hall-lower level). Guests welcome. Contact: www.songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866-824-9547. The New York Studio of Stage and Screen in Asheville (NYS3) (pd.) Ten Professional Instructors from NYC and LA. Twenty-seven unique classes and workshops in theatre, film, and design. www.nys3. com (917) 710-2805 AmiciMusic AmiciMusic is an Ashevillebased chamber music organization dedicated to intimate performances in nontraditional spaces. • SA (1/14), 7pm - A Short History of the Piano Part V, music and discussion of early 20th century piano music, will be held at White Horse Black Mountain, 105 Montreat Road. $15/$5 children. Info: www.whitehorseblackmountain.com or 669-0816. Asheville Chamber Music Series Concerts are held at the Unitarian Universalist Church on the corner of Charlotte Street and Edwin Place, unless otherwise noted. $35. Info: 259-3626 or www.ashevillechambermusic.org.

• FR (1/13), 8pm - The American Chamber Players will perform works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms. Between the Folds • SA (1/14) & SU (1/15), 2pm - Between the Folds, a film about origami, will be screened at the Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square. Free with membership or admission. Info: www.ashevilleart.org or 253-3227. Blue Ridge Orchestra Info: www.blueridgeorchestra. org or 650-0948. • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9:30pm - Open rehearsals for the Blue Ridge Orchestra will be held most Wednesdays in the Manheimer Room of UNCA’s Reuter Center. Free. Call for confirmation. Classic World Cinema Foreign Film Series Presented by Courtyard Gallery, 109 Roberts St., Phil Mechanic Studios, River Arts District in Asheville. Info: Cranky Hanke’s Reviews under “Special Showings,” www.ashevillecourtyard.com or 273-3332. • FR (1/13), 8pm - Tell No One (France 2006) by Guillaume Canet. DePue Brothers Band • TH (1/19), 8pm - DePue Brothers Band (bluegrass, classical and rock) will perform at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 South Pack Square. $30/$25 student/$12 children. Info: www.dwtheatre.com or 257-4530. Dirt! The Movie • WE (1/18), 6-8pm - Transition Hendersonville will screen Dirt! The Movie at Black Bear Café, 318 Main St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: www.transitionhendersonville. com. Kimberly Cann • WE (1/18), 12:45pm - Kimberly Cann (piano) will perform in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium. Free. Info: 2516432. Leonard Hollifield • SA (1/14), 7:30pm Leonard Hollifield (guitar) will perform at Madison County Arts Center, 90 South Main St., Marshall. $15. Info: www. madisoncountyarts.com or 649-1301. NC Stage Company Asheville’s professional resident theater company, performing at 15 Stage Lane in downtown Asheville (entrance off of Walnut Street, across from Zambra’s). Info and tickets: 239-0263 or www. ncstage.org. • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS (1/19) until (2/4), 7:30pm - Fight Girl Battle World, “the story of E-V, the

last human female in all the known galaxies.” Matinee performances offered at 2pm on Saturday and Sunday. Sleepy Ralow • SU (1/15), 3pm - Sleepy Ralow (blues) will perform at Waynesville Library, 678 S. Haywood St., as part of the Haywood County Arts Council’s Sunday concert series. Free. Info: www.haywoodarts.org or 452-0593. Slice of Life Comedy • TH (1/19), 8:30pm - Standup comedy and booked open mic. Free snacks, drink specials and a raffle for charity will be provided for $5. Professional video taping available for performers. Held at Pulp, below the Orange Peel, 103 Hilliard Ave. Info and booking: sliceoflifecomedy@gmail.com.

Seniors Fitness Class for Seniors • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS (1/2) through (3/23), 11am-noon - Fitness classes for seniors will focus on swimming, cardio and weight training. Held at Waynesville Parks and Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Free with membership or admission. Info: 456-2030.

Spirituality Aquarian Compassionate Fellowship (pd.) Metaphysical program inspired by spiritual growth topics of your choice. Meditation, potluck, St. Germain live channeled piano music. • Second and Fourth Wednesday. 6:30pm. • Donation. (828) 658-3362. Asheville Center for Transcendental Meditation (“TM”) (pd.) Discover why TM is the world’s most effective and scientifically validated meditation technique. Clinically proven to boost brain function and reduce anxiety, depression, addiction, and ADHD. Allows you to effortlessly transcend the busy, agitated mind to experience inner peace and unbounded awareness. • Free Introductory Class: Thursday, 6:30pm, 165 E. Chestnut • Topics: How meditation techniques differ • Meditation and brain research • What is enlightenment? (828) 254-4350. www. MeditationAsheville.org Asheville Tantra School (pd.) Open House and Free Seasonal Celebration, January 13th, 2012, 7 pm - 10 pm. Learn and play with ATS faculty, preview classes, celebrate tantra in an educational juicy atmosphere. www. ashevilletantra.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. Bharatanatyam Classes (pd.) Bharatanatyam is the sacred classical dance form of India. Adult and children’s classes now forming. Traditional Kalakshetra Style. • DakshinaNatya Classical Arts. Riverview Station. • Call Tess: (828) 301-0331. Learn more: www.riverviewstation.com Compassionate Communication (pd.) Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication. Great for couples! Group uses model developed by Marshall Rosenberg in his book “Non-violent Communication, A Language of Life.” Free. Info: 252-0538 or www.ashevilleccc.com. • 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 5:006:15—Practice group for newcomers and experienced practitioners. Events To Uplift Humanity With Bill Bowers (pd.) Bill Bowers Guidance: Connect with Spirit in a private or group session. • Contact Bill: (828) 216-9039 or visionsjtf@hotmail.com • www.billbowersguidance. com Mindfulness Meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241. www. billwalz.com. Mondays, 78pm – Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. Ananda Marga Yoga • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Ananda Marga Yoga hosts weekly meditation, chanting and philosophy sessions at 22 Ravenscroft Drive. Free. Info: 989-6227. Bible Study at The Cove • TUESDAYS, 9:45am & 6:30pm - A free women’s Bible study will be hosted at The Cove at The Billy Graham Training Center, 1 Porters Cove Road. An optional lunch is available at the morning class. All are welcome. Info and registration: www.thecove.org or (800) 950-2092. Cloud Cottage Sangha Location: 219 Old Toll Circle in Black Mountain. Info:

www.cloudcottage.org or 669-0920. • WEDNESDAYS, 6-7:30pm & SUNDAYS, 8-10am - Weekly meetings will feature seated and walking meditation, Dharma talks and chanting. • 3rd SUNDAYS, 8-10am - Zen 101. Cross+Wired Contemporary Service • SU (1/15), 5pm Cross+Wired contemporary service will feature a relaxed atmosphere, casual dress and snacks. Held at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 10 North Liberty St. Info: www.stmarkslutheran.net or 253-0043. Dharma Class • TUESDAYS, 7pm - Dharma class with Venerable Pannavati Bhikkuni. All are welcome; by donation. Held at 60 Caledonia Road #B (the carriage house behind the Kenilworth Inn Apartments). Info: 505-2856. First Congregational Church in Hendersonville Fifth Ave. West at White Pine St., in Hendersonville. Info: 692-8630 or www. fcchendersonville.org. • SU (1/15), 9:15am - “The 1960s: The Times They Are a-Changin” will be presented by Clay Eddleman as part of the adult forums series. Meditation in the Kriya Yoga Tradition • SUNDAYS, 9 & 11am; THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - The Center for Spiritual Awareness will host meditation in the Kriya yoga tradition for spiritual and personal growth. By donation. Info and location: www.csa-asheville.org or 490-1136. Unity Center Events Located at 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Info: www.unitync.net or 684-3798. • WEDNESDAYS through (1/25), 7pm - “Prosperity: Living a Life of Joy and Abundance,” a five-week seminar on inner peace and financial freedom, will be presented by Dan Beckett. Love offering. Unity Church of Asheville Located at 130 Shelburne Road. Info: www.unityofasheville.com or 252-5010. • TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - A Search For God A.R.E. Study Group. • SUNDAYS, 11am Spiritual celebration service —- 12:30-2pm - A Course in Miracles study group.

Spoken & Written Word Buncombe County Public Libraries

LIBRARY ABBREVIATIONS Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n NA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 250-4752) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 2506482) n Library storyline: 250KIDS. • TH (1/12), 1pm - Book club: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. FV • FR (1/13) & FR (1/27), 4-5:30pm - Teen Awesome Group will create a movie trailer for The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. WV • TU (1/17), 2pm - Book club: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich. NA —- 7pm - Book club: When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson. BM • TH (1/19), 2:30-4pm - Book club: A Clearing in the Distance by Witold Rybczynski. SS —- 7pm - Book club: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. FV Blue Ridge Books Located at 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. Info: www. brbooks-news.com or 4566000. • SA (1/14), 3pm - Bob Plott will read from his new book Colorful Characters of the Great Smoky Mountains. City Lights Bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Info: more@citylightsnc.com or 586-9499. • FR (1/13), 7pm - Suzanne Raether will read from her new novel Judaculla. Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: www.malaprops.com or 254-6734. • FR (1/13), 7pm - John Snyder will read from his memoir Hill of Beans: Coming of Age in the Last Days of the Old South. • SA (1/14), 3pm - Author David Joy and illustrator Michael Polomik will present their new book Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman’s Journey. • 3rd SUNDAYS, 3pm Writers at Home: A monthly series featuring faculty from UNCA’s Great Smokies Writers Program. Hosted by Tommy Hays. • TH (1/19), 7pm - “Discover the special significance of

freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19) The Sanskrit word tapasya is translated as “heat,” but in the yogic tradition it means “essential energy.” It refers to the practice of managing your life force so that it can be directed to the highest possible purposes, thereby furthering your evolution as a spiritual being. Do you have any techniques for accomplishing that — either through yoga or any other techniques? This would be a good year to redouble your commitment to that work. In the coming months, the world will just keep increasing its output of trivial, energy-wasting temptations. You’ll need to be pretty fierce if you want to continue the work of transforming yourself into the Aries you were born to be: focused, direct, energetic, and full of initiative.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “Live out of your imagination, not your history,” says Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. While that’s always true, it will be especially crucial for you to remember in 2012. This is the year you can transcend stale traditions, Taurus — a time when you can escape your outworn habits, reprogram your conditioned responses, and dissolve old karma. You will be getting unparalleled opportunities to render the past irrelevant. And the key to unlocking all the magic will be your freewheeling yet highly disciplined imagination. Call on it often to show you the way toward the future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Comedian Steven Wright says his nephew has HDADD, or High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. “He can barely pay attention, but when he does it’s unbelievably clear.” I’m predicting something like that for you in the coming week, Gemini. You will encounter more things that are dull than are interesting, but those few that fascinate you will awaken an intense focus that allows you to see into the heart of reality.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) As I contemplate the most desirable fate you could create for yourself, I’m reminded of a lyric from one of my songs: “We are searching for the answers / so we can destroy them and dream up better questions.” Here’s what I’m implying by that, Cancerian: This is not the right time for you to push for comprehensive formulas and definitive solutions. Rather, it’s a favorable moment to draw up the incisive inquiries that will frame your quest for comprehensive formulas and definitive solutions. That quest is due to begin in two weeks. For now, raise your curiosity levels, intensify your receptivity, and make yourself highly magnetic to core truths.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource,” said author Jorge Luis Borges.

