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letters Consider your responsibilities along with your rights Rugged individualists like Normon Plombe have long been gnashing their teeth about the nanny government that makes them wear bicycle helmets and seat belts and vaccinate their kids [“Channel Your Inner American Revolutionary,” Feb. 9 Xpress]. That’s the same government that tries to keep the Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal dust out of the air you breathe and the antibiotics out of your milk and eggs. It’s nothing personal, Mr. Plombe: It’s about trying to ensure the general welfare — like it says in the Constitution — by doing stuff that’s obvious.

And it’s about the health of all our kids.

Chicken pox and polio vaccines have reduced the incidence of those diseases by 90 percent, but they don’t work very well when everyone opts out. As with seat-belt usage and bicycle helmets — a lot of other people are affected when some fool ends up on life-support.

Because diseases like chicken pox are in remission, a child that is not vaccinated has a pretty good chance of never getting it. And we all would like to have a free ride, and let someone else ensure the general welfare, take the shots, pay the taxes, buy the health insurance, while we take our manly chances. But the system breaks down when we don’t cooperate.

You use the same infrastructure that I do.

I help pay for your roads and your daughter’s education and chicken pox vaccines, even though I don’t have kids or drive your streets.

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I hear many voices loudly claiming their “rights,” but I never hear much about “responsibilities.” They go together.

— Glen Reese Asheville

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This effort, along with many other important initiatives, is making a difference in the chances for success of the most vulnerable children in our community. Likewise, there are so many great things happening in the Buncombe County and Asheville City Schools that benefit all children.

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the classroom experience relevant and exciting with technology that allows for true experimentation and exploration at our high school.

Many in our community are not aware of the devastating effects that legislation currently being considered will have on our public schools. One proposal would fund only one school district per county, and force a merger of the Asheville City and Buncombe County schools. If this happens, we would lose the ability to tailor programs, like the dropout-prevention program you covered, to the communities we serve. We oppose drastic budget cuts that will force a return to the one-size-fits-all education from which we have come so far.

Our community needs to speak loudly to our N.C. General Assembly at this time and send a

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To find out more, attend the forum at Asheville High School on Thursday, Feb. 24, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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that a complete stop on all city-initiated annexations across the state is not a necessary or appropriate way to address annexation.”

When you say “city-initiated annexations,” are you really referring to forced annexations?

“Forced” because you and your ilk feel that the people in a given area should not be permitted to vote on whether or not they wish to be annexed? If so, then why try and sugarcoat the truth here?

Please do correct me if I’m in error here, but if this is the case, then how can any of you simultaneously claim to be proponents of “democracy”?

North Carolina has been a “blue” state for quite a long time. Aren’t Democrats supposed to advocate democracy? Or is the growing

liberty movement correct in asserting that both Democrats and Republicans are beholden to their corrupted political parties and anti-liberty agendas?

As I understand it, North Carolina is one of the few states that allows its municipalities to forcibly annex areas without a public vote. Why is the state so beholden to draconian and tyrannical tendencies?

Hey, I have a great idea: Why not, for a change, consider advocating for the legalization of freedom? Another great idea: Why not, for a change, consider telling the truth?

Oh, I forgot: Tyrants generally don’t deal in truth. Forgive me for forgetting!

— Bernard Baruch Carman Asheville

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Build a boat or plant a garden, but turn off the TV! I would like to applaud reader Meredith Hope’s letter “Shame on You, Charter” [Feb. 9 Xpress] for taking [the cable company’s] current idiotic ad campaign to task.

I gave up commercial TV in all its forms in 1972. At that time, the average American was watching 39.6 hours of TV a week. Call it 40 here. So I suddenly had weeks with 40 (more or less) extra non-TV hours in them. Here’s what I did with those 40 hours per week.

I built a 40-foot wooden sailboat; I built a classic “tear-drop” camper; I learned to play the piano; I have completed the fuselage and tail for a replica of the immortal Supermarine Spitfire airplane; I co-planted a garden with my life partner in north Asheville; and I put a new bed on a 1982 truck.

So that’s what I did and am still doing.

(Oops, I almost forgot: I also wrote four books.)

I do not however know very much about what’s on television. I’ll try to survive and not spend too much “watching gravel.”

— John Nation Asheville

Thank you, Valentine’s Day mystery man I would like to express my sincere gratitude to an unknown wonderful gentleman who assisted me during a medical emergency on Valentine’s Day at the downtown restaurant Tupelo Honey.

I’m generally a calm-in-the-face-of-crises sort of person, but your calm clarity — asking just the right questions, being just the right sort of stillness — was such a support in such an unexpected situation. My kind regards to you and my apologies for not being present enough to acknowledge you in the moment.

May the blessings be returned a thousand-

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And to the restaurant staff, I know where you are. I’ll come by and thank you in person for your thoughtful help and understanding.

— Sarah Hester Asheville

The dangers of local Web forums My attention was recently drawn to a discussion on a local Yahoo group Web forum regarding an issue I had some firsthand knowledge about. I was not surprised that the initiator of the discussion presented the issue in a self-aggrandizing light. But what did surprise me was the number of people without any firsthand knowledge or involvement who joined the discussion [and presented] their viewpoint as if they knew the actual facts.

The discussion that ensued was rooted in untruth and embellished with misrepresentation. It also came to my attention that the moderators of such groups might be overwhelmed, underqualified or just plain incompetent to appropriately manage [them].

So my message here is, please don’t believe everything you read and try to resist the urge to hop on a bandwagon of negativity.

I sincerely hope the masses are intelligent enough to understand these points. Though after reading the aforementioned discussion, I’m not so sure.

— Susan Richards Asheville

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commentary Snow days again?

Ashevilleans need to get a grip on winter weather

by David Lehlbach Up until the recent respite, it had been a pretty rough winter, with too many snow days for local schoolchildren. It’s time for the Asheville City Schools to stop feeding local paranoia about wintry weather and, instead, support a normal educational routine.

This ridiculous pattern of on-and-off schooling is hard on kids and parents alike.

For parents who have day jobs (and even those who don’t), it’s both highly disruptive and completely unwarranted. It also sends ripples through the local economy, since businesses are impacted when people aren’t out and about as usual.

Compared with other areas, Asheville’s winter climate is generally mild. When the newspapers or TV people talk about “snow,” they usually mean snow showers rather than a real snowstorm. On Monday, Jan. 24, for example, there was only a very moderate dusting of snow throughout the city.

Snowstorms, where there is an organized low-pressure system, are typically discussed

where we, as Asheville residents, need some perspective. I recently witnessed rush hour in Calgary, Alberta, with minus 3 degrees, 20 mph wind gusts, 4 inches of snow on the ground and about 8 inches anticipated. I was amazed to see appropriately dressed kids standing alongside major arteries, waiting for their buses. The school opening wasn’t even delayed; instead, the community rallied to make the day as normal as possible.

Another example: My family used to live in Omaha, Neb., where schools and businesses operate regardless of how much snow is on the ground or how cold it is. Parents are effectively forced to get out of bed early, shovel the sidewalks and driveways, get the kids ready for school — and then get to work on time. Meanwhile, Chicago’s city school district, which includes more roads and children than Asheville’s, recently had its first snow day since 1999!

Both Calgary and Omaha are as hilly as Asheville and are equally prone to odd distributions of precipitation across their metro areas. And while they may have more snow-

This pattern of closings and delayed openings must wreak havoc with lesson plans, not to mention any sort of continuity in the classroom. more ominously for days in advance, and we usually receive several inches of snow.

(Christmas Day 2010 was a great example of this.) Our community needs to understand the difference between the two.

And when either event occurs, the reaction from the superintendent’s office is unpredictable. The city schools often close for snow showers. But the snow dusting usually comes in the early morning hours, when few people are out, and as the morning wears on and cars drive the roads, conditions tend to improve (unless it’s really cold — i.e., below 28 degrees — which is rare).

On a typical day, the main arteries are in decent shape by 7 a.m., and oftentimes, by 9 or 10 a.m., the sun peeks out. That’s what happened Jan. 24, yet the city schools were closed. If we all exercised some caution during the morning commute, kids could attend school even when there is precipitation. Interstate 40 over Old Fort Mountain and Interstate 26 north of town might be treacherous, but right here in Asheville, the roads are drivable.

Some may claim this would be dangerous for kids and the community, but this is

fighting funds at their disposal, they also get more cold winter-weather events (with much larger impacts), spread across more of the school year. We certainly could and should do a little extra on our own “wintry” days, which are mild by comparison.

Unless there’s an organized low-pressure weather event, the differences in precipitation impacts across our city aren’t usually stark enough to justify school closings. Decisions should be made based on the conditions of the primary arterial roads. Some areas may have precipitation on back roads, but it’s nothing that careful driving can’t solve. We should expect this sort of wintry weather and respond accordingly: with shovels, hats and gloves, ice scrapers, patience and a little extra time allowed.

There’s also the issue of educational continuity. This pattern of closings and delayed openings must wreak havoc with lesson plans, not to mention any sort of continuity in the classroom. Instead, every day must feel like a free-for-all. Teachers must be the most adaptive people on the planet, but as parents and school administrators, we should ask ourselves to be equally adaptive in reducing

the disruptions, helping teachers create as “normal” an environment as possible.

Making up snow days may seem like no big deal, but pushing school into June is a major budget issue for the districts funded by our tax dollars. And scheduling makeup days on Saturdays or during holiday periods disrupts the overall school experience. Besides, some people plan vacations, family visits, etc. during those holiday weekends.

Eliminating those breaks may satisfy state requirements, but if 10 percent of the students aren’t there, we’ve lost the continuity our schools need. And even if the state considers an “early dismissal,” Saturday-makeup a “full day,” we as parents must consider both the number and the quality of our children’s school days.

Am I the only parent who finds this pattern frustrating? We can’t control Mother Nature, but we must learn to control our collective reaction to her. I am not content with the district’s reactionary responses to this year’s mostly inconsequential weather events.

When it comes to my children’s schooling, I want a more predictable pattern. I want leadership, where school is held on days like Jan. 24, when a simple dusting triggered yet another missed day of school.

Just because one part of the city has slick roads, that doesn’t mean they can’t be driven on. We should expect to go to school on inclement days and treat snow days as the exception, not the rule. Our community’s weather decisions significantly impact our children’s education: It’s time we started publicly debating this key issue. X Asheville resident David Lehlbach works to improve the efficiency of transportation systems and is the proud parent of a child in the Asheville City Schools.

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Rep. Heath Shuler defied national trends last year when, as a Democrat in a Republicanleaning district in a year that saw major GOP gains, he defeated Hendersonville businessman Jeff Miller by a 9 percent margin.

While Shuler’s caucus, the conservative Blue Dogs, lost more than half its membership, he not only survived but went on to oppose former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bid for minority leader. Shuler lost by a mile, admitting later that the run was a symbolic gesture. He also wrangled an appointment to the powerful Budget Committee and proposed legislation aiming to depoliticize redistricting.

Earlier this month, Shuler voted with the majority of Republicans (and 66 other Democrats) to extend the Patriot Act’s surveillance provisions. The initial attempt failed, with 26 Republicans joining most Democrats to oppose the measure, citing civil-liberty concerns. But a later vote carried, and the legislation is now before the Senate.

Along with nine other Democrats, Shuler co-sponsored and voted for legislation to eliminate most remaining direct or indirect federal funding for organizations that offer abortions, including Planned Parenthood.

In its original form, the only rape-related exemption in the bill was for “forcible” rape (a change from long-standing federal practice). But critics said this could deny funding to victims of incest or date rape, and the word “forcible” was subsequently removed. Still, Shuler appears to be gearing up for another fight with the majority of his Democratic colleagues. Pelosi has denounced both this bill and other anti-abortion legislation co-sponsored by Shuler as “dangerous to women’s health.”

In a Feb. 11 interview, Shuler discussed these and other matters: Mountain Xpress: In your opinion, how has the 112th Congress gone so far?

Heath Shuler: The Republicans are making the exact same mistakes that the Democrats made when we took over the House: They’re looking backward, in the rearview mirror. Nothing’s been done on the economy and jobs. Everything’s being based on the past, and now there’s a huge division between their leadership and their folks. We’ve only had 28 votes, so it’s not been very productive. Our leadership went to the far left, and theirs is going to the far right. In both cases, you’re not doing what the American people asked you to do.

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The things that are not law at this time are the things that are controversial, and those are things we can fix. I think it’s very important that we fix the things that need to be fixed — things I think everyone would agree need to be fixed. Also, we need to agree on things that are in the legislation that have already become law.

It becomes a moral issue to me. You don’t want to take away [insurance] from kids in our district with pre-existing conditions, who actually have coverage for the very first time. There’s some things we can certainly do better. Cost is one thing we’ve really got to undertake. That’s why I voted [against health-care reform] initially. We can make some really good progress in this legislation over the next two years.

What are some areas you think need to be changed?

I think the 1099 issue is a perfect example. Requiring small businesses that, every time it’s over $600, you’d have to send out a 1099 to someone that purchased goods from you, that’s just almost impossible.

I want to really define cost. In one sense the bill saves money, but the real issue I have is the rising cost of health care itself.

It’s that $100 aspirin you get when you go to the hospital; it’s duplicating services.

We’ve got to lower the cost of health care in our system and address waste, fraud and abuse.

Blue Dog legislator: In the new Congress, the conservative Democrat Rep. Heath Shuler has cosponsored anti-abortion bills, voted to extend the Patriot Act, opposed healthcare repeal and proposed redistricting legislation.

One item that came up in the House was the attempt to repeal health-care reform, which was defeated in the Senate. You said during the campaign that you’d oppose that repeal, and you did. Why? The president’s not going to take down his own legislation. Morally, it’s not the right thing to do. We have things that are in place: Children can be on their parents’ insurance up to 26, closing the “doughnut hole” for seniors (which is very important for our district), and insurance for children with pre-existing conditions. Those are three things that are now law.

What are your legislative priorities?

Being placed on the Budget Committee, it’s fiscal responsibility, as it’s always been. We have to get control of our debt and the deficit spending that’s occurred. If you look back, Reagan increased the debt limit 17 times; Bush increased it seven times. We’re already at three or four times with President Obama. We’ve got to get control of that spending.

The second issue is to start building things back in America. Make it here in America, build it here in the U.S., incentivize companies to do business here in the U.S., not send U.S. dollars abroad. We have to get control of the tax structure to incentivize corporations to do business here. Tax reform, I think, is something we’d all agree upon, on both sides. That’s a way we create jobs, incentivize companies to stay here, do business here. Get that $2.1 trillion off the sidelines and get corporations to invest in America, not abroad.

You’ve had some obvious disagreements with Minority Leader Pelosi, and you ran against her. How have your interactions with your party’s leadership been so far?

I’ve always had a good relationship with the leadership. I think it’s a difference of opinion about the policy. But I think everyone’s starting to realize that without the moderate Democrats, they don’t have their chairmanships anymore.

There’s starting to be some real eye-opening experience that some mistakes were made in the policy when we were in a recession and were talking about a lot of other things when the most important thing we should have been focused on was jobs, jobs, jobs. Now here we are again: The Republican leadership is making the same mistakes.

You said recently that the Blue Dogs represent the views of about 80 percent of the country.

If that’s so, why did the caucus decline in the last election?

It’s because of the way our country has gerrymandered. Gerrymandering is a real issue, and it’s divided our country. Anytime you have politicians drawing lines for politicians, you’re going to have problems. There’s legislation Jim Cooper and I have put forward that talks about gerrymandering. Democratic districts become more Democratic; Republican districts become more Republican. The more and more you divide those districts, the more the American people are being divided based on judicial lines and not based on what the true American is.

Look at how gerrymandered the state of North Carolina is. Here in Western North Carolina, we’ve got the least gerrymandered district. My district is not gerrymandered; therefore, you’ve got to have a moderate. When you don’t have these gerrymandered districts, you have more moderates in Washington; when you have more moderates, you have more compromise — and more successful government.

So, going forward, you’re asking the House leadership to embrace this view?

I think we’ve got to, and that’s what the Blue Dogs have continued to stand for. We have to be the compromising voice, because we have the extremes in both political parties. Right now, we’ve been in recess for well over two hours, because legislation’s coming forward and the Republicans aren’t on the same page with one another. That’s why the Blue Dogs reach out — not just to Republicans, but also to our Senate colleagues as well, on both sides. At the end of the day, we’re all on the same team: We’re all Americans. We may differ sometimes in the approach, but we all want our country to be successful.

One issue that recently split the North Carolina delegation was the extension of the Patriot Act provisions. You voted for that; why?

We have to be able to protect the liberties of American citizens. When we’re trying to keep a watchful eye on our enemies and those who are willing to do harm for the United States, we have to be able to get the information to the authorities that’s necessary to find out what issues or problems could arise before we have a major disaster in this country. Through that, the

Patriot Act obviously gives the authorities the opportunities to stop problems with terrorists.

Critics say that some provisions — such as roving wiretaps and warrantless surveillance of non-U.S. citizens who aren’t affiliated with a terrorist group — actually harm civil liberties.

You think those should be maintained, along with the other provisions?

Technology changes every single day. You get an iPad today, they introduce another one in April. We have to be ahead of the technologies.

I don’t think it interferes with liberties.

I know one of the controversial things is one person who has a cell phone: There’s a wiretap on it, they go out and get another one. Does that extend the wiretap provisions? I’d say “Certainly, yes,” because it is the same person you’re trying to listen to. There are problems and issues that have arisen that have given the authorities concern. Look, at the end of the day, we can’t have the problems we saw happen on 9/11. Look at all the things [we] have stopped abroad, all the times that our intelligence has stopped bombings from these terrorist groups, because they have the authority from these different provisions.

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So you don’t think those provisions have been abused?

No, they haven’t been abused.

You’re a co-sponsor of the H.R. 3 bill, along with a number of Republicans and some Democrats. Why do you think there’s a need for such a bill?

Every single piece of legislation that comes forward, we’re always having the debate based on the provisions of the federal government supplying funding for abortions. I’ve been prolife since I started running in 2005. I’ve always been outspoken about that, and it’s important we don’t have an argument on every single piece of legislation going forward.

Now there were some concerns about the force issue; I think that’s obviously been addressed. And I’ve been a part of helping that be addressed, and that’s taken care of. We go through this process on every single piece of legislation, so why don’t we go ahead and define it early, get it as a part of true legislation, so we don’t have to debate it every time?

The force issue came up as a major complaint with the bill. Why was it in the bill in the first place, and why was it changed?

It’s like anything: You have two attorneys look at a piece of legislation and one word can certainly stand out. Anytime you have a word that’s utilized in a different manner, you have to fix it. I think it makes it much more sound, not having that word in there.

You mentioned this debate coming up repeatedly. You don’t believe existing federal guidelines and rules on funding for abortion are sufficient?

This is the law, and it codifies the existing law that we have. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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news X Buncombe

Pay dismay

Residents up in arms; commissioners cut stipends

Board games? Buncombe County commissioners came under fire for being among the state’s top paid commissioners at a time when the county faces major budget cuts. County Manager Wanda Greene proposed that the county hire a third party to analyze how the pay of Buncombe’s department heads compares to those of the rest of the state.

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by Jake Frankel After enduring a week of public criticism over their compensation, the Buncombe County commissioners gave themselves a hefty pay cut. On Feb. 15, they unanimously approved slashing their travel stipends by 50 percent (from $650 to $325 biweekly) and their technology allowances by 85 percent (from $175 to $25 biweekly). All told, each commissioner will receive $12,400 less per year.

County Manager Wanda Greene proposed the measure after a Feb. 6 Asheville Citizen-Times article reported that, including the stipends, Buncombe’s commissioners were among the highest-paid in the state.

The commissioners’ actual salaries haven’t changed. Board Chair David Gantt is paid $26,019 annually, Vice Chair Bill Stanley gets $21,762 and the other three commissioners receive $17,505.

Gantt said he believes those numbers are in line with what other Tar Heel commissioners get paid (see sidebar, “How Buncombe’s Salaries Compare”). Greene also recommended hiring a third party to analyze how the commissioners’ and department heads’ salaries compare to those of their counterparts elsewhere in the state. The board agreed and asked staff to report back.

“We want you to know that we understand we’re paid well,” noted Gantt. “And we want you to understand that we are public servants.”

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He went on to describe the vote as “the first time in known history that Buncombe County officials have reduced their pay.”

The commissioners also unanimously agreed to cancel the 1.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment the county’s 1,500 employees were slated to receive in April.

Greene had recommended the move, saying she couldn’t justify the routine increase (based on the 2010 inflation rate) at a time when she’s asking department heads to slice their budgets by up to 10 percent to address the county’s fiscal challenges.

For unstated reasons, the commissioners chose to include both cuts in their consent agenda, which did not allow for immediate public comment. That didn’t sit well with many in attendance, who had packed the chamber hoping to speak out about the commissioners’ compensation.

Eventually they got their chance, but only after waiting two hours for the commissioners to complete their other business. And when it was finally time for a general public-comment session that Gantt described as an “open mic,” they got an earful.

“I’m appalled. This is larceny by pen; this is corruption!” Weaverville resident Dixie Barkdoll declared, adding, “I ask that you all resign.”

Hope Garrett of West Asheville echoed that sentiment, telling the commissioners she “didn’t think the cut was enough” and likening the board to a “dictatorship.”

By the time Candler resident Jerry Rice stood up to speak, some board members appeared frustrated by the continuing verbal assault. Things seemed to reach a boiling point as Rice proclaimed, “Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.”

“We’re not going to do personal attacks,” a

red-in-the-face Gantt exclaimed before having Rice escorted from the chamber.

That didn’t stop the metaphorical beating, however, as Chad Nesbitt, chair of the Buncombe County Republican Party, stood up to demand that Stanley resign, based on his previous comment (reported in the Citizen-Times) that he “wouldn’t work for a penny less.”

Stanley, however, countered that hoping he would resign was “wishful thinking.”

“The majority of people put me in here, and the majority of people will take me out — maybe,” he continued.

Stanley also implied that the charges were political in nature, saying, “This salary thing never came up when we had Republicans on this board. Y’all don’t want to fuss with nobody but Democrats,” he added.

A major pay raise

Complaints about the commissioners’ pay were first raised at the board’s Feb. 1 meeting by Mike Fryar, a former Republican candidate for commissioner. And on this day, Fryar told the commissioners that the cuts weren’t enough.

“You have reduced yourself down from an EClass Mercedes to a small Lexus,” he observed.

Fryar also complained about substantial raises for three majors in the Sheriff’s Office that had been approved a few days earlier, saying it would cause someone else to lose a job.

Sheriff Van Duncan denied the charge, however, saying no one would be laid off because of the pay increases. In fact, he continued, due to attrition and a reshuffling of positions, the office is in a position to “return savings to the county of $18,000.”

The $12,819 raises will bring the three majors’ annual salaries up to $92,148 each.

Acknowledging that it “wasn’t a good time to do this,” Duncan explained that the raises had been in the works for years and were needed to pay these staffers fairly for their work. The sheriff also revealed that he’s considering cutting his own salary, which now stands at $117,448 per year, according to the county’s Human Resources Department.

In addition, Duncan gets a biweekly cell-phone allowance of $175, a biweekly travel stipend of $449.62 and a $500 annual clothing allowance.

“As we move forward, I’m considering reducing my pay,” he noted, adding, “I think we have to look at some reductions in this climate.”

Western Highlands to expand?

In other business, the commissioners: • Heard an appeal by the Western Highlands Network to approve a “Medicaid waiver” enabling the company to manage and authorize all Medicaid behavioral-health services in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania and Yancey counties. According to Western Highlands, the measure would increase local control over $130 million to $150 million in behavioral-health services and create about 50 new jobs. The WNC Health Network, which represents hospitals across the region, has endorsed the measure. For the waiver to take effect, all eight counties would have to approve it. The commissioners scheduled a March 1 public hearing and vote on the matter.

• Heard a report by the N.C. Institute of Medicine’s Task Force on the Co-location of Different Populations in Adult Care Homes. According to a study conducted by the group, more than 60

salaries Comparing pay scales in different counties can be tricky, since procedures and responsibilities may vary. But the following figures give some idea of how the Buncombe commissioners’ remuneration stacks up against what their counterparts around the state get: Buncombe County (population 231,452): The chair makes $26,019, the vice chair makes $21,762 and the other three commissioners $17,505.

After the Feb. 15 cuts, the chair and all commissioners get an additional $8,450 per year for their travel stipends and $650 to cover technology costs (such as Internet).

Henderson County (population 103,855): The chair makes $16,801 and commissioners make $10,431. All of them also receive $75 per specially called meeting and $3,650 a year for travel.

Durham County (population 262,715): The chair makes $22,333; commissioners make $18,971. Both also get a travel allowance, but at press time, the amount had not been confirmed.

Gaston County (population 206,267): The chair makes $13,780; the commissioners make $11,706.

The chair receives $6,300 for travel expenses; commissioners receive $5,700 per year.

Mecklenburg County (population 919,639): The chair makes $27,962; commissioners make $22,370.

All get an annual travel allowance ($3,528), a technology stipend ($2,900) and a general expense allowance ($4,680 for the chair; $4,320 for the commissioners).

Wake County (population 940,122): The chair makes $22,394; commissioners make $19,095 per year. Each also gets a laptop and a 50-centsper-mile travel reimbursement. percent of the state’s adult- and family-care home residents have “a mental illness, intellectual or developmental disabilities, or Alzheimer’s disease/dementia.” This can pose “a threat to the health and safety of other residents, especially the frail elderly, other people with disabilities, and staff,” it concludes. The study also notes that Buncombe has more adult-care homes than any other county in the state.

• Unanimously approved construction of a new visitor center with restrooms at Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville, to be paid for by a $500,000 grant from the Tourism Development Authority. X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

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Giving back

Downtown heroes highlight small-business conference

Drum all about it: In the early 1980s, some observers dubbed downtown Asheville a virtual ghost town; today, it’s the scene of regular events — as in this Pritchard Park scene during a drum-circle gathering — and a thriving mix of shops, restaurants and businesses. photo by Jonathan Welch

by Margaret Williams Thirty years ago, three-quarters of downtown Asheville’s buildings stood empty, and “the minimal stirrings of street life and foot traffic included not one but two redlight districts.” So says a 2006 report titled “Public Leadership of Asheville’s Downtown Revitalization,” which appeared in Popular Government, a publication of the UNC School of Government.

“We used to say, ‘You could shoot a rifle down the street any night, and you wouldn’t hit a thing,’” the report quotes former Asheville Mayor Lou Bissette as saying.

Downtown Asheville “was a ghost town, [and] its comeback is a long story,” notes coauthor Leslie Anderson. She should know.

From 1986 to 1995 — a time of dramatic change in Asheville’s central business district — Anderson was the city’s downtown development director. And to honor her role in the revitalization effort, she’s been named a “downtown hero” by the Asheville Downtown Association, which is hosting a

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two-day conference and celebration Feb. 2728 (see sidebar, “A hero’s welcome”).

Celebrating downtown means telling its story and having the pioneering business owners who lived through those times pass on their knowledge, says Joe Minicozzi, the ADA’s executive director. The nonprofit held its first meeting in 1987.

Both Anderson and Minicozzi are quick to emphasize that reviving Asheville’s moribund downtown required the work and commitment of many people, from city and county staffers to volunteers like Grace Pless and philanthropists like Roger McGuire and Julian Price.

