Mountain Xpress, April 29 2009

OUR 15TH YEAR OF WEEKLY INDEPENDENT NEWS, ARTS, & EVENTS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 15 NO. 40 APRIL 29 - MAY 5, 2009

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letters Graffiti is in the eye of the beholder Doesn’t it seem like we are striving for excellence in our artistic community? What is being traded in for depth of substance? I have traveled all over this country and seen some of the best graffiti. But with a lot of the “art” communities in this town, graffiti turns into the same ol’-same ol’ clique politics and elitist snobs.

With Juxtapoz, but more importantly ESPO’s The Art of Getting Over, every bored kid in every small town in America thought, “Hey, that’s the life for me.”

Graffiti in Asheville is horrible! A very small fraction of these self-described “writers” are actually good, and even that is just a matter of opinion and interpretation. It is mainly a lack of education that will ultimately land most of them with tremendous fines and, for some, unfortunately, jail time.

I started doing graff illegally, at first, when I was 15. I am now 32. I went to an art school in Jax, Fla., and most of us visual artists also did graff. We spent a lot of time with use of color and being quick. The task force in Jacksonville started busting down because they wanted to clean up the town.

So most of us took the direction of embracing this form as an art — asking permission from local businesses, which allowed us to do it in the open, legally, with permission. I found that you could get paid to do this. Look, the city is

a canvas. There have to be some ethics. When you receive permission for a piece of property and then, because of your over-inflated sense of worth, [you] go and use your moniker, you are not only putting that business or property owner in jeopardy of becoming a snitch — you are jeopardizing the true respect the art form deserves.

I do believe strongly that America could do more to embrace this art form. In a lot of European countries, it’s practically legal. Here is a small list of some of the places I feel could be made available to us for our use: abandoned buildings, trash cans, electrical boxes, dumpsters, bathroom walls, train cars, alleyways, doors that lead nowhere, garage doors, mailboxes, mail trucks, cargo containers, all commercial retail stores (like Wal-Mart etc.)

— the backs of these buildings are usually huge blank surfaces. Art is attractive, and people like pretty stuff. Anyhoo, the list could truly go on and on, and I have valid reasons for everything on the list.

In closing, don’t kid yourselves that there isn’t really any good graffiti in Asheville yet.

And remember, you can paint a turd gold, but it is still a turd. Do not be fooled by any of these “toy” writers who have imaged their own greatness. Viva la revolution.

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Mountain Housing Opportunities has proposed building a three-story, 64-unit apartment complex in the middle of a single-family neighborhood in small-town Waynesville.

While they have met the letter of Waynesville zoning law, they are not meeting the spirit or intent of their own mission statement, which is to “to build and improve homes, neighborhoods, communities ... lives.”

It grieves me that an organization that prides itself on smart-growth development and community partnerships would so seriously discount citizen concerns about this project. One of the primary tenets of smart growth involves encouraging community and stakeholder collaboration and creating developments that respond to a community’s own sense of how and where it wants to grow.

When 75 area residents attend the only opportunity for public comment, and all oppose the project because of the negative impacts on our community and quality of life, perhaps the project should be reassessed. This is not a highdensity neighborhood; it is made up of singlefamily homes and some duplexes, many on large lots. The building as proposed would be significantly out of scale with the surrounding neighborhood, would obstruct views and would have a negative impact on property values.

Mountain Housing Opportunities offers many alternative site designs — including affordable single-family homes, condos or townhouses — that would fit much better with the existing community. We ask them to do the right thing and come up with a different development proposal that fits the character of our neighborhood and town of Waynesville.

— David and Hanna Goss Waynesville

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Editor’s note: MHO Executive Director Scott Debman responds: Sixty-four senior citizens will benefit from safe, attractive apartments in a convenient walkable location, 400 feet from Main Street immediately behind a retirement home in downtown Waynesville. Three town boards unanimously approved our plans for an energy-efficient and environmentally responsible building design that uses less land than more expensive singlefamily home construction. The apartments will be privately owned and professionally managed, will pay full property taxes, and will bring several million dollars into Waynesville in wages, contracts and purchases. To the 19 people who spoke against our plans, and to all residents of Waynesville, our senior residents will be good neighbors. Your mother, your aunt or you may choose to live here — and we hope you will, if the time comes that you no longer choose to maintain a single-family home and yard. We ask that you welcome 64 senior citizens into your neighborhood.

Going green, greener, greenest Are Asheville folks really interested in going green?

In celebration of Earth Day, I attended the Leadership Asheville Forum’s “Going GREEN at Home and at Work” presentation. I listened attentively to the three male speakers and the questions that followed. One woman asked what could be done for existing structures to make them more environmentally friendly. I raised my hand, and when recognized, I told the audience about a product that I used some three-and-a-half years ago in the interior paint of my home to better insulate it.

The insulation material is a product developed by NASA out of space-shuttle tiles as a paint additive for any paint, interior or exterior. This is an easy, cost-effective way to save energy in any building or home. This is a simple but powerful solution for energy conservation. However, since this example came from an older woman, the audience just laughed at the idea.

How sad that only folks who have environmental businesses and will make money from their ideas are taken seriously. This insulation powder was first used on shuttle flights in 1996 and has been used on all subsequent shuttle flights. The powder is microscopic ceramic spheres that, when dried with paint, form a radiant-heat barrier. This NASA spin-off product has been available to the public for about

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You ask how a retired senior woman could know about such technology? I was a teacher for 35 years. For 23 years, I was a science teacher and even participated in the Teacher in Space programs at NASA. So NASA has always had a special place in my heart, and I keep up with their developments.

Before this insulation product was released for commercial use, it was tested by all of the branches of our military, even the U.S. Navy Artic Research Vessel. The product is advertised to reduce heating and cooling energy demands by 20 percent. Some of the research on the product claims as much as 40 percent energy savings.

As a city and a nation, I guess that we will be serious about “going green” when we can respectfully listen to everyone’s expertise and become willing to learn from everyone. I have had my environmental practices in place for 30 years already. You will find me daily, and yearround, emptying my dish, shower and cooking water back onto my yard. My inside air quality is superior, and all of my cleaners are green. As a science teacher, I was known affectionately as Mother Earth.

Just because baking soda and vinegar have been around for a long, long time does not mean that they don’t have value in helping us clean up our environment. This is true for older women as well.

(P.S. In celebration of Earth Day, I had two fruit-bearing cherry trees planted in my yard.)

— P. Diane Chambers Asheville

ACM’s not just any market Excuse me for complaining, but I can’t believe you put the ad announcing the reopening of the Asheville City Market on page 33 in [April 15] paper! How could you bury that ad way back there when this market is one of the best things to happen to Asheville in years?

I remember meeting a woman a decade ago — while working with a group of folks trying to get businesses started through Mountain Microenterprise (now Mountain Bizworks) — who tried for years to find a place to start this long overdue highlight for our city, to no avail.

Y’know, Asheville is often compared to the progressive cities of the West Coast, where Saturday markets have been a regular event

for decades. In Portland and Eugene, Ore., for example, whole city blocks give way on Saturdays for produce, food vendors, crafters, palm readers, nonprofits, jugglers, entertainers — you name it. And everyone from everywhere, local and visiting, shows up to celebrate their wonderful towns and say hello to each other, buy, sell, trade. This is how urban community thrives.

So please don’t treat the ACM like just another local business or even just another tailgate market, because it’s Asheville’s opportunity to live up to its reputation as a progressive, tightly knit urban center in the Southeast.

Thanks!

— Arjuna da Silva Black Mountain Advertising director James Fisher responds: We value every one of our advertisers and try our best to treat them fairly. In general, ads are rotated throughout the paper. This enables our diverse readership to see ads coupled with our equally diverse editorial content. The Asheville City Market ad has appeared on page 11 (April 8), page 33 (April 15) and page 14 (April 22). Thanks for reading and for supporting local business — Local Matters!

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Have a wonder-full day!

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The stimulus begins with us Those who are given the vision must make the sacrifice. [Do] not wait, but be obedient to the God who created us — in unity we trust.

But, are we really ready for the green revolution?

Money has lost its importance. Greed has surrendered to justice. Examples of forgiveness and peace are a daily, understood and advertised solution. What we fear has been identified as our greatest source of strength, the foundation for relationship building.

The only real value is our Earth and what we can do to maintain and sustain her. Are we ready for the green revolution? The “stimulus” begins with us, one person at a time.

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Cherokee reunion reclaims sacred space text by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt photos by Jonathan Welch [Editor’s note: The historic gathering of the Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation and Western North Carolina’s Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians April 16 to 18 unleashed a cascading array of images, memories and deep emotions.

The following text and photos aim to convey something of the essence of the event.]

From the lush woods of Red Clay State Park in Cleveland, Tenn., the soaring melody of a six-hole flute beckons visitors onto sacred Cherokee land. “It has been 25 years since the two tribal councils and chiefs met here in Red Clay,” notes Cherokee historian Barbara Duncan, who helped organize this reunion.

“When they met here in 1984 it was very significant because, up until that time, the Cherokee people had been divided,” she explains. “The significance of [the 2009 reunion] is to commemorate that revocation 25 years ago and also to remember the council meetings that were held here in the 1830s, when the tribe was trying very hard to stay together as one people and to hold on to their land.”

Resplendent in beads, breastplates and skins, and bearing handcrafted weapons, the Cherokee bring their dynamic heritage to life. In a clearing nestled in the woods, storytellers address a crowd of eager listeners, relating how humans discovered fire, why the blue jay has a white tip on his tail, and why we must always respect our elders. Infused with metaphor and rich in traditional wisdom, each tale encapsulates a lesson about the Cherokee way, in which every living creature is honored and respected.

With painted faces and carefully crafted weapons, the Warriors of AniKituhwa exemplify the strength of the Cherokee people and their skill as hunters and fighters. Meanwhile, the Oconaluftee Village Dancers present traditional dances inspired by animals and nature. And all the while, the music of the wormy-chestnut flute and other traditional instruments creates a soothing soundtrack that seems to reach back across the ages. Vendors display beaded jewelry and quahog-decorated crafts, woven baskets, ceramics and clothing.

Children splash in the Blue Spring and try their hand at such Indian games as blowguns and marbles.

The sweeping, beautiful land of Red Clay seems an appropriate place for the two groups to honor their history, share

their traditions and celebrate their cultural resilience. The seat of Cherokee government from 1832 to 1837, it was here that Chief John Ross learned about the forced removal of his people from their ancestral lands in a westward mass migration that’s remembered as the Trail of Tears.

“Over 18,000 Cherokee people were removed,” says storyteller/re-enactor Robert “RedHawk” Eldridge. “On that journey, over 4,000 people died, and many disappeared along the way, vanishing into the Smoky Mountains. Red Clay was our last remaining holding before being forcibly removed, after the Indian-removal treaty was signed by Andrew Jackson.”

Among the three-day reunion’s diverse events are an “Eternal Flame Run” from Cherokee, N.C., to Red Clay State Park and a symposium of Native American scholars considering the Trail of Tears’ historical significance and impact on Cherokee society.

For many, the gathering is also a time to reconnect with family and friends. “While many miles may separate us from our Cherokee people in Oklahoma, we are still a united nation, and we will be recognizing and celebrating this relationship,” proclaims Michell Hicks, the Eastern Band’s principal chief. “As a people and as U.S. citizens, we have an obligation to educate our children and people about our ancestry and history. This event will assist us in moving the Cherokee people forward while remembering the trials and lessons learned from our past.” Despite those hardships, the Cherokee people are the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. today.

The reunion triggers powerful reactions in Cherokee participants and visitors alike.

A tearful Martha “Windwoman” Esslinger declares: “I love my native heritage and am so proud of it. The reunion gives me a chance to connect with my heritage, and everyone has been so receptive to me and my story.”

As Chad Smith, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, observes, “We can never forget the emotional, historic and tragic events that resulted in the Cherokee Nation coming together on these grounds more than 170 years ago. The Cherokee government survives because our leaders exhibited great clarity, power and passion while seeking resolution to the conflict brought by the state of Georgia and the United States. Their courage and wisdom are the reason we have the enduring legacy of the Cherokee people, which is to face adversity, survive, adapt, prosper and excel.” X

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The Warriors of AniKituhwa: “I am proud to be here representing our people,” says dancer Kody Grant.

The bear dance: The Oconaluftee Village Dancers perform traditional pieces inspired by animals and nature.

Music and stories: Cherokee flutist and storyteller Tommy Wildcat plays the six-hole flute. (To hear a song from Tommy’s new CD, Flames of Fire, go to www.mountainx.com.)

The reunion “will assist us in moving the Cherokee people forward while remembering the trials and lessons learned from our past.”

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by David Forbes Tensions ran high at the Buncombe County Board of Commissionersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; April 21 meeting.

Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources were there to talk about ongoing efforts to clean up the heavily contaminated former CTS of Asheville site â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and defend a proposal

by DENR (see â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fail-safe?â&#x20AC;? July 11, 2007 Xpress, and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Sceneâ&#x20AC;? elsewhere in this issue). â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not a settlement agreement or a limiting document, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an acknowledgment that CTS will propose a remedial plan to clean up the site in accordance with the requirements of the law,â&#x20AC;? hydrogeologist Bruce Parris of DENRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch told the commissioners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For efficiencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sake, a proposed administrative agreement has been made available to the public.â&#x20AC;?

Parris also said that more testing is needed to â&#x20AC;&#x153;accurately determine the extent of the contamination.â&#x20AC;?

But residents who live near the Mills Gap Road site also turned out in force â&#x20AC;&#x201D; clad in black in memory of relatives and friends they say died or became ill due to contaminants dumped by CTS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buying it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an issue of trust,â&#x20AC;? declared resident Tate McQueen during his own presentation to the board, noting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time and time again weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in these meetings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When CTS was first making noise about its adverse effects in the community,â&#x20AC;? said McQueen, a local educator, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was 19 years old; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 42 now. In that time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had study after study, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had no significant tangible result. When we enter into agreements with CTS, we need to know who

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CTS closed its electroplating plant in 1986, and ever since, the residents have had to grapple with the impacts of trichloroethylene, an industrial solvent and suspected carcinogen, though the contamination wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t officially documented until the early â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s.

Also at issue is the fact that the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1987 voluntary-cleanup law caps participating companiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; liability at $3 million. Given CTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; history, McQueen asserts, the Elkhart, Ind.-based manufacturer canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be trusted to fully clean up the site or prevent the contamination from continuing to spread.

But CTS committed to a voluntary remediation in a 2007 agreement with DENR; the current proposal merely spells out some parameters for the plan the company is supposed to create and implement.

An imminent hazard?

Parris maintained that the $3 million limit has never interfered with a companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s carrying out a full cleanup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That amount doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include costs of investigation and it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t preclude a civil lawsuit or getting other responsible parties to pay for the cleanup,â&#x20AC;? he noted.

But McQueen was not impressed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our state is bending over backward to help CTS, almost two decades after the first studies were done,â&#x20AC;? he charged. The contamination, said McQueen, has caused him to move his family from their home to a small apartment outside the area.

Aaron Penland, an area resident who says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lost at least nine close family members to cancer after theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d drunk from local wells for many years, stood behind McQueen brandishing signs.

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One showed a 2004 EPA report that called the site “an imminent hazard”; another displayed a map showing 70 cases of cancer within 1.5 miles of the site. A 2008 study conducted by the N.C. Central Cancer Registry at Xpress’ request proved inconclusive, but it looked at all homes within a 1-mile radius of the site, rather than focusing on those situated along possible paths of contamination.

Residents and the county-appointed CTS Citizens Monitoring Council are circulating a petition rejecting DENR’s proposal and say they’ve already gathered 1,000 signatures.

EPA staffer Carolyn Callihan said more testing is being done to find out if the contamination has spread. Activists, however, have criticized the methodology, arguing that not enough wells are being checked, and that the tests should be performed by a third party in order to ensure accurate results.

Callihan admitted that the EPA’s results “aren’t very user-friendly” but said the agencies are doing their best determine the extent of the contamination, both above- and below-ground, and prevent it from spreading.

She said the EPA is working to get the site on its Superfund list but hasn’t yet found enough evidence to justify it. “Other than The Oaks subdivision, we have found no new sites of contamina-

time running short, Board of Commissioners Chair David Gantt said the board would get responses to the remaining questions by e-mail and post the answers on the county’s Web site.

Activists, however, weren’t the only ones who were upset. After federal and state officials’ hourlong presentation, Vice Chair Bill Stanley cut to the chase, saying, “My one question is this: Are you going to clean it up?”

And when Parris began to talk about the remediation process, Stanley cut him off. “Are you going to make CTS clean it up or not? Are you going to do it?” he continued, to applause from the audience.

“We’re in the process of holding them accountable under the law,” answered Parris.

Other business The board also heard Sheriff Van Duncan’s annual report, which noted both an increase in calls for service and a reduction in response time.

“In 2008 we saw calls for service continue to rise, to 54,600 from 51,625,” Duncan told the board. “The good news with that is that our average response time for emergency calls — those that could be life-threatening — they were just a little under 11 minutes in 2007. In 2008, through the hard work of the Patrol Division, we were able

“We’re concerned about the ground-water spread, because there’s 397 wells within three miles of this site.”

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tion that can be attributed to CTS,” noted Callihan.

“We found some lead in wells in the last round, but we think that’s attributable to plumbing, not CTS.” McQueen, however, countered that a privately conducted test paid for by the owners of the adjacent Rice property had shown a considerable increase in the level of contamination since it was first tested. This, he maintained, could indicate that it was spreading.

“We’re passionate, but so is life and death,” said McQueen. “We’re concerned about the groundwater spread, because there’s 397 wells within three miles of this site.”

Furthermore, although the EPA required CTS to install a system to extract hazardous fumes from a portion of the property, he maintained that to date, the cleanup efforts have done nothing to deal with the primary source of contamination — perhaps located under or near the abandoned factory.

McQueen also questioned the company’s credibility. “They were generating 52,800 tons of organic compounds — that’s what TCE is — a year,” he said, adding, “How can you possibly trust CTS? How can you possibly trust this organization? It doesn’t make any sense.

“We, your citizens and constituents, don’t want to see a voluntary agreement. We want to see the agencies do their job and immediately clean up the site — without regard to cost or further study.”

But the officials remained silent concerning what would be done about the primary source of contamination.

The commissioners, meanwhile, had collected written questions from the audience. And with

to pull that down to 9.25 minutes.”

The sheriff also touted his office’s success in criminal investigations, resolving about half of them (1,585 of 3,172). “The state average is to clear around 20 percent,” he said. “We’re clearing 50 percent.”

In other business, the commissioners heard a brief update on their attempts to reinstate countywide zoning after an N.C. Court of Appeals ruling struck down the county’s zoning ordinance recently. The judge ruled that the commissioners hadn’t allowed enough time for the county Planning Board to consider the step and had failed to provide proper notice of a public hearing on the matter.

The Planning Board is still assessing the zoning maps, and meanwhile, the commissioners must also vote separately on zoning for Limestone and Beaverdam townships.

Those areas voluntarily acquired zoning long before the county’s ordinance was passed, and the zoning maps for those townships were folded into the county’s maps when the ordinance was approved in 2007. Now, with countywide zoning in limbo for some months until the commissioners can legally reinstate it, they’re hoping to at least get the Limestone and Beaverdam zoning back on the books.

As a result, they unanimously voted to continue their meeting to Tuesday, April 28, at 4:30 p.m., when they’ll hold a special vote to uphold the Limestone and Beaverdam zoning. X David Forbes can be reached at 251-1333, ext. 137, or at dforbes@mountainx.com.

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Two URTV board members suspended URTV board President Jerry Young has informed Davyne Dial and Richard Bernier that they’ve been suspended from the public-access channel’s board. Both have been outspoken critics of the station’s management.

In an April 10 e-mail, Young stated that both had been suspended — Bernier for not paying his membership dues and Dial because she’s facing dismissal from the board.

“Richard, you have refused to pay your membership!” Young wrote.

“I have previously informed you of this matter, which is expected of all our membership. Therefore, you should not be speaking to anyone on behalf of URTV. As president, I am the only authorized person to speak for URTV.” The nonprofit’s bylaws, however, don’t require members of its board of directors to be dues-paying URTV members. And according to the state law governing the membership of nonprofit boards, “A director need not be a resident of this State or a member of the corporation unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws so prescribe.”

Young’s e-mail also addressed Dial: “Davyne, as you are aware, you have been officially noted that you are up for dismissal from the board, and as a result, you also should not be speaking in behalf of URTV,” it reads. In a subsequent e-mail to Xpress, Dial questioned the reasons behind her suspension, asking, “By what authority does the chairman of the board unilaterally suspend a member?”

Dial added that she’d asked Young for clarification on April 10 concerning the reasons for and terms of her suspension but hadn’t yet

received an answer. According to URTV’s bylaws, a board member can be removed from office by a two-thirds majority vote of the board, but there’s no mention of suspension.

Dial said the suspension “came within hours after I asked for access to public records of financial spending, credit-card receipts and membership list at URTV.” Both Dial and Bernier have criticized what they see as a lack of transparency in the channel’s operations. In recent months, URTV has faced controversies concerning a disputed confidentiality clause in an oath administered to board members (which was later rescinded), a memo from Young directing board members not to speak to the press, and questions about whether the board has followed state open-meetings law.

In a closed session in early February, URTV’s Executive Committee voted to recommend dismissing Dial and Bernier, but no action was taken at the next board meeting on March 19. At that meeting, however, URTV producer Dale Joyner presented a petition signed by 26 producers asking the board to consider removing Dial, asserting that her actions have brought negative publicity to the station.

That petition, URTV’s attorney maintained later, constituted a call for a special meeting of the channel’s membership to directly vote on Dial’s dismissal, since she was elected by the members. At press time, that meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in URTV’s offices.

Joyner’s original petition did not mention a special meeting.

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Concord, N.C., resident Erika Bogan lives by a simple motto: “Anything is possible.”

Paralyzed from the waist down in a 2002 car wreck, the 28-year-old single mother of three saw that belief confirmed on April 18, when she was crowned Ms. Wheelchair North Carolina following a short pageant held in Swannanoa.

It was the first time the event has come to the Asheville area.

Bogan and two other contestants — Meritta Thomas, 37, of Spruce Pine and Teresa Higgins, 54, of Burlington — competed for the right to represent the state in the Ms. Wheelchair America Pageant later this year. After individual interviews with a panel of three judges, the three moved on to the main event, publicly stating their platforms and answering another question posed by a judge.

Bogan talked about providing more resources for people with disabilities and expanding awareness of their needs. Thomas, who noted after the contest that she was the first person to graduate from Mitchell High School in a wheelchair, spoke of her desire to end her pet peeve: unauthorized people parking in spaces set aside for those with impairments. Higgins, meanwhile, said she hoped to encourage new role models and increased volunteerism. “Just

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Tiara trio: Meritta Thomas (left) and Brandee Ponder (right) prepare to crown Erika Bogan of Concord, N.C., the new Miss Wheelchair North Carolina. The pageant was held April 18 in Swannanoa. photo by jason sandford

point us in the right direction, and we’ll be rolling,” she proclaimed to a round of applause.

In a meeting room at the Holiday Inn Biltmore East in Swannanoa, the reigning Miss Wheelchair North Carolina, Weaverville resident Brandee Ponder, handed Bogan a dozen red roses, a pin and a tiara. And as Ponder wished Bogan luck with her crown, it was clear that the pageant is as much about mutual support and respect as about declaring a winner.

“These girls have been absolutely amazing,” Ponder noted before the start of the ceremony.

“Each brought unique stories and shared them.

We all have the same goal: We want to bring awareness to women who utilize wheelchairs.

They can accomplish things as well as the ablebodied. Just because we have a disability doesn’t mean we can’t accomplish great things.”

— Jason Sandford

Nips and tucks Asheville’s budget for the next fiscal year will come in at around $135 million, Chief Financial Officer Ben Durant predicts. And if City Council approves the budget he’ll propose on May 12, it will be balanced, with revenues equaling expenditures.

That’s an accomplishment even in a good year, but all the more so given that as recently as last November, Durant was projecting a roughly $5 million shortfall due to the national economic sinkhole that dragged down sales taxes and took the wind out of property-tax growth.

Closing that gap has been no mean feat, and Durant has put in an appearance at every Council meeting since January to give updates. The news hasn’t always been good: So far, sales-tax numbers have came in $2 million lower than projected, forcing Durant and his financial team to dig ever deeper for cuts. We won’t know how the March figures look till the state releases them in May. “This is by far the toughest budget I’ve dealt with,” says Durant. “I’ve never seen [sales-tax revenues] decline that significantly.”

Council’s final vote won’t come till June (the new fiscal year begins July 1), but the biggest political challenge may turn out to be cutting funding or raising fees for programs near and dear to Council members’ hearts. The city has avoided the political land mine of increased property taxes, but several of Durant’s suggested adjustments fly in the face of the Strategic Operating Plan, a list of priorities and goals established each year during Council’s January retreat.

On April 14, Council members approved a new fee structure for city services that, besides a 4 percent bump in water bills and increases in building-inspection and park fees, also raises the cost of curbside recycling from $1.32 to $2.65 per month. Although the increase works out to less than $1.50 per residence — and actually restores the program to its original unsubsidized status — Council member Brownie Newman took issue

with it, saying it impacts a beneficial program and disproportionately affects private households.

Mayor Terry Bellamy, meanwhile, maintains that since the slumping economy is already hitting individuals and businesses as well as city revenues, she’s opposed to raising fees at all. “I don’t think this is the time right now,” she says. “I think it sends the wrong message.”

But a bigger sticking point for Newman will be a proposed $300,000 cut in the city’s annual contribution to the Housing Trust Fund. That’s 50 percent of what the city has been putting into the fund each year to provide low-interest loans to developers who agree to build affordable housing. Durant had initially suggested forgoing this year’s contribution altogether, but Council members’ strong objections made him back off.

Newman feels that’s still too big a hit for a program that successive City Councils have nurtured to help maintain Asheville’s affordable-housing stock.

“Cutting it in half is way too much,” he asserts, and Council member Robin Cape is of the same mind. “That [fund] is crucial to what we are doing and what we are trying to do,” she notes. “It’s not like we’re losing $300,000: It represents millions in affordable housing.”

The belt-tightening also entails diverting some funding — including money targeted for Civic Center improvements, a longtime priority for Vice Mayor Jan Davis.

“That is a bother,” he concedes, though a bigger concern for him is cutting back a four-year push to make Police and Fire Department wages competitive with those in other cities. But the reality, says Davis, is that the situation is dire, and he won’t second-guess Durant’s call.

“That one really hurts,” Davis notes. “But I’m not going to stand up and say it’s the wrong thing to do.”

— Brian Postelle

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Economists: Recession will end this year; recovery will be slow Economic forecasts can be tricky, and the events of 2008 caught many experts by surprise. So it was with a note of caution that two noted economists offered their best guesses as to what lies ahead.

Despite that dose of circumspection, David W. Berson and James F. Smith told more than 400 people in UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium that the recession will probably end in the fourth quarter of this year, but the recovery in the job and housing markets will be modest. The attentive crowd, gathered for the 25th annual Economic Crystal Ball Seminar, was double the biggest previous draw.

Based in California, Berson is chief economist for the PMI Group and a former vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae. Smith, who lives in Arden, is chief economist for Parsec Financial. Both are nationally known for their forecasts.

Berson noted that he’d previously predicted the recession would end in 2008. “There are many reasons why a forecast can be wrong. In this particular case, I think there was a very good chance that the recession would have ended up being relatively short and mild, but there were some very bad policy errors made last fall,” such as the decision not to bail out Lehman Brothers, he maintained.

And Berson tempered his prediction of positive economic growth by this year’s end, emphasizing that the job market will be slow to come back. The national unemployment rate will continue to rise through next year, topping out at 9.5 percent or higher, he said.

The first sign of improvement will come in the housing market, Berson believes. Existing home sales “have probably already bottomed,” he said, and housing prices will continue to decline steeply in the hardest-hit parts of the country. But mortgage rates are low, and there’s financial help available for first-time homebuyers. “It’s going to be the first-time homebuyer that’s going to power housing out of this downturn,” he predicted.

Economic upswing: Economist James F. Smith of Arden says the national recession is likely to end by the fourth quarter of this year. He and fellow economist David W. Berson both predicted an improving U.S. economy during the 25th annual Economic Crystal Ball Seminar at UNCA.

Overall, Berson said he’s looking for about 3 percent growth in the economy next year, held down in part by consumers’ continuing hesitation. But even that forecast, he added, is not rock-solid: Another policy error, a dramatic jump in the consumer savings rate or other factors could derail a recovery, Berson said.

“I’d say the risk of that is about 35 percent. So about about a one-third chance this recession continues into 2010, but about a two-thirds chance that it doesn’t.”

Smith focused much of his presentation on the cyclical nature of the American economy, citing signs that he said have preceded every U.S. recession and recounting previous financial panics.

But after every dramatic downturn, Smith maintained, “The global economic system comes back stronger than ever,” and that’s likely to happen again this time.

Government leaders, he noted, are throwing trillions of dollars at the problem. Why? “Because they want to get re-elected.”

All that money pumped into the economy, Smith predicted, will jump-start the stock market, and the housing and vehicle markets will follow. Consumer confidence will pick up, and small-business owners will regain their optimism.

Both economists ended their presentations on a high note. “I think things are going to be better soon,” said Smith, echoing Berson’s prediction of an uptick late in 2009.

“There’s still some pain for the next six months or so,” said Berson, “but after that the economy’s going to get better, the housing market’s going to get better, and a year from now, I think the people in this room will feel a whole lot better about what’s going on around them than they do today.”

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by Jeff Ashton I was in seventh grade when I caught my first trout on a fly, using a royal coachman. Lee Wulff, the warrior god of modern fly-fishing, improved on this classic pattern, substituting hair for wings and tail (to make it more buoyant, durable and easier to see in rough water) and dubbing it the royal Wulff. This is arguably the most popular (and successful) trout pattern in America, even though it doesn’t really imitate any insect; Wulff himself said it more closely resembles strawberry shortcake. The royal Wulff is great by itself, but it really shines as the upper fly when an angler rigs a “dropper.”

A dropper is a two-fly combination that’s fished together. For example, you might tie a royal Wulff onto the end of the tippet, as usual,

The other problem with droppers is that when they get hooked on a nearby rhododendron branch, it takes way longer to untangle the mess. and then tie a roughly 16-inch-long piece of 6x tippet to the hook of this upper fly, extending back to a larval imitation such as a pheasant tail or a gold-ribbed hare’s ear. This enables the angler to receive strikes on either the surface or the subsurface fly. The upper fly also acts as a strike indicator when a fish hits the nymph trailing below.

I would love to be able to catch fish on a nymph without any strike indicator, but it takes the concentration of a Zen master to pull off this feat. It’s hard enough to set the hook in the split second between a strike and when the fish realizes the fly isn’t food and spits it out.

I’ve never had the patience to forgo catching fish while I master the subtleties of nymph fishing without a dropper rig.

The problem with rigging a dropper setup is that it requires three knots: the tippet-to-top fly, the hook to the piece of 6x, and the 6x to the trailing nymph. And this typically needs to be done in marginal light conditions, when a cold breeze has just kicked up, the fish are rising and time’s a-wasting — all while relying (in my case, anyway) on failing, middle-aged eyesight to guide this close, repetitive work. It can take me anywhere from 10 minutes to oh-to-hell-

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Doubling the odds: Running two flies on your line (such as this red humpy/golden stonefly nymph combo) could boost your chances of landing a fish.

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with-it, depending on the reigning combination of nonconducive streamside conditions.

My solution has been to rig droppers in advance at the kitchen table, where I have plenty of light and leisure. So when I’m fishing and want to change to a dropper, I have to tie only one knot (from the fly-line tippet to the top fly). Rigging a bunch of droppers in a controlled environment also improves your knottying ability for when you’re on the stream.

Convenience aside, carrying pre-rigged droppers also lets me assemble a number of different combinations matching what I expect to see hatching. The first Sunday in April, I rigged a Charlie whomper dragging a sheep fly behind, because Rich Witt’s Xpress hatch guide told me the quill Gordon could be expected to be hatching and I could anticipate it with those patterns. I caught fish on both the top fly and the nymph, and my pal Stephen, who was fishing a dropper rigged with a royal Wulff and a bead-head prince, also caught fish on both patterns.

But how do you carry those prefab droppers without creating a tangled mess? I picked up a piece of semirigid upholstery fabric and cut it to fit inside an old fly box; notched so that I could wind droppers around securely, it’s served me for several years. I eventually bought a dropper case made by Orvis, but I don’t find it any more useful than my homemade version, and it

doesn’t hold as many droppers.

With the dropper wallet, I can also pre-tie those size 22 midges that trout will sip off the surface on warm winter days (with no nymph attached to the hook) so they’re ready to tie directly onto my fly-line tippet with a surgeon’s knot. When I’m on the stream, it’s virtually impossible for me to thread the eye of anything smaller than a size 20 fly, but I can definitely do it if I’m working at the kitchen table with good lighting and a glass of wine.

The other problem with droppers is that when, inevitably, they get hooked on a nearby rhododendron branch, it takes way longer to untangle the mess. Stephen and I estimated that where unsnarling a single fly might require three minutes, it will take at least 15 if a dropper is involved. Come to think of it, there’s probably a mathematical equation that could nail this more precisely. In fact, it sounds like the perfect thing for me to work on the next time I’m at the kitchen table drinking wine and tying droppers. X To see Rich Witt’s WNC hatch chart for May plus a corresponding list of dropper combinations recommended by folks at local fly shops, go to www. mountainx.com/outdoors.

Jeff Ashton lives in Weaverville.

outdoorscalendar Calendar for April 29 - May 8, 2009 Chimney Rock’s “Shutterbugs Nature Photography Workshop” (pd.) Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3. Noted WNC photographer, Les Saucier, instructs this info-packed, 2day workshop. 800-277-9611. www.chimneyrockpark. com, Outdoor Fashion Show (pd.) Hosted by Diamond Brand Outdoors, Benefiting Appalachian Trail Conservancy: Saturday, May 16 at 6 p.m. at Diamond Brand’s Arden store. Discounts, food, beer, live music, raffles and an outdoor runway show.

For more information, contact Sarah Merrell at smerrell@diamondbrand.com Asheville Track Club The club provides information, education, training, social and sporting events for runners and walkers of any age.

Please see the group Web site for weekly events and news. Info: www.ashevilletrackclub.org or 253-8781.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Evening running group for seasoned runners. Meet at Jus’ Running, 523 Merrimon Ave. Info: 252-7867.

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

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5:20pm - The ATC Walkers Program will meet at Carrier Park. Info: HawCreekLarry@aol.com.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Group workout at Carrier Park.

• TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Speed workout. Meet at Jus’ Running, 523 Merrimon Ave. Info: 252-7867.

Blue Ridge Bicycle Club Encourages safe and responsible recreational bicycling in the WNC area. To find out more about the club and its ongoing advocacy efforts, or to see a complete club calendar, visit www.blueridgebicycleclub.org.

• THURSDAYS, 9am - Fletcher Blue Sky Road Ride.

Departs from Fletcher Community Park, located on Howard Gap Rd. A different route each week ranging from 20-35 miles at a casual pace. Info: 696-0877 or JohnL9@mchsi.com.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am - Casual Road Bike Ride.

Departs from Liberty Bicycles, except for on the 1st Tues. of the month when it departs from Fletcher Park.

Please call first: 274-2453.

Bootcamp Hike “Where the woods are our gym.” Sweat for free.

• 1st SUNDAYS, 2-4pm - Meet in front of the CVS Pharmacy/River Ridge Shopping Center.

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

Newcomers must call the leader before the hike. Info: www.carolinamtnclub.org. n Hikes: • WE (4/29), 10am - Woods Mt. Natural History Hike.

Info: 756-4070.

• SU (5/3), 8am - Pilot Rock-Mt. Pisgah-Thompson Creek. Info: 625-2677 —- 8:30am - Groundhog Creek, AT, Rube Rock Loop. Info: 257-2136 —- 12:30pm DuPont Forest. Info: 749-1886.

• WE (5/6), 8:30am - Pilot Mt.-Farlow Gap. Info: 2510886.

Chamber Challenge 5K A team-based, nationally certified 5K designed to promote community wellness through friendly competition between businesses. To register or for more info: www. ashevillechamber.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm - Free training program until the race June 5.

Foot RX Group Run Info: 277-5151 or aaron@footrx.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6am - Group run. Meet in the lobby at the Reuter Family YMCA. All levels of fitness and running experience welcome.

Friends of Panthertown Work Day Volunteers are needed to maintain trails in Panthertown Valley. No previous experience necessary. Info: 243-9800 or friends.of.panthertown@gmail.com.

• TH (4/30), 9am - Meet at the Salt Rock Gap entrance.

Work will include trail maintenance, planting grass seed to control erosion, and painting the new bulletin board at the trailhead. Tools will be provided. Bring a backpack, work gloves, water and lunch.

N.C. Arboretum Events The Arboretum hosts a variety of educational programs.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free. No parking fees on Tuesdays. Info: 665-2492 or www.ncarboretum. org.

• TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS, 1pm - Forest Trails Walk: A guided tour through different types of forest environments in an exploration of natural history. Wear walking shoes and dress in layers. Meet in the lobby of the Baker Exhibit Center.

Outdoor Adventure With Asheville Parks & Rec The Asheville Parks and Recreation has lots of outdoor adventure opportunities: Senior Treks, Women in the Woods, Homeschool Adventures and the School’s Out Adventures program. Registration required. To register: 251-4029 or outdoorprograms@ashevillenc.gov.

• FR (5/8), 4pm - French Broad Canoe Trip. Paddle by the Biltmore Estate on the French Broad River. Bring water bottle, snacks and wear appropriate shoes and clothing.

Children must be 8 years old and accompanied by an adult. Meet at Hominy Creek Park. $15/$16.

Outdoor Events at UNCA Info: 232-5181.

• TU (5/5), 11:45am - “Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage,” with Danny Bernstein. Meet at the Reuter Center. Free.

Outreach Education Days Outdoor Education Days is a collaborative partnership between RiverLink and The North Carolina Arboretum that seeks to involve the community in sustainability issues, watershed education and environmental awareness. The outdoor classroom series will be held at Carrier Park and led by expert environmental educators. Free and open to the public. Info: 252-8474, ext. 111 or mailto:education@ riverlink.org.

• 1st & 3rd FRIDAYS, 3-5pm - Meeting. * Rockclimbing Slideshow This fundraiser for the nonprofit organization Carolina Climbers Coalition will be held at Looking Glass Outfitters, 69 Hendersonville Hwy. Ste.1, Pisgah Forest. Info: 8845854 or www.lookingglassoutfitters.com.

• SA (5/2), 6:30pm - Slideshow with Lisa Rands. Hear tales of climbing around the globe from one of the world’s top rockclimbers. $5 at the door.

Swannanoa Valley Museum Hikes Unless otherwise noted, all hikes begin in the parking lot of Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 E. State St. in Black Mountain. $5 members/$15 nonmembers. Info or reservations: 669-9566 or swannanoavalleym@bellsouth.net.

• SA (5/2) - Nature walk. Birding at Owen Park.

• WE (5/6) - Hike to Shumont/Eagle Ridge.

Tour De Cashiers The tour features multiple rides ranging from 25 miles to 100 miles. Info: tourdecashiers.com or 743-5191.

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Asheville Herb Festival marks 20th anniversary The oregano I planted in the rock garden last summer is green and lively, despite its close encounter with a surprise April snow.

by Margaret Williams Oregano was the second thing I ever tried to grow on my own. Cacti came first, back when I was a teen and wanted a windowsill plant that wasn’t particular about water and other niceties. Initially, I tried my not-so-green thumb on a Christmas cactus. Because my grandmother could coax a puny, store-bought specimen into a giant creature whose arching limbs drooped with a profusion of blooms each year, I reasoned, I had a genetic advantage in trying to grow the tropical specimen.

Nonetheless, I turned out to be a Christmascactus killer. Only the most stubborn and prickly cacti actually survived my teenage efforts, such as Cephalocereus senilis (known as “the old man” or cabeza de viejo, a hairy, columnar variety that proved able to withstand the broiling heat of my Alabama windowsill).

During my college and early adult years, I put all growing aside. It wasn’t until grad school that I tried herbs. I don’t know why. Perhaps it was because I’d rented my first house, and the tiny place had an old flower bed in front that cried out for a garden.

Flowers just weren’t my thing, so I planted oregano. I don’t know whether it was a Mexican or Greek variety, but the bushy little plant outdid the monkey grass, which was quite a feat. So did the thyme. And when I wasn’t immersed in Walt Whitman or grading freshman papers, I could pinch off a few leaves of either herb, chop them up and sprinkle them on my spaghetti or pizza (I had yet to expand my culinary repertoire in those years).

After finishing school, I grew a whiskey barrel’s worth of basil, fertilized with a bag of Black Kow I’d dumped in the bottom. I’d moved in with the parents for a spell, and my dad was a bit bemused by the long clothesline of basil I hung up in the basement in the wake of a surprisingly large harvest. But once the herb had dried and I’d crumbled it into jars, my mom appreciated being able to cook

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“If it’s herbs, it’s here!”: So say organizers of the 20th annual Asheville Herb Festival. photo by moe white

with a dash of summer in the midst of winter. She also enjoyed the lemon balm I planted in her flower garden: Long after I’d moved out, it spread and bloomed each year, attracting buzzing bees and filling what had been a huge blank spot in the garden.

And now, many gardens and windowsills later, the oregano I planted in the rock garden last summer is green and lively, despite its close encounter with a surprise April snow. The sage that grew into a small bush last year is also awakening from its slumber. So it seems that I’ve finally found plants I can’t kill, and I’m looking for additions to the kitchen garden.

Happily, it’s time for the 2009 Asheville Herb Festival (Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3). For two decades, the annual event has graced the back lot at the Western North Carolina Farmers Market, and having missed it last year, I’m determined to

number among the 25,000 or so herb lovers who’ll explore the many booths — rosemary, parsley and thyme in all its varieties (silver, creeping, lemon and garden, to name only a few). There’ll be seedlings, plants and herb baskets ready for hanging near the kitchen door. Oh, and basil, too, ranging from tinyleaved bush varieties to spicy cinnamon to holy basil and the big Genovese.

There’ll also be all kinds of herbal products: teas, soaps and lotions, as well as medicinal herbs.

Some vendors offer books on herbs, too, and there’s always at least one food booth with something herby and yummy to keep your strength up while you meander. You can even snag a rain barrel from Mountain Rainwater Systems. Perhaps best of all, master gardeners from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension will be on hand to answer questions and dispense advice.

Herbs belong in your garden, whether it’s a small flower bed, a sunny window or a hanging basket. But though we’ve had some rain this winter and spring, beware the dry summer that’s predicted. Fortunately, several of our common herbs are Mediterranean in origin, and thus drought- tolerant.

They’re also a whole lot tastier than cactus. X For more information about the festival, go to www. ashevilleherbfestival.com or call 301-8968.

Send your garden news and ideas to Margaret Williams at mvwilliams@mountainx.com, or call 251-1333, ext. 152

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WNC.TREE. www.ArborEssenceTreeCare.com Garden Composters • Rain Barrels (pd.) Asheville GreenWorks (Quality Forward), Asheville’s Keep America Beautiful, sells Garden Composters and Rain Barrels in the Green Goods Shop at 357 Depot Street. • 2 kinds of composters: an 11 cubic foot square stacked model for $85 and a 7 cubic foot tumbler that makes compost faster and looks cool for $175. • Rain Barrels are 65 gallons, are easy to install, and cost $135. • All are made of 100% recycled plastic. • All sales benefit plantings in Asheville and Buncombe County. For more information, call 2541776 or stop on by 357 Depot Street or visit: www. qualityforward.org Botanical Gardens at Asheville This 10-acre nonprofit nature preserve at 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. (next to UNCA) is dedicated to preserving and displaying the native flora of N.C. Info & event registration: 252-5190 or www.ashevillebotanicalgardens. org.

• FR (5/1), Noon-6pm & SA (5/2), 8am-3pm - “Days in the Garden” Plant Sale. Plants from regional vendors and stock from the BGA greenhouse will be on sale, and Buncombe County Extension master gardeners will be on hand to answer questions and distribute free soil testing boxes.

Events at The Bullington Center This nonprofit horticultural learning center is in Hendersonville. Info: 698-6104 or www.bullingtoncenter.org.

• TH (4/30), 3-4pm - Paper-Making Workshop: Learn how to make your own paper from plants and recycled materials with Stephanie Kompathoum of Mountain Papermaker. $12.

Green Blades Garden Club of Tryon Info: 894-2296 or 457-3451.

• SA (5/2), 10am-4pm - Tour of Homes. Six historical properties will be featured. Tickets are available at the Book Shelf, Vines & Stuff, Down to Earth Garden Shop, the Flower Cottage, and in Saluda, the Brass Latch and Gardener’s Cottage. Also available the day of the tour. $15. Proceeds will benefit beautification and community-service projects.

Men’s Garden Club of Asheville Promotes education in gardening, encourages community beautification efforts, and enjoys good fellowship. Meetings are at the Botanical Gardens, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd., and are free and open to the public. Info: 274-7821 or www.mensgardenclubasheville.org.

• TU (5/5), 7:30pm - “Xeriscaping” is the practice of growing plants with little water, which has become increasingly necessary in WNC. It will be subject of the meeting presented by N.C. Cooperative Extenstion Gardener Linda Blue. Conversation and refreshments starting at 7pm.

N.C. Arboretum Events The Arboretum hosts a variety of educational programs.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free with parking fee ($6/vehicle). No parking fees on Tuesdays. Info: 665-2492 or www.ncarboretum.org.

• TUESDAYS through FRIDAYS, 10:30am - Guided Garden Tours. Meet at the Baker Exhibit Center Lobby. $6 parking fee.

• SA & SU (5/2 & 3) - Rhododendron Show: The American Rhododendron Society’s Southeastern Chapter will host its annual show. Hundreds of blooms will be on display. Trail Walks to the National Native Azalea Collection will be offered.

Regional Tailgate Markets For more information, including the exact start and end dates of markets, contact the Appalachian Sustainable

Agriculture Project. Info: 236-1282 or www.buyappalachian.org.