“All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” I agree that this advice isn’t just for writers, but for everyone. And it so happens that you are now in an astrological phase when adopting such an approach would bring you abundant wisdom and provide maximum healing. So get started, Leo: Wander through your memories, reinterpreting the difficult experiences as rich raw material that you can use to beautify your soul and intensify your lust for life.

in communication sometime soon, Scorpio, I hope you deliver a more profound and succulent message.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

I suspect you may soon find yourself in a situation similar to the one that 19th-century American President Abraham Lincoln was in when he said the following: “If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. But if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” In other words, Sagittarius, you may not be picky about what you want, but whatever it is, you’ll prefer it to be authentic, pure, and distinctly itself. “Poetry is the kind of thing you have to see from Adulterations and hodgepodges won’t satisfy the corner of your eye,” said the poet William you, and they won’t be useful. Hold out for the Stafford. “If you look straight at it you can’t see it, Real Thing. but if you look a little to one side it is there.” As I contemplate your life in the immediate future, Virgo, I’m convinced that his definition of poetry Last summer, before the football season started, will be useful for you to apply to just about every- sportswriter Eric Branch wrote about a rookie thing. In fact, I think it’s an apt description of all the running back that San Francisco 49er fans were important phenomena you’ll need to know about. becoming increasingly excited about. The newBetter start practicing your sideways vision. bie had made some big plays in exhibition games. Would he continue performing at a high level when the regular season began? Were the A Swedish man named Richard Handl decided growing expectations justified? After a careful to conduct a scientific experiment in his kitchen. analysis, Branch concluded that the signs were Would it be possible to split atoms using a home- promising, but not yet definitive: “It’s OK to go made apparatus? He wanted to see if he could mildly berserk,” he informed the fans. That’s the generate atomic reactions with the radioactive same message I’m delivering to you right now, elements radium, americium, and uranium. But Capricorn. The early stages of your new possibefore he got too far into the process, the police bility are encouraging. It’s OK to go mildly berintervened and ended his risky fairy-tale. I bring serk, but it’s not yet time to go totally bonkers. this to your attention, Libra, as an example of how not to proceed in the coming weeks. It will be a good time for you to experiment around the In summer, the pickleweed plant thrives in the house — refining your relationship with your saltwater marshes around San Francisco Bay. roommates, moving the furniture around, and in In many places, bright orange patches of the general rearranging the domestic chemistry — but dodder plant intermingle with the pickleweed’s please avoid trying stuff as crazy as Handl’s. sprightly jade green, creating festive displays that suggest nature is having a party. But there’s a secret buried in this scene. The dodder’s In 1878, Thomas Edison perfected the phonograph, webby filaments are actually parasites that suck a machine that could record sounds and play them nutrients from the pickleweed. In accordance back. There had been some primitive prototypes with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I’ll ask before, but his version was a major improvement. you if a situation like that exists in your own life. And what were the first sounds to be immortalized Is there a pretty picture that hides an imbalance on Edison’s phonograph? The rush of the wind in in the give-and-take of energy? It’s not necessarthe trees? A dramatic reading of the Song of Songs? ily a bad thing — after all, the pickleweed grows The cries of a newborn infant? Nope. Edison abundantly even with its freeloader hanging all recited the nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Little over it — but it’s important to be conscious of Lamb.” When you make your own breakthrough what’s going on.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “That in a person which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness,” said the writer Antonio Porchia. I invite you to keep that challenging thought close to your heart in the coming days, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, it is an excellent moment to tune in to your wildest goodness — to describe it to yourself, to cherish it as the great treasure it is, to foster it and celebrate it and express it like a spring river overflowing its banks.

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your birthday and the card associated with it,” short astrological readings, will be offered by Robert Lee Camp. —- 7pm - Stitch-n-bitch. Mountain Writers Meeting • 2nd TUESDAYS, 1pm - Mountain Writers will meet at Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main St. Info: www.mountainwritersnc.com or 235-2003. Sebastian Mathews and Chall Gray • MO (1/16), 7:30pm - Sebastian Mathews and Chall Gray will read original works of poetry, short fiction and memoir. Held at Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave. Info: 505-3969. The Magnetic Field A cafe, bar and performance house located at 372 Depot St. in the River Arts District. Info: www.themagneticfield. com or 257-4003. • 1st and 3rd MONDAYS, 7:30-10pm - The Synergy Story Slam is an opportunity to share stories, laugh, learn and build a stronger community. Registration begins at 7pm. Writers Guild of WNC • 2nd THURSDAYS, 1:303:30pm - The Writers Guild of WNC will meet at the Fletcher Public Library, 120 Library Road, Hendersonville. Info: WritersGuildWNC@gmail. com or 296-9983.

Sports Adult League Kickball • Through MO (3/12) - Registration for Buncombe County Parks, Greenways and Recreation’s adult kickball league will run through March 12. $30. Info: jay. nelson@buncombecounty. org or 250-4269. Jus’ Running Weekly coach-led runs. Meet at 523 Merrimon Ave., unless otherwise noted. Info: www. jusrunning.com. • MONDAYS, 6pm - Five-mile group run, 10-11 minutes per mile. •TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Run from the store to the UNCA track for a maggot track workout. There will also be a post-workout get together at a local restaurant. •WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Eight-mile group run. •THURSDAYS, 6pm - Eightmile run from Jus’ Running store. Pickleball • MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Pickleball is like playing ping pong on a tennis court. Groups meet weekly at Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 30 G.W. Carver St. For all ages/levels. $1 per

session. Info: stephenslee@ ashevillenc.gov or 350-2058. Spin Class • TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - A spin class will be offered at Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St. Daily admission charge/free for members. Info: recaquatics@ townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.

Support Groups Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOA is an anonymous 12-step, “Twelve Tradition” program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: www.adultchildren.org. • FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Inner Child” meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 9898075. • SATURDAYS, 9:45am - “There is a Solution” meets at Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Info: 749-9537. • SUNDAYS, 3pm - “Living in the Solution” meets at The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St. Open big book study. Info: 989-8075. • SUNDAYS, 2pm - Inner Child study group: 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton. Info: 648-2924. • MONDAYS, 7pm “Generations” meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120. Al-Anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area. Info: www.wncalanon.org or 800-286-1326. • WEDNESDAYS, 5:45pm - An Al-Anon meeting for women will be held at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. at Gracelyn Road. Newcomers welcome. • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - “Daytime Serenity,” Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. —- 7pm - Al-Anon meeting at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. at Gracelyn Road. Newcomers welcome. —8pm - “Listen and Learn,” St. John’s Episcopal Church, 339 S. Main St., Marion. • THURSDAYS, 6pm - An Al-Anon meeting for women will be held at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3020 Sweeten Creek Road. Newcomers welcome. • THURSDAYS, 7pm - “Parents of Children with Alcoholism,” West Asheville

Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. —- 7pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road, Flat Rock. —- 8pm - Fletcher United Methodist Church, 50 Library St., Fletcher. • FRIDAYS, 12:30pm - “Keeping the Focus,” First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. —5:30pm - “Family Matters,” First United Church, 66 Harrison Ave., Franklin. —8pm - “Lambda,” Cathedral of All Souls, 9 Swan St. • SATURDAYS, 10am - “One Day at a Time,” First Baptist Church, Buncombe and 5th Avenues, Hendersonville. —- 10am - “Grace Fireside,” Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. —- 10am - “Saturday Serenity,” St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte Street at Macon Avenue. —- noon - “Courage to Change,” Bess Sprinkle Memorial Library, Weaverville. • MONDAYS, noon - “Keeping the Focus,” First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. —- 6pm - “Attitude of Gratitude,” Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. —- 7pm - Meeting at First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain. —- 7:30pm - Meeting at First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva. —- 8pm - “Discovery,” Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. —8pm - Meeting at Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road. • TUESDAYS, 4pm - Grace Church, 242 Highway 107 N., Cashiers. —- 5:30pm - “Steps to Recovery,” Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road. —- 7pm - “One Day at a Time,” First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. —- 8pm - Transylvania men’s meeting, Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St. Autism Parent Support Group • 4th THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Meet parents of children with autism, share your experiences and learn from others. RSVP by 3rd Thursday to ensure childcare. Held at St. Gerard House, 718 Oakland St., Hendersonville. Info: www.stgerardhouse.com. Co-Dependents Anonymous A fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships. • SATURDAYS, 11am - Meeting at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 779-2317 or 299-1666.

Debters and Underearners Anonymous • MONDAYS, 7pm - The local chapter of Debtors Anonymous, a 12-step program, meets at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Underearners Anonymous meets at 8pm. Info: www. debtorsanonymous.org, underearnersanonymous.org or 704-299-8909. DivorceCare • WE (1/18), 6:30pm - DivorceCare, a support group for those experiencing separation or divorce. Held at Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 200 Mount Carmel Road, Asheville. Info: 254-4688. Eating Disorders Individuals are welcome to come to one or all of the support groups. Info: www.thecenternc.org or 337-4685. • WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm - Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Focus is on positive peer support, coping skills and recovery tools. Led by licensed professionals. Free. Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600. • WEDNESDAYS, noon1:30pm & 5:30-7pm - Vet Center Out Station, a support group for veterans. Registration not required. • TH (1/12), 5-6:30pm - NAMI adult support group. Registration not required. • MONDAYS, 2-3pm - “It Works,” a 12-step program for individuals struggling to overcome food addiction. Registration not required. Info: 489-7259. • TU (1/17), 6:30-8pm - Bipolar support group. Registration not required. • TU (1/17), 4:15-5:15pm - Big and Loud Crowd support group for graduates of LSVT/LOUD or LSVT/BIG. Registration not required. Info: 698-6774. • WE (1/18), 10-11:30apm - Diabetes support group. Registration not required. —- noon-1pm - Sjogren’s syndrome support group. Registration not required. —1-3pm - Myasthenia Gravis support group. Registration not required. • TH (1/19), 6:30-8pm - Us Too, a support group for men with prostate cancer and their significant others. Registration not required. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous

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• THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous will meet at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. Info: 9893227. Grief Support Groups • CarePartners’ bereavement support services are available to anyone who has suffered a loss through death. Weekly grief support groups, a relaxation group, a Grief Choir, Yoga for Grievers and oneon-one counseling available. Donations accepted. Info: kcaldwell@carepartners.org or 251-0126. Magnetic Minds • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm-9pm - A meeting of Magnetic Minds, the local chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, provides support, information and advocacy for those with mood disorders. Friends and family welcome. Held at 1314F Patton Ave. Info: 318-9179. Marshall Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting • FRIDAYS, 8pm - AA meeting at Marshall Presbyterian Church, 165 South Main St. Info: soletpj@gmail.com. NAMI Connection Support Groups • WEEKLY - The National Alliance on Mental Illness Connection Groups support recovery for people living with mental illness. Groups are held 1st Saturdays at 10am, 2nd and 4th Mondays at 11am and 3rd Tuesdays at 6pm. All groups meet at 356 Biltmore Ave. Info: www. namiwnc.org. NAMI Family/Caregiver Support Groups • 3rd TUESDAYS, 6pm - The National Alliance on Mental Illness Family/Caregiver Groups assist the loved ones of those living with mental illness. Meetings are held at 356 Biltmore Ave. Info: www. namiwnc.org. Overcomers Recovery Support Group A Christian-based, 12-step recovery program. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems. Meetings are held at S.O.S. Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite C-1. All are welcome. Info: rchovey@ sos.spc-asheville.org or 575-2003. • MONDAYS, 6pm - A support group for men. • TUESDAYS, 7pm - A support group for women. Overeaters Anonymous A fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. This 12-step

program welcomes everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. Meetings are one hour unless otherwise noted. • THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 298-1899. Sexaholics Anonymous • DAILY - A 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Daily Asheville meetings. Call confidential voicemail 237-1332 or e-mail saasheville@gmail.com. Info: www.orgsites.com/nc/saasheville SLAA (Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous) • SATURDAYS, 10-11am Do you want to stop living out a destructive pattern of sex and love addiction over which you are personally powerless? This 12-step-based recovery program meets at 20 Oak St. Info: www. slaafws.org or ashevilleslaa@ gmail.com. Transgender Support Group • Looking for a safe environment to explore your gender? Everyone is welcome to a transgender support group, offered on a sliding scale. Info, dates and location: mgeesee23@gmail.com WNC Adoption Network • TH (1/19), 6-8pm - Adopted? Curious about search and reunion, how to find birthparents, what’s next after reunion or legal and medical issues? Come to learn, share or just observe. Held at Magnolias Restaurant, 26 East Walnut St. Open to adoptees and birthparents. Info: www. WncAdoptionNetwork.com. WNC Brain Tumor Support Welcomes family as well as the newly diagnosed and longer-term survivors. Info: www.wncbraintumor.org or 691-2559. • 3rd THURSDAYS, 6:158pm - WNC Brain Tumor Support Group will meet at MAHEC Biltmore Campus, 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville.

