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letters Cartoons Contribute an important voiCe I have been disappointed by recent letters to the editor that bemoan the lack of taste and humor in the cartoons carried by the Mountain Xpress [“Brent Brown and Xpress Should Apologize,� March 13]. I honestly never laugh at the Xpress cartoons, but I always read them because they are an important voice — even if they are mocking a demographic that includes me, or if the imagery references painful events in American history. It's part of the beauty of the genre that cartoonists can evoke a deep well of history and take a strong stance with just the sweep of a line. I think it's understood that that line will alienate some people. Even when cartoons are not laugh-out-loud funny, they're built upon the basic understanding of comedy, which is that someone, somewhere, will likely be offended. It's a risk to draw a cartoon, and a risk to read one. I'll gladly engage in this risk any day, and I thank Mountain Xpress for continuing to publish cartoons. — Jessica Newton Enka
printing “brent brown� was soCially irresponsibile While searching the March 5 Xpress for an ad announcing the grand opening of my business, Devotion Organics, I was shocked to see a large “KKK� in the cartoon on same the page [“Brent Brown�]. I was saddened and offended by this damaging image, and believed it would overshadow my ad with its negative impact. My own
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agenda notwithstanding, the very presence of this image begs consideration of larger and less personal issues. First, there were only three other depictions of African-Americans in the paper, suggesting an isolated demographic and a tendency toward insensitivity. Second, the cartoon’s message was borderline racist and ambiguous at best. When confronted, the cartoonist appeared unapologetic, smug, and his apathetic appeal for impunity was nothing short of an overprivileged afterthought [“Brent Brown Responds,� March 12]. The real issue at hand, however, is the psychology and power of symbols. This is what causes businesses to spend a fortune on branding their logo, as I did in Xpress. The intended beauty of the imagery I chose to print was usurped and circumvented by the letters “KKK.� This terrible image — along with the swastika — is deeply embedded in the collective unconscious and incites fear, hatred, violence, anger and sadness. There is no excuse for its invocation. Printing this was socially irresponsible, and the only recourse Xpress might fall back on is a belated attempt at First Amendment rhetoric. Brown's self-comparison to Seinfeld is a symptom of a bloated ego, and he should be reminded of his position as a cartoonist for a small-town alt-weekly. Can we safely assume that he has never been faced with racism, religious intolerance, classism, sexism, or any other form of hate-based transgression? From the content of this cartoon it would appear not, and Xpress would be well served to find a satirist with more relevant musings. — Joshua Lawton Asheville letteRs ContInue
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invest loCal, produCe loCal I want to applaud Jeff Fobes’ commentary “Invest Local” and his commitment to publishing practical examples and ideas for increasing local investments in our region [The Local Economy, March 6 Xpress]. Personally I have met numerous conscious investors interested in having their money build wealth here instead of enriching firms and financial institutions there. As we learn about local investing opportunities, I think it is also important to consider how our investments can have the greatest local impact. The key is to keep money circulating, or exchanging hands, as much as possible within our region. Hence, a company that exports its goods and services would not be as effective, in this regard, as one that provides for local needs. The more a region can satisfy local demand through its own production, the more prosperous it will be. Even though manufacturing has plummeted in the last 20 years, it is starting to make a slow comeback. In the area of food, ASAP, AdvantageWest, and others are helping to increase agricultural production and related food processing for our stores and farmers markets. But this is just the beginning. What if the next presidential visit is to a company that supplies 25 percent of our socks or a small electric car factory? As Jeff says, this is a community effort and it will take a considerable pooling of our resources, ideas and will. — Howard Nemon Center for Local Economies Asheville
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In the March 6 Conversations piece, “Up In Arms,” Boatrocker implied that the Spartan defense at Thermopylae was a pointless slaughter. She omits the fact that 300 brave men (sheep dogs) stood up to about 2 million invading Persians (wolves). The Persians offered to spare the Spartans if they gave up their weapons. The Spartans refused. They fought day after day and ultimately repulsed the Persians. And because this red line was drawn and defended Greece and, subsequently, Western civilization survived and flourished. Perhaps “sheeple” like Boatrocker prefer hanging with the shambling pajama-people shackled by unyielding religiosity? Perhaps led by a nosering by tyrants, despots and demagogues? — Michael Redfox Marshall
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In conjunction with our For Kids, By Kids special issue, we lend some ink to the area’s youngest outspoken residents in this week’s Conversations. For this special circumstance, we’ve bent the rules a bit to accommodate some perspectives on some general issues that don’t specifically pertain to Western North Carolina, and, given the nature of its content, we allowed for an anonymous contributor. So take heed, all you young watchdogs. We’re always open to letters and opinions, about local matters, no matter what age you are, but make it about a local issue and include your full name and city. Visit mountainx.com to submit a letter, or email letters@mountainx.com. — Jaye Bartell
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Having no voter-id law is a burden It is sad to see the League of Women Voters squander its credibility by echoing partisan myths about voter ID law [“Is Voter ID Really Worth All These Burdens?" Feb. 6 Xpress]. The League’s defensiveness on the issue suggests a preference for facilitating voter fraud over restoring any confidence in our poorly managed electoral process. The letter cited some ham-handed “research” announced by Gary Bartlett, director of the North Carolina State Board Of Elections. In an attempt to scare legislators away from voter ID, Mr. Bartlett compared the state’s DMV records to his BOE voter registrations and breathlessly concluded that 600,000 people will need N.C. voter ID cards at a cost of zillions! But grownups might conclude that more than half a million people no longer belong on the voter rolls for any of several plausible reasons. First, people move out of state and exchange their NCDL for a new license in their new state. While our DMV gets back the old license, there is no law to make DMV share that information. As a result, quite a few former N.C. voters remain on the rolls for years. Second, while many deceased voters get quickly removed, a surprisingly high number do not. And third, non-N.C.-resident college students have exploited our lax election laws by registering and voting from their school address without bothering to obtain an NCDL. All three of these scenarios erode the claim that 600,000 N.C. voters will need an ID card. And not that our current Justice Department cares, but in both Georgia and Indiana — two states with real voter ID laws — minority par-
ticipation rose significantly over their demographically similar neighbors: Mississippi and Illinois. Researchers grudgingly surmised that ballot box security can enhance public trust by drawing people back into an electoral process after such obvious flaws are corrected. So, rather than defending our state’s fraudfriendly election laws, we hope groups like the League of Women Voters would stand beside us to help re-enfranchise voters by supporting solid election-law reform. — Jay N. DeLancy Voter Integrity Project of N.C. Raleigh
we don’t sHut down on you, so don't sHut down on us This city needs to have all bus routes available on Sundays! Most people that work for the city have Sunday off. However, these people go to restaurants, grocery stores, shops, bars, etc., on Sunday. That means people are working on Sundays other than the city. We need to be able to get to work, church, home, to these businesses listed above, the airport, etc. Do we shut down on you? No! So please don't shut down on us. Many bus drivers have told me they would love to work a Sunday. The city does not need another hotel, bar, coffee bar, brewery, restaurant, renovations on city hall, a bigger jail or to worry about a topless law. You are spending our hard-earned money on ridiculous and unnecessary "improvements." That money needs to go to the people for the people — one example being transportation for the public. — Derek Daniels Asheville
I understand you are running an issue about kids soon. I want to tell you about why I love playing on my junior roller derby team, The Mad Divas. Because it's fun. It gets out all my energy, and I don’t have to worry about anything when I am playing — I just get to beat people up. I don’t have to think about anything when I am playing — I get to wear not-normal things. It's good exercise, and it takes sportsmanship — you have to work together or it won’t work. My favorite part of practice is getting better, being good at something. It isn’t a regular sort of sport so you get different attention. It is different than other things — not a lot of other people do it so you get a lot of attention. The games are fun because everyone is cheering you on. I like my team because, no matter how much we get mad at each other, and no matter how much you might not like a girl, you have to work together (and you end up liking her in the end). — Leighanne Redmon
Even though I’m gay, I’m special as an individual. Being in this society while being gay is like being black during the segregated time. Why does it seem like being gay is a crime. In the words of Lady Gaga, “God makes no mistakes / I’m on the right track / Baby I was born this way.” So why is homosexuality looked at as a sickness? My parents have the free range to get married, so why can’t my sister marry her girlfriend without being discriminated? In Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Washington, gay marriage is looked at more as a privilege than a right. All I have to say if, if you’re homosexual, you would want equal rights to a heterosexual male or female who wants to get married. — Anonymous, eighth grade
Skateboarding is a way to let out your feelings or just to have fun. I myself am a skateboarder, and I will admit that I skate some places that I am not supposed to — but I do it because I’m me and no one can control me. That does not mean that I can get break any laws I want, but as Martin Luther King Jr. said, unjust laws should be broken. I know we have skate parks, but you can’t just try to keep us in a cage (although the parks are fun). We can’t just stay there all day — we need other places to skate. But every time we try we get turned down. What I’m trying to say is, we need more places to skate. — Justice James, eighth grade, Asheville Middle School
Public places have nondiscrimination requirements. If they don’t do it, I can complain to the Department of Justice. It is unlawful to discriminate when selling or buying a home. I spend a lot of my life in a wheelchair. It makes me feel sad if public places and public services don’t have stuff to help me be an independent person. The reason that it would make me feel sad is because I would have no way to get to a place I need to go. Having a wheelchair is really hard on me, because a lot of things that I need to do are really hard to do. ... They really should have ways to get wheelchairs around. Because I know a lot of friends in wheelchairs who have trouble also. There should be ways for people like me to be able to open doors with a push of a button to just open the door by themselves. Asking others makes me feel like I can’t do these things, like I am dependent. When I can do it by myself it makes me feel very happy and very powerful. — Bryanna Hensley, Asheville
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I disagree, because by sitting next to someone you don’t know or don’t like, you could make friends with them. Even if you’re not sitting next to your best friend, you can always talk to the people around you. The lunchroom would not be as loud. If we do this, the teachers will combine all the 5th-grade classes at lunch, so we can sit next to the other classes. You also have to learn some time in your life to be with someone you don’t like.
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I don’t think the fifth graders should have assigned seats — because lunch is a time [when] students should be able to talk to friends quietly. But the problem is, it is way too loud in the cafeteria. A lot of teachers would probably say we should have assigned seats because they think that we’re the loudest ones in the cafeteria. I disagree. Lunch is a time [when] you should be able to talk to friends — kind of, get a break from schoolwork while you’re in school. It’s also a time where you eat your lunch and talk where you’re allowed to talk too. It’s kind of a break [where you don’t] have to do work unless you didn’t do your homework. Then you should have to do it at lunch. Other grades are loud too. Why are we the only ones who will get assigned seats at lunch? We will talk more in class because we didn’t get to talk to our friends at lunch. It will be much louder in class. Or maybe it won’t be that loud because the teachers will probably give us silent lunch and/or laps. If we get assigned seats we will probably learn not to ever be loud in the cafeteria again. … A lot of kids don’t want assigned seats. … What if you don’t get along with the person that the teachers put you with? Then there will be problems. — Cherish Reid
One solution is that you can talk to the people around you. Another one is that you can talk at recess and not only lunch. My last solution is that on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, we have assigned seats; but on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we don’t have assigned seats. I strongly think we should have assigned seats. — David Mahan No
The problem is that the cafeteria is way too loud. Some people have complained about our noise level and said we aren’t being good examples to the younger grades. Other people say that we shouldn’t have assigned seats because they think lunch is like a break from school when you can socialize with friends so you don’t do it in class. I have thought about both opinions and decided I don’t think we should have assigned seats at lunch.
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The fifth-grade teachers have considered giving us assigned seats for a few of these reasons: Usually, when you choose where you sit, you sit by your friends and you’re usually louder by your friends. Also, if you have assigned seats you might make new friends out of your usual social bubble.
Most kids say they should be able to sit where ever they want. But lately the lunchroom has gotten very loud. So I would like it to be quieter. …
I disagree. Although some of these reasons make sense, I think kids need lunchtime for taking a break and relaxing from schoolwork and stress. Another reason is, if you get assigned [to sit] by someone you really don’t get along with, you might get in trouble cause of them. Also, if really loud people get assigned seats by each other, then it will be über loud and that won’t help the situation at all.
Most kids say “no assigned seats,” because of things like not being able to sit next to friends, or sitting next to somebody you don’t like. Others might say that lunch is supposed to be a free
So, considering all my thoughts, I hope you agree that the fifth grade should not have assigned seats in the cafeteria. I think that a solution is laps or silent lunch [for those who are too loud]. — Lucy Tax
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“It’s the media’s fault,” the student declared. “It’s the media’s fault for sensationalizing, overblowing and distorting the news!” It was the first day of Michael Gouge’s newswriting class, and the UNCA lecturer was momentarily stunned. It wasn’t the first time he’d heard such sentiments from students, though perhaps not so vehemently expressed in the middle of his lecture. But the unsettling experience drove home just how much the media landscape has changed since he studied journalism at the school more than two decades before — and what those changes mean for today’s (and tomorrow’s) citizens. “It’s not just the hometown newspaper, the hometown TV station, the major broadcast network anymore,” says Gouge, a former editor for the Hendersonville Times-News. “Today’s student has literally received messages from millions of channels, all with varying standards and styles.” And the result, he maintains, is a generation that’s been inundated with information — without being taught how to interpret it. It’s essential “to evaluate the credibility of information and the sources the journalist is relying on,” says Gouge. Who’s paying for what’s being presented? Whom did the reporter choose to interview — or not interview? Are the assertions being backed up with facts? Does the piece include multiple viewpoints? Is the writer or speaker using language that’s designed to elicit an emotional reaction rather than a thoughtful response? Failure to consider such questions, he says, leaves people vulnerable to manipulation, disinformation and outright deception. Even before the Internet revolutionized access to information, iconic American journalist and news anchor Walter Cronkite shared those concerns, arguing, “In order to preserve our democracy and protect ourselves against demagogues, we should have courses in schools on how to watch TV, how to read newspapers, how to analyze speech — how to understand the limitations of each medium and make a judgment as to the accuracy or the motives involved.”
But as Cronkite noted, media literacy isn’t something one is born with. It takes guidance and practice to assemble the tool kit and critical-thinking skills needed to produce more discerning media consumers — and more engaged citizens. “There’s a learning curve,” says Gouge, “to separating unsubstantiated opinion from attributed fact. ... These are issues that we struggle with in our classes. The challenge is breaking through the clutter.” The rapid pace of change, however, has left schools at all levels scrambling to catch up. Top-down mandates take an ever larger bite out of precious classroom hours, many teachers say, and at UNCA, the mass communication department is in the early stages of a major curriculum makeover. “We’re going to be spending a lot more time talking about the role of a free press, the role of journalists in a democratic society as protec-
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oN DeADlINe: Owen High journalism students work to produce the school’s paper, The Hoofbeat. Adrienne Hollifield (center) serves as the journalism adviser. Courtesy of Monroe Gilmour
tors of rights,” Gouge explains. “We want people to use critical thinking in evaluating the messages they receive especially in a day and age where anyone with a computer can be a quote-unquote journalist.” core currIculum
One place where media literacy has at least gained a toehold is the Common Core State Standards governing K-12 education in the
public schools. Adopted by the State Board of Education in 2010, they’ve been fully implemented during the current school year. Fifth-graders, for example, are supposed to be analyzing multiple accounts of the same subject or event and identifying key similarities and differences in point of view. Fourthgraders, meanwhile, should be learning how to bolster their written arguments with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations or examples — much the way a newspaper article would. These “English and Language Arts” standards, however, merely lay out expectations concerning student learning. How those concepts are actually taught is left up to individual districts, schools and, especially, teachers. Adrienne Hollifield, who teaches English and journalism at Owen High School, says she does her best to squeeze media literacy into her lesson plans.
StArt the preSSeS Student journalism is nothing new: Guided by faculty advisers, kids have been producing yearbooks, literary magazines, in-house news broadcasts and school newspapers for many years. Now, however, even those traditional activities have become another means of teaching media literacy. “In journalism, they’re learning it whether they know it or not, in making those decisions about what’s going into our newspaper, what’s news for us,” notes Adrienne Hollifield, the adviser for Owen High’s The Hoofbeat. Meanwhile, over at Weaverville Elementary, roughly two dozen students come together twice a month for Newspaper Club, which produces the school paper, The Talon. The emphasis, says adviser Kellie Webb, is helping students build their confidence as writers while strengthening leadership skills, learning to use technology and honing research skills. “One of Buncombe County’s big things is creating 21st-century learners,” says Webb, who teaches fourth-grade social studies and language arts. “And you can’t be a 21st-century learner without having exposure to technology, the Internet, word processing and those kinds of things.” These local programs reflect a broader trend: As of Feb. 1, 2010, there were more student newspapers in U.S. public high schools than commercial daily and weekly papers combined, according to Editor & Publisher International Yearbook.
“They keep putting more and more and more stuff on us, and we barely have time to scratch our heads or comb our hair during the day,” she reports. “But media literacy is part of the core curriculum, so we all do our best to teach it in all our subjects.” In her AP English III class, for example, Hollifield has her students dissect actual YouTube ads to get them thinking about propaganda. Who’s the intended audience? How is the material presented? What kind of reasoning is used? The idea, she says, is to make them more aware of how emotional appeals, rather than fact-based arguments, can be used to induce people to behave in a desired way. “If they’re writing something, I constantly say to them, ‘Opinion does not mean just your gut reaction,’” Hollifield reports. “Opinion means your ideas based on research and fact.” A study by the National Newspaper Association looked at more than 30,000 students across the country who took the ACT between 2003 and 2008. High school students with journalism experience scored higher than their peers who lacked that experience in the following categories: overall high school
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In an October poll by the Pew Research Center, only 38 percent of more than 3,000 respondents nationwide said they regularly read a daily paper — down from 54 percent in 2004. Despite that sharp drop, however, sandy Cook believes the medium is still a great way to teach critical-thinking skills. “Problem-solving is a text structure that can be found throughout a newspaper,” says Cook, the state coordinator for the North Carolina Press Foundation’s Newspapers in Education program. “What’s the problem? What are its causes? What are the effects, solutions, barriers and obstacles? Investigative reporting does that kind of interpretive writing.” Besides providing lesson plans and in-class activities that help students become more media-savvy, Newspapers in Education also offers workshops for teachers. Similar programs operate
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Carolyn Comeau‘s daughter, louise, works on Weaverville Elementary’s paper, The Talon. And due to the sheer volume of information — and misinformation — now available to her children, confesses Comeau, “Part of it is scary to me.” As a freelance writer, however, she understands the importance of media literacy, and she knows it will take more than Newspaper Club to educate them. “Part of me wants them to be empowered citizens, to be part of this century’s, this generation’s and this future’s civic presence,” she reveals. The Internet is simultaneously “Pandora’s box and a fantastic tool,” notes Comeau. At home, she tries to integrate media into the household environment: Comeau leaves the Sunday papers lying around the house, listens to NPR while doing household chores, and even reads parts of articles aloud to her kids. “I’ll say, ‘You guys, listen to this.’ Then I’ll read a paragraph of something and ask, ‘What do you think?’ or other open-ended questions,” she explains. “It’s kind of a job that parents have to take on.” Hollifield shares those concerns, noting that Owen High, in compliance with federal law, uses filters to screen out pornography, social-media sites, chat rooms and other material that’s potentially harmful to minors. “An authorized person,” she explains, “can disable the filtering to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful purposes.” “We wind up teaching media literacy in terms of what’s an authentic website for something they’re doing for a research project. When they’re doing their own surfing around, I don’t know how much they pay attention to that,” she points out. An informal survey of 55 of Hollifield’s English and journalism students found them pretty evenly split over whether there’s enough emphasis on media literacy in the classroom.
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get eDucAteD Want to know more about media literacy? Here are some starting points. ceNter for meDIA lIterAcY medialit.org This educational group’s website includes free downloads about the history, best practices, research on and ways to teach media literacy. commoN SeNSe meDIA commonsensemedia.org A nonprofit offering various tools to give parents a greater choice and voice in determining how their children consume media. Provides reviews of movies, games, apps, websites and more. There’s also a link for educators featuring programs, a blog and curriculum tool kits. p B S pA r e N t S pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia Age-appropriate tips on how to help kids get the most out of media and technology. Topics include TV and movies, video games, computers and advertising. There’s also a link to a documentary about digital media and 21stcentury learners. N . c . N e W S pA p e r S I N e D u c At I o N p r o g r A m ncpress.com/ncpf/ncnie/newindex.html A statewide program that encourages young people to become lifelong readers and learners; capable writers; informed, involved adults; and thoughtful information consumers. To get newspapers delivered to your classroom, or to find out how your paper can get involved, contact Sandra Cook (sandynie@ unc.edu; 919-843-5648). the leArNINg NetWorK Blog learning.blogs.nytimes.com This New York Times blog provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on content. Lessons (sorted by subject) are available for teachers to use or adapt. Students can respond to opinion questions, take current-events quizzes and more. cNN StuDeNt NeWS cnn.com/studentnews Provides 10 minutes of free, commercial-free news for middle- and high-school classrooms. Available both online and as a downloadable podcast on iTunes during the school year. Website includes options for quizzes, discussions and downloadable maps. S t u D e N t N e W S D A I lY studentnewsdaily.com Nonprofit, educational website featuring news articles, examples of biased reporting, weekly opinion pieces, news quizzes and videos.
“I think [the Internet] can be a doubleedged blade,” lucas Rumney wrote. “Using smart practices and learning by failing are keys to success when evaluating data. Our access to information has accelerated sciences, whistle-blowing efforts and shedding light on various human rights atrocities. Without knowledge, what are we?” Yasemine Akquman, meanwhile, wrote: “The Internet and news are what you make them out to be. Trustworthy sites are great tools, but getting lost in information that’s untrue is another possibility.” Both are senior AP English students. On the other hand, Max Alford, who’s 17, said, “I think people who view [the Internet] as a Pandora’s box are the people who fear the informed.” sarah Gilmour is co-editor in chief of The Hoofbeat, the Owen High newspaper. Gilmour says she pays plenty of attention to such concerns, whether she’s doing research for a class assignment or simply trying to understand current events. Still, the 16-year-old has mixed feelings about the role of media literacy in the classroom. “I don’t think there’s nearly enough emphasis placed on defining what’s a trusted news source in school,” says Gilmour. At the same time, she continues, “Teachers inevitably have their own opinions, especially on politics. Teachers have to be careful not to offend the students, and calling one news organization out on a biased point of view can quickly turn into a political argument.” purSuINg truth
The pending revamp of UNCA’s mass communication curriculum, says Gouge, may involve things like additional credit hours for courses, to allow more class time to discuss key media literacy concepts. The scope of Gouge’s news writing class, for example, would be expanded to include the theoretical underpinnings of a free press alongside things like basic interviewing skills. That’s fine for college-level journalism students. But media literacy is an essential part of genuine education at every grade level, Cook maintains. “What I fear,” she reveals, “is that we now have the tools to seek out the information, the opinion, that we want to hear. But do we have the habit of mind to really pursue truth, no matter where it takes us? To hear differing opinions without resorting to violence of some kind or just shutting down? “How do we use the tools that we have to build truth citizens? We have to be people who are pursuing information, who know that truth is not known and that it’s not one single story, one single source.” X Caitlin Byrd can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 140, or at cbyrd@mountainx.com.
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a place aT The Table arT and commerce collide in asheville by Jake Frankel From arts and crafts to craft beer, Asheville has claimed a secure spot on the national map as a hub of creative activity. Over the last several decades, the area has become a magnet for creative types of every stripe — and the patrons who support those endeavors. With that trend has come increased economic clout: According to a handout from the city’s Public Art & Cultural Commission, the nonprofit arts-and-culture industry generated $43.7 million in economic activity in Buncombe County last year. That money — $16.9 million spent by local nonprofits plus another $26.8 million from audiences at arts events — supports 1,427 full-time-equivalent jobs, generates $32.5 million in household income for local residents, and delivers $4.8 million in local and state government revenue. But that highlights tensions between art as a business, an economic-development tool and a means of personal expression. And as a cash-strapped city government casts about for new revenue and the River Arts District continues its dramatic expansion, those fault lines may loom large.
The money chase The third annual Creative Sector Summit, held March 6-8 at venues across downtown Asheville, aimed to provide educational forums and networking opportunities that could help take the local arts sector to the next level, said Kitty Love, executive director of the Asheville Area Arts Council. In partnership with assorted other local organizations, the Arts Council sponsored the event. Some 75 people from diverse backgrounds attended, and in various guises, money loomed large in the discussions. Grant funding was one such concern, and the term “creative placemaking” kept coming up in connection with the money hunt. A National Endowment for the Arts report defines the buzzword as “partners from public, private, nonprofit and community sectors strategically [shaping] the physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city or region around arts and cultural activities.” Each year, the federal agency offers grants to support such projects, and several North Carolina towns have received them. But despite Asheville’s impeccable reputation as an arts destination, local organizations haven’t made the cut, noted Gwynne Rukenbrod, executive director of HandMade in America. “We’re not positioning ourselves competitively in these funding applications,” she argued. “That’s one of the big reasons [for this summit].” HandMade co-sponsored the event. Another key focus was creating a “Buncombe County Cultural Task Force.” The idea was to
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Up for the task? Consultant Tracy Kunkler led a session aimed at creating a “Buncombe County Cultural Task Force,” but attendees couldn’t agree on the idea. Photo by Max Cooper
merge creative placemaking “with the ability to go after grant opportunities,” said Tracy Kunkler of the Asheville-based Sims & Steele Consulting, who led that session. The task force, noted Love, could also make recommendations to local governments. But the resulting dialogue revealed significant disagreement over how much the new group should focus on money. Participants were also split over what kinds of people ought to be included: Suggestions ranged from designers and engineers to Chamber of Commerce executives, government officials, philanthropists and educators. Some questioned calling it a task force; others wondered aloud what the proposed entity could hope to accomplish beyond what existing groups are already doing. The task force session ended with no clear consensus, though representatives from both the Arts Council and HandMade said they would reach out to the Chamber and continue exploring the idea. “We just want to keep moving forward until
we can find a solution we can live with,” said Kunkler.
arT and developmenT Meanwhile, over at City Hall, major changes may be in the works concerning how Asheville engages with the arts community and works to nourish the broader creative sector. Six months after Diane Ruggiero resigned as superintendent of cultural arts to take a similar position in Alexandria, Va., that key post is still vacant, Love noted with dismay. “We don’t have a designated staff person at the city” to serve as a liaison, she pointed out. But more appears to be at stake than merely finding Ruggiero’s successor. “We are evaluating the role and the focus of the city’s cultural arts program,” reports Debbie Ivester, assistant director of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department. Although the existing program will be funded at least through June, after that, “We don’t know the outcome,” she reveals. And even as discussions continue among city
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staffers and elected officials, the Public Art & Cultural Commission is recommending a major reconfiguration: folding Ruggiero’s former job into a new “creative economies director” position in the Office of Economic Development. According to a commission handout given to summit participants, the proposed staffer would be charged with “fostering economic development, urban recognition, small-business growth, the visual and performing arts” as well as “enhancing artistic growth in the community using tools like grant opportunities.” The proposal is getting serious attention from City Council (see “Bye-Bye Bele Chere?” elsewhere in this issue).
munity to get together and tell us what you want to see.” Gallaher also played a key role in developing the Downtown Master Plan, whose recommendations included holding a creative sector summit. But here, too, money claimed center stage, as some summit participants voiced fears that gentrification will drive out the very artists who now make the River District a vibrant place. “Artists are the No. 1 interest group” planners want to hear from before drafting their master plan, Monson responded. “There will be more and more opportunities to get involved in shaping the development of the River Arts District,” she promised.
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Not surprisingly, a good deal of discussion at the summit revolved around the River Arts District’s explosive growth in recent years. And as New Belgium Brewing Co. proceeds with its $175 million facility on Craven Street, the pace of that development is likely to accelerate. As part of the deal with New Belgium, the city will install a new greenway, bike lanes and sidewalks adjacent to the brewery property. Other infrastructure improvements are also in the works, noted stephanie Monson, Asheville’s riverfront redevelopment coordinator. Another greenway will be built on Riverside Drive property the city owns, which is earmarked for a possible urban village development. In addition, the stretch of Riverside from Hill Street all the way to the Amboy Road Bridge is in line for a major transportation overhaul, including realignment, bike lanes and sidewalks. Construction will begin within the next three years, Monson predicts. The city is also gearing up to start work on a River Arts District Master Plan. Over the next six months, says local architect and planner Tom Gallaher, “We’re going to ask the com-
Amid all the talk of plans, programs and task forces, however, summit participants also heard about a less structured approach. As part of one panel discussion, Pink Dog Creative owner Randy shull told the story of how he turned a bleak former textile factory and warehouse at 342-348 Depot St. into a mix of artists’ studios and bustling retail spaces. The artist/developer said he thinks of the whole undertaking as a creative experiment. “I painted the building much like I would a canvas,” he explained, adding that the project evolved organically without any kind of master plan. “People used to ask if it’s safe here,” noted Shull. Now, about two-and-a-half years later, “They ask, ‘Where do I park?’ I feel most proud of creating a community of people coming to this place.” Creative placemaking, he added, is “not always planned out, not always ‘You know what it’s going to be’ all the time.” X
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making it pay Some hints of the long-running festival’s fate were evident the day before, when Council held its annual retreat in the Civic Center ballroom. Staff and Council members alike repeatedly cited the roughly $450,000 the city spends on Bele Chere each year; typically, the event either loses money or breaks even. But while Bele Chere has come under scrutiny before (in a survey a half-dozen years ago, many business owners said the festival hurt their bottom line), this is the first time the idea of ditching it outright has appeared to gain serious traction. Staff also advocated reconfiguring the city’s overall approach to arts and culture. That idea fits with a proposal that recently emerged from the Public Art & Cultural Commission (see “A Place at the Table” elsewhere in this issue). The commission sug-
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Changing focus: Advocates of a new “creative economies director” position in city government stand in a show of support at City Council’s March 12 meeting. Photo by Max Cooper
gested establishing a new staff position, “creative economies director,” under the Office of Economic Development. Besides filling the role of cultural arts superintendent, vacant since last fall, this new staffer would also help coordinate local efforts across various related sectors, oversee grant applications and encourage private investment. “In order to move forward with the amount of work we’re doing, we need to have the city behind us,” commission Chair Robert Todd told Council members during their March 12 formal session. “There’s an opportunity to go beyond just arts and incorporate the entire creative economy sector: technology jobs, small entrepreneurs, graphic artists, architects.” The city, he added, needs to help promote collaboration. About 40 people from the local arts community stood up in a show of support for the proposal. Advocates say the approach would allow for more connectivity and investment in Asheville’s creative sector while providing a central point of contact that’s been missing since Cultural Arts Superintendent diane Ruggiero left last fall. At its March 11 retreat, Council directed staff to study the idea and incorporate it into the budget process going forward. City Manager Gary Jackson and other staffers also spoke favorably about the proposed change. Meanwhile, the city’s number crunchers have their own reasons for embracing the idea.
Asheville, noted Finance Director lauren Bradley, faces the same problem every year: modestly increasing revenues and sharply rising expenses. Solving that, she and other staffers say, requires radically rethinking how the city does business on a number of fronts, and public/private partnerships are high on their agenda. “We’re putting on the table re-evaluating the city’s role in producing special events,” Bradley explained at the budget session. “Instead of the city being the producer of the event, it might partner with other organizations ... with less of an investment.” In other words, festivals and the arts may be merely the first step. The city, said Bradley, will also need to look at overhauling how it provides other services. And if Council’s discussion of Bele Chere represented a break with the past, its apparent embrace of the “creative economies” idea might give a broader glimpse into Asheville’s future. “What I’ve come to understand about the city’s role is that besides providing core services, we need to focus on opportunities to invest in the city in a way that provides a high rate of return,” said Manheimer, who has announced that she’s running for mayor. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 137, or at dforbes@mountainx.com.
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EFFORT UNDER WAY TO BUILD NEW DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SPACE BY JAKE FRANKEL A grassroots effort is under way to build a new public plaza near the Haywood Street entrance of the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Asheville and the Basilica of St. Lawrence. A tentative name for the space is “Guastavino Plaza,” after Rafael Guastavino, the renowned architect who designed the historic church, says Asheville Design Center board member Tom Gallaher. The plaza would complement McKibbon Hotel Group’s 140-room hotel planned for the property located across from the venue and historic church, says Gallaher, a local architect. ADC is currently working with representatives of the Basilica, McKibbon Hotel Group, U.S. Cellular Center, Vanderbilt Apartments, Battery Park Apartments and AT&T to develop the project, he says. “We will be having a public meeting soon [about the proposal],” Gallaher told a group of roughly 60 creative professionals gathered at the
recent Creative Sector Summit in Asheville (see “A Place at the Table” elsewhere in this edition). “And I encourage all of you to be present and to make positive comments on what you would like to see Guastavino Plaza become.” He noted that the plans are still in the early stages and may not happen without the support of the public, city of Asheville and other interested parties. “I can’t promise anything,” he said, noting the sometimes contentious local review process for such projects. McKibbon’s plans were approved by the city last year after months of debate. And in recent days, three competing hoteliers filed a lawsuit contending that the city didn’t follow state law governing private sales. Despite the possible hurdles, Gallaher says, he hopes the plaza will ultimately “become a major open space downtown.” X Jake Frankel can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 115, or jfrankel@mountainx.com.
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let kids speak for themselves. That’s the idea that unfolds in this special By Kids, For Kids edition. We asked teachers, parents and school leaders to help us learn what’s on the minds and in the hearts of our young residents — and we received more than 200 submissions, from art to poetry. In these pages, we offer a sampling of the many charming and thoughtful stories, poems, essays, photos and art produced by Asheville and Buncombe kids. Follow them on a journey through the ages, if you will, from kindergarten to high school. And look for the kids trail throughout this issue — kids’ opinions on assigned seats, a news story on media literacy in education, kids in the garden, mindfulness practices for children in the Wellness section, kids and food, and a dash of kid-friendly entertainment. Look online too: We’ll feature as many of the other submissions as we can, at mountainx.com/kids. So come along, and look at our world through a kid’s eyes. — Margaret Williams
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BY KIDS, for KIDS
gIvINg BAcK BY DoINg A lot the leArNINg commuNItY School
WhAt I DID oN mlK jr. DAY
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 11 a.m., most students are still in their PJ’s at home, but not the students at The Learning Community School. We [helped] one of six organizations: Full Moon Farms, Brother Wolf, Homeward Bound, Asheville GreenWorks, Highland Farms Retirement Community or Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center. You see, here at my school, we do things a little differently. Instead of having a day off on MLK Jr. Day, we have a day of service. … For my work on MLK Jr. Day, I helped to perform a play and sing “This Little Light of Mine” at Black Mountain Neuro and Highland Farms. This was an enlightening experience for me because of what I realized during our performances. I think that working to put a little light in other people’s lives is something that makes an enormous difference in the community we live in. Being at Black Mountain Neuro especially opened my eyes. It made me realize that not only are we performing a play about MLK Jr., we are letting these people know that we appreciate their presence as well. — Mira Carlinnia, eighth grade, The Learning Community School
A r t p r o j e c t S : Pictured here, Isabel, fifth grade (firstnames only, per school policy). Photo series by Max Cooper
cleArINg BruSh
On the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. day, a portion of our school packed [into] cars and drove to the boondocks of Full Moon Farms, [a sanctuary for wolf dogs and captive-bred wolves]. Last year a storm covered [its] logging road with brush, and corresponding to last year we were going to hack and slash at it again. … After meeting and greeting some adorable wolf dogs that momentarily broke our intention on serving, we got our game faces on with our deadline, which was to clear the entire road. [I became] the tree remover, consisting of me pushing trees down the hill, which was pretty entertaining, unless I found some creepy crawlies in the tree. After around two hours of work, we hit our deadline. The road was cleared, and like any movie, it happened at the perfect time. While walking down the cleared road, I looked over my shoulder and felt accomplished, an overall good vibe that would trail with me for the rest of the day. … Usually if I was asked to do service, I would try as politely as I could to say no. If they challenged my authority by asking why, I would quickly rush out bad excuses. In those situations my mouth doesn’t quite reach my brain’s standards of speech, so I might say some random remark. Although I might have second thoughts about service even now, due to the addiction of laziness, it was a good experience. I learned things about the work, and about the intentions. I had fun making the bond of the community stronger by volunteering. — Jack Munn, eighth grade, TLC
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Hello motHer, H e l l o fat H e r tHe 2013 summer camp guide
For all its ice cream and naps, summer is a crucial opportunity for kids to develop other areas of their growing lives. Beyond the ever-looming reading list and the stowed but not discarded multiplication table, there is much to do to keep the beat of the school year, altough with a bit of an easier tempo, through athletics, travel, art and simply going outside. Follow the column through the kids section for our extensive list of area camps, separated by category, and sorted alphabetically within the categories. All camps are coed unless otherwise noted. Some camps offer so much programming we couldn’t list it all. Be sure to visit the website of the camps that catch your eye. Raise the flag! Huzzah! =overnigHt =day camp
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adventure treks 1899 Berea Church Road, Flat Rock • 888-954-5555 • adventuretreks.com • info@adventuretreks.com Ever climbed a volcano? Slept under a starry sky on a beach or rafted a crazy fun whitewater river? You‘ll make great friends, laugh more than you ever thought possible and become a better leader. Temporarily escape the digital age. Adventure Treks, Expedition Style Program, Ages 12-18, 16- to 30-day trips beginning the end of June to mid-July or mid-July to early August. • Students must submit a reference from school and complete a questionnaire prior to acceptance. camp cedar cliff P.O. Box 9036, Asheville • 450-3331 • campcedarcliff.org • camp@campcedarcliff.org Day and overnight camps for kids of all ages! We offer outdoor activities like archery, BB guns, zip-line, climbing wall, swimming, ropes courses, whitewater rafting, rappelling, and more! We also spend time in God's word daily, in large and small groups. Day Camp, K through 6th grade, June 17-July 26, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Coed • Overnight, Trail Blazers, 2nd- through 4th-grade, Saturday-Tuesday, June
“Look at this bad boy!” [classmate] Quinn yells as he hoists our trophy into the air. The plastic glistens in the sun like a gem. Beer cans fill the motorcycle helmet to the brim with crumpled metal. During service day at my school, a group of students, including me, from The Learning Community School in Black Mountain, went with the Asheville GreenWorks [volunteers] and cleaned up Martin Luther King Jr. Park in downtown Asheville. We pulled everything from cigarette butts to motorcycle helmets out of bushes and bleachers. The time began to fly by as I delved through the bushes with my friends and pulled out beer cans. We all did our share, and we all had fun doing it. Usually when people think of community service, they think of it as a federal punishment. Yet, after my experience at [the] park, I would find it fun to do more community service and I would love to do it again. At first, my friends and I went there a little skeptical about how enjoyable it would be, but we all left changed and wanting to do more. Our teachers had to drag us out of the park and shove us into the vans to get us to leave. We will all remember that day for a long time, but what I will remember most is that we weren’t the only ones there making a difference. There were others; both the Asheville GreenWorks and Christ School were here making a difference. It means a lot to know there are people who care. — Nicky Anixter, eighth grade, TLC
I hadn’t even started kindergarten when we moved my great-grandmother to a nursing home in Asheville. I vaguely remember going to visit her in what seemed to be the “common room” full of women and men in wheelchairs and walkers. At the time, I didn’t understand why everybody wanted to talk to us, tell us stories, hold our hands and smile into our youthful eyes. There was one woman who sat us down in front of her wheelchair every time we would visit and tell us the same story about her granddaughter. When it came time to leave, she would give us a hug and kiss, telling us how much she loved us. Frankly, I found it awkward and slightly creepy. Looking back, however, I am happy that I could have brightened an elderly woman’s last days. Since then, I have gone to sing several times with my school’s chorus at Deerfield. Instead of getting out of school on MLK Jr. day, we do service projects around the community. For two years in a row, I have gone to Highland Farms. What I cherish most about these experiences are the conversations that I have and the stories that I hear. Stories about children, grandchildren or the fact that they are going to turn 97. I always feel that those stories, no matter how hard to understand, have made me a little bit wiser. … — Joy Siler, eighth grade, TLC
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15-July 2, Coed • Pioneers/Explorers, 4th-10th grade, June 15-July 26, Co-ed • Mountaineers, 6th-10th grade, Two-week sessions, June 15-28, July 6-19, Co-ed • Vertex, 9th-12th grade, June 29-July 5 (Guys), July 20-26 (Girls). disCoveRy CaMp 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville • 665-2492 • ncarboretum.org/education/ youthfamily-programs/discovery-camp • jmarchal@ncarboretum.org Based on the overall philosophy that children benefit from experiences in the outdoors, Discovery Camp at The N.C. Arboretum is designed to cultivate a sense of adventure and wonder in the outdoors, foster an enthusiasm for exploration in the natural world and promote environmental awareness, stewardship and conservation.
