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p. 9 Depot Street evolution Once upon a time, railroad passengers arrived in Asheville via Depot Street, the near-center of a thriving riverside that included a fancy hotel — the original Glen Rock — and a burgeoning business district. Those days waned, but in recent years, parts of the area revived as an arts district. Depot Street is evolving, too.

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letters Imagine downtown without Public Interest Projects Let’s see what Asheville would be like if Public Interest Projects never existed.

Start on Haywood Street, where there would not be the Asheville Hotel, which has some of the lowest-rent apartments in downtown. That little hometown bookstore (Malaprop’s) on the first floor would also not be there. How about the first large condo project in downtown (the old J.C. Penny Co. building)? [It] would not have happened [or] spurred the condo building downtown.

I worked as a superintendent on that project and know that they did not make a dime but thought it was more important to provide downtown housing than to make a buck. You remember the Bob Dylan, Beastie Boys and Toots & the Maytals shows — never happened. Orange Peel is just a boarded up building or possibly an antique mall.

There are numerous other tangible and intangible projects that never happened in this town.

How would downtown look with the subtraction of Public Interest Projects? Not Like it does today.

— Casey Carmichael Asheville

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I’ve watched this town and all the changes it’s been through. Businesses come and go, and some preschools might still be around when I have kids. As a product of Asheville who has now lived in various places, I’m most disappointed ... by the apparent lack of respect and care for the town that so many more people call home.

Cigarette butts decorate the sidewalks, litter dances in the wind along the streets and the primary waterway — the French Broad — is a very dirty gal indeed. Is this what we’ve become? The Paris of the South turned dirty and neglected?

As a native, I must say, I’m no longer as proud as I once was of my hometown. I’ve seen downtown go from being a unique and accessible destination for artists and community activists to a place racked with cars and sky-high housing in the middle of town.

Of the places I’ve lived in — Kansas, Colorado and Washington — each has easily accessible outlets for a host of environmental action, from city-run compost piles to sectioned recycling containers on the sidewalks. With all the environmental activism we claim to have in [Asheville], where are our recycling bins on the street sides? But perhaps cleaning up our cigarette butts would be a more logical place to start.

Asheville is only going to get bigger and more populated from here, and though the culture in this town is indeed unique, and Asheville has a reputation for being one of the “happiest” places in the country, let’s build on these advantages

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For other Molton cartoons, check out our Web page at www.mountainx.com/cartoons and acknowledgments to restore what we’re about: art, environmental action and beauty. I and the French Broad will most certainly thank you.

— Camille Cody Port Townsend, Wash.

Commissioners: Tear down that wall!

An 80-foot retaining wall? That should have been the first red flag to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners back before they gave approval for it [“House and (Affordable) Home,” Jan. 12 Xpress]. Or, if a developer says, “We have to scalp the mountain and move thousands of tons of dirt to build an apartment complex,” [that should raise] another red flag. Maybe [some] property is best not developed?

For the past two years, I have watched [construction of] the Berrington Village apartment complex move dirt, forever scaring the mountainside — and then they build an 80-foot retaining wall? I thought that is exactly what the “Asheville vision” was against letting happen (the Save our Slopes campaign, for example).

What happened to the Board of Commissioners?

Did they lose their “commonsense” values? Did they not learn from a half-mile back on Highway 74A where a developer “tried” to cut a road up the side of the mountain only to fail and now leave a gouged mountainside that will never be repaired?

China has the Great Wall; then there was the Berlin Wall. Asheville now has The Great Wall of Stupid.

My vote: Mr. Commissioner, bring that wall down!

— Timbo Wilkins Asheville

Get your hands dirty, Asheville! I did Around 3 a.m. on Jan. 6, I was driving through downtown and [saw] streets littered with what appeared to be newspapers. I came upon [Pack] Square, and there was rain-soaked paper trash everywhere — surrounding the Vance Monument

and completely covering the streets, sidewalks and restaurant fronts. The rain had stopped, and there were sparse snow flurries. It was probably 25 to 30 degrees outside.

I ran around like a freak and picked up every piece of trash I saw. There were fragments and sections of [various local publications]. I made a game out of it and cleaned up the entire square in roughly 10 minutes. I probably should have collected the paper to be recycled, but it was so cold that I just frantically shoved the huge bundles of soggy paper into the trash bins and got back in my car. Like an idiot, I didn’t wear any gloves and my hands went numb and were blackened with ink. Driving away from the scene, I discovered the same vandalism at the intersection of Walnut Street and Lexington Avenue.

Some of it was still dry, but the majority was wet and plastered to the street. I picked it all up and stuffed it in the nearest trash bins. I drove all over downtown and found the same situation on the corner of Coxe and Patton, outside the Thirsty Monk, and on Patton outside Stella Blue.

I cleaned it all up. Only a few publications were dry and completely intact. I saved them and put them back in their respective bins. By the time I was done it was 5 a.m.

Asheville! Times are tough and are getting tougher. Some people deal with it by taking it out on others. I urge you to get your hands dirty and clean up their mess just as quickly as they make it.

— Ian Cunningham Asheville

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1. The November elections. Republicans took charge of both houses of the Legislature for the first time in more than 100 years. This is easily my top story.

Is this shift to Republican control permanent? Nobody knows for sure. But longtime Democratic political consultant Mac McCorkle told me recently that when Republicans have won control of other Southern state legislatures, they have generally kept it.

And when they redraw electoral districts this year, Republicans will undoubtedly enhance their chances to stay on top.

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2. Former Gov. Mike Easley. The lengthy series of news stories, the state and federal investigations, and the resulting felony plea agreement embarrassed Easley and the entire state. An unwelcome addition to North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political history, it depleted both the public interest and energy needed to attend to other very serious and more immediate problems facing the state.

3. The Edwards Saga. Elizabeth Edwardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dec. 7 death was a sad reminder of how close she and John Edwards came to giving North Carolina its first White House family since the Civil War and the inglorious end to their quest.

4. North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. Every one of us has been touched, whether by a lost job or house or business opportunity or chance for retirement or some other aspiration that now wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be achieved. This sad news surrounded us everywhere, every day.

5. State budget crisis. Although itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s directly related to the economic mess, the state budget is a separate news story. The gap between revenues and the money needed to fund ongoing programs required painful cutbacks last year. But the bigger news in 2010 was the developing certainty that this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget cuts would cause even greater pain.

6. Wake County schools. The Wake County school boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complicated struggles could be considered a local story, but the conflicts over school-assignment policy have resur-

rected statewide concerns about re-segregating formerly integrated schools.

7. The census. At this point, only preliminary reports on the results of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s census are available. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already clear that the population shift from North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rural areas to the urban and suburban regions in the center of the state will be accompanied by a power shift in the General Assembly that may ultimately prove more important than the political shift triggered by the recent election.

8. Leadership change at the University of North Carolina. Does the end of the Erskine Bowles era also mean the loss of his amazing ability to maintain the systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stability despite budget cuts? Tom Ross, the former president of Davidson College, faces even greater challenges as Bowlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; replacement.

9. Banking. The state continued its melancholy watch as Wachovia gradually disappeared into Wells Fargo and the Bank of America acquired its first nonlocal leadership.

Meanwhile, all the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s banks struggled to adjust to new regulations and changed business practices in the post-recession U.S. 10. New businesses. A few new businesses, such as a series of data processing centers in Western North Carolina, made news and gave us hope for recovery and growth. X D.G. Martin hosts UNC-TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North Carolina Bookwatch, which airs Sundays at 5 p.m. For more information or to view prior programs, go to unctv.org/ncbookwatch.

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Old, new communities collide on Depot Street

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Well there’s two, there’s two trains runnin’ but they ain’t never, no, goin’ my way; now the one runs at midnight, and the other one runs just ’fore day.

— Muddy Waters, “Still a Fool” When the last passenger train pulled into the Southern Railway station on Depot Street more than 60 years ago, the people stepping down encountered a vastly different scene from the one that greets visitors to today’s River Arts District. Across the street from the sprawling, gold-domed, stucco station stood the Glen Rock Hotel which, after passenger service to Asheville ended in the 1940s, catered primarily to railroad workers in between trains.

The original Glen Rock, a grand wooden Queen Anne-style structure, could accommodate up to 125 guests arriving on the daily trains from Knoxville, Spartanburg, Salisbury and Murphy. Demolished in 1930 as a fire hazard, it

“People feel that artists just make objects or paintings or sculptures, but in this case we’re actually creating a community.”

— Randy Shull, Pink Dog Creative

was rebuilt as part of a thriving business district serving the surrounding African-American residential neighborhoods. Through the mid-’30s, disembarking passengers could also hop a trolley up Livingston Street to Biltmore Avenue and on into downtown.

But by the 1960s, the whole area was in decline. Federal “urban renewal” programs demolished homes and other structures in the adjacent Southside and East Riverside neighborhoods — devastating the community’s sense of cohesion and inflicting wounds that still fester today. Many residents were relocated to public housing projects, and the Glen Rock was sold to a food manufacturing and canning business in 1969. By the time the old passenger station was torn down in the early ’70s, the area was blighted and notorious for criminal activity.

Undaunted, James Green and his wife,

Small-town charm reborn: More than a hundred years ago, residents and tourists arrived by train on Depot Street; more recent years were marked by vacant buildings; but now the street (and the entire River Arts District) are home to shops, galleries and affordable housing. top photo by Marc Lamkin; bottom photo by Jonathan Welch

Frances, opened a convenience store on Depot Street in 1983 — the first nonindustrial business in the area since before urban renewal. Over the years, Green’s Mini-Mart evolved from embattled outpost to community fixture. Meanwhile, the gradual emergence of the River Arts District began bringing new people and new visions to the riverfront.

Big change came to Depot Street after Mountain Housing Opportunities bought the Glen Rock Hotel and adjacent properties in 2006, helping trigger a continuing flood of new development. The Asheville-based nonprofit has

a long history of creating affordable housing.

But while many applaud the Depot Street resurgence, Green believes the AfricanAmerican community is being excluded once again. Mountain Housing Opportunities, he charges, has “all this grant money, but all they do for the blacks is name streets after them and hang pictures up of them. They don’t do nothing financially for them: When they finish up, ain’t no blacks there with nothing.”

MHO Community Investments Manager Cindy Weeks disagrees. “There has been some talk in the community that the Glen Rock Depot

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will gentrify the neighborhood. Actually, the economic effect will be quite the opposite,” she asserts. The project is bringing residents to a formerly unpopulated commercial area, she points out. And the work-force housing the nonprofit is providing will actually help ensure that the neighborhood remains affordable for lower-income residents, Weeks maintains, saying, “The complex will never turn over to higher-income families the way that condos do as market prices rise.”

A store for the community

Green grew up just up the hill in an apartment on Clingman Avenue, where the Clingman Lofts complex (developed by Mountain Housing Opportunities, whose office is also in the complex) now stands. After earning a degree as a stationary engineer in the Army, Green settled in Cleveland, working for the city and the board of education. On a visit back home, though, he recognized a need in his former community.

“All my friends were saying, ‘Run me to the store,’ and I said, ‘Well, why ain’t there a

“Our city’s local African-American community once provided a hefty revenue stream from property taxes, businesses and jobs — until urban renewal came and destroyed these communities,” Robert Hardy, president of the Southside Community Association, told Council members, according to an account of the meeting in The Urban News.

New life

In 2007, Mountain Housing Opportunities renovated the adjacent structure at 362 Depot, now home to The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas. On the heels of that, the organization launched a more ambitious project in 2009: a new four-story, 90,000-square-foot, multi-use structure at 372 Depot St. One of three buildings in the three-acre Glen Rock Depot development, it opened in November, offering 60 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments on its upper floors and 9,000 square feet of commercial space at street level.

According to Weeks, the average annual household income of 372 Depot’s residents is around $16,500. Weeks also says those resi-

“Our city’s local African-American community once provided a hefty revenue stream from property taxes, businesses and jobs — until urban renewal came and destroyed these communities.”

— Robert Hardy, president, Southside Community Association

store in the community for the people?’” Green recalls. Inspired, he cleaned out his retirement account to buy a plot of land on Depot Street.

A loan from Clyde Savings Bank enabled him to open Green’s Mini-Mart at 414 Depot St. The property now includes an Exxon station and a laundromat as well as the convenience store.

Those first years were rough, he recalls.

“When I moved here, I had to sleep in my store on a cot with a gun, because it was totally abandoned, with bums and drifters and robbers.”

But over time, the business became an integral part of the Southside community. Much as other small African-American grocery stores had done before urban renewal, Green’s MiniMart carried basic household necessities and served as a communal gathering place. The couple also provided much-needed jobs to residents who had trouble finding other work.

Today, however, the Southside neighborhood — hemmed in by Mission Hospital, A-B Tech and the River District — is finding itself increasingly squeezed. At a Nov. 30, 2010, community meeting held by the Asheville City Council, many residents voiced concerns about a proposed road expansion by A-B Tech that would run through Walton Park and displace a community pool. Residents said they often bear the brunt of intrusive development by big institutions.

“Why does it seem that new projects always seem to just help the rich or the River Arts District?” one resident asked (see “A Rough Night at the Reid Center,” Dec. 8, 2010, Xpress).

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dents are a diverse lot, though her organization doesn’t make demographic information public.

This year, the nonprofit plans to turn its attention to the old hotel, converting it to a mix of retail, office space and artists’ studios.

Randy Shull, co-owner of the newly renovated Pink Dog Creative building at 342 Depot, says these developments are “breathing life into an edge of the river that didn’t have a lot of vitality. People feel that artists just make objects or paintings or sculptures, but in this case we’re actually creating a community.”

In addition to its 16 artists’ studios, Pink Dog Creative is the Asheville Area Arts Council’s new home (see “The Art of Starting Over” elsewhere in this issue). A new restaurant, The Junction, is also expected to open there early this year.

Another newcomer, Chall Gray, agrees.

“There really wasn’t hardly anything here a couple of years ago when I first started looking at it,” says Gray, who owns The Magnetic Field, 372 Depot’s anchor business. Many of the folks who’ve attended shows at his combination café/performance venue, he notes, have been pleasantly surprised to find a bustling neighborhood.

Woodrow Eaton lives at 372 Depot with his wife and son. The 27-year-old Eaton, who works at Blue Ridge Biofuels in the River District, says eliminating his commute from the family’s former home in Barnardsville has significantly enhanced their quality of life.

“Being able to walk to work and walk home and see my wife and son at lunch ... it’s defi-

nitely what we needed to do,” he reports. Eaton also praises the development’s diversity, noting how many families with children use the courtyard playground.

“I’ve met several different families of different ethnicities — black, Latino and white — at the playground,” he points out, adding, “There’s people from all different walks of life.

People that I wouldn’t expect to be living in an [MHO] building.”

Growing pains

Green, meanwhile, emphasizes that it’s not the people moving into the area that he has a problem with: It’s the organization behind the development. “I’m a people person,” he explains. “People move around, and I’m not territorial like that. People should love each other and work with each other so it makes it better for everybody, not just two or three people.”

But the longtime community member says he now feels alienated from his surroundings.

And while others are prospering, Green says he’s facing financial difficulties.

“I feel like I’m poison or something,” he reveals. “I have ideas, but nobody comes to me to say, ‘Can we do something here with you and help you financially?’”

Scott Dedman, Mountain Housing Opportunities executive director, paints a rather different picture. “In 2007-’08, we arranged to partner financially with Mr. Green on condos we plan to build at the corner of Gaston and Congress streets, about five blocks from his store.” The down economy has stalled that

project, but “We hope that Mr. Green will want to continue that partnership when housing and financial markets improve.”

In addition, says Dedman, “MHO leased a small lot from Mr. Green for $12,000 during one year of construction at Glen Rock and brought him new customers by hiring over 400 construction workers to work next door to his store — and then bringing 60 new families to live there.”

Still, if things don’t improve, Green says he may have to sell his property, though he’d like to pass the business on to his sons. “Everything comes to an end, and I’m just hoping this ain’t the end for me. But I feel proud of what I’ve accomplished.”

Mildred Carson, whose family lived behind the Glen Rock Hotel on Ralph Street when she was an infant, returned to the neighborhood with her husband in 1983, the year Green’s Mini-Mart opened. A longtime volunteer at the W.C. Reid Center on Livingston Street, Carson says she’d like to see the newcomers get more involved in the broader community. But she’s quick to praise the recent development and the increased diversity.

“When I moved back, this area was completely African-American. Now we’re seeing more whites move back in, and we’re seeing things we’ve never seen before.

“There’s some resentment from many years ago ... but we have to move on.” X Freelance writer Christopher George lives in Spartanburg, S.C., where he reports local government news on his blog, FlyingOskar.com.

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Dividing the state: Former Buncombe Republican chair George Keller, left, hopes for “sensible” redistricting with undivided precincts. Bipartisan’s not a new word: Another former Buncombe County Republican chair, Robin Wilson Ramsey, advocates for grass-roots efforts, noting that the GOP — the minority in the N.C. General Assembly since post-Civil War days — knows “how it is to be on the back row, and we will govern accordingly.” photos by Jonathan Welch

by Nelda Holder On Jan. 26, Republican majorities will be seated in both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly for the first time since 1898.

The Republican power surge comes at a time when both major parties are seeing their shares of the registered voter pool shrink: Unaffiliated voters now account for almost a quarter of the state’s electorate. In Buncombe County, the unaffiliated slice of the pie has swelled from about 16 percent to 29 percent over the past decade, actually surpassing the Grand Old Party’s numbers during the past two years.

How do these trends affect the Buncombe County GOP — and what do local Republicans expect from the new political landscape in Raleigh? Here’s what party veterans George Keller, Robin Wilson Ramsey (both former local GOP chairs) and Patrick Killough (former Swannanoa precinct chair) have to say.

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“We have felt we had practically no voice in the government of North Carolina for many, many years,” says Keller, immediately warming to the subject. “The rules of the N.C. House and Senate are such that the minority party is effectively ... expected to sit quietly.” Republicans, he says, could not move bills out of committee

because the Democrats controlled the votes.

A retired physicist who lives in downtown Asheville, Keller served as local party chair from 2005 to ’07, along with stints as vice chair and secretary. He currently chairs the Buncombe County Republican Men’s Club.

One immediate change Keller hopes to see the new majority in Raleigh tackle is instituting photo identification of voters at the polls. “You just get this feeling — how many dead people are voting?” he explains. Another is establishing a cleaner redistricting model that avoids breaking up precincts. “It’s embarrassing to look at the division of this state,” he observes.

“I’m accused of being an optimist; I would hope they would come up with a much more sensible plan.”

Ramsey, who grew up in West Asheville but now lives in Fairview with husband Nathan (former chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners), is a strong proponent of grass-roots involvement. Stressing that she’s more interested in party function than in specific policy issues, she laughs out loud at the mention of bipartisanship in the new Legislature.

“It’s funny,” says Ramsey. “Before November, you never heard the word bipartisan. And now that’s all you hear. ... I wish that the Democrats had been more bipartisan in the past: They

would not listen to a thing we had to say. And I think the votes across the state show that — and therefore, we have a majority.” Ramsey adds, however, “I think, overall, we understand how it is to be on the back row, and we will govern accordingly.”

For Keller, meanwhile, the mere mention of bipartisanship brings to mind an experience he and his wife, Alice, had with the AshevilleBuncombe VISION project some years back, when participants were asked to look for areas of agreement, however small. “Then you’ve discovered that you actually agree on something,” notes Keller, adding, “Go work there!”

But in politics, he continues, “This is ‘Big D,’ and this is ‘Big R,’ and [instead of focusing on] where we actually agree, we spend all of our time in these big camps. People who are elected to office, and our present party system, are not especially well set up to find areas of overlapping interest — and that’s an understatement.”

Killough, a firm believer that the party’s strength lies in organization, would like to see something done at the state level to protect precinct boundaries. “[Despite] never moving when we lived in Swannanoa, we lived in three

Keller thinks the growing number of independent voters is linked to the “Motor Voter Act,” which enables new residents, in particular, to register to vote when they get their driver’s license. “Typically, they don’t know much about N.C. Democrats and Republicans, so they register [unaffiliated],” he surmises.

For Ramsey, however, the current trend doesn’t fundamentally affect what she sees as the formula for Republicans to win elections locally. “A Republican candidate must win rural and suburban precincts by a fairly large margin,” she maintains, “and then minimize their losses inside the city of Asheville and two of the precincts in the town of Black Mountain, where we don’t traditionally do as well.”

Ramsey cites the 2004 election — the only year she remembers when work for presidential, congressional, state and local candidates was centralized at a single headquarters — as a highlight for local party organization. “We didn’t have anybody come in from outside to tell us what to do,” she explains.

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As for Chad Nesbitt’s recent decision not to seek re-election as local party chair in March,

“We have felt we had practically no voice in the government of North Carolina for many, many years.”

— George Keller, former Buncombe County Republican Party chair

different precincts,” he recalls.

A retired diplomat who says he spent 30 years being studiously nonpartisan, Killough and wife, Mary, chose to register as Republicans when they settled in Black Mountain. And when they found only two other people seated in the two rows of chairs allocated for their precinct at their first county convention, they dove into precinct organizing.

Regarding bipartisanship, Killough seems to have created his own brand. “I describe myself as a moderate Aristotelean in politics,” he says wryly. “If the Lord revealed to me tonight that I had to be a Democrat or a Libertarian — sure, I could do that!”

Partying at home

The local GOP, notes Keller, had a challenging time en route to the recent election, including several changes in leadership during the past couple of years. And the membership, he asserts, is perhaps too stable. “What you want are young people with a whole bunch of time ... willing to work on getting the people out to vote.”

Despite what the website shows, there is currently no local Young Republicans chapter or college club, he points out, and a children’s club folded after the organizer moved away.

But there are the continuing standbys: the men’s club and two women’s clubs (Buncombe County and Blue Ridge). There’s also an Action Club that Keller says includes some Democrats.

“Republicans have way more diversity under the big tent than most people believe,” he asserts.

“It seems to me that the values Republicans hold dear — smaller government, less intrusive government — are becoming values that tea party people, for example, talk about.”

Ramsey observes, “It’s a tough job being chairman.” Whoever tackles it next, she adds, “needs to know Buncombe County and its citizens — someone who’s actively worked in the party and understands why we have the rules we have.

Someone who can raise money.” Ramsey mentions former Vice Chair Chris Eck and recent county school board candidate Henry Mitchell as potential candidates.

Killough, who’s been less active in the party since moving to the Highland Farms Retirement Community in Black Mountain, remains a firm advocate of precincts as the key to party success, both locally and beyond.

“I don’t think people realize that most of your resolutions that go into national party planks ... start at the local level,” he points out. “So if you get a handful of activists at the county level, they can get their ideas into the national platform.”

Ultimately, Keller sees the local party as having two big missions. First: “Do everything we can to help Republicans get elected. To a great extent, that is trying to get out the vote.” Second: “Ensure fair, accurate, reliable, safe elections,” which means finding enough Republican workers for the polls and ensuring that they’re properly trained.

As for the 2011 contests, “We’re already looking for candidates who would be willing to soldier up.”

To learn more about the Buncombe County Republican Party, go to buncombegop.org. X Freelance reporter Nelda Holder can be reached at nfholder@gmail.com.

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Ray’s Weather has built a reputation as a source for the most accurate local weather predictions, but this year it had wrongly called for a drier, milder winter than normal. Russell blamed “a stubbornly negative North Atlantic oscillation” for the discrepancy, explaining that it had created a “trough in the eastern U.S. allowing cold air to drive deep into the Southeast.”

Just a few weeks ago, Russell told Xpress he thought the Atlantic trough would break up, paving the way for “a radical change in temperatures” due to a pocket of coolerthan-average water in the Pacific Ocean (see “Slip-sliding Away” in our Dec. 22 issue). He

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Guess we’ll have to wait and see how that pans out.

Meanwhile, our latest snowy surge garnered a heap of media coverage, with the Asheville Citizen-Times running a series of cover stories looking at the various ways the storm caused problems locally. According to “Asheville Slowly Shakes Off Storm,” the slick roads resulted in about 70 accidents throughout the 17 westernmost counties. In “Winter Maintains its Frigid Fingers on a Gasping Asheville,” the paper reported that Asheville city schools were pushing back exams and planning to survey parents on the best way for students to make up the seven school days they’ve already missed this year. And in “Garbage Delays Questioned in Asheville,” the paper reported that “Asheville city officials canceled garbage and recycling collection to 29,000 customers,” citing dangerous road conditions. Some residents questioned the decision, however, noting that the U.S. Postal Service had continued to deliver mail, and most Buncombe County residents were still getting curbside trash service despite the slick roads.