Volunteering Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building. The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors. Info: www.bbbswnc.org or 253-1470.

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• Ideas sought for the “Name That Creek” project, sponsored by RiverLink. Info: volunteer@riverlink.org. New Opportunities Thrift Store • The Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway in Hendersonville, seeks donations for the New Opportunities Thrift Store. Volunteers also needed during store hours. Info: 692-0575. Pot Luck Parents • Pot Luck Parents seeks foster parents to form a support group. Date, time and location to be determined. Info: leighlo@yahoo.com or 226-3876. RiverLink Events Info: www.riverlink.org or 252-8474. • MO (1/16) - Campsite construction on the French Broad River Watershed will be held near Marshall. Call for time and location. Road to Recovery • The American Cancer Society seeks drivers to provide transportation to cancer patients as part of its Road to Recovery program. Volunteers must be available weekdays and willing to use their own vehicle. Info: 2546931. Upcycling Bin • Hip Thrift, 201 Haywood Road, will collect and distribute clothing as part of its upcycling program. Donations of old, stained or torn items will be given to local crafters to be turned into something new. Clothes can be donated or picked up Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: info@hipthrift.org or 423-0853.

Wellness Are You Trying To Force Yourself To Change? (pd.) Emotional Brain Training (EBT) is a structured program that addresses the Emotional Root Cause of using Food, Alcohol/Drugs, Overspending, Overworking to feel pleasure, numb out, and/or comfort and soothe ourselves. • Create a healthy lifestyle that promotes self compassion, brain health and grounded joy. Call 2312107 or empowering.solutions@yahoo.com or visit website: www.ebt.org Crystal Energy Healing (pd.) To restore balance and bring relaxing peacefulness, generating heightened awareness, personal development, transformation and a deep sense of well-being. Kim Hageman, DD, DMP, CLT. By appointment: (828) 2752755. www.acrystalsanctuary.com The REAL Center

(pd.) Offers life-changing skills including Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Radical Honesty, and Somatic Awareness. Learn to stay centered in any situation, be flexible without being submissive, and more. $120/8-session class in Asheville with Steve Torma, 828-254-5613. http://www.theREALcenter. org 28-Day Challenge • TUESDAYS (1/17) through (2/21), 6:30-7:30pm - A 28-day challenge to improve healthy food consumption will be hosted by Greenlife Grocery, 70 Merrimon Ave. Registrations suggested and available at customer service desk. Info: adam.budd@ wholefoods.com. Eat and Move to a Healthy Weight • WE (1/18), noon - Learn strategies to lighten up at the Hominy Valley Welcome Table at Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, 725 Asbury Road, Candler. Held as part of the Healthy Hominy Valley Lunch ‘n’ Learn Series. Free. Info: rebecca@landofsky.org. Events at Jubilee! Located at 46 Wall St. Info: 252-5335. • TU (1/17), 7-9pm - “Qui Gong for Body, Mind, and Spirit.” $10. Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: www.malaprops.com or 254-6734. • MO (1/16), 7pm - A discussion about being healthy and keeping New Year’s resolutions will be led by Samantha Pollack. Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall, Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required unless otherwise noted. Info and registration: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600. • MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9:30am; WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 3pm - Flu vaccine. $25. Registration not required. • Free blood pressure screenings will be offered throughout the week. Call for times. Appointment not required. • TH (1/12), 8-10am Glucose screening. Fasting required. • MO (1/16), 2:30-4:30pm - A discussion about managing back pain with physical therapy. • TU (1/17), 9-11am Hearing screening. • TH (1/19), 8:30-10am - Ask the Dietitian.

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newsoftheweird Lead story Intelligent design: If the male nursery web spider were human, he’d be denounced as a cad. Researcher Maria Jose Albo of Denmark’s Aarhus University told LiveScience in November that the spiders typically obtain sex by making valuable “gifts” to females (usually highly nutritious insects wrapped in silk), but males lacking resources will cleverly package a fake gift (usually a piece of flower) in silk that’s confoundingly wound to distract the female as she unwraps it — and then mount her before she discovers the hoax. Albo also found that males sometimes play dead, so the female relaxes her guard as she approaches the “carcass” — only to be jumped from behind for sex.

The continuing crisis • In November, Theodore Zimmick and two relatives sued Pittsburgh’s å over its burial of Zimmick’s mother in 2009. She’d bought an 11by-8-foot plot in 1945, but by the time she died, the graveyard was so crowded that, the lawsuit maintains, workers had to jump up and down on the casket and whack it with poles to fit it into the skimpy hole they’d dug. • The managers of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., decided recently to relocate a seldomvisited 1895 statue of Abraham Lincoln that fans had insisted should be given more prominence. The managers proposed swapping it with a more conspicuous 1906 statue of Dr. Alexander Skene, but according to a December Wall Street Journal report, Skene’s advocates are objecting. Unlike Lincoln, they note, Skene was a Brooklynite, and he had a body part named after him (“Skene’s glands,” thought to be “vital” in understanding the “G spot”). • In December, the two hosts of the Dutch TV show Guinea Pigs apparently followed through on their plan to eat pieces of each other (fried in sunflower oil) in order to describe the taste. Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno underwent surgery to have small chunks removed for cooking: Storm got part of Zeno’s abdomen; Zeno wound up with a piece of Storm’s butt.

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• A December New England Journal of Medicine report described a woman’s abruptly “losing” her breast implant during a Pilates class. The woman felt no pain, and doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore concluded that, because of the woman’s recent heart surgery, the muscles between the ribs had loosened, and the implant had slipped through (they returned it to its proper place).

Convoluted plans • In 2008, Julian Buchwald and his girlfriend, picnicking in Australia’s Alpine National Park, were “kidnapped” by a balaclava-wearing man. Separating the couple, he tore off their clothes and buried them, but Buchwald escaped, rescued the girlfriend, and they wandered around naked for days before being rescued. The man, however, turned out to be Buchwald, hoping his heroism would persuade her to marry him (and, more immediately, have sex, even though both had pledged to remain virgins until marriage). Convicted in Victoria County Court in December, Buchwald was sentenced to more than seven years in prison. • Laurie Martinez, 36, was charged in December with filing a false police report in Sacramento, Calif., claiming she’d been raped, beaten bloody and robbed in her home. She faked the rape to persuade her husband to move to a better neighborhood; he filed for divorce instead. Martinez is employed by the state as a psychologist. • After 12 intolerable months, Ms. Seemona Sumasar finally received justice in November when a New York City jury convicted private detective Jerry Ramrattan of orchestrating a complex scheme to convince police that Sumasar was a serial armed robber. After she dumped him,

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Ramrattan, a CSI fan, used his knowledge of police procedures to pin various open cases on her (and to negate her claim that he’d raped her in retaliation). Ramrattan so ingeniously linked evidence to Sumasar that her bail was set at $1 million, causing her to spend seven months in jail. (Said one juror, “If I had seen this on TV, my reaction would be, ‘How could this really happen?’”)

People with issues Prominent Birmingham, Ala., politician Bill Johnson calls his wife “the most beautiful woman in the world,” but in December he revealed that, while temporarily serving as an earthquake-relief specialist in New Zealand recently, he’d clandestinely donated sperm to nine women (three of whom are already pregnant). Becoming a biological father is “a need that I have,” he told a New Zealand Herald reporter, and his wife could not accommodate him. Asked if she knew about the nine women, Johnson said, “She does now.” Mrs. Johnson told the Mobile Press-Register that there is “healing to do.”

Least-competent criminals Not Ready for Prime Time: Impatient with the teller’s slowness, an unidentified man trying to rob an HSBC Bank in Long Island City, N.Y., in December fired a shot into the ceiling — but then, panicked, ran out the door and jumped into a waiting vehicle, the police report said.

Recurring themes Last month, News of the Weird reported on the woman who, wanting to “be at one” with her recently deceased horse, stripped naked and climbed inside the bloody carcass (posing for a notorious Internet photo spread). And according to a November Washington Post dispatch from Afghanistan, an antiquated slaughterhouse near Kabul employs a dwarf who’s “responsible for climbing inside water buffalo carcasses to cut out their colons.” (Nonetheless, the slaughterhouse is halal, adhering to Islamic principles.)

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BY STACY CLAuDE To say that 2011 was a banner year for bluegrass quintet Steep Canyon Rangers is a bit of an understatement. A short list of highlights includes: Playing at the White House for the president, signing with Rounder Records, late shows including Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, morning spots on the likes of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The View, selling out Mountain Song Festival (which they organize and headline in Brevard) and being awarded Entertainers of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA). The cherry on top? The Rangers have just received a Grammy nod is for their latest album, Rare Bird Alert, recorded with actor and banjoplayer Steve Martin. A hard-working professional band for 11 years now, the Rangers had already garnered a great deal of acclaim before the serendipitous team up with Martin just under three years ago. Partnering with Martin has given the band some incredible opportunities, and has allowed them to introduce bluegrass music to a much wider audience. Martin frequently says during live performances, “These guys didn’t need me, they were already a great band, but I sure needed them!” The Rangers, who perform in the traditional one-microphone style, keep a rigorous touring schedule throughout the year, doing approximately 50 shows with Martin and about 70 dates of their own. They play mostly original music, with the majority of the songs written by Graham Sharp (banjo), and Charles Humphrey III (bass). Woody Platt fronts the band on guitar and lead vocals, Mike Guggino plays mandolin and sings harmonies, and the animated Nicky Sanders rounds out the group on the fiddle. Although the band is based in Western N.C., they are on the road so often that locals can only see them a few times a year. This year’s big show — also a benefit for the Evergreen Community Charter School — takes place this week at The Orange Peel. According to ECCS’s website: “A $100 ticket gets you delicious food from local restaurants, beer, wine and champagne and mingling with the band members in the Pulp Room at the Orange Peel from 7 to 8:30 p.m. prior to the concert.” Show-only tickets are sold separately through the Orange Peel. Catching up with Platt over the phone from his home in Brevard, he said the Orange Peel

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the band. We’re still who we are, but continue to explore different things. This new album is really song-oriented; it was really about what each song needed. Eleven of the 12 tracks are original songs from within the band. We had a few special guests, but mostly this album is us, what we do.” The title of the new album is yet to be determined, but the band is shooting for a late March release on Rounder Records. When asked about what he and the band were looking forward to in 2012, Platt said, “We’ve got some great tour dates booked with Steve [Martin],

and on our own. We’re very excited about the opportunity for a Grammy, and we can’t wait for the new album release. All in all, watching our hard work and good fortune translate into career growth for our band. We try to capitalize on opportunities and turn them into more opportunities. All the while having a great time playing music with friends.” X Stacy Claude is a local musician, freelance writer and author of Asheville Roots Music Review at avlrootsreview.blogspot.com.