“Hummingbird,” by Danielle O’Neill, a Jones Elementary fifth-grader who attends a community-learning center run by Delta House Life Development of Asheville. Through a federal grant, Delta House provides free after-school programming to approximately 200 students at seven sites around the city.
Must complete camp registration form and medical and liability release form. • Nature Rangers, Rising K through 1st grade, June 10-14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Must complete camp registration form and medical and liability release form. • Wild for Wildlife!, Rising K through 1st grade, June 17-21, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Little Mountaineers, Rising K through 1st grade, July 1-5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.• Eco Artists, Rising K through 1st grade, Date Range: July 15-19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Wet and Wild, Rising K through 1st grade, July 22-26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Leadership Adventure Camp!, Overnight Two-night, three-day overnight trip, Rising high school, June 10-14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. • River Trek, Rising high school, June 24-28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Merit Badge Challenge, Rising high school, Aug. 5-9, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Only open to registered Boy Scouts. Some badges will require pre-work, which will be covered in an optional meeting on May 4., Boys • Survival Trek, Overnight: Optional overnight camping trip, Rising high school, Aug. 12-16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. GReeN RiveR pReseRve
MoMs, Media aNd thaNkfulNess
Even as a fourth grader, I’m beginning to realize that we so often take for granted not only clean water and a house to live in, but also, kids my age (up until about teen years) want more and more stuff — whereas people in some foreign countries probably don’t even know much about all the luxuries of our life in America. Third World children probably imagine video games as a magic screen that changes whenever you tell it to, while kids in the U. S. think of it as more of an entitlement. Video games, by the way, was how I began to become more aware of how great our life really is. You see, my mom offered to give me one minute of media for every minute I read “Kisses From Katie,” a book about a missionary in Uganda who helps people and teaches them about the love of God. At first, I rejected the book because I had never read something of the sort and would rather stick to my action and adventure novels. But gradually, I wanted to read the book as an “all clear” sign for media. But before I’d even read for half an hour, I began to see how much I was missing what was really happening in not only Uganda but hundreds of other places that need help. So as I still get media for reading it, I enjoy it so much more than I thought I would. … Even as I continue to play video games and eat food three times a day, I have become so much more aware of what other people live like all over the world. My mom is pretty smart in the ways that she motivates me. — Sterling Bishop, fourth grade, home-school
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asheville by haiku by RaiNbow MouNtaiN ChildReN’s sChool studeNts ASHEVILLE
too many hippies too many beer breweries not enough bike lanes — Ben Goodman, 6th grade BELE CHErE
summer heat, nervous shaky feet walking up stairs crowd watching, Bele Chere — Caeley Wray-Parcell, 6th grade CArL SAndBurg’S HomE
goats bleat in the barn old house where the magic was made hikes under trees’ shade — by Belle Crouse, 5th grade
301 Green River Road, Cedar Mount. • 698-8828 • greenriverpreserve.org • info@ greenriverpreserve.org Green River Preserve is a summer camp connecting children with nature. Located on a 3,400 acre wildlife preserve in the mountains of North Carolina, this extraordinary natural setting has inspired sustainable leadership since 1988. Quality experiential learning opportunities spark diversity of thought, leadership and creativity. Green River Preserve Summer Camp, Rising 2nd through 9th grade, 1-,2- and 3-week camp sessions: June 9-Aug. 10, Requirements: good physical health, capable of hiking, camping, and participating in activities • Green River Preserve Theater Camp, Partnering with Flat Rock Playhouse, Rising 5th through 9th grade, July 22 - Aug. 3 • Requirement: Good physical health • Green River Preserve "Wheels", Mountain Biking Camp, Rising 7th through 9th graders, July 1 - 18l • Requirement: Capable of cycling distances • Green River Preserve Expeditions, Rising 9th graders through college Freshmen, 2- and 3-week expedition leadership trips., Requirements: Good Physical health, capable of hiking distances, paddling kayaks and canoes.
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our ScHool HaS WorMS MindStretcH travel adventureS
Our school has worms — the good kind! The fifth and sixth graders of Rainbow Mountain Children’s School in West Asheville have done a favor for the other classes and the environment by creating a worm compost system to prevent unwanted food scraps from going to the landfill. We provided each class with a bucket, which the classes use to hold their food scraps. The 5th and 6th graders collect the buckets regularly, weigh the scraps in each one, and dump them into a bin full of worms, letting the worms turn the scraps into compost. Then they scrub the buckets clean and return them to the classes. Over time, the worms turn the compost to soil that is very good for gardening. They started in October 2012. After doing a lot of hard work, the class has so far saved 366 pounds of food scraps from going to the landfill! We think that every school should have a worm composting system. — Ben Goodrum, Aria Irani, Bronwyn White, and Elijah White, fifth-sixth grade, RCMS
3124 Landrum Road, Columbus • 863-4235 • MindStretchAdventures. com • marklevin@windstream.net MindStretch Travel Adventures has been dishing up kid-sized travel adventures for boys since 1978. Each summer presents different itineraries and many boys return year after year. MTA programs combine the best of both worlds — great outdoor activities during the days and the comfort of a motel at night. West Virginia Mountains Adventure, Ages 9-14, June 22-28, Boys • Europe by Eurail Adventure, Ages11-17, July 7-26, 2013, Boys. run Wild! 79 Maney Branch Road • 321-5365615 • ontheforestfloor.org • wildmentor@gmail.com FFWP Summer Day Camps offer Asheville area families a unique opportunity to immerse their children in a five-day Nature-Connection Mentoring adventure that will be the highlight of their summer. Activities include: outdoor safety/awareness, animal tracking, bird language, edible/medicinal wild plants, ancestral crafts, wilderness survival skills, community, self-discovery and much more.
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pebble dash buildings paintings, blown glass, graffiti done by great artists — by Ella Pesce-DeFarrari, 5th grade FooD beAuty
local food beauty trees mountains French Broad River colorful people
H e l l o , b i r d i e : Buncombe County Early College students Kristina Shostak, Maria Vergara and Ana Botnar placed birdhouses, hoping to evaluate what positions work best. Photo courtesy of Buncombe County Schools
— by Elijah White, 5th grade ARboRetum
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flowing water creek Flat Iron, George Vanderbilt theater biking — Chase Jones, 6th grade
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During a recent lab, our class went outside to put up some birdhouses. [This] spring we will go back outside to see if any of the boxes have any nests or even new baby birds. When we put the nests in the trees, we put them at different heights and facing different directions. We will see which height and which direction [get] the most birds. Also, we put the boxes near resources that the birds will need to stay alive, like a creek and bushes for cover and berries for food. The ground was moist to support insects and worms and other species the birds might eat. Of course, we will record what we see and share our information with the rest of the class. [Buncombe County] Early College … can be very tough, but when you look ahead and see what is in front, waiting for you, it is all worth it. … Every teacher knows the students by name. Every one of them pushes [us] to a higher level in order to help us succeed later on in life. We girls who have written this description are high-school students who will graduate with an associate degree along with a high school diploma. We represent the first generation in our family to graduate from college. We want to go on to a four-year college or university and have a long-lasting career with the help from Early College. — Kristina Shostak, Maria Vergara and Ana Botnar, Buncombe County Early College students
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Ages 8-12, June 3-Aug. 2, Location TBA. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Explore diverse habitats around Western North Carolina with an expert naturalist. Each day will focus on a different activity and ecosystem. SuMMer WilderneSS expeditionS 2582 Riceville Road, Swannanoa • 239-2121 • ncobs.org • info@ncobs.org North Carolina Outward Bound School is not a summer camp; it’s a wilderness experience unlike any other. It’s challenging, adventurous, educational and fun! Outward Bound expeditions are life-changing and full of a lot of great memories. Appalachian Mountain Backpacking and Rock Climbing, Ages 14-16, 16-18,
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June-September, 9 days, 14 days • Appalachian Mountain Backpacking and Whitewater Canoeing, 14-16, 16-18, June-September, 9 days, 14 days • Appalachian Mountain Backpacking, Rock Climbing and Whitewater Canoeing, 14-16, 16-18, June-September, 22 days. Teen HigH AdvenTure 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, Tenn. • 865-4486709 • gsmit.org • mail@gsmit.org Slip into the swirling mists of the “place of blue smoke” among a community of teenagers for a 10-day program that includes a seven-day, six-night backpacking adventure, ropes course and whitewater rafting. Grow as a leader among your generation. Teen High Adventure, July 15-25 Wilderness AdvenTure Trek 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, Tenn. • 865-4486709 • gsmit.org • mail@gsmit.org Spend a week among black bears, towering trees, rattlesnakes, and Barred Owls while backpacking on steep mountain trails? Oh, yeah! Come to feel at home in the wilderness. Sleep in the woods, swim in a mountain stream and kick back around the campfire. Wilderness Adventure Trek, 13-17, June 10-15 and June 24-29. Xplore usA 1 Town Square Boulevard, Suite 204, Asheville • 651-8502 • xploreusa.org • info@xploreusa.org “Fast Car,” by Jordan Robinson, sixth grader, Asheville Middle School and Delta House
HoW Would you mAke AsHeville beTTer? Some anSwerS from Vance elementary kindergartenerS in the after-School deSign lab
I want better grocery stores, because every night my mom makes the same food. We need new grocery stores near our neighborhood. The new stores would have mango sushi. The new stores would make jobs for people like my grandma. She should open a restaurant, and I thought I should be a waitress. It would have new foods that Asheville doesn’t have now. — Nora Leggat I think Asheville should have Jumping Jello. Jumping Jello is a Jello that jumps when you touch it. It jumps so fast, you might not even see it. If you eat it, it will make you jump so high, your arm would hit the ceiling. Asheville should open some new Jumping Jello restaurants, and Jumping Jello would be $60. — Magnus Mulholland Asheville would be more awesome if there were pyramids with mummies in them, and the mummies are alive, and they walk and they try and eat people. “Be my dinner. Be my dinner.” There would be 100 mummies. Everyone in the country would have a magic piece of glass, and when you shine it in the mummies’ eyes, it would kill the mummy. — Vivi Díaz I would change that there would be no work so that my dad would be home all day, and there would be no school so that I could stay at home and play with him and with my mom. The kids can choose to go to school whenever they want and they would be happier. The grownups would go to the bank to get money and they would not have to pay anything. — Sebastian Wilson
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aSheVille
so many beer bars hippies walk around Pack Square hobos need money — Ryan Hatcher, 5th grade muSic for downtown
music for downtown taste-bud changing restaurants life-changing mountains — Bracey Fountain, 6th grade aSheVille
creeks parting mountains curvy trails for bicycles local festivals — Bronwyn White, 5th grade
Become a part of intercultural fun! Xplore USA welcomes 13- to 17-year-old students from Europe to Asheville this summer (in several threeweek stays) to experience life with an American family, take part in community service, attend English classes and participate in a variety of fun local activities. Xplore USA Homestay, Ages 10 to 18 (host siblings), June 29-July 20 • Xplore USA Homestay, Ages 10 to 18 (host siblings), July 6 to July 27 • Xplore USA Homestay, Ages 10 to 18 (host siblings), July 27 to Aug. 17.
ArT And AcAdemics AppAlAcHiAn insTiTuTe of creATive leArning 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa • 800-951-7442 • appalachianinstitute.org • info@ appalachianinstitute.org Campers make lifelong friends at AICL. They experience breakthroughs in their thinking and understanding. They experience acceptance and new confidence in their social skills. But most of all, they receive a lesson that will stay with them their whole lives: That learning is fun. Day camp (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) and overnight, Ages 8-18, July 14-20 and July 21-27 • We consider creativity and enthusiasm for learning to be sufficient criteria to attend.
Asheville Art museum summer Art CAmp 2 N. Pack Square, Asheville • 253-3227 • ashevilleart.org • SMcRorie@ashevilleart.org The Asheville Art Museum offers Summer Art Camp to rising K through 12th grade students. Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. Registration includes admission to the Museum and all materials necessary for each class. Classes are held in the studio of the Museum’s East Wing. Ages K through 12th grade, June 10-Aug. 2, Hours and activities vary. Programs include Printmaking and Sculptural Books, Printmaking and Sculptural Books, Exploring Digital Photography and others. Art Buzz Kids CAmp Wine and Design, 640 Merrimon Ave., Asheville • 255-2442 • wineanddesignus.com/Asheville.html • Asheville@wineanddesignus.com Kids create a canvas art project, along with other arts and crafts. Themes include Buzzing Around Town, Art Around the World, Learn from the Best and more. Art Buzz Kids Summer Camp 2013, Ages 6-14, June 17-Aug. 2, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Asheville musiC sChool 126 College St., Asheville • 252-6244 • downtownams@ gmail.com • downtownams@gmail.com Young musicians, both experienced and aspiring, are invited to practice their craft with some of the area's most accomplished teachers. All camps will be held at Asheville Music School, 126 College St. Placement auditions are April 27-28.
Emory, fourth grade, Claxton
Jazz Band with Gary Bradley, Ages 9-17, June 17-21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Intermediate and advanced skill levels are welcome. Placement auditions on April 27 and 28. Students will be placed in ensembles based on skill level. • Piano Band with Frank Argento, Ages 8-17, June 17-21, 9 a.m.-noon, Intermediate-advanced skill levels are welcome. Placement auditions on April 27 and 28. Students will be placed in ensembles based on skill level. • Rock/Pop Camp: Sing and play in a band, Ages 9-17, June 24-28 and July 8-12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Intermediate-advanced skill levels are welcome. Placement auditions on April 27 and 28. Students will be placed in ensembles based on skill level. Contemporary and classic rock and pop music will be covered. • Ukulele Camp!, Ages 6-12, June 24-28, 9 a.m.-noon or 1 p.m.-4 p.m., Bring your own instrument, or one can be provided for you. • Family and Beginner Piano & Percussion Camp, Ages 6-12, June 24-28, 9 a.m.-noon, Bring you own instruments, or one can be provided for you. This can be combined with the Ukulele Camp for a full day camp. See camp website for more. Asheville performing Arts ACAdemy 210 Merrimon Ave., Asheville • 253-4000 • ashevilleperformingartsacademy.com/camps • theapaa@gmail.com Bring the arts to life this summer! Asheville Performing Arts Academy is the perfect place for creative energy to grow. This summer we will put on a show in one week all summer long, sharing the shows with family and friends on Friday of camp. All camps accept preschool through 8th graders. MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. • June 10-14, Cinderella, Kids! • June 17-21, Jungle Book, Kids! • June 24-28, Willy Wonka, Kids! • July 1-5, 101 Dalmations, Kids! • July 8-12, Sleeping Beauty, Kids! & Superheros to the Rescue! • July 15-19, Aladdin, Kids! • July 22-26, Winnie the Pooh, Kids! • July 29-Aug. 2, Aristocats, Kids!
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ballet conservatory of asheville 6 E. Chestnut St. • 255-5777 • balletconservatoryofasheville.com • info@ balletconservatoryofasheville.com During summer 2013, Ballet Conservatory of Asheville offers a wide variety of open classes, including ballet, pointe, jazz, hip-hop, and modern, as well as "themed" ballet workshops for children. These classes and workshops are ideal for any dancer from beginner to professional. All sessions Monday through Friday • Midsummer Night's Dream Week, Ballet and modern, Ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 11, June 10-14, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • Broadway Week, June 17-21, Dance Workshop: Ballet, modern, jazz and tap, Ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 11, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., Theatre Workshop: Acting, voice, choreography, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Ages 7 to 9 and 10 to 12 • Sleeping Beauty Week, Ballet, modern and jazz, July 22-26, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 11 • Swan Lake Week, Ballet, modern and jazz, July 29-Aug. 2, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 11 • Coppelia Week, Ballet and Modern, Aug. 5-9, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 11. black mountain center for the arts 225 W. State St., Black Mountain • 669-0930 • blackmountainarts.org • admin@blackmountainarts.org Kids K through 3rd grade are invited to scenic Black Mountain for morning classes (9 a.m.-noon) in visual arts, music and creative dance. bridge camp at historic Johnson farm 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville • 850-509-6163 • youth4bridge.org • janeschampion@yahoo.com Introduction to bridge, the international card game. A fun and competitive mind sport that improves grades, requires teamwork in partnership play, encourages competition and fosters great sportsmanship. Morning lessons, picnic lunch on beautiful historic farm with outdoor activities followed by afternoon hands-on card play and competition.
Photo by seventh-grader Ella Brown of sister, Wynter; home-school
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Free Summer Bridge Camps at the Historic Johnson Farm, Rising 5th through 9th grade, June 24-28 or July 8-12, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring bag lunch, Wear enclosed, comfortable shoes for lunchtime activities.
574 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806 www.RMCS.org - 828.254.9264
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ARCHERY! MUSIC! WORKSHOPS + MORE! QORDS Queer Oriented Rock/Rap Day School July 29 - August 3 • Camp Ginger Cascades • Lenoir, NC • Youth ages 12-17 No musical experience needed! • Payment plans & Scholarships available! VISIT
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Let your child explore the wonder of summer with a variety of exciting, educational and funfilled camps at ASHEVILLE MONTESSORI SCHOOL! Your child will learn and grow with fun hands-on experiences! Each week has a theme…so join us for an adventuresome camp of your choice!
Asheville Montessori School offering parents a true educational alternative! Two convenient locations: North Campus at 360 Weaverville Road, Asheville, NC 28804 The Children’s House at 15 Julia Street, Asheville, NC 28801 (behind Claxton Elementary)
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get your FLu shot! I think that everybody in Western North Carolina should get a flu shot soon. I think this because this is one of the worst flu seasons WNC has ever seen. Over 1,000 people have the flu this season in WNC alone. Nobody wants to get the flu so everybody should get a flu shot today! The flu shot is a fast and easy process. I know this because when I got my flu shot it took less than three seconds. … At the time I wrote this three of my friends had the flu. All of them didn’t get a flu shot. I think everybody should get a flu shot and so do professional doctors. This is one of the worst flu season in WNC so get a flu shot today. Free flu shot located at … Heath and Humans Service on Coxe Avenue. — Will Esmond, fifth grade, Claxton Elementary
See www.ashevillemontessorischool.com or call 828-645-3433
In Celebration of the Week of the Young Child Smart Start of Buncombe County Presents
Animalia Puppet Show
is a child-friendly performance by puppeteer Hobey Ford, that explores the inner workings of the natural world with a wide variety of animal puppets. Suggested for children ages 2-10.
April 14th, 4pm at The Orange Peel
Tickets $8
Each family will receive one Peeper hand puppet at the show.
To purchase tickets visit The Orange Peel box office or www.theorangepeel.net
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center stage summer theme camps 38-L Rosscraggon Road, Asheville • 654-7010 • centerstage1.com • dance@centerstage1.com Center Stage Summer Theme Camps are a week of dance studio fun with a unique theme for each camp. Center Stage offers a safe, fun environment for students to learn new skills and express their creativity. Daily activities include manners and etiquette, and classes in dance, music, art and theater led by professional dance instructors. Weekly camps feature a photo shoot on Wednesday, water day on Thursday and an informal parent show on Friday for family and friends. Also included is a personalized souvenir photograph and camp T-shirt! Contact the camp for a full list of programs, dates and rates. art adventures camp at Fired up! creative Lounge 26 Wall St., Asheville and 433 N. Church St., Hendersonville • 253-8181 • fireduplounge.com • info@fireduplounge.com Art-intensive summer camp offering specialized instruction and a wide variety of projects. Painting, clay, mosaics, glass and more. Aftercare also available. Dates and times vary at each location. Ages 5-12, June 10-July 26, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
What’s in my JournaL The click of a new Laptop The clinks of a Wind Chime The smell of a Sharpie The aroma of sizzling Bacon The sight of a Butterfly The thought of a Book The taste of an icy scoop of cream The touch of a Brand New Pair of Jeans And the Square Chains on my School notebook paper. And wherever I am, I cross my legs to Always be There. And if my soul were to fly, The creature it would be The type Of small, unique, one of a kind Bird It would be Is a Humming bird. And the nectar it would suck, Would be from the Passion Flower Pretty, Purple and Loved. — Carly Oreck, sixth grade, Carolina Day School
JoyFuL noise summer camp 30 Alabama Ave., Weaverville • 649–2828 • joyfulnoisecenter.org • joyfulnoisecamp@yahoo.com Joyful Noise presents a summer program for string players ages 7-18, from early intermediate to advanced. Ages 7-18, July 8-12, This eclectic camp offers string orchestra, chamber music, masterclass instruction, and a daily concert hour, as well as an array of electives in Music Mind Games, fiddle, dance, drama, visual arts and more. Students will have the opportunity to perform with their orchestra and chamber ensembles at the end of the week in the Camp Showcase Concert on Friday, July 12, at 4 p.m. Lees-mcrae academic summer camps 191 Main St., Banner Elk • 898-8772 • lmc.edu/whats_happening/ summer_camps/academic-camps.htm • austinb@lmc.edu Lees-McRae College offers a variety of summer camps for students who seek excitement both in and out of the classroom in a summer climate that is unrivaled. Whether they hit the bike trails or take to the stage, Lees-McRae
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has a camp for your child in a safe and enriching environment. Wildlife Rehabilitation and Field Studies Camp, Rising 9th through 12th grade, June 15-21 or July 7-12 • Participants will experience the academic side of wildlife biology and wildlife rehabilitation programs and work with patients at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Institute (BRWI). • Creative and Performing Arts High School Camp, Rising 9th- through 12th grade, June 15-21 or June 22-28 • Outdoor Leadership and Adventure Camp, 9th through 12th grade, June 15-21 • Advanced Wildlife Studies Camp, 9th through 12th grade, June 22-28 • Successful participants will have either attended a previous wildlife camp at Lees-McRae College before or have received a strong recommendation from his/her science teacher as being an advanced wildlife or science student with promise for success in the field. M’s school of Art suMMer dAy cAMps 302 Davis St., Hendersonville • 329-1329 • msartschool.com • m.rathsack.art@hotmail.com Located in the artsy Cottage District off Kanuga Road, “M” offers a well-rounded repertoire of art instruction for the beginner and accomplished artist of all ages. Painting Camp, Ages 5-8, June 24-28, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Ages 9-12 June 24-28, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. • Clay Camp, Ages 5-8, June 17-21 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Ages 9-12, June 17-21 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Ages 5-8, Aug. 5-9 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Ages 9-12, Aug. 5-9, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. • Drawing Camp, Ages 5-8, July 8-12, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Ages 9-12, July 8-12, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Ages 5-8, Aug. 12-16, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Ages 9-12, Aug. 12-16, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. • Funky Art Camp, Ages 5-8 July 22-26 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Ages 9-12, July 22-26, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. • Fiber Art Camp, Ages 5-8, June 10-149 a.m.-12 p.m. Ages 9-12, June 10-14, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Visit the camp’s website for info on other summer programs. Music AcAdeMy of Asheville suMMer cAMps 1408 Patton Ave. Suite F, Asheville • 252-1888 • musicacademyasheville.com • anne@musicacademyasheville.com Do what you love, just do it better at The Music Academy Asheville with some of the best instructors in North Carolina! Making music since 1996, director Anne Coombs and faculty teach hundreds of private lessons to students of all ages, from complete beginner to advanced.
“Sailing,” by Kejon Griffin, eighth grade, AMS and Delta House
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Musical Theatre Workshop, Ages 12 and up, June 17-24, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Join professional actor and singer, Wendy Jones as she presents a musical
Rooted in the past, Grounded on the present, Growing into the future Swannanoa is a beautifully rustic co-ed camp nestled in the foothills of the Great Craggy Mountains, only 15 minutes from Asheville. Spend the day swimming, hiking, rock climbing, doing arts & crafts, archery… and that is just the beginning!
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A Great Idea for Summer! Summer programs will begin the week of June 17, 2013 • Three Non-Competitive Performing Companies • Limited Class Sizes for All Ages • Developing Self Esteem by Promoting a Positive Body Image • Ages 2 through 92
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A RoAd UntRAveled theater workshop for singers. • Jazz Vocal Workshop, Ages 14 and up, July 15-19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Led by professional jazz singer and educator Wendy Jones, students will learn about America’s Music while receiving instruction in proper jazz vocal technique, beginning improvisation, song interpretation and ensemble singing. • Musical Experience, July 1-5 and 29-Aug. 2. Ages 7-12. Explore the basics of music theory, group and solo performance and composition with voice, hand percussion and the recorder.
If I had to choose, between right or left, I would choose niether. I would forge my own path. Go my own way, hoping footsteps would follow me someday. I would make a new road untraveled Since the others busy now I would make my own day and see a new way If I had to choose between right or left I would go straight
Rock AcAdemy! 1408 Patton Ave., Asheville • 252-1888 • rockacademync.com • anne@rockacademync.com
— Mercy Beveridge, Asheville Middle School
Rock Academy Summer Camp is the place for young musicians to meet and play with others who want the coolest of summer camp experiences. Students spend one week, in a hands-on atmosphere, at our Rock Academy rehearsal space, perfecting their performance skills as individuals and, most importantly, as a band.
My love, My life, Asheville
It’s the place I know best, the place I love. My place, my home. Every time I say goodbye my mind spins, I land in a memory a long time back … I’m three years old, it’s my first day of preschool. I’m getting my special breakfast That’s my mind, like a video camera that never turns off, no delete button. When I land in a memory of a long time ago it’s like I’m pressing the rewind button, my special times, alone when I’m at home in Montford, sometimes in Weaverville, in a noisy crowd at LEAF, or trying to calm myself at school after a friendship issue. Trying to let things go, it always works. A love, my love, It is my love, my life, my home in Asheville.
Ages 9-17, June 10-14 and 24-28; July 8-12 and 22-26, Camps include music theory instruction; rock music appreciation; live performance skills; composition and arrangement; group instruction with music professionals; and a live rock show performance for all of your friends and family. Contact Asheville Music Academy for specifics and rates.
Mad Divas roller-derby teammate “Glitter Mouth,” by 16-year-old Anastasia Luibel, known as “Wylde Anna Maul”
235 Duncan Road, Hendersonville • 693-3726 • wncmusicacademy.com/ summer-programs • mike@wncmusicacademy.com Mountain Dulcimer Day Camp Rising 4th through 8th grade • July 22-26 9 a.m.-noon Assemble and learn to play a Mountain Dulcimer. • Beginning Orchestral Strings Day Camp • Rising 4th through 8th grade • July 22-26 9 a.m.-noon • Beginning string students will learn violin, viola, or cello in this exciting five-day camp.
— Sophie Ewing, fourth grade The Learning Community
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Phil Mechanic Studios 109 Roberts St., Asheville • 777-3345 • richmondsstudio.com/Summercamp.html • admin@richmonds-studio.com
The French Broad River, so sleek and so long Shining in the sunshine as I paddle along We weave through rapids and paddle under vines Thank you so much river, I had such a grand time! — by Hope Robinson, third Grade, TLC
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Fine Art taught by Asheville contemporary artists Richmond Smith, James Cassara and Celia Barbieri in the River Arts District.
Photo by Charlie McKenzie, eigth grade, Carolina Day
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Summer Art Camps, Ages K through 12th grade, June 10-Aug. 2, seven weeklong sessions., Two daily sessions: 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., Classes include Introduction to Sculpture, Pop Art Portraits, Marvelous Marionette
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“It’s hard to learn inside when all you have are pictures. When you’re in the outdoors, you get to learn and live it first-hand.” — TYLER, PISGAH FOREST ELEMENTARY STUDENT
Join us for a week of dance studio fun each with a unique theme!
Center Stage offers a safe, fun environment for campers to learn new skills and express their creativity. Daily activities include manners and etiquette, and classes in dance, music, art and theater led by professional dance instructors. Weekly camps feature a photo shoot on Wednesday, water day on Thursday and an informal parent show on Friday for family and friends. Also included is a personalized souvenir photograph and camp t-shirt!
June 10-14
July 15-19
Petite Dance Camp (ages 3-5)
Shake It Up (ages 3-5 & 6-8) two camps are offered
June 17-21
July 22-26
American Girl (ages 3-5 & 6-8) Join the movement, become a Muddy Sneakers Community Sponsor! We need your community support to sustain our programs and grow to reach more students in WNC and beyond. Visit www.muddysneakers.org to find out how you too can help reconnect children with nature! We are excited to announce Muddy Sneakers’ first summer day camp! Join our team of trained naturalists as we continue the adventure this summer. Through hands-on, experiential teaching, campers will gain a deep understanding of the natural world and have the opportunity to explore the peaks, creeks, and wild woodlands that make western NC so magical. Please call the Muddy Sneakers office or visit the camp website www.campmuddysneakers.org for more information!
P.O. Box 146 Brevard, NC 28712 (828) 862-5560
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Pinkalicious (ages 3-5) Dancing Days (ages 6-8)
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July 29-August 2
June 24-28
Tea Party (ages 3-5) Mannerly Me (ages 6-8)
Princess For A Week (ages 3-5) Queen of Pop (ages 6-8)
July 8-12
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Broadway Bound (ages 3-5 & 6-8)
Fairy Tale Fun (ages 3-5) Fashion Week (ages 6-8)
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the great outdoors I woke up on a Saturday morning and … remembered that I’m going kayaking with my dad [on the French Broad River]. … I gobble my breakfast up in a matter of eight minutes! Then I bolt back upstairs and open my closet and pull out some jeans, a yellow shirt and some blue flip flops. … I asked my Dad, “Did you pack the stuff?” “Last night, Sweetie,” he answered. We jump in the car and we arrive. We put the kayaks in the water. I climb in, I start to paddle. My hair blows in the wind. I feel amazing, and that’s the only thing that matters. — Elle Brown, 3rd Grade, The Learning Community
Puppetry and more. Visit the camp’s website for specifics, dates and rates. roots + wings school summer creativity camps 3 Angle St., Asheville (additional locations too) • 545-4827 • rootsandwingsarts. com • info@rootsandwingsarts.com Our camps will explore an even larger variety of art and design mediums this summer! Visit our website www.rootsandwingsarts.com or call 545-4827 for more information. Hours and locations vary, Ages 3-17, June 10-July 29, Our camps will explore an even larger variety of art and design mediums this summer! “Inklings,” by Grace McKeon, home-school, featuring her brother
We got our tubes in the water and we hopped in. … We got started. We had to get the hang of tubing. We wanted to go to the middle of the river. We were at a little intersection, we went right. But that was a dead end! So we went left. It was like a little tunnel [and] we thought that we were lost! So we turned back around, but we didn’t know how to get back. [But] we got back to the little intersection and went back to dry off. We sat in the grass and ate lunch. We had fun tubing on the French Broad River! — Bea Perez, 3rd grade, TLC
574 Haywood Road • 242-6699 • rmcs. org • campsoarrainbow@gmail.com The camps will be held on the campus of Rainbow Mountain Children's School and taught by three seasoned teachers who are also artists. Art, art history, English literacy concepts, community service and Spanish language practice are all integrated into one fun creative camp. Rising 1st through 4th grade, Contact camp for times and rates. • Sculpture & The Natural World, July 8 • Photography & Bookmaking, July 15 • Drawing & Murals, July 22. tanglewood summer camp
When I first stepped on the trail with my mom it was magical. I started running — my mom and I ran for 2 ½ hours. We played chase and we weaved through the trees. My mom and I listened to the birds sing. Finally, we lay in a pile of leaves before we went home. — Fields Wright, 4th grade, TLC In my opinion, Asheville is the most awesome place to camp. Do you like to camp? If you do, then Montreat Campgrounds and Briar Bottom are two of the greatest. If you like adventure camping, Montreat Campgrounds is the best. At Briar Bottom there are trees for hammocks and flat spaces for tents and fire pits. At Montreat Campgrounds you have some hiking trails, flat space for tents, trees for hammocks, and a fire pit. Camping is fun, so come on over to Asheville! — Jackson Zeh, third grade, TLC
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summer of art at rainbow mountain
35 E. Walnut St. • 254-1320 • ashevilletheatre.org • chanda@ashevilletheatre.org Tanglewood Youth Theatre has long been a successful and inspirational part of children’s creative education in Western North Carolina. Our faculty represents some of the finest talent in the area, and we are thrilled to have them at Tanglewood. Session One, Ages 5-7, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Ages 8-15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., June 17-28 • Session Two, Ages 8-15, July 29-Aug. 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. • Advanced Camp, (Offered to veteran campers ages 13-17, by permission only.), Ages 13-17, July 2-Aug. 9, 9 a.m-4 p.m. toy boat circus camp! 101 Fairview Road, Suite B, Asheville • 505-8657 • toyboatcommunityartspace.com • classes@toyboatcommunityartspace.com
Osha, fifth grade, Claxton
Run away with the circus for a week to learn trapeze, silks, juggling, magic, slapstick comedy, acrobatics and more! Participants will work with
members of The Runaway Circus and 40 Fingers. This exciting week culminates in a student show open to family, friends and the general public! Circus Explosion, Ages 5-6, June 24-28, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Circus Explorers, Ages 7-10, June 24-28, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Circus Extravagantus, Ages 11-15, June 24-28, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. True Ink Summer WrITIng CampS Thomas Wolfe house and other sites • 215-9002 • true-ink.org • janet@ true-ink.org True Ink's summer camps are active and experiential, with a low teacher/student ratio. Most combine writing with other art forms including illustration, animation, spoken word and more. Of course, some camps focus on creative writing, including mystery and humor. Programs are held at the Thomas Wolfe house and other sites. Rising 2nd through 8th grade, June 18-Juy 19, in sessions of varying length., Programs include Laugh Factory Humor Writing, Animation and Moviemaking and the Slam This! Summer Spoken Word Intensive. Contact the camp for specifics, dates and rates. The vIllage poTTerS Summer Clay CampS The Village Potters, Riverview Station, 191 Lyman St., #180, Asheville • 253-2424 • thevillagepotters.com/pottery-classes/ kids-classes-workshops-camps/summercamps • info@thevillagepotters.com Summer Clay Camps are weeklong day camps, with sessions in the morning and afternoon. Each session will include time on the potter’s wheel and a hand-building project that incorporates a variety of construction techniques: slab, coil, pinch/pull, and more. From the Book to the Clay, Ages 6-11 (Camp A), Ages 12-17 (Camp B), Monday-Friday, June 17-21 • Camp A: 9 a.m.-noon, Camp B: 2-5 p.m. daily, All materials included • Beads, Buttons and Books, Ages 6-11 (Camp A), Ages 12-17 (Camp B), Monday through Friday, July 8-12, Camp A: 9 a.m.-noon, Camp B: 2-5 p.m., All materials included • Portraits & Pedestals (sculpture), Ages 6-11 (Camp A), Ages 12-17 (Camp B), Monday through Friday, July 15-19, Camp A: 9 a.m.-noon, Camp B: 2-5 p.m., All materials included • Taking Flight (Birdhouses!), Ages 6-11 (Camp A), Ages 12-17 (Camp B), Monday through Friday, July 22-26, Camp A: 9 a.m.-noon, Camp B: 2-5 p.m. All materials included. WrITe noW 1 University Heights, Asheville • 250-2353 • agc.unca.edu/ write-now • nwilliam@unca.edu
Kids in Parks provides a network of family-friendly trails, called TRACK Trails, that connect various public lands in an attempt to get kids “un-plugged,” outdoors and reconnected with nature for their health and the health of our parks.
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I was 8 when I went on my first TRACK Trail hike. I am 10 now and I have hiked 7 trails. What I like best is being outside and seeing the things in nature. I like the scavenger hunt brochures best because they make me notice more. My favorite trail was Andy Cove because of the swinging bridges. (The only trail I didn't like [had] so much poison ivy we had to stop and go back to the car.) My favorite disc golf course is Enka because it is flatter and you can see the baskets more easily than at Owen which has a lot of hills. It is also close to my house and where my sister goes to high school. … TRACK … get you outside and you do things with your family. — Gracie Rudisill, age 10 I was four years old when I went on my first hike. My grandparents got me started with the Kids in Parks program. I am not sure how many TRACK Trails I have done, but I have done a lot of them. My favorite thing about TRACK Trails is all of nature. Nature makes me feel not alone. … My favorite thing
about hiking is that I love to see all the animals running around, and some of them sleeping in trees, and all of nature around me. One time I went on a hike with my grandparents and I took a lot of pictures of nature. On a hike one time, I saw a really big green mushroom growing under a bush. [But] If I could go for a hike anywhere in the world, it would be somewhere in the Taiga Forest, [which] is largest Forest in the world; it is in Canada and Alaska. My mom lived in Canada when she was little and she went walking in the woods a lot when she was 8 years old. — Carter Bell, age 8 I am 7 1/2 years old and I have hiked a lot of trails. My mom says we started hiking them when they opened. I think the TRACKS Trails program is awesome, because there are so many cool things on them like bouncy bridges and canyons you can slide down and cool trees you can climb. I really like trees you can sit on or lie down on. If I could go hiking anywhere in
the world I would like to go hiking in the rainforests. — Mia Veteto, age 7 ½ Wytheville's Crystal Springs [is my favorite trail], because there were rhododendron tunnels at the spring and I tried to catch little fish with the net from the TRACK Pack. Or Chimney Rock, because of the GIANT spider! [Kids on TRACK trails should] wear tennis shoes and bring a water bottle. And an extra change of clothes because you never know what you might do! And some food for a snack.— Aurora Randolph, Kids in Parks provides a network of family friendly trails, called TRACK Trails, that connect various public lands in an attempt to get kids “un-plugged,” outdoors and reconnected with nature for their health and the health of our parks. Each TRACK Trail has a series of brochure-led self-guided adventures designed to turn an ordinary hike into a fun-filled adventure. — kidsinparks. com/trails.
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"Write Now," a summer creativewriting program for high school students, will be offered at UNCA June 17-28. Three of Asheville's finest writing teachers will lead classes in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.
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Write Now, High-school age, June 17-28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
“ Yo u r clo t h di ape r & b a by we a r i ng h e adqua rte rs .”
FR EE C lo t h Di ape r & Ba by we a r i ng C l as se s
EVERY MONTH! Call or drop by for more info
647 Haywood Rd. ~ West Asheville ~ 253-4747 thelittlestbirds.com
BY DONALD MARGULIES
Young EntrEprEnEurial ScholarS (YES!) A-B Tech Enka Site, Small Business Center • 398-7951 • abtech.edu/ yes-camp • cramm@abtech.edu A-B Tech's YES! Camps offer practical experience in a relaxed, social environment, helping middle- and high-school age students to gain understanding of entrepreneurship as a viable career option and learn about resources in their community; to generate business ideas to create an atmosphere of fun and more. Middle School YES! Academy Summer Camp, July 22-26, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., A-B Tech Enka Site, Small Business Center • High School YES! Summer Camp, June 24-28, MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., A-B Tech Enka Site, Small Business Center.