In addition to our own reports on how the wintry conditions affected city services, Xpress explored the fun side of the storm. Our series

of online posts included videos and photos of snowboarding, skiing, sledding and other outdoor adventures. In “Powder Day: Scenes from Wolf Ridge,” we gave viewers a look at the epic conditions at local ski areas, some of which received more than 25 inches of snow throughout the week (Beech Mountain Resort in Avery County has already reported more than 100 inches this season, surpassing its yearly average of 80 inches). In “Cross Country Skiing in Beaverdam,” we documented an afternoon spent cross-country skiing in north Asheville’s Beaverdam neighborhood. And in “Snow Brings Great Sledding Conditions to Asheville Parks,” Xpress captured a few images of this terrified reporter as he launched about 10 feet in the air on a sled in a West Asheville park.

Xpress also used Twitter to aggregate citizen reports using the hashtag “#avlsnomg.” The live feed served as an outlet for anyone on Twitter to share their perspectives on the storm while offering readers a fascinating source of real-time information on everything from road conditions and business closures to where the best sledding hills were.

But WNC certainly wasn’t snowed in alone. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as of Jan. 11, there was snow in 49 states, covering 69.4 percent of the U.S. Even Hawaii didn’t escape winter’s grasp: Florida was the only snow-free state.

— by Jake Frankel

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As Asheville ramps up new program, West Asheville center closes

by David Forbes You may have seen them around Asheville: new, bigger recycling bins, part of a pilot program aimed at making recycling easier and more convenient for city residents. And while the jury’s still out, city staff report promising results so far.

Meanwhile, over at the Westgate recycling center, piles of recyclables, relics of the holiday season, awaited processing on Dec. 31, the facility’s final day of operation. Even as the city explores new ways to encourage recycling, the system is losing a major site, right in bustling West Asheville.

To some, it might seem like one step forward, one step back. And in a city that’s typically enthusiastic about all things green, recycling can often seem surprisingly difficult.

Even within the city limits, a variety of departments and private contractors handle waste pickup; thus, residents of one downtown building might have convenient recycling with bins provided by the city, while their neighbors up the street must sort and transport their recyclables to some distant drop-off point.

Last fiscal year, Asheville’s various citysponsored programs collected an estimated 14.9 million pounds of recyclables, and roughly 80 percent of residents participated in the curbside collection program, the city reports.

A messy business

The Westgate center was operated by GDS Asheville through a joint contract with the city and Buncombe County. But the property owners refused to extend the lease, triggering the Dec. 31 closure.

“As usual, the recycling center was a beehive of activity this morning,” Xpress staffer Jeff Tallman, who used the facility regularly, noted on its final day. “In some cases, the bins had been serviced, but surrounding piles of material were left to soak in the mud. I don’t blame the owners of this property for letting the agreement expire: No one in their right mind would want this mess in their backyard.

If [GDS] would have at least assigned a person to pick up around the bins for a few minutes a day, this situation could have been a lot more presentable.”

GDS did not respond to requests for comment.

ecocalendar Calendar for January 19 - 27, 2011 American Chestnut Foundation Working to restore the American chestnut tree to its native range within the woodlands of the eastern U.S. Info: www.acf.org or 281-0047.

• TH (1/19), 7pm - Sarah Spooner, of The American Chestnut Foundation, will speak at Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave. Spponer’s presentation will focus on what the American chestnut tree once was, what it can be once again, and how we can help. Sponsored by Asheville Green Drinks, Transition Asheville and the Western North Carolina Alliance. Socializing begins at 6:30pm. Info: 713-9547.

Forest Majesty: Bringing Back the American Chestnut Tree • WE (1/19), 7-9pm - A presentation by the American Chestnut Foundation will be held at Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave. Learn how to help with the restoration of the American chestnut tree. Socializing begins at 6:30pm.

“Get the Poop Out” With the French Broad Riverkeeper • TH (1/20), 10am-3pm - Volunteers are needed to help test the French Broad River watershed for bacteria. Dress warm and wear sturdy shoes. Training and materials will be provided.

Contact the Riverkeeper to register: hartwell@ wnca.org.

RiverLink Events

RiverLink, WNC’s organization working to improve life along the French Broad, sponsors a variety of river-friendly events. Info: 252-8474 or www.riverlink.org.

• TH (1/20), Noon-2pm - Bus Tour of the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers with RiverLink. Meet at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. To reserve a seat: 252-8474, ext. 11.

Wild South Dedicated to stewarding our national forests, protecting wildlife, preserving cultural heritage sites and inspiring and empowering communities to enjoy, protect and restore the outdoors.

Info: www.wildsouth.org or general@wildsouth. org.

• Nominations for the annual RooseveltAshe Conservation Awards will be accepted.

Nominate an outstanding individual and/or business committed to conservation to be honored at this year’s “Green Tie Gala,” to be held March 25th. Applications are available online.

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Empty boxes: Cardboard lies scattered on Dec. 31, the last day of the Westgate Recycling Center’s operation. While the city is piloting a new program to increase recycling, the center in bustling West Asheville has shut down.

Photo by Jeff Tallman

Buncombe County has four other recycling points: the landfill in Alexander, the transfer station on Hominy Creek Road, plus two run by Curbside Management on Merrimon Avenue and North Woodfin Street.

“We’re encouraging residents to use one of those alternate locations,” notes Wendy Simmons, the city’s solid waste manager, adding that a survey conducted by the city found that more county than city residents were using the Westgate location.

Nonetheless, she concedes, “The more recycling options, the better.” An alternate site may be developed in the future, says Simmons. In the meantime, “We have a resident base here that’s very motivated: I think they’re going to find a way to recycle.”

Positive feedback

City Council approved the pilot program in August, targeting 700 homes in the Burton Street, Norwood Park, Parkway Forest and Park Avenue/The Views neighborhoods.

Residents simply place all recyclables in the new, bigger bins, with no need for sorting.

The estimated annual cost is $5,000, which staff hopes will be offset by reduced landfill fees. The program is part of a broader wastereduction campaign that also includes better coordination and providing more recycling bins at events such as Bele Chere. In addition, the city is considering accepting more types of plastics, but any recycled materials the city couldn’t sell would end up in the landfill, increasing tipping fees.

“We’ve had some really positive feedback

about [the pilot program],” says Simmons, adding, “The residents will continue to use the 95-gallon carts, and we’ll continue to check in and monitor the issues and successes they’ll have with those.”

At this writing, the city is in the final stages of collecting data, including user surveys and quantifying how much waste participating households produced. The next step is analyzing that data. Considering Council’s initial enthusiasm, it’s possible the new carts could be provided citywide.

Nonetheless, some apartments and other residences are served by private waste companies other than Curbside Management, a city contractor.

“It’s a mixed bag,” acknowledges Simmons.

“Anyplace that has city trash service, we’ll service with recycling. We also have some residences that handle trash through someone else but handle recycling with the city. But we have some large apartment complexes that aren’t contracting with the city, they’re using a private contractor, so they contract recycling out as well.”

“We’re aware it’s a process that we need to constantly improve,” she concludes.

“Ashevilleans want more, more, more when it comes to recycling. They want more locations and want us to add more things to that list. We have highly motivated residents that want to recycle as much as possible. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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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 19 - 27, 2011 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

Community Events & Workshops All Souls Counseling Center Located at 35 Arlington St., Asheville. Info: 259-6933.

• TH (1/20), 5:30-7:30pm Open House. Meet the board, therapists and staff. Enjoy hot drinks and sweets.

Black Mountain Rec. & Parks Events Info: 669-2052 or www. bmrecreation.com.

• WE (1/19), 10am - Ingles Warehouse Tour. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside the huge Ingles warehouse and distribution center? Take a guided tour of the facility. $2.

Land-of-Sky Regional Council Info: 251-6622 or www.landofsky.org.

• WE (1/19), 10:30am - The French Broad River RPO Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) will meet at Land of Sky Regional Council, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140.

• WE (1/26), 1pm - The Land-of-Sky monthly meeting will be held at the Land-ofSky-Regional Council offices.

Martin Luther King Jr. Events at UNCA Info: www.unca.edu/culturalarts or 251-6991.

Calendar deadlines:

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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.

• WE (1/19), 7pm - Keynote address: Director of Diversity at the Bush School in Seattle Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. will motivate and challenge the Asheville community to explore issues of diversity, privilege, oppression and leadership in a talk titled “21st Century Leadership and Diversity: Are We Ready?”. At Lipinsky Auditorium. Free.

Mills River Presbyterian Church Located at 10 Presbyterian Church Road in Mills River.

Info: 891-7101.

• MO (1/24) - Help church members put together an 18,000-piece jigsaw puzzle in their Fellowship Hall. “Tropical Impressions” is a colorful wildlife setting puzzle that will be 75” x 108” when finished.

The hall will be open daily to the community from 9am to 9pm until the puzzle is complete.

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) Info: 966-4097 or www. pari.edu.

• TH (1/25), 6-8pm - Area girls ages 9-14 are invited to a “Robots to the Rescue: An examination of robots and computer science” program at PARI. The program is part of the monthly SciGirls series and is affiliated with the national effort to engage girls in science.

Public Lectures & Events at UNCA Events are free unless otherwise noted.

• WE (1/19), 11:25am - Humanities Lecture: “What Middle Ages? The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization,” with Samer Traboulsi in the Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: 251-6808.

• FR (1/21), 11:25am - Humanities Lectures: “The Enlightenment,” with Tracey Rizzo at Lipinsky Auditorium and “Poverty and Plenty,” with Shirley Browing in the Humanities Lecture Hall. Info: 251-6808.

• MO (1/24), 11:25am Humanities Lectures: “Egypt,” with Gary Nallan, UNCA associate professor of psychology, at Lipinsky Auditorium and “The Celestial Empire of China” with Grant Hardy, UNCA humanities director and professor of history, at the Humanities Lecture Hall.

Social & SharedInterest Groups Artistic Asheville Singles Group • WEEKLY - Meeting locations vary. For single people under 35. Info: coolspiritualartistic@gmail.com.

Asheville Homeless Network Meetings take place at Firestorm Cafe & Books in downtown Asheville. Info: 552-0505.

• THURSDAYS, 2pm - All homeless people and interested citizens are welcome.

Asheville Jewish Community Center Events The JCC is located at 236 Charlotte St., Asheville. Info: 253-0701.

• TH (1/20), 9:30-11am - Schmoozer’s Club: An informal gathering to hang out and schmooze. This is a wonderful way to socialize and meet in an open setting for both adult singles and couples. Meet at the Atlanta Bread Company, Merrimon Ave. Church Women United Event • SA (1/22), 9:30am - Registration and refreshments —- 10am - Donna Stewart, Director of the Eagle Wings Ministry, will present a program on the sex traffic of girls in Asheville and beyond in the chapel of Brooks-Howell Home, 266 Merrimon Ave., Asheville. Snow date: Jan. 29.

All interested persons invited.

CLOSER Looking for gay folks in your age group? CLOSER is Asheville’s oldest LGBT social club serving all boomers and seniors. Providing entertainment, education and fellowship. Info: 776-0109.

• TUESDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets in the library at All Souls Cathedral on All Souls Crescent in Asheville.

Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 255-8115 or www.firestormcafe.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Firestorm-Blitzkrieg Game Night. Bring your favorite game or come to play someone else’s.

Small RV Camping Club • Seeking additional members. Camp one weekend per month March-Nov. All ages welcome. No dues, no structured activities, just an enjoyment of the outdoors, fel-

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weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted.

Attend UNCA's Martin Luther King Jr. week keynote address on Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 7

wed p.m. at Lipinsky Auditorium. Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., director of diversity at the Bush School in Seattle, will give a talk titled "21st Century Leadership and Diversity: Are We Ready?" Info: unca.edu/culturalarts or 251-6991.

Asheville Art Museum's ArtMob presents "Picha Kucha Night" on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m.,

thur a kickoff event for the Asheville Fringe Festival. Picha Kucha means "chit chat" in Japanese.

Artists will give short presentations on an array of topics. The Fringe Festival runs through Jan. 23 (ashevillefringe.org). $3/$5 nonmembers. Info: 253-3227 or ashevilleart.org.

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Stop by the grand opening of The Artery, a community arts facility at 346 Depot St. in Asheville's River Arts District, on Friday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. The opening will feature fine art by Kathryn Temple and music by Ben Mason and The Working Otet. Info: ashevillearts.com.

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The Rom Scuba Sweetheart Family Tour, featuring four artists from Write Bloody Publishing (Josh Boyd, Jay Buchanan, Rob Sturma and Danny Sherrard, the youngest ever champion of the Individual National Slam Poetry Competition) will perform on Saturday, Jan. 22, at 3 p.m. at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 255-8115 or firestormcafe. com.

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In conjunction with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Asheville's Playback Theatre, a local improvisational theatre troupe, will give a free performance at All Souls Cathedral in Biltmore Village, 9 Swan St., to celebrate National Mentoring Month. Held on Sunday, Jan. 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. Info: ashevilleplayback.org.

Gary Nallan, UNCA associate professor of psychology, will lead an Humanities Lecture titled

mon “Egypt,” on Monday, Jan. 24, at 11:20 a.m. Held at Lipinsky Auditorium, on the campus of UNCA, One University Heights. Info: unca.edu.

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A benefit for Asheville Grown Business Alliance will be held at Hop Ice Cream, 640 Merrimon Ave., on Tuesday, Jan. 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. Have some ice cream and network with the people who keep Asheville's unique independent spirit thriving. Info: ashevillegrown.com.

lowship potluck dinners and a roaring campfire. Info: lilnau@ aol.com.

WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility • FR (1/21), 12:30pm Meeting at 45 Riverside Drive.

All participants are asked to park on the street. Info: patrie. wncpsr@main.nc.us.

Government & Politics Asheville Copwatch A grassroots organization formed by local residents to promote civilian police oversight and review. Info: 398-4817 or 255-8115.

• WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Meets at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. LibertyOnTheRocks.org A national nonpartisan social group connecting liberty advocates.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - The Liberty on the Rocks social meets at El Chapala Restaurant off of Merrimon Ave. Info: infinitybbc@gmail. com.

National Day of Action to Stop FBI Raids & Repression • TU (1/25), 4:30pm - Protest in front of the Federal Building on Patton Avenue, downtown Asheville. Vets for Peace plan on marching to the Federal Building from their vigil in Pack Square. Info: www.stopfbi.net.

The Green Tea Party Free and open to the public. Info: 582-5180 or ts.greenjobs@gmail.com.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm - You are invited to a brewing of home-grown ideas steeped in traditional values. Meeting at Dobra Tea Room, 78 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville.

Seniors & Retirees 60+ Exercise Smarter (pd.) Learn better ways to exercise. Make every movement lighter, freer, easier. Personal attention, two instructors. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Noon1:15pm. $15 or 10 sessions for $130. 117 Furman, Asheville. RSVP: 225-3786. www.FormFitnessFunction. com Senior Fitness Open House

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• TU (1/25), 1-3pm - Health Insurance Guidance. North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (NC-SHIIP) counselors will help retirees with Medicare supplement options, health insurance and long term care policies.

Animals Dog Agility Trials For more information about the Blue Ridge Agility Club

of WNC: 697-2118 or www. blueridgeagility.com.

• FR (1/21) through SU (1/23), 8am-3:30pm - Dog Agility Trial at the WNC Agricultural Center, McGough Arena (dogs jump hurdles, race through tunnels and climb over A-frames at high speed). Free admission.

Spectators, please leave dogs comfortably at home.

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Technology Free Computer Classes Classes are held at Charlotte Street Computers, 252 Charlotte St. To register: classes@charlottestreetcomputers.com.

• MONDAYS, 12:15-1:15pm - Mac OSX. • TUESDAYS, 12:15-1:15pm - iPhoto class.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:151:15pm - iPad. • THURSDAYS, 12:151:15pm - iPad. • FRIDAYS, Noon-1:30pm - Google docs —- 2-3:30pm - Windows 7 —- 4-6pm Facebook/YouTube.

• SATURDAYS, Noon-1pm - Protecting your PC. • SUNDAYS, 12:15-1:15pm - GarageBand.

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.

• TU (1/25), Noon Information session for adults interested in going on outings 2/mo. with youth from singleparent homes. Activities are free or low-cost and include playing sports or visiting local attractions. Volunteers are also needed to mentor for 1 hr./wk. in school and after-school programs.

Blue Ridge Literacy Council Info: 696-3811 or www. litcouncil.org.

• SATURDAYS (1/22 & 1/29), 9am-4pm - Tutor Training Sessions for adult volunteers interested in teaching writing and reading skills.

Hands On Asheville-Buncombe Choose the volunteer opportunity that works for you. Youth are welcome to volunteer on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1.

Visit the website to sign up for a project.

• TH (1/20), 3:30-5:30pm - Teachers Pet: Volunteers will create supplemental educational materials that will be used in and out of the classroom to help elementary students improve their reading skills. Make flashcards, games and more. Instruction and materials will be provided.

• MO (1/24), 7-8:30pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center.

The center provides free lodging for families from out of town who have a loved one in an area hospital. Supplies provided.

• TU (1/25), 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties.

• TH (1/27), 4-6pm - FairTrade Stock-Up: Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fairtrade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries —- 5-7pm - Meals for Hope. Cook and serve a meal for 15-25 women and children who are part of New Choices, an empowerment program for displaced homemakers in need of counseling and assistance.

Meals On Wheels Meals On Wheels delivers meals to more than 500 homebound elderly people each weekday through the help of a network of more than 300 volunteers. Info: 253-5286.

• Meals On Wheels of Asheville/Buncombe County is seeking individuals interested in volunteering as substitute drivers to deliver meals to the homebound elderly. Free gas cards are provided.

Mills River Presbyterian Church Located at 10 Presbyterian Church Road in Mills River.

Info: 891-7101.

• Through MO (1/31) - Area residents are encouraged to donate gently used and clean outerwear to the “Warm Coats, Warm Hearts” clothing drive. Donated coats, gloves, hats, mittens and scarfs will be transported to the Interfaith Assistance Ministry in Hendersonville to support those in need.

Retired & Senior Volunteer Program Information Session • FR (1/21), 9:30-11:30am - Retired and want to volunteer in your community, but don’t know where to start? RSVP, your region’s Volunteer Center for those 55+, invites you to attend an information session at the Center for Creative Retirement at UNCA. Info: vicki@landofsky.org.

WNC Alliance

Members of the WNC Alliance and the public are invited to be agents of change for the environment. Info: 258-8737 or www.wnca.org.

• THURSDAYS (1/20 & 2/10) & MO (2/28), 10am - Help take water samples at the Swannanoa River Watershed to identify bacteria pollution in our local waterways. No experience necessary. Training will be provided the day of the sampling. Contact the French Broad Riverkeeper to sign up: hartwell@wnca.org or 258-8737.

WNC Nature Center Located at 75 Gashes Creek Rd. Hours: 10am-5pm daily.

Admission: $8/$6 Asheville City residents/$4 kids. Info: 298-5600 or www.wildwnc. org.

• WE (1/19), 10am-3pm - Workday Wednesday: Two volunteers are needed to install reed panels on a vehicle gate and five volunteers are needed to work on the Red Wolf Shelter. Lunch will be provided. Volunteers must also be 18 years or older and be able to provide their own transportation to the Nature Center. Info: 298-5600 or americorps@wildwnc.org.

• WE (1/26). 10am-3pm - Wednesday Workday: Four volunteers are needed to help renovate aviaries. Lunch will be provided. Volunteers must also be 18 years or older and be able to provide their own transportation to the Nature Center.

Outdoors Form/Strength Combo for Runners (pd.) Improve endurance.

Unique combination of Pilates and Alexander. • Two highly experienced instructors, marathon runners. • Personal attention. Thursdays, 9-10:30am. • $20 or 10 sessions for $175. 117 Furman, Asheville. • RSVP: 225-3786. www.FormFitnessFunction. com Pilates for Runners (pd.) Increase flexibility, develop muscles evenly, prevent injuries. • Highly experienced instructor, marathon runner.

• Small class, personal attention. • Mondays, 6pm-7pm.

• $15 or 10 sessions for $130. 117 Furman, Asheville.

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FormFitnessFunction.com Asheville Track Club The club provides information, education, training, social and sporting events for runners and walkers of any age.

Please see the group Web site for weekly events and news.

Info: www.ashevilletrackclub. org or 253-8781.

• SUNDAYS, 8:30am - Trail run for all paces. Meet at the NC Arboretum, Greenhouse Parking Area. Info: 648-9336.

Blue Ridge Bicycle Club For more information on the club, or to view a current and comprehensive club calendar: www.blueridgebicycleclub. org.

• WEEKLY - Leads road rides ranging from novice to advanced skill levels. Rides usually have a designated Ride Leader and participants will not be left behind.

Carolina Mountain Club CMC fosters the enjoyment of the mountains of WNC and adjoining regions and encourages the conservation of our natural resources, through an extensive schedule of hikes and a program of trail building and maintenance. $20 per year, family memberships $30 per year. Newcomers must call the leader before the hike.

Info: www.carolinamtnclub. org.

• WE (1/19), 8am - Paris Mountain State Park. Info: 698-5208.

• SU (1/23), 9am - Little Pisgah Mountain. Info: (502) 494-9309 —- 12:30pm - John Rock Loop. Info: 6989394.

• WE (1/26), 9am - Little Pisgah Mountain. Info: 6282396.

Health Programs ADD/ADHD and Meditation: Introduction Scientific findings from medical journals on the applications of the Transcendental Meditation technique for treatment of ADHD and other learning disorders. Discussion, video and Q&A. Free. Info: www.adhd-tm.org.

• WEEKLY - Meets at the Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Info: 254-4350.

CarePartners South Outpatient Clinic • TH (1/20), 4-7pm - The public is invited to an open house at the CarePartners South Outpatient Clinic, located in the Reuters YMCA in Biltmore Park, 68 Sweeten Creek Road. Held on the first floor. Info: 274-6179.

Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville. Free, but registration and appointments required unless otherwise noted. To register or for info: www.pardeehospital.org or 692-4600.

• TH (1/20), 8:30-10am “Ask the Dietitian,” a program designed to answer questions about diet, nutrition, vitamins, minerals and more during a personal 15 minute session.

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• TH (1/27), 6:30-8:30pm - “Infant Care Class.”

Free Blood Pressure Clinic • TUESDAYS, 1-6pm - The Faith Community Nurse at SOS Anglican Mission will offer free blood pressure checks at 370 N. Louisiana Ave, Suite C1. Info: rchovey@ sos.spc-asheville.org.

Free Boot Camp Classes • SATURDAYS, 8:30am - Using high-intensity interval training, this program was created to burn fat, tone and shape muscles, increase metabolism and drop pounds.

Everyone participates at their own level. At O3 Health And Fitness, 554-C Riverside Drive. Info: 258-1066 or keith@o3healthandfitness. com.

Henderson County Red Cross Red Cross holds classes in CPR and First Aid for infants, children and adults; Standard First Aid in Spanish; Babysitter Training; Pet First Aid. Located at 203 Second Ave. East, Hendersonville. Info: 6935605. : Blood Drive dates and locations are listed below.

Appointment and ID required.

• FR (1/21), 2:30-7:30pm - Mills River UMC, 137 Old Turnpike Road. Info: 2313055.

• TH (1/27), 10am-2pm - Mountain First Bank, 960 Spartanburg Highway. Info: 697-3122.

N.C. Center for Creative Retirement Unless otherwise noted, these events and classes are held in the Chestnut Ridge Room at UNCA’s Reuter Center. Info: 251-6140.

• FR (1/21), 11:30am - Fab Friday: “Uses and Misuses of Psychiatric Medications,” a talk by Dr. Ed Hamlin in the Manheimer Room.

Parenting Classes at Pardee Hospital All classes are held at Pardee Hospital, in the orientation classroom, 800 N. Justice St. in Hendersonville. Free, but registration is required. Info: (866)-790-WELL. • TH (1/20), 6:30-8pm - “The Art of Breastfeeding,” a class on breastfeeding for new moms —- 6:30-8pm - “Daddy Duty.” Helpful ideas and tips for dads during the labor and birth process.

Red Cross Events & Classes Red Cross holds classes in CPR/First Aid for infants, children, and adults; Babysitter Training; Pet First Aid; Bloodborne Pathogens; Swimming & Water Safety; and Lifeguarding. All classes held at chapter headquarters, 100 Edgewood Rd. To register, call 258-3888, ext. 221.

Info: www.redcrosswnc.org.

: Bloodmobile Drive dates and locations are listed below.

Appointment and ID required.

• WE (1/19), 9:30am-2pm - Buncombe County Blood Drive at the Training and Development building, 199 College St., Asheville. To register: 250-6516 or www. membersforlife.org/cbsr/ schedule (enter sponsor code 11594).