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Louisiana-based Cajun/swing/roots outfit The Red Stick Ramblers takes its name from the English translation of the place of its inception: Baton Rouge. (Baton Rouge is French for “red stick.”) But in the dozen years since the band formed, all of the group’s members have moved away from Baton Rouge and five of the six Ramblers (excepting fiddler/vocalist Linzay Young) have started up a side project: The Revelers. Like the Ramblers, the Revelers also play Cajun songs, dance tunes and, according to guitarist Chas Justus, “We’re doing the same basic material. With a lot more accordion.” Or, as fiddle player Daniel Coolik (a former Asheville resident who played in bands including One Leg Up and Cary Fridley and Down South) points out, “We don’t have a progressive techno band now. It’s Louisiana roots dance music with the same Cajun, honky-tonk swing you’d expect from the Ramblers. If you came out to dance, you wouldn’t walk away going ‘What the hell was that?’” In fact, like the Ramblers, the Revelers love to play to dancers. Asheville, according to Justus, is “one of not-too-many towns — you can count them on one hand — where people actually know how to dance.” For this reason, Asheville has been one of the Ramblers’ favorite places to play,

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THE REvELERS PLAY THE GREY EAGLE ON SATuRDAY, JAN. SQuARE DANCE AT 8: 0 PM WITH PHIL JAMISON CALLING $8 ADvANCE OR $ 0 DAY OF SHOW THEGREYEAGLE.COM since the dancers come out in force. “We pride ourselves on adapting to the dancers,” Justus says. “If you’re playing at a place where all they handle is the hippy shake, then it’s Zydeco and the two-step.” If, however, they try a waltz and the dance floor fills up, they’ll keep throwing waltzes into the mix. Worth noting: The guys in the Revelers know dancing. If they’re home on the weekend, they go out to a dance hall. “That influences the way we play,” says Justus. “I don’t want to just go to a place and drink a beer and admire someone for playing. You’ve got to give me something I can do.” Coolik adds, “If you go out and see a Louisiana band, there’s sort of a give and take.” The dancers and players are engaged in a collaborative endeavor. It’s dance music and the feel-good partyvibe that goes hand-in-hand that attracted the attention of writer/producer David Simon. Best known as the creator of HBO series The Wire, Simon was working on an episode of the post-

Katrina drama Treme that involves a traditional southern Louisiana Mardi Gras celebration. Now, the Ramblers have also been involved with that Mardi Gras — it doesn’t involve floats or beads, but there is music. So the Ramblers met Simon and through the TV producer learned that celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain was also planning to film in the area. A boucherie (pig slaughter and feast) was organized and the Ramblers played a dance party at the end of the show. Simon was there, and “a couple of months later, we got an email about doing a show for Treme,” says Coolik. The band has now been in three episodes set to air this coming spring. According to Justus, Treme hires about 10 bands per show, providing “a real shot in the arm for the New Orleans music scene” and introducing Louisiana’s regional music to a much broader audience. One form of music that the Revelers are spreading outside of the Acadiana region is swamp pop. “It’s Louisiana rock ‘n’ roll,” says Coolik. Dating

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If you were around this area in the early ‘90s, you probably heard mention of The Freight Hoppers. The Bryson City-based string band, formed by fiddler David Bass and banjo player Frank Lee, made a name for itself as Rounder Records recording artists and winning A Prairie Home Companion’s “Talent from Towns Under 2000” contest in 1996. Asheville’s own Cary Fridley used to be a member. After about a decade together, the Freight Hoppers took a hiatus, while Bass underwent a heart transplant. The happy ending to that story is that the band has since regrouped. Last year they released Mile Marker on Bake Tone Records; they’ve also been keeping the calendar fairly full (The Durango Bluegrass Meltdown is already locked in for 2012). On Saturday, Jan. 14, The Freight Hoppers play Jack of the Wood, promising “old time music with an emotional, raw excitement that keeps one foot planted in the past and the other in the present.” The Twilite Broadcasters open. 8 p.m., $8. jackofthewood.com.

back to the ‘50s and ‘60s, kids who thought of French songs as their parents’ music started adapting the hits of the day to a Louisiana sensibility. “It was a real regional sort of thing,” says Coolik. Justus says that swamp pop has evolved with contemporary music, and they have always been swamp pop bands. But the Revelers “reach straight back to the older music in Cajun and swamp pop,” he says. “We’re more interested in listening to records from the ‘50s and ‘60s; we’re influenced in roots music all the day.” The Revelers also maintain an interest in French-language songs in keeping with the Cajun heritage of the area. Swamp pop included versions of American pop songs sung in French;

Justus says the Revelers have learned a lot of French language through the music they play. He jokes that Coolik has learned “from a couple of French girlfriends,” but accordion player Blake Miller is fluent (he actually holds a Francophonestudies degree). Coolik, Justus and Eric Frey spent a month in France last winter playing with a Cajun band. Justus says that French audience was into it. “There’s nothing more popular in the world than music from the American South. Put that in French and they’re sort of surprised but always taken by it.” X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

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HAvE BANJO, WILL TRAvEL: Though some audiences have to “overcome” Abilgail Washburn’s banjo, the singer-songwriter has recently trekked the Silk Road through Mongolia and collaborated with fellow musician Kai Welch on a surprisingly pop-savvy album. Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins. Traveling Daughter, she’s incorporated Chinese sounds and lyrics into her Appalachian-inspired claw-hammer banjo playing. In Mongolia, Washburn and the Village found themselves “every single night, before the show, for several hours, rehearsing with people and

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Washburn will play with Welch, students of The Learning Community (as directed by The Green Grass Cloggers) and fiddler Casey Driessen. Driessen, now based in Asheville, was a member of The Sparrow Quartet with Washburn, banjo player Bela Fleck (Washburn’s husband) and cellist Ben Sollee. That group played LEAF’s main stage in 2008; the White Horse concert will be the first time Washburn and Driessen have shared a stage since their Sparrow Quartet days. Currently, Washburn’s main project is a duo with Welch, with whom she collaborated on last year’s dynamic City of Refuge. That album seamlessly blends Washburn’s folk roots and world travels with Welch’s pop and indie-rock sensibilities. In fact, the nuanced accessibility of Refuge has likely brought new audiences to Washburn’s remarkable talent. She says that in some parts of the country, people have to overcome the banjo. “There’s a lot of banjo hate out there,” she jokes. But not in Western North Carolina. Here, she’s among kindred spirits. “My sense of exploration, idealism, inclusiveness and hope for the future, and the way that music and tradition inform my sense of the future — that’s Asheville,” she says. X

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The Prama Institute, Marshall, NC January 20-22 • Meditation • Journaling • Yoga • Inspirational readings • Creative movement • Quiet time for personal reflection • Chanting

Experience the Power of Silence! Tuition: Only $275 (includes workshops, vegetarian meals, and accommodation)

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theproﬁler

by becky upham

The Suspect: Charley Pride Pride was one of the most successful crossover country artists in the aughts, winning the CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1971 and scoring a Grammy in ’72. His biggest hits include “Help Me Make it Through the Night” and “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin.’” Can Be Found: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, Saturday, Jan. 14.

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RIYD: (Recommended if You Dig) Charlie Rich, Glen Campbell, Randy Travis. You Should Go If: Your favorite stocking stuffer was a giant bottle of Tums; not a day goes by that Regis doesn’t cross your mind; potpourri-scented candles and cigarette smoke are your favorite smells in the world; Your 2012 look: snakeskin fabrics … very breathable and you can dress it up or down.

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The Suspect: DePue Brothers Band These four fiddle-wielding brothers are classically trained bluegrass virtuosos. They come to Asheville with four additional musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra. Expect a technically brilliant and innovative blending of the bluegrass and classical genres. Can Be Found: Diana Wortham Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 18 and Thursday, Jan. 19. RIYD: Yo-Yo Ma’s Goat Rodeo Sessions or Appalachian Journey. You Should Go If: You spend every weekend in Brevard in the hopes of spotting Steve Martin; you had an Iowa Caucus results potluck; you insist on calling pool, “billiards,” ping-pong, “table-tennis,” and soccer, “football.” You also spell color, colour; Your 2012 look: finally (hopefully!) getting up the nerve to wear that fedora out instead of taking it off in the car at the last second.

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The Suspect: Aaron Burdett This singer-songwriter lives down the road in Saluda. He released his third full-length record, Stand Up Eight, in 2010. Bold Life magazine compared his songwriting versatility to Paul Simon, James Taylor or Van Morrison. RIYD: Amos Lee, James Taylor. Can Be Found: Pisgah Brewing Company on Friday, Jan. 13 and The Purple Onion in Saluda on Saturday, Jan. 14. You Should Go If: When you even consider not reporting income on your taxes you get a stomachache/have a panic attack; you manage to run out of milk and bread on the eve of every major winter storm; your life force is totally zapped by choosing items off a menu, parallel parking, passing a dead squirrel and/or deciding whether or not to delete an email; 2012 look: strikingly similar to your 1992 and 2002 looks, i.e., if it ain’t broke…

The descriptions of fan qualities and quirks are intended to be a playful take on what’s unique about all of us. The world would be a better place if everyone went out to see more live music.

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Solstice Billed as “a volatile black comedy for the darkest night of the year,” John Crutchfield’s latest play, Solstice, promises (according to the playwright), “Fisticuffs! Bad cell reception! Strange noises! A wooden sword! A Darth Vader mask! The return of the repressed! An attractive girl wearing an apron and little else!” It stars Glenn Reed, Scott Fisher and Lisa Smith and opens at The Magnetic Field on Saturday, Jan. 14. Previews run Thursday and Friday, Jan. 12 and 13 for $8; the play is staged ThursdaysSaturdays through Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. nightly. Tickets are $12 for Thursday shows and $15 on Fridays and Saturdays. themagneticfield. com/solstice.

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clubland

where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina CLUBLAND RULES •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 Dane Smith 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.

Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Black Mountain Ale House

Lobster Trap

Avery Creek Pizza & Ribs

One Stop Deli & Bar

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Adam Greenberg (acoustic, rock)

Graviton Project w/ Alexthe5th & Numatik

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Barley’s Taproom

Orange Peel

BoBo Gallery

Dr. Brown’s Team Trivia, 8:30pm Black Mountain Ale House

Open mic, 8pm

Dan Shearin (of Uncle Mountain), 8pm

Jack 9 (Americana)

Waltz lesson, 6pm Dance, 7pm

Asheville Beat Tapes

TallGary’s Cantina

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Open mic, 7pm

BoBo Gallery

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Open mic

Peggy’s All Girl Singer Showcase feat: Laura Michaels & Ruth Cooney

Deja Fuze (prog, funk, electronic) Creatures Cafe

Salsa night (free lessons, followed by dance)

Westville Pub

Dirty South Lounge

Wild Wing Cafe

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

Wax in the Back, 9pm

Fred’s Speakeasy

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Wed., January 11

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Altamont Brewing Company

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Harrah’s Cherokee

ARCADE

Cailen Campbell (violin), 8-10pm ARCADE

Karaoke, 10pm Athena’s Club

Open mic, 7-9pm

Dr. Fameus (Disco Biscuits side project) w/ Agobi Project

Creatures Cafe

Orange Peel

This City Awaits

Zoso (Led Zeppelin tribute)

Dirty South Lounge

Pisgah Brewing Company

Dirty Bingo, 9pm

The Stereofidelics (rock)

Fred’s Speakeasy

Purple Onion Cafe

Jazz night, 7:30pm

Fayssoux McLean & Brandon Turner

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Rotation

Ben Hovey (multi-instrumentalist, electronic, soul), 8-10pm

Jazzville Band

One Stop Deli & Bar

Burgerworx

Garage at Biltmore

5 Walnut Wine Bar

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Toneblazers (Americana) w/ Sanders, Cardine & Sipe

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass)

Thu., January 12

Karaoke

Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz)

Riyen Roots (blues, hip-hop), 8pm

Red Stag Grill

Eric Ciborski (piano) Asheville music showcase

Gene Peyroux & the Acoustalectric Pedals of Love (rock, funk, soul) Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends (blues)

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Westville Pub

Handlebar

White Horse

Wild Wing Cafe

Trivia, 9pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Avery Creek Pizza & Ribs

Front stage: Shane Perlowin

Caribbean Cowboys (tropical, rock)

Mountain Homes w/ Din of Thieves & Lisa Stubbs

Lobster Trap

Barley’s Taproom

Harrah’s Cherokee

Alien Music Club (jazz jam)

DJ Marley Carroll, 9pm

TallGary’s Cantina

Good Stuff

Live comedy, 8:30pm

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk)

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”)

Karaoke w/ Chris Monteith

Mountain Feist (bluegrass) LEAF benefit w/ Abigail Washburn & Casey Driessen (folk, Americana) Acoustic music w/ Sloantones

Fri, Jan. 13 stand-up comic

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An evening witH cHuck BroDSky 9PM

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(feat. members of the red Stick ramblers) 9PM

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Jeremy Kittel Band

Friday, Jan. 13th

$15 | 8pm

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DAVID ZOLL TRIO (ROCK/RETRO POP/JAM)

Saturday, Jan. 14th TIM MARSH COLLECTIVE (ROCK/SOUL)

DOORS @ 4PM, SHOWS 6-8PM ALL SHOWS ARE FREE!

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no cover charge (4-8pm)

(828) 299-3370

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Fri., January 13 ARCADE

Capricrunkus III feat: Freddy Todd, GalaxC Girl, Brad Bitt, Kri, In Plain Sight & more

Downstairs: “No Cover, No Shame” dance party w/ Abu Dissaray, 9pm Upstairs: DJ Capital, 9pm

Get Down

Athena’s Club

Good Stuff

Mark Appleford (singer/songwriter, harmonica, guitar), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Black Mountain Ale House

Ben Wilson (singer/songwriter), 6pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Acoustic Swing

BoBo Gallery

Josh-Earthtone

Compulsion Analysis w/ Shot in the Ear, Hooded Hawks & Free Lunch Butter Holler (old-time)

Hip-hop showcase feat: Eazy, TylerthaKidd, Crazyhorse & Coltson, Chachillie & more Club Metropolis

Micah Hanks Duo (newgrass, jam) Pisgah Brewing Company

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Purple Onion Cafe

Aaron Burdett (folk, acoustic)

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Business (Motown funk), 8-11pm Six & Twenty (metal) w/ Dogfight, Nothingsaint & Red Seriph Harrah’s Cherokee

Craggie Brewing Company

Highland Brewing Company

J Swan Dooley & Stephen Shealy Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Friday Night Live w/ Disclaimer Comedy (standup) & Dueling Pianos (rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long) Emerald Lounge

RBTS Win (electronic, indie) CD release party w/ The Luxury Spirit, Contraverse & Leann Grimes Fred’s Speakeasy

Live music

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Sarah Mac Band (indie, pop)

Fred Whiskin (piano)

Scandals Nightclub

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Thomas Johnson & the People (rock, folk) Straightaway Cafe

Tim Marsh

Kayla & Twisted Trail, 7pm DJ Dizzy, 11pm

Creatures Cafe

Evergreen Community School benefit w/ Steep Canyon Rangers (bluegrass)

An evening w/ Chuck Brodsky (singer/songwriter, folk)

The Caddillittick Circus w/ DJ CosmoQ The Travers Brothers (rock), 7pm

Orange Peel

Pack’s Tavern

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Handlebar

Boiler Room

Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm The Archrivals w/ Oso Rey, 10pm

The Altamont Theater

Landry (comedy), 9pm

David Zoll Trio (rock, pop, jam)

The Bywater

Darren Nicholson Band, 9pm

Holland’s Grille

Unit 50 (classic rock)

The Chop House

Live jazz w/ Mark Guest, 5-10pm

Jack of Hearts Pub

Jon Stickley Trio (bluegrass)

The Market Place

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, roots), 7:30pm

Jack of the Wood Pub

Avery County (bluegrass)

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Grammer School (indie, rock)

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: The Zealots (rock, pop) w/ Morgan Geer

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Lobster Trap

Westville Pub

Calico Moon (Americana, folk, country)

Trivia night

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

White Horse

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

High Gravity Jazz

Alarm Clock Conspiracy (rock) w/ Yadkin River & 48 Madison

Garage at Biltmore

One Stop Deli & Bar

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Jake hOllifield O n t h e f r O n t s ta g e Mariachi Monday

Live Mariachi Band at 6pm $2 Tacos | $5 Tortas | $2 Tecate and Modelo

Will Newman & the Key Notes, 7pm

Singer/songwriter circle Wild Wing Cafe

Country Fried Friday w/ Hoss Howard

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Dirty Bourbon River Show (gypsy, rock) w/ Brand New Old Fashions (old-time) ARCADE

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Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Handlebar

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Roaring Lions (ragtime, jazz)

The Altamont Theater

The Bywater

Jeremy Kittel Band, 8pm

Bluegrass jam, 8pm

The Bywater

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Gavin Conner, 9pm

Sharon LaMotte (vocal jazz), 7:30pm

The Chop House

Westville Pub

Live jazz w/ Mark Guest, 5-10pm

Open mic

The River Rats (blues, rock) w/ The Stray Dog Trio & The Belt Notches

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

White Horse

The Nightcrawlers (blues, rock)

MLK tribute w/ Shantavaani (world)

Club Metropolis

Vortex

Wild Wing Cafe

A Social Function

Karaoke

White Horse

Tue., January 17

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, country) BoBo Gallery

Ahleuchatistas (prog, experimental) Boiler Room

Dance party w/ local DJ Craggie Brewing Company

Fifty Year Flood (roots, psychedelic, folk), 8pm Creatures Cafe

Luke King

“Short History of the Piano” w/ Daniel Weiser Wild Wing Cafe

RTR (rock)

Eleven on Grove

Zumba “In da Club,” 8pm

Sun., January 15

Fred’s Speakeasy

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Karaoke

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Dave Desmelik (Americana, folk)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Shane Perlowin & Will Beasley Duo Garage at Biltmore

Jerome Widenhouse & His Roaring Lions (jazz), 7-9pm ARCADE

Hallelujah Hullabaloo w/ DJs Jamie Hepler, Whitney Shroyer & friends

5 Walnut Wine Bar

The John Henry’s (jazz, swing), 8-10pm Altamont Brewing Company

Open mic w/ Zachary T, 8:30pm

Black Mountain Ale House

Trivia night w/ Matt Shelnut, 7pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Whiting Brothers

Eleven on Grove

Like Mind Trio (jazz)

Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Blue Heaven, 8:30pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Barley’s Taproom

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues)

Thee Loud Crowd w/ Alligator Indian, Pallas Cats & Albert Adams

Dirty South Lounge

Good Stuff

Get Down

Valorie Miller (folk, Americana)

Karaoke

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Drive-by Sci-Fi, 9pm

The Revelers (feat: members of Red Stick Ramblers)

Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (jazz, pop), 6:30-10:30pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Hotel Indigo

Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm

Ben Hovey (multi-instrumentalist, electronic, soul), 7-10pm

Harrah’s Cherokee

Jack of Hearts Pub

Country Gold w/ Micheal “Lucky” Luchtan (golden-era country), 9am Open mic, 7:30pm Garage at Biltmore

Phat Tuesdays Good Stuff

The Slaves (roots, old-time) Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm Handlebar

Tuesday swing dance, 7pm Gene Dillard Bluegrass Jam, 8:30pm

Leigh Glass Band, 7pm Charley Pride, 7:30pm DJ Moto, 11pm

Blues Brunch w/ Chuck Beattie Irish session, 3 & 5pm

Ben Hovey (multi-instrumentalist, electronic, soul), 7-10pm

Highland Brewing Company

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Jack of the Wood Pub

Jack of Hearts Pub

Lobster Trap

Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7pm

Singer/songwriter in the round feat: Aaron LaFalce, Abigail Stauffer, Kelley McRae & Gregory Scott

Jack of the Wood Pub

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Open mic w/ Ami Worthen

Front stage: Jake Hollifield (blues, ragtime)

One Stop Deli & Bar

Lobster Trap

Bluegrass Brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, 11am

Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7pm

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Psychobilly Sock Hop Sundays

Swayback Sisters (folk, Americana)

Scandals Nightclub

One Stop Deli & Bar

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12am

Music trivia, 8pm Funk jam, 10pm

The Altamont Theater

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Sunday jazz, noon Deborah Henson-Conant, 7:30pm

Tuesday Rotations w/ Chris Ballard & guests, 10pm

White Horse

TallGary’s Cantina

Tim Marsh Collective (rock, soul) Avery County (bluegrass)

The Twilite Broadcasters (rockabilly), 8:30pm The Freight Hoppers (old-time), 10:30pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: Skunk Ruckus (“hillbilly stomp”) w/ South French Broads Lobster Trap

Trevor’s Jazz Trio

One Stop Deli & Bar

Phuncle Sam

Orange Peel

Bass Church Asheville feat: Bookworm, Fast Nasty, Spooky Jones & more Pack’s Tavern

DJ Moto (dance, pop)

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Johnny Blackwell Duo (classic rock)

Contra dance, 8pm

Back Pages

Black Mountain Ale House

Ugly Purple Sweater (rock) w/ Vincent’s Missing Ear & Grammer School

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Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Shadow of the Destroyer (metal) w/ Orthrus

TallGary’s Cantina

Southern Ground

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

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Scandals Nightclub

Appalucia (old-time) w/ 2013 Wolves & Jessie and the Peacemakers

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Wilhelm McKay (folk)

Rebekah Jean (rock, country)

Hobos & Lace

Capricrunkus III feat: Freddy Todd, GalaxC Girl, d-Queue, Ape Kit, J Mo, Scoundrel & more

Help Wanted

Root Bar No. 1

Avery Creek Pizza & Ribs

NFL PLAYOFFS ON THE BIG SCREEN

THUR

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Eric Ciborski (piano)

Tears in My Beers (DJ set), 9pm

Straightaway Cafe

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

$1 OFF ALL WHISKEY

Red Stag Grill

Southern Appalachian Brewery

Now You See Them (folk, pop), 9pm

WED

Dirty South Lounge

Aaron Burdett (folk, rock)

Mark Appleford (singer/songwriter, harmonica, guitar), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

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Downstairs: “Bear Exploder” dance party w/ DJ Kipper Schauer, 9pm Upstairs: DJ Capital, 9pm

Purple Onion Cafe

Jack of the Wood Pub

Front stage: Aaron Price (piano)

Drum circle, 2pm

Mon., January 16 5 Walnut Wine Bar

CaroMia Tiller (singer/songwriter), 8-10pm

Hotel Indigo

“Garyoke”