As Anderson and co-authors Anita BrownGraham and Jennifer Lobenhofer wrote in 2006, by the mid-’70s, department stores and other retailers had “migrated to the Asheville Mall,” which opened in 1973. “Downtown had hit rock bottom,” the report concludes, and despite the 1977 creation of an Asheville Revitalization Commission, there wasn’t

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much public support for turning things around.

The catalyst came a few years later, when a developer proposed razing 11 downtown blocks and turning the area into a mall. The plan called for the city to issue $40 million worth of bonds, and after months of contentious debate and a public demonstration around the proposed site, the idea was voted down by a 2-1 margin.

“That saved downtown from being destroyed and solidified preservation efforts in the community,” Anderson recalls. “It set us on a path” based on public/private partnerships, she adds, which produced ambitious anchor projects such as Pack Place and renovated historic structures like the YMI

Cultural Center on Eagle Street.

By 2006, the central business district had morphed into a place “where you can drink a cappuccino at a sidewalk café, browse through antique shops or join an impromptu bluegrass jam.” Asheville, ranked among the “Top 10 Places to Live” by Outside magazine, had reclaimed its moniker: the Paris of the South.

A vastly different landscape

The turnaround wouldn’t have happened without downtown heroes, Minicozzi maintains. He’s working on a spreadsheet that charts the contributions of more than 150 people who helped transform downtown, such as Tops for Shoes co-owner Bob Carr, whose in-laws launched the business as a

general store in 1952 and never left downtown.

Carr, the ADA’s first president, is one of many residents, business owners and civic leaders who made Asheville’s revitalization possible. Some are well-known, some not: Jan Davis, Joe Eckert, Harry Weiss, Roger McGuire’s wife, Pat, Barbara Field, Stephanie Twitty, Susan Roderick … just to name a few.

Both Anderson and Tops for Shoes are being honored during the ADA’s Downtown Small Business Conference and Celebration.

The third downtown “hero” to be feted is Public Interest Projects, the development company started by Julian Price.

“Without these and others like them, the

schedule Sunday, February 27 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Educational Workshops (below), YMI Cultural Center on Eagle Street 8 p.m.: A social and networking gathering at a downtown location Monday, February 28 Noon to 2 p.m.: State of Downtown Luncheon, Civic Center’s Banquet Room 7 p.m.: Downtown Heroes Party, YMI

workshops Brilliant Branding (keynote speaker, Phil Davis of Tungsten Branding) Don’t Take “No” for an Answer: Using Your Numbers, Creativity, Common Sense and Perseverance to Succeed (Pat Whalen, PIP) Hiring Well (Kelley Stamley and Jes Williams, FGP Inc. Health Care Reform (Deborah Yelton, Webb Insurance) Guerrilla Marketing (Kim MacQueen, Gold Hill Market) Surviving Tough Times (Bob Carr, TOPS for Shoes Using Artistry, Color and Design To Increase Visibility and Improve Customer Experience (Scott Courtenay Smith, Renovate with Color)

downtown landscape would be vastly different,” current ADA President Byron Greiner points out.

The two-day event includes a series of workshops, the annual State of Downtown Luncheon and an awards party.

“These people made it all happen,” Minicozzi says about the names on his spreadsheet. Determined city residents, he mentions, “took six years to get trees and sidewalks ... going way back to the 1980s, and many of these people are still here.”

This is also the first time the annual event will feature a small-business segment, including Carr’s talk about “Surviving Tough Times.”

“The conference celebrates those who’ve been here and gives them a chance to pass on the knowledge about what it takes to succeed in business,” Minicozzi notes.

In other words, Asheville’s downtown heroes just keep giving back. X Margaret Williams can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 152, or at mvwilliams@mountainx.com.

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A Mars Hill Waffle House employee was busted for selling pot in the restaurant while she worked. Last year police arrested two waitresses at the same location for selling pot to patrons.

Thousands of Asheville residents dealt with several days of murky drinking water after the city repaired a broken line in its distribution system.

N The Charles George VA Medical Center in east Asheville confirmed several cases of the highly contagious norovirus, which causes acute gastroenteritis.

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Don’t drink the water

Water-main woes spread discolored H20 through the system Days after a break was detected in the 36inch diameter main line that runs from two treatment plants in Black Mountain, thousands of city and county residents still had murky, brown tap water. The leak and its subsequent repair caused “near-record problems with water service,” reported the Asheville Citizen-Times. According to “Asheville Water Woes Persist,” the discolored water caused some businesses to shut down and forced Mission Hospital to truck in thousands of gallons of drinking water from out of town.

City officials explained that the water’s brown color was caused by sediment deposits that built up in the pipes over time and broke free when a valve broke. But officials seemed to offer contradictory statements throughout the week regarding the water’s safety.

In the Citizen-Times article, City Water Resources Director Steve Shoaf was quoted as saying that the water wasn’t dangerous.

However, he also cautioned that “customers should avoid ingesting it until it is clear again.”

And in the online post, “Do Not Use

Discolored City Water for Cooking or Drinking,” Xpress published a press release from the city that again urged residents to avoid consuming discolored water. It also advised not to wash clothing with the water “because it may cause stains.”

In another health scare that garnered headlines, Xpress reported “Norovirus Confirmed at Local VA.” According to the online post, the Charles George VA Medical Center in east Asheville issued a statement declaring that “the norovirus is extremely contagious so the VA Medical Center has been taking a number of precautions since the infection was first reported. ...

“Patients who develop symptoms of vomiting or diarrhea are being placed in isolation immediately,” it continued.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noroviruses are “a group of related, single-stranded RNA, nonenveloped viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans.” At this writing, no confirmed cases had been reported outside of the facility.

Painting the way: Members of the Asheville Mural Project installed portraits of historical African-American figures last week at the corner of Eagle and Market streets in downtown Asheville.

Photo by Jonathan Welch

In better news related to the veteran’s facility, the Citizen-Times published “VA in Asheville Increases Services for Women.”

“With more women than ever in the military, the VA is trying to shed its male-centric attitude and make its medical centers more palatable for female veterans,” reported the article. “In Asheville, the number of female veterans seeking medical care at the VA doubled in the past 15 years.”

To deal with that growing demand, the hospital “added a full-time gynecologist and women veteran’s program manager in recent years and plans to add a full-time primary care doctor.”

Golden LEAF, marijuana and sweepstakes machines

Meanwhile, over in Haywood County, the Smoky Mountain News — which recently snatched up 14 awards from the North Carolina Press Association — reported on a little-known state budget issue that could have a multi-million-dollar impact on counties throughout Western North Carolina. In “Golden LEAF on the Chopping Block,” the weekly paper detailed how a Republican proposal in the state Senate would “raid the coffers” of a grant fund that was set up 12 years ago to “help tobacco-dependent communities transition away from the ever-diminishing returns of the once-bumper crop.”

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companies and doled out much of it as grants and scholarships to WNC organizations.

The Republican proposal calls for using this year’s allocation of funds to help balance the state’s projected budget deficit of $2.4 billion, according to the article.

In a story related to a different kind of leaf, the big news in Madison County last week was “Woman Charged With Selling Drugs at Mars Hill Waffle House.” According to the Citizen-Times article, a Waffle House employee was arrested for allegedly selling marijuana out of the restaurant. This marked the second bust at the Mars Hill Waffle House in less than a year, according to officials.

“It’s clearly an ongoing problem,” admitted Madison County Sheriff Bobby Harwood.

And in other crime news, the CitizenTimes reported “Deputies Raid Store Near Asheville on Gambling Charges.”

“Sheriff’s detectives on Tuesday raided a business on New Leicester Highway, seizing more than $3,700 in cash and five video terminals they said were used for illegal gambling,” according to the article. “The raid is likely the first in North Carolina under a new law aimed at banning video ‘sweepstakes’ machines that took the place of video poker when the state made those games illegal.”

The raid was spurred after an undercover deputy played $20 at Lucky’s Sweepstakes on Monday and got a payout of $21. Owners of the business said they didn’t think the machines were illegal.

— by Jake Frankel

ncmatters Will the real budget deficit please stand still?

Legislators, governor present their plans

by Nelda Holder In a bit of a shell game, legislators continued to formulate their approach to the state’s budget deficit even as the governor announced that new projections had erased $1 billion of the originally predicted $3.7 billion shortfall for the next fiscal year. (The projected deficit was subsequently scaled down to $2.4 billion.) Meanwhile, the Legislature passed the Balanced Budget Act of 2011 (SB 13) aimed at paring down that $3.7 billion figure by reducing expenditures during the remainder of the current budget year.

Specifically, the bill authorizes the governor to cut $400 million in recurring expenditures and directs her to take money from such economicincentive pots as the Job Development Investment Grants and the Golden LEAF tobacco-settlement money. Gov. Bev Perdue is on record as opposing tapping those incentive sources to balance the budget, so a veto is a possibility.

On another front, the Farmers Freedom Protection Act was introduced to prohibit local enforcement of federal statutes regarding food production and packaging — provided that the foodstuff is produced here and remains within state borders. (Violation would be a class 1A misdemeanor.) The bill passed its first reading in the House Feb. 10.

Ironically, the state’s two U.S. senators, Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican Richard Burr, played key roles in shaping a major foodsafety bill that was approved by Congress late last year. Should the Farmers Freedom bill become state law, it could put North Carolina at odds with some provisions of the federal law, despite exemptions for small farmers that Burr and Hagan had inserted in the federal legislation.

Ultimately, this collision could test the constitutionality of the concept of nullification — a state’s perceived power to overrule federal law.

Meanwhile, even as a bill to add provisions of North Carolina’s open-meetings law to the state constitution was being introduced, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that some Republican members of the General Assembly had held a closed-door sit-down with lobbyists concerning the pros and cons of legalizing video poker — which critics say may have violated the open-meetings law. House Speaker Thom Tillis defended the closed-door session as a way to collect information.

The Raleigh paper subsequently reported that the organizer of the session, Republican Mike Stone of Sanford, had video-poker-style machines in his own small grocery store but removed them after questions arose about the closed-door session.

And in action aimed specifically at Western North Carolina, legislation moved forward to prohibit implementation of a rule the Environmental

Management Commission approved last year changing the water-quality designation of Boylston Creek from a Class C tributary to the more restrictive Class C Trout. The creek runs through both Henderson and Transylvania counties; the new designation would mandate 25-foot buffers to reduce sedimentation and other stream degradation. (A similar bill proposed last year failed, but the date for the reclassification to take effect was pushed back.)

Proposed legislation

Other bills of interest filed during the session’s third week, with sponsorships by WNC legislators noted:

House

HB 55 (Relief from Incorrect Paternity Determination): Would offer relief from childsupport orders based on a finding of nonpaternity resulting from a valid genetic test or other acknowledgment of paternity by someone else.

Passed first reading.

WNC co-sponsors: David Guice, Republican of Brevard; Majority Whip Jonathan Jordan of Jeffersonville.

ing; referred to Committee on Agriculture.

WNC co-sponsors: Frye, Jordan.

HB 87 (Sunshine Amendment): See above story.

Filed.

Senate

SB 47 (Restore Partisan Judicial Elections): Companion bill to HB 64. Passed first reading; referred to Judiciary I. WNC co-sponsors: Tom Apodaca, Hendersonville Republican; Jim Davis, Franklin Republican; Ralph Hise, Spruce Pine Republican.

SB 62 (Make Up Snow Days with Distance Learning): Would allow local school administrative units to make up snow days with online lessons for students, maximum of five days. Filed.

SB 64 (Prohibit Boylston Creek Reclassification): Companion bill to HB 62 above. Filed. Primary sponsor: Davis. X OFFER EXPIRES 3/31/11

Nelda Holder can be reached at nfholder@gmail. com. For more Statehouse news, visit mountainx. com/special/ncmatters.

HB 59 (Sex Offenders Can’t Be EMS Personnel): People required to register as sex offenders would not be granted EMS credentials or have credentials renewed. Passed first reading; referred to Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee B. WNC sponsors: Reps. Chuck McGrady, Hendersonville Republican, and Phil Haire, Sylva Democrat; co-sponsors Phillip Frye, Republican of Spruce Pine; Guice, Jordan and Ray Rapp, Mars Hill Democrat.

HB 61 (Speaker/Pro Tem Term Limits): Amend the state constitution to limit the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate to serving only two legislative sessions. Passed first reading; referred to Committee on Judiciary.

WNC co-sponsors: Frye, Guice, Jordan, McGrady.

HB 62 (Prohibit Boylston Creek Reclassification): See above story. Passed first reading; referred to Committee on Environment.

Primary sponsor: Guice; co-sponsor, Frye.

HB 64 (Restore Partisan Judicial Elections): Would return the state’s nonpartisan judicial elections (judges for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and the regional/local superior and district courts) to partisan contests. Passed first reading; referred to Committee on Elections.

WNC co-sponsors: Frye and Jordan.

HB 65 (North Carolina Farmers Freedom Protection Act): See above story. Passed first read-

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environmental news by Susan Andrew

Waste not

UNCA cleans plate, enriches soil

by Susan Andrew Backyard gardeners have been doing it for decades: composting eggshells, apple peels and other food wastes, and turning the resulting rich, humus-building mix into the soil, reducing their solid waste stream — and greenhouse-gas contributions — in the process. But what about large-scale local food services?

The dining hall at Warren Wilson College, for example, has worked to reduce its waste stream and generate compost for the school’s extensive farming operations. UNCA has also made major strides in reducing and recycling its food waste, providing organic soil amendments for the campus landscaping while reducing waste-management costs.

“We’re very passionate about it,” says Alison Fearn, director of UNCA’s dining services, which feed 2,200 customers daily. “We’ve reduced our postconsumer waste by 3.3 tons per year — and that’s while feeding more students.”

A behind-the-scenes look in the school’s dining hall proves revealing. On the pre-consumer side, staffers “pick through everything they’re throw-

ing away” in a bid to harvest every last morsel, Executive Chef Jeremiah Jackson reports. “Every pepper top, every onion … we go through every bit of it, and it’s signed off by the supervisor before it’s turned over” to the composting operation.

That would be the Earth Tub: a self-contained, on-site composting vessel about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Fitted with a spiral auger, it can shred and mix more than a ton of food waste in about 10 minutes. The $25,000 unit was acquired in 2001 through a grant written

by Brandee Boggs; then an undergraduate, she now directs the Student Environmental Center. A peek inside the 5-foot-high tub reveals rich, dark organic material with no detectable odor.

“It’s really sweet!” Recycling Coordinator Lynne Patzig says with a grin. “It usually takes three weeks for the tub to reach its maximum capacity,” she explains, “and we maintain a certain temperature for a certain length of time to kill any pathogens.” She also tests the pH: If the mix is too acidic, she’ll add some ashes or lime.

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Back to the Earth: UNCA Recycling Coordinator Lynne Patzig loads kitchen scraps into the Earth Tub, which can shred up to a ton of organic waste. The resulting compost will enrich the soil in campus flower beds.

Photo by Jonathan Welch

ing. “It takes two to three months to get a usable soil amendment” that will enrich the perennial flower beds on campus.

But it’s the postconsumer side — including food scraped off diners’ plates — where the waste reduction really ramps up. “Our first level of combat is allocating all the leftover food,” notes Jackson. Unused salad-bar items, juice from the pineapple cores removed during kitchen prep, “every bit of that is going to get turned back into production.”

In addition, “We use very minimal paper products,” says Fearn. “For any to-go, it’s a recycleable plastic Eco-Shell, a reusable clamshell that students pay a $6 deposit for. If they return it, we give them the money back. The only thing that goes into the postconsumer waste [besides food] is napkins, which are all biodegradable and

eco-friendly.”

The third postconsumer “waste” stream — food that’s untouched at closing time — goes to Western Carolina Rescue Ministries to feed the needy.

UNCA used to generate almost 100 gallons of postconsumer food waste per day; now, if a single barrel is filled to more than shin-level, they consider whether they could have salvaged more.

“It’s really all connected,” Jackson observes.

“Saving the environment, cooking good and healthy food … it’s all part of a big package. To be able to do it on this scale is what’s rewarding: It’s my passion.” X Susan Andrew can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

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thinkingbig Nationwide, food scraps accounted for about 18 percent of material entering landfills in 2006, according to the Environmental Literacy Council (the Buncombe County landfill doesn’t specifically track food wastes). But as buried food and other organic wastes break down in these oxygen-free environments, they produce methane, a greenhouse gas whose warming effect is 21 times as potent as carbon dioxide’s, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Properly composted organic waste produces no methane.

Whole communities have found that it’s actually cheaper to recycle food waste than to consign it to the landfill. San Francisco brews various types of compost from food waste collected curbside each week, selling them to more than 200 local vineyards. Seattle and Toronto have also adopted foodto-compost programs; Portland is gearing up as well. It’s still a rare service in the U.S., however; less than 3 percent of the 34 million tons of food waste generated in 2009 was recovered and recycled, the EPA estimates. The remaining 33 million tons wound up in landfills or incinerators.

Learn more about recycling food wastes at http://bit.ly/hwwV61.

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ecocalendar Calendar for February 23 - March 3, 2011 ECO Events 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.

• WE (2/23), 6:30pm - “Backyard Economics,” a workshop with Chuck Marsh, a leading permaculture expert, about the value of growing an edible backyard. Marsh will discuss ways to meet food and medicinal needs by integrating food crops into a home landscape. $15 suggested donation.

Environmental Programs at Warren Wilson College Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and held in Canon Lounge of the Gladfelter Student Center. Info: 771-2002.

• TH (2/24), 7pm - “Reckoning in Appalachia: Roadmap to a Clean Energy Future,” a presentation by Jeff Biggers, author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek, The United States of Appalachia and In the Sierra Madre. Info: http://avl.mx/2p.

Green Monday What does sustainability look like? The Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute will present a free presentation in the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce second floor conference room.

Speakers will be followed by a community conversation.

• MO (2/28), 3-5pm - “Retrofitting Buildings.”

Discuss making built environments more efficient.

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

• TU (3/3) - The evening workshop “Does Your Forest Talk Money and More” will be held. Forest landowners, wild crafters and the general public are invited to hear the latest information on topics including managing a forest to grow money, valuable forest botanicals, wild crafting regulation updates, and financial longevity. Held at Mountain Horticultural R&E Center, 455 Research Dr., in Mills River. Info: 684-3562 or http://wncforestproducts.wordpress.com/events.

“On Coal River” at A-B Tech

• WE (3/2), Noon - Screening of On Coal River, a locally produced documentary about mountaintop removal and the ways it impacts the environment and the people who live close to it. Sponsored by Green Power and held at A-B Tech, 340 Victoria Road, at Furgason Auditorium. A Q&A with the director will follow. $5 suggested donation/Free for students. Info: 254-1921 or www1.abtech. edu.

Tree Seedling Sale • TH (3/3), Noon-5pm, FR (3/4), 9am-5pm & SA (3/5), 9am-4pm - The Buncombe County Soil & Water Conservation District tree-seedling sale will be held at Jesse Israel & Sons Nursery at WNC Farmers Market, 570 Brevard Road. Eastern White Pine, Black Walnut, Southern Crabapple, River Birch and White Ash tree, among others, will be for sale. 25 cents for pine-tree seedlings/75 cents for all hardwoods. All proceeds benefit conservation education and public outreach. Info: www.buncombecounty.org/common/ soil/newsletter.pdf.

WNC Sierra Club Members of the WNC Sierra Club Chapter work together to protect the community and the planet.

The mission of the Sierra Club, America’s oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth. Info: www. nc.sierraclub.org/wenoca or 251-8289.

•• WE (3/2), 7-9pm - “Save Our Southern Forest,” with Danna Smith, co-founder of Dogwood Alliance. Smith will discuss the southern forests being destroyed to make packaging for fast-food chains. Help Dogwood Alliance insist that sustainable policies are adopted. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Church, on the corner of Edwin and Charlotte St.

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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 February 23 - March 3, 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 AARP Tax-Aide Free tax preparation for seniors and low-and middle-income taxpayers.

Electronic filing available.

Call the individual location for details on what to bring.

Info: www.aarp.org/taxaide.

Questions and requests for homebound individuals: 277-8288.

• Through MO (4/18) - Free tax preparation available at Pack Library, 67 Haywood St., Mon. & Wed., 10am4pm (628-3662); West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road, Tues., 9am-3pm (658-9718); Weaverville Library, 41 North Main St., Thurs., Noon-5pm (713-9381); and Black Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Tues., 10am-4pm (505-4373).

Goat Farming Workshop Workday • SA (3/5), 10am - Goat farming workshop. Learn the basics of goat farming for milk and meat at The Gryphon’s Nest homestead in Black Mountain. Enjoy a lunch of goat stew, then

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help finish a new manger, milking room and field.

Register by March 3. Info: 664-9564. Love offering.

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

• WE (2/23), 1pm - The Land-of-Sky Regional Council meeting will be held.

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

• WE (2/23), 5:30-6:30pm - Danya Perry, co-author of Preventing Crime in America’s Schools: From Put Downs to Lock Downs, will join local youth workers, educators and students for an interactive conversation on the impact of bullying and violence and ways it can be addressed.

Presented by Children First/CIS, Safe Schools for All and the UNCA Education Department. Held at UNCA’s Highsmith Student Union, room 221. Info: jenniferh@ childrenfirstbc.org.

• TH (2/24), 7:30pm - “The Western Greeks and Their Neighbors,” a discussion with Barbara Barletta, a specialist in Greek art and architecture, at Ramsey Library, in the Whitman Room.

• TH (2/24), 7pm “Celebrating Life in the Mountains: A History of Asheville in the 20th Century,” a panel discussion with Cecil Bothwell, Asheville City Council member; David Gardner, executive director of North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness at UNCA; and Rick Lutovsky, former president of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Held at the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room.

• FR (2/25), 11:25am - Humanities Lectures: “Nationalism and Religion, Modernity and the Ottoman Empire,” with Rodger Payne, UNCA associate professor of religious studies, at Lipinsky Auditorium and “Sexuality and Identity: Contemporary Discourses,” with Lorena Russell, UNCA chair and associate professor of literature, at the Humanities Lecture Hall.

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• MO (2/28), 11:25am - Humanities Lectures: “Heroic and Archaic Greece,” with Sophie Mills, UNCA chair and professor of classics, at Lipinsky Auditorium and “Medieval India,” with Keya Maitra, UNCA assistant professor of philosophy, at the Humanities Lecture Hall.

WNC Agricultural Center Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Road in Fletcher.

Info: 687-1414.

• FR & SA (2/25 & 26) Monster Truck Show.

World Affairs Council Programs Info: www.main.nc.us/wac.

• TU (3/1), 7:30-9pm “Rebuilding Haiti,” with Tom Plaut. The 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti, a country that is suffering from widespread poverty and underdevelopment. What now?

Held on the UNCA college campus, Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. $8/Free for members.

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

Asheville Front Runners Asheville Front Runners is group of LGBTQ Ashevillans and straight allies who strive for equality. Info: www. ashevillefrontrunners.com.

• SUNDAYS - Join us for a run or walk at Carrier Park’s picnic tables. Check website for time.

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 on Bikes An advocacy group focused on promoting bicycle commuting as a preferred transportation option in and around Asheville. Info: ashevilleonbikes@gmail.com or www.ashevilleonbikes.com.

• SA (2/26), 8pm-1am - The fifth annual Bike Love Event, featuring a bicycle-gear raffle, a

weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted.

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Get that personal budget under control with "Taking Charge of Your Finances," a lecture by retired financial analyst Harold Engelman on Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the Kaplan Auditorium of the Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St., in Hendersonville. A Q&A session will follow the discussion. Info: 697-4725 or henderson.lib.nc.us.

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UNCA presents a lecture titled "Celebrating Life in the Mountains: A History of Asheville in the 20th Century," with Cecil Bothwell, Asheville City Council member; David Gardner, executive director of North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness at UNCA; and Rick Lutovsky, former president of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. Held in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room. A Q&A with light refreshments will follow the discussion. Info: unca.edu.

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Malaprop's Bookstore, 55 Haywood St., in Asheville, invites the public to a series of readings on Friday, Feb. 25, beginning with Elizabeth Trinkaus, author of Success Simplified, at 1 p.m., and continuing with John M. Borack, author of John Lennon: Life Is What Happens: Music, Memories, & Memorabilia, and William D. Auman, author of Pioneer Paddling: Colonial Carolina. Info: 254-6734 or malaprops.com.

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The Leicester Garden Club celebrates the approach of spring with a meeting to discuss gardening and "love of mother nature" on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m., at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road. Info: 683-7159 or LGCmember@yahoo.com.

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The Share the Warmth Benefit Concert will feature a performance by Balsam Range and the Hominy Valley Boys on Sunday, Feb. 27, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the Haywood Community College auditorium. $10.

All donations support Mountain Projects, to assist with heating costs. HCC is located at 185 Freedlander Drive. Info: haywood.edu or 627-4522. For more info about Mountain Projects: mountainprojects.org.

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Help WNC Alliance take water samples at the Swannanoa River Watershed to identify bacteria pollution in our local waterways on Monday, Feb. 28, at 10 a.m. 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.

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"Raising a Reader," a workshop with Michelle Moore for parents of preschoolers focusing on interactive ways to read, will be held on Tuesday, March 1, at 5:30 p.m., at Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main St., in Waynesville. Info: brbooks-news.com or 456-6000.

bicycle-advocacy showcase and live music, will be held at Arcade Asheville, 130 College St. Uncle Mountain, C Scott and Red Dirt Floor will perform. $12 in advance/$15 door.

Blue Ridge Republican Women’s Club The club’s purpose is to elect Republicans and improve the community.

Most members are working women. Programs feature speakers from Republican leadership. Free. Info: 6832567 or www.buncombegop.org/brrwc.

• TH (3/3), 6:30pm - A dinner meeting to discuss health care, featuring guest speaker Dr. C. L. Gray, will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, 31 Woodfin St., in Asheville. Info: 778-4186.

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.

FENCE Events The Foothills Equestrian Nature Center is located at 3381 Hunting Country Road in Tryon. Info: 859-9021 or www.fence.org.

• SU (2/27), 4pm Armchair Traveler: “Kenya,” a presentation by Inman high school teacher Tina Gragg. Gragg traveled to the area around Lake Nakuru last year on a mission trip to work at an orphanage and school.

Firestorm Cafe & Books Located at 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 2558115 or www.firestormcafe. com.

• FR (2/25), 7pm - A “Transmissions Postcard Writing” event will be held.

• SA (2/26), 11am - A prison pen pal discussion group will be held.

Gal Pals of Asheville Asheville’s newest lesbian social group for women ages 30-50. Info:

groups.yahoo.com/group/ GalPalsofAsheville.

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 6-9pm - “Gal Pals Chat & Gal Pals Game Night.” Join the group online to find out where upcoming gatherings will be held.

Helios Warriors Health Care Program for Veterans A nonprofit alternative therapy program for veterans. Info: 299-0776, info@ helioswarriors.org or www. helioswarriors.org.

• FRIDAYS & SUNDAYS - Offering complementary/ alternative therapies.

Needed: professional licensed/insured practitioners willing to offer a minimum of three hours a month of their service.