Parenting Love & Logic Parenting Classes • MONDAYS (1/24 through 3/7), 9-11am - Do your children constantly argue with each other? Are they out of control? Learn parenting techniques and put fun back in parenting. At Children First, 37 Brickyard Road near Emma Elementary. $10. Info: 252-4810.

Professional Parenting Open House • 1st & 3rd MONDAYS - Professional Parenting Open House. Adoption Plus is now recruiting families. To learn more, join us at 38 Garfield St., Suite B, Asheville. Info: 236-2877.

Waynesville Parks and Recreation Info: 456-2030 or recprograms@townofwaynesville. org.

• FRIDAYS (starting 1/7), 10-11:30am - “Moms and Tots,” a play and socialization program at the Old Armory Recreation Center. Guardians are encouraged to bring toys for children to use and share. $5. To register: 456-9207.

Support Groups Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOA is an anonymous Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes.Info:http://adultchildren.org.

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - “Inner Child” meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave., Asheville.Info: 989-8075.

• SUNDAYS, 3pm - “Living in the Solution” meets at The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St., Asheville.

Open big book study. Info: 989-8075.

• MONDAYS, 7pm “Generations” meets at First Congregational United Church Of Christ, 20 Oak St. at College, Asheville.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: 800-286-1326 or www. wnc-alanon.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Newcomers meeting 7:30pm, Discussion meeting 8-9pm: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Enter through parking lot door. Info: 225-0515.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8pm - AlAnon in West Asheville: Meeting at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Rd., across from Ingles. Newcomers meeting at 7:30pm. Info: 258-4799.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Discussion meeting for parents of children with addictions: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Info: 242-6197.

• FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (GLBT) group of Al-Anon is a gay-friendly support group for families and friends of alcoholics, and holds their weekly candlelight meeting at All Souls Cathedral, 3 Angle St. Info: 670-6277 (until 9pm).

• FRIDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Discussion meeting: First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 686-8131.

• SATURDAYS, 10am - Al-Anon North: Meeting at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. • SATURDAYS, 10am - Saturday Serenity at St Mary’s Episcopal Church on the corner of Charlotte and Macon. Beginners welcome.

• SATURDAYS, Noon - Weaverville discussion meeting at First Baptist Church on N. Main St., next to the library. Enter via side glass doors.

• SUNDAYS, 5-6pm Discussion meeting: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road. Info: 281-1566.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - Black Mountain Al-Anon: Meeting at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 201 Blue Ridge Road (corner of Blue Ridge Road and Hwy. 9). Info: 669-0274.

• MONDAYS, 12-1pm - Discussion meeting: First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 686-8131.

• TUESDAYS, 5:30pm - 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Study at Kennilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm Discussion meeting: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Alcoholics Anonymous - N.C. Mountain Central Office • This service center for AA members and groups provides 24-hour phone sup-

port for AA meetings in WNC, recovery literature and more.

Hours: 10am-1pm MWF; 1p4p T & TH. 254-8539 within Buncombe Co. Info: www. ashevilleaa.org.

Bipolar and Depression Support Group • WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Magnetic Minds meets at 1314-F Patton Ave., in the Parkwood Business Park.

Peer support, empowerment, recovery and advocacy. Info: 318-9179.

Crystal Meth Anonymous • MONDAYS, 8pm - This 12step meeting welcomes anyone who has a desire to quit using crystal meth. The group meets at First Congregational Church, 20 Oak St. Info: 252-8729.

Eating Disorders Individuals are welcome to come to one or all of the support group. Info: 337-4685 or www.thecenternc.org.

• 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.

Journaling Group • THURSDAYS - Want to better know yourself? The single most essential instrument for nurturing your spirit is a personal journal. Sharing a journal with others can help clarify your thoughts, your emotions, and your reactions to certain people or situations.

Info: 989-9811.

National Alliance on Mental Illness Dedicated to improving the lives of persons with severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, OCD, PTSD and anxiety disorders.

Free connection recovery support groups. Info: 505-7353.

• 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 11am - Group meets at 356 Biltmore Ave., Suite 298.

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 5752003.

• MONDAYS, 6:30PM - A support group for men will meet.

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 noted.

• THURSDAYS, Noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. (S. 25 at Yorkshire). Info: 298-1899.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: Carver Parks & Recreation Center, 101 Carver Ave. off Blue Ridge Road. Open relapse and recovery mtg. Info: 686-8131.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Meth. Church, 2567 Asheville Hwy. (Hwy. 25).

Open mtg. Info: 1-800-5804761.

• MONDAYS, 6pm Asheville: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Open mtg. Info: 2778185.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-Noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Open BBSS mtg. Info: 280-2213.

S-Anon For those affected by someone else’s sexual behavior.

Info: 545-4287 or 606-6803.

• WEEKLY - Three meetings are available per week.

Sexaholics Anonymous SA is a 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Call confidential voice mail 681-9250 or e-mail saasheville@gmail. com. Info: www.orgsites. com/nc/saasheville/.

• DAILY - Asheville meetings.

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 group meets at 20 Oak St., Asheville. Info: www.slaafws. org or ashevilleslaa@charter. net.

Wednesday Women’s Al-Anon Meeting • WEDNESDAYS, 5:45pm - Meeting at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. (at Gracelyn Street). Newcomers welcome.

Garden Buncombe Fruit Nuts Club • WE (1/19), 7:30pm - The club will show the film Broken Limbs at the West Asheville Library. Meet at 6:15pm to discuss and organize the agenda for the upcoming year. Everyone is welcome.

B.F.N.C. is a group of fruit lovers and amateur growers. No fee to join.

Ikenobo Ikebana Society

The Blue Ridge Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana Society (Japanese Flower Arranging) is a nonprofit organization that meets monthly at St. John’s in the Wilderness Parish House (Rt.#225 South & Rutledge Road.) in Flat Rock. Yearly membership is available. Info: 696-4103.

• TH (1/20), 10am Meeting. The program will be “Chabana: Arrangements for Tea Ceremony,” presented

by Terri Todd, past president of the Asheville Chapter of Ikebana International. Guests welcome.

Pearson Community Garden Workdays • WEDNESDAYS, 3-9pm Gather in the Pearson Garden at the end of Pearson Drive in Montford with folks and grow some food. A potluck and produce to take home often follow the work.

Sports Groups & Activities Amateur Pool League (pd.) WHEN YOU PLAY, PLAY POOL. Team rosters are open NOW. ALL SKILL LEVELS WELCOME. Sign-up to play 8ball or 9ball. 828-329-8197. www.BlueRidgeAPA.com Ongoing weekly league play.

Adult League Kickball Must have at least 10 players per team. The season will consist of 10 games and a league championship game with trophies for the winning team. $25/person. Info: 2504269 or jay.nelson@buncombecounty.org.

• TU (1/4) through FR (3/4) - Register for the spring season. Season begins March 29. Games are played on Tues. and Thurs., 6-9pm at the Buncombe County Sports Park.

Filipino Martial Arts Kuntao: Traditional emptyhand system of self defense.

Kali: Filipino method of stick-and-knife combat. Free introductory lesson. Info: 777-8225 or http://kuntao. webs.com.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7pm - Classes at Asheville Culture Project, 257 Short Coxe Ave. Special Olympics Buncombe County Info: 250-4265 or grace. young@buncombecounty. org.

• TU (1/25), 3:30pm Aquatic Season Meeting: The first meeting is for parents/ guardians and athletes who are interested in participating in the upcoming aquatics program. Open to athletes ages 8 and up. Held at the YMCA, 30 Woodfin St. Swimmers

should be registered to swim

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Kids Swim Lessons (pd.) In the YWCA’s solarheated pool. All levels welcome. Saturday classes available. Info: 254-7206 x 110 or www.ywcaofasheville.org.

Asheville Jewish Community Center Events The JCC is located at 236 Charlotte St., Asheville. Info: 253-0701.

• FR (1/21), 10am - Preschool Tu Be’Shevat Seder. All preschoolers are welcome to join Shalom Children’s Center in celebrating the Jewish festival of the trees. Sample foods that trees provide, including delicious fruits and nuts, and learn all about the trees. Penny White will provide musical accompaniment. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Info: 253-0701 or caroline@ jcc-asheville.org.

Celebration Singers of Asheville Community children’s chorus for ages 7-14. For audition/ performance info: 230-5778 or www.singasheville.org.

• THURSDAYS, 6:30-7:45pm - New singers are invited to join the chorus. Rehearsals at First Congregational Church, downtown Asheville.

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: 6978333 or www.handsonwnc. org.

• WE (1/19), 10:30-11:30am - African Drum Workshop.

Learn basic drum rhythms and make a musical instrument. Recommended for children ages 4-10. $15 to participate in class/$10 for museum members.

Registration encouraged.

• TU (1/25), 10:30am - Asheville Regional Airport presents Crazy Chemists: Make 3-D puffy paint. $5 to participate in class/Free for museum members.

Suggested for children ages 3-10. Call to register.

N.C. Arboretum Events for Kids Info: 665-2492, jmarchal@ ncarboretum.org or www. ncarboretum.org.

• TU (1/25), 10am - Wee Naturalist: Terrific Turtles.

Age-appropriate, nature-based activities for youngsters ages 2-5. $6.

Spirituality Crystal Healing Workshop (pd.) Exploring the wisdom of the Mineral Kingdom. Led

by Ariel Leo McFee at Points

of Light in Asheville. January 30th 12-5 pm, $50.00. 828257-2626 to RSVP. www. pointsoflight.net Asheville Meditation Group (pd.) Practice meditation in a supportive group environment.

Guided meditations follow the Insight/Mindfulness/Vipassana practices. Insight meditation cultivates a happier, more peaceful and focused mind.

Our “sangha” (a community of cool people) provides added support and joy to one’s spiritual awakening process. All are invited. • By donation. • Tuesdays, 7pm8:30pm: Guided meditation and discussion. • Sundays, 10am-11:30am: Seated meditation and dharma talks. • The Women’s Wellness Center, 24 Arlington Street, Asheville.

• Info/directions: (828) 8084444. • www.ashevillemeditation.com Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available.

Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828)258-3229.

Open Heart Meditation (pd.) Learn easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart.

• Free. 7pm, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 645-5950 or 296-0017. http://www.heartsanctuary.org What the heck is Alexander Technique?! (pd.) For 100 years AT has taught personal freedom and joy. Why be an agent of your own misery? Pause. Lighten.

Choose. Private/groups.

(828) 225-3786. www.

FormFitnessFunction.com An Evening With Spirit • MONDAYS, 6-8pm - You are invited to an evening with Spirit. Theo Salvucci channels messages from the angelic realm at The White Horse, 105c Montreat Road, Black Mountain. Donations only.

Info: 713-2439.

Avatar Meher Baba “I have come not to teach but to awaken.” Info: 274-0307 or 274-7154.

• SUNDAYS, 4pm - Meetings occur most Sundays in Asheville. Share Meher Baba’s inspiring message of divine love and unity in the midst of diversity. Call for locations.

Awakening Practices Study the works of Eckhart Tolle and put words into action through meditation and discussion. Info: Trey@ QueDox.com.

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• 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Meets at Insight Counseling, 25 Orange St. Buddhist Meditation and Discussion Meets in the space above the French Broad Food Co-op.

Suggested donation: $8/$4 students & seniors. Info: 7795502 or www.meditation-innorthcarolina.org.

• TH (1/27), 7:15pm “Finding Happiness.”

Church of the Resurrection Located at 1543 Patton Ave., Asheville.

• SA (1/22), 2-5pm - Youth rally for life at Roger McGuire Green. Celebrate life with music, dance, skits, prayer and more. Help the youth of this generation affirm the sanctity of human life. Info: 691-5455.

Cloud Cottage Sangha This branch of the World Community of Mindful Living meets at 219 Old Toll Circle in Black Mountain, to practice seated meditation and mindfulness training. All events by donation. Info: 669-0920, cloudcottage@bellsouth.net or www.cloudcottage.org.

• 4th WEDNESDAYS, 67:30pm - “Learn to Meditate” class.

Community Worship Service With Fellowship Meal • SUNDAYS, 2-4pm - Join SOS Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Asheville, for a worship service, followed by an Agape Fellowship meal.

Compassionate Communication Practice Group Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication.

Group uses a model developed by Marshall Rosenberg in his book Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life. Free. Info: 252-0538 or www.ashevilleccc.com.

• 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS, 5-6:15pm - Practice group for newcomers and experienced practitioners.

Edgar Cayce Study Group • TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - Meet at West Asheville Unity Church, 130 Shelburne Road.

Info: 298-8494 or jasonference@bellsouth.net.

First Congregational Church in Hendersonville Fifth Ave. West at White Pine St. in Hendersonville. Info: 692-8630 or www.fcchendersonville.org.

• SU (1/23), 9:15am - Adult Forum session with Dr. Clay Eddleman, who is returning to permit discussion of previous lectures on “Gays in the Military.” Bring questions and comments. All are welcome to attend.

Francis of Assisi: Outside and In (Retreat & Lunch) • SA (1/22), 9am-1:30pm Francis of Assisi sought peace and prayer in mountains, caves and rivers. Explore this “outdoors” aspect of Franciscan spirituality and see what his words inspire in us today. Facilitator: Julie McElmurry, M.A., M.S. $20.

RSVP: julie@franciscanpassages.org.

Meditation Group • SUNDAYS, 8-9pm - Meditation followed by tea ceremony. By donation.

“Yoga without meditation is like driving a car with no steering wheel.” Deepen your asana practice by cultivating mindfulness through meditation. Donations optional. Info: info@yogasouth-asheville. com.

Mindfulness Meditation Class Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 2583241 or www.billwalz.com.

• SA (1/22), 2-5pm - A Winter Satsang with Bill Walz: “The Relevance of the Bodhisattva Path in the Modern Age.” An afternoon of meditation and personal consciousness development discussion, beginning with gentle yoga meditation warm-up led by Kirsten Walz. Asheville Friends Meeting House. $10$20 donation.

• MONDAYS, 7-8pm Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon Ave.). Donation.

Mother Grove Events Info: 230-5069, info@ mothergroveavl.org or www. mothergroveavl.org.

• SUNDAYS, 10am - Drum Circle —- 10:30am - Weekly devotional service at the Temple. A simple service to ground and center you for the week. Spend some quiet time with the Goddess, with song, readings, meditation and prayer. At 70 Woodfin Place, Suite 2.

• MONDAYS - Book discussion group, facilitated by Antiga, on the book The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lemer. Info: 285-9927.

Mystic Heart Universe Meditation • WE (1/19), 8-9pm - “To be anointed by Spirit, baptized by the Light, and absorbed in Love, one becomes the Mystic Christ.” A free Mystic Heart Universe Meditation via teleconference call. Celebrate the mystical union of outer divine consciousness and inner mystical heart. To sign

up: 338-0042 or www.mysticheartuniverse.com.

Puja at Maha Shakti Mandir • SATURDAYS, 6-8pm - Gathering at Maha Shakti Mandir (Temple of the Great Goddess). Join Yogacharya Kalidas for Puja, chanting and spiritual discourse. Services offered on a donation basis.

Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Meditation Group Receive initiation into Sri Swamiji’s one-hour meditation technique. One-hour of silent meditation followed by Bhajans (devotional singing).

Fairview location directions: 299-3246. Info: www.shivabalamahayogi.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm “Silent Meditation.” Free.

Unity Center Events Celebrate joyful, mindful living in a church with heart.

Contemporary music by Lytingale and The Unitic Band.

Located at 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River.

Info: 684-3798, 891-8700 or www.unitync.net.

• WE (1/19), 7pm - “Life and Spirit in the Quantum Field,” with Doug Bennett, chemical engineer and author. Love offering.

• SU (1/23), 2-4pm - “Huna and the Open Heart,” an experimental workshop in effective prayer with Unity’s Prayer Chaplains Ed and Romella O’Keefe.

• WE (1/26), 7pm - “Free Your Voice, Free Your Self,” with Kaleo Wheeler.

Experience your voice as the focal point of your being. Love offering.

Unity Church of Asheville Looking for something different? Unity of Asheville explores the deeper spiritual meaning of the scriptures combined with an upbeat contemporary music program to create a joyous and sincere worship service. Come join us this Sunday and try it for yourself. Located at 130 Shelburne Road, W. Asheville. Info: 2525010 or www.unityofasheville. com.

• SUNDAYS, 11am - Spiritual Celebration Service —12:15-1:30pm - A Course in Miracles classes with Rev. Gene Conner.

Windhorse Zen Community Meditation, Dharma talks, private instruction available Tuesday and Thursday evenings, residential training.

Teachers: Lawson Sachter and Sunya Kjolhede. Main center: 580 Panther Branch, Alexander. City center: 12 Von Ruck Court. Call for orientation. Info: 645-8001 or www. windhorsezen.org.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30-11am - Meditation, chanting and a Dharma talk.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Meditation and chanting.

• FRIDAYS, 5:30-7:15pm Meditation and chanting at the City Center.

Art Gallery Exhibits & Openings American Folk Art & Framing The gallery at 64 Biltmore Ave. is open daily, representing contemporary self-taught artists and regional pottery. Info: 281-2134 or www.amerifolk. com.

• Through TU (1/25) - The Ladies Room.

Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. unca.edu.

• MONDAYS through (2/7) - Exhibit of West African art at Highsmith University Union Gallery. Info: 251-6991.

• Through SU (1/30) - Essence of Asheville, an exhibition of fused glass and encaustic art by Marsha T. Balbier, will be on display at Blowers Gallery in the Ramsey Library.

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 3-5pm.

Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org.

• Through SU (4/24) - The Olmsted Project.

• Through SU (3/13) - The Director’s Cut: 1995-2010.

Bella Vista Art Gallery Located in Biltmore Village, next to the parking lot of Rezaz’s restaurant. Winter hours: Mon., Wed., Thurs., 10am-4pm, and Fri. & Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: 768-0246 or www.bellavistaart.com.

• Through MO (1/31) Feature wall artist: Stephen White, copper leaf paintings.

New paintings by Susan Hodgin.

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. & Fri., 10am-5pm (closed Sat. during winter months).

Info: 669-0930 or www.

BlackMountainArts.org.

• Through FR (1/21) - Gallery Pottery Show, featuring works from the Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio.

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway, and preserves the

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legacy of the Black Mountain College through permanent collections, educational activities and public programs.

Info: 350-8484, bmcmac@ bellsouth.net or www.blackmountaincollege.org.

• Through SA (2/5) Paintings by Don Alter and W.P. “Pete” Jennerjahn.

Center For Craft, Creativity and Design Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road. in Hendersonville. Info: 890-2050 or www.craftscreativitydesign.org.

• Through FR (4/22) - WNC Models of Sustainability in Craft Making, an exhibit featuring eight studio craft artists working in residence at EnergyXchange in Burnsville and Jackson County Green Energy Park in Sylva.

Events at the Turchin Center Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is at 423 West King St. in Boone. Info: 262-3017 or www.tcva.org.

• Through SA (3/19) - The Hemlocks! The Hemlocks!: Grief and Celebration by Lowell Hayes in Gallery B and Mayer Gallery, West Wing —- In the Void, sculpture

by David Meyer in Gallery A, West Wing.

Flood Gallery Events Located in the Phil Mechanic building at 109 Roberts St. in Asheville’s River Arts District.

Info: 254-2166 or www.floodgallery.org.

• Through MO (1/31) - “Dance is the New Visual Art,” an installation of multiple video pieces on the subject of dance and movement, created

by Cilla Vee Life Arts Director Claire Elizabeth Barratt.

Haen Gallery Located at 52 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-6pm, Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., Noon5pm. Info: 254-8577 or www. thehaengallery.com.

• Through MO (1/31) Wintertide, a rotating group exhibit of works from many of The Haen Gallery artists.

Seven Sisters Gallery This Black Mountain gallery is located at 117 Cherry St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm and Sun., Noon-5pm. Info: 669-5107 or www.sevensistersgallery.com.

• Through MO (3/28) - Earth and Water, oil paintings by Martha Kelley.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Info: 884-2787 or www.artsofbrevard.org.

• FR (1/7) through FR (2/4) Winter Wonderland exhibit.

More Art Exhibits & Openings Art at Early Girl Eatery • Through FR (1/21) Sudden Bursts, an exhibition

by Julie Armbruster. Located at 8 Wall St. Info: 259-9292.

Art at PULP Located underneath the Orange Peel at 101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Info: www. pulpasheville.com.

• Through MO (1/31) Paintings by Asheville artist Brian Haynes.

Art at the N.C. Arboretum Works by members of the Asheville Quilt Guild and regional artists are on display daily in The Visitor Education Center. Info: 665-2492 or www.ncarboretum.org.

• Through MO (2/28) - Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations, an exhibition on display in the Baker Center.

Art at West Asheville Library • Through MO (1/31) - A multimedia exhibition by local artist Mimi Harvey will be on display at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road.

Info: 250-4750.

Push Skate Shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. between Stella Blue and the Kress Building. Info: 225-5509 or www.pushtoyproject.com.

• Through MO (1/31) - Birdsong, new drawings, paintings and installation by David Hale.

Classes, Meetings & Arts-Related Events Collage Mandala Class (pd.) 2nd Floor Wedge. River Arts District, 129 Roberts Street. $100 includes 2 classes/all materials/one painting. • Registration/information, call Amy at LangeArt, (630) 2009410 for details!

The Painting Experience (pd.) Experience the power of process painting with Stewart Cubley as described in the groundbreaking book Life, Paint & Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression. • January 21-23 in Atlanta and February 18-20 in Chapel Hill. (888) 6398569. www.processarts.com Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. unca.edu.

• TH (1/20), 6pm - Lecture by art educator, collector and curator Jan Goffney on “African Art: A Collector’s Perspective.” The lecture, highlighting an exhibition of West African art, will be preceded by a reception featuring traditional African foods at 5:30. At Highsmith University Union Gallery. Info: 251-6991.

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 3-5pm.

Info: 253-3227 or www.ashevilleart.org.

• TH (1/20), 7pm - ArtMob presents “Picha Kucha Night.”

Picha Kucha means “chit chat” in Japanese. Artists will give short presentations on an array of topics. This event also helps kickoff the opening night of the Asheville Fringe Festival. To sign up as a participant and contribute a slide series: 253-3227, ext. 120 or nsokolove@ashevilleart. org. Light refreshments will be provided. $3 for members/$5 for nonmembers.

The Artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St., River Arts District.

Info: www.ashevillearts.com.

• FR (1/21), 7pm - Grand opening featuring fine art by Kathryn Temple and music by Ben Mason and The Working Otet. The community arts facility will be utilized for community meetings, lectures, professional development and hands-on workshops, and small-scale events.

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Located at 362 Depot St. in the River Arts District. Info: 252-5050 or www.fineartsleague.org.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Open figure drawing sessions. Four 5-minute poses and four 20-minute poses. $5.

Spoken & Written Word Blue Ridge Books Located at 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. Info: www. brbooks-news.com or 4566000.

• 4th THURSDAYS, 6:308pm - Game Night. Play board games. All ages.

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 SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n Library storyline: 250KIDS.

• WE (1/19), 5-7pm - Library Knitters. A casual knitting and needlework group for all skill levels. SW. • TH (1/20), 2:30pm - Book Club: The First Tycoon: Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles. SS —- 7pm - Book Club: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. FV —- 7pm - Library Knitters. BM. • FR (1/21), 4-5:30pm - Teen Awesome Group meeting. WV Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 254-6734 or www.malaprops.com.

• FR (1/21), 7pm - Karen Abbott will discuss her new book, American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee. • SU (1/23), 3pm - Bud and Massimilla Harris will discuss their new book, The Art of Love, The Craft of Relationship: A Practical Guide for Creating the Loving Relationships We Want.

Events at Montford Books & More The bookstore at 31 Montford Ave. hosts author readings and writing groups. Info: 285-8805.

• THURSDAYS (through 2/24), 7-8:30pm or SATURDAYS (1/22 through 2/26), 10:30am-Noon - Courageous Words Writing Group meets. To register: 348-4505 or torrose@gmail. com.

Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 255-8115 or www.firestormcafe.com.

• SA (1/22), 3-6pm - The Rom Scuba Sweetheart Family Tour, featuring four artists from Write Bloody Publishing, will perform: Josh Boyd (www.JoshBoydPoetry. com), Jay Buchanan, Rob Sturma and Danny Sherrard, the youngest ever champion of the Individual National Slam Poetry Competition (2007).

Literary Events at UNCA Events are free unless noted.

Tickets & info: 232-5000.

• TU (1/25), 12:30pm - Book Talk with Dan Pierce, UNCA professor of history and author of Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France. Held at Ramsey Library, in the Special Collections Room. Info: 2516336.

Festivals & Gatherings Asheville Fringe Arts Festival Tickets available at the BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St., Asheville. $12/$10 students & seniors for the individual shows at the BeBe Theatre,

freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

The age-old question comes up for review once again: Which should predominate, independence or interdependence? The answer is always different, of course, depending on the tenor of the time and the phase of your evolution. But in the coming weeks, at least, my view is that you should put more emphasis on interdependence.