A PLAY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
MARCH 27 - APRIL 21, 2013 “hush now — for I am about to tell you a story...” Student tickets as low as $5. More information at immediatetheatre.org or call the box office at 828-239-0263, or in person at 15 Stage Ln • ncstage.org
Youth SummEr opErEtta Trinity Presbyterian Church, 17 Shawnee Trail, Asheville • 273-6462 • operacreations.org • ashevilleoperacreations@gmail.com Music and drama camp for late elementary through high school. July 22 – July 26 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Training begins two weeks prior to camp with individual vocal training Audition Date: Saturday, June 1st 10:00 am St. Mark's Lutheran. Scholarships available. Late elementary through high school, July 22 to July 26, with performance on July 27, 9 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Must love to sing! YouthEatrE 1855 Little River Road, Flat Rock • 693-3517 • ytrocks.com • yt@flatrockplayhouse.org Contact the camp for more info on dates and rates. Pre-K to rising 12th grade, June 3-Aug. 9, Half-day (9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.) and full-day (10 a.m.-3 p.m.), 1- and 2-week sessions. • Flat Rock offers programs musical theater, dance (ballet, theater dance and hip-hop), drama, improvisation, voice, visual arts, simulated combat, audition strategies and more.
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Youth BridgE camp Asheville Bridge Room, Riverridge Mall, Asheville • 658-9398 • wncbridge. com • lindan49@charter.net Free one-week introduction to the card game of bridge. It is a fun and competitive mind sport that improves academic skills in math and reasoning, requires teamwork in partnership play, encourages competition and fosters great sportsmanship. Provides orientation for a lifetime activity. Parents welcome to participate. Middle-school age students, June 17-21, 9 a.m.-noon.
at h l E t i c S aBYSa FundamEntalS SoccEr camp John B. Lewis Soccer Complex at Azalea Park, Asheville • 299-7277 • abysa.org/camps/fundamentals • recsoccer@abysa.org Asheville-Buncombe Youth Soccer Association's FUNdamentals Soccer Camp offers a games-centered teaching approach to soccer education, creating an exciting and entertaining environment designed to boost player learning. The FUNdamentals teaching method is designed to enrich players' passion for soccer while teaching them the proper techniques for future soccer success. Ages 5-14, June 3-Aug. 8, Nine separate weeks of camp. Contact camp for details. airBornE gYmnaSticS 85 P. E. M. Drive (off Sugarloaf Road), Hendersonville • 697-0084 • airbornegymnastics.org/summer--winter-camp. html • airbornegym@att.net Campers will wear themselves out with gymnastics activities including bars, games, trampoline, balance beam, tumbling, parachute, crafts and much more. Daily snacks will be provided. Campers will need to bring a water bottle and lunch every day. All camps coed • Half-Day Camp, Ages potty trained-12, Time: MondayFriday from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Full-Day Camp, Ages 5-12, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. • June 3-7, Moving & Grooving, June 10-14, Pirates & Princesses, June 17-21, Creative Cooks, June 24-28, Splish! Splash! Water Bash!, July 1-5, Imaginarium!, July 8-12, Messy! Messy! Messy!, July 15-19, Treasure Hunters!, July 22-26, Super Soakin', July 29-Aug. 2, Mad Scientist, Aug. 5-9, Artful Antics, Aug. 12-16, To Be Announced.
The LITTLe Gym of AshevILLe AnyTIme summer CAmps 1000 Brevard Road, Suite 168, Asheville • 667-9588 • tlgashevillenc. com Contact Camp for dates and rates. Ages 3-10, Activities include gymnastics, crafts and more. Offered, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Flexible schedule lets campers come "anytime." Cost varies. Open passes available. BILTmore equesTrIAn CenTer summer proGrAms 1 Lodge St., Asheville • 225-1454 • biltmore.com/equestriancamp • emclean@biltmore.com Biltmore Equestrian Center's horseback riding camps let kids gallop and lope through the summer, learning basic horsemanship skills and the thrill and companionship of the equestrian experience. May include jumping. Camps are open to kids 8 and up. Visit the website for programs and info. CLImBmAx CLImBInG summer proGrAms 43 Wall St. • 252-9996 • climbmaxnc. com • stuart@climbmaxnc.com hICkory nuT GAp fArm CAmp The Hamilton residence, 1858 Charlotte Highway, Fairview • 628-2616 • sites. google.com/site/hickorynutgapfarmsummercamp In Fairview, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, centrally located between historic Asheville and the Hickory Nut Gorge containing Chimney Rock Park and Lake Lure, sisters Annie Ager and Susie Hamilton host an annual summer day camp program for boys and girls ages ages 6 to 13. Ages 6 to 13, June 17-July19 (five, one-week sessions), Centered around horseback riding, but we offer many other activities such as art and pottery classes and fun outdoor theater skits that campers will enjoy participating in every day. nInjA kIds CLuB 640 Merrimon Ave., Suite 207, Asheville • 280-0624 • ashevilleninjakidsclub. com • ninjakidsclub@gmail.com Join us for a series of fun yet focused martial arts sessions! Students will progress through a curriculum that builds character, safety skills and physical ability, while fostering healthy habits and building friendships. All levels welcome. All camps Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon.,
Ages 5-11 • Ninjas in the Trees, July 15-19, We study the trees, solid yet fluid, and cultivate our own balance and flexibility. Physical Skills: balance and flexibility. Values: honesty and mental flexibility. Guest Class: yoga • Breath of Fire, July 22–26, We study breath and pacing our energy, improving physical agility and spatial awareness. Physical Skills: agility and spatial awareness. Values: bravery and awareness. Guest Class: Qi Gong • Ninja Flying Lessons, July 29–Aug. 2, We study an empty mind and moving well with others, improving our coordination and rhythm. Physical Skills: coordination and timing. Values: collaboration and perseverance. Guest Class: meditation.
Spanish, French and Mandarin classes for children ages 18 months to 11 years old.
Spring Registration is Now Open
828-761-1679 • www.langoasheville.com
pLAyBALL summer CAmp 223 Hillside St., Asheville • 575-3000 • facebook.com/playballasheville • maxyplayball@gmail.com Camp will be held outside every day, weather permitting. Outdoor games include relay races, coordination an obstaclecourse exercises and more. Indoor activities include crafts and exercises in spatial awareness, teamwork and communication. Ages 3-6, July 1-Aug. 8, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Coach Maxy Moyle leads kids teaches creative lessons through sports, with opportunities to learn new skills, make new friends and gain confidence and boost self-esteem. Each activity focuses on balance, coordination, speed and how to have fun in a team. sCouT / nInjA CAmp 10 Murphy Blvd., Canton • 280-0847 • lotswild.com • lotswilderness@gmail.com Students learn traditional and authentic ninja skills from licensed teachers in this tradition. Climbing, crawling, swimming, jumping, tumbling and wilderness training including edible plants, tracking, fire skills and safety, teamwork, shuriken, archery, blowguns, woodworking, navigation, sailing, knots and ropes, all make up our program. Ten years of excellence! Land of the Sky Wilderness School • Ages 4-adult (various programs), June 3-Aug. 10. TennIs CAmps 200 Racquet Club Road • 274-336 • ashevilleracquetclub.com At ARC South we a variety of activities such as tennis, soccer, racquetball, sports performance training and swimming. Tennis Camps, At ARC South we offer two camps, each with special attention to tennis, but not limited to tennis alone. We have the capacity to offer a variety of activities such as tennis, soccer, racquetball, sports performance training and swimming.
55 Buckeye Cove Rd, Suite 200A, Canton, NC (828) 648-1711
15 Facility Drive, Clyde, NC (828) 452-2211
(Just off I-40 exit 31)
The Pediatric Specialists of “Haywood Pediatrics” provide comprehensive healthcare to the children and adolescents of Haywood, Buncombe, Jackson and surrounding counties. With 2 conveniently located offices in Canton (close to Candler) and Clyde, our board certified providers offer continuous access to care, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
Call today to Schedule Your Camp or Sports Physical Morning walk-in clinic, Same day appointments, Late hours and Weekend hours.
Call us today at (828) 452-2211 or visit our website at www.haywoodpediatrics.com
Come visit Papoose in Downtown Asheville! We carry: Tea Collection, Dwell Studio, Ergobaby, Boba, Kavu, Lifefactory, Jefferies Socks and Huggalugs. We also offer • Local and Handmade Clothes • Hair Accessories • Stuffed Animals • Diapers • Nursery Decor • Bedding • Teething Necklaces & Bath Products! Check out the coolest consignment in Asheville, sizes 0-14, dedicated to higher end and edgy Asheville Style clothes and accessories! We can't wait to see you!
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE’S ONLY DEDICATED CHILDREN’S CLOTHING & ACCESSORY STORE! ACROSS FROM CHAI PANI
(828) 505-7879
21 Battery Park Ave, Ste 102 Downtown Asheville Mon-Thurs11-6 Fri/Sat 11-8 • Sun 1-6
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Workshops For: - Painting, Clay & Drawing - Fiber & Funky Art 9am-12pm & 2pm-5pm 828-329-1329 ages 5-15 • register online at
www.msartschool.com
Mr. K’s
Used Books, MUsic and More
Asheville’s lArgest Used Bookstore
New & Used: Books • CDs Video Games • Books on Tape • DVDs BUY • seLL • TRAde
Large Selection of New and Used Children and Young Adult Books at Great Prices! *Mr. K’s has summer required reading titles. Open Mon. - sat. 9am-9pm • sun. 12-6pm • 800 Fairview Rd. River Ridge Shopping Center • Beside A.C. Moore • Hwy 240 exit #8
299-1145 • www.mrksonline.com
• Camps are June through August, The Little Sneakers Camp, Ages 4-7, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–noon • The All Day Sports Camp, Ages 7-14, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
N at u r e , S c i e N c e aNd techNology BrickS 4 kidz lego campS Asheville's Fun Depot • 606-4827 • bricks4kidz.com/asheville • wland@ bricks4kidz.com Bricks 4 Kidz camps are educational and full of Lego fun! Camps are half-day and have different themes each week. Themes include Space/Star Wars, Ninjago, Minecraft, Amazing Animals and more! Camps are held in the conference room at Fun Depot. Bricks 4 Kidz, Ages 6-12, June 10-Aug. 16, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. camp iNveNtioN UNCA campus and other locales • 350-6632 • invent.org/camp/default. aspx • campinvention@invent.org A hands-on, fun, and creative summer program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation for rising first- to sixth-graders held at Vance Elementary. Campers save avatars by rebuilding a virtual world, bring robotic creatures to life, and explore fascinating molecular patterns found in the world around them. Camp Invention: Camp Innovate, Rising 1st through 6th grade, July 12-16, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. diScovery camp 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, Tenn • 865-448-6709 • gsmit.org • mail@ gsmit.org It’s a place to explore nature while getting down and dirty with the forests, rivers, and critters that make these mountains home. Search for salamanders, collect insects, experience the awesome power of a waterfall, hike through wilderness and cool off in the swimming hole. Discovery Camp, ages 9-12, June 10-15, June 24-29 and June 15-20. Field ecology adveNture 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, Tenn. 37882 • 865-448-6709 • gsmit.org • mail@gsmit.org This camp is an opportunity for you to learn more about the natural world and the methods scientists use to study it by participating in real science projects in
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the park. Experience hands-on studies of everything from bugs to bears and hellbenders to land snails. Field Ecology Adventure, July 15-25. FreNch Broad river campS P.O. Box 15488, Asheville • 252-8474 • riverlink.org/camps.asp • information@riverlink.org French Broad River Camps educate and empower the next generation of watershed stewards. The River Camps will provide the opportunity for rising 3rd- through 8th-grade students to spend a week of their summer exploring the river and its watershed. The curriculum will include hands-on environmental river recreation, and service-learning projects. Rising 3rd through 8th grade, Weeklong sessions run June 10 through July 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. • Typical activities include: Kids in the Creek water quality testing; Enviroscape watershed model; Project WET lessons; River games; Nature Journals; Rafting and tubing trips. Campers meet each morning and afternoon for drop-off and pick-up at the French Broad River Park at the intersection of Riverview Drive and Amboy Road in Asheville. high-tech day campS Movement and Learning Center, 6 Hickory Terrace, Asheville • 423-4046 • tek-kids.com • ianridd@yahoo.com High-Tech Day Camp is project-based and the students learn by doing. There are also physical activities to make sure that a technology-based camp is not a sitting-in-the-chair-all-day camp. There is an hour for outdoor lunch and I supply sports equipment to encourage games. Ages 9-16, June 17-Aug. 1, All camps are 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Wednesday or Thursday, Programs include video game design, computer programming, tech-tronics and mush more. Visit the camp's website for specifics, dates and rates. Nature explorerS camp 33 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville • 698-6104 • www.bullingtoncenter. org • jmurphy@ncsu.edu Two camps are held each summer, one for rising 3rd-6th graders and another for special-needs teens. Campers explore plants and wildlife found in the forests, streams, fields and gardens of North Carolina with hands-on activities. Led by experienced teachers and outdoor experts. Summer ScieNce iNteNSiveS 2 S. Pack Square, Asheville • 254-7162
• colburnmuseum.wordpress.com/summerscience • lmiddleton@colburnmuseum.org A summer science intensive is a program for rising 1st- through 8th-grade students interested in science! Each session will cover different and unique areas of earth science including volcanism, natural disasters, astronomy, oceanography, physics and much more! Each session will help to build a strong foundation for students' academic futures! Journey to the Center of the Earth!, Rising 3rd through 4th grade, June 17-21, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Call of the Wild, Rising 1st through 2nd grade, June 24-28, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Space Explorers, Rising 4th through 5th grade, July 8- 12, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • What's the Matter, Rising 3rd-5th grade, July 15-19, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Girls • Rocks R' Us!, Rising 4th through 5th grade, July 29-Aug. 2, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Ancient Astronomy, Rising 5th through 6th grade, Aug. 5-9, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. WNC Nature CeNter 75 Gashes Creek Road, Asheville • 259-8080 • wncnaturecenter.com/ Education/SummerCamps2013.aspx • parks@ashevillenc.gov Summer camps at the Nature Center are fun and educational, drawing upon the staff naturalist and the natural history collection to inspire children with the wonders of the natural world. The classroom provides a headquarters for crafts and lessons as the children engage in exploratory activities throughout the Nature Center. WNC Nature Center, June 3-Aug. 9 • Pee Wee Camp, Preschool and kindergartenage children with parent or guardian, 9 a.m.-noon. • Wild Week Camps, Rising grade 1-5., 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. with aftercare available, 3-5 p.m. • Visit the camp's website for specific dates and rates. • No telephone registrations will be accepted.
SpeCial NeedS aerie experieNCeS Summer CampS Dahlonega, Ga. • 404-285-046 • aerieexperiences.com • mdweneta@ aerieexperiences.com Aerie’s programs provide unique experiences that integrate and promote the overall individual treatment plan of each camper. All camps include a two-toone student-to-staff ratio; treatment team consultation with involved practitioners and schools; discharge summary and consultation. Llama Adventure Base Camp, Ages 8-13, June 2-8 • Coastal Expedition and Sail Camp, Ages 10-14, June 15-22 • Horse Ranch Adventure Camp, Ages 8-14, June 30-July 6 • Llama Trek Expedition, Ages 13-18, July 14-20
ENROLL FALL 2013!
• Equine, Arts and Adventure Family Camp, July 28-Aug. 4. Camp lakey Gap
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East Asheville Center 828.298.0808 2586 Riceville Rd. www.macfc.org
222 Fern Way, Black Mountain • 669-89 • christmount.org/camplakeygap • camplakeygap@gmail.com
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Camp Lakey Gap, a camp for people with autism, located in Black Mountain, offers visual structure and a 1-to-1 or 1-to-2 staff-to-camper ratio in order to accommodate to the unique needs of your camper. Our programing promotes social and emotional growth in a supportive and positive environment. Camp Lakey Gap, a camp for people with autism, Ages 4-Adult, June 7-July 26, 8:15 a.m. - 8:15 p.m. For kids with a diagnosis of autism or a related disorder. taliSmaN Summer Camp 64 Gap Creek Road, Zirconia • 855-588-8254 • talismancamps.com • info@talismancamps.com Talisman Programs provides exceptional programming for children with ADHD, autism spectrum disorders and similar needs. Our activities are designed to build confidence, develop social skills, promote responsibility, and provide a fun successful summer camp experience. For campers with autism spectrum disorder or similar needs. • Sight Camp, Ages 8-13, Session 1: June 15-June 27, Session 2: June 30-July 18 • Insight Camp, Ages 14-17, Session 1: June 15-June 27, Session 2: June 30-July 18, Session 3: July 21-Aug. 8 • Foundations Camp, Ages 8-13, Session 1: June 15-June 27, Session 2: June 30-July 18, Session 3: July 21-Aug. 8 • Teen Adventure Programs, Ages 14-17, Wilderness Trek (Backpacking): June 15-June 27, TOBA (Talisman Open Boat Adventure: June 30-July 18 and July 21-Aug. 8 • Tri-Adventures (backpacking, rock climbing, and canoeing): June 30-July 18 and July 21-Aug. 8 • Seattle Adventure (sea kayaking, coastal backpacking): July 25-Aug. 6 • Young Adults, Ages 18-22, Session 1 (Backpacking): June 15-June 27, Session 2 (Independent living): June 30-July 18, Session 3 (Independent living): July 21-Aug. 8.
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Blue Ridge Youth Bridge 2013 Summer Camps ACADEMICS • COMPETITION • TEAMWORK • SPORTSMANSHIP • FUN
5-day non-residential camps providing students with the opportunity to learn duplicate bridge in an exciting, team building environment.
Program is FREE and parents are welcome to join in the fun!
For more information contact: Hendersonville Historic Johnson Farm June 24-28 and/or July 8-12 (9:30 am - 3 pm) Jane Champion at janeschampion@yahoo.com
Asheville River Ridge Mall June 17-21 (9 am - Noon) Linda Brown at lindan49@charter.net
Programs sponsored by ACBL Unit 171, the American Contract Bridge League and the Afterschool Bridge Program
Spiritual aNd reliGiouS Blue Star CampS P.O. Box 1029, Hendersonville • 692-3591 • bluestarcamps.com • info@bluestarcamps.com Blue Star Camps is an ACA-accredited camp for Jewish children ages 6-16. The programs are customized to meet the needs of each individual child. Blue Star
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presents our campers with a variety of activities. Blue Star is a sanctuary from the stresses of the “real” world. Blue Star Camps, Ages 6-16, June 9-Aug. 2. Camp arrowhead for Boys 1415 Cabin Creek Road, Zirconia • 669-8977 • camparrowhead.org • office@camparrowhead.org
www.ashevillediaperservice.com • 828-684-7254
Since 1937, Arrowhead has built Character, Confidence, Courage and Compassion in boys ages 6-16 through high-adventure activities and shared living experiences in a caring, Christian community. Living in the rustic cabins are eight similar-aged campers and two experienced, well-trained staff. Ages 6-16, June 3-July 19, Boys only. Camp Celo 775 Hannah Branch Road, Burnsville • 675-4323 • campcelo.com • campcelo@gmail.com Sixty years ago our family founded Camp Celo on the Quaker values of cooperation, simplicity and compassion. The camp is overnight sleep away for children 7-12. We provide a farm program with animal and garden chores, as well as arts, games, swimming, hiking and camping in the nearby mountains. Junior Camp, Ages 7-10 • Session A, June 9-June 15, Session B, June 16-June 29, Session C, June 30-July 20, Session D, July 21-Aug. 3, Session E, Aug. 4-Aug. 10 • Senior Camp, Ages 11-12,, Session 1, June 9-June 29, Session 2, June 30-July 20, Session 3, July 21-Aug. 10.
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Asheville Community Movement HELPING CHILDREN GROW INTO WELL-ROUNDED, HEALTHY, CONFIDENT PEOPLE Located beside the river, our spacious gymnastics facility is the perfect place to build friendships, develop new skills, play hard, and stay active all summer long. Supervised by compassionate and fun-loving staff.
Camp activities include: • Gymnastics instruction and Free Play in the gym • Organized Games (Capture the Flag, Perpetual Tag…) • Basketball, Frisbee, Volley Ball, Badminton • Clubs, Music, Dance, Swimming, Ping Pong • Weekly themed Crafts and Workshops • Archery and Field Trips Camp Starts June 6th • Registration starts Now
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Camp Chosatonga for Boys 2500 Morgan Mill Road, Brevard • 884-6834 • twofuncamps.com • office@kahdalea.com Surrounded on three sides by Pisgah National Forest, with a three-to-one staff ratio. Strong in-camp and wilderness programs in a setting of Christian Ideals. Expect lifetime friendships and skills in many activities! June Session, Ages 8-18, June 3-June 26 • Main Session, Ages 8-18, June 30-Aug. 1 • Junior Camp 1, Ages 8-12, June 13-June 26 • Junior Camp 2, Ages 8-12, June 30-July 13 • Junior Camp 3, Ages 8-12, July 19-Aug. 1 • Mini Camp 1, Ages 7-9, June 3-June 8 Camp Crestridge for girls 290 Yates Ave., Ridgecrest • 800-9681630 • ridgecrestcamps.com • rscamps@ridgecrestcamps.com
Impacting lives for God’s glory through discipleship and adventure. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, our camps are designed for individual attention, maximum fun and the safety of each child. We facilitate camper growth, offering 25-plus activities at each camp taught by solid Christian role models. Ages 7-16, June 9 to Aug. 9, Girls. Crossfire ministries summer sports Camp Various Locations • 255-9111 • crossfireministry.com A Christ-centered, fun-filled, learning experience designed to teach the fundamentals of basketball and give campers game experience, along with sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Christian principles. June 17-July 18 • Ages 6-17. • Half-day, full-day and overnight basketball camps that blend the basics with fun competition. Asheville School (1-4:30 p.m. June 17-21, ages 6-12) • Hendersonville First Baptist Church (1-4:30 p.m. June 24-28, ages 6-12) • Waynesville Recreation Center (1-4:30 p.m. July 1-5, ages 6-12) • Asheville Christian Academy (1-4:30 p.m. July 8-12, ages 6-17) • Mars Hill College (8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. July 15-18, ages 9-17; and July 14-18 overnight for ages 9-17) Camp Kahdalea for girls 2500 Morgan Mill Road, Brevard • 884-6834 • twofuncamps.com • office@kahdalea.com Surrounded on three sides by Pisgah National Forest, with a three-to-one staff ratio. Strong in-camp and wilderness programs in a setting of Christian Ideals. Expect lifetime friendships and skills in many activities! June Session, Ages 7-18, June 3-June 26 • Camp Main Session, Ages 7-18, June 30-Aug. 1 • Junior Camp 1, Ages 7-12, June 13-June 26 • Junior Camp 2, Ages:7-12, June 30-July 13 • Junior Camp 3, Ages 7-12, July 19-Aug. 1 • Mini Camp 1, Ages 7-9, June 3-June 8. Camp Kanuga 130 Kanuga Chapel Drive Hendersonville • 692-9136 • campkanuga.org • david.schnitzer@kanuga.org Since 1931, Camp Kanuga campers have been forming lifelong friendships, experiencing new adventures and growing in their faith through our welcoming Christian community. Rich traditions combine with exciting new programs, allowing boys and girls ages
7-15 the chance to unplug and experience growth and renewal. Camp merri-maC 1123 Montreat Road, Black Mountain • 669-8766 • merri-mac.com • adam@ merri-mac.com High up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Merri-Mac for Girls offers traditional camping with an outstanding Christian staff. Riding, backpacking, tennis, rock climbing, wrestling, paintball, archery, paintball, spelunking, riflery, mountain biking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, guitar, soccer, volleyball, ropes course, fencing, rafting and much more are available. Camp ridgeCrest for Boys 290 Yates Ave., Ridgecrest • 800-9681630 • ridgecrestcamps.com • rscamps@ridgecrestcamps.com Impacting lives for God’s glory through discipleship and adventure. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, our camps are designed for individual attention, maximum fun and the safety of each child. We facilitate camper growth, offering 25-plus activities at each camp taught by solid Christian role models. Ages 7-16, June 9 to Aug. 9, Boys.
Rising 1st to rising 8th graders, June 10-Aug. 2, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Camp timBerlake 1123 Montreat Road, Black Mountain • 669-8766 • camptimberlake.com • dan@camptimberlake.com High up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Timberlake for Boys offers traditional camping with an outstanding Christian staff. Riding, backpacking, tennis, rock climbing, wrestling, paintball, archery, paintball, spelunking, riflery, mountain biking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, guitar, soccer, volleyball, ropes course, fencing, rafting and much more are available. emanuel lutheran summer roCks! 51 Wilburn Place, Asheville • 281-8182 • emmanuellutheranschool.org • schooloffice@elcsmail.org Emmanuel Lutheran School Camp is open to preschool through rising 9th grade. In our program your child can explore a wide variety of areas, including Arts and crafts, swimming, and other fun activities round out the afternoon for our full-day campers. All programs are held Monday through Friday.
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375 Lake Eden Road, Black Mountain • 686-3885 • rockmont.com • info@ rockmont.com
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Camp Rockmont seeks to help parents by guiding boys to become young men and young men to become wise men. We have been in continuous operation as a private Christian residential summer camp since 1956. We also host a day camp. Overnight • Traditional Camp, 7-16, June 9-Aug. 9, Boys • CATALYST Program, Ages 16-17, Two-week sessions, beginning June 9, Must be at least 16, Boys • Day Camp • K through 4th-grade, Each Week beginning June 10 (excluding week of July 4), 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Must have completed kindergarten.
92 Camp Toccoa Drive, Toccoa, Ga. • 706-886-2457 • camptoccoa.org • info@camptoccoa.org Helping youth become who they want to be takes time and encouragement. It takes paying attention to what sparks a passion. At Camp Fire Camp Tocooa we help youth discover the exceptional people they are, now! For 86 years campers have been reconnecting with nature, building leadership skills and making friends. Traditional Camp, Ages 8-17, June 9-Aug. 3 • Horseback Camp, Ages 10-14, June 23-June 29, July 7-July 13, July 21-July 27 • Adventure and CIT camps, Ages 12-17.
Camp ruaCh 236 Charlotte St., Asheville • 253-0701 • jcc-asheville.org • seth@jcc-asheville.org Camp Ruach is a unique Jewish day-camp experience that is open to all 1st through 8th graders. Each one-week session is an adventure — filled with swimming and sports, cooking and crafts, nature and gardening, dance and music—and ending with the celebration of Shabbat. Our Camp Ruach community creates unity.
Camp pinnaCle 1 Wolfe Lake Drive, Flat Rock • 855-378-1928 • CampPinnacle.com • Info@camppinnacle.com Established in 1928, Camp Pinnacle near Flat Rock, is a non-denominational coed camp for children ages 8-14. In just two weeks, your child will have the most fun and memorable summer of his or her life, and you as a parent will see your child grow in powerful ways.
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Contact camp for address. • 862-4435 • camplikeagirl.org • clelair@girlscoutsp2p.org Day Camp (with one overnight stay) Grades 1-6 June 10-July 12 Sessions at Girl Scout Camp near Brevard include daily swimming, arts and crafts, sports, boating and a sleepover!
Ages 12-15, July 7-20, Take care of farm animals, grow veggies, cook your own meals and run a booth at the local farmers market. Swim in the pond, tube in the South Toe River, hike in the Appalachian Mountains, create music and explore the world of arts and crafts.
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211 Thomas Road, Hendersonville • 692-6516 • camptekoa.org
301 Gwynn Valley Trail • 885-290 • gwynnvalley.com • mail@gwynnvalley. com
Visit camp website for other dates and rates. Ages 5-8 (elementary) and 9-11 (adventure), Special-needs day camp: Ages 8-12, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.. Monday-Friday, 10-Aug. 9, Nature hikes, scavenger hunts, devotions, challenge course, swimming, paddle boating, hayrides, arts and crafts, games, songs, zip-line and more.
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Take care of farm animals, grow veggies, cook your own meals and run a booth at the local farmers market. Swim in the pond, tube in the South Toe River, hike in the Appalachian Mountains, create music and explore the world of arts and crafts.
Camp runs June 17-21 for registered Cub Scouts, rising 1st thorugh 5th grade. Activities include archery, BB guns, crafts, games, sports, nature and more. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. eliada summer Camps 2 Compton Drive, Asheville • 210-0224 • eliada.org/programs/ education/summer-camp • atrimnal@ eliada.org This year, summer camp is planned to meet the needs of both younger children (ages 5-8) and older children (ages 9-12). For younger children, weekly sessions include planned activities for both inside and out, a weekly field trip, and swimming daily. For older children, two week sessions have been put in place related to art, music, sports, outdoor recreation and health/fitness and they will also have daily access to the swimming pool and other campus facilities. For dates and rates, contact Eliada Homes.
The venerable Gwynn Valley summer camp has more than a dozen camp sessions for campers K-7th grade. Contact the camp, or visit its website for info on dates and rates. Sessions run June 7-Aug. 11, including Main Camp. Mountainside Camp and Riverside Camp., rising 1st thorugh 5th grade, 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., Traditional summer program with working farm. Also includes arts, drama, music, sports, archery, horseback riding, more. hanger hall summer Camps 30 Ben Lippen School Road, Asheville • 258-3600 • hangerhall.org • info@ hangerhall.org Hanger Hall School for Girls summer program. Warrior Women Week, Ages 11-15 (ages 14-15 can be assistant counselors), Aug. 5-9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m, An experience in the outdoors including primitive skills, group games, wilderness backpacking and one overnight. • Crafty Hoopla Week, Rising grades 5-8, Aug. 12-16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m, Expeditions to swimming holes, crafts, skits and more. keysTone Camp 101 Keystone Camp Road, Brevard • 884-9125 • keystonecamp.com • office@keystonecamp.com
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At Keystone Camp, our girls can be heard laughing, singing, talking, splashing, jumping and dancing throughout the summer. For more than 95 years we've been offering campers the opportunity to explore new interests and forge long-term friendships in a safe, fun, nurturing environment.
60 AMS Circle, Burnsville • 675-4262 • arthurmorganschool.org/camp.html • camp@arthurmorganschool.org
K- 9th grade, June 9-Aug. 9, Girls • Mother-daughter weekend, All ages, May 17-May19, Girls.
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Contact camp for details • 250-4269 • buncombecounty.org • greg.mace@ buncombecounty.org
Varies • 277-1315 • ashevillenc. gov/Departments/ParksRecreation/ Recreation/RecreationPrograms.aspx • janet@firstwnc.org
Rising 1st through 8th grades Aug. 5-9 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., with extended care until 6 p.m. Registration runs July 1-26. Get ready for some fishing, kayaking, canoeing, outdoor survival and ... crime scene investigation! with the actual Buncombe County Sheriffs Department. roCkbrook CamP for GirLs 3460 Greenville Highway, Brevard • 884-6151 • rockbrookcamp.com • office@rockbrookcamp.com Rockbrook is a fun-filled overnight camp for girls. It provides a diverse program of horseback riding, outdoor adventure activities, whitewater rafting, ceramics, crafts, and many other activities. Established in 1921 and ACA accredited. Ages 6-16, June 9-Aug. 8, two-, three- or four-week sessions, Girls only. oDyssey Community sChooL 90 Zillicoa St., Asheville • 259-3653 • odysseysummercamp.com • office@ odysseycommunity.org Odyssey Summer Adventure camps offer 10 weeks of sports and fitness, arts and crafts, games and sheer fun for kids 5-12 years old. Campers swim every day and play in the huge woodland playground. Each Odyssey summer program is led by a gifted and experienced Odyssey Community School faculty member. We also offer before- and after-care starting at 7:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively. June 3-Aug. 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 5-, 3- and 2-day week options., Every week we have a la carte classes you can add for a small fee to make Summer Adventures even more exciting. These classes include ceramics, percussion, beading, messy science and creative movement. CaroLina Day sChooL summer ProGrams 1345 Hendersonville Road, Asheville • 274-0757 • carolinaday.org • communications@carolinaday.org Carolina Day School offers more than 80 sessions in arts, nature, hiking, sports, academics, science, theater, dance and more, for rising pre-K through high-school seniors. Contact Carolina Day for program info, dates and rates.
Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts is offering summer fun for kids with a variety of camps and special programs. For information or to register for any of these activities, call the contact person listed with each program. For other information about Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts, call 259-5800. swannanoa 4-h Day CamP 170 Woodland Drive, Swannanoa • 686-3196 • swannanoa4hcenter.org • addie@swan4h.com Send your kids to our day camp for the summer to learn about the outdoors and participate in fun activities such as arts and crafts, climbing, swimming, environmental education and more! The camp is open to local kids ages 4-13. Ages 4-13, June 4-Aug. 16, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. ymCa of western north CaroLina 185 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville • 254-7206 • ywcaofasheville.org • cici.weston@ywcaofasheville.org YMCA of Western North Carolina has a broad selection of day-camp programs running June through August Y camps are held at various area schools, and central pick-up and drop-off locations are available for parents' convenience. Theme programs and environmental awareness are emphasized. YMCA Summer Camps, grades K-6, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, Activities swimming (with lessons available), day trips, fitness, music, drama, art and much, much more. Please visit the camp's website for info on its many programs, and other specifics, dates and rates. ywCa summer CamP 185 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville • 254-7206 • ywcaofasheville.org • cici. weston@ywcaofasheville.org Children in the YWCA Summer Camp enjoy a variety of enrichment activities including gardening in the YWCA Garden, swim lessons, swimming offsite, fitness activities, music, drama, art and nutrition. Field trips are also a key component. The mission of the YWCA is eliminating racism and empowering women. YWCA Summer Camp, Grades K through 6th grade, June 10-Aug. 15, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Did you know you can send your child across the world without ever leaving Asheville? How can you take advantage of this passport to creative adventure? Sign up today for Art Around the World, one of five artrageously fun summer camp programs available at Art Buzz Kids. From the art of the masters to the art of peace and love, we’ll take your child on a magical journey into their imagination. We promise it will be a one-of-a-kind trip they won’t soon forget.
Weekly sessions stArt MonDAy, June 17. Cost for half-day programs is $150 ($135 for siblings)
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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 MarCh 20 - 28, 2013 Unless otherwise stated, events take plaCe in asheville, and phone nUMbers are in the 828 area Code. day-by-day Calendar is online Want to find out everything that's happening today -- or tomorrow, or any day of the week? Go to www. mountainx.com/events. weekday abbreviations: SU = Sunday, MO = Monday, TU = Tuesday, WE = Wednesday, TH = Thursday, FR = Friday, SA = Saturday
animals attraCting blUe birds • SA (3/23), 11am - A class on attracting and caring for blue birds will be held at BB Barns, 3377
Sweeten Creek Road, Arden. Free. Info and registration: www.bbbarns. com. CoMMUnity partnership for pets • 4th SATURDAYS, 10am-1pm - Community Partnership for Pets will offer spay/neuter vouchers at Tractor Supply Company, 115 Four Seasons Mall, Suite A, Hendersonville. Info: 693-5172 or cpforpetsinc@aol.com. free spay voUChers • The Humane Alliance offers free spay services for female felines. Pick up a Dudley Fund voucher at Humane Alliance, Pet Harmony, BWAR, Friends 2 Ferals or Asheville Humane Society. Info and appointment: www.humanealliance.org or 252-2079. oUtward hoUnds • WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 10am-1pm - Brother Wolf Animal Rescue invites the public to take adoptable dogs on local
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double-decker do-gooders: A two-story mobile thrift store will roll through Brevard College’s campus to raise awareness about international orphans as part of the Red Bus Project on Wednesday, March 27. (pg. 52)
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Animal Rescue Foundation will host a pet photo contest. Entry forms available at The Dog House, Mountain Dreams Reality, Smoky
art art at asU State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, unless otherwise 6pm; Fri., noon-8pm. Donations accepted. Info: http://tcva.org or 262-7338. • Through SA (3/23) - Standing Still… in the Abstract: Sculpture,
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Gallery A, West Wing.
returned. Info: www.sargeandfriends.org or 246-9050. the aMazing aCro-Cats • TH (3/28) through SU (4/7) - The Amazing Acro-Cats cat circus and rock band will perform at The BeBe
• Through SA (6/1) - A group exhibition of Polish artists will be on display in the Main Gallery, East Wing. • Through SA (3/30) - Behind the Scenes: TCVA Community Outreach Teachers will be on display in the Community Gallery, East Wing. • Through SA (8/17) - Works by
Theatre, 20 Commerce St. $18. Info
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display in the Mezzanine Gallery, East Wing.
the f/32 photography group, will be
art at brevard College Exhibits are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.brevard.edu/art or 884-8188. • Through FR (4/5) - A juried student show will be on display in the Spiers Gallery.
• Through FR (3/29) - Parallel
art at Mars hill College Weizenblatt Gallery: Mon.-Fri., 9am5pm. Info: www.mhc.edu. • Through WE (5/8) - An exhibit of playing cards will be on display in the Renfro Library. art at UnCa Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.unca.edu. • Through FR (3/29) - Whole Earth Theory: Dimensions of Life and Death, works by Jeremy Russell and Valeria Watson-Doost, will be on display in the Highsmith University Union Gallery. • Through SU (3/31) - “Texture, Pattern, Shape, Oh My!” works by
on display in Ramsey Library. Journeys: WWII and the Holocaust will be on display in Karpen Hall. • Through TU (4/9) - A juried student exhibition will be on display in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. art at wCU Exhibits on display in the Fine Art Museum, unless otherwise noted. Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Thurs., 10am-7pm. Free, but donations welcome. Info: www.fineartmuseum.wcu.edu or 227-3591. • Through FR (5/10) - Critology: Considering the Art of the Critic/ Curator. art expo at the library • SA (3/23), 1-4pm - The Burke County Public Library, 204 South King St., Morganton, will host an art expo featuring children's illustrators, glass blowers, comic artists
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• Through SU (5/19) - A Painter’s Journey, works by Ann Vasilik.
artetUde 89 Patton Ave. Sun., noon-5; Mon.Thurs., 10am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., 10am-7pm. Info: www.artetudegallery.com or 252-1466. • Through MO (4/8) - Simple Elegant, works by Jo Ridge Kelley.
pUsh skate shop & gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. Mon.Thurs., 11am-6pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-7pm; Sun., noon-6pm. Info: www.pushtoyproject.com or 2255509. • Through SA (4/27) - Pointer: The Doubting Thomas, works by Larry Turner.
artists of toMorrow • FR (3/22) through FR (4/5) Artists of Tomorrow features works by Henderson County students. On display at First Citizens Bank, 539 N. Main St. Mon.-Fri., 9am5pm. Info: acofhc@bellsouth.net or 693-8504.
swannanoa valley fine arts leagUe Red House Studios and Gallery, 310 West State St., Black Mountain. Thurs.-Sat., 11am-3pm. Info: svfal. info@gmail.com or www.svfal.org. • Through MO (4/29) - Limited Palette, Unlimited Possibilities, works featuring no more than three pigments.
asheville area arts CoUnCil: the artery Community arts facility at 346 Depot St. Tues.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Info: www.ashevillearts.com or 258-0710. • Through FR (4/5) - Apotheosis, works by Tom Pazderka. asheville art MUseUM Located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville. Tues.-Sat., 10am5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Programs are free with admission unless otherwise noted. Admission: $8/$7 students and seniors/Free for kids under 4. Free first Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Info: www.ashevilleart. org or 253-3227. • Through SU (7/21) - The WellMade World, featuring craft objects from the permanent collection, will be on display in the Holden Community Gallery. • Through SU (6/9) - The Philadelphia Story: Contemporary Figurative Work Drawn from the Academy will be on display in the North Wing. • Through SU (3/31) - Survivors and Liberators: Portraits by Wilma Bulkin Siegel will be on display in the East Wing. • Through SU (4/14) - In the Camps: Photographs by Erich Hartmann will be on display in the East Wing. • Through SU (6/23) - Aaron Siskind: Abstract Expressionist Photographer will be on display in the North Wing. asheville bookworks 428 1/2 Haywood Road. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm; Sat., 1-4pm. Info: www.ashevillebookworks.com or 255-8444. • Through FR (4/26) - After You, works by Stephen Pittelkow and Alyssa C. Salomon. asheville gallery of art 16 College St. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com or 251-5796. • Through SA (3/30) - Inside and Out, new landscapes and interior pastels by Frances Greenberg. bella vista art gallery 14 Lodge St. Winter hours: Mon., Wed., Fri. & Sat., 11am-4pm. Info: www.bellavistaart.com or 768-0246.
the Updraft 84 Walnut St. Sun., Mon.-Thurs., 11am-7pm; Fri. & Sat., 11am-9pm; Sun., 11am-7pm. Info: www.facebook.com/Updraft.Gallery. • Through SA (4/13) - Surroundings, paintings in wax and oil by Fleta Monaghan. toe river arts CoUnCil The TRAC Center Gallery is at 269 Oak Ave., in Spruce Pine. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. The Burnsville TRAC Gallery is at 102 W. Main St. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10:30am-5pm. Spruce Pine info: 765-0520. Burnsville info: 682-7215. General info: www.toeriverarts.org. • Through SA (4/6) - An exhibit of TRAC's teaching artists will be on display at the Burnsville TRAC Gallery.