• DAILY - Portico Market at the Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville. Info: madeline@grovearcade.com.

WEDNESDAYS - 4:30-6:30pm - Tryon Tailgate Market, across the railroad tracks from the Tryon Theatre. Info: 894-8823. Open June-Sept.; 1-4pm - Valle Crucis Farmers Market behind the Mast General store. Info: 963-6511. Open June-Oct; 2:30-6:30pm - Weaverville Tailgate Market at Lake Louise. Info: 450-0708. Open April-Oct.; 3:30-6:30pm - West Asheville Tailgate Market behind the West End Bakery and Haywood Road Market. Info: 281-9099. Open April-Oct.; 2:30-5:30pm - Spruce Pine Farmers Tailgate Market at Topaz Street between Upper and Lower Streets in downtown Spruce Pine. Info: 467-2171. Open May-Oct.; 2-6:30pm - Wednesday Afternoon Downtown Tailgate Market next to the French Broad Food Co-op in downtown Asheville.

Info: 683-1607. Open April-Dec.WEDNESDAYS - 9amNoon & FRIDAYS - 2-6pm - Burke County Farmers Market. INfo: 439-4460. Open May-Oct.WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS - 8am-1pm - Haywood’s Historic Farmers Market at the HART Theater and Shelton House parking lot on Pigeon St. Info: 627-3469. Open May-Oct.; 8amNoon - Waynesville Tailgate Market. Info: 648-6323.

Open May-Oct; 8am-Noon - Watauga County Farmers Market on Hwy. 105 Ext. in Boone. Info: 355-4918.

Open May-Oct.; WE, 1-6pm & SA, 7am-1pm - Cashiers Tailgate Market. Info: 230-4785. Open May-Oct. THURSDAYS - 3-6pm - Flat Rock Tailgate Market.

Info: 698-8775. Open May-Nov.FRIDAYS - 10am-2pm - Cherokee Farmers Tailgate Market on Acquoni Road. in downtown Cherokee. Info: 554-6931. Open June-Nov. SATURDAYS - 8am-Noon - Andrews Farmers Market at First Street in Andrews. Info: 321-2006. Open June-Sept; 8am-1pm - Asheville City Market in the Public Works parking lot on S. Charlotte St. Info: 348-0340. Open April through Dec.; 8am-Noon - North Asheville Tailgate Market on the campus of UNCA. Info: 683-1607. Open April-Dec.; 7am-Noon - Henderson County Tailgate Market at 100 N. King St. (between First and Second Avenues). Info: 693-7265. Open April-Nov.; 10am-2pm - Cedar Valley Farmers Market in downtown Murphy.

Info: 361-7505. Open April-Oct.; 8-11:30am - Polk Tailgate Market in front of the Polk County Courthouse.

Info: 894-2281. Open April-Nov.; 8am-Noon - Franklin Tailgate Market in Macon County at West Palmer St. Info: 349-2046. Open June-Oct.; 8am-Noon - Lenoir Bluegrass Farmers Market at the Hog Waller stage. Info: 292-4664. Open April-early fall; 8am-1pm - French Broad Food Coop Tailgate Market at 76 Biltmore Ave. in downtown Asheville. Info: 255-7650. Open April-Oct.; 9am-Noon - Rutherfordton Farmers Market on Main St. in downtown Rutherfordton; 8am-Noon - Mountain Valley Farmers Market on the downtown square in Hayesville. Info: 389-3022. Open May-Oct.; 8:30am1pm - Graham County Farmers Market in the United Community Bank parking lot in Robbinsville. Info: 4798788. Open May-Oct.; 8am-Noon - Bakersville Farmers Market in the Bakersville Community Medical Clinic parking lot in Bakersville; 8:30am-12:30pm - Yancey County Farmers Market on S. Main St. at Hwy 19E. Info: 682-0601. Open April-Oct.; 9am-1pm - Madison County Farmers & Artisans Market in the parking lot near Pittman Cafeteria up Dormitory Dr. at Mars Hill College. Info: 680-9890. Open April-Nov.; 9am-Noon - Black Mountain Tailgate Market at 500 Montreat Road in Black Mountain. Info: 582-5039. Open May-Oct.; 9amNoon - Jackson County Farmers Market on Railroad Ave. at Bridge Park. Info: 507-1146. Open May-Oct.; 9am-Noon - Riceville Community Tailgate Market in the parking lot of the Riceville Community Center. Info: 2986549. Open May-Sept.; 9am-Noon - Big Ivy Market at Marvin and Brenda Dillingham’s on Spice Cove Dr. Info: 626-2624. Open May-Oct.SUNDAYS, 1-5pm - Greenlife Tailgate Market at 70 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-5440.

Open May-Oct.; Noon-4pm - Sundays on the Island, cross the river at the courthouse on Main St. in Marshall.

Open April-Nov; 8am-Noon - Swain County Tailgate

Market in downtown Bryson City. Info: 488-3848. Open June-Sept; 9am-5pm - Topton Farmers Market at the crossroads in Topton. Info: 321-9030. Open June-Oct. TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8am-Noon - Canton Tailgate Market at the town hall in the municipal parking lot on Park St. Info: 235-2760. Open June-Sept.TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 7am-Noon - Rutherford County Farmers Market on Fairgrounds Road, off Business 74 Hwy. Info: 287-6080. Open May-Oct.TUESDAYS, Noon-5pm & SATURDAYS, 8am-1pm - Morganton Farmers Market behind Geppetto’s Pizza on Beach St. in Morganton.

Info: 438-5252. Open May-Oct.; 3-6pm - Marion Tailgate Market in the municipal parking lot. Info: 6522215. Open June-Sept.TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS, 8am-2pm - Hendersonville Curb Market at Church St., directly across from the old courthouse.

Info: 692-8012 or curbmarket@bellsouth.com; 7am-1pm - Transylvania County Tailgate Market in the parking lot behind South Broad Park, next to the library in Brevard.

Info: 884-9483. Open April-Dec. * Small-Scale Aquaculture Workshop Presented by the N.C. Cooperative Extension McDowell County Center, 60 East Court St., Marion. $5 registration fee/$7 couples. Info: 652-7874.

• MO (5/4), 6pm - If you have a pond, learn how to grow your own fish. Have homegrown trout or catfish for dinner.

Spring Herb Festival The largest gathering of herb enthusiasts in the Southeast. Huge selection of herb plants, herb soaps, herb crafts, medicinal herbs, herbal arrangements and more at the WNC Farmers Market in Asheville. Info: 2531691 or www.ashevilleherbfestival.com • FR & SA (5/1 & 2), 9am-5pm & SU (5/3), 10am-3pm - Festival. Free admission and parking. During peak hours, a free shuttle will circle the market transporting visitors to and from the festival area.

Waynesville Creative Thought Center Located at 741 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Info: 456-9697, waynesvilleCTC@aol.com or www.mountainshops.com/ctc.

• FR (5/1), 6:30pm - Herbalist Mollie Stolle, also known as the “weed lady,” will discuss medicinal and edible plants of WNC. $10 love offering. Reservations suggested.

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Community Events & Workshops 11:30AM-3PM • This Friday • National Preservation Month (pd.) May 1. Aston Park, 336 Hilliard Avenue.

Everyone is invited to attend the Preservation Month kick-off picnic at Aston Park. Information will be available about sustainable preservation, historic tax credits and more. Refreshments, music by the Tater Diggers and Morris dancing.

Accessibility Code & Disabilities Act Seminar Pathways For The Future and Western Alliance Center for Independent Living will present an informative seminar on the North Carolina Accessibility Code and the Americans With Disabilities Act. $20. Info in Asheville: 274-0444.

• TU (5/5), 8:30am4:30pm - Meets at the Public Works Building on 161 South Charlotte Street in Asheville, Room 109. The featured guest speaker will be Laurel W. Wright, Accessibility Code Consultant.

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Annual Garage Sale Items from several hundred donors will be for sale at The Barber Christian Life Center, First United Methodist Church, in Hendersonville. Info: sandy@hvlfumc.org.

• FR (5/1), 8:30am-6pm & SA (5/2), 8:30am-Noon - More than 10,000 items will be for sale, including antiques, art, baby things, collectibles, toys, linens, kitchenware, bicycles, cameras, computers, furniture, appliances and much more.

Applying Philosophy UNCA’s Philosophy Dept. and the Institute for Applied Philosophy sponsor these lectures to foster discussion on philosophically significant issues of the day.

At the Kellogg Center, 11 Broyles Rd., Hendersonville.

Directions: 890-2050. Info: 251-6413.

• TU (5/5) - UNCA student presentations —- 7:30pm - “Commemoration, Public Monuments and Political Agency,” with UNCA senior Kaitlin O’Donnell. $5.

Asheville ABC Series “Assembling Ideas, Building our Futures, Connecting Communities.” For more info, including a consistently updated schedule: www. ashevilleabc.com.

• FR (5/1), 6-8pm - “May Day: Workers Rights, Living Wages & MexicanAmerican Immigration Policies.” Held at Firestorm Cafe.

Buncombe Co. Parks, Greenways & Rec. Events Events are free and are held at 59 Woodfin Pl., unless otherwise noted. To register or for more info: 250-4265.

• MO (5/4), 11:30am-1pm - Lunch and Learn: Steve Ledford, of the WNC Center for Self Defense, will discuss concepts and theories of self-defense. Register by April 30. Free.

• TU (5/5), 1-3pm - Bowling at Sky-Lanes, 1477 Patton Ave. Meet at the bowling alley. $7.

Register by May 1.

• WE (5/6), 9:30-11:30am - “T-Shirt, Sweatshirts or Apron Designs for Great Mother Day Gifts.” $12 includes materials. Please bring a shirt, sweater or

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Child Abuse Prevention Month Events The blue ribbon symbolizes trying to stop the hurt before it starts. Info: 254-2000 or www.childabusepreventionservices.org.

• Through TH (4/30) - The winning poster in the student art contest will be displayed on a billboard and all posters will be on view at the Biltmore Square Mall.

Child Watch Tour Each year the Junior League of Asheville and Children First host this field trip for adults to spend a day in a child’s shoes. The tour educates participants about an issue that impacts children and promotes community action and advocacy to make a positive impact in the issue area. Info: 259-9717 or gregb@childrenfirstbc.org.

• FR (5/8), 8:30am-1pm - 13th Annual Child Watch Tour: Impact of poverty on childrens health, education and safety. The tour will begin and end at MANNA FoodBank, 623 Swannanoa River Road.

Children First/CIS Speaking of Children Series Registration is requested: 259-9717 or gregb@childrenfirstbc.org.

• FR (5/2), 5-7pm “Emma Bucks Program Kick-Off” at the Family Resource Center at Emma.

Learn about the programs and services available to residents of the Emma Community and learn about our Emma Bucks Program.

Info: 252-4810 or lisab@ childrenfirstbc.org.

Citizens’ Awareness Asheville A grassroots organization formed by local residents who have become outraged at law enforcement harassment and brutality occurring within our community. Info: 398-4817.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm Meeting at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. Henderson County Courthouse Events Info: 694-5003.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2pm Free tours of the renovated historic courthouse are offered.

weeklypicks Events are FREE unless otherwise noted.

A panel discussion on "Civil Disobedience" will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville

wed Wednesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. Panel members will include Rev. Mark Ward, peace activist Clare Hanrahan, Avram Friedman of the Canary Coalition and Rev. Joyce Hollyday. Info: 254-6001.

thur Asheville Wordfest — a poetry festival featuring poets from an array of cultures and various aesthetics

— starts Thursday, April 30, and runs through Sunday, May 3. There will be many readings to attend.

Info: www.ashevillewordfest.org.

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Two days to catch “Days in the Garden,” the Botanical Gardens at Asheville’s spring plant sale: Friday, May 1, from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday, May 2, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Native plants, plus plants, shrubs and trees from more than a dozen regional nurseries and local garden clubs. A fundraiser for the BGA. Info: 252-5190.

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The 2009 Summer Music in Flat Rock series kicks off Saturday, May 2, at 6 p.m. with Jean Calvert and Company. The series is held in Flat Rock on Little Rainbow Row’s back deck. Info: 697-7719.

todos, an original play presented by Telash Teatro Latino de Asheville, will be performed sun Contamos at UNCA’s Highsmith University Union Friday, May 1, through Sunday, May 3. The play explores the challenges that local immigrants face. Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 3 p.m. $5 suggested donation.

Info: 250-2388.

mon Allegra Huston will read from and discuss her book Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found

Monday, May 4, at 7 p.m. at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts. A public Q&A session will follow.

Info: 669-0930.

tue Women’s Health and Education Endeavors will offer a Pilates mat class Tuesday, May 5, from 6:30

to 7:30 p.m. as part of a series of free, educational workshops on women’s health and wellness at Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. in Asheville. Info: 350-2058.

Horace Kephart Day Celebrate the contributions of naturalist and author Horace Kephart. Held in downtown Bryson City.

Info: 1-(800) 867-9246, chamber@greatsmokies. com or www.greatsmokies. com.

• FR (5/1) - Graveside memorial service, followed by a full afternoon of lectures and readings of Kephart’s works at The Historic Calhoun House Hotel on Everett Street.

National Preservation Month Events Info: www.ashevillenc.gov/ preservationmonth.

• FR (5/1), 11:30am3pm - Kickoff event at the newly renovated historic Aston Park, located at the intersection of S. French Broad Ave. and Hilliard Ave. The event will feature information on Asheville’s historic neighborhoods and landmarks, rehabilitation tax credits and sustainable building practices. Music and refreshments.

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

Public events and International Year of Astronomy 2009 celebrations. Info: 862-5554 or www.pari.edu.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2pm Public tours led by specially trained Friends of PARI volunteers. $5. Reservations are recommended. Great for all ages.

• SA (5/2), 10am-4pm - Space Day: PARI’s 10th anniversary free celebration.

Hear 17th c. mathematician Johannes Kepler speak, control the 4.6m Smiley Radio Telescope, safely observe the sun through an optical telescope, attend a planetarium show ($5).

Lunch will be available for purchase.

• FR (5/8), 7pm - The public is invited to a presentation concerning the air quality and visibility in WNC. Activities will include a tour of the PARI campus and celestial observations using PARI’s optical or radio telescopes.$20/$15 seniors & military/$10 for children under 14. Reservations are required.

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

• FR (5/1), 11:25am Humanities Lectures: “The New Physics,”with Dr. Jeff Konz in Lipinsky Auditorium and “Global Citizenship,” with Dr. Jim Pitts in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

• MO (5/4), 11:25am Humanities Lecture: “Where Have We Been? Where are We? Where Are We Going?” with Ann Dunn in the Humanities Lecture Hall.

Seminar on Disaster Planning for Nonprofits Experts from the Emergency Management, Fire Services, Law Enforcement, the legal and financial communities, as well as experienced disaster relief professionals will discuss what disasters to prepare for, how professional response agencies respond to a disaster, and what legal and financial steps to take to mitigate disasters. $25. Reservations: 6671912.

• TU (5/19) - The seminar will be held at Land-of-Sky

Regional Council, 339 Leicester Hwy., Asheville.

Register by May 1.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month Events Presented by Our VOICE, Buncombe County’s sexual assault response center.

Events are designed to create discussion on how to respond to and prevent sexual violence. All are open to the public; many are free.

For more info, contact Our VOICE: 252-0562.

• Through TH (4/30) Intention Flag Project. Our VOICE, with Arts2People and Lexington Avenue businesses, will present intention flags created by survivors of sexual violence and their allies throughout Buncombe County. Flags will be hung along Lex Ave. • TH (4/30), 6-8:30pm - Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop on Street Harassment. The workshop will utilize Forum Theatre and Image Theatre to work through real-life scenarios and develop strategies for overcoming oppressive situations. At Our VOICE.

Shiloh Community Association This group meets at the Linwood Crump Shiloh Recreation Complex. Info: 277-9654.

• 1st MONDAYS, 6:30pm Community meeting. Public invited.

The Mediation Center Several upcoming community mediation trainings are open to the community.

Info: www.mediatebuncombe.org or 251-6089.

• MO (5/4) through WE (5/6) - Community Mediation Training.

Women’s Empowerment Tea • SA (5/2), 11:30am - “Women Empowered to Prosper.” Women are invited to attend this transformation event that is designed to help participants make it through these changing times. Speakers: Ann Hardman, Mayor Terry Bellamy, Octavia Caldwell and Kym Scott. $10.

Tickets & info: 255-8480.

Social & SharedInterest Groups Ardent Toastmasters Club Afraid to speak in public?

Want to practice your speaking skills in a fun and supportive environment?

Come see what the club is about. Meets at the Y.M.I., 39 S. Market St., in downtown Asheville. Info: 2258680 or www.toastmasters. org/websiteApps/.

• THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Meeting.

Arise & Shine Toastmasters Ready to overcome your fear of public speaking and to enhance your communication and leadership skills? This group provides a friendly environment in which to do so. Guests have no obligation to join.

Info: 776-5076.

• THURSDAYS, 7:30am Meets at UNCA’s Highsmith Student Union.

Asheville Bridge Room Provides ACBL sanctioned duplicate bridge games daily at the River Ridge Market Place, Suite C-1.

Most games last about four hours and the table fees are generally $6/person.

If you need a partner, call ahead. Info: 299-0887 or AvlleBridge@aol.com. n Educational programs are available for beginners and intermediate players.

• MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 12:30pm Games start.TUESDAYS, 6:45pm - Games start.

SATURDAYS, 1pm - Games start.SUNDAYS, 1:15pm - Games start.

Asheville Civitan Club Come hear community leaders present programs.

Meetings are held at Trinity Episcopal Church, corner of Church St. and Aston St. Open to the public. RSVP for lunch: $8.50. Info: 348-4222 or www.ashevillecivitan.org.

• TUESDAYS, Noon Meeting.

Asheville Holistic Gatherings Events include: organic potlucks, hikes and cycling, free yoga in the park, meditations of all kinds, massage trading partners, audios and videos, sushi parties, book parties, prayer circles and sharing of knowledge. $1-2 donations appreciated. Info: http:// meetup.com/funmeisters or 505-4890.

• SATURDAYS, 6pm Gathering.

Asheville Homeless Network Meetings take place at The Perch, inside Grove Corner Market at the Grove Arcade.

Info: 552-0505.

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

Asheville Municipal Golf Course Ladies Association Local women golfers are invited to join. Info: 2981867.

• TUESDAYS, 8:30am - Meeting at the golf course at 226 Fairway Dr. Asheville Toastmasters Club Improve speaking and leadership skills with the longest-established toastmasters group in the Carolinas. Toastmasters is an international communication and leadership program designed to help individuals overcome the fear of public speaking, and learn leadership skills. Info: 545-7776 or www.ashevilletoastmasters.com.

• THURSDAYS, 6:15pm The club meets at Denny’s Restaurant on Patton Ave. Guests are always welcome and there is no pressure to participate.

Blue Ridge Toastmasters Club This club helps members improve their public speaking skills in fun and freewheeling meetings. Guests are welcome to visit, no speaking required. Info: www.blueridgetm.org or 505-1375.

• MONDAYS, Noon - Meets at the First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church St., Rm. 203, Asheville.

British Car Club of WNC A club for British car owners and enthusiasts. “The BCCWNC is dedicated to maintaining and expand-

ing interest in British cars of all makes, models and vintages.” Info: www.bccwnc.org.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 6pm - Meeting. Visit Web site for details.

Couchsurfing Travel Club Make the world a better place through cultural exchange. Learn more about the international travel and networking club called couchsurfing. Info: www.couchsurfing.com or cs@blindlylefilms.com.

• 1st MONDAYS, 7pm - Meeting at Asheville Brewing Co., 77 Coxe Ave. Cribbage Club Info: 274-2398.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Meets at Atlanta Bread Company, 633 N. Merrimon Ave. Food Not Bombs Come share food and build community. Asheville Food Not Bombs serves free vegetarian food and hosts informal activist networking. Won’t you join us for a picnic?

• SATURDAYS, 3:30pm Meets at Pritchard Park.

Four Seasons Toastmasters Club Gain experience in public speaking. Info: 606-6922.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8-9am - The club meets in the auditorium (called the Smokey Mountain Theater) at Lake Point Landing retirement community in Hendersonville.

Gay and Lesbian Bridge Ambitious beginners or moderate skills appreciated.

Free. Info: jafrle@yahoo. com.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm - Gay and lesbian bridge game in Asheville.

Hendersonville Travel Club This group offers a variety of monthly programs and presentations in Kaplan Auditorium at the Henderson County Public Library, 301 N. Washington St. Info: 697-4725, ext.

2308.

• MO (5/4), 3pm “Memories of Africa 2007.”

Holy Ground Located at 18 Orange St., off of Merrimon Ave. Info: 236-0222 or www.holygroundretreats.org.

• TH (5/7) - Book of the Month Discussion: Astrid and Veronica by Linda Olssen. Free, but donations welcome.

Ja Vin Community Exchange Info: 664-0088.

• SUNDAYS, 2pm Community action group meeting. Open discussion on relative issues.

Kiwanis Club of Hickory Nut Gorge Meetings are held at The Lake Lure Inn. Info: 6852726.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Meeting.

Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars The Auxiliary of Post 891 meets at VFW Post 891, 626 New Leicester Hwy. Info: 254-4755.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Meeting.

Land of Sky Toastmasters For those interested in improving their communication skills and becoming more confident. Everyone is welcome to join, and there is no cost to visitors, but there is a nominal fee to those who wish to join.

Info: www.landofskytoastmasters.org.

• TUESDAYS, 7-8am - Meets on Long Shoals Road in Arden.

Mills River Lions Club Info: 890-5726.

• 1st & 3rd MONDAYS, 6:30pm - The local club meets at the Mills River Restaurant.

OH Singles Group All singles are invited to mingle and meet. Info: 698-2885.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm - Group meets for a potluck dinner at 1411 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville.

Preservation Society Events The Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County promotes and supports the preservation of the historic, architectural, and cultural resources of Asheville and Buncombe County. Among member benefits are free tours of heritage properties and a newsletter reporting activities of historic preservation in WNC. Info: 254-2343 or www.psabc.org.

• TU (5/5), 1-2pm - PSABC Executive Committee Meeting at Asheville Savings Bank.

• WE (5/6), 5:30pm PSABC Board Meeting at the Grove Office. Call for details.

Quarter-Life Crisis Pub Are you having a quarterlife crisis? Come revive the pub atmosphere with other 20 somethings.

Celebrate triumphs, dream new dreams and process frustrations and setbacks.

Free. Info: scioncoaching@ gmail.com.

• 1st MONDAYS - Meets at Burgermeister, 697 Haywood Road.

Ridgefield Toastmasters Club

This communication and leadership program is intended to help you improve your communication skills. Guests do not have to participate. Info: 236-5850 or www.ridgefieldtoastmasters.com.

• TUESDAYS, Noon-1pm - Meeting in the conference room at Dixon Hughes, 500 Ridgefield Court (behind Biltmore Square Mall).

Rotary Club of Brevard The club welcomes new members and guests. Info: 883-4888 or www.brevardrotary.org.

• TUESDAYS, Noon - Meets for lunch at The Quarry Restaurant in downtown Brevard.

Rotary Club of Flat Rock Info: 694-0768, information@flatrockrotary.org or www.flatrockrotary.org.

• THURSDAYS, 5pm - Meeting at Season’s Restaurant of Highland Lakes Inn in Flat Rock. Call if interested in attending.

Rotary Club of Pisgah Forest Info: 884-9474 or jlr@ mtnwaves.net.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8am - Breakfast meeting at the Glen Cannon Country Club.

New members and guests are welcome.

Sophisticated Singles Are you a sophisticated single and interested in joining other singles 45 years old and up? See what you have in common with us. Info: 254-7546.

• 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Meeting in the Renaissance Hotel lounge in downtown Asheville.

Southern Appalachian Mineral Society Join other mineralogy/geology enthusiasts for a monthly program, field trips and other related activities.

Info: 253-9394 or www. main.nc.us/sams.

• 1st MONDAYS, 7pm - Group meets at the Murphy-Oakley Community Center on Fairview Rd. Veterans for Peace Info: 582-5180.

• TUESDAYS, 4:30-6pm Stand For Peace with members of Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, WNC Peace Coalition, Buncombe Green Party and sundry peace mongers at Vance Monument in downtown Asheville.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Veterans for Peace Chapter 099 Business Meeting at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Free and open to the public.

W.C.A.R.S. HAM Radio Club

$20 yearly dues to the Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society. Info: www. wcars.org/meetings.html.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 7:30pm - Meeting in the Simpson Building at A-B Tech in Asheville.

Youth OUTright Weekly Discussion Group A group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 14-20 meets at the Jefferson House, 21 Edwin Place, Asheville.

Info: www.myspace.com/ youthoutright.

• FRIDAYS, 6:30-9pm Discussion group meets.

APPALACHIAN AMUSEMENT CENTER YOU CAN LEARN TO FLY!

$30 FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT

(828) 926-WIND WWW.VERTICALWIND.COM

Government & Politics Asheville Copwatch A grassroots organization formed by local residents who have become outraged at law enforcement harassment and brutality occurring within our community. Info: 398-4817 or 255-8115.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Meets at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. Blue Ridge Republican Women’s Club The club’s purpose is to elect Republicans and improve the community.

Most members are working women. Programs feature speakers from Republican leadership. Free. Info: 6832567.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 6pm - Dinner —- 6:30pm - Program —- 7pm Meeting.

Buncombe County Public Meetings Info: 250-4105 or kathy. hughes@buncombecounty. org.

• 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 4:30pm - The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meets in Rm. 204 of the Buncombe County Courthouse.

Buncombe County Young Democrats “Get involved, take action, and take back your democracy!” Info: kcogburn@ gmail.com or 301-3195.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 6pm - Meeting at Asheville Brewing Co. on Coxe Ave. in downtown Asheville.

City of Asheville Public Meetings Info: www.ashevillenc.gov.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - The Planning and Zoning Commission meets at the the Public Works Facility, 161 S. Charlotte St. Info: 259-5847.

• 2nd FRIDAYS, 8am - The Downtown Commission meets at the City Development Office, 29

Planned Parenthood is for Everyone.

$10 Off

First Visits

*New patients only

• We See Men! • We Offer Sick Visits & Physicals!

• We Can Get You in Same Day/Week • We Accept Health Insurance & Medicaid!

• We Provide Teen Discounts!

Check us out online at: www.pphsinc.org 603 Biltmore Ave. Asheville, NC • 828-252-7928

Soothing Yoga for Stress Relief May 6, 13, 20 - 7:30 pm Very Gentle Yoga, Simple Breathing Techniques, Guided Meditation. $8 Drop In or $20 Series.

602 haywood rd. • 828-350-1167 westashevilleyoga.com

Tao Institute Qi Gong • Tai Chi Ba Gua • Kung Fu

Master F.J. Paolillo 9 Walnut St. 2nd Floor Downtown Asheville 258-1533 www.taoinstitute.org

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Haywood St. Info: 2324505.

Drinking Liberally Hoist a pint for democracy with other like-minded, leftof-center souls. Drinking Liberally is a fun and informal political discussion group. Open to all, the only cost is your tab. Info: asheville@drinkingliberally. org or www.drinkingliberally.org.

• THURSDAYS, 7-10pm - Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. Tasting Room, 77 Coxe Ave. downtown.

Events at Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Located at the corner of Charlotte St. and Edwin Pl. Info: 254-6001 or www. uuasheville.org.

• WE (4/29), 6:30pm - Civil Disobedience Panel Discussion with Rev. Mark Ward, Clare Hanrahan, Avram Friedman and Rev. Joyce Hollyday. To share and to discuss how, when and for what civil disobedience works for change.

Info: devwilliams@juno. com.

Libertarian Party of Buncombe County Info: 258-0703 or www.

LPbuncombe.org.

• MONDAYS, 7:30pm - Join us for our weekly “LP-B Social” at El Chapala Mexican Restaurant on Merrimon Ave. Vigil for Peace and Justice On the grounds of All Souls Cathedral.

• SUNDAYS, 5:30-6pm CDST & 4:30-5pm CST - Vigil. Anyone may participate.

Seniors & Retirees Events at the Senior Opportunity Center Located at 36 Grove St. Offers a variety of ongoing senior and adult programs, including art & craft classes, games, exercise classes and more. Info: 350-2062.

• DAILY - Spend the afternoon playing pool and cards with friends. Light refreshments are served.

Fitness at North Asheville Community Center An exercise group welcomes new participants interested in fun exercise.

Come get healthy, and it’s free, too! No discrimination against younger participants.

• MONDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9-9:45am - Exercise.

Henderson County Senior Softball League The league is always looking for new players, age 50

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and older. Weather permitting, they play year-round.

Info: 698-3448 or www.

LJRsoftball.com.

• TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS Morning games at Jackson Park in Hendersonville.

Senior ECO Group For retirees interested in environmental issues.

Meetings are held in the conference room at the Environmental and Conservation Organization office, 121 Third Ave. West in Hendersonville. Info: 692-0382 or www.ecownc.org.

• 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 10am - Meeting.

Stephens-Lee Center Events Located at 30 George Washington Carver St. Info: 350-2058.

• WEDNESDAYS, 22:45pm - Super Seniors. A free stretch and movement class.

Walk Wise, Drive Smart Aimed at senior citizens, but open to everyone.

Walks are canceled in the event of bad weather. Info: 692-4203 or www.walkwise.org.

• TH (5/7) - Urban walk.

Animals * Mayfel’s Dog Days of

Summer (pd.) ...begins Thursday, May 7 and every Thursday through August. Patrons are invited to come eat and drink with their furry friends in our front patio or back courtyard. We will provide complimentary dog treats and 10% of proceeds will go to an Asheville area animal welfare organization. Mayfel’s Dog Days of Summer kicks of by supporting Brother Wolfe Animal Rescue. Look for our posters to see which organization will be sponsored each week. The fundraiser happens each Thursday all summer long, May through August.

Animal Compassion Network WNC’s largest nonprofit, no-kill animal welfare organization. Find a new pet at their pet adoption events.

Info: 274-DOGS or www. animalcompassionnetwork. org. n Foster dogs and cats for ACN. Fostering is an active way to save an animal’s life. Info: volunteers@ animalcompassionnetwork. org.

• DAILY - Cat and dog adoptions at Pet Harmony, ACN’s pet store for rescued pets, located at 803 Fairview St. Meet animals

ready to find their permanent homes.

• SA & SU (5/2 & 3), 11am-5pm - WNC’s largest, annual pet adoption event will be held at PetSmart, 150 Bleachery Blvd. Meet dozens dogs, cats, puppies and kittens, and enter a raffle.

• 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am-3pm - ACN cats and dogs will be available for adoption at PetSmart.

Asheville Aussie Club A new group connecting Australian Shepherds and their people. Info: (704) 806-7300.

• SATURDAYS, 11amNoon - Meets at the French Broad River Dog Park.

Asheville Humane Society Animals available for adoption from AHS at 72 Lee’s Creek Rd. in Asheville.

View photos of animals currently available for adoption online. Foster homes needed. Info: 236-3885, ext. 311 or www.ashevillehumane.org. n ONGOING - Volunteers needed to walk animals at the shelter, help with special events, pet therapy and other activities. Donations of food, blankets, toys and newspaper also welcome.

• SA (5/2) - Volunteer Orientation.

• 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 11am-3pm - Pet adoptions at PetsMart on Airport Rd. Asheville Kennel Club Membership is open to everyone interested in purebred dogs and responsible dog ownership. Info: 258-4833.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm Breed Handling Class at the Federal Reserve Center on Louisiana Avenue. Open to the public.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 7pm Monthly meeting at Ryan’s Steak House, Brevard.

Anyone interested in dogs is invited to attend.

Australian Cattle Dog Club Info: 335-8554.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 6pm - Meeting at Trinity Baptist Church.

Cat Rescue Center The cat rescue and adoption center is located at 635 Bo Cove Rd. in Cullowhee.

Info: 293-0892 or www. catman2.org.

• SUNDAYS, 10am-5pm Cat rescue center open.

Dog Agility Trials For more information about the Blue Ridge Agility Club of WNC: 697-2118 or www.blueridgeagility.com.

• FR (5/8), 9am-3:30pm and SA & SU (5/10), 8am3:30pm - USDAA Dog Agility Trial at the WNC

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Agricultural Center, Davis Arena. More than 120 purebred dogs from throughout the Southeast will compete at various levels of difficulty. Free.

Hope for Horses Support a nonprofit dedicated to rehabilitating abused and neglected horses, and finding all abused or unwanted horses secure, permanent and safe homes.

Info: www.hopeforhorses. org, 683-0160 or hopeforhorses@aol.com. n ONGOING - Volunteers needed. Call for details.

• 1st SATURDAYS - Open Farm Day. Tour the farm and meet the horses that have recently been rescued and hear their stories.

Donations appreciated.

Transylvania Animal Alliance Group For information about T.A.A.G., or donations of time or resources, 9663166, taagwags@citcom. net or www.taag.petfinder. com.

• SATURDAYS, 11am4pm - Adoption Days at PETsMART on Airport Road in Arden.

Technology A-B Tech Events • FR (5/8), 9-11am - The Business Computer Technologies Department will present its 2009 Student Expo in Balsam 110 on the Asheville campus. Graduating students will present their system projects in Web Technologies, Digital Media and Information Systems.

Info: jlarsen@abtech.edu or 254-1921, ext. 847.

WNC SharePoint User Group The group aims to provide knowledge and resources to IT professionals in the region. Monthly meetings provide members with a forum to hear top industry experts give educational presentations on Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. Info: www. wncsug.com.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 68pm - Meeting.

Business & Careers American Advertising Federation Info: 258-0316 or bobb@ main.nc.us.

• TU (5/5), 5:30-7:30pm - Connect for happy hour at the Chop House. No cover charge, and no RSVP required.

American Business Women’s Association

ABWA brings together businesswomen of diverse occupations to raise funds for local scholarships and enhance the professional and personal lives of its members. Info: www. abwaskyhy.com.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Networking followed by dinner and a meeting.

Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Located at 36 Montford Ave. Info: 258-6101 or www.ashevillechamber.org.

• WE (4/29), 9-11:30am - “Speaking of Speaking: The Importance of Your Elevator Speech and Other Important Topics.” A course on improving speaking skills, whether talking to an audience of one or one hundred. $20.

Asheville SCORE Counselors to Small Business If your business could use some help, SCORE is the place to start. Our services are 100% free and confidential. To make an appointment: 271-4786.

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

Veterans may attend any SCORE seminar at no charge. Info: www.ashevillescore.org. n Business Success Assessment Team: Free On-Site Consulting Program.

• SA (5/2), 8:30am-Noon “Survival Marketing.” Learn about low-cost and no-cost marketing techniques, target marketing and advertising effectiveness. At the Haynes Building, Rm. 128, on the A-B Tech Enka Campus. $30 at the door.

To register: 274-1142 or visit the Web site. * Career Advice & Resources • TH (4/30), 1-2:15pm - This Web-based seminar, “Pack’s Professional Parachute,” will offer techniques, ideas and resources to people who have been laid off from their jobs or are planning a career move during these difficult economic times. Free. To register: http://harvest.cals. ncsu.edu/career/index. cfm?pageID=1544.

Debtors Anonymous 12-step recovery on issues of underearning, debt and learning to live one’s vision in life. Info: 779-0077.

• MONDAYS, 7-8pm - Meeting at the Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Rd. International Association of Administrative Professionals IAAP enhances the skills and knowledge of admin-

istrative professionals through continuing education, facilitates networking with colleagues, and establishes high professional standards through certification. Info: stephanie.leathers@cavanaughsolutions. com.

• THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Regular meeting.

JobLink Workshops Mountain Area JobLink Career Center sponsors free workshops that include Conducting a Powerful Job Search, Interviewing and Salary Negotiation, Identifying Career Interests and Write a Winning Resume. Info: 250-4761.

• MONDAYS-FRIDAYS, 8:30am-5pm - Center open.

Marion Business Association Info: 652-2215.

• TH (4/30), 8am - A grant preview/information meeting will be held at the MBA office, 58 Depot St. Attendees will receive the application at the meeting. A light breakfast will be provided. Open to City of Marion small business owners. RSVP. Mountain BizWorks Information Sessions Mountain BizWorks, 153 South Lexington Ave., assists aspiring and current small business owners with business training and loans.

To register: 253-2834, ext. 17.

• MONDAYS, 10am & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm Info Sessions. Learn about the classes and services that are offered at Mountain BizWorks.

OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling Formerly Consumer Credit Counseling Service of WNC. OnTrack offers services to improve personal finances.

Unless otherwise noted, all classes are free and held at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Ste. 222. Info: 255-5166 or www.ontrackwnc.org.

• TUESDAYS (5/5 through 5/19), 6-8:30pm - “Manage Your Money.” Learn how to set goals, track expenses, develop a budget and more.

Small Business Networking Bring product samples, brochures and business cards, and mingle with other small business owners in the community. A weekly open house event. Info: 280-3465 or debinnnc@ charter.net.

• 2nd FRIDAYS, 6-8pm - Networking at One World Healing Arts Institute in W. Asheville.

Volunteering ABCCM Is Looking for Volunteers ABCCM’s Medical Ministry provides a free medical and dental clinic for lowincome, uninsured residents of Buncombe County.

Volunteers are needed in the following areas: administration, physicians, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dentists, hygienists, dental assts. and especially nurses. Maintenance volunteers are also needed to help with painting and repair work. Info: 2595339, ext. 319.

• MONDAYS through THURSDAYS, 9am-5pm & MONDAYS, TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5-8pm Volunteers needed to assist in the medical, pharmacy and dental clinic.

Annual Ramp Festival Each May during Mountain Housing Opportunities’ Ramp Festival, volunteers build handicap access ramps for persons with disabilities, who otherwise would not have the freedom to enter or exit their homes.

To sign up to volunteer: 254-4030, ext. 119 or david@mtnhousing.org.

Info: www.mtnhousing.org.

• FR (5/8) & SA (5/9) 15th Annual Ramp Festival.

Ashevillage Institute (AVI) An emerging urban sustainability center based around permaculture and natural building practices. Come sample any workday.

Longer volunteer opportunities and internships are available. Info: www.kleiwerks.org/avi or 225-8820.

• TUESDAYS through SATURDAYS, 9am-5pm - Workdays. * Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center Located at 538 N. Main St. in Hendersonville. Info: www.BRPAC.org.

• Have you ever wanted to do lights, costumes, makeup, programs? The BRPAC has some special shows coming up and needs help from volunteers. Call Tues.-Sat., Noon-6pm with questions and to sign up: 490-4677.

Caldwell Arts Council Located at 601 College Ave., Lenoir. Hours: Tues.Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat. by appointment. Info: 7542486 or www.caldwellarts. com.

• WE (4/29) - Volunteers needed to help hang a photography exhibit. Afternoon or evening. To help: nancy@caldwellarts.com.

Hands On AshevilleBuncombe Choose the volunteer opportunity that works for you: your passions, your skills, your schedule. Shortterm projects are offered.

Youth are welcome to volunteer on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the Web site to sign up for a project.

• TH (4/30), 5:30-7:30pm - Meals for Hope. Cook and serve a meal for 15-25 women and children who are part of New Choices, an empowerment program for displaced homemakers in need of counseling and assistance —- 6-8pm - Help sort and pack food at MANNA Food Bank to be given to agencies serving hungry people in 17 WNC counties —- 4-6pm - Assist with unpacking and pricing merchandise for Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit, fair-trade retail store that sells handcrafted items made by artisans in more than 30 developing countries.

Houses of Worship Walkabout Experience the history and architecture of local historic communities of faith while enjoying a walk through Asheville. Info: 250-2376 or www.diversityed.org.

• SU (5/3), Noon-6pm - Volunteers are needed to held for 2 to 4 hours.

Duties include supervising the snack and beverage station, assisting at information tables and more.

Mother Grove Info: 230-5069 or info@ mothergroveavl.org. n Looking for volunteers for Wild and Merry May, which will be held May 2.

Musicians, face painters and more are needed to celebrate this traditional English May Day festival.

Volunteer at ACT Volunteers are always needed to work in the box office, backstage and in the front of the house as ushers and house managers. Volunteers help to build sets, make costumes, assist directors and stage managers, and find and build props. To volunteer: 254-2939. Info: www.ashevilletheatre.org.

• TU (5/5), 6:30pm - Volunteer Orientation Session. All who are interested in volunteering at ACT are invited. No previous experience in theater is required. Lasts no longer than an hour and includes a tour of the theater.

Volunteer at Open Hearts Center • This nonprofit art education program is dedicated to serving adults with a variety of developmental, mental, physical, and emotional disabilities.

Volunteers needed to share their talents with this unique population. Info: 658-8875 or Openheartsart@aol.com.

Volunteer Water Information Network The VWIN at the Environmental Quality Institute at UNCA seeks volunteers to collect stream water samples at pre-designated locations throughout Buncombe County for a long-term stream monitoring project. Requires about one hour/month. Info: 251-6823 or mjwestph@ unca.edu.

• 1st SATURDAYS - Collect stream water samples.

Women Build 2009 Habitat for Humanity is seeking women interested in building homes and changing lives on the 2009 Women Build. No experience is necessary. To register: www.ashevillehabitat. org. Info: 210-9377.

• TUESDAYS through SATURDAYS - Building happens.

Health Programs & Support Groups 2 ZeroPoint Technology Demonstrations (pd.) Join us for a free, mind-bending, envelope pushing, quantum physics based demonstration with CEO Rick Bergen, of ZeroPoint technology, a cutting edge and fascinating science that is quickly revealing itself to the world.

Ask questions and feel the difference when using this technology, participate in hands-on demonstrations, and discover how your own body and energy reacts so you can make your own choice. • 2 upcoming events: • Friday, May 1, 7pm, WineStyles, (behind Frankie Bones, Hendersonville Road), demonstration, wine tasting, and fund raiser for Shayla. • Saturday, May 2, 5-6:30pm. A Mystic Journeys sponsored event: 333 Merrimon Avenue.

Got Pain? Get Rolfed! (pd.) • 20% off first session! • Money-back guarantee. • Sandy, Certified Rolf Practitioner, NC#558, (828) 296-0011. You haven’t tried everything until you’ve tried: www. originalrolfmethod.com

Great Life Macrobiotic Seminar (pd.) One week of natural health to change your life!

Learn healthy macrobiotic diet and lifestyle methods, taught by respected Asheville educators and nutritionists Lino and Jane Stanchich, and Martha C. Cottrell, MD. Lose weight with healthy, delicious whole food vegan meals.

Practice energizing exercise, meditation, Shiatsu self-massage. Attend informative cooking classes.

Discover how diet is affecting your body, mind, and spirit. Beautiful lodge, Black Mountain. May 4 - 10.

Very special Asheville rate of only $600. Call (828) 299-8657.

Shoji Spa Discounts and Events (pd.) • Locals Discount: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. • SPArty: Wednesday evenings.

Drinks, food and music, free. • Free Health Forum: Tuesdays, noon.

Complimentary talk and food. 828-299-0999 www.shojiretreats.com Stop Being A Slave to Compulsive Habits, Depression and Anxiety (pd.) Studies have proven that self-destructive patterns involving food, alcohol/drugs, overspending and moods all have a common emotional root.

• A revolutionary new program is now available in the Asheville area. • Complements addiction and codependency programs.

• Focus on strengths and experiencing true joy from within! Call to arrange a free consultation to learn more/ask questions.

Certified Facilitator, who has done the work! Call (828) 231-2107 or email: empowering.solutions@ yahoo.com ADD/ADHD and Meditation: Introduction Scientific findings from medical journals on the applications of the Transcendental Meditation technique for treatment of ADHD and other learning disorders. Discussion, video, Q&A. Free. Info: www.adhd-tm.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:15pm - Meets at the Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Info: 254-4350.

Adult Children Of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families ACOAs continue “survival” behaviors they had as children, which no longer serve them as adults. In fact, they prohibit ACOAs from becoming who they want to be. Come learn

how to grow in recovery and become the person you know you are meant to be through this 12-step group.

The only ACOA group in WNC. Info: 281-1314.

• FRIDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Meets at Grace Episcopal Church off Merrimon Ave. in Asheville.

Al-Anon Al-Anon is a support group for the family and friends of alcoholics. More than 33 groups are available in the WNC area. Info: 800-2861326 or www.wnc-alanon. org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 12:151:15pm - Step study: First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 686-8131.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8pm Al-Anon in West Asheville: Meeting at West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Rd., across from Ingles. Separate Newcomers’ Meeting meets also at 8pm. Info: 2584799.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Discussion meeting for parents of children with addictions: West Asheville Presbyterian Church, 690 Haywood Road, across from Ingles. Info: 2426197.

• FRIDAYS, 8pm - The Lambda (GLBT) group of Al-Anon is a support group for families and friends of alcoholics, and holds their weekly candlelight meeting at All Souls Cathedral, 3 Angle St. Info: 654-8892 (until 9pm).

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

• FRIDAYS, 6:30pm - Discussion meeting for couples only: All Souls Cathedral, 3 Angle St. Info: 676-0485.

• SATURDAYS, 10am - Al-Anon North: Meeting at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave.SATURDAYS, 10am - Saturday Serenity at St Mary’s Episcopal Church on the corner of Charlotte and Macon. Beginners welcome.SATURDAYS, Noon - Weaverville discussion meeting at First Baptist Church on N. Main St., next to the library. Enter via side glass doors.

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

• MONDAYS, 12-1pm - Discussion meeting:

First Baptist Church, 5 Oak St. Park in the back of lot between Church and Y. Info: 686-8131.

• TUESDAYS, Noon - Black Mountain Group meets at St. James Episcopal Church, 424 W. State St. Info: 277-8620.TUESDAYS, 7pm - Discussion meeting: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Info: 253-6624.

Alateen Alateen is a support group for teens who have a friend or family member who is an alcoholic.

• MONDAYS, 6-7pm Meets at Grace Episcopal Church, 871 Merrimon Ave., Asheville. For ages 13 to 19.

All Souls Counseling Center Located at 23 Orange St, Asheville. To register or for more info: 259-3369.

• WEDNESDAYS, 1:303pm - Walking Group With Depression Education.

Learn new ways to deal with depression while benefiting from walking and group processing.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-8pm - Active Parenting. Learn effective forms of encouragement, discipline and communication through positive parenting for ages 2-11.

• SATURDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Support Group for Recovering Addicts.

• MONDAYS, 3-5pm - Ecological Approach to Depression & Anxiety.

Experience the healing qualities of the natural world.

Art of Intimacy Practice Group Learn life-changing communication and relationship skills, drawing from the work of Brad Blanton (Radical Honesty), Marshal Rosenberg (Nonviolent Communication), Susan Campbell (Getting Real), John Bradshaw (Homecoming) and others.

Topics include distinguishing between thoughts and feelings, moving through fear, the power of vulnerability and more. By donation. Info: 254-5613 or www.centerforsacredsexuality.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - Meeting.

Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective An inclusive, non-judgmental and without hierarchy group. All people with mental health or emotional issues are welcome. All positive possibilities are explored, and real human support is offered. Info: 251-4699.

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• MONDAYS, 7pm Meeting at YWCA, 185 S. French Broad Ave. At the Magnolia Tree Events are held in the shade of the famous Pack Square magnolia tree in front of Asheville City Hall.

• MONDAYS, Noon - Gentle yoga for inner peace activists beneath the Magnolia tree at the “Front Porch of Asheville.” All levels. Some mats available. Lasts 3040 mins., but come and go as needed. Free. Info: myfriendjackie@yahoo. com. * Ayurvedic Doctor: Lecture on Health, Wellness & Enlightenment Vaidya Jagdish Vaidya, world-renowned expert in natural medicine, will speak on Ayurveda, the world’s oldest system of natural health care and prevention, with emphasis on reviving the original applications of Ayurveda to enliven the body’s intelligence and develop human consciousness. $10. Info: 254-4350 or www.meditationasheville.org.

• MO (5/4), 7:15pm - The lecture event will be held at Asheville TM Center, 165 East Chestnut St. Diabetic Support Group Enabling you to stand toe to toe with diabetes. Info: 301-8555 or pharmacistdrugsandyou@yahoo.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2pm Meets in E. Asheville.

Doctors With a Heart The national charity donates time and services to raise money for local causes.

• TU (5/5), 9am-6pm - Doster Chiropractic, 179 Charlotte St., will examine and treat people free of charge. Donations will be accepted with all proceeds benefiting MANNA Food Bank. Info: 236-2200.

Dual Recovery Group Group meets at the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church House, 117 Montreat Road. For individuals who have a chemical dependency, emotional, and/or psychiatric illness and need support. We share our experience, strength, and hope with one another. A 12-step based program. Info: 357-8403.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 8pm - Group meets Eating Disorders Individuals are welcome to come to one or all of the support group meetings.

Info: 337-4685 or www. thecenternc.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7-8pm Support group for adults at T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, 297 Haywood St. Free.

Eating Disorders Anonymous A 12-step program for people who struggle with eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia. Not a weight loss group. EDA promotes balanced nutrition rather than restriction. Info: (804) 814-0712.

• FRIDAYS, 7-8pm Meets at the Bee Tree Fire Department in Swannanoa.

El Circulo Playful, deadly, spontaneous healing. A new, evolving martial art and conscious movement formally known as Pa Kua. Info: 280-7287.

• WEDNESDAYS, 5:30pm - Free classes at Montford Park.

Emotions Anonymous Another Life Foundation will be holding Emotions Anonymous Support Group meetings by way of teleconferencing. All that is needed is a phone and the Internet. Free. Info: 1-888543-3480 or www.anotherlifefoundation.org.

• THURSDAYS, 6-7pm - Meeting.

Essential Tremor Support Group Info: 687-2356 or bchhenze@bellsouth.net.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 67pm - Meeting at Symour Auditorium, CarePartners, Sweeten Creek Rd. Event on Childhood Obesity • TH (4/30), 5:30pm - Initial findings of a yearlong research project will be presented by UNCA faculty and student researchers at UNCA’s Reuter Center. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion on the issues surrounding local childhood obesity. Free. Info: 251-6099.

Events at Pardee Hospital All programs held at the Pardee Health Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville.

Free, but registration and appointments required unless otherwise noted. To register or for info: www. pardeehospital.org or 6924600. n ONGOING - Pardee offers health screenings, childbirth and parenting classes, fitness classes, counseling and guidance,

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• WE (4/29), 12:301:30pm - David Ellis, M.D., OB/GYN, will discuss the various types of female incontinence and their treatments.

• TH (4/30), 6:30pm - Mark Mandelbaum, M.D., will discuss the latest research and treatment for multiple sclerosis. Miss Hendersonville 2009, Ciara Newman, will be present, representing her platform of MS. • MO (5/4), 11am12:30pm - Duane Young, a Pardee licensed physical therapist, will discuss the possible causes of joint pain and the available treatments.

• TH (5/7), 1:30-2:30pm - Edward Lewis, M.D. will discusses how pacemakers for pain are used to treat chronic back pain. Desserts will be provided —- 34:30pm - Lucy Butler, a Pardee speech therapist, will discuss the concept of brain plasticity and how to use this method to help prevent cognitive decline. Strategies to boost brain power will also be revealed —- 5:30-7pm - “Understanding Effects of Illness and Treatment.” For cancer patients and their loved ones.

Food Addicts Anonymous A fellowship of men and women who are willing to recover from the disease of food addiction. Sharing experiences and hope with others allows participants to recover from the disease one day at a time. All are welcome. Info: 242-3717.

• MONDAYS, Noon1pm & FRIDAYS, 7-8pm - Meetings at Biltmore United Methodist Church, 376 Hendersonville Road, Asheville.

Food Addicts in Recovery For directions or more info: 697-5053.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Free meeting at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church.

Girls 4 Girls Sponsored by T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, this family event will be held at T.H.E. Center’s office, 297 Haywood St., Asheville, and is designed to promote positive body image and the empowerment of girls in the 3rd-6th grades. Free.

Info: 337-4685 or www. thecenternc.org.

• SA (5/2), 10am-1pm Girls 4 Girls. The event will include activities, important info, healthy snacks and free prizes.

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Haywood Regional Medical Center • WE (4/29), 4-5pm Diabetes Education Support Group: “Escape to the Mediterranean to Find a Healthier You. Free. Info: 452-8088.

• TH (4/30), 6pm - The Haywood Regional Medical Center governing board will meet in the second floor classroom at the fitness center.

Health Events at Earth Fare South Located at 1856 Hendersonville Rd. Events are free, unless otherwise noted. Info: 210-0100.

• WE (4/29), 6:30pm - “Building a Better Brain,” will be presented by Dr. Todd Stone. Advanced registration required.

• TH (4/30), 6:30pm - “The Thyroid Connection,” with Dr. Parker. Learn about the thyroid symptoms affecting your brain and body, the latest thyroid function tests and all-natural treatments available. Advanced registration required.

• TU (5/5), 6:30pm Lecture on what is causing the symptoms themselves and what is likely causing them. Registration required.

• WE (5/6), 6-9pm - “What are Herbs and How are they used” (class 1 of a 3 part series). $5 suggested donation/class. To register: pknott@abtech.edu or 2541921, ext. 5844.

Healthy Chocolate Meetup Taste raw chocolate (it’s really good) and learn the many benefits. Caffeine-free and diabetic friendly. Info: 545-2571.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm Meeting at 866 Haywood Rd., W. Asheville.

Henderson County Red Cross Red Cross holds classes in CPR and First Aid for infants, children and adults; Standard First Aid in Spanish; Babysitter Training; Pet First Aid. Located at 203 Second Ave. East, Hendersonville.

Info: 693-5605. : Blood Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required.

• WE (4/29), 6:30-11am & 12:30-5pm - Pardee Hospital, 800 N. Justice St. in the Jamison Conference Room. Info: 698-7186 orbarbarba.hinson@pardeehospital.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 8:3010am - Low-cost blood screening services. No appointments necessary —- 9:30-11:30am - Blood pressure readings. Free.

HIV/AIDS Support Group Open support group for all who struggle with HIV/AIDS. Info: 252-7489, bannders2@yahoo.com or www.wncap.org.

• 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 67:30pm - Meeting.

Horse Sense Camp for Grieving Teens A day for teen grief support with equine-assisted learning will be held at Horse Sense of the Carolinas in Marshall. Sponsored by Four Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care with the collaboration of the therapeutic team at Horse Sense. Free, but space is limited. To apply: 692-6178.

• SA (5/2), 8:30am4:30pm - Camp. For teens, ages 14-19, who have experienced the loss of a significant loved one.

K.A.R.E. Support Groups Kid’s Advocacy Resource Effort offers several ongoing support groups. Info: 456-8995.

• WEDNESDAYS, 5:307:30pm - Single Parents Support Group. Dinner and childcare provided. At First United Methodist Church, 566 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Call ext. 201 for more info.

• 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS, 11:30am-1pm - The GrandPARENTS Connection Networking Group meets at the First United Methodist Church, Wesley Room, 566 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Networking support, stress relief and parenting info for those who are caring for their relatives’ children. Free childcare and lunch provided. Call ext.

214 for more info.

• 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 10-11:30am - Parents of Preschoolers Networking Group. Circle of Parents model. Snacks and childcare provided. At St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 99 Academy St., Canton.

Life Empowerment Coaching Group Do you need direction in your life? Do you have goals you want to achieve?

Does your family or adolescent need life goals and family goals? Info: (801) 245-9284 or astefanini@ harmongcmg.com.

• 1st & 3rd MONDAYS - Free Life Empowerment Coaching Group meets.

Life in Balance Yet? Explore new self-empowering ways to achieve more peace and harmony in life.

Info: 236-2267.

• SUNDAYS, 6:30pm - Free seminar.

Meditation and Health

Treating hypertension, stress disorders, anxiety, depression, substance abuse and other health issues through the Transcendental Meditation technique. A discussion of medical research, NIH funded studies on TM and health, and the concept of “meditation, not medication.” Free. Info: 254-4350 or www.askthedoctors. com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:15pm - Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Men’s Group An opportunity for men to sit down together and share openly and honestly what is actually going on in their lives, and to participate in unconditional friendship and support of each others’ happiness, peace and liberation. Free. Info: 6815177 or 776-4347.

• TUESDAYS, 7:30pm Call for meeting location.

NAMI Western Carolina National Alliance on Mental Illness offers support, education and advocacy for families and persons with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression or an anxiety disorder. Meets at Mountainhouse, 225 E. Chestnut St. across from Fuddruckers. Free. Info: 687-6901 or www.namiwnc.org.

• 1st SATURDAYS, 10am - NAMI Connection Support Group and Support Group for Caregivers/Family Members meet concurrently.

Narcotics Anonymous A fellowship of recovering addicts that can help those afflicted get clean and stay clean through a 12step program. The group focuses on recovering from the disease of addiction rather than any particular drug. For WNC NA meeting schedules and info: www. wncana.org. Helpline: (866) 925-2148.

• DAILY - Please call for location details.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society The Mid-Atlantic Chapter Self-Help Groups in Buncombe County meets regularly in the area.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 6-8pm - Meeting Grove Arcade Public Market. Service Elevator press P; meet in Conference Room. Info: 776-1588 or 683-9564.

Parkinson’s Support Group Meets at CarePartners Seymour Auditorium, 68 Sweeten Creek Rd. Info: 255-0231.

• 1st TUESDAYS, 10:30am - Meeting.

Pet Loss Support Group For anyone who has lost a pet or is anticipating the death of a companion animal. Free. Info: 258-3229.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - The group meets at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, 1 Edwin Pl. Red Cross Events & Classes Red Cross holds classes in CPR/First Aid for infants, children, and adults; Babysitter Training; Pet First Aid; Bloodborne Pathogens; Swimming & Water Safety; and Lifeguarding. All classes held at chapter headquarters, 100 Edgewood Rd. To register, call 2583888, ext. 221. Info: www. redcrosswnc.org. : Bloodmobile Drive dates and locations are listed below. Appointment and ID required.

• WEDNESDAYS, 10amNoon - Free blood pressure screenings.

• FR (5/1), 1:30-6pm Ingles in Swannanoa, 2299 Highway 70. Info: 6865410 —- 10am-2:30pm - Haywood Park Hotel, 1 Battery Park Ave. Info: 231-6894.

• MO (5/4), 2-6pm - Living Savior Lutheran Church, 301 Overlook Road. Info: 650-0404.

• TU (5/5), 10am-3:30pm - Montreat College, 310 Gaither Circle Montreat. Info: 669-8011, ext. 3536 —- Noon4:30pm - Flesher’s Fairview Healthcare Center, 3016 Cane Creek Road Fairview. Info: 628-2800.

S-Anon Meetings For those affected by someone else’s sexual behavior. Info: 545-4287 or 606-6803.

• WEEKLY - Three meetings are available per week.

Sex Addicts Anonymous A fellowship of men and women recovering from addictive sexual behavior (physical and/or emotional). Meetings are held in downtown Asheville. Info: 800-477-8191 (live person Mon.-Fri. 11am-7pm) or 348-0284 to leave a local message for a return call.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6pm - Meeting.

• SUNDAYS, 7pm Meeting.

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous SLAA is a 12-step fellowship of men and women who have a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction.

Behaviors addressed are:

compulsive sexual behavior, extreme dependency on a person, chronic preoccupation with romance, intrigue or fantasy.

Meetings are held in downtown Asheville. Open to all sexual orientations. Info: AshevilleSLAA@gmail.com.

• SATURDAYS, 10am - Meeting at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 Oak St. Sexaholics Anonymous SA is a 12-step fellowship of men and women recovering from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Info: 681-9250 or saasheville@gmail.com.

• DAILY - Asheville meetings. Contact for details and times.

Step/Weights Class Free ongoing aerobics class with step, weights, resistance bands and stretches.

Offered by Asheville Parks & Recreation to promote Asheville’s cardiovascular health. At Stephens-Lee Center (from S. Charlotte, turn on Max St. and go up the hill). Info: 350-2058.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5:30-6:30pm - Step/Weights Class.

The Asheville Aphasia Support Group For persons who have speech and reading problems resulting from a stroke and for their caregivers. Meetings are held at CarePartners Health Services, 68 Sweeten Creek Rd. Info: 684-9619.

• 1st MONDAYS, 11amNoon - Meeting.

The Asheville Stroke Support Group For persons who have had a stroke and their caregivers. Meetings are held at CarePartners Health Services, 68 Sweeten Creek Rd. Info: 274-9567, ext.

4670.

• 1st & 3rd MONDAYS, Noon-1pm - Meeting.

Women’s Health & Education Endeavors A series of free, educational workshops on women’s health and wellness at Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. Info: 350-2058.

• TU (5/5), 6:30-7:30pm - Pilates Mat Class. The class will cover stretches and other exercises, including breath work. Mats provided, or bring your own.

YWCA Health Seminars & Screenings Free, unless otherwise noted. The YWCA is at 185

S. French Broad Ave. Info: 254-7206 ext. 202. â&#x20AC;˘ 1st WEDNESDAYS, 1011am - Blood pressure screenings.

Helplines For Xpressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; list of helplines, visit www. mountainx.com/events/ category/helplines.

Sports Groups & Activities Asheville Foosball Weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;open draw your partnerâ&#x20AC;? foosball (table soccer) tournaments. Cash prizes. Open to all skill levels, beginner to pro-master.

Visit Asheville Foosball on the Web at: www.netfoos. com. â&#x20AC;˘ FRIDAYS, 8:30pm Tournament at Northside Grill and Bar, 853 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-2349.

Asheville Kendo Club Dedicated to bringing quality Kendo to the Asheville area. Kendo, the Japanese Way of the Sword, emphasizes correct etiquette and posture. Kendo is not selfdefense. Info: ashevillekendo@gmail.com. â&#x20AC;˘ SATURDAYS, Noon-3pm - Classes held at CMAUSA, 412 Merrimon Ave. Asheville Lacrosse Club This nonprofit organization sponsors and organizes both adult and youth lacrosse in WNC. Men over the age of 18 are welcome to come learn about full-contact lacrosse. No experience necessary. Info: 280-3938 or www.ashevillelacrosse.com. â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Practice at Memorial Stadium behind McCormick Field.

Asheville Rugby Football Club Players of all sizes and ability are welcome. No experience necessary.

ARFC is highly competitive and participates in Division III, USA Rugby South. Info: 273-0347 or www.ashevillerugby.com. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7pm Practice at Walton Park (near the hospital).

Badminton Come join the Asheville Badminton Club for fastpaced competitive indoor badminton twice weekly at 34 Pearson Dr. Info: 2533714. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 5-8pm Badminton.

Buncombe Co. Parks, Greenways & Rec. Events

Located at 59 Woodfin Pl. Info: 250-4265. â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/8), 10am - Time for Fun and Fitness: Croquet. Meet at the Sports Park, bring your lunch for a picnic before hand and play a couple of games of Croquet. Drinks provided.

Free. Register by May 4.

Disc Golf Check the Richmond Hill Park kiosk for events and tournaments, as well as the WNC Disc Golf Web site.

Info: 680-9626 or www. wncdiscgolf.com. â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAYS, 5pm Doubles at WCU, Cullowhee â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 5:30pm - Singles at Haywood Community College. â&#x20AC;˘ FRIDAYS, 5pm - Doubles at Richmond Hill Park. â&#x20AC;˘ SATURDAYS, 10am - Doubles at Haywood Community College. â&#x20AC;˘ SUNDAYS, Noon Doubles at Richmond Hill or Mars Hill College campus â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 4pm - Doubles at Waynesville Rec Park. â&#x20AC;˘ MONDAYS, 5:30pm Doubles at Black Mountain Park. â&#x20AC;˘ 1st MONDAYS, 7pm Club meeting. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS, 5pm Doubles at Richmond Hill Park. *â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Duke Athletics Tour â&#x20AC;˘ WE (4/29), 5:30-7pm - The second annual Duke Athletics Tour featuring head football coach David Cutcliffe will be in Asheville.

Blue Devil alumni and fans are invited to meet Coach Cutcliffe at the event and door prizes will be given away. $15. RSVP: (919) 613-7557.

Honda Goldwing Riders Group Meet to share ideas and information, plan rides, improve skills, and promote safety. Costs nothing, but rewards could be great.

Info: 676-0111. â&#x20AC;˘ WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Meeting.

Pickleball Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like playing ping pong on a tennis court. For all ages. Games cost $1 per session. Paddles and balls are provided. Info: 3502058. â&#x20AC;˘ MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS, 9-11am - Meets at Stephens-Lee Rec Center, 30 George Washington Carver St. (take S. Charlotte to Max St.).

Taiji/Hsing-I/Bagua & Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lion Dancing/Gong Fu At Asheville Mountain Dragon. Learn the Yang Short Form in 10 weeks, Gong Fu in 5 weeks, Chen Pan Ling long form in 20

weeks and weapons in 8 weeks. $10, with discounts for multiple classes. Info: www.main.nc.us/mtndragon or 285-2929. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS, 7pm - Class.

WEDNESDAYS, 5pm - Class.THURSDAYS, 5pm - Class.SATURDAYS, 10:30am - Class.

Ultimate Frisbee in Asheville Asheville Ultimate Club invites everyone to participate. $5 suggested donation. Info: 777-6115 or www.ashevilleultimate.org. â&#x20AC;˘ WEDNESDAYS, 4pm - Youth pick up at Memorial Stadium â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 6pm - Competitive League at Memorial Stadium. â&#x20AC;˘ WEDNESDAYS, 7pm & 8:30pm - Spring League at Memorial Stadium. â&#x20AC;˘ SUNDAYS, 4:30pm - Hat League at Reynoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s High School.

Unified Martial Artists Calling on any and all martial artists of any stripe, style, experience or age (18+) to crosstrain and â&#x20AC;&#x153;play.â&#x20AC;? Free. Info: coohanluk@hotmail.com, please include a brief profile and contact info. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS, 7pm - Unified Martial Artists meeting.

Parks & Recreation 11:30AM-3PM â&#x20AC;˘ This Friday â&#x20AC;˘ National Preservation Month (pd.) May 1. Aston Park, 336 Hilliard Avenue.

Everyone is invited to attend the Preservation Month kick-off picnic at Aston Park. Information will be available about sustainable preservation, historic tax credits and more. Refreshments, music by the Tater Diggers and Morris dancing.

Kids Terra Summer â&#x20AC;˘ July 6 August 14 (pd.) Terra Summer is a six-week academic enrichment program for children 11-14 that uses the magical world of food to link and explore geometry, geography, history, and science.

Guided by a farm team, a chef, and teachers, together we grow our own food, work on the farm, cook and eat, and discuss the social, economic, and ethical issues related to food. Terra Summer features guest artists and chefs. Children run a produce stand, journal, do portfolio projects and presentations, and look at the world and themselves

through a new lens. The program runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Weekly fee is $150; full and partial scholarships are available.

Terra Summer takes place on Jafasa Farm, Mills River, NC. For more information or to apply, call 828-7827842 or visit www. terraschool.org African Drumming Classes Held at Skinny Beats Drums, 4 Eagle St., downtown Asheville. Suggested donation $10 per class.

Drop-ins welcome. Info: 768-2826. â&#x20AC;˘ WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginner class for kids 12 and up. Drums included.

At The Health Adventure Free first Wed. of every month from 3-5pm. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. $8.50 adults/$7.50 students & seniors/$6 kids 2-11.

Program info or to RSVP: 254-6373, ext. 324. Info: www.thehealthadventure. org. â&#x20AC;˘ Through SU (5/3) - Moneyville. The exhibit uses the subject of money to build math skills and promote economic literacy.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;cityâ&#x20AC;? includes a bank, store, anti-counterfeiting lab, stock market and a shipping dock. â&#x20AC;˘ 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS - Family Days. Join an educator for smart fun for the whole family. â&#x20AC;˘ 1st THURSDAYS, 10:3011:30am - Preschool Playdate. Provides youngsters ages 3-6 with a unique and safe venue to play and explore with other children as well as learn from an expert educator.

Celebration Singers of Asheville Community childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chorus for ages 7-14. For audition info: 230-5778 or www.singasheville.org. â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAYS, 6:307:45pm - Regular rehearsal at Abernethy United Methodist Church, 1418 Patton Ave. Colburn Earth Science Museum Programs Info: 254-7162 or www. colburnmuseum.org. $4/$3 admission cost. Many events are free or discounted to museum members. n ONGOING - The Hall of Gems and Minerals: A permanent collection of gem and mineral samples from around the world. n ONGOING - The Grove Stone Earth Center: Explore our planet with hands-on materials. n ONGOING - Weather, Climate and You.

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• WEDNESDAYS, 3-4pm - Geologist will be on site to identify any rock or mineral you bring in. Free.

• SA (5/2), 11amNoon - Visit with Steve Longenecker, well-known local naturalist, and an assortment of birds of prey, including Yax the owl, a short winged hawk and a peregrine falcon.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 35pm - Free admission to the museum and free rock and mineral ID. Community Programs for Kids at Eliada Character development and recreation: Eliadas USGAsupported Junior Golf Program, beginner horse program and the Hondasponsored National Youth Project Using Mini-Bikes (NYPUM). The golf and horse programs are open to youth ages 5-17. NYPUM is for youth 10-17. Fees range from $10-$35 weekly. Info: 273-1290 or enhancedservices@eliada.org.

• TUESDAYS through SATURDAYS - Programs.

Events for Kids at Spellbound Spellbound Children’s Bookshop is located at 19 Wall St., in downtown Asheville. Info: 232-2228 or www.spellboundchildrensbookshop.com.

• SU (5/3), 1pm - Mother’s Day Craft Workshop. Come make a book all about mom. Materials provided.

Registration is required.

Ages 5 and up. Free.

Hands On! Gallery This children’s gallery is located at 318 North Main St. in Hendersonville.

Hours: Tues.-Fri., 10am5pm. Admission is $5, with discounts available on certain days. Info: 697-8333 or www.handsonwnc.org.

• Through TH (4/30) - Build recycled sculptures in celebration of April’s Earth Day. N.C. Arboretum Events for Kids Info: 665-2492 or www. ncarboretum.org.

• MONDAYS through SATURDAYS, 9am-5pm & SUNDAYS, Noon-5pm - Nature Activities for Kids.

Check out a Discovery Day Pack, which includes binoculars, bug boxes and other items. Free with parking.

• MONDAYS & TUESDAYS, 9am-11:30am - Wee Naturalist Classes. Children Pre-K and below, along with a parent, caregiver or grandparent, learn about trees, plants, birds, bears, raindrops and more. $6/

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Call to register.

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

• FR (5/1) - Homeschool Day: PARI astronomers and engineers have designed grade-appropriate modules for studying stars. The day also includes a visit to PARI’s StarLab planetarium for each student. $10/child.

Registration is required: www.pari.edu/programs/ students/homeschool.

Toddler Programs Offered by Asheville Parks and Recreation at the East Asheville Recreation Center, 906 Tunnel Rd. Info: 2514041 or eastrecctr@ashevillenc.gov.

• FRIDAYS, 10am-Noon - Play With Us — Play Group. Meet new moms and babies. For ages 0-5 years.

Tot Shabbat & Tot Shabbat Playgroup Hosted by the Asheville Jewish Community Center.

All preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to attend and celebrate Shabbat. Info: 505-2697 or 253-0701, ext. 109.

• FRIDAYS, 10am - Tot Shabbat Playgroup. A casual program full of music and joy. Following Shabbat, challah and juice are provided, along with an art project or group game.

Spirituality Ancient Voice Wisdom Counseling (pd.) Clear, direct, loving Spiritual guidance through Tarot. Over 20 years experience. Come Home to your Self. 808-828-0817 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. (828) 258-3229.

Goddess/Gods: Teachings For The Modern Nobility (pd.) • May 2, Chapel Hill.

10am-1pm. Celtic Gods and Goddess. • May 6: Asheville. An empowering year-long workshop series for modern people to access ancient wisdom today. (Quetzalcoatl, Tonantzin to name a few). $20/session, includes all materials. You must call to confirm. • Zoe: (828) 2840975. www.mayanrecordkeeper.com Loving Relationship Training

(pd.) The LRT created by Sondra Ray in Asheville, May 29-31. Are you ready for powerful breakthroughs in all areas of your life?

Free previews. More info?

Tama, 231-0296. Tama@ wncretreat.com Sacred Embodiment Center (pd.) • Therapeutic Dance: Discover the Ocean Within; Sundays, 5-8pm, $12.

• Master Key System: Manifestation Course: Mondays, 5:30-7:30pm, $5. • Cleanse and Detox Discussion and Support Group: Tuesdays 5-7pm, $5. • Sivananda Yoga with Jason Wise: Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm, $10-15. • 31 Carolina Lane, the alley between Lexington and Broadway, downtown. Call (828) 254-0722 for details.

Visioned Relationship Couples Retreat (pd.) May 15-17 in Cashiers, NC. Learn how to come into your relationship knowing your wholeness with clarity and intention.

Luxury accommodations, gourmet vegetarian meals included. $595 per couple. $50 discount for registration by May 5.

More information at www. anamcaraspirit.com or call 941-302-4334.

A Circle of Conscious Men ManKind Project offers weekend training sessions and weekly group meetings that take men on a journey to connect head and heart, examine their lives, and create deeper, more powerful and more joyful ways of living. Info: www.mkp.org or 318-4448.

• TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Open group meeting. Free. Call for info.

A Course in Miracles Classes For anyone sincerely interested in joining a loving group for ACIM study and practice. The group meets near Greenlife at 18 Orange St., across from the Staples parking lot. Info: 712-5472.

• MONDAYS, 6:30pm Study group.

A Mountain Mindfulness Sangha Part of the World Community of Mindful Living, inspired by the teachings of THICH NHAT HANH, the group practices mindfulness as the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment.

Practicing with a “sangha” (a community) can bring both joy and support. All are invited. Info & directions: mountainmindfulness@gmail.com, 6847359 or 299-9382.

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• THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm Seated meditation, walking meditation, dharma discussions and other mindfulness practices. At 12 Von Ruck Court, Asheville.

• TUESDAYS, 8-8:40am - “Morning Sits.” Join in a shorter, simpler practice.

At 12 Von Ruck Court, Asheville.

• TUESDAYS, 8-8:40am - “Morning Sits.” Join in a shorter, simpler practice.

At 12 Von Ruck Court, Asheville.

Abiding Savior Lutheran Church Located at 801 Charlotte Highway in Fairview. Info: 298-2608.

• 1st SUNDAYS, 5pm - Inter-denominational contemplative worship service. Taize with a few modern twists, including original music, art, word and silence.

Abraham Positive Living Program Create your own joyful reality with this group mtg. in Asheville to listen to and discuss The Abraham Tapes. Free. Info: 2745444.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Meeting.

Adyashanti Video Satsang Share silence and video satsang at 115 Hudson St., W. Asheville. Info: 2558856.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 7pm - Meeting.

Ageless Living the Reyouthing Project The ALR project supports progressive individuals achieve total health, wealth and well-being by applying, practicing and ultimately mastering the art of “Ageless Living” using simple mind/body techniques. The ALR project also serves as a hub for an informal community of likeminded people seeking to live a youthful lifestyle. Info: (520) 437-8216 or redtailhawk@fastmail.net.

• SATURDAYS - Meets bimonthly in the Asheville area. Small donations accepted.

All One Asheville “Friends of Non-Duality.”

Share silence while exploring non-dual teachers and living in the Now Present Moment.

Meetings at various locations. Info: 216-7051 or BeHereNow28804@yahoo. com.

• SUNDAYS, 7pm - Gangaji video satsang at Holy Ground, 18 Orange St., off of Merrimon Ave. across from Greenlife.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 7pm - Adyashanti video satsang

and silent sitting at 115 Hudson St., W. Asheville.

Info: 255-8856.

Ananda Meditation Group A meditation group based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.

Info: (412) 779-4588 or gregtray@gmail.com.

• 1st & 3rd MONDAYS, 7:30pm - Meditation. Call or e-mail for directions.

Anattasati Magga, Inc. A Soto Zen Sangha for the Laity. Offers meditation and dharma instruction at 12 Von Ruck Court, Asheville.

The following events are free and open to the public (donations appreciated).

Please arrive 10 mins. before the beginning of each service. Info: www. anattasati.org.

• SUNDAYS, 9am - Sunday Morning Service, followed by a dharma talk.

• TUESDAYS, 7:05-7:45am - Short Morning Service & Meditation.

Asheville Friends (Quaker) “Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.” Located at 227 Edgewood Rd. in N. Asheville. Info: 258-0974.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30am - Religious education for children and adults —— 10:30am - Unprogrammed meeting.

Asheville Meditation Center Classes are held at the Greenlife Community Center, 90 Merrimon Ave., unless otherwise noted.

Info: 251-1141 or www. meditateasheville.org.

• THURSDAYS, 6:307:30pm - Meditation Circle.

Held at One World Healing Arts Institute, 2 Sulphur Springs Road, W. Asheville.

Donations accepted.

• MONDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm - Meditation for Inner Peace. Free. Info: 5052300.

Asheville Satsang With Gangaji “For a couple of hours a week, time stands still, awareness expands and softens into infinity, and we rest in the depth of Being.

Such fortune, such joy, such love ....” Info: 2167051 or nckristinenelson@ yahoo.com.

• SUNDAYS, 7pm - Silent sitting and Gangaji video satsang at Holy Ground, 18 Orange St., off of Merrimon Ave. across from Greenlife.

Avalon Grove Nontraditional Celtic Christian worship services to honor the ancient Celtic holidays. Participants are welcome to bring vegetarian food to share after the

service. Info: 645-2674 or www.avalongrove.net.

• SA (5/2), 3-4pm Beltaine (May Day) service held at the Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road, Asheville.

Avatar Meher Baba This group meets to celebrate and study the life and teachings of Avatar Meher Baba, focusing on his words. “True love is matchless in majesty. It has no parallel in power; and there is no darkness it cannot dispel.” Info: 274-0307 or www.avatarmeherbaba. org.

• SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Call for location info.

Baha’i Faith The Baha’i Community welcomes visitors to devotional meetings each Sunday morning at the center located at 5 Ravenscroft Drive. Info: 251-1051 or www.wncbahai.org.

• SUNDAYS, 11am Devotional Meetings.

Beth Israel Synagogue Located at 229 Murdock Ave. An egalitarian house of prayer, study and assembly in the Conservative Jewish tradition where all are welcome. Join us for Shabbat services, Minyans, high holidays and festival services and celebrations.

Info: 252-8431 or www. bethisraelnc.org.

• THURSDAYS, 7:30am - Minyan (9:30am on public holidays).

• 1st FRIDAYS, 6pm - Family potluck and services.

• SATURDAYS, 9:30am - Services.

• SUNDAYS, 9am - Minyan —- 5pm - Introduction to Judaism with Rabbi Robert Cabelli. For Jews and nonJews alike. Call for details.

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 6pm - Services.

Book Group: Eckhart Tolle Meets in North Asheville.

Help lift up humanity.

RSVP: 989-4373.

• THURSDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Book reading and discussion of The New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.

Buddhist Hermitage Open to all Buddhist traditions and faiths. Study, discuss, and endeavor to live the Buddha’s teachings on Mindfulness, Compassion and Wisdom. Meetings at Embracing Simplicity Hermitage, 7 Wisdom Lane, Hendersonville. Info: 3382665 or www.embracingsimplicityhermitage.org.

• DAILY (except WED. & SAT.), 11am - Dharma study and meditation.

• SUNDAYS, 11am Dharma study and meditation, followed by fellowship gathering.

Buddhist Meditation and Discussion Meets in the space above the French Broad Food Co-op. What is it to be Buddhist? Buddha’s teachings are prevalent and popular in our world. This series of classes will give an introduction to what it means to be a Buddhist and how to embark on Buddha’s path. Suggested donation: $8. Info: 7795502 or www.meditationin-northcarolina.org.

• WE (4/29), 7:15pm Break. No class.

Celebrate Recovery Christ-centered, biblically based recovery ministry.

Weekly fellowship and support meetings deal with real-life issues, including divorce, co-dependency, anger, control, chemical dependency, sexual addictions, hurtful relationships, eating disorders, depression, and other addictive, compulsive or dysfunctional behaviors. Info: 687-1111.

• MONDAYS - Evenings at Biltmore Baptist Church, 35 Clayton Road, Arden.

Celebrate Recovery Group At the Swannanoa Church of God, 199 Wilson Ave., Swannanoa. Side entrance of church. Info: 301-1789 or 582-2933.

• MONDAYS, 6pm - Group meets.

Center for Creative Living A Science of Mind, Religious Science, New Thought Center. Be recognized as the powerful, creative, spiritual being that you are. 2 Science of Mind Way. Info, events & directions: 253-2325 or www. cfcl.org.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30am & 11am - Two Celebrations.

The second celebration is followed by a covered-dish luncheon the 1st Sunday of every month. * Chabad Asheville Jewish Asheville and WNC Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life. Info: www. chabadasheville.org.

• TH (4/30), 6:30-9pm - An evening of beauty, depth, relaxation and spirituality, with spa-like treatments courtesy of the Secret Garden Inn & Spa, followed by an inspirational discussion on the “49 Steps to Personal Refinement According to Jewish Tradition.” Plus, a Viennese table of treats. $10.

Church of Christ, Scientist

Join us in a welcoming atmosphere as we worship the all loving God. Through a better understanding of your relationship with Christ find freedom and healing.

Located at 64 N. French Broad. Info: 252-1787.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:30pm - Weekly meeting for inspiration and testimonies of healing.

• SUNDAYS, 10:30am Weekly Service and Sunday School. Childcare provided. * Church Women United Info: 628-2719.

• SA (5/2), 10am - May Friendship Day at Oakley United Methodist Church, 607 Fairway Road. The theme will be “Building Our Stories.” A “covered dish” salad luncheon will follow the program. Child care provided if requested by April 25. Offerings will be taken. Bring the recipe for the salad you bring to share (optional).

Cloud Cottage Sangha This branch of the World Community of Mindful Living, inspired by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, meets at the home of Judith & Philip Toy at 219 Old Toll Circle in Black Mountain, to practice seated meditation and mindfulness training. All events by donation. Sponsors classes, days of mindfulness and retreats. Info: 669-0920, cloudcottage@ bellsouth.net or www. cloudcottage.net.

• WEDNESDAYS, 67:30pm - Seated meditation, walking meditation, Sutra Reading and Dharma discussion in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

• SUNDAYS, 8am Japanese-style Zen service followed by informal tea.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 6:30-7:30am - Chanting practice, seated meditation.

Coalition of Earth Religions Events Info: 230-5069 or www. ceres-wnc.org.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 6:309pm - Pagans Night Out. Meet at the Bier Garden in downtown Asheville.

Congregation Beth HaTephila Asheville’s Reform Jewish Temple is located at Liberty and Broad Streets, and offers a Religious School (for members) and adult education, as well as many activities and committees.

Info: 253-4911 or www. bethhatephila.org.

• FRIDAYS, 7:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat services.

• 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30pm Family Shabbat service.

freewillastrology ARIES (March 21-April 19):

“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little,” said the writer Sydney Smith. While this is always good advice, it’s especially apt for you right now. You’re in a phase when giant leaps of faith are irrelevant, and fast, massive accomplishments are impossible. This is the season of incremental progress; a time when painstaking attention to detail is your best strategy. Inch by inch, Aries. Hour by hour.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

An engineering company has plans to grow flowers on the moon. Paragon Space Development intends to land mustard seeds inside a small greenhouse dome on the lunar surface by 2011. If all goes well, they will bloom within two weeks, and, thanks to the marvels of communications technology, we earthlings will soon thereafter view one of the most iconic photographs ever seen. Paragon hopes the inspiring image of yellow blossoms on the lunar landscape will incite a new wave of space exploration. Take your cue from this vignette, Taurus. Come up with a riveting new personal symbol: some photo or image or object that thrills your imagination and inspires you to outdo all your previous efforts in pursuit of an ambitious future goal.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

“A Pain in the Ash: Volcano Irritates Alaskans.” That was the headline of a news story about how the people of Anchorage, Alaska are dealing with the erratic behavior of nearby Mount Redoubt. As of this writing, the volcano hasn’t exploded yet, but it keeps hinting that it might. Meanwhile, it regularly burps clouds of ash that float around and wreak a lot of inconvenience. “I would like it to have a big boom and get it over with,” said one native. In accordance with your astrological omens, Gemini, let’s use this situation as a metaphor for your life. The fact is, there’s no sense in getting irritated or impatient with the primal force in your vicinity. Doing so would be a waste of your precious emotional energy. Besides, cultivating calm equanimity is the best way to acquire the grace you’ll need to respond appropriately when the primal force does go boom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

If His Holiness the Dalai Lama (like you, born under the sign of the Crab) had a Twitter account, I bet that this week he’d tweet something like this: “Nothing’s permanent and we should never be attached to anything, but wow! — the goodness rising up now may send ripples through eternity!” What he’d mean is that while reality is always in continual flux, and it’s wise not to cling obsessively to either its pleasures or sadnesses, the powerfully healing mojo that’s moving through Cancerians’ lives these days could have long-term positive consequences.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

America’s Republican Party has lost a lot of style points lately. Its national committee chairman Michael Steele even went so far as to say, “We need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.” Your reputation isn’t anywhere near as in need of rehabilitation, Leo — in part because you don’t make references about one-armed midgets — but it could still use some work. Fortunately, the coming weeks will be an excellent time, astrologically speaking, for you to not only tidy up your stature, but also to actually enhance your respectability and increase your influence. Take advantage!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

The coming weeks would be an excellent time to devote extra care and attention to your home-awayfrom-home — you know, the place that’s second-best at making you feel like you truly belong here on this earth. Enhance the ambiance in this alternate power spot, Virgo. Add beauty to the decor. Let the people who hang out there know how much they mean to you. And if you don’t yet have such a sanctuary, then I suggest you hunt one down. You need to experience more of the pleasurable stimulation that comes from going back and forth between two different comfort zones.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

You may not literally have X-ray vision right now, but you certainly have a metaphorical version of it. With a little concentration, I bet you could peer beneath the surface of anything you want to. My analysis of the omens suggests that you have the power to see hidden agendas, invisible frameworks,

and maneuverings that are unfolding behind the scenes. Please keep in mind that not all of the secret stuff is corrupt or insidious. Some of it is quite beautiful, even elevating. Don’t push your enhanced perceptiveness to search exclusively for the worst in human nature.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

According to the legends of the Scottish Highlanders, this is the anniversary of the fallen angels’ expulsion from paradise. That’s why, they said, it was so crucial for humans to be well-behaved at this time.

To blindly indulge in sin and error would set up a resonance with the malevolent exiles, making oneself vulnerable to being preyed on by them. While you and I can chuckle at this quaint superstition, it does have a grain or truth for you to meditate on. At this juncture in your yearly cycle, you tend to be more receptive to bad influences than usual. That’s why you should do everything you can imagine to attract good influences and cultivate experiences that give you the feeling that this world is a paradise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

An Arizona woman was jogging in the woods when a fox ran out of nowhere, leaped up, and clamped down on her arm with its teeth. Unable to pry it loose, the woman ran back to her car, which was a mile away, with the fox hanging on. She drove herself to the hospital, where doctors removed the creature and treated her successfully. I imagine that right about now you might feel a bit like she did, Sagittarius: bustling along energetically, in a state of alert, as some nagging vexation clings to you parasitically.

Now here’s the good news: I predict that you will get rid of the pest, and will ever thereafter enjoy an enhanced confidence in your ability to function well under pressure.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Since it’s the Capricornian season of romance, I thought I’d give you some tips on how to thrive in the mysterious, paradoxical, crazy-making game of love. 1. Love shouldn’t be a lottery, so don’t gamble on unlikely odds. 2. Love shouldn’t be a power struggle, so try to purge any unconscious yearnings you might have to control people you care for. 3. Love can’t be a self-sustaining perpetual motion machine, so I hope you work on it at least as hard as you do at your job. 4. Love isn’t an endless vacation in the promised land, but neither is it a wrestling match with a three-legged pit bull from hell, so don’t you dare indulge in all-or-nothing fantasies.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

The kitchen table will be a power spot for you in the coming weeks. Your own table will be a supreme vortex for visionary brainstorming, but even those in other households could be epicenters for brilliant planning, crucial shifts in attitude, and increased solidarity among allies. To encourage eruptions of creative behavior, make sure the tables are nice and clean. Try to have good food and drink on hand. I also suggest you keep at least one notebook and pen lying around.

Odonata Tr a u m a - R e s o l u t i o n People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences that can cause symptoms like anxiety, chronic pain, or flashbacks.

I work with a person’s innate capacity to transform those overwhelming experiences.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

In April I was grateful whenever you obeyed all the signs, stuck to the beaten paths, worked a little harder than usual, and averted your eyes from the places where “interesting” bursts of chaos were unfolding. In May I’d appreciate it if you did pretty much the opposite: Question authority rigorously, wander off into less-traveled regions, play harder than usual, and tune in to commotions that could be productive learning experiences. In the past month, Pisces, I was hopeful that you’d pay your debts to society before society’s collection agency started making harassing calls. In the coming month, I invite you to ask everyone to do you extra favors.

Homework: What’s the best thing you could give right now to the person you care for the most? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com. (c) Copyright 2009 Rob Brezsny

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Course in Miracles Ongoing discussion group with Rev. Gene Conner and Laurel Elstrom. Info: 298-5845.

• SUNDAYS, 12:151:30pm - Discussion group meets.

Course in Miracles Discussion Group This group meets at a North Asheville location. Info: 350-0986.

• WEDNESDAYS, Noon1:30pm - Group meeting.

Love offering.

Coven Oldenwilde A religious nonprofit teaching Traditional Gardnerian and Italian Strega magic.

Info: www.oldenwilde.org, oldenwilde@aol.com or 251-0343.

• 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Art Magical Academy: Learn the skills of spellcraft to help yourself, your loved ones and the planet. Taught by *Diuvei at Gaea, 61 N. Lexington. $10-$20, sliding scale.

Crossroads Interfaith Ministry Offers interfaith meetings, meaning people of any faith who are interested in Soulbased spiritual healing are welcome. Love offerings accepted. Info: revbrett@ charter.net, 776-9022 or www.crossroadsinterfaith. blogspot.com/.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 6pm - Come join Crossroads Interfaith Ministry for a free weekly energy-healing circle.

Eckhart Tolle Meetings Come and learn how to experience Presence. Each meeting will start off with silent meditation, followed by a 60-min. Retreat Series video and sharing. This group started with the A New Earth book club. Info: 685-7945.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm Meeting in Hendersonville.

Events at Basilica St. Lawrence 97 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 2526042.

• WEEKDAYS, 7:30am AND 12:10pm - Mass.

• FRIDAYS, 1pm - Bible study group meets in the lower conference room.

• SATURDAYS - 7:30am, Mass; 3:30-4:30pm, Reconciliation; 5pm - Vigil Mass.

• SUNDAYS - 9am & 12pm Mass; 5pm Mass in Spanish.

Find True Love: Inner Light & Sound Meditation Program Info: 236-2267.

• SUNDAYS, 6:30pm - Free program.

First Congregational Church Located at 20 Oak St. in downtown Asheville. “An open and affirming congregation.” Info: 252-8729 or www.uccasheville.org.

• SUNDAYS, 10:30am - Worship service with Rev. Joe Hoffman. Childcare provided.

Great Tree Zen Temple Offers retreats, workshops, classes and monthly Family Practice (children welcome). For the full calendar and more info: www.greattreetemple.org or 645-2085.

• TUESDAYS - Weekly Meditation and Study: 3:305pm - Afternoon program —- 5-5:30pm - Break —- 5:30-7pm - Evening program. Come to one or both sessions.

Hare Krsna Sunday Feast At Namaste Yoga Center, 57 Broadway, Asheville.

Donations welcome. Info: www.highthinkingsimpleliving.org or 506-2987.

• SUNDAYS, 6pm Devotional chanting and vegetarian feast on select Sundays.

Holy Ground This interfaith, feminist organization at 18 Orange St. (off Merrimon) works to strengthen community, connections to the earth, and to nurture our creative and spiritual lives through workshops, retreats and conversations. Info: 2360222, office@holygroundretreats.org or www. holygroundretreats.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 9-10am - Sacred Circle Worship.

Communal silence, meditative reading, group reflection and sharing and ritual.

Infinity Institute for Compassionate Living Due to the demand, The Beyond Mental Concept booklet plus more from the life-changing dynamics of Sri Robert are back. Please send self-addressed envelope for current orderlist to the Infinity Institute, P.O. Box 1102, Enka, 28728.