I think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll reap huge benefits from wholeheartedly blending your energies with allies whose power and intelligence match yours.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

I find many of you Tauruses to be excessively self-effacing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a trait that can be both endearing and maddening. Even as my heart melts in the presence of Bulls who are underestimating their own beauty, I may also feel like grabbing them by the shoulders and shaking some confidence into them, barraging them with frustrated exhortations like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Believe in yourself as much as I believe in you, for Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sake!â&#x20AC;? But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m guessing I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be tempted to do that anytime soon. You appear to be due for a big influx of self-esteem.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

It will be good week to let your mind go utterly blank while slouching in front of a TV and sipping warm milk, or to spend hours curled up in a ball under the covers on your bed as you berate yourself with guilty insults for the mistakes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made in your life. NOT! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m kidding!

Please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you dare do anything like that. It would be a terrible waste of the rowdy astrological omens that are coming to bear on you. Here are some better ideas: Go seek the fire on the mountain! Create a secret in the sanctuary! Learn a trick in the dark! Find a new emotion in the wilderness! Study the wisest, wildest people you know so that you, too, can be wildly wise!

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

This would be an excellent week to grieve madly and deeply about the old love affairs that shattered your heart. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve rarely seen a better astrological configuration than there is now for purging the residual anguish from those old romantic collapses. So I suggest you conduct a formal ritual that will provide total exorcism and bring you maximum catharsis. Maybe you could build a shrine containing the photos and objects that keep a part of you stuck in the past, and maybe you could find the bold words and innovative gestures that will bid goodbye to them forever.

Do you have any intuitions about how to create a rousing healing ceremony?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

The History cable TV channel has a reality TV show called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ice Road Truckers.â&#x20AC;? It documents the exploits of drivers who haul heavy loads in their 18-wheelers for long distances across frozen rivers and lakes and swamps in Alaska and northwest Canada. They bring supplies to remote outposts where humans work exotic jobs like mining diamonds and drilling for natural

gas. If you have any truck-driving skills, Leo, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be a good candidate to apply for a gig on the show. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your levels of courage and adventurousness will be at an all-time high in 2011. May I suggest, though, that you try to make your romps in the frontier more purely pleasurable than what the ice road truckers have to endure?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Pop chanteuse Katy Perry is renowned not only for her singing ability but also for her physical appearance. Her preternatural ability to sell her musical products can be attributed in part to her sparkling good looks and charisma. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why it was amusing when her husband, the trickster Russell Brand, Twittered a raw photo of her that he took as she lifted her head off the pillow, awakening from a night of sleep. (See it at tinyurl.com/RealKaty.) Without her make-up, Katyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visage was spectacularly ordinary. Not ugly, just plain. In accordance with the astrological omens, Virgo, I urge you to do what Russell Brand did: expose the reality that lies beneath and behind the glamorous illusion, either in yourself or anywhere else you find a need.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

While I was growing up, I was taught to regard my analytical mind as a supreme tool for understanding reality. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never stopped believing that. However, I eventually realized I had to add the following corollaries if I wanted to thrive: 1.

My imagination and intuition are as essential to my success as my analytical mind; 2. I need to regularly express my playful, creative urges, and that requires me to sometimes transcend my analytical mind; 3. to maintain my emotional well-being, I have to work with my dreams, which occur in a realm where the analytical mind is not lord and king. Does any of this ring true for you, Libra? Now is an excellent time to cultivate other modes of intelligence besides your analytical mind.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re planning on spending any time hibernating during the next few months, this would be an excellent time to do it. Your reaction time is slowing down, which is a very healthy thing.

Meanwhile, your allergy to civilization is acting up, your head is too full of thoughts you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need, and your heart craves a break from the

homework Look in the mirror and tell yourself an edgy but fun truth youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never spoken. If you care to share, write Truthrooster@gmail.com. Š Copyright 2010, 2011 Rob Brezsny

subtle sorrows and trivial tussles of daily life.

So go find some sweet silence to hide inside, Scorpio. Treat yourself to a slow-motion glide through the eternal point of view.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dear Rob: All my life Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been passionate about the big picture â&#x20AC;&#x201D; learning how the universe works, meditating on why things are the way they are, and probing the invisible forces working behind the scenes. Too often, though, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so enamored of these expansive concepts that I neglect to pay enough humble attention to myself. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embarrassing. Loving the infinite, I scrimp on taking care of the finite. Any advice?

- Larger Than Life Sagittarian.â&#x20AC;? Dear Larger: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in luck! Members of the Sagittarian tribe have entered a phase when they can make up for their previous neglect of life-nourishing details.

In the coming weeks, I bet youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find it as fun and interesting to attend to your own little needs as you normally do to understanding the mysteries of the cosmos.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

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In my astrological opinion, Capricorn, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to be victimized by this mass psychosis. If you are, it will interfere with and probably even stunt the good fortune headed your way. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not asking you to be absurdly optimistic. Just try to root out any tendencies you might have to be absurdly gloomy.

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In the early 20th century, many women at the beach covered most of their bodies with swimsuits made of wool. If they went in the water, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d emerge about 20 pounds heavier. Swimming was a challenge. Your current psychic state has resemblances to what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d feel like if you were wearing drenched woolen underwear and a drenched woolen clown suit and a drenched woolen robe. My advice? Take it off; take it all off. The astrological omens are clear: Whatever your reasons were for being in this get-up in the first place are no longer valid.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

In comedian Sarah Silvermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memoir, The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee, she confesses that she was still wetting her bed at age 19. Depression was a constant companion throughout adolescence, and she took a lot of Xanax. Yet somehow she grew into such a formidable adult that she was able to corral God himself to write the afterword for her book.

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• TH (1/20) through SU (1/23) - A multiple-venue performing extravaganza that asks artists of all types (theatre, movement, music, spoken word, puppetry, spectacle, whatever!) to push their own boundaries and present original and innovative performance art to a culturally adventurous audience.

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Asheville Chamber Music Series Concerts are held at the Unitarian Universalist Church on the corner of Charlotte St. and Edwin Place, unless otherwise noted. Tickets at the door/Free for students.

Info: 259-3626 or www.main. nc.us/ashevillechambermusic.

• TH (1/20), 4:15pm - A pre-concert talk by Bill Clark, president of the Asheville Area Piano Forum, will be held at the Reuter Center at UNCA. Free.

• FR (1/21), 8pm - The Peabody Trio will perform. $35.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Musical Events Located at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain. Info: 6690930 or www.blackmountainarts.org.

• SU (1/23), 3pm - Winter concert with the Black Mountain Youth Chorale, a group of singers from grades 4-8, singing music from classical to popular. Suggested donation at the door of $5 or $15 per family.

Haywood Community Band Concerts are presented at the Maggie Valley Pavilion, adjacent to the Maggie ValleyTown Hall, and are free to attend.

Bring a picnic dinner. Info: 452-5553 or 452-7530 or www.haywoodcommunityband.org.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm Rehearsals at Grace Episcopal Church, 394 N. Haywood St., Waynesville. All interested concert band musicians are welcome to attend.

Land of the Sky Chorus For men age 12 and older.

Info: www.ashevillebarbershop.com or 768-9303.

• TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Open rehearsals at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 51 Wilburn Place.

Music at UNCA Concerts are held in Lipinsky Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Tickets & info: 2325000.

• WE (1/19), 12:45pm - Kaizen Jazz Trio. Mike Barnes, guitar; Mark McDaniel, bass; Jeff Sipe, drums.

Improvisation touching on all styles of music. At Lipinsky Auditorium. Free. Info: 2516432.

Song O’ Sky Chorus (Sweet Adelines International) The chorus is always looking for women 18+ who want to learn how to sing barbershop harmony. Please visit a rehearsal. Info: 1-866-8249547 or www.songosky.org.

• TUESDAYS, 7-9:30pm Rehearsals at Reed Memorial Baptist Church, 756 Fairview Road.

Tryon Fine Arts Center The gallery is at 34 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Open Mon.-Fri., 9am-Noon & 1:30-4pm; Sat., 9am-1pm. Info: 859-8322 or www.tryonarts.org • TH (1/27), 6:30-8:30pm - “Explore Drumming Around the World #2.” River Guerguerian, world-renowned percussionist, will explore drumming around the world, emphasizing percussion of the Himalayas: Tibetan Singing Bowls, gongs, cymbals and water. John Vorus on didgeridoo. Info: www.guerguerian. com.

Theater Asheville Playback Theatre An improvisational theatre experience building a community of neighbors and honoring personal stories. $10/$5 students (but no one turned away). Info: www.ashevilleplayback.org.

• SU (1/23), 3-5pm - In conjunction with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Asheville’s Playback Theatre will give a free performance at All Souls Cathedral in Biltmore Village to celebrate National Mentoring Month.

Asheville Youth Mission • TH (1/27), 7pm & SA (1/29), 2pm - The Strength In Me, about today’s teenage girls, will be performed by Many Voices at The Garage at Biltmore Village, 101 Fairview Road. $8. Tickets: 231-4634.

Info: www.ashevilleyouthmission.org/many-voices.

Events at 35below This black box theater is located underneath Asheville Community Theatre at 35 E. Walnut St. Info: 254-1320 or www.ashevilletheatre.org.

• TH (1/27), 7:30pm - The Agony of Victory, the Thrill of Defeat: A Super Bowl of Surprising Sports Stories hosted by Tom Chalmers. $10.

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

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• FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS (1/14 through 1/23) Sanguine Theatre Company will present Dogfall by Scot Lahaie, which explores the right-to-die debate. $15/$10 students & seniors. Jan. 14 is pay-what-you-can night ($6 min.). Fri. & Sat., 7:30pm & Sun., 2pm. Info: http://dogfall. weebly.com.

• TH (1/27) through SA (1/29), 7:30pm - The Redundant Theatre Company Theatre presents Chrysalis, written and performed by the advanced drama students at Hendersonville High School, in collaboration with TRTCT. Part of NC Stage’s Catalyst Series. $10. Info: www.facebook. com/TRTCT. Performances at ASU Performances take place at Appalachian State University’s Farthing Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Ticket prices increase at the door on show nights. Info: (800) 841ARTS(2787) or www.pas. appstate.edu.

• SA (1/22), 8pm - LA Theatre Works presents The Real Dr. Strangelove: Edward Teller and the Battle for the H-Bomb.

Theater at UNCA Performances take place in Lipinsky Auditorium, unless otherwise noted.

• FR (1/21), 7:30pm - Duane Laflin and Company, of the Magic and Beyond Belief theater in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., presents a family-friendly illusion show, honoring the release of the new biography of Asheville-area magician and magic shop owner Ricky D. Boone. Held at Carol Belk Theater, and presented by the Psychology and Drama Departments. $15 adults/$5 children at Magic Central, 175 Weaverville Highway, Suite L, or 645-2941.

Film Center for Diversity Education The Center is on the UNCA campus in Highsmith Student Union. Info: jshuster@unca. edu or www.diversityed.org.

• TH (1/27), 12:20pm Bullied: A Student, a School, and a Case that Made History, a documentary about a young gay man who took a stand against the bullying he experienced in school, will be screened at Highsmith University Union, room 114.

Info: 251-5024.

Classic World Cinema Foreign Film Series Presented by Courtyard Gallery, ‚Ä®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 (1/21), 8pm - The Conformist by Bernardo Bertolucci.

Film at UNCA Events are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 251-6585.

• TH (1/20), 7:30pm Screening of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, a documentary about the life, work and impact of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. At Highsmith University Union, room 104. Free.

Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 255-8115 or www.firestormcafe.com.

• TH (1/27), 7pm - Screening of Bullied, a documentary that chronicles one student’s ordeal at the hands of anti-gay bullies and offers an inspiring message of hope to those fighting harassment today.

Donation. Info: sara@diversityed.org.

Potluck Cinema: “Color & Music” • TH (1/20), 6:30pm - Bring your favorite dish and break bread with the local community, enjoying award-winning films from the Twin Rivers Media Festival by Courtyard Gallery. 109 Roberts St., Phil Mechanic Studios, River Arts District, Asheville. Info: www. ashevillecourtyard.com or 273-3332.

Dance 7pm Wednesdays* • InterPlay Asheville (pd.) Play with us, and tap into body wisdom, with movement, reflection, voice, and 1 minute stories. It’s easy and Fun, plus, you can’t do it wrong! (Really!) (*except not the first Wednesday.) $515. • New Address: Sacred Embodiment Center, 31 Carolina Lane, Asheville, NC 28801 downtown Asheville!

Info: www.interplayasheville. org/ Dance and Sweat! (pd.) The name pretty much says it all. With easy to follow dance moves we will dance continuously for one hour to super fun music, keeping your heart rate up and making sure you leave sweaty. Dancing feels gooood! Every Tuesday at 6-7pm at Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St. Email Kathleen with questions, idodances@gmail. com Class price: $10 or 4 for $32 Studio Zahiya (pd.) • Tuesday: 9-10am: Hip Hop Fitness • 6-7pm: Beginner Bellydance • 8:10-9:10pm: Intermediate/

Advanced Bellydance • Thursday: 9-10am: All Levels Bellydance • 6-7pm: Bollywood and Bhangra • 8:10-9:10pm: Hip Hop. • Drop-in anytime. $12/class.

• Info: (828) 242-7595 or www.lisazahiya.com Afro-Brazilian Dance Classes • THURSDAYS, 7-8pm Classes explore dance styles from Rio and Salvador. Dropins and dancers of all levels welcome. Live drumming every week with Zabumba. $10. At Terpsicorps Dance Studio, 129 Roberts St., River Arts District.

Asheville International Folk Dancers • TUESDAYS, 7-9:30pm - We do a variety of dances from all over the world, but mainly line dances from Eastern Europe, particularly the Balkans.

At Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road, Asheville.

No partner, no cost. Info: 645-1543 or mmgoodman@ frontier.com.

Asheville Movement Collective AMC hosts weekly dancewaves for personal and community transformation.

First wave is free. Info: www.

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• FRIDAYS, 7-9pm - Meet at the Terpsicorps Studio of Dance, above The Wedge in the River Arts District. $5.

• SUNDAYS, 8:30-10:30 am & 10:30am-12:30pm - Meet at Studio 11, 11 Richland St. in West Asheville. $5.

Dance at Diana Wortham Theatre Info: www.dwtheatre.com.

• FR & SA (1/21 & 22), 8-10pm - Acclaimed for its mix of humor, invention and drama, Pilobolus began as an experiment and got entangled in various science-inspired poses and movements.

Mainstage Dance Series. $40+.

Dance Events at WCU Unless otherwise noted, performances are held at the Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Info: 2272479 or fapac.wcu.edu.

• TH (1/20), 7:30pm - The Koresh Dance Company, renowned for its powerful stage presence and high-energy style, will perform. $5.

Swing Asheville Info: www.swingasheville. com, 301-7629 or dance@ swingasheville.com.

• TUESDAYS, 6-7pm Beginner swing dance lessons at ‘Eleven on Grove’, 11 Grove St. Downtown Asheville. $12 per week for a 4-week workshop. No partner needed.

Classes start first Tuesday of every month. Swing dance from 8pm-11pm every Tuesday night!

West African Dance • TUESDAYS, 7:30-8:30PM - Classes will be held at the Terpsicorps Dance Studio, above the Wedge in the River Arts District. Open to dancers of all ages. $10.

Auditions & Call to Artists Arts Council of Henderson County Located at 401 N. Main Street (entrance on Fourth Street), above Flight Restaurant in downtown Hendersonville.

Info: 693-8504 or www. acofhc.org.

• Call to Artists: Submissions art for the annual Mentors and Students showcase, the Arts Council’s major winter/spring project celebrating the importance of the arts for children and youth. The project features the following exhibitions: The Art of Our Children: Elementary School Exhibit (on display Feb. 25-March 11, and open to all elementary age students in Henderson County); Art Teachers Create (on display March 18-April 1, and open to all art teachers whose students are eligible to participate in the two student exhibitions); and Artists of Tomorrow (on display April 822, and open to all middle and high school students). See website for exhibition rules and criteria.

Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre Performances are held at BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce St., Asheville. Info & tickets: 254-2621.

• Dancers are needed to participate in ACDT’s annual 48 Hour Dance Project, which begins on Feb. 25. Paired with choreographers of different stylistic backgrounds, participants work to master a dance in just two days. The project culminates with a public performance at the BeBe Theatre on Feb. 27. Open to adults with dance experience only. Respond with name, email and phone number. Info: office@acdt.org.

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The 10-year-old “Scum of the Earth” Church in Denver (named for 1 Corinthians 4:11-13) ministers to the homeless, the reviled and the persecuted, touting nonjudgmental Christianity.

The congregation owns an elegant, aging building but holds services elsewhere, due to fire code violations. “Scum” (as church members matter-of-factly call themselves) are a rough mix of anarchists, punk rockers, environmentalists and disaffected teens perhaps mainly keen on angering their parents. They tilt mildly conservative (though not nearly evangelical), connected only by the common belief that “God is love,” according to a December report in Denver’s Westword.

Great art!

• Among the recent works funded by Arts Council England was a blank canvas, for which Agnieszka Kurant was paid the equivalent of about $2,300 (she intends to paint something on it in the future). Rounding out her exhibit were a “sculpture” that wasn’t really present and a “movie” shot with no film in the camera.

• In October, borrowing from the U.S. Air Guitar Championships (which honors selfmade guitar “heroes” playing wild rock ’n’ roll on imaginary guitars), the second annual Air Sex Championship was held in the Music Hall in Brooklyn, N.Y., and eventually won by Lady C. (whose performance could not easily be described). Each solo contestant had two minutes to cover “all the bases”: “meeting, seduction, foreplay, intercourse and, if successful, afterglow”; exposing body parts was not allowed.

Fine points of the law

• Questionable Judgments: (1) The New Jersey Government Record Council ruled in December that the town of Somerset, which had charged Tom Coulter $5 for a compact disc of a council meeting in 2008, had overcharged him and must issue a refund for $4.04. The town estimates it spent about $17,000 fighting Coulter’s appeals (and paying his attorney’s fees). (2) Brandi Jo Winkelman, 17, was charged

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Authorities charged Winkelman even though her “victim” was an older classmate.

• Police in Hyderabad, Pakistan, recently arrested a doctor for the increasingly suspect crime of insulting Islam after he tossed away the business card of a man who happened to have the last name Muhammad. According to a December Associated Press dispatch, dozens of Pakistanis are sentenced to death each year for such tangential references to the holy name of Muhammad, but the government fears that trying to repeal the law might incite Muslim extremism.

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If You’re Not Safe in Your Own Home... (1) At 2 a.m. on Nov. 13, a 70-year-old woman in Akron, Ohio, was robbed after Cory Buckley, 22, broke in. According to the police report, the woman was seated on the commode at the time, and Buckley was dressed in a clown mask. (2) Melissa Wagaman, 33, was convicted in November in Hagerstown, Md., of breaking into her neighbor’s home in February wearing only a bridal skirt and veil. She later blamed cold medicine and marijuana.

Oops!

Among the major league baseball players (average salary: about $3.3 million) who spent time on the disabled list in 2010: Kendry Morales (Angels), who broke his leg jumping on home plate after hitting a home run; Brian Roberts (Orioles), who missed a week with a concussion when he smacked himself in

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the head with his bat after striking out; Chris Coghlan (Marlins), who needed knee surgery after giving a teammate a playful post-game shaving-cream pie; and Geoff Blum (Astros), who needed elbow surgery after straining his arm putting on his shirt.

The weirdo-American community

Robert Hurst, 47, was charged with indecent exposure after an incident at the cemetery in Picayune, Miss. Hurst was spotted one night in December, naked, setting up his camera for “orb photography” — capturing the images of circles of light at night (especially the ones that appear to him as faces). He explained that he thought bare skin would make the “best canvas” for his hobby.

Medicare in action

• The federal agency that administers Medicare acknowledged to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in November that due to a quirk in its rules, the government often overpays for patient wheelchairs. Ordinary wheelchairs sell for $100 to $350, but Medicare can only pay for rentals (for up to 13 months), at $40 to $135 a month.

(A 2009 audit found that Medicare allowed up to $7,215 for oxygen dispensers selling for $587, and up to $4,018 for a power wheelchair that cost suppliers $1,048.)

• A December Wall Street Journal investigation turned up instances of physical-therapy doctors earning millions of dollars a year in Medicare payments by “treating” nonexistent patients or by overtreating real patients or by providing controversial “treatments” that other therapists say are useless. One former physical-therapy association official likened the expensive treatments given by hard-partying, spike-haired Miami Beach doctor Christopher Wayne to back rubs. Medicare law requires prompt payment to doctors but prevents the public release of doctors’ billing records, even if all patient identification is hidden. Thus, Medicare abuses can be uncovered only by a small team of federal investigators and not by the press unless, as the Journal did, they investigate patient by patient.

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What: Third annual Polar Bear Plunge, a benefit for Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County When: Saturday, Jan. 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (includes hot chili lunch) Where: The Asheville Racquet Club South, outdoor pool (Directions: 274-3361) Why: Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County delivers more than 500 nutritious meals to area homebound elderly each weekday through the help of a network of more than 300 volunteers. This important service is largely supported by private donations and MOW’s annual fundraising events, such as the Polar Bear Plunge. Jumpers who are on board to participate in this year’s Plunge include County Commissioner David Gantt, Sheriff Van Duncan, MOW Board Chair Brock Himan and other community leaders. The event offers several ways to participate: Become a jumper or form a team of jumpers and start fundraising; sponsor a jumper; or simply come out to cheer on the brave and kindhearted souls willing to take the plunge in an outdoor pool at the end of January! Info: 253-5286 or www.firstgiving.com/MOWABC/Event/2011PolarBearPlunge.

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• TU (1/25), 5-8pm - Benefit for Asheville Grown at The Hop Ice Cream, 640 Merrimon Ave. Have some ice cream and network with the people who keep Asheville’s unique independent spirit thriving.

Benefit for The Mountains Branch Library • TH (1/27), Noon - “Books & Bites,” an author luncheon at the Esmeralda Inn on Route 74, just outside of Chimney Rock. Acclaimed author Vicki Lane will be the featured guest speaker. $25. Info: 625-0456. Tickets are available at the Mountains Branch Library on Bill Creek Road in Lake Lure.

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The Environmental and Conservation Organization is dedicated to preserving the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region as an effective voice of the environment. Located at 121 Third Ave. W. Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385 or www.eco-wnc.org.

• Through SA (2/5) - Heritage apple, peach and chestnut trees will be available for order. Maintain biodiversity while raising money for ECO. $25/tree. Trees must be picked up at the Hendersonville Visitor’s Center parking lot on Feb. 5.

Free Yoga Day & Fundraiser for Project Access • SA (1/22), 9am-5pm - Classes all day, door prizes every hour, a different teacher every hour, all-level classes. Donations accepted for Buncombe County Medical Society’s Project Access. At Lighten Up Yoga, 60 Biltmore Ave., Asheville.

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Meals On Wheels Meals On Wheels delivers meals to more than 500 homebound elderly people each weekday through the help of a network of more than 300 volunteers. Info: 253-5286.

• SA (1/22), 10am - Third annual Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Meals on Wheels at the outdoor pool of the Asheville Racquet Club. Hot chili lunch following. Info: www.firstgiving.com/MOWABC/Event/ 2011PolarBearPlunge.

Winter Warmer Beer Festival • SA (1/22), 3-7pm - The fourth annual Winter Warmer Beer Festival will be held at the Asheville Civic Center. $38, includes souvenir mug, samples during the event, live music and food. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to RiverLink. Tickets: www. brewscruise.com/beerfest.

Youth Outright Fundraising Reception • WE (1/19), 5-7pm - Reception at the Manor Inn, 265 Charlotte St., Asheville. Youth OUTright is dedicated to empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied youth ages 14-23 in WNC to be confident, proud and compassionate individuals. Free, but registration required: http://bit. ly/eT6uAs.

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Sullivan solidified her business plan in early December, detailing everything in her journal.

Not two weeks after Sullivanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private journal entry, Xpress published an article highlighting Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lack of toothsome, honest-to-goodness New York-style bagels. In such a locally focused town, especially when it comes to food, the article queried, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it funny that most mom-and-pop shops are now buying their baked goods from a larger corporate entity?

After reading the piece, Sullivan shot Xpress an e-mail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny that you just ran an article on the lack of bagels in this town,â&#x20AC;? she wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the past month, I, with the Asheville Homeless Network, have been working on producing and selling fantastic bagels for a great cause. Home Free Bagels is about empowering the homeless through social enterprise.â&#x20AC;? In

other words, the business aims to teach a man to fish instead of just giving him one, as the old adage goes.