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• Through MO (4/1) - New works by Karen Margulis and Monika Steiner. blaCk MoUntain Center for the arts Old City Hall, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 11am-3pm. Info: www.BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930. • Through FR (4/5) - Emerging artists annual exhibit. Closed March 28 and 29. blaCk MoUntain College MUseUM + arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College. Tues. & Wed., noon-4pm; Thurs.Sat., 11am-5pm. Info: www.blackmountaincollege.org or 350-8484. • Through SA (6/1) - No Ideas but in Things, works by Black Mountain College alumnus John Urbain. blUe spiral 1 38 Biltmore Ave. Mon.-Sat., 10am6pm, and Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www.bluespiral1.com or 251-0202. • Through SA (5/25) - Works by Mitchell Lonas, Olena
Nebuchadnezzar and Ward H. Nichols. • Through SA (5/25) - New works by Peter Alberice (painting), Charles W. Goolsby (painting), Bryant Holsenbeck (mixed media), Jan Lee (ceramics), Michael Poness (ceramics) and David Sengel (wood). Center for Craft, Creativity and design Located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Road in Hendersonville. Mon.-Fri., noon5pm. Info: www.craftscreativitydesign.org or 890-2050. • Through FR (5/31) - Spoon/Fed, art inspired by "the archetype of the spoon." flood gallery The Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Tues.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Info: www.floodgallery.org or 2542166. • Through SA (3/30) - The Gun Show, works by Connie Bostic. folk art Center MP 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Open daily from 9am-6pm. Info: www.craftguild.org or 298-7928.
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• Through SU (4/21) - Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts exhibition. grand boheMian gallery Located at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Biltmore Village, 11 Boston Way. Mon.-Thur., 10am-7pm; Fri.Sat., 10am-8pm; Sun., 10am-5pm. Info: www.bohemianhotelasheville. com or 505-2949. • Through TU (4/2) - Paper Chase: Celebrating 100 Years of Collage. gratefUl steps Publishing house located at 159 S. Lexington Ave. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. gratefulsteps.com or 277-0998. • Through SU (3/31) - A Sense of Place, works by Bonnie Cooper and Don McGowan. grovewood gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Road. Jan.-March: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 11am-5pm. Info: www.grovewood.com or 253-7651. • Through SU (4/7) - Arts and Crafts Legacy. haen gallery 52 Biltmore Ave. Wed.-Fri., 10am6pm; Mon., Tues. & Sat., 11am-
6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. Info: www. thehaengallery.com or 254-8577. • Through SA (4/20) - Natural Counterpoints, works by Larry Gray, Francis Di Fronzo and Clayton Santiago. handMade in aMeriCa Located at 125 S. Lexington Ave. Info: www.handmadeinamerica.org or 252-0121. • Through SU (6/30) - Breaking Ground: Innovative Craft. MoUntain heritage Center On the ground floor of Western Carolina University's Robinson Administration Building. Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm; Thurs., 8am-7pm. Free, unless otherwise noted. Info: 2277129 or www.wcu.edu/mhc. • Through TU (5/14) - Comic Stripped: A Revealing Look at Southern Stereotypes in Cartoons. n.C. arboretUM Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492. • Through SU (4/7) - Seeds up Close, works by Nancy Cook.
transylvania CoMMUnity arts CoUnCil Located at 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30am4:30pm. Info: www.artsofbrevard. org or 884-2787. • Through WE (4/3) - The Great Outdoors, held in conjunction with the Banff Film Festival. window • Through SU (3/31) - Window (Reproduction|Representation), photography by Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe, will be on display in the window of Henco Reprographics, 54 Broadway St. Info: www.windowcontemporary. org.
auditions & Call to artists art on Main • Through SA (6/1) - Art on Main will accept applications from artists through June 1. Info: www. acofhc.org. asheville art in the park • Through SA (6/1) - Regional artists are invited to apply for Asheville Art in the Park through June 1. Held Saturdays in June and
October in Pack Square. Info: www. AshevilleArtinthePark.com.
april 13. Info: www.wolfememorial. com or 253-8304.
asheville CoMMUnity theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320. • MO (3/25) & TU (3/26), 6-8pm Open auditions for Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate. Bring sheet music
the writers’ workshop poetry Contest • Through SA (3/30) - The Writers’ Workshop will accept submissions for its poetry contest through March 30. Info: www.twwoa.org.
battle of the bands • Through WE (5/1) - Battle of the Bands, to benefit Give to the Music, will accept submissions through May 1. Info: www.givetothemusic. org. brevard fine arts and Crafts showCase • Through SA (6/1) - The Transylvania Community Arts Council will accept applications for Brevard's fine arts and crafts showcase through June 1. Info: tcarts@ comporium.net or 884-2787. Call for theater sUbMissions • ONGOING - WNC One Source seeks casting calls for a comprehensive database of the region's collective performing arts talents. Submissions from performing artists, producers and companies welcome. This is a free website for the community. Info and submissions: www.wnconesource.com. CoMMUnity Choreography proJeCts • Through MO (4/1) - Community Choreography Projects will accept anonymous "Note-able Secret" cards through april 1 as part of its Secrets: Freeing the Hidden Story performance and exhibit. Info: www.communitychoreography.com. CoMMUnity sUpported art • ONGOING - HandMade in America will accept applications from craft artists for its Community Support Art (CSA) program. Info: www.handmadeinamerica.org. fall harvest days show • ONGOING - The Apple Country Engine and Tractor Association will accept submissions from crafters for the Fall Harvest Days show until slots are filled. Info: mrquailman@ bellsouth.net or 891-3223. laUghing seed Cafe • ONGOING - Laughing Seed Cafe seeks artwork of all styles. Email a bio and .jpgs to manager@laughingseed.com. MUsiC video asheville • Through TU (4/2) - Music Video Asheville will accept submissions from Asheville-area musicians and filmmakers through april 2. Info: www.musicvideoasheville.com. telling oUr tales • Through SA (4/13) - The Thomas Wolfe Memorial will accept submission for the "Telling our Tales" student writing competition through
toe river arts CoUnCil sCholarship • Through MO (4/1) - Toe River Arts Council will accept scholarship applications from high school seniors and adults through april 1. Info: www.toeriverarts.org. traC arts roadshow • The Toe River Arts Council seeks art donations for an Antiques Roadshow-style fundraiser. Info and deadline: www.toeriverats.org or 682-7215. tryon fine arts Center sCUlptUre exhibit • Through MO (4/1) - Tryon Fine Arts Center will accept submissions for its sculpture exhibit and sale through april 1. Info: www.tryonarts.org or 859-8322. whole blooMin’ thing • Through FR (3/29) - The Whole Bloomin’ Thing spring festival will accept applications from growers, artisans and wellness professionals through March 29. Info: froglevelfestival@yahoo.com or 734-7723.
beneFits evergreen CoMMUnity Charter sChool • FR (3/22) - Mela Indian Restaurant, 70 N. Lexington Ave., will donate a portion of the day's proceeds to evergreen Community Charter school. Info: www.melaasheville.com. girls night oUt • TH (3/21), 5-8pm - Girls Night Out, to benefit Mainstay, will feature wine, snacks, vendors and a raffle. Hosted by Ashley Gillett Photography at Falderal Winery, 131 Third Ave. W., Hendersonville. Free; raffle tickets $1. Info: ashley@ ashleygillett.com or 693-7676. goat MoUntain ranCh sanCtUary • Through MO (4/1) - Firestorm Cafe and Books, 48 Commerce St., will donate 25 cents from each dairy-based drink to goat Mountain ranch sanctuary. Info: www.goatmountainsanctuary.org or www.firestormcafe.com. ladies of harley Chili Cookoff • SA (3/23), noon-2pm - HarleyDavidson of Asheville will host its first chili cook-off of the season at 20 State Road 2740, Swannanoa. Donations benefit local charitable efforts. Info: www.hdofasheville. com.
Classes, meetings & events new to asheville? (pd.) A great opportunity for women new to the area to make lasting friends, explore the surroundings and enrich their lives. Contact us! ashevillenewcomersclub.com wnC bee sChool (pd.) Presents a two day intro to Beekeeping on March 23 and 24 at the Folk Art Center, Asheville. $45. Visit chbr.org or call 828-7797047. Anyone interested in bees welcome! Cool Classes at the CUriosity shoppe (pd.) KEEPSAKE NECKLACE: Transform your keepsake into a lovely necklace. Saturday March 23rd, 3-5pm. $30.00. Call to reserve your spot. Class size is limited. 828669-SHOP (7467) 150th anniversary of the Civil war • ONGOING, 10am-5pm Henderson County Heritage Museum will observe the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with never-before-seen artifacts including military weaponry and uniforms at 1 Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 6941619. apple CoUntry woodCrafters • 4th MONDAYS, 6:30pm - The Apple Country Woodcrafters of Hendersonville meets at 5628 Howard Gap Road, Flat Rock, to fabricate wooden toys for children in need. Refreshments served. All skill levels welcome. Info: www. applecountrywoodcrafters.org. asheville ability arts fair • FR (3/22), 4-8pm - The Asheville Ability Arts Fair will use storytelling, performances and film to "expand the conversation on arts, ability and inclusion." Wheelchair accessible. Refreshments provided. Held at Lenoir-Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies, 36 Montford Ave. Free. Info: asheville.lr.edu. asheville radiCal Mental health ColleCtive • TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - This "radical mental health community for those who experience self/world in ways that are often diagnosed as psychiatric disorders" meets for social time and discussion at the Vendor's Lounge in The Downtown Market, 45 S. French Broad Ave. Info: radmadasheville@theicarusproject.net. asheville sCrabble ClUb • SUNDAYS, 2-6pm - The Asheville Scrabble Club meets at Atlanta Bread Company North, 633 Merrimon Ave. Info: www.ashevillescrabble.com. fiber evenings • TUESDAYS, 4pm - Echoview Fiber Mill, 76 Jupiter Road, Weaverville, invites the public to bring knitting,
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spinning, weaving or other fiber projects for an evening of socializing and creativity. Free. Info: www. echoviewfarm.com. geM and Mineral show • SA (3/23), 9am-6pm & SU (3/24), 9am-5pm - The Mountain Area Gem and Mineral Association will host a gem and mineral show featuring jewelry, tumbled stones, beads, fossils and more. Held at Camp Stephens, Clayton Road, Avery Creek. Free. Info: www. wncrocks.com.
easter with the wolf dogs what: Easter egg hunt to benefit Full Moon Farm Wolf Dog Rescue and Sanctuary. where: Patton Avenue Pet Company, 1388 Patton Ave. when: Saturday, March 23, 1-5 p.m. Rain date: Sunday, March 24. Activities range from $2-$5. Info and schedule: fullmoonfarm.org
golden leaf • MO (3/25), 1-3:30pm - The Cherokee County/Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative forum will meet at Tri-County Community College, 21 Campus Circle, Murphy. Free. Info: pcabe@ goldenleaf.org or 888-684-8404. • MO (3/25), 5:30-8:30pm - A meeting of the Swain County chapter will be held at the Business Training Center, 45 East Ridge Road, Bryson City. Info: pcabe@ goldenleaf.org or 888-684-8404.
Bunnies get all the glory this time of year, but the humble wolf dog deserves its due. Full Moon Farm rescues canines with recent wolf heritage and this Easter the organization will host an egg hunt to benefit dogs in need. Kids ages 12 and under are invited to scour Patton Avenue Pet Company's outdoor area for eggs decorated just for the occasion (1 p.m. for ages 7 and under; 2 p.m. ages 8-12). Then children can have their photos taken with the Easter Bunny and pose with River, Full Moon Farm's well-mannered "ambassadog." Family pups will be welcomed with open paws later in the day for a canine egg hunt (hard-boiled and glitter free, of course). Dogs must stay on a leash during the egg hunt, but household dogs will have 30 minutes of social time in the dog park afterwards. The afternoon will also include face painting, nail trims, contests and a bake sale for pets and people.
latino steering CoMMittee Meeting • WE (3/20), 10am - This group meets to discuss and learn about issues affecting the Latino community in Buncombe County. This month's topic: Our Voice programs. Open to the public. Held at the YWCA, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: nancybmoore@abtech.edu. Mah Jong • WEDNESDAYS, 1pm - Mah Jong will be played at Albert CarltonCashiers Community Library, 249 Frank Allen Road. Info: 743-0215. red bUs proJeCt • WE (3/27), 10am-5:30pm - The Red Bus Project, a mobile doubledecker bus and two-story thrift store, will donate funds to show hope. Held at Brevard College, Green parking lot. Free. Info: mellengm@brevard.edu. the battle of swannanoa • SA (3/23) & SU (3/24), 2pm - The Battle of Swannanoa will feature reenactors, military camps and battles. Held at Davidson's Fort Historical Park, Lackey Town Road, Old Fort. Fort opens at 10am. $7/$2 children 10 and under. Info: www.davidsonsfort.com. wCU gradUate researCh syMposiUM • TH (3/21), 9:30am-5pm & 6:307:45pm - WCU will host a graduate research symposium in A.K. Hinds University Center. Free. Info and schedule: 227-7398. western north Carolina Carvers • SU (3/24), 1:30-4pm - The Western North Carolina Carvers will host a meeting at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. Bring a piece of recent woodcarving or something to carve. Meeting will
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"Without wolves, there would be no dogs," proclaims the Full Moon Farm website. The Black Mountain-based rescue organization offers a safe haven for wolf dogs in need of love, shelter and care. With a mission like that, even the Easter Bunny can share the limelight.
focus on carving a wooden quilt. Info and cost: 665-8273.
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disClaiMer stand-Up loUnge • WEDNESDAYS, 9pm - Disclaimer Stand-Up Lounge will be held at the Dirty South Lounge, 41 N. Lexington Ave. Free. Info: www. DisclaimerComedy.com.
elevate sChool of life and art • Through FR (3/29) - Elevate School of Life and Art offers dance classes at 34 S. Lexington Ave. Dance apprenticeships for teens and adults available. $6 per class. 45 percent of proceeds go toward building a new community center. Info: www.elevatelifeandart.com or 318-8895.
• SU (3/24), 8am-4pm - The WNC Indian Artifact Show will feature more than 100 dealers and display tables of Native American artifacts. Held at Lelia Patterson Center, Naples at Howard Gap Roads, Fletcher. $2/children under 12 free. Info: 423-4078. yoUth oUtright • SU (3/24), 4-6pm - Youth OUTright will present a program for LGBTQ youth at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Meeting will focus on the Klein sexual orientation grid. Free. Info: www.youthoutright.org.
Comedy Carolina sketChfest • SA (3/23), 8pm - Carolina Sketchfest: Cackalacka Edition will feature sketch comedy by The Feral Chihuahuas, LYLAS, Thunderstood and Mon Frere. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. $15/$10 students. Info: www. carolinasketchfest.com. CoMedy open MiC • FRIDAYS, 8pm - Hosted by Bar of Soap, 333 Merrimon Ave. Info:
sliCe of life CoMedy • TH (3/21), 9pm - Stand-up comedy and booked open mic will include free snacks, drink specials and a raffle for charity. Held at Pulp, below the Orange Peel, 103 Hilliard Ave. A portion of proceeds benefit Asheville Free Media. $10. Info and booking: sliceoflifecomedy@gmail. com.
danCe beginner swing danCing lessons (pd.) 4 week series starts first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. $12/week per person. • No partner necessary. Eleven on Grove, downtown Asheville. Details: www. swingasheville.com bUrlesqUe danCe Classes (pd.) 8 Week Sexy Chair dance begins Mar. 20, 7:30 PM Learn a chair dance to Beyonce's "Naughty Girl" • 8 Week Sexy Tease series begins Apr. 1, 7:30 PM Learn the art of the tease to the song "Fever". $64 for each series, sign
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raqs layali • FR (3/22) through SU (3/24) Qamari Dance Collective presents Raqs Layali, featuring modern and traditional belly dance, at BeBeTheatre, 20 Commerce St. Fri. & Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15/$10 children in advance; $17/$15 at door. www.raqslayali2013.eventbrite.com.
eCo natUre ConservanCy • WE (3/27), 10am-3pm - Work and Learn Party: Salamander Crawl. Volunteers will remove invasive plants in the morning and search for rare and endangered salamanders after lunch. Info and registration: mtns_volunteers@tnc.org or 350-1431, ext. 105. riverlink events Info: www.riverlink.org or 252-8474.
• FR (3/22), 3-5pm - WWC instructor Frank Kalinowski will present "The Constitution and the Environment" at the RiverLink office, 170 Lyman St. Free; registration required. world water day • FR (3/22), 11am-6:30pm Transition Asheville will host a World Water Day celebration, featuring demonstrations, maps and tours. Held at Wesley Grant Southside Community Center, 285 Livingston St. Free. Info: www.transitionasheville.org.
Festivals easter bonnet parade and egg hUnt • SA (3/23), 11am-noon - An Easter bonnet parade and egg hunt will include prizes and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Held at the Corpening Memorial YMCA soccer field, 348 Grace Corpening Drive, Marion. Bring a basket for egg hunt. Free. Info: 652-2215. easter egg hUnt: blaCk MoUntain • SA (3/23), 10am - Black Mountain Parks and Rec will host an Easter egg hunt at Black Mountain Recreation Park, Blue Ridge Road at Recreation Park Drive. Rain date:
March 24 at 2pm. Free. Info: 6692052. easter egg hUnt: sMithMCdowell • SU (3/24), 2-4pm - The SmithMcDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road, will host an Easter egg hunt with games. $5 per child/ adults free. Bring your own basket. Registration recommended. Info: education@wnchistory.org or 2539231. easter egg hUnt: the zeUgner Center • SA (3/23), 1pm - The Zeugner Center, 50 Springside Drive, will host an Easter egg hunt with games and the Easter Bunny. Indoor pool opens from 2-4pm. Bring a basket. Egg hunt free/$2 and one can off food for swimming. Info: 684-5072. easter eggstravaganza • SA (3/23), 2-4pm - Featuring inflatables, entertainment, craft activities, facepainting, an Easter egg hunt, photos with the Easter Bunny and more. Held at Carrier Park. Free. Info: parks@ashevillenc. gov. palM sUnday lUnCh and bake sale • SU (3/24), 11am-2pm - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 227 Cumberland Ave., will host a Palm Sunday luncheon and bake sale featuring Greek food and pastries. Prices vary. Info: www.holytrinityasheville.com.
argo • FR (3/22), 7pm - The Groovy Movie Club will screen Argo at a private home in Dellwood. A mostly-organic potluck begins at 6:15pm. Free. Info and location: johnbuckleyX@gmail.com or 9263508. bUsh and obaMa: the war on terror • TH (3/21), 5:30pm - Veterans for Peace will screen Bush and Obama: The War on Terror in the Courtyard Gallery, 109 Roberts St. Donations accepted. Info: 258-1800. MiCroCosMos • WE (3/20), 6-8pm - Transition Hendersonville will screen Microcosmos at Black Bear Cafe, 318 Main St., Hendersonville. Free. Info: www.transitionhendersonville. com. MitChell CoUnty gay straight allianCe • SA (3/23), 8:15pm - The Mitchell County Gay Straight Alliance will screen Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement in Penland School of Crafts' Ridgeway Building, 3135 Conley Ridge Road, Penland. $10 suggested donation. Info: www. facebook.com/mitchellcountygsa. on Coal river • TU (3/26), 7pm - On Coal River, a "David-and-Goliath struggle for the future of the Coal River Valley," will be screened in UNCA's Highsmith Union Grotto. A Q&A will follow. Free. Info: www.oncoalriver.com. reality tv disCUssion and deMonstration • FR (3/22), 7-9pm - NYS3 will host a discussion and live demonstration of reality TV with Chopped producer Kirsten Moburg. Held at 2002 Riverside Dive. Free. Info: www. nys3.com or (814) 648-0680. woMen art revolUtion • WE (3/20), 7pm - The New Lens Film Series will screen Women Art Revolution in the WCU's A.K. Hinds University Center. Free. Info: mchamber@wcu.edu or 227-3839.
Food & beer asheville artisan bread bakers' festival • SA (3/23), 10am-3:30pm - The Asheville Artisan Bread Bakers' Festival will feature lectures and demonstrations by 20 bakers, including author Peter Reinhart, in A-B Tech's Magnolia Building. $10
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wine tasting: artisan goUrMet Market • THURSDAYS, 5-7pm - The Artisan Gourmet Market, 2 E. Market St., Black Mountain, will host wine tastings and appetizers. Free. Info: www.artisangourmetmarket.com or 357-5500.
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wine tasting: Merry wine Market • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm - The Merry Wine Market, 108 W. State St., Black Mountain, will offer wine tastings. Free. Info: www.themerrywinemarket.com or 669-9050.
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• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Ashe-Bots is a FIRST Robotics Team and nonprofit STEM-based program for high school students ages 14-18. Group meets weekly at A-B Tech's Dogwood Building. Engineering and tech professionals are invited to mentor participants. Info: brookside891@att.net or http://avl.mx/ ml. • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 3-5pm - Buncombe County 4-H sponsors NXT FLL robot classes for serious beginners and experienced youth, ages 10-14, at 94 Coxe Ave. 4-H affiliation not required. Parental participation encouraged. Info: bearberry@charter.net or 258-2038. hands on!
asheville obJeCtivists • 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Those interested in Ayn Rand and her philosophy of objectivism are invited to a meeting at Denny's, 1 Regent Park Blvd. Free. Please RSVP: avlobj@att.net. bUnCoMbe green party Meeting • 1st MONDAYS, 6pm - Meetings held in The Fortune Building, 727 Haywood Road. Free. Info: www. buncombegreens.org. United for Marriage vigil • TU (3/26), 7pm - The United for Marriage Vigil will promote LGBT equality at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Free. Info: www. facebook.com/SouthernEquality.
kids arbUCkle sCholarship • Through MO (4/1) - The Community Foundation of Henderson County will accept applications for the Arbuckle Scholarship through april 1. Info: Lhenderson-hill@CFHCforever.org or 697-6224. asU tUrChin Center workshops Info and registration: www.tcva.org/ workshops. • WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-4:30pm Room 13 after-school arts program invites kids to choose drawing and construction projects. Free. • FRIDAYS, 3-4:30pm - Blazing Easels kids' workshop will be held in Turchin Center room 3200. Free. • TUESDAYS, 3-4:30pm - A drawing club for kids will be offered in Turchin Center Room 3200. Ages 6-12. Free. CoMMUnity lUnCh and MaMa tiMe • MONDAYS, 10am - The Tree House, 1020 Merrimon Ave., Suite 103, hosts a community lunch and "mama time." By donation. Info:
This children's museum is located at 318 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Programs require $5 admission fee/free for members, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.handsonwnc.org or 6978333. • WE (3/20), 11am - Book n’ Craft: Horton Hears a Who. --- 2pm Crafts related to The Very Hungry Caterpillar • TH (3/21) - Critter Craft invites children to learn about elephants throughout the day. • FR (3/22), 11am - Learning Spanish Creatively utilizes games, dramatic play, movement and songs. Ages 3-6. $10 per class/$8 members. Registration requested. • TU (3/26), 10:30am - Theatrical Twos-day invites children ages 2-3 to participate in movement, music and art. Registration requested. • WE (3/27), 11am - Crazy Chemistry: nano gummy worms. Ages 3 and older. Registration requested. JUnior roller derby • WEDNESDAYS, 4:45pm - Mad Divas Junior Roller Derby, for girls 12-17, holds open registration throughout the year and meets weekly for practice at Tarwheels Skateway, 2134 Highway 70, Swannanoa. No skating experience necessary. $37 per month. Info: www.maddivas.com. MUsiC workshop • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon - Sonia Brooks hosts a music workshop for kids at Grateful Steps Bookstore, 159 S. Lexington Ave. Free; donations accepted. Info: www.gratefulsteps.com or 277-0998. pisgah astronoMiCal researCh institUte Located at 1 PARI Drive, Rosman. Info: 862-5554 or www.pari.edu. • FR (3/22), 10am-2pm - PARI invites homeschooled students grades K-12 to attend programs on solar astronomy. A parent or guard-
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ian must accompany each student. $20. Registration required. pop warner football and Cheer registration • ONGOING - Registration for the 2013 Pop Warner football and cheer season will be open online through June. Scholarships available to those in need. Games held Saturdays. Info and registration: www.popwarnerymca.org. teaM eCCo Center for oCean awareness 511 Main St., Hendersonville. $3 admission fee, unless otherwise noted. www.teamecco.org or 6928386. • WEDNESDAYS through (3/27), 3:30-5pm - Sea School for ages 6-11. $5. yoUth bridge • SATURDAYS, 10:30am - The Asheville Bridge Room hosts youth bridge for 6-8th graders at storefront C1 in the River Ridge Shopping Center, 800 Fairview Road. Free. Info: 658-9398 or lindan49@charter.net.
musiC song o' sky show ChorUs (pd.) TUESDAYS, 6:45pm Rehearsal at Covenant Community UMC 11 Rocket Dr. Asheville, NC 28803. Guests welcome. Contact: www.songosky.org Toll Free # 1-866-824-9547. afriCan drUMMing Classes • TUESDAYS, 7pm - 33rd generation djembe player Adama Dembele, from Ivory Coast, West Africa, teaches African drumming to all skill levels at Studio Zahiya, 90 1/2 N. Lexington Ave. Ages 9 and above. Bring a drum. $12. Info: 537-0892. • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Dembele teaches additional drum classes at Asheville Music School, 126 College St. Info: 252-6244. allan ware and wolfgang MeChsner • WE (3/20), 7:30pm - Allan Ware (clarinet) and Wolfgang Mechsner (piano) will perform German works from the Romantic period in WCU's Coulter Building. Free. Info: 2273956. appalaChian JaM Class • THURSDAYS, 6pm - An Appalachian jamming class will focus on playing traditional music as a group. All instruments welcome. Held at First Presbyterian Church of Weaverville, 30 Alabama Ave. $10. Info: michael.ismerio@ gmail.com or (503) 808-0362. asheville CoMMUnity band • SU (3/24), 3pm - The Asheville Community Band's spring concert will include member soloist Anthony Ammons playing Mozart’s "Horn Concerto, No. 1" and Leisa Stamey performing "Amazing Grace," an arrangement for bagpipe and band. Held at the
Asheville High School Auditorium, 419 McDowell St. $8/students and children free. Info: smilinlyon@ bellsouth.net or www.ashevillecommunityband.org.
Conservancy’s Protected Land" presentation. Free. • TH (3/28), 6:30-8pm - A class on hiking basics will focus on planning, equipment and safety. Free.
blaCk MoUntain Center for the arts Old City Hall, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Mon.-Wed. and Fri., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 11am-3pm. Info: www.BlackMountainArts.org or 669-0930. • TH (3/28), 7:30pm - Michael Jefry Stevens (piano) and Eliot Wadopian (bass) will perform a jazz concert. $10 donation.
lake JaMes state park 6883 N.C. Highway 126, Nebo. Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Info: 584-7728. • SU (3/24), 9am - An easy .5-mile hike to Lake Channel Overlook will depart from the Catawba River Area office. swannanoa Creek hike • SA (3/23) - Swannanoa Valley Museum will host a strenuous 10-mile hike up the Seven Sisters range. Bring lunch, water and snacks. $40/$25 museum members. Registration required. Info and departure location and time: 669-9566.
blUe ridge orChestra Info: www.blueridgeorchestra.org. • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Open rehearsals for the Blue Ridge Orchestra will be held most Wednesdays in the Manheimer Room of UNCA's Reuter Center. Free. Call for confirmation. Info: www.blueridgeorchestra.org or 251-6140.
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brevard College Jazz enseMble • TU (3/26), 7:30pm - The Brevard College Jazz Ensemble will perform in the college's Scott Concert Hall. Free. Info: 884-8211.
JUnior walk • WE (3/27), 7pm - "Mountain hero" Junior Walk will speak about environmental issues relating to coal mining in UNCA's High Smith Union Alumni Hall. Free. Info: www. cesap.unca.edu.
CoUrtyard gallery open MiC • MONDAYS, 8-11pm - Jarrett Leone hosts an open mic at the Courtyard Gallery in the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Musicians, storytellers, poets, filmmakers and other artists welcome. Free. Info: 707-1859. dJeMbe lessons • MONDAYS, 7:30pm - Larry McDowell will offer djembe, dunn and hand drum lessons at the French Broad Grocery Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Free; donations accepted. friday night live • FRIDAYS, 7-10pm - The Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville, showcases local and regional music weekly. Info: www. classicwineseller.com or www.facebook.com/theclassicwineseller. $10 food or drink purchase requested. grind Cafe 136 West Union St., Morganton. Info: www.facebook.com/grindcafe or 430-4343. • TH (3/28), 7:30pm - The Harris Brothers (traditional American music). $8. old fines Creek danCe and MUsiC • SATURDAYS through (3/30) - "Old Fines Creek Dance and Music" will feature music, dance, cake walks and door prizes. Held at The Old Fines Creek School, 192 Fines Creek Road, Clyde. $7/children 12 and under free. Info: www.visitncsmokies.com or 736-8925. perforManCes at diana worthaM theatre Located at 2 South Pack Square. Info: www.dwtheatre.com or 2574530.
big dipper and beyond: Experience one of the most familiar constellations in the night sky when the Asheville Puppetry Alliance hosts Red Herring Puppets’ production of The Big Dipper: Calendar, Compass and Clock on Saturday, March 23. (pg. 57)
• TH (3/21), 8pm - Altan (traditional Irish). $30/$25 students/$15 children. st. Matthias MUsiCal perforManCes Located at 1 Dundee St. (off South Charlotte). Info: 285-0033. • SU (3/24), 3pm - Peter Fletcher (classical guitar). Donations encouraged. steep Canyon rangers • SA (3/23), 8pm - Steep Canyon Rangers (bluegrass) will perform at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose
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Lipinsky Auditorium. $5/students free. Info: www.unca.edu.
the altaMont Located at 18 Church St. Info: www. myaltamont.com or 274-8070. • WE (3/27), 7:30pm - UNCA will present a mix of student and faculty jazz ensembles. Free.
wild bodeMa drUM CirCle • FR (3/22), 2-3:30pm - The Wild Bodema Drum Circle will be held on UNCA's main quad. Rain location: Highsmith Universityh Union Grotto. Free. Info: 232-2417.
the kennedys • SU (3/24), 7pm - The Kennedys (folk, secular gospel) will perform at UUCA, 1 Edwin Place. $15/$10 students/children under 14 free. Info: 299-4171. UnCa University singers • SU (3/24), 4pm - The University Singers will perform in UNCA's
outdoors events at rei Located at 31 Schenck Parkway. Info: 687-0918 or www.rei.com/ asheville. • TH (3/21), 7pm - "Great Hikes on Southern Appalachian Highlands
pUbliC leCtUres & events at UnCa Events are free unless otherwise noted. • TH (3/21), 12:30pm - “Body and Gender in the Age of Empire,” a brown bag talk with Tracey Rizzo, associate professor of history, and history student Steven Gerontakis. Held in Ramsey Library, Whitman Room. Info: libguides.unca.edu/ events. --- 7pm - A panel discussion on women in music will be held in the Sherrill Center, Room 411. Info: 828/251-6432. --- 7pm - "Batman and Psychology," with Travis Langley, professor of psychology at Henderson State University. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: 250-2359. • FR (3/22), 11:25am - "World War I and Freud’s Response," with William Spellman, professor of history, and Seamus McNerney, lecturer in humanities. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: humanities.unca. edu or 251-6808. • MO (3/25), 11:25am - "Greek City-States and Tragedy,” with Sophie Mills, National Endowment for the Humanities distinguished professor. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 251-6808. --- 6pm - “Boundaries: Art and Its Relationship to Systems of Oppression,” a panel discussion. Held in Highsmith University Union Grotto. Info: cesap.unca.edu/calendar or 251-6991. • TH (3/28), 7pm - "The Great Pi vs. E Debate,” with Colin Adams and Tom Garrity, professors of mathematics at Williams College. Held in Lipinsky Auditorium. Info: 251-6556.
spirituality asheville insight Meditation (pd.) Practice/learn mindfulness meditation and ramp up your spiritual practice in a supportive group environment. We practice Insight Meditation, also known as: Vipassana, or Mindfulness Meditation, which cultivates a happier, more peaceful, and focused mind. Our caring community environment provides added support and joy to one's spiritual awakening processes. Open to adults. By donation. Wednesdays, 7pm8:30pm. Sundays, 10am-11:30pm. Meditation, Dhamma talk, and discussion. 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 200, Asheville, NC. Info/directions: (828) 808-4444, www.ashevillemeditation.com open heart Meditation (pd.) Experience easy, wonderful practices that opens your life to the beauty within and connects you to your heart. • Free 7pm, Tuesdays, 5 Covington St. 296-0017 or 3676954 http://www.heartsanctuary.org 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. asheville CoMpassionate CoMMUniCation Center (pd.) Free practice group. Learn ways to create understanding and clarity in your relationships, work, and community by practicing compassionate communication (nonviolent communication). 252-0538 or www.ashevilleccc.com. • 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 MindfUlness Meditation Class (pd.) Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241. www.billwalz.com. Mondays, 7-8pm – Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Ave. (off Merrimon). Donation. a CoUrse in MiraCles • 2nd & 4th MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm - A Course in Miracles, a "truly loving, open study group," meets at at Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road. Info: 712-5472. first Congregational ChUrCh in hendersonville Fifth Avenue West at White Pine Street, Hendersonville. Info: 6928630 or www.fcchendersonville.org. • SU (3/24), 9:15am - "Open Heart Meditation." great tree zen teMple • TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS - Great Tree Zen Temple, a residential facility for women in
the Soto Zen tradition, provides programs and practice for everyone, including families and children. See website for full schedule, including monthly retreats and more. Located at 679 Lower Flat Creek, Alexander. Info: www.greattreetemple.org or 645-2085. healing and deliveranCe ConferenCe • Through FR (3/22), 7pm - Feed My Sheep Ministries presents the third annual Healing and Deliverance Conference at 85 Choctaw St. Free. Info: http://avl. mx/qo. international day of happiness • WE (3/20), 7-8:30pm International Day of Happiness will focus on Bhutan, the country with the highest gross national happiness. Held at Center for Spiritual Living, 2 Science of Mind Way. Free. Info: 253-2325. kirtan with sangita devi • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - "Kirtan is bhakti yoga, the path of devotion, the path of the heart. It is a tradition and spiritual practice which brings us to a deep place of tranquility through chanting the divine names." Hosted by Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St. $10-$15 suggested donation. Info: toriabfree@gmail.com or nourishflourishnow.com. letting go into the Mystery • FR (3/22), 7pm - Jubilee Center, 46 Wall St., will host "Dances of Universal Peace," with Saraswati Rain, featuring chants and songs from the world’s spiritual traditions with music and movement. $15 love offering. Info: 246-4485 or damira51@gmail.com. • SA (3/23), 1-3pm - An additional program will be held at Rainbow Mountain School, 574 Haywood Road. $10 love offering. --- 7:30pm - An additional session will be held at Nourish and Flourish, 347 Depot St. $10 love offering. • SU (3/24), 7pm - A final program will be held at the Town and Mountain Training Center, 261 Asheland Ave. $15 love offering. light Center 2196 N.C. Highway 9 S., Black Mountain. Info: www.urlight.org or 669-6845. • WEDNESDAYS, 2:30-3:30pm Prayer and meditation for United States and world conditions. Free. • ONGOING, 10am-5pm - Open meditation to music with energy balancing lights. By donation. • WE (3/20), 11am-1pm - An equinox crystal bowl celebration will welcome spring by "activating the chakras and other healing centers of the body with the vibration of singing crystal bowls." Dress comfortably and bring a pillow, blanket, mat and water. Free. • SA (3/23), 7:30-9:30pm - Richard Shulman (piano, composition) will perform music for meditation and divine connection. $15. Info: www. richheartmusic.com.
• SUNDAYS, 3-4pm - Prayer/meditation for World Peace. Free. Modern-day Meditation • MONDAYS, 8pm - "Experience a powerful meditation practice for this age that will help open your heart, deepen your connection, calm your being and clear your mind." All levels welcome; 18 and over. Held at 24 Arlington St. $10. Info: neals@miracle.org. new seeds priory • WEEKLY - New Seeds Priory, a Christian-Buddhist practice community, offers a variety of weekly and monthly services in Black Mountain. See website for schedule and location. Info: www.newseedspriory. weebly.com. the ideas of g.i. gUrdJieff • 4th TUESDAYS, 6pm - A casual conversation and exchange with members of the Gudjieff Foundation of WNC. March theme: "Can I use modern life to develop spiritually?" Meets at the Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave. Free. Info: www.gurdjieff-foundation-wnc.org. the spiritUal laws of life workshop • SU (3/24), 11am-12:30pm - “The Law of Economy is the Holy Spirit in expression. Whoever puts himself in tune with It has the mantle of God upon his shoulders.” Held at Eckankar Center of Asheville, 797 Haywood Road, lower level. Free. Info: www.eckankar-nc.org or 2546775. thUrsday nite in Class • THURSDAYS, 6pm - This circle of spiritual friends gathers weekly for meditation, drumming, sweat lodge, vision quest and a celebration of creation. Free. Info and location: stevenmitch@charter.net. trinity lUtheran ChUrCh 235 St. John's Road, Suite 50, Fletcher. Info: www.trinitylutherannc.org or 357-4068. • SU (3/24), 10am - Palm Sunday service. • TH (3/28), 6:30pm - Maundy Thursday service.
spoken & written word loCal aUthor sJ byrne book signing: (pd.) Wednesday (3/27) 6-9pm. SJ Byrne will be signing copies of her dramatic romance "My Butterfly" and discussing the anticipated release of "Once a Druid" at the Battery Park Book Exchange. 1 Page Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 asheville City poets • SA (3/23), 7-9:30pm - Asheville City Poets will present a public reading at Firestorm Cafe, 48 Commerce St. Participation limited to 20 people. Info and registration:
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bookapalooza • SA (3/23), 7pm - Bookapalooza will feature literary games, scavenger hunts, authors, giveaways and ideas for book clubs. Held at The Fountainhead Bookstore, 408 N. Main St. $11. Info and tickets: www. fountainheadbookstore.com.
gratefUl steps Publishing house located at 159 S. Lexington Ave. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www. gratefulsteps.com or 277-0998. • FR (3/22), 5:30-7:30pm - Jack Thomas will present his book Traveling to Marshall. Hosted by Spirit in the North Carolina Mountains.
bUnCoMbe CoUnty pUbliC libraries library abbreviations - All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n eC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) n fv = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n pM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n sa = South Asheville/Oakley Library (749 Fairview Road, 2504754) n ss = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 2506488) n sw = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 250-6486) n Library storyline: 250-KIDS. • WE (3/20), 5-7pm - Swannanoa Library Knitters. sw • Through SA (4/13) - An exhibit of storybook character dolls will highlight local authors. pM • ONGOING - Used book sale. sa • TH (3/21), 2:30pm - Book club: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick. ss --- 7pm - Book club: A Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. fv • TUESDAYS through (4/9), 6-8pm - Sarah Judson, UNCA professor of history, will present a film screening and discussion on presidents who shaped the 20th century. pM • TUESDAYS, 11am - Mother Goose Time. Ages 4-18 months. fv • WE (3/27), 2pm - A program on backyard science will be presented by the N.C. Arboretum. eC
Joseph bathanti • MO (3/25), 7pm - N.C. Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti will read from his works in UNCA's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Free. Info: 2516411. Malaprop's bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St. Info: www.malaprops.com or 254-6734. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. • WE (3/20), 7pm - James Salzman, author of Drinking Water: A History, will present a program on water privatization. • FR (3/22), 7pm - Danny Bernstein will present her book The Mountains-To-Sea Trail Across North Carolina: Walking a Thousand Miles Through Wildness, Culture and History. • SA (3/23), 3-4:30pm - James Michael Shea will present his book Plucking Wolf Fur: A Story of One Arm, One Dog and an American Family. --- 7pm - Dr. Eben Alexander will lead a presentation on near-death experiences. Location and cost TBA. • SU (3/24), 3pm - Press 53 fiction writers, including Amy WilloughbyBurle, Steve Mitchell and Ray Morrison, will present their work. • MO (3/25), 7pm - "The Politics of Food" book club. Book TBA. • TU (3/26), 7pm - Jeaniene Frost will present her book Twice Tempted: A Night Prince Novel. • TH (3/28), 7pm - Editor-in-chief Michael Reynolds will present new books from publisher Europa Editions.