Info: (702) 525-3982.

• MONDAYS - Reading.

Contact for details.

Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation Program Introductory to an effortless technique for accessing the unlimited reservoir of creative intelligence within

Talk To The * Want to know about new listings for events happening this week? The * will point you in the right direction.

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everyone. Includes video presentation by physicist John Hagelin on scientific research, health benefits, quantum physics and the unified field, and brain patterns during meditation.

Free. Info: 254-4350.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7:15pm - Meets at the Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St., Asheville.

ManSpirit A spiritual group for gay men that meets for heart circles and various spirituality and social based activities. All denominations are welcome. Info: http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/ ManSpirit or 231-1256.

• 1st SATURDAYS or SUNDAYS - Meeting. Call for details.

Meditation for This Age Info: (888)-250-8115.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6:459pm - Meditation Class: Reduce stress, open the heart, think clearly, deepen a spiritual connection. $10.

Call for location details.

Meditation Programs Free programs with Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj of India. Yogic meditation with instruction, a musical program of sacred Indian bhajans, followed by prasad and an opportunity to speak with Sri Swamiji individually and receive his blessings and guidance on personal matters. Info: www.shivabalayogiguru.org.

• FR (5/1), 7pm - Program at Dhyan Mandir in Fairview. Info: cranberryc@ bellsouth.net.

• SA (5/2), 7pm Program at Namaste Yoga Sanctuary. Info: 253-6985.

• SU (5/3), 7pm - Program at Unity Center in Mills River. Info: 684-3798.

Men’s Group The group includes ritual, presentations and discussion. Focus on vision, mission and relationships.

Facilitated by an experienced men’s work leader.

Meets at the OASIS Center in W. Asheville. Info: 8179727.

• MONDAYS, 7-8:30pm - Meeting.

Mindfulness Meditation Class Explore the miracle of healing into life through deepened stillness and presence. With consciousness teacher and columnist Bill Walz. Info: 258-3241 or www.billwalz.com.

• MONDAYS, 7-8pm - Meditation class with lesson and discussions in contemporary Zen living. At the Asheville Friends Meeting House at

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

• SA (5/2), Noon - May Day Procession and MiniFest. Meet at the head of Montford (e-mail for exact location) and celebrate May Day/Beltane with other members of the community. Process in the Blessing of the Gardens, and enjoy entertainment in the traditional English style at Montford Park: May Pole dancing, Morris Men and more. All ages welcome.

Mountain Zen Practice Center Ending suffering through the practice of Conscious Compassionate Awareness.

Retreats, workshops and ongoing meditation opportunities. Located at 156 E. Chestnut St. For a complete schedule, including info on the Orientation Evening and Zen Practice Mornings: 253-4621 or www.mountainzen.org. Orientation required for newcomers.

• TUESDAYS, 7-8:30pm Meditation and discussion.

Mystic Gatherings Share in the community of those who are governed both by logic and observing signs around them: gut, spirit, intuition or whatever That is. Bring your stories and experiences.

Gatherings are dynamic and diverse and range from topics such as changes in our society to defining moments in life and much more. Info: 206-2009.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Meeting.

Namaste Sacred Events Located at 57 Broadway.

Info: 253-6985.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 6pm - Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Meditation. Come experience light and connect with a master of meditation.

Free.

National Bible Bee Competition The 2009 Bible Bee Competition will be held on Nov. 5 and 6 in Washington D.C. Children and young adults ages 7 to 18 are encouraged to learn the Bible, study and possibly win a place in this national competition. Info: gcckids@gccchurch.org or www.biblebee.org.

• Through TH (4/30) - Sign-up to compete. The local contest will be held on Sept. 12. See Web site for details.

Old Paths Baptist Church

Little River (Crab Creek Rd. & Everette Farm Rd. near Little River Firehouse). Info: 884-9462, 553-7119 or 862-7282.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Service.

• SUNDAYS, 10am Sunday School —- 11am - Sunday Morning Worship Service —- 6pm - Sunday Evening Service.

Open Door Christian Fellowship At 2314-C Asheville Hwy., Hendersonville. Info: www. achurchthatserves.com.

• SATURDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Unlocked Night Service: a contemporary service for people who don’t feel like they fit in at other churches.

Love offerings accepted.

Open Heart Meditation Enjoy the peace and happiness of your own heart.

Learn easy, effective practices for becoming heartcentered. Open to all. Free.

Info: 645-5950, 215-2572 or www.heartsanctuary.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 78:30pm - Upstairs at 218 E. Chestnut St. in Asheville.

• THURSDAYS, 10:30amNoon - At Namaste, 57 Broadway in Asheville.

Pure Toning Help create an ocean of healing, harmonic vibrations through vocal toning that allows participants to express Spirit beyond thought. This meditative gathering is open to all levels of experience.

Participate or just listen.

Love offering. Info: 6672967 or 669-6845.

• SU (5/3), 5-6:30pm - At Jubilee! in downtown Asheville.

Ray of Hope Nondenominational Church Located at 441 N. Louisiana Ave., Suites K & L. Info: 252-PRAY. • WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Training for Christian Service.

• SUNDAYS, 10am - Training for Christian Service —- 11am Worship with Pastor Inez D. Ray. Sai Baba Group of Asheville Meets at Unity Church in Fletcher. Info: 651-9546.

• 1st & 3rd SUNDAYS, 3:30pm - Meeting.

Sathya Sai Baba Center Of Asheville Info: 665-3952.

• 1st & 3rd SUNDAYS, 3pm - Study Circle, followed by Bahjans at 4pm.

Self-Realization Fellowship Asheville Meditation Circle of SRF meets weekly for Meditation and Readings Services from the teachings of Paramahansa

Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi.

Info: 645-6322 or 6649503.

• SUNDAYS, 9-10am & 10-11am - Group meets.

Sh’ma Messianic Ministries Messianic studies and Hebrew classes. Studies for Jews and gentiles. Hebraic roots with biblical and basic Hebrew language, Israeli dance. Free. Join the group for updates, contacts, calendars of feast days and other info: 582-4430, shma_ministries@yahoo. com or www.shmaministries@vpweb.com. To subscribe: ashevillemessianics@yahoogroups.com.

• FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS - Messianic studies and Hebrew classes.

Silent Meditation Come and enjoy group silent meditation in the Marshall area. Info: 5450239.

• TUESDAYS, 7pm Meditation.

Sojourner Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) A congregation in formation. The goal is provide a caring, non-threatening environment for the exploration of Christian spirituality. Info: www.sojournerchurch.org.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30am - Fellowship —- 10am - Worship.

Soka Gakkai International (SGI-USA) An American Buddhist association that promotes world peace and individual happiness based on the teachings of the Nichiren school of Mahayana Buddhism. Its membership reflects a broad range of ethnic and social diversity.

Info: 683-8460.

• 1st SUNDAYS, 10am - Chanting and discussion meeting at Fairfield Inn/Marriott off of Brevard Rd. Free.

Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Meditation Group Free meditation initiation and one-hour of silent meditation followed by 45 mins. of devotional singing.

Free vibhuti (sacred ash) distributed. Directions & info: 299-3246.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm - Gathering.

St. George’s Episcopal Church Led by Rev. Canon Gus Boone. Located at 1 School Road, Malvern Hills, Asheville. Info: 258-0211 or http://webpages.charter. net/stgeorgeasheville.

• SUNDAYS, 10:30am - In need of a faith lift?

Find spiritual nourishment at a small church with a

big heart. Welcoming and affirming to everyone.

Children especially welcome.

Sufi Healing Circle Traditional chanting practices to invoke the presence of the Divine to heal ourselves, our community and the world. Taste the love deep in your heart. Info: 777-5503.

• SUNDAYS, 6-7:15pm - Gathering. Call for location info.

Taize Prayer at St. Eugene’s Taize is meditative prayer — a mixture of quiet song, silence and scripture. Info: 285-0838.

• 1st FRIDAYS, 7-8pm - At St. Matthias Church, 1 Dundee St., Asheville (off Max St., which is off Charlotte St.).

Temple B’nai Zion Located at 855 Howard Gap Rd., Hendersonville.

Info: 697-3668 or BnaiZionAv1@aol.com.

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - Kabblat Shabbat Service.

• SATURDAYS, 1pm - A light meal will be served —- 2pm - Men’s prayer and Torah study, followed

by Hebrew study.

• TUESDAYS, 6:30pm “Benote Tefillah-Daughters of Prayer.”

The River Church A nondenominational area church family that believes in the value of meaningful worship, practical Bible teaching and real-life relationships. Info: 348-4703.

• SUNDAYS, 10:30am - Currently meets at Oakley Elementary School.

The Underground Church Merging with God, culture and others. We were sick of church but still loved God, so we decided to start meeting together. If that resonates, come and join the group on Sundays.

Info: www.ug-3.com or 318-6940.

• SUNDAYS, 10am Meeting at the downtown YMCA. Transmission Meditation Group Act as an instrument for disturbing spiritual energies, which helps in the healing and transformation of the planet, while advancing personal spiritual evolution in the process. Join this group meditation. Info: 318-8547.

• TUESDAYS, 6:30pm The group meets.

UFO Group Share thoughts and experiences. Together find the truth. Info: 281-4834 or www.yevasuniverse.com.

• MONTHLY, 7pm Meeting.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville A welcoming, socially conscious, liberal religious community offering stimulating sermons and outstanding music. Founded on Judeo-Christian values, the church draws freely on the wisdom of the world’s religions as well as humanist teachings; respects diversity; and takes seriously the responsibility to make a difference. Located at the corner of Charlotte St. & Edwin Pl. Info: 254-6001 or www.uuasheville.org.

• SUNDAYS, 9:15 & 11:15am - Weekly services and children’s programs.

Unity Cafe Looking for a change from the usual Sunday service?

Spiritual conversation and sharing, music, meditation, coffee and pastry.

Info: 254-8488 or www.

SacredNature.com/unitycafe.html.

• 1st, 3rd & 5th SUNDAYS, 10am-Noon - Weekly service at Greenlife Grocery Community Center, 90 Merrimon Ave. Unity Center Events Celebrate joyful, mindful living in a church with heart.

Contemporary music by Lytingale and The Unitic Band. Located at 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd. Info: 684-3798, 891-8700 or www.unitync.net.

• WE (4/29), 7pm Labyrinth Walk with Sam Richardson. Walk a 5-Path Labyrinth and discover the healing, magical power of this ancient energy pattern.

Love offering.

• THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Keeping a True Lent Study Group. This book was written by Charles Fillmore, cofounder of Unity. Students are free to attend all or any part of the classes. Led by Rev. Pam Hurst.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - “Meditation, Movement, Energy & Breath Series,” with Tim Norwood.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30am & 11am - Celebration Services with nursery care.

Youth Sunday School at 11am. Friendship Potluck 3rd Sunday of each month at 12:45pm. The Lunch Bunch, eat together after 11am service.

• SU (5/3), 7pm - Free Meditation Program with Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj of India. Info: www.shiva.org.

• MONDAYS, 7pm - A Course In Miracles Group.

Love offering.

• TUESDAYS, 2:30pm - “A Search for God Study

• SUNDAYS, 10:30am - Meditation —- 11am Sunday Celebration Service.

• TUESDAYS, 6:30pm - Spiritual classes based in metaphysics. $8 suggested love offering.

• TUESDAYS, 3-5pm & WEDNESDAYS, 6:308:30pm - Oneness Blessing (Deeksha). Feel stress levels settle into a place of love and peace. Everyone is welcome. Love offering.

Windhorse Zen Community Daily meditation, workshops, retreats and Dharma talks. Private instruction and opportunities for residential training are available. Teachers in residence: Lawson Sachter and Sunya Kjolhede, Dharma successors of Roshi Philip Kapleau. Main center: 580 Panther Branch, near Weaverville. City center: 12 Von Ruck Court. All are welcome; newcomers are asked to call ahead. Info: 645-8001, windhorse@ windhorsezen.org or www. windhorsezen.org.

• SUNDAYS, 9:30-11:30am - Main center: Zen meditation, chanting and Dharma talk.TUESDAYS, 7-9pm Main center: Sitting, private instruction and chanting.

TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS, 6-7:10am - Main center: Morning sittings and chanting.THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Main center: Sitting and walking mediation.FRIDAYS, 5:30-7:15pm - City center: Sitting, private instruction and chanting.

Womyn in Ceremony The group co-creates Sacred Space and Ceremony on various Sundays to connect more deeply with themselves, one another and the Ancestors. Work with Feminine Archetypes with the support of other womyn. By donation. Info: www.

RitesofPassageCouncil. com.

• SUNDAYS, 4-6pm - Gathering on various Sundays. See Web site for details.

Zen Center of Asheville This Soto Zen Temple offers zazen (meditation) instruction, zazen sitting schedule and dharma study. Beginners welcome.

Located in the A-frame chapel behind WNC Community Health Services in W. Asheville, 10 & 14 Ridgelawn Road. Take driveway to the left of 14 Ridgelawn to the chapel in the rear parking lot. Info: 398-4212 or www.zcasheville.org.

• MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 6-7:30am - Zazen.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm Zazen, followed by dharma study. $5 suggested dana.

• SATURDAYS, 6-9am - Zazen.

• 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 9:15am - Intro to zazen.

Sign-up required. Cost dana.

Art Gallery Exhibits & Openings 16 Patton Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., 1-6pm (open on Sun. MayOct. only). Info: 236-2889 or www.16patton.com.

• SA (5/2), 6-8pm - Opening reception for Artists Choice.

• Through SU (6/7) - Artists Choice, a group exhibition, will be on display.

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

• Through FR (5/1) - Milk of Human Kindness, paintings with food as the theme.

• Through TH (4/30) - Focus on Framing, “showing off our framing capabilities to enhance your artwork.”

Art at Holy Ground Holy Ground is located at 18 Orange St., off of Merrimon Ave., and is open Mon.-Thurs., 10am4:30pm. Info: 236-0222.

• Through WE (5/20) - A Celebration of Earth Day and the Divine Feminine, artwork by local painter and ceramic sculptor Arlene Boyce will be on display.

Art at UNCA Art exhibits and events at the university are free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: 251-6559. Blowers Gallery info: 251-6546.

Highsmith University Union info: 232-5000.

• Through TU (5/5) - The Eyes Have It: The Reciprocating Gaze, mixed media by UNCA senior Caitlin Rawlins will be on display at Highsmith University Union Gallery.

• MO (5/4), 6-8pm Opening reception for What Remains, sculpture by UNCA senior Jason Emory in the Tucker Cooke Gallery.

Arts Council of Henderson County

D. Samuel Neill Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 15pm and Sat., 1-4pm. Located at 538 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Hendersonville. Info: 693-8504.

• FR (5/1), 5:30-8pm Opening reception for River District Artists. Janice Lierz, Board President of the Asheville Area Arts Council, will speak.

• FR (5/1) through SA (6/20) - River District Artists, a show featuring works by artists from Asheville’s River Arts District will be on display.

Asheville Art Museum The museum is in Pack Place Education, Arts and Science Center on Pack Square. Hours: Tues.-Sat. from 10am-5pm and Sun. from 1-5pm. Free the 1st Wed. of every month from 3-5pm. Info: 253-3227. $6/$5. n ONGOING - Expectant Gaze: Art From the Eye and Mind.

• Through SU (7/5) Mapping the Mountains: The Photographs of George Masa.

• Through SU (5/10) - Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life, landmark designs that introduced mid-century modern to daily life in the 1950s.

• Through SU (5/3) - Christo and JeanneClaude: Projects will be on display. See the artistic process behind many of the monumental public art projects undertaken by the artists during the past five decades.

• FR (5/8), 5-7pm - Opening reception for Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan.

• FR (5/8) through SU (9/13) - Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan.

Asheville Gallery of Art A co-op gallery representing 28 regional artists located at 16 College St. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am5:30pm. Info: 251-5796 or www.ashevillegallery-of-art. com.

• Through TH (4/30) - Object Relations, a collection of acrylic, oil and mixed-media paintings by Howell Boyd.

• FR (5/1) through SA (5/30) - Ireland — Soul of Appalachia, a collection of oil landscapes of the Irish countryside by Jane Desonier.

Bella Vista Art Gallery Located in Biltmore Village, next to the parking lot of Rezaz’s restaurant. Open daily. Info: 768-0246 or www.bellavistaart.com.

• Through TH (4/30) Modern Japanese-inspired botanicals by new artist Nathaniel Galka and new pastels by New York artist Nicora Gangi.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Located in the renovated Old City Hall at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain.

Gallery Hours: Mon.-Wed. & Fri., 10am-5pm (closed Sat. during winter months).

Info: 669-0930 or www.

BlackMountainArts.org.

• Through SA (5/16) - Inner Life, a mixed media show by Joyce Blunk, will be on display.

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center The center is located at 56 Broadway, and preserves the legacy of the Black Mountain College through permanent collections, educational activities and public programs. Info: 350-8484 or bmcmac@ bellsouth.net.

• Through SA (6/27) Women of Black Mountain College: Triangle, featuring Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa and M.C. Richards. The show includes paintings, prints, weaving and ceramic works.

Caldwell Arts Council Located at 601 College Ave., Lenoir. Hours: Tues.Fri., 9am-5pm and Sat. by appointment. Info: 7542486 or www.caldwellarts. com.

• Through MO (6/29) - At Caldwell Memorial Hospital Art-in-Healing Gallery: Artwork (paintings, multimedia, collage, sculpture) by members of the Brush & Palette Club.

• FR (5/1) through FR (5/29) - Darron Silva, photography, and Exposures 2009 Photography Competition.

Colburn Earth Science Museum The museum has a permanent collection of gem and mineral samples from around the world. Located in Pack Place at 2 South Pack Square. Info: 2547162 or www.colburnmuseum.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 3-4pm - Rock and Mineral ID. Free with museum admission.

Exhibits at the Phil Mechanic Building Located in the River Arts District at 109 Roberts St. Info: 254-2166 or www. philmechanicstudios.com.

• FR (5/1), 7-10pm - Opening cocktail reception for an exhibition by Jennifer Brooks at the Pump Gallery. Live music will be performed by

Janna and Stu Zonder of SoulMates.

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/31) - An exhibition by Jennifer Brooks will be on display in the Pump Gallery.

Express Yourself This arts studio holds regular classes. Info: 698-9960.

• FRIDAYS - Homeschool art classes the first four Fridays of every month. Call for details and to register.

First Friday Gallery Walks in Hendersonville Join other art lovers on this casual stroll through a number of galleries in downtown Hendersonville.

Info: 698-0601.

• 1st FRIDAYS, 5-9pm Gallery Walk.

Grovewood Gallery Located at 111 Grovewood Rd., Asheville. Info: 2537651 or www.grovewood. com.

• Through MO (5/11) - Turning to the Future: A Fresh Look at Wood Art. This juried exhibit will feature an array of turned and carved wood, as well as wall-mounted pieces and freestanding sculptural forms from leading wood artists.

Haen Gallery Located at 52 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am6pm, Sat., 11am-6pm and Sun., Noon-5pm. Info: 2548577 or www.thehaengallery.com.

• Through TH (5/21) - New Work From Kinderhook Creek, paintings by Stephen Pentak.

Haywood County Arts Council The HCAC sponsors a variety of art-related events in Waynesville and Haywood County. Unless otherwise noted, showings take place at HCAC’s Gallery 86 (86 North Main St.) in Waynesville. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Info: 452-0593 or www.haywoodarts.org.

• Through SA (6/13) - Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Graduates 2009: A Gallery Exhibition will be on display. Free and open to the public.

• FR (5/1), 6-9pm - Opening reception for Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Graduates 2009: A Gallery Exhibition. Held in conjunction with Waynesvilles Art After Dark.

Knit Night Knitters and crocheters of all skill levels are invited to join others at Purl’s Yarn Emporium, 10 Wall St.

Painting by Lucy Hunnicutt

Group” —- 7:30pm Men’s Group.

• WE (5/6), 7pm “Quantum Touch Healing” with Rev. Pam Hurst.

Quantum Touch teaches you how to hold a high vibration to heal yourself or to send to another. Love offering.

Unity Church of Asheville Looking for something different? Unity of Asheville explores the deeper spiritual meaning of the scriptures combined with an upbeat contemporary music program to create a joyous and sincere worship service.

Come join us this Sunday and try it for yourself.

Located at 130 Shelburne Rd., W. Asheville. Info: 252-5010 or www.unityofasheville.org.

• SUNDAYS, 11am - Spiritual Celebration Service —- 11am - Magical Meditations for Children.

Class consists of visual meditations with wizards and fairies using Unity principles and crafts.

Part of the Children’s Greenhouse Program. Info: Serendipity58@charter. net —- 12:15-1:30pm - “A Course in Miracles” class with Rev. Gene Conner.

• TUESDAYS, 2-4pm - Edgar Cayce Search for God Study Group. Info: 650-6479.

UU Congregation of Swannanoa Valley Follows the 7 principles of Unitarian Universalism and has an active youth program. Located at 500 Montreat Rd., Black Mountain. Info: 669-8050 or www.uusv.org.

• SUNDAYS, 11 am - Weekly service & full youth religious education program.

Victory Fellowship Worship Center 450 Aiken Road/P.O. Box 2577, Weaverville.

Victory has been active in Weaverville for more than 14 years, providing a spiritfilled church family that is based on biblical teachings.

Contemporary Christian nondenominational services. Info: www.victoryfellowshipwc.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7pm Worship service.

• SUNDAYS, 11am & 6pm - Worship services —- 11am - Dynamic youth program.

Waynesville Creative Thought Center Located at 741 S. Haywood St., Waynesville. Info: 4569697, waynesvilleCTC@ aol.com or www.mountainshops.com/ctc.

64 Biltmore Avenue • Downtown Asheville 828.281.2134 www.amerifolk.com

Mon-Sat 10-6 • Sun 12-5

Blue Ridge Book & Author Showcase A Celebration of Authorship, Writing and the Joy of Reading

Saturday, May 9 9:00am - 5:00pm Blue Ridge Community College Flat Rock, NC

Free / Family Friendly 50 Authors sign books 15 Varied Presentations Robert Morgan Author & Honorary Chairman Sharyn McCrumb Author / Keynote Speaker 828-698-1550 www.blueridgebookfest.org

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Bring your current project.

Free. Info: 253-2750.

• THURSDAYS, 6-8pm - Knit night.

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

• Through FR (5/1) - Found Art Show.

Miya Gallery Located at 20 N. Main St., Weaverville. Info: 658-9655 or www.miyagallery.com.

• Through SA (5/30) - Spring Invitational 2009, featuring ceramics by John Ransmeier and Holden McCurry, and paintings by Germaine Galjour and Sarah Faulkner.

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

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

• Through SU (5/31) - In Awe of Nature, oil paintings

by Joe Kotowski.

Sylva’s Art After Dark Art, music and dining in downtown Sylva. Info: 631-3020 or www.historicdowntownsylva.com.

• 1st FRIDAYS, 6:30-9pm - Art After Dark.

The Bender Gallery Located at 57 Haywood St., Asheville. Hours: Mon.Thurs., 10am-5pm; Fri. & Sat., 10am-7pm; and Sun., Noon-5pm. Info: www. thebendergallery.com or 225-6625.

• TH (5/7), 5-8pm Opening reception for Glass Tapestries.

• TH (5/7) through TU (6/30) - Glass Tapestries, an exhibit of hand-manipulated hot cane glass sculptures by Carole Perry.

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: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Spruce Pine info: 765-0520. Burnsville info: 682-7215. General info: www.toeriverarts.org.

• Through SA (5/23) - Workman Works: Photography and Woodworking by Steve and Kay Workman will be on display at the Burnsville TRAC Gallery.

Transylvania Community Arts Council Located at 349 South Caldwell St. in Brevard.

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4 pm. Info: 884-2787 or www.artsofbrevard.org.

• MO (5/4) through FR (6/5) - Art Unleashed: Art About Animals, featuring

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Tryon Fine Arts Center The gallery is at 34 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Open Mon.Fri., 9am-Noon & 1:304pm; Sat., 9am-1pm. Info: www.tryontfac.org • Through FR (5/1) - Tryon Painters & Sculptors will present an exhibit by Asheville artist Reda Kay, Journeys in Mixed Media, in Gallery One. Upstairs Artspace Contemporary nonprofit gallery at 49 S. Trade St. in Tryon. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm and by appointment. Info: 859-2828 or www.upstairsartspace.org.

• Through SA (5/30) Sightings: New Faces from Asheville and Greenville, a mixed-media show by Asheville and Greenville artists and Janet Orselli’s exhibit Feats, an installation of found-object art centered on roller skates, will be on display.

Waynesville’s Art After Dark The Gallery Association of Waynesville regularly hosts gallery and artist studio events in the Waynesville area. Info: 452-9284 or www.waynesvillegalleryassociation.com.

• 1st FRIDAYS Participating galleries stay open until 9pm. Many galleries will also host artist receptions, provide live music and serve refreshments.

WCU Exhibits Unless otherwise noted, exhibits are held at the Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. Hours: Tues.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Suggested donation: $5 family/$3 person. Info: 227-3591 or www.wcu.edu/fapac/galleries.

• Through SA (5/2) - Juried Student Art Exhibit.

More Art Exhibits & Openings Art at Mars Hill College Gallery hours: Mon.-Thurs., 9am-4pm and Fri., 9am2pm or by appointment.

Info: 689-1273.

• Through FR (5/8) - Senior Exhibition. Graduating seniors Kim Perry, Ashley Griffin and Alicia Blaha will exhibit their work in the Weizenblatt Gallery, Moore Fine Arts Building. Info: slowrey@mhc.edu.

Art at Rosetta’s Kitchen

Open daily at 111 Broadway, downtown Asheville. Info: 232-0738.

• Through SU (5/17) - Magnolia Summer Art Exhibit, featuring paintings, photographs and poetry people created during last summer’s protracted tree-sit to protect the 100year-old twin magnolia on parkland opposite City Hall.

Info: 251-0343.

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

• Through SU (5/10) Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats, a traveling exhibit developed by AN Exhibition Group, will be on display in the Baker Exhibit Center.

• Through SU (6/14) - Blooming Out Loud, an exhibit by botanical artist Miriam Sagasti, will be on display at the Education Center’s 2nd Floor Gallery.

Center For Craft, Creativity and Design The inter-institutional Regional Center of the University of North Carolina is located at the Kellogg Conference Center, 11 Broyles Rd. in Hendersonville. Info: 8902050 or www.craftscreativitydesign.org.

• TU (5/5) through FR (8/14) - Are Chairs Just for Sitting, featuring the work of 24 accomplished furniture makers in WNC. Clingman Cafe Located at 242 Clingman Ave. in the River Arts District.

• Through TH (4/30) - New Spring Work featuring the work of ceramic artists Courtney Murphy, Patty Bilbro, Penny Waters-Clark, Jennifer Hoolihan, Heather Tinnaro and Julie Covington will be on display.

Colburn Earth Science Museum The museum has a permanent collection of gem and mineral samples from around the world. Located in Pack Place at 2 South Pack Square. Info: 2547162 or www.colburnmuseum.org.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, 35pm - Free admission to the museum and free rock and mineral ID. Exhibits at the Turchin Center Appalachian State Universitys Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is at 423 West King St. in Boone.

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Info: 262-3017 or www. tcva.org.

• Through SA (6/6) - The sixth annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition will be on display in the Mezzanine Gallery. Info: www.appmtnphotocomp.org —- Ray Kass, Trays and Tondos and Recent Works on Paper will be on display in the Main Gallery —Teresa Cerda: Horizons and Colors will be on display in the Catwalk Community Gallery.

Hand In Hand Gallery Located at 2720 Greenville Hwy. (U.S. 25 South) in Flat Rock. Info: 697-7719 or www.handinhandgallery. com.

• FR (5/8), 5-7pm - Opening reception for ECO-Art: Artists Respond- Reclaim, Reuse, Recreate. This “green” art exhibit explores the artist’s response to the world and times in which we live while supporting ECO’s work.

• Through SU (7/5) - ECOART: Artists RespondReclaim, Reuse, Recreate will be on display. In an effort to raise awareness and funds for ECO, an arts raffle and coin drive will be ongoing through July 4.

Henderson County Heritage Museum Located in the Historic Courthouse in Hendersonville at 1 Historic Courthouse Square on Main Street. Info: 694-1619 or www.hendersoncountymuseum.org.

• Through WE (11/11) - Let Freedom Ring, the exhibit includes artifacts, displays and a multimedia presentation.

Hickory Museum of Art Located on the SALT Block, 243 3rd Avenue NE. Info: 327-8576 or www.hickorymuseumofart.org.

• Through SU (6/14) William Barron Stronach III’s sculptural artwork will be on display in Gifford Gallery.

New French Bar Located at 12 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Info: 2256445.

• Through TH (4/30) - Female Form, a mixedmedia collage exhibit by Pat Perkerson.

• FR (5/1), 5-7pm Opening reception for the Jamie F. Stewart exhibit.

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/31) - Oil painting exhibit

by Jamie F. Stewart will be on display.

Push Skate Shop & Gallery Located at 25 Patton Ave. between Stella Blue and the

Kress Building. Info: 2255509 or www.pushtoyproject.com.

• FR (5/1), 7-10pm Reception for Doomsday Safari.

• FR (5/1) through TU (6/9) - Doomsday Safari, paintings by Sarah Cavalieri.

Smith-McDowell House Museum Period rooms grace this antebellum house on the campus of A-B Tech Community College. Open 10am-4pm Wed.-Sat. and Noon-4pm Sun. Info: 2539231.

• Through TH (4/30) Victorian Wedding Exhibit, featuring dated wedding and bridesmaid dresses, accessories and a trousseau. From an 1840s slave wedding to an 1860s bridal shower, the displays represent the time period.

Classes, Meetings & Arts-Related Events Attention Artists and Photographers! (pd.) Need your work Captured, Reproduced, or Printed? Digital Resolutions Group specializes in highquality large format digital photography, outstanding fine art reproduction and printing. (828) 670-5257 or visit www.ashevilledigital. com Pastel Workshop (pd.) With master pastelist Deborah Squier, May 2830, Art League studio, 999 Old Rt. 70, Black Mountain.

Includes Saturday paint-out with instruction at Lake Lure. $250. Call 669-5947.

Anarchy Death Sticks Knitting group. Info: arupinski@gmail.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Eat some cookies and get some help.

Asheville Art Museum The museum is in Pack Place Education, Arts and Science Center on Pack Square. Events are free with membership or admission.

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

• SU (5/3), 2pm - Panel Discussion: “Art in the Public Realm.” Panelists will include public projects artist Mel Chin, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Director and Chief Curator Hank Foreman and others.

• FR (5/8), Noon-1pm - Art Break: Docents will lead a conversational tour of Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life.

Asheville Scrapbook Meetup Meet other local scrapbookers for conversation, inspiration and fun. The group includes both brand new and advanced scrapbook-

ers. It’s free to join, but crops are $10 per person.

Info: www.scrapbook. meetup.com/1879.

• 1st & 3rd FRIDAYS, 6pm - Meeting. Visit the Web site to register for upcoming events.

Events At Folk Art Center The center is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 382 (just north of the Hwy 70 entrance in East Asheville). Open daily from 9am-6pm. Info: 2987928 or www.craftguild. org.

• DAILY, 10am-4pm - Craft demonstrations in the front lobby, March-Dec. Laurel Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America Holds monthly meetings and smaller groups dedicated to teaching different types of needlework. The chapter is also involved in numerous outreach projects. Guests are always welcome at meetings. Info: 654-9788 or www.egacarolinas.org.

• TH (3/5), 9:30-10am - Registration followed by a short business meeting and a program by David Osann, PPS of Framing Arts in Hendersonville, on framing techniques used for various types of needle art. At Cummings United Methodist Church in Horse Shoe, about six miles from Hendersonville.

Mountain Arts Program Seeking artists in all disciplines to participate in a program of residencies in public schools in WNC counties. MAP sponsors single-day visits to weeklong residencies at all grade levels from K-12. Artists receive a stipend. For an application or more info: www.waanc.org or 6827215.

• Through FR (5/1) Application deadline.

Sewing Circle at Firestorm Cafe A weekly get-together where you can bring your own craft to work on in a casual and supportive environment. Drop in anytime. $1 suggested donation.

Info: 255-8115.

• WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm - The circle meets at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. Stitch Night at Caffiend Bring your project to work on to Caffiend, 120 A Merrimon Ave. Meets every Monday, except 2nd Mondays when the group meets with Asheville Knitting Guild at 36 Grove St. at 7pm. Info: tessa.32@ hotmail.com.

• MONDAYS, 7:30Whenever - Stitch night (except 2nd Mondays).

Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League Classes are held at 999 W. Old Rt. 70, Black Mountain.

Info: 664-0501 or www. svfal.org.

• THURSDAYS, 9am-1pm - Experimental Art Group will meet. Learn a new technique each month from a different artist. $20.

• FRIDAYS, 10am-1pm - Figure drawing openstudio session with model.

Various poses. No instruction. All local portrait artists are invited to participate. $5-$10 model fee.

• MONDAYS, Noon-3pm - Portrait painting openstudio session with model.

Various poses. No instruction. All local portrait artists are invited to participate in any medium. $5-$10 model fee.

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

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7-9pm - Open figure drawing sessions. $5.

Waynesville Parks & Rec Classes At the Old Armory Rec Center. Info: 456-9207.

• THURSDAYS, 9am-2pm - Quilting Class. Free.

Art/Craft Fairs Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness Located at 1905 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock.

• SA (5/2), 9am-1pm - May Market. There will be selections of furniture, jewelry, home decor, gardening items, linens, collectibles and more. Held at the Parish House.

Greenlife Grocery Arts Market Located at 70 Merrimon Ave. Info: 254-5440.

• SATURDAYS, 1-6pm Meet artists from all across WNC.

Spoken & Written Word Asheville Free Book Exchange Located at 191 Lyman St. in the River Arts District.

Info: (404) 933-9173, info@freebookexchange. org or www.freebookexchange.org. n Donate time or used books, multimedia, magazines, comics and such.

• MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 10am-6pm; SATURDAYS, Noon-6pm

& SUNDAYS, Noon5pm - Open. The space includes free books, free Wi-Fi, a lounge area and a children’s section. A donation-based center. Open mics on the first Thurs. of the month.

• 1st THURSDAYS Singer/songwriter night.

Asheville Wordfest A poetry festival featuring poets from an array of cultures and various aesthetics. Sponsored by the Mountain Area Information Network. All events are free. Info: info@ashevillewordfest.org or www. ashevillewordfest.org.

• TH (4/30), 7pm - Lee Ann Brown, Patrick Rosal and Ross Gay at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. —- 10pm “Moving Poetry” at Jubilee!.

• FR (5/1), 4pm - Caroline Mercurio, Holly Iglesias, doris davenport and David Hopes at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, 56 Broadway —7pm - Elizabeth Bradfield, Gary Copeland Lilley and Quincey Troupe at Jubilee!

—- 10pm - Thomas Rain Crowe & the Boatrockers with Coleman Barks, followed by Wordfest Wide Open Mic at BoBo Gallery.

• SA (5/2) - Saturday morning “Writing the Imaginative Storm” with James Nave —- 2pm - Keith Flynn, Pat RiviereSeel, Ekiwah Adler Belendez at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center —- 7pm - Valzhyna Mort, Frank X Walker and Li-Young Lee at Jubilee!

—- 9:30pm - The Poetix Lounge: “Treason,” featuring The Poetix Vanguard with an open set at Hookah Joe’s, 38b North French Broad Ave. Learn from the unique perspective of poets and veterans.

• SU (5/3), 1pm - Allan Wolf will present “The Four Important Facts Every Writer Should Know,” focusing on his young adult verse novel Zane’s Trace, at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. Performance, slide show and book signing. A reading by young poets will follow. Info: 2538304 —- 3pm - Debora Kinsland Foerst, Landon Godfrey and Paul Allen, followed by a closing reception at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St. Asheville Writing Enthusiasts AWE encourages and educates Asheville-area writers; establishes and develops contacts with authors, editors, agents and publishers;

and fosters a community of support among writers.

Info: 225-5677 or theemaco@aol.com. â&#x20AC;˘ 1st SATURDAYS, 10:30am-12:30pm Presentation by a known author, agent, publisher or editor in the Board Room at Pack Place.

Attention Mystery Writers Check out WNC Mysterians Critique Group. For serious writers. Info: 712-5570 or wncmysterians.org. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (4/30), 6pm - Meeting at the West Asheville Library on Haywood Road in the meeting room.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Located in the renovated Old City Hall at 225 West State St. in Black Mountain.

Info: 669-0930 or www. blackmountainarts.org. â&#x20AC;˘ MO (5/4), 7pm - Allegra Huston will read from and discuss her book Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found. A public Q&A session will follow.

Free.

Buncombe County Public Libraries LIBRARY ABBRVIATIONS - Each Library event is marked by the following location abbreviations: n BM = Black Mountain Library (105 N. Dougherty St., 250-4756) n EA = East Asheville Library (902 Tunnel Road, 250-4738) n EC = Enka-Candler Library (1404 Sandhill Road, 250-4758) n FV = Fairview Library (1 Taylor Road, 250-6484) n LE = Leicester Library (1561 Alexander Road, 250-6480) n LL = Law Library (Buncombe County Courthouse, 10th Floor, 250-4734) n NA = North Asheville Library (1030 Merrimon Avenue, 250-4752) n PM = Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood Street, 250-4700) n SA = South Asheville/ Oakley Library (749 Fairview Road, 250-4754) n SS = Skyland/South Buncombe Library (260 Overlook Road, 250-6488) n SW = Swannanoa Library (101 West Charleston Street, 2506486) n WV = Weaverville Library (41 N. Main Street, 250-6482) n WA = West Asheville Library (942 Haywood Road, 250-4750) â&#x20AC;˘ WEDNESDAYS, 10am - School Age Story Time for 5- to 7-year-old children.

PM.

â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/1), 7pm Sustainability Film Series: King Corn will be screened.

BM. â&#x20AC;˘ SU (5/3), 2:30pm - Elliot Engel presents: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Didactic Rudyard Kipling.â&#x20AC;?

Engel looks at Kiplingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Indian origins and his later imperialist prejudices to reveal his unique contribution to world literature. PM. â&#x20AC;˘ TU (5/5), 7pm - Author and hiker Peter Barr will present images of oldfire lookout towers still standing in many area forests. During his slide show, Barr will discuss his trail guidebook Hiking North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lookout Towers. LE â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 7pm - Book Discussion: Thirteen Moons

by Charles Frazier WV â&#x20AC;&#x201D;7pm - Book Club: Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan. EC. â&#x20AC;˘ WE (5/6), 12:30pm - Book Discussion: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. WV. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/7), 6:30pm - Book Club: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

EA â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 6pm - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dream Interpretationâ&#x20AC;? with Robert Gongloff. SW â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 7pm - Book discussion group: A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream

by William Shakespeare.

BM â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 7pm - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jack Tales and Old Time Music.â&#x20AC;?

Come hear stories and enjoy old-time music with Hannah Seng. SA. Call for Submissions The Hod, a new literary tabloid zine based in WNC, is seeking submissions.

The first issue will be out at the end of June. For more info and guidelines: www. thehodltz.com. â&#x20AC;˘ Through FR (5/15) Deadline.

Events at Accent on Books The bookstore is located at 854 Merrimon Ave. Events are free and open to the public. Info: 252-6255 or www.accentonbooks.com. â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/8), 6pm - Outdoor writer Danny Bernstein will read and sign copies of her books. Light refreshments will be served.

Events at Malapropâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The bookstore and cafe at 55 Haywood St. hosts visiting authors for talks and book signings. Info: 2546734 or www.malaprops. com. â&#x20AC;˘ WE (4/29), 7pm Lauretta Hannon will read from and sign her debut book The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life, her quirky and humorous memoir of growing up in the eccentric South. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (4/30), 12:30-1:30pm - French Conversation

Hour with a native speaker.

High intermediate through advanced level speakers are welcome. Info: 255-9104. â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/1), 7pm - Susan Rebecca White will present her novel Bound South, which chronicles the lives of three very different women who find themselves on very similar journeys. â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/2), 1pm - New York Times bestselling author Sara Gruen will read from and sign copies of her book Water for Elephants â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 7pm - Allegra Huston will read from and sign copies of her memoir Love Child. â&#x20AC;˘ SU (5/3), 3pm - Poetrio.

Readings by local poets Paul Allen, Landon Godfrey, and Debora Kinsland Foerst. â&#x20AC;˘ MO (5/4), 7pm - Bridging Differences Bookclub and host Patti Digh will discuss Chris Bohjalianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TransSister Radio. â&#x20AC;˘ TU (5/5), 12:30pm-1pm - Spanish Conversation Practice Hour with a native speaker. High intermediate through advanced level speakers are welcome â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 7pm - Malapropâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Night with Karen Miller and Allan Wolf.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book buyer Caroline Green will discuss new literature for kids of all ages and reading levels. â&#x20AC;˘ WE (5/6), 7pm - Book Art Discussion with Gwen Deihn, Dan Essig, Andy Farkas and Annie Fain Liden. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/7), 7pm - Rachel Keener will present her debut novel, The Killing Tree. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/7), 12:30-1:30pm - French Conversation Hour with a native speaker.

High intermediate through advanced level speakers are welcome. Info: 255-9104. â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/8), 7pm - Jessica Handler will read from and sign copies of her memoir Invisible Sisters.

Firestorm Cafe & Books 48 Commerce St., Asheville. Info: 255-8115 or www.firestormcafe.com. â&#x20AC;˘ 1st SUNDAYS, 7:309:30pm - Poetics Poetry Slam. Sign-up prior to the slam, which starts at 8pm.

All are welcome to either participate or watch. â&#x20AC;˘ 1st TUESDAYS, 8:3010:30pm - Open mic. Come with friends, something to share and ears to listen. All are welcome.

For Accomplished Asheville Writers Seeking other serious writers for critique group.

Mostly fiction and nonfiction. Info: 658-8217. â&#x20AC;˘ Alternate THURSDAYS, 6:30pm - Group meets.

French Conversation Intermediate and advanced.

All welcome. Free. â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAYS, 12:301:30pm - Meeting in the back room of World Coffee Cafe, 18 Battery Park.

Murphy Library 101 Blumenthal St. in Murphy. Info: pegrussell@ hotmail.com or 387-8197. â&#x20AC;˘ 5th THURSDAYS, 36pm - Fifth Thursday Celebration. Free screening of a movie starting at 6pm.

Osondu Booksellers All events are held at Osondu, 184 North Main St., Waynesville, unless otherwise noted. Info: 4568062 or www.osondubooksellers.com. â&#x20AC;˘ SA (5/2), 3pm - Meet the Author: Terry Rollins.

Married to the Military is Rollinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first book, which is a collection of short stories about the everyday joys and struggles of military wives â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 7pm - Chris Minick will perform.

Readings at Thomas Wolfe Memorial Located at 52 N. Market St. Info: www.wolfememorial. com, contactus@wolfememorial.com or 253-8304. â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/1), 2-4pm - Poetry and Picking on the Front Porch with singer/songwriter Don Humphries. Bring a chair, pack a lunch and join in the fun. Free.

Spanish Conversation Group The level is intermediate/ advanced, but all are welcome. Info: LBlockhead@ yahoo.com or 683-8433. â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAYS, 12:30pm Meets for lunch, friendship and practice at La Carreta on Merrimon Ave. Spanish, French and More International Link offers ongoing small group instructional classes, conversation practice hours and tutoring for many languages, including Spanish, French and English. Info: 255-9104. â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAYS, 12:301:30pm - French Conversation Practice. â&#x20AC;˘ THURSDAYS, 6:30-8pm - Beginner Spanish smallgroup class. â&#x20AC;˘ MONDAYS, 6:30-8pm High Intermediate/Advanced Spanish Conversation Class (with instruction). â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS, 12:301:30pm & THURSDAYS, 7-8pm - Spanish Conversation Practice.

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and the unique stories of Americans. The StoryCorps mobile StoryBooth, an Airstream trailer, will be parked across the street from the WCQS station, 73 Broadway in Asheville, to collect the stories of WNC residents. Info: www.storycorps.net.

• Through SA (5/2) - The StoryCorps mobile booth will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but otherwise will be open from approximately 10am to 6pm most days.

Wednesday Afternoon Writer’s Group Weekly group open to writers of all genres who are interested in improving their craft through peer readings and discussion of assigned literature. Free.

• WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm - Meets upstairs at the Barnes & Noble, Asheville Mall.

Women Poets Wanted Seeking female poets for a monthly feedback group at Asheville home. Info: 2960660 or jcpoet@bellsouth. net.

• 1st SUNDAYS, 3pm - Meeting.

Writer’s Group Forming Spend an hour as we become muses for one another. Gather together in a supportive group as we give external expression to our internal thoughts on a theme. Info: 545-2448.

• TUESDAYS - But meeting day is flexible, as well as time of day.

Writers’ Workshop Events WW offers a variety of classes and events for beginning and experienced writers. Info: 254-8111 or www.twwoa.org. n Tutors are available for students at every grade level and in various subjects. Info: call or e-mail WritersW@gmail.com with “Tutor” as subject.

• TH (4/30) - Deadline for the “Words of Love” contest. Any writer may submit a story, poem or essay of 3,500 words or less. $20 per submission/$15 members. Multiple entries accepted. $300 First Place prize.

Food Asheville Vegetarians This nonprofit social and educational organization meets for potlucks and other events. Info: 2549300, www.AshevilleVeg. com or veggieville@aol. com.

• Last WEDNESDAYS Local restaurant outing. Call for details.

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• 1st SUNDAYS, 6pm - Vegan potluck at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 364 Broadway St. Please bring your own plate, utensils and a vegan dish to share.

Festivals & Gatherings * Biltmore Village May

Day Festival Live music, carriage rides, Victorian-clad and whitedressed May Day greeters.

Bring canned food items to donate to MANNA FoodBank.

• SA (5/2), 11am-6pm - May Day Festival in Biltmore Village. Maypole dancing at 11am. The Moore Brothers and Southern Crescent bluegrass bands will perform.

Land of the Sky Barbershop and Best of Times will be singing throughout the day.

Church of the Redeemer Bazaar 1201 RIverside Drive in Woodfin. Info: 776-7770.