Just Economics An Asheville-based nonprofit dedicated to working toward closing the gap between earning a minimum wage and a “living wage” taking into consideration the cost of living in Asheville.

Info: www.justeconomicswnc.org.

• Through (4/25) - Applications for “Just

Brew It,” a homebrew beer festival and competition, will be accepted. Info: Markhebbard@justeconomicswnc.org.

Laurel Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America Holds monthly meetings and smaller groups dedicated to teaching different types of needlework. The chapter is also involved in numerous outreach projects. Guests are always welcome. Info: 654-9788 or www.egacarolinas.org.

• TH (3/3), 9:30am Registration, followed by a short business meeting and program on seasonal nametag stitching by Rosemary Kostansek. At Cummings United Methodist Church, 3 Banner Farm Road, Horse Shoe. Info: 697-8198.

The Wildlife Club at Haywood Community College • FR (2/25), 6pm - The fifth annual “Wild Game Dinner & Potluck” will be held at Haywood County Fairgrounds, 758 Crabtree Road. There will be a live and silent auction, plus live

music. $10/$5 with a dish to share. Info: 627-4560.

Veterans for Peace The public is invited to the regular business meeting of the WNC Veterans for Peace Chapter 099. Info: 2581800 or vfpchapter099wnc. blogspot.com.

• TH (3/3), 6:30pm - Meeting VFP HQ at the Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St. (the corner of Haywood and Roberts), Asheville.

Wild Birds Unlimited Events Located at 1997 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. Info: 687-9433 or www.asheville.wbu.com.

• SU (2/27), 3pm - “Southern Africa Travelogue,” a slideshow with Simon Thompson and Chris Jaquette, who have just returned from a three-week journey through Southern Africa and Zambia.

Free. Refreshments will be served.

• SA (2/26), 2-3:30pm - “Bluebird Workshop,” with Simon Thompson. Learn about our bluebirds, their breeding biology, how to attract them, what they like to eat and much more. $10.

Registration is required.

Government & Politics LibertyOnTheRocks.org A national nonpartisan social group connecting liberty advocates.

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

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, Noon-1:15pm. $15 or 10 sessions for $130.

117 Furman, Asheville.

RSVP: 225-3786. www.

FormFitnessFunction.com Draft Stoppers Workshop • WE (2/23), 10am-Noon - RSVP, a volunteer center for those over 55, invites the public to make draft

stoppers for those in need.

Supplies will be provided and participants may take one home for personal use.

Held at Carver Community Center in Black Mountain.

Info: 251-6622 or patti@ landofsky.org.

Fitness at Battery Park Apartments • FRIDAYS, 10:40-11:40am - Interested in fun exercise?

Come get healthy! Chairs are available to accommodate all fitness levels.

Located at 1 Battle Square, across from Grove Arcade.

Free. Info: 252-7397.

Animals Community Partnership for Pets This nonprofit’s primary goal is to provide affordable spay/neuter services to communities in/around Henderson County. Info: 693-5172 or www.communitypartnershipforpets.org.

• Through MO (2/28) Spay/neuter services will be offered at half price. $10 for cats/$15 for dogs.

WNC Agricultural Center Located at 1301 Fanning Bridge Road in Fletcher.

Info: 687-1414.

• FR (2/25) through SU (2/27) - WNC Deer Quality Management Expo.

Business Ready To Sell Or Buy A Restaurant In WNC? (pd.) We work exclusively with the food and beverage industry. • Contact National Restaurant Properties in Asheville: (828) 225-4801. jeffnra@bellsouth.net • www.restaurantstore.com Asheville Downtown Association • SU (2/27) & MO (2/28) - The Asheville Downtown Association will host the inaugural Downtown Small Business Conference and Celebration to “foster a community of successful independent businesses by sharing ideas, information, education, inspiration and resources.” Info, schedule and registration: 251-9973 or info@ashevilledowntown.org.

Asheville SCORE Counselors to Small Business If your business could use some help, SCORE is the place to start. Free and confidential. To make an appointment: 271-4786.

Our offices are located in the Federal Building, 151 Patton Ave., room 259.

Seminars are held at A-B Tech’s Small Business Center, room 2046. Free for

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• Columbia University researcher Edward Hall III, 24, was arrested in January for trespassing at New York City’s Kennedy Airport after he disobeyed United Airlines personnel in an attempt to board a plane. He told ticket agents he badly needed to be on the flight to San Francisco even though he’d forgotten to bring a photo ID. Frustrated, Hall stepped behind the counter and crawled onto the luggage conveyor; his next stop, minutes later, was the tarmac, where where he was arrested as bags were being loaded.

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• High-school instructor Jacqulyn Levin’s technique for teaching the names of female reproductive parts caught the ire of the Illinois Family Institute in January. To some of the kids in the suburban Chicago health class, the “game” was nothing more than a mnemonic to facilitate memorization, but others told the religious group that Levin’s play on words was chantable, could be set to the tune of the “Hokey Pokey,” and was referred to by several students as “the vagina dance.” Said a complaining parent, “It is disrespectful to women and removes modesty about the reproductive parts.”

Least-competent criminals

• Failed to Think It Through: Jimmy Honeycutt, 27, was arrested in Pawtucket, R.I., in October and charged with five recent liquor-store robberies. Among the items found on Honeycutt was a telephone directory listing of liquor stores, with the robbed ones marked off.

• Recurring Themes: (1) At a traffic stop, a passenger climbed into the driver’s seat as the officer approached, trying to save a drugimpaired driver from a citation. Once again, however, it turned out that the passenger was just as impaired as the driver; both were cited (Gastonia, N.C., December). (2) A woman tried to conceal drugs by stuffing them into her most private area, and once again, when police found the pills, the woman immediately denied that they were hers (Manatee, Fla., December).

Undignified deaths

(1) A 26-year-old man died in Chattanooga, Tenn., in January after being bitten by a copperhead. Police said a friend had caught the snake and taken it to the man’s house because he wanted to ascertain the snake’s gender.

(2) At a party in Bristol, Conn., in January, a 21-year-old man was stabbed to death (and three others wounded) after making derisive comments about another man’s flatulence.

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one of the victims (who had a gun waved in her face) was Terri Staino, 38, the wife of Anthony Staino — reputedly the No. 2 man in the South Philadelphia mob, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.

• Practicing tee shots with his high-school golf team underneath an awning on a rainy day, 15-year-old Alex Good had one of his drives hit the metal pole holding the awning up; the ball ricocheted into his eye, probably causing permanent damage. Even though the pole was directly in front of the tee, mere inches away, Good nonetheless charged the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Hillsboro, Ore.) with negligence, filing a $3 million lawsuit in January.

• How Not to Do a Laser Bronchoscopy: First, according to a case written up in December in the Massachusetts Medical Law Report, don’t let the laser set fire to the patient’s throat. More importantly, if a spark does ignite, don’t try to blow it out — because blowing down the “trach” tube might actually extend the fire, as it did here.

(The surgeon and hospital weren’t named; the lawsuit resulting from the patient’s death was settled out of court.)

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• SA (2/26), 8:30am2:30pm - “How to Start a Business in Tough Times.”

Lunch is included.

Henderson County Public Library System Unless otherwise stated, all events take place in Kaplan Auditorium of the main branch library, located at 301 N. Washington St. in Hendersonville. The county system includes branches in Edneyville, Etowah, Fletcher and Green River.

Info: 697-4725 or www. henderson.lib.nc.us.

• WE (2/23), 6:30-8:30pm - “Taking Charge of Your Finances,” a workshop with Harold Engelman, retired Financial Analyst.

The program will focus on managing money in the current economic climate and beyond. A Q&A session will follow. Free.

Mars Hill College Events Info: www.mhc.edu.

• TH (2/24), 4:30-6:30pm - An informational kickoff and open house introducing the college’s new Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree program will be held in the lobby of Nash Hall. Info: 689-1166 or mnicholson@ mhc.edu.

Talks and Lectures at A-B Tech Unless otherwise noted, all events are free. Info: 2541921.

• WE (2/23) , 9am-4pm - North Carolina Conference on Sustainable Viticulture, an educational and networking opportunity at the Enka Campus, in the Haynes Center. $30 includes lunch and a variety of handouts.

Info: http://ncsustainableviticultureconference.eventbrite.com.

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

• MONDAYS, 12:151:15pm - Mac OSX. • TUESDAYS, 12:151:15pm - 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 Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Seeks Volunteers Info: volunteer@ashevillehabitat.org or 210-9377.

• TUESDAYS or THURSDAYS, 5:30-8pm - Skip the gym and head to Habitat. Get your workout while volunteering in the Home Store warehouse.

Hands On AshevilleBuncombe 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 (2/24), 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.

• TH (2/24) - 4-6pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center. The center provides free lodging for out-of-town families who have a loved one in an area hospital.

Supplies provided.

• SA (2/26), 3-5pm - Bonding Blankets: Help make “lovies” blankets for premature babies served by Mission Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Instructions provided • SU (2/27), 2-3pm - Knitn-Give: Make hats for newborns served by the Health Center’s Community Health Program.

Our VOICE Advocates Every 2 minutes someone is sexually assaulted in the U.S. Take meaningful action by becoming an Advocate; and provide direct support to those who have experienced rape and sexual assault by responding to calls on the crisis line and requests for hospital accompaniment. Info: volunteer@ourvoicenc.org.

• TU (3/1) - Advocate Training session at 44 Merrimon Ave. Provide oncall telephone and hospital crisis response to those who have experienced sexual assault/violence. For a description of an advocates role, training dates and an application: www. ourvoicenc.org/get-involved/ volunter/victim-advocate or 252-0562.

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.

• TH (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.

Garden A-B Tech Continuing Ed Classes Classes are free, unless otherwise noted. Info & registration: www.abtech. edu/ce/registration.

• TH & FR (3/3 & 4), 10am-5pm - Learn successful business and cultivation strategies, explore issues from economics to integrated pest and disease management, gain insights and resources. Optional brewery tour Fri. At A-B Tech, Madison. $25. Info: NaturalProducts@abtech. edu or 254-1921, ext. 5843.

Events at The Bullington Center This nonprofit horticultural learning center is located at 33 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville. Info: 6986104 or www.bullingtoncenter.org.

• TU (3/1), 3-4:30pm - Landscape Design Series.

“Landscaping with Native Plants,” with Richard Fry. $15. To register: 6986104 or www.bullingtoncenter.org.

Leicester Garden Club Meeting • SA (2/26) - Yearning for spring? Join this friendly group to learn more about gardening and share your love of mother nature with others. No experience necessary. Meet at Leicester Library, 1561 Alexander Road. Info: 683-7159 or LGCmember@ yahoo.com.

Men’s Garden Club of Asheville Promotes education in gardening, encourages community beautification efforts and enjoys good fellowship.

Meetings are open to the public. Info: www.mensgardenclubasheville.org.

• TU (3/1), Noon Luncheon meeting. Jamie Oxley, of Meadowbrook Nurseries, will be the featured guest speaker.

Reservations required by Feb. 24: 299-9192.

Pearson Community Garden Workdays • WEDNESDAYS, 3-9pm - Gather in the Pearson

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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.

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.) Add ease to your run. Work with a personalized approach. • Highly experienced instructor, marathon runner. • Small class, personal attention.

Monday, 5:30-6:30pm. $15 or 10@$130. 117 Furman, Asheville. RSVP: 225-3786. www.FormFitnessFunction. com Runners’ Training Schedule Design (pd.) Individual package includes: Written training schedule to meet race goals. • Ongoing once-aweek telephone consultations to review and adjust. $40 per training month.

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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 N.C. 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 mainte-

nance. $20 per year, family memberships $30 per year.

Newcomers must call the leader before the hike. Info: www.carolinamtnclub.org.

• WE (2/23), 8am Chestnutwood Mountain.

Info: (704) 453-9059.

• SA (2/26), 9am - Pine Mt. Loop II. Info: 587-9453.

• SA (3/26), 9am - Cedar Rock Mountain to John Rock Loop. Info: 658-1489 or lesrlove@charter.net.

• SU (2/27), 8am - Turkey Pen Roller Coaster. Info: 458-1281 —- 11am - Turkey Pen, Pounding Mill, Mullinax Loop. Info: 625-2677.

• WE (3/2), 8:15am Kitsuma Peak to Old Rt. 70.

Info: 281-4530, cnkdeal@ charter.net.

Events at Headwaters Outfitters • SU (2/27), 3pm - Flyfishing guide Aaron Motley will “unveil one of his secret weapons” during this free fly-tying class. Located at 25 Parkway Road in Rosman. Info: 877-3106.

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy The mission of the SAHC is to protect the world’s oldest mountains for the benefit of present and future generations. Info: 253-0095 or www.appalachian.org. n Reservations required for SAHC hikes: claire@appalachian.org or 253-0095, ext. 205.

• WE (2/23), 10:30am Hike the four-mile Wallhalla Trail on Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley, at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The trail features views of the Balsam Range and the Campbell Creek Basin, rhododendron tunnels and cove hardwood forests. Hot chocolate will be served after the hike. RSVP: 2530095, ext. 205 or claire@ appalachian.org.

Sports Groups & Activities Annual Western North Carolina Aquatic School (pd.) Held on April 29, 30 and May 1. The training will be held at the Zeugner Recreation Center indoor pool, South Asheville. The following courses will be taught: • Lifeguard Training teaches participants the knowledge and skills needed to respond to an aquatic emergency. Minimum age is 15. • Lifeguard Instructor Training teaches participants to instruct students in basic lifeguarding skills.

Candidates for this training must have completed

Lifeguard Training and be at least 17 years old. • Water Safety Instructor Training teaches participants to instruct students in basic water safety. Minimum age is 16. The cost is $185 per participant. Upon successful completion of the three day course, participants will receive Red Cross Certification. Deadline to apply is April 22, 2011. The Zeugner Center is located at 90 Springside Drive, behind TC Roberson High School.

• For information call Teri Gentile at (828) 684-5072 or email her at teri.gentile@buncombecounty.org Horse Back Riding Instruction (pd.) Professional and private. All ages and levels, beginner through advanced.

Horses provided. English and Western-Pleasure.

Please call Stephanie with Cedar Hill Farm at 239-9897139.

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: 250-4269 or jay.nelson@buncombecounty.org.

• 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 empty-hand 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. Introductory Wing Tsun (wing chun) Class • SATURDAYS, 1-1:45pm An introduction to Authentic Wing Tsun (Chinese Boxing) will be held at Asheville Dance Revolution, 63 Brook St. The class involves self-defense/fighting techniques and no experience is required.

Safe and friendly training environment. Sponsored by The Cultural Development Group, a local nonprofit.

Donations encourages. Info: 277-6777.

Kids Asheville Culture Project A cultural arts community center offering ongoing classes in Capoeira Angola

and Samba percussion.

Other instructors, groups and organizations are invited to share the space. Located at 257 Short Coxe Ave. Info: www.ashevillecultureproject.org.

• MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Kids capoeira classes with Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola Asheville.

Children sing in Portuguese and play traditional, AfroBrazilian instruments. Open to children ages 7-11. $5.

At The Health Adventure Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. $8.50 adults/$7.50 students & seniors/$6 kids 2-11.

Program info or to RSVP: 254-6373, ext. 324. Info: www.thehealthadventure. org.

• Through SU (5/15) - “Alice’s Wonderland: A Most Curious Adventure.”

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

• TUESDAYS (through 4/26), 10am - Book Babies: Story time for children ages 3 and under.

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: 697-8333 or www.handsonwnc.org.

• WE (2/23), 2:30-4pm - African drum class. Learn drum rhythms on djembe drums and make a musical instrument. Call to sign up.

• WE (3/2) - Asheville Regional Airport invites kids of all ages to make a bookmark and celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Free for members.

North Asheville Little League • SA (2/26), 9am-2pm - Sign-up at the North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 Larchmont Drive, or online at www.northashevillelittleleague.com.

Spirituality 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,

7pm-8:30pm: 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) 808-4444. • www.ashevillemeditation.com Astro-Counseling (pd.) Licensed counselor and accredited professional astrologer uses your chart when counseling for additional insight into yourself, your relationships and life directions. Readings also available. Christy Gunther, MA, LPC. (828)258-3229.

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

Great for couples! Group uses model developed

by Marshall Rosenberg in his book “Non-violent Communication, A Language of Life.” Free.

Info: 299-0538 or www. ashevilleccc.com. • 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 5:006:15—Practice group for newcomers and experienced practitioners.

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 St. Germain Aquarian Consciousness Fellowship (pd.) Sacred space using the St. Germain Violet Flame for ascension clearing. Live high frequency intuitive piano from classical composers on the other side.

Wednesdays, 6:30pm. • Donation. (828) 658-3362.

The Work of Byron Katie Intensive (pd.) Saturday/Sunday, March 26/27. Recycle your thoughts! Find the freedom, peace and joy just below thoughts about people or situations that cause grief or drive you nuts. • Led by Certified Facilitators of The Work, Meg MacLeod and Maaike Hoijtink. At French Broad Food Coop, 90 Biltmore Avenue, 28801. • Earlybird: $200. • After March 13: $230. Please contact us if finances are a problem for you. • Information/registration: (828) 254-6484 or megfrolic@yahoo. com • http://tinyurl.com/ TheWorkofByronKatieAville

freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

“Newspapers are unable, seemingly, to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization,” said George Bernard Shaw more than six decades ago — and it’s still true. It’s very important that you be more discerning than newspapers in the coming weeks, Aries.

You can’t afford to confuse a minor mess with a major snafu; it would be a big mistake to treat a small temporary detour as a permanent loss of momentum. Please keep your melodramatic tendencies in check, even as you appreciate the entertainment value of your ever-shifting story.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

I know many Tauruses who are skilled at selling products and services, but less adept at presenting themselves. They don’t mind being pushy and strategic when it comes to shaping the opinions of others, as long as they can remain a bit shy about showing others exactly who they are. If this is true about you, I propose that you work on changing it. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to be bold about expressing the totality of your beauty and making sure that everyone who matters to you gets to see it in its full glory.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

You’re not scared of acquiring more clout and luster, right? You won’t get nervous if you suddenly have to deal with more success than usual, right? You won’t run away if a power spot you’ve been cultivating for yourself finally starts providing you with the opportunities and responsibilities you’d been hoping for, right? I just hope you’re ready to handle the good stuff that’s available, Gemini. Please don’t confuse this enjoyable stress with the other kind.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

In her essay “The Possible Human,” Jean Houston describes amazing capacities that are within reach of any of us who are brazen and cagey enough to cultivate them. We can learn to thoroughly enjoy being in our bodies, for example. We can summon enormous power to heal ourselves; develop an acute memory; enter at will into the alpha and theta wave states that encourage meditation and creative reverie; cultivate an acute perceptual apparatus that can see “infinity in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower;” and practice the art of being deeply empathetic. Guess what, Cancerian: The next six months will be one of the best times ever for you to work on developing these superpowers.

To get started, answer this question: Is there any attitude or belief you have that might be standing in the way? (Here’s Houston’s essay: tinyurl. com/PossibleHuman.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

The depths are calling to you, Leo. Can you hear their subtle melodies? Don’t worry: I’m not referring to the icky, stinky, creepy depths; I don’t mean that you’ll have to lose yourself in a chaotic miasma, or wander speechless in

a claustrophobic maze. No: The deep place I’m talking about is maybe the cleanest, most well-lit abyss you’ve ever had the complicated pleasure to explore. I’m not saying there’ll be no hairy riddles to deal with; but I am saying that even the hairy riddles will be interesting, at least a little fun, and helpful in your efforts to purify yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

I’m no fan of the climate change that’s rocking every corner of the planet. In fact, I oppose it; I protest it; I resist it. However, I do need to acknowledge that there is at least one upside: The world is becoming more fragrant. Scientists say that as carbon dioxide levels rise, plants will release more aromatic chemicals known as “biogenic volatile organic compounds.” The smell of growing vegetation could intensify by as much as 40 percent in the coming decades. This situation is not a precise metaphorical match for your upcoming destiny, Virgo, but I do see some similarities. Things are going to be getting hotter for you, emotionally speaking — and that will be stimulating, often even pleasurable, to your senses.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

An interviewer asked me, “What is the most difficult aspect of what you do?” Here’s what I said: “Not repeating myself is the hardest thing.

And yet it’s also a lot of fun. There’s nothing more exciting for me than to keep being surprised by what I write. It’s deeply enjoyable to be able to feed people clues they haven’t heard from me before. And when I focus on doing what gives me pleasure, the horoscopes write themselves.” I hope this testimony helps you in your own life right now, Libra. If you’re afraid that you’re in danger of repeating yourself, start playing more. Look for what amuses you, for what scrambles your expectations in entertaining ways. Decide that you’re going to put the emphasis on provoking delight in yourself, not preserving your image.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

I am a big fan of your analytical intellect, and would never advise you to shove it out of the way so that your emotional intelligence can rule uncontested. But this is one time when I think the latter needs to get more say than the former; your emotional intelligence has license to take precedence over your analytical intellect. In

homework Though sometimes it’s impossible to do the right thing, doing the half-right thing may be a viable option. Give an example from your own life: http://www.freewillastrology.com. © Copyright 2011 Rob Brezsny

that light, please consider the following counsel from my Facebook friend Sophia Veleda: “I do not consider emotions to be the dirty redheaded stepchild of the frontal cortex. Our emotional selves are more intuitive, faster, smarter (by means of being able to take in more data at once), and just as capable. The frontal cortex is as likely to make errors due to data omission as the emotional center is likely to get a degree of magnitude wrong.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

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There are thousand of things in the world that provide you with only mediocre nourishment; the influences that deeply enrich you with their blessings are much smaller in number. To say it another way: You derive a bare amount of inspiration and teaching from the great majority of people, songs, images, words, stories, environments, and sights; whereas you draw life-sustaining illumination and spirit-ennobling motivation from just a precious few. Your task in the coming weeks, Sagittarius, is to identify that special minority, and to take aggressive steps to be in more ongoing communion with it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Research suggests that more and more American high school students are getting good grades every year. The number of A’s doled out has been going up steadily. Does that mean kids are getting smarter or that teachers have relaxed their standards? I don’t have a definitive answer for that. But I do have a theory that all over the world, the Capricorn tribe has been growing more intelligent in recent years. Your increase in 2010 was especially notable. There may have been a bit of tapering off lately, but I expect that to change soon. The omens say you’re due for another growth spurt in your ability to understand how the world works.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Is there anything you tend to hoard, Aquarius?

Anything you store up in excessive amounts?

Are there emotions you cling to past the time they’re doing you any good? Do you notice yourself feeling pangs of acquisitiveness when in the presence of particular treasures or symbols or pretty things? If so, this is an excellent time to work on dissipating those fixations. In the coming days, you will have cosmic assistance whenever you exert your willpower to undo your fanatical attachments to just about anything.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

I’m hoping that you will grant your ego more permission to shine in the coming weeks, Pisces.

I’m hoping you will allow it to unveil more flash, feel more zeal, and exert more force.

After all your earnest bouts of self-sacrifice, you deserve a poetic license to brag like a hip-hop millionaire. After putting in such tireless devotion to maintaining an oceanic sense of self, you have every right to bust out a crisp, ferocious blast of “I am!”

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What the heck is Alexander Technique?! (pd.) For over 100 years AT has explored the freedom that lies between stimulus and response. Become a master of choice! • Private/ groups. (828) 225-3786. www.FormFitnessFunction. com 2011 School of the Shepherds • SA (2/26), 9am-4pm “Understanding the Times,” a free teaching resource for senior pastors, will be held at Faith Church International, 15 Airport Road in Arden.

Featured speakers will include Dr. John Polis, A. Mark Kauffmar, Dr. Doug Rosier and Sam Polis. Info: 687-1119.

An Evening With Rumi • WE (2/23), 7-9pm Poetry and music by Larry and Linda Cammarata and Layne Redmond, hosted by the Center for Spiritual Living, 2 Science of Mind Way in Asheville. Tickets available at Malaprop’s or online at www.winterfeastforthesoul.com. $10/$12.

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: 7132439.

Asheville Jewish Meditation and Chanting Circle • ALT SUNDAYS - Cultivate an awareness of the Divine Presence through sitting and walking meditation, chanting, and the study

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of Jewish and other texts.

Email for location and times. Free. Info: asheJM@ gmail.com.

Avatar Meher Baba “I have come not to teach but to awaken.” Info: 2740307 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.

• 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 Coop. Suggested donation: $8/$4 students & seniors.

Info: 779-5502 or www. meditation-in-northcarolina. org.

• TH (2/24), 7:15pm Discussion: “Initial Scope.”

• TH (3/3), 7:15pm Discussion: “Intermediate Scope.”

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

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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.

First Congregational Church in Hendersonville Fifth Ave. West at White Pine St., in Hendersonville.

Info: 692-8630 or www. fcchendersonville.org.

• SU (2/27), 9:15am - Adult Forum: John Snodgrass will give a lecture titled “Genesis: A Parable.” Using anthropology, archaeology and psychology, Snodgrass will explore “Genesis 1-11 as the true story of the birth of civilization.”

Meditation for Beginners • TH (2/24), 7pm - New to meditation? Tried to meditate in the past but were unsuccessful? A free, introductory 12-week course will be taught by instructor Sarah Wood Vallely. Donations accepted.

Info: 242-0680 or www.sarahwood.com/circle.htm.

Mindfulness Meditation Class Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence.

With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz.

Info: 258-3241 or www. billwalz.com.

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• MONDAYS, 7-8pm Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road. (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 Pl., Suite 2.

• MONDAYS - Book discussion group, facilitated by Antiga, on the book The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lemer. Info: 2859927.

Mountain Mindfulness Sangha at Yoga South • SUNDAYS, 7-8pm Sitting meditation followed by walking meditation. A brief reading and discussion of the practice of mindfulness in daily lives, and how being fully present in this moment can bring us more peace and joy. Donations optional. Info: www.

YogaSouth-Asheville.com.

Power of Soul Practice Meetings • WEDNESDAYS - Learn and practice self healing through the teachings of Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, given by one of his qualified teachers.

Held in West Asheville. Love offering. Info & directions: 258-9584.

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Judge, jury and cartoonists: Members of the National Cartoonists Society recently met at Xpress headquarters to pick winners in a book-illustration contest. One of the judges was Marcus Hamilton, who works on the internationally syndidated Dennis the Menace ‘toon.

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. Info: 774-1978.

Soul Healing Blessings • FR (2/25) - Allan Chunk, teacher of Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, will give healing blessings at the”Power of Soul” event.

Held at Unity of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road. Info: 252-5010.

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, 8918700 or www.unitync.net.

• WE (2/23), 7pm - “Alcohol Recovery Breakthrough.” A discussion focusing on how to achieve long-term, healthy and fulfilling recovery, with Rev. Suka Chapel, PhD, RN.Love offering.

• WE (3/2) - The Nature of Existence, a film that applies an investigative approach to a spiritual quest, will be screened. 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, West Asheville. Info: 252-5010 or www.unityofasheville.com.

• 5th SUNDAYS, 11am Musical Celebration Service.

Musicians are always welcome. Info: 768-3339.

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

Windhorse Zen Community Meditation, Dharma talks, private instruction are available Tuesday and Thursday evenings and through 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 selftaught artists and regional pottery. Info: 281-2134 or www.amerifolk.com.