Carl sandbUrg hoMe stUdent poetry Celebration • FR (3/22), 7pm - Young poets from elementary through high school will be recognized for their writing achievements during a program at Blue Ridge Community College's Patton Building, Room 150. Free. Info: 693-4178 or www. nps.gov/carl.
terry hall • SA (3/23), 11am - Terry Hall will present his books Notes from the Chalkboard and A Matter of Conscience at Tryon Arts and Crafts, 73 Harmon Field Road, Tryon. Free. Info: 859-8323.
City lights bookstore Located at 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: www.citylightsnc.com or 586-9499. • TH (3/21), 10:30am - Coffee with the Poet, featuring Brenda Kay Ledford.
“Master the art of rUnning” workshops (pd.) April 25 6-9 pm and April 27 9:30am-1pm. Internationally renowned coach Malcolm Balk (Pose Method, Level 4 Athletics Coach, Alexander Technique). All levels. Video analysis. Earlybird specials! FormFitnessFunction.com 828-225-3786
Creative writing workshop • TU (3/26), 6:30-8:30pm - A creative writing workshop will focus on how "scene and summary work can transform writing." Held at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave.
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ywCa ClUb w triathlon training (pd.) YWCA Triathlon Training will begin on April 6 and conclude with the Asheville Triathlon on July 21.
Cost: Club W members $100.00; non-members $240.00 (includes membership April 6 - July 21). Instructor is Ryan Madamba. More info: 254-7206 x 203, ywcaofavl.org. asheville pedal pUnks • WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Asheville Pedal Punks will host a fitness ride for beginners; Departs from Tod's Tasties, 102 Montford Ave. Free. Info: http://avl.mx/p2. blaCk MoUntain greenway Challenge • SA (3/23), 2pm - The Black Mountain Greenway Challenge will feature a 5K and 10K race. Departs from Pisgah Brewing, 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain. $20. Info: http://avl.mx/r9. post patty's booze break field day • SA (3/23), 1pm - The Post Patty’s Booze Break Field Day will feature "fun yet challenging games" including relay races, keg-rolls, disc golf and more. Ages 13 and up. Held at Asheville Adventure Rentals, 704 Riverside Drive. $15. Info: www. raceofawesome.org. valley of the lilies half Marathon and 5k • Through SA (4/6) - WCU will offer a training program for runners interested in the Valley of the Lilies Half Marathon and 5K, scheduled for April 6. Free. Info and departure location: halfmarathon.wcu.edu or valleyofthelilies@wcu.edu. zUMba ripped • SATURDAYS, 11am-noon Waynesville Recreation Center hosts Zumba Ripped at 550 Vance St. Free with membership or daily admission. Info: recprograms@ townofwaynesville.org or 456-2030.
tHeater asheville CoMMUnity theatre Located at 35 E. Walnut St. Tickets and info: www.ashevilletheatre.org or 254-1320. • TH (3/28), 7:30pm - "Listen to This: Stories in Performance" will feature original stories and songs. Hosted by Tom Chalmers. $10. CirCUs ConvergenCe • TH (3/21), 8pm - Pain Solution and the Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow, "a visual experience of brutal aesthetics and extreme body control," will perform at The Landing, 68 Kentucky Drive. $10. Info: squidlingbros@gmail.com or www.squidlingbros.com. flat roCk playhoUse Mainstage: Highway 225, Flat Rock. Downtown location: 125 South Main St., Hendersonville. Info: www. flatrockplayhouse.org or 693-0731. • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (3/30) - Music on the Rock: A Tribute to the Music of
Neil Diamond will be performed at the downtown location. 8pm. $24. nC stage CoMpany 15 Stage Lane. Info and tickets: 239-0263 or www.ncstage.org. • WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS until (4/21) Shipwrecked. "This magical, theatrical story is based on the true story of the Victorian explorer and storyteller Louisde Rougemont." Wed.Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $16-$28. red herring pUppets • SA (3/23), 2pm - Red Herring Puppets will present The Big Dipper: Calendar, Compass and Clock, featuring cultural legends and scientific facts about the Big Dipper. Held at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square. $8. Info: www.dwtheatre.com or 257-4530. the MagnetiC field 372 Depot St. Info: www.themagneticfield.com or 257-4003. • THURSDAYS through SATURDAYS until (3/23) - The Strange and Tragical Adventures of Pinocchio: Why Didn't I Just Stay a Damn Puppet? A “morality tale in two inappropriate acts,” with John Crutchfield and Madison J. Cripps. For mature audiences only. 7:30pm. $15.
tHriving CHildren The Success Equation, under the umbrella of Children First/ Communities In Schools, unites the community to reduce the root causes of child poverty. These calendar listings feature community events and volunteer opportunities to help children thrive in Buncombe County. asheville City sChools foUndation • ONGOING - The Asheville City Schools Foundation seeks volunteers to tutor/mentor a student (K-12) in need of support. Volunteer opportunities available Mon.-Fri., 8am-6pm. Info: jay@acsf.org 3506135. big brothers big sisters of wnC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building. The organization matches children from single-parent homes with adult mentors. Info: www.bbbswnc. org or 253-1470. • Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks volunteers to mentor 1 hr/week in schools and after-school programs. Volunteers 18 and older are also needed to share outings in the community twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Activities are free or low-cost. Information sessions March 27 at noon. Children first/Cis • Children First/CIS seeks volunteers for its learning centers and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing. Mon.-
Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Volunteer for one hour a week and change the life of a local child. Info: www.childrenfirstbc.org or 768-2072. Children first/Cis Mind the gap toUr • TH (3/21), 3:30pm - The Children First/CIS Mind the Gap Tour will call attention to issues in our community that hinder the success of children and families in poverty. Donations not requested. Info and registration: AdrienneA@ Childrenfirstbc.org or 259-9717. girls on the rUn of wnC • ONGOING - Girls on the Run of WNC seeks volunteers to plan and assist with the GOTR 5K, scheduled for May 18. Info: www.gotrwnc.org or 713-2321. hands on ashevillebUnCoMbe Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project. • MO (3/25), 5:30-7:30pm - Help tidy and organize the play rooms of the family visitation center. Motherlove Mentor • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per month required. Info: 254-7206. partners UnliMited • Partners Unlimited, a program for at-risk youth ages 10-18, seeks volunteer tutors and website assistance. Info: partnersunlimited@juno. com or 281-2800. play and learn literaCy prograM • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 9am - Play and Learn, an eightweek pre-literacy program for 3-5-year-olds, will be held at various locations in Buncombe County. Sponsored by Smart Start. Free. Info and registration: marna.holland@asheville.k12.nc.us or 3502904.
volunteering aMeriCan CanCer soCiety • The American Cancer Society seeks cosmetology professionals to facilitate its Look Good, Feel Better program for women in cancer treatment. A training session will be held april 22. Info: 254-6931. appalaChian trail ConservanCy • The Appalachian Trail Conservancy seeks volunteers to lead hikes, register guests, support workshops and assist with parking at the 2013 Biennial, scheduled for July 19-26 in Cullowhee. Info: www. appalachiantrail.org/2013biennial. art on Main • Art on Main arts and crafts festival seeks volunteers for planning,
set-up and tear-down. Info: acofhc@ bellsouth.net or 693-8504. dining oUt for life • The Western North Carolina AIDS Project seeks volunteer ambassadors for the Dining Out for Life fundraiser, scheduled for april 25. Info: wncapvolunteer@wncap.org or 252-7489. literaCy CoUnCil of bUnCoMbe CoUnty Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: 2543442, ext. 204. • Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a second language. Tutors provide one-on-one or small group instruction to adults in our community. No prior tutoring experience required. Tutors will receive 15 hours of training as well as ongoing support from certified professionals. Info: literacytutors@ litcouncil.com Ms serviCe day - spring Cleaning • SA (3/23), 8am-3pm - Join teams of volunteers to complete household projects, such as yard work and cleaning, for those affected by the limitations of multiple sclerosis. Breakfast and lunch provided. Group meets at the Reuter Center YMCA, 3 Town Square Blvd. Info: MScommunityWNC@gmail.com. natUre ConservanCy • SA (3/23), 10am-3pm - The Nature Conservancy seeks volunteers to remove and treat invasive plants at Bat Cave Preserve. Info and directions: mtns_volunteers@tnc.org. pan harMonia • Pan Harmonia seeks volunteers to assist with chamber music concerts. Volunteers receive two tickets to the concert. Info: office@panharmonia.org. road to reCovery • The American Cancer Society seeks volunteers to drive cancer patients to treatments as part of the Road to Recovery program. Info: 54-6931. the rathbUn Center • The Rathbun Center, a nonprofit corporation which provides free lodging for patients and their caregivers staying in Asheville for medical treatment, seeks volunteers to support and register guests. Weekend shifts: noon-3pm; 3-6pm & 6-9pm. Info: www.rathbuncenter. org or 251-0595.. Calendar deadline The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. wednesday, one week prior to publication. Questions? Call (828)251-1333,
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Discoveries & Advancements • 850: Al-Kindi (Alkindus) refutes the theory of the transmutation of metals, putting alchemists out of work for centuries until the advent of modern advertising. • 1494: First codification of the double-entry bookkeeping system, shaking up the world of bookkeeping BIG TIME. • 1635: Robert Hooke discovers the cell and changes magic mushroom thought processes forever. • 1846: During a series of wild parlor parties, William Morton presents to the world anesthesia. • 1912: Alfred Wegener coins the phrase “Continental drift” while hashing it out with his wife.
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Many other botched schemes and interASHEVILLE, MONDAY — Asheville Police Chief William Anderson insists there’s no rupted conspiracies have also been traced need for the SBI to investigate the APD’s back to Dianty. “It’s surprising because when my son handling of a crash involving his son who was allegedly a passenger in Anderson’s was in high school, Dianty hosted many parent-supervised parties, car when it was wrecked on and I spoke to Dianty’s faMontford Avenue. ther on the phone before each “My son told investigators party, and he was very reasthe driver of my car was a male suring,” said Chief Anderhe knows only as ‘Dianty,’” said son. “Dianty’s father remindChief Anderson. “I have been ed me of myself, and even tracking this troublesome Disounded quite a lot like me.” anty for years, and now I’m hot According to Chief Anderon his trail.” son, Dianty allegedly dosed This isn’t Chief Anderson’s his son with “anti-memory first encounter with the suspect Police sketch of street pills that he passed off known only as Dianty. suspect, “Dianty,” as studying vitamins” back “This Dianty character keeps drawn by Chief in 2010, an event that came to popping up, causing havoc in William Anderson. light while Chief Anderson my son’s life,” Chief Anderson said. “I’m alarmed Dianty followed my was interrogating his son about forgetting family when we moved from Daytona to Chief Anderson’s birthday. Making matDeland, Fla., and then to Greenville, and ters worse, Chief Anderson’s son identified Dianty as the culprit in the missing birthnow here.” According to Chief Anderson, the sus- day cake case that was simultaneously bepect named Dianty is under investigation ing investigated. “This Dianty eats my last piece of birthfor events stretching back to 2006. “This rascal Dianty hid a small baggie day cake, he wrecks my car, he sometimes of marijuana, adult magazines, and seven uses my credit card without permission,” canned beers in my then-teenage son’s said Chief Anderson. “Who does he think he is, my son?” closet,” said Chief Anderson.
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Cartoonist Brent Brown should be drawn and quartered for referencing the KKK in his cartoon in the March 6 edition of Mountain Xpress. I thought it was very irresponsible of his cartoon to mention such things. He clearly doesn’t understand the KKK’s violent hate-filled history, most likely due to the KKK’s successful public outreach efforts and 2009 rebranding. While I normally quickly peruse the Mountain Xpress to see if there’s anything at all that could possibly offend me, Brent Brown’s cartoon made me adopt four sick dogs so I can use the Mountain Xpress to clean up their vomit and then tell him about it. The specific aspects of the cartoon that I find deeply unsettling include the use of the letters “KKK” as well as the context of the cartoon overall which I did not understand due to its offensiveness in the third and final panel. Additionally, some of the squiggly lines used in the cartoon didn’t seem realistic and I found it confusing that the characters’ skin did not feature freckles and tiny hairs or blemishes so commonly found on real people. I guess everyone has perfect skin in Brent Brown’s cartoon world. I don’t know what Brent Brown was trying to prove by including a reference to the KKK, because I stopped thinking immediately upon seeing those three letters. Brent Brown should be fired, tarred and feathered, and run out of town. If he’s not gone by sunset, I will burn a stack of his cartoons in his front yard. I’ll be keeping my eye out for anything else that I arbitrarily find offensive and I will let Xpress readers know about it immediately. In closing, harrumph. Janie
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• On the streets of Soweto, South Africa, crowds of 12-to-15-year-old boys known as “izikhotane” (“boasters”) hang out in their designer jeans, “shimmering silk shirts, bright pink and blue shoes, and white-straw, narrow-brimmed fedoras,” BBC News reported in February. Flashing wads of cash begged from beleaguered parents, hundreds may amass, playing loud music and sometimes even trashing their fancy clothes as if feigning indifference to wealth. Since many izikhotanes’ families are working-class survivors of apartheid, they are mostly ashamed of their kids’ behavior. “This isn’t what we struggled for,” lamented one parent. But, protested a peer-pressured boaster, “You must dress like this, even if you live in a shack.” • India’s annual “Rural Olympics” might be the cultural equivalent of several Southern U.S. “Redneck Olympics” but taken somewhat more seriously, in that this year, corporate sponsorships (Nokia and Suzuki) helped fund the equivalent of about $66,000 in prize money for such events as competitive pulling using only one’s ears or teeth. “We do this for money, trophies, fame and respect,” one earpuller told The Wall Street Journal in February. This year, in the four-day event in Punjab state, the 50,000 spectators could watch a teeth-lifter pull a 110-pound sack upward for about eight seconds and an ear-puller ease a car about 15 feet. • Weird Japan: (1) A generous local businessman recently graced the city of Okuizumo with funding for replicas of two Renaissance statues (“Venus de Milo” and Michelangelo’s “David”) for a public park. Many residents, having had little advance warning, expressed shock at the unveiling and demanded that “David” at least be given underpants, Agence France-Presse reported in February. (2) Fax machines, almost obsolete in the U.S., are still central to many tech-savvy Japanese families and companies (who bought 1.7 million units last year alone), The New York Times reported in February. Families prefer faxes’ superiority
for nearly $200,000. (In 2010, while awaiting disposition of the original case with Costa, Pellegrino pleaded guilty to another DUI.)
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Questionable Judgments • In February, an off-duty Tampa police officer and an off-duty sheriff’s detective from nearby Hernando County were awarded the sheriff’s office’s highest honor, the Medal of Valor, for exemplary bravery in an October incident in which they shot to death a naked 42-year-old woman. She was holding a gun and had made threats, and a 5-year-old boy was inside a truck that she wanted to steal. Earlier, a neighbor had simply wrestled the woman down, but the officers thought they had to shoot to kill. “They shot a mentally disturbed, naked woman. Is that valor?” the woman’s brother said. • In 2011, Julian Pellegrino pleaded guilty to DUI involving serious bodily injury to Mark Costa in Chicopee, Mass., and was sentenced to 18 months in jail. Last December, however, Pellegrino sued Costa for $1.1 million for somehow causing his car to collide with Pellegrino’s. Pellegrino (who suffered a broken neck) was actually more seriously injured than Costa in the crash, but Costa countersued
Paul Jamrozik, 63, was arrested in Upper Darby, Pa., in January, charged with luring a 12-year-old boy into his home, spritzing his feet with athlete’s-foot spray and tickling them before examining his ears and nose under the guise of pretend-podiatry. When the kid asked to leave, according to the police report, Jamrozik withheld his shoes until he promised to bring his friends by the next day to be examined.
least-Competent Criminals Lee Wildman, 35, and Adrian Stanton, 32, pleaded guilty in connection with a burglary at Durham (England) University’s Oriental Museum, in which they heisted artwork worth about $2.7 million and hid it in a field in April 2012. Despite promised sentence reductions, however, they couldn’t help authorities locate the bounty, having forgotten exactly where they stashed it. Eventually, hikers unconnected with the case discovered the art and notified police. Said Judge Christopher Prince, “This is not an offense that can be described as sophisticated.”
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Like a conductor, third-grader daniel lifts his right arm and the chests of his classmates and teachers rise in response. The group sits in a circle on the floor with eyes closed, legs crossed and a candle lit. As Daniel lowers his arm, an echo of exhales keep time. He repeats the movement twice more. With daily centering complete, another day begins at Rainbow Mountain Children’s School. “This is a time [when] there is not a right or wrong answer,” says Executive Director Renee Owen. The centering exercise is about “coming into the present. It’s a time to go inward. It’s a time to connect with your inner life.” From kindergarten through eighth grade, students at the West Ashevillebased private school do variations on these exercises each morning. But mindfulness for children can be found all over town — such as Mission Children’s Hospital and Asheville Pretzel Kids yoga classes.
“We’re not using some psychological trick … We’re helping [children] use their own imagination to reduce their stress, anxiety and pain,” she says. “When we explain it in that way, most parents are comfortable letting us try and even get involved [with guided imagery] themselves,” Horan says. Child-life specialist Andi Nyiradi, trained in children’s meditation, says that she tries to help her patients stay in the present moment. “We’ve done a sensory meditation where the kids can’t see what’s in the bag. They’ll place their hand inside the bag and have to use their sense of touch and really just focus on that one sense,” she explains. “At a really young age, it’s really about connecting them with their senses to kind of ground them into the experience into the earth that they’re having in the moment.” Focusing one moment at a time or on one sense at a time, Nyiradi and Horan agree, can be the first step to being mindful in a hyperconnected world. “I think there’s a lot of distractions in our life, and I think it happens even more so for kids now, with handheld devices and stuff like that,” Nyiradi says, adding, “To be able to connect people back to the moment and be present will allow us to open and live … richer and fuller lives for ourselves and each other.”
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At Mission Children’s Hospital, child-life specialists help children and their families with psychological, developmental and social needs throughout their visit. Sometimes, this can be done with the use of guided imagery, in which a specialist guides patients toward a more relaxed, yet focused state by telling a story, says Tara Horan, child-life specialist manager for Mission Children’s Hospital. Patients as young as 3 or 4 years old can use guided imagery, says Horan. These young children — sometimes more than adults — possess the most important tool for a successful guided imagery experience. “Kids have imaginations that are very vibrant,” she shares. “So if we can help direct some of those imaginative thoughts in positive direction instead of a scary direction, that’s what guided imagery is all about.” Mission uses the practice before a child undergoes a surgery or medical procedure and when children are dealing with chronic pain, Horan explains. For example, a child-life specialist may ask young patients to visualize a calming setting and instruct them gently when to inhale and exhale.
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“Before being the manager of child life, I was working in surgery, and it was wonderful to see kids and families come in with lot of and anxiety fear, work on guided imagery practices, [then] see the child march into the OR and have confidence in what was going to happen and then use these techniques to really relax,” she says.
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Horan credits Mission’s Integrative Healthcare Department with bringing the practice into hospital. The department was formed in 2009 and features alternative practices such as aromatherapy, massage and biofeedback. Despite seeing more interest in alternative services or mindfulness practices, misconceptions linger, Horan says.
Jane Anne Tager says she tries to help her young yoga students live richer lives. But as with guided imagery, there can be some uncertainty about what the practice means, she says. “The word yoga means ‘to yolk, or to bring together.’ I just say we’re learning to bring together our breath, our body and our brain,” she says. In 1998, Tager founded Asheville Pretzel KidsYoga, where she teaches four different yoga classes for children. “Regarding mindfulness, I don’t want people to think that kids sit and ‘Om’ and chant,” says Tager. Freeing the mind is difficult for anyone, she observes. “And [for kids], you just have to kind of honor that. Sitting in stillness is not really realistic.” Instead, Tager will use sensory experiences, such as smelling herbs or going outside to listen to nature. In one exercise, students sit in a circle and pass cups of water around with intention and, most importantly, without spilling the water. But yoga does not need much modification to be introduced to children, she observes. “The foundation of yoga is rooted in nature,” Tager explains. “We do animal poses, and they love doing lion pose, which requires
get Set for heAlthY KIDS DAY, SAturDAY, AprIl 13 The YMCA of Western North Carolina and Greenlife will host Healthy Kids Day, Saturday, April 13, at Pack Square, starting at 11 a.m. with a parade. Then it’s all fun till 5 p.m., with music, games and activities that, as the local incarnation of a nationwide event, brings families together to learn healthier habits that will help them grow and thrive. Here are a few recommendations from past participants: “It was cool. It was a really fun day. It really appealed to people my age and not a lot does. The skate boarding was epic!” — Alex, 14 years old “I showed up and was like, ‘Wow, this is awesome! It was huge! My favorite part was the giant Angry Birds catapult. My dad and I took turns blasting walls with flying animals. Kids need to come because it is way fun and it also helps you be healthy! Sooooooo much fun.” — West, 10 “I really liked the drummers. It was so fun to dance to. I’m excited to hear them again this year.” — Jennifer, 7 “I am so excited to go to Healthy Kids Day this year!! I love climbing walls and hamster balls. I will spend all my time in those.” — Tony, 11 “I liked running around and kicking the soccer balls. It was awesome to have just a big space with lots of soccer balls to kick around.” — Matt, 8 “I made macaroni jewelry last year that I still have in my room.” — Katie, 6 “I ran in my first running race and I won out of everyone in my group!” — Chris, 13 “My dad was dancing really crazy to the singers on the stage. It was fun to dance with him. And my mom was dancing too!” — Maggie, 7 For more information about the event, call 210-9603 or visit ymcawnc.org.
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a lot of attention because you’re rolling your eyes back and putting your body in pouncing position. It’s hard to be anywhere else.” Through teaching yoga, though, she tries her best to be where her students are, saying that they can be the true teachers. “I believe children start out living from their hearts and then society has them start living from their head. I try to be more like them, to live more from my heart,” says Tager. School of thought
Back at Rainbow Mountain Children’s School, Owen explains that living in a hyper-connected, always running, to-do list society is one of the reasons why the school starts each day with 20 to 30 minutes of centering. “These days, nobody says, ‘Get into the present and see what happens,’” she says. “That transition of going from one place to another can really scatter us. So you come in, the classroom is gently lit, you get into a circle, light a candle and take three breaths. That’s really all it takes to go ‘I’m in the present. I’m here now. I’m ready to learn.’” As 10-year-old Ari Irani explains it, “I feel relaxed most of the time [after centering]. It’s calming.” But daily centering goes beyond prepping for the day. Owen says it’s about preparing these students for life. “We want everything for our children. We want them to be able to do whatever they want so they have to be their best self every moment that they possibly can be, and that’s one of the things that centering does for them,” says Owen. “They begin the day by going to their best self. … And they can carry that with them for the rest of their lives.” X Send your health-and-wellness news and tips to Caitlin Byrd at cbyrd@mountainx. com or mxhealth@mountainx.com, or call 251-1333, ext. 140.
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wellnesscalendar wellness asheville Center for transCendental Meditation ("tM") (pd.) Free Introductory Talk: Thursdays. 6:30pm, Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut. (828) 254-4350. www. Meditationasheville.org flow bodyworks - Massage therapy (pd.) Experience the benefits of receiving therapeutic massage 2X month! Ongoing special includes your choice of two 75-minute Integrated Massages for $100 OR one 75-minute Integrated Massage AND one 120-minute Thai Yoga Massage for $130! Inquire about specials for 4X month! Erin Marie Porter, NC License #12333, FLOW Bodyworks, 828-702 9211. www.Facebook.com/FlowBodyworks asheville CoMMUnity yoga Center Located at 8 Brookdale Road. Info: ashevillecommunityyoga.com. • MONDAYS, 5-6:15pm & WEDNESDAYS, 1:45-3:15pm - Women's expressive dance wave. $5-$15 suggested donation. • WEDNESDAYS, 4-4:45pm - Kids yoga. $5-$10 suggested donation. A parenting group will be held during kids yoga. Additional $5-$10 donation. • THURSDAYS, 4:30-5:30pm - Qi Gong and Tai Chi basics. $5-$15 suggested donation. blUe ridge holistiC nUrses Chapter Meeting • SA (3/23), 10am - This supportive group of nurses and affiliated holistic practitioners meets at the West Asheville Library's Community Meeting Room, 942 Haywood Road. Featured speaker Stacey Curnow will present "How to Build Your HeartBased Business." Info: 250-4750 fairview ChiropraCtiC Center 2 Fairview Hills Drive, Fairview. Free; registration required. Info: 628-7800. • TH (3/21), 5:15-5:45pm - "Restore Your Core" will offer exercises to prevent back pain and tone the stomach. • TH (3/28), 5:15-6pm - A presentation on posture basics. Free; registration required. Info: 628-7800. fletCher valley Market • TH (3/21), 5:30pm & FR (3/22), 11am - Fletcher Valley Market, 1151 Naples Road, Hendersonville, will screen a PBS documentary about Don Porter who used "kitchen cures" to fight prostate cancer. Free. Info: www.fletchervalley.com or 209-6920. free MaMMograMs • TU (3/26) & WE (3/27), 9:30am7pm - "BelkGives on the Go" will offer free mammograms at Belk in the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd., Hendersonville. Open to women age 40
and over with no breast concerns. Info and appointment: 855-655-2662. healing arts yoga • SATURDAYS, 10:30am-noon - ASU offers yoga in the Turchin Center’s Mayer Gallery. All levels. $10/$5 ASU students. Info: www.tcva.org/calendar/super/id/853. healthy eating 101 • WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm - Asheville Family Fitness and Physical Therapy, 149 New Leicester Highway, hosts "a refreshing, informal class on all things health and wellness — especially food." $10/free for members. Info: www.ashevillefitspine.com. healthy Mind-body day • TH (3/21), 8-11am & 4-7pm - Ladies Workout Express, 802 Fairview Road, Suite 1000, will host a healthy mind and body day. Free. Info: 298-4667. Massage teChniqUes for wellness • WE (3/20), 1:30pm - Learn basic and simple massage techniques for personal wellness including head, neck, shoulder, hand, leg and foot massage. Held at Mission Hospital’s Integrative Healthcare Wellness Resource Center, 50 Doctor’s Drive. $10/ free for hospital employees. Info: jhrnwr@ msj.org or 213-8250. spring Cleaning for body and Mind • TU (3/26), 7-9pm - "Spring Cleaning for Body and Mind" will be held at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. $10 donation. Info: www.jubileecommunity.org or 252-5335. spring woMen's roots retreat • SU (3/24), 10am-5pm - Laughing Waters Retreat Center, 3963 Gerton Highway, will host an afternoon of "art, yoga, hiking, fresh mountain air and community." $30 in advance/$35 door. Group discounts available. Info and registration: www. MountainRoots.org. yoga for veterans • THURSDAYS, 4-5pm - Yoga for veterans, service members and their families will be offered by Happy Body Studio, 1378 Hendersonville Road. Free. Info: www. ashevillehappybody.com/vets or 277-5741. yoga for woMen's health • TUESDAYS, noon - "Dao Flow Yoga weaves together Daoism and Chinese medicine with the ancient technology of yoga. This style expands traditional poses to illuminate the healing energetics of the acupuncture meridian system." Hosted by Asheville Yoga Donation Studio, 239 S. Liberty St. Info: www.ashevilledonationyoga.com. ywCa ClUb w open hoUse • MO (3/25) - YWCA Club W Fitness Center will host an open house featuring free classes and waived enrollment fee for new members. Held at 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: www.ywcaofasheville.org or 254-7206, ext. 213.
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support groups adUlt Children of alCoholiCs & dysfUnCtional faMilies ACOA is an anonymous 12-step, "Twelve Tradition" program for women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Info: www.adultchildren.org. • SUNDAYS, 3pm - "Living in the Solution," The Servanthood House, 156 E. Chestnut St. Open big book study. Info: 989-8075. • FRIDAYS, 7pm - "Inner Child" study group. Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: 989-8075. • SUNDAYS, 2pm - "Inner Child" study group, Canton Branch Library, 11 Pennsylvania Ave., Canton. Info: 648-2924. • SUNDAYS, 3pm - A confidential study group based on the twelve steps of ACOA. Everyone welcome; no age or gender restrictions. Meets at the Clyde Town Hall, 8437 Carolina Blvd. Info: babeo2351@yahoo.com. • MONDAYS, 7pm - "Generations," First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 474-5120. al-anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area. Info: www.wnc-alanon.org or 800-2861326. • WEDNESDAYS, 11:30am - "Daytime Serenity," Pardee Education Center at the Blue Ridge Mall, 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. --- 7pm - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. --- 5:45pm - Al-Anon meeting for women, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 798 Merrimon Ave. • MONDAYS, noon - "Keeping the Focus," First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Entrance near Charlotte Street. --- 6pm "Attitude of Gratitude," Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. --- 7pm - First Christian Church, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain. --- 7:30pm - First United Methodist Church, Jackson and Church Streets, Sylva. --- 8pm - "Al-Anon Spoken Here," Ledger Baptist Church, U.S. 226 near Bakersville. --- 8pm - Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, 1790 Greenville Highway at North Highland Lake Road. brain inJUry sUpport network • 4th TUESDAYS, 6pm - A group for brain injury survivors, their families, caregivers and friends. Bring a snack to share if you wish. Meets at Foster Church, 375 Hendersonville Road. Info: eengelsman@ hindsfeetfarm.org. ChroniC pain sUpport groUp • SUNDAYS, 12:30-1:30pm - Open to those with chronic pain, friends and family. Held at Unity Church of Asheville, 130 Shelburne Road. Donations accepted. Info: 423-8301. Co-dependents anonyMoUs A fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.
• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & SATURDAYS, 11am - First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. (use back entrance). Info: 424-6594 or 398-8937. debtors anonyMoUs • MONDAYS, 7pm - Debtors Anonymous meets at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., Room 101. Info: www.debtorsanonymous.org. depression and bipolar sUpport allianCe • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Magnetic Minds provides self-help through weekly peerfacilitated meetings. We strive to provide support, acceptance, information and socialization, plus tips and techniques to manage challenges. Meets at 1316-C Parkwood Road, across from the West Asheville BB&T. Info: magneticminds. dbsa@gmail.com. eating disorders adUlt sUpport groUp • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - THE Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St., provides free weekly support groups for adults recovering from an eating disorder. Facilitated by licensed professionals. Dropins welcome; no registration required. Info: www.thecenternc.org or 337-4685. heart of reCovery • TUESDAYS, 6pm - A meditation and discussion group that integrates Buddhist meditation practice with 12-step recovery programs. Meetings are anonymous and explore the relationship between addiction and meditation. Hosted by the Shambhala Meditation Center, 19 Westwood Place. Info: www.asheville. shambhala.org. MeMoryCaregivers network: weaverville • 4th TUESDAYS, 1pm - Free and open to anyone caring for a person with memory loss. Group meets at Weaverville First Baptist Church, Lower Level Fellowship Hall, 63 N Main St., Weaverville. Info: 230-4143. naMi sUpport groUps The National Alliance on Mental Illness supports recovery for people living with mental illness and their families. Free. Info: www.namiwnc.org or 505-7353. • 2nd & 4th WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - A Dual Diagnosis Support Group for those living with mental illness and substance abuse issues will be held at 3 Thurland Ave. • 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 6pm - An additional Dual Diagnosis support group will be held at Wall Street Coffee House, 62 Wall St. nar-anon • Nar-Anon provides support to relatives and friends concerned about the addiction or drug problem of a loved one. "We share experience, strength and hope." • TUESDAYS, 7pm - West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road; enter through back door. Info: robinplemmons@gmail.com. • WEDNESDAYS, 12:30pm - First United Methodist Chuch, 204 Sixth Ave. W.,
Hendersonville. Enter through side parking lot. Info: 891-8050. overCoMers reCovery sUpport groUp • MONDAYS, 6pm - A Christian-based 12-step recovery program that provides a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems. Meets at 370 N. Louisiana Ave., Suite C-1. All are welcome. Info: rchovey@sos-mission.org. overeaters anonyMoUs A fellowship of individuals who are recovering from compulsive overeating. A 12-step program. • THURSDAYS, noon - Asheville: Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road. Info: 277-1975. • SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Black Mountain: 424 W. State St. Open relapse and recovery meeting. Info: 686-8131. • MONDAYS, 6:30pm - Hendersonville: Balfour United Methodist Church, 2567 Asheville Highway. Info: 697-5437. • MONDAYS, 6pm - Asheville: First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St. Info: 252-4828. • TUESDAYS, 10:30am-noon - Asheville: Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. at Ottari. Info: 626-2572. separated and divorCed CatholiC sUpport groUp • 4th SATURDAYS, 6:30pm - "As Catholics, we are taught the sacramentality of marriage, but as humans, we experience the pain of failure through divorce. We support people going through the many emotions and behaviors." All are welcome. Held at the Basilica of St. Lawrence's Fireplace Room, 97 Haywood St. Info: catholicanddivorced@gmail.com. sMart reCovery • THURSDAYS, 6pm - This peer support group is dedicated to helping individuals gain independence from all types of addictive behavior (drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc.). Meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave. Info: smartrecoveryavl@gmail.com or 407-0460. the art of grief • 4th SATURDAYS, 10:30am-noon - The Art of Grief will "begin the healing process through clay work, journaling, collage and other expressive outlets." Held in ASU's Turchin Center, room 3200. No artistic skills required. Supplies provided. $15. www.tcva.org/workshops. workaholiCs anonyMoUs • WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Workaholics Anonymous. Info and directions: www. workaholics-anonymous.org or 301-1727. More wellness events online Check out the Wellness Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after March 28. Calendar deadline The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. wednesday, one week prior to publication. Questions? Call (828)251-1333, ext. 365
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A trowel and a dream “I like planting the seeds and watching them grow!” proclaims Elisabeth Fowler, a sixth grader at Francine Delaney New School for Children. She is one of 11 students participating in the garden elective this spring. Fowler spent her early childhood on a country plot in Leicester, but when she moved to an apartment in Asheville she had to give up her home garden. “She lives out her garden dreams here at school,” explains Elisabeth’s aunt, Buffy Fowler. On an unseasonably warm spring day, teacher Cory Finneron helps fifth and sixth graders plant carrots and kale in one of the school’s two small gardens. Finneron says school gardens are a special challenge, since he must select vegetables that can be planted, cared for and harvested before the school lets out for the summer. But this limited time frame doesn’t dampen the students’ enthusiasm for growing. Before starting the garden, students put pencil to paper to help write multiple grant applications. Last year, the school was awarded the School Gardening Grant from the Extension Master Gardeners. Now the school’s gardens are ready for spring and students like Elisabeth can exercise their green thumbs no matter where they live.
Pre-K students from Asheville City Schools use Extension Master Gardener grants to explore gardening at an early age.
Farm as classroom Learning to garden on a smaller scale is great for kids of all ages, but a trip to a local farm can spark the imagination of a child who might not otherwise see farming in action. With the grant-funded program, Growing Minds, the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project brings kids out of the city and onto the farm for field trips.
Participating schools serve students from all economic backgrounds, but the program focuses on those with a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunches. Through field trips to farms in the Appalachian Grown Region, students learn where their food comes from, and they gain handson, authentic farm experiences. Kids also get the chance to get their hands dirty and meet farmers who make their living off the land. School officials are invited to apply through April 12. avl.mx/r8
Feasting on veggies What’s the fun in gardening if you don’t get to eat your hard work? Once a month, Asheville Middle School students chow down on their school garden with FEAST, a Slow Food Asheville program that promotes healthful eating through group cooking and gardening. Students build raised beds and plant everything from rainbow chard to radishes. Then the veggies are cooked up in creative ways to foster an appreciation of local produce. FEAST’s program director Kate Justen says that students expand their culinary world by combining gardening with cooking. “We have students who claim to hate salad and then ask for more because they have never tried salad like this,” she explains. Some students even ask for seeds to take home for their own burgeoning gardens. Whether they’re moving dirt, cutting up vegetables or exploring new greens, Asheville Middle School students will carry their newfound appreciation of healthful food well into adulthood. feast.slowfoodasheville.org
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Make your school garden grow Schools need more than a committed teacher and enthusiastic students to maintain a garden. Money is also needed to purchase seeds, compost and other garden essentials. If you know a group of students in need of funds to help their garden grow, the Extension Master Gardeners is currently
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For more information, including the exact start and end dates of markets, contact the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Info: www.buyappalachian.org or 236-1282.
fridays • 2pm-dusk - french broad food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave.
satUrdays • 9am-noon - haywood historic farmers Market, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. • 10am-1pm - asheville City Market, Haywood Park Hotel atrium, 1 Battery Park Ave. • 10am-1pm - Jackson County farmers Market, 23 Central St., Sylva. • 10am-12:30pm - woodfin reynolds Mountain neighborhood y winter tailgate, the LOFTS at Reynolds Village, 40 N. Merrimon Ave., Building 51. • 2nd & 4th SATURDAYS, 10am-1pm Madison County indoor winter Market, Madison County Cooperative Extension, 258 Carolina Lane, Marshall. • 2nd SATURDAYS, 10am-2pm - bakersville farmers Market, 11 N. Mitchell Ave. • 3rd SATURDAYS, 2-6pm - spruce pine farmers Market, Mountainside Wine, 271 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine.
Calling all gardeners Is your garden club gearing up for spring? Got a gardening idea or topic that sparks your curiosity? Contact garden@mountainx.com.