The Altamont Theater

Original music series, 8pm The Bywater

Open mic w/ Taylor Martin, 8:30pm

clubdirectory 5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 The 70 La Cantinetta 687-8170 All Stars Sports Bar & Grill 684-5116 Altamont Brewing Company 575-2400 The Altamont Theatre 575-2400 ARCADE 258-1400 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 Asheville Music Hall 255-7777 Athena’s Club 252-2456 Avenue M 350-8181 Avery Creek Pizza & Ribs 687-2400 Barley’s Tap Room 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 Black Mountain Ale House 669-9090 Blend Hookah Lounge 505-0067 Blue Mountain Pizza 658-8777 Blue Note Grille 697-6828 Boiler Room 505-1612 BoBo Gallery 254-3426 Broadway’s 285-0400 Burgerworx 253-2333 The Bywater 232-6967 Clingman Cafe 253-2177 Club Hairspray 258-2027 Club Metropolis (No phone) The Chop House 253-1852 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360 Creature’s Cafe 254-3636 Curras Nuevo 253-2111 Desoto Lounge 986-4828

Westville Pub

Blues jam

White Horse

Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm Wild Wing Cafe

Video trivia, 8pm

Wed., January 18

Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dirty South Lounge 251-1777 The Dripolator 398-0209 Dobra Tea Room 575-2424 Ed Boudreaux’s Bayou BBQ 296-0100 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge 232- 4372 Fairview Tavern 505-7236 Feed & Seed + Jamas Acoustic 216-3492 Firestorm Cafe 255-8115 Frankie Bones 274-7111 Fred’s Speakeasy 281-0920 Fred’s Speakeasy South 684-2646 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 French Broad Chocolate Lounge 252-4181 The Garage 505-2663 Get Down 505-8388 Good Stuff 649-9711 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612 The Grove Park Inn (Elaine’s Piano Bar/ Great Hall) 252-2711 Guitar Academy of WNC 775-7841 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 Hannah Flanagans 252-1922 Harrah’s Cherokee 497-7777 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Haywood Lounge 232-4938

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Asheville Sax Duet (jazz)

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Barley’s Taproom

Alien Music Club (jazz jam)

Bob Zullo (jazz, pop guitar), 5:30-7:30pm Killer B’s (favorites by request), 8-11pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Harrah’s Cherokee

Handlebar

BoBo Gallery

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Burgerworx

Back stage: Exhaust the Fox (indie, folk, blues) w/ Sarah McCoy

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, country)

G. Love & Special Sauce (blues, jam, hiphop) w/ Kristy Lee

Two People Playing Music (pop, rock)

Harrah’s Cherokee

Open mic, 7-9pm

Live comedy, 8:30pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Carey Murdock

Lobster Trap

Creatures Cafe

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”)

Singer/songwriter night Diana Wortham Theater

Lobster Trap

Valorie Miller (Americana, folk)

DePue Brothers Band (progressive bluegrass)

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Dirty South Lounge

Jack 9 (Americana)

Dirty Bingo, 9pm

One Stop Deli & Bar

Emerald Lounge

Karaoke w/ Chris Monteith

Harrah’s Cherokee

Pisgah Brewing Company

Live music, 7pm

Spiritual Rez (reggae, funk)

Creatures Cafe

Purple Onion Cafe

Same Ol’ Sound w/ Terina Plyer

Angela Easterling (country, folk)

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Max Melner Orchestra (jazz, funk), 10pm Wild Wing Cafe

Jeff & Justin (acoustic)

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The Space Heaters (swing, jazz), 8-10pm Altamont Brewing Company

Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz) ARCADE

Trivia, 9pm Asheville Music Hall

Graveyard w/ Radio Moscow (psychedelic rock)

DJ Marley Carroll, 9pm Eric Ciborski (piano)

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Jennyanykind (rock, Americana) Rotation

Talent search night w/ Adara McDaniels

Fred’s Speakeasy

Asheville music showcase Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues Westville Pub

Corduroy Road (roots)

Get Down

Emerald Lounge

Scandals Nightclub

The Midnight Masquerade Ball, 9pm

Garage at Biltmore

Friday Night Live w/ Disclaimer Comedy (standup) & Dueling Pianos (rock ‘n’ roll sing-a-long) Grown Up Avenger Stuff w/ Saint Solitude & Stereofidelics (indie, rock, pop)

TallGary’s Cantina

Jazz night, 7:30pm

Handlebar

Craggie Brewing Company

Red Stag Grill

Fred’s Speakeasy

Ken Kaiser (singer/songwriter), 6pm

Jon Stickley Trio (bluegrass)

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Westville Pub

Black Mountain Ale House

Blackberry Smoke (Southern rock) w/ Hammerdown

TallGary’s Cantina

The Hard Be-Bop Explosion

Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm The Business (Motown funk), 8-11pm

Mark Appleford (singer/songwriter, harmonica, guitar), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

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Acoustic Swing

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Athena’s Club

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Mister Baby (Americana, alt-country) w/ The Slaves The Acoustic Wind (singer/songwriter), 7pm Lee Whipple (singer/songwriter), 8pm

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Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Graviton Project w/ Molly Parti (Paper Tiger DJ set) Open mic, 7pm

Downstairs: “No Cover, No Shame” dance party w/ Abu Dissaray, 9pm Upstairs: DJ Capital, 9pm

Paint Fumes w/ Thee Loud Crowd & Krekel

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Gene Peyroux & the Acoustalectric Pedals of Love (rock, funk, soul)

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Altamont Brewing Company

My Highway, 7pm DJ Shane, 11pm

Iron Horse Station

Barb Turner (rock, country, R&B) Jack of Hearts Pub

Chompin’ at the Bit Stringband Jack of the Wood Pub

Jackass Flats (Americana)

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: mindshapefist (metal) w/ Saint Famine Society

Live music

Lobster Trap

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Dehlia Low (bluegrass, country)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jason Moore (jazz)

Calico Moon (Americana, folk, country) Saltwater Grass (funk, rock) One Stop Deli & Bar

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Free Dead Fridays feat: members of Phuncle Sam, 5-8pm An Evening w/ The Dead Kenny G’s, 10pm

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Orange Peel

Garage at Biltmore

Blue Jeans & Khaki Pants (“x-rated honkey-tonk”) w/ Pat Fudgin’ Hinson (comedy) & Slim Chance and the Can’t Hardly Playboys

BoomBox (electronic, dance) w/ Eliot Lipp Pack’s Tavern

Scott Raines (rock, country) Pisgah Brewing Company

Lovestruck Suckers (Silas Durocher & Opal Strings) w/ Holiday Childress

Carolina Story w/ Humming House (Americana, bluegrass)

Good Stuff

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The Bright Light Social Hour (funk, soul, psychedelic)

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

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Diana Wortham Theater

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Susan Werner & David Wilcox (folk, singer/ songwriter) Fred’s Speakeasy

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French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Live jazz w/ Mark Guest, 5-10pm The Market Place

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, roots), 7:30pm Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Tennessee Jed (rock, bluegrass)

Trivia night

Owen High music & theater benefit w/ Hannah McIawain

Garage at Biltmore

Pack’s Tavern

Strong as Life

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Langhorne Slim (Americana, rock) w/ Last Year’s Men & Jon Lindsay

Altamont Brewing Company

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Spicy Mustache & the Flavor Saviours (funk, soul, rock)

Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 5:30-7:30pm

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Mat Kearney (acoustic rock) Harrah’s Cherokee

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Chuck Beattie Band (Chicago blues)

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Wyndy Trail Travelers (newgrass) White Horse

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Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Craggie Brewing Company

Winter Warmer Beer Festival

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Jack of the Wood Pub

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Due to possible last-minute scheduling changes, moviegoers may want to confirm showtimes with theaters.

n asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. (254-1281) Please call the info line for updated showtimes. happy Feet 2 (Pg) 1:00, 4:00 immotals (r) 10:00 midnight in Paris (Pg-13) 7:00

n Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452) n Carolina asheville Cinema 14 (274-9500) the adventures of tintin 2d (Pg) 11:00 Beauty and the Beast 3d (g) 1:50, 4:00, 7:15, 9:30 Beauty and the Beast 2d (g) 11:20 Carnage (r) 11:40, 2:10, 4:15, 7:50, 9:50 Contraband (r) 11:55, 2:30, 5:00, 8:00, 10:25 the descendants (r) 11:10, 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 the girl with the dragon tattoo (r) 12:20, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 (sofa cinema) hugo 2d (Pg) 11:05, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05 the iron lady (Pg-13) 11:35, 2:05, 4:35, 7:15, 9:40 Joyful noise (Pg-13) 11:25, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 mission impossible: ghost Protocol (Pg-13) 12:10, 3:15, 7:45, 10:20 (sofa cinema) my week with marilyn (r) 11:45, 2:20, 4:35, 7:55, 10:30 (sofa cinema) sherlock holmes: a game of shadows (Pg-13) 11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 tinker tailor sodier spy (r) 12:05, 3:00, 7:10, 10:00 war horse (Pg-13) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 we Bought a zoo (Pg) 12:15, 3:20, 7:20, 10:05 (sofa cinema) young adult (r) 9:50

n CineBarre (665-7776) happy Feet 2 (Pg) 10:25 (sun), 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 immortals (r) 10:30 (sun), 1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 Jack and Jill (Pg) 10:35 (sun), 1:25, 4:05, 7:25, 9:40 Puss in Boots (Pg) 10:40 (sun), 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:15 tower heist (Pg-13) 10:20 (sun),1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45

n Co-ed Cinema Brevard (883-2200) war horse (Pg-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:30

n ePiC oF hendersonville (693-1146) n Fine arts theatre (232-1536) the descendants (r) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, late show Fri-sat 9:50 tinker tailor soldier spy (r) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, late show Fri-sat 9:40

n FlatroCk Cinema (697-2463) the girl with the dragon tattoo (r) 12:30 (sat only), 7:00 my week with marilyn (r) 4:00

n regal Biltmore grande stadium 15 (684-1298) n united artists BeauCatCher (298-1234) For some theaters movie listings were not available at press time. Please contact the theater or check mountainx.com for updated information.