• SA (5/2), 8am-2pm - Mother’s Day Bazaar.

There will be crafts, plants and flowers for sale.

Also, homemade goodies, breads, cakes, muffins, cookies and more.

Breakfast is $2.

Flat Rock Music Festival This festival is held at Camp Ton-a-Wandah in Flat Rock. Tickets & info: www. flatrockmusicfestival.com or 692-2005.

• SA (5/2), 1pm-until - Spring Fling 2009. Eight performers, song circles, open jams, swimming, boating, crafts, food and more. $35/$17.50 kids/Free for kids 10 and under.

French Broad River Festival The festival takes place at the Hot Springs Campground & Spa, and celebrates the river with live music, outdoor events, food, a kids’ village and more. Tickets & info: www. frenchbroadriverfestival. com.

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/3) - The 12th annual festival. A benefit for American Whitewater and Hot Springs Community Learning Center.

International Children’s Festival Celebrate many different cultures, while honoring children around the globe and Vance Elementary’s magnet theme of “Ecology and Human Diversity.”

Everyone is welcome.

At Vance Elementary, 90 Sulphur Springs Road, Asheville. Info: 350-6600.

• SA (5/2), 11am-3pm - The festival will include inflatables, face painting, games, arts and crafts, stage entertainment, multicultural food and a world parade. International costumes of all kinds are encouraged.

Old Fort Pow Wow A gathering showing the past and present history and culture of the Native American people. Dancing, drumming, singing, storytelling, demonstrations, crafts and more. At the Old Fort Rodeo Grounds, exit 73 off of I-40. $5/$2 children.

Info: 1-888-213-6111. n Volunteers are needed: (813) 765-3073.

• FR & SA (5/8 & 9), 9am-9pm & SU (5/10), 9am-5pm - Pow Wow. Bring a lawn chair. Friday is Kids Day. Old Fort Railroad Day • SA (5/2) - Celebrate the train and its impact on WNC at Old Fort Railroad Day in Old Fort. The main events will take place in the renovated depot, c. 1881, at the corner of Main Street and Catawba Avenue. Free.

Info: www.mcdowellnc.org or 888-233-6111.

Sidewalk Yard Sale In downtown Marion.

Presented by the Marion Business Association. To reserve a space for $5: 652-2215.

• SA (5/2) - Residents from seven WNC counties will be selling items.

Spring Market Hosted by the Junior League of Asheville at the Asheville Mall. Info: 254-5608 or www.juniorleagueasheville.org.

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/3) - Activities and entertainment for the entire family.

Music African Drumming Class With Jessie Lehmann from Chix with Stix. Held at Terpsicorp dance studio, 129 Roberts St. in the River Arts District. Class will focus on playing for African dance class afterward. Learn West African rhythms. Techniques for Dun-dun, sangbahn, kenkeni and djembe. Info: 777-5115.

• TUESDAYS, 6:30-7:30pm - Class.

African Drumming Classes All levels. Drums available for beginners. Learn rhythms from the Ivory Coast, Mali and Guinea from Ivorian master Adama Dembele, who has played with Toubab Krewe,

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Afromotive and other groups worldwide. $15 suggested donation for first three classes. Info: 3501052 or adamadembele2@ yahoo.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginner I Class.

• SUNDAYS, 1-2pm - Beginner II Class —- 34pm - Beginner I Class.

• SUNDAYS, 3-4pm Beginner class.

• MONDAYS, 5-6pm Classes at the French Broad Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave., 2nd floor.

Bluegrass at the Historic Marion Depot Musicians and bands welcome. Dancing is encouraged. Info: 652-3330.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Free bluegrass concert.

Concerts at UNCA Concerts are held in Lipinsky Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Tickets & info: 232-5000.

• TH (4/30), 7:30pm Contemporary music will be performed by the University Percussion Ensemble, in Lipinsky Hall Rm. 18. $5/ Free for students.

• SU (5/3), 4pm - The University Gala Concert will be performed. $5/Free for students.

Drum Classes Free. Ongoing for seven years. All ages and skill levels welcome. Safe community atmosphere. Extra drums available. Meets at the Movement and Learning Center above the French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Info: 5456064.

• MONDAYS, 6:15-7:30pm - West African Bass Drums —- 7:30-8:30pm - Hand Drums —- 8:30-till - Open circle. Dancers welcome.

Events at Carolina Day Located at 1345 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. Events are free, unless otherwise noted.

Info: 274-1244.

• SU (5/3), 6pm - The upper school chorus and faculty of Carolina Day School and Pastyme will join together to present Schubert’s Mass in G Major in the upper school auditorium. Pastyme will also give an a cappella program.

Haywood Community Band Info: 452-7530 or www. haywoodcommunityband. org.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm - Rehearsals at Grace Episcopal Church, 394 N. Haywood St., Waynesville.

All interested concert band musicians are welcome to attend.

Haywood Community Chorus

Membership is open to all interested singers; no auditions are required.

Sponsored in part by The Junaluskans and the Haywood County Arts Council. Info: 452-4075 or 456-1020.

• MONDAYS, 7pm Rehearsal in the third floor choir room at First United Methodist Church, 566 S. Haywood St., Waynesville.

Hendersonville Chamber Music Concerts take place at Blue Ridge Community College’s Patton Auditorium. Tickets: $17/show. Students are free. Info: 697-0455 or 693-7025.

• SU (5/3), 3pm - Concert featuring Fresita.

Hendersonville Chorale Concert At First Baptist Church in Hendersonville. Info: 6964968.

• FR (5/1), 8pm & SA (5/2), 4pm - Spring concert. $10/$5 children.

Hillbilly Jackie Dance Barn Bluegrass and country; all pickers are welcome. At Blue Ridge Ice Cream, 1228 Newfound Rd. Free. Info: 683-4145.

• SATURDAYS, 7pm Gathering.

Land of the Sky Men’s Harmony Chorus Male singers invited to weekly meetings at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 51 Wilburn Place, W. Asheville. Info: 2989248 or www.ashevillebarbershop.com.

• TUESDAYS, 7:30pm Regular meeting.

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

Info: www.ashevillebarbershop.com or 253-8304.

• TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Rehearsals at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 51 Wilburn Pl. LIFT Culture House 516 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee, across from Tribal Fairgrounds. Info: 4970707.

• FRIDAYS, 5pm Cherokee Thunder Drum Circle meets in the Back Room. Free and open to all.

Music at Mars Hill College Info: 689-1239 or www. mhc.edu.

• SU (5/3), 2:45pm - Recital —- 4pm Showcase. Featuring performances by student soloists and ensembles, dance classes, faculty and the new percussion ensemble.

Both events are free, but a free-will offering will be taken to benefit the student scholarship program. At

Moore Auditorium. Info: 649-2828.

Music at the Asheville City Market The market is held in the parking lot of the Public Works building on South Charlotte Street. Info: 2426881.

• SA (5/2), 8am-1pm - Red Headed Stepchild.

Traditional music of the Southern Appalachian on the fiddle, banjo and guitar.

Music at the BeBe Theatre Located at 20 Commerce St. in downtown Asheville.

• FR (5/1), 9pm - Windy & Carl, Benoit Pioulard, Lamb’s Laughter will perform. $10.

Music at the Toe River Arts Council Info: 682-7215 or www. toeriverarts.org.

• FR (5/8), 8pm - Java Jam: Music and dancing with WSNB (blues and rock). $12 adults/$6 students. Proceeds help to support the Toe River Arts Council.

N.C. Mountain Acoustic Music Association The NCMAMA strives to promote and preserve acoustic, roots-oriented music and dance in WNC. Info: www.ncmama.org.

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - Classic Country and Bluegrass Music at the Train Depot in downtown Marshall.

Silvermont Mountain Jam Sessions At Silvermont Mansion, E. Main St. (Rte. 276 S), Brevard. Free. Info: fivestring@citcom.net.

• THURSDAYS, 7:30pm - Bluegrass.

Song O’ Sky Chorus (Sweet Adelines International) The chorus is always looking for women who want to learn how to sing barbershop harmony. Please visit a rehearsal. Info: 1-866-824-9547 or www. songosky.org.

• MONDAYS, 6:45pm Rehearsal at Reed Memorial Baptist Church on Fairview Rd. (enter parking lot on Cedar St.).

St. Matthias Musical Performances These classical music concerts take place at St. Matthias’ Episcopal Church in Asheville, 1 Dundee St. (off South Charlotte). Info: 252-0643.

• SU (5/3), 3pm - Concert by a 20-voice chamber choir and 34-piece orchestra, featuring Bach’s Cantata No. 137, Lobe den Herren, Dvorak’s Te Deum and an Ave Maria by Biebl.

Donations will be accepted for the restoration of the historic church.

Summer Music in Flat Rock Series Presented by the Flat Rock Merchants Association. The outdoor series takes place on Little Rainbow Row’s back deck (behind the colorful shops on the corner of Greenville Hwy. and West Blue Ridge Rd.). This is a casual, family-oriented, bring-your-own-lawn-chair event. Free. Info: 697-7719 or www.flatrockonline.com.

• SA (5/2), 6-8pm - Jean Calvert and Company will perform.

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

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

• FR (5/8), 7:30pm Entertainer Linda Gentille, whom the late Liberace called the “piano princess,” will perform. $25/$20 seniors/$5 students.

World Beat Dance and Drumming Join drummers Billy Zanski and Linda Go for free-spirited, family-oriented dancing and drumming that combine Latin, African, Brazilian, hip hop and jazz rhythms. $5 suggested donation.

• MONDAYS, 6:15pm - Meets at Odyssey Community School.

Year-Round Mountain Music For more than a decade, folks have gathered to hear and play bluegrass and traditional mountain music.

Nobody’s paid, everyone’s welcome and coffee and sodas are still just a quarter! Rockett Building, Old Fort. Info: 888-233-6111.

• FRIDAYS, 7pm - Weekly music gatherings.

Theater Mystery Dinner Theatre on the Train (pd.) Performances on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad; Saturday evenings May 16 – September 26; 7:00p.m. departure from Bryson City. 3-course prime rib or vegetarian dinner and interactive mystery.

Reservations required (800) 872-4681 or www. gsmr.com. Saturday (5/16, 23, 30) – Right Under the Devil’s Nose, comic mystery of modern day treasure hunters on an expedition to Lake Titimama. * Godspell • FR (5/8), 7pm & SA (5/9), 3pm - First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, 40 Church St., will present their production of Godspell Junior!

Godspell is based primarily on Matthew’s Gospel. Free, but donations will go to benefit the Childcare Center of FPC. Parking available.

Info: 253-1431.

Asheville Arts Center This center offers adult and children’s classes in music, drama and dance. Info: 253-4000 or www.ashevilleartscenter.com.

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/3) - The Children’s Theatre Workshop presents The Wizard of Oz, which be performed in Montford Park. Fri. and Sat., 6pm and Sun., 2pm.

Asheville Community Theatre All performances are at 35 East Walnut St. Info & reservations: 254-1320 or www.ashevilletheatre.org.

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/17) - Enchanted April, based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. Fri. and Sat., 8pm and Sun., 2:30pm. $22/$19/$12.

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

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/3), 2:30pm - The Autumn Players Reader’s Theatre Showcase: Martin Sherman’s Rose will be performed. The Sun. performance will be held at the Reuter Center on the UNCA campus. $5.

Flat Rock Playhouse The State Theater of North Carolina is on Hwy. 225, 3 miles south of Hendersonville. Info: 6930731 or www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

• Through SA (5/2) - Art will be performed. The plot concerns the lifechanging effects on three friends when one of them purchases an expensive work of abstract art.

Recommended for adults only. $26/$24/$22.

• WE (5/6) through SU (5/24) - Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical, a play that celebrates the worlds most famous rebel. Wed.-Sat., 8:15pm and Wed.-Sun., 2:15pm. $34/$32 seniors/$24 students.

Hendersonville Little Theatre Located at the Barn on State St., between Kanuga and Willow Roads in Hendersonville. $14/$8 or $18/$10 for musicals.

Tickets & info: 692-1082 or www.hendersonvillelittletheatre.org.

• FR (5/8) - There will be an opening night

newsoftheweird Lead story When Alcoa was preparing to build an aluminumsmelting plant in Iceland in 2004, the government forced the company to hire an expert to ensure that none of the country’s legendary “hidden people” lived underneath the property. The elflike goblins provoke genuine apprehension in many of the country’s 300,000 natives (who are all, reputedly, related by blood).

According to this month’s Vanity Fair, an Alcoa spokesman said the inspection (which delayed construction for six months) was costly but necessary because the company “couldn’t be in the position of acknowledging the existence of hidden people.” (Lewis offered several explanations for the country’s spectacular 2008 financial implosion, including Icelanders’ incomprehensible superiority complex, which convinced many lifelong fishermen that they were gifted investment bankers.)

Cultural diversity • Among Saudi Arabia’s lingering sex-based customs are restrictions on women’s working outside the home, which force lingerie shops to be staffed by males who must awkwardly advise women on bra styles and sizes.

The campaign for change, led by a female college lecturer in Jidda, has even enlisted some clerks, who are as embarrassed as the customers about these exchanges, according to a February BBC News dispatch.

• Only in Japan/Only in Sweden: (1) Sega Toys reported in January that, in just three months, it had sold 50,000 units of the Pekoppa, a “plant” consisting of leaves and branches that flutter when “spoken to.” The company attributes its success to the epic loneliness of many Japanese. (2) Children’s advocates complained in April that Sweden’s national library, acting on a standing order to archive copies of all domestic publications, has been gathering books and magazines of child pornography from the years 1971-1980, when it was legal, and (as libraries do) lending them out.

• The Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace commenced campaigns in February criticizing Americans’ peculiar preference for ultrasoft, quilted toilet paper. In Europe and Latin America, 40 percent of toilet paper is produced by recycling, but Americans’ demand for multi-ply tissue requires mostly virgin wood. The activists say U.S. toilet paper has more environmental impact than gas-guzzling cars.

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• The estimated 10,000 believers who constitute the QuiverFull movement are attempting to reverse American Christianity’s declining birthrate by shunning all contraception, in obedience to Psalm 127, which likens having a big family to having a “quiver” full of “arrows.” “God opens and closes the womb,” one advocate told National Public Radio in March, noting that in her own church in Shelby, Mich., the mothers average 8.5 children. “The womb is such a powerful weapon ... against the enemy,” she said. “The more children I have, the more ability I have to impact the world for God.”

Questionable judgments • Australian Marcus Einfeld (a lawyer, former federal judge and prominent Jewish community leader) was once decorated as a national “living treasure,” but his decision to fight a $77 (Aus.) speeding ticket in 2006 brought about his downfall. By March 2009, he’d been sentenced to two years in prison for perjury and obstructing justice, having created four detailed schemes to “prove” he wasn’t driving that day. The judge accepted his original defense (that he’d loaned the car to a friend who had since passed away), but dogged reporting by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph exposed that lie, plus subsequent elaborate ones to cover each successive explanation. Encouraged by those revelations, the press later uncovered Einfeld’s bogus college degrees and awards and an incident of double-billing the government.

• A high-school student in Oakton, Va., was suspended for two weeks in March when she inadvertently brought her birth-control pill to school, even though her mother had OK’d the prescription. With two weeks off to conduct research, the girl discovered that bringing heroin to school would trigger only a one-week suspension under county rules. Birth-control pills are particularly objectionable because they countermand the school system’s “abstinence-only” sex-education classes, officials told The Washington Post.

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Feral Americans Recent Human Biting: (1) Sheila Bolar, 49, was arrested after biting a transit driver because she wanted to ride only a “hybrid” bus (New York City, January).

(2) Aleyda Uceta, 30, was arrested for biting her son’s principal during a parent conference (Providence, R.I., March). (3) Curtis Cross was arrested for allegedly biting off another motorist’s ear in a road-rage incident (New Castle, Ind., April). (4) Lyndel Toppin, 50, bit down on his fiancee’s arm, resulting in nerve damage, because she’d incorrectly arranged the cheese on his meatball sandwich (Philadelphia, April). (5) Blaine Milam, 19, and Jessica Carson, 18, were arrested for performing an exorcism on their baby daughter that resulted in 20 bite marks (Rusk County, Texas, December).

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Recurring themes News of the Weird has noted two failed instances of dressing up the corpse of a newly deceased person and bringing it to a bank to persuade officials to release funds from the “frail” man’s account. But in Witbank, South Africa, in March, the Afrikaans-language daily Beeld reported success: A post-office supervisor released a government check to two women who’d brought in a dead pensioner (but only after the women promised to use the money only for the man’s burial expenses).

A News of the Weird classic (January 1994) Homeless couple Darryl Washington and Maria Ramos were injured in 1992 when a train rammed them as they were having sex on a mattress on the tracks at a New York City subway station. Thanks to a quick-acting motorman, the injuries weren’t severe, but the couple sued the Transit Authority for “carelessness, recklessness and negligence.” (The outcome of the suit wasn’t reported, but the couple’s lawyer justified it by saying, “Homeless people are allowed to have sex, too.”)

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• Through SU (5/24) - Deathtrap, a thriller filled with suspense, will be performed. Fri.-Sat., 8pm and Sun., 2pm. $14/$8 students.

Immediate Theatre Project Info: 239-0263 or www. immediatetheatre.org.

• TH (5/7) through SU (5/17) - A Body of Water

by Lee Blessing will be performed at NC Stage Company. Who are we with without our memories? A man and woman awake with no idea who or where they are; their only clues come from a young woman who may be their daughter, their captor or both. $15.

May 7: pay-what-you-can performance ($6 min.)

NC Stage Company Performances are at 33 Haywood St. (entrance on Walnut St., across from Zambra’s, in downtown Asheville). Tickets: 2390263. Info: www.ncstage. org.

• Through SU (5/3) - A Number, a drama by awardwinning playwright Caryl Churchill will be performed.

Wed.-Sat. at 7:30pm and Sun. at 2pm. $16-$26.

Performances at Diana Wortham Theatre For ticket information or more details: 257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.

• Through SU (5/3) - My Mothers Italian, My Fathers Jewish, and Im in Therapy, a comedy by Steve Solomon. Shows begin at 8pm with 2pm matinees on May 2 & 3. $25-$35/ Student rush tickets will be available for $10.

Scrabble Club Come play America’s favorite word game SCRABBLE. We have all the gear, just bring your vocabulary. Info: 252-8154.

• SUNDAYS, 1-5pm Meets at Books-A-Million in Asheville.

Theater at The Learning Community School The school is located near Lake Eden at 375 Lake Eden Road. Info: 686-3080 or www.thelearningcommunity.org.

• FR (5/1), 6pm & SA (5/2), 2pm - Fiddler on the Roof will be performed in the Asheville Christian School auditorium. $7/$5 students. There will be a raffle, silent auction and refreshments for sale.

All proceeds benefit The Learning Community School.

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Reservations recommended: 250-2388 or telash@ unca.edu.

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/3) - Contamos todos, an original play presented

by Telash Teatro Latino de Asheville, which draws on true stories from local immigrants. $5 donation suggested. Fri.-Sat., 8pm and Sun., 3pm.

• SU (5/3), 2:30pm - Asheville Community Theatre will perform Rose at the Reuter Center. $5.

Titan Theatre Company All performances are held at the McDowell High School Auditorium, Marion. Info and reservations: 6522440.

• FR (5/8) through SU (5/10) - StoryCorps; Listening Is An Act Of Love, a performance bases on the original transcripts of stories collected by StoryCorps, a nonprofit oral history project. All performances are free, but reservations are encouraged.

Fri.,-Sat., 7:30pm & Sun., 2:30pm. Info about the StoryCorps mobile: 2104800 or www.wcqs.org.

Comedy Gag Order Improv Comedy Comedy theater based on audience suggestions at Brightwater Yoga Studio, 506 1/2 N. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. Free.

Info: www.gagorder.org.

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 9pm - Improv. BYOB.

Film Film Screenings at WCU Held in the A.K. Hinds University Center. Screening begin at 7pm. $2 students, faculty and staff/$4 public.

Info: 227-7206.

• Th (4/30) - Foreign film series: Alls Well/Tout Va Bien. Set in France, the film focuses on the consequences of political turmoil on the French population.

Movie Under the Stars in Montford Park Sponsored by Fellowship Asheville. Free. Info: www. fellowshipasheville.com.

• FR (5/1), 7:30pm Screening of Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window.

Social Justice Film Night at Unitarian Universalist Located at the corner of Charlotte St. and Edwin Pl. Free, but donations accepted. Discussion follows screenings. Call for childcare. Info: 299-1242 or www.uuasheville.org.

• FR (5/8), 7pm Screening of How to Save the World: One Man, One

Cow, One Planet. This film is a blueprint for a postindustrial future, in recognition that our ecosystems ore overwhelmed.

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• Original Ida Rolf Method (pd.) Structural Integration.

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By Mahsati (pd.) • Essentials Belly Dance Level I: Wednesdays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. • Combining Elements Belly Dance Level II: Wednesdays, 8:30pm9:30pm. • $12/class. 20 Commerce Street, Asheville.

(828) 318-7572. www. mahsati-janan.com Discover The Ocean Within: Therapeutic Dance Series (pd.) With Luna May, LPC, DTR. Sundays in the Spring, $12/session, 5-8pm, Sacred Embodiment Center, 31 Carolina Lane, downtown. Call for details: (828) 713-2864.

Argentine Tango Dancers of all levels welcome. Info: www.tangoasheville.com.

• SATURDAYS, 7:30-10pm - Tango Asheville hosts Filo Milongas at 1155 Tunnel Rd. $5.

• TUESDAYS - Tango Tuesdays with instructor Karen Jaffe at Eleven on Grove, 11 Grove St. A class in fundamentals will begin at 7pm followed by practica until 8:30pm and milonga until 10:30pm. Info: www. tangogypsies.com.

Asheville Allemanders Square dancing at East Asheville Community Center, 906 Tunnel Rd. Info: 683-0335.

• 1st & 3rd FRIDAYS, 7:159:30pm - Square dancing.

Belly Dance Class All ages, sizes and genders welcome. Donations suggested. Info: 255-8115.

• MONDAYS, 6-7pm Meets at Firestorm Cafe & Books, 48 Commerce St. Capoeira Angola (DanceFight-Game) Learn this beautiful expression of Afro-Brazilian culture at 89 Thompson St. off of Biltmore Ave. Info: www. capoeiraasheville.org or 253-4610.

• 1st & 3rd SATURDAYS, 10am - Try a free introductory class. Come to learn or just to watch. All ages and genders welcome.

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Classes at Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre No registration necessary; just drop in. All dancers are welcome. The studio is located at 20 Commerce St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 254-2621.

• THURSDAYS, 7:30-9pm - Modern dance class with ACDT and White Dog ProjectX International.

Taught by Diana Cabrera. $10 suggested donation.

Classical Ballet for Boys & Men The Asheville Ballet is offering free classical ballet classes for all boys and men 10 years and over.

Classes will be taught

by Principal Dancer Lyle Laney. At 4 Weaverville Hwy. (Merrimon Ave.) in N. Asheville. To register or for more info: 258-1028.

• THURSDAYS, 6pm Classical ballet class.

Clogging and Step Dancing Classes Percussive dance classes with step-by-step instruction from an experience teacher. Must register in advance. Info: 252-6319 or ellie@gracefamilymusic. com.

• THURSDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginning Appalachian clogging. Sliding scale, $11-$16 per class —- 78pm - Beginning Cape Breton step dancing. Sliding scale, $11-$16 per class.

Country Music and Dance Upstairs at the American Legion in Hendersonville.

Singles welcome. Alcohol and smoke free. $6. Info: 693-9000.

• FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS, 7pm - Country music and dancing.

Creative Dance Classes Basic moves from ballet, jazz and tap will be incorporated into imaginative games. For children ages 3-5. At Terpsicorps Studio, 129 Roberts St. $10/class.

For more info or to book space: 989-3692 or jillmenard@xtra.co.nz.

• WEDNESDAYS (3/25 through 5/27), 11-11:45am - Class taught by Jill Menard.

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

Info: 227-2479.

• FR (5/1), 7:30pm - The Spring Dance Showcase will be performed. This showcases will feature the talents of WCUs alumni, faculty, staff and students with a variety of dance genres and music.

Dance Lessons and More

At the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy. in Hendersonville. Info: 6985517 or 692-0575.

• FRIDAYS, 7-7:30pm - Free singles and couples dance lessons —- 7:3010pm - Rhumba, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha-Cha etc.

Complimentary food. $5/$3 club members.

English Country Dance Series Dance to live music with a live caller. This style of dance may be seen in movie adaptations of Jane Austen novels. $6. Info: 230-8449.

• 1st & 3rd SUNDAYS, 3-5:30pm - Dance at the Asheville Arts Center, 308 Merrimon Ave. Wear comfortable clothes.

High Mountain Squares Square dancing at Macon County Community Facilities Building, 1288 Georgia Rd. in Franklin.

Info: www.highmountainsquares.org.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Square dancing (mainstream and plus).

Hunab Kru’s B-Boy/B-Girl Classes Free breakdancing classes.

Learn how to B-boy/B-girl with the Hunab Kru. Info: bboyeducator@gmail.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 7-9pm - Learn the foundations of breakdancing. For all ages/ skill levels. At the Stephen’s Lee Rec Center. Please wear shoes and bring a valid ID. Line Dance Classes In partnership with Henderson County Parks & Rec, classes are held at the Stoney Mountain Activity Center, 800 Stoney Mt. Rd., Hendersonville. Info: 697-4900.

• TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 9-10:30am - Beginner classes —- 10:30am-Noon Intermediate classes.

Morris Dancing Learn English traditional Morris dances and become a member of one of three local teams as a dancer or musician. Music instruction provided to experienced musicians. Dances performed in public at events and during informal tours.

Membership free. Info: 994-2094 or www.ashevillemorris.us.

• THURSDAYS, 5:30pm - Women’s Northwest practice held at North Asheville Community Center.

• MONDAYS, 5:30pm Women’s Garland practice held at Reid Center for Creative Art. • TUESDAYS, 7:30pm - Men’s Cotswold/Border

practice held in M&L Center of French Broad Food Co-op.

Old Farmer’s Ball Info: www.oldfarmersball. com or 258-4809.

• THURSDAYS, 7:30pm - Free beginners workshop —- 8pm - Contra dancing at the Fairview Community Center, 1355 Charlotte Hwy. Take 74A six miles south towards Bat Cave.

Next to Fairview Elementary. $6.

Salseros 828 Events Info: www.salseros828. com or 252-9286.

• FRIDAYS, 10:30pm - Salsa P’alante. Latin dancing at Club Eleven, 11 Grove St. DJ Grant plays salsa, mambo, bachata, cumbia and merengue. A free footwork lesson starts the night off. $7.

Saluda Mountain Jamboree Info: 749-3676 or www. saludamountainjamboree. com.

• SATURDAYS, 8-11pm - “Dance to the Beat.” A live band performs country music, beach music, oldies or a variety of other dance music. $8.

Skyland Twirlers Western square dancing at the Senior Opportunity Center (not just for seniors), 36 Grove St., near the Federal Building in downtown Asheville. Info: 650-6405.

• 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS, 7pm - Workshop —- 7:30-9pm - Dance. Mainstream and called. Plus, tips alongs with rounds. Fee for nonmembers is $5.

Southern Lights SDC A nonprofit square-dance club. Info: 696-9198 or 891-5244.

• SA (5/2), 7pm - Early rounds —- 7:30pm - Squares and rounds —- 9:45pm - Advanced tip.

Caller: Stan Russell. At the Whitmire Activity Center, Hendersonville.

Spiral Spirit Ecstatic Dance This dance group is based on wave-rhythms and is a free-form experimental movement that encourages self-exploration and inner peace. Held at 11 Richland St., W. Asheville. $5. Info: azealea10@yahoo.com or elementsmove@yahoo. com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Warm-up —- 7pm - Spiral Spirit Dance.

Spirit Wave Dance Experiential, freeform movement and dance. First time is free. Info: fgreenman88@bellsouth.net or 252-1298.

• FRIDAYS, 7-9pm - At the Terpsicorps Dance Studio, 129 Roberts St. • SUNDAYS, 10am - At Asheville Arts Center, 308 Merrimon Ave., upstairs (enter through front door). $5 suggested donation.

Studio Zahiya Classes Classes are held in a dance studio located in downtown Asheville on Carolina Lane.

Enter from Woodfin St., and look for the “Studio Zahiya” sign. $12 drop-in. $40 for four classes, with other discounts available. Info: 242-7595.

• THURSDAYS, 6-7pm - Tribal Basics —- 7:108:10pm - Hip-hop workout for women.

• TUESDAYS, 6-7pm - Beginner belly dance.

Drop-in anytime —- 7:108:10pm - Belly dance drills and skills. Drop-in anytime —- 8:20-9:30pm - Vintage belly dance. Learn the history of the dance through pictures, video and movement. Bring finger cymbals.

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

• TUESDAYS - Learn to swing dance in the Lindy Hop style from 1920s Harlem. Two class levels; starts first Tues. of every month. $40 for four weeks.

No partner necessary. At Eleven on Grove, 11 Grove St. in downtown Asheville.

Tarheel Christian Singles Dance At Blue Ridge Community College. Info: 231-2831.

• FR (5/1), 7:30-11:30pm - Dance. Christian singles of all denominations are welcome. Refreshments will be provided. $12.

West African/Afro-Brazilian Dance Class Ongoing drop-in class with rotating roster of experienced instructors. All levels welcome. Live music. $10/class. Info: jesstel@ bellsouth.net.

• THURSDAYS, 7pm Class at Terpsicorps Studio, 129 Roberts St. Western Carolina Federation Round & Square Dance Clubs • FRIDAYS - Brevard Sylvan Squares, M/P, 2&4 FR, 8-10pm, 2Step Junction US 64 E, Pisgah Forest Contact: 891-6443 Morganton Brown Mt. LiteSteppers M/P, 2&4 FR, 7:30-10pm, I-40 Exit 105 Contact: 430-8802.

• SATURDAYS Hendersonville Southern Lights-M/P/R/A tip 1&3 SA, 7-10pm, Kanuga & Lily Pond Rds. Contact: 697-2078.

• SUNDAYS Hendersonville Shadow Casters 2&4 SU C1, 11:30am-1:30pm; C2, 1:30; A2, 2-4pm Park Place RV Center Upward & S. Allen Rds. Contact: 891-4053.

• TUESDAYS, 7-9pm Asheville Skylarks-Rounds, 970 Haywood Rd (beneath fire station) Contact: 2747103.

Zydeco Dance and Lesson Info: dswansong@aol.com.

• 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 8pm - Zydeco dance lesson. $2 —- 8:30-11pm - Zydeco dance to CDs. $5.

At Eleven on Grove.

Auditions & Call to Artists Art on Main Artist applications for the annual fine art/fine craft show on Main St. in downtown Hendersonville are now available. Info & applications: 693-8504 or www. acofhc.org/support.htm.

• Through FR (5/1) - Deadline to apply. $25 nonrefundable jury fee.

Black Mountain Arts and Crafts Show Arts and crafts, food, music and festivity in downtown Black Mountain. Info: 1800-669-2301 or www.

OldDepot.org.

• Through FR (5/1) - Call for entries for the 12th Annual Black Mountain Arts and Crafts Show (June 6 & 7). The Old Depot Association will select crafters who work in array of media. $25 registration fee.

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Girls’ day out It can be a hard time to be a kid. According to the T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating, peer pressure, obsession with celebrity culture and a society that overvalues thin body types makes for waters that are tough for young girls to navigate.

“The idealization of thinness has resulted in distorted body image and unrealistic measures of beauty and success,” reads literature from the center, which specializes in eating disorders like anorexia, bulimia and binge eating. And problems don’t arise just from body-image issues; biochemistry and psychological factors come into play as well.

A good way to combat those pressures, according to the center, is to be around others who support positive body images. So, Benefits Calendar for April 29 - May 8, 2009

* BDS Bazaar

Bruce Drysdale Elementary is located at 834 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Info: 674-6965.

• SA (5/2), 8am-1pm - Find bargains galore from more than 20 merchants. Games and food, too.

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Fundraiser BWAR is a nonprofit dedicated to helping homeless dogs and cats find permanent homes. Info: www.bwar.org or 458-7778.

• SA (5/2), 8am-3pm - Sale for Tails: Fundraising yard sale at 49 Peachtree Road in S. Asheville, next to the old Wal-Mart shopping center. Furniture, clothes, jewelry, baby items and more. All proceeds will go to BWAR. Dining Out for Life The annual Dining Out for Life fundraiser takes place in restaurants throughout the area. Participating restaurants donate a portion of their sales to Western North Carolina AIDS Project. Info: www.diningoutforlife.com.

• TH (4/30) - Dine out.

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

• TH (5/7), 6-9pm - FALC’s annual Asheville fundraising event Feast for the Senses. Live music, art, silent auctions for goods and services donated by local businesses and a late spring feast. Contact for ticket info.

Fundraiser House Party • TH (5/7), 6:30pm - Learn how to help in rebuilding demolished homes in Palestine. The event is also to honor Rev. Andy Summers, former co-chair of Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East.

At the Friends Meetinghouse, 137 Center Ave., Black Mountain. Refreshments. Info: 664-0092.

Houses of Worship Walkabout Register as a team or individual to experience the history and architecture of local historic communities of faith while enjoying a walk through Asheville. All funds will support programming at the Center for Diversity Education. Info: 250-2376 or www.diversityed.org.

• SU (5/3), 1:30-5pm - Walkabout. Starts and ends at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, 1 Edwin Pl. Registration and donation collecting will begin at 1:30pm. * Jewelry Sale With a Purpose • TH (4/30), 6-8pm - Jewelry show and sale presented by the S.O.S. Mission at St. Paul’s Church. Proceeds will go to the S.O.S. Mission to help promote domestic violence awareness and to work with victims of domestic violence to help transform them from victims to survivors.

Info: 684-0591. * Multi-Band Benefit Concert At Asheville Free Book Exchange, 191 Lyman St. in the River Arts District. $5 suggested donation or a book.

All ages welcome. Info: info@freebookexchange.org or www.freebookexchange.org.

for the second time since 2007, T.H.E. Center (T.H.E. stands for Treatment, Healing and Education) is hosting the Girls 4 Girls Education and Fun Fest.

The event features a daylong roster of music, art and interactive activities intended both to offer information on healthy eating and to allow girls age 7 to 12 to hang out and relax with each other.

The event will be held at Central United Methodist Church (297 Haywood St. in Asheville) on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Admission is free, and minors must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 337-4685.

— Brian Postelle

• SA (5/2), 4pm - Bands: Jeff Markham & The Last Call, Night’s Bright Colors, King Tut, Space Medicine, Grammar School, Klustafuk. Plus, performances by Mild Perils Aerials. BYOB. * My Meds Art Auction and Buffet Dinner All proceeds from the event will benefit My Meds, providing needed prescription medications for individuals with modest or no income. Info: 766-6337.

• FR (5/1), 6:30pm - Dinner —- 7pm - Live and silent auctions. Harvey Littleton, Billie Ruth Sudduth, Bea Hensley, Arvil Woody, Cynthia Bringle, Robert Levin and Norm Schulman, to name a few, will be on hand. Plus, live music.

Pacolet Area Conservancy’s PACWalk PAC’s mission is to protect and preserve the area’s natural resources with emphasis on the lands and waterways of particular scenic, ecological and agricultural significance in the Pacolet and Green River watersheds.

The event is to raise awareness and funds for PAC’s work. $20 adults/$5 students. Info: 859-5060 or www. pacolet.org.

• SA (5/2), 8:30am - Registration —- 9:30am - Walk begins. At Tryon Estates, 617 Laurel Lake Dr., Columbus —- 11am - Awards ceremony and PACWalk participants’ Tryon Estates free lunch.

Relay for Life of Henderson County Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Henderson County. Events take place in Hendersonville. Info: www.relayforlife.org/hendersoncountync.

• TH (5/7), 7pm - Relay Idol Contest auditions will be held at the Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center. Admission $5 adults/$2 students/Free for kids under 5. The contest is similar to American Idol. The top five finalists will compete for the title of Relay Idol 2009 May 29. Info: 697-0472.

Spring Market & Spring Into Action 5K To benefit the Junior League of Asheville Inc. Info: 2545608, jlofa@charter.net or www.juniorleagueasheville. org.

• FR (5/1) through SU (5/3) - The Spring Market will take place at the Asheville Mall. Hours: Fri., Noon-6pm; Sat., 8am-8pm; and Sun., Noon-5pm. Contact for more info on the Spring Market, Spring Soiree and Spring into Action 5K. The Learning Community School Benefit A benefit performance will be held at the Asheville Christian Academy auditorium. $7 adults/$5 students.

Tickets & info: 686-3080 or www.thelearningcommunity. org.

• FR (5/1), 6pm & SA (5/2), 2pm - Fiddler on the Roof will be performed. There will be a raffle, silent auction and refreshments. * Womansong for Women Build Proceeds from the concert will benefit Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity’s 2009 Women Build house.

Tickets & info: www.ashevillehabitat.org.

• SA (5/2), 7:30pm - The benefit concert will be held at Anderson Auditorium, Montreat Conference Center. $15 in advance/$18 at door. $7 kids & students.

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CTS neighbors reject cleanup proposal What’s $3 million in 1987 dollars worth today?

Not enough, say residents frustrated by a proposed agreement with CTS Corp. for cleaning up contamination at its former Mills Gap Road manufacturing site. A 1987 North Carolina law caps participating companies’ liability in such cleanups at that amount.

The state Department of Environment and Natural Resource’s nine-page proposal lays out parameters for CTS — which operated an electroplating facility in the area from 1959 to the mid1980s — to follow in creating and implementing a cleanup plan and schedule for the original 57-acre site “and any additional area which has become contaminated as a result of hazardous substances or waste disposed at that property.” The Elkhart, Ind.-based CTS sold most of the property in 1987, and in 2007, the company agreed to undertake voluntary remediation. The current proposal spells out some requirements for such a plan.

Contained?: Fences don’t prevent toxic vapors — produced At an April 21 hearing, Buncombe County Board of by the suspected carcinogen trichloroethylene — from Commissioners Chair David Gantt asked state officials to explain reaching residents living near the former CTS plant. the agreement in plain English, particularly in light of all the Photo by jonathan welch health problems some south Asheville residents have reported.

About a dozen of them were in attendance, dressed in black update on their work at the site (see Buncombe commissioners to honor and represent the nine deceased members of a single report elsewhere in this issue). The residents are demanding an family exposed to contaminated water and air near the site for immediate, full cleanup, irrespective of cost. decades. The pollutant that’s garnered the most attention is tri- And although Buncombe County Commissioner Holly Jones chloroethylene, a suspected carcinogen that settles into ground noted, “I’ve heard that $3 million is tiddlywinks,” Parris said the and surface waters (see “Fail-safe?” July 11, 2007 Xpress). cap “hasn’t been an issue” in other cases around the state. One The nine Penland family members had lived near Mills Gap company did claim to have met the cap amount, but when the Road since at least the 1960s; they all died of cancer. state asked for documentation, “They gave in,” he reported.

“Anywhere that [the CTS] contamination has traveled is part Parris also emphasized that CTS and the state have already of the ‘site’ and must be remediated,” DENR hydrogeologist agreed on a voluntary cleanup that falls under the $3 million Bruce Parris explained. “If they cause contamination 25 miles limit. The seemingly low cap, he speculated, may have been from [this] site, they’re responsible.” intended to encourage companies to choose remediation over He also emphasized that the $3 million cap would cover litigation. only the direct cleanup costs — not the ongoing federal and Gantt asked how much CTS, the EPA and the state have spent state investigations into the scope of the contamination, nor a so far. vapor-extraction project mandated by the U.S. Environmental The EPA has spent about $1.5 million to date, said Carolyn Protection Agency that’s been under way since 2006. “It’s not a Callihan, the agency’s remedial project manager. State officials limiting agreement,” noted Parris. “It doesn’t protect CTS from didn’t have an estimate. third-party lawsuits.”

And David Dorian, the EPA’s on-scene coordinator, explained But that didn’t seem to reassure neighborhood residents, that the company’s expenses are not yet known, noting, “They’re represented by local history teacher Tate McQueen. “It’s as if required to submit a report when they’re finished.” the cavalry has arrived, but I have to question who’s riding the As the assembled residents muttered and groaned, Jones said, horses,” he said, eyeing the gallery of state and federal environ- “I can understand the problem with trust.” mental officials who, earlier in the meeting, had delivered an

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Gantt, meanwhile, acknowledged that there are many unanswered questions.

A federal health assessment isn’t finished yet, and the official on hand to explain its status declined to offer even a preliminary conclusion. It’s also still unknown how far the contamination has spread in the ground water. Some vapor tests have been inconclusive; private tests funded by residents seem to indicate an increase in contamination levels in some wells. And it’s not clear whether the hazardous contamination at a nearby grocery store and private school, also mentioned by Tate during the hearing, could be related to the CTS site.

According to McQueen, documents show that the company dumped more than 50,000 pounds of volatile organic compounds per year, including TCE. And since a 2004 EPA document declared the contamination “an imminent hazard,” that should trump the state’s proposed voluntary agreement, and CTS should be billed three times over for the cleanup, he argued.

As the two-hour hearing wound down, Gantt — who’d previously had audience members write down their questions on cards and pass them to the front — asked the officials to take the remaining unanswered questions and e-mail their replies, so the county could post them on its Web site. But he didn’t hear one elderly woman, dressed in black, who quietly remarked, “We don’t have computers!”

Nor was he in earshot later when, in the lobby outside the meeting room, the woman (who requested anonymity) told an Xpress reporter, “I’m one of those who’ve got cancer.” X

Sounding off The state is taking public comment on the proposed agreement through Friday, May 15. It’s available for review at Pack Memorial Library (67 Haywood St. in Asheville) or online at www.wastenotnc.org/ ctsmillsgaproad. Written comments may be submitted to: Ms. Bonnie S. Ware, project manager, Superfund Section, N.C. Division of Waste Management, 585 Waughtown St., Winston-Salem NC 27107.

Eco Calendar for April 29 - May 8, 2009 Gaia Community Potluck (pd.) Find out about West Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest intentional green community and see what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to live here.

Vegetarian potluck open to anyone interested. Noon, May 2. 828-337-8190 Asheville Green Drinks People who are interested in environmental issues and topics meet up for a drink at BoBo Gallery, 22 Lexington Ave. The events usually include a short presentation by a guest speaker. Sign up for the e-mail newsletter at www. ashevillegreendrinks.com. â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/1), 6pm - Socializing â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- 6:30pm - Inviro Design & Consulting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greenovationâ&#x20AC;?: renovation design to include the latest green technology and green methods to save as much energy and natural resources as possible.

Asheville GreenWorks Works to keep Asheville clean and green. Info: 254-1776 or www.ashevillegreenworks.org. â&#x20AC;˘ WE (4/29), 4-6pm - French Broad River Cleanup.

There will be a volunteer appreciation celebration at 6:30pm.

ECO Events The Environmental and Conservation Organization is dedicated to preserving the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region as an effective voice of the environment. ECO advocates for green infrastructure, protects water quality, educates about energy conservation/renewable energy, and promotes recycling. Located at 121 Third Ave. West, Hendersonville. Info: 692-0385 or www.eco-wnc.org. â&#x20AC;˘ TH (5/7) - Urban Walk with Walk Wise, Drive Smart in Hendersonville. Details: www.walk-wise.org.

Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society Events Open to birders of all experience levels. Info: 254-7618 or eljeep129@charter.net. â&#x20AC;˘ 1st SATURDAYS, 9am - Bird walk at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary.

Litter Sweep Month The City of Marion encourages local governments and communities, civic and professional groups, businesses, churches, schools, families and individuals to participate in the City of Marion cleanup events. Info: 652-2215. â&#x20AC;˘ Through SA (5/2) - Litter Sweep 2009 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;- Plant a Tree. Go to mariontreeboard@wordpress.com to share stories of your family, your club, your class or your community planting a tree.

Lunchtime Litter Walks Create a healthy body and a healthy environment at the same time with this active community cleanup. Litter cleanups are a workout, with heavy bags and distances walked, and they benefit the environment and community. Cleanup supplies will be provided. For location and cleanup details: 254-1776. â&#x20AC;˘ TUESDAYS, Noon-1pm - Cleanup.

Our Choices, Our Future A six-week series meant to raise sustainability consciousness. Programs will focus on challenging issues affecting our future: food, water, energy, waste and climate change, and will be held at the Black Mountain Library Education Room, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain. Sponsored by Black Mountain Library and Rainbow Recycling. Free. Info: 669-8722. â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/1), 7pm - â&#x20AC;&#x153;King Corn.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/8), 7pm - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flow.â&#x20AC;?

UNCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Wildflower & Bird Pilgrimage â&#x20AC;˘ FR (5/1) through SU (5/3) - UNCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Biology Dept. celebrates Appalachian nature, with evening slide programs, 11 guided wildflower and bird walks and more. Info: 251-6444 or www.unca.edu/biology/wildflower.html.

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by Anne Fitten Glenn

Time to thank teachers We never forget our best teachers. But do we remember to thank them for what they’ve done for us?

I need a reminder to thank the teachers in my life, as well as to thank those currently teaching my elementary-school-aged kids. Tuesday May 5 is National Teacher Day, which offers me both reminder and opportunity.

We all have at least a few teachers in our lives that truly changed the way we think — either about ourselves or about the world outside ourselves. And if we have kids, we’re usually lucky enough to see their growth and learning under the guidance of their teachers.

While we all learn from a variety of people, in honor of National Teacher Day, I want to thank those who’ve accepted the challenge of education as a career — particularly those who’ve earned my never-ending gratitude by teaching my kids.

Study after study reveals that the single most important factor in the quality of a child’s education is the quality of his or her teachers. I feel blessed by the teachers who’ve contributed to my kids’ education so far. While the Asheville City Schools system is far from perfect (what school system is?), as long as the schools continue to hire and support exemplary teachers, I can’t complain (too much).

As I’ve mentioned before, I’d make a horrendous home-

schooling parent. I have tremendous respect for those who do it, but I’d go nuts. Plus, while I can break down and analyze a paragraph, I’m not sure if I could teach a kid how to read one.

Thank goodness there were trained professionals around to teach my kids how to read.