Sullivan speaks concisely and in a very linear, organized fashion. With her slight frame clad in casual business attire, her hair cropped short and a binder filled with mission statements and promotional materials, Sullivan is a picture of professionalism. Still, she has a lighter side: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The universe is lining upâ&#x20AC;? for her business plan, she feels.

She points to the pastry case at the cafĂŠ where we are having coffee. Those bland Sysco bagels, she says, were a catalyst for the creation of Home Free Bagels. She added that she hatched part of her business plan right where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sitting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people read that article about the lack of local bagels.â&#x20AC;? And many agree, she said, that a lot of coffee shops and restaurants in Asheville sell sub-par bagels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and begrudgingly, at that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was doing market research, asking people where they got their bagels, almost always there was this grimace right before they told me,â&#x20AC;? says Sullivan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The time is right and the market is prime. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a no-brainer.â&#x20AC;?

And how do Home Free Bagels taste? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really good. We brought samples all over town, and people said that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re better than Brueggerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? Sullivan says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re definitely better than Sysco,â&#x20AC;? she says with a laugh.

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Sullivan says that she uses a classic New York bagel recipe in plain and “everything” varieties. “It’s very simple, as simple as we can get it, and that’s awesome,” she says.

Why? “Because we’re not just selling bagels, we’re selling an idea. We’re selling empowerment and we’re selling something that means something. The product itself has to be kept simple from a business standpoint,” she says.

Sullivan details the process, and it sounds anything but simple. The dough has to be kneaded and allowed to rise properly. “Everyone knows how to do that,” she says. “But the trick is that you have to use malt syrup. Not sugar, not agave, but malt syrup. You use that in the mix and then you use it in the water that you boil the bagels in.” The end result sounds

amazing: “When you bake them, the outside gets crispy and hard, and then the inside is still doughy. That’s the key. A hard, bubbly outside with crunch with an inside that’s doughy with a satisfying texture.”

It seems like a lot of work, especially when you consider that no one is getting paid — yet.

Members of the homeless community are currently volunteering to make the bagels, says Sullivan. “And they understand that. They also get the first shot at a paid position once we go into full-scale production,” says Sullivan. “My vision is a living wage, but right now the goal is competitive pricing. The most important aspect of this project is to get people that otherwise have almost no shot at getting a good job — especially one that’s satisfying — to get them employed.”

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So far, Sullivan has been using donated space to make the bagels, usually a church kitchen.

The Home Free Bagel team, a small group of two to three volunteers per session, is honing its skills before moving into a professional food production environment, like Blue Ridge Food Ventures. Formal production, depending on funding, begins in February, and until that happens, the bagel bakers are strictly focused on building the perfect bagel.

“We’re in bagel practice,” she says, laughing.

“The point of bagel practice is this: Before we go that large scale and start paying to use those facilities, we want to make sure that everyone is on the same page. We all need to know what we’re doing so that we’re not spending time learning and teaching in the rental kitchen.”

Once practice is over and Home Free moves into the full swing of things, leftover profits will go to the Asheville Homeless Network, Sullivan says. “The AHN is who is doing the work on a larger scale in Asheville as far as alleviating poverty and homelessness,” says Sullivan.

In addition to her work with the AHN, Sullivan’s put together a cold-weather gear drive for the homeless and helped build shelters with Habitat for Humanity. Her preferred work with the under-served involves empowerment, not handouts, she says. “The more handouts you receive, the harder it is to get the initiative to go get a job,” she says. “There is a good majority of people that want to work,

that want to get back in affordable housing, back in mainstream society. And they’re just down on their luck, like anybody could be.

Circumstances of life are brutal sometimes.”

Sullivan lost her job last year because of the recession, she says.

Though the group still needs some startup funds and a van, says Sullivan, she’s confident that everything will fall into place. “The vision is big, but it’s totally doable,” she says. “Why would downtown businesses not buy these bagels? They’re already invested in alleviating homelessness anyway,” she says. “There are just so many selling points.” Currently, she says, Firestorm Café is the most faithfully devoted to the project, while six other downtown coffee shops are lined up and willing, “as long as the price is competitive — which it is.”

Sullivan declined to name those businesses out of concern for their privacy.

Sullivan says that she hopes to see Home Free Bagels in grocery stores in the future. “I would love to have plenty of full-time employees that have health insurance and a home, to be a beacon of hope, to be a little dramatic about it,” Sullivan laughs. “But that’s where I see this going. The potential’s huge.”

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Haven’t been to College Street Pub in a while?

The downtown Asheville bar and restaurant is about to undergo quite a change. Former airline pilot, Gary Brill, took over the pub last year after moving to Asheville from Budapest, where he played in a blues band and ran two pubs. Brill, 6’4” and nicknamed “Tall Gary” by a family friend’s toddler, changed the name of the business to Tallgary’s College Street Pub, and immediately got to work on cleaning up its image. And now, Brill’s turning the pub into a Mexican eatery.

At one time, the building at 4 College St. housed a kinder, gentler College Street Pub, a decent hangout for mostly early-20-somethings. In that stage of my life, I remember buying cheap-ish local pints (which only included Highland, at the time) and playing pool on rather nice tables. A DJ would spin reggae on certain nights, and I remember only a fight or two breaking out — no more than any other bar. And certainly excusable given the young crowd.

At some point in the decade-plus since then, the bar gained a bad reputation. Or maybe it always had one, and I grew up. Whatever the case, I wasn’t there to witness the slide.

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a nice place to knock back a few pints again.

Brill was renovating the 4 College St. property at press time, painting the walls and ceiling, refreshing the bathroom (“Gutting is more like it,” he says) and overhauling the menu to fit the new name. By the time you read this, the restaurant should be open.

Tallgary’s Cantina will turn out fajitas, fish tacos, quesadillas and a selection of salads.

There’s also Tex-Mex style chili as well as Chili Colorado on the menu — and everything costs less than $10. Brill seems especially pleased to present his recipe for shrimp and corn fritters on his new menu, something he picked up while he was in Hawaii. “It’s a little labor-intensive, but it’s very, very good.”

There’s also a selection of grilled specialties, says Brill, including grilled salmon, tuna and flank steak, flavored with a family recipe marinade. Brill says that he’ll also serve fried ice cream.

As Brill describes his Mexican pub-style menu, he waxes nostalgic a bit about his past.

“I’m dying to do a crab enchilada as part of our menu, and people are saying that it’s kind of unusual,” he says. “But, I was flying for a little airline down in San Diego. For lunch, when I was doing office stuff, I could run down and get a nice big crab enchilada and a cold mug of beer for $5, and ever since then, I’ve just loved crab enchiladas.” He says that those enchiladas were a big hit at one of the bars he operated in

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Brill is proud of the overhaul he’s done to the place, and looks forward to welcoming people back to the newly renovated, sparkly clean Tallgary’s Cantina. It’s a far cry from the College Street Pub. “It’s a whole different atmosphere in here,” Brill agrees.

Tallgary’s Cantina will be open Wednesday through Sunday until the weather gets warmer, and then will only close on Mondays. Brunch is featured on Saturdays and Sundays, with a Bloody Mary bar and Champagne specials.

There’s a full liquor bar, as well as beer and wine. Tallgary’s features live music and karaoke Wednesdays. For more information, visit tallgarys.com.

Paula Deen at Harrah’s Cherokee

Cook, restaurateur, Food Network personality, wearer of big hair, user of butter — you know her best as Paula Deen. And she’s opening a new restaurant at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino.

According to Deen’s website, the Paula Deen Buffet at Harrah’s Cherokee will be a “404-seat restaurant featuring an á la carte breakfast, lunch and dinner, and will be reminiscent of the décor and ambiance of Paula Deen’s home and kitchen in Savannah,” with a an 1,800-square-foot Paula Deen retail shop near by. The restaurant opens on Saturday, Jan. 22, with Deen herself leading a cooking demonstration and taking audience questions. 5 p.m., $15-$40. Reservations at 800745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

West side continues to grow

West Asheville, knock it off. You’re about to get yet another awesome restaurant. This one’s opening in the River Arts District in the Hatchery building at 1 Roberts St. The Hatchery is being renovated by owner John Bryant and turned into a hive of six artist studios with a gallery/office space and a central courtyard — and a taqueria.

The tiny taco joint will be known as the White Duck Taco Shop. It’s being opened by Ben Mixson and his fiancée, Laura Reuss, who will handle kitchen duties.

“It will be nice to provide a casual option over there. We think that concept will work there. And the prices will be cheap,” says Mixson. And how. Mixson says that the tacos will cost somewhere in the vicinity of $2.50 to $3.25 each, with fish tacos being a bit more expensive.

Just tacos, Xpress asks? “We’re working on our green chili cheeseburger recipe right now,” says Mixson. “She and I just moved here from Utah, so we like the Southwestern style — we like the chilis, we like the spices, a little bit of heat. Everything will have that twist to it.”

Mixson adds that there will be a salsa bar that will challenge most people’s idea of the condiment.

Building owner Bryant says that the plans are not yet solid for the Hatchery — he expects that things will continue to evolve as details solidify.

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Middle Eastern platters of note include fava beans, baba ganoush, shawarma, falafel (which our vegetarian photographer raved about), kibbeh and something called Syrian everyday salad, with tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon.

There’s also a selection of Italian dishes to be had, and straight-up hamburgers for those who don’t want to stray too far from the norm.

Breakfast features a rather American spread of hot cakes, egg dishes and biscuits.

Palmyra Bistro is located at 1950 Hendersonville Road, Unit 5, in the Skyland Crest Shopping Center. For more information, visit palmyrobistro.com or call 687-0629. X Send your food news and story ideas to food@ mountainx.com.

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Charlie Papazian to visit Asheville Even non-beer geeks around here recognize the name Charlie Papazian — because he’s the guy who runs the Beer City, USA online poll, which Asheville tied with Portland, Ore., for top honors in 2009, and won in 2010. What you might not know, unless you’re a home brewer, is that Papazian is widely considered one of the founders and most tireless advocates of the modern homebrew movement. He’s also the author of The Complete Joy of Homebrewing and a number of other books on the subject. Papazian currently is president of the Brewers Association and beer columnist for examiner.com.

And he’s coming to visit Beer City, USA in February. He’ll be speaking at Highland Brewing Company on Wednesday, Feb. 23, on the topics of beer styles and his personal experiences with brewing yeast. He’ll also present updates on governmental affairs and legislative developments in the beer industry. Two other speakers will

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Beer City celebration redux: Some of Asheville’s beer luminaries gathered at Barley’s Pizzeria & Taproom last spring to celebrate Asheville’s winning the Beer City, USA title. Beer guru and Beer City, USA, poll organizer Charlie Papazian is coming to visit in February. Left to right: Tim Schaller of Wedge Brewing, Mike Rangel of Asheville Brewing, Bill Drew of Craggie Brewing, Paul Rollow of Highland Brewing and Jason Caughman of Pisgah Brewing.

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precede Papazian’s presentation: Kevin Sudderth of Hach, who will be talking about oxygen testing, and a rep from HopUnion, LLC, who will offer an update on the hops market.

The event is free to members of the North Carolina Brewers Guild, who are cosponsoring the beer-y night with the Asheville Brewers Alliance.

Non-members will need to pay $25, but the ticket comes with a barbecue feast and two drink tickets for Highland brews.

Mike Rangel, president of the ABA, will introduce Papazian. “2010 was such a great year for local beer and the ABA,” says Rangel. “2011 couldn’t start any better than having Charlie here.

On a scale of one to 10, this is a 10-and-a-half.”

Xpress will have an interview with Charlie Papazian in mid-February and regular updates about this awesome event. Tickets are available at charlieinasheville.eventbrite.com. Join or learn more about the N.C. Brewers Guild at ncbeer.org.

Get your locally made beer-related swag

Some smart folks in the region are complementing our excellent craft beers by making and selling beer-related swag. Here are a few items you might want to check out around town: Craft-brewed Soap: Local entrepreneur Pauline Sweetman is making and selling handmade soaps infused with hops grown in the area. The soaps come in both standard ($4) and beer-bottle ($12) shapes. They’re made of pure glycerin, and you can get them at Bruisin’ Ales beer store or by emailing craftbrewedsuds@gmail.com. You know you’ve always wanted to bathe with hops.

Beer passport book: Local cartoonist and beer lover Phil Juliano has created a little beer souvenir book called the “Best In Show Anytime, Anywhere Beer Passport.” It’s a passport-sized book that you

can easily carry around and use to collect beer and brewery memorabilia such as stickers, stamps and phone numbers. You also can take notes and list the beers you taste. The beer passports are being sold at French Broad Brewery for $3.

Leather pint glass coozies: You may have seen Oowee Koozie’s leather pint glass holders at your favorite local brewery or beer shop. The hand-stitched coozies are made in Asheville from recycled leather scraps. Then a laser-etched metal plate is added displaying the name of a brewery or business. The coozies are $15. Get a free pint glass of your choice when you buy one from Bruisin’ Ales. ooweekoozie.com.

Dry County Brewing Company opens

If you’re looking for hand-crafted beer and pizza out in Spruce Pine, you should check out new-ish craft brewery Dry County Brewing Company.

Owners Chad Mohr and Jennifer Rambo opened the brewery in August out of The Pizza Shop restaurant. So far, their beers are only available at the restaurant. Rambo says they already have 13 beers on rotation, plus some seasonals. “Each brew seems to have its own fan club, but we have people begging for the Scotch Ale on a regular basis,” she says. I haven’t tried their beers yet, but the brewery name is already one of my favorites.

They’re located at 615 Oak St., Spruce Pine. Also, you can check out their Facebook page at The Pizza Shop & Dry County Brewing Company.

Third Rail returning soon

Wedge Brewing Company will soon re-release their Third Rail Double IPA at their tasting room in the River Arts District. This one was a hophead favorite last year. wedgebrewing.com. X

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It’s largely thanks to the people, the vibrant arts scene and the fabulous landscape. More literally, it’s thanks to our area’s important role in the production of the natural sweeteners honey and sorghum — both of which get the spotlight in Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s “Get Local” initiative this month.

While a variety of honey is available and produced nationwide, Sourwood honey is produced predominately in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its rich and buttery flavor makes it extremely sought after by honey-lovers everywhere. And then there’s sorghum molasses, or sorghum syrup, which has been an almost exclusively Southern crop, poured in Appalachia since the late 1800s. Notably, Johnny Hensley of Burnsville heads up the National Sweet Sorghum Producers and Processers Association (nssppa.org).

But don’t get sorghum confused with blackstrap molasses, a byproduct of the sugar-refining process. Sorghum molasses is made from 100 percent sorghum cane juice and has a lighter flavor.

The Murphy brothers of Old Fort have been making sorghum all of their lives.

Reed, 72, and his brother, Clifford, 83, learned from their father who learned from his father and “right on back,” Reed says.

They thought about quitting their sorghum production last year after several disappointing cane crops. That all changed when Annie Louise Perkinson of Flying Cloud Farm in Fairview contacted them for some help.

“I thought it was really interesting to be able to grow a local sweetener,” says Perkinson, who started growing sorghum cane three years ago with her husband, Isaiah, on their vegetable, fruit and flower farm. She has since learned a great deal.

“The first year, we ordered just $15 worth of seed and ended up growing a half-acre’s worth of sorghum,” she says.

Last year, the Murphy brothers visited Flying Cloud to give their now smaller crop a good look over. They were impressed with the cane’s quality and agreed to come out of “retirement” to help the Perkinsons process.

Just how is sorghum processed? The cane is de-headed (seed heads removed), stripped of its leaves and harvested (most

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The sweet stuff: Reed Murphy of Old Fort cooks down the juice from Flying Cloud Farm’s sorghum cane. Both Murphy and Perkinson have already sold out of their sweet stuff for the year, but other producers still have some up for grabs. Busy as a bee: Asheville producer Richard Sanders shows off his hive. A wide variety of local honey can be found at grocery stores now. Laurey’s Catering and Gourmet-to-Go will pay tribute to the honeybee at a dinner conversation titled “Celebrating the Queen (and her Colony)” on Jan. 28.

Above Photo courtesy of Flying Cloud Farm / Below Photo courtesy of ASAP

recipe Sorghum Bourbon Sweet Potato Pie Ingredients Filling 2 large or 3 medium sweet potatoes (enough for 2 cups of puree) 4 tbsp butter, melted 1 tsp vanilla 4 eggs 1/2 cup cream 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp sorghum 1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp brown sugar 1/4 cup bourbon 1/4 tsp kosher salt 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp ground cloves 1/8 tsp ground ginger Filling 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 8 tbsp chilled butter, cut into pieces 1/8 to 1/4 cup ice water, as needed

Method

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Make the crust: Place the flour, salt and sugar in the bowl of a food processor with a steel blade. Pulse to combine. Add the chilled butter; pulse until the butter is evenly cut in and the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Remove to a mixing bowl. Working quickly, gradually add enough cold water while tossing and stirring with a fork until the dough just begins to come together.

Flatten into a round, wrap in plastic and chill for a few hours or overnight. Roll out dough and fit it into a 9-inch pie pan. Crimp edges.

Combine the puree with all the remaining ingredients for the filling. Whisk until well-combined and smooth.

Pour the filling into the pie shell. Bake for about 50-55 minutes, until the filling is set. When the rim of the pie plate is nudged, the very center of the filling should barely move.

often by hand), then milled or squeezed for juice.

The labor-intensive process continues with cooking; as the juice is cooked, the surface must be constantly skimmed to remove any plant matter and debris. Eventually, the molasses becomes its syrupy self.

Reed Murphy truly loves the sweet stuff, and has decided he won’t quit making sorghum until he has to. Nor will he quit enjoying it with butter on a biscuit. That’s one way Perkinson likes it, too.

However, it can be enjoyed in lots of ways. On cornbread, in oatmeal, in pies — you name it.

Aimee Mostwill of Sweetheart Bakery makes a famous sorghum-spice cookie (find them at area tailgate markets during the season) and sorghum sweet potato pie (recipe at side). She also uses it as a substitute for corn syrup and sugar in other recipes.

“When I substitute sorghum for corn syrup, it works well,” Mostwill says. She advises: “In nut pies, if replacing sorghum for corn syrup, use two-thirds as much.” She also notes that honey can replace sugar in fruit pies. “I tend to make my pies really sweet, so for a standard 9-inch apple pie, I would use one-quarter to one-third of a cup of honey.”

But she doesn’t advise replacing sugar with sorghum or honey in other baked goods, like cakes.

“Sugar really affects texture,” she notes. “If you want to make a honey or sorghum cake, I would find a recipe specifically for that.”

That being said, Mostwill enjoys using local sweeteners in her baking. “I buy all of my honey and sorghum from local producers at area tailgate markets. I love knowing that the honey I’m using was made by the bees that pollinated the blackberries that I’m using to make other baked goods for my bakery.”

Although markets are on hiatus until spring, you can still purchase local honey and sorghum at area groceries as well as direct from the farm. In fact, sometimes, the only way you can find the indemand regional specialties is direct from the farm.

Perkinson and the Murphy brothers are already out of sorghum this year, and they only sold it to those who knew to stop by. To find area farms producing honey and sorghum, search ASAP’s Local Food Guide at buyappalachian.org.

You can also find both items featured this month on the menus of participating Get Local restaurants, like Laurey’s Catering and Gourmet-to-Go and the Red Stag Grill. Dine at Red Stag in January and mention Get Local, and you’ll receive two free treats: a glass of champagne and a crostini served up with local Looking Glass Creamery chevre, drizzled with either local honey or sorghum.

Get Local is ASAP’s year-round initiative that brings together farmers, chefs and community members around the region to celebrate a single seasonal ingredient. To find a list of all participating restaurants, visit asapconnections.org. There, you’ll also find information about Get Local in area schools, where the focus is all about apples this winter. Visit growing-minds.org for more information.

For more information about Flying Cloud Farm in Fairview, visit flyingcloudfarm.net or call 828-7683348. To reach Sweetheart Bakery, e-mail sweetheartbakery@gmail.com. You can contact Reed Murphy, whose sorghum speaks for itself and doesn’t carry a farm name, at 669-6638. X

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Asheville Area Arts Council reopens in the River Arts District

by Alli Marshall “This is kind of a phoenix act that we’re pulling off,” says Graham Hackett, program director for the Asheville Area Arts Council. He’s talking about the opening of The ARTERY, a 1,400-square-foot multipurpose space in the River Arts District’s new Pink Dog Creative studios — and with that opening, the resurrection of the local arts-promoting organization.

“This is the first time the Arts Council has had a public facade since the Front Gallery closed,” says Hackett.

The Front Gallery was an exhibition space at 11 Biltmore Ave.; it’s been closed for nearly two years. In fact, the local arts council dates back much further than that gallery — it was formed by the Junior League and incorporated as the Civic Arts Council in 1952. Individual artists, arts organizations and Civic Arts Council members united in 1979 to form the Community Arts Council of WNC; that name changed to The Arts Alliance in 1992 and then to Asheville Area Arts Council in 2000.

The latter served as an umbrella for five areas of programming: Arts-in-Education, Artist Support Services, Organizational Support Services, Community Services and the Urban Trail. But in 2009, the Arts Council went on a hiatus that included staff and board turnover and restructuring; the council lost its executive director and board chair, among others,

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in the same year. A North Carolina State Arts Council-provided consultant recommended that AAAC sell off its property to repay debts.

Says Hackett (who accepted his position last year), “The common understanding was that we folded, which was very near the truth. With a new vision, new direction and new framework for how we’re operating, I think we’re going to come out of the gates swinging.”

When the doors to the ARTERY open on Friday, here’s what you’ll find: A clean slate of a space defined by a sculptural, textured woodblock wall bisecting the room. A 4-foot raised platform area can be used as a stage, for meetings or additional seating. The grand opening features artwork by Kathryn Temple and music

by The Working Otet. But that’s just what’s tangible. “Being down in the River District, we feel like it has the potential to be sort of a default visitor’s center for the arts,” says Hackett.

The arts council has, to some extent, Randy Shull to thank for helping with its core restructuring; after the council worked with Shull and others on that project, Shull suggested the Pink Dog space that he and his wife Hedy Fischer

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own. While the council was working with its consultant, a few arts-community leaders were brought in to help, including Shull. And the Pink Dog building seemed like a good fit.

“With this move, we’re getting in the morepublic space where other artists are working, in the area viewed as an arts district,” says board chair Tom Hayes, who took the helm after the abrupt departure of the former board chair.

“It’s a natural space for us.”

Hayes added that there will be easier access and better parking to the council’s new home than was available downtown — and “better views of the trains,” he says with a laugh.

All of that will enable the council to host more public programming than has been seen before, say Hayes and Hackett.

“We might have movement workshops, painting workshops, computer workshops.

Hands-on skills development is one style of workshop; the other is professional develop-

ment,” says Hackett. For small-scale shows, the space will be outfitted with a sound system, lights and modular seating. And: “We’re looking at making it available and affordable to both organizations and independent artists.” Already the ARTERY has been used for rehearsals by a film crew.

With the reopening of AAAC, a madeover, streamlined website will be launched.

“It’s completely interactive,” says Hackett.

“It’s not just a place to get information, but a place where the community can leverage [the Arts Council’s] visibility to their benefit.”

That means relevant topics on the information boards and places to post jobs, auditions and calls to artists. The ARTERY’s membership program, to be unveiled this month, includes the chance to submit work to juried, quarterly indoor and outdoor (the in-process sculpture garden) exhibits.

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Hackett is candid: “Working back against the completely disintegrated arts council’s reputation and lack of any infrastructure — this is entirely an experiment, there’s still no guarantee of success.” He and the AAAC’s current advisory board have learned from past mistakes, though.

Says Adrienne Crowther, former executive director of the Arts Council, “I’ve seen [the Arts Council] go through several changes ... from almost primarily a funding agency to its current incarnation. I think the move to the River Arts District will give Graham and his board of directors a great opportunity for a fresh start, to develop and fine-tune the mission according to the current needs of the arts community.”

“The previous mission was far too expansive — it literally said to integrate the arts into every aspect of community life,” says Hackett.

“How do you endeavor to do that? It led to a lot of disappointment. And there was never a strong enough vision for what an arts council was supposed to be in a town like this, because this town is very unique. ... The role of the arts council, in my opinion, is to serve as an advocate for the creative sector.”

Hackett’s vision for the new AAAC came mainly from being on the other side of the organization, as a working artist looking for support for programs like Catalyst Poetix and Variable TV. He says that “it was very confusing and mysterious, what the Arts Council’s role was in the community, and how to relate to it as a creative working professional.” When he became aware that the council and its grants program could be lost, he applied for the program director position because, “The little activist in me wanted to make that happen.”