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pickoftheweek Carnage

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Director: roman Polanski Players: JoDie Foster, kate Winslet, christoPh Waltz, John c. reilly Bleak Comedy drama

rated r

The Story: Two couples get together to discuss a fight their children had — only to end up arguing amongst themselves. The Lowdown: A bitterly comic look at the foibles of mankind’s pretense of being more civilized and reasonable than it is. Very funny, but very dark in the Polanski tradition. Roman Polanski’s latest film, Carnage, is a bracing blast of vicious black comedy. It’s not that it takes no prisoners. On the contrary, what it does is take prisoners — its four characters and the audience — trapping with them for about 80 minutes of shrewdly judged screen time. The idea is to watch four people — who’ve met to deal with a playground altercation between their respective sons — descend to their own levels of childishness as tempers flare and the veneer of civilized behavior unravels. The spectacle might be too uncomfortable to laugh at, but it’s also too uncomfortable to do anything else with. The film is adapted — by Polanski and playwright Yasmin Reza — from Reza’s play Le Dieu du Carnage (The God of Carnage) and, yes, its stage origins are obvious. But that’s not a downside, since the drama can only work in a confined space. Polanski’s approach is inherently cinematic — each composition and each camera movement is precisely judged for maximum effect — but the dialogue has the sound of a play. It’s well-honed, literate and not quite real, but since for much of the film the characters are in essence playing the socially accepted roles they think they ought to play, that slight artificiality perfectly suits the movie. The film opens with the playground fight that starts all this. We see it, but only at a distance and we hear none of it, putting us in only slightly better shape concerning what happened than the parents. All we know is that the encounter ended with one

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Christoph Waltz and Jodie Foster approach the end of their respective tethers in Roman Polanski’s viciously funny Carnage. kid hitting the other with a stick. From that, the film moves to the quartet of parents hovering around a computer screen in the apartment of Penelope (Jodie Foster) and Michael (John C. Reilly), the parents of the victim. Nancy (Kate Winslet) and Alan Cowan (Christoph Waltz), parents of the perpetrator, are mostly observing and offering the occasional suggestion about the wording of the account of the altercation Penelope is typing up. The whole situation seems perfectly simple and straightforward — even if the basic idea of this ersatz and remarkably undetailed police report seems pointless to the degree of silly. The problem is that as things progress one or another of the quartet finds a reason to object and drag the meeting out. It’s not long before tensions start arising on every side. By the time that Penelope unconsciously drops the phrase “violence is our business” into her argument, the civilized soiree is headed straight to hell. It’s not long before the situation finds husband turning against wife and vice versa. And strangely — as if the characters were trapped in Luis Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel (1962) — the Cowans appear to be unable to leave the Longstreets’ apartment. They make it as far as the elevator a couple of times (once provoking a neighbor — a fleeting glimpse of Polanski — to open his door to see what the fuss is), but they always end up going back into the apartment for another round. The point of the meeting — if there ever really was one — has been lost long before the ending. In its place, long-withheld resentments have bubbled to the surface. We end up with a biting satire on our notion of how “evolved” (the film’s term) we are and how much we define ourselves by what we own. (Each character feels

superior to the others’ clinging to some defining object, yet each has one of his or her own.) The comedy is bitter and uncompromising — and too close to home to be comfortable. It’s impossible not to think of the characters’ inability to leave in connection with Polanski’s 10-month house arrest in Switzerland in 2010 — and I doubt that the choice of making this film upon getting out was entirely coincidental — but it’s not central to the film, which is more universal in its aims than that. None of the characters are a Polanski figure, but they are people almost all of us have known — or worse, have been. For that matter, the concept of characters held in some form of isolating prison runs through Polanski’s filmography from Knife in the Water (1962) through The Ghost Writer (2010). (I count no less than 11 Polanski features with that as part of the set-up.) Naturally, a film like this relies heavily on performances, and Polanski cast the movie very wisely. All four of the actors in Carnage are letter perfect from beginning to end. It works in such way that just when you think the film “belongs” to one of them, another shifts into the center of your attention. Ensemble casts rarely get better than this. It’s particularly nice to see Christoph Waltz, as the cellphone-addicted Alan, in something worthy of his talents post-Inglourious Basterds (2009). So is Carnage absolute top-drawer Polanski? Probably not quite, though I can’t actually fault it — and I’ve seen it twice (it’s actually funnier the second time). Time will really be the arbiter of that call. In the meantime, see it for yourself, but remember, this is not a “nice” movie. Rated R for language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

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The 1991 Disney film gets a new 3D paint job. If previous Disney 3D-ifications are any barometer, this is apt to be very popular. (G)

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The iron laDy

See review in “Cranky Hanke.”

JoyFul noise

Director Todd Graff has a (short) history making pleasant little movies — musical in nature — about groups of people in some kind of usually minor conflict or competition. We’ve had Camp (2003), which was a sweet-tempered look at a group of youthful Broadway hopefuls away at some kind of performing arts camp in the Catskills. Then there was Bandlam, a youthful battle of the bands opus. Now, we get Joyful Noise — a story centered around the National Joyful Noise Competition — focusing on two women, Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton, at odds over how their choir can win said competition. Few have been allowed to see this, but the critics at The Hollywood Reporter and Variety were not keen on it. (PG-13)

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Director: William Brent Bell (Stay alive) Players: FernanDa anDraDe, simon Quarterman, evan HelmutH, ionut Grama, suzan croWley Faux-DocumenTary horror

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The Story: An American heads to Italy to find the truth about her mentally ill mother, who may be possessed by demons. The Lowdown: The latest in the shakycam school of fake documentary horror is passable entertainment, but distracting in its attempts at realism, wholly derivative structure and an unbelievably frustrating ending. Horror bows to the whimsy of popular tastes perhaps more than any other film genre. Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) begat the slasher films of the ’70s and ’80s. Wes Craven’s Scream (1996) reinvigorated the meat-on-a-hoof teen slaughter flicks of the late ’90s. Gore Verbinski’s The Ring (2002) brought on the deluge of Japanese horror remakes here in the States. Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later... (2002) revived zombies and James Wan’s Saw unfortunately brought the onslaught of torture porn. Now, years after The Blair Witch Project (1999), and with the barrels of money the Paranormal Activity films have made, the “shaky cam” found-footage/fake documentary horror is all the rage. What’s curious about the shaky-cam phenomenon is that it’s not just limited to the horror aesthetic — we’ve seen it creep into sci-fi and teen comedies, for instance — and ultimately it serves to do little more than keep budgets down, cover up the lack of good scriptwriting with a flood of exposition, and imitate “realism” in the most simplistic of ways. With few exceptions — last year’s TrollHunter for instance — most films that fit this description have been cinematically trivial. William Brent Bell’s The Devil Inside, which tells the story of Isabella (TV actress Fernanda Andrade) and her murderous, possibly possessed mother (Suzan Crowley) is not, however, one of the few

exceptions. The whole thing is told via footage gathered — for some unknown reason — by a documentarian who doubles as a terrible cameraman (Ionut Grama). While it’s obvious that none of this is real, the film goes to lengths keeping a straight face right up to its finale (more on that in a minute) — even pointing out at the beginning that the Vatican had no hand in the making of the film. Pointing out the Catholic Church’s lack of involvement as a means of selling the shocking and horrific content becomes none too impressive once you realize the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (the modern day National Legion of Decency) recently gave the Glee concert movie the dreaded “O” rating for being morally offensive — basically condemning it in the eyes of the church. Sort of takes the teeth out of your scary-movie cred, doesn’t it? Nevertheless, The Devil Inside keeps up all the appearances of a found-footage horror flick. There’s an onslaught of obnoxious, quivering camerawork as Isabella attempts to learn the truth about her mother with the help of a couple of rogue exorcists, David (Evan Helmuth, Fever Pitch) and Ben (Simon Quarterman), who are doing their work without the permission of the church. While some of their exorcism stuff can be creepy (like the contorted body of one of the possessed, and aspects of one character’s eventual demise), it too often devolves into bits and pieces lifted from the Exorcist films. A demonic Linda Blair spouting obscenities might’ve been shocking in 1973, but almost 40 years later, the foul-mouthed salvos of the possessed are old hat — and more amusing than shocking. Plus, the “realistic” approach that the film insists upon becomes confusing. Why are our English-speaking priests baptizing Italian children in English? And if our exorcists are so concerned with jail or excommunication for going behind the church’s back, why let someone document their every action on video? But the “authenticity” the filmmakers are shooting for really ruins the movie when it comes to its climax, cutting to a black screen directing viewers to a website for more information on “the case.” Even overlooking the utter contempt this shows towards the audience, the site is purely a viral

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Director: eDmunD GoulDinG Players: Greta Garbo, John barrymore, Joan crawforD, lionel barrymore, wallace beery, lewis stone

Director: Guilliame canet Players: françois cluzet, marie-Josée croze, anDré Dussollier, Kristin scott thomas, Jean rochefort

drama rated nr I have a long history of writing about Edmund Goulding’s Grand Hotel (1932). You see, I managed to flummox my English teacher into allowing me to do my final senior term paper on the film some 40 years ago. I have no idea what I wrote about it then, but I am sure it was little short of brilliant. I don’t think I’ve written about it since then — apart from passing references — so perhaps it’s high time I did. Grand Hotel was the first of the big multi-star films — a movie sold entirely on the strength that nearly every star player on the studio roster (in this case, MGM) had a significant role in the proceedings. (It actually became known as the Grand Hotel “formula.”) In many ways, it’s still the best such contrivance — and I say that despite the fact that it won the Best Picture Oscar that year when at least four other nominated titles were superior. (But, hey, Louis B. Mayer founded the whole Oscar thing.) The film was based on the 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel (People in a Hotel) by Vicki Baum, which had been adapted into a play by William A. Drake. Such a setting, of course, lent itself to multiple characters — and naturally, these are no ordinary characters, but colorful and (in most cases) desperate ones. Garbo stars as Russian ballerina about to burn out. John Barrymore is an impoverished baron turned jewel thief (he will, of course, fall in love with Garbo when he goes to rob her). Wallace Beery (the only cast member who attempts a German accent) is an industrialist in dire need of closing a big merger. Lionel Barrymore — a very whiny Lionel Barrymore — is a long-suffering clerk of Beery’s, who is dying of an unspecified ailment and is there for a touch of high life. And so it goes, but the truth is it really goes down well. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Hendersonville Film Society will show Grand Hotel at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

tHrIller rated nr I had some trepidation taking another look at Guillame Canet’s Tell No One. I’d liked it a lot when it was one of the year’s “hot” art-house titles in 2008, but it wasn’t a film that lingered in my mind. Nor was it a film that was much mentioned after its window of exposure — and there wasn’t a great deal being said about Canet either. My one reservation about Tell No One lay in the fact that its greatest appeal lay in being plot-driven, and films of that nature often don’t hold up on a repeat viewing. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it actually did hold up pretty nicely. In 2008, I summed it up by saying, “[The] film tells the story of Dr. Alex Beck (François Cluzet) and his wife, Margot (Marie-Josée Croze, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). After the couple has an argument on a lakeside pier, Margot swims away to shore — only to be attacked (offscreen) and apparently murdered. Alex is himself injured, and spends several days in a coma. Eight years later, two bodies — one in possession of a key to Margot’s safe-deposit box — are accidentally unearthed on property adjoining the Becks’, causing the case to be reopened with Alex as a prime suspect. At the same time, Alex starts receiving e-mail communications — including the phrase, ‘Tell no one. They’re watching’ — that are purportedly from Margot, along with a video link that shows her alive. ... All in all, Tell No One is a wonderfully entertaining, occasionally very funny, always-involving thriller that never insults your intelligence. Exceptionally well-defined characters (nearly every person seems ‘real’) played by actors up to the job of bringing them to life, along with exciting, stylish direction, take the film into the realm of a must-see offering.” That strikes as still being a pretty fair assessment. See full review here: http://www.mountainx. com/movies/review/tell_no_one reviewed by Ken Hanke Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Tell No One at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13, at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com

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promotion, and does nothing more than show clips from the film you’ve already seen. For many, this will ruin the entire film; for me, it’s just one more negligible moment in an already forgettable horror film. Rated R for disturbing violent content and grisly images, and for language, including some sexual references. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7

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The Story: Biopic on British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, told in flashback format.