I especially appreciate my kids’ teachers because they’ve chosen to teach elementary-aged children. Dealing with kids whose brains are developing quickly in so many areas, except for their pre-frontal lobes (the site of logic and long-term planning), takes tremendous patience and focus.

After about 20 minutes in my kids’ classrooms, I’m dazed and exhausted — especially after hanging with the high-energy 5- to 7-year-olds. I’m also amazed by the easy-going attitude combined with firm, yet gentle, control of these teachers.

My boy’s teacher simply claps her hands in a pattern, and a roomful of kindergartners and first-graders immediately stop what they’re doing (including talking) and repeat the pattern back to her. Then they listen to whatever she has to say. It’s magic.

And these elementary years are so important. Regardless of how old you are, I bet you can name at least three or four of your elementary school teachers. I can, though some of the names of teachers who came later are lost to me.

I’ve taught, though I don’t think of myself as a teacher. I

don’t have the passion and persistence of a great teacher. Also, teaching remains the hardest job I’ve ever had. In addition to teaching, I’ve been a journalist (film, TV and print), worked in educational communications and development, and been a bookseller (I’m leaving out a number of short-term jobs). But I still have nightmares about the ninth-grade English classes that I taught when I was a naïve and inexperienced 23-yearold — dreams that include not being prepared, losing control of the class, and the worst — realizing I’m teaching nekkid in front of a class of giggling 13-year-olds.

I’ve been lucky enough to have a number of great teachers.

Mrs. Conant taught me the beauty and power of poetry in fifth grade; Mr. Bain helped me understand that math isn’t a foreign language in eighth grade; Dr. McAlexander taught me how to find deeper meaning in literature and write analytically in college; Dr. Fink taught me how to construct a news story and when to break the rules in J-school.

This is a short list, and I thank all these folks and the many other teachers who’ve taken the time to push me along my life’s path. And I acknowledge and appreciate those doing the same for my kids.

Give your or your kids’ teachers some love this week. As our good friend Anonymous says, “A good teacher is like a candle — it consumes itself to light the way for others.” X

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

Parenting Calendar for April 29 - May 8, 2009 Ages 5-14 • Summer Dance And Circus Camp (pd.) Come one, come all! • Dance: hip-hop, jazz, tap, modern, swing! • Circus skills: juggling, hula hooping, aerials, acrobatics, and awesome partner tricks! • Play creative, imaginative, fun games! • Showcase performance to family and friends! • June 15-19, 10am-3pm, Black Mountain. • $150/full session. • Save $25, pay in full by May 15! • 10% family discount. • For more information: (828) 989-3692, jillmenard@xtra.co.nz • www.ferndance.com Involve Your Partner In Your Child’s Birth • Empowered Birthing Classes (pd.) Learn hands-on tools to enjoy the best day of your life! Knowledge is power. 828-231-9227. 4-week class: May 6, Wednesdays, 6p.m. $175.

ADD/ADHD Parent Support Group Info: 213-9787.

• 1st MONDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Parent group meets at the Olsen Huff Center off Hendersonville and Vanderbilt roads. Free childcare. Hosted by Family Support Network of WNC - Mission Children’s Hospital.

Asheville Area Mothers of Multiples The group supports mothers of multiples and promotes knowledge of multiple pregnancies and births. Info: www.ashevillemom.com.

• 1st THURSDAYS, 7pm - Meetings at Women’s Resource Center.

Asheville Mommies Coffee Time Join other moms in the Asheville area for coffee, playtime for the kids and chatting at The Hop on Merrimon Ave. Info: julie@ashevillemommies.com.

• WEDNESDAYS, 11am-Noon - Coffee time.

Asheville Moms Meet The group is designed for friendship and fun not only for the moms, but the kids too. Several events happen each

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week at different times and locations. Meet moms who are always ready to make great new friends and have fun. Children’s ages range from 0-5. Info: 712-4388 or www.sahm.meetup.com/1472.

• WEDNESDAYS, 10:30am - Meeting at the toddler play area located in Asheville Mall’s food court.

B.E.A.R Closet II Located at Abernethy United Methodist, 1418 Patton Ave. Info: 254-9102.

• 1st WEDNESDAYS, Noon-6pm - Loan closet for newborns is open.

Babies ‘n’ Beer Bring your babies and have a beer with other new moms and dads. Have a baby-friendly outing and meet other new parents at the Thirsty Monk, 92 Patton Ave., in downtown Asheville. Info: 254-5450.

• TUESDAYS, 4-7pm - Babies ‘n’ Beer meets.

Breastfeeding Circle Get professional help for lactation problems and some mama-baby company. Free. Info: ashevillewomenswellness.com.

• TUESDAYS, 10:30am-Noon - Meets at 24 Arlington St. Caring for Children With Food Allergies A free group for parents of food allergic children. Info: cocoa_in_asheville@yahoo.com.

• 1st MONDAYS, 6:45pm - Meeting at Earth Fare South, 1856 Hendersonville Road.

Children in the Middle Parenting education for the divorced or separated parent. Classes meet at ARP/Phoenix, 257 Biltmore Ave., Ste. 200, in the Conference Room. Parents learn how to avoid arguments with their ex, improve communication with him/her, and make the divorce or separation easier on their children. Free, plus snacks are provided. Info or to register: tpeterson@arp-phoenix.com or 254-2700, ext. 286.

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• Three SATURDAYS, 9am-Noon - Class. (Also in Madison County; call for details.)

Free Mommy and Me for Babies A free group that meets weekly in two different locations to provide an opportunity for new parents to gather for support, education, exercise and resources. Info: 2138098 or shantisunshine@gmail.com.

• MONDAYS, 9:30-10:15am - Mommy/Baby Yoga for Pre-Crawlers —- 10:30-11:30am - Guest speaker/open discussion —- 11:45am-12:45pm - Walk and Talk. Call to register. At the Woodfin YMCA. • TUESDAYS, 9:30-10:15am - Mommy/Baby Yoga for Pre-Crawlers —- 10:30-11:30am - Guest Speaker/Open Discussion —- 11:45am-12:45pm - Walk and Talk. Call to register. At the Reuter Family YMCA in the Mission Wellness Resource Center Room.

Hendersonville Mom’s Club Chat and meet new moms in the area. All moms are welcome. Info: 713-4307.

• MONDAYS, 11am - Meets at Black Bear Coffee Shop.

Hendersonville Play Group • Group for moms with kids 0-5 years old. Play dates, park trips and more. To join: www.meetup.com/hendersonvilleplaygroup.

Nurturing Skills for Parents Parenting program to give parents the tools to foster positive relationships and self-nurturing skills. Classes meet at ARP/Phoenix, 257 Biltmore Ave., Ste. 200.

Classes are appropriate for parents with children of any age. Tailored to support parents in a non-confrontational setting. Free. Info or to register: tpeterson@arp-phoenix. com or 254-2700, ext. 286.

• ONGOING - Classes meet for 10 weeks. Both morning and evening classes are availiable.

Toddler Fun A free group that provides an opportunity for parents to have some structured fun with their toddlers including 45

minutes of songs, stories, finger-plays, parachute play and more. To register: 213-8098 or shantisunshine@ gmail.com.

• MONDAYS, 10am - Toddler Fun —- 11am - Mom/ baby yoga —- Noon - Guest speaker. At the Woodfin YMCA. Call to register.

Waldorf May Faire At Groce Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Rd., Asheville.

Free. Info: www.spiritualseasons.net or (404) 642-5279.

• SU (5/3), 2-5pm - Activities for the whole family, including a maypole dance, music and garland making, and handcraft market. Potluck at 4:30pm.

Waldorf-Inspired Parenting Group Waldorf-inspired families are invited to meet with like-minded folks twice a month. Open to parents, grandparents, friends and anyone else interested in Rudolf Steiner’s approach to child development. Info: 296-8323.

• 1st SUNDAYS - Book study group.

YWCA Programs for Parents The YWCA is at 185 S. French Broad Ave. Info: 2547206 or www.ywcaofasheville.org.

• MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 8am-Noon & MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, 4:30-8:30pm - The YWCA New Choices Program provides free drop-in child care for parents who are continuing their education or looking for employment. Space is limited. Evening hours are for students only. A phone orientation is required.

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by Hanna Rachel Raskin Prom is all about firsts: A first dress with a triple-digit price tag. A first evening out without curfew. And, for most teens, a first grappling with the question that nightly nags a vast majority of American adults: “Where should we eat?”

Prom is a culinary rite of passage, marking high schoolers’ formal induction into independent dining. For most promgoers, the meal enjoyed before the dance is the first restaurant meal ever eaten without parents at the table or chaperones politely hovering nearby. While most car-owning teens have made countless fast-food runs with friends, they’re rarely exposed to the intricacies of sitdown dining — bantering with the server, sizing

up daily specials’ potential and silently calculating the total bill before ordering — until prom night.

“We always go to the mall,” says Jake Hill, a senior at A.C. Reynolds High, when asked about his typical eating-out habits. “But I think for prom we’re going to either Grove Park Inn or Flat Rock Grille.”

Heartbreaking as it may be for area restaurateurs, most teens’ culinary fantasies don’t revolve around locally grown food or quirkily brilliant menus. Discussions with dozens of prom-bound teens revealed they gravitate toward eateries that promise easily digestible glamour — or, in the case of perhaps the most popular prom-dining destination, an affordable approximation of it.

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The predictability of upscale casual chains and their unique ability to winnow restaurant-going down to its most basic elements has made many of the franchises that hug Tunnel Road favorites with promgoers. But Olive Garden’s reputation with teens is off the charts. Even teens who aren’t planning to eat there mention it wistfully.

Asked what he planned to order on prom night, Hill offers, “Probably spaghetti if we went to Olive Garden. I really like it there; it’s always been good and it has a good atmosphere.”

The top brass at Olive Garden is well aware of the phenomenon, although a spokeswoman reports the restaurant doesn’t keep any official count of teens in tuxes.

“We don’t have any stats or numbers,” Mara Frazier says. “But we do know it’s a popular location for events like these. It’s great to see people coming to celebrate with us.”

Sticking to the corporate line, Frazier says she attributes Olive Garden’s overwhelming appeal to the restaurant’s reputation for customer care.

“I think people feel welcome. They feel special,” she theorizes. “They know they’re going to get great service.”

More likely, they know they’re going to get a table. Mugrage says it’s Olive Garden’s reservations policy that’s made it the top choice of nearly all her classmates. Teens have a tendency to travel in packs, and Olive Garden is one of the few restaurants willing to accommodate them. Mugrage and her friends have asked Olive Garden to set aside a table for 20 — a number that could still grow if Mugrage finds a date.

Olive Garden also gets points from teens for a reason that would be familiar to 1950s readers of Seventeen: Its menu features foods that won’t stick in the teeth, stain shirts or force eaters into awkward and embarrassing culinary contortions.

Diners at Olive Garden don’t have to wrestle with tricky foreign words or wonder what’s in something like sweetbreads.

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And while foodies may decry franchises like Olive Garden for wringing all the spontaneity out of dining, teens apparently take comfort in the regimentation of the OG experience. Endless breadsticks and free salad mean promgoers get a multi-course meal at a single plate price, served at a less-than-leisurely pace that’s well suited to youthful attention spans. Lest these sound like the cynical grumblings of an uncool adult, be assured this theory rightly belongs to Mugrage.

“Since we’re all school kids, we’re all used to 45-minute lunch periods,” she explains.

Among promgoers who prioritize elegance over efficiency, the Grove Park Inn remains perhaps the Western North Carolina destination.

“Promgoers have been joining us to eat for decades,” says Chad Crowley, general manager of the resort’s Blue Ridge Dining Room. “We’re able to be a real part of people’s lives in a way they’ll never forget.”

Crowley says many former high-school sweethearts who celebrated their prom at one of the Grove Park’s restaurants will return years later as a married couple to relive their date there.

All of which sounds lovely. But what about the poor servers forced to contend with a group of unruly teens who can’t plump up their checks with alcohol? Not a problem, Crowley claims.

“My experience is that the servers really enjoy it,” Crowley says. “The kids are very well behaved.

Anybody with a little maturity under their belt can appreciate this setting.”

But Crowley says nobody enjoys the evening more than the resort’s guests, who get swept up in the teens’ one-night-only stabs at sophistication.

“There was an elderly couple dining with us last year, probably in their 70s,” Crowley recalls. “And they pulled the manager aside and told him how much they were just enjoying watching the kids.”

X Xpress food writer Hanna Rachel Raskin can be contacted at food@mountainx.com.

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PHILLY’S: Buncombe County’s only quasi-Hungarian restaurant — Philly’s, a Black Mountain sub joint with a few choice Hungarian items on offer — is expanding its menu. The restaurant (pictured here), which opened in February, is adding new sandwiches, kids’ meals and a soup of the day to its lineup.

Philly’s manager Jesse Hardy predicts that owner Andre Pasztor’s Hungarian heritage will surface in some of the planned daily specials: “These recipes go back to when he was a child,” Hardy says. The current menu includes house-made goulash, Hungarian cucumber salad and chicken paprikash with dumplings, a dish Hardy just recently learned from Pasztor, who ran the tiny take-out operation A Little Taste of Europe for two years before opening his sit-down restaurant. “I’m starting to get where he’s letting me do it,” Hardy says of the paprikash prep. “I’ll have to do it, because he likes to fish.”

Philly’s, 1196 Old US 70, is open 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m., except on Sundays, when the restaurant closes at 2:30 p.m. Philly’s is closed on Wednesdays. For more information, call 712-6862.

LUELLA’S BAR-B-QUE: Asheville marks the spot where Southern eating meets healthy living, so it makes sense that Luella’s Bar-B-Que has announced plans to significantly upgrade its vegetarian offerings. The menu change is just one element of a major expansion for the restaurant, including a relocation to north Asheville. “The south Asheville location has been good for us, and we value the friendships we have made with our customers and neighbors,” founder Jeff Miller writes in a release. “The new location offers us a tremendous opportunity to provide more space and comfort.”

Luella’s will move into the 501 Merrimon Ave. building vacated by Gusmo’s Mojo Café, with plans to keep the Hendersonville Road store open until the new location is renovated. According to the release, the move will allow Luella’s to double its seating. “[We] feel we owe it to our customers to be more centrally located and provide a more complete hospitality experience,” Miller writes. To learn more, call 684-2030.

BRUISIN’ ALES: Asheville’s Bruisin’ Ales is leading the charge to combine beer, brunch and tapas with a six-course meal at Zambra featuring Dogfish Head brews. The brunch, scheduled for Sunday, May 17, at noon, will be conducted by Sam Calagione, founder of the award-winning Delaware brewery. The menu includes biscuits with rabbit gravy, Spanish omelets and a smoked-chocolate mousse with carmelized bananas. Calagione will be pouring his 90-Minute IPA, Midas Touch and Palo Santo Marron to match. The event is priced at $50 per person, not including tax or tip. To reserve a spot, visit zambratapas.com.

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arts&entertainment Celebrating the active and the reflective

Second annual Wordfest brings poets together; this year with a focus on poetry as citizen journalism. And it’s free.

by Anne Fitten Glenn Poets from Western North Carolina and the world will re-converge on Asheville this weekend for Asheville Wordfest.

“At the heart of Wordfest is our desire to draw communities together at the table of poetry,” says creative director Sebastian Matthews. More than 1,000 people came to last year’s festival, he says. “People were excited that it was all free, communitybased, and very open.”

That’s the plan again this year, according to executive director and poet Laura Hope-Gill.

“Our goal is to celebrate diversity, multiculturalism, community empowerment and discover how poetry speaks to the full range of human experience in this age of change, crisis, invention, resilience and hope,” she says.

To that end, the poetry festival will be packed with readings and events at various downtown venues. Wordfest will feature the talents of local, regional, national, and even international wordsmiths, including the acclaimed Li-Young Lee and Valzhyna Mort, among others. Don’t miss Thomas Rain Crowe and the Boatrockers perform-

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Local, national and international poets

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Wordfest 2009

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Venues include Jubilee!, BoBo Gallery, Malaprop’s Bookstore & Café and West Asheville’s BookWorks.

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Thursday, April 3, to Sunday, May 3.

Info at 681-5348 or www.ashevillewordfest.org.

Upcoming events:

Green Bash, a fundraiser for Wordfest 2010, on May 23 at The Star Factory (Seven Stars Green Events’ Warehouse); Poetry workshops from Keith Flynn, Laura Hope-Gill or Sebastian Matthews on May 7, 14, 21, and 23. For cost and registration, call 828-649-9408.

Asheville poet Glenis Redmond performs her work at last year’s Wordfest. photos special to mountain xpress

ing at BoBo with special guest, renowned poet and translator Coleman Barks.

“The goal of WordFest is to inspire a connection between visiting poets, community poets, and the people of Asheville and North Carolina,” Matthews says.

Citizen journalism Wordfest’s primary sponsor, local nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network, considers poetry to be a form of citizen journalism. Wordfest’s Media Outreach Project will offer live webcasts from the festival (in addition to live readings and radio broadcasts) via MAIN’s Web site.

“We’re creating a great archive of live poetry readings that can be used in classrooms or wherever,” Matthews says. “We’re proving that poetry matters and is current and newsworthy.”

Citizen journalism is a movement that breaks down the traditional gatekeeper model of news-gathering: “Regular” people use Web sites, video logs, podcasts, webcasts, Twitter feeds and more to get the word out.

“News is a description of something that has happened. So is poetry.

The coining of the term merely opens a door for many art forms to be what they’ve always been — valid means of conveying information,” explains Hope-Gill, who says that poetry as citizen journalism is not new. “There are two realities — the active and the reflective,” she says. Wordfest explores both.

New this year: Sponsor a poet Word up: Asheville-based poet Allan Wolf performs at the Green Door Retrospective at last year’s Wordfest.

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In order to keep Wordfest free, the organizers depend on sponsors and donations. This year, they’re offering a unique chance for anyone to sponsor the poet or poets of their choice. You can click on the sponsor-a-poet link on Wordfest’s Web site, then scroll down to read the bios of participating poets.

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Wordfest 2009 schedule Thursday, April 30 7 p.m. Jubilee! (46 Wall St., downtown): Lee Ann Brown, Patrick Rosal, doris davenport, Ross Gay 10 and 11 p.m., departing from Jubilee!: LaZoom Poetry Bus Tour presented

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Friday, May 1 4 p.m. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (56 Broadway): Caroline Mercurio, Holly Iglesias, David Hopes 7 p.m. Jubilee!: Elizabeth Bradfield, Gary Copeland Lilley, Quincy Troupe 10 p.m. BoBo Gallery (22 Lexington Ave., downtown): Thomas Rain Crowe & the Boatrockers, with Coleman Barks Followed by Wordfest Wide Open Mic

Saturday, May 2 10 a.m. BookWorks (428 1/2 Haywood Road, West Asheville): Writing the Imaginative Storm Workshop with James Nave 2 p.m. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: Keith Flynn, Pat Riviere-Seel, Ekiwah Adler Belendez 7 p.m. Jubilee!: Valzhyna Mort, Frank X Walker, Li-Young Lee 10 p.m. Hookah Joe’s (38B N. French Broad): Poetix Lounge featuring The Poetix Vanguard w/ an open set

Sunday, May 3 10 a.m. BookWorks: Poetry and Citizen Journalism: Laura Hope-Gill, Wally Bowen, Sebastian Matthews 1 p.m. Thomas Wolfe Memorial Site Visitor Center, (52 N. Market St.): Allan Wolf and readings by Asheville Area Young Poets, ages 9-14.

3 p.m. Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café (55 Haywood St.): Debora Kinsland Foerst, Landon Godfrey, Paul Allen Followed by closing reception

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“I’ve played every watering hole and just about every crack in the sidewalk in Buncombe County and of course I don’t remember all of it,” singersongwriter Malcolm Holcombe says. For those who recall the early 1990s heyday of acoustic folk (when clubs like Be Here Now and McDibbs booked sincere songsters like David LaMotte and Christine Kane) it seems like Holcombe has been part of the scene forever. Though his old-asthe-hills adages and craggy visage lend to that perception, Holcombe’s roughhewn vocals (of late he’s been dubbed “The Tom Waits of the Appalachians”), gritty folk-blues strumming and notso-nice-guy lyrics set him apart from the squeaky clean David Wilcoxes once (gently) rocking college campuses and regional radio stations.

If Holcombe — now six CDs (depending on how you count) and four decades (depending on if you believe what you read in Holcombe’s spotty bio) into his career — seems under-celebrated and Across the pond: Holcombe’s been touring nationally and in Europe. “It’s a blessing and a miracle chronically under-the-radar, he’s also that they got this old hillbilly on one side of the water and the other,” he says. proven timeless. Each disc Holcombe (currently one of three acts signed to the and longevity in the music business. Whether it be creating or bastardEcho Mountain label) puts out is hailed by critics as “Malcolm Holcombe izing.” at his very best”; last year’s Gamblin’ House earns that accolade. From the Thinking globally and locally, Holcombe also keeps tabs on the Asheville opening thump of “My Ol’ Radio,” and the Americana-tinged stomp of scene. “This town’s changed a lot in the past 35 or 40 years, so once in a the title track, to the snarl of “Evelyn,” this is a fully realized collection. while I’ll poke my head around.” Among the roster of musicians who So how does Holcombe maintain not only his sinewy writing abilinspire him, Holcombe names Woody Wood, Annie Lalley and Don Pedi. ity, but a tour schedule that has him on the road about half the year? “I He’s also a fan of local studio and record label Echo Mountain, where he ain’t got time to get tired,” he says. The musician spent most of the past recorded Gamblin’ with Grammy-winning producer Ray Kennedy. “They January and February playing his way across western Europe. He welhave given me an opportunity to work on my craft and make records and [they] offered a very unusual relationship that gives me creative control,” Holcombe says. “They worked very hard and got this mule to plow and who: I’m happy to be plowing.”

Malcolm Holcombe Plans are in the works for a new album (“We’re gonna sling it around. what: We’re gonna pass it around like cornbread and beans.”) hopefully with singersongwriter and local legend Kennedy again, possibly recorded in Nashville, though the musician cautions, “You don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” He could begin where: laying down tracks this month: “It’s penciled in. We’re just sharpening Flat Rock Music Festival’s Spring Fling our pencils and keeping a box full of erasers.” when: That one-day-at-a-time resolve seems to permeate Holcombe’s curHolcombe performs Saturday, May 2, at 6 p.m. (The festirent approach to music. Gamblin’ tracks “Baby Likes a Love Song” and val runs 1 p.m. to midnight. $35 adults, $17.50 kids 11-17.

“Cynthia Margaret” elucidate a happy marriage and a settling-down www.flatrockmusicfestival.com.) previously absent from the artist’s road-warrior persona. “You know, if you sit in the barber chair long enough you’re gonna get a haircut,” he says cryptically. Writing about personal experience is, he explains, “just comes that fan base: “They have been awfully good to me and my family what we do. If we’re going down an old stone pathway and we stub our and I’m very grateful,” he says. “I’m just glad to be working and times are toe, we’re probably gonna let somebody know about it. If we see a bird in hard, so it’s a blessing and a miracle that they got this old hillbilly on one a tree, we’re probably gonna describe it and share it. We as humans have side of the water and the other.” a hard time keeping our mouths shut.”

Still, Holcombe isn’t willing to compare his overseas shows to those Whatever the end result, Holcombe is committed to translating life’s on home turf. “Here is here and over there is over there,” he tells Xpress. turns into song — though listeners shouldn’t expect repeat performances.

“And there’s about 4,600 miles difference.”

“Once it’s been done it’s been done,” he says. “I’ll always play the tunes Holcombe does care about the larger context of his music. “A lot of the and I guarantee it won’t sound like the record.” X instruments and the folklore had their birth in Europe. Native Americans, as well, made their contributions,” he says, momentarily trading a mounA&E reporter Alli Marshall can be reached at amarshall@mountainx.com. tain drawl for a studied metaphor. “I think we’re the low men on the totem pole here in the United States of America as far as being with age

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Bailemos! It’s Cinco de Mayo It won’t get much hotter than this: Asheville’s Latin dance community is joining up for a massive Cinco de Mayo celebration. Come to watch and/or come to dance — each group will perform, followed by a set of music designed for dancing and mingling.

The lineup ranges from salsa to flamenco, spanning just about every form in between: Tango Gypsies, Salseros 828 student dance team, 828 Afro-Cuban ensemble, Dulcinea’s all-girls team, Zabumba! Brazilian drum and dance group, Maria G and Lisa Z International dance fusion, Alma Flamenca Flamenco dancers and Sin Fronteras traditional folkloric Mexican dance.

The show will be at Scandal’s in the Grove House (entrance on the side), and starts at 8 p.m.

Ages 18 and over, $8 members and $10 others.

For more info, go to www.salseros828.com.

The Grove House has three different venues inside; so while the Latin dancers steam up Scandal’s, there’s another Cinco de Mayo party upstairs at Eleven on Grove. This one’s a swing dance featuring New Orleans jazz outfit the Loose Marbles. Swing-dance teachers will be there; a beginner’s lesson is at 6 p.m. and an intermediate lesson at 7 p.m. Lessons are $10; lesson and dance together are $15. For more info, go to www.swingasheville.com.

Another series of Latin-themed events happens this weekend, a project with a more sober but very timely theme. Teatro Latino de Asheville will bring an original, multilingual theatre experience to UNCA’s Highsmith University Union.

Contamos todos tells true stories of the challenges faced by local immigrants.

“With the current political and economic climate, the everyday tensions that come to surface due to language, background and legal status became even more salient,” writes the director, Lule Rosenbaun, a UNCA instructor. Rosenbaun believes there’s a strong need to present the reality of what’s happening in our community.

Shows are Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 3, at 3 p.m. Admission is free, though a $5 donation is suggested. For more info, go to www.telash.org.

And on a completely unrelated note, a followup to a recent Spork where we told readers about hope and anchor’s last show: Quiet indie-pop band Boys of Summer plays its last show with Tasha Trasher as a member (Trasher is moving back to her hometown of Portland, Ore.). That’s slated for Monday, May 4, at LaRue’s Backdoor.

Don’t despair: Boys of Summer will carry on without Trasher, tho she’ll certainly be missed.

— Rebecca Sulock

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Teatro Latino de Asheville’s Contamos todos tells the true stories of immigrants in our community.

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smartbets who: Windy & Carl what: Obscure space-rock duo where: Bebe Theatre, 20 Commerce St., Asheville

when: Friday, May 1, 9 p.m.($10. www.harvest-records.com or 2582999)

why: Minimalist, Michigan-

based husband-and-wife band Windy & Carl perform hauntingly ethereal tunes inspired by the emotions of heartbreak. The slowlyunfurling soundscapes they create with guitar, bass and voice are as much performance art as concert.

Experimental composer Benoit Piouland collaborates with Windy in supporting act Lamb’s Laughter.

who: Saffire the Uppity Blueswomen what: Female blues trio’s last Asheville show where: The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville when: Friday, May 1 (9 p.m. $20 advance/$23 day of show. www.thegreyeagle. com or 232-5800)

why: After 25 years of sassy, girl-powered blues, Saffire is having a final hur-

rah. The group’s farewell tour, in support their aptly-titled album, Havin’ the Last Word, brings them through Asheville. “We are going to tour extensively ... to perform in many of our favorite venues and cities,” the band’s Web site explains.

Worth noting: This long goodbye road trip lasts until Nov. 7.

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

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who: Womansong female community chorus what: Benefit concert for Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity’s 2009 Women Build program

where: Anderson Auditorium at Montreat Conference Center when: Saturday, May 2 (7:30 p.m. $15 advance/$18 at the door, $7 child/students, available at Accent on Books, Malaprop’s, Seven Sisters Gallery and www. ashevillehabitat.org)

why: Womansong will honor the “she-ros” of Women Build — that is, the ladies who volunteer for Habitat. They’ll perform with their oldtime band Wild Mountain Time and sing “Working on a Building,” “These Kind of Women Make the World Go ‘Round” and many more.

what: Biltmore Village May Day festival where: Biltmore Village when: Saturday, May 2 (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. www.biltmorevillage.com) why: Featuring live bluegrass music, May Pole dancing, carriage rides and

strolling a capella singers, the festival aims to revive a Biltmore Village tradition dating back to 1906.

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

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smartbets what: Spring Wildflower and Bird

Support your outdoor habit!

Pilgrimages, along with Festival in the Gardens

where: Registration for the wildflower and bird tours is at UNCA’s Robinson Hall lobby; Festival in the Gardens is at UNCA’s Botanical Gardens

when: Friday, May 1, to Sunday, Z/1 (MEN & WOMEN) HIPTHONG (MEN & WOMEN) SHOWN: women’s garden red Also black & angles blue Full Sizes: 5-11 Men’s trail rust Full Sizes: 7-14

ZX/1 (WOMEN)

SHOWN: subtle purple Also in subtle blue Full Sizes: 5-11

SHOWN: women’s aspire Also in women’s black & atlantis Full Sizes: 5-11 Men’s in black, trail rust, & cactus Full Sizes: 7-14

May 3 (Registration for wildflower/bird tours at 6:30 p.m. in the Robinson Hall lobby — directional signs will be placed around campus. $5 or $1 for students. Breeding BlightResistant American Chestnut Trees program at 7:30 p.m. in Robinson Hall auditorium. All-day and half-day wildflower/bird events on Saturday and Sunday; see www.unca.edu/biology for full schedule. Festival in the Gardens is Friday from 1 to 6 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free.)

why: Spring has sprung! Whether you want to get out in the region for one of

UNCA’s famous wildflower and bird pilgrimages offered on Saturday, or if you want to stroll the botanical gardens and peruse the annual plant sale, these weekend offers myriad opportunity for flora lovers and birders.

who: Jeweler Deb Karash and potter Rob Pulleyn what: Same Window Different View exhibit where: Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville when: Artist reception on Saturday, May 2, at 6 p.m. Show up through June 27.

(Info at 688-3599 or www.crimsonlaurelgallery.com)

why: Karash and Pulleyn are both at Marshall High — not teenagers, but working artists in the studios Pulleyn created after renovating the old building.

Karash creates beautiful mixed-metal art jewelry and Pulleyn is known for his layered textures and terrific colors. Tis a lovely time of year to take the drive to Bakersville.

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

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where to find the clubs • what is playing • listings for venues throughout Western North Carolina C lubland rules •To qualify for a free listing, a venue must be predominately dedicated to the performing arts. Bookstores and cafés with regular open mics and musical events are also allowed.

•To limit confusion, events must be submitted by the venue owner or a representative of that venue.

•Events must be submitted in written form by e-mail (clubland@mountainx.com), fax, snail mail or hand-delivered to the Clubland Editor Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt at 2 Wall St., Room 209, Asheville, NC 28801.

Events submitted to other staff members are not assured of inclusion in Clubland.

•Clubs must hold at least TWO events per week to qualify for listing space. Any venue that is inactive in Clubland for one month will be removed.

•The Clubland Editor reserves the right to edit or exclude events or venues.

•Deadline is by noon on Monday for that Wednesday’s publication. This is a firm deadline.

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Open mic

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Boiler Room

Tony Wain and the Payne (country)

Hookah Joe’s

Broadway’s

Open Mic

‘80s Night

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

Non-stop rock’n roll sing-a-long party

Jack Of The Wood Pub

show, 8pm-1am

Old Time Jam, 6pm

Eleven on Grove

New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Live music w/ Ventricles & Lulo

Latin dance, 9pm-2pm

Orange Peel

Emerald Lounge

Waltz night

Reggae Resurrection

Rocket Club

Thu., April 30

French Broad Brewery Tasting

Back Room

Angela Easterling (folk, country)

Room

Canyon Creek (bluegrass)

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Beacon Pub

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Blu Lounge

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 7-11pm

Johnny Blackwell (folk-rock, bluegrass) Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

John Cook

Handlebar

Boiler Room

Enter the Haggis (Celtic, rock)

Empty Slate (rock, soul)

Hookah Joe’s

Courtyard Gallery

Dr. Sketchy’s Life Drawing Cabaret: “March of the White Rabbits”

Open mic w/ Jarrett Leone Elaine’s Dueling Piano Bar

Galictifunk (disco, funk, house & DJs) Tressa’s Downtown Jazz and

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

Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Celtic & eclectic jam Frankie Bones

Blues

Eleven on Grove

Jack Of The Wood Pub

The Free Flow Band (funk, soul)

Bluegrass Jam, 9:30pm

Emerald Lounge

Lobster Trap

Nigel One (psychedelic, soul), Be Haer Nao, MCSYMPL & Peripheral

Hank Bones Mela

Five Fifty Three

Belly dancing

Steve Wolrab & guests (jazz, guitar)

Nashwa

Garage at Biltmore

Back Room

Open jam hosted by Michael Tao

Open mic

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Becky and Jaime’s Water’n

FOUND Magazine’s Denim and

Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues (blues)

Hole

Diamonds Tour feat: Davy & Peter

Wild Wing Cafe

Frankie Bones

Open mic

Rothbart

Caribbean Cowboys

Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)

Marc Keller (variety) White Horse

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm

The Mixx Dance Party

Wed., April 29

Vincenzo’s Bistro

WINNERS

Dehlia Low (bluegrass, Americana) CD Release Party w/ Spring Creek

Girl, Guns & Glory (Americana) w/ Yarn

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Chris Rhodes (singer/songwriter)

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Throwback Thursday w/ 80’s & 90’s music

ThursDAY, April 30

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the riB tips

April 29th

The Screaming Jays

return oF the zany minstrels

No Cover!

saTurday, May 2 $5

May 1st

cary FriDley & Down south traDitional country

Thursday, May 7 Free!

Vinegar creek constituency Bluegrass/roots music

saTurday, May 9 $5

DiscorDian society experimental Funk

- Mon. 7:30 OPEN MIC hosted by Scott Stewart

- Tues. -

Blues Jam Featuring the

Westville All Stars hosted by Mars

Belly Dancing

May 2nd

The Hitmen

May 5th

Funk Record Spin Night w/DJ Rob All shows at 9:30 pm unless noted

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Trivia Night with Prizes 9pm

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Mo Daddy’s

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taylor Martin Gritty Blues

FriDAY, MAY 1

Milele rootS Reggae

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Brittney reilly & FriendS

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Chuck Beattie No Cover

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Chris Oneal No Cover tueSdAy

Open Mic Night!

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Pisgah Brewing Company

French Broad Brewery Tasting

Back Room

Now You See Them (folk-rock)

Room

Leigh Glass Band (Southern rock, blues)

Purple Onion Cafe

Peggy Ratusz (blues, jazz, soul)

Beacon Pub

Eliza Lynn (singer/songwriter)

Garage at Biltmore

Baker Family Band

Razcalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Hundred Hands w/ Spy Satellite (indie, rock)& Death to Analog

Blu Lounge

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Mark Keller (singer/songwriter) Rocket Club

The Trainwreks (rock, country) Soul Infusion Tea House and Bistro

Singer-songwriter showcase Temptations Martini Bar

Jake Gardner (singer/songwriter) Tressaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Peggy Ratuszâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Invitational Blues Jam Vincenzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro

Live music w/ Aaron Laflace (singer/songwriter) Watershed

Open mic at the Shed w/ Parker Brooks Westville Pub

The Rib Tips White Horse

Live music Wild Wing Cafe

Retroholics (classic rock) Zuma Coffee

Thursday night bluegrass jam

F ri., May 1 Back Room

Wink Keziah & Delux Motel (Southern rock) Blu Lounge

Dance mix w/ local DJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blue Mountain Pizza Cafe

Acoustic Swing Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine

FRIDAY â&#x20AC;˘ MAY 1

Habibigy

Klezmer/Blues/Jazz/Soul SATURDAY â&#x20AC;˘ MAY 2

The Honeycutters

CD Release Show! Blues/ Americana

Bar

Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm Boiler Room

Peace Jones (funk, rock) Chaserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nitelife

DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band Club Xcapades

Live music College St. Pub

Blue Jay Way (blues, folk, rock) Decades Restaurant & Bar

Southern Silk Duo (jazz, blues) w/ DJ Fortune 500, 10pm-2am Dockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant

FRIDAY â&#x20AC;˘ MAY 8

Kellin Watson

Ashevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Songstress Extraordinaire SATURDAY â&#x20AC;˘ MAY 9

James Intveld Honky Tonka Truck

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Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 711pm Handlebar

3rd Annual Mac Arnold Cornbread & Collard Greens Festival feat: Mac Arnold & Plate Full Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Blue (blues) Hangar

The Sharkadelics (classic rock, metal) Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Iron Horse Station

Butter Hollar Jack Of The Wood Pub

Habibigy (Klezmer blues, jazz, soul)

Blue Ridge Dining Room & Wine Bar

Chris Rhodes (r&b, blues, pop), 5:30-10pm Boiler Room

Band competition Chaserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nitelife

DJ Diva & The Lee Whitaker Band College St. Pub

Blue Jay Way (blues, folk, rock) Decades Restaurant & Bar

Southern Silk Duo (jazz, blues) w/ DJ Fortune 500, 10pm-2am Dockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant

Randy Galloway (Southern rock) & open mic jam Elaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dueling Piano Bar

Non-stop rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

Magnoliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raw Bar

Eleven on Grove

A Social Funk-tion (party covers)

Crystal Kind (cosmic reggae)

Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern

Emerald Lounge

The Go Devils (â&#x20AC;&#x153;rockabillyâ&#x20AC;?)

Eymarel CD release party (other)

Nashwa

Firestorm Cafe and Books

Mayhem w/ Total Recall, DJ Krumbz & DJ Bowie

Jazz Fusion Night w/ local artists

Picnics

Tony Wayne & The Payne (country, crunk)

Live music w/ Jason Ross Martin & friends

Fredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Speakeasy French Broad Brewery Tasting

Pisgah Brewing Company

Room

Crystal Kind (cosmic reggae)

Tennessee Hollow (country, roots-rock)

Purple Onion Cafe

Grey Eagle Music Hall & Tavern

Fred Whisken (jazz pianist) Razcalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Enter The Haggis (Celtic, rock) w/ The Hooligans

West Sound (blues)

Grove Park Inn Great Hall

Red Room at Temptations

DJ Spivey Rocket Club

Pierce Edensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; CD release party (folk, rock) w/ The Wappers Stir Fry Cafe

Live music w/ DJ Blaze Tolliverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossing Irish Pub

Chuck Beattie (singer/songwriter) Town Pump

Elaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dueling Piano Bar

Tressaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Jazz and Blues

Non-stop rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;n roll sing-a-long party show, 8pm-1am

The Free Flow Band (funk, soul) Vaso de Vino Wine Bar & Market

Eleanorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sports Tavern & Grill

Live music w/ Dave Lagadi

Johnny â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butaneâ&#x20AC;? Blackwell & The Smokinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Section

Vincenzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro

Emerald Lounge

Watershed

Freepeoples Frequency (techno, alternative) w/ Agobi Project & Jerkface

Locomotive Pie (originals & blues)

Belly dancing w/ live music

Jerusalem Garden

Randy Galloway (Southern rock) & open mic jam

Milele Roots (reggae, jam)

Bobby Sullivan (piano) Live music w/ Lance Mills White Horse

Five Fifty Three

Montana Skies (cello, guitar fusion)

Michael Collins w/ Jeff Starnes (jazz duo)

Wild Wing Cafe

Fredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Speakeasy

Live music w/ Frenendo

Live music w/ The Vintage Sons

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Saffireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farewell concert (acoustic, blues)

Music w/ Lady DJ Christian M.

Sat., May 2

Bill Covington (classics), 6-7pm Maddy & Masterpiece (dance band), 711pm Handlebar

Oz and The Red Party (a benefit for AID Upstate) Hangar

Live music Horizons at Grove Park Inn

Lajos Pagony (piano), 6-10pm Jack Of The Wood Pub

The Honeycutters CD release show (Americana, country) Jerusalem Garden

Belly dancing w/ live music Magnoliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raw Bar

A Social Funk-tion (party covers) Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern

Cornbread Revival w/ Scarekrow (rock, blues) New French Bar Courtyard Cafe

Live music w/ Ed Schrader & Height Orange Peel

Local Showcase feat: The Broomstars, The Enemy Lovers & Bugs Multiply

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Tokyo!

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Carmike Cinema 10 (298-4452) n

Directors: Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, Bong Joon-ho Players: Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Denis Lavant, JeanFrançois Balmer

Portmanteau Drama/Comedy Rated NR The Story: Three filmmakers tackle three stories set in Tokyo.

The Lowdown: An absolutely wonderful compendium film that rarely makes even the slightest false step. This is must-see filmmaking.

With the three-director — Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, Bong Joon-ho — multistory film Tokyo!, the first really exciting piece of filmmaking of 2009 comes to town. Simply put, this is one terrific movie, even if it does consist of three stories that are related only by the city in which they take place. My original hesitation to expect much out of the film — owing to a lack of familiarity with the work of Leos Carax, and having been less than blown away by Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006) — vanished as the film unspooled.

I had expected to like Gondry’s segment, “Interior Design,” and I did, but since it opened the film, I was prepared for diminishing returns that never materialized. The moment Leos Carax opted to accompany the first appearance of his main character, Mr. Merde (Denis Lavant), rampaging through the streets of Tokyo in merde with Akira Ifukube’s theme from Godzilla (1954), he had me and he never lost me. I found it harder to respond to Bong’s “Shaking Tokyo” at first, but it won me over long before the end with its gentle humanity and playful sense of humor. It was only on a second viewing of The Host that I realized that the best thing about Bong’s film had been its humanity, not its giantmonster story.

Tokyo! is a film that will benefit from the viewer knowing little more than the bare substance of its stories on a first viewing, making it a hard movie to write about. Multiple viewings will enhance the experience, but there’s such a joy to the surprising nature of each tale that revealing too much would be doing the movie — or movies — a disservice.

Gondry’s “Interior Design” is probably the best of the three. It’s a deceptively simple story involving a young couple (Ayako Fujitani and Ryo Kase) who move to Tokyo and take up strained residency with a friend (Ayumi Ito) in the friend’s tiny apartment. He’s there to promote his film (the sort of cockeyed film that only a Gondry character could imagine), while she’s there for no very good reason other than the fact that he is. The charm of the piece lies not just in Gondry’s typical quirkiness, but

Ayako Fujitani and Ryo Kase in the Michel Gondry episode of the brilliant and quite wonderful cinematic triptych Tokyo!. also in its ability to seamlessly blend fantasy and reality — and the irony of who finds reality in whose flight of fantasy. Let’s just say that it isn’t what you expect, and it has an ending that manages to be both painfully sad and satisfying at the same time.

Carax’s “Merde” is meaner and tougher, which befits a film that sets out to mock and damn xenophobia on every level. That doesn’t make it an unpleasant movie, however. In fact — as the use of the Godzilla music should indicate — it’s a rather playful work. Just be prepared for the fact that the playfulness has a very full set of teeth. The story concerns a “monster,” Mr. Merde (yes, that’s his name), who emerges from the city’s sewers and causes very minor disturbances, which are viewed out of all proportion by the populace, mostly due to Merde’s peculiar appearance and movement. As an examination of prejudice, it could scarcely be better. As filmmaking, it is constantly surprising.

Bong’s “Shaking Tokyo” is essentially a love story — a love story with two very unlikely characters, an agoraphobic man (Teruyuki Kagawa) and a pizza-delivery girl (Yu Aoi). It concerns what happens one day when the girl delivering the pizza faints in the man’s house and he falls in love with her when he learns that they share similar disorders. It’s a simple story, but filled with rich nuggets of detail and touches of cleverness that mean much.

Viewers who are really interested in filmmaking — and anyone in search of something a little out of the ordinary (and there’s so much ordinariness about these days) — should lose

no time in going to see this truly remarkable film by three pretty darn remarkable filmmakers. Not rated, but contains adult themes and nudity.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Fine Arts Theatre.

Earth

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Director: Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield Players: James Earl Jones (voice)

Nature Documentary Rated G The Story: A nature documentary that doubles as a vague environmentalism tract, told through the struggles of families of animals.

The Lowdown: A greatest-hits compilation of a nature doc that will be more educational and entertaining to the younger set.

Though occasionally grand and elegant, it’s ultimately pretty superfluous to anyone who has ever taken a middle-school science class.

It’s fitting that Earth — the first release from Disney’s newest imprint, Disneynature — was released to coincide with Earth Day, since everyone involved is very active in recycling.