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grantshelp Money changes everything: The AAAC grant programs The show must go on: Despite staff and board changes, a reconfigured mission and a move, the Asheville Area Arts Council’s grant program — which funnels funds to local arts organizations and independent artists — disbursed some $32,000 to local organizations through the Grassroots Arts Program, and awarded $14,000 through the Regional Artist Project Grant.

Funds provided by the N.C. Arts Council went to the following: Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre, Black Mountain College redundant in its offerings, according to Hackett.

“There are plenty of galleries in town, no need for us to have a gallery. Arts and education was a big thrust of the council, but there are other providers who are handling that readily,” he says. “What we’re doing now is stretching a canvas for teaching artists and performing artists to provide resources, so they’ll be doing the programming.”

And already it’s happening. The calendar includes dates for an Asheville Artist Alliance Workshop on social networking (the AAA is a collaboration between the Arts Council, Mountain Bizworks and Arts 2 People, providing professional development training); The Moog Foundation has plans for “Pushing the Envelope” (a display and show accompanied by workshops in which artists interpret what the envelope, a part of the synthesizer, does); and the March 16 and 17 State of the Arts

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Museum and Arts Center, Asheville Lyric Opera, Arts2People, Asheville Community Theatre, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, LEAF in Schools and Streets and Little Pearls.

The 2010-2011 Regional Artist Project Grant recipients are Dehlia Low, Barrie Barton, Sara Baird and Julie Gillum, Dup Crosson, Lisa Sturz, Wayne Robbins, Mark Koven, Joe Penland, Gene Felice, Megan Van Deusen, Melissa Terrezza, Andy Farakas, Gary Rawlins and Christopher Perryman.

—A.M. Summit for independent artists and organizations, held at the Masonic Temple and Hilton Biltmore Park.

It’s a challenge for sure, but one Hackett seems ready to face. As long as the local arts community is ready, too. “If the community values the existence of an arts council, it’s important that community members get involved and support their work,” points out Crowther. “The Asheville Area Arts Council is one of the oldest arts councils in the country.”

Hackett adds, “However much the community engages with the council will determine the benefits we can provide. It’s very much a work in progress.” X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com. Managing Editor Rebecca Sulock contributed to this report.

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Take Sharon Van Etten. The Brooklyn transplant has a piercing voice that is somehow heart-wrenching and uplifting, vulnerable and empowered all at once. It’s the kind of voice that is so instantly striking, one rightfully assumes she’s been doing this forever. But until a few years ago, the 29-year-old songstress kept her arsenal of lovelorn folk ballads to herself.

She was living in Tennessee, dating a controlling man who convinced her the dark, intensely personal songs she was crafting were worthless.

Thankfully, Van Etten eventually fled home to New Jersey where she “reconnected” with old friends — including TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone — and found the confidence to pursue music for the first time.

It turns out, Van Etten just needed someone to believe in her.

“I always wrote,” she says, “but it wasn’t until I left Tennessee that I started performing and meeting people. Kyp Malone and [Ba Da Bing Records’] Ben Goldberg were definitely two people that encouraged me more than anyone I had ever known at that point. They taught me a lot about music and the Brooklyn music scene, and they taught me a lot about what is going on right now in the indie world. I was never really encouraged before, so I think it’s my friends that have helped me. I probably wouldn’t be doing this if I hadn’t had the support of all these people.”

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Now, Van Etten is making up for lost time.

In the two years since the release of her sparse, haunting debut, Because I was in Love, she’s become an indie favorite, touring incessantly, collaborating with a host of other up-and-coming artists and earning as much praise for her stunning live performances as for the two records she’s released in as many years.

Her latest, epic, stands in stark contrast to the understated acoustic landscape of its predecessor. The record is powerful and aggressive by Van Etten standards, with thick backing vocals, meandering steel guitar, pounding drums and rich arrangements throughout its seven tracks.

They’re still songs of heartbreak, but the perspective has changed. On epic, she is reflective rather than regretful, accepting and uncompromising.

It’s a remarkable evolution in only two years, but one that mirrors Van Etten’s own personal growth.

“They’re definitely songs that I felt were my most confident and looking back on where I was for Because I Was in Love,” she says. “I feel like epic is moving on from there. This is a group of songs that is supposed to, hopefully, convey how much more confident I am and more secure I am.”

That confidence hasn’t come easy though. Van Etten admits to “social anxiety issues” and says she’s more comfortable performing than mingling with fans. After all these years of writing, it’s strange to suddenly be recognized for it.

“Touring around and meeting people, I think I’m getting better at talking to people,” she says.

“But I’m still freaked out at the whole thing. I didn’t think anyone would care about my stuff.

I was just doing it for myself. So it’s a little overwhelming, and I get really shy because of it. I don’t feel more special than anyone else.

“But it means a lot when people come up to me and tell me how much it’s helped them

through hard times,” she adds. “I’m trying to learn how to engage them offstage as well. I feel really confident onstage because they’re songs that I wrote and I feel them every single time I perform them. It’s just the talking part that I’m trying to get better at.”

These days, Van Etten has some help on the road. epic has ushered in a new era, one that includes a full touring band to recreate the energy and power of her new songs. But that, too, has taken some getting used to. Van Etten won’t hesitate to tell you, she’s not a “natural leader.”

“I’m not very good at taking charge or telling people what to do,” says the singer, “which is why I was always kind of scared to have a band.

But my bass player and my drummer are really amazing, and they naturally play what I feel like is supposed to be there without me having to tell them. After being scared for years about having a band, they make it much more fun. The songs feel a lot more cathartic now.”

Van Etten’s gone far in two years, but she has no plans to slow down anytime soon. The prolific songwriter has dates booked through the end of March — including an extensive European tour opening for The National and her very own headlining tour of North America — and has already begun recording the followup to epic.

And she recently sold out the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, so a show at the comparatively tiny Broadway’s is a rare thing indeed.

So what can we expect from an artist who has evolved more in two years than many do in a decade?

“Right now it’s hard to tell how it will take shape,” she teases. “It will probably be a little more experimental.” X Dane Smith can be reached at dsmith@mountainx. com.

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Internationally acclaimed dance company Pilobolus performs at Diana Wortham Theatre

by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt It’s fitting that Pilobolus Dance Theatre — an acclaimed contemporary dance company that takes its name from a fungus — draws inspiration from the natural world, exploring both biological themes and the physics of the human from. At times it is absolutely awe inspiring to watch the company in motion: Dancers fold themselves over and around each other — heads are tucked into armpits, legs are wrapped around shoulders and backs — to build a human sculpture on stage. The sculpture then falls, seamlessly, and dancers come back together in yet another stunning amalgamation.

“The metaphor for us is interesting,” says Robby Barnett, an artistic director and founding member of the company, describing how Pilobolus identifies with its name. “Funguses are powerful, they’re outdoorsy and the biological imagery has served us well. We [as a company] need tolerance [and] durability.”

Using elaborate weight-sharing techniques — think acrobatic-yoga meets contemporary dance and contortionism — the company has charted new territory in partner dancing, earn-

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The parts and the whole: Pilobolus creates human sculptures on stage — showing how individuals retain separate identity within a group.

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ing an international reputation for its complex, innovative and thought-provoking style. When the company is in action, dancers seem to fit together perfectly, like DNA molecules that are in flux but linked, working as one and for the benefit of the greater whole.

Founded in 1971 by Barnett and by fellow Dartmouth students of dance, Lee Harris, Moses Pendleton and Jonathan Wolken, the company distinguished itself immediately, functioning as a collaborative artistic collective.

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through improvisation, to generate physical material. From that process, themes, stories and emotions emerge.

“The physical techniques of the company grow out of our commitment to group activity,” Barnett explains. “It’s an abstract expressionism in which the work itself reflects the gesture of the creative process. When you get a group of people moving together, it’s inevitable that [they’re] going to end up in each others’ arms; and when you touch somebody it says something about how you feel about

them, as well as providing a springboard for physical imagination. Those mirrored worlds of psychology and physics have supported us.”

The ultimate goal, as Barnett emphasizes, is to create a group vision without losing the idiosyncrasies of the people who are in that group. “We have refined a system that allows us to utilize the power of groups working together to think creatively, with a system of decision-making that lets us move forward and actually get things done within a certain period of time.”

More significant than the physical techniques themselves, however, is the company’s mission to apply these teachings in and outside of a dance studio. “We’ve come to believe that many problems can be solved by a refinement of certain collaborative techniques, which really becomes a model for civil society.”

Establishing a forum in which to share these insights, the company created The Pilobolus Institute, an educational outreach program that works with elementary schools, non-dancers, college students and people of all walks of life.

For the past 15 years, the institute has led an after-school program in the New Haven public school system, working with sixth-, seventhand eighth-grade boys.

“It’s incredible to see 20 hyperactive seventhgraders just stand there, put their arms around each other and do these incredible things,” says Barnett. “They learn something about movement, but they also learn about civil behavior.

They empower themselves, learn the power of silence and quiet, the power of listening and they learn to present themselves physically.”

Barnett stresses that the company is not interested in teaching people how to move, but how to locate a physical vocabulary of their own.

At Pilobolus’ upcoming show, the company will showcase six dances in two parts.

It opens with “Redline,” a high-energy piece that, according to pilobolus.com, “examines the beauty and futility of physical battle.”

Next up is a piece called “Transformation,” an excerpt from a full-length work that uses the illusion of projected shadow. To close the first part of the concert, Pilobolus presents a men’s quartet that was originally choreographed in the late 1990s called “Gnomen.”

The female counterpart of “Gnomen,” a piece titled “Duet,” opens the second half of the concert, which is followed by “Walklyndon.”

Barnett describes “Walklyndon” as “Pilobolus’ oldest work other than the eponymous ‘Pilobolus,’ made in a squash court in Lyndonville, Vt. in 1971.” The concert ends with “Rushes,” the first of the company’s international collaborations, which was created with two Israeli choreographers, Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak.

The details may sound disparate, but the program is unified by an idea. “There is really one theme in Pilobolus,” Barnett says. “[It’s about] how individuals maintain identity within groups. We’ve been looking at that from one direction or another for the past 40 years.” X Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt can asezakblatt@mountainx.com.

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Friday, Jan. 21 (9 p.m., $8. analogmoon.com)

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You can afford the ticket: The chugging guitars and falsetto chorus of “Soda City” capture Analog Moon’s psychedelic brand of pop. in Fall 2008 for a change of pace, notes. “I had originally planned to keep the same band, and travel back and forth for practices and meet in the middle for gigs. It just didn’t work out that way. I was following some new ideas. I wanted to explore a more aggressive, darker approach.”

He found that approach during a chance meeting at Echo Mountain. Britton had stopped by the local studio to visit friend and former bandmate Ryan Monroe — Britton played in Monroe’s Pangroid Band back in Columbia — who was in town recording with his new mates, Band of Horses.

“That’s when I met [drummer and Echo Mountain producer] Jon [Ashley],” says Britton. “I gave him a demo and asked if he knew any local musicians, just anybody who could play some of the parts. And he said he was interested.”

The two songwriters quickly hit it off. Over the next two years, the pair recorded at Echo Mountain during off hours, rewriting and reworking the songs that would eventually become Ascent. Their differing styles meshed perfectly, with Britton’s serpentine guitar rock balancing out Ashley’s gentler, piano-based tunes.

“We started with, like, 25 songs,” says Britton. “The songs I brought for the new record were mostly written before I met Jon, as were most of his. And we whittled it down to the songs that worked well together. We could easily make another album with the stuff we have left over.”

Once the album was finished, Britton and

Ashley realized they were going to need a full band to play it. They found keyboardist Josh Sullivan through a friend. And for bass, Britton tapped former Archers of Loaf bassist Matt Gentling, who he had met years back when Gentling was touring through South Carolina with — who else — Band of Horses. And like that, Analog Moon was reborn.

With new record in hand, the band is currently planning shows throughout the Southeast.

To help kick it all off, Britton turned to where it all began: Echo Mountain. This Friday’s CD release show will be held in the studio’s huge live room on the second floor of the old Salvation Army building (and will feature kegs of LAB beer, naturally). “We wanted our CD release to be special, more like a big house party than just another show,” Britton says.

Of course, translating the studio album to the live stage hasn’t been easy. But it’s also a sign of the times for Analog Moon.

“I think [Ascent] perfectly represents where we are as a band right now,” Britton says. “It’s a transitionary record for a transitionary time for the band. The first record was made with a full band in Columbia. This new record was made with myself and Jon and whoever else happened to be passing through the studio at the time. And the next record, that will be a collaborative effort with the new band.”

Best catch them now. By then, Analog Moon won’t be such a secret anymore. X Miles Britton is an Asheville-based freelance writer.

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Deciding which shows you should see, so you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to The Suspect: Against Me!

The band arrives in Asheville on the first week of a threemonth nationwide tour. Tom Gabel started the group in 1997 in Gainesville, Fla., but the band didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find its following until the 2002 release of its first full-length album, Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose. Spin named the 2007 release New Wave album of the year; the 2010 release White Crosses goes lighter on the anarchy and yelling and heavier on harmonizing, changes which may or may not please fans.

Can Be Found: The Orange Peel, Wednesday, Jan. 19.

RIYD (Recommended if You Dig): The Gaslight Anthem, the Dropkick Murphys.

You Should Go If: Winter weather depresses you because there are very few uncontrived circumstances in which you can take your shirt off in public; you managed to stockpile six cases of Four Loco before it went off the market; you sometimes stop by your doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office just to steal the latest copy of Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health; you were the first of your friends to â&#x20AC;Ś enter Prehab.

The Suspect: No Age

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Accomplished and disciplined punk? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Pitchfork said about No Ageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 Everything In Between (on the Sub Pop label), as well as calling the release â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sonically chameleonic, musically generous and seriously compelling.â&#x20AC;?

This two-man group from L.A. formed five years ago after the hardcore punk group, Wives, disbanded. No Age has toured with Dan Deacon and Deerhunter and most definitely established themselves as critical and indie darlings.

Can Be Found: The Grey Eagle, Saturday, Jan. 22.

RIYD: Deerhunter, Abe Vigoda.

You Should Go If: No less than three members of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asheville Elevenâ&#x20AC;? are vying for your affections; all this snow has been a wonderful opportunity for you to sharpen your skills as an avid indoorsman; you stick it to the man by sneaking refills of coffee, eating as many grapes as you can before you get to the checkout and asking for eight different samples of the ice cream at Kilwinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; you were the first of your friends to â&#x20AC;Ś admit that you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really a vegan if you eat grilled cheese four times a week.

The Suspect: Crooked Fingers

When the Chapel Hill band Archers of Loaf broke up in 1998, lead singer Eric Bachmann started the solo project Crooked Fingers. As Crooked Fingers, Bachmann has released five albums and just as many singles and EPs, singing both his original (and often bleak) tunes, as well as covers of everyone from Neil Diamond to Queen to Prince. His last release, Forfeit/Fortune featured musicians from the Silver Jews, DeVotchKa and Neko Case.

Can Be Found: The Grey Eagle, Friday, Jan. 21.

RIYD: Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake.

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Another Gainesville band, this one formed almost 20 years ago. The band started out playing power pop but quickly moved into playing ska-punk. 1997 was a breakthrough year for the band as it played on three major tours: Caffeine Nation, the Race Around Uranus and Warped. Their most recent release is the TV/EP, consisting of 16 covers of television theme songs that lasts a total of 13 minutes.

Can Be Found: The Orange Peel, Saturday, Jan. 22.

RIYD: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Jimmy Eat World.

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PechaKucha night

On Thursday, Jan. 20, the Asheville Art Museum hosts ARTmob Presents: PechaKucha Night. It’s the opening event/sneak peek for the weekend-long Asheville Fringe Arts Festival. “PechaKucha means ‘chit chat’ in Japanese, and ARTmob will be ‘exhibiting’ 20 images for 20 seconds each,” says the museum. “We might see 20 images of someone’s artwork, 20 images of someone’s vacation or 20 images of scary clowns.” 7 p.m., $3 museum members/$5 non-members. ashevilleart.org.

Fringe Fest

Now in its ninth year, the dance/music/theatre/multimedia/performance art extravaganza known as The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival covers spans four days and multiple venues. BeBe Theatre, Asheville Art Museum, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the Wedge Building all hosts events. Thursday, Jan. 20-Sunday, Jan. 23. $12/$10 for senior and students for each of the three Fringe shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Schedule and artists at ashevillefringe.org.

HATCHbash

Ten poets will be chosen to read at the Xpress Poetry Show, Friday, April 8 at The Masonic Temple & late night at Wordfest 2011.

Looking for sophisticated fun and surprises? HATCHbash will be the place, on Saturday, Jan. 22. It’s a fundraising pre-party for the April HATCH Asheville, a multi-day creative festival with a focus on networking and mentoring. Gear up at this fête, featuring hot music from DJs Par David and Marley Carroll, along with Jon Reid and Jacob Rodriguez of Jar-E. There’ll be food from some of the town’s top restaurants (including The Admiral, Posana and more), and plenty of beer and wine. Oh yes, and secrets we can’t reveal, except to simply say, you oughtta be there. At the Hotel Indigo, 151 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. $20. HATCHexperience.com.

Go To: MountainX.com/poetry2011 for details!

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When Russ Wilson throws a soiree, expect it to be elaborate and fabulous. This he does on Thursday, Jan. 20, with the return of the Art Deco Revue. Featuring Wilson’s 14piece Nouveau Passe Orchestra, the fiery Red Hot Sugar Babies, dancing girls The Tacky Annies, singing sensation Heather Masteron, dancer extraordinaire Ira Bernstein and more. 8 p.m. Vintage, semiformal or cocktail attire required. $20. At the Grand Ballroom of the Grove Park Inn. groveparkinn.com.

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Django Reinhardt tribute

Belgium-born Gypsy Django Reinhardt was (according to Firecracker Jazz Band’s Jon Corbin) “a musical savant, a pure artist, but with the terrible handicap of having the use of only two fingers on his fretting hand due to an injury caused by a fire in his caravan.”

Which didn’t stop Reinhardt from defining a new breed of music: Gypsy jazz. Even guitar hero Les Paul thought Reinhardt was the greatest guitarist in the world.

Celebrate the 101st anniversary of Reinhardt’s birth with a special tribute at the Grey Eagle on Sunday, Jan. 23. Performers include One Leg Up, Viper’s Dream, Musette Guitars and more. 7 p.m., $8 advance/$10 doors..

Club phone numbers are listed in Clubland in the (828) area code unless otherwise stated; more details at www. mountainx.com/clubland. Send your Smart Bet requests in to ae@mountainx.com for consideration by the Monday the week prior to publication.

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by Stacy Claude Despite the severe winter-weather forecast, the traditional bluegrass-loving crowd was out at the Grey Eagle on a recent Saturday night for the Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice show.

This crowd means higher-than-average PBR sales, enthusiastic clapping after nimble-fingered instrumental solos, an age-range from 21-85, pearlsnapped plaid shirts and the random yelling of “Son!” or “Pick it!”

Opening the show was the surprisingly impressive Jon Stickley Trio. Surprising, because this was only their third show together. The hometown group consists of Jon Stickley on guitar, Sav Sankaran on electric upright bass and Lyndsay Pruett on fiddle. All three migrated to Asheville from other places in pursuit of musical endeavors.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that they’re virtuosic on their respective instruments, which helps explain why they could give such an incredible performance after so few shows together. Stickley has been involved in many successful projects from punk to Americana, and Asheville locals will know him as a former Biscuit Burner who moved on from that band to play lead guitar with The Shannon Whitworth Band.

Pruett’s resume included playing in Futureman’s Black Mozart Ensemble, as well as recording the title track for the James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. Multi-instrumentalist Sav Sankaran currently plays upright bass with the Dixie Bee-Liners and tours full time with them on the bluegrass circuit.

The trio opened with a short, ambient instrumental that set the tone for their set. It let the crowd know they could play straightforward bluegrass, but that wasn’t all they were going to get. As the song wound down, there was almost no pause as the trio launched into a bluegrass song called “Piedmont Foothills,” complete with three-part harmony and ripping instrumental breaks. Stickley said, “Why don’t we get Lyndsay to fiddle one? Here’s the ‘Kansas City Kitty!’” It’s an American Swing tune, circa 1929, and … wow.

The song really allowed Pruett and

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For more information contact 298-2173 ext. 229 “Evergreen taught me that it really is possible for my generation to help preserve and protect the environment. Besides giving me the tools I need to be successful, the teachers there encouraged me and helped to cultivate my passion.”

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Stickley to show off their instrumental prowess. Just when the crowd thought they had seen all the musical aptitude they could stand, Sankaran stepped up and takes a solo on the upright, dead-on the melody.

It was obvious that Stickley had spent a great deal of time crafting the set list. The transitions between songs were fluid, often not giving the audience time to realize one song had ended and another had begun. There were songs within songs, a nod to the season with a “Greensleeves” tease, and rhythmic intricacies that clearly kept the musicians on their toes. They rotated between vocal tunes and instrumentals, unafraid to blend bluegrass, Gypsy jazz, swing and samba. The most engaging thing about the show was that the musicians looked like they were having a blast on stage. They were constantly communicating with each other with their eyes and body language, smiling and laughing, and impressing each other with exceptionally creative licks. A few of the songs were recognizable from Stickley’s 2008 solo CD, Lions, and some were from a new CD he plans to release in 2011. With such an impressive showing at their third gig, Asheville can eagerly anticipate seeing much more from the Jon Stickley Trio. Stickley will play at the LAB on Friday, Jan. 21, at a show featuring The Whappers and the Asheville Country Music Review. Learn more at myspace.com/stickleymusic.X Stacy Claude is a local musician, freelance writer, and author of Asheville Roots Music Review at avlrootsreview.blogspot.com.

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where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina C lubland 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.