• Through MO (2/28) - The seventh annual Beloved Miniature Show, featuring work by Spencer Herr, Lucy

edgymama

parenting from the edge by Anne Fitten Glenn

Are your babies online?

So you have a new baby. Got diapers? Got blankies? Got pacifiers? Got baby photos online?

If you’re like 92 percent of Americans, you can say “yes” to all of the above.

A CNN story from October reports that 82 percent of children in 10 Western countries have a digital presence before the age of 2, according to a study by Internet security firm AVB. And the U.S. leads the pack — with 92 percent of our babies appearing in online photos.

Welcome to our Brave New World, where not just parents, but families and friends, post photographs of our babies to social media sites such as Facebook — or just to the Interwebs in general, via parenting sites, personal blogs, hospital sites, etc. Hell, some parents even set up e-mail addresses for their babies. Because they’ll probably learn how to type before they learn to walk, right?

Almost a quarter of babies start their online lives as fetuses when parents upload their sonogram photos or videos. Maybe it’s just

me, but I’m so happy the inside of my uterus isn’t online.

Also, I wonder if all the doting new grandmas out there realize just how much information they should not be sharing when they post birth announcements and photos? Giving out personal data online, such as birth dates, full names or even hometowns, can help identity thieves. Identity theft is on the rise — the most recent stats I found say that more than 10 million Americans were victims of identity fraud in 2008, a 22 percent increase from 2007, with an average loss of $500 per person.

So how can you protect yourself — and your baby? If you (or grandma) insist on posting photos, don’t include personal information. Recognize that none of your friends really need to know baby Amanda’s full name, date of birth and the full names and hometown of her proud parents.

Then, set your Facebook settings on the highest privacy levels. If you don’t know how to do this, Google it. There are sites that will help you through it step-by-step.

Finally, don’t “friend” people you don’t know

if you want to share personal information on Facebook. I “friend” a lot of Asheville folks and businesses because of the nature of my work, but only because I keep minimal information about my kids and myself on my page.

You also can “untag” shots of your babies and children that others “tag” without your permission, thus confusing the interconnected network trail.

In terms of the wider Internet, remember that everything you put out there is cached.

I’ve found blog posts that I deleted years ago, but they’re still cached and available to anyone who is looking. And you need to have some serious hacking skills to delete something from the seemingly bottomless cache pit. It’s like trying to erase all evidence of a bad tattoo.

Remember too, that we’re creating this digital trail that’s going to follow our kids for the rest of their lives. I recently heard of a young adult who changed the spelling of her name on her Facebook page so companies she’s applying for a job with can’t find her

page. I’d probably just deactivate the account if I were in her shoes, which Facebook claims permanently deletes all content. Obviously, you can’t delete photos that are on other people’s pages, which can be highly irritating.

And I’ve said it before, but thank the goddesses there were no digital cameras, video cameras or smart phones with immediate online upload capacity when I was misbehaving in high school and college. Sometimes I think it’d be fun to have more photos from those days, but not necessarily floating in digital form where anyone with Internet access can see them.

Our kids are growing up in a new world of instantaneous worldwide communication.

The first step to teaching them to use this access wisely and well is for those of us who are parents to learn to use it wisely and well.

X Anne Fitten “Edgy Mama” Glenn writes about a number of subjects, including parenting, at www. edgymama.com.

parentingcalendar Calendar for February 23 - March 3, 2011

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13 Dinosaurs Leave Biltmore Park At St. Gerard House, 718 Oakland St., Hendersonville. Available to Town Square Saturday March 12 (pd.) Several dinosaurs come area parents. Info: http://stgerardto life with hand held controls house.com. at Dino Kinetics! • 14 foot high BirthDancing T-Rex. • Look for the green • Through (2/23), 10-11:30am awning. • Wednesday-Saturday, - Learn the “ancient technique 10-6, Sunday, 12-6. • Hurry, final of dancing during pregnancy, weeks! 676-1622 • 301-3797. labor, the birth process and postwww.dinokinetics.com partum recovery.” Dance your Autism Parent Support Group child into the world with simple, • 4th THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Meet gentle movements. Held in Black other parents of children with Mountain. Love offering requestAutism, share your experience ed. Register: 664-9564.

Blue Ridge Books Located at 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. Info: www.brbooksnews.com or 456-6000.

• TU (3/1), 10am - “Book Babies,” story time for children ages three and younger —5:30pm - “Raising a Reader,” a workshop with Michelle Moore for parents of preschoolers focusing on interactive ways to read.

Mama-Time • WEDNESDAYS, (starting 2/9), 11am-1pm - A circle of postpartum moms meets weekly to share the highs and lows of life with a new baby. Plus, stress

management skills and group discussions. Siblings/newborns welcome. $6-$10, fees support 4th Trimester, a nonprofit organization dedicated to well-being during postpartum and parenthood. Meet at 65 Hill St. Info: 337-8630.

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)-790WELL. • THURSDAYS (3/3) & (3/10), 6:30-9pm - Childbirth Classes.

This two-session class for expectant parents will cover the labor and delivery process, relaxation, breathing patterns, birth options, positioning and comfort measures. A tour of the Pardee Women & Children’s Center is included.

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

• FRIDAYS, 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.

Registration: 456-9207.

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Hunnicutt, Cornbread, Cheri Brackett, Kent Ambler and Liz Sullivan, among others, will be on display.

• WE (2/23) through WE (3/23) - Everybody Polka...

Dot will be on display in the Oui-Oui Gallery.

Art at Jubilee!

The Jubilee! Community Building is located at 46 Wall St., enter on Patton Ave. Info: 252-5335.

• SU (2/27) through TH (3/31) - An installation of photography from past “Hand Me Down” performances, rehearsals and more will be on display.

Free.

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

• Through MO (2/28) - The Soul Tree: Poems and Photographs of the Southern Appalachians, featuring poems by Laura Hope-Gill and photographs by John Fletcher Jr., will be on display at Blowers Gallery, Ramsey Library.

• Through TU (3/22) - Stealing Stories, an exhibition of large-scale drawings

by Patricia Bellan-Gillen will be on display in S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall.

Arts Council of Henderson County Located at 401 N. Main Street (entrance on Fourth Street), above Flight Restaurant in downtown Hendersonville. Info: 6938504 or www.acofhc.org.

• FR (2/25) through FR (3/11) - The Art of Our Children: Elementary Student Exhibition will be on display at First Citizens Bank in downtown Hendersonville.

• FR (2/25), 5:45pm - Opening reception for The Art of Our Children: Elementary School Exhibit featuring a performance from the Hendersonville Children’s Choir. Free.

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 (3/6) - WNC Regional Scholastic Art Awards exhibit on view at Pack Place Community Gallery. Juried artwork by students in grades 7-12.

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

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

• Through SU (6/26) - A Chosen Path: The Ceramic Art of Karen Karnes.

Asheville Gallery of Art A co-op gallery representing 29 regional artists located at 16 College St. Hours: Mon.Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Info: 251-5796 or www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com.

• Through MO (2/28) Retrospective 1990-2010, featuring works by Al Junek.

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 (2/28) Feature wall artist: Stephen White, copper leaf paintings.

New works by Eleanor Miller and Mel Rea. 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 SA (2/26) - A pottery show featuring the work of Arts Clay Studio teachers Judi Ashe, Geoff Bird, Maureen Joyce, Sarah Meyer, Gwen Ottinger and Annie Singletary, along with student work, will be on display.

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway, and preserves the 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 (6/4) - In Site: Late Works by Irwin Kremen.

Blue Spiral 1 Located at 38 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville.

Featuring Southeastern fine art and studio craft. Open Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm, and Sun., Noon-5pm.Info: 2510202 or www.bluespiral1. com.

• Through SA (3/26) - New Times Three, work in a variety of media by eight artists new to the gallery —Margaret Couch Cogswell, mixed media works —- Southeastern Emerging Clay, functional and sculptural work by eight regional ceramicists —- Dirck Cruser + Robert Winkler, paintings and sculpture.

Castell Photography

A photo-based art gallery located at 2C Wilson Alley, off Eagle St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 255-1188 or www.castellphotography. com.

• Through SA (3/26) - Studies, an exhibition featuring the work of Asheville artist Honour Hiers and Wisconsin artist Wanrudee Buranakorn, will be on display.

Center For Craft, Creativity and Design Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road. in Hendersonville. Info: 8902050 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.

Constance Williams Gallery • Through FR (3/11) - The Body Show: Interpretations, a group exhibition of clay and mixed-media works, will be on display at 9 Riverside Drive in the River Arts District. Info: 225 1762.

Events at the Turchin Center Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is located 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.

• Through SA (6/4) - The eighth annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition, featuring 46 selected images, will be on display at the Mezzanine Gallery. Info: 262-4954.

Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road in Asheville. Info: 2537651 or www.grovewood. com.

• Through SU (4/10) - DNA of a Handcrafted Heirloom, an exhibit that explores the building blocks of handmade furniture and accessories created today, destined to be the heirlooms of tomorrow.

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 TH (3/31) - Winter’s Ebb, a group exhibition, will be on display.

Haywood County Arts Council

The HCAC sponsors a variety of art-related events in Waynesville and Haywood County. Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC’s Gallery 86 (86 North Main St.) in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: 4520593 or www.haywoodarts. org.

• Through SA (2/26) SweetheART Show, featuring work from seven Haywood County artist couples.

• WE (3/2) through SA (3/26) - Reflected Light: Scenes of Haywood County

by Luke Allsbrook will be on display at Gallery 86 in Waynesville. This exhibition of oil paintings highlights landscapes with a common theme of water.

Madison County Arts Council Exhibits Located at 90 S. Main St. in Marshall. Info: 649-1301.

• Through MO (2/28) - An exhibition of paintings by Madison County native Charles “Chuck” Rice will be on display.

Push Skate Shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. between Stella Blue and the Kress Building. Info: 2255509 or www.pushtoyproject.com.

• Through TU (4/5) Stalefish 3, a group show featuring photographs, drawings and robot-inspired works by Dwight Morgan, Jon Svendsen, Rob Sebrell and Layne Hutchison.

Satellite Gallery Located at 55 Broadway St., downtown Asheville. Info: 305-2225 or www.thesatellitegallery.com.

• Through FR (3/11) Shallow Water, Oh Mama, an exhibition focusing on the impacts of the oil spill in New Orleans.

Seven Sisters Gallery This Black Mountain gallery is located at 117 Cherry St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am6pm and Sun., Noon-5pm.

Info: 669-5107 or www. sevensistersgallery.com.

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

Skyuka Fine Art Located at 133 N. Trade St., in Tryon. Info: 817-3783 or info@skyukafineart.com.

• Through TH (3/10) - Paintings by Richard Christian Nelson will be on display.

Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Classes are held at the studio, 999 W. Old Rt. 70, Black Mountain. Info: svfal. info@gmail.com or www. svfal.org.

• Through SA (2/26) - Paint Your Heart Out will be on display at the Sourwood Gallery.

The Wine Cellar at the Saluda Inn Located at 229 Greenville St., in Saluda. Info: 7499698 or www.saludainn. com.

• Through FR (3/4) - The work of local folk art carver and sculptor BJ Precourt will be on display.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.Fri., 10am-4pm. Info: 8842787 or www.artsofbrevard. org.

• Through FR (3/4) - The Appalachia: Artists and Crafters of WNC exhibit.

More Art Exhibits & Openings Art at First Congregational United Church of Christ • Through MO (2/28) - Watercolor paintings by Brian Vasilik will be on display. Located at 20 Oak St. Info: 252-8729 or www. brianvasilik.blogspot.com.

Art at Over Easy Cafe • Through MO (2/28) - An exhibition of handmade collages by Sebastian Matthews will be on display at 32 Broadway St., in downtown Asheville.

Info: www.25easypieces. blogspot.com.

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: 6652492 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 TH (3/31) - An exhibition by Victor Palomino. Located at 942 Haywood Road. Info: 250-4750 or http://vaptart. weebly.com.

Asheville Community Theatre 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, 8918700 or www.unitync.net.

• Through TU (3/1) Urbanocity, black and white photographs by Marcia Neese. Info: marcia@ maneese.comor www. maneese.com.

Classes, Meetings & Arts-Related Events 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 FR (4/1) - Applications for a 2011 summer internship program will be accepted. See website for details.

• FR (2/25), Noon - Art Break, “A Chosen Path: The Ceramic Art of Karen Karnes,” with ceramicist Megan Wolfe. Free with museum membership or admission.

Craft Campus at UNCA Located at 1 University Heights, Asheville. Info: 250-2392 or www.unca. edu/craftcampus.

• WE (2/23), 7pm - Meet the Makers: Andrea Donnelly and Dustin Farnsworth, Center for Craft, Creativity and Design Windgate Fellows. A reception will begin at 6:30pm at the Owen Conference Room, 302 Owen Hall.

Elevate School of Life and Art Classes • MO (2/28) - Classes will begin at Elevate School of Life and Art, a new school offering courses by “local artists and teachers who are passionate about their subjects, excited about sharing and happy to teach both children and adults.”

Courses include: drama, guitar, graphic design, sewing, hip-hop dance, creative writing, math tutoring and more. $5 per class. Partial proceeds will go toward building a full-time community center for downtown Asheville. Info: www.

ElevateLifeandArt.com.

Events at Historic Johnson Farm Located at 3346 Haywood Road in Hendersonville.

There are two nature trails (free), and guided tours are offered. Info: 891-6585 or www.historicjohnsonfarm. org.

• WE (2/21), Noon - Lunch and Learn: Make a button bouquet. Bring a lunch.

Coffee, tea and water will be available. Bring your grandmother’s button box, your own buttons, or we will provide buttons. Reservations recommended. $5.

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

• WE (3/2), 7-8pm Visiting artist lecture: “The

consciousparty What: “The Eagle Flies on Sunday,” a benefit for Loving Food Resources (LFR) Where: The Grey Eagle Tavern, 185 Clingman Ave. When: Sunday, Feb. 27, doors open at 6 p.m., the first act begins at 6:30 p.m. $15 suggested donation at the door.

Info: thegreyeagle.com or 232-5800. For more info about LFR: lovingfood.org or 255-9282 Why: Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, Loving Food Resources, a volunteer-run food pantry serving people living with HIV/AIDS and hospice care patients, presents The Eagle Flies on Sunday, the nonprofit’s fourth annual fundraiser. The high-energy benefit and dance party will feature live music by the local absurdist/Gypsy/

fun fundraisers

folk/funk/punk ensemble Sirius.B and by the eight-piece blues band Blind Lemon Phillips. Baron Von Sneeden of Asheville Vaudeville will emcee the event.

In addition to music, festivities include a silent auction (think local art and gift certificates to area restaurants and salons); a raffle (for a weekend getaway); an auction for a painting by Kitty Love (which will be created live during the event); a dessert table of sweet delights provided by local bakeries; and ice cream from The Hop Ice Cream Café. Come dance, sample local sweets, bid on local art and support LFR’s mission to provide basic needs to people with HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses.

benefitscalendar Calendar for February 23 - March 3, 2011

at 185 Freedlander Drive. Info: www. haywood.edu or 627-4522. For more info about Mountain Projects: www.

A Winter Move and Groove! mountainprojects.org. (pd.) Sunday, February 27, 3pmBowl for Kids’ Sake 6pm. The Orange Peel. Sunday afternoon music, dance and exercise A fundraiser for Big Brothers Big featuring Skinny Legs and All! EMBE Sisters. Team packets are now availMarimba band opens. After an able. Get your packet and reserve a afternoon of amazing music, stick lane today by calling 253-1470 or around as we heat things up a with e-mailing robinm@bbbswnc.org. a one-hour Zumba class taught by • SA (2/26), Noon-4pm - Bowl at Ona Armstrong and Samantha Bird.

Sky Lanes in Asheville —- 11:30amTickets: Orange Peel box office and 1:30pm - Bowl at Tarheel Lanes in website: Adults: $12, Kids: 10 and Hendersonville. under: $4, Zumba only $8 (5pmChildren’s Welfare League 6pm). • All proceeds benefit Quest The Children’s Welfare League is an for Cambodia: a group of middle all-volunteer organization of women school students raising money for that aims to promote the education a service/learning trip to Cambodia: and welfare of disadvantaged children https://sites.google.com/site/quest- of Buncombe County. forcambodia • SA (2/26), 6:30pm - The Art for Antonio Benefit Children’s Welfare League will hold • TH (3/3), 5-9pm - The art party and its annual fundraising Mardi Gras Ball fundraiser will feature hor d’oeuvres, a at the Country Club of Asheville, 170 wine tasting and an art auction includ- Windsor Road. The gala, dinner and ing works by local artists Simone dance includes music by Fantasy, Wilson, Meg Reilley, Molly Sieburg a live and silent auction, and a raffle.

Courcelle, Genie Maples and Cheri All proceeds to support scholarBrackett. Held at 71 Starnes Ave., in ships and 152 monthly stipends for downtown Asheville. All proceeds will disadvantaged high school students help Antonio go to boarding school. in Asheville and Buncombe County.

Info: http://bit.ly/hqDGb8.

Info: 252-2519, 231-3943 or carol. s.deutsch@gmail.com.

Benefit Concert at Haywood Community College Dogs, Diamonds & Denim Partner • SU (2/27), 2-5pm - Share the Party Warmth Benefit Concert: Balsam • TH (3/3), 5:30-7:30pm - Tour the Range and the Hominy Valley Boys Asheville Humane Society’s new facilwill perform at the HCC Auditorium. ity (located near the Farmer’s Market, Donations support Mountain behind Deal Motors on Brevard Road) Projects, to assist with heating costs. and meet the staff and volunteers.

Seating is limited. Tickets are available The evening benefit will feature live at Champion Credit Union and at the music, drinks, hors d’ oevres and a HCC Foundation. $10. HCC is located silent auction. Presented in partner-

ship with the Asheville Symphony Guild. Proceeds will be shared equally between the Asheville Symphony Orchestra and the Asheville Humane Society. $50. Tickets: 254-7046 or www.ashevillesymphony.org.

FAA Artful Bra Challenge • Make an Artful Bra to raise funds for Ladies Night Out, a program offered by Mission Hospital to provide free mammograms to uninsured and under-insured women in the Asheville area. Entries due April 5.

Info: 505-8280, 250-6119 or shop@ Kitschfabrics.com.

Fiesta de Justicia • TH (3/3), 6-10pm - The party and fundraiser, featuring food and drinks at the penthouse ballroom of the Battery Park Hotel, will benefit Asheville/Marion Civil Rights Attorney Frank Goldsmith and his two colleagues, Hoppy Elliot and Griff Morgan, who have represented, without charge, five Guantanamo detainees, absorbing over $75,000 in expenses. All proceeds will help offset these out-of-pocket expenses. The fundraiser is organized by the ACLU Chapter of Western North Carolina to ensure that detainees receive fair treatment and fair trials. Donations requested. Info: 253-5088.

First Generation “Red Carpet” Fundraiser & Concert • FR (2/25), 6:30-8pm - Enjoy music, dessert and a “fanfare” celebrity experience on a red carpet.

The fundraiser will also include a presentation about First Generation’s programs and opportunities for community involved. Proceeds benefit First Generation’s pilot of The Global

Learning Project in Buncombe County Schools. Held at New Life Community Church, 1417 Riverside Drive. Info: www.first-generation.org.

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

• Through TU (3/1) - Lunch bags of non-perishable food items are currently being accepted for MANNA FoodBank at the following locations: Land-of-Sky Regional Council, Blue Ridge Mall, Sheriff’s Department VIP Office, Center Court in Hendersonville, A-B Tech Madison and Silvermont Community Center. To arrange for large donations, pick up or for lunch bags: (800) 727-0557 or 251-7445.

Loving Food Resources LFR provides food, health and personal-care items to people living with HIV/AIDS, or any person in home hospice, regardless of diagnosis, in WNC. LFR is a self-select food pantry. If you think you qualify and need some help: 280-4112 or www. lovingfood.org.

• SU (2/27), 6pm - “The Eagle Flies on Sunday,” a benefit for Loving Food Resources, will be held at The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville. Asheville Vaudeville’s Baron Von Sneeden will host the event, featuring performances by Blind Lemon Phillips and Sirius.B, silent and live auctions, a raffle and deserts from local bakeries. $15. Info: 335-7931 or 216-6663.

Masquerade for March of Dimes • SA (2/26), 8:30pm - A Mardi Gras-themed Masquerade will be held at the Pack’s Tavern Century Room to benefit March of Dimes,

a nonprofit offering information and answers about pregnancy, delivering healthy babies and much more. The fundraiser will feature music by the Vinyl Brothers Big Band. Guests are encouraged to wear a mask. $5.

Info: 258-1234 or aalexander@marchofdimes.com.

Rainbow Mountain Children’s School • SA (2/26), 11:30am-5pm - The Universal Joint will donate all proceeds from beer and wine sales, plus all tips, to help fund the arts programing at Rainbow Mountain Children’s School. A guest beer runner from Rainbow Mountain will talk about the school, its philosophy and its long history in West Asheville. The UJ is located at 784 Haywood Road.

Info: www.ujointbar.com/asheville. html.

The Asheville Choral Society Tickets & info: 232-2060 or www. ashevillechoralsociety.org.

• TH (2/24), 10pm - The first ACS sing-along fundraiser will feature a screening of The Wizard of Oz at Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company on Merrimon Ave. Dress up, sing or just witness the silliness. $3.

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Grief and Celebration Part 1,” with Lowell Hayes. Held at the Turchin Center Lecture Hall.

Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Classes are held at the studio, 999 W. Old Rt. 70, Black Mountain. Info: svfal. info@gmail.com or www. svfal.org.

• THURSDAYS (starting 3/3), Noon-3pm - Try something new every week at the Experimental Art Group.

Learn and share collage and water/mixed media techniques in a playful setting.

All levels welcome. $6 per session. Info: svfal.info@ gmail.com or 357-8129.

With Our Hands • Through TH (3/31) - Free art classes for all people affected by sexual violence, presented by Our VOICE and Arts 2 People. Clay, poetry, collage and more.

Info: www.ourvoicenc.org or 252-0562.

Spoken & Written Word Attention WNC Mystery Writers WNC Mysterians critique group. For serious mystery/ suspense/thriller writers.

Info: 712-5570 or wncmysterians.org.

• TH (2/24), 6pm - Meet at Books-a-Million in the lounge area. Located at 136 South Tunnel Road in Asheville.

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

• TH (2/24), 6:30-8pm Board Game Night.

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 EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) n EC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 2506486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n Library storyline: 250KIDS. • SU (2/27), 2pm - Library Poetry Slam. Poets will be

judged both on content and performance. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three winners in two categories: adults and high-school students. Original work only.

Info: 250-6484. FV. • TU (3/1), 7pm - Book Club: American Lion by Jon Meacham. WV —- 7pm Book Club: The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald. EC —- 4-6pm - Origami for Kids. Free for children ages 7 and up. BM —- 6-8pm - Knit-n-Chain. A casual knitting and needlework group for all skill levels. SS. • WE (3/2), 3pm - Book Club: A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century by Witold Rybczynski. WV —- 5-7pm - Library Knitters. SW. • TH (3/3), 6:30pm - Book Club: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sloot. EA —- 7pm - Library Knitters. BM. Events at Malaprop’s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 2546734 or www.malaprops. com.

• WE (2/23), 7pm - Eric Myers will discuss his book Elements & Evolution: The Spiritual Landscape of Astrology.

• TH (2/24), 7pm Journalist Lisa Napoli will read from her book Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan.

• FR (2/25), 1-2:30pm - Elizabeth Trinkaus will sign copies of her book Success Simplified —- 3-5pm - John M. Borack will read from his book John Lennon: Life Is What Happens: Music, Memories, & Memorabilia —- 7pm - William D. Auman will discus his book Pioneer Paddling: Colonial Carolina.

• SU (2/27), 3-4pm - Pamela Schoenewaldt, author of When We Were Strangers, will read from and sign copies of her debut novel.

• WE (3/2), 7pm - Join host Jay Jacoby for a discussion of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

Flood Reading Series • TH (2/24), 7:30-9pm - Rick Chess, local poet and fiction writer, and Tommy Hayes will be reading at Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Ave. in Asheville.

Fountainhead Bookstore Located at 408 N Main St., Hendersonville. Info: 697-1870.

• TH (2/24), 4pm - Chef and author Laurie Bakke will be on hand to talk about her

newest work Laurie Bakke’s Cookbook.

Literary Events at UNCA Events are free unless noted.

Tickets & info: 232-5000.

• TU (3/1), 12:30pm - Book Talk with Katherine Zubko, UNCA assistant professor of religious studies and author of Inside the Indian Business Mind: A Tactical Guide for Managers. Held at Ramsey Library in the Special Collections Room.

North Carolina Writers’ Network • Through TU (3/1) Submissions for the Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition will be accepted. $10 for NCWN members/$15 nonmembers. Info: tlkenned@ uncg.edu or www.ncwriters. org.

Writers’ Workshop Events WW offers a variety of classes and events for beginning and experienced writers. Info: 254-8111 or www.twwoa.org.

• SA (2/26), 10am-4pm - “Poetry Writing and Publishing,” with Richard Krawiec.

Xpress Yourself Submit a poem to the Mountain Xpress Poetry Contest. Winners will have their work published in print and will read their poem aloud on Friday, April 8 at the Masonic Temple, in downtown Asheville, and at WordFest in early May. Info: www.mountainx.com/ae/ poetry/submit.

• Through TH (3/17) - Submissions will be accepted.

Music Analog To Digital • Vinyl/ Tape To CD • VHS To DVD (pd.) Convert classic vinyl and tape to digital or CD and old VHS to DVD. Great quality! Very affordable.

Call (828) 442-6211. www. vinylrecordstocd.com 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.ashevillechambermusic.org.

• TH (3/3), 4:15pm Asheville Chamber Music presents a “Pre-Concert Talk” at the Reuter Center.

Free.

Arts Council of Henderson County Located at 401 N. Main Street (entrance on Fourth Street), above Flight Restaurant in downtown Hendersonville. Info: 6938504 or www.acofhc.org.

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• FR (3/4), 4pm - The Hendersonville Children’s Choir will perform in the lobby of First Citizens Bank in Hendersonville. Free.

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.

• SA (2/26), 7:30pm - Red June, an ensemble of veteran musicians, singers and songwriters, will perform a concert of bluegrass, rootsrock, old-time and traditional country music. $10 donation requested.

Haywood Community Band Rehearsals • TH (3/3), 6:45pm - Band rehearsal will be held at Grace In The Mountains Episcopal Church, 394 Haywood St., in Waynesville.

All subsequent rehearsals will be held on Thursday nights weekly starting at 7pm. For information about joining the band: 452-5553, 452-7530 or www.haywoodcommunityband.org.

Hendersonville Chamber Music Concerts take place at First Congregational Church of Hendersonville. $17/Free for students. Info: 890-4411 or www.hendersonvillechambermusic.org.

• SU (2/27), 3pm - Brevard Music Center Faculty Trio, featuring pianist and BMC’s Artistic Director Bruce Murray with BMC’s Associate Artistic Administrator Jason Posnock on violin and Dilshad Posnock on flute.

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.

Opera Creations Info: www.operacreations. org.