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sow trUe seed (pd.) An open-pollinated vegetable, herb and flower seed company offering 500+ organic, heirloom and traditional varieties, seed potatoes, asparagus crowns, plant starts and more. Visit us downtown at 146 Church Street, www.sowtrueseed.com or call 828-254-0708. wnC bee sChool (pd.) Presents a two day intro to Beekeeping on March 23 and 24 at the Folk Art Center, Asheville. $45. Visit chbr. org or call 828-779-7047. Anyone interested in bees welcome! Csa fair • TH (3/21), 3-6pm - ASAP will host a CSA fair featuring opportunities to meet farmers and sign up for Community Supported Agriculture shares. Held in the Haywood Park Hotel Atrium, 1 Battery Park Ave. Free. Info: www.asapconnections.org. george washington Carver edible park • MONDAYS, 5-7pm - The community is invited to help grow and maintain vegetables at the George Washington Carver Edible Park, next to the Stephens Lee Recreation Center parking lot, 30 G.W. Carver Ave. Info: majerla@hotmail.com. ikenobo ikebana soCiety The Blue Ridge Chapter of Ikenobo Ikebana Society (Japanese Flower Arranging) meets monthly at St. John's in the Wilderness Parish House, Rt. 225 South and Rutledge Road, Flat Rock. Info: 696-4103. • TH (3/21), 10am - The Ikenobo Ikebana Society will host a meeting and demonstration focusing on three boat arrangements. Jewels of the plains redisCovered • SA (3/23), 10:30am-12:30pm - "Jewels of the Plains Rediscovered," with James H. Locklear, will discuss the horticultural attributes of flora of the Great Plains. Held at Flat Rock Village Hall, 2710 Greenville Highway. Free. Info: 698-7868. n.C. arboretUM Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way. 9am-5pm daily. Info: www.ncarboretum.org or 665-2492. • SA (3/23) & SU (3/24), 10am-5pm - The WNC Orchid Society will present an orchid show with educational programs, supplies and growing advice. Free with $8 parking fee. • MO (3/25), 1-4pm - A class on growing specialty roses will focus on climbing roses and roses for containers. Presented by Buncombe County master gardener Judy Deutsch. $30/$25 members. oakley farMers Market Call for vendors • Through FR (3/22) - The Oakley Farmers Market will accept applications from local farmers, food producers and crafters for
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perennial food gardening • SA (3/23), 10am-12:30pm & TU (3/26), 6-8:30pm - A class on perennial food gardening will focus on hardy fruits and vegetables that grow year after year in marginal spaces. Held at A-B Tech's Small Business Center, Enka campus. $25. Info: http://avl.mx/r0. plant sale • Through FR (3/22) - The Haywood County Extension Master Gardener's plant sale offers berries, asparagus crowns and fruit trees. Orders required by March 22. Pick-up: April 13. Prices vary. Info and order form: mgarticles@charter.net or 456-3575. raised bed gardening • WE (3/20), 10am - A presentation on raised bed gardening will be held at the Buncombe County Extension office, 94 Coxe Ave. Free. Info and registration: 255-5522. rUral yoUng agriCUltUral entrepreneUrs • Young adults interested in starting an agricultural business are invited to apply for The NC Rural Center's “New Generation Ventures” program. Info: http://avl.mx/q7. sMall terrain 278 Haywood Road. Info: www.smallterrain. com or 216-8102. • SU (3/24), 5-7pm - A vermiculture workshop, with Kristina Urquhart, will focus on the role of worms in soil health and vitality. The class will discuss how to create a vermicompost system, source worms and basic care. $15. • FR (3/28), 5-7pm - A class on gardening with kids will encourage children to explore their curiosities and build stronger connections with nature. Presented by Keri Evjy of Healing Roots Design. $15. More gardening events online Check out the Gardening Calendar online at www.mountainx.com/events for info on events happening after March 28. Calendar deadline The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. wednesday, one week prior to publication. Questions? Call (828)251-1333, ext. 365
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accepting applications for its yearly School Gardening Grant. The goal of the grants is to create “learning gardens” that help students explore math, science and environmental concepts through gardening. EMG volunteers come out to the school to offer years of experience and trusted techniques as part of the program. Since 2007, the organization reports donating more than $13,000 to 29 schools. The grants are small, about $250, but a little cash can go a long way in the garden. Deadline for applications is April 30 and details can be found at buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu or 255-5522.
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In the early 1980s, a group of nuns laid the groundwork for what is now a growing movement to invest locally. To support the development of local businesses and schools, the nuns entrusted Community Development Financial Institutions with a portion of their retirement money. In exchange for their money, the nuns were issued interest-bearing notes by those CDFIs. “We just knew that we couldn’t lose the nuns’ retirement funds,” said Mark Pinsky, long-time president-CEO of the Opportunity Finance Network, during a 2011 Forbes interview in which he reflected on the early success of the industry. Pinsky’s organization is the nation’s leading trade association for CDFIs. The CDFIs didn’t lose the nuns’ retirement funds. In fact, the approach has been so successful that many individuals continue to lend their money to CDFIs across the country — including Mountain BizWorks, which provides smallbusiness loans. Douglas Wingeier received his first interest-bearing note from Mountain BizWorks in 2005. “I invested in Mountain BizWorks to aid local small business; to provide an alternative to Wall Street and the corporate world; and to have confidence in where my money goes and how it is being used,” said Wingeier. Most of us are familiar with the term “interest-bearing note,” which is “a loan between lender and borrower which accrues interest over the pre-determined loan period,” according to BusinessDictionary.com. What many people don’t know is that you can lend to local CDFIs,
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such as Mountain BizWorks, and receive an interest-bearing note — the organization’s promise to repay the principal as well as interest earned. CDFI notes are similar to the certificates of deposit offered by credit unions and banks: You select the amount, term and interest rate. But bank-issued CDs, are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and credit unions are insured by National Credit Union Administration. CDFI notes are uninsured. It’s also important to mention that lending to CDFIs is not charity. The organizations usually offer several options for local investors, with interest rates ranging from 0 to 3 percent. Typically, notes are for $1,000 or more. Mountain BizWorks is currently the only local small-business CDFI that allows individuals to invest. Michael Shuman is one of the nation’s top thinkers and advocates for local business and local economies. In his book, Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity, he says that $15 trillion could be moved from Wall Street to “main streets” across the country by focusing on investing in our communities. Imagine what our small business community would like if we invested 50 percent of our total assets in Western North Carolina. Shaw Canale is the CEO of Mountain BizWorks. To learn more about investing in your local small business CDFI, visit mountainbizworks.org, or call 253-2834 and talk with Shaw Canale (ext. 12) or Nathan Harlan (ext. 14).
Self-Help/ Carolina Mountains launches Go Local certificate of deposit
On Friday, March 22, come celebrate with Carolina Mountains Credit Union, a division of Self-Help Credit Union. The credit union is launching its first-ever local certificate of deposit — the Go Local CD. The result of a partnership with Asheville Grown and the Go Local campaign, the new investment vehicle will help fund the credit union’s home mortgages (that will never be sold), as well as smallbusiness, auto and signature loans. The Go Local CD will also help the credit union support local economicdevelopment projects. As the slogan says, “Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Love Western North Carolina: Invest Local.” The launch party will take place at Carolina Mountains’ south Asheville branch (1911 S. Hendersonville Road) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will feature tasty local treats. The first 50 people to open a Go Local CD will receive a free Love Asheville Go Local card and directory, offering discounts on products and services at more than 360 locally owned businesses in Asheville. These cards help to support Asheville City Schools and the Asheville City Schools Foundation. Carolina Mountains Credit Union, a division of Self-Help Credit Union, is a member-owned cooperative credit union serving more than 7,600 members in WNC. Its mission is to create ownership and protect economic opportunity for all, especially for rural residents, women and communities of color. Here are a few local businesses it’s helped: Salsa’s, Casa dei Bambini, Regent Park Early Childhood Development Center, West End Bakery, the French Broad Food Coop, Blue Ridge Biofuels, Hops and Vines, Studio Flora Diva, Enter the Earth, FLS Energy and the Glen Rock Commercial Building. For more information, call Debbie Johnson or Abigail Suarez at Carolina Mountains Credit Union, a division of Self-Help Credit Union, 676-2196.
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Calendar of events Authentic Japanese Cuisine and Sushi MoUntain bizworks workshops 153 S. Lexington Ave. Info: 253-2834 or www. mountainbizworks.org. • MONDAYS, noon & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - An informational meeting about Mountain BizWorks' programs will help businesses make the first step toward accessing the organization's services. Free. Info and registration: victor@mountainbizworks.org or 253-2834. national assoCiation of woMen in ConstrUCtion
Openings the curiosity Shoppe (art, antiques, accessories), 3028 U.S. Highway 70, Black Mountain, 6697467. curiosity-shoppe-online.com. Devotion organics (natural, local body-care products and cosmetics), 108 N. Lexington Ave., 772-0910. devotionorganics.com, pictured. Photo by Max Cooper. Zia taqueria, 521 Haywood Road, 575-9393. ziataco.com.
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Secret SANDWICH by emIly PatrIcK PhotoS by maX cooPer Let us praise the balance and perfection of the sandwich: its symmetrical halves, its versatility, its ubiquity. The sandwich is so often taken for granted, but truly, it is our constant companion. Its variations take place at breakfast, lunch and dinner. For a midnight snack, wedge the contents of your fridge between a couple of slices of bread, et voila. The sandwich does it again. The sandwich knows no boundaries. It’s equally at home in workaday canteens and upscale eating houses. Anyone can make one; anyone can enjoy one. Wherever there is commerce, there is likely a sandwich. Here are six sandwiches to seek out. They’re tucked into markets, strip malls and parking lots, so maybe you haven’t noticed them before. At about $7 or less, it’s time for lunch.
bbQ SammIe, $7
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With its brightly colored toppings, indicating pickled delights, The Lowdown’s barbecue sandwich is eyecatching. The thick, buttery Texas toast and red slaw beg to be eaten. The pickled okra nestles beneath a heap of pulled pork. Each bite is smoky and sour with a tinge of sweetness. It’s a meat-and-two in handheld form.
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roaSteD chIcKen SalaD SanDwIch, $5
Hi-Fi Cafe, 45 S. French Broad Ave.
Hi-Fi Cafe is both small and savvy. The menu includes just four sandwiches and a customizable, personal pizza. Because the offering are streamlined, the proprietors have time to make everything from scratch, including breads, tortilla chips and vegan cheese. The hand-pulled chicken salad comes on thick focaccia bread that’s perfectly browned and bubbly, clearly the product of a well-honed recipe. It’s topped with citrus zest, roasted pumpkin seeds and thin-sliced, grilled pineapple, so it’s sure to be a hit with fans of savory-sweet flavor combinations.
FrIeD bologna, $4.95
The Soda Fountain at Woolworth Walk, 25 Haywood St.
Yes, we went with the fried bologna sandwich at the Woolworth soda fountain. The pimento cheese, BLT and club sandwiches were strong contenders, but in the end, we chowed down on the controversial Appalachian classic. Maybe you love it. Maybe you hate it. Either way, you should try it. Woolworth’s fried bologna is actually grilled, and it’s a major step up from the one you probably ate as a kid. Both bologna and bread come thick-cut, so each meaty mouthful conjures up a wave of nostalgia for bologna sandwiches past along with hope for the bologna sandwiches of the future: If they could all be like this one!
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the mean bean, $7
West Village Market, 771 Haywood Road
Wind your way through West Village Market to the deli in the back of the shop. The two-table setup is small, but the menu offers 13 specialty sandwiches with a wide range of artisan breads, Boar’s Head meats and local cheeses, tofu, tempeh, hummus and jam. The Mean Bean features blackbean tempeh from Smiling Hara, avocado, roasted red peppers and chipotle hummus on toasted Sami’s gluten-free bread.
FIll It UP, $6.99
Rev It Up! Sandwich Shop, 5 Regent Park Blvd.
From the outside, Rev It Up! looks like a typical sub shop, but don’t make assumptions based on its humble storefront and the motorcycle-themed decorations. Rev It Up adds its own creative twist to the sandwiches and burgers it serves. Among standard tuna, turkey and ham selections, you’ll find portobello and brie, chicken salad with grapes and pecans and sautéed eggplant arrangements. The Fill It Up is all about gooey decadence. Roast beef, sautéed eggplant and onions come smothered in roasted red pepper marinara sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. It’s comfort food on a hoagie.
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braISeD PorKShoUlDer SanDwIch, $7.25
Asheville Sandwich Company, 202 State St.
Asheville Sandwich makes a stick-to-your ribs lunch. The sandwiches come loaded with toppings, so even the healthier varieties burst at their seams with heaps of arugula. The pork shoulder sandwich is an entire meal in a bun. The tender meat is roasted and chopped in-house and topped with rich slaw and shoestring french fries.
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Readers, Xpress has been missing out. For nearly four years, a local, affordable, family-friendly restaurant has gone nearly unreported. I’m not really sure why we haven’t written about Piazza in east Asheville. Shortly after it opened in 2009, we mentioned it here and there, but we’d not written a full article. Piazza offers a glorious, no-frills lineup of spaghetti bowls, sandwiches, Italian-inspired entrees and pizza from a wood-fire oven. I ate lunch there as research for the sandwich article in this issue (tough job, right?), but it seemed to deserve more attention. In a very simple and accessible way, everything about Piazza is impeccable. It’s the kind of concept that’s been streamlined so admirably it could survive in any city. A diner could take it for granted, enjoying dinner there a couple of times a month without making a fuss over it. It’s slick and clean and obviously well-managed, and the economy that the business practices gets passed down to diners in the form of entrees that start at $2.99. Yes, you can eat a bowl of whole-wheat spaghetti tossed in butter and Parmesan cheese for $2.99 (real Parmesan, not the blended stuff — I checked). Its understated excellence comes as no surprise. Chef Reza Setayesh owns Piazza as well as Rezaz in Biltmore Village, where he’s known for Mediterranean flavors with global twists. But he created Piazza with completely different intentions. He lives near Fairview and wanted to build a nearby restaurant where he could take his family for simple food. “I want things that kids will be comfortable with, nothing obscure,” he says. “It’s really comfort food.” So while Piazza is completely different from Rezaz — it’s more casual and the price point is significantly lower — it benefits from its relationship with the fine-dining spot. “We buy through the same purveyors for both restaurants,” Setayesh says. “It’s quality at super-affordable prices.” Piazza is very clearly a neighborhood pizzeria, and you won’t find many surprises on the menu, but the execution of the dishes and the service are comparable to Rezaz. I con-
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It’s time Piazza got some press
The sandwich ThaT sTole my hearT: Yes, you should drive to east Asheville for this humble yet delicious Italian sandwich.
fess: I dropped my spoon. I reached to pick it up, but manager Roberto Mulas was already there with a fresh utensil. I have dropped a lot of silverware, but never has my clumsiness been met so briskly. Did Piazza upcharge for Roberto’s attentiveness? No. I paid $6.99 for my sandwich (plus tip, of course) which came on perfectly toasted French bread with a variety of toppings and house-made aioli, plus a generous portion of crispy, well-seasoned fries. Readers, I do not write reviews. I do not critique restaurants. And
while I clearly was impressed with Piazza, I’m not making any judgments as a gastronome. I simply hope to correct a lapse in Xpress’ coverage that has gone on for almost four years. I thought you should know about Piazza. Please let me know which others we have missed by sending an email to food@mountainx.com. Piazza, 4 Olde Eastwood Village Blvd. (off 74A), opens Tuesday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to ‘till. For more information, visit piazzaeast.com.
Small bIteS
by Emily Patrick
Photos by Max Cooper
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Bread winners When Steve Bardwell and his wife, Gail Lunsford, started Wake Robin Farm Breads in 1999, there were only a couple of bakeries in Asheville. Now, more than a dozen local bakeries and several local mills have transformed the city into a regional hub for small-batch, artisan bread producers. “The bakers themselves have gotten better, and the customers have gotten much more knowledgeable and know what to look for,” Bardwell says. In its ninth year, the Asheville Artisan Bread Festival celebrates the success of the micro-industry and invites the community to learn more about the craft. “I would encourage anybody who’s at all interested in good bread to come,” says Bardwell, who organizes the festival. “There’s something for everybody, and it’s a lot of fun.” On Saturday, March 23, the day of baked delights kicks off with a showcase. Local bread and pretzel makers display their offerings and distribute samples. The event is free and open to the public, and anyone who purchases a loaf of bread receives a ticket to a workshop (while supplies last, and space permitting). Most of the workshop tickets have already sold. Those events include a trip to Carolina Ground flour mill and lessons from renowned bread makers, such as Lionel Vatinet (La Farm Bakery in Cary, N.C.), Craig Ponsford (Ponsford’s Place in San Rafael, Ca.) and Emily Buehler (author of Bread Science: The Chemistry and Craft of Making Bread). Space is still available for a discussion on home brick-ovens with Bob Bowles, director of Slow Food Asheville and the Asheville Wine & Food Festival. Tickets are also available for a demonstration by Peter Reinhart, a chef instructor at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte and the author of many books about bread making, including Crust and Crumb and The Bread Baker’s Apprentice. At the bread festival, he’ll demonstrate techniques from his newest book, The Joy of Gluten-Free, SugarFree Baking. Bardwell says that catering to diners who avoid wheat is a significant challenge for bakers. “It’s hard bak-
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ing that way,” he says. “[Reinhart] has got great skill at figuring out how to do it and teaching it to other people.” The festival has attracted plenty of big names this year, Bardwell says. That pull is more evidence that Asheville is a rising star in the artisan bread industry. At the showcase, the bakers will display the breadth of their skills. “There’s thousands of different kinds of bread, and a lot of them will be represented here, from very dense whole rye flour breads to fancy, rich French breads, croissants and things like that,” he says. “It runs the whole gamut of European breads, anyway.”
And if you’re enticed by nothing else, come for the bread samples. “It’s hard to beat free bread,” Bardwell says. The Asheville Artisan Bread Festival begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, in A-B Tech’s Magnolia building. The showcase, which lasts until 2 p.m., is free and open to the public. Ticketed events run throughout the day, and chef Peter Reinhart’s demonstration begins at 2 p.m. For more information, visit ashevillebreadfestival. com.
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by Emily Patrick
Once a week, the small kitchen of the Boys and Girls Club becomes its heart. The ten or so members of the Adventures in Eating Cooking Club scurry into the small space, and without much ceremony, they get to work. They wash their hands and begin to wash and cut vegetables. As they set to cooking, other kids leave their activities in other rooms and poke their heads into the kitchen to watch and take in the smells. The Adventures in Eating students have spent the day in school, followed by an hour of homework. When they come to the kitchen, they’re excited about verbs: sautéing, washing, chopping. “I want to grate the cheese,” says 9-year-old J’Khia Jones with excitement in her voice. The club is making Mediterranean pasta, so the cheese in question is Parmigiano-Reggiano. J’Khia thinks it smells funny, but she takes the grating seriously and quickly reduces the wedge to a bowl of shreds. Across the room, 7-year-old Keyshawn Dean chops mushroom. Like J’Khia, he’s totally focused on his task. His small face is a mask of concentration. He’s only just turned 7, he slowly explains, as he carefully slices a mushroom. “What do they smell like?” asks Rhianna Kunes. She’s the founder of the Adventures in Eating program and a manager at City Bakery. For the last three years, she’s been working with the kids at the Boys and Girls Club,
grAte reSpoNSIBIlItY: Jayaunna Star Pearcy, 6, focuses on the task of grating Parmesan for Mediterranean pasta. Photos by Max Cooper
gracefully nurturing the rowdy, although eager, group of elementary and middle school students. Keyshawn can’t quite describe the smell of the mushrooms, so Kunes helps him out. “Smells kind of like rain, huh?” she asks, and Keyshawn nods. “Yes,” he says. “They smell like rain.” And he’s not just repeating her words; from the look on his face, it’s clear that he’s tucking the new discovery into his memory. Perhaps years later, he’ll pick up a mushroom and think of the smell of rain. At 12 and 13, respectively, AJ Dean and Elijah Servantes are a bit older than the other kids, so they take on extra responsibilities. Rhianna hands them several trays of chicken to prepare. “What are you guys being careful with in the chicken?” she asks. Elijah replies assuredly, “Salmonella.” The boys already know what to do with the chicken, and they make quick work of washing it and cutting it into strips. When they’re done, they start on the dishes, proudly operating the industrial dishwasher. In the kitchen, everyone is happy. At each of its three doorways, other kids poke their heads in and grin, asking to come in. But the kitchen hardly has room for two
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D I N N e r t I m e : Rhianna Kunes, at far right, quizzes the students about the day’s lesson as they prepare to eat.
people to pass each other, and can’t accommodate more. Every six weeks, the group rotates out to give other kids a chance. They’re curious, but they’re also hungry. At the end of each class, the kids eat the food they prepare. The meal from the cooking club is guaranteed; others aren’t, explains Brian Guengerich, the executive director of the Boys & Girls Club. He keeps an eye on the rollicking bunch. They’re full of energy, but they clearly know how to use the knives and the stove safely. Every six-week session begins with a knife tutorial. Still, the program is a risk, and the parents have signed waivers, Guengerich explains, but hands-on learning is crucial to the success of the program. “If you don’t give kids the opportunity and trust the people you’re working with, what good is it going to do?” he says. “How are you going to reach kids?” Past students remain excited about the cooking club, and they make some of the most frequent visits to the door during the 1 1/2hour class. Ten-year-old Aydin Weber is among them. It’s been more than a year since he first took the class, but he still remembers one of the dishes he learned to make: pinwheels. The class layered strawberries and cream cheese into tortillas, rolled them and sliced them into rounds. He likes to recreate the snack at home. “This class really pumped up my experience in cooking,” he says. “If I want to be a cook
like this and teach kids, I was thinking about going to college and learning how to cook.” He’s been fascinated to discover the relationship between foods. When the class made hummus, they began with chickpeas. Aydin was enthralled; he never knew a spread could start as a bean. He’s waiting for a chance to take the class again. Adventures in Eating also takes field trips. They’ve traveled to City Bakery to see how bread is made, and they presented their cupcake creations at Cupcakes vs. Cancer at the Grove Park Inn in March. They’re also cooking chili for the Boys and Girls Club donors at an upcoming gathering. The class is enthusiastic about visitors, too. A couple of sessions ago, Mike McCarty from The Lobster Trap brought in fresh seafood and live lobsters, and treated the kids to a lobster boil. “The faces of the kids when they were eating the stuff were unbelievable,” Guengerich says. “They’d never seen anything like that before.” The program receives support from Slow Food Asheville, City Bakery and MANNA FoodBank, but the costs continue to grow, Guengerich says. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved. If you’re interested in supporting Adventures in Eating, contact Guengerich at brian.guengerich@ uss.salvationarmy.org.
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Small bIteS
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Urban Orchard brings craft cider to Haywood Road With local beer, pickles, kombucha and more, fermented foods are brewing all over Asheville. Soon, cider will become part of that list. Come fall, Urban Orchard Cider Bar will open on Haywood Road with about four craft ciders on tap, plus beer and wine. “It’s just an addendum to the whole fermentation scene,” says Thom Miller, who owns the business with his family. The Asheville natives hope to create a product that’s local from the tree to the glass. They’ll use apples from Henderson County, and eventually, from their own orchard in Weaverville. They’ll brew and serve the cider in the former Communications Workers of America meeting hall across the street from Short Street Cakes.
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The brewing operation will set up in the basement, and the cider bar will occupy the ground floor. Around the building, they’ll plant a small apple orchard, mostly for ornamental purposes. “A lot of people like the idea of edible gardens, and I don’t think we’ll be stingy with our apples,” says Josie Mielke, Miller’s daughter and business partner. “If people want to take them and have a snack, that’s OK.” Mielke hatched the idea for a cidery with her husband, Shiloh. They were looking for a gluten-free alternative to beer. Their interest in cider led them to the Cider & Perry Academy in Hartpury, U.K. While abroad, they traveled the region trying different varieties. Urban Orchard’s ciders will take inspiration from the traditional, English-style brews that Mielke sampled on that trip. The draft selection will focus on Champagne-style and semisweet varieties, and Urban Orchard will
teSt PreP: The Millers and Mielkes prepare to brew a test batch using juice from Odell Barwell & Sons in Henderson County.
also offer a still cider (without carbonation). “That’s how it was traditionally made,” Mielke says. In addition to cider, the bar will serve beer, wine and light snacks. “It’s just a place where you can get some cider with your friends and some local snacks and chat for a while,” Mielke says. If the renovations to the building go as planned, the family hopes to have cider in the tanks by mid-summer and open their doors by early fall. Meanwhile, Noble Cider, a local wholesale company, is getting ready to begin distribution. Partowner Trevor Baker estimates that the cider will be on tap by late spring at approximately 10 restaurants and breweries.
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Stick to your list Simply, To Go offers personal grocery shopping and home delivery Tyler McCall understands the perils of the grocery store: the crowded aisles, the long lines, the impulse buys. He’s created a business to address those problems. Simply, To Go, which launches this week, offers a personal grocery shopping and delivery service. “Asheville doesn’t have anything like this at the moment, and I think it’s something that people really benefit from,” McCall says. “You’ll have so much more access to what someone can deliver to your home because it’s coming from a grocery store.”
Order on the Simply, To Go website, and select the store and the brands. Then, Simply, To Go delivers the groceries and charges a fee based on the price of the purchases. For $100 of groceries, Simply, To Go adds a $24 charge (including a suggested tip of $4). One of the perks? No impulse buys. “The good thing with using a shopping and delivery service is we’re not going to buy anything unless it’s on your list,” McCall says. “You end up spending $20 more than you thought you would in the checkout aisle.” For more information about pricing and ordering, visit simplytogonc.com. To learn more about McCall, visit The Twenty Somethings blog, the-twenties. tumblr.com, a project he works on with his housemates that chronicles life as a millennial.
Set your TiVo Food Network’s Rebel Eats features Asheville chefs
Back in January, the Food Network came to town and caused a little stir. Brooklyn-based chef and restaurateur Justin Warner, who earned fame on the reality show Food Network Star, was filming the first episode of his new TV show, Rebel Eats. The episode will air on Saturday, March 30, at 10 p.m.
“Armed with $300 in his pocket, a beat up car and a passion for unconventional food and eccentric people, Justin travels the back roads of the South to try everything from moonshine and bacon beer to BBQ in a jar and jelly fish pasta,” says a press release from the Food Network. “Along the way, Justin meets the cooks and proprietors who, like him, march to their own beat through the world of food.” Those cooks and proprietors will include Asheville businesses. The Food Network filmed with The Blind Pig Supper Club and Ultimate Ice Cream, and Warner sampled Troy & Sons Moonshine.
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Last week, Charleston’s major news stations spotted something unusual coming into the port: a cargo ship with the top deck loaded to capacity with 28 fermentation tanks — all bound for Mills River, site of Sierra Nevada Brewing’s new East Coast facility. These tanks range in size from 400 to 1,600 barrels. If that sounds big, that’s because it is. For reference, Highland Brewing’s largest tank can hold 200 barrels. And since one barrel is 31 gallons, the 1,600-barrel Sierra tanks can hold 49,600 gallons. That’s 529,066 bottles of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. aboUt the tanKS A German company named Ziemann manufactured the tanks, which then had a long overseas trip to make. Sierra could have found tanks closer than Europe, but the company is focused on consistency. A lot of effort is going into reproducing the beer they made famous in Chico, Ca. — which means uniformity in both ingredients and equipment. “Mother Nature never gives you the exact same ingredients. Yeast handles differently … You know how coffee stales as it gets older? It’s the same thing with hops and fresh roasted malts. So you have to calculate your brews in a way where, if nature gives you a curve ball, you can deal with it,” says Brian Grossman of Sierra Nevada. It turns out that tanks are more important to that process than you might think. The wort is produced in the brewhouse, but the yeast turns wort to beer inside these tanks. “There’s three T’s of fermentation: time, temperature and top pressure,” says Grossman. “You can affect the three of them to go through your fermentation. As soon as you start adjusting any of them you get different flavor swings.” Top pressure? That’s where the tanks come in. Their geometry amplifies any pressure that exists in the tank. The taller they are,
tallboy: Sierra’s tanks arrive at the Port of Charleston. See additional photos and keep up with the Mills River site at sierranevada.com/blog or facebook.com/sierranevadabeer. Photos courtesy Sierra Nevada
the greater the weight of the liquid pressing down on the bottom of the tank. “Since that’s where the yeast is, it’s sort of like making the yeast exercise with a weight jacket on,” says Grossman. A simple change in geometry or construction can affect the yeast character evident in the finished beer.
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other goIngS-on While the tanks are the big news of the week, the rest of the brewerybuilding process is also in full swing. “Depending on the day, we could have more than 150 people out there. It’s an army,” says Grossman.
The entire construction process is working in the reverse of the brewing process: first the warehouse and packaging area, then the cellar and fermentation, then the brewhouse and finally, the tasting room. That means as the tanks arrive, the hard work is almost finished in the packaging hall. “Many people take packaging for granted, but it’s super important,” says Grossman. “If you don’t handle your beer correctly, all sorts of things can happen. You can underfill or overfill your bottles. You can have O2 pickup and beer will oxidize. Of course, bad sanitation can lead to major problems. Packaging is just vital.” This is one serious system (as evidenced by the photos). Made by Krones (another German manufacturer), it will crank out about 850 bottles per minute. Sierra Nevada also tank-conditions, or bottle-conditions, all of their beers — as opposed to using forced carbonation with CO2. That means there’s some extra complexity when it comes to bottling classics like the pale ale. “Bottle-conditioning is really what it sounds like: It’s a final conditioning in the bottle,” says Grossman. “It’s commonly used in Champagne [and homebrewing]. You need yeast, oxygen and sugar. When they interact, the yeast turns the sugar to alcohol and the oxygen turns to CO2. If you don’t add any O2 when you add yeast and sugar, the yeast will scavenge the oxygen out of solution, which is great for the shelf life of an unpasteurized beer.” In addition to the bottling line, there’s equipment in place for filling kegs. Sierra Nevada will be able to fill quite a few varieties, including 15s and 5s for the U.S. market and the 30-liter size for European markets. What’s next? The brewhouse is already in-house, but there’s still plenty of construction ahead before it can be set up. After that, it will be on to the “customer experience” section of the building, where Sierra plans to start putting some reclaimed site lumber to use.
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by Alli MArshAll
Darren Nicholson toured for three years with Nashville singer Alecia Nugent. With her, he played the Grand Ole Opry several times a month. And, he says, “I got to play the Opry with George Jones one time, which was cool for me because I’m a big George Jones fan.” But a couple of the guys in Nicholson’s current band — WNC-based bluegrass outfit Balsam Range — have never played that country music landmark. That’ll change by press time; the band was slated to perform on that stage in early March. “It’s always special to play the Grand Ole Opry,” says Nicholson. “That’s the Super Bowl for hillbillies.” That March show sees Balsam Range (Caleb Smith on vocals and guitar; Marc Pruett on banjo; Buddy Melton on vocals and fiddle; Tim Surrett on vocals, bass and resonator guitar; and Nicholson on vocals and mandolin) performing with Zac Brown Band bassist John Driskell Hopkins in support of their collective, collaborative album, Daylight.
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Though Nicholson says he’s been a fan of ZBB for years, it was actually Hopkins who reached out to Balsam Range. “He heard our song ‘Blue Mountain’ on satellite radio, and apparently loved the song,” says Nicholson. “One day we got an email from Southern Ground,” which is Brown’s label. So the WNC musicians met with Hopkins in Canton where they rehearsed before launching into festivals together. Hopkins wanted to do a bluegrass record (“Something awakened in him that he’d missed for a long time,” says Nicholson), so Balsam Range signed on for that project. (In a way, it’s not surprising. Bluegrass is having its day, and WNC-based bluegrass, especially.) The finished product, 13-track Daylight, has been racking up rave reviews. It landed Balsam Range and Hopkins on the Southern Ground Tour with artists like John Mayer and The Allman Brothers. And the record “was reviewed in New York Times and different places where bluegrass bands don’t end up a lot of time,” says Nicholson. In fact Nicholson (an award-winning country, bluegrass and Americana musician in his own right), has been making a career out of taking bluegrass to places it doesn’t usually go (he lists Mexico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti and Australia
local band balsam range grew up playing mountain music. now, thanks to the success of their album, papertown, and a collaboration with Zac brown band’s John driskell hopkins, they’re bringing bluegrass to new audiences.
on his bio). And, on the heels of last summer’s release (Papertown, the band’s fourth full-length), Balsam Range decided to dedicate this year to traveling more. That decision seems like a strange one considering the album’s history — the band started it while Melton was in the hospital, in hopes that he’d recuperate in time to tour. Their prayers paid off; Melton is completely recovered and the record has produced four No. 1 singles (on Bluegrass Today, Sirius XM radio and the bluegrass gospel chart) and held the top spot on the Bluegrass Unlimited chart for two months and counting. (In 2011, Balsam Range’s song, “The Trains I Missed,” won IBMA song of the year.) But the band isn’t making strides just in hopes of garnering
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accolades. More than anything, Balsam Range is making music for its growing fan base. So much so that online community Balsam Nation (membership is $47) not only gets insider information, but exclusive releases. “Folks sing up and get five albums’-worth of new music,” says Nicholson. That includes a live album recorded this January at The Altamont Theatre. “It’s like playing in your living room,” Nicholson says of that performance space. “It had a good vibe for a live recording.” But it’s clear in talking to Nicholson that he’s passionate playing live and introducing new listeners to the Balsam range sound. “Bluegrass is one of those genres that can morph,” he says. “You know, Bill Monroe is in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A lot of people in a lot of different genres have bluegrass roots.” Not all of those people can play WNC bluegrass, though. Nicholson says that’s a real thing. “There’s different pockets around the country that have a style,” he says. “We all grew up playing this kind of music in the mountains; we definitely have that mountain sound.” X Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@mountainx.com.
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steep canyon rangers: It’s hardly news that Asheville-based Steep Canyon Rangers is a
world-class bluegrass band. They’ve been local stars for years, and they’ve been steadily increasing their fan base thanks to their Mountain Song at Sea bluegrass cruise. And their affiliation with a certain banjo-playing actor/comedian. In fact, it was with Steve Martin that the Rangers won a Grammy last year, for the 2011 collaboration Rare Bird Alert. In 2012, the Rangers released Nobody Knows You, which they recorded at Asheville’s Echo Mountain Studios. That album did not include contributions from Martin, but no matter — the word was out about the Rangers’ picking prowess. They took top honors (over bluegrass competition Dailey & Vincent, The Grascals, Noam Pikelny and Special Consensus) at the 55th Grammy Awards Ceremony. Steep Canyon Rangers play Tryon Fine Arts Center on May 17 and Merlefest on April 26.
sanctum sully: The self-described “traditionally untraditional” group was selected as a finalist for Mountain Song At Sea’s “Battle for the Boat” competition. The music festival/cruise took place in early February and was hosted by Steep Canyon Rangers. Sanctum Sully also just announced that it will play FloydFest this July, as one of the “On The Rise” acts. Sanctum Sully & Big Daddy Love play the Altamont on Saturday, March 30.
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scrolling. There’s just so much happening for the quintet (including the release of last fall’s Leave the Bottle). In 2012, the band played the Rootsinpyhtaa Bluegrass and Roots Festival in Finland, was included on Putumayo’s Bluegrass compilation and was featured on the PBS special, “Jammin at Hippie Jacks” Americana music series. Town Mountain plays the Grey Eagle on Friday, March 29, with Foghorn Stringband and Bradford Lee Folk & The Bluegrass Playboys. — A.M.
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In April, Greg says he’s looking forward to the return of youth improv troupe Gaggle of Giggles, “They get funnier every time.” When a performance isn’t booked, the community-minded ice creamery holds family-friendly fundraisers and art shows. At their fourth annual Dr. Seuss Birthday Book Exchange earlier in the month, children gathered for some literary give-and-take with all leftover books donated to an emergency domestic violence shelter. Greg and Ashley are expecting an addition to their own family at the end of the month — a baby boy. The new dad-to-be says he can already envision himself standing there with his son wrapped up in the Moby, headphones and all, taking in his first performance at The Hop. Why Tuesday? Greg and Ashley thought it would be nice to coincide with Urban Burrito’s Kids Eat Free Night — all the better to get your gang free burritos before heading downstairs for a double-scoop. Dinner and a show for free. Can’t beat that with an icecream stick. The Hop is located at 640 Merrimon Ave. Get the scoop on upcoming events at thehopicecreamcafe. com.
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state of tHe Arts
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sensitivity or CensorsHiP? UnCA sHoW CreAtes ConversAtion ABoUt BoUnDAries in Art A new show at UnC Asheville’s Highsmith Union Gallery has revived a conversation some might have thought unlikely in Asheville — that of artistic censorship. it’s even resulted in an upcoming panel discussion on the show’s themes, and of violence, sexuality and the comparison of artistic intention and censorship. Asheville artists valeria Watson-Doost and Jeremy russell opened Whole Earth Theory: Dimensions of Life and Death on March 1 with a presentation more explicit than most UnCA shows. russell’s pieces play on psychological/ social domineering using materials and imagery historically associated with poverty and mob rule. Watson-Doost, on the other hand, focuses on sexual orientation and repression through photos, clothing and lingerie. she’d initially planned a partially nude Butoh performance, but scrapped the idea after learning of the restrictions that would be placed on such an event. And then there are the dildos — several dozen of them, cast in plaster and piled beneath a hanging corpse. “to this end, it was decided a few weeks ago that a ‘mature content’ sign would be placed at the door of the exhibit,” Holly Beveridge, director of Cultural events and special Academic Programs, told Xpress. “We have no desire or intention to censor artistic expression.” in true Watson-Doost fashion, she added her own touch with a red lipstick kiss on the sign’s corner. some would call it censorship, others a gentle reminder (and for some, even a lure). And while one piece was struck from the show, the reasoning remains a matter of law, leaving the personal taste for the artists and faculty to debate. “We need to be very mindful of the fact that the HU Gallery is not an academic space, but a very public space that, in addition to serving our own students, has traffic from people of all ages and sensitivities, including minors and very young children,” says Beveridge. the rejected piece included an assault rifle enclosed in a glass box. russell fashioned the case in the style of those housing fire extinguishers. it would have read “Break Glass in Case of Crazy F---,” a timely and still-taboo reference. And even though the firing pin was to be removed for safer viewing, a statewide firearms clause stipulated otherwise. “According to n.C. Firearms laws, guns are, in general, not permitted on school campuses unless carried by law enforcement officials,” Beveridge says. “the decision was made that, even without a firing pin, we would not allow guns or live ammunition to be brought into the UnC Asheville student union.”
framing wire — the same type used for hanging fine art. it offers a grim comparison to early 20thcentury mob lynchings that served as a horrifying form of entertainment. objects lie in small piles below their feet. each pertains to a specific societal motif. “Fame” is accompanied by nail polish, “profit” has marbles and “power” is surrounded by bullet casing and latex gloves, among other visual references. it’s the fourth corpse, though, that caused the most fuss. that’s where the plaster dildos are piled, just beneath the “sexuality” victim. “these are types of institutions that all cultures universally accept,” says russell. “they cause us to undermine our ethics. And everyone does it, including ourselves.” And, apparently, the individuals that have been stealing these pieces from the show — russell says many of these additions have dwindled since the opening. But rest assured, a protective barrier guards viewers from any real harm. several hundred airplane-friendly, 2-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer form a small fence around the shack. russell, a UnCA alumnus, wants to keep the piece moving through the academic circuit, which he considers to be an authoritative and progressive source of problem solving. “i feel that we did some very good work discussing and addressing complex, important issues and seeing them from different sides, and evaluating them from multiple perspectives,” says Beveridge, “[that] is the hallmark of a liberal arts education.” Bringing the conversations to a university’s front door is russell’s goal. “it’s these dialogues that break these topics down,” russell says.
Jeremy russell and valeria Watson-Doost’s Whole Earth Theory has spawned a panel discussion at UnCA. Photo by Kyle Sherard
even without nudity or weaponry, the show warrants dialogue. “if you take a fast look, it’s a beautiful show,” Watson-Doost says, referring to the rainbow-like colors cast across the gallery’s walls. “But a close look reveals pain and suffering.” she’s covered nearly every square inch of the walls in a psychedelic spattering of toys, pictures and a rainbow-like arc of silks and chiffons. the content, though pretty, is soaked in suffering — by Watson-Doost, but also at large. each material yard becomes a casting net for symbols of gender and sexual re/oppression through the decades. Brassieres, underwear and personal garments of every shape and size join erotic imagery and archetypal childhood toys like Barbie dolls, ponies and miniature castles. Plastic guns and a toy laptop are here for the boys.
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A circular path is wedged between the walls and a shack in the center of the gallery. its simple wood construction is clad in plastic tarps and torn cloth. in the middle of this makeshift shanty, which russell built on-site, stands a black pyramid. An “open” sign invites you under the cagelike frame and into the dark enclosure, where one is immediately overcome by black-lit images of nebulas. the effect is tactfully disorienting, making both the entrance and exit purposefully difficult. outside the dark abyss are four wire-framed and canvas-wrapped corpses, each hanging from one of the shack’s corners. “lynched” is a more appropriate term. their hands are bound behind their backs. And each is hung by the neck with
A ForMAl DisCUssion oF BoUnDAries While the lead-up to the exhibition was heated, both parties made diplomatic concessions and compromises. And throughout this process, multiple students became involved in the dialogue, including Jozef lisowski, an intern with the Highsmith Gallery. in the past few weeks he’s organized a discussion panel set for Monday, March 25 at 6 p.m. in the Highsmith student Union’s grotto. “Boundaries: Art and its relationship to systems of oppression” is free to attend and will explore “the role of art in providing alternatives to tacit sexism, racism and classicism,” according to a press release. Current panelists include russell and WatsonDoost, professors Dwight Mullen and lori Horvitz and professor and artist Brent skidmore. Whole Earth Theory is up through March 29. For more information, see cesap.unca.edu/calendar. Reach Kyle Sherard at kyle.sherard@gmail.com.