The footage for Earth is taken from the 2006 BBC documentary series Planet Earth, narrated

by Sir Richard Attenborough. The series was released stateside a year later on the Discovery Channel, with Sigourney Weaver replacing Attenborough as narrator. In 2007, the footage was pared down to feature-length in the UK — with narration by Patrick Stewart — to create Earth, which has finally made its way here, with

Battle for Terra 3-D (PG) 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Fast & Furious (PG-13) 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 (no 7:30 show Tue and Thu), 10:00 Fighting (PG-13) 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (PG-13) 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Gooby (NR) 1:00 Sat only Hannah Montana: The Movie (G) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Knowing (PG-13) 1:00 (no 1:00 show Sat), 4:00 (no 4:00 show MonThu), 7:00, 9:40 (no 9:40 show Mon-Thu) Monsters vs. Aliens 3-D (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Obsessed (PG-13) 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 Say It in Russian (NR) Mon-Thu 4:00, 9:45 The Soloist (PG-13) 12:15, 4:00, 7:05, 10:10 Stand-up 360 (NR) Tue and Thu only 7:30 Sunshine Cleaning (R) 1:00, 3:20, 5:30, 7:30, 9:50 n Carolina Cinemas Hollywood 14 (274-9500)

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Mon-Fri 17 Again (PG-13) 12:20, 3:00, 5:30, 8:15, Late show Fri-Sat 10:45 Fast & Furious (PG-13) 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, Late show Fri-Sat 10:35 Fighting (PG-13) 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, Late show Fri-Sat 10:40 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (PG-13) 11:35, 2:05, 4:35, 7:20, Late show Fri-Sat 9:45 Hannah Montana: The Movie (PG) 11:45, 2:15, 4:45 The Informers (R) 2:50, 7:35

Knowing (PG-13) 7:15, Late show Fri-Sat 10:05 Monsters vs. Aliens (2-D) (PG) 11:55, 2:35, 4:55, 7:25, Late show Fri-Sat 9:50 Observe and Report (R) 12:15, 5:25, Late show FriSat 10:00 Obsessed (PG-13) 11:50, 2:25, 5:10, 7:45, Late show Fri-Sat 10:20 The Soloist (PG-13) 12:25, 3:10, 5:50, 8:30 State of Play (PG-13) 11:40, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, Late show Fri-Sat 10:30 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PG-13) 11:30, 12:00, 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:00, 7:05, 7:30, Late show Fri-Sat 9:40, 10:10

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17 Again (PG-13) 11:10, 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Crank: High Voltage (R) 11:05, 1:10, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:10 Earth (G) 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 I Love You, Man (R) 11:30, 2:15, 4:45, 7:40, 10:20 State of Play (PG-13) 11:40, 3:45, 7:10, 10:00 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PG-13) 11:15, 11:45, 1:50, 2:20, 4:25, 4:55, 7:00, 7:30, 9:35, 10:05

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nowplaying 17 Again

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Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry, Michelle Trachtenberg Comedy A father on the verge of a divorce magically gets transformed into his 17-year-old self and decides to head back to high school to live his life the way he wished he had in the first place. A starring vehicle for Zac Efron and nothing else, the movie is likely to appease his tween fans, but leaves little in the way of enjoyment for anyone else. Rated PG-13

Adventureland

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Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig Coming-of-Age Comedy A recent college grad is forced to take on a menial summer job at a cheesy amusement park in order to help afford grad school. A deftly funny, surprisingly astute, often heartfelt look at the complicated lives of those coming-of-age. Rated R

Crank: High Voltage

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Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Clifton Collins Jr., Efren Ramirez, Ling Bai Preposterous Action Thriller The presumably dead Chev Chelios proves to be very much alive, but with an artificial heart that constantly needs recharging. He races to retrieve his real one. Explosive bad taste, nonstop violence, foul language and scads of cinematic high jinks conspire to make for an outrageous moviegoing experience — assuming you care for that sort of thing. Rated R

Duplicity

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Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Dan Daily, Carrie Preston Stylish Caper Comedy A pair of former secret agents join forces and apply their particular fortes to the corporate world in order to make a big haul. Witty and stylish, Duplicity scores more than it misses, and benefits from the chemistry of its stars. Rated PG-13

Earth

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James Earl Jones (voice) Nature Documentary A nature documentary that doubles as a vague environmentalism tract, told through the struggles of families of animals.

A greatest-hits compilation of a nature doc that will be more educational and entertaining to the younger set. Though occasionally grand and elegant, it’s ultimately pretty superfluous to anyone who has ever taken a middle-school science class. Rated G

Fast & Furious

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Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, Michelle Rodriguez Mindless Gearhead Action Fugitive Dominic Toretto teams up with FBI agent Brian O’Conner to stop a Mexican drug-smuggling operation. Cars drive fast and things blow up.

That’s about it. Rated PG-13

Fighting

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Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Zulay Henao, Luis Guzmán, Brian J. White Fight Drama A small-time promoter turns a street hustler into an underground fighting sensation. A grade-B fight movie that strains to be more than it is — strains being the operative word. Rated PG-13

Hannah Montana: The Movie

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Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lucas Till, Vanessa Williams Musical Comedy Drama Pop-star Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart is taken back home for a two-week stint to keep her from “going Hollywood.” Overly cheerful pap about the values of rural life wrapped around a pop-star fantasy aimed at young, impressionable girls. Rated G

The Informers

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Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Amber Heard, Rhys Ifans Drama A series of intercut stories about the vapid hedonism of the 1980s. Too unrelentingly grim to function as entertainment and too full of unlikeable characters to generate any sympathy, The Informers, while interesting, is just too bleak for its own good. Rated R

I Love You, Man

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Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly, Jon Favreau Romantic Comedy A recently engaged realestate agent realizes he has no close friends he can ask to be the best man at his wedding, so he goes in search of a best friend. A likable cast isn’t enough to save this mediocre movie from its own predictable, unfocused plotting and stale jokes. Rated R

Knowing

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Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, D.G. Maloney, Lara Robinson, Nadia Townsend Horror/Sci-Fi/Crypto-Religious Fantasy A series of random numbers from 1959 turn out to catalog all the disasters of the ensuing 50 years, and may just hold the key to the future.

A beautifully made apocalyptic thriller that’s undone by a screenplay that becomes increasingly ridiculous. Rated PG-13

Monsters vs. Aliens

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(Voices of) Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Rainn Wilson Animated Sci-Fi Comedy A group of retro monsters from an earlier era are called upon to save the Earth from an alien invasion. A consistently — if mildly — amusing, creative animated take on ‘50s sci-fi that works well enough without being particularly distinctive.

Rated PG

Obsessed

JJJJJ iDris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter, Jerry O’Connell, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill Subpar Thriller A psychotic temp decides she and an office executive are having an affair, which comes as news to him and causes no end of trouble. Tedium vies with accidental humor in this incredibly tepid thriller. Tedium wins by a landslide. Rated PG-13

The Soloist

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Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Nelsan Ellis Fact-Based Drama The fact-based story of a newspaper columnist’s encounters with a homeless schizophrenic. Strong performances and occasionally inspired direction can’t overcome a meandering screenplay. Rated PG-13

State of Play

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Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman Political/Newspaper Thriller An old-school reporter and a rookie blogger join forces in an investigation of interconnected murders, a political scandal and a possible conspiracy. An intense and entertaining thriller that breathes new life into a workable formula. Rated PG-13

Sunshine Cleaning

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Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack, Clifton Collins Jr., Mary Lynn Rajskub, Steve Zahn Comedy/Drama A pair of sisters go into business for themselves cleaning up crime scenes.

Though marketed as a quirky black comedy, Sunshine Cleaning is actually much more: a warm, human and pretty wonderful character piece, with two brilliant actresses and a strong supporting cast. Rated R

Tokyo!

JJJJJ Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Denis Lavant, Jean-François Balmer Portmanteau Drama/Comedy Three filmmakers tackle three stories set in Tokyo. An absolutely wonderful compendium film that rarely makes even the slightest false step. This is must-see filmmaking. Rated NR

the voice of James Earl Jones calling the action in the U.S. version.

It’s hard not to get the feeling that something has been lost in the transition to theaters.

The movie is geared towards families and the younger set, and while a loose narrative following a few families of animals has been thrown together, the precociousness and cuteness of nature seems to be the ultimate point of it all. Not that Earth ever shies away from the violence and tragedy of nature — we still get baby caribou being hunted by wolves and elephants attacked by lions (the Woody Allen view of “nature as a giant cafeteria”) — but it’s all bloodless and G-rated. There’s also some tacked-on business about climate change, and while thankfully not heavy-handed, it isn’t shocking either.

Shot in HD, the film is often striking and majestic on the big screen. But this doesn’t keep it from giving off a sense of been there, done that. Maybe it’s because the film has been so cut down from its original form, but nothing about Earth seems terribly fresh or informative, coming across more as an especially spectacular episode of Wild Kingdom than anything else.

Kids could get a good bit out of it, but anyone older looking for a seriously edifying nature documentary would probably be best served just sticking to The Discovery Channel. Rated G. — reviewed by Justin Souther Playing at Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7.

Fighting

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Director: Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) Players: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Zulay Henao, Luis Guzmán, Brian J. White

Fight Drama Rated PG-13 The Story: A small-time promoter turns a street hustler into an underground fighting sensation.

The Lowdown: A grade-B fight movie that strains to be more than it is — strains being the operative word.

If ever a movie deserved the largely meaningless assessment of “it is what it is,” Dito Montiel’s Fighting is that movie. It is exactly what you think will be: a fairly dumb fight drama of the sort that Hollywood has been knocking out since Francis Wallace’s story Kid Galahad was committed to film in 1937. In fact, Fighting pretty much is an uncredited rehash of Kid Galahad with a slight modern varnish job. It’s still the story of a promoter spotting raw fighting talent in a kid and helping to turn him into a star fighter. That it’s on some vaguely defined underground bare-knuckle circuit changes very little, nor does it make it any less hokey. The point is that’s what Fighting offers you, and if that appeals to you, so might the movie.

The story finds Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum, Stop Loss) as a young man from Alabama living in abject poverty in New York City, where he’s trying to make a living selling merchandise of dubious authenticity on the street. While he’s in the midst of argu-

startingfriday Lionsgate is handling this first release from a new Canadian company called Snoot Entertainment — although taking this 3-D animated film head-to-head against X-Men Origins: Wolverine might sound more like mishandling to some. The idea is probably to take the kiddie market, though that may backfire, since Terra is apparently fairly adult and a little grim, despite its PG rating. The story involves a space traveler (Luke Wilson) trying to prevent his people from invading a peaceful planet. Evan Rachel Wood and Justin Long add to the voice talent. (PG)

Early review samples: • “Terra isn’t sugar-coated — the humans are hardly paragons of virtue, but neither are the Terrareans. And the story’s resolution won’t make Terra the feel-good cartoon of 2008, although it is a work of art.” (John Anderson, Variety) • “Has a basic-yet-admirable statement to make about the best and worst of human nature, and it makes the statement colorfully, sincerely, and succinctly.” (Scott Weinberg, Cinematical)

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ing with a customer over her purchase of a patently phony book called Harry Potter Versus the Hippopotamus (anybody who believes such a book exists deserves to buy a copy), Shawn is robbed and a fight breaks out. Naturally enough, this is witnessed by small-time hustler — and apparently, aspiring fight promoter — Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard), who is impressed by Derek’s pugilistic prowess and chases after the boy with offers of making him a well-paid fighter.

In all honesty, there’s certainly an admirable quality to the economy of it all — especially when contrasted with the clunky development of another of this week’s releases, Obsessed.

When you factor in the development that the Harry Potter customer turns out to have been Shawn’s “meeting cute” encounter with soonto-be romantic interest Zulay Valez (Zulay Henao, Feel the Noise), the sense of economy is all the greater. Unfortunately, so is the movie’s apparent love affair with every cliché in the book — an affliction that gets worse and worse as things progress.

What is most damaging to the film is perhaps its futile insistence that it’s somehow more than a bargain-basement B picture. What director and co-writer Dito Montiel needed was a studio head standing over him à la Barton Fink and telling him, “What’s to understand?

It’s a wrestling picture.” (One might add that it’s also a Channing Tatum beefcake movie, but that’s another matter.) The efforts to make it something “more” mostly result in a cascade of movie-cliché backstories, underworld tropes and calculatedly predictable “surprises.” These

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Well, here it is: the movie that every fan of comic-book movies wants to see and the one a lot of them are waiting to crucify for a variety of reasons (not all of which are related to the work print of the movie that leaked out to the Internet a few weeks back).

The choice of Gavin Hood (Rendition) as director is an interesting one. The choice of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine was inevitable. Liev Schreiber and Ryan Reynolds are also on board. Can’t wait? Well, some theaters are scheduling midnight shows on Thursday for the truly anxious. Early word from Australia, where the film premiered, is very positive, but the sources aren’t among the most reliable.

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things — including a fussy old-world grandmother (Altagracia Guzmán, I Heart Huckabees) for comic relief — undeniably goose the kitsch level of the whole thing, but they hardly deepen it.

The performances range from uneven in the case of Tatum (who alternates in between a stab at a Southern accent and a dese-dem-dose Brooklyn one), to the agreeable in the case of Zulay Henao, to the sleepwalking performance of Luis Guzmán, to the downright weird one from Terrence Howard. This isn’t the first time I’ve questioned Howard’s judgment in taking a role (see Awake and The Perfect Holiday), but this may be the first time I’ve wondered what the hell he was doing with the part. It’s almost as if he thinks that if he plays it all quietly enough, he might evaporate from the movie altogether.

It doesn’t work — and neither does the movie.

Rated PG-13 for intense fight sequences, a sex scene and brief strong language.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Cinemas Hollywood 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15.

Obsessed

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Director: Steve Shill Players: Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter, Jerry O’Connell, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill

Subpar Thriller Rated PG-13 The Story: A psychotic temp decides she and an office executive are having an affair, which comes as news to

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Probably of more interest than Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is this French romantic comedy that’s being compared to the works of Woody Allen and Eric Rohmer. The story is built around two couples, with the main part of the film being a flashback detailing the idea of why there is no such thing as “a kiss without consequences” — or at least possible consequences. Early reviews are very encouraging. (NR)

Early review samples: • “Shall We Kiss? doesn’t pretend that any of these shenanigans are less than preposterous. It has the formality of a modern bedroom farce, without slammed doors or raised voices or people running frantically in and out of closets.” (Stephen Holden, New York Times) • “The French cinema continues to be the source of our most timelessly enchanting romantic entertainment.” (Andrew Sarris, New York Observer)

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I don’t mind that TV director Steve Shill’s theatrical film debut, Obsessed, is mindless, overheated, undercooked trash. I mind that it’s boring mindless, overheated, undercooked trash. That’s the one thing trash can’t withstand. Unfortunately, it’s also the one thing Obsessed has in abundance. Oh, it has other things — awful dialogue, hysterically obvious setups (the more forgiving among us may call this “foreshadowing”), laughably bad performances, a mentally defective story line — but it’s the boredom quotient that cooks the goose.

(Considering the movie took the top spot at the box office last weekend, it may be concluded that one shouldn’t underestimate the value of the prospect of seeing a cat fight between Beyoncé and Ali Larter.)

Here’s the premise: Derek (Idris Elba, RocknRolla) has some kind of very important job at some kind of very upscale company. He also has a doting wife, Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles), a small son, Kyle (Nicholas and Nathan Myers), and a newly acquired upscale house — not to mention an Escalade and a Benz. Life is sweet — until he makes small talk with an obviously overly friendly temp (“Let me manage to show you my inner thigh when we first meet”) named Lisa (Ali Larter, Resident Evil: Extinction), who comes to work at his upscale company.

Of course, no one — apart from composer James Dooley, who lays on the suspense music with a very large trowel — seems to notice that Lisa is spectacularly unbalanced. Quicker than you can say “sexual-harassment suit,” she’s involved in a torrid affair with Derek.

Derek doesn’t know this, but stalker Lisa is quite capable of carrying on both sides of the affair all by herself. Now, just exactly how this conspires to destroy Derek’s marriage, job and life is accounted for by the idea that prior to marrying Sharon (who had been his secretary — never mind that she doesn’t act like she could sharpen a pencil), Derek had garnered a rep as the office Lothario. The fact that every character in the film is a card-carrying idiot takes care of the rest. This is one of those plots where two or three well-timed sentences could have prevented everything.

There are several points of note in the catalog of unintentional mirth. I’m still tussling over which of the following scenes is funnier: the one where Derek’s secretary (Matthew Humphreys, The Good Shepherd), who is prone to gossiping (of course) and happens to be gay (even more of course), blabs every possible piece of information to psycho girl about Derek and Sharon’s plans, or the one where loony Lisa transparently bamboozles the world’s dumbest babysitter into letting her into Derek and Sharon’s house.

Amusing inanities like this might have kept this rubbish afloat had the rest of the movie not been so damned dull and in such obvious need of cutting. The entire opening could be chopped out with the movie instead opening with Lisa flashing her inner thigh at Derek. Nearly every scene of people driving around is superfluous, but when you think about it, superfluous is a perfect description of this whole tired suspenseless suspenser. It’s a sad day in movieland when you start thinking what good movies Fatal Attraction (1987) and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) were by comparison. Rated PG13 for sexual material, including some suggestive dialogue, some violence and thematic content.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Cinemas Hollywood 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15.

The Soloist

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Director: Joe Wright (Atonement) Players: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Nelsan Ellis

Fact-Based Drama

Rated PG-13

The Story: The fact-based story of a newspaper columnist’s encounters with a homeless schizophrenic.

The Lowdown: Strong performances and occasionally inspired direction can’t overcome a meandering screenplay.

Now that Joe Wright’s failed Oscar bait, The Soloist, has also fared poorly at the box office, maybe Mr. Wright will have gotten over his mania for the award-worthy and get back to the business of making the movies his 2005 debut feature Pride and Prejudice suggested he had in him. This isn’t to say that The Soloist is a bad movie, but the best that can be said of it

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Director: Fred Schepisi Players: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Shelley Duvall, Rick Rossovich, Fred Willard

Romantic Comedy

Rated PG

I note with some amusement that in the midst of quoting Siskel and Ebert somewhat lavishly calling Roxanne (1987) a “comic masterpiece,” someone forgot to mention either Cyrano de Bergerac or its author, Edmond Rostand, on the DVD case.

I guess not crediting the source material doesn’t matter much, since Steve Martin wrote the screenplay and Martinized it pretty well. On the plus side, I will say that the film manages the not-inconsiderable feat of making Martin — possibly the least inherently sympathetic of all screen comics — reasonably sympathetic. That it does so by loading the story with a good deal more sap — and a lot less wit — than the origi-

nal material offers is another matter. In the end, it’s a harmless little entertainment.

One’s overall response to the film will depend a great deal on one’s taste for the 1980s. From the moment that Bruce Smeaton’s score kicks in over the opening credits, you know exactly where you are in terms of pop culture. It’s up to you if you cringe or find nostalgic reverie in the matter. The other major factor is going to be how funny you find Martin. His is a brand of humor that tends to escape me, so I’m not the best judge of how well he fares here, though it’s certainly light years ahead of his Pink Panther outings of more recent times.

As a result, I’d call it reasonably successful, but I can’t get excited about it.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Roxanne is the third of four comedies being presented by Bold Life movie reviewer Marcianne Miller in Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library. It will screen at 2 p.m.

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Director: Orson Welles Players: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud, Keith Baxter

Shakespearean Comedy/Drama

Rated NR

Fighting the uphill battle inherent in all international co-productions of its time and the limitations of recording dialogue in post-production, Orson Welles, nonetheless, emerged victorious with Chimes at Midnight (1966) — perhaps the only one of his films that can really give Citizen Kane (1941) a run for its money as the filmmaker’s finest work. Stranger still is the fact that this patchwork narrative — built around the character of Jack Falstaff (Welles) and cobbled together from several plays — represents one of the most successful translations of Shakespeare to film. And for a fairly rarely seen film (until recently it was all but out of circulation), it has a significant follower in Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho (1991), which has more to do with Welles’ film than their shared Shakespeare basis (just look at the resemblance between is that it qualifies as an honorable failure. After finally seeing the film, there’s no longer much mystery as to why the studio pulled it from awards season. It’s equally easy to see why it was considered in that realm in the first place.

Everything about The Soloist screams quality production — highly rated director and even more highly rated stars, Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr., and a message-heavy “true-life” story. What more could you ask for in terms of catching Oscar’s eye? Well, it might have helped if anyone had settled on just what message the movie was trying to convey. And it might have helped even more if Wright and screenwriter Susannah Grant (Catch and Release) had settled on what kind of movie they were making. In the end, what they achieved is something of an unwieldy mess.

The film is based on Steve Lopez’s book — drawn from his series of Los Angeles Times articles — about his meetings and subsequent friendship with a homeless schizophrenic, Nathaniel Ayers, who turns out to have once been a musical prodigy and a Julliard student.

Lopez is played by Robert Downey Jr. and Ayers is played by Jamie Foxx, and these performances are both in the film’s favor, but they aren’t enough to hold the proceedings together.

And these are proceedings badly in need of being held together, because the film wanders all over the map with peculiar notions of dramatic necessity. Why, for example, does the film find it necessary to invent marital strife between Lopez and his wife (Catherine Keener)? What function does this serve? What’s the point in inserting a running gag involving Lopez’s ongoing battle with raccoons in his yard? It’s mildly amusing watching Downey tussle with a bag of

Keith Baxter here and Keanu Reeves in Van Sant’s movie).

Now that the film is back among us, perhaps it will finally get its due as the masterpiece it is. This is big and bold filmmaking — and not just due to its amazing battle with its aggressive editing style either.

Everywhere you turn there is something remarkable to be seen: a brilliant composition, a surprising camera movement, a great performance. And at the center of it all is Welles himself holding the proceedings in place. Though Welles thought little of himself as an actor (an exercise that made him wholly self-conscious), he embodies every note of the character here. You’ll not soon forget his reaction at the end, when Prince Hal becomes King Hal and disowns him. Watch him suddenly become truly old for the first time, while realizing that this is as it should be, and that he can take some credit in the making of this king.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Chimes at Midnight, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332. raccoon-repellent coyote urine, but what it has to do with the story escapes me.

The central problem with the film is addressed in the movie itself when Lopez says he doesn’t want to make a book out of his articles concerning Ayers because it’s a story without an ending. That’s the film’s difficulty, too. It has nowhere it can really go. Ayers isn’t going to magically get better and play Carnegie Hall (or Disney Hall, to keep with the film) for a big finale, so instead the movie merely wanders around — touching on more problems than it can digest or effectively address — until a sufficient running time has been reached. The film eventually wraps things up in a simplistic bit of wisdom from Lopez’s wife and pretty much just stops, followed by a tepid shot at a “feelgood” tag scene.

Yes, the performances are good. And yes, Wright’s direction is often assured and creative, though his attempts to show how music has the ability to transport Ayers out of his shadow world are a very mixed bag. The use of soaring pigeons isn’t bad. There’s also a thrilling tracking shot on Ayers as he listens to Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony, but what’s the payoff for that shot? Something that seems like an eternity of trippy-colored lights — an effect my Windows Media Player pulls off more impressively. And no, seeing it 30-odd feet wide doesn’t enhance its essential computer-gimmick lameness. In the end, it’s that sense of lameness that colors this whole mishmash of a movie.

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some drug use and language.

— reviewed by Ken Hanke Playing at Carmike Cinema 10, Carolina Cinemas Hollywood 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium 15.

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Education/ Tutoring MATH AND SCIENCE TUTOR K-12 and college students; coursework, exam preparation. French lessons all levels (native). East Asheville. Call 298-4310.

ATTENTION ENTREPRENEURS! Premier Restaurants for sale in Asheville and surrounding area. Jeff Eatherly Broker, National Restaurant Associates. (828) 225-4801. www.restaurantstore.com ECOTRIPS CEO NEEDED For innovative, green transportation system featuring electric vehicles for local shuttle service. Unique and established business model needs an imaginative entrepreneur who wants to expand this groundbreaking idea and can focus time and energy to its unlimited potential. Serious inquiries only. For more info go to www.ecotripsasheville.com or email to info@ecotripsasheville.com INNOVATIVE CHILDCARE CAFE • Niche company with strong client base. Call Tonya at 828-299-4420 for more information or visit www.growingyoungcafe.com

Commercial Property 243 BROADWAY AVENUE 900 sqft of class A office space, 12’ ceilings, heart pine floors, small kitchenette, handicapped bathroom, updated electrical. For Sale at $229,900 or for lease at $1295/month. • Available immediately. Contact Eclipse Real Estate Solutions Inc.: (828) 252-3726.

BARGAIN WEST ASHEVILLE! Walk to Westville Pub! 2500 sqft. 5BR, 1BA bungalow.

Woodfloors, fireplace, porches. Restoration 80% complete. Can be used for business. Appraised value: $299,900. Sacrifice $199,900. Thomas Wolfe: 252-5253.

COMMERCIAL FOR SALE • 3 offices in point of Flat Iron Building, 1436 sqft, $319,000, reduced!

• Leader Building, downtown, 2nd floor, owner financing, $799,000.

• Gateway to Broadway Corridor, 4 buildings, 2 lots, home to many new developments, $1,650,000.

• Carolina Lane, mixed-use, 1296 sqft, $369,900.

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Business Rentals 1-5 ROOM OFFICES, DOWNTOWN, 70 Woodfin, utilities included, $140 $800/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 1-ROOM OFFICE, SOUTH, 1796 Hendersonville, utilities included, $330/month, 828253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 2-ROOM OFFICE SPACE located on top floor of historic building in Downtown. $500/month.

Deposit required. Parking and water provided. Contact 2531342. Brownstone Realty 2-ROOM SUITE, NORTH, 192 E. Chestnut, utilities included, $1050/month, 828-2531517, www.leslieandassoc.com 243 BROADWAY AVENUE 900 sqft of class A office space, 12’ ceilings, heart pine floors, small kitchenette, handicapped bathroom, updated electrical. For Sale at $229,900 or for lease at $1295/month. • Available immediately. Contact Eclipse Real Estate Solutions Inc.: (828) 252-3726.

7-ROOM SUITE, DOWNTOWN, 79 Woodfin, utilities included, $1975/month, 828-2531517, www.leslieandassoc.com 73 MERRIMON, “The Belvedere”, 2800+ sqft, kitchen, w/d hookups, a/c, large porch, parking, $3000/month, 828-2531517, www.leslieandassoc.com

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE OFFICE • $462,000. Twostory, 2524 sqft traditional with historic charm!

Woodfloors and trim, fireplace, front porch, trees.

Offices, conference rooms, and restrooms on each floor.

Zoned heat pumps, parking.

MLS#426641. Call (828) 255-7530. appalachianrealty.com DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE: For sale. Renovated 1,227 sqft office building. $259,900. Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL RETAIL/GALLERY/OFFICE • On beautiful tree lined Church St. off of Patton Ave. Former Gallery Minerva location, 12 Church St. Call Anna for more information 828-337-5000. anna@galleryminerva.com

OFFICE ZONING • DOWNTOWN/CHARLOTTE ST $485,000. This 2 story has 3400+ sqft, large meeting rooms, kitchen, lounge, 8 offices, updated electric and HVAC, large deck, off-street parking.

Many original architectural features remain.

Owner/broker. MLS#426900.

Call (828) 255-7530. appalachianrealty.com

COMMERCIAL RENTALS • Downtown ground-level retail with walking traffic: $1500/month.

• Downtown full service offices above Tops for Shoes: From $933/month.

• Lexington Station offices from $700/month.

• Spacious McCormick Place office: $2790/month.

The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com COMMERCIAL SPACE Available Downtown Asheville. 1,060 sqft at $500/month; water included.

Contact (828) 253-1342.

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FLAT IRON BUILDING • Fifth floor - 2 single offices with windows to Battery Park Ave for rent.

One at $550/month and a corner one at $675/month • 1 year lease. Utilities furnished.

Call Larry at 828-5456244 or email: lemerrill@hotmail.com NICE SUBURBAN OFFICES South of Airport, Hwy 280.

4,400 sqft. freestanding building. Possible home office. Approximately $3,000/month.

HENDERSONVILLE ROAD Close to Asheville. Deluxe suite of offices, 260, 1,000, 1,600 sqft. Ample parking.

Cheap! 828-216-6066

DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE: For lease. Retail and office suites, 222 to 2,964 sqft.

Very prominent locations.

Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE Office space in historic building at 50 College Street.

Available June 1. 3300 sqft heated, upfitted for office @ $14/sqft. Elevator. City parking garage adjacent.

Original oak woodwork, marble entrance stair, windows in all work spaces.

Call 254-4778, ext. 35.

DOWNTOWN HEART • One room office, signage, private entrance ground floor, parking, kitchen and bath. $600/month. 828-230-0755. bernie@ ashevillemountainlots.com

DOWNTOWN SMALL OFFICE • Historic Wilson Building.

High ceiling, wood floors, good light. $325/month. 1st month free with year lease.

Jesse 230-1726

OFFICE SPACE CHARLOTTE ST • Prime location. Private room with waiting area. Parking. $375/month, $375 deposit.

Share utilities. Avail. May 1.

828-779-4924.

RIVER DISTRICT 6,000 sqft shell - artists; flexible uses.

Owner will upfit for Class A office. Call G/M Property Group, 828-281-4024. jmenk@gmproperty.com SMOKEY PARK HIGHWAY Ideal Office/commercial space with great visibility in the Biltmore Lake/W. Buncombe area. Available for $700/month. Call (828) 2159823 for showings.

VIEW OF GROVE PARK INN • Two room suite, new 2nd floor construction, high traffic. Haywood Rd./Patton Ave. West. Big windows, alarm system, central air/heat, utilities included.

400 sq. ft. • 828-712-8290.

WALL STREET • 2,400 sq. ft. and 1,600 sq. ft. office/retail space. Two excellent high traffic locations with nice upgrades and parking. A rare find.

Rick, 828-230-7421.

Rentals

Rooms For Rent BLACK MOUNTAIN Comfortable rooms in historic Monte Vista Hotel. $175/week, includes: cable, wireless internet, all utilities.

Background check/references. For details: Martha: 669-2119. www.montevistahotel.com

Apartments For Rent • 1/2 OFF FIRST MONTH RENT w/6-month lease. • 1/2 off 2 months rent w/12month lease. 635-1,265 sqft; $620-$860/month. Beautiful, mature landscaping. Quiet, residential, West Asheville neighborhood. EHO. 828-258-0623. www.bearcreek-apts.com

$350/MONTH CANTON; $495/MONTH CANDLER Nice, renovated 1BR apartments; minutes from downtown Asheville. No smoking; no pets. Call (828) 337-5447.

1-2BR, 1-1.5BA, SOUTH, Skyland Heights,* 2nd month free*, $575-$675/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 1-2BR, 1-2BA, ARDEN, Glen Beale, *2nd month free*, $585-$685/month, 828-2531517, www.leslieandassoc.com 1920’s CHARM NEAR UNCA AND DOWNTOWN! 2BR with open dining/living features hardwood floors, lots of windows. $725/month includes all heat, hot and cold water and laundry. Cat ok; sorry no dogs. Year’s lease, security deposit, credit check required. For appointment: Elizabeth Graham 828-253-6800.

1BA/STUDIO, NORTH, 85 Merrimon, A/C, utilities included, furnished, $550/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 1BR, 1BA EAST Quiet duplex on 1 acre. Mature setting with views. No smoking. • Pet considered. $600/month.

Deposit. Lease. 230-2511.

1BR, 1BA, HENDERSONVILLE, 827 4th, hardwood floors, $450/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 1ST CALL US! Studio, 1 and 2BR apartments from $425$800. Pet friendly. (828) 2519966. Alpha-RealEstate.com

G ROVE A RCADE APAR TMENTS

In the heart of downtown Asheville

Where everything is just around the corner…

AFFORDABLE • BRAND NEW! Be the first at Bent Creek Knoll on busy Brevard Road! Great space options and visibility with high traffic count. 1250 sqft, priced from $1250. Owner/broker. 2159823.

ATTENTION MASSAGE THERAPISTS Fully equipped therapy room in established office. Available 2, 3 or 4 days/week or per appointment basis. • Montford area. Call (828) 255-7556.

ATTRACTIVE, 2,000 SQFT, DOWNTOWN OFFICE 55 Grove Street. Completely remodeled. Four offices, break room, reception. $2,400/month. Practical and beautiful. (828) 253-9451. ashevilletourism.net BE ON TUNNEL ROAD! High traffic count with great location and convenience to downtown and East Asheville. $650/month. Call (828) 215-2865 for showings.

• Convenient - To shops, music, restaurants – everything!

• Reserved parking • Services - from dog walking to plant watering • Secure - 24 Hour security • Stylish - Live, work and play from one of Asheville’s historic classics

One Month FREE!*

1 Bedroom, 1 Bath • 2 Bedroom, 2 Baths

You’re Invited To See For Yourself !

Call Amber Ammons: (828) 252-7799 ext. 305 *Rent Special through May 2009 – Call for details!

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2BR, 1.5BA, HENDERSONVILLE, 902 Hillcrest, **2nd. month free*, $595/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1.5BA, NORTH, 47 Albemarle, w/d hookups, fireplace, deck, $795/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1.5BA, NORTH, Gracelyn Gardens, coin-op, $635/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA, NORTH, 146 Fenner, view, deck, fireplace, $795/month, 828-693-8069, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR, 1BA, North, 198 Kimberly, a/c, hardwood floors, carport, heat included, $750/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 2BR,1BA WEAVERVILLE • Great kitchen and laundry room. 900 sq.ft. Excellent condition. No smokers. $650/month. 828-775-9434.

3BR, 2BA, ARDEN, 8207 Terra, AC, W/D hookups, $750/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA duplex near Haw Creek. New, modern duplex community next to Bell School, Tunnel Road, East Asheville. Rooms on one level; 1/3 acre lot. Cats or 1 small dog okay. $875/month; vacant. Park-like setting, flower beds, huge trees. 2997502 5 COOL APARTMENTS! • Walk to everything downtown, live, work and play. • 2 Studios: $595/month. • Three 2BRs: $695/month (reduced!). Call 2542029. APM. 65 LOOKOUT ROAD Adjacent to UNCA. Nice 2BR, 1BA, living room, large eat-in kitchen. This apartment currently has washer/dryer and they are for sale. Offstreet parking. Available immediately. No pets. $645/month. Contact Tom, (828) 230-7296.

ACCEPTING SECTION 8 NOW! Mobiles like new.

In quiet, very nice park. • 3BR, 2BA, $625/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $615/month.

(828) 252-4334.

ACTON WOODS APARTMENTS Beautiful 2BR, 2BA w/gas log fireplace. $825/month includes water and storage unit. 828-2530758. Carver Realty

ARC AGENCY, INC. Kimberly Avenue 2BR, 1BA, $750/month. Glenn Bridge 1BR, 1BA, $450/month. Move-in Specials.

East Chestnut Efficiency, $450/month. Montford 1BR, 1BA, $650/month.

(828) 350-9400. arcagencyasheville.com BILTMORE FOREST/CARRIAGE HOUSE South Asheville, 2-story carriage house with 1BR loft, 1.5BA, hardwood floors and tile.

Heating and cooling.

Completely renovated.

Excellent condition with lots of character. Includes all utilities, $745/month.

828-252-4334 BLACK MOUNTAIN 2BR, 1.5BA apartment. Heat pump with central air, washer/dryer connections. Nice! $595/month. Call (828) 252-4334.

BLACK MOUNTAIN 2BR, 1BA apartment. Heat pump with central air, washer/dryer connections. Also includes water. Only $595/month. Call (828) 252-4334.

BLACK MOUNTAIN 2BR, 2BA apartment. 950 heated sqft. Heat pump with central air.

Washer/dryer connections. Very nice. $625/month.

(828) 252-4334.

BLACK MOUNTAIN Completely renovated (new: bath, kitchen), 1BR, sunroom, dining room. 10’ ceilings, abundance of natural light. Hardwood floors. Short walk to downtown. $660/month includes heat, water, WiFi. Smoke free. 280-5449.

BUSINESS TRIPS • RELOCATING? Short-term rental. Charming 1BR cottage: Completely furnished, includes linen, cable, high-speed wireless internet. Sleeps 2. (828) 2512327. norwoodco@charter.net CANDLER APARTMENT • $525/MONTH Includes some utilities. Large 1BR. 16 miles from Downtown. Call (828) 215-1923.

CANDLER APARTMENT • $700/MONTH Includes water, heat/electric, cable, wireless internet. 2BR, 1BA, large yard. 16 miles from Downtown Asheville. Call (828) 215-1923.

HENDERSONVILLE 1BR studio apartment. Walking distance to Main Street.

Includes water. Only $385/month.

828-252-4334 HENDERSONVILLE 1BR, 1BA apartment with new berber carpet. Small deck with sliding glass door.

Walking distance to Main Street. Includes water.

Only $425/month.

828-252-4334

DOWNTOWN KRESS STUDIO. Pack Square and mountain views. 17” ceilings, wood floors, Bosch washer/dryer, full kitchen.

Rooftop workout room.

Sprinklers and video-phone security. One year lease, $1,000/month. One month deposit. Call: 828-553-3823.

DOWNTOWN MARSHALL Renovated, historic building.

900 sqft, 1BR, 2BA loft apartment. Brick walls, teak floors, energy efficient. $675/month. (404) 3071372. Pictures at: www.busywiggles.com EAST ASHEVILLE • 2BR, 1BA Kitchen with appliances, washer, dryer, living room. $725/month. Nice, quiet neighborhood. No smoking; no pets. 828-281-2700 or 298-8075 or 231-6935.

ENJOY SPRING’S FRESH AIR FROM YOUR PRIVATE BALCONY! Queen Anne Victorian in Montford Historic District offers spacious 1BR with formal living room and dining room plus small study or 2nd guest room.

Hardwood floors, fireplace with gas logs, large windows. $825/month. Pet considered with fee and references. Year’s lease, security deposit, credit check required. For appointment: Elizabeth Graham: 828-253-6800.

GET QUALITY RESULTS! I received calls from a lot of high quality renters, as opposed to other publications I’ve tried. I will continue to advertise with Mountain Xpress. Patricia H. You too, can find the ideal renter, just call us! (828) 251-1333.

Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

GROVE PARK 2BR, 1BA duplex with hardwood floors, fireplace, and basement storage. $700/month. The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com

JUST FOR YOU! Cozy, 2BR, 1.5BA apartment. Beautiful, tree-lined lot. Convenient to shopping. Quiet, safe neighborhood. Clean heating.

Water and garbage pickup furnished. $585/month. Call 350-9400.

NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMES Off Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. • 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334 SUBLET APARTMENT • April 17- August 12. 27 Fulton Street near downtown. Basement studio 1BR, 1BA, full kitchen. $550 includes gas, electric, cable, phone, internet. Contact Elizebeth 828-253-6800.

SUMMER SUBLET! Efficiency on Fulton Street near Downtown and UNCA. $550/month includes everything including cable with movie channel and phone calls USA/Canada.

Available April 20 - August 10. Credit check and references required. Call Elizabeth Graham: 828-2536800.

WEST ASHEVILLE Beautiful 1BR, 1BA in convenient, hip, artsy neighborhood.

Renovated, new appliances.

• Patio, pretty backyard. $695/month includes water.

712-1675.

Mobile Homes For Rent 2BR, 1BA SINGLEWIDE in quiet park. 5 minutes from Biltmore Square Mall. $525/month includes water, garbage pickup and lawn care. Security deposit required. Call David, 828-505-5593.

Spring into Eastwood Village Apartments!!

Spacious one & two bedroom apartment homes! Rates starting at only $775/mo.

Beautiful Mountain Views, Walk-In Closets, Microwaves, Easy Access to Downtown!

Lease by April 30th and get a 2 BEDROOM FOR THE PRICE OF A 1 BEDROOM!!!* *On select units

2BR, 1BA SINGLEWIDE located in quiet, country setting 5 minutes from Asheville. $400/month includes water and utility building. Security deposit required. Call David, 828-505-5593.

ACCEPT SECTION 8 West Asheville. 2BR, 2BA. Like new. Includes water. Heat pump, central air, W/D connections. In nice park. $615/month. 828-2524334.

ACCEPT SECTION 8 West Asheville. 3BR, 2BA, heat pump, central air, W/D connections. Excellent condition. $625/month.

(828) 252-4334.

ACCEPTING SECTION 8 NOW! Mobiles like new.

In quiet, very nice park. • 3BR, 2BA, $625/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $615/month.

(828) 252-4334.

FLETCHER SINGLEWIDE2BR, 2BA with large, fenced yard and utility building. Great location close to I-26, schools, and shopping. $595/month. Security deposit required. Call David, 828505-5593.

MOBILE HOME Section 8 approved. 3 bedrooms, one bath, fully remodeled. Private back yard, new laminate floors. Located in small Candler park. $595/month Sorry, no pets.

(828) 275-3651.

Condos/ Townhomes For Rent 1BR, 1BA LEXINGTON STATION 2nd floor, hardwood floors, balcony, stainless appliances, granite countertops, parking, $1100/month. The Real Estate Center, (828) 2554663. www.recenter.com 2BR • 2BA • LEXINGTON STATION CONDO $1500/month. Secure parking, woodfloors, private balcony. Great downtown location near the Orange Peel and Vigne! The Real Estate Center, (828) 255-4663. www.recenter.com

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3BR, 2.5BA • ONE-LEVEL CONDO Overlooking Japanese garden and pond.

Amenities include pool, tennis, clubhouse.

Beaverdam Run, North Asheville. $1,650/month includes water/sewer.

Available no later than May 1. The Bayshore Company, 828-236-0702.

3BR, 2BA • SUNNY, ENDUNIT 1,430 sqft condo.

Beautiful Eastwood Village.

Granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, garden tub. $975/month. Discount on first month’s rent! 828-5457445.

A BIG THANX! “Thanx Xpress! The recent rental ad attracted a steady stream of quality applicants, thanks to your quality publication.”

Mark K. • You too can find quality renters by placing an affordable ad in the pages of Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace: 251-1333.

ARC AGENCY, INC Carrington Place 3BR, 2BA, $1,050/month.

Kyfields 3BR, 2BA, $1,000/month.

Windswept 2BR, 2BA, $800/month.

Windswept 2BR, 2BA, $900/month.

Windswept 2BR, 2BA, furnished, $1,300/month.

(828) 350-9400. arcagencyasheville.com BILTMORE COMMONS • A beautiful gated townhouse community. Mountain views all around. 1200 sq. ft, Upper unit. Cathedral ceiling, 2BR, 2BA,gas FP, new carpet, appliances, W/D. Eat in kitchen, large BRs, screened porch, attic storage.

Clubhouse,pool, tennis. No dogs. $900/month, includes HOA jacksonrcn@aol.com CLINGMAN LOFTS Own for $650/month. Includes taxes, dues and insurance.

Heating/cooling cost guaranteed at $16/month.

Mike Vance, 254-4030, ext. 117.

NEW CONDO DOWNTOWN • Asheville. 2BR 2.5BA. See www.anashevillehome.com

We’ve Got Your Home!

Asheville Property Management NORTH:

• 5/3.5, large Cape Cod, bsmt, $1900.

• 2/1 Carport, electric heat, $675.

• Mobile Homes $500 - $650.

• 2/1 home, large porch, $750.

• 3/2 older home, fenced, sun porch, quiet neighborhood, $1475.

WEAVERVILLE: • 2/2, 1750 sqft, sunroom, gas logs, pool & clubhouse.

• 3/2 doublewide, private lot near N. Buncombe rec center, $850.

SOUTH: • 3/2 home, hd flrs, private lot, new remodeled kitchen/bath, $975 CANDLER: • 2/2, Seasons at Biltmore, pool, clubhouse priviledges.

TUNNEL RD: • 2/2 hd flrs, large yard, quiet neighborhood, $875.

WEST:

Call Today (828) 298-2220

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2BR, 2BA • END-UNIT CONDO Beautiful Eastwood Village. 1,050 sqft. Granite countertops, garden tub, stainless steel kitchen appliances. Only 3 years old!

Convenient to downtown, Blue Ridge Parkway, Fairview. $895/month. No smokers please. 828-5457445.

• 3/2, WD hkup, deck, quiet, $915.

• 3/2, hardwood flrs, gas heat, quiet area, $850.

• Mobile Homes $500 - $650.

Pet friendly

Call for details: (828) 254-2229 www.ashevillepropertymanagement.net

NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMES Off Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. • 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334

ACCEPTING SECTION 8 NOW! Mobiles like new.

In quiet, very nice park. • 3BR, 2BA, $625/month. • 2BR, 2BA, $615/month.

(828) 252-4334.

TOWNHOUSE FLETCHER WITH POOL • 2BR, 2.5BA, A/C, unfinished basement, garage. Close to I26. $950/month. 828-768-1343.

WEST ASHEVILLE Canterbury Heights, 46 and 48 Beri Drive. Newly renovated, 2BR, 1.5BA, 3level condos, 918 sqft. Pool, fitness center. $725/month.

Mike 919-624-1513

Homes For Rent 1/2 OFF FIRST MONTH! Brand new, charming duplexes. North Asheville, 25 Clarendon Avenue. 1061 sqft, 2BR, 2BA. 1 upstairs/1 down.

Energy efficient. Nice views. $800/month. Deposit and application fee.

828-216-4276 126 MANEY AVE. • 3BR, 2BA. Walk to UNCA. Hardwood floors, W/D included. Pets considered. $1,250/month, $1,250 deposit.

828-242-6943.

191 MERRIMON - NORTH; 2-story duplex just remodeled. Gas fireplace with ventless logs, gas heat/AC, 2BR, 1BA, dinning room, living room, kitchen.

Lots of parking in back of house; concrete full basement. 828-252-6745 or 828-254-3902 (nights) 1ST CALL US! 2, 3 and 4BR homes from $600-2000. • Pet friendly. (828) 251-9966 Alpha-Real-Estate.com 2BR, 1BA • CHUNNS COVE DUPLEX $750/month. Call (828) 253-0758. Carver Realty 2BR, 1BA, SOUTH, 13 Stoner, a/c, w/d hookups, deck, $795/month, 828-2531517, www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR 2BA CLASSIC BUNGALOW • Just 2 blocks from Biltmore Villiage. W/D, DW, clawfoot tub, heartpine floors in a great, familyfriendly neighborhood. $1,050/month. $1,050 deposit. 828-582-4583 3BR, 2BA, SOUTH, 1 Bostic, a/c, w/d hookups, $855/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 3BR, 2BA, WEST, 7 Spring, a/c, w/d hookups, deck, $995/month, 828-253-1517, www.leslieandassoc.com 5BR, 3.5BA ROCK HOME Eat-in kitchen, dishwasher, wood floors, gas heat, central air. New Bridge, 5 minutes north of downtown Asheville. $1,300/month.

828-776-0098

ADORABLE FURNISHED FENCED HOME • 2BR, 1BA with large office or 3rd BR. Remodeled. New paint, tile and hardwoods. Driveway, shed, picnic table, grill! 6 month or Year lease (negotiable) with deposit.

Pets OK with owner approval. $1400/month. aliwatson@mac.com ARC AGENCY, INC Biltmore Lake 4BR, 3BA, $2,300/month.

Haw Creek 4BR, 2BA, $1,600/month.

Haw Creek 3BR, 2BA, $900/month.

Haw Creek 3BR, 2BA, $995/month.

Weaverville 2BR, 1BA, $875/month.

Fletcher 3BR, 2BA, $1,200/month.

West 2BR, 1BA, $695/month.

Weaverville 1BR, 1BR, $875/month.

(828) 350-9400. arcagencyasheville.com ASHEVILLE AREA RENTALS $550-$1950/month. • 1East. • 3-West. • 3-North. • 3-South. • Century 21 Mountain Lifestyles: (828) 684-2640, ext 17. For more details: www.KristieFrizsell.com ASHEVILLE AREA Homes for rent! Phoenix Properties, 771-2390 or www.phoenixprop.com AVAILABLE MID-MAY West Asheville. 3BR, 2BA, corner grassy lot, 5 minutes to downtown/UNCA. WD. Pets ok. $1100/month. (828) 2256986, oowhop@hotmail.com BILTMORE FOREST/CARRIAGE HOUSE South Asheville, 2-story carriage house with 1BR loft, 1.5BA, hardwood floors and tile.