• SA (2/26), 3pm & 7pm - Opera Creations members Timothy Wilds, Karen Svites, Simone Vigilante and Vance Reese, and the opera company’s young apprentices will perform “The Gondoliers” at the Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. $18 advance/$20 at the door.

• SU (2/27), 6pm - “The Gondoliers” will be performed at the Asheville Masonic Temple.

Performances at Diana Wortham Theatre

For ticket information or more details: 257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.

• FR (2/25), 8pm - Cathie Ryan in concert. Named “Irish Female Vocalist of the Decade” and awarded the Concert of the Year Award

by Chicago’s Irish American News, Ryan’s captivating vocals place her firmly in the vanguard of Celtic performers. $30.

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: 1866-824-9547 or www. songosky.org.

• TUESDAYS,6:45pm - Rehearsals at First Congregational Church, in the Fellowship Hall, 20 Oak St. St. Matthias Musical Performances These classical music concerts take place at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Asheville, 1 Dundee St. (off South Charlotte). Info: 252-0643.

• SU (2/27), 3pm - A concert version of the “Pirates of Penznace” by Gilbert and Sullivan will be preformed.

Featured musicians include: Dominic Aquillino, Joe Tracey, Stephen Klein, Matthew Boutwell, Heather Ferguson, Andrea Bailey, Clara Burrus and Alyssa Claire Scott. Chuck Taft will conduct the 24-piece orchestra and the 40-voice Reuter Center Singers. A free-will offering will be taken for the restoration of the historic church.

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

• SU (2/27), 4pm - The UNCA Wind Ensemble and Symphony will perform in concert. $5.

WCU Musical Events Unless otherwise noted, performances are held at the Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.

Tickets or info: 227-2479 or http://fapac.wcu.edu.

• TH (2/24), 7:30pm - “Songs and stories from John Davidson.”

WNC Jazz Society Performances held at Diana Wortham Theatre. Ticket prices: $25 members/$35 nonmembers/$10 students.

Tickets: 257-4530. Info: 687-0407, www.wncjazzsociety.org or bo@wncjazzsociety.org.

• SU (2/27), 7pm - The Marcus Printup Quartet,

featuring harpist Riza Hequibal, will perform in concert.

Theater A-B Tech Drama Club The club sponsors and produces a variety of productions, performances, workshops and lectures.

Reservations & info: 2541921 or pcarver@abtech. edu.

• TH (3/3) through SA (3/5), 7pm - The musical You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, directed, designed and choreographed by A-B Tech student Jacob Wallen, will be performed at Ferguson Auditorium. $10/$5 area students/$3 A-B Tech students and staff.

Asheville Community Theatre 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, 8918700 or www.unitync.net.

• Through SU (3/6) - Rent, a musical that “follows a group of bohemians struggling to survive under the shadow of HIV/AIDS in New York’s Lower East Side in the late 1980s,” will be performed. Fri.-Sat., 7:30pm & Sun., 2:30pm. $22 adults/$19 seniors and students.

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.

• FR (2/25), 8pm Performance at the Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St. 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 (2/24), 7:30pm - Love in the time of Caller ID: Disastrous Dating Stories will be performed 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 & tickets: 239-0263 or www.ncstage. org.

• Through SU (3/13) - Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti. A high-energy farce set in the 1960s, featuring men struggling to

keep themselves grounded as their love lives remain up in the air with their stewardess girlfriends. Wed., $16; Thur.-Sun., $28; Thur.-Sun. matinee $25.

The Magnetic Field A cafe, bar and performance house located at 372 Depot St., in the River Arts District.

Info: www.themagneticfield. com or 257-4003.

• MO (2/28), 7:30pm - Chaste White & Blush Red, tales of lust and love by nationally renowned performer David Novak. $7.

• Through SA (2/26), 7:30pm - When Jekyll Met Hyde, “a gleefully ridiculous take on the classic tale of passion,” written by Steven Samuels, will be performed.

The story opens with a dual production and two full casts (one set in the 1950s, one in the 1960s) running in repertory together. $12-$14.

• TH (3/3) through SA (3/5) - Songs of Robert, John Crutchfield’s “quirkily poetic” one-man show.

Performances begin at 7:30pm with late-night performances at 10pm on Friday and Saturday. Tickets $12-14.

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

• WE (2/23) through SU (2/27) - Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, directed

by Rob Bowen, associate professor of drama, will be performed at Carol Belk Theater. $10/$8 faculty/$5 students.

Comedy The Magnetic Field A cafe, bar and performance house located at 372 Depot St., in the River Arts District.

Info: www.themagneticfield. com or 257-4003.

• TU (3/1), 8pm - “The Crackers of Comedy,” an indie comedy tour featuring Matt Ward and Joe Pettis.

Local comedians George the Bastard and Tom Scheve will be special guests. $10.

Info: www.crackersofcomedy.com/p/about-crackers. html.

Film Courtyard Gallery An eclectic art and performance space located at 109 Roberts St., Phil Mechanic Studios, River Arts District.

Info: 273-3332 or www. ashevillecourtyard.com.

• FR (2/25), 8-10pm - The Return by Andrei Zvyagintsev (2003 Russia).

Doors open at 7:45pm and close at 8:15pm. Held in the

upstairs library of the Phil Mechanic Studios.

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

• WE (2/23), 7pm - T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating presents a screening of Beauty Mark, Body Image & The Race for Perfection at the Highsmith Alumni Center. Learn and raise awareness about eating disorders. A Q&A session and discussion will follow. Info: www.thecenternc.org.

• TH (2/24), 7pm - Uneven Fairways, a documentary film about the stories and struggles of African American golfers during segregation. A talk by filmmaker Pete McDaniel, senior writer at Golf Digest and Golf World magazines, will follow. Held in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

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!) (now every Wednesday.) $5-$15. • Sacred Embodiment Center, 31 Carolina Lane, Asheville, NC • downtown Asheville! Info: www.interplayasheville.org/ Ballroom/Latin Dance Group (pd.) Classes and Private Lessons Tango, Rumba, Swing, Salsa/Mambo, Waltz, Cha-Cha, Foxtrot, Merengue, Samba.

LatinRhythmDance@gmail. com (703) 346-7112.

Learn Beyonce’s Single Ladies Dance! (pd.) 10 week series starts Mar. 7 at Homewood, 19 Zillicoa St. from 6-7 pm. $7/class if paying for entire series. Learn Janet Jackson’s hot Hip Hop dance to her song All For You! Starts Mar. 7 at Homewood, 7:15-8:15 pm.

Contact Kathleen to sign up, idodances@gmail.com, 828-275-8628.

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.

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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.

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• WE (3/2), 8pm - The Russian National Ballet will perform Shakespeare’s tragic love story of Romeo & Juliet and Chopiniana, which grew out of Chopin’s “Seventh Waltz.” A cash bar opens at 7pm, with appetizers provided by Crave Restaurant. $20/$18 seniors/$10 students. Info: www.pas.appstate.edu.

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• SU (2/27), 7pm & 9pm - Works created during Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre’s third annual 48 Hour Dance Project (where choreographers and dancers of different stylistic backgrounds are paired at random, create an original piece of dance in only two days) will be performed.

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Short Film Auditions • WE (2/23), 5:30-9pm Casting short film to shoot in March. Needed: young men (late teens-mid 20’s) for one main role and several small roles; older men (late 40’searly 60’s) for two main roles and several smaller roles. Auditions will be held at the BRCC Technology and Education Development Building, room 337. Info: t_rudisill42002@webmail. blueridge.edu or timrudisill. com.

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wellness Well done

Green Jobs program promotes full-spectrum health

by Jake Frankel It’s no secret that people tend to get sick more in winter — or that cold, drafty living spaces don’t support optimum health. And it’s hard to take proper care of yourself if you don’t have enough money to pay the bills. An innovative program is addressing all those issues while giving some local veterans a break.

Earlier this month, roughly 20 volunteers spent a couple of days weatherizing the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry’s Veterans Restoration Quarters in east Asheville. The facility houses about 148 veterans who are trying to get back on their feet after living on the streets. An additional 30 or so rooms provide emergency shelter as needed.

James Parris, a resident for about six months, says that while he’s grateful for the housing, his room was drafty, and the unusually cold weather earlier this winter didn’t help.

“You could feel air coming in up top and especially under the door,” he reports, pointing to areas now freshly caulked and sealed. “What

they’re doing here is great — it’s not going to be drafty anymore. The two gentlemen did a great job; it’s so helpful.”

The gentlemen in question are part of ABCCM’s Green Jobs program, which partners with Green Opportunities and other local organizations to help underprivileged Ashevilleans find work providing various environmental services. Funded by a federal Pathways Out of Poverty grant, the program aims to help 340 workers from high-poverty city neighborhoods find jobs in such growing fields as weatherization, solar-thermal installation and biofuels.

Besides saving energy, the Restoration Quarters project helped participants hone their skills via hands-on experience, explains Susan Garrett, director of the Green Jobs program.

“These folks are working hard: They’re showing up on a freezing-cold day to volunteer their time. They want jobs; they’re ready to work hard for an employer.”

Part of the process of finding trainees jobs involves reaching out directly to local contractors such as Conservation Pros, Home Energy

Warm home, happy home: Green Jobs trainee Charles Barber, left, helped weatherize James Parris’ room at the Veterans Restoration Quarters in east Asheville.

Photo by Jonathan Welch

Partners and Deltec Homes, touting the skills of program graduates. But in this tough economy, says Garrett, “Employers are just looking for a reason to shuffle someone’s resumé off the pile.” And many Green Jobs participants have an extra strike against them in the form of a criminal record.

“For some of these folks, the things that happened were five and seven years ago, but it doesn’t matter,” notes Garrett. Accordingly, the program also tries to help participants overcome that hurdle. “We’re here to explain how they can talk about that in an interview, how to show the employer what they’ve done to improve themselves — how they’ve learned from that experience; what they bring to the table.”

Full circle

The program’s full-circle approach also tries to educate homeowners on the economic benefits of green retrofits.

“We help give the private contractors business by promoting the benefits of weatherization through the churches of ABCCM,” Garrett reveals. “And then we send them the business, and they hire our graduates to do the work. So it’s a whole-systems approach to green-collar job creation.”

Meanwhile, back at the Restoration Quarters, the trainees hope the program will help them find fulfilling careers.

“I think it’s an upcoming field. A lot of people are trying to go green, save energy and money,” said Cordaro Mills, taking a break

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from installing weather stripping. “It’s been hard for me to find a job. … I’m hoping for a career; I like helping people.”

Co-worker Charles Barber moved to Asheville’s Livingston Street neighborhood from Charlotte about six months ago. He sees the program as a ticket to a better life. “I came to Asheville because I wanted a change for myself,” he explained. “I’m trying to change and grow; I’m trying to be a man.”

And like Mills, Barber finds the philanthropic aspect of environmental work particularly fulfilling.

“It feels good to do this work,” he said. “My favorite thing about the environmental field is that it betters the community.”

That belief was confirmed when Parris came out of his room to thank the two young men for making his room more comfortable.

“I like helping the veterans,” Mills exclaimed with a smile. “They can already feel the difference. It feels good. … I like seeing the difference I’ve made.”

You could call that wellness writ large. X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext.

115, or at jfrankel@mountainx.com.

You can follow our Wellness news on Twitter (http:// twitter.com/mxwellness), and submit WNC health and wellness info with the hashtag #avlhealth. Or send Wellness news to mxhealth@mountainx.com or news@mountainx.com.

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Amazing Health Technology! • Now in the USA (pd.) Genuine business opportunity. Medical Device from Japan. • Alkaline, Mineral Charged, Anti-Oxidant Water Ionizers. Training/Support. • Investment: $4,000, 90% Financing • No qualifying financing • No Interest • High Commissions. • Easy Business Model to Learn! We can train you with this business while you earn commissions! • (828) 989-6057. See Income Projections: www.MyHolisticWater.com/compensation.html Aqua Fitness • Swimming and More! UNCA Instructional Recreation (pd.) Campus Recreation at UNCA will be offering Swim Lessons (Youth, Adult, Private), Aqua Fitness, African Drumming and Dance beginning March 2011.

Please call (828) 232-5650 for more information and to register! Or visit http://recreation.unca.edu/instructional-recreation Men’s Psychotherapy Group (pd.) Emotional release/action approach to healing.

Twice a month beginning February 15th. $40 per session. ashevillebodymindpsychotherapy.com Joseph Howard, LCSW. 828-333-7354.

Park Ridge Health Events (pd.) • Free Health Screenings with the Park Ridge Health WOW Van: Free Cholesterol Screenings Lipid and glucose profiles by finger stick, along with blood pressure and body mass index screening. For best results, fast overnight. • Thursday, February 24, (8am-11am), The Rush Fitness Center, 1047 Patton Ave., Asheville. • Saturday, February 26, (9am11am), Bethel SDA Church, 238 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville. • $10 PSA Screening. No appointment required. PSA blood test for men 50 years of age or older; age 40 if father or brother had prostate cancer.

Monday, February 28 (10am-1pm) Food Lion, 800 Greenville Hwy., Hendersonville. • Free Bone Density for Men and Women: Bone density screening for osteoporosis. Please wear shoes and socks that are easy to slip off. • Monday, February 28 (10am-1pm) Food Lion, 800 Greenville Hwy., Hendersonville. • Free EKG and Blood Pressure: Wednesday, February 23 (1pm4pm) Rite Aid 640 Spartanburg Hwy., Hendersonville.

• Park Ridge Wellness Events and Classes: • Mindful Eating, Free, Monday, February 28, Noon-1pm: Duke Room, Park Ridge Health. Jodi Grabowski, M.A.C.P., Wellness Coordinator with Park Ridge Wellness. No RSVP required. Can weight loss really be as easy as paying better attention? Studies show that reducing caloric intake by just 100 calories a day can lead to loss of 12 pounds in a year. Every day we are faced with a multitude of decisions about what to eat, where to eat it, who to eat it with. And factors such as plate size and packaging all influence what we take in. Jodi will share the importance of eating mindfully for better health. • Foot Pain, Wednesday, February 23, 6:307:30pm: Lelia Patterson Center, 1111 Howard Gap Rd., Fletcher. Please RSVP to 828.684.0332. Robert Garfield, D.P.M., podiatrist with Southeastern Sports Medicine, will discuss a variety causes and treatment options of foot pain and lead a question answer session. • Community Events: Love and Logic: $60/person, $100 for couples February 28, 1pm-4:30pm. This workshop will use hands-on-learning to help you gain practical skills in the “Love and Logic” method. Love and Logic uses humor, hope and empathy to build healthy adult-child relationships. Using this win-win approach to parenting, you will learn to show love in a healthy way and establish effective control. Kids win by learning responsibility and developing coping skills for the real world by solving their own problems. The strength of Love and Logic is the practical techniques you will learn to compliment the philosophical foundation. Love and Logic emphasizes respect and dignity for both child and adult. These techniques allow you to

establish a rewarding relationship with your children, built on love and trust. To register for this class, please call 828.681.BABY or visit parkridgebabies.com • Free Lunch and Learn: The Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Friday, February 25, Noon, Duke Room at Park Ridge Health.

Leah Swann, M.D.,board-certified family practitioner with Park Ridge Medical Associates will discuss what the anti-inflammatory diet is, how it works and who will most benefit from its use.

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.adhdtm.org.

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

Becoming Your Own Best Advocate • WE (3/2), 6-7:30pm - A discussion on advocating for individuals with disabilities and information on Disability Rights N.C., a state-wide advocacy and protection nonprofit, will be held at Immaculate Conception in Hendersonville, 208 7th Ave. West. Sponsored by St. Gerard House. RSVP: info@stgerardhouse.com.

Blood Pressure Clinic • TUESDAYS, 1-6pm - The faith community nurse at SOS Anglican Mission will offer free blood pressure screenings at 370 N. Louisiana Ave, suite C1. Info: rchovey@sos.spc-asheville.org.

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. Free. At O3 Health and Fitness, 554-C Riverside Drive. Info: 2581066 or keith@o3healthandfitness.com.

Broken Open By Life: Writing to Heal • SA (3/12), 2-5pm - Learn useful exercises designed to help remember, write and move on from a difficult place. Draw on memory and imagination to help tell stories. Register by March 1. $30. All proceeds benefit Summer Koesler, a young Asheville mother with cancer. Info: 669-6588.

Classes for Cancer Patients, Families & Friends • WE (2/23), 3-5pm - “Effects of Illness & Treatment.”

Register: 271-6510 or andrea.lahti@usoncology.com 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. Info & registration: www.pardeehospital. org or 692-4600.

• TU (3/1), 12:30-1pm - The American Red Cross presents “Citizen CPR,” a hands-only CPR workshop.

Free. Register: 693-5605.

• TU (3/1), 6:30-7:30pm - “Centering Menopause,” a group meeting with Vicki Fleury, CNM, and Deb Phillips, MS. Register: (866)-790-WELL. • TH (3/3), 10:30-11:30am - A registered nurse will provide instruction on the correct technique for breast self-exams using silicone models.

Healthy Eating and Living Conference • TH (2/24), 5:30-8pm - Guest speaker Karen R. Koenig will present “The Rules of Normal Eating.”

Held at MAHEC, 118 West T. Weaver Boulevard.

Registration: www.mahec.net. Sponsored by MAHEC in collaboration with T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating.

Free. Info: www.mahec.net.

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; and Pet First Aid. Located at 203 Second Ave. East, Hendersonville. Info: 6935605.

wellnesscontinued : Blood Drive dates and locations are listed below.

Appointment and ID required.

• TH (2/24), 9am-1:30pm - Blue Ridge Community College,180 W. Campus Drive. Info: 694-1805 —- 37pm - Stoney Mountain Baptist Church, 3301 Asheville Highway. Info: 692-2944.

• 4th FRIDAYS (starting 2/25), 12:30pm - A “Citizen CPR” class will begin. Registration encouraged.

NAMI Family-to-Family A free, 12-week class for families of persons with a severe mental illness. Sponsored by NAMI WC. Covers facts and feelings. Early registration required: 7072937 or bkinschner@aol.com.

• THURSDAYS (beginning 3/10), 6-8:30pm - Familyto-Family, a class for families of an individual with a severe mental illness. Learn coping skills, handle a crisis and/or relapse, improve communication techniques and much more.

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 Road. To register call 258-3888, ext.

221. Info: www.redcrosswnc.org. : Bloodmobile Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required.

• FR (2/25), Noon-4:30pm - Owen Middle School, 730 Old U.S. 70, Swannanoa. Info: 686-7739 —- 10am2:30pm - Blood Drive at 30 Town Square Blvd., suite 220. Info: 654-1016.

• WE (1/26), 9am-2pm - Glen Arden Elementary School, 50 Pinehurst Circle in Arden. Info: 654-1800 —- 12:30-5pm - Chili’s Grill & Bar, 420 Airport Road, Arden. Info: 684-5067 —- 1:30-6pm - Cancer Care of WNC Blood Drive, 445 Biltmore Ave., suite 100.

• SU (2/27), 1:30-6pm - Barnardsville Baptist Church, 1639 Barnardsville Highway. Info: 626-2000.

Sex, Heart and Spirit Free and open to all at Va Va Vooom, 36 Battery Park Ave., Asheville.

• TU (3/1), 7:30pm - Part Three: Sensual Dance. Tips for creating evocative dances to empower your sensual self. Focus on inner enjoyment rather than performing for an outside eye. Presenter: Sajit Greene.

Support Groups Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOA is an anonymous 12-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.

Al-Anon in West Asheville: 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 AlAnon 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: 6706277 (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 through the 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

Eating Right for Good Health presented by

How to save money at Ingles and stick to your food budget.

Leah McGrath, RD, LDN

1. Use your Ingles circular to plan out a menu and then write out your shopping list or select and print from our on-line version.

2. Use food coupons if they are for items that you will use. Look for coupons on manufacturer, Facebook and other websites.

3. Check the unit pricing (on the shelf label) that lets you know what is the best buy.

4. Stock up on your fruits and vegetables while they are in season. Encourage family members to eat them as snacks. Freeze or can them if you can.

5. Buy frozen vegetables to stretch soups, stews, casseroles and sauces.

6. Buy Laura Lynn or Harvest Farm, our store brands, to help save money.

7. Buy meat and poultry in family packs to save money per pound and cook or divide into smaller bags and freeze at home.

8. Eat more of your meals at home. Fast food and restaurant meals are often high in fat and sodium - not to mention high in price 9. Sign of for an Ingles Advantage card and Ingles Advantage e-mail to receive special savings and coupons.

10. Follow Ingles on Facebook and Ingles Dietitian on Twitter to find out about special deals and promotions.

OpeN YOuR HeART… OpeN YOuR HOme North Carolina MENTOR was established in 1993 to provide community-based care for at-risk youth in the state.

Today, North Carolina MENTOR serves hundreds of at-risk youth in Western North Carolina.

Services include: • Therapeutic foster care • Respite • Intake Assessments • Therapy • Other Services

mAKe A DIFFeReNCe!

Together we can make a difference in our community

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 6:30pm7:30pm (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 e-mail

Leah McGrath: Follow me on Twitter www.twitter.com/InglesDietitian Work: 800-334-4936

nicole.toto@thementornetwork.com

• Become a Therapeutic Foster Family. • Free informational meeting.

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wellnesscontinued • This service center for AA members and groups provides 24-hour phone support for AA meetings in WNC, recovery literature and more. Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri.: 10am-1pm; Tue. & Thur.: 1-4pm. 254-8539 within Buncombe Co. Info: www.ashevilleaa.org.

Attention Migraine Sufferers • SA (3/12) - All are welcome to attend this new support group. Come learn about the latest treatments and research on migraines. RSVP by March 3. Info: 277-6723.

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.

Co-Dependents Anonymous A fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.

• SATURDAYS, 11am - Meeting at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St., in Asheville. The Church entrance and parking is in back. Info: 779-2317 or 299-1666.

Crystal Meth Anonymous • MONDAYS, 8pm - This 12-step 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 groups. 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.

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.

• TU (3/1), 8:30am - The Henderson County Mayor’s Advocacy Council for People With Disabilities will meet.

Registration not required —- TU (3/1), 6:30pm - A bipolar support group will be held for people and families dealing with this mental illness.

• WE (3/2), 11:30am - A diabetes support group will meet. Nancy Zazen, RD, CDE, with Pardee’s Perspectives Program will discuss nutrition.

I Can Cope The American Cancer Society, Cancer Centers of North Carolina and Carepartners host “I Can Cope,” a program that gives participants an opportunity to share concerns and ways to cope with the challenge of a cancer diagnosis. Patients, caregivers and family mem-

bers are invited to attend. Meetings are held at Cancer Centers of North Carolina, located in Regional Medical Park, Asheville. Free. Info: 271-6510.

• WEDNESDAYS, 3-5pm - Meetings feature guest speakers and professionals, such as oncologists, oncology nurses and social workers. In addition, videotapes, print materials and class discussions provide up-to-date information. Call to register.

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 thoughts, emotions and reactions to certain people or situations. Info: 989-9811.

MemoryCaregivers Network Support for caregivers of loved ones who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s. Info: 645-9189 or 2304143.

• 4th TUESDAYS, 1-3pm - Alzheimer’s caregivers support group meeting at First Baptist Church, 63 N. Main St., Weaverville.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 12:30-2pm - Meeting at Fletcher Calvary Episcopal Church.

• 3rd TUESDAYS, 12:30-2pm - Meeting at New Hope Presbyterian Church.

Overcomers Recovery Support Group A Christian-based, 12-step recovery program. Provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems. Meetings are held at S.O.S. Anglican Mission, 370 N. Louisiana Ave., suite C-1. All are welcome. Info: rchovey@sos.spc-asheville.org or 575-2003.

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

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 12step-based recovery program 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. Info: 253-0542.

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Check out the Support Groups and Health Programs Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after March 3.

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wellnesscontinued Flu activity widespread in Asheville

“For evidence that flu has arrived in Western North Carolina, look no further than Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care. One of the group’s five centers on Patton Avenue in West Asheville was open until 10 p.m. Monday night, three hours after its normal closing time.” — [Asheville Citizen-Times]

Study reveals lowest reports of emotional health among college freshman

“The emotional health of college freshmen has reached an all-time low, according to an annual study by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. ...

The first CIRP Freshman Survey in 1985 said about 64 percent of freshmen in college said their emotional health was normal or above average. In the latest survey, only 51.9 percent of students report having a healthy emotional level.”

— [The Blue Banner]

NC program aims to reduce birth defects with free vitamins

“Nearly 40,000 low-income women have received free multivitamins with folic acid in an effort to reduce birth defects thanks to a bill passed by the N.C. General Assembly. The Bill provided funding in 2010 for the statewide distribution of multivitamins with folic acid to low income, non-pregnant women of childbearing age through health departments and other safety net providers.”

— [Asheville Citizen-Times]

Study: Diet soft drinks may raise stroke risk

“New research is raising fresh worries about diet soft drinks, noting that people who drink them every day have a higher risk for strokes and heart attacks compared to those who drink no pop at all. But the researchers are quick to point out that their study does not prove that diet soft drinks cause heart attacks or strokes. They note there could be other aspects about diet pop drinkers that accounts for the increased risk that they observed. “ — [South Asia Mail]

Mission Hospitals seeking DAISY award nominees

“In 2011 Mission Hospitals joins the over 500 hospitals around the country to honor extraordinary nurses through the DAISY award program. Mission Hospitals is putting out a call for nominations; patients, visitors, nurses, physicians and employees of the hospital may submit a Mission Hospitals nurse.

The nominee should consistently model compassionate patient centered care, service excellence, and clinical expertise. Nomination forms can be found in the main lobbies of most hospital buildings, and an electronic version is available at [Mission’s website].” — [Mission Hospitals]

T. Colin Campbell to reschedule Asheville visit

“T. Colin Campbell was scheduled to speak at UNC Asheville [recently], but due to the death of a close associate and friend, he will have to reschedule his campus visit.” — [Asheville Citizen-Times]

Opinion: Let’s get the fouride out of our water “Do you know that the city of Asheville is contaminating the water that most of us drink with a strong neurotoxin, sodium fluoride? Fluoride is dumped into our drinking water in a misdirected attempt to prevent tooth decay. Residents pay money for this. Why?” — [letter in Mountain Xpress]

Caregiver Wellness Support Group on Tuesday

“February 15 / 5:30 p.m. to 6:30pm — Park Ridge Health and Memory Care are pleased to announce that Park Ridge Health’s Caregiver Wellness support group is now a part of the MemoryCaregivers Network.” — [Park Ridge Health] — compiled by by Wade Inganamort Please follow us on Twitter and submit WNC health-and-wellness info with the hashtag #avlhealth or by e-mail to mxhealth@mountainx.com.

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Next to water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage on the planet. But in America, where coffee rules, a teahouse is a comparatively rare thing.

And, though Asheville has its fair share of coffee shops offering loose-leaf teas, the recently opened DobrĂĄ Tea Room on Lexington Avenue is entirely unique in the area.

DobrĂĄ is not the kind of place where you grab a to-go cup of chai, pay and split. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a showplace of tea culture, boasting an astounding variety of leaves in various shades, ages and flavors, gathered by owner Andrew Snavely from distant countries. And if the notion of standing in a field

next to a Japanese tea farmer sounds a little utopian (and like it belongs in a Snapple commercial), sit down with Snavely for a few minutes and listen to him to talk about his travels and why he does what he does. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tea has always been a part of my life,â&#x20AC;? says Snavely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I moved up to Vermont for college, I found myself drinking tea more than hanging out in coffee shops and preparing tea in my dorm.â&#x20AC;?