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dala Carolina sketchfest Need more sketch comedy in your life? Carolina Sketchfest knows how you feel. The newly launched comedy festival plans to run twice each year with a showcase of sketch-comedy groups from around the United States and Canada. The inaugural Carolina Sketchfest, aka “2013 Cackalacka Edition,” starts off small, but mighty, with four regional groups: Asheville’s The Feral Chihuahuas (posing here as world’s greatest boy band The Douche Boy) and all-female group LYLAS; and Greensboro-based one-man act Thunderstood and the boundary-pushing Mon Frere. Held at Asheville Community Theatre on Saturday, March 23, 8 p.m. $15. carolinasketchfest.com
altan Irish music group Altan has been keeping the traditional flame alight for nearly three decades. The band was formed in the late ‘80s, in County Donegal, by fiddler and vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (one of the foremost Gaelic language singers). Last year, Altan released Gleann Nimhe — The Poison Glen, their 11th studio album (and their first of original material in seven years). An Altan concert is a powerhouse performance incorporating guitar, bouzouki and accordion. The Irish band plays Diana Wortham Theatre on Thursday, March 21, 8 p.m. $30/$25/$15. dwtheatre.com.
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Toronto-based duo Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine are, together, Dala, aka “the angels of folk music.” They’ve been garnering critical acclaim since their debut, This Moment is a Flash. Their fifth studio album, Best Day dropped last summer and features the duo’s signature harmonies along with sparse accompaniment from piano, acoustic guitar, ukulele and minimal drums. They’ll perform at Isis on Friday, March 22. Local singer-songwriter Moses Atwood also takes the stage. 9 p.m., $10/$15. isisasheville.com.
Joshua James Singer-songwriter Joshua James grew up in Nebraska, but lives on a farm in rural Utah, where, according to press, “He’s learned to live off the land and appreciate a simpler pace.” Which is probably a good balance to the rest of his life, where he’s a folk troubadour, touring with the likes of The Swell Season, Ben Harper and Ani DiFranco, appearing on Last Call with Carson Daly and landing in the top spot on the iTunes Folk Chart. His new (and third) album, From The Top Of Willamette Mountain, was produced by Richard Swift (The Shins). James makes his way to The Grey Eagle on Tuesday, March 26. Isaac Russell also performs. 8 p.m., $10. thegreyeagle. com. Photo by Jake Buntjer.
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even the animals Newly formed local band Even the Animals blends dusky Americana with softly gritty indie rock. The band’s name comes from its own achingly pretty waltz-noir “Love and Loss.” The group is made up of seasoned musicians: Jeff Markham (Kerouac or the Radio, The Last Call) on guitar/vocals, Kent Spillmann (Allen Thompson Band, Dave Dribbon Project) on drums, Peter Van Rijssen on bass/vocals and Will Hogancamp on guitar. Get acquainted with Even the Animals on Saturday, March 23 at Highland Brewing (with guest performances by Leigh Glass and Dave Dribbon), 6-8 p.m. Free. highlandbrewing.com. Read a review of Even the Animals’ EP at mountainx.com.
the revival tour Chuck Ragan is best known as the gritty voice behind post-hardcore outfit Hot Water Music. But since 2008, the songwriter has focused on bringing roots-y folk tunes to fans “in an extremely honest and grass-roots fashion” with The Revival Tour. The annual jaunt features a rotating cast of musicians, many of whom were involved in the early-aughts post-punk scene, performing strippeddown tunes together in a spirit of collaboration and openness. “It’s an age-old idea and the way that families and communities have shared music for hundreds of years,” Ragan explains on the tour’s Facebook. The Revival Tour stops at The Orange Peel on Monday, March 25 with Ragan, indie folkster Rocky Votalato, singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs and The Get Up Kids’ Matt Pryor. 8 p.m. $18/$20. theorangepeel.net.
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dirty soUth loUnge Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm doUble Crown Country night w/ Dr. Filth, 9pm elaine's dUeling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am grey eagle MUsiC hall & tavern Dirk Powell (old-time) & Cedric Watson (Cajun), 8pm harrah's Cherokee Casino: Throwback DJ ('70s-'90s), 6pm-close holland's grille Karaoke, 9:30pm isis restaUrant and MUsiC hall Impromptu Sessions (improv jam w/ rotating musicians), 9:30pm JaCk of the wood pUb Old-time jam, 4pm odditoriUM Room Full of Strangers w/ Zombie Queen & Bob Band (rock, punk), 9pm olive or twist Cadillac Rex (oldies, swing, rock), 8-11pm one stop deli & bar Soul/jazz jam w/ Preston Cate, 10pm phoenix loUnge Rocky Lindsley (rock), 9pm pisgah brewing CoMpany Cornmeal (jam-grass), 9pm red stag grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 7-10pm tallgary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm the altaMont theater Garrison Starr (Americana, pop) w/ P.J. Pacifico, 8pm the bywater International reggae dance night, 9pm the dUgoUt Karaoke, 8pm the hangar loUnge Old-school DJ ('70s-'90s) & open mic, 8pm tiMo's hoUse Blues jam, 10pm
tHursday, marCH 21 185 king street Moonshine Babies (folk, Americana, blues), 8pm 5 walnUt wine bar The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm allstars sports bar and grill Dance night, 10pm apotheCary Dolores Boys (experimental, drone, noise) w/ Holy Holy Vine and The Most Amazing Century of Science, 8:30pm barley's taprooM Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm
rooM Nick Young (pop, rock), 6pm grey eagle MUsiC hall & tavern Balsam Range (old-time, bluegrass) w/ Missy Raines & the New Hip, 8pm harrah's Cherokee Live band karaoke, 8pm-midnight holland's grille Dr. Brown's team trivia, 8pm JaCk of hearts pUb Jacob Lewis, Camela Widad, Ali Freesland & more (singer-songwriters), 8pm JaCk of the wood pUb No Strings Attached (bluegrass), 7-9pm Bluegrass jam, 9pm
The Heritage (funk, jam), 8pm pUlp Slice of Life (comedy open mic), 9pm pUrple onion Cafe One Leg Up (jazz), 7:30pm red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 7-10pm soUthern appalaChian brewery Robin Tolleson & Steve Davidowski (jazz/rock fusion), 7pm tallgary's Cantina Sexy (electro-pop), Histree, Starspinner & Manukaru, 8pm the altaMont theater Tom Rush (folk, singer-songwriter), 8pm
blaCk MoUntain ale hoUse Woody Wood (blues, rock), 9pm
lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: The Featured Creeps (post-punk, alternative) w/ George Terry, 9:30pm
blUe MoUntain pizza Cafe Flying Monkeys, 7pm
lobster trap Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm
tiMo's hoUse Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 10pm-2am
ClUb Metropolis SUBSQWAD, 10pm
odditoriUM Stereo Telescope (dance) w/ Avoxblue & Andre Obin, 9pm
town pUMp CarolinaBound (folk, country), 9pm
olive or twist Heather Masterton Jazz Quartet, 8-11pm
trailhead restaUrant and bar Zydeco jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm
one stop deli & bar Phish n' Chips (Phish covers), 6pm Grateful Dead night w/ Phuncle Sam, 10pm
treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am
trailhead restaUrant and bar Kevin Scanlon's old-time jam, 6:30pm
ClUb reMix Asheville Rootz Collective (roots, reggae, dancehall, dub), 10pm
treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am
doUble Crown International cuts w/ DJ Flypaper, 9pm
tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes Billy the Kid & the Outlaws (jazz), 8:30pm
elaine's dUeling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am
vanUatU kava bar Open mic, 8:30pm
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school of rock: Kontained is made up of (barely) teenage players, but these kids are no strangers to rock ‘n’ roll, thanks in part to their training at the Asheville Rock Academy. Catch the fresh-faced quartet when it returns to the Tressa’s stage for an early show on Friday, April 12. Photo by Shell Lewis
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phoenix loUnge Bradford Carson (rock, jam, blues), 8pm pisgah brewing CoMpany
the Market plaCe Ben Hovey (dub-jazz, trumpet, beats), 6-9pm
tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes WestSound Review (R&B, soul, dance), 9pm westville pUb Live music, 9:30pm
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Friday, March 22 185 King Street Leigh Glass Band (roots, rock, blues), 8pm 5 Walnut Wine Bar The Flowers (singer-songwriter, folk), 10pm
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apothecary Sky Lake (psych-folk) w/ Knives of Spain & Ora Cogan, 9pm
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The Asheville music scene landed in the national spotlight again last week when local drone/ambient artist Ross Gentry (Villages) was interviewed by VICE Magazine for its website. Gentry is co-founder of Headway Recordings, which was featured on the cover of our Feb. 20 issue. For those unfamiliar with Vice, they’re the hipster arts and culture mag turned immersionist political investigators with regular (and hilarious) features like “The Westminster Dog Show on Acid.” They’re also the folks who accidentally gave up the location of accused murderer and obvious-crazy-person John McAffe when he was on the lam in Central America last December, and the ones who accompanied Dennis Rodman on his bizarre tour of North Korea last month. Yep, those guys. That said, the in-depth Q&A is an interesting read and a sincere examination of Gentry’s complex soundscapes. There’s the usual background info, an engaging discussion of his writing and recording process and, most interesting, some insight into the narrative intent of music that, at first listen, can seem a bit random and abstract. The generally soft-spoken Gentry seems surprisingly talkative (maybe he’s into emails) and the piece should be as interesting to newcomers as to fans. Of course, no nationally published interview would be complete without some local love, and Gentry certainly gives credit where it’s due, namechecking fellow experimental Asheville label Bathetic Records and giving big props to Harvest Records, which he calls “the greatest record store in the world.” He goes on to plug the local experimental scene (“This genuinely inspiring, self-sustaining hub of forward-thinking, uncommon music of all forms”), and we think it’s worth noting that Gentry himself is a major reason that scene exists in the first place. Check out the interview at bit.ly/YeVGM6 and listen to Villages at soundcloud.com/villages.
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The Corner 575-2449 Craggie Brewing Company 254-0360 Creekside Taphouse 575-2880 Adam Dalton Distillery 367-6401 Dark City Deli 257-5300 Desoto Lounge 986-4828 Diana Wortham Theater 257-4530 Dirty South Lounge 251-1777 Dobra Tea Room 575-2424 The Dugout 692-9262 Eleven on Grove 505-1612 Emerald Lounge 232- 4372 Firestorm Cafe 255-8115 Fred’s Speakeasy 281-0920 French Broad Brewery Tasting Room 277-0222 French Broad Chocolate Lounge 252-4181 The Gateway Club 456-6789 Good Stuff 649-9711 Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern 232-5800 Grind Cafe 430-4343 Grove House Eleven on Grove 505-1612 The Grove Park Inn (Elaine’s Piano Bar/ Great Hall) 252-2711 The Handlebar (864) 233-6173 Hangar Lounge 684-1213
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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 Iron Horse Station 622-0022 Jack of Hearts Pub 645-2700 Jack of the Wood 252-5445 Jus One More 253-8770 Lexington Avenue Brewery 252-0212 The Lobster Trap 350-0505 The Lower Level 505-8333 Luella’s Bar-B-Que 505-RIBS Mack Kell’s Pub & Grill 253-8805 The Magnetic Field 257-4003 Mike’s Side Pocket 281-3096 Monte Vista Hotel 669-8870 Odditorium 505-8388 One Stop Bar Deli & Bar 255-7777 O.Henry’s/TUG 254-1891 The Orange Peel 225-5851 Pack’s Tavern 225-6944 Pisgah Brewing Co. 669-0190 Pulp 225-5851 Purple Onion Cafe 749-1179 Rankin Vault 254-4993
Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 505-2949 Rendezvous 926-0201 Root Bar No.1 299-7597 Scandals Nightclub 252-2838 Scully’s 251-8880 Shovelhead Saloon 669-9541 Smokey’s After Dark 253-2155 Southern Appalacian Brewery 684-1235 Spurs 575-2258 Static Age Records 254-3232 StingRays 926-4100 Straightaway Cafe 669-8856 TallGary’s Cantina 232-0809 Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack 575-2260 Thirsty Monk South 505-4564 Timo’s House 575-2886 Tolliver’s Crossing Irish Pub 505-2129 Trailhead Restaurant & Bar 357-5656 Treasure Club 298-1400 Tressa’s Downtown Jazz & Blues 254-7072 Vincenzo’s Bistro 254-4698 Westville Pub 225-9782 White Horse 669-0816 Wild Wing Cafe 253-3066
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Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am
THURSDAY MARCH 21
soUth side station Karaoke, 9pm
OPEN 4:00PM - 8:00PM
soUthern appalaChian brewery Whitney Moore & the People (Latin soul), 8pm
FRIDAY MARCH 22
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straightaway Cafe Dave Desmelik (Americana), 6pm tallgary's Cantina Unit 50 (rock), 9:30pm the altaMont theater Michelle Malone (Americana, country, blues) w/ Callaghan, 8pm
EVEN THE ANIMALS (EXPERIMENTAL FOLK)
the bywater Asheville Waits Band (Tom Waits tribute), 9pm the Market plaCe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm tiMo's hoUse DJ Jet & guests (hip-hop), 10pm-2am
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Sat FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY KITCHEN
town pUMp Lionz of Zion (reggae, rock), 9pm
rooM Grown Up Avenger Stuff (Americana), 6pm grey eagle MUsiC hall & tavern Tyler Ramsey (folk, rock) w/ Seth Kauffman (of Floating Action), 9pm grove park inn great hall Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm Bob Zullo Quartet (Latin, jazz, pop), 9pm-midnight harrah's Cherokee Grand opening celebration w/ DJ Aaron Michael, 8pm highland brewing CoMpany Even the Animals (folk rock), 6pm holland's grille Karaoke, 9:30pm hotel indigo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm isis restaUrant and MUsiC hall Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen (bluegrass), 9pm
wall street Coffee hoUse Open mic, 9pm
Monte vista hotel Blue Moon (jazz, country, rock), 6pm
Monte vista hotel Jared Gallamore (standards), 11am
white horse The Belfast Boys (Irish), 8pm
o.henry's/tUg DJ Izzy, 10pm
one stop deli & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ The Pond Brothers, noon-3pm pUrple onion Cafe Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues, 6pm
3/26 Fri
JIM ARRENDELL & THE CHEAP SUITS
saturday, marCH 23
olive or twist 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11pm
w/ Amanda Platt $10/$15 • 9pm
185 king street Aaron Burdett Band (Americana, rock), 8pm 5 walnUt wine bar One Leg Up (hot jazz), 10pm allstars sports bar and grill Saloon 5 (rock, country, covers), 10pm apotheCary Modern Man (indie rock) w/ The Veldt & Cement Stars, 8:30pm
743 HAYWOOD RD • 828-575-2737 • ISISASHEVILLE.COM
asheville MUsiC hall Soundtribe after party feat: Minnesota (electronic) w/ protohype & DCARL, 10pm
one stop deli & bar Bluegrass brunch w/ Jay Franck (of Sanctum Sully) & friends, noon-3pm
straightaway Cafe Gene Holdway (singer-songwriter), 6pm
pisgah brewing CoMpany Velvet Truckstop (Southern rock) CD release, 9pm
wall street Coffee hoUse Kids' open mic, 2pm
pUrple onion Cafe Wendy Hayes (jazz, swing), 8pm red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 8-11pm
soUthern appalaChian brewery Letters to Abigail (Americana, country), 8pm
boiler rooM The Sexual Side Effects (rock, punk) w/ Polly Panic, Johnny Sexx & Decent Lovers, 9pm ClUb Metropolis Hip-Hop for Peace (benefit), 10pm ClUb reMix Hip-Hop for Peace (benefit), 10pm
sCandals nightClUb Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am
phoenix loUnge The Archrivals (rock, funk), 9pm
athena's ClUb Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am
blUe MoUntain pizza Cafe Mark Bumgarner (Americana, folk, country), 7pm
root bar no. 1 Indaculture (rock, reggae), 9pm
soUthern appalaChian brewery Cynthia Wilson art opening w/ The Dan Keller Duo (jazz), 5pm
sCandals nightClUb Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am
blaCk MoUntain ale hoUse The Danberrys (Americana), 9pm
isis restaUrant and MUsiC hall Jazz showcase, 6pm
paCk's tavern Lyric (funk, pop, soul), 9pm
asheville radio Cafe Apprehended Ones (rock, metal, Christian), 8pm
bier garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am
straightaway Cafe Hope Griffin (folk), 6pm tallgary's Cantina Mojomatic (rock, blues), 9:30pm the altaMont theater Carrie Newcomer (singer-songwriter), 8pm
monday, marCH 25 5 walnUt wine bar Jamar Woods (funk), 8pm blaCk MoUntain ale hoUse Karaoke, 9pm CoUrtyard gallery Open mic, 8-11pm grey eagle MUsiC hall & tavern Contra dance, 8pm grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (Latin, jazz, pop), 7-11pm holland's grille Open mic, 8pm JaCk of the wood pUb Petunia (Western swing, boogie), 10pm
the bywater Pleasure Chest (soul, rock) w/ Shake It Like a Caveman, 9pm
lobster trap Mark Bumgarner (Americana, folk, country), 7pm
town pUMp Les Racquet (indie rock), 9pm
orange peel The Revival Tour feat: Chuck Ragan (of Hot Water Music) w/ Rocky Votolato, Jenny Owen Youngs & Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids), 8pm
treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am
doUble Crown Saturday shakedown w/ DJ Lil' Lorrah, 9pm
tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes The Nightcrawlers (blues, rock, dance), 10pm
elaine's dUeling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am
wall street Coffee hoUse Wall Street Live feat: Tom Scheve (comedy), 7pm
eMerald loUnge Deep Chatham (Americana, folk) album release w/ Carolina Catskins & Mother Explosives, 9pm
westville pUb Red Hot Sugar Babies (hot jazz), 10pm
treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am
wild wing Cafe Bull Mania after party w/ Natalie Stovall (country), 9pm
tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes Scary-Oke, 11pm
frenCh broad brewery tasting
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harrah's Cherokee Dueling pianos, 3-7pm
lobster trap Leo Johnson (hot club jazz), 7-9pm
odditoriUM Cut Throat Freak Show (rock) w/ Nightmare Sonata, 9pm
3/30
grove park inn great hall Two Guitars (classical), 10am-noon Bob Zullo (Latin, jazz, pop), 7-11pm
lobster trap Trevor Storia (jazz), 7pm
wild wing Cafe Bull Mania after party w/ Luke Kaufman & Luke Combs, 9pm
GALEN KIPAR PROJECT
eMerald loUnge Gram Rabbit (rock) w/ Spindrift & Grandpa's Stash, 9pm
vanUatU kava bar Ten Cent Poetry (folk pop), 9pm
BLUEGRASS SESSIONS 9pm
Sat
doUble Crown Soul gospel Sunday w/ DJ Sweet Daddy Swamee, 6pm Karaoke w/ KJ JD, 10pm
JaCk of the wood pUb Irish session, 5pm Levi Strom (surf, folk, country) w/ Desert Noises (rock) & Hollis Brown, 9pm
Tue
Friday Dance Party
blUe MoUntain pizza Cafe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues), 7pm
lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Sunshine & the Bad Things (psychedelic rock, pop) w/ Comet West, 9:30pm
SUNDAY JAZZ SHOWCASE
(R&B, Motown) • $5 • 9pm
barley's taprooM Like Mind Trio (jazz), 7:30pm
tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes The Bacon Patrol Band, 7pm Crybaby (dance, jazz, fusion), 10pm
Sun
3/29
altaMont brewing CoMpany Sunday Funday Potluck & Pickin', 5:30pm
treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am
(Bluegrass) $10/$12 • 9pm FREE • 8pm
5 walnUt wine bar The Roaring Lions (hot jazz), 7-9pm
JaCk of the wood pUb Brushfire Stankgrass (progressive bluegrass), 9pm
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sunday, marCH 24
the bywater Open mic, 9pm the hangar loUnge Karaoke, 10pm tiMo's hoUse Jam night (multi-genre open jam), 10pm
westville pUb Trivia night, 9pm
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wild wing Cafe Team trivia, 8pm
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5 walnUt wine bar The John Henry's (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm altaMont brewing CoMpany Open mic, 8pm apotheCary Les Rhinoceros (experimental, free jazz) w/ UNCA ECM Ensemble, 9pm
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ClUb eleven on grove Swing lessons, 6:30 & 7:30pm Tango lessons, 7pm Dance w/ Swing Asheville DJ, 8:30pm ClUb reMix Open mic variety show, 9pm eMerald loUnge Quiet Company (indie rock, folk) w/ Futur Primitif & Mason Reed, 9pm
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grey eagle MUsiC hall & tavern Joshua James (rock, folk) w/ Isaac Russell, 8pm
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grove park inn great hall Bob Zullo (Latin, jazz, pop), 7-11pm isis restaUrant and MUsiC hall Bluegrass sessions, 9pm
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JaCk of the wood pUb Petunia (Western swing, boogie), 6pm The Giving Tree Band (rock), 9pm lobster trap Jay Brown (Americana, folk), 7-9pm native kitChen & soCial pUb Trivia, 7pm one stop deli & bar Two for Tuesday feat: Turbo Pro Project & Nostalgic Rhythm, 8pm DJ Adam Strange, 10pm phoenix loUnge Garry Segal Trio (rock, Americana), 9pm sCUlly's Daughters of Atlantis (acoustic rock), 10pm tolliver's Crossing irish pUb Trivia, 8:30pm treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes El Duende (Latin jazz), 9pm westville pUb Blues jam, 10pm white horse Irish sessions, 6:30pm Open mic, 8:45pm wild wing Cafe Karaoke, 9:30pm
wednesday, marCH 27 185 king street Dave Desmelik, John Cloyd Killer & Chelsea Lynn LaBate (singer-songwriters), 8pm 5 walnUt wine bar Hot Point Trio (hot jazz), 8pm allstars sports bar and grill Karaoke, 9pm barley's taprooM Dr. Brown's Team Trivia, 8:30pm
the natural: Sarah Tucker was still in diapers when she sang for the first time, but the 18-month-old’s talent was already apparent. Now 17, Tucker is following her musical destiny with a blend of rock, jazz and old-time that’s steeped in singer-songwriter traditions. The young artist celebrates the release of her debut full length, The Windowsill Girl, with a show at the Madison County Arts Center on Saturday, March 23.
9pm-1am harrah's Cherokee Casino: Throwback DJ ('70s-'90s), 6pmclose Event center: Alicia Keys (R&B, soul, pop) holland's grille Karaoke, 9:30pm
tHursday, marCH 28 185 king street Blues power jam, 8pm
JaCk of the wood pUb Old-time jam, 4pm
5 walnUt wine bar The Big Nasty (gypsy jazz), 8-10pm
lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Arboles Libres (soul, rock), 9:30pm
allstars sports bar and grill Dance night, 10pm
one stop deli & bar Soul/jazz jam w/ Preston Cate, 10pm phoenix loUnge Rocky Lindsley (rock), 9pm tallgary's Cantina Open mic/jam, 7pm the hangar loUnge Old-school DJ ('70s-'90s) & open mic, 8pm
dirty soUth loUnge Disclaimer Standup Lounge (comedy open mic), 9pm
tiMo's hoUse Blues jam, 10pm
elaine's dUeling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long),
vanUatU kava bar Open mic, 8:30pm
isis restaUrant and MUsiC hall Impromptu Sessions (improv jam w/ rotating musicians), 9:30pm
ClUb reMix DJ RaMak & guests, 10pm
doUble Crown Broncho (punk) w/ Beach Day (garage rock), 9pm
blUes Jason DeCristofaro (jazz), 8:30pm
trailhead restaUrant and bar Kevin Scanlon's old-time jam, 6:30pm treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and
apotheCary Sports Bar (garage rock) w/ Heyrocco, 8:30pm asheville MUsiC hall Dangermuffin (roots, rock) w/ The Whiskey Grins, 10pm barley's taprooM Alien Music Club (jazz jam), 9pm blaCk MoUntain ale hoUse Woody Wood (rock, blues), 9pm blUe MoUntain pizza Cafe Locomotive Pie (blues, folk, rock), 7pm ClUb reMix Asheville Rootz Collective (roots, reggae, dancehall, dub), 10pm doUble Crown International cuts w/ DJ Flypaper, 9pm
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elaine's dUeling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am eMerald loUnge Brother Nomad (classic rock) w/ The Black Cadillacs & All Them Witches, 9pm
frenCh broad brewery tasting rooM Letters to Abigail (country, Americana), 6pm
frenCh broad brewery tasting rooM Manic Lane (pop, folk rock), 6pm
grey eagle MUsiC hall & tavern Town Mountain (bluegrass) w/ Foghorn Stringband, 9pm
grey eagle MUsiC hall & tavern The Apache Relay (roots, rock) w/ Natalie Prass, 9pm
grove park inn great hall Donna Germano (hammered dulcimer), 2-4pm Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm
harrah's Cherokee Live band karaoke, 8pm-midnight holland's grille Dr. Brown's team trivia, 8pm
harrah's Cherokee Jukebox Blackwell w/ DJ Paul Gallo, 8pm
JaCk of hearts pUb Old-time jam, 7pm
holland's grille Overhead (rock), 9pm
JaCk of the wood pUb Seven Handle Circus (bluegrass, rock) w/ East Coast Dirt & Keith Kenny, 9pm
hotel indigo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm
lobster trap Hank Bones ("man of 1,000 songs"), 7-9pm
isis restaUrant and MUsiC hall Jim Arrendell & the Cheap Suits (dance), 9pm
olive or twist Heather Masterton Jazz Quartet, 8-11pm
lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: Brown Bag Songwriting Competition winners showcase, 8pm
orange peel Ryan Bingham (Americana, rock, folk) w/ honeyhoney, 8pm
Monte vista hotel Daniel Keller (jazz guitar), 6:30pm
pUrple onion Cafe Jeffery Hyde Thompson (singer-songwriter), 7:30pm red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 7-10pm tallgary's Cantina Asheville music showcase, 8pm tiMo's hoUse Asheville Drum 'n' Bass Collective, 10pm-2am town pUMp Dr. Aqueous & Fantastik Apparatus (electronic rock), 9pm trailhead restaUrant and bar Zydeco jam w/ Steve Burnside, 7pm treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes Female artist spotlight, 9pm wild wing Cafe Luke Combs (acoustic), 9pm
Friday, marCH 29 185 king street Fish Sticks, 8pm 5 walnUt wine bar The Get Right Band (acoustic), 10pm allstars sports bar and grill Sharkadelics (rock, pop, covers), 10pm apotheCary Richard Devine (sound design, synth) w/ Robert AA Lowe & Subtle Gardener, 8:30pm asheville MUsiC hall Dopapod (rock, jam) w/ The Mantra & Molli Parti, 10pm asheville radio Cafe Synergy (various artists), 8pm athena's ClUb Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am bier garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am
orange peel Local showcase, 9pm
athena's ClUb Mark Appleford (blues, folk, rock), 7-10pm DJ, 10pm-2am bier garden DJ Don Magic, 9pm-1am blaCk MoUntain ale hoUse Dave Dribbon (rock), 9pm blUe MoUntain pizza Cafe Rocket Science, 7pm ClUb Metropolis Asheville Pre-Compression (Burning Man event), 9pm doUble Crown Saturday shakedown w/ DJ Lil' Lorrah, 9pm elaine's dUeling piano bar Dueling Pianos (rock 'n' roll sing-a-long), 9pm-1am frenCh broad brewery tasting rooM Ten Cent Poetry (folk, pop), 6pm grove park inn great hall Bill Covington (piano classics & standards), 6-9pm Bob Zullo Quartet (Latin, jazz, pop), 9pm-midnight harrah's Cherokee Taylor Moore w/ DJ Suave, 8pm
paCk's tavern DJ Moto (pop, dance), 9pm
hotel indigo Juan Buenavitas & friends (Spanish/flamenco guitar), 7-10pm
pisgah brewing CoMpany The Great Barrier Reefs (funk, fusion) w/ Jahman Brahman & the Ponds, 9pm
isis restaUrant and MUsiC hall Galen Kipar Project (folk rock) w/ Amanda Platt, 9pm
red stag grill Chris Rhodes (guitar, vocals), 8-11pm
JaCk of the wood pUb Sinners & Saints (alt-country, Americana), 5pm Sons of Ralph (bluegrass), 9pm
root bar no. 1 Linda Mitchell (jazz, blues), 9pm sCandals nightClUb Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 1am soUth side station Karaoke, 9pm tallgary's Cantina Live music, 9:30pm the altaMont theater April Verch (singer-songwriter, fiddle), 8pm the Market plaCe Patrick Fitzsimons (blues, world, jazz), 7-10pm tiMo's hoUse DJ Jet & guests (hip-hop), 10pm-2am town pUMp Bradford Carson Band (blues, rock, jam), 9pm treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes Asheville Music Academy, 7pm Al Coffee & Da Grind (blues, soul, R&B), 10pm vanUatU kava bar A.J. Nunez (ambient, improv, harp), 9pm wall street Coffee hoUse Open mic, 9pm white horse Sweet Claudette, 8pm wild wing Cafe Burning Bright (rock), 9pm
saturday, marCH 30
lexington ave brewery (lab) Back stage: The Get Right Band (rock, funk, reggae) w/ Common Foundation, 9:30pm lobster trap Sean Mason (jazz), 7pm odditoriUM Grand opening celebration, 5pm-2am olive or twist 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11pm orange peel Local metal showcase w/ Lifecurse, Burnstitch & Telic, 8pm paCk's tavern A Social Function (rock, dance), 9pm phoenix loUnge Velvet Truckstop (Southern rock), 10pm pUrple onion Cafe Phil & Gaye Johnson, 8pm red stag grill Eric Ciborski (piano), 8-11pm root bar no. 1 Dulci Ellenberger (folk), 9pm sCandals nightClUb Dance party, 10pm Drag show, 12:30am straightaway Cafe Sherry Lynn & Mountain Friends (folk, country), 6pm tallgary's Cantina Elijah Hooker (rock), 9:30pm the altaMont theater Big Daddy Love (Americana), 8pm town pUMp Gina Dalmas Band (honky-tonk), 9pm
blaCk MoUntain ale hoUse Dark Water Rising (Americana, folk, soul), 9pm
5 walnUt wine bar Russ Wilson (hot jazz, funk), 9pm
blUe MoUntain pizza Cafe Acoustic Swing, 7pm
allstars sports bar and grill Saloon 5 (rock, country, covers), 10pm
boiler rooM Dissent (metal, hard rock) w/ Spill the Blood, Downbreak & Jacked up Joe, 9pm
apotheCary The Electric Nature (psychedelic, lo-fi, drone) w/ Nest Egg & Subtle Body, 8:30pm
tressa's downtown Jazz and blUes Ruby Mayfield & friends (rock, blues), 10pm
doUble Crown Friday night hootenanny w/ DJ Greg Cartwright, 9pm
asheville MUsiC hall Bloodkin (rock, jam), 10pm
white horse Jennifer Smith (chamber), 7:30pm
asheville radio Cafe ¡Rad & Jamez (rock, jazz, pop), 7pm
wild wing Cafe CrossRidge (country), 9pm
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treasUre ClUb DJ Mike, 6:30pm-2am
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The Story: When her father dies in an accident, India Stoker finds her world turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious uncle, who may be romancing her mother, or possibly her, but whose motives are as cloudy as his past. The Lowdown: Ultra stylish mystery thriller from South Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park with excellent performances from its high-powered cast. Far and away the best movie to come out this year thus far. Here we have the first film of 2013 that I’m ready to call great. Chan-wook Park’s Stoker — his first English-language film — is easily the most remarkable film I’ve seen this year, and one that lingers in the mind. I also strongly suspect that it will pay dividends on repeat viewings. It’s a work of such stylistic complexity that I doubt it can be adequately absorbed in a single sitting. In case you don’t know, the film is a thriller — a slow-burn thriller that very nearly qualifies as a horror film. But don’t let that term throw you. This isn’t splattery teen horror antics. This is an almost stately film that paces its thrills and builds a sense of intellectual dread that’s very much aimed at adults. Though it has its moments of shock, it’s free of false scares and moments meant just to make you jump. Its notions of fear are more along the lines of the sense of a cold hand touching your shoulder — and you’re not quite sure you want to look. In fact, admirers of Park’s Korean films — like Oldboy (2003) and Thirst (2009) — may be disappointed by the restraint evidenced here. The sensibility is the same, but the approach is more…well, sophisticated. The trailer perhaps tells too much, but since I’ve seen critics — even intelligent ones — who seem baffled by what’s going on in the film, maybe that’s just my take. Knowing the setup doesn’t really tell you all that much. We know that India Stoker’s (Mia Wasikowska) father (Dermot Mulrooney) has just died in an accident; that her mother, Evelyn (a typically fearless Nicole Kidman), is strangely distant; and that Uncle Charles (Matthew Goode) has shown up out of nowhere — with very unclear motives. (Since the film has definite ties to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 film Shadow of a Doubt, it seems not unlike the name Charles is coincidental.) This is where the story becomes fasci-
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Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska in Chan-wook Park's stunning thriller Stoker. nating, but so much of what’s interesting lies less in the story than in the almost hallucinatory manner in which Park presents it — actions are sometimes out of chronological order, are often repeated and are not always reliable. All of them lead to the unraveling of a mystery that is rarely quite what it seems. Stoker is filled with allusions to other movies. There’s a lot more here than the connection to Shadow of a Doubt. There are also echoes of Brian De Palma — and not just his Hitchcockian thrillers — since India’s coming-of-age is not unlike that of the title character in Carrie (1976). There’s an intense — and intensely creepy — piano duet (a piece composed for the film by Philip Glass) between India and Uncle Charles that comes across like a sinister version of the piano duet in Roman Polanski’s playful What? (1972). (It’s only a few scenes after Evelyn has been seen teaching Charles how to play.) There are also nods to Psycho (1960) and it doesn’t stop there. But in each and every case, the end result feels distinctly like Parks’ own work. He has made these moments his own. This is a stunning and deeply disturbing (in a good way) film that more than delivers throughout its length in its visuals, repeated patterns and shadings. It’s one of those rare movies I wanted to see again as soon as it ended. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible since I saw it at an early morning press screening. That said, I have every intention of seeing it
again when it opens this Friday. See this movie. Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual content. reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas and Fine Arts Theatre
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admission (pg-13) 11:00. 1:45. 6:30, 9:00 the Call (r) 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00. 10:15 the Croods 3d (pg) 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 the Croods 2d (pg) 11:30, 1:50, 4:10, 6:00, 8:20 emperor (pg-13) 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:30 the incredible Burt wonderstone (pg-13) 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 10:30 Jack the giant Slayer 2d (pg-13) 2:40, 7:30 olympus has Fallen (r) 11:00, 1:20, 3:40, 6:30, 8:50, 10:40 oz the great and powerful 3d (pg) 12:00, 2:50, 6:00, 9:00 oz the great and powerful 2d (pg) 11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 9:30 Quartet (pg-13) 11:00, 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:15 Side effects (r) 12:15, 5:05, 10:30 Silver linings playbook (r) 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 9:25 Spring Breakers (r) 11:30, 1:30, 4:15, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 Stoker (r) 11:10, 1:30, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:20
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I used to compare M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening (2008) to a big, dumb dog — one that would knock over your lamp or chew on your shoes, but was ultimately lovable since it was too dumb to be malicious. Brad Anderson’s The Call isn’t just a big, dumb dog. It also slobbers too much, smells to high heaven and, mostly, you just want it to stop relieving itself on your carpet. Even in the early part of the year with a whole lot of bad movies, The Call is the dumbest of them all. Not dumb in a crass A Haunted House sort of way
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lookhere Don’t miss out on Cranky Hanke’s online-only weekly columns “Screening Room” and “Weekly Reeler,” plus extended reviews of special showings, as well as an archive of past Xpress movie reviews — all at mountainx.com/movies. (a movie which, by the way, understands that its audience wants a bunch of weed and dick jokes), but in a way that assumes its audience doesn’t have the attention span to realize the movie’s as leaden as a bag of hammers. I suppose the original theory was that The Call would be such a fastpaced thrill-ride that no one would notice their credulity being stretched like bubblegum bubble. But Anderson’s film isn’t good enough to overlook all the unbelievable plot points and goofy schlock that makes up the last third, making a movie that’s almost entertaining for its myriad of flaws. But, mostly, it’s so shockingly stupid that its shortcomings are distracting. The Call follows Jordan (Halle Berry with Tim Burton hair), a 911 operator who gets a call from a teenage girl who’s frightened by an intruder attempting to enter her home. After initially fooling this miscreant, Jordan makes a mistake that results in the girl being kidnapped and eventually murdered. This traumatizes Jordan and, six months later, she’s devolved into handling new trainees and staying far away from the stresses of taking 911 calls. That is, until another teenager named Casey (Abigail Breslin) calls after having been abducted and shoved into the trunk of a car, and Jordan feels the need to help her find her — by suggesting clever ways for Casey to alert bystanders — like knocking out a brake light and pouring paint out the back of the car — until Jordan learns that (surprise) Casey’s abductor is the same fateful one Jordan encountered six or so months before. I’m not opposed to this setup, but The Call assumes suspension of disbelief at every turn. This is a movie that wholly depends on the world’s most awe-inspiringly inefficient police force, and absolutely no one in Los Angeles spotting our bad guy (Michael Eklund, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus) running around in broad daylight stabbing people with screwdrivers on the side of the road and bludgeoning people half to death in parking lots. Eventually, the film tries to morph into something like a run-of-themill horror flick, complete with creepy basement lair for our villain, whose flimsy (and thematically lazy) obsession with his dead sister — and possibly a love of bad ’80s pop — is driving all of this. Director Anderson, who has a small following from his films like Session 9 (2001), Tenant and The Machinist (2004), attempts to keeps things modestly stylish, but ends up with a film that is too trashy to be taken seriously, and too serious to get any fun out of either. Regardless, Anderson’s approach never comes close to making up for how dumb The Call is. Rated R for violence, disturbing content and some language. reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltomore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher
startingfriday 56 UP
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ADMISSION
The new movie from Paul Weitz (About a Boy, In Good Company, Being Flynn) is a rom-com starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd. The premise has Fey as a no-nonsense admissions officer at Princeton who finds herself considering bending the rules to admit an unorthodox kid from Paul Rudd's alternative school — especially since she thinks the boy might be her son. Early word is split down the middle, but the negative voices are not too reliable — especially the critic who can't tell Paul Weitz from his brother Chris. (Someone must have pointed that out to him because it's fixed in the review, but not in the breakout quote.)(PG-13)
THE CROODS
Chris Sanders has given us a couple of swell movies — Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon — but the trailer for this animated stone-age comedy really looks like it's pushing it. (The idea is that the film recounts the world's first family road trip.) That a critic remarked that it reminds you of the "best of The Flintstones" bodes ill indeed. (PG)
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN
Antoine Fuqua doesn't really have the most impressive filmography around (it's a long time since Training Day and even that wasn't all that great), but here he is with Gerard Butler starring as a former presidential guard who finds himself trapped in the White House in the middle of a terrorist attack. Of course, it falls on him to rescue the kidnapped president (Aaron Eckhart). Also on hand is Morgan Freeman. This could so go either way. (R)
SPRING BREAKERS
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STOKER
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56 UP JJJJ
Director: Michael apteD players: Michael apteD (interviewer voice), Bruce BalDen, Jacqueline Basset, syMon BasterfielD, neil hughes DOCUMENTARY
RATED NR
The Story: The most recent in a series of documentaries following a group of people every seven years from the age of 7. The Lowdown: Engaging, lively and filled with life, Michael Apted’s latest entry in this series of documentaries is definitely good company. For those uninitiated with the concept of Michael Apted’s long-running series of TV documentaries (that have mostly seen theatrical life in the U.S.), 56 Up is the latest in a series that started back in 1964 with Seven Up. The idea was — and remains — to document the lives of 14 people from various backgrounds with updates every seven years to catch up with them and see how their lives are turning out. So if you started watching these films in 1964, the now 56-year-old "cast" will perhaps seem like old friends. However, it is not a necessity to have seen the other entries (I’ve never seen one before) in order to appreciate this most recent one. The new film deftly inserts footage from the other entries to establish and chart the changes from age 7 to 56. Chances are that you’ll come away from this long film (144 minutes with very few credits) feeling a sense of knowing its characters. If you’re the right age — and I
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am — you may also come away taking stock of your own life. Almost as interesting — though never dealt with by the film — is placing Apted’s own life and career in the context of this movie. The original film was directed by Canadian TV director Paul Almond — with Apted (then 23) as a researcher. By the time of the second film, Apted had a string of TV credits to his name and took over. By the third, he had some feature films to his name — including the critically praised Stardust (1974). By the time of 28 Up, Apted was a world-class filmmaker with films like Agatha (1979), Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) and Gorky Park (1984) to his credit. He still kept on with the series, though, and now that his own star has waned — he mostly lands quasi-faith-based movies these days — the documentary series has once again become his highest profile work, which might be fairly sobering for him, too. The film itself is certainly well done — and often very engaging, depending to a large extent on which person it’s dealing with. That’s, of course, to be expected. In any cross-section of people, some just have more interesting stories than others. It’s probably equally unsurprising that the most interesting of the characters is the one, who — at least on the surface — has had the roughest time of it. In this case, that falls to Neil — a man whose life has been plagued with mental problems, homelessness and an inability to quite fit in. What makes his story the most satisfying, though, is that he seems to have found himself as a minor elected official (on the Liberal
Democrat ticket) in a small town in Cumbria, U.K. It’s hardly plain sailing, but his story affords the film a hopefulness it otherwise wouldn’t quite have — though it is gratifying to see others in their 50s successfully reinventing themselves. All in all, these people are very much worth getting to know. Not Rated reviewed by Ken Hanke Starts Friday at Fine Arts Theatre
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE JJ
Director: Don scarDino players: steve carell, steve BusceMi, olivia wilDe, JiM carrey. alan arkin, JaMes ganDolfini, Jay Mohr COMEDY
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The Story: A pair of Vegas magicians find themselves being upstaged by a nontraditional street performer. The Lowdown: Largely painless, but utterly mediocre and unnecessary. Put simply, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone isn’t. (And, boy, would I like to just leave the review at that.) Either despite or because of a cast of more or less big names, the film remains stubbornly mediocre without ever being actively awful. It’s stuck in this dreadful oily neutral of being almost virulently OK. When I had to talk about the film on the radio on Friday afternoon, I found myself stuck with "OK" in response to every question about any aspect of the movie and, ultimately, concluded that you don’t need to be convulsed with outright dread should circumstances require your attendance at a showing. I meant that to sound at least not completely discouraging, but it occurs to me now that it’s an idea more suited for a stint at the dentist than a trip to the movies. You really ought to get more out of going to a movie than simply not groaning about it — and that’s really the best you’re likely to get out of this one. The central problem with Burt Wonderstone lies in the idea that it wants to be this really edgy comedy while retaining a gooey soft center of feel-goodery. I do not suppose that the two ideas are necessarily incompatible but, in this case, they are. The catch is that the film’s notions of edgy are mostly limited to filling the proceedings with characters who are either immensely unlikable, terminally stupid or both. It then expends a lot of time convincing you of how awful these people are — especially Steve Carell as the title character — and then wants you to like them without bothering to give you a reason to do so. Presumably, those responsible for this assume we bring enough goodwill toward the performers to carry the day. That raises the question — the very subjective question — of whether or not you have all that much goodwill stored up for anyone involved. I don’t. The premise could have worked: A couple of flashy Vegas magicians — Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) — find they must reinvent themselves when they are upstaged by a new breed of masochistic stunt performers. But it constantly goes awry or bogs itself down. It does help the film’s approach that