The Lowdown: An unenlightening, rather ham-fisted film elevated by Meryl Streep and, to a lesser extent, Jim Broadbent. Make no mistake: This is a two-and-a-half-star movie raised to four-star status solely on the performances of Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent. They make The Iron Lady worth a look, even though the movie itself — to put it kindly — is nothing special. The filmmaker — and more than a few critics — think this reinvents the biopic by structuring the movie in flashbacks built around a frame story of the aged Margaret Thatcher as she sinks into senile dementia. That this is considered any kind of new approach would come as a shock to such filmmakers as Ken Russell, Karel Reisz and even Milos Forman — all of whom used some version of it quite a while back. For that matter, even Irwin Winkler’s Cole Porter movie De-Lovely (2004) used the same technique, albeit in a much more striking way. I have nothing againt The Iron Lady’s attempt, but it’s hardly revolutionary. What we end up with here is a messy — even sloppy — movie. (Uncorrected flat TV footage is often just squashed and distorted to fit the film’s Panavision frame — something that is particularly cheesy when intercut as taking place within a scene.) The worst of it is that the film tries desperately not to take sides — concentrating more on the personal Thatcher — and inevitably comes across as a weird Valentine to one of the most polarizing figures of the 20th century. And yet it can’t get away from portraying her sheer arrogance, which in turn makes you wonder why anyone should want to create such a Valentine in the first place. Similarly, the film is completely at a loss to give us any good reason — apart from her grocer’s-daughter background affording some intimation that knowing household accounts is a qualification — why she should ever have been prime minister. Her entire political existence is largely relegated to hard-nosed bitch soundbites and slogans. I may not have liked Thatcher, but there had to be more to her career than this. But make no mistake, the film is worth seeing for Streep’s performance, which only occasionally feels like someone doing a Thatcher impression. The old-age scenes are the standouts. It’s not so much the old-age make-up or her uncertain walk or even her occasional shakiness — though all these things are nailed and come into play. It’s more the way Streep uses her eyes to convey both her innate shrewdness and her fear that she’s losing touch with reality. Long before the film affords her two showy freakouts over the fact that she keeps hallucinating that Denis Thatcher (Broadbent) is still alive, Streep has effectively conveyed her fear that he “is” there and that he isn’t. For moments like this, The Iron Lady is worth seeing. Rated PG-13 for some violent images and brief nudity. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14

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Director: Peter MeDak (The Ruling Class) Players: GeorGe c. scott, trish Van DeVere, MelVyn DouGlas, Jean Marsh, Barry Morse ghosT sTory horror raTed r Overall, the year 1980 may not have been a particularly remarkable one for movies, but it was certainly a notable one for horror pictures. Two major directors, Ken Russell and Stanley Kubrick, tackled the genre with Altered States and The Shining respectively, but there was another film that year from another formidable filmmaker. That film was The Changeling from Peter Medak, and his film was actually released first. It may not quite be in the same league or be nearly as well-known, but it’s one of the genre’s most rewarding films — and one of the very few truly successful ghost stories. The story concerns a composer, John Russell (George C. Scott), who, following the death of his wife (Jean Marsh) and child, moves to Seattle into an old dark house owned by the local historical society. As often seems to be the case with such houses — in movies at least — there’s something “wrong” with the house, and it isn’t long before strange occurrences begin taking place. For once, we’re confronted with a case where there’s some justification for the main character not just getting the hell out of the haunted house, since Russell is convinced the house “wants” something and he wants to know what. Medak doesn’t set out to reinvent the genre, but instead he crafts a phenomenally creepy ghost story — and one that happens to have a better-than-usual story at its center. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Changeling Thursday, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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Director: ken russell Players: twiGGy, christoPher GaBle, Max aDrian, VlaDek sheyBal, GeorGina hale, antonia ellis, toMMy tune MusiCal CoMedy raTed g Ken Russell’s large-scale musical, The Boy Friend, started life as a much smaller work. The original idea had been to simply bring Sandy Wilson’s 1954 play to the screen. Russell saw this as an opportunity to take a break from the rigors of such complex and intense productions as The Music Lovers (1970) and The Devils (1971). But Russell — being Russell — found the original too limited and too fragile to bring to the screen when it came down to it, and as a result The Boy Friend became not a film of the play, but a film about a movie director (Vladek Sheybal standing in for Russell as he had done in the 1965 TV filmThe Debussy Film) catching a matinee of the Wilson play being performed by a rundown touring company at an equally rundown theater. In so doing, Russell turned the film into a warm spoof of the classic Hollywood backstage story — an approach that allowed him to turn some of the musical numbers into elaborate fantasies (as envisioned by the visiting filmmaker) in the style of the Busby Berkeley and the Astaire-Rogers films of the 1930s. What had been simple was suddenly complex — and ludicrously underfinanced. The idea of making the film as a kind of working holiday instead turned into one of the most grueling experiences of Russell’s professional life — though neither that nor the lack of budget are anywhere in evidence on the finished film, which emerged as one of the filmmaker’s most captivating and stylish works — and the only one of his films to ever receive a G rating. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Asheville Film Society will screen The Boy Friend on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 8 p.m. in the Cinema Lounge of The Carolina Asheville and will be hosted by Xpress movie critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther.

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Professional/ Management PARALEGAL-LITIGATION • Full time in five-attorney downtown law firm. • Responsibilities include drafting, serving and organizing pleadings and correspondence, online case searches, trial preparation and support, general typing and filing. • Requirements: 3-5 years litigation experience, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Westlaw/Lexis-Nexis, Internet, reliable, organized, detailoriented, self-starter, ability to work for multiple attorneys. Submit resume to Paralegal Application, One Rankin Avenue, 3rd Floor, Asheville 28801 or app@dunganlaw.com PRINT SHOP STORE MANAGER (ASHEVILLE, NC) Printville is currently seeking a Store Manager with experience in digital print output. email: info@printville.net web: printville.net/jobs

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ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT • POSSIBLE LEAD TEACHER We’re seeking an employee who has the aspiration to be a lead teacher, willing to train for the job and take a course (paid for by Bell’s School) to acquire the NC Early Childhood Credential. This position will start as an “in house” substitute and assistant to the administrator and develop into a full time lead teacher position by summer. BS/BA in another field acceptable. Top pay and real possibility of advancement, paid vacations. The age of the children are 3-4 years old and the class size is maximum 12 children with two teachers. Exceptional and established school located near the airport. Send resume to bellsschoolforpe@bellsouth.net or call 654-0664.

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CLASSROOM EDUCATOR • EAST ASHEVILLE If you love children, love learning, and would love to participate in an innovative approach to early childhood development . . . MACFC would love to talk with you! The ideal candidate has 3+ years of high quality classroom leadership w/a B-K or 4 year ECE degree. Strong knowledge of NC licensing requirements, NAEYC standards, and TS Gold preferred. Full-Time plus competitive benefits package including vol. medical/dental/matching 403b, life insurance, PTO, Holiday pay, CEU’s, and more! For an application and to learn more about our amazing child and family program, visit www.macfc.org or send resume’s and interest letters to mfoley@macfc.org SEEKING OUTSTANDING TUTORS Seeking tutors to teach pre-calculus, calculus, statistics, physics, chemistry, Spanish or French. Master’s degree required! Call 828-318-4878 or visit www.chyten-asheville.com. (828) 505-2495 asheville@chyten.com www.chyten-asheville.com

PUBLIC NOTICE This is to inform the public that a public hearing will be held by The Council on Aging of Buncombe County, Inc. on a proposed Section 5310 Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program grant application to be submitted by January 27, 2012 to the North Carolina Public Transportation Division. The public hearing will be held on January 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. in the third floor conference room at Home Trust Bank on Woodfin Street in Asheville. Those interested in attending the public hearing that need either auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or a language translator should contact Joseph Kellum, Administrative Aide, at 46 Sheffield Circle, Asheville, NC 28803 or (828) 277-8288 on or before January 18, 2012. The intent of Section 5310 Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program funds is to provide transportation services that meet the special needs of elderly persons and persons with disabilities for who mass transportation services are unavailable, insufficient or inappropriate. The Council on Aging is considering the submission of an application for funds to support volunteer transportation for individuals aged 60 and older who are unable to use public transit and unable to drive. The total estimated project cost is $10,000. If awarded, Section 5310 federal funds would be used to meet 90% of the total approved project cost, with the remaining 10% provided through local match funds. The draft application is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday in the offices of the Land-of-Sky Regional Council which is located at 339 New Leicester Hwy in Asheville, NC 28806, phone (828) 251-6622. Written comments will be addressed in the grant application and must be submitted by January 16 to Wendy H. Marsh, COA Director, at 46 Sheffield Circle, Asheville, NC 28803.

AVISO PUBLICO Este anuncio es para informarle al público de una audiencia pública que se llevará a cabo por The Council on Aging of Buncombe County sobre una propuesta de la Sección 5310, Personas de Edad Avanzada Y Personas con Discapacidades, aplicación del programa que han de presenter el 27 de Enero, 2012, a la División del Tranporte Público de North Carolina. La audiencia pública se llevará a cabo el 19 de Enero, 2012, a las 4:00 de la tarde en la sala de conferencias del tercer piso de Home Trust Bank en la calle Woodfin en Asheville. Las peronas interesadas en asistir a la reunión que necesitan ayuda especial o servicios auxiliares bajo el Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), o un traductor de idiomas, deben ponerse en contacto con Joseph Kellum, Asistente Administrativo, 46 Sheffield Circle, Asheville, NC 28803 o llamar a (828) 277-8288 antes del 18 de Enero, 2012.La intención de la Sección 5310, fondos del Programa de Personas de Edad Avanzada Y Personas con Discapacidades, es ofrecer servicios de transporte que responden a las necesidades especiales de las personas mayores y personas con discapacidades para quienes los servicios de transporte masivo actuales están no disponibles, insuficientes o inadecuados. The Council on Aging esta considerando la presentación de una solicitud de fondos para aumentar un programa del transporte atraves de voluntarios para individuos mayores a 60 años de edad quienes no pueden aprovechar del transporte publico and no pueden manejar. El costo total del proyecto es $10,000. En caso de una decision favorable, los fondos de Sección 5310 se utilizarán para cubrir 90% del costo total del proyecto. El balance de los fondos necesarios viene de aportes locales. La solicitud está disponible para inspección de 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM en las oficinas del Land-of-Sky Regional Council, que se ubica en 339 New Leicester Highway, Asheville, NC 28806. Teléfono – 828-251-6622. Los comentarios por escrito se pueden mandar a Wendy H. Marsh, Director, Council on Aging, 46 Sheffield Circle, Asheville, NC 28803, antes de 16 de Enero, 2012, y se incluirán en la solicitud.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF CHEROKEE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 11-CvD-573 Å CHRIS HUNTER Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you, has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: MOTION FOR EX PARTE AND CUSTODY COMPLAINT You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than the 30th day of January, 2012, said date being 40 days from the first publication of this notice, or from the date your Answer is required to be filed, whichever is later; and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This the 21st day of December 2011. BEVERLY B. COOK, Attorney for Plaintiff. PO Box 993, Murphy, NC 28906. (828) 835-7388.

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Here’s Dasher ... sweet as can be and twice as cuddly. He likes to play with his friends and toys. Dasher was rescued from a high kill shelter with 8 other kittens, just in time. Don’t you think Dasher deserves a loving forever home where he can get all the love he deserves? Stop by Animal Compassion Network’s store for rescued pets, Pet Harmony located at 803 Fairview Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28803 to shop for all your pet supplies.

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Furniture QUEEN PILLOW TOP MATTRESS SET. New still in plastic. $125 Call 828-989-1147 can help with delivery. SMALL ESTATE FURNITURE SALE I.) Matching Two-Seater Arm Couches: Sold Together = $100.00; Sold Separately = $65.00 each. II.) Swivel Arm Chair: $50.00. III.) Glass Entry Way Table: $50.00. phone: 1.828.279.6895. email: Digginupdirt@bellsouth.net

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Sam I Am is a one and a half year old, Treeing Walker Coonhound Mix. He is an inquisitive, energetic, playful guy. He LOVES toys and needs a little bit more work on his leash, but is very affectionate and sweet. He’s a great dog with a lot going for him!. Stop by Animal Compassion Network’s store for rescued pets, Pet Harmony located at 803 Fairview Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28803 to shop for all your pet supplies.

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