Wed., January 19 Athena’s Club

Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm

Blue Note Grille

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Jazz jam, 9pm

Old-time jam, 6pm

Broadway’s

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

‘80s night, 10pm Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am Fairview Tavern

Open mic Frankie Bones

Front stage: Woody Wood (soul, pop) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Soul & jazz jam Olive or Twist

Heather Masterton Trio (swing, jazz) Orange Peel

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Against Me! (folk, punk) w/ Cheap Girls & Fences

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

Stephon Lamar (acoustic, folk) Garage at Biltmore

Spicy Mustache & the Flavor Saviors w/ Ultra Violet & Solo Good Stuff

Open mic Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Chris Pureka (Americana, indie) w/ Nicole Reynolds Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm Holland’s Grille

“Hits & Shits” w/ Jamie Hepler Red Stag Grill

Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Open mic w/ Brian Keith Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Bluegrass jam Town Pump

Open mic

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Chris Wilhelm (folk, rock)

Westville Pub

Jammin’ w/ Max & Miles

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Wild Wing Cafe

American Idol viewing party & performance w/ Caleb Johnson

Matt Walsh (blues, rockabilly) Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Thu., January 20

David Mayfield Parade (Americana, folk rock) w/ Frontier Ruckus

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass, country) Eric Congdon (singer-songwriter)

20th Anniversary Big Band & Swing Dance Weekend feat: Russ Wilson’s Art Deco Review, The Red Hot Sugar Babies, The Rhythm Boys & The Stardusters

Craggie Brewing Company

Handlebar

Blue Note Grille

Andrew Wakefield & friends (singersongwriter)

Fred Eaglesmith (country) w/ The Fabulous Ginn Sisters

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Havana Restaurant

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Salsa dance, 7pm

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Eleven on Grove

Zydeco lesson & dance, 7:30pm Dance w/ music by Bio-Diesel

Lobster Trap

Emerald Lounge

Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Mud Tea (rock)

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy & the Swing Daddies

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Marc Keller (singer-songwriter)

Open mic

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert

Fat Cat’s Billiards

Mela

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Vincenzo’s Bistro

DJ Twan

Belly dancing

Fri. Jan 21 the Whappers

w/ asheville cOuntry music revieW JOhn sticKley & JOsh haDDix

SaT. Jan 22

KicK game w/ city champs & DJ fOOtball

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TueSdayS

Jake Hollifield Piano | 9pm

WedneSdayS

Woody Wood 9pm

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Wild Wing Cafe

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Jarvis Jenkins Band (rock, psychedelic)

DJ Paco (dance)

Olive or Twist

Fri., January 21

20th Anniversary Big Band & Swing Dance Weekend feat: The Continental Dance Orchestra

Swing dancing w/ Heather Masterton & The Swing Station Band

Handlebar

Hells/Bells (AC/DC tribute)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Orange Peel

Acoustic Swing

Zoso (Led Zeppelin tribute)

Blue Note Grille

Packway Handle Band (bluegrass)

Pack’s Tavern

Anon Dixon Day & Howie Johnson

Holland’s Grille

Scott Raines & Jeff Anders (acoustic, rock)

Boiler Room

The Edge Band (classic rock)

Purple Onion Cafe

Big House Radio (rock)

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Tom Fisch

Craggie Brewing Company

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Red Room

Angela Easterling (Americana, folk)

Iron Horse Station

Dance Lush w/ DJ Moto

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Ron Moore (acoustic, humor)

Red Stag Grill

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Billy Sheeran (piano)

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Darren Nicholson Band (bluegrass)

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Jerusalem Garden

Steve Whiddon the pianoman

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Root Bar No. 1

Eleven on Grove

EDM by Innovative Conspiracy Records

Jus One More

Hickory Hawkins & the Panty Sniffers (country, rockabilly)

Emerald Lounge

Scandals Nightclub

The Alarm Clock Conspiracy (indie, powerpop) w/ The Hillside Bombers & Big Eye Small Robot

Highland Brewing Company

Belly dancing w/ live music Live music Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Feed and Seed

Back stage: The Whappers (rock) w/ Asheville Country Music Review, Jon Stickley & Josh Haddix

Stella Blue

Brush Fire Bluegrass

Lobster Trap

1999 - A Tribute to Prince

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter)

The Get Down

Nikki Talley (indie, rock)

Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Primal Static (rock, indie)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Jenna Lindbo (folk, Americana)

Local DJ exposure night feat: Nicodemus & Yorgo Simou

Andrew & Wendi of Red Hot Sugar Babies (jazz, blues, soul)

Mike’s Tavern

Bryan Jones Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Garage at Biltmore

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

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Steep Canyon Rangers 10th Anniversary Show (bluegrass) w/ Curly Seckler & Larry Keel

Red Room

Dance party w/ live DJ Red Stag Grill

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Gypsy (rock)

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Violin River (Grateful Dead covers)

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DJ dance party & drag show Straightaway Cafe

Dave Turner (acoustic, rock) The Warehouse Live

Live music Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Peggy Ratusz (1st & 3rd Fridays) Ginny McAfee (2nd & 4th Fridays) Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Lorraine Conrad (progressive Americana) White Horse

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Hotel Indigo

Barrie Howard (one-man-band) Blue Note Grille

Miguel y Antonio (singer-songwriter, acoustic) Boiler Room

Akamai Drone (electronic, rock) Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Greg Olson (folk) Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Barley’s Taproom

Like Mind Trio Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

John Cook (blues, folk)

Craggie Brewing Company

Glenn Spayth (singer-songwriter) Jack Of The Wood Pub

The Broadcast (soul, funk, rock) Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Jazz night Midway Tavern

Live music Mike’s Tavern

Eli Cook (blues) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Grateful Dead Night w/ Phuncle Sam Olive or Twist

42nd Street Jazz Band Orange Peel

Pack’s Tavern

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Sun., January 23

Iron Horse Station

Sat., January 22 Mark Appleford (Americana, blues), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Contagious (rock, covers)

Broadway’s

Jason Sturgeon (country)

Athena’s Club

Wild Wing Cafe

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 7-10pm

Less Than Jake (punk, pop, ska) w/ The Supervillains, Off with Their Heads & The Riot Before

Wild Wing Cafe

DJ Jason Wyatt (‘80s & ‘90s) Pisgah Brewing Company

Big Sam’s Funky Nation (funk) Purple Onion Cafe

Deep River Red Room

Dance party w/ live DJ Red Stag Grill

Sharon Van Etten (folk, singer-songwriter, indie) Hangover in the Hangar: “Bring your vinyl and we’ll spin it; Bring your own food and we’ll grill it,” 2-8pm Firestorm Cafe and Books

Open Umbrella benefit w/ live music, 5pm Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

2nd Annual Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Classical guitar duo, 10am-12:30pm Bob Zullo (jazz, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Hotel Indigo

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 7-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Irish session, 3pm Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

“Vinyl at the Vault” w/ Chris Ballard Scandals Nightclub

DJ dance party & drag show Vincenzo’s Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

Mon., January 24 Emerald Lounge

Open mic Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Contra dance Grove Park Inn Great Hall

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

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Hick’ry Hawkins & the Panty Sniffers (honkytonk, country, punk)

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Live DJ Root Bar No. 1

Jay Brown (Americana, folk) Scandals Nightclub

Emerald Lounge

DJ dance party & drag show

Eskatones w/ Funk Messengers

Stella Blue

Fairview Tavern

Ironside (metal) w/ From a Dig

Live music

Straightaway Cafe

Fat Cat’s Billiards

Alexa Woodsworth

DJ Twan

The Warehouse Live

Common Foundation (ska) Root Bar No. 1

Open jam session The Get Down

Masters Bluegrass Jam Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Vocal jazz session w/ Sharon LaMotte, 7:30pm Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller

Feed and Seed

Carolina Rex (blues, rock)

Tue., January 25

Timberline Bluegrass

Town Pump

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Appetizers - Buy One Get One ½ Off $4 Margaritas!

Wii Bowling on 11 ft. Screen

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Lobster Trap

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Over 30 Beautiful Entertainers

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Town Pump

Carolina Rex (blues)

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20th Anniversary Big Band & Swing Dance Weekend feat: The One & Only Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

Live music

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

426 Haywood Rd. West Asheville

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Back stage: City Champs (electronic, dance) w/ & DJ Football

Makia Groove (world, funk, fusion)

Heady Glass LOCAL Art Funky Festival Fashion

No Age (experimental, power-pop, punk) w/ Rene Hell

Sumilan Band (rock, funk, experimental)

Mark Bumgarner (Americana, bluegrass, country)

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Rom Scuba Sweetheart Family Tour (poetry), 3pm Chad Mackey (acoustic, folk), 7pm

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Joshua Singleton & the Funky Four Corners (funkabilly, dance)

Blue Note Grille

TheTreasureClub.com

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Eleven on Grove

Mon. - Sat. 6:30pm - 2am

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Bailey Cooke (Americana, country, rock)

Marc Keller

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Electronic Voice Phenomena (ambient, electronic, jazz)

DemiJohn Varmits (“Appalachian dirty shuffle”) Westville Pub

Garage at Biltmore

Grammar School (rock, indie)

Crazy Horse & Colston w/ Bobby White

Blue Tuesday Beginner swing & tango lessons, 6-7pm Dance w/ live band or DJ, 8pm Emerald Lounge

Tuesday Night Funk Jam Frankie Bones

Aaron LaFalce (alternative, acoustic)

clubdirectory The 170 La Cantinetta 687-8170 Asheville Civic Center & Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 259-5544 Athena’s Club 252-2456 Avenue M 350-8181 Barley’s Tap Room 255-0504 Beacon Pub 686-5943 Blue Mountain Pizza 658-8777 Blue Note Grille 697-6828 Boiler Room 505-1612 BoBo Gallery 254-3426 Bosco’s Sports Zone 684-1024 Broadway’s 285-0400 Club Hairspray 258-2027 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360 Curras Nuevo 253-2111 Desoto Lounge 986-4828 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 The Dripolator 398-0209 Ed Boudreaux’s Bayou BBQ 296-0100 Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar 252-2711 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 Parkside Pub & Grill 281-0920 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 French Broad Chocolate Lounge 252-4181 The Garage 505-2663 The 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 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 The Hangar 684-1213 Hannah Flanagans 252-1922 Harrah’s Cherokee 497-7777 Havana Restaurant 252-1611 Highland Brewing Company 299-3370 Holland’s Grille 298-8780 Infusions 665-2161 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Jerusalem Garden 254-0255 Jus One More 253-8770

Garage at Biltmore

Phat Tuesday Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm Handlebar

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

Open mic w/ Jesse James, 7-10pm

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Laurey’s Catering 252-1500 Lexington Avenue Brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 Luella’s Bar-B-Que 505-RIBS Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 Midway Tavern 687-7530 Mela 225-8880 Mellow Mushroom 236-9800 Mike’s Tavern 281-3096 Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill 258-1550 Olive Or Twist 254-0555 O’Malley’s On Main 246-0898 The Orange Peel 225-5851 Pack’s Tavern 225-6944 Pineapple Jack’s 253-8860 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Posana Cafe 505-3969 Pulp 225-5851 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin Vault 254-4993 Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Rendezvous 926-0201 Rock Bottom Sports Bar & Grill 622-0001 Root Bar No.1 299-7597

Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Scully’s 251-8880 Skyland Performing Arts Center 693-0087 Stella Blue 236-2424 Stephanie’s Roadhouse Bistro 299-4127 The Still 683-5913 Straightaway Cafe 669-8856 Switzerland Cafe 765-5289 Tallgary’s 232-0809 Red Room 252-0775 Thirsty Monk South 505-4564 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 Town Pump 669-4808 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 Vanuatu Kava 505-8118 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 The Warehouse Live 681-9696 Wedge Brewery 505 2792 Well Bred Bakery & Cafe 645-9300 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066

Open mic

Westville Pub

Frankie Bones

Blues jam

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

White Horse

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Irish Sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:30pm

Paul Cataldo (acoustic, folk, roots)

Wed., January 26

Open mic

Athena’s Club

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Jake Hollifield (blues, ragtime)

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Open mic

The Archrivals (jazz, rock, fusion)

Blue Note Grille

O’Malley’s On Main

Jazz jam, 9pm

Open mic

Broadway’s

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

‘80s night, 10pm

“Vinyl at the Vault” w/ Chris Ballard

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Blues night

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Fairview Tavern

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Scott Raines & Jeff Anders [acoustic / rock / & then some]

The Business [Motown funk]

Sat. 1/22

Fri. 1/21

DJ Jason Wyatt

Live DJ [‘80s / ‘90s Night]

$3 Local Drafts All January!

Sunday, January 23rd NFL Conference Championships • 110 foot projection screen

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Grove Park Inn Great Hall

VIBRANT, HOT CLUB GYPSY JAZZ!

Holland’s Grille

Marc Keller (singer-songwriter) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Old-time jam, 6pm Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Woody Wood (soul, pop) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

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Bullied (documentary film)

Olive or Twist

Heather Masterton Trio (swing, jazz)

Red Stag Grill

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge

“Hits & Shits” w/ Jamie Hepler

Steve Smith (acoustic, folk)

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Steve Whiddon the pianoman

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Red Stag Grill

Billy Sheeran (piano)

karaoke monday

Robert Thomas (jazz standards, blues)

Taylor Moore (singer-songwriter) w/ Jacob Johnson

Root Bar No. 1

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Scandals Nightclub

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm

Local DJ exposure night feat: In Plain Sight

Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Bluegrass jam

Stella Blue

Handlebar

Zoogma

Town Pump

Solas (Celtic)

Open mic

Town Pump

Havana Restaurant

Utah Green (folk, roots)

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Salsa dance, 7pm

Jim Arrendell & the Cheap Suits (dance)

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Peggy Ratusz & friends

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Open mic w/ Caleb Beissert

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Aaron LaFalce (piano)

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

Westville Pub

Lobster Trap

Red Hot Sugar Babies (hot jazz)

Westville Pub

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”)

Beacon Pub / Buffalo Wild Wings / Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill / The Hangar / Infusions / Midway Tavern / O’Malleys on Main / Holland’s Grille

Jammin’ w/ Max & Miles

Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill

Fri., January 28

thursday

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Cancun Mexican Grill / Chasers / Club Hairspray / Harrah’s Cherokee Fairview Tavern / Rock Bottom Sports Bar & Grill / Shovelhead Saloon / The Still

Open mic w/ Brian Keith

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)

Thu., January 27

Acoustic Swing

Mela

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Belly dancing

Paul Cataldo (singer-songwriter)

Blue Note Grille

Letters to Abigail (Americana, country)

Mike’s Tavern

Open mic w/ Greg Terkelson

Blue Note Grille

Suzi Ragsdale (singer-songwriter)

Jay Brown (Americana, folk)

Boiler Room

Ocoai (metal) w/ Ritual, Lifecurse & From a Dig

Olive or Twist

Swing dancing w/ Heather Masterton & The Swing Station Band

Craggie Brewing Company

Mark Guest (jazz guitar) Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Pack’s Tavern

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Aaron LaFalce (acoustic, rock)

Mark Guest (jazz guitar)

Purple Onion Cafe

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Eleven on Grove

Garry Segal (Americana, roots)

DJ Reverend Jude & the Deep Space Lounge

Red Room

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Dance Lush w/ DJ Moto

Eleven on Grove

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

Andy Burke (alt-country)

Green Building Directory 2011 Space reservation extended through Feb. 17!

Mack Kell’s / Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues / Wild Wing Cafe

tuesday Getaway’s (Eleven on Grove) Jus One More / Mike’s Side Pocket / Rendezvous / Tallgary’s / Red Room

wednesday

friday Fairview Tavern / Fat Cat’s Billards Infusions / Mack Kell’s Midway Tavern / Shovelhead Saloon Stockade Brew House The 170 La Cantinetta

saturday The Hangar / Holland’s Grille Infusions / Jus One More / Midway Tavern / Rendezvous / Shovelhead Saloon / The Still

sunday Bosco’s Sports Zone / Cancun Mexican Grill / The Hangar / Mack Kell’s / Wild Wing Cafe / The Get Down EDM w/ Stacy, Lee & Xist Emerald Lounge

Peace Jones (rock, jazz, funk) w/ The Werks Feed and Seed

Bent Grass Bluegrass Firestorm Cafe and Books

Apocalypse Awareness Day feat: Spoken Nerd & friends (“satirical indie hip-hop”) French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Brushfire Stankgrass (acoustic, bluegrass) French Broad Chocolate Lounge

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Shay Lovette (Americana) Garage at Biltmore

Night of the Bass Zombies feat: Chronicles of the Landsquid, Pericles, Ape Kit, Dubvirus & more Good Stuff

Wayne Graham Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Enemy Lovers (rock, indie, pop) Grove Park Inn Great Hall

19th Annual All That Jazz Weekend feat: Henry Butler Handlebar

Gaelic Storm (Celtic, world)

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Highland Brewing Company

Christabel & the Jons (Southern swing)

Valorie Miller (folk, Americana) White Horse

Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music

Classicopia feat: Dan Weiser (chamber music)

Lobster Trap

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Sat., January 29

Midway Tavern

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Athena’s Club

Live music

Iron Horse Station

Mike’s Tavern

Mac Comer (funky folk)

Mark Appleford (Americana, blues), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am

Jack Of The Wood Pub

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Holland’s Grille

Free Flight (rock)

Jazz night

Hope Griffin & Ken Kiser

Viper’s Dream (gypsy jazz)

Patrick Fitzsimons (folk, blues, roots)

Jerusalem Garden

Craggie Brewing Company

Bobby Miller & the Virginia Daredevils (progressive bluegrass)

Belly dancing w/ live music

Hello Hugo (instrumental, rock, indie)

Olive or Twist

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Curras Nuevo Cuisine

42nd Street Jazz Band

Back stage: DJ Bowie

Greg Olson (folk)

Orange Peel

Mike’s Tavern

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

J. J. (alternative blues) Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Donna the Buffalo (Americana, folk, rock) w/ The Roy Jay Band Pack’s Tavern

Emerald Lounge

DJ Justin Burle (‘80s & ‘90s)

Pseudo Blue & the Majestics (funk, jam, rock)

Purple Onion Cafe

Fairview Tavern

Aaron Burdett (acoustic, roots)

Live music

Red Room

Fat Cat’s Billiards

Dance party w/ live DJ

102.5 House Band

Red Stag Grill

Feed and Seed

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter)

Hominy Valley Boys

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Live DJ

Meet & Greet w/ URTV

Root Bar No. 1

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Peace Jones (rock, jazz, funk)

Tennessee Hollow (Americana, blues, rock)

Scandals Nightclub

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

DJ dance party & drag show

Matt Getman (jazz, pop, soul)

Stella Blue

Garage at Biltmore

Papadosio (electronic, experimental)

Neumatic Part 2

Straightaway Cafe

Good Stuff

Garry Segal (roots, blues)

Ron Moore

The Warehouse Live

Drone Summit of the Carolina Mountains feat: Zach & Abe, NOOSE & Jamie Hepler

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Live music

Jill Andrews CD release show (Americana, folk)

Town Pump

Straightaway Cafe

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Carolina Rex (blues, rock)

19th Annual All That Jazz Weekend feat: The Ellis Marsalis Quartet

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Highland Brewing Company

Vanuatu Kava Bar

The Trainwreks (“dirty tonk”) Olive or Twist

Live jazz w/ Jennifer Scott Orange Peel

The Breakfast Club (‘80s tribute) Pack’s Tavern

Crocodile Smile (dance) Red Room

Dance party w/ live DJ Red Stag Grill

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Rewind Blue (Southern rock) Root Bar No. 1

Linda Mitchell (blues, jazz) Scandals Nightclub

DJ dance party & drag show Stella Blue

Paul Cataldo (roots, Americana) The Warehouse Live

Live music Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub

Live music Town Pump

Fifth on the Floor (Southern rock) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & Daddy Longlegs (blues, soul) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Peggy Ratusz (1st & 3rd Fridays) Ginny McAfee (2nd & 4th Fridays) Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

The Lee Boys (“sacred steel”) w/ Oteil Burbridge & Woody Wood Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Hotel Indigo

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 7-10pm Iron Horse Station

Patrick Flaherty (country, blues) Jack Of The Wood Pub

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SaT 1/22: SuMilan Band

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The Free Flow Band (soul, funk) Alex Krug Trio (Americana, folk) Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Amy Burritt (acoustic, folk rock) Westville Pub

Blind Lemon Phillips Band (R&B) White Horse

WSNB (blues)

One Leg Up (jazz, swing)

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theaterlistings Friday, JANUARY 21 Thursday, JANUARY 28 Due to the holiday, show times were not available from most theaters. Check mountainx.com for show times and call theaters to catch any last minute scheduling changes. n

Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. (254-1281)

Please call the info line for updated showtimes.

Due Date (R) 10:00 Inception (PG-13) 7:00 Megamind (PG) 1:00, 4:00 n

Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452)

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Carolina Asheville Cinema 14 (274-9500)

127 Hours (R) 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:50, 10:15 Black Swan (R) 11:45, 2:15, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 The Dilemma (PG-13) 11:35, 2:10, 4:50, 7:15, 9:55 (Sofa Cinema) The Fighter (R) 11:30, 2:00, 4:35, 7:30, 10:00 Gulliver’s Travels (PG) 12:00, 2:35, 4:45 (Sofa Cinema) The Green Hornet 3D (PG-13) 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (PG-13) 12:05, 3:00, 7:00,10:00 I Love You, Phillip Morris (R) 11:55, 2:25, 4:40, 7:55, 10:15 (Sofa Cinema) The King’s Speech (R) 11:45, 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 Little Fockers (PG-13) 12:05, 2:35, 4:50, 7:05, 9:25 (Sofa Cinema) Made in Dagenham (R) 11:55, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 No Strings Attached (R) 11:40, 2:20, 4:45, 7:25, 9:50 Season of the Witch (PG-13) 7:40, 9:45 (Sofa Cinema) True Grit (PG-13) 11:30, 2:05, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 The Way Back (PG-13) 12:20, 3:30, 7:10, 10:05 n

Cinebarre (665-7776)

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Co-ed Cinema Brevard (883-2200)

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Epic of Hendersonville (693-1146)

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Fine Arts Theatre (232-1536)

Black Swan (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show Fri-Sat 9:30 The King’s Speech (R) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, Late show Fri-Sat. 9:50 n

Flatrock Cinema (697-2463)

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Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15 (684-1298)

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United Artists Beaucatcher (298-1234) For some theaters movie listings were not available at press time.

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movie reviews & listings by ken hanke

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pickoftheweek The Green Hornet JJJJ

Director: Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind) Players: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz, David Harbour Action/Comedy/Thriller Rated PG-13

The Story: A spoiled rich kid and his late father’s mechanic decide to become vigilante heroes posing as criminals.

The Lowdown: Better than you might expect, with more evidence of director Michel Gondry than seemed likely, but the film only sporadically rings the gong.

I’d hoped for better, but expected worse, which means that Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet is at best — or at worst — a mixed bag of a movie. There are good — or at least very clever — things in it, but it comes across as three movies trying to be one. It’s partly a quirky, slightly sweet, somewhat dark Michel Gondry movie, partly a subversion of the superhero comic-book movie and partly a star vehicle for Seth Rogen’s ego. The first two parts make a better blend than does the final third, making it tempting to blame the things that don’t work on Rogen. Yet, Rogen co-wrote and co-produced the film, so it’s unreasonable not to credit him with at least some of what’s good about The Green Hornet.

The source material is something of a curious choice, since The Green Hornet only seems like a comic-book character. The Hornet actually originated as a radio show in 1936, spawned a couple of serial films and several not exactly worldclass comic-book attempts. Its greatest fame to modern audiences comes from the cult following of the one-season ABC-TV series that was made largely to cash in on the same network’s Batman show. The Green Hornet show was played straight — unlike Batman — and was not a huge hit. But the presence of Bruce Lee as the Hornet’s sidekick, Kato, eventually gained the show a following, and is the main reason it’s remembered today. (Quick — without recourse to reference

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Seth Rogen and Jay Chou as revisionist versions of the Green Hornet and Kato in Michel Gondry’s imperfect, but surprisingly quirky The Green Hornet. material — who played the Hornet? Exactly.)

The new film draws more from the TV show than anything else — including poking fun at the hero as really being subordinate to the sidekick.

The new Hornet has Seth Rogen as Britt Reid, spoiled, party-boy son of newspaper publisher James Reid (Tom Wilkinson). It’s only after his father’s death that Britt and his father’s mechanic/coffee-maker Kato (Jay Chou) decide to become crime fighters posing as criminals — and really for no very good reason except that they think it would be cool. They — especially Britt — don’t have a clue how to go about it, since their first bout is accidental. As a result, they end up relying on Britt’s secretary (and crime specialist) Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz) to unwittingly provide the trajectory of their plans by telling them the usual path taken by criminals. All this is good, and it works in broad strokes at least.

Also good is the relationship between Britt and Kato in all its gay (but non-erotic) subtext glory — and the fact that neither of them can get to first base with Lenore. The relationships — and the way that Gondry handles them — are remarkably similar to the ones involving Jack Black, Mos Def and Melonie Diaz in Be Kind Rewind (2008), and it’s surprising that Gondry was able to imprint so much of himself onto a project like this. For that matter, there’s more than a little of his trademark low-tech, handmade quality, and that’s equally surprising in a big-budget action picture. Similarly, the character of Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds) — a clearly insane arch-villain, whose major preoccupation is how scary he is — would fit right in with the world of Gondry’s films.

With so much that’s right with The Green

Hornet, what’s the problem? Well, primarily it’s a combination of pandering to its star, who just isn’t as funny as he thinks he is, and the film’s necessity to fulfill its action-picture promises.

There’s nothing wrong with the big climax, but it feels more like it was required than inspired.

It doesn’t by any means sink the movie, but it doesn’t improve it, nor is the ending as good as the film’s quirkier aspects. In the end, it’s a movie that I’d recommend — especially to Gondry fans — but with some definite reservations. And the retrofitted 3-D? I didn’t mind it, but it is utterly pointless. Rated PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, The Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande.

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Director: Ron Howard Players: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum Drama/Comedy Rated PG-13

The Story: A man catches his best friend’s wife cheating on him, but must figure out a way to tell his buddy.

The Lowdown: A comedy — built around Vince Vaughn’s obnoxious screen persona — with bits of drama thrown in, but never in a way that’s effective.

The easy thing would be to put all the blame for this obnoxious mess of a movie on Ron Howard. He’s a solid craftsman who makes entertaining — if none too deep — standard

startingfriday THE COMPANY MEN

This feature-directing debut from TV writerproducer John Wells (E.R.) is slated to open this week with no indication that it’s in limited release — but since the studios and booking offices were closed this Monday and the film is from the reliably unreliable Weinstein Brothers, that’s neither confirmed nor a given. Let’s say this drama about the travails of three corporate men — Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones — who find themselves suddenly out of work thanks to downsizing is tentatively scheduled to open this Friday. Early word for this apparently less elitist take — from another point of view — on similar material to last year’s Up in the Air is pretty positive. (R) Early review samples: • “A solid, intelligent, emotionally satisfying work of Hollywood liberalism” (David Denby, The New Yorker) • “The minor miscalculations pale beside the film’s unflinching depiction of the perils of heedless upward mobility that, for all the luxuries it affords, looks pretty grim.”

(Stephen Holden, New York Times)

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Gee, this R-rated rom-com from longtime hit-challenged Ivan Reitman about a “friends with benefits” couple who are trying to not

Hollywood movies, and because of this, he’s completely at the mercy of his material. The times when he has attempted to step out from his comfort zone (The Missing (2003) and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) come to mind) have resulted in disasters.

Here we find Howard — working from a script by Allan Loeb, the man who contributed his writing talents to such films as 21 (2008) and The Switch (2010) — at the helm of a romantic comedy/drama hybrid whose main selling point is the tired screen antics of a bloated, exhausted-looking Vince Vaughn. It’s doubtful anyone could’ve made this movie watchable.