new-kid-on-the-block, street "magician" Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), is even more loathsome than Wonderstone, but all that really offers is a lesser evil. Dragging in the old wheeze of Burt’s ego and causing his partner to walk out on him is, I guess, interesting to collectors of clichés and those who bemoan the passing of the days of Martin and Lewis. But none of this ever adds up to more than a few random chuckles, an almost complete lack of character empathy and a climax so preposterous that it might have come from one of Adam Sandler’s worst excesses — or maybe Will Ferrell. The only remarkable thing is that it’s all somehow less obnoxious. That doesn’t make it any good. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, dangerous stunts, a drug-related incident and language. reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike 10, Carolina Cinemas, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltomore Grande
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The Story: Four college girls spiral into a general haze of drugs, violence and debauchery on spring break. The Lowdown: An often grotesque, seemingly ugly descent into black light madness that tries to say much, but is betrayed by a paper thin plot and flimsy characterizations. In a 2009 interview with IndieWire, director Harmony Korine said: “I’m not going to lie and say that I don’t like provoking an audience. What I want to provoke is a real reaction. I can’t imagine making something and not wanting people to feel it even if a large portion of the audience doesn’t want to have anything to do with the feeling.” This attitude creates films that are often willfully ugly, uncomfortable or shocking. By proxy, Korine is either lauded with praise for his uncompromising vision as a director or with disdain as a loathsome arthouse huckster (all depending on how you feel about all this bad medicine and pitch black deviance as art). His latest, Spring Breakers, is easily his most accessible film, but don’t let that fool you. This movie remains one of the sleaziest, trashiest fever dreams you’re likely to ever see in a theater. This is a love it or hate it affair that I’ve remained mostly indifferent toward in the three days since I first watched Spring Breakers. I’m fascinated by what the film appears — or possibly wants — to be, while finding the execution lacking. Your own reaction will depend on how in tune you are with Korine’s specific wavelength. What is Spring Breakers about, exactly? Let’s start off thematically since Korine is less concerned with plot or realism, and is more interested in creating a garish, exploitative fantasy world. Spring Breakers might be a take on booze-soaked party films like the recent 21 and Over. Or maybe it’s a morally neutral look at America’s underbelly and the American Dream perverted by drugs, sex,
guns and crime. Possibly, the film could be considered an occasionally surreal descent into a metaphysical neon hell that echoes Lars von Trier, Werner Herzog and just a tiny bit of David Lynch while being filtered through a pastiche of modern pop culture (complete with the gimmick of sullying the names of the film’s three leads — Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Benson — who built careers by being family-friendly tween stars). Or maybe Spring Breakers is none of these things, as Korine only lightly touches on any subject and takes extra care to avoid any overt points. Because of this, Spring Breakers might be none of the things I’ve mentioned. Instead it could be a work of nihilism, which is perhaps the movie’s most fascinating trait. With this film, it is meant to be whatever you want: high art or lowly junk, existing as everything or nothing. In a more practical sense, Spring Breakers is about four bored college girls who are tired of small-town life, who rob a diner so they can run off to Florida for spring break, a concept that has been elevated here to some sort of Sodom and Gomorrah tale. They meet up with an eccentric white-trash rapper/drug dealer who goes by the name of Alien (James Franco with a platinum grill, bad tattoos and natty cornrows) who leads them into more debauchery. And therein lies the biggest flaw in Spring Breakers: Those two sentences of plot description are pretty much all you get. Subtext can’t hold a film up on its own, especially when its story is already stretched to the limit, bogged down by languid pacing and with hardly any characterization. There’s no one to root for (the closest thing we have to a moral compass, Gomez’s character, Faith, leaves town halfway through the movie), and even less to relate to in this film. This is purposeful with Korine’s drug-and-violencefueled Technicolor nightmare, which strives more for a general mood rather than traditional entertainment (at least in any sense that’s not perverse).This — for myself at least — makes Spring Breakers more of an occasionally curious artistic exercise and little else. Your feelings may very well differ — and likely fall in one extreme or another. Rated R for strong sexual content, language, nudity, drug use and violence throughout. reviewed by Justin Souther Starts Friday at Carolina Cinemas
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Miles Teller, skylar asTin, JusTin Chon, sarah WrighT, JonaThan kelTz Raunchy Coming-of-Age Comedy Two buddies surprise their best friend from high school on his 21st birthday and alcohol sends their plans quickly awry. A generally unfunny comedy that tries to be about growing up, but is just too damn obnoxious to work. Rated R
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MiChael apTed (inTervieWer voiCe), BruCe Balden, JaCqueline BasseT, syMon BasTerfield, neil hughes Documentary The most recent in a series of documentaries following a group of people every seven years from the age of 7. Engaging, lively and filled with life, Michael Apted’s latest entry in this series of documentaries is definitely good company. Rated NR
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Jean-louis TrinTignanT, eMManuelle riva, isaBelle hupperT, alexandre Tharaud, WilliaM shinnell Drama A husband tries to cope with his wife’s terminal illness. Highly-acclaimed in most quarters, this slow, humorless essay in human misery is not going to be to everyone’s taste and will appeal mostly to those already sold on the director’s style. Rated PG-13
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alden ehrenreiCh, aliCe englerT, JereMy irons, viola davis, eMMa ThoMpson, eMMy rossuM, eileen aTkins Fantasy Romance A nonconformist human boy in a small Southern town falls for an outsider/newcomer who happens to be a witch. The course of this love does not run smoothly. Surprisingly likable, adult and even witty teen romance of the fantasy variety. The old pros help, but the script and the young leads are very strong. Rated PG-13
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halle Berry, aBigail Breslin, Morris ChesTnuT, MiChael eklund, david oTunga Thriller A 911 operator tries to help a kidnapped teen over the phone, only to learn that she’s encountered the kidnapper once before, with horrific consequences. A borderline competent thriller that’s dumb as a brick — and almost entertaining because of it. Rated R
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JaMes Balog, svavar JonaTansson, adaM leWinTer, louise psihoyos Documentary Documentary about climate change and the melting of the world’s glaciers. Beautiful and sometimes terrifying images abound, but the film perhaps spends too much time on the man behind the project rather than the project itself. Still worth a look for the breathtaking views. Rated PG-13
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Colin farrell, nooMi rapaCe, TerrenCe hoWard, doMiniC Cooper, isaBelle hupperT Revenge Thriller A disfigured woman blackmails a mobster into getting revenge for her while being unaware that he’s no hardened criminal, and is secretly out for vengeance of his own. An often stylish, morally complex revenge thriller that’s a bit too absurd and awkward in how it draws its characters and sets up its story. Rated R
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MaTTheW fox, ToMMy lee Jones, eriko haTsune, Masayoshi, haneda, kaori MoMoy, Colin Moy, MasaToshi nakaMura, TakaTarô kaTaoka, Toshiyuki nishida, isayo naTsuyagi Historical Drama The story of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s investigation into whether or not to try Emper-
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or Hirohito for war crimes at the end of World War II. Surprisingly gripping entertainment can be found in this historical drama, thanks to a solid script, strong direction and an array of impeccable performances. The year’s first solid must-see. Rated PG-13
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BruCe Willis, Jai CourTney, seBasTian koCh, Mary elizaBeTh WinsTead, yuliya snigir, Cole hauser Action When his son is arrested in Russia, John McClane goes to see what’s afoot and ends up involved in massive mayhem. It has Bruce Willis in his best remembered role. It has an R rating. It has car chases and shooting and explosions. It’s also pretty awful. Rated R
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Jason BaTeMan, Melissa MCCarThy, aManda peeT, T.i., genesis roriguez, John Cho Raunch-com When a woman steals a man’s identity and runs up astronomical debts, her victim tracks her down in search of reparation. Overlong, distasteful, strikingly unfunny and badly written. It’s not directed all that well either. Rated R
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sTeve Carell, sTeve BusCeMi, olivia Wilde, JiM Carrey. alan arkin, JaMes gandolfini, Jay Mohr Comedy A pair of Vegas magicians find themselves being upstaged by a nontraditional street performer. Largely painless, but utterly mediocre and unnecessary. Rated PG-13
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niCholas houlT, eleanor ToMlinson, eWan MCgregor, sTanley TuCCi, eddie Marsan, ian MCshane, eWen BreMner Fantasy Adventure It’s “Jack and the Beanstalk,” but with a romantic interest, extra characters and enough giants to qualify as a spectacle. A purely pleasurable modern retelling of the old fairy tale that doesn’t rely on snark and pop culture references, but instead relies on writing, performances and direction to create an engaging fairy story on a large scale. Rated PG-13
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Chase WilliaMson, roB Mayes, paul giaMaTTi, ClanCy BroWn, glynn TurMan, doug Jones Sc-Fi Fantasy Horror Comedy A pair of self-proclaimed psychic investigators find themselves in the position of saving the world — regardless of the possibilty that one of them might or might not be dead. A wild ride of intelligent, splattery horror comedy that offers what may be an illegal amount of bizarre fun. It’s not a film for everybody, but for those who are in tune with inspired bad taste and lunacy, it’s pretty wonderful. Rated R
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ashley Bell, Julia garner, spenCer TreaT Clark, david Jensen, Tarra riggs Dismal Demonic Doings The further demonic possession travails of the girl from The Last Exorcism. An unnecessary and pretty darn bad sequel to a pretty good horror film. Its biggest sin is that it’s dismally dull. Rated PG-13
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hugh JaCkMan, russell CroWe, anne haThaWay, aManda seyfried, saCha Baron Cohen, helena BonhaM CarTer, eddie redMayne Musical Drama Film version of the immensely popular stage-show musical adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel. Fans of the show will probably rejoice. The uninitiated may feel differently about this extremely long, over-emphatic and self-serious film version. Rated PG-13
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suraJ sharMa, irrfan khan, ayush Tandon, gauTaM Belur, adil hussain, rafe spall, gérard depardieu Allegorical Action Drama The story of a young man and a tiger adrift for 227 days in a lifeboat and their struggle to survive. Ang Lee’s film is a triumph of technical wonders and magnificent images, but how satisfying it is on thematic and dramatic levels is likely going to be a question of personal beliefs and baggage. Rated PG
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JaMes franCo, Mila kunis, raChel Weisz, MiChelle WilliaMs, zaCh Braff, Bill CoBBs, Joey king, Tony Cox Fantasy An unauthorized, but very obvious prequel to the 1939 Wizard of Oz. Good-looking, likable, but hardly the definitive Oz film it wants to be — and one that suffers from largely efficient, but faceless direction, and the usual longer-than-needed running time. Rated PG
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Maggie sMiTh, ToM CourTenay, Billy Connolly, pauline Collins, MiChael gaMBon Comedy Drama Life at a retirement home for musicians and musical performers is disrupted by the arrival of a famous diva and the threat of the home being shut down if their annual gala isn’t a big success. A rather familiar story is given a first-rate treatment by an excellent cast and assured direction. Extremely enjoyable, especially for Anglophiles and fans of the stars. Rated PG-13
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Julianne hough, Josh duhaMel, david lyons, CoBie sMulders Melodramatic Romance A woman on the run ends up in a sleepy coastal town while her past tries desperately to catch up with her. Purely schmaltzy melodrama from the reigning goofball king of it, Nicholas Sparks, that redeems itself — or at least is made interesting—by one supremely silly ending. Rated PG-13
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Jude laW, Mara rooney, CaTherine zeTa-Jones, Channing TaTuM Crime Thriller A young woman accidentally kills her husband, seemingly due to side effects from her antidepressant medication, but things are perhaps more complicated — and nefarious — than they seem. A beautifully shot, expertly acted, wholly professional murder thriller from Steven Soderbergh that misses greatness by being a bit too emotionally detached and slightly too rambling in its climax. Rated R
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Bradley Cooper, Jennifer laWrenCe, roBerT de niro, JaCki Weaver, Chris TuCker, anupaM kher Romantic Comedy Unusual screwball romantic comedy about two very dysfunctional people. Richly rewarding, funny, fresh and touching romantic comedy that both adheres to the genre while taking it to new places. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence make for a very appealing couple — and get great support from the rest of the A-list cast. Rated R
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dWayne Johnson, Barry pepper, Jon BernThal, susan sarandon, MiChael k. WilliaMs Fact-Inspired Action When his son receives an aburdly long sentence for a drug violation, a father goes undercover to help reduce his kid’s sentence. It’s way longer than it needs to be. It does nothing new. It has no sense of humor. It’s just plain not good. Rated PG-13
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ashley Benson, vanessa hudgens, JaMes franCo, selena goMez, raChel korine, guCCi Mane Crime Drama Four college girls spiral into a general haze of drugs, violence and debauchery on spring break. An often grotesque, seemingly ugly descent into black light madness that tries to say much, but is betrayed by a paper thin plot and flimsy characterizations. Rated R
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Mia WasikoWska, niCole kidMan, MaTTheW goode, JaCki Weaver, derMoT Mulroney, alden ehrenreiCh Mystery Suspense Thriller When her father dies in an accident, India Stoker finds her world turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious uncle, who may be romancing her mother, or possibly her, but whose motives are as cloudy as his past. Ultra stylish mystery thriller from South Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park with excellent performances from its high-powered cast. Far and away the best movie to come out this year thus far. Rated R
specialscreenings The BaTTle of The SexeS JJJJ Drama raTeD Nr In Brief: A middle-aged businessman falls prey to the wiles of a golddigging flapper and throws everything away in his pursuit of this transparently duplicitous woman. Something of a surprise from the last days of D.W. Griffith’s career, The Battle of the Sexes manages to be sophisticated while still adhering to the director’s own sensibilities. Though marketed as a comedy, this is really a domestic drama with comedic touches. Approached that way, it’s actually one of Griffith’s more accomplished films. The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Battle of the Sexes Sunday, March 24 at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
CalliNg Dr. DeaTh / iNviSiBle ghoST JJJJ mySTery horror raTeD Nr In Brief: Double feature of the first of Lon Chaney’s “Inner Sanctum” mysteries, Calling Dr. Death (1943) and Bela Lugosi’s 1940s Monogram Nine series, Invisible Ghost (1941). The first finds Chaney as a neurologist (with a specialty in hypnoisis) who may or may not have murdered his faithless wife — if only he could remember.The second finds Lugosi as a nice family man who is driven into a homicidal rage whenever he sees his supposedly dead faithless wife. Creaky fun with flashes of cinematic inspiration. The Thursday Horror Picture Show will screen Calling Dr. Death and Invisible Ghost on Thursday, March 21 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.
laDy for a Day JJJJJ ComeDy raTeD Nr In Brief: Frank Capra’s film of Damon Runyon’s story “Madame La Gimp” is one of his most all-around pleasing films. He had not yet settled into the sentimentality that would come to be called “Capra-corn,” but there’s more heart here than in his earlier films. Warren William stars as a gambler who undertakes the transformation of an aging alcoholic apple seller (May Robson) into a society matron to fool the old lady’s daughter and her titled fiancé. It’s sharp, funny and appropriately moving. The Asheville Film Society will screen Lady for a Day Tuesday, March 26 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.
ThaT oBSCure oBjeCT of DeSire JJJJJ Surreal ComeDy Drama raTeD r In Brief: For what turned out to be his final film, Luis Buñuel turned to Pierre Louys’ story The Woman and the Puppet (1978) — a work that had also served as the final film collaboration between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in 1935 as The Devil Is a Woman. The resulting film, That Obscure Object of Desire, is so insistent that the woman be perceived as so obscure that Buñuel had her played by two different actresses. (When you’re the world’s most famous surrealist filmmaker, you can get away with that sort of thing.) The story of an older man’s obsession with a younger woman may not be Buñuel’s best, but it’s certainly a farewell worth having. Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present That Obscure Object of Desire Friday, March 22 at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District, upstairs in the Railroad Library). Info: 273-3332, http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com
Dear Asheville, One day before the full moon of March an Asheville native is having a birthday and I ask you to wish them well and offer many congratulations for being here now. “A” drives a Subaru and loves: yoga, running, family, working with children, and dancing; they also have the most stunning and deeply radiant eyes you have ever looked into, ever. They have shown me what true love is and I learned to love myself by watching them love me. I am eternally grateful. No other heart has looked so easily into mine. I made some monumental mistakes against them, some that I am touched by with each breath. All I can ask is for an opportunity to re-earn their trust and friendship because I know what that means today. “Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” ~Rumi With all the respect and affection I have,
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AdmINISTRATIVE/ OFFICE CUSTOmER SERVICE / dATA ENTRY ASSOCIATE We are a high-performing nonprofit organization looking for a seasoned candidate with high quality skills, training and experience necessary to fill a full-time position as Customer Service/Data Entry Associate in our Head Start program. The successful Candidate must be able to perform the following duties and tasks: • Enters data from applications, enrollment forms and other forms into an automated data base system; enters social services, health, disabilities, and education information and data; reviews for accuracy; updates records with assessment scores, health information, and related activities. • Prepares and prints reports; edits reports, and applies report writing software to prepare special information in response to staff requests or modifies existing reports; recommends modification of screens and data fields to information services staff. • Prepares spread sheet, word processing and other records; designs report formats; proofs, revises, and prints reports; assists staff with data base queries. • Answers questions on telephone relating to data and information from the computer. • Backs up computer to maintain security and accuracy of data base. • Prepares application documentation. • Establishes and maintains hard copy files of confidential records for easy retrieval. • Orders and maintains supply of paper, printing cartridges, and other supplies for computer and peripherals, copier, and other assigned office equipment; coordinates maintenance of equipment with vendors. • Screens calls and inquiries; secures and gives information; answers many inquiries independently. • Identifies eligibility requirements and communicates them to customers; acquires information and documents, and coordinates customer schedules, appointments and referrals. • Secures information via telephone or personal contact; often handles tasks and interactions independently with no management
interaction. • Handles sensitive information and maintains confidentiality. • Makes arrangements for locations for meetings; notifies participants of date, place, and time; prepares and types materials for the meeting; may attend to assist or to take minutes or notes. • Prepares correspondence, memoranda, notes, minutes, reports or other materials; reviews work for compliance with instructions, spelling, punctuation and basic grammar; proofreads final copies of materials. • Write and sends letters, memoranda, reports and other materials using past precedents as guides. • Supports a variety of departmental tasks and programs, as needed; may cross train in various office roles. • Reviews and verifies records and reports for correct information; processes documents based on review and verification; files and retrieves materials based on limited information and performs periodic follow-up activities. • Maintains office or departmental records and files; initiates appropriate follow-up or further action based on the status of office activity. • Serves as backup to other office and family service functions. • Performs related duties as required. Requirements: • Thorough knowledge of office practices and procedures. • Thorough knowledge of and ability to use correct grammar, vocabulary, and spelling. • Considerable knowledge of data entry, database maintenance, report generation and record keeping methodologies. • Considerable knowledge of office software and applications to the administrative environment. • Considerable knowledge of Department program requirements, intake procedures, and regulations. • Knowledge of the elements of customer service and skills in applying that knowledge to serve customers. · Ability to input data quickly and accurately. • Ability to operate office machines required by the position such as computer, word processor, typewriter, copier, fax, calculator, and other office equipment. • Ability to gather and compile materials from a variety of sources. • Ability to maintain files and records systematically. Minimum Experience Graduation from high school and experience in social service program intake, Administrative support or related work; and considerable data entry and data base maintenance experience. Preferred Experience: Fluent in English and Spanish preferred.. Special Requirements • Possess a valid North Carolina Driver License. • Able to pass a physical examination, criminal background investigation, a physical and a TB Tine Test. Compensation is $10.60$14.62/hour with excellent benefits. This position is nonexempt – eligible for overtime pay. Send resume, cover letter and work references with complete contact information
to: Ms. Linda Gamble Human Resources Manager 25 Gaston Street Asheville, NC 28801 Or Admin@communityactionopportunities.org Or (828) 2536319 (Fax). Applicants with incomplete submittals shall be disqualified. Open until filled. EOE & DFWP. PART-TIME BILLING/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT • The Autism Society of NC is in search of a Part-time Billing/Administrative Assistant for its Asheville office. This position will be 20 hrs per week and will report to RD. The position will assist in the processing of billing, AP/AR, payroll, and human resource development in compliance with ASNC policies and procedure. Proficient with a computer and MS Office; excellent communication skills; ability to multitask; organized with attention to detail and able to work with minimal supervision. A minimum of an Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Please email letter of interest and resume to Joe Yurchak, Regional Director at jyurchak@autismsocietync.org by March 21st, 2013. STAFF ACCOUNTANT Process Accounts Payable and Receivable, track cash flow including monthly bank reconciliations. Prepare and post journal entries, analyze account reconciliations, assist controller. An Associate’s degree in a related discipline is required as well as a minimum of 2 years of accounting experience preferably in a manufacturing environment. Assist with annual audit. Email completed resume to: Frank Wheeler, HR Manager, fwheeler@millsmanufacturing.com
SALES/ MARkETING JOIN THE EVOLUTION! Are you passionate about life and success? Be a part of our evolving social media team and help local businesses grow by connecting them to their customers. Call now for an immediate interview. 312765-7598. WORk FROM HOME SALES POSITION In Home Sales Position.Mortgage Protection. Sales Leads Leads Leads. Commission Only. 75K 1st Year. Contact Susan to schedule an interview with the HR manager. 828-686-5059 828686-5059 career@sfgbusiness. com www.sfgbusiness.com
RESTAURANT/ FOOD APOLLO FLAME • WAITSTAFF/HOSTESS Full-time. • Fast, friendly atmosphere. • Experience required. Apply in person between 2pm-4pm, 485 Hendersonville Road. 274-3582. BOAR'S HEAD PROMOTER/ DEMONSTRATOR Present and Sample Boar's Head Deli Products in a Supermarket Environment. Pro-actively engage customers. Promote and educate the consumer on various Boar's Head Products. Must have own transportation. Be energetic and possess a serving attitude. 609-203-3769 johnsciscenteboarshead@hotmail.com
HUMAN SERVICES CASE MANAGER WOMEN AT RISk Case management and facilitate groups. Experience with SA/MH/homelessness. CSAC preferred. Resume and cover letter to Patrice@hbofa.org. Detail: hbofa.org. EOE CASE MANAGER-PUBLIC BENEFITS AND PT PROJECT REBOUND SUPPORT Case Manager with AHOPE Day Center. Go to hbofa.org for complete job description. Email cover letter and resume to asia@hbofa.org
FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF NC has a very exciting employment opportunity in our Hendersonville office. • Therapist: As a fully licensed Mental Health Therapist, you will insure the highest quality care is provided to our clients. Responsibilities include providing assessment and therapy services for adults, children/adolescents and/or families in home, school and community settings. Two years post license experience is required. Joining our team makes you eligible for a competitive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should send their resume to jrobichaud@fpscorp.com.
Family Preservation Services of Rutherford and Polk Counties is seeking Qualified Mental Health Professionals and therapists to work with children and adults through the following service lines: IIH, CST and OP therapy. Candidates must have a minimum of 1 year experience with either child or adult mental health populations. FPS offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package. Resumes to twalker@ fpscorp.com. MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST Mental Health Therapist, Licensed/License eligible, for PRTF in Upstate of SC. Send resume to Fax: 864-294-1774 or email: lwilliams@recoverouryouth.org. OVERNIGHT CAREGIVERS • You can make a difference! Responsibilities may include: companionship and conversation, light housekeeping, dementia care, and personal care services. We offer flexible assignments based on functional matching factors, such as location and availability. Individual responsibilities vary, as per client-specific needs and requests. We thoroughly screen all applicants for bonding and insuring purposes. Compassionate, professional and dependable individuals will be considered. We have CNA, IHA and Companion positions available. Our multi-phase training will provide you with the tools you need to become a successful CAREGiver. Come work for the home care industry leader and Employer of Choice. Home Instead Senior
Care • 828-274-4406 or hbauer@homeinstead.com. Applications by appointment only. Must be over 21 to apply. SUPPORT ASSOCIATE DIRECT CARE STAFF • Do you want to make a difference in a person’s life? Consider working for The Arc of North Carolina, a state-wide advocacy and service provider organization that has been promoting the rights and abilities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) since 1953. • The Arc of North Carolina seeks passionate, compassionate, hardworking individuals to support people with I/DD throughout Western North Carolina for the following situations: • A young lady in Hendersonville needs home care one or two days a week. The position requires intense hands on personal care; must be able to lift. Staff will also provide back up to other staff during sick and vacation days when available. Staff compensation is $13.50 an hour. • Also available is a part-time position in south Asheville, providing personal care; must be able to lift. Staff compensation is $11.50 an hour. Other responsibilities may include: teaching skills to increase independence, promoting inclusion in the community. Related experience in direct care or special education is preferred but not required. Creativity, progressive thinking, strong advocacy skills, and knowledge of community resources are highly desirable. Qualified applicants must be 18 or older, have a high school diploma or GED, current driver’s license, and pass background checks. Applicants may: Contact Lorie Boehm at 828-254-4771. Apply in person at 22 Garfield St, Suite 120 Asheville, NC 28803. Or e-mail lboehm@ arcnc.org.
WE NEED "THERAPEUTIC FOSTER PARENTS" • To find out more about becoming a foster parent call Debbie Trainings are free and held on a regular basis. The MENTOR Network debbie.smiley@thementornetwork.com
THERAPISTS NEEDED IN HAYWOOD COUNTY To provide outpatient services to children & adolescents w/ Mental Health diagnoses. Fully Licensed preferred. Also need LPA part to full time for testing. Email resume to telliot@ jcpsmail.org
A-B TECH INSTRUCTOR, CLINICAL EMS • SUMMARY: EMS Clinical Instructor (ER, L&D, PEDS). Supervise students in classroom, lab and clinical environments. • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1. AAS degree in Nursing. 2. Minimum of two years of work
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PROFESSIONAL/ MANAGEMENT ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM Is currently seeking qualified applicants for the position of Visitor Services and Museum Shop Manager. Significant retail and management experience required. Experience in loss prevention/museum security practices a plus. Deadline: March 21, 2013. A complete list of desired qualifications and application submission guidelines are available at www.ashevilleart.org. Direct questions and application materials to: mailbox@ashevilleart.org. No calls, please. FOOD PROGRAM COORDINATOR To find out more about the position & about Green Opportunities, please visit our website. greenopportunities.org
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experience as a registered nurse within a hospital setting, specific to ER, L&D and / or PEDS assignment. 3. Current unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse in NC. 4. Current adult, child, and Infant CPR certification for health care providers. 5. Current ACLS and PALS certifications. 6. Basic knowledge of EMS profession and responsibilities. • PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: 1. Level 1 or 2 NC EMS Instructor; 2. Experience as an instructor thru EMS, AHA, or ARC; 3. Associates Degree or higher. SALARY RANGE: 30.75 per contact hour. For additional information and application instructions, please visit https://abtcc.peopleadmin. com/postings/2079
A-B TECH INSTRUCTOR, EMS • SUMMARY: Instruct all levels of courses assigned within the EMS curriculum. Supervise students in classroom, lab and clinical environments. • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1. Associate Degree in Emergency Medical Science. 2. At least five years of work experience as a Paramedic (in an EMS setting). 3. Current N.C. Paramedic credentials 4. Current ACLS, PALS, and CPR Provider certification. 5. Current North Carolina OEMS Level I Instructor (EMT-Paramedic level). 6. Current knowledge, skills and abilities in EMS as related to the function and scope of practice of an EMT-Paramedic. 7. Eligible for credentialing as a N.C. Paramedic affiliated with Buncombe-Madison County ALS system. • PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: 1. Bachelor’s Degree in a related field. 2. BCLS, ACLS, PALS and ITLS Instructor certification. 3. Eligible for credentialing as Level II North Carolina OEMS Instructor (EMT-Paramedic level). 4. Knowledge in current standards of care as set forth by U.S. DOT curricula and NCOEMS. 5. Teaching experience at community college level in EMS. • SALARY RANGE: $30.75 per contact hour. For
additional information and application instructions, please visit https://abtcc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2079 DIRECTOR OF CHILDCARE CENTER Responsible for childcare center educational programs and operations, hiring and managing Center staff. Ensures all planning and programming are implemented within regulations of the NC Division of Child Development. Maintain 5 - Star license standards. Requirements: • Twoyear degree in Early Childhood Development, Child Psychology, Early Childhood Education, or other related field. • Minimum of five years related experience. Ideal candidate will have prior experience in childcare center management and operations. • North Carolina Early Childhood Administration credential or ability to become credentialed. • Valid NC drivers license, reliable transportation. Submit a resume with qualifications and references to boardchair789@gmail.com. HANGER HALL is hiring a part-time music teacher to facilitate a fun, dynamic, choral based music class for 6th-8th grade girls for the 2013-2014 school year. Approximately 15 hours per week starting mid August 2013. Salary based on experience. Email a cover letter and resume to employment@hangerhall.org. HIGH QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION TEACHER AND TEACHER ASSISTANT • Are you a teacher of young children who strives for excellence? Do you want to work in a program where NAEYC standards are important, family engagement is valued, the nutrition program is a national model, and teachers are supported in their professional development? • Education required: Teacher - B-K Preferred with 2 years experience, Assistant - Associates in ECE. Send resume to dclark@macfc. org or apply on-line at MACFCjobs.org. EOE employer.
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HOTEL/ HOSPITALITY FT/PT HOUSEkEEPER FOR UPSCALE B&B Montford B&B seeking full/part-time housekeeper. Experience and references required. Compensation TBD upon interview. Send resume to info@blackwalnut. com. No phone calls or drop-ins. HOUSEkEEPING SUPERVISOR Part time (25-30 hours per week) Housekeeping Supervisor position at a luxury vacation cabin rental property in Mills River. Prior commercial/ industrial housekeeping management experience required. See online ad or for more info contact stay@barkwells.com THE GROVE PARk INN IN ASHEVILLE NC • Is one of the country's most celebrated resorts and we are currently celebrating our Centennial year. We are seeking motivated hard working Housekeeping Room Attendants who has an eye for detail and balanced with time-management and also has the ability to follow instructions. Please apply online at http:// www.groveparkinn.com/asheville-nc-jobs.asp. Grove Park Inn is an EOE and Drug/Alcohol free workplace.
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Professor Martyn Poliakoff creates short Youtube videos to help teach the public about chemistry. In one video, he explains why an explanation he gave in a previous video was completely mistaken. “It’s always good for a scientist to be proved wrong,” he confesses cheerfully. Then he moves on to speculate about what the right answer might be. I love humility like that! It’s admirable. It’s also the best way to find out the truth about reality. I hope you will summon a similar attitude in the coming weeks, Scorpio: a generous curiosity that makes you eager to learn something new about stuff you thought you had all figured out.
“Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings,” says poet Muriel Rukeyser in her poem “Elegy in Joy.” “Not all things are blest,” she continues, “but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.” I urge you to adopt this perspective in the coming weeks, Aries. Be extra sweet and tender and reverent toward anything that is just sprouting, toward anything that is awakening, toward anything that invokes the sacredness of right now. “This moment,” sings Rukeyser, “this seed, this wave of the sea, this look, this instant of love.”
As you seek more insight on your current situation, consider the possibility that the bad guys may not be as bad as they seem. They might simply be so deeply under the spell of their own pain that they can’t see straight. And as for the good guys: I wonder if they are as purely good as they would like you to imagine. It might be the case that they are at least partially serving their own self-interest, while pretending to be utterly altruistic. If there’s any truth to these speculations, Taurus, you’d be wise to stay uncommitted and undecided for now. Don’t get emotionally riled up, don’t get embroiled in conflict, and don’t burn any bridges.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Here’s your mantra: “I get fresher under pressure.” Say it 10 times right now, and then repeat it in 10-repetition bursts whenever you need a tune-up. What it means is that you stay cool when the contradictions mount and the ambiguities multiply. And more than that: You actually thrive on the commotion. You get smarter amidst the agitation. You become more perceptive and more creative as the shifts swirl faster and harder. Tattoo these words of power on your imagination: “I get fresher under pressure.”
CANCER (June 21-July 22) “Stories happen to those who tell them,” said the ancient Greek historian Thucydides. Modern radio journalist Ira Glass goes even further. “Great stories happen to those who can tell them,” he has said. Let’s make this strategy a centerpiece of your life plan in the weeks ahead, Cancerian. I have a suspicion that you will need first-hand experience of novel, interesting stories. They will provide the precise nourishment necessary to inspire the blooming of your most soulful ambitions. One way to help ensure that the best stories will flow your way is to regale receptive people with transformative tales from your past.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “Dear Rob: I’m spreading the word about Beer Week in your town, and I’d love to see you and your beer-loving readers at some of the
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You are not for sale. Remember? Your scruples and ideals and talents cannot be bought off for any amount of money. You will not be cheated out of your birthright and you will not allow your dreams to be stolen. Although it’s true that you may have to temporarily rent your soul from time to time, you will never auction it off for good. I’m sure you know these things, Pisces, but I suspect it’s time to renew your fiery commitment to them. events. Any chance you can include some coverage of Beer Week celebrations in your upcoming column? Cheers, Patricia.” Dear Patricia: I don’t do product placement or other forms of secret advertising in my horoscopes. To allow it would violate the sacred trust I have with my readers, who rely on me to translate the meaning of the cosmic signs without injecting any hidden agendas. It is true that Leos might be prone to imbibing great quantities of beer in the coming week, simply because they’d benefit from lowering their inhibitions, getting in touch with their buried feelings, and expanding their consciousness. But to be frank, I’d rather see them do that without the aid of drugs and alcohol.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Hoping to stir up some fun trouble, I posted the following message on my Facebook page: “Don’t judge someone just because they sin differently than you.” A torrent of readers left comments in response. My favorite was from Sue Sims, who said, “Yeah, they might be better at your kind of sin and you might learn something!” That advice is just the kind of healing mischief you need right now, Virgo. It’s a bit ironic, true, but still: Take it and run with it. Study the people who have mad skills at pulling off the rousing adventures and daring pleasures and interesting “sins” that you’d like to call your own.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The French verb renverser can be translated as “to turn upside-down” or “to reverse the flow.” The adjectival form is renversant, which means “stunning” or “astonishing.” I think you may soon have experiences that could be described by those words. There’s a good chance that a dry, impoverished part of your life will get a juicy, fertile infusion. A deficiency you have worried about might get at least half-filled. An inadequacy that makes you feel sad may be bolstered by reinforcements. Alas, there could also be a slight reversal that’s not so gratifying. One of your assets may temporarily become irrelevant. But the trade-off is worth it, Libra. Your gains will outstrip your loss.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) On the one hand, menopausal women are no longer able to bear children. On the other hand, they often overflow with fresh possibilities and creative ideas. More time is available to them because their children have moved out of the house or don’t require as much care. They can begin new careers, focus on their own development, and devote more attention to their personal needs. So in one way their fertility dries up; in another way it may awaken and expand. I suspect that whether or not you are menopausal, you are on the cusp of a comparable shift in your fecundity: one door closing, another door swinging open.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The TV reality show Freaky Eaters profiled a woman named Kelly who had eaten nothing but cheesy potatoes for 30 years. Her average intake: eight pounds of potatoes and four cups of cheese per day. “I love cheesy potatoes,” she testified. “They’re stewy, gooey and just yum-yum-yummy. They’re like crack to me.” I’m a bit concerned that you’re flirting with behavior comparable to hers. Not in regards to cheesy potatoes, of course, but to some other fetish. I will ask you to make sure that you’re not starting to over-specialize. It would be wise to avoid obsessing on a single type of anything.nto every little thing.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) In the 17th century, polite people referred to mountains as “warts” and “boils on the earth’s complexion.” So says Robert Macfarlane in his book Mountains of the Mind. Annie Dillard describes the peculiar behavior of educated European tourists in the 18th century. When they visited the Alps, she writes in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, “they deliberately blindfolded their eyes to shield themselves from the evidence of the earth’s horrid irregularity.” Don’t be anything like those dumb sophisticates, Aquarius. When you spy irregularities in the coming weeks, consider the possibility that they are natural and healthy. This will allow you to perceive their useful beauty.
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