After college, Snavely moved out West, finding himself lingering in the numerous Asian-style tea houses on that side of country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I really started to appreciate loose tea and the culture,â&#x20AC;? he says. Snavely worked as a tea and herb

buyer for a health food store, which enabled him to sample different varieties of teas and gain even further experience. Snavely eventually returned to Vermont, joining the staff of a Burlington Dobrá Tea Room, an offshoot of Dobrá Cajovna, a teahouse opened in Prague after the fall of communism. “People weren’t happy with their everyday lives, and the tea room became this safety place,” says Snavely. Snavely began managing Dobrá, then accepted an offer to take ownership in 2007. “But before that, starting in 2003, I began visiting the tea countries annually and starting to develop relationships with the tea farmers and producers with the company, our friends in the Czech Republic. We always travel as a family,” says Snavely.

Snavely intended the Asheville shop to be as much of a conversation piece as the tea. Dobrá is housed in a Lexington building that used to be filled with mostly head-shop paraphernalia.

Now, it’s a museum of what Snavely gathered from his travels, including some rather esoteric knowledge of tea culture and a wide selection of tea accessories. There’s a collection of maté gourds from South America and some whisks for making a frothy traditional Japanese tea brew. There are books about tea — even the menu is a tome.

Snavely’s knowledge of Dobrá’s products alone borders on encyclopedic. Every tea in the shop has a story, he says, and most of them have quite a history. Many of the strains have been cultivated in their respective countries through generations.

Take the Putuo Fo Cha, for example, also known as the Buddha’s tea, harvested from the Island of Putuo. Here’s how the menu describes it: “A very special, small harvest, Putuo Fo Cha is a light, flowery green tea. The two-and-a-half-thousand year-old tradition of cultivating gourmet tea on the Putuo island guarantees that this particular tea, grown in the gardens of the Buddhist monastery and processed only by hand, will always be of superior quality.”

Twenty-five hundred years? Just the fact that the tea is grown on an island with tea ceremonies older than the concept of Christianity is enough to make Dobrá a point of interest. And it’s the ceremony, the sense of community and the ancient tradition behind the sharing of tea that’s part and parcel of the experience that Snavely wants to provide with Dobrá, he says.

To that end, Snavely still travels to far-flung regions to collect his teas, rather than simply having them shipped. Of course, a business trip to the tea fields of China might not be such a burden. But, it’s part of his model. Snavely now has direct contact with the growers and producers of approximately 90 percent of the teas on the menu, which means he gets direct exposure to the traditions surrounding the teas. “We’re taking these traditions that we’ve learned and we’re bringing them back to Asheville,” he says.

It’s a romantic, exotic notion, and one that Snavely relishes. “Having that hands-on experience of witnessing and experiencing tea growing on different mountains and in different climates, villages and regions really develops that handson, fair-trade, beautiful kind of relationship with the producers. It’s a farm-to-table relationship,” says Snavely.

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“We’re selling an experience, we’re not selling just a cup of tea,” Snavely says. “People say that when they come in here, they feel transported. Not many people in this day and age can really afford to travel to Morocco or Egypt and experience these types of things. But at Dobrá, people can feel like they’re in a far-off place for an affordable price and go for an adventure daily, if they want to.”

And, to hear Snavely tell it, some of his tea adventures might not be for everyone. One of his favorite trips involved traveling to a remote mountain village in Laos, a journey that necessitated a number of flights, followed by a 15-hour ride in the back of a jeep over rough roads. The vehicle, he says, barely clung to the sides of steep mountains at times, having to navigate around mudslides and the occasional cluster of donkeys.

Once in the village, Snavely met elder tribeswomen who spent their days harvesting tea leaves from 800-year-old trees. During the evenings, the villagers snacked on bizarre foods that would make Andrew Zimmern blush. “I never felt so far away from my own reality. I ate a lot of strange rodents,” says Snavely. “I got really sick. But, that was okay.”

Rodents, thankfully, are not part of the food offerings at Dobrá, but the tea house does provide a menu of other world flavors. There’s hummus,

dolmas, baba ganouj, a couscous dish cooked in a traditional Moroccan tagine. Locally made desserts are specially crafted to work with a tea house. Dishes lean toward the herbal, more savory flavors of the sweet spectrum: ginger snap cookies, a lavender cake, shortbread tea cookies.

And beverages aren’t limited strictly to leaf extractions. Snavely pulls out a wooden drawer from an apothecary-type wall, revealing a pile of what looks like course-ground cocoa powder. It’s chagga, ground from a wild fungus with a woody texture.

And from what far-flung region did Snavely find this chagga? It came from a local wild-foods specialists, he says, who hand-harvested it from forest near Asheville. His tea gathering trips aren’t necessarily about visiting the misty mountains of Japan and the dry plains of Kenya. “Authenticity is really what I strive for, so visiting these places is about research, gathering knowledge,” he says.

Tea, like wine, tells a story of terroir as well as tradition, says Snavely. “It’s botany, it’s art, it’s alchemy, it’s everything,” he says. X Send your food news and story ideas to Mackensy Lunsford at food@mountainx.com.

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Fiore’s Ristorante Toscana, Anthony Cerrato’s classic Italian restaurant, is opening a second location in Arden at 2310 Hendersonville Road.

But don’t expect a carbon copy of Ceratto’s downtown eatery.

“It’s going to be pretty different, actually,” he says of Fiore’s Southern Italian Comfort Food.

For one, even though the menu will feature the same comfortable Italian fare, the restaurant will offer some of the items in portions ranging from half-orders to family-style platters. And for family-style service, Cerrato says, salads and pastas will be served in rustic, homemade bread bowls.

And the new Fiore’s will feature a small graband-go market, Cerrato says, featuring many of the baked and handmade products made daily at Fiore’s — think handmade noodles and sauces.

As part of the convenience dishes the restaurant will be offering, Cerrato has created a number of take-and-bake items. “We’re offering an al forno section, which means ‘to bake’ in Italian,” he says. The selection will include lasagnas, pizzas, pizza dough and more. Homemade sauces and toppings for the pizzas will be available, along with desserts and breads — basically all of the elements of a big Italian family-style meal. Most of those handmade goods will be made on a marble table in view of the customers, says Cerrato, who adds that the carry-out items will include a number of vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free products.

Fiore’s will also have a bar with seating for about a dozen, a dining room with space for approximately 75 and a separate private dining room that Cerrato says is to be modeled after a Tuscan courtyard. That room will seat approximately 50.

The restaurant also boasts a patio with seating for about 55 and a Bocce ball court. The restaurant will host Bocce tournaments, awarding prizes like free pies for winners. On the other side of the patio is a double-decker brick oven with a grill, sink and food bar, so people can have outdoor pizza parties when it gets warmer. “It should be a lot of fun. We’re going to have the old tin lighting to give it that Italian outdoor dining kind of feel,” says Cerrato.

The building where the new Fiore’s will be located is of special significance to the Cerrato family — it used to house Boscoe’s Italian Eatery, a comfortable Italian restaurant opened about 23 years ago by Ceratto’s father.

Cerrato says that he’s is excited about the space’s potential. “It allows us to be a little more funky, cool and laid back. It’s a great spot. There’s tons of parking and it also allows us to have a lot more flexibility with the menu because the kitchen is huge.”

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Building. The three-story structure, located at 114 N. Lexington Ave., houses the space that Eric Backer’s restaurant (which was called Scratch, then Nova) vacated last year. The Meadows Building’s front windows have been covered in brown paper for the past few months, and there has been a bit of speculation as to what’s going on inside.

Apparently, Loretta Wooley, the owner of the café and its namesake, has been refiguring the bar into a sandwich counter and setting up shop in the downstairs kitchen. She’s also been preparing a third level to be used as an event space — as well as a ping-pong table room.

Wooley is a very busy woman. She also owns Mayfel’s, a restaurant located just a few blocks away from the current Loretta’s site. Regardless, Wooley seems ready to bear the burden of moving the café from its longtime home at 27 Patton Ave. “We’ve been slowly moving and getting it ready,” she says. “We’re going to have a pretty smooth transition.”

And what makes a person move a restaurant from a location that’s proven itself successful? For Wooley, the answer is simple. “You do things for various reasons, but this is about community, and downtown is a great little community,” she says.

What Wooley means is that she wants to keep prices reasonable and affordable — Loretta’s has long been known as a place to get a great lunch value. However, she says, that just isn’t viable for the long term in the current location.

To keep prices at the same low cost that has made Loretta’s a popular haunt for people looking for a cheap lunch, it’s time to expand, says Wooley. “I would never want Loretta’s to go away, simply

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The sandwich crew: The staff at Loretta’s Café who will be moving with the restaurant to its new bigger, better digs in the Meadows Building on Broadway Street in downtown Asheville. because a lot of people depend on it that work downtown who can’t afford $12 lunches,” she says.

Currently housed in a building that boasts less than 1,000 square feet, the sandwich shop can can only fit so many staffers — which means a limit on the amount of sandwiches that can realistically be made on any given day. “For the past couple of years Loretta’s hasn’t made a lot of money,” says Wooley. “It’s just kind of held its own, barely, even though plenty of people come in there.”

The move also enables the staff of Loretta’s to have a larger kitchen, and one that’s on site. Much of what is served at the Patton Avenue location — the roasted sandwich meats and the chicken salad, for example — is cooked at Mayfel’s, and then wheeled down the street to Loretta’s.

“We’ll have more space in the Meadows Building, whereas Loretta’s is currently reliant on Mayfel’s to survive,” says Wooley. “We’ll be independent down there. It’s going to be a good move. It will be a nice comfortable place to go that’s affordable and friendly.”

Loretta’s should make the move in the first week of March. The café will offer extended hours, though the exact details are not yet set. For more information, visit lorettascafe.com.

Table talk

On Thursday, March 3, Table in downtown Asheville will debut a series of dinners that will focus on wines from Devon Price’s Sour Grapes, a local wine distributor that specializes in natural European wines.

The March 3 dinner will feature wines from the city of Vienna, paired with Goan food for a pretty unique dining experience. Wines on the white end will include Gruner Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Blanc, and reds will include Sveigelt, a common Austrian varietal that doesn’t see an awful lot of action in the states.

And what exactly is Goan food, Xpress asks Table’s co-owner and 2010 James Beard-award nominee, Jacob Sessoms? “Goa is a province in India that was settled by the Portuguese, so the food is Indian with the addition of pork and salt cod, of course, because the Portuguese were big on the salt cod trade.” Naturally.

This event is part of a series of rather interesting wine dinners featuring Price’s inventory that Table is hosting through April, starting with the March 3 dinner, and every third Thursday continuing. Call Table at 254-8980 for more information or to make reservations, or visit tableasheville.com. X Send your food news to food@mountainx.com

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Ask them, “For what farm product is Western North Carolina one of the top six producers in the United States?” It’s likely they’ll respond “apples.” Let out an exasperated sigh when you shake your head no. “It’s trout,” you’ll say, adding that North Carolina is the second largest producer of the freshwater fish in the country— with almost all activity happening right here in our backyard.

Many of the area’s farmers raise the trout that you end up reeling in from mountain streams, while the others raise the trout that make it to the shelves of area groceries and onto the menus of local-sourcing restaurants like The Market Place in downtown Asheville.

“There is no doubt in my mind that the streams of WNC produce the best trout in the country, if not the world,” says Market Place owner and executive chef William Dissen.

Chef Dissen serves up all types of trout in all manner of preparations. Of note, he features trout on the restaurant’s charcuterie plate. “Charcuterie started out as a way to preserve meats before the invention of refrigeration,” he says. “But, today, it’s used because of the great flavors derived from the preservation process.”

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“We wanted to create something that would be unique, involve minimal prep time and keep possible food allergens out of the equation. So, instead of a nut-crust, I explored the use of hemp-seeds,” he says.

And when it comes to trout, Hudson loves simple preparations. “Grilling is probably my favorite cooking method,” he notes. Chef Dissen favors simple methods as well, especially a trout fillet pan-roasted to perfection. Just how do you achieve that perfection at home? “Remember to cook the trout skin-side down first in a smokinghot pan,” he advises. “This will allow the skin to get nice and crispy and will make your experience with trout even better.”

The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project puts the spotlight on local trout this month in their Get Local campaign — a year-round initiative that brings together farmers, chefs and community members in celebration of a single seasonal ingredient. In honor of this month’s focus, Dissen and other area chefs will further elevate trout on their menus. Sunburst also held a recipe contest earlier this month. Winners and their recipes will be announced through the end of the month on Sunburst’s website and through the farm’s Facebook page. There, you can also find the recipe for one of Chef Hudson’s favorite dishes: cardamom-seared Sunburst trout fillets with lemon-yogurt sauce.

While Sunburst is willing to share recipes from their kitchen, the secret-spilling ends there.

When asked what they have in the works for our kitchens in 2011, Chef Hudson keeps us guessing: “It might involve something in the caviar line, something in the cold-smoke line, or something involving local apples,” he says.

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Dissen’s favorite cured preparations on The Market Place’s menu include beet-cured trout gravlax and smoked trout rillettes, a preparation similar to patê. But, his most unique creation just might be his trout “chips.”

“We like to cure and dehydrate the trout skin in our food dehydrator and use it as a crispy chip with smoked trout dip,” he says. “It takes ‘chips and dip’ to a whole different level.”

The Market Place started looking to trout for their charcuterie plate to fit in with their mantra of sourcing local ingredients. The restaurant procures its trout from Sunburst Trout Farms, a Canton family farm that’s been in operation for more than 60 years.

While Sunburst offers up fresh trout fillets, which you’ll find at specialty stores and groceries like Earth Fare and the Fresh Market, their product line extends further. Sunburst also offers an award-winning caviar, smoked-trout dip and their rather unique trout jerky.

“The question was, what could we do with high-quality trout protein that was generated as a result of the boning process,” says Sunburst’s research and development chef, Charles Hudson.

“I proposed a jerky product and, through much trial and error, arrived at the trout jerky we sell today.” It’s Sunburst’s first shelf-stable product, and it’s been a big hit. Hudson admits many customers are reluctantly curious about the jerky, at least at first. “But once someone has a chance to taste it, that initial skepticism is quickly changed,” he says.

The trout farm is fertile creative ground for Hudson as well as other area chefs. “I get excited when I hear that a chef will be touring the farm, because it gives them a chance to experience the possibilities that exist with our product,” Hudson says. “For instance, the Lobster Trap’s trout ribs came out of a visit from their chef at the time.”

Those trout ribs were featured on an episode of The Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, by the way.

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ART CITY CONFIDENTIAL Does art make this town go ‘round?

by Rebecca Sulock

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Is Asheville a place where artists making art can make a living?

by Ursula Gullow Since the mid 1990s, Asheville’s reputation as a haven for artists has swelled — it’s a funky city in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains that teems with creative types and crafty kinfolk.

The New York Times last year touted Asheville as an “Artists’ utopia” (in the first of two articles from the international outlet that referenced our community’s art scene).

The city’s bohemian reputation and scenic surroundings lure artists to the area. Artists in particular might expect an abundance of time, a low cost of living compared to major metro areas and general community support. The lingering legacy of Black Mountain College, Appalachian crafting traditions and the laid-back vibe of the city — again, compared to major metro areas — motivate different aesthetic visions.

Some are simply inspired. Meg Winnecour, a painter, notes that daily life here is rich in experience. “On any given day I can visit a gallery or a studio or a creek or a graffitied wall and find my creative cup refilled — for free. A lot of the inspiration comes from friends, because it’s that small of a city,” she says.

Some have found Asheville to be just the right vibe for their work. “I am able to spend lots of time making art and developing my studio,” says painter Julie Armbruster. “Plus, there is a great community here that appreciates my work — a dream scenario.”

And new artists can easily find venues willing to show their work — from coffee shops to restaurants, hair salons to bookstores. Nava Lubelski, an artist who moved to Asheville from New York City says that, there, “Everything is really competitive and it can feel impossible just to get your first show — you need to already be a pro. In Asheville it seems like anyone can show their work.”

But, is it possible to make a living as an artist in a town that may be known for being artsy but not profitably so for the actual artists? Is the “dream scenario” in fact only a dream?

Should Asheville artists heed the advice of musician and author Patti Smith and “find a new city,” a less so-called artsy city “like Detroit or Poughkeepsie”?

What makes Asheville so, well, Asheville? Ask many people and they’ll probably say the scenery and the culture. Still, plenty of lovely little mountain towns don’t have the same draw. Why do we top so many destination lists? Much of that is because of our artists and the art scene. Scratch the surface, though, and it’s harder to get along in WNC than it may appear to the New York Times and American Style.

When Ursula Gullow (a writer, blogger and visual artist herself) brought up her idea for a story on getting by as an artist in town, it seemed like a good time to open a community conversation. Artists — from the muralists to the River District pioneers to the DIYers on the wall in nearly every coffee shop and bookstore — give our town its personality, enhance its desirability and consequently boost our economy.

from Asheville’s City of 1,000 Easels event last year

A struggle to maintain

In the brochure version of Asheville, the dream scenario is a thriving reality, all but observable from the balcony of a downtown hotel.

The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce’s website greets visitors with these lines that seem to promise an idyll: “Come for the abundant natural beauty, friendly atmosphere, wealth of year-round outdoor activities, rich history and lively local arts and music scene. Stay for the diverse economy, entrepreneurial opportunities, mild climate and high quality of life.”

Peppered throughout the site are descriptions of Asheville’s historical art deco architecture, hopping nightlife and great shopping opportunities. “The city rates, year after year,

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as one of the nation’s top arts towns, and you will not find a higher concentration of artists and crafters in many places other than Western North Carolina.”

That might sound good in writing, but in reality many artists are hard pressed to get by. “A lot of people want to market the fact that this is an arts destination without knowing what goes into having all this art around,” says Graham Hackett, program director of the Asheville Area Arts Council and a longtime curator of local art events. “I think we need to form a very clear narrative that it is a struggle to maintain all of this as an independent artist, or as a nonprofit in this area.”

Asheville’s desirability meant a real-estate boom and a subsequent rise in the cost of housing. The city has always had a service-based economy, and service-based jobs often end up

But how do artists get by? Can they make it on art alone? Is that a reasonable expectation in our society? If someone can’t make it as an artist in Asheville, can they make it as an artist anywhere? As Graham Hackett puts it in our first installment, “I think we need to form a very clear narrative that it is a struggle to maintain all of this as an independent artist.”

We’re still mired in a bitter recession, and everyone is struggling. But Asheville’s uniqueness — and to some degree, its economic success — springs from its culture.

With our Art City series, we hope to look at the arts market, how government supports arts (does it have a role to play? should it?), the quality of art here (could it be better?) and offer advice and ideas for how to survive as an artist. And, we want to hear from you. What do you want to talk about?

What should we be asking?

Who should we call? Join in the dialogue at mountainx. com, or e-mail me at ae@mountainx.com.

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Unfortunately, these topics are rarely if ever reflected in the local media.

Instead, everything caters to the idea that Asheville is full of quirky bohemians and passionate arty types fueled by their creative whims, blissfully detached from the economic travails surrounding them.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been perplexed by this stereotype. Most of the artists Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met in Asheville take their business and their art seriously; they are hard at work creating

opportunities for each other while they search out equitable venues.

As an arts writer, I have written profiles that describe a particular artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aesthetic point of view, cultural relevance, creative methods and personal history. I avoid discussion of financial matters, and rarely do I lend any insight into how money â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or lack of it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; affects the work an artist produces.

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work incredibly hard maintaining contacts, venues, customers and cash flow; they devote as much time to keeping up with their business as they do to making their actual art.

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This series is intended to provoke further dialogue and awareness of artists in Asheville that will hopefully build bridges between artists and grow national respect for our community as a serious arts destination.

As the state faces budget cuts, Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arts and education funding will undoubtedly be adversely affected. Now is the time to focus our collective energy and ask ourselves: how important is the cultural community to Asheville and what can we do to foster it?

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being the default career for many artists whose skills may provide enjoyment for people and draw people to the city, but do not translate, in practical terms, to financial livelihood.

Plenty of artists live hand-to-mouth, subsist on food stamps, share homes or work out of “studios” that are no more than a corner of someone’s basement. Winnecour, who has had success selling paintings out of her studio in the River Arts District, confesses that she’s not painting as much these days due to the birth of her daughter two years ago. “Back when I was making work all the time, I felt like I sold whatever I made, and so if I could just paint and never sleep or eat or wash dishes I could actually make a decent living. But still, it’s a tough town in terms of cost of living: It’s damn expensive here. Food is out the roof, and housing even more so,“ Winnecour says and jokes, “These days, I’m lucky to have a sugar daddy without whom I would be eating Saltines exclusively.”

Others rely on second and third jobs to get by, like Anna Thompson, who works 40 hours a week as a waitress. A native of Chattanooga, Tenn., Thompson moved to Asheville three years ago after graduating from Pratt University. She had heard about Asheville’s arty reputation, “mostly because of Black Mountain College,” she says. Her first year in town was a challenge, as she was living in her mother’s basement and working a retail job.

“I had a studio but I couldn’t afford gas to drive to it,” she laughs. “Then I started waiting tables at Over Easy and I can’t say enough good things about it. I like having cash at the end of the day. It’s really nice to have a job that you leave at your job, and there’s a social aspect to it that I like a lot. “ Last September, local painter Gabriel Shaffer was able to quit a food-serving job which he worked at 40-60 hours each week. “You have to hustle if you don’t want to live on the edge of poverty your whole life,” he says.

“It’s really hard to survive economically as an artist here.

Asheville has got a long way to go before it can brag that it’s as strong as [a city like] Santa Fe.” He might be right. According to a poll conducted by Business Week in 2007, Santa Fe, N.M., ranks No. 2 on a list of Best Places to be in an Artist in the U.S. right behind Los Angeles and just ahead of Carson City, Nev. New York City is ranked 4th. The poll was determined by the ratio of artists to general population, and how much money was generated that year by the creative sector.

“Sociologists and policymakers have long been touting art and culture as the cure-all to economically depressed neighborhoods, cities, and regions,” says the article. “The

LET’S TALK ART The newly formed Creative Sector Coalition (comprising more than 15 local arts groups) is holding the first Creative Sector Summit on March 16 and 17. Born from a downtown master plan initiative, the conference will bring together creative professionals, business and community leaders and key stakeholders for networking, education and collaboration.

“We’re going to activate the best strategies to enhance the creative sector’s capacity and impact to benefit our community and the economy,” says Asheville Area Arts Council program director Graham Hackett.

Full details at ashevillearts.com.

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When she’s not waiting tables, Anna Thompson creates conceptual sculptures like her lizard-skin tiara and a fur-lined “Davy Crockpot.” So far she’s only sold one piece — a quilted bear rug to her grandmother.

“It’s never been economically a good idea to be an artist,“ she says. annaannaanna.com

reason? It has been proven that artists — defined as self-employed visual artists, actors, musicians, writers, etc. — can stimulate local economies in a number of ways.”

Asheville did not make the list. Nor did it make artbistro.com’s 2009 Top 25 Cities for Designers and Artists.

More recently, Forbes.com determined Asheville to be the fourth worst city to find a job this winter — tied with Allentown, Pa. This statistic may be the most relevant to area artists, and a source of disillusionment for artists in other cities when and if they consider relocating here.

But Asheville tops the charts as a tourist destination. The relationship between high unemployment and tourism is implicit: artistically motivated people out of work will look toward creative options to generate income from tourists. Hence, cottage craft industries spring up. Art malls like Woolworth Walk and Atelier 24 fill up with artists vying for tourist dollars.

The River District is cleaned up, and buskers abound.

Creating opportunities

Core members of the newly formed Thousand Artist Collective moved here from Boston, Durham, N.Y.C. and D.C. The group seeks to take a communal approach to their art —– inviting outsiders to participate in projects regardless of background or education. (Visit their website to see how you can be a part of their latest Dollar Project.) “[The number] thousand is both accessible and lofty at the same time,” says the collective. “A thousand of most things — dollars, pages in a book, even Facebook friends, is very large, but still within a certain realm of possibility.”

Meet and see work by The Thousand Artists Collective Sunday, Feb. 27 at Open Studio Day in The Meadows Building on Haywood Road. thousandcollective.com

The do-it-yourself ethos that flourishes in Asheville just might be the city’s biggest advantage regarding its arts scene. Homegrown fundraisers and Kickstarter. com campaigns have helped local artists (and entrepreneurs) raise thousands of dollars for independent projects, like painter Dustin Spagnola’s recent mural venture to Miami.

Several local independent films, including the slick sci-fi short, Solarium, have been produced on small budgets with the do-it-yourself philosophy in mind. To produce Solarium, director Chris Bower culled talent from his circle of Asheville friends and built a set out of found materials in his studio. The film has gone on to screen in Asia and at festivals around the U.S. Similarly, artisans looking for an alternative to traditional craft fair venues started the hugely popular Big Crafty, while studio tours have popped up in out-of-the-way locales like Kenilworth, West Asheville and north Asheville — places where collectors don’t typically venture to look at art.

These things wouldn’t be possible without the support of the community.

“The audiences here give energy and that’s as important as money as far as I’m concerned,” says Shaffer. “People actually pay attention [to what’s going on.] That’s a reward system in its own.”

Thompson agrees, saying, “ I feel like I’ve been totally embraced by the community.

Everyone wants you to succeed here.”

The lack of established art organizations could also be a reason for all this do-ityourself activity. “It’s not like there’s an Alvin Ailey [dance studio] down the road that’s dictating how things are gonna be [in the Asheville dance scene]. Here you can have a more grassroots [approach],” says Hackett, who cites the thriving Cirque and Burlesque scene of Asheville as examples.

Artist Mariana Templin recognized the area’s potential and left an editorial job in New York City to come here last February.

Later she convinced her friends to move to Asheville, and just two months ago they formed The Thousand Artist Collective.

“Asheville is sort of a bubble that exists apart from the larger art world,” says Templin.

“That’s why we were interested in using Asheville as the home base for our project.”

Julie Armbruster, a member of another local arts collective, Segment 16, and a curator for Eclipse salon on Wall Street states simply, “We [artists] have to create opportunities for ourselves.” X Contact Ursula Gullow at ursulagullow@gmail. com.

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Mister Manners

Seth Kauffman rethinks his process on Floating Action’s Desert Etiquette

by Alli Marshall

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Local musician/producer Seth Kauffman was going to call his just-released (Feb. 22) album Fake Blood because “it kind of juxtaposed the music, which is mellow and simple.” But, he says, when his sister told him the story of a certain cup that has remained by an oasis in Tunisia for centuries, always left for the next user because that’s the “desert etiquette,” Kauffman knew he’d found his title. That and, “there is an etiquette to the album. Real respectful.”

At first listen, a lot of what’s so intriguing about Desert Etiquette is what it’s not. Gone, for the most part, are the breezy Caribbean tones of the previous, self-titled Floating Action record.

Everything is up front as if Kauffman decided to show his whole hand — lyrics paint images, drums thump in booming four-four time, melodies rise to the top, hand claps keep a brisk beat.