Opie certainly isn’t the man to do it, lacking the comedic touch or the dramatic deftness to make this movie even moderately successful.

Howard’s already working from behind, since he is saddled with a script that is created to bring out the very worst aspects of Vaughn’s worn-out screen persona. We get the fast-talking Vaughn, and a whole lot of him, but it’s all sound and fury — and truly grating sound and fury at that.

The viewer is assaulted with reel after reel of Vaughn simply not being funny, but wanting oh-so-badly to recapture the glory days of when his shtick felt fresh. The whole performance feels desperate.

If you want an idea of not only how bad Vaughn is in The Dilemma, but of how bad the entire cast is, ponder this: The best performance in the whole film is by professional beefcake Channing Tatum. The worrisome part is that there’s not even a contest. And while it’s not too

become emotionally involved hasn’t been shown to critics. And this is despite the presence of Natalie Portman as half of that couple. You don’t suppose the fact that Ashton Kutcher is the other half could have anything to do with it, do you? Nah.(R)

THE WAY BACK

Quite the most interesting-looking prospect opening this week is Peter Weir’s The Way Back — an independent film about a military officer (Jim Sturgess, Across the Universe) leading an escape from a Soviet labor camp across Asia to India. An impressive cast — Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong — add to the allure of seeing a film that some have said returns Weir to his glory days as a filmmaker. The early reviews tend to bear this out. (PG-13) Early review samples: • “A harrowing epic that will not be an easy sell, but it finds Weir again working at the top of his game.” (Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter) • “That a production this ambitious has been financed and distributed outside the studio system throws a curveball to anyone who thinks ‘independent film’ can mean only urban moderns sitting in an apartment bemoaning their ennui.” (Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times)

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surprising when you take into account Kevin James’ goofy clowning, this is a movie that also features Winona Ryder, who, honestly, looks confused throughout the film, and Jennifer Connelly, who, frankly, comes across as boring.

And, of course, there are spots for Rance and Clint Howard, so you’re certain this is a Ron Howard film.

While the script doesn’t help, nor does the fact that the film never gets its footing. It slips in and out of drama and comedy while never getting close to nailing either. Vaughn plays Ronny, an entrepreneur who catches his best friend’s (James) wife (Ryder) cheating on him with some meathead (Tatum). Unsure of how or when to break the news to his buddy, Ronny instead finds himself spiraling out of control into various sets of screwball and slapstick comedy and scenes of slightly weightier histrionics like gambling addiction and relationship problems.

None of the characters are very likable or deep.

The film’s 112-minute running time means we end up with a film that’s not only overly long, but also overly pointless. It’s a long, hard trek to an uninspired ending. The Dilemma isn’t any better than any number of unfunny, clunky comedies to come around lately; it just happens to be a bit longer and more annoying. Let’s hope this doesn’t count as progress. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving sexual content. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at The Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7.

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James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clémence Poésy, Treat Williams, Kate Burton Fact-Based Drama A fact-based story about Aron Ralston, who chose to cut off his arm rather than die when he was trapped by a boulder in the walls of a narrow canyon. A harrowing, brutal, yet ultimately life-affirming film from Danny Boyle.

It’s virtually a two-man show—director and star James Franco—and one of the movies of the year. Rated R

Black Swan JJJJJ

Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder Psychological Thriller/Horror The Story A ballerina in a Lincoln Center opera company lands the lead role in a production of “Swan Lake”—and the experience threatens her sanity. A rewarding, disturbing, full-blooded essay in psychological horror of a kind we rarely see—and one of the best films of 2010. Rated R

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Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Gary Sweet Allegorical Fantasy The Story The two younger Pevensie children are whisked back to Narnia for further adventures. Dull adventure, debatable religious themes and childish fantasy are doled out in massively halting slabs in this third installment in the Narnia series. Rated PG

Country Strong JJ

Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, Leighton Meester Country-Music Melodrama A country-music star attempts a return to fame while struggling with alcoholism. Corny melodrama by way of bargain-basement production values, bad country music and Gwyneth Paltrow desperately looking for an Oscar nomination. Rated PG-13

The Dilemma J

Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum Drama/Comedy A man catches his best friend’s wife cheating on him, but must figure out a way to tell his buddy. A comedy—built around Vince Vaughn’s obnoxious screen persona—with bits of drama thrown in, but never in a way that’s effective. Rated PG-13

The Fighter JJJJ

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O’Keefe, Jack McGee Biographical Boxing Drama The Story The real-life story of boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward and his rise to fame against all odds—including the help of his family. A good, creatively made boxing biopic that never breaks through into actual greatness, despite fine work from Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams. Rated R

The Green Hornet JJJJ

Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz, David Harbour Action/Comedy/Thriller A spoiled rich kid and his late father’s mechanic decide to become vigilante heroes posing as criminals. Better than you might expect, with more evidence of director Michel Gondry than seemed likely, but the film only sporadically rings the gong. Rated PG-13

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I Love You, Phillip Morris JJJJJ

Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Antoni Corone, Brennan Brown Fact-Based Romantic Comedy/Drama A fact-based story of the romance between a con man and the young man he meets in prison. An unusual and very good movie that will ruffle some folks’ feathers, owing to its unabashed gay content, but if that isn’t a problem for you, catch this one. Rated R

The King’s Speech JJJJJ

Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon Historical Drama The story of Britain’s King George VI and his attempts—with the help of an unorthodox therapist—to overcome his speech impediment to become the wartime voice of his people. An improbable subject becomes a magnificently enjoyable and moving film experience that needs to be seen. Rated R

Little Fockers J

Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman Flaccid Comedy Feeling his own mortality, series regular Jack Byrnes decides to appoint son-in-law Greg Focker as his successor as family patriarch. A mostly tedious, occasionally tasteless attempt to milk more money out of this tired situational premise. Unfortunately, it will probably succeed in that aim. Rated PG-13

Made in Dagenham JJJJJ

Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Mays Fact-Based Drama/Comedy The Story Fact-based story of Ford autoworker Rita O’Grady, who led the strike against the corporate giant that led to equal wages for women in Great Britain. A solidly packaged historical drama—with moments of comedy—that chooses to take a crowd-pleaser approach to a serious story and succeeds, thanks in no small measure to some truly fine performances. Rated R

Season of the Witch JJ

Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Claire Foy, Robert Sheehan Period Action/Horror The Story A couple of AWOL knights from the Crusades agree to transport a suspected witch to a distant abbey for trial—and probable execution—owing to the belief that she has caused the black plague. Low-wattage horror, tepid adventure, Nicolas Cage in yet another wig—all enlivened by the occasional unintended laugh. Rated PG-13

TRON: Legacy JJJJ

Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Sheen Sci-Fi/Action A young man—in an attempt to track down his long-lost father— gets trapped in a digital world. Short on plot, but heavy on style—and less corny than the original—the movie manages to be engaging, thanks, in part, to a good performance by Jeff Bridges. Rated PG

True Grit JJJJJ

Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper Western/Drama A young girl, a drunken U.S. Marshal and a self-satisfied Texas Ranger pursue the murderer of the girl’s father into Indian Territory. A stunner of an entertaining movie from the Coen Brothers—one of their best and one of the best films of the year. Rated PG-13

filmsociety The Devil Commands / Return of the Vampire JJJJ

Director: Edward Dmyktryk/Lew Landers Players: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Richard Fiske, Anne Revere, Nina Foch, Mile Mander, Matt Willis Horror Rated NR Columbia isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a studio generally associated with horror pictures from the classic era, but they did occasionally dabble in the genre. Their most concerted effort came with the run of loosely grouped Boris Karloff â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mad Doctorâ&#x20AC;? films, of which Edward Dmytrykâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Devil Commands (1941) was the penultimate and best entry. Based on the creepy novel The Edge of Running Water

by William Sloane, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the tale of a grief-stricken scientist (Karloff) who becomes obsessed with communicating with the spirit of his dead wife (Shirley Warde). Played for maximum spookiness (maybe a little too much so in some cases), itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the most memorable of all 1940s horrors. Lew Landersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Return of the Vampire (1944) isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite in that league, but it does provide Bela Lugosi with one of his few solid movies of the decade â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and one that actually gives him something to do. Surprisingly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also one of only three movies where he plays a vampire. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen The Devil Commands and Return of the Vampire Thursday, January 20, 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.

First Love JJJJJ

Director: Henry Koster Players: Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette, Helen Parrish, Leatrice Joy, Kathleen Howard Musical Comedy Romance Rated NR The name Deanna Durbin may not be immediately familiar to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s audiences, but between 1936 and 1941 she practically carried Universal Pictures single-handedly â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and she remained one of their biggest stars till she retired from movies in 1949. She had an operatic voice and was that rarest of things â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a completely appealing and non-cloying child star. First Love was a huge deal in 1939, presenting Durbin in her first adult role and getting her first screen kiss from newcomer Robert Stack. It also turned out to be one of her best â&#x20AC;&#x201D; possibly the very best â&#x20AC;&#x201D; films. The storyline is essentially a modern variant on Cinderella told in terms of a screwball romantic comedy. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazingly adept at being a screwball comedy while being almost giddily romantic, striking just the right note in both capacities. Perhaps no child star ever made such a seamless transition to adult movies, but then Durbin was no ordinary child star. It helped immensely that Universal surrounded her with seasoned players who knew the ropes when it came to comedy, especially Eugene Pallette, who had played a similar role to the one he has here in My Man Godfrey (1936). Also on hand is the great Kathleen Howard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a former opera star best known to movie fans as W.C. Fieldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; loud and domineering wife in Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Gift (1934) and The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as Durbinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sharp-tongued, but sympathetic music professor.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen a Deanna Durbin movie, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no better place to start. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Asheville Film Society will screen First Love Tuesday, January 25, 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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Well, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself blown away by The Conformist, one of the most beautifully made and beautifully constructed films from one of cinema’s richest eras. There isn’t a false moment or false performance in this operatic examination of a man’s (Jean-Louis Trintignant) quest for the conformity of a “normal” life — one that leads him into the downward spiral of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy. Few films really deserve the term “masterpiece,” but this one does. reviewed by Ken Hanke Classic Cinema From Around the World will present The Conformist at 8 p.m. Friday, January 21, at Courtyard Gallery (109 Roberts St. in the Phil Mechanic Building, River Arts District, one floor down).

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Drama Rated R I haven’t seen Nowhere in Africa (2003) since I reviewed it at the time of its release. And since no screener was available to me for this screening of the Oscar-winning drama, I must rely on my original review, in which I wrote: “Link’s film, based on the partly autobiographical novel by Stefanie Zweig, details the story of one Jewish family that makes it out of Germany and into Kenya just in time to be spared the worst of the Nazi atrocities. Nowhere in Africa unusually — and I think wisely — keeps the Holocaust in the background. The characters in the film do not experience the Holocaust themselves, so neither should the viewer. The film feels less like a narrative and more like it’s moving with something of the jumbled quality of memory.” For the full review, visit http://www.mountainx.com/movies/review/nowhereinafrica.php. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Hendersonville Film Society will show Nowhere in Africa at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.

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After eating, enjoy a collection of award-winning films, including animation, documentaries and dramas, from the Twin Rivers Media Festival collection of Courtyard Gallery. The event takes place in the upstairs library of Phil Mechanic Studios in the River Arts District. This month’s films are: No Such Thing as Color, The Anatomy of Vince Guraldi and Teabag Sucker. (www.mountainx. com/movies/review/fix) Phil Mechanic Studios and Courtyard Gallery present a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. and a film screening at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20, at the Phil Mechanic Studios building, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District.

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828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA • Downtown, 68 N. French Broad, $890.

Hardwood Floors, Dishwasher. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1 BEDROOM/1 BATHROOM, West, 19 Brucemont, $590, Coin-Op Laundry, Porch.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1 BEDROOM/1 BATHROOM, North, 365 Weaverville, $475, Carpet Floors, W/D Hookups.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1-2-BR, 1-2BA SOUTH • 90 Beale St. Central heat/AC, dishwasher. $585$675/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1-2BR, 1-2BA HENDERSONVILLE • 2010 Laurel Park. Private entry, coin-op laundry. $510$675/month.

828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com 1.5 BEDROOM/1.5 BATHROOM, North, 154 Barnard, $625, Close to UNCA, W/D Hookups.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BA/STUDIO • 85 Merrimon. Winter Special! All utilities included. $500/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA HENDERSONVILLE • 827 4th Ave, $445/month.

Hardwood floors, Pets okay.

828-693-8069. www.leslieandassoc.com

1BR, 1BA • North 37 Sunset. $595. City Views, Pets Okay. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA • North, 403 Charlotte. $775. Hardwood Floors, Patio.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1.5BA EAST • 2 Oakview. D/W, W/D hookups. $600/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1.5BA • North, 47 Albemarle. $845. Fireplace, Deck. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA NORTH • 91 Edwin. $775/month. Great location, Central AC. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2BA NORTH • 27 Spooks Mill. Deck, mountain views. $925/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1BR, 1BA NORTH • 51 Lee. $450/month. Hardwood floors, porch.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

2BR/1BA NORTH 20 Brookdale. A/C, W/D hookups. $595/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

1BR, 1BA SOUTH • 30 Allen. Patio, A/C, heatpump, $545/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

3BR, 2BA ARDEN • 8202 Terra. A/C, walk-in closet. $750month. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

3BR/1BA NORTH Westall Apts. great location, W/D hookups. $695/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com BLACK MOUNTAIN Nicely renovated bath, kitchen, 1BR, sunroom, dining room.

9’ ceilings. • Abundance of natural light. • Hardwood floors. Short walk to downtown. • $660/month includes heat, water, Wifi. • Smoke free. 280-5449.

CANDLER • Large 2BR, lots of closet space. Electric heat, water provided $550/month. Call 828-253-0758. Carver Realty.

FREE RENT To fully retired gentleman. Great N. Asheville neighborhood, 300 sq.ft. in-law apt. W/D priviledges, off-street parking. In return for some computer help, 2 or 3 errand runs per week, handyman skills. Must be in residence at night. No drugs, pets or visitors. Smoking permitted.

Must have excellent references and pass a background check. 2525208.

SOUTH • Forestdale. 1BR, 1BA. D/W, storage. $590/month.

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jobs STUDIO, 1BA DOWNTOWN • 82 Merrimon. Heat included, hardwood floors. $595/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com WEST ASHEVILLE • 2 and 3 bedroom unfurnished apartments for $649 and $679/month in West Asheville. Water, garbage included. On bus line. Call 828-252-9882.

WEST-ACTON WOODS APTS • 2BR, 2BA, 1100 sq.ft. $775/month. Includes water and garbage pickup.

Call 253-0758. Carver Realty.

Mobile Homes For Rent HAW CREEK Convenient location, good school district. 3BR, 2BA mobile home. Fenced. Nonsmoking.

• Some pets ok. $800/month, $800 deposit.

(828) 299-8623. str72@charter.net

ARDEN 4BR/3BA 2000 sq. ft. 4BR/3BA. Rec room.

Fireplace. Wooded lot. Well maintained. TC Robinson/Glen Arden schools. Gas heat/AC. $1200. 828-779-4336, rjwalleye@charter.net

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2BR, 2.5BA OAKLEY • 20 Lamar. Deck, fenced yard. $995/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 2BA HOUSE • OAKLEY (Asheville) with covered front porch and WD. $795/month.

Please call Rory Heller (828) 279-7699. roryheller@yahoo.com 3 BEDROOM/2.5 BATHROOM, Arden, 137 Weston, $1125 , Garage, Fireplace. 828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

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3BR, 3BA NORTH • 28 Wild Cherry, $1,185/month.

Basement, porch.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

WEST ASHEVILLE CANTERBURY HEIGHTS • 44 Beri Dr. Updated 2BR 1.5BA. Split level condo, 918 sqft. Fully applianced kitchen. Washer/dryer. Pool, fitness room. $725/month.

Security Dep. Application Fee. Mike 919-624-1513.

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3BR, 2BA • Fletcher, 607 Woodberry, $1020. Garage, Fenced Yard.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

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2BR, 1BA WEST • 37 Sandhill. Yard, basement. $875/month.

828-253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

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3BR, 2BA WEST Large 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 6 miles to Asheville, in Erwin Schools area. Pets negotiable, outside smoking only.

Rental Application, credit, employment, and background checks required. 828-460-7066.

ALWAYS GREAT RESPONSE “I advertise my rental properties in Mountain Xpress because of the quality and quantity of great calls it produces!” Pauline T., Asheville. • You too can find quality renters! Call 2511333, Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

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3BR, 1BA. Oak floors, oil heat, garage, W/D hook ups, incl. water. $700/month. Call 253-0758. Carver Realty.

HOUSE FOR RENT 2BR 1BA near Sylva. Hardwood floors, ceiling Fans. W/D, microwave, D/W. Detached workshop and utility/rec room. Tool shed and garage.

750/month + deposit. 919812-0829.

WEST 2BR, 1BA • Hardwood floors, heat pump. $650/month. Call 2530758. Carver Realty.

WEST ASHEVILLE • 2BR, 1BA 1931 brick bungalow.

10 minute walk from Haywood Rd. next to Malvern Hills Park. Available Feb. 1. Beautiful large yard and detached shed for extra storage. $875/month. Call 828-450-2462.

WEST ASHEVILLE 9 Winnfred. 3BR, 2BA ranch; quiet neighborhood fireplace, den, basement.

Walk to Vance Elementary.

No smokers; pets negotiable. $975/month + utilities. (828) 683-1180.

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BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 277-1492. bennie14@bellsouth.net

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Call 251-1333.

LOCAL WHOLESALE COMPANY • Is looking for full-time help in our shipping and receiving department.

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Sales/ Marketing ADVANCE CONCERT TICKET SALES • $11 per hour guaranteed plus a weekly bonus program. We are seeking individuals for full and part time in our local Asheville sales office. • Benefit package • Weekly paycheck • Students welcome. Our employees earn $500-$650 per week with bonuses. No experience necessary, we will train the right people. Enthusiasm and a clear speaking voice are required. Call today for a personal interview.

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LOCAL WHOLESALE COMPANY • We are looking for an experienced full time inside sales employee to join our team. Candidate will be part of an Inbound / Outbound sales team responsible for answering incoming calls from our customers, entering their orders through an order entry system, and fielding product questions. Each sales representative will also be responsible for generating revenue via outbound calls. We prefer candidates with QuickBooks and Excel experience desirable but not mandatory.

Candidate must be verbally fluent, self motivated, positive, focused, reliable, and detail oriented. Benefits include competitive pay w/ bonus program, comfortable atmosphere w/casual dress, holiday and vacation pay, health insurance, and great office hours. Starting salary $10.00 to $12 at six month.

Interested parties please fax or email resume and cover letter, ATTN: Bill to fax# 828236-2658 or email hiringafg@gmail.com.

Hotel/ Hospitality CANOPY GUIDE AT NAVITAT CANOPY ADVENTURES Applicants must have a positive attitude, strong work ethic, good communication skills. Send resume and letter of interest to info@navitat.com DRIVER GUIDE AT NAVITAT CANOPY ADVENTURES Applicants must have a positive attitude, strong work ethic, good communication skills. Send resume and letter of interest to info@navitat.com SALES GUIDE AT NAVITAT CANOPY ADVENTURES Applicants must have a positive attitude, strong work ethic, good communication skills. Send resume and letter of interest to info@navitat.com

Medical/ Health Care OVERNIGHT RESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR Local Residential Eating Disorder Program has an opening for Overnight Residential Counselor. Hours are 9p-8a.

PT, FT or Contract Position.

Psychiatric Treatment Experience is a MUST.Please visit our website at www.tapestrync.comPlease email resume to tnowak@tapestrync.com. tnowak@tapestrync.com

Human Services

AVAILABLE POSITIONS • MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Jackson County: Registered Nurse (RN) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have four years of psychiatric nursing experience. Please contact Kristy Whitaker, kristy.whitaker @meridianbhs.org Clinician/Team Leader Child and Family Services: Must have a Master’s degree and be licenseeligible. Please contact Chris Cruise, chris.cruise @meridianbhs.org • Cherokee County: Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible. Please contact Patty Bilitzke, patricia.bilitzke @meridianbhs.org Clinician Recovery Education Center: Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible.

Please contact Keith Christensen, keith.christensen @meridianbhs.org Case Manager (QMHP) Recovery Education Center: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with mental illness. Please contact Keith Christensen, keith.christensen @meridianbhs.org • continued on next column

Transylvania County: Team Leader Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have Master’s degree and be license-eligible. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey @meridianbhs.org Registered Nurse (RN) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have four years of psychiatric nursing experience. Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey @meridianbhs.org Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey @meridianbhs.org Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with mental illness.

Experience in Vocational Rehabilitation preferred.

Please contact Ben Haffey, ben.haffey @meridianbhs.org Peer Support Specialist Recovery Education Center: Must have lived experience with mental health and/or substance abuse challenges and be at a place in one’s own recovery to give back to others. Please contact Caroline Bradford, caroline.bradford @meridianbhs.org • Macon County: Case Manager (QMHP) Recovery Education Center: Must have mental health degree and two years of experience working with adults with mental illness.

Please contact Candace Rawlinson, candace.rawlinson @meridianbhs.org • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

FAMILIES TOGETHER INC. Due to continuous growth in WNC, Families Together, Inc is now hiring licensed professionals and Qualified Professionals in Buncombe, McDowell, Madison, Rutherford, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties. • Qualified candidates will include • LPC’s, LCSW’s, LMFT’s, LCAS’s, PLCSW’s, or LPCA’s and Bachelor’s and Master’s Qualified Professionals. • FTI provides a positive work environment, flexible hours, room for advancement, health benefits, and an innovative culture. • www.familiestogether.net • Candidates should email resumes to humanresources @familiestogether.net

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INVENTORY PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR • Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity seeks a full-time Inventory Procurement Coordinator to develop and implement plans that will increase the amount of goods donated to the Habitat Home Store by individuals, businesses and other organizations. Major account sales background and knowledge of building materials preferred. Must have dependable transportation and be detailoriented, comfortable with public speaking and able to implement comprehensive plans with minimal supervision. Basic Microsoft Office skills also required.

Competitive salary and benefits package. For consideration, email your resume to jobs@ashevillehabitat.org.

No walk-ins or phone calls accepted. EOE.

INTEGRITIVE, INC. SEEKS HTML / CSS DEVELOPER TO JOIN TEAM. Integritive.com seeks a web developer with strong problem solving and programming skills. No phone calls, online application: http://www.integritive.com/a pply/apply.php

Employment Services UNDERCOVER SHOPPERS Get paid to shop. Retail and dining establishments need undercover clients to judge quality and customer service. Earn up to $100/day. Please call 1-800-720-0576.

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE NC Mentor is offering free informational meetings to those who are interested in becoming therapeutic foster parents. The meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm (snacks provided) and 4th Friday 12pm-1pm (lunch provided).

• If you are interested in making a difference in a child’s life, please call Nicole at (828) 696-2667 ext 13 or email Nicole: nicole.toto @thementornetwork.com. • Become a Therapeutic Foster Family. • Free informational meeting. NC Mentor. 120C Chadwick Square Court, Hendersonville, NC 28739.

BANJO TEACHER OPENING • email any questions and resume to becky @musiciansworkshop.com ILLUSTRATOR FOR LOWER ELEMENTARY CHILDREN’S BOOK Opportunity for talented illustrator skilled with expression, and creative with design to prepare artwork for elementary children’s book about birds to be released in both English and Spanish.

Twenty illustrations needed plus cover. Compensation will be percentage of the profits allowing greater potential for income. To be considered send contact information, bio, and two samples of artwork to sharplin4@gmail.com. sharplin4@aol.com

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PREGNANT CONSIDERING ADOPTION? • Talk with caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers with families nationwide • Living expenses paid. Call 24/7 • Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions • 1-866-413-6293. (AAN CAN) SEEKING CAREGIVERS FOR GRADUATE RESEARCH. Has your caregiving experience of a child, elder, sick, or disabled person transformed you, like a rite of passage? sebigger@yahoo.com

BEGINNING JEWELRY CLASSES • Chasing and Repousse’ - Anticlastic Raising. www.earthspeakarts.com wechurlik@frontier.com DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Camera use, tips/tricks, storing, sharing, basic Photoshop. No experience necessary!

February 4-6. Contact: (828) 775-1774 or workshops@RLGeyer.com More info: workshops.RLGeyer.com INTRODUCTION TO TAROT Taught by Psychic Expert Nina Anin. • This 8 week class begins Tuesday, January 25 from 7pm-9pm.

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LAKEHOUSE MUSIC Asheville’s only non-profit Recording Studio. • Recording • Mixing • Mastering • Video Production • Management • Marketing • Rehearsal Space. (828) 242-3573. pete @lakehousemusic.org

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