Heating and cooling.

Completely renovated.

Excellent condition with lots of character. Includes all utilities, $745/month.

828-252-4334 COUNTRY HOME • FAIRVIEW 10-15 minutes to Asheville. 2BR, 2BA, Jacuzzi tub, porch. Tile, stone, wood floors. $780/month. (828) 778-0726.

The area’s largest selection of Rental Homes under one roof.

Tel: (828) 650-6880 Toll Free (800) 789-1135 x 6880 PO Box 580, 2602 Hendersonville Road, Arden, NC 28704

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DOWNTOWN WEAVERVILLE • Renovated 3BR, 2BA cottage, large backyard, W/D, fireplace. $1,050/month.

References and credit check, short or long term lease. No smoking, well behaved pets with approval/deposit. Call 252-571-5842.

NORTH ASHEVILLE TOWNHOMESOff Merrimon. Walking distance to town. • 1BR: $495/month. • 2BR, 1BA: $525/month. • 3BR, 1BA: $625/month. Includes water. 828-252-4334

EAST ASHEVILLE. Updated 2 BR 1 BA just 10 minutes from downtown. Central heat and air, carport, laundry room and all appliances. Private, garden-like setting. Available June 1. $785/month, one year lease. jivarner@aol.com.

(828) 231-9411.

OFF THE HOOK! We got a great response from our ad for our Rental house in the Mountain Xpress! The phone rang off the hook!

Thanks, Ander, owner, Design Painting. Get your Apartment or House rented quickly and affordably. Call (828) 2511333. Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

FAIRVIEW • 2BR, 1BA + Office. Approx. 2 fenced acres, pets OK, hardwood and tile, W/D, gardens, storage, solar hot water. 15 minites to downtown. $950/month.

828-258-2222.

GREAT RANCHER • W. ASHEVILLE Convenient location. Beautifully remodeled, energy efficient.

1100 sqft, 3BR, 1.5 remodeled baths (new fixtures, tile), sunroom, hardwood floors, new kitchen, WD connections. • Whole house water filtration.

Daylight walkout basement.

Fenced backyard. • Dog considered w/deposit.

Carport. Nonsmoking. $1000/month, security deposit, 1 year lease preferred. Call (828) 280-2254.

HAW CREEK • 3BR, 2BA home with garage. All electric. No smoking, cats ok with pet deposit. 12 month lease. $1175/month + security deposit. 828-2986600.

LEASE OPTION OR RENT Cute 2BR, 1BA home on 1 acre. • 15 minutes to downtown, near Biltmore Square Mall. Large trees, 2 decks. • Small quiet neighborhood bordering National Forest.

Approximately 850 sqft, low energy bills. WD. $825/month. Call Cindy: (828) 777-7678. cindy7graham@yahoo.com LEASE OPTION Owner may finance: Unique home in North Asheville/Woodfin.

Bungalow style, two bedroom, one bath.

Completely remodeled with new kitchen, new bathroom with whirlpool tub and tile.

Bamboo floors, and so much more. Monthly rent only $850. $5000 below appraisal at $159,950. Option fee required, however is negotiable. See visual tour at www.lakesidesunrisehomes. com or call (828) 275-3651.

MONTFORD HISTORIC DISTRICT Charming 3BR, 1BA house, full basement with washer/dryer hookup, cozy breakfast nook, nice front porch, wood-burning fireplace. References, lease required. $1000/month plus deposit. No pets please. Call (828) 350-1400.

NEW HOUSE WITH RIVER VIEW Adorable 3BR, 2.5BA, 1,500 sqft. Near downtown Asheville/UNCA. Large master, W/D, dishwasher, stainless, hardwood, deck. $1,100/month.

828-216-2565

ONE HOME AVAILABLE •1971 Riverside Drive 2BR, 1BA. $625/month.

Pets okay with fee. Credit and background check required. 828-254-8105.

SOUTH • BALLANTREE 3BR, 2.5BA, gas heat, $1,450/month. Call 828-2530758. Carver Realty SOUTH 23 Deanwood Circle.

3BR, 2BA, hardwood floors, 2 fireplaces, AC, all appliances, screened patio, full basement, double garage, $1095/month. References, deposit.

(828) 274-1180.

SPACIOUS 3BR, 2BA • With views in great location in Black Mountain. Secluded area but convenient to town, I40. Well, septic, appliances, W/D hookups. Smoke free, no pets. $925/month.

References required. owsbus@onewhoserves.com or 828-776-9693.

TWO COZY BUNGALOWS 2BR, 2BA furnished with utilities. $1,125/month / unfurnished $975/month with year lease. • 1BR, 1BA furnished $900/month / unfurnished $750/month with year lease. 775-1841.

WALK TO DOWNTOWN 2BR, 1BA • Sunny, newly remodeled. Hardwood floors, skylights, new washer/dryer/dishwasher.

Private yard and front porch with mountain view. No pets, no smokers. References, credit check. $975/month.

828-242-6017.

WEAVERVILLE AREA • 3BR, 2BA house in older subdivision. Gas furnace, central air. Fireplace, large fenced backyard. Garage. No smokers. $1,050/month, year lease. 776-4976 or 6490013.

WEST ASHEVILLE 3BR, 1BA, walk to Haywood amenities.

Hardwoods. • Large backyard, gas grill, screened deck, front porch. WD. Covered parking. $950/month. 713-0130.

WEST ASHEVILLE 3BR, 2BA, heat pump, $895/month. Call 828-253-0758. Carver Realty

Vacation Rentals A LOG HOME SUMMER On 3 lovely, private, wooded acres.

• Pond. • Fully furnished, well-equipped 2BR, 2BA, greatroom. • 10 minutes to downtown Asheville. • Available early June through mid-October. • References. • $1450/month. • Minimum 4 week lease.(828) 230-3739 or laurelcove@aol.com BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN Sleeps 5, handicap accessible. Near Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (828) 231-4504 or 2771492. bennie14@bellsouth.net HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE Escape to downtown Asheville! Walk to restaurants, bars, shops, museums. $175/night. See www.vrbo.com/230487.

NANTAHALA VACATION • Pet friendly house near Nantahala Gorge. Less than 1 mile from Tsali Recreation Area! http://www.homeaway.com/v acation-rental/p232508

Short-Term Rentals #1 • ASHEVILLERENTALS.COM Beautifully furnished short term rental apartments.

Walk to downtown location.

(828) 254-6270. ashevillerentals@ gmail.com

Wanted to Rent Mature Man • May 15th move in. Straight, vegetarian, yogi, in search of furnished room with kitchen, private bath, washer/dryer.

Downtown or walking distance. Pete emagginn@gmail.com

Roommates $395 + DEPOSIT • Shared utilities. Black Mountain.

Must be clean, family friendly, and responsible.

Large house, great views, big yard. Tanya 828-664-0892. $425 Sunny Room West Asheville • Looking for responsible female roommate interested in healing arts to share house.

No smokers. 236-2366 .

2 Miles from Downtown $425 • Off Riverside Drive/Broadway. Well kept clean fully remodeled and furnished home. Relaxed quiet atmosphere. Includes water and internet. 786-3898423.

Beautiful 2 bedrooms, house share and studio space, large closets, private bath, decks, scenic views, bamboo floors, wireless, WD. $620/month includes utilities.

828-768-2191.

Clean, quiet female to share 2BR, 1BA fully furnished home, West Asheville. $550/month includes utilities.

279-5174.

East Asheville Looking for roommate to share 3BR, 2BA house in East Asheville.

Available now! Rent is $357 + bills (split 3 ways). Call for details: 712-8288.

employment Housemate Needed Great location just off Merrimon Ave.! Available June 1. I have a room in a 2BR/1BA duplex for rent. The house has hardwood floors, w/d, wifi, spacious rooms, front porch, large backyard and a shared basement space with plenty of storage. Rent is $395 and includes water, heat and wifi.

Electricity separate. I’m a 30 year old professional looking for someone who is quiet, neat, responsible and gay friendly. No smoking inside. If you are interested please send me some information about yourself. carrielare@gmail.com

Seeking Female Mature, conscious to share Barnardsville home. Lovely country setting, quiet/peaceful. Must love cats. $400/month. Deposit.

Sam, 828-775-2327 or 6263567.

Housemate to Share Large Home • In country setting with mountain. 4 acres just outside Asheville. Quiet, private bedroom. Cable, voicemail, washer/dryer and utilities included. $430/mo.

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I need a room! Quiet, good humored, spiritual person seeks room in home with similar people. Robert: 2301241.

June1-Sept 1 • $417/month +utilities. 1BR in 3BR Kenilworth house, big yards, 2 porches, full basement.

Employed awesome roommates. Fun but calm house. spiderbunny@live.com Looking for Perfect Roommate Female that is responsible and must love dogs. Furnished bedroom and private area downstairs.

Internet, basic cable. $550/month includes utilities.

828-216-1722.

Male Roomie Needed.

Share West Asheville apartment w/2 gay males.

Private room/bath, near downtown. Gay male preferred. $500/month, utilities included. Deposit.

828-275-8923 romeo@charter.net Opportunity for Mature Person. Upstairs BR and private BA for $450/month in a cool stone house on a West Asheville farm. Sorry, no pets. 727-403-1703.

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(AAN CAN) Roommate Wanted For large, 1600 sq. ft. apartment, 2 BR, 2BA, washer and dryer, lots of storage, garden space, cat friendly. $400/month includes utilities.

828-337-6392.

Roommate • Unfurnished private bedroom, bath suite.

House use, all utilities included except your phone. $425 plus $200 refundable deposit. 252-3289. Must be 2 kitty friendly.

West Asheville Two Room Suite Beautiful 2 rooms in shared home, private bathroom, private entrance, shared kitchen, with progressive man in 50s.

Keith, 553-5185.

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$$$HELP WANTED$$$ • Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. Call our live operators now. 800-405-7619 ext. 150. www.easywork-great pay.com. (AAN CAN) $600 WEEKLY POTENTIAL $$$ helping the government part-time. No experience, no selling. Call 1-888-2135225. Ad Code L-5. VOID in Maryland and South Dakota.

(AAN CAN) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT And Customer Service. Financial services firm in Asheville seeking an entry level customer service oriented person with good personal and phone skills.

Must have good computer skills and be familiar with Word and Excel. Starting at $9/hour. Fax resume to: Attn: Ms. Broad, (828) 257-4948 or email to pokerjch@aol.com AGRICULTURE AND PLANT PATHOLOGY Wanted: Field technician to work at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center (MHCREC) in Mills River, NC (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/flet cher/) assisting in plant disease research. Person will be responsible for teamwork involving establishment and maintenance of field and greenhouse experiments related to vegetable production, application of fungicides and other treatments in the field, collection of field data and assistance in data entry.

Background in agriculture or horticulture is desirable, but not required. Must be willing to take NC pesticide applicators exam and have a valid NC driver license. Must be able to wear a backpack sprayer weighing up to 50 lb.

Position starts mid May, 40 hours/week, with potential to continue past summer if able. Candidates should provide a brief letter or resume describing previous experiences, contact information, and names/ phone numbers of 2 references by May 6, 2009 either: 1) in person at reception desk at MHCREC, 2) by e-mail as an attachment sent to kelly_ivors@ncsu.edu, or by U.S. mail to: Dr. Kelly Ivors, 455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759.

AMAZING RESPONSE! “I recently ran a job ad in the Mountain Xpress and I was amazed at the overwhelming response I got from it. I was going to run it for 4 weeks but I had to cancel it after 2 because I had already received • too many • qualified applicants. I will definitely use the Mountain Xpress Classifieds in the future whenever I am looking to find good people to hire.”

Stuart Gignilliat. • Be amazed and find the right employees, call 2511333, Mountain Xpress Classified Marketplace.

ARTISTS! • Mans Ruin Tattoo Piercing & Art Gallery is looking for artists to consign unique artwork for its NEW location! Not looking for tattooist. Call or email: 828-253-6660 or mansruintattoo@aol.com CAB DRIVERS Needed at Blue Bird; call JT 258-8331.

Drivers needed at Yellow Cab; call Buster at 2533311.

GIVENS ESTATES Employment application for future positions. Jobline: 828-771-2230. HR Office: 1st Floor, Asbury Commons Building, 2360 Sweeten Creek Road, South Asheville. www.givensestates.us LIFEGUARDS Needed for Eliada Homes 2009 Summer Camp!! We need responsible, energetic individuals to help maintain a safe pool area for our clients! Must be lifeguard certified, along with current CPR and First Aid. Previous experience is preferred. Must be a minimum of 18 years of age, and possess a valid NC driver license. All interested and qualified persons please email eweaver@eliada.org.

This is a full-time position running from the beginning of June through the end of August.

MANNA FoodBank. Volunteer Supervisor. Part-time 20 hours per week. Weeknights and Saturdays. Must supervise large, diverse groups including at-risk youth and special needs.

Need excellent verbal communication skills. Hands on warehouse environment.

Some heavy lifting. Job description available at www.mannafoodbank.org Mail, e-mail or fax resume to lcantrell@feedingamerica.org 627 Swannanoa River Road, Asheville, NC 28805, 828299-3664 (fax). Deadline: May 8. EOE

POST OFFICE NOW HIRING • Average pay $21/hour or $54K annually including Federal Benefits and OT. Paid training. Vacations. PT/FT. 1866-945-0295. (AAN CAN).

SUMMER POOL MANAGER WANTED!! Eliada Homes is offering a great summer job for someone home for the summer or taking a break from school! If you are a certified lifeguard and pool operator, this could be the perfect job for you! Eliada needs a pool manager who will be responsible for the pool and its use by all persons on campus.

Responsibilities: Provide swim lessons to children on campus, schedule and supervise lifeguards, and maintain a clean, safe pool.

Qualifications: Must be at least 18 years old and be Lifeguard Instructor Certified, as well as be a Certified Pool Operator. Looking for someone with great people skills and preferably previous supervisory experience. Must possess valid NC driver license and be able to pass a criminal background check and drug test. Forward all resumes to: eweaver@eliada.org, or fax: 828-210-0361 WHITEWATER RAFTING COMPANY Raft guide training and employment on the French Broad and Nolichucky Rivers. Also seeking experienced guides, store staff, bus drivers. 1866-USA-Raft. mtnadventureguides.com WOMEN Earn $18k-$30k for 6 egg donations with the largest, most experienced Agency in US. Call: 800-4447119 or to apply online visit: www.theworldeggbank.com (AAN CAN)

Administrative/ Office ADMINISTRATIVE • FULLTIME For a busy office in the Human Services field.

Excellent computer and communication skills required. Accuracy in data entry and filing. Able to multi-task. Attention to detail.

Medical knowledge a plus.

Fax resume to (828) 299-1773.

ADMINISTRATOR • PARTTIME Bankers Life and Casualty Company. Part-time position opening to support busy insurance sales office!

Challenging position offers a variety of tasks and responsibilities. Ideal candidate must be dependable, organized, have excellent communication skills and general computer skills. Contact Eric Dade at 1-800-210-6117 ext. 1030 to apply! EOC M/F/H/D RA 06-028

Salon/ Spa HAIR STYLISTS NEEDED Part-time, full-time, temporary. Hourly pay + commission. Apply in person at any of our 3 Asheville locations: 129 Bleachery Blvd., 1378 Hendersonville Road, 640 Merrimon Avenue.

Great Clips Hair Salon HAIRSTYLIST • Immediate opening for stylist with clientele. Appearances Salon and Spa, “where it’s all about you”. Come join us at this wonderful salon. 828-6458585.

Sales/ Marketing EXPERIENCED MEDIA SALESPERSON AshevilleMagazine.com and the popular radio show, VIRATO LIVE! Saturday 10am to 1pm, 880 AM. Keywords: Organic, Holistic, Green, Healing, Metaphysics, New Age, Cultural Creative. Up to 50% commission (partnership)! 254-6620.

Restaurant/ Food

Employment Opportunities • Call (828) 225-6122 or visit: biltmore.com

Skilled Labor/ Trades AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN • Needed for busy, privately owned shop. ASE and State Inspection Certification preferred. Call 828-683-4835 or fax resume to 828-6834834.

ELECTRICIANS ALL LEVELS Top salary. • Many locations available. Call today! (828) 252-2200.

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BILTMORE FOREST COUNTRY CLUB HIRING Friendly, Reliable, Career Minded Individuals to be a part of our team!

Line Cooks Two years cooking experience in fine dining restaurant. We offer competitive hourly pay, great benefits, uniforms, health, dental, vision, life, long-term disability, 401K and more.

Servers Experience in fine dining is a plus. EOE/ DrugFree Work Place. Apply in person to: 31 Stuyvesant Road, Asheville, NC 28803 or online application: www.biltmoreforestcc.com Email resume: personnel@ biltmoreforestcc.com

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DELI COORDINATOR • Wanted for Natural Food Grocer. Develop new recipes, plan and enforce production levels, work within the department mark-up strategy to maintain margin, assist with training cooks, assist in maintaining consistency of prepared recipes and in merchandising. 2 years professional cooking experience and formal culinary education, preferably with natural foods required.

NO PHONE CALLS! Email resume/cover letter to: hr@frenchbroadfood.coop DIETARY ASSISTANT Fulltime, 7am-3pm. Ideal applicant will have experience working in a health care setting. Must be 18 years, pass preemployment screenings and have a valid NC DL. Comprehensive benefits package, childcare discount and more! Apply at kallen@iwcnc.org • fax: 828274-1582 or 916 W. Chapel Road, Asheville. EOE. MOUNTAIN X JAMS! As a growing business that relies on the face put forward by our employees, Mountain Xpress Classifieds is where we turn to find them. The volume of high-quality applicants replying to our ads can be hard to choose from, and it is always worth our investment. Thanks Mountain X! Rebecca and Charlie, owners, Tomato Jam Cafe.

RESTAURANT MANAGER • Experienced, reliable, mature. Apply in person with resume during business hours, Mela Indian Restaurant, 70 North Lexington Ave., Asheville.

Hotel/ Hospitality 10-25 HOURS/WEEK • HOUSEKEEPER A large B&B in Montford is looking for a mature, clean, energetic person to join our cleaning staff. Weekend hours are a requirement. Experience preferred, but will train the right person. Verifiable references required. Income based on experience and displayed ability. Confidential inquiries call 251-0789.

HOUSEKEEPER Part-time position available for experienced housekeeper at Asheville Bed and Breakfast.

Looking for detail-oriented, hardworking individual with positive attitude that can work well with others.

Experience with food service a plus. References required.

Call 232-0345 after 10 a.m.

Drivers/Delivery NEW YORK TIMES DELIVERY CARRIER Needed for 7 day route in the Asheville area. 15 hours per week. Pay is $310 per week.

Must have dependable transportation and be very responsible and reliable.

Experienced preferred.

Please respond to: Mike Carter 828-423-3926. Leave message with contact info and detailed experience and I will return your call. E mail: sulawesiman@bellsouth.net.

Retail BOUTIQUE SALES • Upscale boutique for women seeking experienced sales person for full or part time position. Shop focuses on women in their 40’s and older and classic styles.

Weekend work required.

E-mail inquiries to: lsbookexchange@ bellsouth.net

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER Bakersville Community Medical Clinic, Mitchell Co., is seeking an integrated, licensed Behavioral Health Provider to work along with physicians.

This BHP will provide consultation, brief treatment, psychoeducation, colocated therapy sessions, triage/screening, and act as a liaison to community providers. Skills and interests: the ability to provide quick evaluation and suggestions during the medical visit, behavioral health treatment for addressing chronic medical conditions, psychopharmacology, self-motivation, behavioral health quality improvement activities, and the ability to work as an integral member of the medical team. This position will begin as a part-time salaried position. Applicants should email applications to eric.christian@mahec.net • Deadline 5/12/09.

Applicants receiving an interview will be notified by 5/18/09.

MEDICAL ASSISTANTS needed full-time and parttime at Planned Parenthood of Asheville. Schedule includes some evenings/Saturdays.

Experience with front/back office, lab testing, IM injections, women’s health required. Bilingual helpful.

Submit resume to hr@pphsinc.org. EOE

Medical/ Health Care AFFORDABLE EMPLOYMENT ADVERTISING “Our Mountain

Human Services

Xpress Classified employment ad provided us with numerous qualified candidates; • I would not hesitate to utilize this resource again.” T. Greene, Kerr Drug. Have a job opening? Fill available positions quickly and affordably! Just call 2511333, Marketplace Classifieds.

FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF ASHEVILLE is seeking QMHPs to provide enhanced services for child and adult consumers.

Applicants must have at least 2 years post-degree experience with the MH population. Email csimpson@fpscorp.com

FOSTER CARE CONSULTANT NEEDED! Do you want to fine-tune your case management skills while working with foster parents and children in therapeutic foster care? Eliada Homes needs a qualified person to fill this part-time position.

This is a case management position, managing cases of both foster care and therapeutic foster care families. The consultant will provide training and supervision of services, assist with admission and discharge of children, attend court hearings, and be up-todate on foster care issues.

Requirements: BA in Human Services field, must meet Qualified Professional “QP” standards, MAPP certification preferred, 2 years of case management experience with children, and a valid NC driver license. All qualified individuals please send resume to eweaver@eliada.org or fax to 828-210-0361.

LPC/LCSW/LCAS/CSAC Office space and clients available. Also Bilingual (Spanish) Counselor with NC Addiction credential CSAC/LCAS. Call Bruce: 7773755.

PARKWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH • Has an immediate opening for a QP/CSAC position in our Hendersonville Office. This F/T position requires CSAC Certification and knowledge of working with IPRS Clients would be helpful. Some evenings may be required. Position has full benefits, medical insurance, PTO and more. Send resume to: slayton@parkwaybh.com

Haywood County: Therapist: Child and Family Services. Masters degree required. Please contact David Hutchinson, Child and Family Services Director, at (828) 631-3973, ext. 1421.

ACTT (Assertive Community Treatment Team) Coordinator: Master’s degree and supervisory experience required. Please contact Kim Franklin, (828) 226-8339.

Office Support Staff Parttime position, 4 days a week, 4 hours per day. Must be detail oriented and have strong communication and computer skills. Two years of clerical/office experience preferred. High School Diploma or GED required.

Please contact Beth Wooten, (828) 452-9258, ext. 2670.

Jackson/Macon/Swain County Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP): Child and Family Services.

Must have a Bachelors degree in a human services field and two years postgraduation experience, or a Masters degree. Please contact David Hutchinson, Child and Family Services Director, at (828) 631-3973, ext. 1421. Team Leader and Clinician: Recovery Education Center (Macon).

Master’s degree required; Must be license-eligible; Supervisory experience preferred for Team Leader Please contact Kim Franklin, (828) 226-8339. Therapist: Child and Family Services (Swain): Masters degree required. Please contact David Hutchinson, Child and Family Services Director, at (828) 631-3973, ext. 1421.

Cherokee/Clay/Graham County: Therapist: Child and Family Services Masters degree and license eligible.

Please contact David Hutchinson, Child and Family Services Director, at (828) 631-3973, ext. 1421. Adult Services Coordinator: Must have masters degree, be licensed or license-eligible and have supervisory experience. Please contact Kim Franklin, (828) 2268339. • For further information and to complete an application, visit our website: www.meridianbhs.org

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DONATE PLASMA, EARN COMPENSATION Plasma Biological Services (828) 252-9967 interstatebloodbank.com

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QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS Families Together Inc. seeking Qualified Professionals to work with at risk youth and their families dealing with mental health issues. Qualified candidate should have a four year degree and at least 2-4 years experience. Unique culture, benefits and flexible schedule. Email resume to sstevenson@ familiestogether.net

THE MEDIATION CENTER is seeking a half-time case manager for LifeSkills, our parent/teen conflict resolution and communication skills program, a half-time case manager for the Family Visitation Program, and a full time coordinator for the Youth Mediation Program. Please see www.mediatebuncombe.org/ openings for full job descriptions and application information. Positions are immediately available.

THERAPIST Four Circles Recovery Center, a wilderness therapy facility working with young adults with substance abuse (ages 18-28) is looking for a licensed therapist to work with clients and their families through the recovery process. Provides individual, group and family therapy, participates in treatment and after-care planning.

Requirements: MA or MS in counseling, psychology or social work. LCAS or CCS required, additional licensure as an LPC or LCSW preferred. Must have direct clinical and case management experience.

Please email cover letter and resume to jobs@fourcirclesrecovery.co m, subject: therapist.

WNC GROUP HOMES for Autistic Persons is accepting applications for Summer Program Staff. Training starts mid May, with work running through start of Buncombe County Schools. Hours of work: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Applicant must have valid driver license and high school diploma or GED. Apply at 28 Pisgahview, Asheville, or contact Gaby at 274-8368, or visit www.wncgrouphomes.org

Professional/ Management A HOPE CENTER DIRECTOR Full-time Director of the A HOPE Day Center (a program of Homeward Bound of Asheville). Normal hours are 8am-4pm, Monday-Friday.

Job duties include overseeing daily activities of the program, supervision of 6-8 employees, community education, volunteer coordination, monthly and annual grant reporting, and fundraising. • Executive and administrative experience required. Experience working with the homeless and volunteers a plus. More detailed job description available upon interview. • Please email resumes, cover letter, and three references to info@hbofa.org HELP BUILD A MORE SUSTAINABLE LOCAL ECONOMY • Just Economics is hiring a Living Wage Certification Outreach Contractor. 10 hours/week at $15/hour. Send cover letter and resume by May 13 to sarahosmer@justeconomics wnc.org. Visit www.justeconomicswnc.org for full details.

INSURANCE MANAGEMENT Bankers Life and Casualty Company, one of the largest and most respected companies in the insurance industry is currently seeking individuals interested in entry-level insurance sales positions. Ambition, intelligence, integrity and a strong work ethic will lead qualified individuals into management positions within three months to one year.

Our associate managers earn $60,000 to $100,000 per year with top performing managers earning $200,000+. For additional information visit www.bankerslife.com, or please call Rikki Metcalf at (704) 940-1360 to arrange an interview.

Arts/Media MOVIE EXTRAS NEEDED! All looks and ages wanted. No experience necessary.

Feature films, television, commercials, and prints. $150 - $300/day. Call Now! 1-800-340-8404 x 2001 (AAN CAN)

Computer/ Technical C# Asp.net DEVELOPER • Main duties/responsibilities: Responsible for writing application code (C#, .NET) in an n-tier environment with MySQL database.

Responsible for implementing technical designs for projects using best practices and design patterns. Work with team of other programmers, graphic designers, and project manager to ensure successful execution of project plans. Education: Requires a college degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience/training.

Experience: At least 2 years of experience implementing applications and components for web systems; includes application architecture, frameworks and data modeling. Enterprise architecture experience a plus. Ability to effectively define and estimate project tasks; experience with task management systems such as OnTime Bug Tracking a plus. Proficient in web technologies including HTML, JavaScript, AJAX and CSS; Flash, PHP and Java a plus. kevin.spaeth@dorel.com PROGRAMMER/SOFTWARE DEVELOPER For custom software project. Must have experience in and knowledge of C#.net, ASP.net, and SQL database. Contact Aida724@gmail.com SYSTEMS ENGINEERS • Our extraordinary serviceoriented team is seeking experienced (minimum 5 years in an outsourced IT environment) professionals who are passionate about technology. Our Engineers get to know and work with their clients to understand the client’s unique needs, determine effective approaches, and apply their skills to the most efficient & effective solutions. MCSE a must; CCNA / CCNE strongly preferred. Apply at jobs@onewhoserves.com or fax resume to (828) 251-1108.

Teaching/Education ARTSPACE CHARTER SCHOOL is now accepting applications for the 20092010 school year in the following areas: • Elementary Education (K-6) and • Special Education (Exceptional Education).

Applicants MUST have a current North Carolina teaching license in the area for which they are applying.

Applicants must be willing to work in a collaborative, integrated, experiential environment. Knowledge of the arts and arts integration strategies is preferred but not required. Please send resumes and cover letters to: resumes@artspacecharter.or g with a subject heading indicating the position for which you are applying.

Deadline: May 13.

CAMP INSTRUCTORS • Camp Illahee in Brevard, NC now hiring for season 6/18/14. Instructors for ropes course, ceramics, paddling and climbing. 828-883-2181 www.campillahee.com CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER • Needed full time.

Experience helpful. Call 828252-9713 for information.

EMOTIONAL GROWTH COUNSELOR Counselor needed for emotional growth boarding school for middle school age girls.

Responsibilities include individual and group guidance, coordinate treatment plans, communicate progress weekly with parents, and teamwork. M.A preferred or bachelor with extensive experience. Pay commensurate with education and experience.

Full-time position with benefits. Contact Rebecca Jefferies at 828-697-5029 or fax resume to 828-3984503.

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Fast, affordable & accredited.

Free brochure. 1-800-5326546 Ext. 97 http://www.continentalacade my.com (AAN CAN) SUMMER CAMP INTERNS NEEDED! 5 weeks of handson science camp with children in 1st-6th grade.

The Health Adventure is an EOE, drug-free workplace.

Application: www.thehealthadventure.org

Jobs Wanted ATTENTION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS!!!!!!

Musical Theatre? Directed! • Family Science Night?

Coordinated! • Helicopter Parents? Handled! NBCT Seeks 2nd or 3rd Grade Position for 2009 School Year * National Board Certified, Early Childhood Generalist, 2005 * 5 Years Math/Science/Aerospace Magnet * 10 Years Visual and Performing Arts Magnet * Fund Raising/Grant Writing * Excellent classroom management skills! * Teacher of the Year 2003, San Pedro Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. For complete resume packet, please contact Valerie at vamarott@bellsouth.net

Employment Services

Mind, Body, Spirit \Health & Fitness

2009 • DON’T JUST SURVIVE • Thrive! Snelling delivers results with staffing expertise that connects people and businesses with the power to thrive! www.snelling.com/ashevill e/application UNDERCOVER SHOPPERS Get paid to shop. Retail and dining establishments need undercover clients to judge quality and customer service.

Earn up to $100/day. Please call 1-800-720-0576.

ONLINE PHARMACY • Buy Soma, Ultram, Fioricet, Prozac, Buspar $71.99/90 $107/180 Quantities, PRICE INCLUDES PRESCRIPTION! Over 200 meds. $25 Coupon Mention Offer: #71A31. 1888-661-4957. tripharmacy.net (AAN CAN) ROLFING INTEGRATIVE THERAPY • Feel better Look better. Advanced Certified Rolfer offering new techniques combined with Visceral and Cranial Therapies. 828-545 8505. www.allenfrost.com

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BRIDGE THE GAP! Create continuous cash flow to your door. Simple, proven system for financial freedom, from home, part time. 503-3897682, 24/7.

GREEN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY Expanding grass roots effort seeking dedicated people to work from home. Part-time, fulltime. 1-888-458-1670. mybioprohealth@ gmail.com POST OFFICE NOW HIRING NATIONALLY Average pay $21/hour, $60K year avg., includes Federal Benefits and OT. UTEC assistance optional, not affiliated with the US Postal Service. 1-888-3345038. (AAN CAN)

Announcements ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS in 111 alternative newspapers like this one.

Over 6 million circulation every week for $1200. No adult ads. Call Rick at 202289-8484. (AAN CAN) PREGNANT CONSIDERING ADOPTION? • Talk with caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers with families nationwide • Living expenses paid. Call 24/7 • Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions • 1-866-4136293. (AAN CAN)

STAY RELAXED. Massage therapy at your home/office.

1/2 or 1-hour appointments.

Call Sarah Whiteside, LMBT#4741, (828) 2791050. sarahsgolf@charter.net

Counseling Services SUFFERING WITH ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION? Think no one understands? Lucinda Bassett does. Get her free tape that will stop the suffering without drugs or alcohol. Call 800-652-9619.

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Spiritual

Business Opportunities BEST HOME-BASED BUSINESS EVER! It’s fun; it’s simple; it’s lucrative. To hear 3-minute message, call 1866-257-3105, code 1.

SHOJI SPA & LODGE • 7 DAYS A WEEK Looking for the best therapist in town—or a cheap massage? Soak in your outdoor, private hot tub; melt in our sauna; then get the massage of your life!

26 massage therapists. 2990999. www.shojiretreat.com

2009? BUSINESS DECISIONS? • ASK NINA Psychic Nina, the Auracle of Asheville: (828) 253-7472 or email asknina@excite.com #1 AFFORDABLE MASSAGE CENTER Best rates in town! $29/hour.

Therapeutic Massage: • Deep Tissue • Swedish • Sports • Trigger Point. Also offering: • Acupressure • Energy Work • Reflexology • Classes. Call now for your appointment: (828) 4501049. 1224 Hendersonville Road. Asheville, NC. thecosmicgroove.com A GREAT, PERSONALIZED MASSAGE Relaxing and therapeutic. Introductory price: $35. Asheville. Free parking. Credit cards accepted. Patty, LMT#7113.

Call 828-275-5497, stressbustersmassage@ yahoo.com BELLANINA FACELIFT MASSAGE • Looking younger never felt so good! $75 per 75 min. Free Demos May 7. Call/email to reserve space. Also therapeutic massage $45-$55/hr. www.jenniferhaynes.massag etherapy.com. 828-388-3647 LMBT #7176.

BEST MASSAGE IN ASHEVILLE Deep tissue, sports massage, Swedish, esalen. Available in/out. Jim Haggerty, LMBT# 7659. Call (828) 545-9700. www.jhmassage.com MASSAGE/MLD Therapeutic massage, $45/hour. Manual lymph drainage, $65/hour.

Lymphedema treatment, $45-$65/hour. 15+ years experience. 828-299-4105.

NC License #146. www.uhealth.net

ANCIENT VOICE WISDOM COUNSELING. Clear, direct, loving Spiritual guidance through Tarot. Over 20 years experience. Come home to your Self. 808-828-0817 Ayurvedic Doctor: Pulse Reading and Wellness Consultations

Vaidya Jagdish Vaidya, world-renowned expert in herbal medicine and AyurVeda, will be offering pulse readings and ayurvedic health consultations on May 4-5. Includes personalized health recommendations for diet, lifestyle, seasonal and individual routines, and herbal formulations (rasayana). Asheville TM Center, 165 East Chestnut.

By appointment only. $150.

(828) 254-4350. www.meditationasheville.org

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Musical Services ALL STRINGS • ALL AGES • ALL STYLES Neal Crowley, Stringed Instrument Teacher: Classical and Traditional music • Patient • Fun! • Group lessons available. • Jam with other students. • Reasonable rates. • Music for events and private parties. (828) 242-5115. crowleymusic@yahoo.com AMR STUDIO Audio mastering, mixing and recording. Musical, literary and instructional services.

Tunable performance room, on-site video available. (828) 335-9316.

ASHEVILLE’S WHITEWATER RECORDING Full service studio services since 1987. • Mastering • Mixing and Recording. • CD/DVD duplication at the best prices. (828) 684-8284 • whitewaterrecording.com CREATE YOUR CD, NOW with an experienced producer/arranger and talented multiinstrumentalist, Erik Kohl.

Creative, flexible, and affordable.

828-242-5032.

GUITAR WHISPERER - WILL RAY (Hellecasters, Carlene Carter). In a Rut? Need Licks? Recording Ideas?

Private Guitar Lessons. (828) 296-0107 www.willray.biz MAKE MUSIC! Guitar- PianoDrums- Bass- SingingBanjo- Mandolin lessons created for you/your child’s interest. Experienced, enthusiastic instructor, Erik…

828-242-5032.

Equipment For Sale 1953 Hammond C-2 Organ • Foot pedal, bench, original instruction manuals, and matching tone cabinet. $1500, obo. Murdock 828458-8697.

Equipment Kustom KPM8420 Powered Mixer, 8 mic/line channels, stereo power 200w/ch, dual digital effects & 7-band graphic EQs, $199. • SoundTech MM10SD Powered Mixer Copy 6 mic/line ins + 4 line ins, stereo power 450w/ch, dual 9-band graphic EQ, digital multi-effects, excellent cond. $269. • Roland Cube 100 Copy Combo original w/upgrade Celestion 12”, reverb, ch. switching, over 120 watts, awesome sound, condition $299. 225-5901.

Gretsch Catalina Club Drum Kit • Almost new, photo available. Amber color.

6 Drums, Meing Cymbals Pack, Gibraltor Pack, Pacific Pedal. rudenm@hotmail.com Let’s Make a Deal • Beautiful electric acoustic Esteban. Sings like a bird.

Not available at any local retail store. $300, obo. 828686-5631. M-F, 8am-7pm.

New 5 pc. Tama Swingstar • Blue-green kit w/top of the line Paiste cymbals, all hardware, tuning key, etc. $600 or exchange for acoustic guitar. meetvirginia89@aol.com to try.

Musicians’ Bulletin Experienced Drummer • Looking for working group.

Prefer jazz. 828-877-2413.

Local Metal Band Seeks Bassist • Local metal band seeks pro-level bassist.

Styles of Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Megadeth. Dave, 458-1127. Serious inquiries only please.

Metal Band Needs Lead Vocalist • In the styles of Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Megadeth looking for a killer lead vocalist. Dave, 4581127. Serious inquiries only please.

Metal Drummer Wanted • Asheville band Ironside is currently auditioning drummers. Interested parties should visit our site at www.myspace.com/ironside wnc and call Joey 828-6919503.

Soprano Lead/Harmony Vocalist • Deep River, which plays eclectic country originals and covers, seeks a soprano equally adept at lead and harmony vocals. www.sonicbids.com/deeprive r 828-280-2173.

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Lost Pets A LOST OR FOUND PET? Free service. If you have lost or found a pet in WNC, post your listing here: www.lostpetswnc.org BLACK CAT WITH GREEN EYES • Oscar is a skinny, black cat with green eyes. He was last seen off of Spooks Branch Rd. in Beaverdam. He is around 2 years old. 828450-5555.

CALICO CAT-ARDEN • Missing from Southridge Townhome Community off Airport Rd., Arden since 4/10.

Our family is heartbroken. We are offering a cash reward.

Call 828-506-2334.

CALICO CAT • Missing calico (orange, black, white) since 4/10 from Southridge Townhomes off Airport Rd. Deeply missed. $1,000 cash reward. 506-2334.

CREAM FLUFFY PUPPY • Large beloved Golden Doodle puppy, Sophie, followed jogger on North Griffing in N. Asheville Thurs Apr. 2.

Reward. Robin 828-2545828.

LOST CAT • Lost 4/09. Old longhaired cat Declawed on front. Lost in Reynolds (The Cliffs). Grey/beige/white.

Short legs. Reward offered.

Likes to nip fingers! 2989217. Miss Her! LOST YOUR PET? FOUND A PET? Call Asheville Humane Society, (828) 253-6807, to fill out a missing or found pet report. Visit 72 Lee’s Creek Road, Asheville. www.ashevillehumane.org

BROTHER WOLF CANINE RESCUE Save a dog’s life!

Adopt from Brother Wolf Canine Rescue.

458-7778. www.bwcr.org

SHIHT ZU/TERRIER MIX • Kira is about 9 mos old, 17 lbs, white and black with scruffy hair. Last seen 4/20 around 3pm on Sand Hill Rd. No collar/tags. Frank, 631-704-9817.

WHITE SIBERIAN HUSKY • Sage” last seen 4/11 in West Asheville. One blue eye, one brown. Male, microchipped, green collar with tags, friendly. 828-777-3212. ron@coolcatguide.com

Found Pets Cat: Small gray female tabby, with brown spots, and raccoon tail, found Reynolds High School, March 20. Very young. Call 231-8768.

ADOPT CALLIE is a shy little girl who was part of a feral colony. Such a brave one, she was unable to even come out from behind her litter box- but within one week she is lying in a bed and can hardly contain her excitement when someone pets her! She is a curious and courageous cat, and I think she is trying to make up for the lack of love she has had. To adopt Callie or see other available cats and dogs, call 258-4820 or visit animalcompassionnetwork.org

CAT Dark gray, no collar, short/medium hair. Found in Leicester area, off Bear Creek Road. Call 683-3746.

GERMAN SHORTHAIR • Brown speckled buddy found in Annondale area, 04.29.09.

No tags. Male. He is ready to come home! 828-776-3168.

MALE BOXER - HAW CREEK • Found 4/02/09. Male Boxer mix, green collar, neutered, 1-2 yrs old, gold/white fur.

“Loki” scratched into tag.

Call 828-713-6374.

MALE CHOW • Found near exit 66 off Hwy 40 on 3/27/09. Male intact red Chow. Collar attached, no tags, no microchip. 828-5451275.

MALE COCKER SPANIEL • Young. Found at gas station on Smoky Park Hwy. and Sand Hill. Call 545-7632 to describe.

YELLOW LAB WEST ASHEVILLE • 4/17 pm. Male, approx 7 yrs. Slightly overweight, appears to be neutered, shedding.

Southwest-style collar, no tag. Off Johnston Blvd.

828-281-1659.

Pets for Adoption

TERRIER SEEKS NEW DIGS • 1 yr. old male terrier mix.

25 lbs. housebroken and crate trained. Be able to provide indoor home and outside area to play. larrycjones_76@yahoo.com for info.

YORKIE PUPPIES • Two cute male and female. graig_haman@yahoo.com

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ADOPT MUFFIE Muffie came from an older woman who was going into the hospital to have surgery. She didn’t think she’d ever see her home again, and she was terrified that her cat Muffie would be left alone. She called ACN to see if we could help, and we said yes. Muffie is a precious 12-year-old, declawed kitty who has never met another cat, or very many people for that matter. Muffie would love to be adopted into a quiet home, preferable as the only cat. To adopt Muffie or see other available cats and dogs, call 258-4820 or visit animalcompassionnetwork.org

ADOPT WENDALL Wendall is a Terrier mix who would love to become part of your family. Are you interested in a small canine companion? If so, check out Brother Wolf Canine Rescue! Call us today, 808-9435, for more information. www.bwcr.org BLACK LAB/GREAT DANE MIX • Female, 9 years old.

Housebroken. Free to loving home. 828- 290-6247.

A LOYAL COMPANION Murray, a Shepherd mix, might be the one for you. Call Brother Wolf Canine Rescue at 808-9435 for more information or visit www.bwcr.org

FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE! Cats, dogs, & other small animals available for adoption at Asheville Humane Society • 72 Lee’s Creek Road • Asheville, NC • (828) 253-6807 www.ashevillehumane.org

TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE BRINDLE PUG CKC. Needs work on housebreaking. A little timid. $450. 828-6789617 or cemclm@yahoo.com

Pet Services ASHEVILLE PET SITTERS Dependable, loving care while you’re away.

Reasonable rates. Call Sandy Ochsenreiter, (828) 258-0942 or 215-7232.

LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE! End cruel and dangerous constant chaining of dogs in NC! Lobby your state reps to reintroduce legislation addressing dog chaining. For information, contacts and downloads, visit www.crittersong.org

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305 V8, 4-door, sky blue, runs and looks great, clean title, garaged 28 years, $2800. Daniel 828-7787270.

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1993 OLDS CUTLASS CALAIS • Silver with red lines. Clean 2 door. Auto., CD. Runs great. 140K. 1 previous owner. Good MPG. List of new maintenance/parts. $1500, obo. 252-333-2977.

Trucks/Vans/SUVs 2003 CHEVY S10 EXTENDED CAB 71K, pewter/black, auto, 4cyl, A/C, great tires, bedliner, topper, iPod/CD player, $6,250, obo.Temple (828) 669-9663, tggunter@yahoo.com

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828-450-4878. $1200, obo.

Automotive Services WE’LL FIX IT AUTOMOTIVE • Honda and Acura repair.

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Antiques & Collectibles 3 Silver Gels (M.E. Warren) $650 • 8x10 Silver Gelatin photographs of Annapolis, MD. These photos are retailed at $300 each in several galleries. billyr43@yahoo.com.

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828-505-4743 or BILLYR43@YAHOO.COM $275. Can email photos.

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828-242-5113. Free delivery to downtown.

GET A NEW COMPUTER • Brand name laptops and desktops. Bad or no credit no problem. Smallest weekly payments available. Call now! 800-816-2232.

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Sporting Goods Kelty Ridgeline Child Carrier • Sweet carrier w/ frame. Perfect for hiking.

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Teeter Inversion Chair • Nearly brand new, perfect condition. EP 550 Sport model. Comes with instructional DVD. $250.

828-337-9986.

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Tools & Machinery TRACTOR • 2003 John Deere 4110 for $4400.

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Lawn & Garden 2007 Walker Mower • MTGHS with 42” deck and Grammer suspension seat.

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Medical Supplies Fetal Doppler/Heart Rate Monitor • Professional grade, 2.5 Mhz, waterproof, brand new in a box, 1 year warranty. $135. parnyuk2007@mail.ru

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Ashley Cal King • Ashley brand cal king sized head board and foot board, in excellent cond. Almost new. $400, obo. Brittney, 828-467-5810.

Dirt Devil Extreme Quick Vac • Compact, HEPA filterations, Great condition, less than 1 year old. Has attachments. $45. Photo available. 828-505-4743, BILLYR43@YAHOO.COM

SLEEPER COUCH 81 inch blue figured. Good condition. $275. • Solid dark blue removable cover: $18. Call (828) 254-9154.

Massage Table by International. Light-weight, adjustable legs, face cradle, carrying bag. $255 firm. Call 828-215-6744.

A SALE FOR TAILS! Fundraising yard sale, Saturday, May 2, 8am-3pm.

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• All money raised benefits Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, who helps homeless dogs and cats find permanent homes. Call 458-7778 or visit www.bwar.org for more info. See you there!

BLACK MOUNTAIN • May 1st 8am-4pm, May 2nd 8am-1pm. Furniture, electronics, clothes, fabrics, tools, crafts. Moving so everything must go. Rain or shine. 120 3rd St. 828-3578093.

Mega Yard Sale • Multifamily indoor yard sale on Saturday, May 2, from 7am1pm at Bent Creek Baptist Church on Brevard Rd, between Arboretum and Discount Shoes.

Multi-Family Yard Sale • May 1, 8am-1pm. Furniture, clothes, toys, books, CDs, housewares,more! 9 Toxaway Street, W. Asheville (Near Earth Fare). Rain or shine. 917-626-9654.

A MAN’S DESIRE • Spring and Sunday specials! Open Sundays. Let us relax and de-stress you! Incall/outcall.

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