Worth noting: Kauffman played all the parts on the record. He does have a crack live band: Michael Libramento on bass, Brian Landrum on guitar and organ and Josh Carpenter on drums.

But when it comes to recording, “I’ve got some theories about music in general, like when a song idea comes to you and get it down right away,” says Kauffman. He says a musician can end up “chasing a demo,” trying to recapture a song’s initial energy. “I know exactly what the idea is when I have it and I can do it for every instrument right then. It’s an idea from a pure source,” he says.

Kauffman also believes that an artist should always try to make something different, even if it’s bad. “My first three albums are, in my mind, mixed, weird styles and are kind of tropical, summer-y. I wanted to try to not do that,” he says. Still, he couldn’t resist a sitar sound here, a thumb piano there. The latter, on “Modern Gunslinger,” not only opens the rocked-out, Beck-esque song, but serves as its backbone.

“I was playing that thumb piano for some other reason and came up with that riff,” says Kauffman. “I remember thinking, I don’t want

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Friday, Feb. 25 (10 p.m. floatingaction.com)

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Goal disoriented: Kauffman (second from right, with the Floating Action live band) says, “You can get in that mindset of thinking outside of the box, but then outside of the box becomes inside the box.” it to sound African, so I tried to do the opposite, make it kind of a Strokes-garage-y rock song.”

He says he’s always liked trying to make disparate sounds work together, but with Etiquette he worked against that inclination. “You can get in that mindset of thinking outside of the box, but then outside of the box becomes inside the box,” he says.

Recently, Kauffman spent time in Nashville recording Tyler Ramsey’s forthcoming solo album with Ramsey and Band of Horses’ bassist Bill Reynolds. The trio left Asheville with a van full of “every toy and gadget” and the studio, too, had “an overabundance of that stuff — super-weird little gadget-things. We were like, ‘We gotta get that on something’ and then we ended up not using any of it,” says Kauffman. In the end, Ramsey’s album came to same conclusion as Kauffman’s Etiquette: “Really basic and quick. Get the concept out there, unmolested.”

Not that Kauffman’s songs are, by any stretch, easily digestible pop morsels. “A warm jacket is all I need, if we leave tonight. I heard you talking about Madrid and how the city opened your eyes. This is more important than that, if you could make a compromise. If you approach it with dignity, you can make it back alive,” he sings on the bouncy “Rogue River,” the vintage organ burbles and crunchy guitar belying references to emotional scars.

And: “Refusal of bribes, saboteur’s false hope.

You’re hungry for more, just like Robespierre,” from the song named for the infamous force

behind the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.

Unlike previous albums, Kauffman wrote most of Etiquette’s lyrics prior to entering the studio. Lyrics, he says, “can still be just right if you come up with them on the spot, but if you’re really going to get that statement that just nails you when you hear it, sometimes you have to have that ready ahead of time.”

Which is not to say that Kauffman considers himself a singer/songwriter (though his songs, dating back to his days as half of the duo Choosy Beggars, often manage to be both hooky and off-handedly poetic). Nor does he consider himself any sort of virtuoso. “I don’t think I really play any instrument that well,” says Kauffman. “I have this belief that songs are just kind of out there and if you can be in the right state of mind, you can harness then.” He compares songwriting to surfing, where one day you seem to master all the tricks and the next day you can’t catch a single wave. “It’s all about not thinking at all,” says Kauffman.

Before heading out West to play Colorado, California, and South by Southwest shows in Texas, Floating Action celebrates the release of Etiquette in Asheville. Bryan Cates (Kauffman’s former collaborator from Choosy Beggars, who has been touring with Band of Horses) opens.

X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@ mountainx.com.

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by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt Participating in Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 48 Hour Dance Project â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a marathon of dance rehearsals leading up to a public performance at the BeBe Theatre â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was an amazingly challenging, inspiring and terrifying experience.

Terrifying? Really? Yes! Though Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been a dancer all my life, I had no experience with partner dancing (except for a brief stint as a salsa dancer, but the heels just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work for me). So (of course, right?), at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 48 Hour Dance Project, I was assigned to work with a swing and Lindy Hop choreographer, an enthusiastic and patient woman named Heidi Turlington. In the end, though, this is what the project is all about: challenging local dancers to step out of their comfort zone by pairing them, at random, with choreographers of various styles and backgrounds.

Stumbling through the steps, off on my timing and leaning close to my forgiving partner, I was the worst dancer in the troupe. By comparison, everyone else picked up the movement with grace â&#x20AC;&#x201D; frantic feet, exaggerated grins and all. The fear set in after our first nine-hour day of rehearsing. My feet just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move that quickly, I thought, before returning to the count. I marked it again, â&#x20AC;&#x153;One, two, triple step.â&#x20AC;?

Turlington and the other dancers in our female-fronted troupe of six encouraged me throughout; they broke down the footwork and said, kindly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be fine, just keep counting.â&#x20AC;? Maybe it was another full day of rehearsal, or maybe it was the costume (a black satin skirt and silver pleated tank top that I borrowed from a fellow dancer), that prompted my alter-ego â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the courageous, swing-happy version of me â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to take over, but somehow, I managed to memorize the material. By show time, I was ready.

The performance itself was unbelievable. In two days flat, dancers immersed themselves in otherwise completely foreign styles of movement. The African dance ensemble rocked; the belly dancers rolled the muscles of their abs, seductively circling their hips and mesmerizing the audience; and the swing dancers, well, we were sassy as can be.

This year, the marathon continues at the BeBe Theatre, where five choreographers are preparing for another wild, frantic and exciting 48-hour challenge. Modern dancer Lindsey Kelley, modern/jazz and hip-hop dancer Leslie Rogers, vaudeville/burlesque dancer Cherry Oh!, ballet instructor Shannon Phillips and modern/Butoh dancer Jenni Cockrell will each choreograph an original piece for the project. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a dancer or just a dance-appreciator, the 48 Hour Dance Project is an impressive and highly entertaining initiative, where dancers and choreographers work together to create an unconventional concert showcasing the diversity of dance. X

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Favorite local/regional act: I love Jar-E and Nova Echo. They are rocketing upward. And Runners of the Green Laurel is some barnstomping bluegrass that makes your head spin.

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Where else would a young band acquire their punkska-reggae sound but amongst the cows and cornhuskers in the mean streets of Omaha? The band has been kicking it since 1990, with several singles breaking the top ten of the Modern Rock chart. Their most recent album, Uplifter, was released in 2009 and front man Nick Hexum calls it â&#x20AC;&#x153;the heaviest 311 has ever been.â&#x20AC;?

Can Be Found: The Orange Peel, Monday, Feb. 28.

RIYD: Sublime, Sugar Ray, Red Hot Chili Peppers.

You Should Go If: Seeing The Boxer inspired you to order P90X Ab Ripper; Seeing Black Swan made you realize that your girlfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mood swings are actually quite manageable; seeing Inception made you wonder if you were really confused because you were high or you were really confused because you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t high enough.

The Suspect: Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart

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David Downes, the music director of that phenomenon, was a major player in the 2004 formation of Celtic Woman.

PBS filmed and broadcasted the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first performance, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been a mainstay on the World Music charts ever since. And if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough to impress you, the ensemble performed on Dancing With the Stars last year.

Can Be Found: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Tuesday, March 1.

RIYD: Enya, Loreena McKennitt You Should Go If: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still having scary flashbacks about the horse dying in True Grit; you find it unbelievable that no Twilight or Harry Potter movie has ever been nominated for any major awards; it finally dawned on you after the 11th person in your office asked what you thought about The Kids Are All Right that everyone you work with thinks youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a lesbian.

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The Suspect: The Old 97â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

The Old 97â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stand alongside the Jayhawks and Whiskeytown as early pioneers of the alternative country genre; frontman Rhett Miller and Bassist Murray Hammond met in Dallas in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been playing together ever since.

Originally more country-punk (for a while they were with Bloodshot Records), eventually their sound morphed more into straight-up pop.

Can Be Found: The Orange Peel, Thursday, Feb. 24.

RIYD (Recommended if You Dig): Bottle Rockets, Wilco, Spoon.

You Should Go If: You watched Blue Valentine a second time because even though it completely depressed you, it also made you feel better about your marriage; every time someone uses the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;coolâ&#x20AC;? you say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool? A billion dollarsâ&#x20AC;?; watching Javier Bardem in Biutiful after seeing him in No Country for Old Men convinced you that you could be just one haircut away from total hotness.

The Suspect: Jonathan Richman

Boston-born Jonathan Richman was not only half of the Greek chorus in Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Something About Mary, but also one of the founding members of the protopunk band The Modern Lovers (with David Robinson, later of The Cars, and keyboardist Jerry Harrison, later of the Talking Heads). His music ranges from doo-wop to country to pop, and his current sound is a kinder, gentler acoustic version of his former punk self.

Can Be Found: The Grey Eagle, Thursday, Feb. 24.

RIYD: Modern Lovers, Lou Reed.

You Should Go If: After watching The Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Speech your wife asked if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like her to find you a full-time therapist; Toy Story 3 made you think maybe it is a little weird to keep all your childhood toys in a box under your bed; for months after you went to 127 Hours you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop making jokes about all the things that Aron Ralston could do â&#x20AC;&#x153;single-handedly.â&#x20AC;?

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smartbets The Crackers of Comedy

Comedians Matt Ward and Joe Pettis (aka underground indie duo The Crackers of Comedy) plan to cover 14 states, 17 shows and 3,000 miles during their current tour.

They’ll perform at The Magnetic Field (with local comedians Tom Scheve and the Feral Chihuahuas’ George the Bastard) on Tuesday, March 1, 8 p.m. $10. themagneticfield.com.

Bike Love

The fifth annual Bike Love (a party/fundraiser celebrating/benefiting local bicycle culture and bike advocacy group Asheville on Bikes) is set for Saturday, Feb. 26. Held at Arcade Asheville, the event includes bands (Uncle Mountain, Red Dirt Floor and C Scott with The Multimodalers), a raffle, French Broad Beer, Arcade food and more.

8 p.m.-1 a.m., $12 advance/$15 doors. ashevilleonbikes.com.

Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage

According to UNCA Drama Department Chair Robert Bowen, this creatively named play is “somewhat along the lines of Gallagher or Rocky Horror ... with cowboys, cougars, a biker who is killed four times and keeps coming back to life and lots of blood.”

Promising a “raucous good time,” the comedy Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage shows at UNCA’s Carol Belk Theatre Wednesday, Feb. 23-Saturday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. $5/$8/$10. drama.unca.edu/theatre-unca.

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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clubland

where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina Clubland rules

WED

2/23 THUR

2/24

THE BUDOS BAND W/ DJ ROB CASTILLO • 9PM

JONATHAN RICHMAN fEAT. TOMMy LARkINS • 9PM

FRI THE fREIgHT HOPPERS

2/25

W/ CHOMPINg AT THE BIT STRINg BAND • 9PM

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2/26

MANTRAS & VERTIgO JAzz PROJECT • 9PM

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4TH ANNUAL

2/27 THUR

3/3

EAgLE fLIES fOR LOVINg fOOD RESOURCES • 5:30PM

JAMES HUNTER • 9PM Tennis | Say Hi | James McMurtry J Mascis | Darrell Scott | Joe Purdy

•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., February 23

Open mic Blue Note Grille

Jazz jam, 9pm

BoBo Gallery

Alea Shine

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Live DJ & dance, 7pm Broadway’s

‘80s night, 10pm Dirty South Lounge

“Dirty Dancing at the Dirty South” w/ Kipper Schauer Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

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

Open mic & jam

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Paul Cataldo (acoustic, folk, roots) Good Stuff

Live music, 8-10pm

Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

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

Soul/jazz jam 1-year anniversary w/ Futureman (of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones) Olive or Twist

Vanuatu Kava Bar

Doc Aquatic (indie, rock) w/ Poison Control Center

Open mic

Fat Cat’s Billiards

Vincenzo’s Bistro

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals) Westville Pub

Jammin’ w/ Max & Miles

Swing dancing w/ The Firecracker Jazz Band, 7:30pm

Thu., February 24

Orange Peel

Will Straughan (Americana)

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (jazz) w/ Los Amigos Invisibles Red Stag Grill

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

Open mic w/ Brian Keith TallGary’s Cantina

Open mic, 7:30pm The Blackbird

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe Blue Note Grille

Anon Dixon Day (singer-songwriter) BoBo Gallery

Craggie Brewing Company

Open mic, 6-9pm

Pile w/ Pallas Cats & +1

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

The Hop

Arts for Life (art show, fundraiser), 5pm

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

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm

Town Pump

Eleven on Grove

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Emerald Lounge

WiTh soulGrass reBellion

Tuesday, Mar. 1 - 8pm

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advanced Tickets Can Be Purchased @ Pisgahbrewing.com

Voted Best Local Brewery.

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Jonathan Richman (singer-songwriter) w/ Tommy Larkins Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm Handlebar

Heavenly Spirits Wine Bar

Fusebox Poet (rock) w/ Machiavillians

Open mic

friday, feB. 25 - $7 - 8pm Boukou Groove sunday, feB. 27 - $5/$8 - 8pm iraTion

Efren (folk, indie, rock)

Boiler Room

The Get Down

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Camp Opportunity’s 5th Annual Adult Spelling Bee

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Open mic w/ David Bryan

DJ Twan

Megan Sean

Creatures Cafe

Music & EvEnts

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Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Jim Arrendell & the Cheap Suits (dance)

Matt Smith

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Athena’s Club

Old-time jam, 6pm

Open mic

The Budos Band (afro-beat, jazz, funk) w/ DJ Rob Castillo

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Jack Of The Wood Pub

“Deep Space Lounge” w/ DJ Reverend Jude

Leo Converse (jazz)

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

Bluegrass jam, 7pm

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Back stage: Ivan & Alyosha (pop, rock) w/ The Enemy Lovers Lobster Trap

Hank Bones (“man of 1,000 songs”) Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill

Marc Keller (acoustic, variety)

Mike’s Side Pocket

Open mic

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Leigh Glass Band (Americana, blues, rock) w/ Jaimee Tomas Olive or Twist

Ballroom dancing w/ Heather Masterton & The Swing Station Band, 7:30pm Orange Peel

Old 97’s (alt-country, rock) w/ Those Darlins Pack’s Tavern

Scott Raines (acoustic, rock) Pisgah Brewing Company

Asheville Country Music Revue (Southern rock, country, bluegrass) Purple Onion Cafe

One Leg Up (jazz, swing) Red Room

Dance Lush w/ DJ Moto Red Stag Grill

Billy Sheeran (piano) Red Step Artworks

Open mic

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Steve Whiddon (“the pianoman”) Root Bar No. 1

Violin River (Grateful Dead covers) Scandals Nightclub

EDM Exposure w/ Psykoanarchy, Rasa & Futant Town Pump

Brian Ashley Jones (bluegrass, country, blues) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratusz & friends Vincenzo’s Bistro

Aaron LaFalce (piano) Westville Pub

Porter Hall, Tennessee (alt-country) White Horse

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Fairview Tavern 831 Old Fairview Rd.

Queen City songwriter showcase feat: Marie Reid, Jackie Moseley, Rob McHale & Mike Alicke

Josh Blake’s Jukebox (rock, pop) w/ The Archrivals

Shades of Blue

Wild Wing Cafe

O’Malley’s On Main

Bob Burnette (folk, singer-songwriter)

Olive or Twist

Next to Home Depot

Fri., February 25

828-505-7236

Live jazz or swing

Electronic Voice Phenomena (ambient, electronic, jazz)

Allstars Sports Bar and Grill

Orange Peel

Good Stuff

DJ Paco (dance)

The Sharkadelics (pop, rock), 9:30pm

wed • Open Jam Thur • KaraOKe

Athena’s Club

Come try our

Philly Recipes!

Strombolis, Cheese Steak & Pizza daily FOOd & drinK SpecialS Mon-Thur 3-1 • Fri & SaT 12-2 • Sun 12-1

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

Rasa (trance, house, techno) Boiler Room

ShadoLine (metal) w/ Einstein’s Ensemble & Running On E — DJ sets w/ Tech Tribe Craggie Brewing Company

The Pow Pow Hawks (indie, alt-country) Creatures Cafe

Soul Music M w/ Zachary Scuggs Diana Wortham Theater

Cathie Ryan (Celtic vocalist)

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

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

2

Emerald Lounge

Floating Action (rock, surf, indie) CD release party Fairview Tavern

Circus Mutt (rock)

Feed and Seed

TNT Country Classics

WED. 2/23

JAMMIN’ W/ MAX & MILES Real New Orleans Po Boys $1 off all Whiskey

PORTER HALL, TN

alt / country / fire / brimstone Free Show - $1 off all Vodkas

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Nikki Talley (indie, rock)

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Matt Getman (jazz, pop, soul)

THUR. 2/24

Garage at Biltmore

Ultraviolet Hippopotamus (rock, jam) w/ Jimkata Good Stuff

Utah Green (eclectic folk)

FRI. 2/25

TRIVIA NIGHT 9 pm • Prizes

Open 11am • $3.50 Gin & Tonics

JILL DINEEN BAND

smokin’ hot power blues show! $5 Robo Shots

SUN. 2/27

SAT. 2/26

• All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast All Day! • $1 Off Bloody Mary’s & Mimosas

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

MON. 2/28

TUESDAY OPEN BLUES JAM

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Shrimp ‘n Grits $1 off Rum Drinks

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Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Mantras (rock, funk, fusion) w/ Vertigo Jazz Project & Kung Fu Dynamite

Pisgah Brewing Company

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Boukou Groove (funk, R&B, jazz, blues) Red Room

Dance party w/ live DJ Red Stag Grill

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Rewind Blue

Root Bar No. 1

Pick Your Switch

Scandals Nightclub

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am

Straightaway Cafe

Screech Owl Serenade (country, Western swing) The Get Down

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm Handlebar

Craig Sorrells (funk) Heavenly Spirits Wine Bar

Leo Converse (jazz)

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Hotel Indigo

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 7-10pm Iron Horse Station

Jason Waller (folk, country) Jack Of The Wood Pub

Nu-Blue (bluegrass)

Hog w/ Zombie Queen & Mourdella (metal, punk)

Jerusalem Garden

The Wine Cellar at Saluda Inn

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Frank Beeson & friends (blues, Americana) Town Pump

Copper Kettle (bluegrass, country) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

The Free Flow Band (funk, soul) Vanuatu Kava Bar

Space Medicine (ambient, folk, jam) Vincenzo’s Bistro

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

Joshua Singleton (acoustic, funk, rock)

Wild Wing Cafe

Runners of the Green Laurel (bluegrass)

Belly dancing w/ live music Back stage: Nova Echo (ambient, electronic, rock) w/ Uh Huh Baby Yeah Lobster Trap

Jazz night w/ Trevors Trio Midway Tavern

Live music

Mike’s Side Pocket

Live music

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Arpetrio (electronic, trip-hop) w/ Duende Mt. Duo Olive or Twist

Jazz night w/ The 42nd Street Jazz Band Orange Peel

Big Gigantic (electronic, jazz, dance) w/ Zoogma & Bookworm

Donna Germano (hammer dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm

Country Fried Fridays w/ Jeff Bates

Heavenly Spirits Wine Bar

Allstars Sports Bar and Grill

Blackjack (rock)

Purple Onion Cafe

Leo Converse (jazz)

Highland Brewing Company

Athena’s Club

Red Room

Funknastics (funk, jazz)

Twist of Fate (classic rock) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jay Brown (one-man-band) Jack Of The Wood Pub

Virginia Dare Devils (bluegrass) Jerusalem Garden

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

Back stage: Figeater (neo-chamber, noise jazz) w/ Shane Perlowin, Matthew Richmond & Brad Herbert Hill Billy Diamonds

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Tristan Buie-Collard

Aaron LaFalce (acoustic, rock)

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Lobster Trap

WEST AÕVEGAS BABY! 777 Haywood Road

French Broad Chocolate Lounge

Pack’s Tavern

White Horse

Iron Horse Station

TUES. 3/1

Local metal showcase w/ Telic, Burnstitch & Lifecurse

The Freight Hoppers (old-time) w/ Chomping at the Bit String Band

Holland’s Grille

Appetizers - Buy One Get One ½ Off $4 Margaritas!

Wii™Bowling on 11 ft. Screen

Jonathan Martin w/ Mountain Rose (acoustic)

French Broad Brewery Tasting Room

Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Jay Franck of Sanctum Sully Mike’s Side Pocket

The Dark Shave (rock, progressive) w/ A Ghost Like Me Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Sat., February 26

Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, harmonica, guitar), 8-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, folk, roots) BoBo Gallery

Sierra w/ E.B.

Boiler Room

This Is Home (rock) Craggie Brewing Company

Brushfire Stankgrass (progressive bluegrass) Creatures Cafe

Tyler Melashenko

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

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

Kat Williams birthday party Emerald Lounge

DJ Bowie presents “Definition Asheville” w/ Brownee, Ployd, Whodi & DJ A.D.D.ict Fat Cat’s Billiards

102.5 House Band

Feed and Seed

Pack’s Tavern

DJ Jason (‘80s & ‘90s) Swayback Sisters (Americana, folk) Dance party w/ live DJ Red Stag Grill

Chris Rhodes (singer-songwriter) Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Tiki Freeze Party w/ live DJ Root Bar No. 1

Big Shiny Gun (folk, country) Scandals Nightclub

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Straightaway Cafe

Paul Cataldo (American, roots) TallGary’s Cantina

Twist of Fate (classic rock) The Get Down

The Critters (psychedelic, punk, rock) w/ Lords of Chicken Hill & E. Lee The Warehouse Live

Live music

The Wine Cellar at Saluda Inn

Kyle Sorenson (singer-songwriter) Town Pump

Phuncle Sam (jam, psychedelic) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

clubdirectory 5 Walnut Wine Bar 253-2593 The 170 La Cantinetta 687-8170 All Stars Sports Bar & Grill 684-5116 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 Creature’s Cafe 254-3636 Curras Nuevo 253-2111 Desoto Lounge 986-4828 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dirty South Lounge 251-1777 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 Speakeasy 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 The Hop 254-2224 The Hop West 252-5155

Infusions 665-2161 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Jerusalem Garden 254-0255 Jus One More 253-8770 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 Side Pocket 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

Joshua Singleton & the Funky Four Corners (dance, funkabilly)

Classical guitar duo, 10am-12:30pm Bob Zullo (jazz, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm

Well-Bred Bakery and Cafe

Hotel Indigo

Joe Hallock

Westville Pub

Jill Dineen Band (blues, rock) White Horse

Free Planet Radio (acoustic, jazz)

Sun., February 27

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Lobster Trap

Handlebar

Orange Peel

Mo-Daddy’s Bar & Grill

Shane Perlowin (jazz/classical guitar)

Paul Cataldo (acoustic, folk, roots) Bosco’s Sports Zone

Pisgah Brewing Company

“Sunday Sessions” w/ Chris Ballard

Iration (reggae, rock, pop) w/ Soulgrass Rebellion Scandals Nightclub

Eleven on Grove

Oscars party

DJ dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

The Get Down

Benefit for Loving Food Resources feat: Sirius.B & Blind Lemon Phillips

Hellblinki (blues, calypso, pirate) w/ The Ghost Project, 7pm

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Vincenzo’s Bistro

restaurant • bar • patio sports room • events space fresh / local / incredible cuisine

live music Thur 2/24 Fri 2/25 Sat 2/26

Scott Raines

3pm-2am everyday pinball, foosball, ping-pong & a kickass jukebox kitchen open until late 504 Haywood Rd. West Asheville • 828-255-1109 “It’s bigger than it looks!”

[acoustic / rock/ etc.]

Aaron LaFalce [rock / pop / eclectic]

DJ Jason

[live DJ - 80’s / 90’s night] no cover

30 ON TAP OVER

Regional & Craft Brew Specialist factoid: Asheville voted “Beer City USA” (examiner.com, nationwide poll 2009-2010)

Mon., February 28

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Front stage: Aaron Price (piano)

downtown on the park!

Steve Whiddon (piano, vocals)

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Winter Move and Groove feat: Skinny Legs & All, EMBE Marimba Band & Zumba dance, 3pm

Dirty South Lounge

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

Sunset Sessions w/ Ben Hovey (“sonic scientist”), 7-10pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Shag dance & lesson, 4pm

Now Serving Cocktails!

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The Flying Donkey Cabaret, 8pm

Bob Zullo (jazz, guitar), 6:30-10:30pm Appalucia (old-time, traditional) The Klavenauts (afrobeat) Orange Peel

311 (rock, funk) w/ The Movement Root Bar No. 1

Open jam session

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Vocal jazz session w/ Sharon LaMotte, 7:30pm Vincenzo’s Bistro

Marc Keller

Tue., March 1 5 Walnut Wine Bar

Open 7 Days (11am - ‘til)

225-6944 • packstavern.com FREE Parking weekdays after 5pm & all weekend (behind us on Marjorie St.)

20 S. Spruce St.

(off Biltmore Ave. beside Pack Square Park)

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Live jazz, 8-10pm

Masters Bluegrass Jam

Athena’s Club

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

Mark Appleford (singer-songwriter, harmonica, guitar) Craggie Brewing Company

Vinyl Tuesday

Lexington Ave Brewery (LAB)

Celtic Woman (Celtic, folk) Blues jam

Irish Sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:30pm

Eleven on Grove

Wed., March 2

Beginner swing & tango lessons, 6-7pm Dance w/ One Leg Up, 8pm Firestorm Cafe and Books

Open mic w/ Robert Hess, 7:30pm Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Live music, 8-10pm

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Open mic

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (requests), 7-11pm

Bosco’s Sports Zone

Handlebar

Dirty South Lounge

Brendan James & Matt White (singer-songwriters, piano) Iron Horse Station

Open mic w/ Jesse James, 7-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

monday

Rendezvous Restaurant & Bar

Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and Blues / Wild Wing Cafe

TallGary’s Cantina

tuesday

Open mic w/ Brian Keith

5 Walnut Wine Bar

Open mic, 7:30pm

Jus One More / Red Room

The Blackbird

wednesday

Town Pump

Beacon Pub / Buffalo Wild Wings / Fred’s Parkside Pub & Grill / The Hangar / Midway Tavern / O’Malleys on Main / Holland’s Grille

Tom Dudley & Miriam Ellen Open mic w/ David Bryan

Live DJ & dance, 7pm

Westville Pub

Jammin’ w/ Max & Miles

“Dirty Dancing at the Dirty South” w/ David Robbins

Thu., March 3

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

DubStep Monthly feat: Lonewolf, Nicodemus, Disc-Oh! & Zenssie

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

Boiler Room

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Scott Raines (acoustic, rock) Pisgah Brewing Company

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Barbie: Secret Fairytale (G) 1:00 (Sat-Sun) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2D (PG) 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:20 The Company Men (R) 1:15, 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 The Fighter (R) 1:10, 3:40, 6:10, 8:35 The Green Hornet 2D (PG-13) 1:05, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Little Fockers (PG-13) 9:50 The Mechanic (R) 1:25, 4:05, 6:50, 9:10 No Strings Attached (R) 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 The Roommate (PG-13) 2:05, 4:45, 7:10, 9:25 Sanctum 3D (R) 1:55, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 (no 1:55 show Feb 25-26) Tangled 2D (PG) 2:35, 5:15, 7:35 Unknown (PG-13) 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Yu-Gi-Oh 3D (PG) 1:55 Sat-Sun Feb 25-26 only n Carolina Asheville Cinema 14 (274-9500)

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Director: John Whitesell (Big Momma’s House 2) Players: Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Michelle Ang, Portia Doubleday, Faizon Love

The Tourist (PG-13) 1:10 (no 1:10 show Mon-Thu), 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 (no 10:10 show Mon-Thu)

The Story: An FBI agent and his stepson go undercover in drag at an all-girls school to help nail a murderous gangster.

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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (PG-13) 1:50, 4:30, 7:50, 10:20 Drive Angry 3D (R) 1:20, 4:10, 7:40, 10:10 Gnomeo and Juliet (G) 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 8:00, 10:15 Hall Pass (R) 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 I Am Number Four (PG-13) 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 Just Go with It (PG-13) 1:10, 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (G) 1:15, 4:00, 7:10, 9:45

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Botched Simulacrum of Comedy Rated PG-13

The Lowdown: Just painfully awful.

And seemingly interminable.

It’s tempting to call Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son a huge waste of talent, but considering the talent involved, that doesn’t seem like much of a waste. There’s some difficulty in expressing just how very, very, very bad this thing is. Let’s put it this way — this makes me actually look forward to Tyler Perry’s next bout of Madea drag. Next to Martin Lawrence, Tyler Perry is a comedic genius. For that matter, next to director John Whitesell, Perry is a true visionary.

What’s hard to understand with this latest Big Mommination is the logic behind dusting off this worn-out pseudo-franchise that’s managed to limp its way for 11 years. The premise was no great shakes to begin with, and it has not improved with the passage of time. The idea that the perfect undercover disguise for FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Lawrence) is a kind of retro-Hattie McDaniel type with a blonde wig was ludicrous enough one time. Twice was too much. Three times is just compounding the insult — and dragging in (and dragging up) Brandon T. Jackson as Malcolm’s stepson Trent doesn’t help matters one bit.

This round, the plot is a shameless rip-off of Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959), only instead of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon hiding in drag in an all-girl dance band after they witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, we get Lawrence and Jackson hiding in drag in an allgirl school for the performing arts after Jackson witnesses a Russian mafia murder. To add variety, this latest BM entry also has them on

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Dianna Agron (an apparent graduate of the Corey Haim mouth-breathing school of acting) and Alex Pettyfer in D.J. Caruso’s I Am Number Four — a kind of Twilight rip-off with aliens and bonus explosions. the trail of evidence (also hidden at the school) that will convict the killer. As embellishments go, this isn’t much of one, but, hey, this isn’t much of a movie, so it suits it. Of course, there’s still time for “Big Momma” to straighten out some confused white kid (Portia Doubleday, who looks like a slightly less creepy Amanda Seyfried) and an Asian girl (TV actress Michelle Ang) for diversity.

The result of copping this plot is that Lawrence ends up as Lemmon character and Jackson as Curtis. That means that Jackson gets the traditional romantic part (with TV actress Jessica Lucas standing in for Marilyn Monroe).

Lawrence gets to attract the attention of chubbychasing Kurtis Kool (Faizon Love in roughly the old Joe E. Brown part). This, of course, allows for the requisite amount of homosexual panic on Lawrence’s part, though in all fairness, it also affords Faizon the one genuinely funny line in the movie when he discovers that Big Momma isn’t a woman at all. Unfortunately, the movie also wants to duplicate the fact that the revelation does nothing to cool Kool’s ardor. OK, so he doesn’t care that Big Momma is a man, but he also doesn’t care that he/she no longer stands 350 ringside?

I could also point out the idiocy of the way in which our cross-dressing heroes can slip into and out of hours worth of make-up, padding, and prosthetics in the twinkling of an eye. Also, at 107 minutes the film is way too long. But let’s face it, the real problem with it is the simplest of all: It’s just plain not funny. Last I knew, there just wasn’t that much call for laugh-free comedies. My guess is that nobody apprised

Lawrence of this development. Rated PG-13 for some sexual humor and brief violence. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7

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Director: D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye) Players: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Dianna Agron, Teresa Palmer, Callan McAuliffe, Kevin Durand Derivate Sci-Fi Teen-Rom Rated PG-13

The Story: Teen aliens are on the run from intergalactic killers, who, it seems, have designs on our planet as well.

The Lowdown: Reasonably efficient knock-off intended to generate tween and teen heart-throbbery, but with no real identity of its own.

There are worse things than I Am Number Four, yes. I saw one of them this week — Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. I might also say that Am Number Four isn’t nearly as dire as I expected it to be. I could even note that — while not being terribly expressive (two expressions don’t qualify) — star Alex Pettyfer evidenced faint glimmerings of intelligence (a first impression I expect to be crushed by his upcoming Beastly). None of this makes me recommend the film. Not finding it absolutely punishing doesn’t mean it ever passed the point of rampant mediocrity and mimicry — and it didn’t.

Basically, what you’ve got here is a Twilight

movie with a better-looking leading man, a less morose leading lady, aliens instead of vampires, orphan issues, and some explosions because it was produced by Michael Bay. If that sells you on the film, then you’re likely easily pleased and will think it’s just dinky-do. It doesn’t sell me and I didn’t find it even remotely dinky-do. I do find explosions and CGI brawling something of an improvement over Robert Pattinson in “dreamy” slow-motion or endless close shots of him and Kristen Stewart staring soulfully at each other.

So exactly what do we get with this scifi variant? Well, let’s see. There are these refugees from the planet Loria — or L’oreal or something, it hardly matters. There are — or were — nine of them, each with some kind of guardian protector. At the film’s opening, there are only seven left, because the evil Mogadorians who destroyed all the rest of their kind are determined to get these remaining specimens. Why? That’s sort of explained before the end. Roughly, it turns out that these survivors are all that stands between the Mogadorians (who, unlike our model-looking heroes, are really ugly) and, yes, the destruction of Earth.

After the requisite exciting opening, there are only six left. Our focus is on John (Pettyfer), and his guardian, Henri (Timothy Olyphant), whose own cover is blown when John has some kind pubescent awakening that causes him to glow at the knee.

(Most puberty events take place a little higher, but perhaps things are different on Loria/L’oreal/Lorna Doone/whatever.)

This — and the fact that John is Number Four and next in line for the Mogadorian chop — puts them in the gravest of peril. So they take it on the lam to some burg in Ohio (there’s ultimately a reason for the locale, but chances are you won’t much care).

And it follows as the night the day that John just can’t resist trying to fit in by going to school, where he will befriend nerdy picked-upon Sam (Aussie TV actor Callan McAuliffe) and fall in teenage love with moody misfit Sarah (Dianna Agron, TV’s Glee). Of course, more alien puberty hijinks ensue, causing John to grow highpowered flashlights in the palms of his hands. (A veiled variation on an old wives’ tale?) Other problems follow. His other gifts appear. Mogadorians are on the trail. Can a big showdown be far behind?

By now you can probably conclude why I am not recommending I Am Number Four, despite the fact that I didn’t actually hate it. I might have more respect for it if I had.

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7

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Director: Mario Bava Players: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccolli, Adolfo Celi, Claudio Gora, Terry-Thomas Comic Book Action Rated PG-13 I had high hopes that Danger: Diabolik (1968) was going to be the Mario Bava film I could finally wholly embrace. It certainly stood the best chance. Well, maybe my hopes were too high, or maybe I had heard too much about how great it was — and maybe if I’d seen it when I was 12 — it would be different, but it was a disappointment for me. I understand why people think it’s great, but it didn’t do it for me for a lot of reasons. I felt like I was laughing (to the degree I did) at the movie and not with it. The cheese factor was too high. The main characters — super criminal Diabolik (John Phillip Law) and his girlfriend Eva (Marisa Mell) — have virtually no personality beyond being pretty, and are frankly pretty loathsome in the bargain. All in all, it felt way too much like something left over from the Adam West Batman series to impress me the way it was supposed to. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Hendersonville Film Society will show Danger: Diabolik at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville).

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Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev Players: Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Natalya Vdovina

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Director: Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan) Players: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz Thriller

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The Story: A botanist traveling in Germany falls into a coma after a car accident, only to awaken and find that someone has assumed his identity.

The Lowdown: An occasionally entertaining thriller with a plot that falls apart under the simplest examination and a dull performance from Liam Neeson.

Psychological Drama Rated NR Finely crafted, Andrei Zvyagnitsev’s The Return (2003) is a film that’s impossible not to admire and get caught up in, but one I’m not at all certain will have much in the way of long-term staying power.

It’s a dour, somewhat creepy tale concerning two boys, Andrei (Vladimir Garin) and Ivan (Ivan Dobronravov), who find themselves involved with the father (Konstantin Lavronenko) who vanished 12 years earlier. The older and needier (Andrei) is taken with the idea, but the younger (Ivan) is sullen and suspicious. The film follows the drama that plays out as the three go on an unsettling holiday.

While the story is compelling, it suffers from being both too obvious (the diving tower sequence early on is clearly a set-up) and too determinedly enigmatic. Visually striking, but its greatest value lies in its status as a character study, not in the least because there are fascinating unexplored depths to the father that tantalize more effectively than the apparently central story of the boys. reviewed by Ken Hanke Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Return at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at Phil Mechanic Studios (109 Roberts St., River Arts District, upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com For Cranky Hanke’s full reviews of these movies, visit www.mountainx.com/movies.

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There was a brief period of time when the Farrelly Brothers appeared to be flirting with coming of age with Shallow Hal (2001) and Stuck on You (2003). Then there was the disappointing Fever Pitch (2005) and the inexcusably unfunny and scummy raunch-com The Heartbreak Kid (2007). Their latest, Hall Pass looks like an attempt to straddle raunchy and the more traditional with its story of two men (Owen Wilson and James Sudekis) of the now common boy-men stripe who get permission from their wives to play single for a week. Naturally, the prospect of such a deal turns out to be more enticing than the reality. The fact that this hasn’t been screened for critics and the trailer isn’t much should tell you something. (R)

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Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Michelle Ang, Portia Doubleday, Faizon Love Botched Simulacrum of Comedy An FBI agent and his step-son go undercover in drag at an all-girls school to help nail a murderous gangster. Just painfully awful. And seemingly interminable. Rated PG13

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Javier Bardem, Marciel Alvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrell, Eduard Fernandez, Diaryatou Daff Drama The Story Grim study of a dying man in search of redemption—and a secure future for the children he’s going to leave behind. Part realistic grit, part mystical wondering, and all unrelentingly downbeat, yet it’s hard to ignore the quality of the filmmaking and impossible to ignore the power of Javier Bardem’s performance. 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

The Eagle JJJ

Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim Historical Action In Britain, an ancient Roman attempts to win back the honor of his family by recovering—with his British slave—a golden eagle that was lost in battle years earlier by his father. A well-crafted historical epic that’s too devoid of charisma from its leads and also on the simplistic (and even specious) side in its overall impact. 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 reallife 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

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Rated R

Gnomeo & Juliet JJJ

(Voices) James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Jim Cummings, Jason Statham Animated Gnome Movie The Story It’s Romeo and Juliet with garden gnomes. Really, what more do you need to know? Well, it’s pretty lame, too. Rated G

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

The Illusionist JJJJJ

(Voices) Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil, Raymond Mearns Animated End-of-an-Era Comi-Tragedy The Story The story of a down-on-his-luck, aging French musichall magician attempting to ply his art in a world that has moved on. Perhaps the saddest film I’ve seen in a while, but its sadness is essential to the story and the film itself is brilliant in every respect. Rated PG

I Am Number Four JJ

Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Dianna Agron, Teresa Palmer, Callan McAuliffe, Kevin Durand Derivate Sci-Fi Teen-Rom Teen aliens are on the run from intergalactic killers, who, it seems, have designs on our planet as well. Reasonably efficient knock-off intended to generate tween and teen heart-throbbery, but with no real identity of its own. Rated PG-13

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never JJJ

Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Ludacris, Usher, Jaden Smith, Sean Kingston Concert/Documentary A documentary and concert film about teen pop star Justin Bieber. A mostly harmless movie that’s completely dependent on your appreciation of Beiber and modern pop music. Rated G

Just Go with It JJ

Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker, Nick Swardson, Nicole Kidman, Dave Matthews Rom-Com a la Adam Sandler The Story A philandering plastic surgeon uses a wedding ring as part of his pick-up routine—until he falls in love and has to invent a soon-to-be-ex-wife for his girlfriend’s benefit or be branded a pig. Unfunny, unromantic and flat in the extreme. All the tired Sandler schtick is there, but the star himself seems to be sleepwalking through it.

Rated PG-13

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

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 JJJJ

Various Compilation The Story A collection of the short films—live action and animated—that are up for Oscars this year. An entertaining—though occasionally uneven—set of movies that are well-worth seeing overall. Rated NR

The Roommate J

Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Alyson Michalka, Billy Zane Thriller A college freshman finds out her new roommate is a bit unhinged. Hokey, predictable nonsense of the “crazy roommate” genre. Rated PG-13

Sanctum J

Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Wakefield, Alice Parkinson, Dan Wyllie Water-logged Suspenser The Story Some people you won’t give a hang about try to find their way out of a murky cave system before it floods completely. Alternately tedious and unintentionally funny, with better than average 3D. If ever a subterranean adventure needed some lost-world dinosaurs, this is it. Rated R

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

Unknown JJJ

Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz Thriller A botanist traveling in Germany falls into a coma after a car accident, only to awaken and find that someone has assumed his identity. An occasionally entertaining thriller with a plot that falls apart under the simplest examination and a dull performance from Liam Neeson. Rated PG-13

filmsociety Carrie JJJJJ

Director: Brian De Palma Players: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Amy Irving, Betty Buckley, Nancy Allen, John Travolta Horror Rated R Classic modern horror doesn’t get any more classic than Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) — arguably the best film adaptation of a Stephen King novel ever made, with the possible exception of Kubrick’s The Shining (1980). Here — as in perhaps no other film — De Palma’s non-stop stylistic flourishes completely complement and enhance the proceedings. While his flashy style is invariably entertaining, it rarely melds this well with the material. This is one of those rare films where — in 1976 — you actually saw things you’d never seen before. Add to this the absolutely magnificent performances of Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie (both Oscar-nominated, both shamefully passed over by voters) and that classic — the classic — shocker ending and you have something very close to a perfect horror movie. And more. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Carrie Thursday, Feb. 24, 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.

Shanghai Express JJJJJ

Director: Josef von Sternberg Players: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant Pulpish Romantic Drama Rated NR Shanghai Express (1932) is the fourth of the remarkable run of seven films Josef von Sternberg made with Marlene Dietrich. If any one of those magnificently obsessive works can be said to be the best, it’s almost certainly Shanghai Express — a perfect blend of irony, style, pulp adventure and unbridled romanticism. It is, in fact, the first film that comes to my mind when the concept of the “magic of the movies” crops up. Its faux-exoticism, entirely created in the studio and on the backlots, is a masterpiece of design. Its slightly absurd story — a diverse group on a train held for ransom by a Chinese warlord (Warner Oland) — perfectly suits both Sternberg’s needs and his penchant for the tantalizingly trashy. The complete stylization — down to the deliberately flat, strangely rhythmic delivery of the dialogue — creates its own world. And by some inexplicable alchemy, everything comes together in a seamless fusion that manages to create a haunting drama of love and faith that is like no other. reviewed by Ken Hanke The Asheville Film Society will screen Shanghai Express Tuesday, Mar. 1, 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. Hanke is the artistic director of the Asheville Film Society.

fight scenes (but lacking the style) to be found here. When we get to the high-speed car chase through the streets of Europe, you start to hope that Robert Ludlum is getting a cut of the royalties.

Being derivative isn’t necessarily the death knell for a movie, but as the flaws begin to accumulate, the film starts to trip over its own feet.

Under any examination, Unknown’s clockwork plotting looks to be held together with duct tape, relying too often on happenstance and the out-and-out stupidity of highly trained spies.

We’re talking Spy Vs. Spy kind of bumbling here, and while absurdity isn’t always a bad thing, Unknown isn’t self-aware enough to realize that it’s actually quite ridiculous.

Then there’s Neeson, who at 58, is duking it out with Harrison Ford as the premiere grumpy old action star. Usually a fine actor, here we get the worst of Neeson, as he lurches about as if he were resurrected by Colin Clive, all the while affecting an American accent that just allows him to grumble. The whole performance is one-note and disappointing, with an air of ersatz respectability, leaving the film listless. It’s too much a variation on the same type of gruff role he played in his other Euro-actioner, the goofy Taken (2008).

The only time the actors bring any life to the film is when Bruno Ganz and Frank Langella square off, and by then it’s far too brief and far too late to save things. Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sexual content. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande

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Think the Bourne films (sans the series’ inherent intelligence) mixed with a tiny bit of Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall (1990) (minus that film’s three-breasted Martians or bulgy-eyed Arnold Schwarzenegger, among other things) and you get the gist of Jaume Collet-Serra’s Unknown.

This, and a plot full of contrivances, coincidences and general absurdities, doesn’t quite sink a movie that — viewed dispassionately — works as simple entertainment. But it sure comes close to submerging it on occasion.

Here, we get a surprisingly uninvolved Liam Neeson as Dr. Martin Harris, a botanist who’s just landed in Berlin with his wife (an embarrassingly stilted January Jones, Pirate Radio).

Forgetting his briefcase at the airport, Doc Martin leaves his wife at the hotel and catches a cab to go pick it up. But before he makes it back, he ends

up in a car wreck that leaves him in a coma for four days. And things don’t get much better for the good doctor, as he wakes up to find out his wife doesn’t recognize him and that another man (Aidan Quinn) is purporting to be Dr. Martin Harris.

We then watch as our original Martin attempts to piece together the puzzles of his fractured memory and identity, at first thinking he might just be crazy, before figuring out that things — cue the sting music — aren’t quite what they seem. It’s then a quagmire of geopolitics, espionage and a slowly unraveling plot.

The bulk of the film works in faux Bourne aesthetics, grittier looking, but less elegant, a discount version of those earlier movies. There are the same themes of governmental skullduggery, with the same type of real world brutality in the

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LIVE ON THE RIVER! • EAST 2BR, 2BA, all appliances, including WD. • Large closets, storage.

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1BR/1BA NORTH Westall Apts. great location, W/D hookups. $525/month. 828253-1517. www.leslieandassoc.com

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2 GREAT DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS Live, work and play downtown! • Studio: $575/month. • 2 bedroom: $725/month. Call (828) 254-2029.

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WEST-ACTON WOODS APTS • 2BR, 2BA, 1100 sq.ft. $800/month. Includes water and garbage pickup.

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Condos/ Townhomes For Rent 1BR CONDO • HISTORIC KRESS BUILDING $1270/month includes water/trash. Original hardwood floors, video entry system, 15’ ceilings, workout room on rooftop, stackable Bosch washer/dryer. Please call (828)670-9772.

2BR CONDO • HISTORIC KRESS BUILDING $1700/month includes water/trash. Original hardwood floors, video entry system, 15’ ceilings, workout room on rooftop, stackable Bosch washer/dryer. Please call (828) 670-9772.

A SPACIOUS END UNIT WEST ASHEVILLE TOWNHOME For rent or sale at $930/month.

Minutes from downtown, shopping, UNCA. 3BR, 2BA. Pet friendly with nonrefundable deposit. Quiet neighborhood. Security deposit. 828-925-1180 NEAR AIRPORT • 2BR, 1.5BA. Hardwoods and carpet, heat pump.

Convenient to everything. $850/month. Call 2530758. Carver Realty.

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.

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3BR, 2.5BA • Split level living. 1,800 sq.ft. heated space. 2-car garage.

Fireplace with gas logs. 0.4 acre fenced lot, welllandscaped front yard. Heat pump. Quiet neighborhood.

2.8 miles from Patton Ave. $925/month. Call 828-231-6689.

3BR, 2BA EAST • 155 Onteora. Central heat and A/C, deck. $845/month.

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General $$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary! Call our Live Operators Now! 1800-405-7619 EXT 2450 http://www.easyworkgreatpay.com (AAN CAN) 16’-26’ BOX TRUCK OWNERS/OPERATORS • Sought for M-F distribution routes. Call 704-369-8607 for details.

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. 828236-2530.

CAB DRIVERS Needed at Blue Bird; call JT 2588331. Drivers needed at Yellow Cab; call Buster at 253-3311.

CASHIER B B Barns looking for enthusiastic, focused, friendly, Cashier. Qualified candidates will be team player with positive attitude, and know that customer service is the priority for Team BBBarns.

Applications filled out onsite at 3377 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, NC or fax resume to 828-650-7303.

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RHA is looking for a full time Licensed Clinical Professional to provide Outpatient Therapy and assessments for individuals with Mental Illness or Addiction. Coordinates and monitors the array of services and supports identified in each person’s Person Centered Plan. These interventions are strengthbased and focused on promoting recovery, symptom reduction, increased coping skills, and achievement of the highest level of functioning in the community.

Opportunities available in Buncombe, Yancey and Madison Counties May manage 2 or more employees Must hold a license, provisional license issued by the governing board regulating a human service profession Four years of full-time accumulated experience in MH/DD/SA with the population Please Fax resume and letter of intent to:

828-253-5028 Attention: R. Stanton

HIRE QUALITY EMPLOYEES “Our employment advertisements with the Mountain Xpress garner far more educated and qualified applicants than any other publication we have used. The difference is visible in the phone calls, applications and resumes.”

Howard Stafford, Owner, Princess Anne Hotel. • Thank you, Howard. Your business can benefit by advertising for your next employee in Mountain Xpress Classifieds. Call 251-1333.

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Administrative/ Office ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Office management for behavioral health care program.

Manage confidential electronic medical records, supervises 2 clerical positions, data management and retrieval, other office duties. Send resume Region4TASC@nctasc.org OFFICE MANAGER The Nature Conservancy is seeking a part-time Office Manager for its Asheville Office. • 21 hours/week, includes benefits. • Primary duties include: preparing meeting minutes, maintaining office equipment, computer support liaison, organizing off-site workshops and other administrative duties.

• For a more complete job description, please visit our website and submit a complete application by Friday March 4, 2011. www.nature.org/careers

Salon/ Spa FULL-TIME STYLIST Wanted in a peaceful, organic salon whose focus is the natural beauty of our clients and the world. Good listening skills and cooperative attitude required. • Clientele preferred. • Manicurist/Pedicurist needed as well. Call Alissa, 505-3288 or please bring resume to The Water Lily Organic Salon, 7 Beaverdam Road in N. Asheville or email info@waterlilysalon.com ILLUSIONS DAY SPA • In a great room for hairdressers with clientele. Booth rent.

Contact Fredia at 828-2589558 or 828-776-4761.

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. 828236-2530.

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Must have 5+ years of proven sales experience.

Must have own vehicle, cell phone, fax and computer.

Commission only. Please email your resume and references to: gutterhelmetofwnc@ main.nc.us OUTSIDE SALES MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER James Ross & Company is a new Mortgage Broker looking for Outside Sales Loan Officers. E-mail resume to jobs@jamesross.co.

PT NIGHT AUDITOR, DESK CLERKS, MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT AND CAPENTERS NEEDED AT DOWNTOWN INN Apply at 120 Patton Ave. PT Night Auditor, Desk Clerks, Maintenance Assistant, and carpenter needed at Downtown Inn. jolinerobinson@ hotmail.com downtowninnandsuites.com

Mountain Xpress is on a mission to empower our community using new media.

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Our web team is growing. As part of this team, you will be a central player in creating new initiatives to serve the WNC community.You will be working to bring multimedia, social media and communication tools to not only Xpress journalists, but the community as a whole.

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IMAGINE...BEING CONNECTED TO SOMETHING AMAZING LabCorp has an immediate opening in the Asheville area for a Medical Laboratory Supervisor. This position requires 5-7 years of experience and MT certification (ASCP is preferred). Hours: MondayFriday; 8am-5:30pm. Learn more about our amazing opportunities and apply online at www.labcorpcareers.com/S uccess and reference job # 575. EOE. M/F/D/V.

AGAPE SERVICES • Is looking for foster families in Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford and Transylvania counties.

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Please contact Jon Esslinger, jon.esslinger@ meridianbhs.org Cherokee County: Clinician Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have Master’s degree and be licenseeligible. 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 Transylvania County: Team Leader Assertive Community Treatment Team: Must have Master’s degree and be licenseeligible. 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 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 • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

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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

FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF ASHEVILLE is seeking an LCSW to provide individual and group therapy to adult MH consumers at the Recovery Education Center. Email csimpson@fpscorp.com

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 e-mail Nicole: nicole.toto@thementornetw ork.com. • Become a Therapeutic Foster Family.

• Free informational meeting. NC Mentor. 120C Chadwick Square Court, Hendersonville, NC 28739.

PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Openings for the following positions: • Full time opening for a CST Team Leader. Eligible candidates must have a Masters Degree and be licensed or license-eligible within 2 years. Candidates should have experience working with adult MH/SA. Some management experience would be helpful. • Full time position for a licensed or provisionally licensed clinician to provide adult substance abuse individual and group services. The position requires 2 evenings per week.

Candidates should have experience providing SAIOP and other group services. • SA Therapist – licensed or license-eligible person to provide substance abuse/dual services to adults. Familiarity with State paperwork a plus.

Position is full time and involves working 2 nights per week providing group and individual therapy. Free supervision provided for licensure. • Parkway is an excellent, stable company and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, medical insurance, PTO, free Supervision and CEUs for Licensure/Certification and much more for full time staff. Send resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com

INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIRECTOR Progressive behavioral health care agency in Sylva and Waynesville is searching for an Information Systems Director to be involved in all aspects of Information Technology and solutions.

He or she will be responsible for managing current and future IT systems including a migration to a new electronic health record.

Successful candidate will have a combination of credentials and professional experience to be able to direct this level of work. • Degree in computer science, information technology or related field required. For further information, contact jack.parsons@meridianbhs. org or to apply, visit our website at meridianbhs.org WEEKEND RESPITE WORKER Needed for man with developmental disabilities. Staff home must be handicapp accessible, meet safety inspection guidelines, be able to assist-lift up to 130lbs. Couple or single male staff with experience preferred. Top pay. Contact Dawn or Claudia at Ray of Light Homes, llc. cmnorton@hotmail.com , dawn@rayoflightllc.com , 713-4293 or 281-9998.

WEEKEND RESPITE PROVIDERS • Needed to care for developmentally disabled individuals in your home. Home must pass safety inspection. Staff required to complete all required training. For more information please call 828-281-9998 or email dawn@rayoflightllc.com

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YOUTH AND FAMILY DIRECTOR • FT Administrator/Director for 5-Star after school program at Jewish Community Center. Also direct special family and cultural programs for elementaryaged children. Application instructions and job description available at www.jcc-asheville.org under JCC News. Deadline: February 25th.

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Teaching/ Education BUSINESS FACULTY WARREN WILSON COLLEGE Warren Wilson College seeks a business professor with specialties in Management and Leadership. Candidates must have a master’s or higher business-related degree. See our website for more information: http://www.warrenwilson.edu/~humres/positio ns_faculty.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 1800-720-0576.

Announcements AWARENESS GROUP Come relax with Sound Healing • Breathwork • Guided Meditation. Facilitated by Isa Soler, lmhc, lpc, c.ht.

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